ALBION – The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Orleans County Department of Social Services Welfare Fraud Investigative Unit, has arrested 9 individuals involved in welfare fraud.
The arrests follow a lengthy investigation into fraudulent activities that resulted in the theft of public funds.
The following individuals were taken into custody:
• Victoria Taylor – arrested for welfare fraud 4th degree totaling $2,640 and grand larceny 4th degree.
• Brittanie Makowiecki – arrested for welfare fraud 3rd degree totaling $6,373, and offering a false instrument for filing 1st degree.
• Jean Johnson – arrested for welfare fraud 3rd degree totaling $5,572, grand larceny 3rd degree, and offering a false instrument for filing 1st degree.
• Raylene McGuire – arrested for welfare fraud 4th degree totaling $1,202 and offering a false statement for filing 1st degree.
• Kelly Taylor – arrested for welfare fraud 5th degree, totaling $787.
• Robert McElwain – arrested for welfare fraud 4th degree, offering a false instrument for filing, totaling $1,164.00 in fraudulent claims.
• Christopher Tetrault – arrested for welfare fraud 4th degree totaling $1,162, grand larceny 4th degree.
• William Scott Jr. – arrested for welfare fraud 4th degree totaling $2,318, grand larceny 4th degree.
The investigation revealed that the suspects submitted false information to obtain public assistance benefits to which they were not entitled, said Sheriff Chris Bourke.
The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigators Kevin Colonna, Devon Pahuta and Brian Marsceill, working alongside the DSS Welfare Fraud Investigative Unit, conducted a thorough investigation into the fraudulent activities, Bourke said.
“The arrests serve as a reminder of the importance of safeguarding public resources, protecting taxpayers and ensuring that individuals who exploit the welfare system are held accountable,” Bourke said.
All suspects were processed, issued desk appearance tickets and will be arraigned in the Town of Albion Court on Feb. 11.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 8 February 2025 at 11:48 am
RIDGEWAY – A fire consumed a grocery store in Wilson on Jan. 28. When the call went out at 7 p.m., Wilson firefighters found they needed more help in containing the blaze at the Wilson Lakeside Market.
State Sen. Rob Ortt highlighted the Wilson fire during news conferences on Friday at the Ridgeway Fire Hall and the Wilson Volunteer Fire Company. Ortt said many volunteer fire departments find themselves often with too few firefighters at emergency scenes. He worries the situation will become more dire with communities unable to protect themselves due to a shortage of trained volunteers.
“It is not a given that these departments have the manpower to handle what will be thrown at them,” Ortt said at a news conference at the Ridgeway fire hall on Friday. “I want to raise the challenge and concern for our rural communities.”
Ortt highlighted five proposals in the Legislature that could help recruit and retain volunteer firefighters.
The legislation includes:
S2314 – Extends tuition free course benefits to volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers.
S2720 – Creates a wage tax credit for employers who employ New York national guard members, reservists, volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel
S3527 – Relates to enacting the volunteer emergency services mileage reimbursement tax credit
S3529 – Relates to volunteer members of village fire companies. (This law would allow the percentage of non-resident volunteer members in village fire companies to exceed 45 percent of the actual membership of the fire company.)
S2008 – Authorizes municipalities to fund training of firefighters; allows a municipality to recoup the cost of sending a firefighter to training school from another municipality that hires that firefighter within three years of their training. (The legislation would allow a municipality to recoup the cost of sending a firefighter to training school from another municipality that hires that firefighter within three years of their training. Current law allows for this recoupment when the individual is a firefighter.)
Ortt attends many fire department banquets at this time of year from January through April in Orleans, Niagara and western Monroe. He said a small group of volunteers are responding to the majority of the calls, and those volunteers seem to be getting older.
“The red line that protects us is getting thinner and thinner,” Ortt said.
He noted fire departments are trying to draw more members, including on April 26-27 for RecruitNY. Ortt said the volunteer fire service tends to have families of firefighters, with younger generations drawn to it because of the examples of their parents and other family members.
Justin Niederhofer, director of the Orleans County Emergency Management Office, said the county will be doing a study of the local fire service, looking at different options including the possibility of more paid firefighters.
