Photos by Tom Rivers

MEDINA – Zelaya, a mariachi band, performs during a “Day of the Dead” celebration in downtown Medina today. They are performing under a big tent that was set up in the parking lot on West Center Street across from the Post Office.

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a popular Mexican holiday. Today’s celebration was led by the Mariachi de Oro Restaurant, the Medina Business Association, GO ART! and the New York State Council on the Arts.

The band is performing in front of an ofrenda, an altar that is intended to welcome returning souls and features candles, wild marigolds, incense, photographs, mementos and loved ones’ favorite foods like fruit, tortillas, tamales, chocolate and bread.

One of the dancers has her face painted. The Day of the Dead Celebration is a time of joyful remembrance of deceased loved ones, filled with an array of colors, scents, sounds and stories. Centered around the Christian observance of All Saints and All Souls Days on November 1 and 2, the celebration includes images and ideas about the roles of ancestors in our lives, that trace back to Mexico’s indigenous peoples.

Traditionally, people believe that this is the one time of the year when souls can return to earth for a day and commune with their families and friends.

Dancers perform near two large puppets. If the weather had been better, the puppets would have lead a processional on Main Street to draw people to the celebration.

The event was a chance to learn about and enjoy the Mexican holiday. There were activities from 3 to 8 p.m. with crafts, face painting and food tastings at businesses on Main Street from 3 to 5:30 p.m., followed by a celebration from 6 to 8 p.m. one block away on West Center Street.

Leonel Rosario, chef and co-owner of Mariachi de Oro Restaurant, takes a photo of the ofrenda he created for the event. Several of his family members were part of the occasion, dancing and preparing food for the community.

Rosario was happy to see so many downtown businesses join in the celebration.

The mariachi band plays for many dancing participants.

This trumpet player is a member of the band, Mariachi Zelaya.

The two puppets towered more than 10 feet. They were nimble on their feet.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Barker players celebrate after a last second goal earned the Lady Raiders a Class C champion win over Eden at rainy Williamsville North this evening.

Showing plenty of flare for the dramatic, top seeded Barker scored in the final seconds to nip No. 3 Eden 2-1 in the Section VI Class C field hockey championship game this evening at rain soaked Williamsville North High School.

Sophomore Natalie Bruning scored her seventh goal of the season with only 20 seconds remaining to give Barker the thrilling victory and send the Lady Raiders into the state playoffs.

“We’re ecstatic. We’re going to the regionals,” exclaimed Barker Coach Jeff Costello whose Lady Raiders will now face East Rochester in the Far West Regional at 7 p.m. Saturday at Penfield High School.

Barker co-captains Katrina Clare, left, and Ciara Gregoire proudly display the sectional championship plaque.

Barker, which had to rally from a 2-0 half-time deficit to nip Niagara-Orleans League rival Akron 3-2 in overtime in the semifinals, had to come from behind in the second half again as Eden took a 1-0 lead when Lydia Kobie scored with just two minutes to go in the first half.

With a heavy downpour pelting the artificial turf, Barker turned up the pressure in the second half putting putting half a dozen shots on the Eden net but it still remained a 1-0 game with less than 15 minutes to go.

Finally Barker was rewarded for keeping that steady pressure on. The Lady Raiders pulled even when junior Katrina Clare scored her team leading 27th goal of the season on a line drive shot from straight away with 14:50 remaining.

“They just never give up,” said Costello. “They kept peppering their net with shots. We were all over them and once we got that one I knew we could get another.”

The sectional title is the 13th in the last 17 years for Barker which improves to 16-3 overall while Eden finishes the season at 11-6-2.

Barker’s Katrina Clare advances the ball up field in the rain against Eden’s Dani Thompson.

With the heavy rain pouring down Barker’s Madison Gancasz works around Eden defender Rachel Wach.

Megan Dix

ROCHESTER – Holly Colino admitted in a Monroe County Court to murdering Megan Dix, a Lyndonville wife and mother who was having a lunch break on Aug. 25, 2017.

Colino admitted to all charges against her, including second-degree murder, in court on Monday, but she said she shouldn’t be held criminally responsible due to her mental health, according to a report from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

In admitting to the charges, Colino said a “mental disease or defect” was the true culprit in the crime.

