Press Release, Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed anti-hazing legislation to help keep students safe as they go back to school. The law (S.2755/A.5200) prohibits certain physical contact or requiring physical activity in any organization’s initiating ceremony to prevent the deaths or serious injuries of students during fraternity pledging ceremonies.

“These hazing rituals are dangerous and reckless with potentially fatal consequences, and I’m proud to sign this legislation to protect college students across this great state,” Governor Cuomo said. “As we prepare for the beginning of another school year, parents and students alike deserve to have peace of mind that we take hazing seriously and will have zero tolerance for these abuses in New York.”

The legislation was prompted by the death of Michael Deng, a 19-year-old Baruch College student and Flushing resident who died after suffering a massive head injury as a result of a hazing ritual in 2013.

Under the law, those who engage in physical contact or require physical activity that creates a substantial risk of physical injury and causes that injury as part of an initiation ritual will be guilty of hazing in the first degree, punishable by up to a year in jail.

“The safety of our students is a top priority and these hazing rituals put them at risk of physical and emotional harm,” said Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. “This legislation will help to combat these dangerous rituals and prevent injury and potential fatality of our students. We will not tolerate these actions that threaten the lives of students in New York State.”

Photos courtesy of Kelly Kiebala

MEDINA – About 120 students in the Medina Marching Band had an intense of band camp last week, learning music, marching steps and overall choreography for the upcoming fall season.

The students and staff put in long hours, going from 1 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and then 1 to 5 p.m. on Friday.

Margaret “Maisie” Griffin is the drum major, leading the band.

This year’s theme is “Together As One.” They gave parents a sneak peek of the show on Thursday evening.

Medina will host the Fall Festival of Bands on Sept. 22.

Photo courtesy of Mike Walsh: The Orleans County Marine Patrol pulls a sunken boat through the Oak Orchard Harbor at about 5:15 p.m. today after the boat sank in Lake Ontario with four people on board.

POINT BREEZE – Four people from Batavia were rescued this afternoon after their boat sank more than a mile off shore in Lake Ontario.

The boat sank and turned over about 3 p.m., directly north of Point Breeze. The Orleans County Marine Patrol was able to get to the four people about 10 minutes after the call from dispatch.

The four did not need any medical care, and an ambulance and fire call were cancelled.

Deputy Jim DeFilipps, the Marine Patrol supervisor, said it’s rare to have a boat sink. Preliminary investigation shows the boat had rotted wood at the back end where the engine rests, DeFilipps said.

The boat is being pulled back to shore by the Marine Patrol. From there the boat will be towed by Lyons Collision of Medina.

Provided photo: The Orleans County Marine Patrol pulls a capsized boat back to shore this afternoon.

Rob Ortt

With Chris Collins suspending his campaign for re-election, two state legislators who represent Orleans County say they are willing to have their names on the ballot for the Republican line.

State Sen. Rob Ortt of North Tonawanda and State Assemblyman Steve Hawley are among about 15 people showing interest, from prominent businessmen including Carl Paladino to other state legislators and Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw.

The Republican Party leaders in the eight-county district are expected to pick a candidate soon and try to have Collins’ name removed from the ballot.

Rob Ortt was the North Tonawanda mayor about four years ago when a sudden announcement from George Maziarz, who ended his campaign for re-election, opened the door for Ortt. Maziarz stopped his campaign on July 13, 2014. It was too late for the normal nominating process and to have a Republican primary. Party leaders from Niagara, Orleans and Monroe counties picked Ortt to be on the ballot. He has since won two elections.

“I am humbled and honored to have my name included in the shortlist of individuals considered to represent the constituents of New York’s 27th Congressional District,” Ortt said in a statement on Saturday. “Just as I answered the call to serve my country after the events of September 11th, I will answer the call should I be asked to serve the constituents of New York’s 27th Congressional District. Regardless of who is selected as the Republican Party’s nominee for NY27 this November, we must ensure the values of the district’s hard-working residents continues to be represented at the federal level.”

Steve Hawley

State Assemblyman Steve Hawley has been in the Assembly since winning a special election in February 2006. He owns an insurance company and is a former farmer and Genesee County Farm Bureau president. He told The Daily News of Batavia his background and conservative voting record is in line with the voters in the 139^th District, which includes Genesee, most of Orleans and part of western Monroe.

