By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 July 2018 at 4:21 pm
Photos by Tom Rivers
KNOWLESVILLE – Today has been busy at the Carlos Marcello Arena with horse riders attempting eight different challenges as part of the Gymkhana Horse Show.
The top photo shows Meganne Moore, 12, of Albion racing to finish a Figure 8 barrel challenge. Despite being a junior rider, Meganne had one of the fastest times with 11.22 seconds. She was the reserve champion for the pony riders, with Leah Sheelar the champ.
Other challenges in the competition included pole bending, straight barrels, Texas “T”, quadrangle barrels, cloverleaf, bleeding heart and barrel keyhole.
There were 17 riders in the competition.
Kaylee Nesbitt of Albion competes in the horse games. Her grandfather Steve Nesbitt, left, watches the action.
Kaitlin Zwifka of Albion won reserve champ for the senior riders. Faith Woody of Albion was the senior champ.
Arianna McGurn of Point Breeze races with her horse.
Zayda Moyle of Lyndonville competes with the senior riders.
Madison Bale of Medina completed the Figure 8 in 10.33 seconds.
Lisa Beam of Waterport won the champion title for the junior riders.
Olivia Kroening of Medina is the junior reserve champ.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 July 2018 at 12:42 pm
Only 1 team has made it to top all week
Photos by Tom Rivers
KNOWLESVILLE – Two teams tried to climb the greased pole on Friday and both didn’t make it to the top.
This photo shows the Little Eagle Foots with Hunter Freeman, left, and Abi Smith. Justin Robinson is wearing the purple shirt.
The Little Eagle Foots were close to the top but the started to lose their balance and their tower of people toppled to the ground.
So far this fair only one team, the defending champion Troll Diggers, has climbed the pole. The Troll Diggers made it in 37 seconds on Wednesday and qualified for the championship tonight at 10:30. There is another qualifying round at 10 p.m. today before the championships.
A team called the “Royals” – past fair royalty – tried to climb the pole and were able to get three people up before they lost their grip on the grease-slathered pole. Andrew Moore is on top, followed by Natalie Mrzywka and Morgan Seielstad as the base.
Jeremy Neal, the event chairman, goes over the rules with the Royals, including current fair queen Riley Seielstad, right. Neal uses a horn to start the competition. Seielstad just turned 18, the minimum age to try the greased pole and wanted to see if her team could do it.
The Royals and Little Eagle Foots might be back for another try tonight.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 July 2018 at 9:35 am
Photo by Tom Rivers
KNOWLESVILLE – Rylie Lear of Waterport won the grand master showman title on Friday at the Orleans County Fair. She is pictured her showing a horse to start the competition.
The contest includes the top showman in nine different animals: horse Western, horse English, dairy goat, meat goat, sheep, swine, llama, dairy cattle and beef cattle.
Rylie, 18, qualified after winning the swine competition on Monday. She also won the title last year and has one more year of showing animals at the 4-H Fair. This fall she is headed to SUNY Cobleskill.
Nicole Mrzywka, 17, of Holley was the reserve master showman for the fourth straight year. She is also Rylie’s cousin. Nicole qualified for the grand master showman after winning the award for showing dairy goats.
Three of the nine master showmen lead dairy goats into the ring. They include, from left: Jamie Schieber, Kaylee Nesbitt and Elizabeth Jurs.
Emma Mathes and Will Trembley show horses in the competition on Friday. Emma qualified after winning meat goats while Will represented the showmen for sheep.
Rylie Lear and her cousin Nicole Mrzywka hold their trophies while posing with a dairy animal following the competition on Friday. The grand master showmen event lasted 2 ½ hours.
The Small Animal Grand Master Showmen Competition starts at noon today.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 July 2018 at 9:10 am
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – Jason Mussachio sings “I Could Have Danced the Night Away” from My Fair Lady during a performance for the Lake Plains Players on Friday evening at the Leonard Oakes Estate Winery on Ridge Road.
