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Webster community mailbag

27 Dec

Hi again everybody!

I hope you had a chance to sit back and relax a bit this holiday. You might have noticed that I’ve been doing that, not posting for several days. In part that’s because there isn’t much going on. But I do have a few reminders about things happening as this year turns into next.

Community members who struggle with vision issues — macular degeneration, glaucoma, dry eye, or others — are invited to attend the January meeting of The Visionaries, being hosted next month at the Webster Public Library.

The Visionaries is a support group for adults with low-to-no vision. Members of this support group share their interests and opportunities with others, encouraging those with visual impairment to get the most out of their lives.

The group will meet on Wednesday, January 3 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Webster Public Library Community Room, 980 Ridge Road. This month’s topic will be “Living With Low Vision.”    

There’s no need to register, just come by to join the meeting!

The Webster Association of Senior Program Supporters (WSPS) is hosting a Spaghetti Dinner on January 5, 2024 at the Webster Masonic Temple, 30 Orchard Street.

Dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m., and includes spaghetti, meatballs, salad, bread, drink and dessert. Cost is $12 for adults, $6 for kids 12 and under. You can eat in or take out.

All proceeds go to supporting the WSPS, a local non-profit providing rides for Webster School District Seniors to their medical appointments.

From the Webster Schools:

Families of Young Children Asked to Take Census

Webster CSD is surveying the community to forecast student enrollment for the foreseeable future.

Anyone in the district who has children residing in their household ages birth to 5 years old is asked to
complete the brief online census. Families who don’t have access to a computer can participate by calling Student Registration at (585) 216-0029.

The annual young child census is available now on the district website and will be available through Jan. 6, 2024.

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(posted 12/27/2023)

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Letters to Santa: a look inside children’s hearts

23 Dec

I love writing this particular blog, which is why I do it every year.

I’m blessed to be good friends with Santa Jim, whom many of you might know from Webster’s Winter Wonderland celebration, where he greets children at Village Hall and rides in the parade with Mrs. Claus. As a professional Santa, Jim also works as one of the Santas at Eastview Mall, and every year hooks me up with some of the children’s letters he pulled from the mailbox there.

These letters often make me laugh out loud, like the one a few years ago, obviously written by one of Santa’s parental co-conspirators, who wrote,

Dear Santa,

I have been pretty good for a two year old. Daddy says if I don’t start pooping in the potty he is going to disown me. I’m sure he’s kidding though … I think.

This year’s letter’s didn’t have anything quite as entertaining, but were in many other ways similar to the batches I’ve gotten in the past. Many came in painstakingly decorated envelopes, covered in stickers and marker drawings. The wish lists were written in pen, pencil, colored pencil and markers (and only one printed off the computer). They were scribbled on construction paper, sparkly craft paper, or just a page ripped from a note pad. A few just had pictures printed offline and pasted on the paper. Several children took advantage of fill-in-the-blank pre-printed Santa letters.

Most appear to have been written by the children themselves, so the “lists” varied from a one-year old’s scribbles to neatly printed and organized ones. These were occasionally highlighted and sometimes helpfully numbered (some in order of priority), even noting at which store Santa could get each gift (what happened to the North Pole?).

A few children asked for only one item, but many more were much longer, one stretching to 38 toys and games (hence the highlighting and numbering).

I saw a photo recently of Santa reading a child’s letter when he was visiting Webster Village Hall, his musings captioned as: “Electric scooter, iPhone, video games, PS5 etc… he’s only 7 years old.. what happened to trucks, cars, trains, airplanes, yellow Tonka dirt movers?” There were indeed several similar requests in these letters; Ipads, PS5, Oculus, Roblox. I suspect some of these children will be rather disappointed on Christmas morning, especially the one whose entire list consisted of a Play Station Portable, Apple Pencil, Saga Genesis, Sega CD, DS charger and Nintendo Switch.

But Santa will be glad to hear that trucks and cars were most definitely among the more frequently requested items. Legos were by far the most popular, but there were also a lot of requests for super heroes, bikes, board games, stuffies, dolls and clothes. Harry Potter items, Pokemon and Nerf guns also came up a lot, and I was pleased to see many kids ask for books.