The RecruitNY open houses welcome everyone in the community, and give them a chance to see roles they could serve in their fire department.
“We got to find a way to bring in people who have maybe never thought about being a firefighter,” Ortt said.
He believes it has a universal appeal of offering people a strong sense of purpose and giving back to their community, as well as camaraderie.
Justin Niederhofer, the director of the Orleans County Emergency Management Office, said local fire departments are using mutual aid to respond to many calls.
“We are facing a recruitment problem,” he said. “We need more people. We can’t face the job we are tasked to do without more people.”
He said the county will be sending out an RFP to seek proposals from firms to help the county with a study of the local fire service, and perhaps reimagine how that service could best be provided in the short-term and long-term. That could include a hybrid of volunteers with more paid firefighters. Right now Medina has the only career firefighters, and they also run an ambulance service for western Orleans. Niederhofer said
Many departments with paid personnel also face staffing challenges, Ortt said, and that includes paid EMS and police. Municipalities are often competing with each other for the staff, Ortt said.
Justin McAdoo, age 20, loves being a volunteer firefighter with Ridgeway. He joined on his 16th birthday, the first day he could. He said he has been able to invite 10 to 15 people who have joined local fire companies.
Justin McAdoo, 20, has been a part of the Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company for nearly five years, joining the day he turned 16. He was the department’s firefighter of the year in 2024 and already has been promoted to lieutenant in the department.
McAdoo’s mother Kristin is the deputy chief and his grandfather Don Marchner has been an active firefighter for more than 50 years.
McAdoo shares his love of being a firefighter with many of his friends, and he estimates 10 to 15 have joined a local fire company.
“They see that I enjoy it so much,” he said.
That may be part of the recruitment effort, having current firefighters be ambassadors in welcoming more people to join.
Niederhofer said many of the local departments also are allowing 16- and 17-year-olds as restricted members to get them involved as younger members. As restricted members they can take training and help at emergency scenes with changing air packs and cleanup but they can’t do active firefighting.
He is reaching out to local schools to see if the restricted membership could be promoted.
“If we can tap into local schools, it may spread,” he said.
BATAVIA – Four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded through the annual UConnectCare Foundation Scholarship program in 2025.
The program, initiated several years ago, provides financial support to individuals pursuing their education at an institution of higher learning in the fields of human services or social services for the purpose of contributing to improving community health.
Scholarships will be given to one Genesee County high school student, one Orleans County high school student, one adult student pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree, and one technical/trade school student.
Applications are available on the UConnectCare website – www.uconnectcare.org – or can be obtained by contacting Diane Klos at Diane Klos at 585-815-1883 or dklos@unconnectcare.org. Completed applications must be received via email or postmarked by March 7.
The scholarships will be awarded at the agency’s annual membership meeting in May.
“We take great pleasure in being able to continue this important program,” said John Bennett, UConnectCare chief executive officer. “More than ever, substance use and alcohol use treatment and prevention agencies are seeking qualified, educated and dedicated employees.”
Students enrolled in a Genesee or Orleans school can apply for the scholarship even if their primary residence is in another county.
Other pertinent scholarship information is as follows:
Applicant must be accepted at an accredited college or university and enrolled in or matriculated in an eligible program/major.
Eligible programs or majors include Social Work, Nursing, Health Science, Mental Health Counseling, Psychology, or Human Services.
Current UConnectCare employees, board members and UConnectCare Foundation board members are not eligible.
Relatives of UConnectCare employees, board members and UConnectCare Foundation board members are eligible.
Applicant must provide academic history such as high school and/or college transcripts.
Applicant must provide two letters of recommendation from someone who knows the applicant’s work/volunteer/academic history. Letters from relatives will not be accepted.
Applicant must provide a resume or personal biography including work history, volunteer experiences, and extra-curricular activities.
Applicant must provide an essay that addresses educational and employment objectives as they relate to the mission of UConnectCare. Financial need, volunteerism, employment history and civic involvement will be given careful consideration.
The scholarship monies will be awarded upon completion of the fall semester. The award recipient must provide a copy of their transcript demonstrating at least a 2.0 GPA.
