Feb 4, 2013 Canandaigua Connected ENewsletter 

The groundhog apparently saw his shadow, so we have six more weeks of winter.  Lets just hope it will be the kind of winter we've been accustomed to in past years and not the deep Arctic wind chill kind of winter that we survived last month! If you weren't a Seattle fan, sorry.  Actually, even for Seattle fans it was a painful Superbowl to watch.  Good thing we have Syracuse Basketball!  Enjoy being Connected!

BLUE SKIES, Donna Bennett  Like us on Facebook

 

 

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LIVE & LOCAL!

 

Eddie O's Canandaigua, 394-8810

Fri, Feb 7- Austin Hagel

Sat, Feb 8 - Buford

 

Jose & Willy's, 905-0017

Wed, Feb 5-Karaoke, 8:30

Closed Sundays, Mondays & Tuesdays.

 

Pickering Pub, 396-9060

Tues, Feb 4- Karaoke

Thurs, Feb 6 - Trivia

Sat, Feb 8- DJ

 

Inn On The Lake, 394-7800.

Fri Feb 7- Live Music in the Lounge!

 

Eddie O's Farmington, 924-8858

Fri, Feb 7- Hard Road

Sat, Feb 8- Key Dreamers

 

  
  
  
  
Mother Goose Time
Friday Feb 7
Walkers: 10:15-10:35 AM
Pre-Walkers: 11:00-11:20 AM
A program of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and a short story for babies and toddlers 6 - 24 months old and their parents. Two sessions, one for walkers and one for pre-walkers. Registration required.
  
  
Sweetheart Sleigh Ride at Granger for Valentines Day!
 
  Click on flyer above to see it bigger and get all the info! Feb 15, 12-2:30pm.  $60 per couple includes 20 minute ride, long stem rose, chocolate candy and a framed 4x6 photo! Call 394-1472 for more info or to make reservation!
 

A Family Fun Outing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAVE THE DATE!

Literacy Volunteers of Ontario-Yates Annual Adult Spelling Bee will be held on Sunday, February 9, 2014 at 1:00pm., Canandaigua Academy Auditorium. We are looking for teams of 3 to join us in this fun-filled, light-heated event. Registration fee is $300.00 per team. The event is open to the public. Raffles, concessions and entertainment round out the fun afternoon! Call LVOY 585-396-1686 for further details!

Get Involved, Canandaigua!

 

Town of Canandaigua Board meetings: 2nd & 4th Monday of every month.  Click here.

 

City of Canandaigua meetings: Click here

 

Conservative Party meetings:  Click here for Facebook page with updates. 

 

Canandaigua Tea Party Meetings are the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month. Click here for details.

 

Canandaigua School Board meetings, click here.

 

* THANK YOU for continuing to email me with upcoming community meetings!

  

Wine and Dine Your Valentine
One Water Street Market and Restaurant 
Corner of Railroad Ave and Water Street, Rushville, NY
Wine and Food Pairing Dinner 
Date: Friday Night, February 14th
Time: 7pm
Limited Seating, Advance Purchase Tickets 
$59 per person Includes Wine or $39 per person Excludes Wine
Live Music - Romantic Classical Guitar featuring Rick Spaulding 

 

Send Email to: OneWaterStreet@gmail.com 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bowl for the Cure Feb. 7 and 8

The 6th Annual Bowl for the Cure will be held Fri, Feb. 7, at 6 pm., and Sat, Feb. 7, at 4pm., at Roseland Bowl, 4357 Recreation Drive, Canandaigua. Proceeds benefit Thompson Health's Sands Cancer Center and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation. By collecting a minimum $25 donation, each participant may bowl three games at no charge. Shoe and ball rental are also free of charge. Participants raising $100 or more will receive a commemorative T-shirt.  Individuals may form four-person teams to compete in the Corporate Night Challenge on Friday, Feb. 7. Teams that raise $500 or more are eligible to compete for the Corporate Cup prize. Prizes donated by local businesses will also be awarded throughout the event.  Friday registration begins at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday registration begins at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call Committee Chair Jack Moran at (585) 394-5050, and for a registration form, click here.

 

 

Free Vein Consultations at Thompson Feb. 11

Thompson Hospital's Diagnostic Imaging Department will hold free varicose vein consultations on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 4- 7 p.mThese consultations, with vein specialist Dr. David E. Lee, will be held by appointment only, with a limited number of appointments available. To make an appointment, call the Diagnostic Imaging Department at Thompson at (585) 396-6701. For more about treatment of varicose and spider veins at Thompson, click here.

