Press Release, Genesee & Orleans County Health Departments

What is a vape?

Electronic Cigarettes (E-Cigarettes), better known as vapes, have become a widely used product for teens and young adults. Vaping is the action of inhaling vapor created by an E-Cigarette device.

The devices can look like flash drives and come in many different flavors, sizes, and brands. The vape device works by heating an oily liquid until it becomes vapor. The liquid in the device, also known as vape juice, contains chemicals and can contain marijuana distillate or oil.

The liquid also contains some mix of flavorings, aromatic additives that could smell and taste fruity or minty, depending on the flavor of the device.

Is vaping bad for you?

“There are still many unknowns about vaping and its long term effects, including the vape liquid contents,” stated Paul Pettit, Public Health Director for Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments (GO Health). “Although vapes have been advertised as a way to quit smoking regular cigarettes, vapes still contain nicotine, the same addictive chemical in cigarettes. They also contain chemicals that have the potential to damage the lungs and there are no real regulations on how much nicotine and other chemicals are added.”

Vaping associated risks

Our lungs are not built to take in chemicals and oils over time. According to John Hopkins Medicine, the oily liquid from vape devices could have the ability to coat the lungs and cause chronic lung diseases such as lipoid pneumonia, a form of lung inflammation.

A National Library of Medicine research review article discussed that nicotine can lead to brain development risks and may cause anxiety. Nicotine also raises blood pressure and spikes adrenaline. Heart rate then increases, increasing the risk for heart attack.

The risk of becoming a regular cigarette smoker and or developing other addictions is high. Reasons for quitting not only involve the health risks, it is also financially expensive and sports performance can dwindle as vaping may lead to lung irritation.

Tips on quitting

• Pick a day on a calendar when you plan on quitting, let friends or family know.
• Download an app that helps you track your sober days, build new healthier habits, and provides motivation – visit SmokeFree.gov for free apps to download.
• Get rid of all vaping devices.
• Understand what the withdrawal symptoms are such as headaches, hunger, trouble sleeping, and concentrating are just a few.

Feeling the urge to vape? Try these instead:

• Chewing gum or drinking water
• Exercise
• Yoga or meditation
• Keeping your hands busy

The sooner one quits, the quicker the body rebounds and repairs itself. For more help or information, contact your healthcare provider. You can also text, chat or call the New York State Smokers’ Quitline at 1-866-NY-QUITS (1-866-697-8487) or visit the New York State Department of Health website.

For more information on GO Health programs and services, visit GOHealthNY.org or call your respective health department at:

• Orleans County: 585-589-3278
• Genesee County: 585-344-2580 ext. 5555

Ted Farwell

An Albion native whose family runs a crop-dusting business was killed on Saturday in a helicopter crash.

Theodore “Ted” Farwell, 39, works with Triple F Flying with his father Rick and brothers Joe, Will and Jesse.

The family bases the crop-dusting business out of Albion on County House Road and in Benton in central Pennsylvania. The Farwells have been in the crop-dusting business since 1999.

Ted Farwell lived near the Benton base of operations with his wife Jessie and their three children. A fourth child is due in January.

Farwell was flying a helicopter on Saturday morning when he hit an electrical line, which then downed the Bell 47G-5. The helicopter caught on fire after crashing. Farwell was removed from the helicopter and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to multiple media reports in Pennsylvania.

The son of Rick and Pam Farwell, Ted is a 2002 Albion graduate. He has a large extended family in the Albion area.

His funeral is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Stillwater Christian Church in Stillwater, Pa. Contributions for Ted’s wife and children may be sent to the Stillwater Christian Church, 39 McMichael Street, Stillwater, PA 17878, and note “Farwell Fund” on any donations.

MEDINA – Now that the village has committed to buying a new ladder truck that is too big for the current fire hall, the Village Board agreed on Monday to start the process of securing financing through a bond to expand the fire hall.

The ladder truck won’t be delivered for at least two more years. That gives Medina time to expand the fire hall on Park Avenue. The board voted on June 26 to spend $1.7 million to buy the new truck from Pierce Manufacturing in Appleton, Wisc., with a delivery time expected to take 2 ½ years.

