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n, ia in d, ill al in to 4, re of ~ of rs, to he ng to 11 nd he by at for er- ay. 11 at . . Y. St. or tg. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011 PAGE3 (DEADLINES)( The Republican/Sentinel View ) \ The following are various deadlines for The Westfield Republican and Mayville Sentinel News papers and the Quality Guide. CLASSIEIEDS Monday by 3 p.m. forth~ papers Wednesday by noon for the Guide LEGALS Monday by 3 p.m. for the papers • ADVERTISEMENT Monday by 5 p.m. for the papers Wednesday by 5 p.m. for the Guide NEWS ITEMS Friday by noon for the following week's newspapers Notice to Our Readers· Letters to the edito.ll are wel- come, but must be no more than 3 50 in length to be accepted. Letters must also be signed and include the authors name, town or village of residence and phone number. Letters will be edited for clarity and brevity. We do NOT use \thank you\ let- ters, letters endorsing candidates or letters from announced political candidates. The editor does not necessarily endorse the viewpoints expressed in such material. Readers are reminded that the deadline (pr news items for publi- cation in the Westfield Republican and Mayville. Sentinel News is Friday at noon. Listings for clubs and organiz~tions should be deliv- ered to the newspaper at least two weeks before the event is to occur. The Westfield Republican and Mayville Sentinel News staff wel- comes your suggestions for feature stories on local people and events. Remember, a local paper can be successful only with the coopera- tion of local residents. We want your news! Send it to us via any of the following methods: STANDARD MAIL P.O. Box 38 Westfield, N.Y. 14787 EMAIL editorial@westfieldrepublican.com WEB SITES www. westfieldrepublican.com www.rnayvillesentinelnews.com dick on the box that says \SUBMIT NEWS AND PHOTOS\ P\JbUshed weellly by Th• W.stfield I!Jlpublican :-ieWl!papers 41 E. Main SL, P.O. Bill< 38. Westfield, :O.'Y 147~7 Entered as Periodicals Postage Plud at W•~tfield, !li'l: 147S7. and additional offices at ,Jamestown, m 14701. Pootrnaster: Send address changes to: . The Westfield Republican, 41 E. Main St. 00. R.ox 38, We.tfield, NY 14'00 For assistance with the placement of subscription oroers, editorial copy, display and classified. advertising, call n&-326-31.63\\ toll free t-81J0..284-733& or faA nli--32&416o; Office hours Monday - Fnda,y SAM to a PM Editorial email: editorialrrvwestfieldrepubHcan.com AdveTtising ematl: adsflbwestfieldrepublican.crom 1 Year Subscription pnces: m county $11&.00, om of <10unty $4&.00 Cooler temperatures up risks at home .. Three bnfortunate recent fire' should serve notice that colder wealher brings additional concerns ahour fire' and carbon monoxide in area home>. , \\ Both the National Fire Protec:tion Associ<1tion and U.S. Fire Aumtm;,tration report hou>e fire> are more prevalent during the cooler sea- 'on' due to an increase in cooking and heatmg. StHnc fire> - and warning> - are jm.t not preventable. As our daylight hours continue to dwindle in autumn' resi- dents must do what they can to· stay safe. New smoke and carbon monox- ide detectors - or a change of battery - are just one more way to have peace of mind. (~ _____ L_e_tt_e_rs_T_o_T_h_e_E_d~ito_r ____ ~) Seasoned Change By Tom Baideme September 2010 When summer days are on the wane· Temperature starts to feel like fall Then it's time to start to think Of a shelter yet realized To press the g:rapes fresh off the vme And hold it in suspended animation FruLen in their concentration cans Maybe juice for wines and jellies Or grape creme pie with ala mode Whatever means you need to use To keep my dome from burn or peel Now bring out my tams and hoods Woolen caps and scarves and gloves ' · Coming to September Ides Final weeks before the start Of the harvest of the vines Thought of other years before Of cars, garages, boxes, barn;, Start to think of ways to warm Part of the shelter that I'm Inn To make this season's change again. September Ode By Tom Baideme 2010 To press the grapes for juice or wine And of course there's Noah's bane That seems like months Try to convert gas water heater Into a paper-burning stove · Try to take the chill away Even if it's just on the floor Sitting on the storefront step What a change from weeks before From the heat and shorts and tees Now in need of so much more With not a ~rop in sight Now with cold also brings the rain Making soup of vineyard rows Dilute sugars on the vine Without the sun to make them sweet· Now rneed a coat and hat Have to finish moving from my summer shade The temps have dropped I 0 degree> or more Signaling it's harvest time And to the basement once agam There to spend my harvest time Sleeping in the dark of day ·caus_e now it's time to go to work Once in need of fan or breeze Now in need of warmth for knees Needed bandanas to hlock\ihe sun Begin the race to get it done To get the crop from vine to press To store the life blood of a town To get us through another year M·oieyin' ·Along The Nielsens are coming! By JOYCE SCHENK COLUMNIST Last week's mail brought a card informing us that the well-known Nielsen TV Ratings firm has chosen us to participate in their upcoming viewing survey. For years, I've wondered how tht; Neilsens gathered their informa'tion. I often questioned why a TV show I thought was less than enter- taining or of questionable quality had managed to attract a huge percentage of the viewing public. But whether I've agreed or dis- agreed with their findings, the ratings giant claims it has kept its finger on the pulse of public preferences for· decades, providing clients with reliable ilffor- mation about whal we, the viewing public. are watch- ing. discussing and, ulti- mately, buying. So next week, our fami- .ly's viewing activities will be included in the Nielsen sampling. They may find our viewing habits a bit dif- ferent from the crowd. I was. in my late teens when we entered the tel.