Photo courtesy of the Arc of Genesee Orleans

ALBION – John Robinson, right, received a big welcome in Medina from the Arc of Genesee Orleans on Monday, when he completed the 51 miles on a hand-propelled bike.

Robinson for the seventh year is riding on the Erie Canal towpath to promote skills of people with disabilities.

He is joined in Medina for the welcome by, from left: Robert Greer, Sheriff Randy Bower, Tyler Nunnery, Jonathan Doherty and Nicole Tuohey.

Robinson is riding 350 miles on the towpath. He will go through Orleans County today and is scheduled to end the day in Fairport after going 56 miles.

The ride ends July 10 in Albany at Jennings Landing.

Robinson is encouraging more companies to join the New York Business Leadership Network, a coalition of businesses in New York State interested in hiring and supporting businesses owned by individuals with disabilities.

ALBION – A Medina man who allegedly led police on a three-county high-speed chase in March was arraigned in Orleans County Court on Monday.

Jessy Miller, 32, was arraigned by Judge Sanford Church for felony driving while intoxicated, driving while ability impaired by a combination of alcohol/drugs, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, as well as misdemeanor criminal mischief in the fourth degree and unlawfully fleeing police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree.

On March 4, Miller allegedly was driving a white Blazer on Main Street in Shelby. He was allegedly doing donuts in a yard on Main Street and hit a porch. He then took off with a passenger he refused to let out.

Police followed him to Genesee County, where he was stopped. Miller refused to get out, but his passenger was able to get out of the vehicle. Miller then sped off, hitting the passenger with the door of the vehicle.

Miller then went to Niagara County, where he was found crashed on Mountain Road with injuries.

He is currently in Genesee County Jail.

Judge Church set bail at $25,000 cash and $50,000 bond.

Shane Price said Dillenbeck has helped transform Lyndonville’s athletic program, pushing for excellence. Price asked for the board members opposing Dillenbeck to resign.

LYNDONVILLE – Many Lyndonville community members on Monday expressed outrage that Lee Dillenbeck, a popular school athletic director, hasn’t been reappointed to the position.

The Board of Education didn’t reappoint Dillenbeck during a June 10 meeting. More than 100 people attended Monday’s organizational meeting, where the athletic director appointment was again on the agenda. The big crowd forced the district to move the meeting from its usual location in the library to the auditorium. There were 17 speakers – teachers, coaches, former students and parents – who spoke in favor of Dillenbeck.

“It was a travesty he was let go, an absolute travesty,” said Mark Hughes, a retired teacher who continues as a volunteer baseball coach with Lyndonville.

When he heard Dillenbeck wasn’t reappointed last month, “I was the most disappointed man I’ve been in 47 years.”

Shane Price, the varsity baseball coach and president of the Lyndonville Teachers’ Association, said the baseball team wouldn’t have won three Sectional titles and seven Genesee Region championships without Dillenbeck.

Price presented letters from about 10 other nearby athletic directors, praising Dillenbeck for his work in the position.

After the comments from the public, board went into an executive session for more than an hour. When the board returned to public session, the members voted 4-1 to not reappoint Dillenbeck.

Ted Lewis, the BOE president, said the board can’t discuss personnel matters publicly. “We are hamstrung by some of these rules,” he said. “We can’t respond to false information.”

Harold Suhr, Ted Lewis, Sue Hrovat and Kelley Cousins voted against Dillenbeck while Vern Fonda backed him. New board member Kristin Nicholson abstained and board member Steven Vann was unable to attend the meeting.

Jason Smith, the district superintendent, reaffirmed his recommendation that Dillenbeck, a physical education teacher, stay on as athletic director. Smith said his recommendations are thoroughly vetted and made with consultation of the principal and other staff. He said Dillenbeck exceeds expectations.

Ted Lewis, the board president, said the board can’t speak about personnel matters publicly. He thanked the community for their comments and concern.

“We are hamstrung by some of these rules,” he said. “We can’t respond to false information.”

Lewis said “miscommunication runs rampant” with the issue.

He said the board members are focused on doing what’s best for the district.

“This is a small community,” he said. “We all care about our school district. That’s why we are here.”

