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16 May

Got a lot of sensitive documents that need shredding?

The Village of Webster is hosting a free shredding event on Saturday May 18 from 9 a.m. to noon in the parking lot behind Village Hall and the Webster Fire Department.

This is a drive-through event; volunteers will be on hand to unload your car. Paper only will be accepted, and staples DO NOT need to be removed. Paper needs to be placed in cardboard boxes or paper bags (not plastic). Limit is five boxes per vehicle.

This notice from the Webster Central School District:

The Webster CSD Annual Budget Vote and Board of Education election takes place Tuesday, May 21 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Webster Schroeder High School gym, 875 Ridge Road.

Webster CSD’s Business Department web page contains information on the proposed 2024-25 budget and the two candidates running for the two board of education seats up for election.

Good food is on tap at Heritage Square Museum on Friday May 31 when the museum hosts a chicken barbecue, from 4 p.m. until they’re sold out.

On Sunday June 2, the museum will be hosting an ice cream social. I don’t know many details about this, but I DO know that there will be live music between 2 and 4 p.m. featuring oldies and pop favorites from Cheap Datez.

Never heard of this wonderful living history museum just minutes from our village? Click here to read the blog I wrote about it.

June is shaping up to be a busy month at the Webster Arboretum, 1700 Schlegel Rd.

Learn the ins and outs of composting at one of two workshops, on Wednesday June 5 from 10 to 11 a.m. or Tuesday June 25 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Each workshop will provide instruction on how to be successful with home composting, including what can be composted, container types and troubleshooting. Once your scraps have been composted, you’ll receive ideas on how to best use this valuable resource. Plenty of time will be allotted for questions.

The presenter is Barbara Cummings from the Wayne County Master Gardener Program, an expert on the topic. Both presentations will take place at the Curry Building located in The Webster Arboretum at 1700 Schlegel Road. No registration or fee is required.  Come early because “a rind is a terrible thing to waste.”    

On Sunday June 9 at 6:30 p.m., join Arboretum board member George Riehle when he gives a tour and program about peonies, the “queen of flowers.”

George’s presentation will discuss the care and cultivation of peonies and tree peonies. Learn how to grow and care for this elegant flower to ensure beautiful blooms year after year. This is a talk and walk, and will be held rain or shine. Go to the Webster Arboretum website to register.

The Music at the Arb series continues this summer when Jazz Generation performs at the Arboretum gazebo on Thursday June 20 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Jazz Generation is Eli Behlok and Jim Allchin, an acoustic duo featuring the warm sounds of nylon string guitars. Eli and Jim create a welcoming ambiance with a unique mix of world jazz music, including popular American jazz standards, melodic Brazilian bossa novas, fiery Spanish guitars, bluesy French gypsy jazz and some surprising originals.  

Because the performance is outdoors in the gazebo, it is weather-dependent. Snacks are available for purchase, but you can bring your own, and remember your chairs, blankets and beverages. There’s no cost for admission, and all are invited.

Finally, this nice story about how our local Girl Scouts came through AGAIN to support our deployed service members.

For those of us who ordered Girl Scout cookies this year, we stopped thinking about them when they FINALLY arrived on our doorstep. But the 13 third graders from Brownie Troop 60344 (based at Klem North) were just getting started.

All through April, whenever they set up shop at Walmart or Lowe’s, the young ladies would not just sell cookies to all of us who didn’t get enough thin mints. They also took orders for cookies to be included in care packages being put together by the Blue Star Mothers for our locally deployed troops, which will be mailed out in June. Service members love Girl Scout cookies, as you can imagine. And even after they’ve been bounced around the world, and even if they arrive in crumbs, they’re still treasured.

The troop has done this for several years, collecting donations for the care packages. But this year they went over and above, getting 263 boxes donated!

So thank you to the Brownies, and to all of the community members who stopped by the troop’s cookie tables this season and dropped some extra cash.  

By the way, the same evening when we took the photo of the donated cookies, the Brownies were holding their regular meeting, where they worked with Mary Ann O’Mara to make 45 greeting cards for the troops, which will also be included in the care packages.

