Photos by Ginny Kropf: This little restaurant at the end of Route 98 in Point Breeze is seeing new life under the ownership of Gatlen and Danielle Ernst, who opened it as Gilligan’s Galley on Thursday.

Danielle and Gatlen Ernst of Albion stand behind the counter of Gilligan’s Galley, the new restaurant they opened Thursday in Point Breeze. Gilligan’s will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.

POINT BREEZE – After several successful years of owning two marinas and a restaurant in Point Breeze, Gatlen and Danielle Ernst have gone out on a limb to open another restaurant.

Located at the end of Route 98 in Point Breeze, Gilligan’s Galley opened its doors Thursday.

Several restaurants were in business there in recent years, but since the pandemic it has remained closed. John Brown and Dave Tuft of Batavia were previous owners. A year ago Brown approached Gatlen and asked if he would be interested in buying the place.

“I thought, ‘Am I nuts,’” Gatlen said.

He and Danielle are the owners of Lake Breeze Marina, which they purchased in 2014, and the former Four C’s Marina, which they purchased later that same year.

Gatlen had worked at Lake Breeze for 10 years and Danielle was a stay-at-home mom when they became owners of the marinas. They immediately started making improvements, redoing the docks, updating the cottages and adding two more cottages. Four C’s had a small restaurant with outdoor seating overlooking the docks, which has been very popular during the summer.

They finalized the purchase of the new restaurant last October, but didn’t start renovations until March. They replaced table tops and the counter top, added beams made from trees in their yard, and created a tiki theme with thatching and bamboo in the ceiling.

The name for the new restaurant, Gilligan’s Galley, comes from Gatlen’s childhood, when his friends called him “Gilligan.” Galley, of course, is the nautical name for a kitchen on a boat, and what could be more appropriate for a restaurant within a few steps of Lake Ontario and the Oak Orchard River.

Gatlen Ernst shows off the new décor in Gilligan’s Galley, the new restaurant he and his wife Danielle opened Thursday at Point Breeze. The remodeled décor features a tiki-theme thatched ceiling, wood beams cut from trees in their yard and new natural wood counter top.

The Ernsts plan to be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week. They may add breakfast later on. They will serve nightly specials, featuring home cooked comfort food. They hope Friday night fish fries will be a big hit, being offered Buffalo style, potato chip crusted, blackened grilled or plain.

Gatlen said they have applied for a liquor license and would like to have Bills parties, seeing they have several televisions in the restaurant.

Among the customers on opening day were Teresa Poler and her neighbor Paul Kenyon of Lyndonville.

“It’s lovely to have something like this close by,” Poler said. “Everything was very good.”

Gatlen said the area is getting a boost from increased traffic from Canada. That was curtailed during the Covid pandemic.

There are also picnic tables for outdoor dining, and Danielle said next year she would like to do something interesting with the back yard.

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Stan Farone, a founding member of COVA in 1979, holds a sign in support of the agency at about 4 p.m. at the intersection of routes 98 and 31.

He was one of about 20 people out with signs in support of COVA. They were also selling COVA T-shirts for $15.

COVA is facing a $150,000 budget deficit and may be forced to close by Jan. 1.

The agency has sought assistance from local governments through their federal American Rescue Plan Act money or through inclusion on the town tax bills in Albion, Barre, Gaines and Carlton. So far there isn’t a plan to keep COVA operating after Jan. 1.

Leslee Lockwood, left, and Linda Kepler try to rally support and awareness for COVA.

Mike Fuller, an East Shelby firefighter, was among those at the intersection in support of COVA. Fuller, the retired Shelby highway superintendent, said he received EMS training through COVA. He now works for Mercy in Batavia and also as an EMT at Darien Lake.

He said COVA needs support from the local governments to keep providing service for the community. He noted in western Orleans, the towns of Shelby, Ridgeway and Yates also contribute to an ambulance fund for the Medina Fire Department.

