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Members of The Batavian Club receive more than $300 in gift certificates. These are gift certificates that be used in the same local businesses we all patronize every day.

An annual membership is a mere $60. So think about it, use your first $60 in gift certificates and the rest of your membership package is like getting free money. Who doesn't like free stuff?

Sign up with an annual recurring payment instead of a one-time payment, and save another $10 off your membership fee. More free stuff!

You're helping to support The Batavian's mission to bring you the best local coverage and supporting local businesses at the same time. Everybody wins.

Here's what you get:

• Adam Miller Toy and Bicycle, $3
• Alex's Place, $5
• Alli's Cones & Dogs, $3
• Batavia Country Club, $5
• Batavia Muckdogs, Two free GA tickets
• Beds-N-Bones Pet Lodge, $5
• Blue Pearl Yoga, $10
• Center Street Smoke House,$5
• City Slickers, $4
• Dan's Tire, $5
• The Detail Shop, $2
• En Garde, $5
• Floral Fantasies, $3
• Great Kutz, $3 on haircuts
• Hardcor Audio, $20
• Jagged Edges Salon, $5
• The Mane Attraction, $5
• Main St. Pizza Company, $3
• Max Pies Furniture, $100 on $500 or more retail value
• Millennium Computer, $20 on $100 or more purchase
• R&D Outlet Center, $5
• R.W. Vapors, $5
• Santino's Pizza, $5
• Settler's Restaurant, $5
• Smokin' Eagle BBQ & Brew, $5
• Sweet Pea's Cupcakery Cafe, $2
• Valle Jewelers, $25 on $100 or more retail value
• Vinyl Sticks
• West Main Wine and Spirits, $3

There are three ways to join: Use Paypal (buttons below), call us with your credit card information, or mail us a check.

Call us at (585) 250-4118 during regular business hours.

Download this form and mail it to us with a check.

We’re having an Open House! Join us on June 13th from 10 a.­m - 3 p.m. for a tour of the hospital and to meet our staff. We’ll have ice cream and will feature baby farm animals. Our vendors will be in attendance with information about their products and we will be highlighting some of our new services. Take a tour of the surgery suite, watch a live ultrasound, look at some interesting X­-Rays, and much more! We invite you to spend a fun day learning more about veterinary medicine and State Street Animal Hospital. Gift bags, door prizes and more! We look forward to seeing you there!

The Housing Council at PathStone is operating rental property workshops! Providing landlords the essentials to succeed in the business of operating residential rental property.

The workshops will be held Saturday June 20 • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers, 1 Batavia City Centre, Batavia.

Special Guests: Thomas Williams, Esq. • Neighborhood Legal Services, The Housing Council at PathStone. 

Fee: $45 -- Pre-registration is required.

For more information or to pre-register over the phone with a credit or debit card, please call 546-3700. Register online at www.RocLandlord.com.

Please make checks payable to: The Housing Council at PathStone.

The Housing Council at PathStone - www.RocLandlord.com -- The Landlord Resource Center. A nonprofit, HUD-approved housing counseling agency. The Housing Council at PathStone provides ongoing landlord business workshops in the City of Rochester and in Monroe County. The landlord business workshop is designed for small landlords, property managers, and individuals thinking about entering the rental property business. Invest in improving your business skills today and get the confidence you need to succeed in owning or managing rental property. Topics include: fair housing laws, screening and selection of tenants, leases & security deposit, overview of eviction process.

Sponsored by the City of Batavia.

Don't miss this open house - Sunday from 12-2.
Walk in and fall in love with all of the charm this quant, well maintained home is filled with. Many updates, with many of them being recent; new dining room, bathroom and floors throughout downstairs, new gutters, new thermal windows and deck etc. There's also a nice yard that is fenced in. All natural woodwork throughout. This home is in a great neighborhood and LeRoy schools are excellent! The price of this home was just drastically reduced as owners are motivated to sell. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please feel free to call Matthew or Stacey Gabbey at (585) 734-5824 if you have any questions or we hope you will venture out on Sunday. 

The Genesee Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce an addition to their 2015 concert series. They will perform free of charge at Jackson Square, Downtown Batavia, at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 12.

"This is a departure from our typical four-concert schedule," says Board Member Patty Hawley, "but not unheard of. The GSO has performed benefit concerts in the past."

While this is technically a free event goodwill donations will be gratefully accepted.

"Like any local nonprofit, the GSO depends on the support of local arts agencies and our loyal audience," Hawley says. "This is a way for us to reach out to people who may be unfamiliar with the GSO while raising some much-needed funds for programming." 

Greg Docenko, GSO's concertmaster, will conduct the orchestra through a series of popular tunes. The musical selections include: "Star Spangled Banner," "Gabreielli," "Blue Danube," "My Fair Lady," "Can Can," and Brass Group featuring Kevin MacLaud, Typewriter, Pirates of the Caribbean, "The Frog Prince," "Star Wars" Theme.

The GSO is also looking for board members to begin serving in August 2015. Terms are three years in length. For more information about this concert of how you can become a GSO board member contact Paul Saskowski at psaskowski@geneseearc.org. 