The new truck will have a 100-foot-long ladder, compared to the current truck with a 75-foot ladder. The new truck won’t fit in the current fire hall. The current fire hall only has 2 inches of clearance in the truck bays and today’s fire trucks are made taller.

The Village Board will now move to have an addition on the fire hall to accommodate the larger truck. The project also includes needed repairs to the current building.

The Barton & Loguidice firm has proposed an addition to the fire hall that would be approximately 62 feet, 8 inches by 88 feet, 8 inches. That expansion, plus repairs to the existing fire hall, would be about $4.5 million, according to a report from the Barton & Loguidice from last September.

Construction costs are up about 15 percent since then or another $685,500 to $5,255,500.

The board on Monday voted to begin the process to seek a bond up to $5.6 million for the fire hall construction. That doesn’t mean the village will spend that much, said Mayor Mike Sidari.

The cost could be much less depending on construction bids from contractors and whether the village can secure any grants or other assistance with the project.

Photo by Tom Rivers: The Medina ladder truck from 1996 is shown in March when the fire department had an open house showing the tight quarters at the fire hall.

Medina will be working with its bond counsel, attorney John Alessi from Hodgson Russ LLLP in Buffalo, on the legal steps needed for the bond.

The board will continue to have many discussions as the process moves forward, village officials said.

The addition would be on the current fire hall on the west side in an area that is currently a parking lot.

The new ladder trucks have a clearance of 13 feet. The design for the new hall addition would have bays that allow up to 14 feet.

With a new space for fire trucks, the ambulances could be moved to the current fire house. The space for the ambulances right now could be used for police cars or perhaps as a meeting area, Mayor Mike Sidari has said.

The Barton & Loguidice plan also calls for:

• A new public entry, radio room/office, laundry room, EMS room, restrooms, Decon room, gear room, mechanical room, tool room, and apparatus bay with the existing apparatus bay being repurposed to house the village ambulances.
• A mezzanine space will be located along the perimeter of the new apparatus bay with file storage and office space accessed from the existing building second floor hallway.
• A new air and vapor barrier membrane and new exterior cladding system will be installed over the existing concrete masonry unit wall construction of the existing fire station, and the existing overhead sectional doors will be relocated and replaced allowing for adequate clearances around the ambulance apparatus bay.
• The renewal of the building’s existing façade will result in creating a weather tight envelope while simultaneously allowing the cladding system of the addition to carry over creating a cohesive look to the updated facility.
• The existing concrete slab in the existing ambulance apparatus bay will be replaced, including the installation of new trench drainage and epoxy floor finish.
• The outdated emergency generator located south of the alley will be replaced and upgraded to accommodate the fire station and addition.

Press Release, Genesee Community College

BATAVIA – Genesee Community College is excited to announce the appointment of Stephanie Ortel, LVT as the new director of Veterinary Technology.

With a proven track record of leadership and expertise in the field, Ortel brings a wealth of experience that will contribute to the continued growth and success of the college’s Veterinary Technology program.

Ortel is a Western New York native. She graduated from Medaille College with an AS in Veterinary Technology in 1999 and a BS in Veterinary Technology in 2005. Throughout her career her area of veterinary medicine has focused on pain management and physical rehab therapy for dogs and cats. She earned a MS in Adult Education from Buffalo State College in 2018. She started as an adjunct instructor at GCC in 2016 and then became a full-time instructor in 2021.

“As program director, I hope to continue the tradition passed from Dr. Carrie Caccamise of a highly regarded Vet Tech program,” Ortel said. “The Vet Tech department is committed to producing quality graduates ready to enter the workforce.”

Veterinary technicians work with veterinarians in private practice as well as in zoos, animal shelters, wildlife facilities and in research labs. Some technicians have careers with pharmaceutical companies, pet food companies or in diagnostic laboratories.

GCC’s Vet Tech program was established in 2010 and received full American Veterinary Medical Association accreditation in 2017. The program is accredited through 2028 after passing the most recent AVMA review in 2022.

The program also boasts a very successful passing rate of 86% for first time test takers on national board exam. The program was adjusted to accommodate displaced Medaille University vet tech students, enabling them to complete their degrees here at GCC. The demand for vet tech graduates is extremely high. Learn more about GCC’s Vet Tech program by clicking here.

