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Farmers Market Coupon Distribution for Seniors

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Office for the Aging will be at the Genesee Country Farmers Market with and information table and Farmers Market coupons. Seniors age 60 and older who are income eligible can receive a $20 booklet of coupons at the market from 10am – 12pm. Income guideline are as follows: $1832/mo or less household of one $2470/mo or less household of two $3108/mo or less household of three New this year. Any senior 60 and older who is income eligible can receive a booklet. In years past it was limited to one per household
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Farmers Market Coupon Distribution for Seniors

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Office for the Aging will be at the LeRoy Farmers Market on July 23rd with an information table and Farmers Market Coupons. They will be available from 10am-12pm to all seniors 60 and older who are income eligible. $1832/mo or less for household of one. $2470/mo or less for household of 2. $3108/mo or less for household of 3. New this year. Anyone 60 and older in a household who is income eligible can receive a $20 booklet of coupons. In years past it was limited to one per household.
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Fall Festival at the Willow Bend Inn - Holland Land Office Museum

By Holland Land Office

Sunday, October 25th from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, the Holland Land Office Museum will be at the Willow Bend Inn at 3489 West Main Street Road to celebrate our annual Fall Festival! Live music provided by Red Creek. Delicious food and drink specials all afternoon. Costumed re-enactors will be firing off rifles and sharing local history. Activities and games for children, and a basket raffle of local produce and more for adults. $5.00 cover at the door, FREE for kids.

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FoodLink Mobile Food Pantry

By Michele Lawson

Care-A-Van Ministries is partnering with FoodLink of Rochester and St. Paul Lutheran Church to host a mobile food pantry.

The exact food items available are not known, but fresh produce is usually available.

The Mobile Food Pantry is available to Genesee County residents only; there is no income verification required, but you must be 18 years old to pick up food from the pantry.

Please provide your own bags/cart/vehicle to transport items to your home.

ALL EVENTS ARE OUTDOORS

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FoodLink Mobile Food Pantry

By Michele Lawson

Care-A-Van Ministries is partnering with FoodLink of Rochester and Community Action to host a mobile food pantry. The exact food items available are not known, but fresh produce will be available. The Mobile Food Pantry is available to Genesee County residents only. There is no income verification required, but you must be 18 years old to pick up food from the pantry. Please provide your own bags/cart/vehicle to transport items to your home.

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FoodLink Mobile Food Pantry

By Michele Lawson

Care-A-Van Ministries is partnering with FoodLink of Rochester to host a mobile food pantry. The exact food items available are not known, but fresh produce will be available. The Mobile Food Pantry is available to Genesee County residents only. There is no income verification required, but you must be 18 years old to pick up food from the pantry. Please provide your own bags/cart/vehicle to transport items to your home.

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FoodLink Mobile Food Pantry

By Michele Lawson

Care-A-Van Ministries is partnering with FoodLink of Rochester to host a mobile food pantry. The exact food items available are not known, but fresh produce will be available. The Mobile Food Pantry is available to Genesee County residents only. There is no income verification required, but you must be 18 years old to pick up food from the pantry. Please provide your own bags/cart/vehicle to transport items to your home. For more information you can call Care-A-Van Ministries at 343-0328 or visit our website at cavministries.org.

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Ceremonial Flag Raising and Bicentennial Time Capsule Burial

By Holland Land Office

This Saturday, May 16th, the Holland Land Office Museum and the Batavia International Peace Garden are celebrating a joint event! The Peace Garden's annual flag raising will take place at 11:00 am with speaker State Assemblyman Steve Hawley and the St. Joseph's Brass Ensemble providing patriotic music.

At 1:00 pm, the Holland Land Office Museum will be burying its Bicentennial Time Capsule and keynote speakers include Genesee County historian Michael J. Eula and City of Batavia historian Larry Barnes.

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71st Annual Strawberry Social

By Maggie Nichols

71st Annual Strawberry Social  Featuring our famous Chicken BBQ 4 pm till sold out.  $9 adult $7 senior citizen $7 children (4-11 years old) children under 3 are free.  Large variety of Strawberry deserts are available for purchase starting at 4pm.  Rummage sale 3:30pm till 6:30 pm Bake sale 4pm till 6:30pm  Annual Auction starts at 6:30pm (Baskets, gift certificates, pies, plants and more!!) We now accept credit cards as payment for auction items, there is a 3% surcharge on all charges.  Cash & good checks are always welcome.  7908 Alleghany Rd, Corfu

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Owners carry on John & Mary's tradition in new Batavia location

By Howard B. Owens

He's Ted and she's Mary and together they're the new owners of John & Mary's in Batavia.