Some of the speakers didn’t think the board was being fair to Dillenbeck, not only for not reappointing him as athletic director but for not giving a reason for his ouster. People will think Dillenbeck did something wrong and will assume things, said Gary Kent of Albion. He attended the meeting on behalf of family in the district.

Jason Smith, the district superintendent, reaffirmed his support for Dillenbeck and recommended he be reappointed as athletic director. Smith also thanked the BOE members for their volunteer service and asked the community to continue to support students and the district. Lori Lamay, the district clerk, is at left, and Ted Lewis, the BOE president, is at right.

“It is an outrage to me that Lee would be ousted without a stated cause,” Kent said.

Dillenbeck was a great athlete at Holley, and has been exceptional as a coach and AD for Lyndonville, Kent said.

Dillenbeck was praised by parents for his dedication, for pushing for excellence and for his caring ways with students and the coaches.

Kate Draper, the girls varsity basketball coach, is Dillenbeck’s sister-in-law. She said he is a man of high personal character who has proven his dedication to the district. He and his wife Michelle have five children in the district.

“Lee has been an incredible influence to me and I am so proud I get to know you,” she told Dillenbeck, who attended the meeting and wore a Lyndonville Tigers shirt.

Eric Neace graduated two years ago and is now studying education to Cortland State College. He said Dillenbeck inspired him to want to be a teacher.

Neace said Dillenbeck turned around the Lyndonville basketball program, turning a team with few wins each season into a powerhouse that draws big crowds to the games.

“He has given his absolute best effort to athletic director,” Neace said. “He knows exactly what it takes to build a successful sports program.”

Dillenbeck volunteered to run a youth basketball program that has been the key in developing players in high school.

“He is in a position to inspire kids and he excelled,” Neace said.

Jeff Gress, a Lyndonville teacher and former wrestling coach, said he would resign as modified track and field coach after 27 years if Dillenbeck isn’t reinstated. “He has always been steadfast in doing what’s best for the school district,” Gress said.

Tara Neace, Eric’s mother and a former Board of Education member, said the board shouldn’t “micromanage” personnel decisions, especially when the superintendent recommends a reappointment.

Neace was on the board in 2012 when the district and Jason Smith, the superintendent, gave Dillenbeck goals for improving the athletic program. Dillenbeck, the coaches and athletes have exceeded those expectations, she said.

“The proof is all the banners on the walls,” she said. “You can’t find a seat now at the basketball games.”

The Rev. Dan Thurber is Lee Dillenbeck’s father-in-law. Thurber said the community doesn’t understand the board’s decision given the positive recommendation by the superintendent for Dillenbeck and the success of the athletic program. Thurber asked the board to reconsider its decision.

Ed Urbanik, another former board member, said the board wasn’t following its policy by not acting on the recommendation of the superintendent.

“This is a friends and family employment agency,” Urbanik said.

Wes Bradley, a retired teacher, said he emailed the board members seeking explanation about Dillenbeck not being reappointed. Three responded and one said Dillenbeck “had done nothing to deserve losing his position.”

Bradley said there are 63 teachers at Lyndonville, and Dillenbeck is one of only nine who live in the district. Bradley also faulted the board for recent decisions to not reappoint Jim O’Connor as girls soccer coach and Jeff Gress as the wrestling coach. Those two also live in the district.

Bradley said “personal vendettas” from the board are hurting the district.

Gress addressed the board and read a letter from Eric Valley, Medina athletic director, in support of Dillenbeck.

Gress said he would resign as modified track and field coach after 27 years if Dillenbeck isn’t reappointed as AD.

Jim O’Connor, a math teacher and the former soccer coach, also spoke in favor of Dillenbeck.

“Lee is one of the finest young men I’ve had the pleasure of working with in my career,” O’Connor said. “He came in as a kid and I’ve watched him become a man.”

Gary Derwick said the many testimonials of Dillenbeck’s strengths should warrant a reconsideration from the board.

“Lee has been a great kid growing up,” Derwick said. “He has many attributes many schools would want. It seems it would be irresponsible to not look at all of these attributes.”

When the board voted not to reappoint Dillenbeck, many in the crowd yelled their outrage. Several people burst into tears.

