EVENTS PLANNED AT CITY LIBRARY

These community events are being planned at the Dunkirk Public Library:

¯ Sundance Kids Farm on Monday from 2 to 3 p.m. — For the first day of Spring Break kids can see a goat, lamb, bunnies and chicks. No need to register, just drop by. This event is free and open to the public.

¯ Easter Craft at the Dunkirk Public Library on Saturday, April 8 from 11 a.m. to noon. — Kids can make a bunny decoration for Easter. No need to register, just drop by. This event is free and open to the public.

LIBRARY PLANS COMPUTER COURSES

The Dunkirk Public Library, 546 Central Ave., has announced the following computer classes: Tuesday from 5 to 6:30 p.m.: Ancestry Library Edition; Wednesday from 1 to 2 p.m.: Internet Safety; Thursday from noon to 1 p.m : Email Basics/Settings; April 11 from noon to 1 p.m.: Learning About Facebook; April 12 from 2 to 3 p.m.: Learning About Pinterest; April. 13 from 3 to 4 p.m.: Learning about Etsy; April 19 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m: Using Google Photos; April. 20 from 1 to 2 p.m: iPhone Features; April 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Android Features; April 26 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.: Ancestry Library Edition.

For details, call 716-366-2511.

Gain valuable tech skills by coming to Tech-Talk Mondays; or visit the site www.Tech-Talk.com for individual access to the Tech skill database. Easily sign in with Username and password:dpl

UKULELE GROUP MEETS ON FRIDAY

Fredonia Ukulele will meet at Costello Community Room, Rockefeller Hall, SUNY Fredonia from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Fredonia Ukulele is for players of all experience levels, but begins with “Beginners and Brush Up” from 6 to 6:30 p.m. so newbies can start to learn. New chords are added every few songs. The goal is to have fun and to make music. Ukuleles are provided or bring your own. Play, sing, or just enjoy listening. Come and go as you please.

SONS OF REVOLUTION GATHER SATURDAY

STOCKTON — The Chautauqua Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will meet Saturday at the Stockton Hotel at 12:30 p.m. Members will order lunch from the menu. Anyone interested in the American War for Independence is invited to attend. Spouses are also welcome. For more info call president, Steve Boothe at 716-574-7995.

RETIREES MEET AT NEW LOCATION

The Al Tech/Dunkirk Specialty Steel retirees will meet on Saturday at 8:30 a.m., at the Central Station Restaurant, Central Avenue, in Dunkirk. All retirees are invited. Please note the change of location.

CLUB PLANNING EASTER EGG HUNt

The First Ward Falcon Club’s annual Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.

Members may sign their children or grandchildren up to the age of 10 years old. There is a $5 registration fee per child. Please register by Friday. For more information call Rich Jesse at 716-366-8427 or Jim Bradley at 716-366-8937.

EGG HUNT PLANNED AT SUNY

The Student Athlete Advisory Committee at SUNY Fredonia will be hosting State Senate votes to override gun bill veto, sends to House

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate has voted to override the Democratic governor’s first veto of the session on legislation to loosen gun restrictions. The vote Tuesday tees up the House’s first test of party unity. The Senate voted 30-19 along party lines to revive a package of gun access measures that would scrap a requirement that handgun buyers obtain a permit from their county sheriff. Republicans hold a supermajority in the state Senate but are one seat short of a similar majority in the House. Some Democratic support for the bill earlier this month indicates an override might be possible for the first time since 2018.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate voted Tuesday to override the Democratic governor’s first veto of the session on legislation to loosen gun restrictions, teeing up the House’s first test of party unity under new operating rules.

The Senate voted 30-19 along party lines to revive a package of gun access measures that would scrap a requirement that handgun buyers obtain a permit from their county sheriff.

“What we’re doing in this bill would not make individuals less safe,” said Sen. Danny Britt, a Robeson County Republican and primary sponsor.

While Republicans hold a supermajority in the state Senate — the three-fifths required to bypass a veto from Gov. Roy Cooper — they are one seat short of a similar majority in the House.

Three House Democrats joined all present Republicans in voting for the gun bill earlier this month, indicating that an override might be possible for the first time since 2018. GOP House Speaker Tim Moore has called their potential to pull in some Democratic votes a “working supermajority.”

The House is scheduled to hold an override vote Wednesday morning, Moore said.

New House rules passed earlier this year eliminated a 48-hour notice for override votes and enabled them to take place on the same day the bill is received from the Senate or the governor. Some override outcomes could come down to who is present on the chamber floor at the time of the vote.

While Republicans have said the sheriff screening process to buy a pistol is no longer necessary in light of significant updates to the national background check system, Democrats warned that without it, criminals and people with mental illnesses could more easily obtain weapons.

They said the repeal would create a loophole as background checks are not mandatory for private gun sales or exchanges between individuals, which require only the sheriff-issued permit.

Sen. Sydney Batch, a Wake County Democrat, reminded lawmakers that they were deciding whether to expand gun access a day after six people were killed in a school shooting in neighboring Tennessee.

Britt had urged the senators earlier Tuesday not to use the Tennessee shooting to “score political points.”

“While six families woke up this morning in Nashville grieving the agonizing loss of their children and loved ones, we are here today to make it easier for people hell-bent on causing mass carnage to buy a gun,” Batch said.

Bill supporters argue private exchanges make up a very small percentage of total gun sales and that criminals probably aren’t obtaining permits anyway.

Cooper, in 2021, successfully blocked standalone versions of the pistol purchase permit repeal and another provision allowing guns on some school properties where religious services are held.

Guns would not be permitted on campus during school hours or when students are present for extracurricular activities. Gun owners can already carry at freestanding churches that opt in.

Cooper called it “outrageous” that GOP leaders announced the Senate vote in the immediate aftermath of the Tennessee school shooting.

“Hours after children were shot to death in their school, NC GOP leaders announced a vote to eliminate strong NC background checks and make it easier for dangerous people to buy guns and take them on some school grounds,” the governor said in a tweet.

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Hannah Schoenbaum is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

an Easter Egg Hunt for elementary-aged children on from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at Steele Hall. Participants are asked to enter in the front at the glass block windows.