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The North BuffaloCommunity Center willbehavingaSummerFunClub Program for chil-dren ages 5 to 12 years

Since its inception in1990,theBuffaloTherapeu-tic Riding Center (BTRC)and BuffaloE q u e s t r i -an Center(BEC) havec h a n g e dlives. S p e a r -headed byExecut iveDirectorSu-san Schoellkopf, a NorthBuffalo resident and na-tive of Buffalo, the BECand BTRC provide hun-dredsofchildrenauniqueopportunity to learn fromhorsesandexperience thelove that stems and blos-somsfrombeinganeques-trian. The program exponen-tially grows with eachpassingyear,doublingthenumber of students andserving the Buffalo com-munity. The BTRC hasfourProfessionalAssocia-tionofTherapeuticHorse-manship International(PATH Intl.) instructors,who work to develop pro-

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velopmen-tally chal-l e n g e dc h i l d r e nfrom 6 to16yearsofage. T h eBTRC isthe only

indoor riding facilityuniquely located in thecity of Buffalo, and hasbeenthesiteofthethera-peuticridingprogramfor14 years. Schoellkopf hasdedicated her life to theBEC and the BTRC, pro-viding children with theopportunity toride,manywhommayneverhavehadthatchance.The facility’slocationinBuffaloisidealformanyofthe inner-citykidstotakeabusfortheirridinglessons. Four years ago, theBECconceptualizedapro-gram congruent with theInter-scholastic Equestri-

L-R: Jennifer Alfano, Susie Blaisdell, Susie Schoellkopf, and Pam Keenan.

old,beginningJune30thand ending August 22nd.The program runs Mon-day through Friday from9:00 am to 4:00 pm andcosts$50.00perweek,perchild for the eight weekprogram.Additionalhoursfor before and after childcarewillbeavailableforaminimalfee. Arts&Crafts,cooking,

TheNorthBuffaloFarm-ers Market will open forthe 2014 season on Thurs-day, June 19th from 3 pm–7pmintheparkinglotatHolySpiritChurchonHer-tel Avenue near DelawareAvenue. According to Market

ManagerPatriciaBanning,thiswillbea“soft”openingsince it isstillearly in theseason. A Grand OpeningCelebration is planned forJulywithmusicandactivi-tieswhenmorevendorswillbeavailableandfreshpro-duceisinfullseason.The

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Fresh produce is just one of the many offerings found at the North Buffalo Farmers Market, which opens June 19th.

Summer Fun Club gym games, gameroomactivities, movies andmuch more are all partoftheprogram,whichislimitedto75children. Program applicationsmaybepickedupattheNorthBuffaloCommuni-tyCenter,locatedat203SandersRd.,orcall(716)874-6133,Ext.18forfur-therinformation.

The necktie is such apopular Father’s Day Giftthatithasunoffi-cially become theofficial Father’sDay Gift. Someeven take thenecktietobesym-bolic of Father’sDay due to theirhistoryofassocia-tion with the dayin the same wayas flowers are associatedwithMother’sDay.

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Keen for new play-grounds, Rocket Manroadtripped Tuesday toAllegany County andHoughton College’s Kerr-PegulaField,homeoftheNewYorkStateCollegiateLeague’s first-year Gen-eseeRapids. It’salovelyridethroughrollingterritorybutwhenyou get there, where areyou? “Oh, yeah, it’s overthere and then you walkdownthehill,”advisedonegirlfromherskateboard. They had built it, butwho could come? Theclimb down, behind theumpires,wasso longandtreacherous that RocketMan feared he’d need aSherpatoreturn. A friend wondered atRocketMan’sfrustrations.“You got lost coming toHoughton?” Rocket Manput it this way: “If thiswere a golf hole, I drovethe green, then needednineputtstogetdown.” Later,genial localsad-vised, “you should havecome in by ChamberlainStreet,” but no highway

