www.BlackmanHomesteadFarm.com
4472 Thrall Road, Lockport, NY 14094 • (716) 434-7116
Nestled on the picturesque Niagara Escarpment, this 155-year-old fruit & cattle farm has been owned & operated by six generations of the Blackman Family. Bring your family and enjoy apple and pear picking during the fall season. Taste the fresh cider, specialty fruit butters and applesauces made with homegrown fruits. Many other autumn harvest products available. Open mid-Sept to early Nov. 9am-6pm daily.

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FRIDAY, JULY 13th
YOUNGSTOWN YACHT CLUB
DETAILS TO COME SOON!

Date: 2012-07-13

To all my WNY friends: 60 virtual thoroughbred horses need homes. Will go to Model City for slaughter unless we act fast. Owner died and his family wants nothing to do with them. In fact, if it wasn’t for film they wouldn’t see the horses at all.

Niagara Rises, Inc. has arranged to let the horses do what they love to do best – race in front of a cheering crowd for one last time. On Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 6:00 to 9:00 at Antonio’s on NF Blvd. There will be 6 races featuring 10 horses in each will be run in an atmosphere that promises to be filled with fun and frivolity.

WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? You can “adopt” one of these proud racehorses for just $100.00. That’s only 27 cents a day. The horses have graciously agreed to be renamed by the new owners and to let you decide what jockey will ride them in the special race. Also, the proceeds of the adoption will go toward helping Niagara Rises combat poverty and juvenile delinquency in the city of Niagara Falls by proceeds going to the Niagara Falls Public Library’s Teen Center.

Your donation also includes two free tickets to the big event and a full meal, dessert & virgin mint juleps. There will also be a Cash Bar, Kentucky Derby Hat Contest, Basket Auction, 50/50, and a great evening with your friends!

PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS POSTING now or call Chairperson Jennifer D’Alessandro @ (716) 622-8188 and we will make sure that one of these beautiful horses goes to you. Also, please share this posting and make it the status on your homepage. Don’t let these celluloid beauties die on our watch. Together we can ensure that they will run for the roses one last time. And as an added bonus

And if you need tickets — Please reach out to me — I have them just call (716) 310-4754.

Race Night Options

Buy A Horse $100.00 USD Buy A Ticket $25.00 USD

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Dave Ruch (www.daveruch.com) will give a special concert entitled “The War of 1812 – Songs and Stories from New York and Beyond.
Refreshments will be served

Date: 2012-04-23

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Date: 2012-04-16

24th Annual DDDAY 2012
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day
Time: TBA
Location: Niagara Falls Convention Center
Address:101 Old Falls Street
Niagara Falls, NY
Cost: $12 in advance/$20 additional for lunch/$5 add. at door
Speakers-Exhibits-Awards Workshops- Live Entertainment- Parents’ Room.
People with developmental disabilities and their families, experts from provider agencies
and local officials will convene to explore the latest issues in the field.

Date: 2012-05-24

Support Group: GriefShare
for adults coping with grief caused by the traumatic, unexpected death of a loved one
S-6 Conference Room
Memorial Medical Center
621 10th St.
Call 278-4604 or 433-3780 to register. Free.
Date: 2012-04-17

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Terrie from the Bee Hive will be hosting this wonderful event, it cost nothing to come, there will be snacks and refreshments. Celebrating home consultants will also be joining us for the event, there will be plenty of wonderful items you can purchase to help out NCP. This will be a fun evening hope you can join us!!!!!

Date: 2012-04-19

LANCE RESOLUTION SUPPORTS “SPY PLANE” MISSION TO SAVE JOBS

WHEATFIELD—Niagara County lawmakers unanimously backed a proposal to assign a new mission to the 107^th Air Wing at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station after a freshman legislator whose district includes the vulnerable air base asked colleagues to get behind the proposal as “the best option currently on the table.”

Legislator Kathryn Lance, R-Wheatfield, introduced a resolution in the County Legislature Tuesday that made the deliberative body one of the first to formally back a plan, cobbled together by a federally-chartered panel of governors, that would shift the 107^th Airlift Wing—which currently flies C-130 transport aircraft—to a reconnaissance role.

The proposed shift would see the unit likely move to either MC-12 reconnaissance planes or unmanned aerial vehicles such as the Predator drones that have featured so prominently in the War on Terror.  It was proposed last week by the Council of Governors, a post-9/11 legally-mandated body composed of state chief executives from throughout the United States tasked with providing input on homeland security matters.

The MC-12 is the U.S. Air Force’s newest spy plane, having entered the inventory in 2009.

Lance introduced the resolution after attending a Monday morning breakfast with officials from the Niagara USA Chamber of Commerce, Niagara Military Affairs Council, and Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. The breakfast served as a briefing and strategy session with Steve Hyjek, of the lobbying firm Hyjek & Fix, who has directed advocacy efforts on behalf of the base in Washington, D.C.  The Council of Governors’ proposal was among various ideas discussed for saving the base from budget cuts.

“The Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station continues to be one of the largest employers in Western New York, including over 3,500 individuals from Niagara and Erie counties, as well as other parts of Western New York,” Lance explained.  “And the Air Reserve Station has a direct impact on local economies of $168 million per year.”

“The loss of jobs and revenues from one of Niagara County’s single largest employers would have a devastating impact on the region’s economy, and likewise, would have devastating consequences for hundreds of Niagara County families,” Lance said.

Lance noted that she concluded the Council of Governors proposal was among the most viable after seeing an editorial endorsing it in the Buffalo News last week.

On winning unanimous backing for her resolution in support of the Council of Governors proposal, Lance was blunt.

“The Niagara County Legislature does endorse any viable plan to preserve the 850 Air National Guard jobs as well as full-time civilian support positions at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station,” she said.

The proposal was also strongly backed by Wheatfield’s other county representatives.

Legislator Dave Godfrey, R-Wilson, whose district passes just north of the air base, called passage of the measure “a critical step.”

“Our region’s economy derives significant benefit from that base,” Godfrey said.  “Moreover, though, as a veteran, I’m always troubled when I see extreme defense cuts.  The 107^th needs a mission—or we’ll lose that unit, and so will our country.”

Godfrey, along with Legislature Chairman William L. Ross, C-Wheatfield, attended Monday’s breakfast session with Lance.

“This is the best proposal on the table right now,” Godfrey said.  “We’ll back this, and we’ll back anything that protects the 107^th and the Niagara Falls air base.”

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Date: 2012-04-21