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(posted 5/16/2024)

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May History Bit: the Harmony House

15 May

May is National Historic Preservation Month, so it’s only fitting that for this month’s History Bit, we take a closer look at one of the Village of Webster’s most historic and stately buildings: the Harmony House at 58 East Main St., which celebrates its 125th birthday this year.  

The Harmony House earned its musical nickname from its best-known tenants, the Chorus of the Genesee. However, the building is officially known as the Webster Grange Hall, and was built in 1899 as a meeting place for Webster Grange #436. The lot was purchased for $450, chosen for its location near the heart of the business district, where it had direct access to the railroad via Kircher Park. 

The Webster Grange was one of the largest and most important local organizations in the history of the town and village of Webster. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Webster was primarily an agricultural community, the Grange served an important role in bringing farm families together for education, entertainment, and social gatherings. It was said to have been the largest Grange in the country; by 1930 the organization had 1,046 members (out of a town population of 4,778) and was said to have been the largest local Grange in the world. 

In addition to the regular Grange meetings, the Hall was rented out for a wide variety of community events through the years including dances, movie nights, minstrel shows, festivals and a flea market. In June 1952, the Church of the Good Shepherd also started holding services there.

The Chorus of the Genesee entered the picture in March 1974 when the Rochester Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America purchased the building for $45,000. The Chorus has continued to call the Grange – Harmony House – home for the last 50 years. The building also still functions as headquarters for the Webster Grange. 

The Grange Hall’s design and layout remain virtually unchanged in the last 125 years, and it’s recently been placed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. But it is definitely showing its age, and funds are being raised right now to begin much-needed renovations. 

You can help by attending the annual Harmony in the House joint performance by the Chorus of the Genesee and Rochester Rhapsody, Saturday May 18 at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. For more information, visit the Harmony House on Facebook or call 585-259-3094.

Discover more fascinating bits of local history at the Webster Museum, 18 Lapham Park in the Village of Webster. It’s open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Visit the website at webstermuseum.org.    

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(posted 5/15/2024)

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Museum news: History and a Cup, yardsticks and cameras

8 May

Judging by how well my local history blogs are received, and the traffic I get to my Webster History Bits link, a LOT of you out there like to learn about Webster history. To you, I say, put this month’s History and a Cup get-together at the Webster Museum on your calendar.

The focus of this year’s History and a Cup series is the Webster Village neighborhood formerly known as “Indian Village” due to its street names: Pontiac, Seneca, Mohawk and Iroquois.

Located on the south side of the village, the neighborhood was developed by Wilmorite in the early 1950s, the first settlement in the village helped by The GI Bill after WWII to build homes that were affordable for the many veterans coming home from the war. The small, pre-fab homes were built by National Homes in Indiana.

On Wednesday, May 15 from noon to 1 p.m., Gary and Marlene Lazzaro, who grew up in Webster, will share stories of their life and their business, Kitchen and Bath Expressions. Coffee, tea and cookies will be served, you are welcome to bring a bag lunch with you if you would like. There’s no charge and registration is not necessary.

On Sunday, May 19, the museum is planning to host a larger program about Indian Village, from 2 to 3 p.m., also no charge.

While you’re at the museum, make sure to check out the current exhibit: yardsticks.

“A Measure of Webster Businesses” takes a look back at historic Webster businesses through those ubiquitous promotional yardsticks that graced nearly every Webster household.  Along with the kinetic yardstick display, other memorabilia from local businesses, old and new photos, and brief biographies round out this latest retrospective look at Webster’s history.

This fascinating exhibit grew from the discovery of a box of yardsticks collected from Webster businesses. Inspired by the yardsticks, the museum volunteers started to assemble other promotional items from these same businesses. The search turned up a variety of pieces from small items such as calendars and thermometers to a chair and card table with the names of Webster businesses across the top.

To put all of these companies in a historical perspective, a timeline of each of the “yardstick” businesses has been researched and is on display. The final piece of this exhibit is a slide show of receipts and newspaper ads from Webster businesses.