Dix, 33, was sitting in a parked vehicle, on her lunch break in a Brockport park on South Avenue last summer. She worked at the Lowe’s in Brockport.

Colino shot Dix in the head. Colino was arrested three days later.

In court, she said she randomly chose someone to kill. Her attorney, Mark Foti, said she has little recollection of the crime.

Colino was ordered by the court to undergo a mental health examination. Two doctors independently determined she suffered from a psychotic mental disorder on Aug. 25, 2017, the day of the murder.

Colino is in treatment. Her case will now be handled by the Commissioner of Mental Health with a mental competency hearing to be scheduled. She is expected to spend the rest of her life in a psychiatric facility or hospital, according to the report from the Democrat and Chronicle.

Colino, 31, grew up in East Rochester. She had been living in Arizona. Brockport Police Chief Daniel Varrenti said after her arrest the murder was a random act of violence. Dix did not nothing wrong to provoke the attack, the police chief said.

Dix is the youngest of eight siblings. She married her high school sweetheart, Chris. Their son CJ is now 9.

Press Release, Medina Central School

MEDINA – Art teacher, Judy Light, had the 7th grade students draw 3D words that completed the sentences “Peace is…” or “Peace is not…”.  The students showed off their inspirations in the hallway near the computer room.

Medina students participated in Red Ribbon Week, an alcohol, tobacco, and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign.

The 4th and 5th grade art students created pinwheels with peaceful colors on one side and words that express peace on the other side.  The pinwheels were planted in front of the school for the day during the week and is known as the “Whirled Peace” installation.

The art pieces highlight the school’s “Love Yourself” project.  Each student is tracing their closed palm onto red paper and cutting it out.  Then in the center of their palm, students are writing a complimentary word about themselves.  They will be incorporated into another project that Mrs. Light and the student council representatives from all grades will create by placing them into paper hearts for each of the grades.

There will be a special quote about caring for and loving one’s self in the center of each heart.  The school’s message will hopefully carry on for the rest of the school year.

Kevin Allen

ALBION – An Albion attorney avoided incarceration today, but will spend five years on probation, pay nearly $50,000 in restitution and also do 200 hours of community service.

Kevin R. Allen, 32, was sentenced this morning in Orleans County Court by Judge Charles Zambito.

Allen, the judge noted, did not take any funds for drugs, gambling or some extravagant purchase.

However, his scheme of using some clients’ funds to pay money owed to other clients created hardships for many of the clients, costing them money and shaking their confidence in a person they expected to be their advocate.

“People put their trust in you,” Zambito told Allen. “That’s what lawyers are there for.”

Allen has been an “overachiever” most of his life, from becoming an Eagle Scout to going to law school to opening his own law office in his hometown, his attorney Michael Dwan told the court.

However, Allen suffered from depression and was no longer able to function as a lawyer, to file the proper paperwork and keep cases moving along for clients, Dwan said.

Allen sank into a deeper depression after his wife’s miscarriage and his mother’s cancer diagnosis. He also struggled with the pressures of running a law office, from keeping the business going to wanting to be the best advocate for his clients, who were often in crisis, Dwan said.

Dwan asked for probation and community service for Allen, with no jail time.

The special prosecutor in the case, Ryan Parisi, said nine people are owed restitution totaling $49,851. Allen has paid back other people as well who went to the police.

He will cash out his $15,000 retirement plan to reduce the $49,851, and then he will pay back $750 a month.

Three of the victims spoke in court today. Bonnie Pescara is owed $33,261. She said she sent Allen money for her car payment for two years and he diverted those funds, to the point where her vehicle was repossessed and her credit ruined.

He didn’t complete important paperwork in other matters, leading to stress and aggravation that she said has taken a toll on her health.

She asked the judge to give him the maximum sentence, 1 1/3 to 4 years in state prison.

Another victim, Gregory Poole, is owed $11,590. He said Allen’s failure to follow through with legal paperwork, “has stood my life upside down.”

Anthony Palermo, another victim, said Allen’s delinquency cost Palermo “a lot of money.”

“I hired him to do a job for me and he never did it,” Palermo said. “It was dragged out a long time and I lost everything. I was lied to a long time.”