Ortt’s Senate district is more than twice the size of Hawley’s Assembly District. The Congressional District is more than double the size of the State Senate districts.

Erie County represents the largest percentage of the Congressional District. That likely gives that county more clout in picking the Republican who will be on the ballot. Hawley said much of the district is rural and the district would benefit from a representative from one of the rural counties.

One candidate who is already on the ballot for the Reform Party line also wants to the Republican candidate. Larry Piegza said he deserves consideration. He issued this statement to the media:

“The District’s GOP establishment failed to admit that Collins was a criminal in the first place,” Piegza said. “Then also tried their failed election scam of getting the fake Green Party candidate Michael Zak on the ballot. I think it’s time that we voters demand an open process for choosing Collins’ replacement instead of letting the corrupt establishment tell us which crony we have to vote for next.

“I am only one of two candidates chosen by the fair election process, and have already stated that I am willing to give up my entire congressional salary if I get elected. Instead of endorsing me, they are jumping through legal hoops to try to get their next corrupt politician on the ballot. The voters don’t want a rigged election. If we are going to Make America Great Again, we have got to really drain the swamp at the District level as well.”

There is a new leader in the Orleans County Fishing Derby after Joseph Miller of Harrisburg, Pa., caught a nearly 30-pound Chinook salmon on Saturday.

Miller’s 29-pound, 14-ounce fish knocked a 26-pound, 14-ounce salmon from atop the leaderboard.

The biggest fish caught during the derby, which started Aug. 4 and continues until Aug. 19, is worth a $4,000 grand prize.

The fishing derby’s total prizes are $8,800, which includes the top 5 fish in four divisions: salmon, rainbow trout, brown trout and lake trout. There is also a $200 bonus prize for the biggest fish caught by an Orleans County resident.

Click here to see the leaderboard and to find out more about the derby, which is sponsored by the Albion Rotary Club.

MEDINA – Organizers for a new dog park in Medina are making a push to raise $20,000 for the project.

The dog park would be the first in Orleans County. It is planned to be located next to the former compost plant on North Gravel Road.

Friends of the Dog Park Committee said it needs about $12,000 for fencing, and additional money for agility equipment.

The new park would have three fenced-in areas, one for small dogs, one for large dogs and an agility area.

Alaina Wilson is leading the fund-raising efforts for the dog park. She is pictured with her boyfriend, Andrew Zapf of Rochester, at a table with information about the park.

The committee is in the Canal Basin this weekend, running a dunk tank, and selling frisbees and bracelets for the dog park.

They are at the Basin this weekend while two high-profile vessels are visiting Medina. The Lois McClure is a replica of a canal schooner from 1862 and is open for tours. The boat is joined by Corning Museum of Glass barge, which will offer glass-making demonstrations over the weekend.

The Friends of Medina Dog Park is also promoting a “Dog Days of Summer” fundraiser on Aug. 18 from 2 to 8 p.m. at Leonard Oakes Estate Winery. That event will include a souvenir wine glass, wine, hors d’oeuvres, live music, a basket raffle and a live auction. For more information, click here to be directed to Facebook page for Friends of Medina Dog Park.

There are souvenir frisbees available to raise funds for the dog park.

The committee also welcomes donations. “Top dog sponsors” who give at least $500 will be recognized on an advertising board at the park.

Donations can be sent to Friends of Medina Dog Park, 818 West Center St., Medina. NY 14103.

The Medina Village Board has agreed to set aside about 1 acre of the land at the former compost plant for the dog park.

Wilson said the park will be a place to take dogs for exercise, and to work on training and social skills. She said the park will draw visitors to Medina, boosting the local economy.

She expects construction of the dog park will start next spring.

Photo by Lucy Rivers: Ken McPherson fires a ball at the target and dunks Tom Rivers, editor of the Orleans Hub.

The lineup in the dunk tunk today includes

• 3 – 4 p.m. – Eric Rintouck, captain of the Lois McClure
• 4 – 5 p.m. – Medina Fire Chief Tom Lupo
• 5 – 6 p.m. – Steve Gibbs, senior manager of Hot Glass Programs and Business Technology Development at the Corning Museum of Glass

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – There were about 100 cars and trucks in a “Super Cruise” Saturday evening in downtown Albion.

