By Deb Everts Every year during the Christmas season, a man tours Western New York with his reindeer. Some may guess it’s St. Nicholas in a miniature sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer but, in this case, it’s Mike Morton. Morton, who owns Sun-Dance-Kids Farm in Conewango Valley, has added a new reindeer to his collection of animals. Six-month-old Comet ... Read More »
FREDONIA — Springville’s Brett Russell, Jared Hecht, Emily Schlemmer and three relay teams all won an event in the E-F Meet at SUNY Fredonia on Saturday. Schlemmer led the SGI girls team by winning the 300-meter dash (:46.01) and placed third in the 55 hurdles (:10.38). She also was part of the winning 800 relay team (Janay Ghani, Evelyn Smith, ... Read More »
EAST AURORA — On Friday, Dec. 6, the SGI boys swimming and diving team traveled to East Aurora. Overall, the Griffins performed well even though the end of the meet saw a 100-68 loss for the team. Highlights included Wyatt Fuller performing a career-best on the diving board with a score of 300.45 that has him ranked sixth in New ... Read More »
BUFFALO — The Springville-Griffith Institute varsity girls basketball team has started its season 2-0 after a 50-32 win over Williamsville East in the first round of the Sacred Heart Tournament on Thursday, Dec. 5. The girls started off slowly going down 7-2 in the first quarter, but turned it around on the way to a 23-12 halftime lead, then scored ... Read More »
By Alex Simmons Jake’s Greenhouse Inc. located at 11904 Route 240 in East Concord is all geared up for the holiday season, and they have so much to offer from Christmas trees to wreaths to various knick-knacks for gifts. Every year on the first Friday of December, Santa Claus arrives at Jake’s Greenhouse to spread some holiday cheer. Kids come ... Read More »
By Ely Schosek Student Reporter Elementary school is full of field trips, but in high school trips get bigger and more expensive. Rarely do high school students have the opportunity to go on a field trip that only lasts a single school day and is cost-free. But last week, a number of SGI High School classes traveled to the Kavinoky ... Read More »
Looking back to the year 1892, in Poland, Abram and Bessie Yellen welcomed their firstborn child, Jack Selig Yellen. When Jack was 5 years old, the family emigrated to Buffalo and settled on William Street. Abram, Jack’s father worked odd jobs until he was able to save up enough money and opened his clothing store on Seneca Street. As a ... Read More »
By Sam Wilson The first game of the season showed some competitiveness, but also room for improvement for the Springville-Griffith Institute varsity boys basketball team. The Griffins hung in the game until the closing minutes on Tuesday at Salamanca, but ultimately fell in a non-league opener, 60-50. Until a late Warriors run in the final three minutes, neither team led ... Read More »
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