RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY!

We’re approaching the end of the coldest & wettest July in many years. The weather has resembled a cool rain forest - torrential downpours followed by considerable rain, over and again each day. Of course it keeps the air conditioning bills down so it’s not all bad; we hope August bows in with more traditional summer temperatures!

"OUT OF THE IN-BOX”
We recently received the following e-mail from Linda K., who lives near Buffalo, NY.:

Linda wrote, "I spent the summers of the 1950s as a child on a dock on Shadyside  at our (Smith)  family cottage then called the "Chip Inn" (the original house of the sawmill family who started the Lake as we now know it....later we sold it to the Deinzer Family and then it went to a well-known construction family from Erie Pa..... we walked to "The Village" daily to "Winks" for ice cream...and listened to the music from the Roller Rink just across the Lake from our cottage... the 4th of July was really special...the fireworks over the Lake and Yes, the boat parade was a big thing....I remember the Stetson Family were our neighbors down the street.(always had great boats)...my Dad and Uncles always spent hunting season at  Findley...we were thrilled when the NYS Thruway finally connected it so efficiently to Buffalo...but we loved our old ride through route 5,  Silver Creek to Sherman etc until we saw beautiful Findley Lake... We had a family slogan after the long ride as children, "Findley Finally!!"...Peek N Peak came many yrs later....it's still an Idyllic place ... The Blue Heron Inn really helps keep it alive!"

Thanks for sharing the memories, Linda!

“NIGHT LIGHTS AT THE HERON"   
A very cool outdoor attraction in Sherman, NY, “NIGHT LIGHTS at the Heron” will open this Friday, July 31st. Located on the Great Blue Heron Music Festival Site, this venture will be North America’s only rural outdoor lightshow walking attraction. People will walk, un-guided, along an easy one mile trail (on smooth paths) through a series of colorful and creative lighting environments. The walk is meant to be a slow stroll through the landscape. NIGHT LIGHTS at the Heron will be open on Friday and Saturday nights from Friday, July 31, 2009 to Saturday, October 5, 2009. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for kids 7 to 12 years old and free for 6 years old and under. For more information, contact Doug Sitler at 716.984.7595 or e-mail nightlights

“AMERICA’S GRAPE COUNTRY WEEK”
America's Grape Country is located along 50 miles of Lake Erie bordering southwestern New York State (right here in Chautauqua County) and southwestern Pennsylvania. The Lake Erie Grape Region is home to the oldest and largest Concord grape growing region in the world and the largest grape growing region in the United States outside of California.  In 2006, the Lake Erie Grape Region became the first agriculturally themed Heritage Area in New York State.
MERICA'S GRAPE COUNTRY WEEK  
August 15-23, 2009

 

Lyric Russell, whose grandmother is Findley Laker Pat Russell, won the "Name the Giraffe contest. She chose the winning name “Gracie”. Congratulations Lyric!

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