Main Street was closed off from State Street to Caroline Street for the second annual Super Cruise.

John Foos of Albion brought over his 1971 Ford LTD. He has had the car for 21 years and has taken his wife and four kids for numerous rides with the top down on the convertible.

“I’ve never had so much fun with a car,” he said.

A 1960 Bentley owned by George Heinrich of Hilton was popular at the Super Cruise.

A 1958 ladder truck that was used by the Albion Fire Department until 1990 reappeared at the Cruise. Mike Blake, 34, of Clarendon acquired it about two months ago after trading a 1947 Army Jeep for the truck. The previous owner had the fire truck in Attica. Blake, a former Albion resident, saw it advertised online and wanted to bring it back to Orleans County.

Mike Blake sits in the driver’s seat of the 1958 fire truck and sounds the siren. He let people climb on the truck and explore some of its features. It still has its old ladders, axes and other equipment.

Audrey Blake, 4, has fun playing on the fire truck recently acquired by her father, Mike Blake. Saturday was the first time the truck was at a public event in Albion in many years. (Blake took it to the Barre Bicentennial in late June.)

This 1964 Volkswagen also was a popular vehicle with the onlookers.

Press Release, Nate McMurray, candidate for Congress

Nate McMurray, the Democratic Party-endorsed candidate for the 27th Congressional District, issued this statement this afternoon, urging Chris Collins to resign and not just suspend his re-election campaign.

“This tragic tale is yet another example of how a corrupt party machine has consistently betrayed the people of the 27thCongressional District,” McMurray said.

“It’s absolutely true that Chris Collins should not be running for this or any other seat, a fact that the local Republican Party knew full well when they endorsed and celebrated him while he was under investigation for securities fraud.

“And now the same machine that relentlessly attacked me for daring to question Mr. Collins’ record is attempting to get rid of him while gaming the system in order to hold on to a seat they can no longer win. New Yorkers and Americans are sick of this kind of charade and they are right to be.

“And it is a continuing disgrace that both parties have not said, with one clear voice, ‘resign, Mr. Collins, and do it today.’ Well, let me do it for them: Mr. Collins, suspension is one thing but it is time for you to resign. Do it today.”

McMurray said that Collins’ arrest earlier this week on insider trader charges has brought attention to a race and a region previously overlooked by national media and political insiders.

“Pundits who a week ago couldn’t pronounce my name or tell the difference between Hamburg, NY and Hamburg, Germany are now laser focused on this campaign.

“But my focus has never wavered. I want to be an independent voice for the people who work two jobs and still struggle to meet their mortgage and their health care bills, the forgotten working and middle-class families who will pay the price for the tax cuts and insider deals that make Chris Collins and his friends rich. I know what it is to struggle, and I want to help others in their struggle as well.

“In a sense, the contest for the 27th has changed dramatically in the past few days but fundamentally the issues are the same. It’s still about breaking a failed system that serves itself and putting the power back in the hands of the people. That’s what I have stood for since Day 1, and that’s what I will stand for come January 1 in Washington, DC.”

Press Release, local Democratic Party leaders

Democratic leaders in the 27^th Congressional District called on Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, to resign immediately, in the wake of his announcement that he was suspending his re-election campaign. They also decried the corrupt process of suddenly removing him from the ballot, long after the deadline for changing the ballot had come and gone.

Once again, the Republican establishment of NY 27 is making the interests of the voters play second fiddle to the desires of their own party to retain a stranglehold on power, no matter what.

“Chris Collins has been under an ethical cloud for over a year – under a congressional ethics investigation – but the Republican leaders thought it was just fine to have him on the ballot until a few days ago,” said Jamie Romeo, Monroe County Democratic Chairwoman. “It’s only when they figured out that this seat was in jeopardy that they decided Chris Collins had to go.”

Judith Hunter, the Livingston County Democratic Chairwoman, said, “Republican bosses are absolutely taking the voters of NY 27 for granted again. The federal ballot is set; at least one county in the district has already printed them. But these arrogant power brokers think this seat is theirs to play with and have come up with a corrupt, legalistic sleight of hand without any input from the voters of NY 27. It’s shameful.”