Solid Village ranch on great street with a nicely landscaped large lot that backs up to fields! Little bit of country with Village amenities! This 3 bedroom home is very spacious and has a lot of extra bonus rooms in the basement that adds quite a bit to the living space! Front sunny dining room leads to eat in kitchen that opens to large and pretty family room with cozy gas fireplace. All very open and perfect for easy entertaining!  Roof, window and siding less than 10 yrs old-new front porch 2 yrs, and many interior updates as well within last year! MUCH bigger than it appears from curb! Check this one out!

Dr. Russell Marchese Jr. -- 585-343-2711. Like us on Facebook for more information.

• Massive Air Balancing
• Advanced Podiatry
• Kreative Kitchens and Designs
• Knights of Columbus (Batavia)
• Five Star Bank
• Bank of Castile
• Knights of Columbus (Le Roy)
• S & S Limo
• First Choice Travel
• Mike Stasko 
• Ameri-prise Financial
• Dr. Salmon

When we recently upgraded the software for The Batavian, the ability for users to edit comments disappeared.

That was one of a few bugs that crept up with the upgrade that we've been working through.

We've always had the ability for users to edit their own comments. An option rarely available on news Web sites. I know it's a popular feature, but it's also a feature that has been abused by a few people looking to not just correct spelling and grammar, but alter the history of what they've written. For that reason, I've sometimes wanted to limit the ability of people to edit comments particularly the here-and-there, occasional commenter, which are the ones most likely to remove a comment or substantially alter its meaning.

Also, all this software support is expensive. The Batavian needs the support of readers, and not just advertisers, to really thrive.

When it came time to get comment editing back again, I decided we're going to have a change in policy: Comment editing will only be available to those who have paid to join The Batavian Club.

The Batavian Club helps us pay the bills. We need your support. In exchange, membership more than pays for itself with the $300 in gift certificates to local businesses you receive. If you love The Batavian and love saving money, there's really no reason not to join.  

So, join today!

(BTW: If you're a member and can't edit comments, send me an e-mail, howard@thebatavian.com. I may not have properly tagged your user account.)

UPDATE: We also just launched a new search function on the site.  It's faster and offers some additional features to help return better results.  I forgot to mention earlier as well, we also upgraded the thumbs up/thumbs down in response to reader request.  Instead of an aggregate result of positive or negative votes, you see the total of how many ups and how many downs each comment gets. 

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Register today for our 3rd annual Glow Corporate Cup!
At 6 p.m. Aug. 6, Merrill Lynch in Batavia will sponsor the third annual GLOW Corporate Cup. Each year local businesses form teams to compete in a 5K race wherein the company with the lowest combined time takes home the GLOW cup. Following the race is the region’s largest office party. Businesses are encouraged to set up tents in Centennial Park, bring refreshments and prepare to have a great time as they mingle with other local companies. Live music is provided as runners and supporters enjoy the post race “AfterGLOW.” 

Last year the race included 700 runners and more than 1,000 people participated in the post-race celebration. In the first two years, more than $30,000 was raised for the GLOW YMCA and this year event is expected to exceed last year's total in participants and funds raised.

“Our purpose is to bring the businesses of the GLOW region together for a common cause,” said Joshua Dent, one of the race organizers. “The after-party was intended to celebrate the outstanding companies we have in the region that are giving back to their community.” 

The GLOW YMCA serves the communities of Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, and Wyoming counties.

“This year we would like to see even more participants from beyond Genesee County,” Dent said.

Registration is $25 per person and individuals must be 18 or older to participate. The route has been certified as a USA Track and Field Course. All funds raised go toward programs for the GLOW YMCA.

Register today! Click here for more information. Questions concerning the event may be sent to: info@glowcorporatecup.org

Rock your prom look with a little help from us!
Rent your tuxedo from Charles Men's Shop and get fit by professionals. Men know they can trust our years of experience to help guide you and your date in getting the perfect match for her dress. Check out our HUGE selection of tuxedos and accessories like vests, ties, shirts -- every color available! After you've selected your tux, choose from a variety of cool sunglasses -- totally FREE. We carry the hottest designers like Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, Tony Bowls, Saavi, David Tutera and Allure. We have got 'em all and we make renting easy!

• Professional service
• FREE sunglasses
• FREE custom tailoring
• FREE parking behind store
• HUGE vest selection - even CAMO

See you at Charles Men's Shop in Downtown Batavia! Located at 200 E. Main St. -- Route 5, corner of Main & Center streets.

The people who have joined The Batavian Club over the past two years have helped The Batavian tremendously. The membership dues have helped pay dues and helped us make more use of freelancers.

We even ended up hiring a contract worker to send out the most recent batch of membership kits (long, long overdue, which had a lot to do with my decision to just say, "I should hire somebody to do this work.").  

Join now and help us do more. We have a good group of people willing to help The Batavian and I'd like to throw more work their way. Join The Batavian Club and help employ local people.

You love The Batavian, so help us get better.

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• April 22 -- Do I have what it takes to own a small business?

• April 29 -- Can I earn a living through my passion? Maybe I should buy a business?
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May 6 -- Why didn’t I think of THAT business?
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May 13 -- The Sniff Test, assessing your business idea!

• May 27 -
- Trials, tribulations & skills of a successful business leader
• June 3 -
-  Marketing strategies to increase sales

• June 10 -
- Using financial information to guide my business
• June 17 --  Learning to “manage” a business
• June 24 -- Business plan presentation and networking