Keep those chalk creations coming! This is the only one I’ve gotten recently, and it’s a beauty, created by Shannon Schiller’s children:
Shannon writes, “stained glass to brighten our day.”
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Congratulations to Spry Middle School assistant principal Jackie Saunders and Schlegel Road Elementary School Principal Francine Leggett for being recognized recently by the School Administrators Association of New York (SAANYS) as outstanding administrators.
SSANYS named Saunders Middle School Assistant Principal of the Year for Region 11, and Leggett Elementary Principal of the Year.
According to the SSANYS website, the organization recognizes educators who “demonstrate outstanding leadership skills and have made exceptional contributions to the educational process.”
Normally, last week these ladies would have been feted at an award ceremony at Midvale Country Club. The fact they’ll probably be getting their awards in the mail does not diminish the accolades they have earned and greatly deserve.
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I just heard this morning that The Filling Station will start offering take-out today!
Today (Friday) and tomorrow, The Filling Station will be open from 4 to 8 p.m. for take-out. They’ll be offering their full menu. One exception is they won’t be serving prime rib or steak dinners, but will have their steak and prime rib sandwiches. (except for prime rib or steak dinners)
Beginning next week their hours for take-out will be Wednesday through Saturday 4 to 8 p.m. Stay tuned to their Facebook page and website for updates.
To place an order, call 585-265- 9282. They’re located at 77 East Main St. in the Village of Webster.
I have to say, it’s been wonderful seeing how well our community is supporting our village restaurants.
Like many people, my husband and I have made it a point to order out once a week, patronizing a different restaurant every week. Without exception, every time I pick up my order, I am impressed by how busy the kitchens are (and how long I often have to wait to get my order).
And now we have another restaurant to support! Let’s keep up the good work, Webster!
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I don’t know about you, but as I try to navigate my aggravation and frustration during this difficult time, I’m finding it helpful to have a purpose — to reach out and help others who might be in a more difficult spot than I am.
Here’s one way you can do the same, while helping our Webster neighbors in a big way: consider making a donation to HOPE Ministry.
HOPE Ministry, located at 1450 Ridge Rd., is a social justice ministry that provides for the special and emergency needs through a food cupboard and clothing closet. During this current challenge, they’re limiting their services to emergency food distribution, and they’re running low on a few things.
Several days ago they posted this list of things they could really use:
Spaghetti sauce
Cooking oil
Dish soap
Crackers
Feminine products
Size 5 Diapers
Next time you’re out doing some shopping, perhaps you could pick up a few extra of these items and drop them off.
For more information, check out HOPE Ministry’s Facebook page or website.
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At least for now.
Social distancing has been working to reduce the spread of COVID-19, so as long as we continue to do that, we’ll still be able to get some much-needed outdoors time by visiting our parks.
So on that theme, I want to share a few of the many informational tidbits included in my most recent Friends of Webster Trails newsletter. These are the folks, you may know, who work so tirelessly to create and maintain the incredible trail system we have in Webster.
Welcome to the organization’s new president, Anna Taylor. Anna writes that she grew up in Webster, is an architect by trade, an avid trail runner, and a long-time Friends volunteer. Before becoming president, she was the group’s social media guru, helping keep the Facebook and Instagram pages updated, and helped coordinate volunteers for trail work days. She met her husband on a date in 2007 at Whiting Road Nature Preserve.
Anna has a lot of great plans for continuing to build FWT membership and promoting
Entrance to the new Hickory Bark Trail
stewardship projects.
Elsewhere in the newsletter, Sharon Galbraith reminds everyone about Webster’s newest open space and trail at Hickory Bark Woods, which is located across the parking lot from the Webster Public Library on Van Ingen Dr. This is a beautiful short, peaceful trail, along a long boardwalk ending in a spacious deck.
I also read in the newsletter that Mark Yeager, Webster’s Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, will be retiring soon. In his 19-year tenure, Mark oversaw the creation of the new Parks and recreation building on Chiyoda Drive, the First Responders playground and water spray park, and helped spearhead the installation of Challenger Miracle Field.
I enjoyed working with Mark when I needed information and quotes for both this blog and my East Extra column. I will miss him and wish him the best of luck.
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As long as we’re talking about parks, I’d to remind anyone who has ever visited one of our village parks that the Village of Webster Parks Committee would like your opinion.
They’ve developed a short survey to get a better handle on who uses our parks, how they’re used, and how they might be improved.
The survey is the first of several initiatives the committee will be implementing in the coming months to bring more awareness to our village parks which will include a “discover your parks” scavenger hunt this spring.
The survey will be available for a while, but please consider taking a few minutes to fill it out right now. Just click here: Village of Webster Parks Survey.
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Good things do happen and are happening in this world when we remember we are all neighbors and we are all in this together. Evidence: this message posted this morning by Tammy Kowalski in the Facebook group Webster, Where Life is Worth Living.
My oldest son, Chris Kowalski did the right thing this morning, while on his paper route in Ontario.
He noticed that an older gentleman on his route had not picked up his paper since Wednesday. Chris called the man several times several times starting on Friday, knowing his routine and him being an early riser.