Photos by Tom Rivers: Wine from Chateau Niagara was served with the second course, Chile Verde Empanada from Mariachi De Oro, during last year’s Farm to Table dinner, which served 220 on a closed off section of Main Street.

MEDINA – For several weeks, planners have been busily preparing for the fourth annual Farm to Table Dinner in Medina. The event is hosted by the Orleans Renaissance Group, Inc., as part of the annual activities of the Canal Village Farmers’ Market, a Medina enterprise also sponsored by ORG.

Tickets for the 2019 Farm to Table Dinner go on sale Monday, July 8, at 10 a.m. for $125 each. They will be available online at www.medinaalive.com and at the English Rose Tea Shoppe (cash & check only), 527 Main St., Medina, (585) 798-4410.

“If it is your intention to attend the dinner, my advice is don’t hesitate one minute to buy your tickets!” said Chris Busch, president of the Orleans Renaissance Group. “This event will sell out within minutes, so don’t delay in securing your tickets.”

Medina held its first Farm-to-Table dinner event on a closed off Main Street on Aug. 4, 2016. There were 137 people at that dinner, a fine dining experience featuring locally grown food and wine.

The event delivers an exquisite, six-course, gourmet meal. The dinner also provides an opportunity to experience how local chefs capitalize on Orleans County’s number one industry: agriculture.

This years’ dinner event will be held on Thursday, August 8, at 6 p.m., once again right down the center of Medina’s Main Street Historic District. Should it rain, the event will be held at The Gallagher in Medina.

“The effect is something out of a Hallmark movie,” wrote Francesca Bond in a piece for the Buffalo News Gusto, entitled “Inside Medina’s small-town culinary and cultural renaissance,” published March 27, 2019.

“Francesca got it exactly right,” said Cindy Robinson, ORG board member. “The evening is pure magic – the setting, the food, the atmosphere – there’s nothing quite like it.”

The event will again host 225 dinner guests with the table stretching nearly the entire length of North Main Street.

Guests will again be treated to live music, this year provided by What About Jane, a popular coffeehouse trio from Holley, NY, and frequent performer at Medina’s farmers’ market.

Upon arriving, guests will be treated to a complimentary Chef’s Course paired with award-winning Cuvée Reserve Brut, courtesy of Schulze Vineyard & Winery of Burt, NY. The dinner will deliver a sensational locally-sourced, six-course meal with Chef Michael Zambito of Zambistro once again collaborating with local culinary colleagues.

Among those joining Zambistro will be Mariachi De Oro, Mile 303, Sourced Market & Eatery, Bent’s Opera House and the Shirt Factory. All ingredients used in the meal will be locally sourced and farm-fresh, provided almost entirely from the vendors at Canal Village Farmers’ Market, Medina.

“In addition to all of last years’ chefs returning, we’re excited to have Chef Lionel Heydel of Bent’s Opera House joining us this year,” said Cindy Robinson. “We’ll be seeing much more of Chef Lionel here in Medina in the coming months.”

Each course will feature pairings from Niagara Wine Trail wineries, including Leonard Oakes Estate Winery, Medina; Schulze Vineyard & Winery, Burt; Victorianbourg Estate Winery, Wilson; Liten Buffel, Middleport and 810 Meadworks, Medina.

“As you can imagine, making an event like this a reality requires a great deal of time, talent and treasure,” Busch said. “One of the hallmarks of Medina’s success is everyone working together to make good things happen and this dinner is no exception.”

Annual corporate sponsors of the Farm to Table Dinner include Zambistro, PridePak Inc. with Steve Carr, CEO; Takeform  in Medina; Bent’s Opera House, Medina; and Generations Bank of Seneca Falls.

With each passing year, the demand for Farm to Table Dinner tickets has been great. To help create more opportunity for people to secure tickets, ORG will raffle off two pairs of two tickets over the coming days and weeks.

“People actually begin inquiring about the tickets in January,” said Busch. “There’s a limited number and they go very quickly. However, there will be two opportunities to win two dinner tickets this year. In addition to the annual ticket raffle at the Canal Village Farmers’ Market, we’ve prepared another really fun opportunity to win a pair of tickets.”