Applicant may be invited for an interview before final awards are made.
JEDDO – This headline which appeared in the July 29, 1926, Niagara Gazette caught our attention. According to the article, George Prudom of Jeddo felt unwell and thought he was having an attack of rheumatism.
Dr. Thurman of Lyndonville was called, he suspected lockjaw, but Mr. Prudom could not recall having received a scratch of any kind that might have caused the infection.
Dr. Russell, a specialist from Buffalo, was consulted. He agreed with the lockjaw diagnosis and prescribed a lockjaw serum treatment which was effective and after a week, Mr. Prudom was able to open his jaws slightly. He recovered fully after some time.
Upon reflection, the only incident that Mr. Prudom could recall was that a short time previously, he had been handling a heavy piece of hemlock timber which had fallen on his foot. At the time, the injury was slight, and Mr. Prudom paid no attention to it. He surmised that the infection may have been caused by a scratch from a hemlock splinter.
However, hemlock trees are not poisonous, so Mr. Prudom’s lockjaw was not caused directly by the hemlock log but was most likely the result of an infection caused by tetanus spores entering through a cut or scratch occasioned by the fall of the log onto his foot.
Hemlock trees are native to this area and were growing in abundance when the first settlers came here. They used hemlock splints for the roofs of their log cabins. Lacking furniture, they made comfortable beds from hemlock boughs laid on the floor and covered with blankets.
When laying the first roads from Ridge Road to the lake, Jeremiah Brown, the first Commissioner of Highways in the Town of Ridgeway wrote: “We would lay a road, following the lines between lots to the lake, keeping us busy all day. At night, we would make a fire, cut some hemlock boughs for bed and sleep soundly all night.”
There is a plant known as poison hemlock which is highly toxic to humans and animals. It contains coniine, an alkaloid capable of inducing paralysis. Hemlock trees and the poison hemlock plant are unrelated, they share a name because their leaves emit a similar odor. The roots of this plant were an ingredient in witches’ brew in Shakespeare’s Macbeth: “Root of hemlock, digg’d in the dark”
Hemlocks are large pyramid-shaped evergreen trees which resemble Christmas trees. They can attain a height of 60 – 70 feet. There must once have been a significant stand of hemlocks on the road which was named Hemlock Ridge Road which runs east-west through the Towns of Shelby and Barre. Some hemlocks may still be seen along the road. Hemlock trees may also be found in Mt. Albion Cemetery.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 February 2025 at 7:06 pm
2 to 5 inches of snow expected Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning
Photo by Tom Rivers: The Keitel Road canal bridge is shown today in Albion in this photo from the towpath.
The National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisories for much of upstate New York.
An advisory for Orleans County is in effect from 4 p.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday. The Weather Service said 2 to 5 inches of snow is expected with higher amounts possible in some localized areas.
“Periods of snow will result in snow-covered roads and limited visibilities,” the Weather Service said. “Slow down and use caution while driving.”
The highs in the forecast in the coming days include 28 on Saturday, 30 on Sunday, 26 on Monday and 28 on Tuesday.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 February 2025 at 3:20 pm
ALBION – The Main Street lift bridge in Albion will close to traffic on Feb. 13 for an inspection. The bridge is expected to be off limits to vehicles for two to four hours, starting at about 9:30 a.m.
State Department of Transportation officials notified the Albion Village Board of the upcoming inspection. The bridge will reopen soon after the inspection.
The bridge reopened on Dec. 27 after being shut down for more than two years for a major rehab of the structure that was built in 1914.
Press Release, Orleans Community Health Foundation
Provided photo: From left include David Cook, president of Lyndonville Area Foundation President; Megan Johnson, director of Orleans Community Health Foundation; and Marc Shurtz, chief executive officer of Orleans Community Health.
MEDINA – The Lyndonville Area Foundation has fulfilled its $100,000 pledge to Orleans Community Health’s Medina Healthcare Center capital campaign, reinforcing its commitment to improving healthcare accessibility for residents of Lyndonville and Orleans County.
