BILLY'S GIFT FUNDRAISER AT BECKER'S THIS SATURDAY (CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)

ROYALTON MINUTES ONLINE

The minutes from Royalton's town board meeting for September are available online:

http://townofroyalton.org/content/MinuteCategories/View/9:field=minutes;/content/Minutes/View/209

LIBRARY LOOKING FOR YEARBOOK DONATIONS

The Royalton-Hartland Community Library (formerly Middleport Free Library) is on the hunt for their "lost years" of the Roy-Hart yearbook (Scope). They are looking for the yearbooks for these years: 1981, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2008.

If you would like to donate yours to the library, they would love to add it to their POPULAR yearbook collection. People love to look at these yearbooks - a lot!

To contact the Library or check out their hours, go here: http://royhartcommunitylibrary.com/

TODD SULLIVAN FUNDRAISER

DOMSTOCK BENEFITS HOSPICE

(L-R) Medical Director Dr. AJ Bax and Clinical Director Janet Ligammari, RN of Niagara Hospice accept a generous $11,000 donation from All Metals Works Domstock event organizers Deborah Holliday, Jennifer Blake and owner Dominick Ciliberto.

All Metal Works in Gasport recently held their 4^th Annual Domstock BBQ and concert fundraiser that raised $11,000 for Niagara Hospice. All Metal Works owner Dominick Ciliberto said: "The event has become very popular among our employees and has grown each year. We decided to make the event an opportunity to give back to our community."

Ciliberto said they chose Niagara Hospice as the beneficiary of this year's event because his family has experienced first-hand the excellent and compassionate care that Niagara Hospice provides to Niagara County residents in need of end-of-life services. Most recently, Niagara Hospice helped care for Ciliberto's grandfather, also named Dominick Ciliberto. Several other family members have received hospice care at home and at Niagara Hospice House.

Niagara Hospice Alliance Director of Development, Brendan McIntyre said, "Niagara County is fortunate to have residents like Jennifer, Dominick, his family, employees and friends who want to help make Niagara County a better place to work, live and volunteer. Their support and the support of so many others in the community allow Niagara Hospice to provide outstanding and unmatched services to people when its needed most, regardless of their ability to pay or availability of insurance. We are truly grateful for their commitment, hard work and support."

For more information about Niagara Hospice, call 716-439-4417 or visit www.NiagaraHospice.org.

PRICES ON THE RISE AT BECKER FARMS COURTESY OF 2012'S WILD WEATHER

Watch this report by WGRZ TV 2 that looks at the increases at prices at Beceker Farms brought on by the wild weather of this year....

DOMSTOCK'S $11,000 GIFT TO HOSPICE

Dominick Ciliberto's Domstock was a huge success that benefited Niagara Hospice to the tune of $11,000. Wow!

If you see Dominick at All metal Works or Petunia's Pizza, be sure to say "thank you."

PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR AT THE LIBRARY

Now that the school-aged children are back in class, a new set of stories and themes are ready for the pre-school aged children to enjoy at the Royalton Hartland Community Library.

The focus is on fall and all the wonderful things that this harvest season brings us including September 13 for Down on the Farm; September 20 is a Garden of Songs; September 27 will be Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes; October 4 is Meow Said the Cat; October 11 means Pumpkins are on Parade; October 18 when B is for Batty; and October 25 for a celebration of Halloween Fun.

Pre-school Story Hour is held every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the library, 9 Vernon Street in Middleport in the upstairs meeting room. Children aged 2, 3 and 4 are invited to attend and enjoy this great introduction to the world of books.

For a list of upcoming Pre-school Story Hour Topics and other program notes visit www.RoyHartCommunityLibrary.com or call the library at 735-3281.

METRO COMMUNITY NEWS LOOKS AT BECKER FARMS

The online version of the MetroCommunity News features a story about Becker Farms that will appear in print this Saturday.

It starts as follows:

For more than 110 years, Becker Farms has been producing fruits and vegetables for many to enjoy.

The farm began in 1894 by Julius and Agusta Becker. It was then passed down to Frank and Amanda Becker. Because they did not have any sons, the farm went to their daughter Joyce Becker Perry. Where her and her husband kept the farm going part-time by growing tart cherries.

Then, in 1979, their daughter Melinda Perry Vizcarra and her husband Oscar decided to return to the farm, growing it in to what it is today.

Read the entire article here:

http://www.metrowny.com/news/387-There_is_something_for_everyone_at_Becker_Farms.html

VOTE IN THURSDAY'S PRIMARY

Most voters in Royalton will have a primary to vote in this Thursday from noon to 9:00 that's just as exciting as a regular election. 4 candidates are vying for the town justice position vacated by the passing of Margaret Raduns. The candidates along with the party affiliation are listed below:

Laura A. Wagner D,R,C,W,I,G
Deborah A. Carpenter D,R,C,I,G
James G. Budde D,R,C,W,I 
Robert A. Wilson R

SUPPORT ROY-HART BY SHOPPING AT TOPS

Tops Friendly Markets launched a new school fundraising program that allows BonusCard users to rebate a portion of certain purchases to the schools of their choice.

Shoppers can sign up for the Tops in Education program at www.TopsMarkets.com/Education and link their card to the school district. When doing so, you will need to enter the numbers that are both inside and outside the bar code on the back of your card. To find Roy-Hart in the database you cannot use Gaport's zip code, you must use Middleport's 14105.

When you buy Tops, Full Circle or TopCare products, Tops will automatically put 1 percent of the purchase price to Roy-Hart's account. Money will accumulate through April 30, then be distributed to schools at the end of the school year.

Tops will cap the total amount donated through the program at $300,000 throughout its entire market area....so that means sign-up now before other school districts join in.