The fiscal challenges on community-based ambulance providers is a nationwide problem, Fuller, with low Medicaid rates and insurance rates, and people who often keep the insurance checks and don’t turn them into COVA.

“COVA is established in the community,” Fuller said. “I don’t want to see it go.”

Michael Smith of Albion holds a sign in support of COVA. He credits COVA staff as well as Albion police officers for saving his life on March 21, 2021, providing CPR and stabilizing him so he could be transported by ambulance to a hospital.

He worries about much longer response times if COVA is gone.

Megan Tabor, a COVA EMT, uses a megaphone to get out the message to support COVA so the agency can keep helping the community.

Janine Miller wears a T-shirt showing she backs COVA.

COVA also announced it secured low-interest financing to purchase a new ambulance at a cost of $160,000. It replaces a nearly 10-year-old ambulance with about 200,000 miles. That ambulance has cost $28,000 in repairs this past year.

COVA’s staff and leadership is committed to seeing the organization be viable and up to date for the community, COVA officials said.

Very dangerous fentanyl mixed with pills causes many deaths

Provided photo: Pictured from left, Lynda Battaglia, director of Genesee County Mental Health & Community Services; Avi Israel, president and founder of Save the Michaels of the World, Inc., of Buffalo; Rob Kent, general counsel of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; John Bennett, executive director of Genesee/Orleans Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse; Danielle Figura, director of Community Services of Orleans County Department of Mental Health.

By Mike Pettinella, GCASA Publicist

BATAVIA – State and local human services agencies, supported by the federal government, must pool their services to fight the scourge of substance use disorder that resulted in 108,000 overdose deaths last year, according to the general counsel of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

“It’s no longer an ‘either or’ proposition, treatment instead of medication. We’re losing 100,000 people, so it’s everything and anything we can think of to get to people before they die,” said Rob Kent of Haymarket, Va., a Syracuse native who served as general counsel at the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports for 13 years prior to his appointment with the Biden administration.

Kent spoke at The Recovery Station on Clinton Street Road as guest of Genesee/Orleans Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, which kicked off its National Recovery Month activities this morning. About 30 people from GCASA and other organizations attended.

As a key figure in the adoption of the 150-page National Drug Control Strategy, Kent said his office has placed a high priority on harm reduction – principles and services that include prevention, testing, treatment and care, along with distribution of overdose reversal supplies such as naloxone kits (NARCAN), fentanyl test strips, sharps disposal and medication disposal kits, and sterile needles and syringes.

Kent said billions of dollars have been appropriated to this initiative.

“We were accused of being very heavy in the strategy of harm reduction by certain folks in Congress, but we have to be – we’ve got to get to people before they die,” Kent said. “We need to get them connected.”

He added that he will use whatever laws are on the books in an effort to save lives.

“I’m completely uninterested in winning people’s hearts and minds. We will force them to do what they need to do because the law helps us. They’ll figure out, by the way, down the road, that it was the right thing to do on a human level,” he said. “They might not be there at the beginning … but they’ll figure it out when they’re doing it.”

Kent said that he kept the goal of reducing drug overdose deaths at the forefront of his mind as he wrote the criminal justice section of the national strategy.

“I will say that I’m proud of the document; we believe it is a good blueprint,” he said. “We’re going to go around the country trying to tell the folks what we think needs to be done to stop the number of people who are dying from drug overdose.”

He emphasized that law enforcement needs to stop arresting people for drug use or drug possession.

“It just doesn’t work and it has not worked,” he said. “It overwhelms the criminal justice system with folks they’re really not equipped to deal with. We want people to be deflected, diverted. And we’ve written model laws for states. And I’m going to preach that everywhere I go. We ought to be offering help and services to those folks, whatever that might mean.”

Kent acknowledged that people with addictions will commit crimes, and those people may have been receiving counseling and medication-assisted-treatment in the community.