The farmers’ market raffle started June 29 and will run through Aug. 3. Every $5 spent at the market earns a chance in a drawing for two tickets. The market runs every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 127 West Center St.

This Saturday there will be a “crawl for tickets,” Busch said. To participate in the crawl, participants will pick up an official “crawl card” at the managers’ tent at the Farmers’ Market. The card will be used to track a visit to each of the businesses listed on the back throughout the day. The idea is to tour Medina, patronize those establishments and get the card officially stamped. Each stamp is worth one chance in the ticket drawing. Crawl cards are turned in at the Shirt Factory in exchange for tickets to enter the drawing.

Participating businesses include Canal Village Farmers’ Market, Mile 303, Zambistro, Mariachi De Oro, and Shirt Factory.

A live prize drawing will take place at the Shirt Factory, 10 p.m. Participants must be 21 and over to enter/win.

Provided photo: John Robinson heads out this morning from Buffalo to Medina for the first day of a 350-mile journey on the Erie Canal towpath. He is scheduled to reach Medina this afternoon. On Tuesday, he heads from Medina to Fairport.

MEDINA – John Robinson is riding a bike along the Erie Canal towpath for the seventh time raising awareness about the skills and abilities of people with disabilities.

Robinson is a quadruple amputee. He is the leader of Our Ability, which works with businesses to deepen the understanding of what people with disabilities can bring to the workplace. Our Ability also serves as a bridge between individuals and employment opportunities.

Robinson started the trip this morning at Canalside in Buffalo and will go 51 miles to Medina. On Day 2, he will go from Medina through Orleans County and stop at Fairport, a 56-mile trip.

The ride ends July 10 in Albany at Jennings Landing.

As he embarks on this year’s journey, Robinson is encouraging more companies to join the New York Business Leadership Network, a coalition of businesses in New York State interested in hiring and supporting businesses owned by individuals with disabilities.

More than 20 employees of M&T Bank, a NYBLN member organization, joined Robinson for the first section of the Journey Along the Erie Canal, and about 20 more M&T employees visited Canalside Monday morning to cheer them on.

The Arc of Genesee Orleans will greet Robinson today at about 3 p.m. when he is expected to reach Medina. He will is scheduled to leave Medina on Tuesday morning at the lift bridge at 8:30 a.m.

For more on Robinson and the journey, click here.

Press Release, Oak Orchard Health

BROCKPORT – Oak Orchard Health has been awarded $887,120 by the New York Department of Health to help improve the health status of migrant and seasonal workers and their families. This grant will fund the services Oak Orchard provides to migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the Monroe, Genesee, Orleans, Niagara and Wyoming counties.

Oak Orchard provides a model of care that integrates patient-centered medical, dental, vision and behavioral health care services – treating the whole patient and focusing on patient education. Oak Orchard believes that offering education to migrant seasonal farmworkers and their families can help prevent chronic diseases and workplace-related injuries and illnesses.

Additionally, the organization will be able to provide personal protective equipment to the migrant and seasonal farmworkers, as well as being able to treat in the camps where the farmworkers live.

These workers will be referred to an Oak Orchard Health center if more comprehensive care is needed, but this grant helps to eliminate the barriers of transportation and lack of time off work to provide the patient with health care.

Oak Orchard is based in Brockport and has centers in Albion, Lyndonville, Hornell and Warsaw.

Provided photos: The Albion High School Clay Target Club includes, from left: Ben Hickman, Zac Albright, Mike Donahue (coach) Patrick Brien, Jordan Boccacci-Phillips, Max Hapeman, James Hapeman, Alex Rustay, Jeff Atwell (coach) Nick Sacco, Tim Brien (coach) Shane Hastings, Austin Aman, Lacey Standish, and Ryan Uderitz (coach). Missing from the photo are Chris Rice (coach), Eli Pask and Cole London.

Alex Rustay, left, and Nick Sacco were the top scorers for Albion in the state competition.

ALBION –  The Albion High School Clay Target Club participated in the Clay Target Leagues New York State Championship in Cicero on Sunday.

There were 76 schools (950 student athletes) from across the state represented at the event.  Albion’s varsity team of Alex Rustay, Patrick Brien, Nick Sacco, Zac Albright and Shane Hastings finished 9th overall out of 65 teams.