If that sounds a little confusing, it might help to know a bit of the history of the venerable Erie County group of entries. 

John Guida opened his first sandwich shop in Cheektowaga in 1952. Mary, his wife, insisted her name be added to the sign, so it was. (Mary Guida is 88 and reportedly still working.)

Ted Ulm was born and raised in Cheektowaga and went to culinary school, became a chef, worked in a supper club and a bakery and hooked up with an instructor who owned a Greek catering business when he was 18.

"Once I learned the ropes, he could run two jobs a day," Ulm said.

That led to a connection with John & Mary's and eventually, Ted Ulm owned his own John & Mary's location in Cheektowaga. 

He opened another location in Alden in 1999, which he still owns. He opened another in Arcade that he later sold, but he does own Theo's Greek Family Restaurant in Arcade.

He married Mary in 2009, and the coincidence of her name has led many people, Ted said, to assume his name is John.

The name may be different, but the quality is the same, Ulm said.

"Everything I make is all homemade, our dough, our sauces, our Souvlaki is out of this world," Ulm said. "I win awards with it all the time."

"It's a bigger menu, but it's all quality food," he added. "We use all of John & Mary's recipes. I stick by what they did in 1952. Their homemade hot sauce, top-line mayonnaise, top of the line cold cuts."

This John & Mary's is actually the second in Batavia. There was a John & Mary's here in 1974 and '75.

When Ted and Mary moved to Corfu, they started thinking it was time to bring John & Mary's back to Batavia.

From the time Ted opened his first John & Mary's in 1990, he expanded the menu so that there would be something for everybody. 

There's a full Greek menu and a full Mexican menu, Ulm said.

"John & Mary's is a place where a family can come and everybody will be happy," Ulm said.

John & Mary's is located at the old Scooter's location, 3711 W. Main Street Road, Batavia.

CORRECTION: The information about Mary Guida came from the John & Mary's web site, which is apparently very out of date. Mary Guida passed in 2007.

When the weather warms up, Bill Cultrara will be cooking again, with Duke's Smokin' Bone

By Howard B. Owens

Bill Cultrara and Larry Reisdorf are eager for the snow to clear from the smoker so they can get busy again with some serious BBQ.

Reisdorf has owned and operated Duke's Smokin' Bone, a catering service, for about a decade, and with business growing, he thought Cultrara's experience and expertise could help kick things up a notch.

Cultrara is a chef and former owner of Delavan's.

"With his experience, I thought it would be great if we could team up and work together," Reisdorf said.

Fans of Delavan's will be glad to see Cultrara cooking again, and happy to know Duke's will start offering his secret-recipe Italian sausage.

"I saw this as a different opportunity, nothing I've ever done before, and I like to learn," Cultrura said.

The new menu will include spatchcocked chicken and beer can chicken along with beef brisket and ziti and sausage (smoked or grilled). Duke's longtime favorites, quarter chicken, pulled pork and ribs, along with a several other meats, will also be available.

Duke's is available for private parties, corporate events and graduations.

For more information, visit Duke's Web site.

Fall Family Festival at the Willow Bend Inn

By Holland Land Office

The Holland Land Office Museum and the Willow Bend Inn present a Fall Family Festival at the historic stage coach stop of the 1800s on Sunday, October 19th from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.  Events include children's games and crafts, stagecoach travelers, Civil War and 1812 reenactors, musket firing, raffles, live music by Red Creek, food including wings, chicken fingers, fries, chili, burgers, and a cash bar.  This is a fundraiser for the Holland Land Office Museum.  Admission is $5.00 for adults and free for children.

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FoodLink Mobile Food Pantry

By Michele Lawson
MOBILE FOOD PANTRY October 22nd 2014 5 pm – 7pm St. Paul Lutheran Church 31 Washington Avenue, Batavia NY 14020 Care-A-Van Ministries is partnering with St. Paul Lutheran Church and FoodLink of Rochester to host a mobile food pantry. The exact food items available are not known, but fresh produce will be available. The Mobile Food Pantry is available to Genesee County residents only.
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