sign whatsoever pointedthe way and no parkinglotwasvisiblefromKerr-Pegula’smini-bleachers. Thenafancameinbear-ingascrumptious-lookingbeef-on-weck.“Wow,wheredidyouget that?”RocketMandrooled.“Overthere,by the soccer field,” thedinergestured.“It’squiteaways.You’llworkupanappetite getting there.”Another seatmate actu-ally offered to bring oneback; Rocket Man settledforthehome-madechips. The field itself is abeauty,brand-newturf,sothatplayingthegamewasneverindoubtalthoughithad rained into the earlyafternoon. It occupies thecrestofadisusedskislopeand youngsters who’dlost interest in the gameamused themselves byrollingdownthehill. Bleachers seat about150. The sightlines arebeautiful,naughtbuttreesbeyondtheoutfieldwalls,remindingRocketManoftheMountaindalehomeofthelateCatskillCougars,

minus the yarmulkes. Atlengthhedeparted,paus-ing for breath four timesonthetortuousclimb. On Route 236 stooda mid-sized deer, he ob-served moments beforethe crunch. Immediatelya pickup truck stoppedbehindhimtoofferassis-tance, two travelling mu-sicians who also owneda garage up the road.A trooper arrived, tooknotes.HeandRocketManhad a mutual friend, itturnedout. Advised by his spon-taneous first responders,Rocket Man asked, “Doyou want to see the furonthecar?”Saidthelaw-man,“There’sadeaddeerin theditchandyou looklikeanhonestman.” Twomilesuptheroad,Rocket Man stopped atthe musician-mechanics’garage, where they toreoff a couple of dangerousparts.“HowcanIeverre-payyou?”heasked.“PrayfornorainatourconcertJune27,”onesaid.“That’smybirthday,”saidRocketMan.“Itneverrainsonmybirthday.”Ninetyminuteslaterhisbatteredcapsuledockedathome. He’ll never forgetHoughton.Buthe’lltry.

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It is only natural for aparenttowanttoseetheirchildren do well. That isin most cases anyway. Itseems now more so thanever and sometimes themotivationismoney,sadlytosay.Thatagainissome-times,andusuallyitisjustoldparentalpride. Overtheyearswehaveattendedsomanydifferentevents to watch our chil-dren’s attempt to succeedin whatever they partici-patedin.Sports,academicachievements,performanc-es, awards, graduations,religious ceremonies, anddance recitals. We triedto be supportive and at-tend as many as possible.Witheightchildrenitwascommon to have conflicts,so we would have to splitso at least one of us wasthere.Wefeltnotonlythepride but the necessity tosupporttheendeavorsputforth by these individualsinthedifferentfieldstheychosetopursue. Again in the course ofthe many years we didthis,wedidencounterchil-dren,sometimesextremelytalented,withnoonetheretoseetheirachievements.That was years ago and Ibelieve that now with allthe possible money to bemade in performing, theparental support is over-whelming. Take intoconsiderationthe money professionalathletesarenowbeingof-fered and making. Is itonlythepossibilityofgoingon to greater things thatmotivateparentalsupportinthisvenue?Thenwegotostageperformanceslikesinging and dancing. Yousee beauty pageants forsomeasyoungas fouror

five years old. Do you re-ally believe that the kidhas decided that that iswhat they want to do inlife? We find that parentsdecideatanearlyagewhattheywanttheirchildtobeandsetouttoachievethatgoal.Notalwaysatthedis-cretionofthechild. SingingisaGodgivental-entandyoueitherhave itoryoudonot.Lessonssel-dom do anything to makeyou a superstar in thatfield. But in dancing, youdonothavetobeastalent-edandwith lessonsandalotofhardwork,youcouldbecomeagooddancer.Be-sidesitcouldbealotoffunandagooddancerisworthwatching in any stageperformance. If one couldsing and dance, they areblessed.Weseethisinalotof local talent right hereinsomeof the theatres inWesternNewYork. Weenjoyseeingthemu-sicalsattheLancasterOp-era House as usually oneof our nieces performs inthe cast. The other nightweenjoyedseeingLesMis-erableasthepresentshowthere. The musicals arewell done and show theabundance of local talentin both singing and danc-ing.Ipersonallyhadsomeproblemswith the castinginthisone,butenjoyedtheevening and the overallproductionwaswellworththe $18 per ticket. Muchbetter bang for the buckthan my granddaughter’srecital that cost $20 perperson. Not for anything, butafterseeingsomanydancerecitals,Iamretiringfromthatscene.Firstyouhavetopaythe20buckstogetin.Manyyearsagoitwas

