By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 14 March 2016 at 12:00 am
ALBION – Dennis Kirby, manager of the Orleans County Soil & Water Conservation District, addresses about 160 people on Saturday at the 18th annual Farmer to Neighbor Night at Tillman’s Village Inn.
Kirby urged farmers to sign up for soil health programs. Soil & Water sponsors the annual Farmer to Neighbor Night along with Farm Bureau, Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Albion FFA Alumni.
Proceeds from the event are used to send FFA students to state convention, camps and help with other costs in the ag program.
Albion student Alexis Bentley recites the FFA Creed before the crowd at The Village Inn.
Jennifer Wagester, executive director of the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Orleans County, said it will be a busy 2016 for the agency as it celebrates its 70th year. The annual fair, scheduled for July 25 through July 30, will be the highlight of a busy year at the fairgrounds in Knowlesville.
Barry Flansburg served as emcee of Saturday’s event. Albion FFA students, from left, include Clara Stilwell, Katie Mann, Allyson Graham and Garrett Derisley.
The FFA students praise the support from the farm community, especially with donations in an annual food drive that topped 30,000 pound sof produce in December.
Orleans County Farm Bureau board member Anna Smith urges the group to go online (NYFB.org) to lobby state legislators to oppose raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. A report by Farm Credit East says the higher wage will increase costs to the farm community by $622 million a year.
The annual Farmer to Neighbor Night is light on speeches and focused more on sharing conversation and good meal together before the busy planting season starts.
Provided photo – Albion student Brooklyn Moore and Dr. Clark Godshall, superintendent of the Orleans/Niagara BOCES, show off the display that features her photography.
Press Release, Orleans/Niagara BOCES
MEDINA – Dr. Clark Godshall, superintendent of the Orleans/Niagara BOCES, has decided to use the walls of his office waiting room as a gallery for students’ artwork in the BOCES program.
He recently put out a call to his administrators that he wants to show off the creativity of the various classes at both the career and technical education centers and the special education sites.
For the next couple of months a student in Crystal Hall-Cirillo’s Graphic Arts class at the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center will submit photography to grace the walls.
Brooklyn Moore, a senior from Albion, said she was proud that her artwork was chosen.
“Photography is a real passion of mine and something I would like to have as a sideline business as I work my way through college,” she said.
Brooklyn will be going to Genesee Community College for general studies then complete her bachelor’s degree in graphic design at Robert Wesleyan College in Rochester.
Lily Strickland, a former student, also contributed a photo to balance out the display.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 12 March 2016 at 12:00 am
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – After months of reading and discussing the 14th annual “A Tale for Three Counties,” a community reading effort culminated this week with visits and book talks by author Sarah M. Hulse of Spokane, Wa.
She met with Lyndonville students on Friday morning and later on Friday evening led a book discussion with about 75 people at Hoag Library in Albion. She is pictured in top photo, reading an excerpt from the book.
Hulse, 31, shared some of her writing and research strategies. She wrote the book as her master’s thesis at the University of Oregon. The initial 125,000-word novel was pared down to about 81,000 words. She compared the process to sculpting, starting with a hunk of material and then shaping it. It was a four-year process to write the book and then edit it.
Hulse talks about the book with about 75 people in the main meeting room at the Hoag Library.
Hulse visited GCC and Richmond Memorial Library in Batavia before spending much of the day in Orleans County on Friday. She is giving a book talk today in Perry, Wyoming County.
The story of Black River centers on Wes Carver, a retired corrections officer who is coping with the loss of his wife to cancer. Carver also returns to the Black River community for the parole hearing of an inmate who tortured Carver during a prison riot two decades earlier. That inmate badly broke Carver’s fingers, preventing him from playing the fiddle, one of his passions.
Hulse signs a book for Emily Cebula, director of the Yates Community Free Library in Lyndonville. Past books in the “Tale” series are on a table and were for sale on Friday.
Hulse thanked the enthusiastic crowds at her stops in Genesee and Orleans the first two days of her local tour.
Hulse said she read books on prisons and riots, as well as folk music to research the book. She also tried to learn to play the fiddle herself. She also spent a day with a blacksmith so she could better describe that trade, which is the profession for one of the book’s main characters, Dennis.
