Attica Lions Club 2009 Calendar Sale
The Lions Club of Attica is selling Daily Evening Numbers Calendars to help raise $23,000 needed to replace the roof and make other repairs to the pool house in Village Park. The Calendars cost $20 each and may be purchased at the Penny Saver office or at Pizza Pasta and More or on line at http://www.atticalions.org click on the Contact The Attica Lions Club icon.
Team Value Added Decisions
What value are you giving to your organization? This is a question that as a team member you ought to be focusing on. We spend time thinking "What are they doing for me?" This thought creates resentment and a victim mentality within yourself. By acting as a victim you start to keep score, a common response of a team member who keeps score is "I always have to load the paper in the copier, I am NOT going to do load the paper anymore, this place cannot run without me!" Once your team members slip into victim behavior production sinks.
2nd Annual Christmas in the City, Kids Ornament Contest!
We are looking for children 12 years old and under to submit a Christmas Ornament created by them by December 3rd. All entries should be delivered to Batavia Stage Coach Florist. Entries will be judged bsed on most creative, best holiday theme, most colorful, and best use of materials. Great prizes from local merchants will be awarded.
Fire above Pavilion Post Office
Firefighters did their best to save the mail when a fire broke out at the post office building, at 11142 Lake St. in Pavilion, overnight.
The fire actually started in the apartment that is above the post office. The fire chief said it started in a deep fat fryer in the kitchen around midnight. Smoke was billowing from the roof. Firefighters contained the fire to the apartment, but because of all the water they used, some of it leaked into the post office downstairs.
Leadership Wyoming Accepting Applications for 2009
Perry, NY - The 2008 Leadership Wyoming program is quickly winding down with the graduation of the second program year approaching in December. This year's class has embraced the program, diving into all aspects of Wyoming County and what makes it tick.
Contractor accused of falsifying invoices
A Wyoming County contractor was arrested Monday on felony charges for allegedly falsifying more than $56,000 in invoices, State Inspector General Joseph Fisch said.
David Darling, 61, the owner of Pro Care Contracting of Wyoming, is accused of forging 22 lease agreements and five invoices to boost bills on emergency construction jobs at the Attica, Collins and Gowanda correctional facilities in Western New York, dating back to 2006.
State says: Pontillo's Pizza owes more than $112k in back taxes
Monday morning, Pontillo's restaurant in Batavia closed up shop temporarily for renovations. "It's all good," owner Sam Pontillo told Daily News reporter Joanne Beck. In that article, which appeared in the Tuesday edition of the Daily, Beck wrote that Pontillo "expects to re-open ... within a couple of weeks."
Pheasant hunter fatally shot in Darien Lake State Park
The Genesee County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspected hunting accident that claimed the life of a 48-year-old Pembroke man.
Authorities said a preliminary investigation indicates that the victim, John E. Stocking, was hunting pheasants with a shotgun inside Darien Lake State Park when the incident occurred.
Budget mess means winter reductions at some parks
While visitors will find more state park gates shut this winter as a means to save money, they'll still be able to walk, snowshoe or ski in to most of those 325,000 acres scattered from Long Island to Niagara Falls and up to the Thousand Islands.
Financial Company expanding to Geneseo
Other people's financial misfortunes continue to be good jobs news for the Rochester region as a student loan collection company with operations in California and Louisiana plans to open a third location in Geneseo early next year.