“We can’t end that when they end up in a state and local jail. We have to continue that,” he said, noting that jails in Niagara, Monroe, Erie and other New York State counties are offering medications for opioid use disorder. “We need a plan and connections, before they reenter society … and we’re working on that across the nation.”

One of those connections locally is GCASA’s Reentry Program, which provides case management, peer recovery support and housing to individuals returning to the community after incarceration.

He said another priority is to “massively increase access to Naloxone.”

“Personally, I believe everybody ought to carry naloxone. And I say that everywhere I go, and some folks will say, ‘No, I don’t need to carry that because I’m not around those kinds of people.’ And I politely say, ‘Well, you are.’”

Calling addiction “a human addiction,” Kent said it’s a matter of caring for others and showing love for those in need.

“I don’t like to throw numbers around because those are people (who have died),” he said. “Yesterday I spoke in Rochester, and a woman came up to me and gave me the mass card for her daughter. She was 27 years old and died in April. One time. It only takes once now.”

Kent was referring to the fentanyl epidemic that is being fueled by the cartels south of the border.

“Not only do I know what’s happening on the demand side – the treatment side, prevention, recovery and harm reduction, but I hear about what’s coming in,” he said. “And it’s scary. The cartels are now pressing fentanyl into fake pills, fake oxycontin, Adderall, Xanax, you name it. And most people don’t even know it.”

He said folks will come in and say they’re using meth or using cocaine, “and when you test the drugs, it’s all fentanyl. That’s what’s going on.”

Kent credited the professionals at GCASA, mental health and other agencies who have invested their lives into seeing others recover and succeed.

“If you don’t think that the staff in a program is pained when one of their folks who left dies, then you don’t understand the programs,” he shared. “I’ve been to too many conferences where staff came up to me and talked to me about the trauma they were experiencing because people left treatment. Before, when people would leave (treatment), they were able to come back. They might not now.”

Photo by Tom Rivers: This sign outside the County Office Building on Route 31 lets people know it is an early voting site during a primary in June. The turnout over nine days was less than 1 percent of the registered voters.

ALBION – The Orleans County Legislature is asking the state to scale back the early voting mandates for smaller counties like Orleans.

The Legislature noted a tiny turnout in recent primaries for early voting. The county needs to staff a polling site for 72 hours over nine days of early voting, including two weekends and some weeknight evenings.

The turnout for the nine days of early voting in a June primary was 0.9 percent. It was even less in August when only 40 out of 6,059 registered Republicans used early voting over nine days for a Congressional primary.

County legislators said data from the smaller counties show that three years of early voting has proven to be a “financial, staffing and administrative burden on all counties where there are small, non-contentious elections and very small primaries.” Orleans legislators said there aren’t long lines of voters on election day, with people waiting to cast ballots.

Orleans officials are asking the state to not impose a “one size fits all” mandate on the counties.

Legislators said the recent primaries, with such a small turnout, “is a clear example of the waste and burden imposed by legislation calling for long hours of early voting.”

In Orleans, both election commissioners – Janice Grabowski, a Democrat, and Kathy Case, a Republican – favor scaling back early voting to bring down the costs and strain on the local Board of Elections.

County legislators are asking state officials to either repeal or amend the following new election laws:

• CHAPTER 441 OF 2019, which creates nine days of early voting prior to any special, primary or general elections and requires 66 hours of staffing in at least one poll site in each county;
• Laws beginning with CHAPTER 91 OF 2020, that modify the availability and allowable reasons for the use of Absentee Ballots and resemble “Vote by Mail” processes, which create additional administrative burdens on staff, and divert voters form Election Day voting, thereby creating underutilization, increased costs and inefficiencies;
• Two laws, CHAPTER 763 OF 2021, modified by CHAPTER 117 OF 2022, create a lengthy and highly inefficient procedure for processing arriving absentee ballots twice weekly, in batches of as little as one ballot;
• CHAPTER 781 OF 2021, adds an additional 12 hours of early voting to an already ineffective, burdensome and costly 66 hours of early voting.