The novel explores faith, forgiveness, fatherhood and revenge.
“Basically every character in the book is doing the best that they can,” Hulse told the crowd at Albion. But she said the novel looks at relationships “when good people can’t get along.”
Hulse signs copies of Black River for readers after a book talk on Friday.
“Tale” organizers estimate about 1,000 in the three counties read the book, which is set a small town in Montana.
Organizers try to find up-and-coming authors as part of the series.
Catherine Cooper, director of Lee-Whedon Memorial Library in Medina, appreciates the community support and participation in the Tale events.
She said Black River was an immediate hit with the Tale committee that reads several books throughout the year to consider the best book for the Tale program.
All 14 of the Tale books have been memorable, capped by visits and talks by the authors, Cooper said.
“It’s the icing on the cake,” she said. “Other books we might forget, but not a Tale book.”
She praised Hulse for writing a novel “that enriches our understanding of the human experience.”
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Hulse also met with two high school classes at Lyndonville on Friday morning. About 45 Lyndonville students read the book and wrote an essay about the novel.
The 14th annual Tale event for the first time included a local high school reading the book and discussing it in classes. Lyndonville used the book Grade 11 Pre-Advanced Placement English, Grade 12 AP English, and Grade 12 English.
Photo courtesy of Steve Hawley’s office – Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R-Batavia) poses with a group of local road and infrastructure supporters, including several highway superintendents from Orleans County, following today’s CHIPs press conference.
ALBANY – More than 750 highway officials from towns and counties went to Albany today to press state legislators for a boost in funding for roads, culverts and bridges.
Several highway superintendents from Orleans County were among the group in Albany for the “Local Roads Matter” advocacy campaign.
By joining forces, the New York State County Highway Superintendents Association and the New York State Association of Town Superintendents of Highways hope to pave the way for increased budgetary funding and secure programs to assist local roads, culverts and bridges.
Both groups strongly support the governor’s proposal for a five-year Highway Capital Program for the NYS Department of Transportation and urged the Legislature to support it as well.
To address the critical condition of local transportation infrastructure, both associations urged the Legislature and the governor to include, as part of the final 2016-2017 State Budget, the following program enhancements:
Five-Year Capital Plan for the NYS DOT;
Parity funding between the NYS DOT and the MTA Five-Year Capital Programs, funding both at $26.2 billion;
Support PAVE NY, a new $1 billion pavement program;
Support an additional $100 million in CHIPs above PAVE NY for a total of $690 million annually for the next four years; and
BRIDGE NY split evenly between state and local projects, expanded to include culverts and funded at $150 million annually.
State Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R-Batavia) joined the highway officials for a news conference in the state capitol today. Hawley said he supports more funding in the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program. Currently, the governor has proposed no increase in CHIPS funding in his executive budget.
“As I’ve said for many years, Western New York’s infrastructure needs are preeminent,” Hawley said. “Our roads, bridges and highways are constantly bombarded with ice wedging, agriculture vehicles and automobiles. Unlike downstate, we have few mass transit systems, so local families and businesses rely on these routes each day and expect them to be safe. Unfortunately, the governor and New York City politicians refuse to provide us the resources necessary to sustain our infrastructure. No increase in CHIPS funding would be devastating for our communities and I urge legislative leaders to do what is right for upstate.”
By Kristina Gabalski, Correspondent Posted 5 March 2016 at 12:00 am
Photos by Kristina Gabalski
HOLLEY – Young musicians and choral singers from across Orleans County gathered at Holley Central School today for the All-County Music Festival featuring Elementary Band, Junior High Chorus and Senior High Band.
The top photo shows members of the All-County Elementary Band, which performed selections including “Joy” by Frank Ticheli and “Mystic Ricer Fantasy” by James Swearingen during the concert.
The band was conducted by Rachael Medler, a teacher at Odyssey Academy in the Greece Central School District.
Students from all Orleans County school districts – Albion, Holley, Kendall, Lyndonville and Medina – took part. Following rehearsals, which began Friday afternoon, the groups gathered for a concert at 2 p.m. today.
Rachael Medler leads the All-County Elementary Band during at the Holley Central School Jr./Sr. High Auditorium.