What a neat way to look at Webster history. If you’re a longtime resident, many of the business names will sound familiar, and if you are new to the area, it’s an opportunity to see the businesses that had an impact on our community.

By the way, If you were fascinated with the Quirky Camera exhibit when it was at the Webster Public Library, you’ll be even more amazed at the expanded Quirky Camera exhibit now on display at the Webster Museum. It’s well worth a visit to see many unusual and previously working cameras that undoubtedly sparked creative flare for photography in previous generations.

The Webster Museum, located at 18 Lapham Park, is open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.

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(posted 5/8/2024)

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Lots of fun ways to support Webster Comfort Care home

1 May

A few days ago I posted a blog about how Webster Comfort Care Home (WCCH) is hosting their 4th annual Duck Derby on Saturday May 18. What I didn’t do is mention the other great events this outstanding agency has going on.

For starters, right now through May 9, they’re holding a Mother’s Day Louis Vuitton Purse Raffle fundraiser. Tickets are one for $25, three for $60 and 5 for $100. The second place prize is a beautiful hand-made afghan.

The drawing will be held live on Facebook on May 9 at 4 p.m. You can purchase your tickets online here or pick them up at the Webster Comfort Care Home, 700 Holt Rd. (corner of Klem).

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Next, on Friday May 3 from 5 to 7 p.m., the Webster Masonic Lodge will host a spaghetti dinner to benefit WCCH. Tickets are $12.00 for adults and $6.00 for child’s portion. Stay and eat in or take it to go. To go orders can be placed at the cashiers table.  Call (585) 872-3500 for any questions. A chairlift is available if steps are an issue. 

The lodge is located at 30 Orchard St.

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The Webster Public Library will partner with WCCH on Thursday May 9 for a fascinating program titled Tending to Life – Comparative Religions: Funeral Customs and Rituals.

In this informative program, you’ll hear from area faith leaders as they talk about death in relation to funeral customs and rituals. Featured speakers include: Rabbi (Dr.) Shalom Schlagman, both a rabbi and palliative care medical doctor; Abu Saeed Islam from the Muslim community and the Rev. Ken Williams representing the Christian community.

The program will be held at the Webster Public Library, 980 Ridge Rd., on Thursday, May 9, form 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. There is no cost, but registration is required.

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Finally, on Wednesday June 5, Comedy @ the Carlson will host a “Fun Night Out” to benefit Webster Comfort Care Home.

The laughs will be supplied by comedians Todd Youngman and Liz Reeves.  

Todd Youngman is based in New York and has performed in clubs and theaters all over the country, but calls Comedy @ the Carlson his home. He has opened for comedians such as Kevin Meaney, Joe Dombrowski, Fortune Feimster, Kevin Pollak, Gary Gulman and Pat McGann.

Liz Reaves hails from Buffalo, and can often be found doing her stand-up routine at comedy clubs, coffee shops and her classroom. She likes to tell jokes about her dysfunctional family and oddball encounters with her students.

Tickets are $25 (plus a convenience fee) and are on sale now. Click here to reserve yours and to find out more about the show.

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(posted 5/1/2024)

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Webster Comfort Care hosts 4th annual Duck Derby

27 Apr

You’re gonna want to get your ducks in a row for this fun family event coming up in just a few weeks, to benefit Webster Comfort Care Home.

Webster Comfort Care Home’s fourth annual Duck Derby will take place Saturday May 18 at the Webster Park Beeches Pavilion.

The idea is simple: participants purchase rubber duckies for $10 each, and each has a number on it. At the appointed time, the ducks are dumped into Mill Creek, where they leisurely float down towards the lake. The “owners” of the first three ducks to cross the finish line win cash prizes.

Since the ducks like to take their time, there’ll be games, prizes, snacks and storytime at 10:15 to entertain while you wait. And you don’t have to be present to win. 