Allen apologized to his clients today in court, and also to his family. He said he would be turning over all files from his office to the Orleans County Bar Association.

“I’ve disappointed multiple people and it is with great sadness that I say that,” Allen said during sentencing. “I should have asked for help and I didn’t. I wasn’t in the right mental health state.”

Allen said he wishes he had referred people to other lawyers, and stepped back while he was struggling with what he said were multiple mental health issues.

“I never intended to hurt anyone or cause them financial difficulties,” he said.

Zambito said he didn’t think jail or prison was necessary for Allen, who has surrendered his law license and will be on probation while making restitution.

The judge said Allen fully cooperated with the prosecution.

“I hope you’re able to strengthen up your life,” Zambito said. “You’re obviously an intelligent man who worked hard to be a lawyer.”

Photo by Tom Rivers: A one-day toy drive last year resulted in toys for about 500 children. The toys were dropped off at Canalside Tattoo on Main Street in Medina. Shawn Ramsey, left, is owner of Canalside. He is pictured with Andrew Szatkowski, organizer of the toy drive, whch returns on Nov. 24.

MEDINA – A one-day toy drive will return on Nov. 24 during Medina’s festive Olde Tyme Christmas celebration.

Andrew Szatkowski organized the event last year, and people donated toys for about $500 children.

Szatkowski put together 20 packages to entice donations of toys or $5 that will be used to buy presents. With every donation, people were given a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of the 20 “Medina Experience” packages. That raised an additional $800 that was used to purchase toys.

Szatkowski is back at it this year, putting together packages from businesses to provide an additional incentive for people to donate toys or money.

“You only get so many Christmases,” he said. “From ages 3 to 10 especially Christmases are magical. They are impactful. They are lifelong and you never forget them, good or bad.”

The donated toys will be given to Community Action of Orleans & Genesee and the Medina Area Association of Churches, which will distribute them to families in Orleans County.

Szatkowski was impressed with the quality of the gifts donated last year to local children.

Any business or resident who wants to donate towards a gift package is welcome to contact him at 585-205-0581 or ajs@takeform.net.

Photos courtesy of Trudi Schwert: The Rev. Susan Collins Thaine, pastor of Albion Presbyterian Church and moderator of the Presbytery of Genesee Valley, performs the baptism and service of installation of the Rev. William H. Wilkinson in the First Presbyterian Church of Medina.

MEDINA – The Rev. Dr. William H. Wilkinson has been installed as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Medina in a special service at which a dozen members of various faiths participated.

The Rev. Wilkinson, who served as temporary pastor for a year at the Medina church, explained how participants for the service were chosen.

The Presbytery is made up of six neighborhoods and a representative from each of these areas was invited, in addition to one from each branch of Christianity.

“God is the God of all Christians and Christian religions,” the Rev. Wilkinson said during the service on Oct. 21. “We believe the heart of our ministry here is to be welcoming to all, and this ceremony was designed to reflect that.”

Margaret Martin, clerk of session of the First Presbyterian Church of Medina, leads a processional of dignitaries into the sanctuary for a special service installing the Rev. William H. Wilkinson as pastor of the church.

Margaret Martin, clerk of session of the Medina Presbyterian Church, led the processional into the church, which included the Rev. J.D. Jackson of Trinity Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, who gave the opening prayer; the Rev. Carrie Mitchell of Pittsford Presbyterian Church, who gave the Call to Confession; Kay VanNostrand, ruling elder of the Lyndonville Presbyterian Church, who gave the Assurance of Pardon; Jan McCloy, ruling elder and commissioner from Medina First Presbyterian Church, who led Passing of the Peace; Wilma Campbell from Rochester Friends Meeting (Quaker), who gave the Call to Stewardship;

The Rev. Michelle Sumption, pastor of York United Presbyterian Church, who offered the Prayer of Illumination and gave the Invitation to the Offering; the Rev. Marilyn Cunningham, pastor of Graves Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal, and the Rev. Marcia Reiff, Dansville Presbyterian Church, who each gave Scripture readings; the Rev. Nicholas Dorland, Brockport Presbyterian Church, who preached the Sermon “Living Stones”; the Rev. Susan Collins Thaine, pastor of Albion Presbyterian Church and moderator of the Presbytery of Genesee Valley, who presided at the Service of Installation; the Rev. Deborah Fae Swift, pastor of South Presbyterian Church; who offered the Prayer of Installation; and the Rev. Ho Dong Hwang of Mendon Presbyterian Church, who presented the charge to the newly installed pastor and to the congregation.