Members of the All-County Junior High Chorus perform “Festival Sanctus” by John Leavitt during their portion of the concert at Holley Central School.
The Junior High All County Chorus performs under the direction of Katherine Klock, a middle school music educator in the Webster Central School District.
The All County Senior High Band performs under the direction of John Blickwedehl, the director of bands at West Seneca West Senior High School.
The All-County Senior High Band wrapped up the afternoon’s performance, playing the classic John Philip Sousa March, “El Capitan.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 3 March 2016 at 12:00 am
Diana Kastenbaum
Orleans County Democratic Party leaders voted to endorse Diana Kastenbaum, a Batavia woman who is running for Congress against incumbent Chris Collins.
The local Democratic Party Committee is impressed with Kastenbaum’s passion for the race and her experience as the CEO of Pinnacle Manufacturing Company Inc. in Batavia.
“She is a small businesswoman who has come up from the ranks,” said Jeanne Crane, chairwoman of the Orleans County Democratic Party.
Kastenbaum’s family has owned and operated Pinnacle, a zinc and aluminum dye casting manufacturing company, since 1972. She is a graduate of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She is married to actor and comedian Hiram Kasten. Their daughter, Millicent, is a senior government major at Cornell University.
Kastenbaum told the Orleans Democrats she wants to see Congress work to make college more affordable for students, so many graduates do not have crushing student loan debt. She also said she would fight for good paying jobs, ending income inequality and providing better access to affordable healthcare.
The 27th Congressional District is heavily Republican and includes Orleans and seven other Western New York counties. Collins may have stirred up wrath from some voters, including some Republicans, with his recent endorsement of Donald Trump for president, Crane said.
“We’re going to give it a shot and do our best,” Crane said about Kastenbaum’s campaign.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 2 March 2016 at 12:00 am
Photos by Tom Rivers – The rescue of a Brockport State College student and a dog on Feb. 27 was the most popular story of the month on Orleans Hub in February. Holley firefighters are pictured on Saturday with Alexandria Disque, second from left, and a dog Sadie, as well as Sadie’s owner Cassie Wolfanger, left. Disque and Sadie were rescued this afternoon after being swept in a tunnel on Sandy Creek that goes under the Erie Canal. The firefighters were on a boat that went into the dark tunnel. Pictured from left in back include Fran Gaylord, Harris Reed and Justin McMillon.
February was the second-biggest month for Orleans Hub in our nearly three-year history, in terms of the daily average for unique visitors and page views.
Last month, Orleans Hub averaged 7,135 unique visitors each day. That’s the third time we’ve been above 7,000 for a month. We also averaged 23,566 page views each day.
Both numbers only trail September 2015, when the county was engrossed in a heated primary season. September remains the record for highest daily average for unique visitors with 7,671 and page views with a daily average of 25,523.
The February numbers passed January’s when we had a 7,054-average for daily unqiue visitors and a page view average of 23,089.
Here are the top five stories for February in terms of “clicks.”
Firefighters on Feb. 15 put out a fire in an abandoned building in Medina along the railroad tracks and behind the Olde Pickle Factory. The former boiler house is believed to have been used for a former greenhouse operation, White Brothers Rose, next door.
Local Sports also proved popular on Orleans Hub with 34,785 page views. The top local sports story was two local soccer stars signing Division I soccer scholarships. Albion’s Mariah Elsenheimer and Roy-Hart’s Emma Lindke have been soccer rivals in Niagara-Orleans League competition for the last four years. They will be able to continue their rivalry on the collegiate level this coming fall as both signed national letters of intent to play for Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference colleges.
Elsenheimer signed with Iona College and plans to major in Psychlogy. Lindke signed with Niagara University and will major in Marketing and Finance. Click here to see “Albion, Roy-Hart seniors earn Division 1 soccer scholarships.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 1 March 2016 at 12:00 am
ALBION – A public transportation provider in Orleans County will meet with agencies, stakeholders and the public on Wednesday afternoon during two sessions at Hoag Library, 134 S. Main St., Albion.
