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Smith-Warren Post 367 in Scottsville celebrates 100th anniversary
The Smith-Warren Post 367 in Scottsville is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the same year that the national...
Causewave Community Partners Presents 2019 Lantern Award to Mike McDougall for Volunteer Contributions
Causewave Community Partners has presented its 41st annual Lantern Award to Mike McDougall, APR, Fellow PRSA, president of McDougall...
Causewave Community Partners Presents 2019 Lantern Award to Mike McDougall for Volunteer Contributions
Causewave Community Partners has presented its 41st annual Lantern Award to Mike McDougall, APR, Fellow PRSA, president of McDougall...
Smith-Warren Post 367 in Scottsville celebrates 100th anniversary
The Smith-Warren Post 367 in Scottsville is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the same year that the national American Legion organization is commemorating its 100th year. Sometime in 1919 a meeting of Scottsville WW I veterans was held in the yard of what is now known as Hanford’s,...
HF-L Class of 1999 Makes a Donation to the Friends of the Mendon Public Library
The Friends of the Mendon Public Library recently received a gift from the Honeoye Falls-Lima Class of 1999 in honor of their class advisor, Kathy Lenahan, and classmates Jonathan Edgcomb, Matt Nolan, and Kyle Marchase. Class President, Katie Shipe Mentz delivered the gift to the library following the 20th...
Sports and Activities
HF-L football wins opener
Jacob Derby tackles a Newark ballcarrier during the Honeoye Falls-Lima varsity football game last Friday night at HF-L. The...
HF-L Football Preview: Ready to Take the Field
Honeoye Falls-Lima Cougars Varsity Football Overview Head Coach: John Russ (8th Season) Class: B 2018 Season Overall Record: 7-2...
Carosa Commentary
Open House Tip for Elementary School Parents (Part II): How to Reduce the Odds Your Child Will Be Bullied in High School (and Middle School)
Why is it safer to finish in the middle of the pack than dead last – or even first? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Open House Tip for Elementary School Parents (Part II): How to Reduce the Odds Your Child Will Be Bullied in High School (and Middle School)”...
Open House Tip for Elementary School Parents (Part I): How to Reduce the Odds Your Child Will Be Bullied in High School (and Middle School)
Does this story sound familiar? Could it have happened to you? What did you do when you found yourself in a similar situation? How did that work out for you? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Open House Tip for Elementary School Parents (Part I): How to Reduce the Odds...
Cuomo’s Albany Red Flags New York
What is it that is so hard to understand “the right of the People to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed”? And why as so many willing to have their right infringed by an organization so hard to hold accountable? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Cuomo’s Albany...
There’s Something Pleasantly Relaxing About a Steady Summer Rain
What is it about a steady summer rain that so soothes the soul? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “There’s Something Pleasantly Relaxing About a Steady Summer Rain” and see if it evokes memories deep within you.
The Liberty of the Ad Lib
Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a serious corporate meeting and this happens? Someone says something banal and you just want to blurt out some extemporaneous thought. Why might the chaos that would normally ensue make it all worthwhile? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “The Liberty...
The Stormy Beginning When the Erie County Fair First Waded Into The Rock and Roll Craze
What happens with you mix one of the nation’s largest fairs with the pure unadulterated energy of early rock and roll? The results were electrifying. How so? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “The Stormy Beginning When the Erie County Fair First Waded Into The Rock and Roll Craze” to...
A Salute to My Greatest (and Most Favorite) Teacher
How do you say “happy birthday” to a person who has had so much positive influence in your life? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “A Salute to My Greatest (and Most Favorite) Teacher” and you’ll be delighted with one example of how to do it.
Was This Written 50 Years Too Early or 50 Years Too Late?
I took a walk down memory lane and what did I discover? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Was This Written 50 Years Too Early or 50 Years Too Late?” and trace the steps that led to the answer to a question that has bugged me for most of my...
We’ll Always Have Paris… How The Business of Sequels Destroyed America’s Youth
You wanna know what’s wrong with America? Movies. Not just the movies, but the business model that drives Hollywood to think in terms of sequels for everything. Of course, there’s a very good reason for this. Want to know what it is? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “We’ll Always...
To the Moon and Back: A Personal Retrospective
It has been described as man’s greatest voyage since Columbus. It has been voted as mankind’s greatest achievement. For those who experienced it live as it happened, no words can capture the excitement, the thrills, the meaning. Nonetheless, I once tried to do exactly that. Would you like to...
HF-L Class of 1999 Makes a Donation to the Friends of the Mendon Public Library
The Friends of the Mendon Public Library recently received a gift from the Honeoye Falls-Lima Class of 1999 in honor of their class advisor, Kathy Lenahan, and classmates Jonathan Edgcomb, Matt Nolan, and Kyle Marchase. Class President, Katie Shipe Mentz delivered the gift to the library following the 20th...
Tim & Deb Smith To Present Book Talk At Mendon Library
As they have been documenting in their back-page feature over the past weeks, Sentinel writers Tim & Deb Smith have recently published their first book titled The Beatles, The Bible & Manson: Reflecting Back with 50 Years of Perspective. They have a series of presentations at local libraries over...
HF-M Seniors group to head to Letchworth State Park
The Honeoye Falls/Mendon Seniors Activity Group will sponsor a bus ride to Letchworth Park and lunch at the Glen Iris Inn on Thursday, October 17, 2019. The cost per person is $25.00 and is payable at the time of reservation by check made out to the Town of Mendon. We will again...
