Rally to focus

on rights of women

A rally will be at the Barker Common gazebo in Fredonia on Saturday at noon. The theme of the rally will be the Rights and Plights of Women. Organizers welcome your signs and we will gather in the western section of the park, as the first outdoor Farmers’ Market of the season will be going on in the other section.

Please come, rain or shine, to support both the rally for women and our local farmers and artisans.

Stockton townwide cleanup for residents planned

STOCKTON — A townwide cleanup for residents only will be Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Deliver trash to the Highway Department storage building, 4696 Railroad Ave. The town is accepting appliances, trash and junk only. No garbage will be accepted. Tires, liquid waste, paint, oils, batteries, computers, appliances with freon (i.e. humidifiers, refrigerators) cannot be accepted.

Appliances containing freon and electronics, including computers, are accepted at the following transfer stations: Fredonia, Falconer, Sherman and Frewsburg.

Village to begin flushing Sunday

At 10 p.m. Sunday, the village of Fredonia will start flushing water mains and fire hydrants. Flushing will be done from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. to minimize problems with water during the day.

The flushing will take approximately two weeks and during this process, residents may experience turbid water and reduced water pressure. The village recommends that residents check the quality of their water before doing laundry.

Sheridan VFW

Auxiliary plans for May

SHERIDAN — The Sheridan VFW Auxiliary met on Monday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the post meeting room. We discussed many business items such as our monthly bake sale to be held this Friday at the Post, starting at 4.

Members of the auxiliary will meet at the cemetery on May 17 at 10:00 to help with the placing of flags on military members’ graves. The auxiliary will be purchasing a wreath to be placed on a recently deceased military veteran’s grave for Memorial Day. We donated a basket to the Warrior Relief for their basket raffle.

It was decided that our summer meetings would be held at members’ houses for discussion of business and a picnic. This will be the months of June, July and August. The group also signed up to help with poppy distribution at Walmart on Sunday, May 25.

On May 26 members will attend the Memorial Day service at the cemetery at noon.

The next meeting will be June 9 at 6:30 at the home of Beckie Ross. Each member will bring a dish to pass.

Vegetarian Society

meets on Sunday

WESTFIELD — The May meeting of the Chautauqua Vegetarian/Vegan Society will be Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. It will be at the Westfield YWCA., 58 S. Portage St. For the program, participants will share our favorite ideas for cooking and eating spring and early summer vegetables.

The dinner will be a Vegan pot-luck. The cost is $2 if you bring a Vegan dish to share or $6 without a dish. RSVPs are helpful. Please call Gail at 716-753-7761, or message us on Facebook to let us know you’re coming.

Thank you to Sei Paulson for the amazing talk on delicious but unusual veggies at the April meeting. Paulson will be back in the fall to present again with veggies we can taste test. In the meantime, she will be at the Jamestown Farmers’ Market, which will open for the season on June 7.

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