RTS Orleans transported about 40,000 riders in 2015. The agency wants to hear from customers and agencies on how the service can best serve the public, said Mike Ryan, manager of operations for RTS Orleans, which is based on West Academy Street at the Orleans County Highway Department.
RTS, the parent organization for the service in Orleans and several other counties, has launched a regional service efficiency study to identify service improvements and connections across the seven counties served by RTS.
Some of agencies served by RTS Orleans will meet at Hoag at 2 p.m. on Wednesday to discuss the service’s strengths and weaknesses.
The public is then invited to a 4 p.m. meeting at Hoag to discuss the local bus service.
The public can also fill out an online survey by clicking here. (Editor’s Note: The survey has been closed. This link to Survey Monkey has been removed.)
For more information, contact RTS Orleans at (585) 589-0707.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 29 February 2016 at 12:00 am
3 students win essay contest about ‘Black River’
Provided photos – Three Lyndonville High School seniors – Jenna Doran, Jasmine Plummer and Amanda Blackburn – read “Black River” and were picked as essay contest winners, earning a chance to have lunch with author S. M. Hulse of Spokane, Wa. Hulse will visit Lyndonville on March 11 as part of a three-day stint in the area for “A Tale for Three Counties.”
LYNDONVILLE – The three-county reading effort “A Tale for Three Counties” continues to grow each year from its initial effort that was focused among libraries in Orleans, Genesee and Wyoming counties.
The effort in recent years has expanded to Genesee Community College, with students reading and discussing the book, and the college planning lectures to address themes in the novel.
The 14th annual event for the first time includes a local high school reading the book and discussing it in classes. Lyndonville High School is using the book Grade 11 Pre-Advanced Placement English, Grade 12 AP English, and Grade 12 English.
About 45 Lyndonville students read the book and discussed the writing style, character development and themes in their classes. The students also entered an essay contest through “Tale” and three students – Jenna Doran, Jasmine Plummer and Amanda Blackburn – were picked as contest winners, a prize that includes lunch with the author.
S. M. Hulse of Spokane, Wa., author of “Black River,” will visit the three counties March 10-12. She also will be at Lyndonville to meet with students on March 11.
Lyndonville’s 11th grade pre-AP class discusses Black River during a recent class.
“We wanted to promote reading in general and connect to a larger community project,” said Jason Smith, superintendent of Lyndonvlle Central School.
He has read many of the 14 books through “Tale” and participates in the book discussion at Yates Community Library. He also was asked to read a couple books under consideration for “Tale” this year.
Smith likes how the “Tale” books are set in small towns, and include up-and-coming authors who visit the area.
“It’s an authentic learning experience where you can interact with the author,” he said. “The books are rich with dialogue, setting, themes and memorable characters.”
Black River includes some mature themes, but they weren’t too challenging for Lyndonville students, Smith said.
The story centers on Wes Carver, a retired corrections officer who is coping with the loss of his wife to cancer. Carver also returns to the Black River community for the parole hearing of an inmate who tortured Carver during a prison riot two decades earlier. That inmate badly broke Carver’s fingers, preventing him from playing the fiddle, one of his passions.
The novel explores faith, forgiveness, fatherhood and revenge.
For more on A Tale for Three Counties, click here.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 27 February 2016 at 12:00 am
Photo: www.DonaldJTrump.com – Donald Trump has emerged as the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
ALBION – The Orleans County Republican Committee endorsed Donald Trump for president today in a unanimous vote among about 60 committee members.
The county might be the first to officially endorse Trump for president, said Ed Morgan, chairman of the Orleans County Republican Party.
“He’s a businessman who has been very successful,” Morgan said. “Government should be run as a business and not political.”
Trump, the real estate mogul and reality television star, has emerged the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. Morgan asked the local committee if any members wanted to endorse another candidate. Everyone backed Trump.
Morgan said he has met Trump several times, including when Trump was weighing a run for state governor against Andrew Cuomo in 2014. Trump opted not to run. Morgan and other Republican leaders in Western New York travelled to Manhattan in January 2014 to meet with Trump.
Photo courtesy of Ed Morgan – Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Ed Morgan, Orleans County Republican Party chairman, at a meeting in New York City in January 2014.
Morgan said Trump in person and on the phone is different from the bombastic persona on television.