Mussachio and six other performers did a gender swap in singing famous Broadway songs. “Miscast Classics” is a fundraiser for the LPP’s scholarship program. The Players this year awarded its scholarship to Hailey Bader of Albion.
The seven-member singing troupe will perform “Miscast Classics” at 7:30 p.m. today at the Flight of Five Winery in Lockport. Donations go towards the scholarship.
Sarah Hill, left, and Theresa M. Jones sing “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Jones served as director of Miscast Classics. She also performed in the role of the Lion from The Wizard of Oz, singing “If I Were King of the Forest.”
Gary Simboli, Albion’s High School music teacher and drama director, performs “I Enjoy Being a Girl.” He also sang “And I Am Telling You” from Dreamgirls.
Paige Huth sings “Dulcinea” from Man of La Mancha.
The show opened with “Pick a Little, Talk a Little” from The Music Man. From left include Matthew P. Barry, Gary Simboli, Eric Glynn and Jason Mussachio.
Photos by Tom Rivers: Alecia Michelle is 30 feet in the air on the aerial cloud swing during a performance on Friday with Hansen’s Spectacular Acrobatic Sensations. Hansen’s performs three shows a day at the fair.
Visit the new Ag Education and Activities Areas in the Lartz Commercial Exhibit Building.
8 a.m. – Senior Council Stand Opens
8 a.m. – Gymkhana Horse Show. Carlos Marcello Arena
10 a.m. – All Buildings Open
10 a.m. to noon – Ministry of Concern’s Just Friends E3 team youth mentoring program with kids coloring, crafts, and face painting. Trolley Building
10:30 a.m. – Cat Show. Show Arena
Olivia Hansen, 14, jumps on a trampoline over a rope swung by her father Shane Hansen. Five members of the family from Florida perform in Hansen’s Spectacular Acrobatic Sensations. Olivia’s two younger sisters are also part of the show.
1 p.m. – Registration Ends for Small Fry Pedal Tractor Pull by Fair Office
The Albion Fire Department volunteered to cook burgers and hot dogs and wait on customers on Friday evening at 4-H Senior Council Stand. Fred Piano, left, Harry Papponetti and Gregg Marston, right, are ready for the next order. Dawn Marciszewski manages the stand and is a member of the Albion Fire Department. The AFD has been volunteering the past four fairs on Friday evenings. The Roy-Hart FFA also volunteered this week in the Stand. Marciszewski said organizations are welcome to spend a few hours helping in the busy Stand.
1 to 5 p.m. – Main Event Amusements $20 Unlimited Ride Wristband (Tickets purchased this block good 1-5 only) Midway
By Matthew Ballard, Orleans County Historian Posted 28 July 2018 at 7:22 am
A pioneer settlement as depicted in the Historical Album of Orleans County (1879)
“Overlooked Orleans” – Vol. 4, No. 30
CARLTON – On September 10, 1810, eight men from Stockbridge, Massachusetts signed a contract binding one another to a settlement on the Holland Land Purchase in Western New York. These men were unsure of what they would encounter in the virgin woods of the Genesee Country where land was scarcely settled, and neighbors few and far between. When gazing upon the text of this agreement, the articles read like a manifesto built upon a foundation of communism. Now this is not to say that these pioneers sought to establish any semblance of a communist society in the wilderness of Carlton, but the premise of this collective was to share the fruits of labor.
The first line of Article 1 read, “…for the purpose of our better accommodation and mutual benefit, we do and have resolved ourselves to one respective body or company…” That organization established under the name of the “Union Company,” was formed with the purpose of sharing labor while providing the freedom to purchase land without limitation by the group.
Although such record was lost, a secretary was selected by the company to track the progress of the expedition while maintaining a record of “…whatever has been furnished, and by whom, as well as the value of said articles…” Any man putting forth a disproportionate amount of funds would be justly compensated by the group.