The Legislature forwarded copies of the resolution to Governor Kathy Hochul; Senator Zellnor Myrie, Chair Senate Committee on elections; Assembly Member Latrice Walker, Chair NYS Assembly Committee on Election Law; Senator Robert Ortt; Assemblyman Steve Hawley; Assemblyman Michael Norris; NYSAC; NYS Association of Towns; co-executive directors Valentine and Stavisky of the NYS Board of Elections; and NYS Elections Commissioners Association.

ALBION – The Orleans County Legislature has approved $50,000 each for both the Cornell Cooperative Extension and for a workforce development initiative.

The money comes from part of the $7,887,187 in federal funds set aside for Orleans through the American Rescue Plan Act.

The Legislature in a resolution last week said the $50,000 for the Extension will assist the agency with infrastructure upgrades. Legislators said the Covid-19 pandemic restricted the Extension from generating revenue to fund the infrastructure upgrades. The pandemic, for example, forced the cancelation of the Orleans County 4-H fair in 2020.

The other $50,000 goes for technical job training for Orleans County residents. The money goes to Livingston County Workforce Development, which was a grant recipient for the four-county Genesee-Livingston-Orleans-Wyoming (GLOW) Workforce Development Board.

“Orleans County has an increased demand from Orleans County residents for job training so that these residents may be qualified for existing jobs that require specific technical skills training,” county legislators stated in a  resolution. “Orleans County has a significant number of job vacancies that require specific technical skills.”

Legislators last week also approved using $29,400 for 250 copies of NetMotion connectivity software from Brite Computers in Victor.

Since the pandemic started in March 2020, county workers have been more mobile and not confined to the office.

“The increased mobility of the workforce creates an increase in the risks to cybersecurity,” legislators said.

The NetMotion connectivity software gives the county government more cybersecurity protection, legislators said.

OLCOTT – State Senate Republic Leader Rob Ortt and Assemblyman Mike Norris, R-Lockport, will have a news conference today with the Niagara County Farm Bureau president to share their concerns about the possibility of the overtime threshold in agriculture being lowered from 60 to 40 hours per week.

Ortt said that change would put many farms out of business, make the agricultural industry less competitive with nearby states, and actually result in less pay for farmworkers who would see their hours cut.

The state legislators and Jeannette Miller of the Niagara County Farm Bureau will be in Olcott for the news conference. It is planned to be  shown through Facebook live beginning at 12:30 p.m.

The Farm Laborers Wage Board will meet Sept. 6 and is expected to deliver a report on OT threshold for farmworkers. The board also is expected to make a final recommendations to NYSDOL Commissioner Roberta Reardon on the proposal to reduce the overtime threshold for farm workers from 60 hours to 40 hours a week.

Board members include Brenda McDuffie, former President and CEO of the Buffalo Urban League; David Fisher, New York Farm Bureau President; and Denis Hughes, former President of the New York State AFL-CIO.

The board in January 2022 recommended the overtime threshold be reduced to 40 hours, in a phased-in schedule of dropping by four hours every two years – 56 hours on January 1, 2024; 52 hours on January 1, 2026; 48 hours on January 1, 2028; 44 hours on January 1, 2030; and 40 hours on January 1, 2032.

Once the board delivers its report, the DOL commissioner will have 45 days to review it and announce her decision, which will need to published. Any objections to the report and recommendations can be sent to the commissioner within 15 days after such publication, the DOL said.

Should the recommendations within the report be adopted, the Department of Labor will undergo a rule-making process with a 60-day public comment period.

Orleans County Legislature urges elimination of Farm Laborers Wage Board

The Orleans County Legislature last week passed a resolution urging the governor to eliminate the three-person Farm Laborers Wage Board.

“The Wage Board has just one member with an agricultural background, making it ill-equipped to render sound, informed decisions concerning New York State’s critically- important agriculture industry,” county legislators stated in a resolution.

The Legislature faulted the board for ignoring data from a 2021 Cornell University that showed lowering the threshold would economically hurt both farmers and farm workers.

