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I· ,, ·\ \ ~~ '- r 1 .'-l - If ., \First Republican Newspaper Printed m u. s. A.\ Volume 156, Number 32 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011 Westfield, New York Price 75¢ Justice Craig Kinney began serving in the town of ,Mlna in 1962. Mina justice looks back at 50 years By SHARON TURANO MINA - Things certainly have changed since Craig Kinney was elected Mina Town Justice in 1962. Now, Kinney said, judges actually have to go through some schooling to learn how to hold the seat. . That was not the case for the man who was out farming one day when someone walked up to him and asked him if he would run for _!own judge. After asking how much the position paid, he decided it was \more than I had\ and decided to run. He won the seat and visited town officials f~r his first appearance, when he round out the price given was for both town justices in the town - be would only get half. He decided to stick it out, he said ... doing so for 50 years. See JUSTICE, Page 4 Sh_erman looking at solar panels for sewer department By KATIE ATKINS· CORRESPONDENT SHERMAN - At the Sherman Town Board meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 5, the board discussed installing solar panels on the sewer department roof. Over the course of a five year lease, Solar Liberty panels would s'ave the department an average of $1,339 in e.nergy costs per year. According to the company's website, Solar Liberty is ~tted to promoting ener- gy independence through widespread installation of solar electric systems with a focus on engineering for system optimization. . The University at Buffalo's North Campus has invest- ed in Solar Liberty panels, along with St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo. \Every penny we can save matters,'' Mayor of Sherman John PattersW~ said. Handicap· access will be available soon on the south side of Main Street. An engineer has b.een designing possible options while the town must plan for ramps and the rebuilding of f;tcades in order for the handicap access installation. The date of completion is still unknown. The repair of the Yorker Museum roof bas t.emporari- ly been put on hold due to funding issues. Currently, the museum is in search of grants in order to complete the restoration. The Yorker Museum is located in Sherman's original Village Common. The village board approved a motion to look into parking regulations on Main Street. Seeing as how there aren't any guides pain,ed on the street, marking the blacktop would allow fOl' more regulated sp<tee. Halloween hours have been set for Monday, Oct. 31, for S to 7 p.m. in Sherman. The Sherman Town Board will mee.t next on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. Sen.d CQmments on this article to editQri- al@westfieldrepublican:com. Call to the candidates for bios and pictures A noti~e to all ~andi.dates nmning in the Nov. 8 election - we want tO hear from you. The Wesdi.etd Republican and Mayville Sentinel News will be runt\i.Ug bioguphi\ls and photos for <lAY and aU candida,es t~~n.ing 'bis fa.U who submit them by Thmsday, Oct. 20. Biogra~hies and pb.otos ~an be emailed to editorial®weslifield.tepublican.~om or submitted via !he Virtual Newsto.om \Su!imlit News\ link on · www .westfieldrepublican.com or www .mayvillesentinelnews.com. Look F-or Vs Online·At . . wwm wes-.Jieldrepubliean.com And On Fateb09k 7 The grape life a tale of the industry By DIANE R. CHODAN a few weeks each year, she WESTFIELD - Many and some of her friends and people in Western New York neighbors were trucked by a recognize a season in addi- farmer to his vineyard to tion to summer, winter, hand-pick grapes. She went spring or fall. The season is to work with a \lunch buck· called grape season or o!Jen et\ and a portable radio. This simply \grapes.\ I have even was in the days when the heard of a couple that had to World Series was played plan their wedding \after during the daytime. The grapes.\ To those involved in ladies would listen to the the grape harvest or process- game or to music while they ing, this is totally under- .worked in. the vineyards. standable. For the growers of Mom thought the two farm- grapes and those who haul or ers in the Silver Creek area process the grapes, it is an (Morrison and Yonkers) for , intense time of year. There is whom she worked were gen- much work to be done in a erous. She was paid hourly relatively short time, usually instead of by the crate. High a four- to six-.week season. school students sometimes The year-round employees worked for a farmer on a at Welch's in Westfield work \piece wprk\ basis. mandatory 12 hour days as In addition, Mom was many as seven days in a allowed to bring home week. Temporary agencies grapes in her lunch