Patrick Brien and Alex Rustay both received All-State honors for finishing in the top 100 in the entire league (1,700 student athletes).

Alex Rustay was tied for 5th with a score of 96 out of 100. Nick Sacco was tied for 13th with a 94 out of 100. Patrick Brien was tied for 30th with a 92 out of 100. They are all seniors this year.

Alex Rustay shot a perfect round at the event 25 out of 25 (25 straight) and Nick shot back-to-back perfect rounds for 50 out of 50 (50 straight) at the event.

This was the first year Albion High School participated in the New York State Clay Target League.

This rendering from Parkitects shows the improvements planned for Pine Street Park.

MEDINA – A new splash pad with five ground spray elements should be installed at Pine Street Park in Medina in mid to late August, Village Board members said.

The board last week approved allowing the Pine Street Park Project Committee to buy the splash pad equipment. When it is installed, the splash pad will be given to the village.

The five elements for the splash pad is expected to cost $46,750. The committee is working on fundraising for about $200,000 in upgrades to Pine Street Park. The members include Tom Hungerford, Bob Sanderson, Maureen Sanderson and Nicole Goyette.

The splash pad will be the first of improvements, with a new playground and a butterfly garden to follow.

The splash pad will be 30 feet in diameter and water will circulate out to water plants and trees.

The splash pad will be installed after the village’s summer parks program, which is at Pine Street Park this summer and continues until Aug. 6.

The installer for the equipment is currently backed up with other projects and can’t work on Medina’s until later this summer.

MURRAY – Republicans in Murray had the highest turnout for the primary last Tuesday .

Primaries don’t tend to bring out the voters en masse. But Tuesday’s turnout wasn’t too far off a local general election.

The turnout countywide was 32.3 percent or 3,487 voters among the 10,789. That doesn’t include 137 absentees and seven affidavits. When they are included the overall turnout is 33.6 percent or 3,631 voters. That also means more than 7,000 registered Republicans didn’t vote in the primary.

Here is a breakdown of turnout at the 10 towns last Tuesday.

Source: Orleans County Board of Elections; Orleans Hub calculations.

Board of Elections staff had ballots printed for a 50 percent turnout in towns with town elections, as well as a hotly contested sheriff’s election between Chris Bourke and Brett Sobieraski. Elections printed ballots for a 45 percent turnout in towns without town positions on the ballot.

Murray not only had the sheriff’s race, but a battle for town supervisor Robert Miller and Joe Sidonio, as well as three people seeking two spots on the Town Board. The councilman candidates included Neil Valentine, Lloyd Christ and Dirk Lammes.

Murray also had the biggest turnout about two years in the Republican primary at 42.2 percent. Sidonio and Miller again squared off in that primary, which didn’t include a countywide race.

Yates had the lowest turnout at 25.8 percent. That town didn’t have a primary for any town level positions.

Ridgeway had the second lowest turnout on Tuesday, despite a race for town supervisor and two other seats on the Town Board. Ridgeway, at 28.6 percent, and Yates were the only towns below a 30-percent turnout.

Chris Bourke

ALBION – Chris Bourke is the winner of the Republican primary for Orleans County sheriff. He had a 99-vote lead on Tuesday after people went to the polls.

There were 144 absentee and affidavit ballots counted this morning and Bourke’s lead grew by 15 votes. He won this morning’s count with 79 votes to 64 for Brett Sobieraski. (There was one write-in vote for John Riggi, a Yates town councilman, for sheriff.)

There was a mathematical chance this morning that Sobieraski could win the Republican primary for sheriff when 137 absentee ballots and seven affidavits were counted this morning. Sobieraski would have needed to dominate and win more than 80 percent of today’s ballots.

Bourke, the current undersheriff, has worked 35 years in the Sheriff’s Office, starting as a part-time corrections officer and working his way up as a deputy sheriff, K9 officer and lieutenant.

“I thank everyone for their hard work through the process,” he said this morning. “I would ask everyone to stop the personal attacks and the nastiness that comes with the election. Let’s move on and do good things for Orleans County.”