Orleans just outside designated area that includes neighboring Monroe

ROMULUS – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was in Seneca County on Monday to announce her Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Act, legislation that would designate the Finger Lakes region as a National Heritage Area.

National Heritage Areas (NHA) are established by Congress to recognize a region’s natural, cultural, or historic significance. Securing this designation for the Finger Lakes would promote tourism and help ensure that the area is preserved for generations to come.

“The Finger Lakes are a national treasure,” said Senator Gillibrand. “They are home to a beautiful landscape, rich history, and thriving small businesses. In recognition of all this area has to offer, I’m leading the push to designate the region as an NHA. This designation will promote tourism, create jobs, and make sure local communities have what they need to thrive for years to come. I am committed to getting this bill signed into law.”

The following 14 New York counties would comprise the Finger Lakes NHA: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Livingston, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates.

The process for designating a region as a National Heritage Area usually involves two steps. First, Congress passes a bill directing the National Park Service to conduct a feasibility study, which determines whether the area is suitable for being designated as an NHA. If the results of the feasibility study are positive, Congress then must pass a second bill to formally designate the region.

Gillibrand has been leading the push to designate the Finger Lakes as an NHA in line with this two-step process. In 2015, she first announced the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Study Act to direct NPS to conduct a feasibility study, and in 2019, it was signed into law. The National Park Service completed its feasibility study and confirmed the Finger Lakes’ eligibility earlier this year. Now, the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Act would complete the second step in the process and formally create the Finger Lakes NHA.

“The core motivation to seek a National Heritage Area designation for the Finger Lakes was a simple one: to do tourism more responsibly and to honor the reasons our region is a landmark worthy of sharing with the world. Our industry stands on the shoulders of the Haudenosaunee, the suffragists, the abolitionists and innovators that uniquely make up the story of America,” said Meghan Lawton, President & CEO of the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance. “Introduction of this legislation is an important milestone, but our work continues hand-in-hand with Senator Gillibrand’s office, the NY Congressional Delegation and the support of our county-level and industry partners. We thank Senator Gillibrand and all our partners across the region for their support and assistance in getting the Finger Lakes region one step closer to this designation.”

MEDINA – The Village Board has approved an agreement with the school district to have a second police officer working as a school resource officer this upcoming school year.

Dustin Meredith will continue as one of the school resource officers at the beginning of the school year. The second officer will start in November, said Todd Draper, the Medina police chief.

The position will be posted among the Medina Police Department. Draper said new three police officers will finish their field training in November. He wants to wait until then to assign a second officer to the school district so the department isn’t short-staffed.

The agreement calls for the school district to pay the village $80,000 for each officer to have a full-time presence at the school district, with the contract pro-rated to reflect the one officer starting later in the year.

Meredith will start on Sept. 2.

The contract is up from $75,000 this past school year.

The school district reached out to the village to see if more than one officer could be available at the school district, Draper said.

The Medina Police Department has had a school resource officer at the district for about 15 years. The Orleans County Sheriff’s Department has a deputy working as resource officers at Albion, Lyndonville and Kendall while Holley has a private firm providing security.

In another vote on Monday, the Village Board approved a bond resolution for $94,488 to pay for two new Tahoes as police vehicles.

Press Release, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) is looking for the next class of Park Police Officer Trainees committed to protecting the State Park system’s record 79 million annual visitors.

In 2024 New York State Parks will be celebrating 100 years of providing outstanding recreational and cultural experiences to state residents and visitors from throughout the world. The Park Police will play a critical role in the year-long Centennial celebration as they continue to serve visitors and offer the safest beaches, trails, golf courses, pools, picnic areas, and entertainment venues in the nation.

Applications for Park Police Officer Trainee positions will be accepted until Sept. 30. Click here for more information regarding the application process, agility testing, screening requirements and written exam.

“We are searching for the next group of recruits who have a calling for both state service and a love of the outdoors,” said State Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid. “Additionally, our New York State Park Police is among the first agencies in the nation committed to the growing movement of 30×30 – the initiative to reach 30 percent of women in recruiting classes by 2030, as we aim to be representative of the entire state. Advancing women in policing is critical to improving public safety.