Articles 6-18 set forth the specifics of share labor and resources. For two years after the signing of this contract, each man was responsible for furnishing labor for other members of the company. In order to avoid potential conflicts within the group, a proportional amount of wood was to be consumed from each man’s land to allow for the growing of crops and planting of orchards.
Perhaps the most interest of the 18 articles is Article 8 which reads, “We agree that the avails of our joint labor, of whatever kind it may be, shall be equally distributed among said body or company not having any reference to the lands or owners of said lands from whence said avails proceeded.” This stipulation prevented any one man from focusing too much attention on his own interests while neglecting the interests of the others. The mentality conveyed in this article followed throughout the remaining articles, including one that provided for the construction of houses and barns, none of which were to exceed the expense of the first house and barn constructed.
Although a communal mentality was present, the group was not responsible for debts incurred by an individual. An “out” was provided for those who succumbed to the unfortunate trials and tribulations of the frontier, understanding “…that it is possible that the best human calculations are often thwarted and disappointed, and the best intentions are sometimes providentially rendered incapable of performing these most solemn vows…”
The list of signers included Minoris Day, Fitch Chamberlain, Charles Webster, Anthony Miles, Selah Beardsley, Moses Barnum, Russell Smith, and Giles Slater. According to Isaac Signor in Landmarks of Orleans County, Russell Smith never took up his land in Carlton, while Charles Webster lost his pocketbook and money in Lake Ontario while on a trip to Canada. The latter left the area and never returned.
These men arrived in Carlton, mostly single, where they held “Bachelor’s Hall.” This particular site is often mistaken for a Bachelor’s Settlement, where single men arrived together to settle a particular location. A Bachelor’s Hall is a boarding house where men shared living quarters while establishing themselves on their own land; a common practice for that time. The one exception to the bachelor title was Anthony Miles who was already married but left his wife in Massachusetts while he established himself in Carlton. He returned to New England in 1812 and brought his bride to their new home. Fitch Chamberlain and Giles Slater followed suit, each returning to Massachusetts, marrying, and returning to Carlton with their wives.
Based on available information and maps from the Holland Land Company, these men settled near each other along the southern shore of Lake Ontario. According to Signor, Minoris Day, Moses Barnum, and Fitch Chamberlain settled adjacent to one another just west of the Oak Orchard Harbor. Selah Beardsley and Giles Slater settled about one-half mile east of Kuckville on land now occupied by Lakeside Beach State Park; Anthony Miles settled three-quarters of a mile south of Kuckville. As the Orleans County Historical Association prepares to dedicate a sign over Beardsley Creek in Gaines today, it is important to note that this waterway was named for Selah Beardsley of the Union Company and not Levi Beardsley as previously reported.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 27 July 2018 at 5:12 pm
Photos by Tom Rivers
KNOWLESVILLE – Will Trembley of Barre waits with other 4-H’ers for their chance in the show ring during the sheep show on Thursday. Trembley was the reserve master showman.
Nicole Mrzywka, left, of Holley and Allison Mathes of Barre show their sheep. Nicole’s sheep laid down for a short time to take a break with temperatures in the 80s. Nicole won the master showman award and is eligible to compete in the grand master showman competition today, featuring the top showmen in eight different breeds of livestock.
Cheyan Palmer of Holley competes in the senior showmanship category.
Richard Feasley Jr., the sheep judge from Holland in Erie County, inspects the animals during a competition that lasted more than 2 hours.
Andrew Drechsel of Holley competes in the senior showmanship category.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 27 July 2018 at 2:20 pm
‘These are loved ones. They’re not just statistics. They are someone’s son, daughter, father or uncle. These people are individuals. Yes, they are drug users who overdosed, but they are people first. They are someone loved by others.’ – Scott Schmidt, Orleans County chief coroner
ALBION – An Orleans County coroner has pushed a state-wide association to sound the alarm over the opioid crisis.