The tally, from Tuesday and this morning, is 1,872 for Bourke and 1,758 for Sobieraski. Those results aren’t final because more absentees could come in by the deadline on Tuesday. Those ballots need to be postmarked, no later than June 24, a week ago.

Bourke also has the Conservative and Independence lines for the Nov. 5 election. Randy Bower, the current sheriff, isn’t seeking re-election.

Joe Sidonio

ALBION – Joe Sidonio is the winner of the Republican primary for Murray town supervisor. Sidonio had a 1-vote lead over Bob Miller, the incumbent, after Tuesday’s vote tally.

After the absentees ballots were counted this morning, Sidonio’s lead grew to 14. He had 24 absentee votes to 11 for Miller.

After the votes were counted this morning, Miller shook Sidonio’s hand and congratulated him.

Twice before in the Republican primary in September 2017 and then the general election in November 2017, Sidonio had small leads over Miller. But when the absentees were counted, Miller passed Sidonio.

This time around Sidonio said he was more aware to encourage people to use absentees if they weren’t around on primary day.

“I’ve learned how government works,” Sidonio said after the votes were counted this morning at The Villages of Orleans, the former county nursing home where the Board of Elections has its office.

Sidonio said the recent close elections showed him many in the public wanted change in the town government. But it was a challenge. He wasn’t the endorsed Republican candidate.

“I am going to take a deep breath here,” he said. “I want to thank my wife and daughter. I’ve had their support and encouragement the entire time. I want to thank God for being able to have this opportunity.”

Sidonio also is the likely winner of the Independence primary for town supervisor. Miller had 5 votes and Sidonio had 6 write-in votes. There is a chance more absentees could come in. Tuesday is the count-off date. The final results will be certified later this week, the Board of Elections said.

Sidonio won a seat on the Murray Town Republican Committee in a September 2016 primary. But he was unable to get a seat on the Town Board, not only losing to Miller but last November to Neil Valentine for town councilman.

“I represent change,” Sidonio said this morning. “I’m the first to take on the establishment, the Murray Republican Committee, and win. It takes courage, effort and time to bring change to the entrenched establishment. My change will be inclusiveness rather than exclusiveness.”

He was upset when the Town Board didn’t reappoint him as the town representative on the Orleans County Planning Board about two years ago after he served in that position for 12 years.

He wants to hear from everyone who has ideas and a willingness to make Murray a better community.

“I look forward to working with the board and the town,” he said. “It’s time for the community to come together and work together.”

Miller’s term as town supervisor continues until Dec. 31.

ALBION – It’s the third close race between Bob Miller and Joe Sidonio in less than two years for Murray town supervisor, and again the absentee ballots are needed to determine the winner.

In Murray, 36 absentee ballots were taken out for last Tuesday’s Republican primary. The absentees will be counted this morning in the Orleans County Board of Elections office.

After the polls closed at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Sidonio had a 1-vote lead over Miller, 255 to 254.

Sidonio has been there before, with a slight lead over Miller when the polls closed. In both cases, Miller would overtake him with the absentees.

In September 2017, Miller and Sidonio squared off in the Republican primary for town supervisor. Miller was behind Sidonio by 7 votes after the polls closed. But when the absentee ballots were counted on Sept. 18, 2017, Miller emerged as the victor for the Republican line, getting 19 absentees to 5 for Sidonio.

The two would face each other again on Nov. 7, 2017 in the general election. Sidonio stayed in the race with the Conservative and Independence lines.

Sidonio had a 16-vote lead, 558 to 542, when the polls closed. However, Miller had 26-vote lead in the absentees, 47 to 21 for Sidonio. The final tally was 589 votes for Miller, 579 for Sidonio.

Today’s absentee count will also finalize the primary for Orleans County sheriff. Chris Bourke has a 99-vote lead over Brett Sobieraski with 139 absentees out.

File photo by Tom Rivers: This photo from Oct. 14, 2015 shows some of the 400-foot-high turbines in Sheldon, Wyoming County. Apex Clean Energy is proposing local projects with turbines that would be more than 600 feet high.

ALBION – The Orleans County Legislature is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to make sure the Siting Board includes the impacts of infrasound on the health of residents who live in communities with proposed wind turbine projects.