The race will begin at the Webster Park Beeches Pavilion at 10 a.m. on Saturday May 18 and there’s plenty of parking. Cost for a single duck is $10, a “quack pack” of 6 ducks is $50 and a flock of 12 ducks is $100. Proceeds from the event directly benefit Webster Comfort Care to support their mission to provide end-of-life care to residents of Webster and the surrounding communities.

For more information or to purchase ducks, visit webstercomfortcare.org or call 585-872-5290. Payment is accepted by cash, check or credit card, and PayPal online. Tickets are available now.

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(posted 4/27/2024)

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New village hairdressing salon strives to be inclusive

26 Apr

The Village of Webster recently welcomed a new salon to town, and it’s a little different in a few big ways.

Shear Inspiration, owned and operated by Jessica Warren, held its grand opening last Friday, complete with balloons, lots of food, games, prizes and a photo booth. It’s located at 33 North Ave., which many will recognize as the address for Beyond Cuts Salon, owned by Robyn Whittaker. Jessica has actually been working with Robyn for five years, and has a dedicated client list all her own. So Shear Inspiration is not really a “new” salon.

The change in name (and signage over the front door) reflects more of an administrative shift. Jessica has bought Robyn’s equipment and responsibility for the building and retail side of things. It’s the next business step for Jessica, and a step closer to retirement for Robyn (who still plans to be around for a few years).

So there’s nothing much different at 33 North Ave. … at least on the outside, anyway. On the inside, Jessica has created a business model which you’d be hard-pressed to find anywhere else.

At Shear Inspiration, Jessica serves adults and children of all ages and abilities, but has also created an inclusive community space that specializes in serving the deaf and neurodivergent communities. She brings to her business many years of working with clients on the autism spectrum, and is committed to creating a safe space for them, including having an entirely separate sensory room which they can use at any time.

Jessica, whose youngest daughter is deaf, is also fluent in American Sign Language (ASL), which facilitates direct communication with the deaf community.

Jessica writes,

I’ve been involved with the deaf community since we learned my daughter was deaf at 1 year old. … I’ve been cutting the hair of my daughter’s friends since they were all little, some of whom also are on the spectrum. So through consistency, and patience, I’ve also learned a great deal about autism, the different ways it presents itself in children, and how to work with those children to build a relationship of trust and confidence so that they allow me to cut their hair. I have different methods for each and every child, as they are all different. The fun is trying to discover what works, and when it does, the joy we both feel!

I have many kiddos who come see me for their hair that are on the spectrum, so I felt having a safe space for them (for all children) when they come to the salon was important. With my own research, and trial and error through the years, I have found some great sensory friendly toys and learning tools and wanted to implement them into my kid space. I also wanted the feel of the whole salon to be calming, or “chill” as you walk in the door.

Thank you, Jessica, for providing a valuable service to an under-served population.

Shear Inspiration is located at 33 North Ave. in the Village of Webster.

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(posted 4/24/2024)

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New gardens bring Hope to our neighbors in need

25 Apr

It might be hard to believe that in a community as beautiful and bountiful as Webster, many of our town’s residents live below the poverty line. Among them are households with children and parents that have jobs, the elderly or disabled, and refugees who have settled in Webster away from their war-torn homelands.

For the last 25 years, Webster NY Hope — one of Webster’s most awesome community agencies — has been helping these neighbors in need by providing food to as many as 80 Webster families each week. For the last ten of those years, the agency has been supplementing their food distribution with fresh vegetables, harvested from a large garden created in 2015 by Girl Scout Katie Roy, who built it as a Gold Award project.

The garden has been a tremendous asset; last year alone, Hope volunteers harvested more than 500 pounds of fresh produce, which was often distributed on the same day that it was picked.

But that garden has seen better days. The wood surrounding the container beds was rotting away and the whole garden needed renovation. So this year, Hope volunteers are replacing that garden in a creative way, and would love for the entire Webster community to join the effort.

A stone plaque tells some of the garden’s history
The original, rotting wooden containers had to be removed

The new garden will feature 27 individual raised containers, each measuring 5′ by 5’17”, placed in rows with aisles between them to allow access. Project Manager (and Hope volunteer) Mark Dembs explained that even though they’ll be installed within the garden’s original fenced-in area, the aisles between them will be narrower, allowing for more growing area.