Currently Orleans County ranks among the lowest in New York State for health outcomes, facing a shortage of primary care providers and limited outpatient services. The Medina Healthcare Center will directly address these issues by expanding primary care, pediatrics, cardiology, wound care, surgical, and lab services, all conveniently located at the hospital. In 2024 alone, more than 2,000 patients from Lyndonville received care through Orleans Community Health.
“We are honored to support this initiative, which ensures greater access to essential healthcare services,” said David Cook, board president of the Lyndonville Area Foundation. “This project aligns with our mission to enhance the well-being of our residents.”
The Foundation has a history of supporting Orleans Community Health, including past initiatives such as the IV Pump Campaign.
“We are incredibly grateful for the Lyndonville Area Foundation’s generosity,” said Megan Johnson, executive director at Orleans Community Health Foundation. “Their support is helping us expand outpatient services and improve healthcare accessibility for our community.”
The Medina Healthcare Center capital campaign continues to seek community support to further enhance healthcare services. For more information on how to contribute, please visit www.OrleansCommunityHealth.org or call (585) 798-8426.
About the Lyndonville Area Foundation:
Chartered February 6, 1967 to encourage the undertaking of programs for educational, recreational, civic and charitable purposes in and around the Village of Lyndonville & Town of Yates.
About Orleans Community Health:
Orleans Community Health provides high-quality, compassionate care to residents across Orleans County, continuously expanding services to meet the community’s evolving healthcare needs.
KENDALL – Kassidy Primmer from Kendall, assigned to the Company C of the NY National Guard Recruiting & Retention Battalion, received a promotion Jan. 30 to the rank of private.
Army National Guard promotions are based on a soldier’s overall performance, demonstrated leadership abilities, professionalism and future development potential.
Army National Guard citizen soldiers who serve the state and nation are eligible for monthly pay, educational benefits (from the state and federal government), travel across the globe, technical and leadership training, health and dental insurance and contributions towards retirement programs similar to a 401(k).
Press Release, Orleans County Sheriff Chris Bourke
Provided photo: K-9 Odin will have a protective vest while it serves with the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office.
ALBION – K9 Odin will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.
Odin, a Belgian Malinois, recently joined the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Jeff Cole is the dog’s handler.
K9 Odin’s vest was sponsored by Karla Kimmey of Charlotte, FL and will be embroidered with the sentiment “In memory of Zayla.” Delivery is expected within ten weeks.
Vested Interest in K9s, Inc., established in 2009, is a 501(c)(3) charity whose mission is to provide bullet and stab protective vests and other assistance to dogs of law enforcement and related agencies throughout the United States.
This potentially lifesaving body armor for four-legged K9 officers is U.S. made, custom fitted, and National Institute of Justice certified. Since its inception, Vested Interest in K9s has provided over 5,882 vests valued at $6.9 million to K9s in all 50 states made possible by both private and corporate donations.
The program is open to U.S. dogs at least 20 months old and actively employed and certified with law enforcement or related agencies. K9s with expired vests are also eligible to participate. There are an estimated 30,000 law enforcement K9s throughout the United States.
Vested Interest in K9s accepts tax-deductible contributions in any amount, while a single donation of $1,050 will sponsor one vest. Each vest has a value of $1,800, weighs an average of 4 to 5 pounds, and comes with a five-year warranty.
For more information, or to learn about volunteer opportunities, please call (508) 824-6978. Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. provides information, lists events, and accepts donations at www.vik9s.org, or you may mail your contribution to P.O. Box 9, East Taunton, MA 02718.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 February 2025 at 9:21 am
Photo by Tom Rivers: Renee Hungerford, executive director of Community Action of Orleans and Genesee, stands outside the Head Start school on East State Street in Albion. After two weeks of worry, Hungerford was relieved when the agency’s federal funds came through on Wednesday.
ALBION – Renee Hungerford felt a deep relief on Wednesday morning when she checked to see if federal funding came through for Community Action of Orleans and Genesee. The money, thankfully, was in the account.
Hungerford leads the agency that has 110 employees and serves 5,000 people in the two counties. She received notice last week that federal funds would be frozen to Community Action, only to see that directive rescinded.
But she still worried because some of her colleagues who run Head Start programs had closed programs when the money didn’t come through.