Michael Plitt, the Genesee County Democratic Chairman, asked the obvious questions: “If Chris Collins’ arrest is serious enough to make him suspend his campaign, why isn’t it serious enough to make him resign? We’re going to be saddled with a lame duck representative under criminal indictment who has been stripped of his committee assignment and any power in Congress, for what? His arrogant ego? It’s a disgrace.”

Michelle Schoeneman of East Aurora, founder of Citizens against Collins, says she is absolutely outraged. “The arrogance of Chris Collins insisting he is going to serve his term out is beyond belief. And the arrogance of the Republican bosses thinking they can just wave a magic wand and replace him on the ballot is equally outrageous.”

“We Democrats are fortunate to have Nate McMurray as our candidate for NY 27,” stated Jeanne Crane, the Democratic Chairwoman of Orleans County. “We know he’s going to put the interests of the voters first, whatever he does. He cares about the hard-working middle-class people of this district need, not what shady power brokers want.”

Chris Collins

WILLIAMSVILLE – Congressman Chris Collins has suspended his campaign for re-election, three days after he was indicted on federal charges.

Collins is accused of insider trading, of tipping off friends and family that the stock for Innate Immunotherapeutics, a pharmaceutical company, was about to take a steep dive. Collins was on Innate’s board and was a major investor in the Australian firm.

Collins was arrested along his son Cameron, and Stephen Zarsky, the father of Cameron’s fiancé. They have been charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, one count of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count each of making false statements to the FBI.

Collins on Wednesday said he would push on in his campaign for re-election. He has been in Congress for six years, in a solidly Republican district that includes Orleans and seven other counties.

Collins issued the following statement today:

“Democrats are laser focused on taking back the House, electing Nancy Pelosi Speaker and then launching impeachment proceedings against President Trump. They would like nothing more than to elect an ‘Impeach Trump’ Democrat in this District, which is something that neither our country or my party can afford.

“After extensive discussions with my family and my friends over the last few days, I have decided that it is in the best interests of the constituents of NY-27, the Republican Party and President Trump’s agenda for me to suspend my campaign for re-election to Congress.

“I will fill out the remaining few months of my term to assure that our community maintains its vote in Congress to support President Trump’s agenda to create jobs, eliminate regulations, reduce the size of government, address immigration and lower taxes.

“I will also continue to fight the meritless charges brought against me and I look forward to having my good name cleared of any wrongdoing.”

Six years ago Lyndonville native David Bellavia challenged Collins in the race. Bellavia, an Iraq War veteran and radio talk show host, issued this statement on Twitter: “Help is on the way. Integrity will be restored in #NY27.” Bellavia didn’t detail if he would seek the position.

Nate McMurray, a Democrat seeking election to the 27^th, called on Collins to resign earlier today.

“I can’t believe, several days after this news, that my opponent is still in this race and that the Republican establishment is not saying in unison ‘resign,’” McMurray posted on Twitter. “Mr. Collins, please do the right thing. Step down. They knew this was coming. You should’ve never even been endorsed.”

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement:

“Speaker Ryan must call on Congressman Collins to resign. No person is above the law, not the President nor his first supporter in Congress.

“This insufficient and overdue announcement does little to drain the toxic cesspool of self-enrichment, special interest deals and corruption that has proliferated in Washington under GOP control.

“Over and over, the Republicans’ brazen corruption, cronyism and incompetence has left hard-working families in the cold, as the GOP Congress races to put the profits of special interests and lobbyists before the well-being of the American people. Families face a future of polluted air, dirty water and soaring prescription drug prices under the GOP’s cynical donor-driven agenda.”

Photo by Tom Rivers

ALBION – A 1972 Chevy van from Rochester was popular at the car show on July 22, 2017 when a section of Main Street was closed for the cruise in.

The show returns today from 5 to 8 p.m. with Main Street closed from State Street to Caroline Street, and Bank Street from Ingersoll to Liberty Street.

Organizers welcome classic and late-model cars, trucks and motorcycles to the historic downtown for the show. The event is free to participants and to the public who want to look at the vehicles.

“Seeing people walk down the middle of Main Street is cool,” said Adam Johnson, one of the organizers of the event. “It slows the pace down.”

There will be a 50/50 raffle with proceeds going to The Warrior House in Shelby, which provides a hunting retreat to veterans. Donations will also be accepted today for the organization.