This morning he called 911 and met the Sheriff out at this man’s home. Come to find out, the man had fallen in his bathroom and had been there for several days. The Sheriff and the EMTs took the man to the hospital, and was thanked by the Sheriff for caring and saving his life.
Great job, Chris, and thank you for reminding us that we all need to be watching out for our neighbors, especially the elderly. If anything looks amiss, don’t be afraid to say something.
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I love this story, which I saw this week in the Webster Herald.
The Webster Central PTSA has purchased a lawn sign for every graduating senior in our district, from both Webster Schroeder and Webster Thomas high schools.
This from the PTSA:
The Webster Central PTSA believes this is an opportunity to show our students the power of community in these unprecedented times and unify our youth across the district. We hope the signs will bring smiles to the faces of seniors, their families, and neighbors, as well as encourage our high school seniors to reflect on their accomplishments and journey through Webster Central Schools.
The principals of each high school will be reaching out to to students to arrange for the sign pick-up.
It’s a simple way for our schools, and our community, to show how proud we are of our young people, and to give the Class of 2020 some recognition in these difficult times. Watch for them as they start sprouting up in our neighborhoods.
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The emails with fresh chalking and rainbow artwork have been slowing down (could be because it has become winter again) but here are a few from my friend Rebecca Orr (of Bella’s Bumbas fame) of her granddaughter and her family’s life-sized “Chutes and Ladders” driveway game.
Unfortunately, with Webster’s recent stinky rainy and snowy weather, it didn’t last very long, but it was pretty cool while it did!
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Superman by Catholic Family Services (M. Grenier 2019)
I received an exciting email the other day from the organizers of the Greater Rochester PEEP Show.
The 5th annual PEEP Show, originally scheduled for March 31, had to be tabled like everything else in the last month. But the show’s organizers have found a creative work-around.
On May 9 and 10, the Greater Rochester Marshmallow PEEPS Art Show, sponsored by the Webster Community Chest, will go virtual.
Here’s more information direct from the press release:
Although the number of entries has been reduced due to the pandemic, we still have
The Big Pink Peep by Rochester Presbyterian Home (M. Grenier 2019)
plenty for folks to look at and many of the other features of the live show will be recreated on-line.
Our display makers have sent in photographs showing their art work in detail, and many have even sent short movies of their displays. There will be plenty of fun things to look at. Visitors need only to come to www.rochesterpeepshow.com to enjoy the fun.
In addition to all the displays, visitors can see past years displays, visit our craft vendors, make donations to get raffle tickets for wonderful prizes, see performances by our entertainers, learn about each of the sixteen local nonprofit agencies that benefit from donations and about the businesses that have sponsored this show.
The “make donations” part is particularly important if you stop by. This event has always been a big fundraiser for the Webster Community Chest, an organization which is needed even more during these difficult times to help support our neighbors in need.
So check out the show this May 9 and 10. Kids, make it a virtual Mother’s Day “field trip” for your mom!
P.S. There’s still time to submit an entry, so reserve a spot for your own creation. For more information and inspiration, visit rochesterpeepshow.com, follow the Webster Community Chest on Facebook or email peepshow@frontier.com.
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Birthday parades seem to have become a “thing.”
The first one I heard about –– and participated in — was for Josh Nodine, who back on March 28th was supposed to be leaving on a Dream Factory trip to Walt Disney World. When that trip was put on hold, his mother decided to organize a birthday parade past their State Rd. house instead, for her son who loves vehicles of all kinds.
Despite a chilly spring rain, more than 170 cars and trucks and fire trucks and emergency vehicles drove by the house while Josh and his family stayed dry under a canopy, drivers and passengers all honking and waving. (I wrote a blog about it, which you can read here.)
Just last weekend, another birthday parade was arranged for a young Plank North Elementary student who was turning 10. That one included representation from the Webster Volunteer Fire Department; American Legion Post 942 Veterans, Sons, and Auxiliary members; Legion Rider Post 942 members; friends, teachers and family members.
Then yesterday morning, The WWFD, Webster police department and other first responders were out and about again, this time brightening the day for four-year old Tristan in the Hightower Way neighborhood.
After the event, his dad Tim posted this on Facebook:
We moved to Webster in 2016, just before Tristan was born. He was diagnosed with a rare, life threatening disease later that year and underwent a bone marrow transplant in July of 2017. Today is his fourth birthday and this wonderful community and first responders came by this morning to honor our little warrior. What a wonderful and caring community we are so lucky to live in.
These events are special not only for the children involved, but for everyone else in the neighborhood as well, judging from this message I received from Colleen Marino after seeing yesterday morning’s parade:
Our neighborhood was just treated to a wonderful drive-by that included many police cars, trucks and emergency vehicles. What a treat! Thanks to all that participated! I don’t know who it was for but a great morale boost for the neighborhood!
Finally, I’ve heard about yet another parade scheduled for Tuesday April 28.
This one is being organized by the daughter of a woman turning 90 years old that day, and will be traveling down Ridge Rd. just east of the village. Plans are to organize everyone at Holy Trinity Church before noon, with plans to parade past the mother’s house at noon. I know the Webster fire department has been contacted, so this one will also include emergency vehicles.
You’ll want to keep an eye out for this Ridge Rd. parade, but you probably won’t need to put up your lawn chairs the night before.
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