“Yes, he’s a little radical and he pulls no punches,” Morgan said. “But in person he’s a totally different person to talk to.”
Trump has surrounded himself with skilled leaders in his businesses, Morgan said, and he expects Trump would do the same as president.
“He will pick the best, whether Republican or Democrat,” Morgan said. “He will have the brightest and smartest cabinet we’ve ever had.”
The Orleans County GOP Committee follows an endorsement from Congressman Chris Collins this week. Collins was the first member of the House of Representatives to back Trump.
Collins attended today’s Orleans GOP meeting, and he stated his support for Trump.
In announcing his support for Trump on Wednesday, Collins said Trump would “end business as usual” in Washington.
“Donald Trump has clearly demonstrated that he has both the guts and the fortitude to return our nation’s jobs stolen by China, take on our enemies like ISIS, Iran, North Korea and Russia, and most importantly, reestablish the opportunity for our children and grandchildren to attain the American Dream,” Collins said. “That is why I am proud to endorse him as the next President of the United States.”
The Orleans GOP also endorsed Collins for a third term in Congress. The Clarence businessman was first elected to the 27th Congressional District in 2012.
The Orleans Republicans also endorsed State Sen. Robert Ortt of North Tonawanda, State Assemblyman Steve Hawley of Batavia and State Assemblywoman Jane Corwin of Clarence for two-year terms in the State Legislature.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 25 February 2016 at 12:00 am
Photos by Tom Rivers
GAINES – A barn is pictured with hard-falling snow this afternoon on Crandall Road in Gaines. The snow fell a day after heavy rain in Orleans County.
Friday’s forecast calls for the chance of up to an inch of snow and a high of 22, according to the National Weather Service. Saturday is forecast for a high of 39 degrees while the high on Sunday will hit 46.
A tree on Crandall Road stands out with a foggy field in back.
A Batavia businesswoman announced her candidacy for the 27th Congressional District seat currently held by Republican Chris Collins.
Diana Kastenbaum, a Democrat, is the CEO of Pinnacle Manufacturing Company Inc. in Batavia.
“As a small business owner from Batavia, I am well aware of the realities that face middle class families,” Kastenbaum said. “Using my years of experience as a businesswoman, I will bring new ideas and solutions to the problems we face in Western New York. We need a member of Congress who will fight for Western New York on the issues that matter most: good paying jobs, ending income inequality, making college more affordable, and providing access to affordable healthcare. Where Congress has failed us, I will lead.”
Kastenbaum’s family has owned and operated Pinnacle, a zinc and aluminum dye casting manufacturing company, since 1972. She is a graduate of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She is married to actor and comedian Hiram Kasten. Their daughter, Millicent, is a senior government major at Cornell University.
New York’s 27th Congressional District includes all of Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, and Livingston counties and parts of Erie, Monroe, Ontario, and Niagara counties.
Collins, the former county executive in Erie County, was first elected to Congress in November 2012. He is seeking re-election to a third two-year term. He made news on Wednesday as the first member of the House of Representatives to endorse Donald Trump for president.
ALBION – The Orleans County Economic Development Agency has become a local government front-runner in marketing technology by enhancing their already multilingual, all-mobile friendly marketing platforms with Augmented Reality.
A new breed of user-friendly and visually stimulating technology, AR makes two-dimensional “2D” objects appear 3D onscreen. Viewers can instantly watch short informational videos and access one-touch buttons to immediately call or email specific agency staffers, simply by scanning the agency’s business cards or local business park maps.
By downloading the free LAYAR app to any compatible Android or iPhone, mobile users are able to scan the agency’s materials from their computer screen or use AR to scan a hard copy business card or map from a mobile phone. Video and one-touch contact buttons then appear on the mobile device’s screen.
One side of the agency’s business cards features a corporate testimonial video from an international client (in Mandarin with English subtitles); video highlighting local business assistance programs and the benefits of doing business in Orleans County are also available on the agency’s dual-sided cards.
Colorized site maps used for marketing two business parks in Orleans County are now enhanced with video and AR to provide a heightened visual experience and more detailed site information about the shovel-ready Medina Business Park or Sandstone Development Site in the Medina, New York, Town of Shelby.
