Image of the Day – September 30, 2013

Ya heard it here first: Mayor Dyster announces at City Council meeting
that the 2014 Budget will be in on time, by 4:30pm, October 1st.

9th Annual Electric Lights Parade 2013

Bob Koshinski to be Master of Ceremonies for this year’s 9th Annual ELECTRIC LIGHTS PARADE in the Town of Niagara which will begin at 5:30 pm on Saturday, November 2nd. 

Bob Koshinski is a native of Niagara Falls, grew up in the Town of Niagara and graduated from Niagara Wheatfield High School and the University of Dayton. Bob was a member of the WKBW-TV sports department in the 1980’s and became Sports Director in 1989 after the retirement of Rick Azar. Bob then joined the new Empire Sports Network in 1991 and was Vice President and General Manager of both Empire Sports Network and radio station WNSA-FM until 2005.Bob was a multi-media and communications specialist for Erie County and NCCC until 2012 when he to television as VP/GM of WBBZ-TV in Buffalo.

Bob now hosts a weekly sports program called “All Sports WNY” and created a popular web site by the same name www.allsportswny.com in 2011.

A major highlight of the ELECTRIC LIGHTS PARADE is the appearance of Santa Claus who will be on hand to greet the crowd and will visit Niagara Active Hose Fire Company, 6010 Lockport Road following the parade for photos and visits with the children.

A Food Drive will also be part of this year’s NIAGARA ELECTRIC LIGHTS PARADE.  Volunteers will gather non-perishable food donations from parade spectators on behalf of the Community Mission.  If participants wish, Parade organizers encourage donations the food to their Church Food Pantries and let them know it is on behalf of the Niagara Electric Lights Parade.  In 2012 Community Mission Food Pantry served 29,484 meals to 3,276 individuals.

The major sponsor for the parade is Republic Services (Allied Waste Industries of Niagara Falls, NY).  Allied Waste owns and operates the Niagara Falls Sanitary Landfill, located at the intersection of 56th Street and Niagara Falls Boulevard.

Last year’s ELECTRIC LIGHTS PARADE drew several thousand spectators, along with the hundreds who were part of the bands, floats and community groups which took part.

The ELECTRIC LIGHTS PARADE is organized and presented by the Town of Niagara, the Town of Niagara Business and Professional Association, Inc., the Niagara USA Chamber.

The secret inspiration of the gorge [by Sherrie Robins]

[From 2chicks2go]

One of my all time favorite places to write.

There is a space along the Niagara gorge, between the Devil’s Hole and Whirlpool Parks that holds my heart. The land slopes gently downward, among slithering bends, parallel to the mighty Niagara, though lofty heights above. A stately old bridge graces a water run off and large trees play hide and seek with chipmunks and squirrels.

READ THE REST OF THE STORY HERE: http://2chicks2go.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/the-secret-inspiration-of-the-gorge/

 

Does Bigfoot Call Niagara Falls Home?

[From NiagaraFallsUpClose.com]

Niagara Falls has legends involving Native American maids, water fall thunder gods and headless solders and yes, one that even involves Bigfoot. In fact, the Niagara region has had many sightings of it’s own Bigfoot that go back hundreds of years.

Many feel Bigfoot, or Sasquatch as he is also called, is no legend or myth, but a real breathing, walking specimen of primate that has yet to be classified. In Niagara County Bigfoot has left behind some traces that have yet to be explained.

For centuries there have been stories among Native Americans in the region that refer to a creature that walks on two feet known as the “hairy man”. Some on the current Tuscarora Indian Reservation located in Niagara County claim that the “hairy man” still lives close by.

In the early 1980′s a decapitated head and a pair of claws were found in the woods between Lewiston and Youngstown New York in Niagara County. A photo was taken of the rotting and dismembered items and they were then tossed down the banks of the Niagara River near the Artpark Theatre complex.

The Niagara Falls Gazette then wrote a story on the find and published the photo. The publicity attracted Bigfoot researchers who traveled to Niagara County from various States.

READ THE REST OF THE STORY HERE: http://niagarafallsupclose.com/does-bigfoot-call-niagara-falls-home/

 

Higgins announces COPS Hiring Program grant funding to Niagara Falls Police Department

[From WNYpapers.com]

Congressman Brian Higgins has announced the Niagara Falls Police Department has been awarded $208,255 through the Department of Justice’s COPS Hiring Program.

“This funding will help the Niagara Falls Police Department make sure that they are adequately staffed to best meet the needs of its community,” Higgins said.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2013/09/27/112768/higgins-announces-cops-hiring-program-grant-funding-to-niagara-falls-police-department

Aquarium of Niagara’s capital project kicks off with NYPA funds

[From Niagara-Gazette.com]

The Aquarium of Niagara will see capital improvements for the first time in decades thanks to a large gift from The New York Power Authority.

The aquarium was awarded $1.75 million by the Western New York Power Proceeds Allocation Board last week, a move that received final approval from NYPA’s board of trustees on Tuesday, to fund the first phase of a six step, multi-year capital project that has been in the works for years.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x1442574321/Aquarium-of-Niagaras-capital-project-kicks-off-with-NYPA-funds

Dyster to give Falls 2014 budget update Monday

[From Niagara-Gazette.com]

Mayor Paul Dyster is scheduled to update the city council on the status of his proposed budget for 2014.

Dyster’s administrative update is on the agenda for today’s council meeting, one day before the Oct. 1 deadline outlined in the city charter.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x934953606/With-Tuesday-deadline-looming-Dyster-to-give-Falls-2014-budget-update-Monday

 

Shooting victim identified; North Carolina couple face arraignment

[From Niagara-Gazette.com]

Witnesses called it a “stupid argument that just happened and escalated.”

It ended in the shooting death of Tijuana Davis, 39, and the arrest of a North Carolina couple the victim may have just recently met.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x2112883648/Shooting-victim-identified-North-Carolina-couple-face-arraignment

Sideline Reactions: Bills 23 Ravens 20

[From WGR550.com]

Heading into their game with the defending champion Baltimore Ravens, it would have been a moral victory for this young Buffalo Bills team to bring a lead into halftime. For the second time in three weeks, the Bills bucked the trend of the normal western New York narrative and closed out a victory that not many thought they could attain.

READ THE REST OF WGR550’s STORY HERE:  http://www.wgr550.com/pages/17408105.php?contentType=4&contentId=13886284

Image of the Day – September 30, 2013

The 12th Man was in full effect for Sunday’s Buffalo Bills win against the Baltimore Ravens.
Read Sports Illustrated recap by clicking here.