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SATURDAY, AUG 15 Chautauqua Lake Bassmasters Prendergast Boat Launch, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Team/Solo Open Bass Tournament. $100. Call 716 499-0747. Randolph Bicentennial Celebration Weekend Chautauqua County Humane Society presents: Double Dog Dare: Cats Don’t Care interactive game Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union, 110 Mall Blvd., Lakewood Chautauqua Gran Fondo Departs from Mayville Lakeside Park 8 a.m. 3 routes - 97 km, 64km or 32 km. Opening day of Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series Diethrick Park, 485 E. Falconer St., Jamestown. Series continues through Aug. ...

Garden Club visits home, welcomes new member

It was a perfect summer day when the Bud ‘n Bloom Garden Club visited the Brocton split-level home and gardens of member Marie Zambotti. Greeting the visitors, with their arms full of flowers from their gardens and elsewhere, was a circular garden full of brightly-colored perennials — ...

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FRIDAY. AUG. 14 Randolph Bicentennial Celebration Weekend Lakeshore Humane Society's 22nd Annual Giant Yard Sale - Early Bird Sale, Floral Hall, Chautauqua County Fairgrounds, 1089 Central Ave., Dunkirk, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This day only, with $3 admission. There will also be a bake sale, basket raffle, and hot dog sales. Also a special raffle for two hand-painted chairs (a dog & cat chair; a Bills chair). This event is LHS's biggest fundraiser of the year, as the organization works to help companion animals be safe and healthy, and find permanent, loving homes. For details, see ...

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THURSDAY, AUG. 13 Small Town Cruisin’ North East, PA Thursday Knitting Group Trinity Episcopal Church, 11 Day St., Fredonia, 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. Many of the creations are donated to local charities, or attendees can work on their own projects. For details or to donate unused yarn, call 716 785-6039. Lake Erie State Park interpretive programs 5838 Route 5 Brocton, 10 a.m.: Tree scavenger hunt; 10:45: Leaf prints; 12:30 p.m.: Tree walk. Meet at recreation hall. Free programs, but park admission fee applies. North East Arts Council Presents Picnic in the Park ...

Community Notebook

Lecture focuses on suffrage SHERIDAN – The Sheridan Historical Society will host its final lecture program of the summer on Friday evening in the Sheridan Historical Center. Sheridan native Traci Langworthy, Professor of History at Jamestown Community College, will present on Chautauqua County in the Women’s Suffrage Movement beginning at 6:30 p.m. The program will highlight some Sheridan connections to our county’s nationally recognized “Political Equality” movement of the late 1800s to early 1900s. The presentation is free and open to the public. Those interested are also ...

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TUESDAY, AUG. 11 Dunkirk and Fredonia Fire Department Retirees breakfast Central Station Restaurant, 332 Central Ave., Dunkirk, 9 a.m. Reg Lenna Center for the Arts presents: musician Gavin Paterniti Third floor media arts room, entrance at 108 E. Third St., Jamestown, 12 to 1:30 p.m. Elevator accessible. Free respite, arts program for those with forgetfulness, cognitive decline, families, caregivers. Music, crafts, light refreshments. Register at 716 484-7070. Donations suggested, not required. Cassadaga American Legion weekly bingo Legion Post 1280, 228 Maple Ave., 1 p.m. ...