Only one Bills fan and one Swiftie in the bunch, apparently.

A few other unique requests included a telescope, a hamster, donuts, a toy milk shake maker, exercise mat, rubber bands (!) and a Furby (they still make those?). One child only asked for a few dog bones for their puppy.

While I don’t think I LOLed at any of the letters, a few did make me smile:

Dear Santa. for my christmas list i want a PS5 and a drum set. i am six and can i have a tv in my room i want one

Dear Santa I want a toy elf that Look Like Mr. tinkle bottoms and I am nameing it Mr. tinkle bottoms the 2nd.

Dear Santa Claus, Thank you sooooooooooo much for the gifts last year I had a wonderful christmas and I hope you did to! … Thank you and even if I’m on your naughty list and you can’t make it happen I still love and appreciate you!

Dear Santa, I would like a car that I could ride on and it could move and can it please be pink and another choice is a really big 20 inch squishmallow named shena.

This one written by a parent, however, was probably my favorite (the kids’ names have been changed):

Dear Santa,

We are so excited for Christmas and for you to visit our house! We’ve been really good boys and we are working on keeping our hands to ourselves 🙂 Bobby would like lots of both big and small monster trucks. Jimmy would like 3 garbage trucks, a remote control monster truck, 2 front loaders, and 4 bulldozers.

Thank you for making toys for all the kids in the world. Merry Christmas! We will leave you milk and cookies at our house!

Here’s hoping you’re able to spend time with your loved ones this holiday season, because that is the best gift of all.

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(posted 12/23/2023)

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Christmas on the Hojack

22 Dec

In these last few days before Christmas, the holiday spirit can be found pretty much everywhere. Even along the Hojack Trail.

Margaret Supinski was hiking on the Hojack last week between Van Alstyne Rd. and Vosburg Hollow, when she came across these gaily decorated pine trees along the trail. What a nice way to share the spirit of the season and brighten the day of everyone who walks by.

 As long as we’re talking unusual Christmas trees, I’d like to tack this small item here as well.

This is one of my favorite Christmas decorations in my neighborhood, a hand-made tree with a large bulb marking each day in December. As the days and weeks count down to Christmas Day, a new bulb is illuminated to mark the number of days left.

It’s set up in front of a house on Dunning Ave. I go by it every morning on my walk and just love watching the lights creep up to the top. I imagine a few children taking turns every morning, screwing in the next bulb as they excitedly count down the days until Christmas.

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(posted 12/22/2023)

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Friends of the WPL get new shelves, courtesy Webster GeoTech

21 Dec

The Webster Public Library — and more specifically, the Friends of the Webster Library — received delivery on Tuesday of four brand new bookshelves crafted by the talented students of the Webster Schroeder GeoTech class.

GeoTech originated in 2018, offering select students the opportunity to explore math, science and technology through hands-on learning. Under the direction of teachers Kerry Crawford and TJ Milliman, the students have completed countless projects for schools and organizations within the district. A few months ago, for example, they crafted a sandbox for the preschool classes hosted at Schroeder High School.

Most recently, however, the students of the Geometry and Construction class focused their talents on a community project: building four new bookcases for the Friends of the Library’s lobby bookstore.

Gail Dominik, a Friends volunteer, originally approached the GeoTech class when it was discovered that four of the Friends’ bookshelves needed to be replaced, and the Friends were “thrilled” when Milliman agreed to have his class take on the project. The Friends provided the specifications, and the students were then responsible for completing the design based on those specs, determining the amount of materials needed, calculating the cost of materials, purchasing the materials, and of course building the shelves. All the Friends had to do was provide the funding.

Wheeling in a bookcase
The GeoTech students

The students and their teachers delivered the beautiful new shelves on Tuesday Dec. 20, and the Friends made quick work of filling them with books. Among those on hand for the installation were Webster CSD Superintendent Brian Neenan, Webster Town Councilwoman Ginny Nguyen, Webster Public Library Director Adam Traub, and Teen and Family Experiences Librarian Colleen Hernandez.  