The Orleans EDA’s targeted business-to-business marketing video for the Medina Business Park’s 40,000 square-foot pre-permitted site includes isometric mapping elements with build-up architectural animation. This technology gives viewers a real-life interface on their digital screens to visualize, at a glance, the actual site and the many design-build options the OEDA can offer new or expanding businesses.
Reports suggest the use of augmented reality allows for more strategic marketing in far less time than traditional advertising. In 2014, 30-percent of mobile users used AR at least once a week; mobile AR app use is increasing with more than 864 million smartphone users downloading AR technology annually. Viewing site-specific content via smartphones with one touch contact access is not only convenient, it is the future of marketing and mobile communications.
Eighty percent of time spent on mobile devices is spent using apps by today’s mobile users who are always on the move. The reach of augmented reality is undeniable. Total revenue generated from AR by the end of 2013 was approximately $300 million. With AR revenue from mobile app usage expected to exceed $600 billion in 2016, the Orleans County EDA has advanced their global marketing strategies to include AR and other leading mobile connectivity platforms favored by mobile users across the United States and abroad.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 February 2016 at 12:00 am
Photo by Tom Rivers
ALBION – Meredith Patterson delivers a speech today at the Orleans County Legislature meeting, a speech that helped her win the zone competition of the American Legion Oratorical Contest on Feb. 6 in Mount Morris, qualifying her for the state competition March 5 in Albany.
Patterson, an Albion senior, said the Constitution was crafted with “fortitude and perfection” to last more than 200 years and counting. She urged people to research and understand the Constitution, calling the document a job description for citizens.
Orleans County Legislature Vice Chairwoman Lynne Johnson is pictured in back of Patterson.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 23 February 2016 at 12:00 am
Photos by Tom Rivers – Scott Wilson, superintendent of the Orleans County Jail, said the county is working on initiatives for inmates struggling with drug addictions and also mental health issues. He addressed the Orleans United Drug Free Communities Coalition this morning.
ALBION – The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office is teaming with other agencies in the county to soon start several initiatives for inmates wrestling with drug addictions and mental health issues.
When inmates are released from the jail, they will be injected with a shot of Vivitrol, which helps fight opiate addictions. The Sheriff’s Office secured free shots from a manufacturer. The shot lasts for about 14 days.
The Sheriff’s Office also has been helping inmates secure health insurance coverage. Scott Wilson, the jail superintendent, said many inmates do not have health insurance. After a recent push, he said about 98 percent are now on Medicaid.
That program will start covering Vivitrol in July, which should ensure people who leave the jail can receive continued shots of Vivitrol to help fight their opiate addictions, and reduce the rates of committing new crimes, Wilson told the Orleans United Drug Free Communities Coalition this morning.
He shared other initiatives at the jail and community. Wilson is part of a team from the county going to Albany next week for crisis intervention training with mental health. The training will give guidance for law enforcement, mental health staff, probation and other agencies who work with people having mental health issues.
Roland Nenni, the police chief in Albion and Holley, is helping to organize the National Night Out on Aug. 2 at Bullard Park.
Police officers will be trained in using discretion in making an arrest and using force with someone having a mental health crisis, Wilson said.
The team from Orleans will work with other professionals next week in Albany to map out how services can best be provided in Orleans County, said Mark O’Brien, director of the Orleans County Mental Health Department.
Wilson said a re-entry coordinator will be added at the jail from an existing staff member. Wilson said addressing the addiction and mental health issues should reduce the inmate population, saving taxpayers and helping more people to be productive citizens.
The Drug Free Communities Coalition shared other efforts today, including a Narcan training program on March 10 at Hoag Library in Albion. Agency leaders and community members at 3 p.m. can learn how to administer Narcan to someone having a heroin overdose.
The Drug Free Communities Coalition is offering the Narcan training in response to opioid epidemic. For more information contact Sarah May at smay@gcasa.org.
The second annual National Night Out will be at Bullard Park on Aug. 2 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and will include demonstrations from K9 teams and law enforcement professionals, as well as games and activities for children.
Roland Nenni, the police chief in Albion and Holley, urged agency leaders to come to the three-hour event and offer games and prizes to make it more fun for families.