DJ Moonshine Productions will be providing music for the car show. The street is expect to close down around 3 p.m., just before the vehicles start to arrive.

The Orleans ABATE and Limited Resources Car Club are helping with traffic control for the event.

Last year was the first time the street was closed for a car show in several years. There were about 100 vehicles in the show last year. It was sprinkling in early after last year for the car show. Today is forecast to be sunny with a high of 81.

“We definitely caught a huge break with the weather,” Johnson said. “It’s going to be perfect.”

Photos by Tom Rivers

MIDDLEPORT – Anthony Chavers of Newfane plays Buddy, the lead role in Elf Jr. The Musical. There are 45 children in the cast for the Lake Plains Players. This photo shows Buddy singing “Happy All The Time,” the opening number of the musical.

The cast performed the show on Friday evening and are back today for 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. shows at the Roy-Hart High School Auditorium.

Anthony and the other cast members are part of the five-week summer theater camp for grades 2 to 12. The children, from Orleans and Niagara counties, have been rehearsing for five weeks for the show.

The elves work on toys at Santa’s workshop.

Annabella Salisbury plays the role of Santa Claus.

She shares with Buddy his true identity. When Buddy was a baby he mistakenly crawled into Santa’s bag of gifts and was transported to the North Pole.

Santa gives Buddy the news that he is a human baby whose father is in New York City and whose mother is deceased. When Buddy hears the news, he sets off for New York City to meet his dad. Santa also tells Buddy that his father is on “the naughty list.”

Buddy meets some of the employees at his father’s workplace. Walter Hobbs works for a book publishing company.

Cora Payne of Medina plays Jovie, who works in a department store and is Buddy’s love interest. She is upset after Buddy got sidetracked and was late for their date. Buddy helps her to believe in the magic of Christmas.

The elves enjoy singing and dancing “Sparklejollytwinklejingly.”

Brennan Moody of Albion, right, plays Buddy’s father, Walter Hobbs, while Jonathan Clarcq is Walter’s son, Michael Hobbs, and Molly Lonigan is Walter’s wife, Emily. Buddy is able to win them over.

Keira Zambito of Albion plays one of the child shoppers in the musical.

“Overlooked Orleans” – Vol. 4, No. 32

Benjamin L. Bessac

As tours of Mt. Albion Cemetery continue every Sunday through the month of August, I noticed a particular headstone that is frequently passed over each year. Progressing up the winding hills towards the Soldiers & Sailors Monument at the peak of the cemetery is a moderately-sized, dark greyish-blue stone that reads “Father – Benjamin L. Bessac, 1807 – 1871.” The stone is rather reserved in comparison to the larger, ostentatious obelisks and monuments that stand around it. Benjamin Lisk Bessac, the feature of this article, was one of the most notable attorneys in Orleans County who mentored the area’s premier lawyers.

Born on March 12, 1807 at New Baltimore, New York, Bessac’s mother died when he was just 12 days old leaving his father a widower with an infant child. Some reports differ as to who exactly cared for the child in infancy, some suggesting his grandparents while others suggest an aunt who lived in the vicinity. According to family stories, Benjamin Bessac was the grandson of Jean Guillaume (John William) Bessac, an assistant surgeon attached to the staff of Count de Rochambeau during the American Revolution.

Bessac was educated in the common schools while living with his grandparents. During this time, his father packed up his business interests in Chenango County and started west for Ohio. Upon reaching Ransom’s Grove in Erie County, now the town of Clarence, he was stopped by a frightful snow storm and quickly opened a blacksmith shop with the few tools he carried and a small reserve of iron. In the summer of 1822, having established himself on 160 acres of land near the Great Rapids along the Tonawanda Creek, Lewis wrote to this son and encouraged him to come to the Western New York frontier to live on this growing farm.

After three years of living the pioneer life, Benjamin determined that his life was better suited in the pursuit of knowledge than battling the physical demands of the frontier. On October 2, 1825, Bessac walked to Lockport where he boarded a packet boat bound for Albany. It was during this time that he passed through the fledgling settlement of “Newport,” which he described as “…that low, muddy, and as I thought unsightly young village” and proclaimed it to be “…a queer place on which to build a town.”