Scott Schmidt, chief coroner for Orleans County, also serves as president of the NYS Association of County Coroners & Medical Examiners. That organization has partnered with the New York State Association of Counties in producing a public service announcement an ad, warning about the opioid crisis and giving a list of signs for loved ones to see if someone is suffering from addiction.
Scott Schmidt
The new “See the Signs, Save A Life” campaign debuted last month with the PSA available to television stations throughout the state and also to be shared on social media.
“The rationale behind this PSA was simple: We as Coroners, Medical Examiners and Funeral Directors are tired of watching people die senselessly,” Schmidt said in a news release about the campaign. “While we aren’t on the front lines of this epidemic, (such as Fire and EMS personnel,) we are on the front line working with families in the aftermath as the last responders.”
In Orleans County, seven people died from opioid overdoses in 2017 and 224 people were admitted into chemical dependency programs last year from Orleans, Schmidt said Wednesday in a presentation to the County Legislature.
The county has 42,847 people, according to the 2010 Census. Genesee County, population 60,029, had nine people die of overdoses and 404 enter chemical dependency programs.
Niagara County, population 216,469, has about five times as many people as Orleans. Niagara had 88 die of overdoses, nearly 13 times as many as in Orleans, and 1,362 go into chemical dependency programs, Schmidt said.
Monroe County, another Orleans neighbor, has 744,874 residents, 17 times the population in Orleans. Monroe had 220 die from overdoses, more than 30 times how many died in Orleans.
Schmidt said the epidemic is leaving a death toll throughout the state and country. And many families didn’t realize their loved ones were using drugs.
“We are often the recipients of the overwhelming and often times heart-wrenching displays of grief and violent emotion because we are the ones with the answer that no one wants to hear,” Schmidt said. “‘Your loved one died of a drug overdose.’ The far-reaching effects of a drug overdose death are mind blowing.”
The Association of County Coroners & Medical Examiners wants to show the effects of lethal substances with an “in-your-face” approach, hoping to save lives, Schmidt said.
The crisis leaving victims as young as teen-agers to senior citizens, he said.
“It’s scary stuff,” he told county legislators. “It’s nothing to mess around with.”
He praised efforts of Orleans County Sheriff Randy Bower to expand treatment programs in the jail for addicts, and to develop a transition program so they have support when they leave the jail.
Local law enforcement has also been mapping overdoses to try to identify clusters where people are overdosing and dying, so law enforcement can concentrate efforts in those areas.
Schmidt emphasized that every person who dies isn’t just a number.
“These are loved ones,” he said. “They’re not just statistics. They are someone’s son, daughter, father or uncle. These people are individuals. Yes, they are drug users who overdosed, but they are people first. They are someone loved by others.”
Schmidt is a funeral director with the Christopher Mitchell Funeral Homes of Albion and Holley, the Merrill-Grinnell Funeral Homes of Albion and Holley, and the Bates, Wallace and Heath Funeral Home of Middleport. He has served as a coroner since 1990.
Lynne Johnson, County Legislature chairwoman, praised Schmidt for pressing the issue locally and throughout the state.
“The opioid crisis continues to devastate Orleans County,” she said.
MEDINA – The Rotary Club of Medina installed new officers at the July 11 meeting. Officers will serve July 1, 2018 thru June 30, 2019 which is the Rotary fiscal year.
Officers include, from left: Jennifer Hill-Young, Secretary/Treasurer; Carl Tuohey, President; and Gary Lawton, Vice President. Tuohey succeeds Bill Bixler, who served as president for several years.
Club Directors include Carl Tuohey, President & Membership Director; Julianna Duda, Public Relations; Jennifer Hill-Young, Secretary/Treasurer; Edee Hoffmeister, Service Projects Director; and Gary Lawton, Vice President.
The Rotary Club of Medina has a charter dated 1923 and has been supporting their community for 95 years. If you’d like to hear more about Medina Rotary, regular meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at the United Methodist Church on Center Street at the former Apple Grove.
