West Valley News

Seventy years of history in the Springville area SEVENTY YEARS AGO July 13, 1939 Arthur Rich defeated Evans Pugh to win the Simpson Cup at the Springville Country Club Sunday morning.

The Town Board will use comments from a Tuesday night public hearing to make some changes before it passes a proposed local law regulating wind energy facilities.

When Gov. David A. Paterson announced widespread state budget cuts in December, many New Yorkers had their mind on the potential taxing of water bottles.

A settlement may be close at hand in the state's legal battle with the federal government over cleanup issues and costs for the former nuclear fuel reprocessing facility near West Valley.

Deaths Deaths and obituaries listed in this week's Journal Richard Clark Richard D. Clark, 89, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2009, after a good, long life which was lived well.

By: Renee Hanley Wind energy discussed at Ashford board meeting Horizon Wind Energy explains proposals Wind energy was the main topic of discussion at the June 10 Ashford Town Board meeting.

West Valley kindergartners celebrate Flag Day with local Veterans Students spend time with Veterans at the American Legion every year FLAG DAY FUN-West Valley Central School kindergartners visited the American Legion on Route 240 in West Valley on Friday, June 12 as part of their Flag Day celebration.

West Valley Central School is a wonderful school Resident believes district pays for quality education Editor: I would like to respond to the recent letter from Mr.

The Cattaraugus County Health Department will begin cracking down on four spring-fed public water systems that are out of compliance with state regulations requiring filtration devices.

A The push is on for complete decontamination of the West Valley nuclear waste site in western New York.

West Valley School District voters must love high taxes Citizen says "if you liked this year's increase, just wait, next year you will like it twice as much" Editor: Several weeks ago I was surprised when a writer suggested that if I didn't like high taxes I should move from West Valley.

While pursing energy sources lets not forget that nuclear is still a non renewable resource.

Re-living 70 years of history in the Springville area SEVENTY YEARS AGO June 8, 1939 Dr.

Cutting elective art classes at WVCS too costly Retiring teacher wants elective classes to stay Editor: You can find the statistics on area school enrollments and class sizes elsewhere.

Journal files from June 1, 1939 through May 18, 1999 SEVENTY YEARS AGO June 1, 1939 W.H. Burgard is on a fishing trip at Turtle Lake Club, north of Ottawa, Canada.

Munson, Welling in race for final seat on West Valley Central Board of Education Kasmerzak is running for re-election Two seats are up for election at the West Valley Central School Board of Education.

Bernice T. Shaffer, formerly of Fulton Street, passed away Monday , at Heritage Village, in Gerry N.Y., after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her loving family.

Educators from Ukraine visit WVCS Impressed with emphasis on personal education INTERNATIONAL VISIT - Education delegates from the Ukraine visited West Valley Central School to see a broad-based example of education in New York.

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Important events are happening in our readership area, including an invitation from the Springville-Griffith Institute PTO to meet two candidates who are running for the S-GI Board of Education.