“Our Park Police work hard every day to protect our millions of visitors and utilize a special training to respond to all types of situations including controlling crowds at our concert venues, employing drones to search for sharks in the waters off Long Island, conducting search and rescue operations, and patrolling the state’s waterways and snowmobile trails.”

This past May, our State Park Police Academy graduated 32 new officers who have been since assigned to serve New York’s State Parks and Historic Sites. State Parks maintains a welcoming environment and offers new recruits hands-on training and classroom education in Criminal Procedure Law, Penal Law, Vehicle and Traffic Law, Park and Recreation Law and criminal investigations.

Recruits will also receive training in firearms, first response, snowmobile and ATV operation, emergency vehicle operation, and a wide variety of other law enforcement-related topics and skills. Then, Academy graduates reinforce what was learned in the classroom through field training during the first months of their new assignments.

Park Police officers are highly trained specialists dedicated to the New York State Parks’ core values of P.R.I.D.E.: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Dedication, and Excellence. They provide New York State residents and visitors with safe and enjoyable recreational experiences at State Parks and Historic Sites.

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees more than 250 parks, historic sites, recreational trails, golf courses, boat launches and more, which saw a record 79.5 million visits in 2022.

LYNDONVILLE – The Lyndonville Presbyterian Church has a deep history, including the historic 1913 Felgemaker pipe organ purchased from the A. B. Felgemaker Organ Company that was founded in Buffalo in 1865 and relocated to Erie, PA in 1875.

As impressive as the organ is, it is in need of repair, and the church is planning a fundraising concert on Sept. 10 titled “Accentuate the Positive,” featuring retired Albion Central School musical director Gary Simboli.

Simboli’s invitation is “Come join me on a journey looking for the ‘positive’ in life. You find what you look for.”

A variety of songs from the American songbook will highlight the positivity all around us, including easy listening, rock’n roll, Broadway and movie standards.

Tickets are $10 at the door. The concert will be from 3 to 4 p.m., and all proceeds will go to the organ fund.

The Lyndonville Presbyterian Church was built in 1830. The sanctuary faced west and had box pews and a balcony. In the 1890s the floor was lowered, and the church was repositioned, and the front was built.

The Henry Hard family, who lived next door to the church, wanted an organ, and in 1913, to honor their son, Daniel, a lawyer in Lockport who died at the age of 40, they purchased the pipe organ in his memory.

Tom Wenhold, organist and music director at the Lyndonville Presbyterian Church, chats with pastor Martha Mitchell.

To demonstrate the complexity of the organ, Tom Wenhold, organist and music director at Lyndonville Presbyterian Church, explained the organ has 1,100 pipes, some made of wood and others of steel. Wenhold has been an organist in Lyndonville for nearly 30 years.

Over the years, the organ console has had to be worked on several times.

“Every time the console was worked on, it was dedicated – once to the Rev. Thomas Tiegh, who served from 1946-1950; and again in 1977 by Fred Bloom, organist for 35 years, in memory of his wife Elinore,” said Mitchell.

Wenhold said the last renovation was in 1990 when it was restored and all the pipes and the workings that run the pipes were rebuilt.

Most of the organ’s 1,100 pipes are housed in an inner chamber.

Today, the plastic contacts in the console are beginning to crumble.

“The problem with that is when the plastic pieces crumble, they fall on other parts and break them or cause them to not work,” Wenhold said.

The proposal is to replace the console with a modern, partially computerized one. It will be solid state and digital, Wenhold said. He said an organ is the closest thing to a computer before we had computers.

“The projected cost of the renovation including the blower is shy of 100,000 dollars,” Wenhold said. “This renovation will give our organ more flexibility, allowing it to transpose and record music.”

“Organists who substitute for Tom love to play this instrument,” the pastor said. “There aren’t that many pipe organs in Orleans County. People want to see it maintained. Concerts here throughout the year benefit the entire Lyndonville community.”

Provided photos

MEDINA – Ed Weider, right, and Charles Lind were among the amateur radio operators at State Street Park in Medina the previous weekend for “Parks on the Air.”