The lobby bookstore is just one way the Friends raise money to support the Webster Public Library. The new bookshelves will provide a better shopping experience for patrons and, hopefully, help raise more money. Funds raised are used to provide library programming, add to the collections and for initiatives that are not covered by their operating budget. Thanks to several successful fundraising events this fall, the Friends were able to present a check to the library for $25,000.

The Friends, and all of us who love the Webster Public Library, owe a huge thank you to the students and teachers of Webster Schroeder High School for the shelves and their support of the library.

With the students are Friends chairperson Linda Wilson, library director Adam Traub, Kerry Croft, Tom Milliman, and town board liaison Ginny Nguyen.

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(posted 12/21/2023)

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That time … is approaching

18 Dec

No, not talking about Christmas, even though that’s arriving surprisingly quickly this year. I’m actually talking about the time when my current batch of Lollypop Farm foster kittens are old enough, heavy enough and healthy enough to return to the farm to be adopted out. (Interested in maybe adopting them? Read on.)

You may remember that Dipsy and Po became part of our family about a month ago, when they were just three weeks old. (Click here to read the blog I wrote about them back then.) They were two little black furball kitty sisters, small enough to fit in the palm of our hand, with big, bright blue eyes. They had been entrusted to our care to grow and socialize until they were ready for adoption. Better they do that in a foster home than in a cage.

They looked like black Tribbles, toddling around exploring their new world. They couldn’t climb steps, so we had to put ramps into the bathroom and kitchen. Another ramp leaned against the couch so they could find our laps. They had some idea of how to use a litter box, but about half the time decided the nearest corner of the living room was most convenient.

Five weeks later, things have changed a lot. Nothing — and I mean NOTHING — can stop them. They’re leaping up the stairs, climbing the cat tower like monkeys, and exploring every nook and cranny they can wiggle their miniature bodies into, whether I want them to or not. They’ve become best friends, wanting to do everything together — eating, sleeping (on top of one another), wrestling, playing with a new toy, mentoring each other with new ways to be mischievous. And they never miss the litter box anymore.

They make us laugh, they affectionately cuddle up on our laps at every opportunity, and basically have morphed from little kittens into little cats.

Dipsy and Po have added so much joy to our lives, and even though it will be hard to give them up, I know that they will continue to bring joy to another lucky family.

If your family would like to be that lucky family, I’d love to hear from you! Lollypop is more than happy to adopt these furbabies out to someone I know, rather than from a cage at the shelter. They also agree with me that they should be adopted together, since they have developed such a close relationship.

So if you’re interested in adopting two friendly, adorable and playful kittens, please let me know pretty soon. Just drop me an email and I can tell you more about them.

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Can’t take any pets permanently right now? Consider joining the foster program! It’s a very enjoyable experience and I highly recommend it, especially if you’re retired and need some new friends to help you pass the time (and we’re talking cats, dogs, rabbits, even horses). But I’m certain that even if you’re working, Lollypop would work with you to find a foster that would be perfect for your situation. Doesn’t cost you a thing; Lollypop provides everything you need.

Interested? Click here for more information.

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(posted 12/18/2023)

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Webster shows amazing outpouring of support for Wreath Across America Day

17 Dec

The Webster community has done it again.

At Saturday afternoon’s Wreaths Across America ceremony, an estimated 1,000 adults, children, veterans, active military and first responders gathered at Webster Union Cemetery to honor our veterans at the 2023 Wreaths Across America Day, proving once again what a generous and caring community Webster is.

Local Wreaths Across America organizer Cherie Wood was delighted by the extraordinary response from the Webster community, which was about three times the number of volunteers who attended last year’s ceremony, the first held in Webster.

It was that amazing support that allowed Webster’s Wreaths Across America effort to expand significantly this year. Last December only 650 wreaths were placed at one cemetery, Webster Union. This year Webster was able to add to more cemeteries — Webster Rural and Union Hill — where volunteers placed an amazing 1,350 wreaths. And most of those wreaths were sponsored one at a time.

The ceremony began promptly at noon. Following the Pledge of Allegiance, National Anthem and a moment of prayer, Wood explained how Wreath Day is not just a local occurrence, but was happening at the exact same time at more than 4,200 cemeteries across the country and in foreign battlefields.