“What we don’t know is if it will happen again,” Hungerford said at her Albion office on East State Street. “I have not slept now for two weeks. It’s the fear of the unknown.”
Community Action of Orleans and Genesee receives its federal funds every two weeks and they are a reimbursement for services. The agency does not have a deep well of reserves to weather a financial impasse from the federal government.
“We have a contingency plan,” she said. “We have a little money to float. Other (Community Action organizations and head Start programs) are opening lines of credit.”
Hungerford said most of Community Action’s funds come from the federal government – about $5 million of the agency’s $8 million annual budget.
Community Action serves about 200 children in Head Start and Early Head Start programs in the two counties. It provides many other services – food, child care, housing and transportation – to lower-income people trying to become self sufficient.
Hungerford said many local residents are in very vulnerable situations, trying to maintain their households. It is a constant struggle.
“People experiencing poverty and kids should be last on the list” she said about a push to cut back federal spending and programs.
Leaders of the federal government are announcing changes that feel abrupt and are catching agencies off guard.
“I don’t think they’re doing an in-depth analysis,” Hungerford said. “They’re cutting and seeing what happens.”
Community Action began about 60 years ago, and has continued to grow and add programs and services to help needy families, while focusing on helping them become independent and self-sufficient.
The local programs include ACT (helping youth ACT responsibly), Stone Soup Success/Food Rx (educating to prepare healthy meals), Child Care Resource and Referral, Early Head Start and Head Start, Weatherization and Energy Services, Main Street Thrifts, Gifts and More store, a credit recovery program for Albion seniors, emergency services, holiday meals and gifts, and the Eastern Orleans Community Center in Holley, which provides daily meals, a clothing depot and food giveaway.
Hungerford said Community Action often helps steer people in crisis in the right direction, connecting them to services in the two counties.
She fears if there are cutbacks at the agency, local residents will lose a critical resource during a challenging period of their lives.
BATAVIA – Grace Baptist Church will serve as a host of the 2025 Night to Shine, sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. The unforgettable worldwide celebration event, centered on God’s love, honoring and valuing people with special needs will be held by host churches around the world simultaneously this evening.
Grace Baptist is excited to join hundreds of other churches around the globe in celebrating people with disabilities as God’s image bearers. The event is from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Grace Baptist on Vine Street is the only location for the event in the GLOW region.
Night to Shine is hosted every year by churches on the Friday before Valentine’s Day. Each event is unique to its location, but some cornerstone activities included across all of them are a red carpet entrance complete with a warm welcome from a friendly crowd and paparazzi, hair and makeup stations, shoeshines, limousine rides, karaoke, gifts, a catered dinner, a Sensory Room, a Respite Room for parents and caregivers, dancing, and a crowning ceremony where every guest is honored as a King or Queen – the way God sees them each and every day.
“Night to Shine is my favorite night of the year!” said Tim Tebow, founder of the Tim Tebow Foundation. “It’s my favorite because we get to celebrate so many kings and queens and share how much they are loved by us and by the God of this universe. Our goal is to be able to get to every person with special needs around the world – until all are celebrated. No matter what city, no matter what country, no matter where you are, we want Night to Shine to be there.”
As sponsor of Night to Shine, the Tim Tebow Foundation provides each host church with the official 2025 Night to Shine Planning Manual, personalized guidance and support from a Tim Tebow Foundation staff member, the opportunity to apply for a financial grant, and access to planning resources that will assist them in creating an unforgettable experience for their honored guests.
The foundation also provides access to ongoing disability ministry resources through Shine On, a ministry of the Tim Tebow Foundation. That is a faith-based community – a source of inspiration, belonging, and education for everyone impacted by disability. Shine On envisions a global community of churches and families that foster belonging and purpose for all.
Over the past 10 years, Night to Shine, through hundreds of churches worldwide, has provided over half a million guest experiences and over a million volunteer experiences.
For additional information on the Night to Shine hosted by Grace Baptist Church in Batavia, click here.
For more information on the worldwide movement of Night to Shine, click here.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 6 February 2025 at 8:08 pm
ALBION – A group in Albion wants to do more to proclaim and celebrate Albion’s history with a Santa School and Christmas Park.