Apex Clean Energy has proposed large-scale turbine projects in Barre and also in Yates and Somerset.

Those projects will be reviewed by a seven-member State Siting Board, which includes the leaders of five state agencies. Two local representatives also are on the Siting Board for each project.

The Legislature last week passed a resolution asking Cuomo to insist on “comprehensive health impact and environmental studies including consideration for the added potential for sleep disturbances from pulsating night noise dominated by low frequency and infrasound, especially under stable atmospheric conditions.”

The Legislature said it “fully supports” the positions by the Yates Town Board, the Western New York Public Health Alliance and the New York State Association of County Health Officials in demanding the review process for turbine projects include “a comprehensive health and environmental impact study.”

The Legislature’s resolution will be forwarded to Cuomo; Kathleen Burgess, commissioner of the Public Service Commission; State Sen. Robert Ortt; State Assemblyman Steve Hawley; State Assemblyman Michael Norris; Daniel Stapleton, Niagara County Public Health director; Paul Pettit, Orleans County Public Health director; James Simon, Yates town supervisor; and Daniel Engert, Somerset town supervisor.

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – The Westside Market, a new farmers’ market in Albion, was open for the second week today at the former Billy’s Pub location at 438 West Ave.

The top photo shows Stymus Farms and Kirby’s Cider Mill with some of their early season offerings. They will both have more available later this summer and fall.

The market is open on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will continue through Oct. 27.

Brian Alexander, co-owner of Dubby’s Wood Fired Pizza, pulls a pizza out of the oven. Dubby’s debuted at the Albion Strawberry Festival earlier this month.

Brian and his wife Rebecca Alexander live in Carlton. They have a special breakfast pizza – sausage, gravy, potatoes, eggs and cheese (with a drizzle of maple syrup) – they serve at the Albion market.

Steve Culmo of Dubby’s cuts the slices of the breakfast pizza.

Heather Allchin, co-owner of The Hot Spot, grills hot dogs and hamburgers. Her daughter Leah Pawlak also made cookies that were for sale. The Hot Spot debuted on May 1 and has been based at the parking lot for Ace Hardware in Albion.

Allchin said the new farmers’ market is very visible on Route 31 with good parking.

Other vendors today included OG Primitive with crafts and farmhouse décor and Johnny Bee Good Honey from Albion.

Dorothy Daniels is the market manager. Her late father, Ralph Dollinger, owned the site, which previously was used as the office space for GCASA.

Daniels said she wanted to see the space be put to good use.

“This town didn’t have a farm market,” she said. “It’s something for the community.”

Anyone interested in being a vendor can contact Daniels at ddaniels.westside@gmail.com.

Provided photo: Orleans County Sheriff Randall Bower, left, is sending 11 children, ages 9 to 12, to a camp for a week in Penn Yan.

Press Release, Orleans County Sheriff Randy Bower

ALBION – Orleans County Sheriff Randall Bower is sending 11 deserving children to the New York State Sheriffs’ Institute Summer Camp.

The Sheriffs’ Summer Camp is located on Keuka Lake in the Finger Lakes Region of Yates County, for a week of wholesome summer fun..

Now in its 43rd year of operation, the camp will accommodate over 900 boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 12 from across New York State this summer. The campers attend at no charge.

Made possible by the generous financial support of the Honorary Members of the Sheriffs’ Institute, the Sheriffs’ Summer Camp provides a solid recreational program while stressing basic values and good citizenship.

“The campers get an insider look at the world of law enforcement,” said Sheriff Bower. “By working with and learning from the sheriffs and deputy sheriffs at the camp, the kids develop a deeper respect for and understanding of the men and women who enforce our laws.”

Campers participate in typical camp activities, like archery, sailing, boating, hiking, and talent shows. They also experience technical and safety demonstrations by deputy sheriffs such as scuba diving, K-9 handling, bicycle safety and boating safety.

The Sheriffs’ Summer Camp is a program of the New York State Sheriffs’ Institute, Inc. The Sheriffs’ Institute was established in 1979 with the mission to assist the office of the sheriff in advancing education in the criminal justice community, preventing juvenile delinquency, and supporting victims of crime and their families. Visit www.nysheriffsinstitute.org.