“More than four million wreaths will be placed on veterans’ graves today” by three million volunteers, she said, reminding everyone that, “We are not here to ‘decorate graves.’ We are here to remember not their deaths, but their lives.”

Following Wood’s remarks, representatives from each of our nation’s armed services placed ceremonial wreaths in memory of those who served, and those who are still listed as Prisoners of War or MIA. It was especially moving when Dorothy Reid and Grace Allen, from Gold Star families, placed the Army wreath. Dorothy lost her son, and Grace lost her father, in Afghanistan.

Family members of veterans who are resting at Webster Union Cemetery were invited to enter the grounds first to place wreaths on their loved one’s graves, followed a few minutes later by the rest of the volunteers. Wood encouraged each participant to say the veteran’s name out loud before placing the wreath, and take a moment to thank him or her for their service.

She explained,

It’s a small act that goes a long way toward keeping the memory of our veterans alive. Wreaths Across America has a saying: A person dies twice. Once when they take their last breath, then again when their name is said for the very last time. Many of our veterans no longer have family to remember them. Today, we, the Webster community, will become their family. They will not be forgotten. Not on our watch.

After placing the wreaths at Webster Union, volunteers were invited to drive to Webster Rural and/or Union Hill to help place those wreaths.

The heartwarming support from the Webster community has even been noticed by the National Wreaths Across America organization. Many locations struggled to meet their goals this year; the funding just didn’t happen. But here in Webster, in just our second year, we more than doubled the number of wreaths placed and added two more cemeteries. Next year, Wood hopes to add even more cemeteries and more veteran wreaths, until all 3000 veterans resting in Webster are remembered and honored.

I was very proud of my community that day, and I was especially touched by how many entire families attended, involving their children in this solemn ceremony, teaching them how important it is to remember and honor our fallen heroes.

Click here to see an entire gallery of photos. Thank you to Glenn Peck and Rebecca Parzynski for their photos (which I have included in the gallery). If you have any photos you’d like me to add to the gallery, please email them to me at missyblog@gmail.com. (Via text and Facebook they come out too small!)

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Want to help kick-start next year’s Wreaths Across America effort?

Through Tuesday, Jan. 16, The National Wreaths Across America organization will match one-for-one every wreath sponsored. So for just $17, you can sponsor two wreaths for placement at next year’s ceremony, Dec. 14, 2024. Click here to find out more!

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Groom’s best man is the stranger-turned-brother who saved his life

16 Dec
Chris (right) and his best man, Ed Suslovic
Ed Suslovic officiating Chris and Chelsea’s wedding ceremony

Now here’s a really nice story which hails from Geneva, but has a distinctly Webster connection.

About two and a half months ago, on Sept. 29, Webster resident Chris Costello and his fiance’ Chelsea were married in a beautiful outdoor ceremony in Geneva. Now, that news in itself is not remarkable. But there’s much more to this story, and it’s pretty touching.

More than 20 years ago, 8-year old Chris Costello was diagnosed with leukemia. After months of chemotherapy, remission and relapsing, he was finally told that a blood stem cell transplant would be his best chance at survival.

Hundreds of miles away in Portland, ME, Ed Suslovic, who had registered as a stem cell donor more than a decade earlier in college, found out he was a match for a young boy battling leukemia. He didn’t hesitate to donate his blood stem cells to a perfect stranger, ultimately saving Chris’s life. A year later, Chris and Ed met in person and instantly formed an unbreakable bond.

Now, back to the wedding. Obviously, it was already a special day. But it was made extra special in that Chris’s stem cell donor and longtime friend, Ed Suslovic, served as best man and officiated the wedding.

How heartwarming and appropriate that was, since it was Ed’s selfless donation that made it possible for Chris to marry the love of his life.

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In 1998, once Chris had regained his health, his mother established Christopher’s Challenge to educate about bone marrow transplants, encourage people to become potential bone marrow donors, and provide financial support to patients going through bone marrow transplant procedures. You, too, could save a life and be part of someone’s inspirational story by signing up through DKMS, the world’s largest blood stem cell donor center.

To find out more about Christopher’s Challenge, click here.

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(posted 12/10/2023)

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New children’s book stars Webster Thomas basketball standout

15 Dec

There’s a new picture book on Amazon, which attracted my interest because it not only was written by a Webster author, but features a Webster student and his Webster coaches.