A group led by Village Trustee Joyce Riley would like to have a bronze statue of reindeer on display in the community. Lori Laine, leader of a group celebrating Christmas in Albion, also is pushing for the bronze reindeer. She suggested the idea in a recent meeting attended by Riley, and the village trustee agreed it made sense for Albion.
The mold from that statue could be used to produce other reindeer that wouldn’t be in bronze but would be durable enough to be outside year-round. Riley would like to see the reindeer in many locations in the community.
“I see it as a way to generate excitement in Albion,” Riley said.
Some of the deer could include artwork to highlight the history of the community, she said.
Brian Porter, a sculptor from near Lockport, created the bronze statue of Santa that was unveiled in Albion in June 2023. He also made the statue of soldier that was dedicated in September 2019 outside the former Medina Armory that is now the Orleans County YMCA.
Brian Porter envisions Rudolph as a strong reindeer. He researched caribou, which are reindeer, to create this three-dimensional model of Rudolph. He said the nose could be made in a red bronze.
Porter would like to make the statue of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. This afternoon he presented a small clay model of a reindeer to Riley, Village Trustee Tim McMurray and Village-Clerk Treasurer Tracy Van Skiver. Porter researched caribou, which are reindeer, to create a strong-looking animal, much different from the small and bashful Rudolph popularized in a book and TV show.
Porter saw other artist renderings of Santa with reindeer, and many show powerful reindeer that pulled Santa’s sleigh in an epic trek around the world.
“I feel adopted by Albion,” Porter said about a positive experience working on the bronze Santa, a project spearheaded by the Albion Betterment Committee. “I’ve had a wonderful experience in Albion and Medina.”
Brian Porter created the bronze statue of Santa which was unveiled in June 2023. It was done in honor of Charles W. Howard, who ran a Santa School and Christmas Park in Albion.
Riley said there are a lot of details to work out with the location and fundraising for the bronze reindeer. She sees a project with a lot of potential to help Albion celebrate its Santa and Christmas legacy.
Porter estimates the bronze statue of a reindeer, at feet high and 6 feet long, would be about $65,000. The final costs will depend on the bronze charges from a foundry.
The replicas reindeer would be far cheaper because the mold would be done and less expensive material could be used. Riley would like to have the full set of Santa’s reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph.
Riley said she will ask for the full Village Board’s permission to pursue the project and have a life-size clay mold created in time for a September festival celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal. That clay model would be $12,500.
Riley welcomes donations and grants of all sizes if the effort moves forward. Those interested in helping with the project are welcome to send Riley an email at jriley@villageofalbionny.com.
Brian Porter also made the 7-foot-high bronze statue of a soldier outside the former Medina Armory, which is now the Orleans County YMCA. Porter is shown during a Sept. 7, 2019 dedication ceremony for that statue. That project honored the 550 soldiers who trained at the Armory from 1898 to 1947 and they fought in four major conflicts: the Spanish American War, Mexican Border Incursion, World War I and World War II.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 6 February 2025 at 1:40 pm
ALBANY – Eric Miller of Medina is among the 176 new State Troopers who were recognized in a graduation ceremony at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany.
“I commend these 176 new troopers for dedicating themselves to public service, and their commitment to protecting the people of New York State,” Governor Kathy Hochul said. “The members of the New York State Police put their lives on the line each day to keep the rest of us safe — in a world where their mission has grown more challenging and complex. On behalf of all New Yorkers, I want to thank the graduates for their hard work and perseverance — and welcome them to the long gray line.”
Miller graduated in the 216th session of the Basic School of the New York State Police Academy. The new State Troopers increases the State Police ranks to 5,034 sworn members.
“Today’s graduation is the culmination of six months of difficult classwork, physical training, and sacrifice, and we now welcome our newest members to one of the most prestigious and well-respected law enforcement agencies in the nation,” said New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James. “I am confident they are equipped to carry out our mission to serve our communities with the same professionalism and pride the State Police have exhibited for the past 107 years.”
JEDDO – This headline which appeared in the July 29, 1926, Niagara Gazette caught our attention. According to the article, George Prudom of Jeddo felt unwell and thought he was having an attack of rheumatism.