For this event, radio operators travel to designated parks, each with a specific identifier, and activate the park for other ham radio operators to make contacts. The activity promotes emergency preparedness with portable and battery powered equipment.

The local amateur radio operators who participated at State Street Park include Ed Weider, K2EDW; Charles Lind, N8CL; David Westbrook, K2DW; Maria Westbrook, K2EO; and Warren Westbrook, 11 years old, KD2ZUA.

Gas prices are on the rise are getting close to $4 a gallon for regular unleaded in Orleans County and Western New York.

In New York, the average price for regular unleaded is at $3.915 today, while the national average is at $3.851. Both prices are up 2 cents from a  week ago, according to AAA. The average price in New York was at $4.348 a year ago.

Among the Western New York counties the average prices today include:

• Orleans, $3.830
• Genesee, $3.862
• Wyoming, $3.885
• Livingston, $3.860
• Monroe,$3.904
• Niagara, $3.859
• Erie, $3.884
• Chautauqua, $3.871
• Cattaraugus, $3.754
• Allegany, $3.826

Some counties in northern and eastern New York are at $4 or more. That includes St. Lawrence, Essex, Hamilton, Lewis, Warren, Washington and Greene counties. New York County (Manhattan) has the highest average price at $4.245.

The average diesel price in New York is at $4.55 today, up 9 cents from $4.46 a week ago.

AAA issued the following statement about gas prices:

“The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline has been hovering around $3.82 for the past two weeks, a noteworthy length for price stability. This lack of price movement came despite an uptick in gas demand and rising oil prices approaching the mid-$80s per barrel. “Today’s update shows an increase of 2 cents since last week, possibly indicating that gas prices will bump up. The summer heat that kept people home and suppressed refinery production has eased for now, so we must look at the cost of oil to determine if the recent price climb is ending. More expensive oil will likely lead to higher oil prices. Today’s national average of $3.85 is 29 cents more than a month ago, but 11 cents less than a year ago.

“This morning, diesel prices are up as well. The national average price for diesel is $4.31, up 13 cents from last week, but down from $5.04 a year ago. The New York average for diesel is $4.55, up 9 cents from last week, but still much lower than $5.52 one year ago.”

Photos by Tom Rivers

GAINES – The Cobblestone Museum held its annual flea market on Saturday with 20 vendors and about 200 people stopping by. The top photo shows Adrienne Kirby at right selling used home-school curriculum.

Chris Sartwell in back sold fishing tackle and excess household items. “I don’t have much left all all,” she said about her inventory at the end of the afternoon.

Brian Stewart, left, Craig Ernewein and Bie Bradley were giving away New Testaments. Stewart and Ernewein are in The Gideons International and they estimate they have given away 1,500 to 2,000 New Testaments so far this year at the Holley June Fest, Albion Strawberry Festival, county fairs in Orleans and Niagara counties, and National Night Out in Medina.

Gertie Motulli, left, of Sweet Treats by Gertie and Beth Miller of Wild Flour Deli & Bakery served up tasty snacks and food.

The museum also served more than 200 hot dogs and 100 ears of corn. That corn was donated by Partyka Farms in Kendall.

The flea market used to be an annual event at the museum. It returned last year after about a 20-year absence. There were about 40 vendors signed up but about half decided not to attend to the threat of bad weather on Saturday.

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Today is the annual Holy Family Lawn Fete in Albion. This group is running the Merchandise Wheel on a closed off West Park Street, from Main to Librarty.

They include, from left: Debbie Groden, Mindy Warne, Leah Warne and Samantha Bouche. Leah and Samantha are both starting fourth grade next month.

At the Merchandise Wheel, $1 gets three tokens to win a prize. “You spin until you win,” Mindy Warne said.

Alan Worgo, front, and Doug Miller check out some of the raffle baskets available at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. There are 150 baskets available.

The Lawn Fete continues until 5 p.m. today and is a fundraiser for the Holy Family Parish.

Janet Navarra sets out pies that are for sale, as well as produce in a booth run by th Ladies of Charity. Many of the 100 pies quickly sold after the Lawn Fete started at noon.

Mike Fischer, left, and Mike Grabowski are working the grill with hot dogs, sausage and hamburgers. Pasta fagioli, goulash, salt potatoes and other food is available.

