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She Is Safe Of Chautauqua County to host benefit Saturday

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MAYVILLE — Rebeca Magnuson has been focused on helping victims of domestic violence for many years, and her work continues on Saturday with a benefit set to be held at her former Mayville restaurant. A domestic violence survivor herself, Magnuson began her nonprofit She Is Safe of Chautauqua County two years ago in February. Her restaurant, She Sings Cafe, hired many victims of abuse, and Magnuson is also currently working on finding a platform for her five-part documentary series, She Sings. She also has her own one-woman show since 2018. Magnuson’s restaurant has since shut ...

‘Gin Game’ coming to Westfield center

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A deck of cards has rarely felt so loaded. Directed by David Oliver, D.L. Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Gin Game” runs at Lake Shore Center For The Arts in Westfield on July 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, and 26. With sharp humor and mounting tension, the play turns a simple game of gin into a revealing study of aging, loneliness, and life’s uneasy dependence on chance. On the back porch of a nursing home, new residents Weller and Fonsia, played by Tom Loughlin and ChrisTina Rausa, begin to know one another over games of gin. The porch’s stillness contrasts with the lively ...

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TUESDAY, JULY 7 Chautauqua Institution Lecture Series: Chuck Todd, political journalist, analyst Route 394, 10:45 a.m. Single ticket $40, or included with gate pass. Forestville Chapter 247 Order of the Eastern Star chicken barbecue D & F Plaza, 1170 Central Ave., Dunkirk, 12 to 4 p.m. $15 half chicken, potato salad, macaroni salad, roll, butter. Proceeds go to Buffalo, Batavia Veterans Hospitals. Cassadaga American Legion weekly bingo Legion Post 1280, 228 Maple Ave., 1 p.m. Dunkirk Public Library presents: Sign Up Craft: Paint a 3D wood dinosaur 536 Central Ave., 2 ...

Community Notebook

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Computer classes set for library The Dunkirk Public Library, 536 Central Ave., has announced computer classes for July, including: Digitizing Files and Important Documents on July 16 from 1 to 2 p.m.; Protecting Your Personal Data On-Line on July 21 from 1 to 2 p.m.; Questions About Androids on July 28 from 1 to 2 p.m.; Using Your Apple Devices on July 29 from 1 to 2 p.m.; Ancestry Library Edition on July 30 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Space is limited. Registration is required for all classes. Call (716) 366-2511 to reserve a seat. Personal Devices may be needed for some classes. ...

Legislature’s July meeting to be held at Jackson Center

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The Chautauqua County Legislature will be going on a field trip of sorts. During the June meeting, lawmakers approved a resolution to move their next monthly meeting from Mayville to the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown. County Legislature Chairman Pierre Chagnon, R-Ellery, said during a committee meeting that he received a letter from Kristan McMahon, the executive director of the Jackson Center. She asked if the legislature would be willing to hold its July meeting in their building. Chagnon read the letter to the committee. “The Robert H. Jackson Center this year is ...

Westfield collecting time capsule items

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WESTFIELD – In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, the Westfield Time Capsule Memento Acceptance boxes are now available at the Eason Hall main hallway, Westfield Academy & Central School, and the Patterson Library during their normal business hours. Memento contributions will be ...