Upon his return to Albany, he commenced teaching over the winter of 1826 to which he wrote, “My education was not such as the district schools of this day afford. My mind had been somewhat improved by reading in a desultory and aimless manner.” In the spring of that year, he was hired to work on a farm for $9.00 per month outside of Albany and once again commenced teaching school the following winter. In 1827, Bessac entered the Greenville Academy and then prepared to enter the sophomore class at Union College; instead, his friends secured him a job as a store clerk in New York City.

For a short period of time, Bessac relocated to Mobile, Alabama where his wife established the Mobile Female Seminary while he worked as a clerk in a U.S. Bank. Upon the passing of his wife, he transferred the seminary to another individual and returned to New York. He studied law in Cairo, New York under Amasa Mattoon and later Hiram Gardiner in Lockport before returning to that “low, muddy…and unsightly young village” now known as Albion. After settling in Albion, a young Sanford E. Church commenced reading law in his office and became Bessac’s first partner. Over the years, many up and coming attorneys read law in his office including his last partner, George Bullard.

In a few closing notes, Bessac owned a large portion of land on the east side of Main Street stretching from the Erie Canal to the Gaines town line. After constructing a house near what is now Linwood Avenue, at 231 North Main Street, it was determined that an access road should be added to the property just north of the Canal. According to Village of Albion historian Neil Johnson, Bessac ran the street straight eastward until reaching a swampy area along the canal, forcing the road to turn slightly northward. The roadway was opened through to the vicinity of Brown Road where it terminated. Caroline Street, as we know it, was named after Bessac’s second wife, Caroline Baker.

The WNY FAME festival this weekend at Genesee Community College includes the showing of “SMACKED! Heroin Addiction & Recovery In Rural America.”

Sgt. Stubby will be screened at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

BATAVIA – Genesee Community College is hosting a film festival this weekend for the third time and many the filmmakers tackle critical social issues, including drug addiction in rural communities and rape violence.

The WNY FAME festival includes 76 films. Rhonda Parker, a GCC alum and former Albion resident, is the lead organizer of the event. She now lives in Lockport and is a filmmaker with her husband Mark.

“The filmmakers have something to say,” she said. “They pick relevant issues. These are passionate individuals.”

Not all of the films are serious. Many are silly and just for fun. Parker was pleased to have an animated film with a big budget in the festival. “Sgt. Stubby – An American Hero” is a computer-animated feature film based on the true story of the bond between a solider and a stray dog in WWI. The film includes voices of Logan Lerman from Percy Jackson and Helena Bonham Carter. The film starts at 2 p.m. on Sunday and is free to veterans and their families.

The Parkers had their own work in the first two festivals. They have a new film in production that isn’t done. They are editing “A Christmas Monstrosity” that will include a companion book, Mrs. Parker said.

She said the festival includes many films shot in Western New York, as well as others from outside the region.

“We have a lot of great local stuff,” she said about the festival, which starts on Saturday at 11 a.m. and ends at 9 p.m. on Sunday. “I want to promote local art and film. People don’t realize there are a lot of local people making film.”

The festival is open to the public with tickets $5 per two-hour block or $24 for a festival pass. FAME will present awards for the top films, actors, writers, directors, set designers, costume designers and cinematographers at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

To see a schedule of events, click here.

State Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R-Batavia) will welcome an Assemblyman from New York City for a tour of the 139^th Assembly District on Tuesday.

Michael Benedetto (D-Bronx) will visit several businesses and farms in Lyndonville, Medina, Oakfield and Batavia.

“As I’ve done for the past several years, I will be touring my Assembly district with my colleague and Bronx Assemblyman Michael Benedetto,” Hawley said. “At a time when politics seems divisive and gridlocked, I always make an effort to reach across the aisle and invite a colleague from the Big Apple to a different part of the state, and in turn I plan on visiting their Assembly district as well. At the end of the day, we are all New Yorkers and I can see this as a tremendously enriching experience for both of us.”

Hawley and Benedetto are scheduled to visit Green Harbor Campgrounds & Marina in Lyndonville, LynOaken Farms    in Lyndonville, Torrey Farms in Lyndonville and then have lunch at Avanti’s in Medina.

After lunch they may stop by the Medina Railroad Museum and then go to Z&M (Landpro Equipment) in Oakfield, Genesee Community College in Batavia, Chapin Manufacturing in Batavia, Batavia Downs and the Fortunes restaurant at the Downs for dinner.