Andrew Conquers the Court, written by Antonietta Quinn, launched in November and has already become an Amazon.com bestseller. It’s a story of determination and perseverance, the kind of I-won’t-quit attitude that we try to instill in our children … and aspire to ourselves.

The book was inspired by a true story about Antonietta’s son Andrew. When he was in 7th grade at Willink Middle School, Andrew tried out for the basketball team, but wasn’t chosen. For some kids, that kind of defeat might have been the end of the story. But for Andrew Quinn, it was just the beginning.

Andrew set his sights on improving his skills and trying out for the team again in 8th grade. He started playing basketball whenever he could, working out with his friends and younger brother, getting up early every morning to practice dribbling, and joining travel teams. When tryouts came around again, Andrew not only made the team, but Coach Rob Fenton (another name Webster folks will recognize) put him in the starting line-up.

Andrew ultimately became a star player on the Webster Thomas High School Varsity team, earning MVP honors. Plus, he was voted the Monroe County Division 2 Co-Player of the Year, a Ronald McDonald House All-Star Player, and was selected for the First Team of the All-Greater Rochester basketball team.

As an educator herself, Antonietta realized what a great story Andrew was living.

“Watching it as a mom, I thought, this is amazing,” she said. “This is a metaphor for life. You don’t get what you want, but you keep working at it and you eventually get it.” It wasn’t until years later that she decided to write a book. So many people were telling her how inspirational Andrew’s story was, she knew she needed to share it with the world.

People would say to my husband and me, “Gosh, he’s got such a great story.” Then at his senior banquet his coaches said, “I don’t think this ever happened before, where a kid didn’t make it in 7th grade and ended up the all star on the team.” … That’s where it kind of popped in my head that maybe this is the time to do the children’s book I’ve wanted to do. 

That decision was further sealed when Andrew’s 7th grade English teacher told Antonietta, “I tell his story every year to my class.”

“As soon as she said that,” Antonietta thought, “I was like, that’s my book. That’s gotta be it. Because if she tells it to her class, maybe other classes would read it too.”

Now she hopes Andrew’s story will inspire others, young and old, to not give up when life throws you a curve.

“The whole idea of resilience in life is so important, because you’re going to go through those things,” she said. “It’s just part of life, whether it’s a sport that you love or a career … Failures are really learning opportunities” if we choose to look at them that way.

Andrew Conquers the Court, written by Antonietta Quinn and illustrated by Eva Morales, is available on Amazon.com for $18.99 in hardcover, $12.99 in paperback, or $3.99 for Kindle.

Andrew in 8th grade
Andrew as a Webster Thomas senior

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Andrew Quinn is currently studying architecture — and playing basketball — at Marywood University in Scranton, PA. Antonietta Quinn lives in Webster with her husband David and younger son Sean, currently a junior at Webster Thomas.

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Webster welcomes the Wreaths Across America truck

14 Dec

If you happened to see an 18-wheeler making its way along 250 Wednesday afternoon, escorted by several Webster police cars with lights flashing, you saw the Wreaths Across America truck! It was delivering our 1,360 wreaths, to be placed on veterans’ graves at Webster Union, Webster Rural and Union Hill cemeteries on Saturday.

My regular blog readers know the story about how Webster is participating in Wreaths Across America again this year, but in case you need some background, click here.

WPD officers met the truck at the Roseland Fire Station on Salt Rd., where 660 wreaths were unloaded onto a hay wagon for Webster Rural and Union Hill. Then the officers escorted the truck up 250, through the village, and all the way to Webster Union Cemetery, where 700 more fresh wreaths were unloaded in preparation for Saturday’s ceremony.

I was standing at the village’s four corners as the procession came through town, so I know several people were out watching for it and cheering it along, so thank you very much for that!

Our volunteer driver was Air Force veteran Pat Norrod, from JR Kays trucking in Clarendon, PA. As a thank you, local coordinator Cherie Wood presented him with a gift bag stuffed with snacks, courtesy Wreaths Across America Webster and Blue Star Mothers ROC NY8.