“New York State farmers continue to face a tremendous number of challenges outside of their control including changes in consumer demand leading to price change, obtaining labor, climate change regulation and mandates, land management policies, foreign and regional market competition, NYS regulations, livestock and crop disease,” legislators said. “And farmers are heavily relied on to continue to produce food during shortages throughout the country while keeping in mind, farmers and farm workers remained constant during the pandemic.”

Provided photo: GateSwingers’ vocalist Allison Eberhardt performs the 1954 hit, “Teach Me Tonight,” on the patio of Yates Community Library on Monday evening.

LYNDONVILLE – The Yates Community Library hosted a rescheduled concert on Monday featuring GateSwingers, a19-piece dance band from Rochester.

The group played crowd favorites from eras’ past. The final concert of this summer’s “More Than Just Books” series will happen on Friday evening, when the popular all-Beatles group Mr. Mustard will perform from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

The concert is free, and support for the series provided from the NYS Council on the Arts, through a regrant program administered by the Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council.

Mr. Mustard was scheduled to perform on Aug. 22, but was rescheduled due to rain.

With Covid cases seeing a slight uptick in recent weeks, the federal CDC has put both Orleans and Genesee counties at medium for the community level for Covid. Both counties had been at the low level in early August.

In Orleans, the number of cases totaled 55 in the past week (Aug. 24-30), which was down from 58 the previous week. Orleans reported 57 from Aug. 10-16; 34 from Aug. 3.-9; and 38 from July 27 to Aug. 2.

The number of cases in Genesee totaled 59 in the past week (Aug. 24-30) which was down from 82 the previous week. Genesee reported 66 cases from Aug. 10-16; 62 from Aug. 3-9; and 52 from July 27 to Aug. 2.

Residents in counties in the medium community level are encouraged to wear a high-quality mask or respirator (N95) when indoors in public, the CDC said.

The Covid positivity rate statewide the past 7 days is at 5.9 percent. Orleans County is part of the nine-county Finger Lakes Region where the 7-day positivity rate is at 7.0 percent.

Orleans has the lowest positivity rate at 5.1% among the Finger Lakes counties. Other counties and their positive test percentages include Genesee, 6.4%; Livingston, 8.3%; Monroe, 6.7%; Ontario, 8.9%; Seneca, 6.3%; Wayne, 6.9%; Wyoming, 7.7%; and Yates at 7.3%.

“With school season approaching, New Yorkers should remain vigilant in keeping themselves and their loved ones healthy,” Governor Kathy Hochul said. “Take advantage of the vaccine and booster by staying up to date on doses. Test before gatherings or travel and if you test positive, talk to your doctor about potential treatment options.”

The Orleans County Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its 24th annual business awards. The deadline to nominate a business or person is Sept. 11.

The businesses and individuals will be recognized during an awards dinner on Oct. 20 at the White Birch in Lyndonville.

The categories include:

• Business of the Year – This award is presented to a business that has experienced significant overall achievements/success throughout the year.
• Lifetime Achievement – This award is presented to an individual with a long-term record of outstanding business achievements.
• Phoenix Award – This award is presented to an organization or business that has successfully adapted or re-used an existing facility.
• New Business of the Year – This award is presented to a business or organization that has opened in the past year.
• Community Service Award – This award is presented to a business, organization or individual that has provided meaningful contributions to the community in either professional or non-professional spheres.
• Agricultural Business of the Year – This award is presented to an agricultural business that has experienced significant overall achievements/success throughout the year.
• Small Business of the Year – This award is presented to a small business that has experienced significant achievements/success throughout the year.

Send a nomination to the OCCC, PO Box 501, Medina, NY or email it to director@orleanschamber.com, through Google forms (click here), the Chamber’s Facebook page or the Chamber website.

Photo by Tom Rivers: Local firefighters are lined up on Main Street in Albion near a giant American flag that was held high from the ladder trucks of the Albion Fire Department and the Murray Joint Fire District (Holley Fire Department) during the Sept. 11 service last year.