Causewave Community Partners Presents 2019 Lantern Award to Mike McDougall for Volunteer Contributions
Causewave Community Partners has presented its 41st annual Lantern Award to Mike McDougall, APR, Fellow PRSA, president of McDougall Communications, recognizing his two decades of volunteer service to the organization. Founded in 1950, Causewave collaborates with more than 200 non-profits and civic organizations each year for capacity building and...
HFL Education Fund Announces First-Ever HFL Restaurant Week
Community Restaurants Come Together to Support Education from September 30 – October 6 The HFL Education Fund today announced its inaugural HFL Restaurant Week, which will take place from September 30 to October 6, 2019. The seven-day event will see many of the most popular eating and drinking establishments...
“A Universe of Stories” was a blast(off) at Mendon Public Library
Lots of reading, learning, and creating happened at the Mendon Public Library this summer as part of the Summer Reading Program. “A Universe of Stories!” was the theme of this summer’s program. More than 1,800 patrons took part in the specially planned programs, with more than 600 patrons reading...
Emily VanHouter selected Pinehurst Employee of the Quarter
Congratulations to Emily VanHouter, Crew chief/Server at Pinehurst, for receiving the honor of “Employee of the Quarter”. Her favorite part about working at Pinehurst is the family atmosphere that is created not only with her coworkers, but with the residents as well. Here are some other fun facts about...
Skyler Smith’s Tour of Mendon: Hiatus at a Hundred!
BY SKYLER, DEB AND TIM SMITH This is Skyler Smith signing off for now. As I’ve been mentioning over the past few weeks, I’ve decided to make my 100th installment of “Skyler Smith’s Tour of Mendon” a landmark of duality. In addition to hitting the century mark I’m heading...
HF/M Historical Society and Rush History office cosponsor Railroads presentation
The September 12 meeting of the Honeoye Falls / Mendon Historical Society will be cosponsored by the Town of Rush History Office. It will be held in the Udicious Pavilion, 1900 Rush – Scottsville Road (behind the Rush Town Hall). The meeting will feature David J. Monte Verde. The title...
Mendon Republicans hold picnic
The Mendon Republican Party held a picnic earlier this month with over 75 people attending. Those attending got to meet the party’s candidates for election this fall and those candidates are shown in the photo above (from left) Tom DuBois, Cynthia Carroll, Jim Merzke, Karen Jenkins, John Moffitt, Bill...
Smith-Warren Post 367 in Scottsville celebrates 100th anniversary
The Smith-Warren Post 367 in Scottsville is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the same year that the national American Legion organization is commemorating its 100th year. Sometime in 1919 a meeting of Scottsville WW I veterans was held in the yard of what is now known as Hanford’s,...
Wheatland-Chili Staff Members Appointed Tenure
Five teachers and one administrator were appointed tenure at the Wheatland-Chili Board of Education Meeting on Monday, June 24.Those who received tenure are: Margo Sadowski (l-r), Elementary Special Education Teacher; Alison O’Neil, ESOL Teacher; Matthew Scott, High School Technology Teacher; Shirley Marotta, Fifth Grade Elementary Teacher; Eric Windover, Middle...
Wheatland-Chili HS Chemistry Teacher named Chemistry Teacher of the Year
JoAnne Iovoli has been named the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Rochester Area Chemistry Teacher of the Year. Iovoli teaches Advanced Placement (AP) Biology and Chemistry, and the electives of plant science and landscaping classes at Wheatland-Chili High School. She applies the principles of green chemistry to reduce the use...
T. J. Connor Elementary School Hosts Career Day
Guest presenters from a variety of career fields helped to make the second annual T. J. Connor Elementary School Career Day a huge success. Presenters included engineers, a flight instructor, an Army National Guard, a human resources director, a realtor, a beekeeper, an equine therapist, a Monroe County Probation...
Wheatland-Chili National Honor Society announces 2019 Teacher of Excellence Award
The T. J. Connor Chapter of the Wheatland-Chili National Honor Society (NHS) asks students in the Middle School/High School to submit nominations for the Teacher of Excellence Award. Criteria for nomination is rigorous and students must submit an explanation for their choice. NHS members read and evaluate the submissions...
W-C and CooperVision teamed up for Small Business Week
Sophomore and junior Algebra and Chemistry students from Wheatland Chili High School visited the CooperVision Scottsville manufacturing facility as part of the Monroe County Small Business Week initiative. The students toured the manufacturing floor and engaged in a panel discussion with CooperVision employees. Students learned how contact lenses are...
Wheatland-Chili Band and Choir Place at Music in the Parks
The Wheatland-Chili High School Band and Chorus participated in Music in the Parks in Boston, MA along with six schools from New York and Rhode Island this past spring. The Wheatland-Chili Choir took first place in their division and the Band took third place. Each earned a rating of...
W-C graduate Michael Worth selected for honor
Cadet Michael Worth, a 2016 Wheatland-Chili graduate, currently in his third year at United States Military Academy West Point, was selected as an usher for the Medal of Honor ceremony for Mr. Gary Beikirch from Greece. (Worth is seventh from right and Mr. Beikirch is tenth from right.) Submitted...
Genesee Country Village and Museum to host vintage baseball August 9-11
BY DEB AND TIM SMITH You may be surprised to discover that within our own home turf for which the Sentinel is the official newspaper, you can find the only authentically reproduced 19th-century base ball park in the United States. Called Silver Base Ball Park, it’s located at the...
Ian Orloff Finished Ranked Second in Total Points in Varsity Masterminds League
Wheatland-Chili Sophomore Ian Orloff has ranked second in total points scored throughout the Varsity Masterminds League. As a freshman, Ian was on the Junior Varsity Masterminds team and in middle school he was a member of Academic Challenge Bowl. Members of the Wheatland-Chili Varsity Masterminds team include Ethan Buyea,...