Sherrie Wilkinson sings a special solo during the installation service for her husband, the Rev. William H. Wilkinson, at the First Presbyterian Church of Medina.

Sherrie Lee Wilkinson, wife of the Rev. Wilkinson, was soloist for the service, performing several of her husband’s favorite hymns.

At the conclusion of the service, Martin presented the Rev. Wilkinson with a new stole from the congregation.

A reception followed in the Fellowship Hall.

From left, Peg Pierce, Donna Johnson and Nelda Callard serve cake during a reception honoring the Rev. William H. Wilkinson after his service of installation at the First Presbyterian Church of Medina.

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Photos by Tom Rivers: The Rochester Area Community Foundation has provided $44,000 in grants for the Cobblestone Museum to work on three cobblestone buildings built before 1850. Some of the grant funds were used to repair the windows of the Cobblestone Universalist Church, which was constructed in 1834. The Foundation will be recognized on Nov. 10 as the museum’s “Community Partner of the Year.”

GAINES – The Cobblestone Museum will recognize several key supporters during an annual meeting at noon on Nov. 10 at Tillman’s Village Inn.

The public is welcome to attend to annual meeting to hear about the past year at the historic site. Officers and trustees will also be elected for the museum, a National Historic Landmark with buildings on Route 104 and Route 98 in the hamlet of Childs.

In 2016, the museum started presenting awards to supporters and volunteers.

This year’s winners include:

• Community Partner of the Year – The Rochester Area Community Foundation which has provided $44,000 in grants the past two years for a series of building improvements on the three cobblestone buildings that are pre-1850.

A grant for $23,000 went towards restoring windows and some repointing on the Cobblestone Church, as well as work on the next-door Ward House, which was built around 1840. The stairs on the house have been crumbling and were fixed with the grant funds.

A grant for $21,000 this year is focused on the schoolhouse from 1849. The schoolhouse will soon get a new roof, repaired masonry and fresh paint on the window trim and soffits near the roof.

• Business Partner of the Year – Hurd Orchards for many years has promoted group tours for the museum. Hurd Orchards touts the museum in the community and with the farm’s customers. Hurd also has collected funds for the museum, a total that has been on the rise.

The late Betty Hurd was an early supporter of the museum and the Cobblestone Society more than a half century ago. She has instilled a love of history and the cobblestone buildings in her daughter Susan Hurd and granddaughter Amy Machamer.

David Mitchell, left, donated this couch made by George Pullman in the 1850s to the Cobblestone Museum. Mitchell is pictured with Doug Farley, the museum’s director, in the Danolds Room on the first floor of the Cobblestone Church.

• Pullman Award – This is a new award given to recognize a generous donation that enhances the collection at the Cobblestone Museum. In July, David Mitchell donated a couch made by George Pullman, when he was a furniture manufacturer in Albion, before he moved to Chicago and developed the Pullman’s Palace Cars for the railroad industry.

Mitchell acquired the Merrill-Grinnell Funeral Homes in Albion and Holley. The Albion funeral home had a Pullman couch. Mitchell made that couch a stipulation of the sale of the funeral home. He then donated it to the museum.

• Proctor Award is named for the founder of Childs who helped establish the Cobblestone Church. The award is given to someone who goes above and beyond to assist the museum in an extraordinary manner. The museum is presenting three Proctor Awards to recognize people for their efforts in 2018.

• Gail Johnson developed and coordinated a Membership Dinner and the Underwriting component, plus new initiatives for Development and Membership. That work resulted in about $40,000 for the museum. She has welcomed new donors to the museum. She also is a significant donor herself, offering the museum land, barns and monetary gifts.  She also volunteered in many roles this past season.

Maarit Vaga dressed as Cobble the Museum Mouse for the Cobblestone Museum at the Holley June Fest parade. She rode in a 1911 Reo truck owned by Russ Bosch of Clarendon.

