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11th Annual Family Game Night
Sponsored by the Genesee County Youth Bureau. April 30th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm @ 2 Bank Street, Batavia. Turn off the TV/ internet and spend quality time together. Learn about our County Departments, enjoy a light dinner, play a board game and leave with a board game of your own to start your Family Game Night tradition. $3 per person or $10 for a family of four. Hope to see you there!
Sponsored Post: Insource conducting free seminar on the Affordable Care Act

The following topics will be discussed in an Open Community / Town Hall Forum:
- The impact of the Affordable Care Act on Employers and Patients
- Telemedicine and Telehealth improving Access and Quality
Le Roy medics grateful to Max Pies Furniture for donation of mattresses

Submitted photos and press release:
Sleep can be a rare commodity for first responders, especially during this unprecedented time in our country. When Le Roy Ambulance Service needed new mattresses, a local business stepped up.
Le Roy Ambulance would like to extend their deepest gratitude to Max Pies Furniture in
Genesee County implements COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Policy; nine employees currently under evaluation
Update: April 16, 10:30 a.m.
County Manager Jay Gsell said that of the nine cases that are being evaluated, none of them are due to a county employee being infected with the coronavirus.
"We have to have these policies in place because the federal and state legislation require us to
Sponsored Post: Oakfield Fitness, a convenient and well-equipped place to maintain health

A busy MBA student at St. John Fisher, Katie Joslyn, needs to make sure never has an excuse for missing a workout.
The 22-year-old Oakfield resident said Oakfield Fitness and Cross Training Center, at 116 N. Main St., is perfect for her. It's right in the village, is open 24/7
Local basketball promoter signs agreement to bring pros to town for camps, clinics
Press release:
The Showtime Sports Academy has partnered with the Buffalo 716ers (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Erie Hurricane (Erie, Pa.), who participate in the Premier Basketball League (PBL). The objective of the Showtime Sports Academy is to provide high quality AAU basketball programs, which service the youth in grades K-12, throughout
Head Start in Batavia is looking for preschoolers

Submitted photo and press release:
Head Start, a preschool program of Community Action of Orleans and Genesee, is taking applications for the 2020-21 academic year.
Head Start has centers in Albion, Batavia, Kendall and Medina, with an enrollment of 189 children.
Since 1965, Head Start has provided quality comprehensive services in
GCC offers micro-credentials starting this fall semester -- fast-track education fit for fast-paced world
Press release:
Today's competitive workforce is in a constant state of evolution even before the COVID-19 Pandemic. The introduction of new systems, products and services, and the drive for improved efficiencies in an ever-challenging marketplace require employers to evaluate, update and realign teams to best meet the changing demands
GCC students ready to pitch Batavia Loop Trail project in statewide competition for funding

In something like a dress rehearsal for their big presentation in Albany on Friday, five Genesee Community College students stood before local officials and the media and made their pitch for a bike and walking trail that would surround Batavia.
The Batavia Loop Trail project is one of the finalists
Genesee County school superintendents answer three questions related to 2020-21 budgets
Genesee County school district officials are contending with reductions in state aid – some that may occur due to the economic situation created by COVID-19 – and increased expenditures as they work to balance their budgets for 2020-21.
Toward that end, The Batavian reached out to superintendents of the seven
Reiki share at Blue Pearl Yoga with Joni Yazkulski via Zoom
From Joni Yazkulski, Reiki Master:
This month's Reiki share at Blue Pearl Yoga in Batavia will be held via a Zoom meeting. This will be different from Reiki shares that we have in person.
Participants will need to be there at 12:30 p.m. and are asked to stay for the full time (1:30-ish).
There will be a short talk and then the actual share will start at approximately 12:45 p.m. This will give everyone a chance to enter and a little time in case anyone is having an issue getting on.
The Nuts And Bolts...
- You will need to have downloaded the Zoom app on your phone, iPad or computer in order to attend the meeting in person.
- It would be helpful if you had a microphone and webcam so that you can be heard as well as seen.
- If you would like to have music to play in the background for yourself, you should have that ready, too.
Here's the Zoom link. The meeting password is Reiki. You will then go into a waiting room, and I will let you in the meeting once I see that you are there. Please feel free to ca
Call my cell, (585) 261-2723, if you have any questions. I will be happy to help you.
WHO: Joni Yaskulski is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
WHAT: Reiki share
WHEN: Saturday, April 25, 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time (United States and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89922814208?pwd=bW5zd0RQRDVLUmZ3WDdoSnNnY2NJZz09
Meeting ID: 899 2281 4208
Password: Reiki
About Reiki
It is a technique for stress reduction and relaxation that allows everyone to tap into an unlimited supply of "Life Force Energy" to improve health and enhance the quality of life.
To protect against COVID-19, access veterans' healthcare from home
Press release:
VA Western New York Healthcare System is committed to providing high-quality care while keeping veterans safe from the coronavirus (COVID-19).
“Due to COVID-19 precautionary measures and out of concern for our veterans, we are honoring current social isolation and distancing guidelines,” said Michael J. Swartz, executive director, VA Western
Home-delivered meals for seniors and other resources available through GC Office of the Aging
Press release:
For any Genesee County resident 60 years of age and older in need of food, please call NY Connects/Office for the Aging at (585) 343-1611, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. for assistance.
Office for the Aging not only offers home-delivered meals for those who qualify
Byron-Bergen students selected for National Junior Honor Society

Press release:
On March 19, a distinguished group of 23 students from Byron-Bergen Jr. High School was welcomed into the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) by its President, Lauren Burke. Ms. Burke addressed the audience with a challenge: Continue to excel in the five qualities that members of National Junior
County urges state lawmakers to keep mental health competency restoration costs at 50 percent level
Faced with another proposal in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2020-21 executive budget that shifts more costs to municipalities, the Genesee County Legislature today unanimously passed a resolution calling on state senators and assembly members to overturn a plan to shift the total expense of mental health competency restoration services to counties
'The show must go on!' -- GCC's annual fashion fete makes online debut May 2
Press release:
Last fall, when the fashion students at Genesee Community College selected "Ebullition" as the theme of the College's annual Fashion Show they had no idea how ironically appropriate the term would become as they planned and developed the 39th annual show.
Defined as eruption of emotion, an overflowing
'Unprecedented inundation' has NYS Department of Labor scrambling to serve unemployed
Update - 12:45 p.m.
“We know that businesses across the Empire State are bearing the brunt of this developing economic crisis, and that means hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers’ livelihoods are at risk. But we have a resilient workforce in New York State — and that will not be diminished,”
City strategy focuses on different levels of economic downtown; Moore says no furloughs at this time
Update: April 28, 12:30 p.m.
City Manager Martin Moore specified that the $40,000 sales tax loss referred to in the story is for the full fiscal year and only related to reductions caused by sales tax revenues directed to NYS hospital payments.
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Without getting into specifics, City Manager Martin
McMurray calls for national plan for COVID-19 testing
Press release:
Today, Nate McMurray, candidate for U.S. Congress in NY-27, called on President Trump’s administration to adopt a national COVID-19 response plan that would test, track and treat across all 50 states.
McMurray also criticized his opponent State Senator Chris Jacobs for his lack of leadership in the midst