KENDALL – On April 18, the Kendall community suffered a terrible tragedy. A single mother and her 14-year-old son died from carbon monoxide poisoning. As the entire community grieved, we began to realize that their deaths were preventable.
At the Kendall Lions Club Board of Directors meeting on April 19, we committed $5,000 to provide a free carbon monoxide detector to anyone in the Kendall Central School District who needed one.
We sought to partner with the five volunteer fire departments who service school district residents, the Orleans County Office of Emergency Management and the Red Cross. A meeting was held on May 1 with representatives from the Kendall Lions Club, the fire districts, the High School Principal and the Board of Education President.
It was agreed that the school would get the word out about the Carbon Monoxide Detector Giveaway to families in the district and the BOE President would notify the County Office for the Aging and the Department of Social Services to inform district residents who did not have children in the school. The EMO for Orleans County agreed to contact the Red Cross. Several of the Fire Departments agreed to deliver and install the detectors.
An informational letter was published in the June edition of the school newsletter and information booths have been planned for various community events in the summer and fall to notify community members and provide sign-up sheets.
A booth at the recent Kendall Firemen’s Carnival had 84 people sign up. Kendall Home Grown Days in August, High School and Elementary School Open Houses and the Kendall Scarecrow Festival in the fall will provide further opportunities for community residents to sign-up for a free detector.
Dale Banker, director of Emergency Management Office in Orleans County, contacted the Red Cross which agreed to provide training on the proper ways to install carbon monoxide detectors as well as free smoke detectors to accompany our carbon monoxide detectors.
The president of one of the fire companies involved in this project has been researching the best detectors to purchase and determined that they will cost between $32 and $38 apiece. With such a positive response to our first outreach, we estimate that we will be installing 300 carbon monoxide detectors in our community.
We truly believe this humanitarian project will go a long way to ensure the safety of countless members of our close-knit rural community.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 27 July 2018 at 10:45 am
KNOWLESVILLE – The top karaoke singers at the Orleans County 4-H Fair squared off in the finals on Thursday night with $1,000 in money, including $500 to the winner.
Tamara Huzair, 16, of Lyndonville won the competition with her rendition of “Praying” by Kesha. Two of her siblings also performed, as well as her grandfather.
Tamara’s brother, Ayman, won the title three years ago.
Carley Lester, 21, of Kendall was second and won $250 with “Something’s Got A Hold On Me” by Christina Aguilera.
Riley Seielstad, 18, of Albion and her mother, Marlene, had a friendly rivalry in the contest. They both qualified on Monday for the finals that featured 14 singers. Riley won the $125 third place prize for “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone. Marlene sang “Wind Beneath My Wings” by Bette Midler.
Aymir Huzair, 11, joined his sister Tamara and brother Quasim, 15, in performing in karaoke. Aymir proved a crowd favorite with an animated version of “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars.
Ryan Krenning of Albion was fourth and won $75 for his rendition of “3000 Miles” by Emblem3. Hannah Brewer of Albion won $50 and fifth place for “Fallin” by Alecia Keyes.
Marci Wolcott of Bergen also gave a spirited version of “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars.
KNOWLESVILLE – Going to the fair is in the blood of several vendors at the Orleans County 4-H Fair.
Three of them – the Knowlesville/Millville United Methodist churches; Scott Kolassa’s taffy, candy apple and fudge booth; and Schwartz’s waffle, fried dough and deep fried Oreo’s booths have more than a century and a half of combined years attending the local fair.
Scott Kolassa and his wife Michelle took over the business from his dad Sy, who started coming to the Orleans County 4-H Fair more than 65 years ago. They have a second booth, which this week Michelle is running at a fair in Albany, while Scott and children Jack and Lauren are at the Orleans County 4-H Fair.
The family travels the fair circuit from Memorial Day to the end of October in Western New York and Ohio.
The Knowlesville and Millville United Methodist churches (also known as Abundant Harvest), have this permanent booth at the Orleans County 4-H Fair, where they have served beef on weck and salt potatoes for more than 40 years.