• Maarit Vaga organized a Progressive Organ Concert on May 12 and also prepared the main dinner which was served at Christ Episcopal Church. The concert and meal were very popular with the participants. Vaga also wore the Cobble the Mouse costume in local parades to promote the museum.

• Gregory Lawrence of Holley has been working to digitize a collection of about 3,500 photographs of 700 cobblestone structures in New York State, images from Robert L. Roudabush between 1976 and 1980. The images and scans of maps from 21 counties will be available online through the Cobblestone Museum and the Landmark Society of Western New York.

• Volunteer of the Year (2 winners)

• Gerard Morrissey has been a dedicated volunteer as a docent, stepping in whenever he is needed, including the Ghost Walk on Oct. 6 when he portrayed Rufus Brown Bullock, the former Georgia governor who grew up in Albion and moved back to his hometown after his career.

• Marty Taber was one of the coordinators of the Ghost Walk, and wrote the script for the different characters highlighted on the tour. He also helps the museum by giving tours, working on landscaping, and with buildings and grounds projects.

The annual meeting is open to the public. The deadline to RSVP is Nov. 5. For more information, call the museum at 589-9013 or click here.

These employees at Five Star Bank in Medina dressed up for Halloween today. They include, from left, Tammy Yaskulski, Joleen Bessel and Erika Myhill.

Photo by Tom Rivers: These staff members at Hoag Library in Albion also embraced the chance to get in costume for Halloween. They include Children’s Librarian Teresa Gaylord as Little Red Riding Hood, Wendy Peters, and Dirk Climenhaga as a chicken.

Staff at the Office for the Aging in Orleans County wore a variety of costumes, including several with a hippie theme.

The staff at Dr. Thomas Madejski’s office in Medina enjoyed the holiday today.

Many employees at Takeform Architectural Graphics in Medina dressed up for Halloween.

This group works in Dr. Madejski’s Albion office.

Anyone else with other workplace photos of people in costume can send them to news@orleanshub.com.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch from 5 p.m. Thursday until 5 p.m. Friday for Orleans County and much of Western New York.

A period of widespread moderate to heavy rain will develop Thursday afternoon and continue through early Friday morning across all of Western New York. Rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 2 inches are expected Thursday through Friday.

This heavy rain will fall on already saturated soils. Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall may result in minor flooding of poor drainage areas and small creeks from late Thursday afternoon through early Friday morning, the Weather Service said.

The leaves of these trees by the Erie Canal, just east of the Ingersoll Street bridge, are pictured on a bright Tuesday afternoon in Albion.

Photo courtesy of Melissa Ierlan

CLARENDON – Susan Colby, the Clarendon town clerk, has once again dressed up for Halloween at work, an annual tradition she has done for at least 20 years.

Colby, left, dressed up as the Mad Hatter. She is joined by Geary Shenck as a Keystone Cop and Linda Barrett as the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland.

Shenck is retired as the county’s animal control officer. He continues to write a monthly column – “Tid Bits” – for the town newsletter, The Clarendon Gazette. Barrett is the deputy town clerk.

“We like to have fun here,” Colby said about the town hall atmosphere.

Many residents have stopped by the building today to see what Colby and her coworkers would come up with for Halloween today.

“I love Halloween,” she said. “It’s one of my favorite holidays.”

If anyone else has workplace photos to share of people dressed up for Halloween, feel free to send to news@orleanshub.com.

Photos by Tom Rivers: Mount Albion Cemetery is a great place to go for a walk right now with the fall foliage in its glory.

Trick-or-treaters won’t have to dodge snowflakes this evening, which has been the case on some recent Halloweens in Orleans County.

Today is forecast for a high of 59 with a 100 percent chance of rain, about a tenth to a quarter of an inch. The rain should stop before 5 p.m. So costumed children shouldn’t have to worry about getting soaked while going door to door later.

Thursday is forecast for a high of 48 with more rain, about a quarter to a half inch expected with a chance for heavy rain overnight on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo.

Friday is forecast for a high of 52 with a 90 percent chance of more rain, from a half inch to ¾ of an inch.

The leaves have changed colors and most are still hanging on the trees at Mount Albion, a historic cemetery on Route 31.