bucket. I supply extra manpower. The remember both the purple drivers who haul in the (concord) and green grapes for the growers of the (Niagara) grapes and looked National Grape Co-op often forward to sampling them d!l this on a part time basis, each year. Mom also canned while still holding down a jelly and grape juice pre- full time job. Some retirees pared from the grapes sh~< come out of retirement for brought home. Photo by Diane Chodan The large metal tools pictured are called probes. The inspector pulls the cords on each bin' to the side and opens the lids so the sample help can probe each bin. Probing must be done correctly to get a representative sample of the entire load. the season. The weather would vary My mom picked grapes from year to year. If it rained when I was a child, in the too hard, picking would be years before the automated halteg until weather picker was widely used. For improved. Besides the diffi- culty of working in the rain, the rainwater dilutes the sugar in grapes. Sometimes the weather was warm and sunny; sometimes it was so cold that long underwear was worn. Mom remembers working in the snow in November to get in the last of the crop. The season also varied in length, so the length of her employment and the money earned varied each year. Even though I lived in the city of Dunkirk, the grapes were not that far away. I retain pictures in my mind of See GRAPES, Page 4 Temporary measures Photo by Janna Lou&hlln Village of Westfield workers attempt to keep water running to residents of Barcelona in the Town of Westfield on Thursday, Oct. 6. On the west side of Route 5, pictured here, worker replaced water valves because residents were not getting enough water once the pressure was lowered a few weeks ago. There was another crew working on the east side of Route 5 to fix a leaking pipe. Workers pictured here are: R.J. Hotchkiss digging in the trench; Public Works Supervisor Ed.LeBarron peering over the edge; Byron Gens working the backhoe-style equipment; and Brian Kinney keeping an eye out. Legislature elections feature ·17 uncontested seats By NICHOLAS L. DEAN MAYVILLE - Of the County Legislature's 25 districts, only a total of eight will see contested r<tces this November. Uncontested candidates total two- thirds of the entire body, with seven Democrats and 10 Republicans run- ning unopposed. September's primary elections resulted in the potential Democratic candidacy of Kevin O'Connell in Legislative District 4. O'Connell, however, has since declined the party's line for this fall's elections - leaving incumbent Republican candi- date George Borrello, of Irving, un~ballenged in the race. · In the dty of Jamestown, a new candidate has come forw~d in the Legislative District 14 rae~ - which will now feature Timothy Hoyer on the Democrati~ line. Republi~an can- didate Michael Haddad had previously announced his candidacy for the dis- trict, which is currently represented by Scott Stutzman, I-Jamestown. CONTESTED RACES Other than the Legislative District 14 race, districts S, 7, S, 10, IS, 22 and 25 will similarly see· contested races. In District S, incumbent Republican candidate Jerry Park is being chal- lenged by Rod Rogers, who holds the Democratic, Conservative and Independence Party lines. In District 7, incumbent Republican candidate Bob Stewart is being chaJ, lenged by Tamara Miles. who holds the Democratic and Independence P!Uty lines. Stew!Ut also b.olds the Cons'enative Party line fo.t the race, which is the legislator's fust re-elec- tion bid. In· District 8, incumbent Republi~an candidate Tami Downey is being chal- lenged by Thomas Erlandson, who In This Week's Republican.~. 'Farm to schoof at Shennan Central • Sherman Central School will host \Farm to School\ days Oct. 11 tht0egb B and a Harvest Dinner Oct. 18 ftom 5 to 7 p.m. Page6 · holds the Democratic, Conservative and Independence Party lines. The race is technically Downey· s first elec- tion bi'd, as she was appointed to the District 8 seat earlier this year. In District 10, incumbent Republican candidate Marl,!. Tarbrake is being challenged by Pat Tyler. who holds the Democratic, Conservative, Working Families and Independence Party lines. The race is Tarbrake' s first re-election 'bid. In District 15. Maria Kindberg, D- Jamestown, is vacating her seat - mak- ing the race a first-time election for both Bob Whitney and David Wilfong. Whitney holds the Democratic, Consenative and Independence lines. Wilfong will appear on the Republican line on November's ballot. Similady, in District 22, .liohn Hemmer and Ftederi~k Bertrando will Sfite SEATS, Page 4 Humble cornerback : • Panama Panther. • . Andtea Marsh was . featured m the Oct. , 1 3 issue of Spo.rts · . lliustJiated. Page 9 '.. ~ '\\ -- <-< ~ • ' \' ,, ' ' . .. ~ . '