Memorial observances are planned on Sept. 11 in Albion and Brockport for the 21 st anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

The service in Albion will be at 6 p.m. on the courthouse lawn near the Sept. 11 memorial. Lynne Johnson, the Orleans County Legislature chairwoman, is scheduled to give the welcome for the event.

“There will be no forgetting September 11th,” Johnson said prior to last year’s service. “It is burned into our souls – those graphic pictures, the smoldering ash, and the endless funerals. We must hold on to our remarkable capacity to mourn those we have lost, be they friends, family or total strangers. Honor the value of all lives. They mattered on September 11th, so must all lives matter today.”

Scott Schmidt will again serve as the keynote speaker at the observance. Schmidt spent three weeks with a federal team – U.S. Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team – and assisted in collecting and identifying remains, and interviewing family members searching for loved ones. He left for New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. He was there for 20 days, including a week at Ground Zero.

Other speakers include Dale Banker, the County’s Emergency Management director. He will provide a timeline of events from Sept. 11, 2001.

The Rev. Trellis Pore will sing, “America the Beautiful.” The local honor guard of veterans will fire rifles and play Taps.

In Brockport, the 21st annual September 11th vigil will be held at the Brockport Fire Department Station #4 at 237 S. Main St., where there is a Sept. 11 memorial. There will be an opening ceremony at 8:30 a.m., followed by a ringing of the bell at 8:47 a.m., a “Ring of Gold” observance at 6 p.m. and closing ceremony at 6:30 p.m.

Press Release, Friends of Boxwood Cemetery

Provided photo: Friends of Boxwood will be offering two tours of the historic cemetery in Medina on Oct. 1.

MEDINA – Ordinarily, people are only allowed in Boxwood Cemetery from dawn to dusk. However, for one night only, the Friends of Boxwood Cemetery will be hosting a special event after dark.

“While Boxwood Cemetery is a cemetery like no other even in the daytime,” stated the event co-chairperson, Nicole Bensley, “guests can expect to see the cemetery in a spectacular new way.”

The event is called, “Boxwood at Night: See the Cemetery in a New Light.” It will take place on Oct. 1. Tickets cost $10 and there will be two time slots – 7 to 8 p.m. and 8 to 9 p.m.

“Guests can enter at any point during their time slot and are welcome to stay until the event ends at 10 p.m.,” Bensley said. “They can stroll through the cemetery at their own pace in a relaxing, family-friendly atmosphere.”

All proceeds from the event will go toward the restoration of the memorial stained-glass window in the chapel. Robby Klino, the president of the Friends of Boxwood Cemetery, emphasized that the “stained-glass window truly defines the Chapel and Boxwood Cemetery. It was a gift from a generous man – S. Mainville Burroughs – and we must preserve his generous gift so it can be appreciated by all present and future visitors to our beloved Medina Boxwood Cemetery.”

He encourages everyone to “please help us restore this window to its original beauty by attending our first annual Boxwood at Night.”

Tickets are limited to the first 200 people and there will be no admission tickets sold at the event, so you will want to get your tickets before they sell out.

Tickets are available during business hours at the English Rose Tea Shoppe, as well as at the Canal Village Farmers Market on Sept. 10 and Sept. 17. You can also purchase tickets online by clicking here.

Raffle tickets will also be available to purchase at the Farmers Market booth and again at the event. Concessions and glow-in-the-dark accessories will be available for purchase at the event to enhance your enjoyment.

If you are willing to volunteer at the event, send an email to friendsofboxwoodcemetery@gmail.com. There are many opportunities to help.

The high school football season will get off to a busy start locally on Friday as Albion, Medina and Roy-Hart/Barer/Lyndonville all have home games.

The 7 p.m. openers will have Falconer at Albion for a B2 Division game, Newfane at Medina for a C North Division contest and Alden at Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville for an interdivisional game.