The deadline to submit letters to the editor for the election on Nov. 6 will be noon on Thursday, Nov. 1. Letters should be sent to info@orleanshub.com. Writers are urged to keep the letters to 500 words or less.

There are several state and federal races on the ballot, including a few local town races – an Albion town justice, a Gaines Town Board member, a Murray Town Board member and a Shelby Town Board member.

Voting on Nov. 6 will be from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Click here to see a list of polling sites in Orleans County.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall goalie Katherine Pearson stops a shot as Hinsdale’s Ashley Chapman looks for a rebound. The action took place during the Lady Eagles state qualifier victory over the Bobcats this evening at Fillmore.

A lightning quick goal in the first three minutes ignited Kendall to a 2-0 victory over Hinsdale in the Section V Class D girls soccer state qualifier game this evening at Fillmore.

Kendall, which last qualified for the state tournament in 2003, will face Section VI champion North Collins in the Far West Regional at 5 p.m. Saturday at Webster Thomas High School.

The Lady Eagles wasted little time in getting on to the scoreboard as Lizzy Woodams netted her 6th goal of the season just 3:20 into the game.

Kendall’s Brianna Wakefield brings the ball up field as Elizabeth Przybyla defends for Hinsdale.

“We peppered them with shots early so it was just a matter of time before we got one and that one really set the pace of the game for us,” said Kendall Coach Pam Barchet.

Kendall goalie Katherine Pearson, center defender Lizzy Sutphen and their defensive mates did the rest in registering the shutout.

Pearson, who had a total of 14 saves on the evening. made one big save early on a Hinsdale direct kick and then had a busy second half making some 10 saves. Sutphen repeatedly cleared the ball out of the Kendall defensive end helping to set up the Lady Eagles attack.

“Our defense did a fantastic job,” said Barchet. “It was a whole team effort.”

The Lady Eagles, which controlled play for mush of the evening, especially in the first half, finally opened up a little breathing room when Brianna Wakefield scored her 9th goal of the season with 15:16 to go in the second half.

Kendall, which advanced to the qualifier by defeating Fillmore 2-1 for the Class D1 title, improves to 15-5.

Hinsdale, which finishes the season at 15-5, advanced by downing Andover 4-2 for the Class D2 crown.

Kendall’s Hailee Mitchell looks to send the ball up field as Lindsey Veno defends for Hinsdale.

Press Release, Medina Boxwood Cemetery Commission

MEDINA – After several years of research, the Boxwood Cemetery Commission is pleased to announce the completion of a book focused on Boxwood Cemetery in Medina.

Boxwood Cemetery: Where the Past is Present, began as a successful application to include the cemetery in the National Register of Historic Places. It grew from a basic history of the cemetery into a study of how Boxwood Cemetery reflected trends in 19th and 20th century American cemeteries.

The book by Village Historian Todd Bensley also features an extensive collection of obituaries of those buried in the cemetery, as well as a list of veterans from the Revolutionary War to the present.

The book is a must-read for anyone interested in genealogical work; local, state and national history; cemetery history; or just a good story.

Boxwood Cemetery is a great example of Joseph Amato’s maxim: “All history is local.” This history of Boxwood Cemetery shows how a small village cemetery in Western New York reflects the last two centuries of American thought on death and the final resting place of those who came before us. In addition, the hundreds of obituaries in the book show how this small community contributed to the historical narrative of the United States, and in some cases, the world.

David C. Sloane stated, “The American cemetery is a window through which we can view the hopes, fears, and designs of the generation that created it and is buried within it. By examining the cemetery from the late-eighteenth to the late-twentieth century, we can find clues to how the mosaic of death changed within America’s social and cultural framework.” This book invites the reader to peer through the window of Boxwood Cemetery at the history of the United States.

The book will be available for sale at the Canal Village Farmers’ Market in Medina on Saturday, November 3, and at Boxwood Cemetery on Sunday, November 4, where a tour of the cemetery is planned for 2 p.m.

The books will be specially priced at $20 for those two events. After November 4, the books may be purchased at the Book Shoppe in downtown Medina or at the Village Clerk’s office on Park Avenue for $25. All proceeds from the book will go the Friends of Boxwood – an organization devoted to the upkeep and promotion of the local treasure.