~vi- By ELAINE G. COLE CORRESPONDENT Greetings folh, it's another sunless day. but as Bill says, it's shining some- where even though we can't see it. It may become visi- ble before the day is over. but it's raining now and the thermometer just outside my door reads 46 degrees. Although our yard is CQV- ered with leaves. our locust an(j hybrid poplar trees are still wearing their summer green. My flowerbeds still bloom. but they have lost some of their luster. Soon Jack Frost will come and put an end to tlJ.em. I know. however, that the pereoo.ials will su.rvive·under the snow and come alive agai.n nel\t spring. Meanwhile ru get busy working i.nside' enjoy- ing my indoor garden and get 1\:ady for tire up-commg holidays. tbe fllist one bemg Halloween. When I nhink of Halloween. I'm reminded of nhose in yesteryear when ow; kids were giowing up. Th.ere was always the mak- ing or buying coslillmes for the younger one<> !bat would participate in the ~chool paJiade. I wasn • t real good at sion age. Mom brought beauty shop, the airport, the home our first set. a round-- hospital emergency room, screen Raytheon. It was the waiting room of every given a place of honor. atop doctor, dentist and vet - our beloved floor model televi;,ion is there. It >eems radio in the living room. impossible to escape. At first, television was Fortunately, mo~t of the such a novelty we even stuff we're forced to watch enjoyed the test patterns. outside the home is of the But, over time we learned to >tale new> variety, played adjust the ever-present rab- over and over again. The bit ears and watch grainy theory. apparently, is that no black and white shows one would want to miss the including Milton Berte. Sid latest bulletin on Lindsey Caesar's Your Show of Lohan' s troubles or the Shows and Playhouse 90. ever-escalating chaos That was over 60 years among the Republican can- ago, a time when less than dictates. 10 percent of U.S. house- Although there's no con- holds even owned a televi- trot o\er the content of the sion set. TV> we see away from These days, according to home. our family has in- a recent report, the average house viewing guidelines American home has more we >et long ago, when our TVs than people. children were small. These · The same report went on common sense concepts to say that we, as a nation, have helped sort out many are watching more than five of the television offerings hours of television a Jay .. that knock at the door of our And today's kids - most of in-home TV screens. whom have TVs in their We avoid program> that bedrooms - watch over 32 depict unnecessary violence. hours a week. But televisions are no longer limited to our homes. Wherever we go - the are disrespectful. rely on insults as the basis of humor or portray flagrant sel\uality. After all, just as our front fulfilling our kid's wishe>. there are few tricks, at least but if all else failed r d tum in our area. to my mom who .:ouhl Did you ever wonder make anything. It was when trick or treating always fun to go to school began'' Looking up its origi-\ and watch the children nation I found that there are march around the gym. l several explanations, but the enjoyed seeing the•variety majority stated that of costumes the children Halloween itself was a wore. Sometimes what the pagan celebration that began youngsters wanted to be in the Middle or Dark Ages, transformed into took a when the Catholic Church great amount patience approved the act of \soul- detennination. imagmation ing ... The reason it started and implication for moms. wa. .... 0 that beggars could go After the parade each da.~s from place to place asking went back to their room for for food. It was usually bar- some treats. ley or oat cakes. It was said I vividly recall one year that the church would say when my sister-in-law and I prayers to insure that the took our children uick or 'P'rit of a loved one that bad tl:eating. ll was snowing and died would go to hea\\en. It we g()l stuck i.n a driveway. is believed that was bow It didn't bother the ki~. but trick and treating began. we wete not happy to have' However. it isn't wily it to shovel us out. I also ts tile most popular ru;uvity remember how some older among the various celebra- youtb woutd play pranks in tlon~ today. Ahhougb it various plac~s. Sometimes began in Europe long ago. they moved an outhouse. 1t i~ relati\'ely n.ew in !:l:trew pumpkins in the road. Amem:a. lt began less. man soaped 'windows or more. a hundred years ago. Bill.has told about some of Pa.per~ and magaZ:i.nes the pranks nbat ile and ll.i.s printed mformation about i.t North C'tymer buddies u.~ed and Walt Disney made it to do when tbey were known in bis caiti)OD yol1-ng. Nowadays there are \Trick or Treat.\ It soon many policemen on duty so became a regular custom door marks the entryway for outsiders who would come into our home, so the televi- sion screens have. the power to bring the world inside. We would never knowingly invite anyone in who dis- played the violence, disre- spect or sexual insensitivity so often and graphically shown on TV. So, for the same reasons, we e'xclude such \visitors\ who would enter via our television sets. With such limits in place, we usually confine our- selves to such programs as The Today Show, 60 Minutes and re-runs of such classics as MASH. Andy Griffith and the Dick Van Dyke Show. The Neilsens may not be ready to hear about our kind of viewing. celebrated on Halloween. The idea was that if you did not give a treat to the children when they came to ones door. they would play a trick on you. Egging one's bouse or car windows or papering someone' s house or tree was considered b.ar[)lless fun. But w.~en vandalism began to take place as a trick. some places banned the custom. Mo-st l()cal villages in our area set a special time for kid's to go Irick. or treating. usually just an hour or two and &bat seems to work well. Thus parents sb.()utd check local papers before leniog their cbikl:£en bead out to trick o:r treat on Halloween.
