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Community Notebook

April 16, 2012
The OBSERVER

Brad Anderson Recognition Meeting Wednesday in Portland

The Brad Anderson Recognition Committee will meet Wednesday at 6 p.m., at the Portland Town Hall, 87 W. Main, Brocton to develop plans to commemorate Marmaduke creator and former Portland resident Brad Anderson.

For more information call Al at 792-9776.

Dayton Fire chicken barbecue on Sunday

The Dayton Volunteer Fire Company is sponsoring its first chicken barbecue of the year Sunday starting at 11:30 a.m. at the fire hall at 9512 Route 62, Dayton.

Dinners are $8.50 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Dinners include half a chicken, salt potatoes, macaroni salad, coleslaw. roll with butter, desserts and drinks. Take-outs are available by calling 532-2627.

Community education class registration under way at Dunkirk High

The Dunkirk City School District is taking registrations for this Winter/Spring Community Ed class:

5-Hour Pre-License Course This is the five-hour driver program course that is needed to get your license. You need to complete this course before you can take your road test. Cost of the class will be $25, cash only.

You will need to bring your permit on the day of registration.

Classes will be held April 24 and April 25 at Dunkirk High School.

Call 366-9300 Ext. 2068 for registration information. You may also register at the Dunkirk High School Main Office between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Fri-day.

All participants must be registered and paid for in order to participate in the program.

Pre-register only, no walk-ins being accepted on the day of the class.

Gowanda Village

budget workshop today

The Gowanda Village Board will host a budget workshop today at 5:45 p.m. in the village hall.

JCC's OTA program to host networking event Thursday afternoon

Jamestown Community College's occupational therapy assistant program will host a networking mixer from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on April 19 in JCC's Student Union. Occupational therapy practitioners and anyone interested in the field are invited to participate in the program. Refreshments will be served.

The event, which is being held in celebration of April as Occupational Therapy Month, is supported by the JCC OTA Educational Council. The registration fee is $10. To register, call 338-1164.

The program will provide state legislative updates that affect the occupational therapy profession, information on durable medical equipment technology and providers, and access to several area and regional vendors. In addition, JCC OTA students will provide demonstrations on how to use new technologies in therapy.

E-waste recycling event in town of Hanover Saturday

The town of Hanover is hosting an E-waste Recy-cling event for town residents Saturday at the wastewater/water department, 12780 Buffalo Road, Irving, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The event is free and open to all town of Hanover residents.

Accepted items include all TVs, computer monitors and terminals, scanners, printers, fax machines, ink cartridges, keyboards, mice, cell phones, gaming systems and more. All hard drives are sanitized or destroyed.

Not accepted are air conditioners, refrigerators and batteries.

For a full list of those items accepted and not accepted, look for the flyer in the town clerk's office.

The event is put on by the town of Hanover with help from local volunteers and is offered in cooperation with Regional Computer Recycling & Recovery.

Library to host young child event today

The Ahira Hall Memorial Library in Brocton will host a Celebration of the Young Child event at 6:30 p.m. today.

Children up to early elementary are encouraged to join library staff and the Brocton-Portland Girl Scouts for an evening of stories, games, snacks and activities. For more information, call 792-9418.

LWV to tour Ellery Solid Waste Power Plant Wednesday morning

The success of the Chau-tauqua County Department of Public Facilities under Director George Spanos, is a direct result of the partnerships among its divisions, the desire to contribute, and the talent and qualifications of staff members. The department is comprised of seven divisions: Airports, Buildings and Grounds, CARTS, Engineering, Solid Waste, Parks and Transportation.

Join the LWV and guests Wednesday to tour the El-lery Solid Waste Power Plant followed by lunch at the Chautauqua Airport Restaur-ant.

It begins at 10:30 a.m. with Landfill Deputy Dir-ector Pantelis Panteli leading a guided tour of the Power Plant at Chautauqua County Land-fill, 3889 Towerville Road in Jamestown. Learn how methane is collected and used to generate electrical power.

A trip to the Chautauqua Airport Restaurant will follow. Spanos and Panteli will attend the lunch and continue discussion. For the luncheon menu and tour reservations, contact Deb Schwert at arkanddove10@roadrunner.com

 
 

 

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