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Thirty years ago — 1994 Dunkirk High School’s Jeff Kubasik was crowned king and Darcy Lyford was crowned queen at the 1994 prom, “We’ve Got Tonight,” which was held recently at the Campus Center at Fredonia State University College. A total of 115 students signed up for the post-prom party at Molly World, followed by a breakfast and bonfire sponsored by the Dunkirk PTO. Forty years ago — 1984 There were 14 years but only 1:16 between the top two finishers of the recent Bill Bergey Scholarship Fund Run. The 10K race through the streets and countryside of South Dayton drew ...

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Thirty years ago — 1994 The National Cheerleaders Association announced that Mirella Del Sorbo, daughter of Sam and Angela Del Sorbo of Irving, has been named as a $1,000 collegiate scholarship recipient. A senior at Silver Creek Central School, she participated in the Jeep-Eagle Aloha Bowl in Hawaii on Christmas Day 1993. Mirella was recently selected for the national All-American Cheerleading Squad. Forty years ago — 1984 The members of the Dunkirk Chapter of the WNY Softball Hall of Fame, in appreciation for continuing fastpitch softball in Dunkirk, presented the First Annual ...

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Thirty years ago — 1994 Jason Roberts, 15, of Route 60, Cassadaga is the third generation in his family to earn the Boy Scout organization’s highest rank, that of Eagle Scout. The son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ulrich and a freshman at Cassadaga Valley Central School, Jason was presented with his award in a ceremony held at the Cassadaga American Legion Post 1280. In attendance were Jason’s grandfather, James Bartlett of Sheridan, and his uncle, David Bartlett of Atlanta, Ga., both of whom earned Eagle Scout awards. Jason’s project was to fund raise and prepare a site for ...

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Thirty years ago — 1994 John R. Bentley, who over the past 20 years built the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department into a professional police force, died today at his home. He was 64 and a police officer for more than 38 years. Among his survivors are three sons, all of them police officers, and a daughter. He was the second high county official to die this week, the other being County Personnel Director Robert Laughlin. He was 68. Forty years ago — 1984 Robert Redford’s movie, “The Natural,” recently opened in Dunkirk. Eleven-year-old Dennis Gould of South Dayton said ...

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Thirty years ago — 1994 Representatives from the 15 Catholic parishes in northern Chautauqua County recently endorsed a plan to deal with the dwindling number of available priests by assigning many of them to more than one parish. While the plan calls for all existing parishes to continue, the status of St. Thomas More in Ripley would be downgraded to that of a mission. Under the plan, nine priests would be expected to serve the region’s parishes, which are now served by about a dozen priests. The larger parishes would continue as they are now, each a separate community with its ...

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Forty years ago — 1984 Silver Creek Central School students placed in four of the six categories at the recent business skills competition at Jamestown Business College sponsored by the Chautauqua County Business Teachers Association. Eighty-one students from 16 different schools competed in the contest. Annette Kehrer, a SCCS senior, captured first place in the Keyboarding I division, making her the fastest student typist in Chautauqua County. Also placing in their divisions were Richard White, Accounting I; John Sack, Accounting II; and Andrea Brookman, Keyboarding I. Fifty years ...