free.Thenifyouwantedaprogram book, you had topayanother$10.Theyalsousedtobefree.Pay$10toseewhenmygranddaugh-ter was on? No way. It istoppedoffbyalongshowofwhatIthoughtwerenotsowell taught children wholooked like not only didtheynotwanttobethere,but had no desire to dowhattheyweredoing.Notall of them but the malesespecially in this recitalhad little to offer. Theywere awful! I can do theshuffle,ball,changebetterthanthat.IhaveseenkidsoffthestreetdowninNewOrleanswithbottlecapsonthe bottom of their shoes,andnolessons,outperformthiswholepresentation. Not fair to criticize thewholeshowandthereweresome good performancesandsomelimitedtalentedindividuals. Realistically,a lot of parents are wast-ingtheirmoney. Justmyopinionandaslongasthekidsareenjoy-ingit,goforit.Email JBORTZE@aol.com or find him on facebook.com/joe.bortz.3

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Let’s get right out toShoshone Park and getyou up to date on all thebaseball and softballgames played in a “cool”Spring thus far for theHertel North Park YouthLeague. InMajorBoys,theRedshavetheirundefeatedsea-sonendwith10winsafterlosingtotheCubs3-1Sat-urday. They have playedsomeawesomeballupun-tilthispointledbyChris-tian Torres, JeremiahChapman, Elliott Wide-nor, Martin Espinal andIan Schillaci. They’re infirstplacewithjustthreegames remaining fol-lowedbyastrongYankeeteamat8-2,whohavelostbothoftheirgamestotheReds.Thispastweektheytopped both the DodgersandTwinsonstrongpitch-ing by Connor McKendryandSantinoTurello. The Cubs are led byJaviar Rosa, JacksonAlagna and Fred Pagan.Another Pagan, cousinEd,hashelpedtheteamtoa 7-2 record at this writ-ingandonafivegamewinstreak, including the winovertheReds. SantinoHernandezhita solo homerun over thefenceinleftcenterfieldinextrainningstotieagameat3-3andtwobatterslat-er,TimO’Rourkeknocked

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InSecondMinors,Lin-coln is undefeated at 7-0with a 9-3 victory overDivisionchampionDallaslast Tuesday. Dallas tookan early leadbutanRBIsingle by Mike Cambriascored the go-ahead runmidwaythroughthegameandpitcherKendallWoodcame in and pitched twoinnings of one-hit ball topreservethewin. TheTigersgotbackontheir winning ways witha big win over Charles-tonasGavinClinehittwohomeruns,his firstof theyearand teammatesJus-ticeDaCosta,ZaneSchenkandChristopherHonardohitandpitchedwellforan8-2 record. Madison up-setCarsonCity,5-4whileNashville’sJoeSalemihitabigtripleandplayedwellatsecondbasetoleadtheYanksoverSacramento. InSeniorPony,theYan-kees’ bottom of the orderhelped the pinstrippersbeattheAthleticsJune3.AliciaThompsonwentfourforfour,NataviaSimmonsmadeagreatcatchinRFand had three hits andSydneyMerzwenttwoforfour at the plate, scoredtworunsandplayedwellatsecondbase.Friday,thePirates defeated the An-gels led by YaYa NavarroandPhoebeElardo. InFirstMinors,QuinnMahoney and NathanSommer both homered tolead Denver to a big winover San Jose. Cooper-stowngets twohomerunsfrom James EvangeloswhileteammateNickGeehittwodoublesandpitch-

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