“The reason we did 27 is that it gives us about 17 percent more growing area than previously,” Dembs said. “But were also doing it so that we can add six more as needed. We don’t want to bite off more than we can chew right away.”

Hope volunteers decided not to just replace the rotted-out wood, since using more weather-resistant pressure-treated wood is not a viable option for a garden. Instead, they went with the aluminum planters, which have an added bonus: the tall sides allow for the option of installing a memorial sign on the side of each one.

And that’s where the greater Webster community comes in.

Webster Hope invites community members to help provide fresh produce for their neighbors in need, while at the same time honoring someone in their own lives. For a donation of $200, you can sponsor one of these handsome containers. Your donation will cover the cost of the container, including all the soil and irrigation needed to keep it healthy. It also includes (if you want) a vinyl sign attached to the side with your business, organization or family name included. Webster Hope volunteers will lovingly care for the gardens, and you’ll know you’re helping your neighbors in a big way.

Hope volunteers Mark Dembs and Vick Lynd assemble
one of the planters
The finished planters will look like these, but more square

For more information, email Margery Morgan, Webster Hope, Inc. Director, at websternyhope@gmail.com or call (585) 265-6694. (I’ve also posted a form below which you can run off to sponsor your container.)

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(posted 4/25/2024)

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Grand opening this Friday will celebrate new village hair salon

18 Apr

The community is invited this Friday evening to welcome the village’s newest salon, Shear Inspiration, to 33 North Ave.

Jessica Warren, who has worked for Robyn Whittaker at Beyond Cuts Salon for five years, will be introducing her new salon to the community at her grand opening celebration, Friday April 19 from 5 to 8 p.m.

The event will have food, drinks, a photo booth, door prize raffles, giant Jenga, giant connect four, tabletop cornhole, goodie bags (first-come, first-served) and more. If the weather’s nice, look for some of the games outside. There will also be some ASL interpreters from RIT there to bridge the communication gap for deaf visitors if needed. The door will be open, so stop in anytime between 5 and 8 p.m., and stay as long as you want.

Don’t fear!!! This does not mean that Robyn is leaving the business. This is more of an administrative move. Even though the Beyond Cuts name is no longer over the door, rest assured that Robyn will still be there to serve her own faithful clients under the Shear Inspiration roof. So stop by and say hi to both Jessica and Robyn Friday night.

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(posted 4/18/2024)

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How to fill your home with love: become a Lollypop foster parent

16 Apr

Note: I had this blog all written and ready to post even before I learned today that Lollypop Farm is expecting to receive more than 80 dogs from a local hoarding case. They really need foster parents to lighten the load. Please read this blog, and consider becoming a foster.

Many of you know that I foster cats and kittens for Lollypop Farm. I’ve written about the experience in my blog and talk about it all the time at social gatherings, because I love it so much.

Right now, Lollypop has a lot of families officially registered as fosters, but most of those families are not very active. So the need is great, and constant (think about the recent hoarder case in Penfield where the Humane Society rescued more than 50 cats), and many more fosters are needed. Often the animals which are brought in need time to get stronger, bigger or need medical respite before they can be adopted out.

That’s where we come in. Fosters might stay with you just for a week, maybe as long as a few months. But every single one of them just needs a place to be loved and cared for until they find their forever homes.

Lollypop sent out a plea last week asking foster families to tell about their experiences. I wrote mine about the cats we foster, but it could have very easily been about dogs, rabbits, even hamsters. Here’s what I wrote:

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My husband and I have had cats all our lives, so when our last feline friend, Lily, passed away a few years ago, she left a huge hole in our hearts. But we were newly retired and knew we wanted to do a lot of traveling. It really wouldn’t be fair to get another cat if we planned to be gone for long stretches of time. 

Becoming a kitty foster parent was the perfect alternative. By fostering a cat (or even better, KITTENS!), our hearts and home would be filled with love again, but we would still have the flexibility to travel. 