There are also kids’ games, pull tabs and a 50/50 drawing, a wine toss and other activities.

The Catholic Daughters – Gayle Ashbery, Darla Swierczynski and Jan Albanese – are giving away rosaries and book, Empire State Catholics – A History of the Catholic Community in New York State. The foreword includes a photo of the altar and murals at St. Joseph’s in Albion. The Ladies of Charity are making the books available for free.

Mora Edwards sent in this photo of a rainbow at about 8 p.m. on Saturday, stretched high in Carlton over Route 18.

The forecast for Orleans County shows high temperatures in the 70s and then the low 80s at the end of the week. There will be some rain but mostly it’s going to be sunny, according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo.

Today’s forecast includes mostly sunny with a high near 76, followed by a partly sunny Monday with a high near 77.

On Tuesday, showers are likely with a high near 72, and then a sunny Wednesday with a high near 78.

The highs will reach 82 on a mostly sunny Thursday, followed by a partly sunny Friday with a chance of showers and a high near 77. Saturday is forecast to sunny with a high near 80, the National Weather Service said.

By Randy LeBaron

One of the things that we talk about a lot at both the Caregivers and Grief Support Groups is the concept of self-care. It is essential that while emptying yourself for others that you take time to do those things which fill you up and feed your soul.

Take a walk. Work in your garden. Watch a good movie. Fellowship with a friend over coffee. Take a bath. Read a book. Listen to music. Play a game. Go to a spa. The list goes on of things that might help you relax and focus on something else. Today I would like to share just a couple of the things I enjoying doing as part of my self-care routine.

For me, I like to access my creative side. Back when I was in middle school there used to be a program at my local community college during the summer which offered a number of courses that anyone could take. The two that I decided to take were photography and creative writing.

It’s funny to think about now, since almost anyone can master photography with just their phone and some good photo editing apps, but back in the late ’80s everything was still done with film and you actually had to submerge the pictures in chemicals before hanging up to dry in the dark room.

In fact, taking it one step further, not only did I have to develop my own photos for this class but I also had to build my own camera out of cardboard. I won’t go into all of the details here, as you can Google how to make one yourself, but an essential part was knowing how long to open the lens and expose the film. I fell in love with capturing images and continue to do so to this day. Similarly I found great in expressing myself with page and pen, in particular through poetry.

Nowadays I enjoy taking photos of ordinary things that might stick out in an unordinary way and often times the poems that I scribe bring meaning to a particular moment. Below are some samples of my photos as well as a poem that I wrote while spending time at The Abbey of the Genesee during my Sabbatical after the deaths of my parents in 2012. The photos I have included were taken either at Holley Falls, The Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, NY, or my home in Albion.

So what do you like to do for self-care? If you are reading this in the Pennysaver or on The Orleans Hub, feel free to e-mail me at randylebaron@gmail.com with some examples.

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – The Orleans County DPW (Buildings and Grounds and Highway Departments) collected more than 1,000 tires today during the annual household hazardous waste collection day at the County DPW. The top photo shows Andy Beach in a loader for the DPW, moving the pile of tires.

The county will pay Modern Disposal Services to remove the tires. An exact count of the disposed of tires wasn’t available but county officials believe it topped the 1,200 from a year ago.

County residents claimed 570 slots to dispose of household hazardous waste. Propane tanks and fluorescent bulbs were popular items for residents to unload at the collection event, said Corey Winters, a planner with Orleans County Department of Planning and Development. That department manages the annual event in August.

This photo shows one of five boxes full of old propane tanks.

Employees from Environmental Enterprises, Inc. of Cincinnati wrap up the collection event today. The county typically pays the company about $18,000 to collect and remove the household hazardous waste, with the state them reimbursing the county about half of the costs.

Household chemical and items that can be discarded include: oil-based paints solvents, polishes/waxes pesticides, motor oil & filters adhesives & resins, fluorescent bulbs, auto tires (limit 10), auto & marine batteries, household batteries, aerosols, acids, corrosives, antifreeze and empty propane tanks.

County officials say the collection day for tires has resulted in far fewer being discarded in countryside ditches and over embankments.