The meeting will be the first between Falconer and Albion which went 4-1 in the division and 6-3 overall last fall.

Medina and Newfane will be meeting for the 58th time since the rivalry began in 1954. The Mustangs hold a 45-10-2 edge in the series over the Panthers including a 40-0 in last fall.

The Mustangs captured the C North title last fall with a 5-0 record and went on to claim the Section VI Class C title earning a first ever berth in the state playoffs finishing with a school record 11-1 record.

The RBL Silverbacks, which are beginning just their second season of 11 man competition, will be playing in the C North Division after competing in the B North Division last year going 1-7.

Medina lists spectator requirements

Medina Central School District officials have released the following statement on requirements for spectator behavior at sporting events this year. This statement was handed down by NYSPHSAA this past year and is the expectation of every school representing NYSPHSAA to uphold.

The NYSPHSAA statement states “Spectators are expected to Be Loud, Be Proud, and Be Positive.” Negative comments and inappropriate behaviors by spectators are required to be addressed by all and any school supervisors and administrators, as a member of NYSPHSAA. Spectators may be prohibited from attending current and future interscholastic contests based on their behavior.”

Medina officials have added the following statement for spectators:

“Please refrain from using foul language or exhibiting aggressive or argumentative behavior while attending events at Medina CSD. These are examples of behaviors that detract from the event and can ruin the experience of others in attendance and could negatively impact the athletes as well.

“There is no use of Tobacco, Alcohol, or any controlled or banned substance permitted on Medina CSD premises. This includes Vaping and or the use of e-cigs or “dab” pens.

“Any student grades 8 and below, must be accompanied by an adult and remain under that adults supervision while attending an event at Medina CSD.

“It is the goal of the Medina CSD to provide a positive and welcoming experience to all of our visiting athletes, officials, and spectators- Please help us do so by adhering to our expectations and contributing to what we strive to make a positive environment”

Press Release, Oak Orchard Health

ALBION – For the month of September, Oak Orchard Health in Albion is making it easier for patients and non-patients to get a Covid vaccine.

The Albion Health Center is offering Moderna vaccines for people 6 months and older on the following dates and times. Walk-ins are welcome too, or you can use the links below to pre-register if preferred. Or check our website for the most current information www.OakOrchardHealth.org.

“Our goal is to get the community vaccinated. That’s why we’re offering multiple times for all ages at the Albion Health Center. Walk-ins are also welcome,” said Mary Ann Pettibon, CEO, at Oak Orchard Health.

For ages 6 months to 5 years:

• Tuesday, September 6 from noon to 7 p.m. for 6 months to 5 years old. Register by clicking here
• Wednesday, September 7th from noon to 7 p.m. for 6 months to 5 years old. Register by clicking here
• Thursday, September 8th from noon to 7 p.m. for 6 months to 5 years old. Register by clicking here
• Tuesday, September 13th from 5 to 7 p.m. for 6 months to 5 years old. Register by clicking here
• Thursday, September 22nd from noon to 7 p.m. for 6 months to 5 years old. Register by clicking here
• Tuesday, September 27th from noon to 7 p.m. for 6 months to 5 years old. Register by clicking here

For ages 6 and over:

• Thursday, September 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for 6 months to 5 years. Register by clicking here
• Friday, September 2 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for 6 months to 5 years. Register by clicking here
• Tuesday, September 6th from noon to 7 p.m. for ages 6 and over. Register by clicking here
• Wednesday, September 7th from noon to 7 p.m. for ages 6 and over. Register by clicking here
• Thursday, September 8th from noon to 7 p.m. for ages 6 years old and over. Register by clicking here
• Tuesday, September 13th from 5 to 7 p.m. for ages 6 years and over. Register by clicking here
• Thursday, September 22nd from noon to 7 p.m. for ages 6 and over. Register by clicking here
• Tuesday, September 27th from noon to 7 p.m. for ages 6 and over. Register by clicking here