Whenever I tell people that I’m a foster, the immediate reaction is, “Oh, I could NEVER do that. I wouldn’t be able to give them up.” It was from these folks that I learned the term “foster fail.” Yes, I say, it is hard. I fall in love with every foster that we welcome into our home, and I cry every time I have to say goodbye. But I know that for every kitty I return to Lollypop, there are dozens of others awaiting loving foster homes, and I can provide that. 

So far, the turnaround has been brief; since we began fostering last fall, I think we’ve only been “cat-less” for a few days. I believe the record is less than 24 hours. 

Two of the cats we’ve fostered are part of Lollypop’s MaryEllen Program, which is another level of wonderfulness. Cats in this program still belong to their original owner and are temporarily entrusted to Lollypop’s care due to some family emergency or difficulty. I love knowing that my being able to provide continuing loving care for their feline family member removes a little bit of stress from what must be a difficult time.  

One of the best things about being a Lollypop Farm foster mom is the incredible support we get from the foster team. Despite the great volume of critters passing through their offices every day, they treat each one like it’s their favorite. Foster families are never short of supplies — food, litter, toys — which are a simple phone call away. Staff members patiently answer your questions (and I’ve had a lot of pretty dumb ones) and address any of your concerns. And if there’s ever an issue which requires veterinarian attention, the clinic staff (equally amazing) is there for you. 

When I tell people that I’m a Lollypop foster parent, they very often respond, ”Oh, that is SUCH a caring thing to do!” Of course I agree with them, nod, and thank them for their kind words. I DON’T tell them that a huge part of my motivation to be a foster parent is purely selfish. 

I love cats. I need cats in my life. The fact that there are cats out there that need me as well is just a wonderful bonus. 

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Please consider becoming a Lollypop foster family. It’s extremely rewarding. Click here to go to the Lollypop website to find out more and fill out the foster parent interest form.

Even if you can’t become foster right now, there are other ways you can help: 1) donate funds to help assure that animals in need get plenty of food, medical and behavioral support. 2) donate supplies; in addition to towels, blankets, and flat sheets there are many supplies that are needed to work with shelter animals. Click here to see Lollypop’s Amazon Wish List.

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(posted 4/16/2024)

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Webster Chamber Names Turner Auto Care April Business of the Month

15 Apr

Congratulations to Turner Auto Care on being named the Webster Chamber of Commerce Business of the Month for April 2024. The award was presented at the Chamber’s Breakfast Before Business meeting on March 22.

Turner Auto Care is well known for being one of Webster/Penfield’s finest import specialty repair shops. Located at 1411 Empire Blvd. since 1972, Turner is celebrating its 55th year in business this year.

The Turner business was founded by three Turner brothers. In 2011, Scott Bartlett joined Turner Auto Care, working with Robert Turner, who retired in 2014. Scott’s wife Vicki Bartlett joined the team in 2016, continuing a family-owned business structure.

Upon presenting the award, Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Barry Howard said of Turner, “they believe (that) priorities of education, trust, and exceeding expectations develop customer feelings of being welcomed, safe, and valued.” In addition to being a Chamber member, Turner Auto Care supports several community non-profit agencies including the Webster Girl Scouts, Greece Residents Assisting Stray Pets, GirlRock! and Webster Thomas Titan Service Scholars.

The Webster Chamber of Commerce presents a Business of the Month award to one of their member businesses at each of their monthly breakfast meetings. It’s one way the Chamber helps keep their member businesses and organizations visible throughout the Webster community.

The next breakfast meeting is this Friday April 26, beginning at 7 a.m. at the Webster Recreation Center. Network with as many as 90 business and organizational leaders before breakfast, enjoy an informative program and then take part in the “pass-the-mic” time, when everyone has an opportunity to be visible.

Visitors and members are welcome. Please register here.

Pictured above: Webster Chamber of Commerce Board Chair Carolyn Montanaro (far left) presents the April 2024 Business of the Month award to Scott and Vicki Bartlett of Turner Auto Care.

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(posted 4/15/2024)

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