The Knowlesville United Methodist Church started selling beef on weck and salt potatoes more than 40 years ago.
“We’ve been doing this at least 40 years that I know of,” said Ruth Higgins, a member of the Knowlesville church.
Since the Knowlesville church merged with Millville United Methodist Church, members of both churches work in their booth.
In the early years, they used to have a booth which had to be put together and taken down each year. Eventually, the fair allowed them erect a permanent booth on the side of Lartz Exhibit Building. They still have to pay the booth rental fee set by the fair annually, Higgins said.
The Knowlesville United Methodist Church has been selling beef on weck and salt potatoes at the Orleans County 4-H Fair for at least 40 years. Here, Ruth Higgins, Sylvia Armer, and Jackie DeHollander dish up an order of salt potatoes, while at rear, Beverly Paul and Danielle Higgins look on.
Sylvia Armer, who was working in the booth this week, said the church chose beef on weck after people who had it at their annual Apple Fest were requesting it more often.
Higgins and Lorraine Luckman chair the booth this year.
The beef is ordered from Alabama Holley Farms, who cook and slice 800 pounds. They purchase 1,000 pounds of potatoes from Triple G Farms on the Elba muck and spend all day Sunday scrubbing and cooking them.
The money made at the booth helps with the general budget of the churches, Higgins said.
Tracey Bonacci and daughter Grace stand in front of the family’s waffle, fried dough and deep fried Oreos booth at the Orleans County Fair. Standing in the window are husband Chris and son Gage.
Selling waffles, fried dough and deep fried Oreos is also a family business, started by Cliff and Susie Schwartz of Naples and run now by their daughter Tracey Bonacci, her husband Chris and children Gage, Garrett and Grace.
The family has been coming to the fair for at least 20 years, always set up in their spot on the corner across from the log cabin.
They love the Orleans County 4-H Fair and Robert Batt, director of the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Orleans County, Tracey said.
“When dad had a stroke one year and couldn’t come, they kept his spot here open for him,” she said.
After her dad died in 2016, Tracey said the family wanted to keep the booth going for him.
Tracey said her dad originally started in the 1980s with the Gun City Shows, but went independent many years ago.
She said growing up she was upset when her parents told her she couldn’t do something because they had to go to the fair.
Now she understands what they meant.
“We do about 10 spots in the summer, including Orleans County and the Pike fair,” Tracey said. “But you can’t make any commitments during the summer.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 27 July 2018 at 8:03 am
Photos by Tom Rivers
LYNDONVILLE – These students have their hands on their hearts while singing “America the Beautiful” to conclude the fifth annual Summer Music Fest, which includes students in grades 5 to 7 in Albion, Lyndonville and Medina.
Music teachers at the three school districts have collaborated the past five years for the music fest, which started with 76 students the first year and now includes nearly 200.
John Bailey, a band teacher at Lyndonville, leads the group for one of the songs. The teachers took turns leading different numbers.
Anna Atwater, a chorus teacher at Albion, introduces one of the songs, “Feel the Beat!” Students also sang, “Alleluia! I will Sing,” “Gonna Ride that Freedom Train” and “How Far I’ll Go.”
An Albion student plays the flute in the combined band.
Jeremy Rath, a new music teacher at Medina, introduces the song, “Gonna Ride that Freedom Train.” Rath joins Medina after working at Kendall Central School.
The students rehearsed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for the concert, which was Thursday evening at Lyndonville Central School.
The music fest is a chance for students to keep their singing and instrument skills sharp, while also connecting with friends and kids from other local districts.
The combined chorus and band perform the final selection, “America the Beautiful.” Lyndonville students are wearing orange, while Albion is in purple and Medina in blue.
Photos by Tom Rivers: Emma Mathes, left, of Barre, Andrew Drechsel of Holley, and Nicole Mrzywka of Holley compete in the Sheep Show on Thursday. Mrzywka won the master showman award.