A huge shout-out to the WPD officers who volunteered their time to provide the escort and give the Wreaths Across America truck a memorable Webster welcome: Sgt. Andy Frate, Ashley Lass, Katie Hilliard and Erik Rynders.

It was a great kick-off to what will be a very moving ceremony when the Webster community comes together to remember and honor our nation’s veterans this Saturday Dec. 16. I hope you can join us. Everything begins at noon at Webster Union Cemetery, then continues afterwards at Webster Rural and Union Hill. Find out more details at my blog here or the Webster Wreaths Across America Facebook page.

Here are some more photos from the afternoon:

unloading at Webster Union Cemetery
Webster Location Coordinator Cherie Wood with truck driver Pat Norrod
A look at the procession as it came through the village

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(posted 12/14/2023)

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Webster community mailbag

13 Dec

Have your kids had a chance to see Santa this year? If not, no sweat. Santa will be at Never Say Never Stables this Saturday and Sunday Dec. 16 and 17, from noon to 2 p.m. both days, visiting with the kids and the horses. (Including an adorable reinhorse!)

In addition to the chance to talk with Santa, this FREE family-fun event will also feature hay wagon rides, a make-your-own reindeer snack station, a take-home treat for the children, and photo ops with all of the animals, including horses, goats, ducks, chicken, bunny and guinea pig.

Never Say Never Stables, located at 906 Maple Dr., is a small family-owned horse farm offering children’s lessons, fun programs, and parties on a more personal, “not-so-commercial” scale. It is also home to the Never Say Never Foundation, a not-for-profit equine-assisted program that provides life-enriching, horse related experiences to children and teens living with long-term illness, special needs and/or other serious life challenges. 

Spaghetti Dinner

The Webster Association of Senior Program Supporters (WSPS) is hosting a Spaghetti Dinner on January 5, 2024 at the Webster Masonic Temple, 30 Orchard Street.

Dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m., and includes spaghetti, meatballs, salad, bread, drink and dessert. Cost is $12 for adults, $6 for kids 12 and under. You can eat in or take out.

All proceeds go to supporting the WSPS, a local non-profit providing rides for Webster School District Seniors to their medical appointments.

This notice from the Webster Schools:

Families of Young Children Asked to Take Census

Webster CSD is surveying the community to forecast student enrollment for the foreseeable future.

Anyone in the district who has children residing in their household ages birth to 5 years old is asked to
complete the brief online census. Families who don’t have access to a computer can participate by calling Student Registration at (585) 216-0029.

The annual young child census is available now on the district website and will be available through Jan. 6, 2024.

New benches on the Hojack

Shout-out to Cole Featherly, from Scout Troop 262, for his fine work on three new benches he built for the Hojack Trail as part of his Eagle Scout Project.

Cole also installed two similar benches in the new Michael A. Johnson Nature Preserve. Some of the benches have additional small tables.

The project was suggested and funded by the Friends of Webster Trails (FWT) using a grant from the Webster Rotary , and supervised by FWT Scout liaison Pat Fulkerson. Keep an eye out for them as you’re hiking the trails this season!

Finally, here are a few final reminders about special events at the Webster Museum and the Webster Public Library.

The museum is holding a great fundraiser which will make a perfect gift idea. It’s called “12 Months of Flowers,” and is being offered in conjunction with Kittelberger Florist.

Purchase a “12 Months of Flowers” card for $40, cash or check only, at the museum during their regular hours, or email jannaujokas1@yahoo.com. You’ll receive one bouquet of flowers, each month, for 12 consecutive months. Bouquets are valued at $15 and must be picked up at Kittelberger Florist, 263 North Ave, Webster. What a great way to brighten every month of the new year for someone special (or yourself)!

The Webster Museum is located at 18 Lapham Park (just steps off of East Main St.). They’re open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 2 to 4:30 p.m.

And don’t forget about the Friends of the Webster Library Holiday Book Sale, happening right now.

There’s a table set up through Dec. 21 (unless everything sells out before then) with gently-used books, DVDs, CDs and puzzles. Stop by next time you’re at the library and check some things off your shopping list.

The Webster Public Library is located at 980 Ridge Rd., at the back of Webster Plaza.

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(posted 12/13/2023)

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