Visit the new Ag Education and Activities Areas in the Lartz Commercial Exhibit Building.
8 a.m. – Senior Council Stand Opens
8 a.m. – Western Dressage at Carlos Marcello Arena
9 a.m. – Dog Show, Agility Competition (Classes 23-30) at Show Arena
9:30 a.m. – Youth Ag Olympics Fun Activities. South Lawn
10 a.m. – $7 Admission per Car Starts
10 a.m. – All Buildings Open
10 a.m. – Grand Master Showman Workshop starting in Show Arena
12 p.m. – Leader’s Pie Stand Opens
Pam Maryjanowski of Root Farms serves chicken and corn on the cob during Thursday’s chicken barbecue at the Orleans County 4-H Fair. Maryjanowski’s mother-in-law Lorraine Root also helped serve the meals and so did Maryjanowski’s daughter, Nicole Dresser. The Cooperative Extension served 1,000 of the dinners.
12 p.m. – Calf Feeding and Care Demonstrations at Cattle Barn
3 p.m. – Horse Judging Contest at Carlos Marcello Arena
4 p.m. – Royalty Questionnaires Due. Fair Office
4 – 8 p.m. – Medina Lions Club Free Vision Screenings at Education Center
4 p.m. – Agripuppets Entertainment Show at Agripuppets Stage
Gracie Batt, 6, of Albion competes in the Small Fry Pedal Tractor Pull. Alden Cayea of Medina is behind her and helping to run the event. Gracie is the daughter of Robert Batt, executive director of the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Orleans County, which puts on the fair.
5 p.m. – Friday Night Fish Fry: Sponsored by Renovation Lodge #97, $11 full or $8 children’s, at Curtis Pavilion
5 to 7 p.m. – Magic Joe and His Amazing Magic Anywhere! Strolling Act
5:30 p.m. – Classic Car Cruise-In. Education Center Lot
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. – BalloonMania! Free Entertainment. Lartz Building
6 p.m. – Set Up for Band. Talis Equity Stage
6 p.m. – Registration Ends for Small Fry Pedal Tractor Pull Fair Office
6 p.m. – Grand Master Showman. Livestock Areas
Photo by Ginny Kropf: The Rev. Aleka Schmidt of Medina walks her daughter Danielle’s llama outside the llama barn at the Orleans County 4-H Fair.
6 p.m. – Agripuppets Entertainment Show at Agripuppets Stage
6 to 8 p.m. – Mercy Flight live demo and information table, East of llama barn
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 26 July 2018 at 2:20 pm
Photos by Tom Rivers: David Schubel of Medina thanks Orleans County legislators for a special recognition award on Wednesday in honor of his 27 years as county attorney.
ALBION – David Schubel was praised on Wednesday for his wisdom and research the past 27 years in helping the county work through numerous contracts, agreements and other issues.
Schubel is retiring as the Orleans County attorney on Aug. 17. He is currently the longest-serving county attorney in the state, said Lynne Johnson, the County Legislature chairwoman.
“He has been a great resource for the legislators,” Johnson said. “He was always there for me.”
Schubel of Medina is turning 70 next month. He will continue working full-time in private practice for Webster, Schubel & Meier in Medina. Schubel also is part owner of the SK Herefords cattle operation in Shelby.
“You’ve earned the respect of your colleagues,” Johnson said. “We all owe you a debt of gratitude.”
He has worked 45 years as a lawyer. He said serving as an municipal attorney was a goal when he was in law school at the University of Buffalo.
The Legislature appointed Kathy Bogan of Medina to succeed Schubel, effective Aug. 20. Her appointment is through until Dec. 31, 2019.
Schubel said the county will need to be “creative” in the future responding to mandates from Albany.
“The county will face a lot of challenges that are up and coming,” he said.
Lynne Johnson, chairwoman of the Orleans County Legislature, said Schubel has provided invaluable insight to county officials.