 

 

 

Canandaigua Middle School presents a production of The Wizard Of Oz, Young Performer's Edition by L. Frank Baum.
Tickets are $6 (under 5 years old free) and are on sale this week at Mobile Music and at the CMS Theater Lobby (5:30-6:30pm). Tickets will also be available at the door one hour before each performance.

Showtimes:
FRIDAY, February 7, 7:30pm
SATURDAY, February 8, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
SUNDAY February 9, 2:00pm

 

 

 

Finger Lakes Jazzercise
600 calories. 60 minutes.
Offering morning and evening classes, 7 days a week!
585-305-9225
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FINGER LAKES GALLERY AND FRAME
175 South Main Street
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Presents
 
New winter hours
Sunday-Tuesday 10-4
Wednesday - by appointment only
Thursday-Friday 11-6
Saturday 10-6
 
January through March
www.galleryandframe.com
(585)396-7210

 

 

 

Valentines Day Clearance sale runs NOW through February 14th! 

 

2014 Canandaigua Junior

Baseball & Softball Registration

 

Attention Boys & Girls: Ages 4 thru 15

 

Skills and Drills Training for 4-year olds.

Walk-in Registration will be held at the

Canandaigua Middle School Cafeteria

 

 

ONLINE REGISTRATION

 

WALK - IN REGISTRATION DATES: Middle School Cafeteria.

February 1st 11:00am-1:00pm

February 4th 6:00pm-8:00pm

 

 

FEE          LEAGUE                             AGE(AS OF MAY 1ST)

$25             Skills and Drills                       4

$50             T-ball                                       5 & 6

$80             Rookie                                     7 & 8

$90             Minor Hardball                         9 & 10

$90             Major Hardball                         11 & 12

$75             Girls U-10 Softball          7-10 (Born after 1/1/2004)

$90             Girls U-12 Softball        11-12 (Born after 1/1/2002)

 

Maximum Family Fee $175 AGES 4-12 which Includes trophy.

** Mail-In Registration is Available ** Download the registration form from our website

* $40 Fundraiser buyout fee.

 

 

 

Charter School in Canandaigua?

A group of parents, former educators, and community leaders will be applying through the SUNY Trustees for a charter school (as a free public school choice option) in our area. We are actively seeking your comments, responses and feedback so please email or call us at (585)298-0116.

  

This Classical Charter School will be located in or around the Canandaigua area and is expected to open enrollment in the Fall of 2015.  Students can enroll from Canandaigua, Naples, Bloomfield, Manchester, Victor, Gorham, Phelps, and Farmington, NY.  In the first year, we expect to have 1-2 classes per grade and start as K-6 with plans for expansion each subsequent year to be a K-12 school in 2020. 

 

The mission of Canandaigua Classical Charter School is to train the minds and improve the hearts of young people through a rigorous, classical education in the liberal arts and sciences, with instruction in the principles of moral character and civic virtue.

 

A few key components of the curriculum:

 

(1)  Content-rich traditional approach to the study of history, literature, philosophy, mathematics, science, and fine arts;

 

(2)  Acknowledgement of objective standards of correctness, logic, beauty, weightiness, and truth intrinsic to liberal arts, mathematics and sciences

 

(3) Foreign language instruction K-6

 

* A partnership through Hillsdale College Charter School Initiative* 

 Sign up for your 2014 Ad Package NOW!

Call or text me (Donna Bennett) at (585)298-0116 or email me for details!

 

 

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Macs Annual Birthday Bash
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- iPad Air
-(2) 40" Samsung LED HDTV's
- 15.6" HP Laptop
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Jobs Wanted!
1. College graduate educated in human development, writing and counseling.  Experienced in office managing, non profits, retail management and editing.  Please email me or call 585-797-4531.
 
2.  Hardware Technician/Technical Support Supervisor - 10 years experience with security and access control systems.  (585) 857-4717.
*This new Jobs Wanted section is free.  Let me help you find a job locally! Just email me a sentence or two and a contact email or phone and you're done!

 

 

 Seneca Soundwaves can get you out of the doghouse or, better yet, a  Singing Valentine from them can get you right where you want to be.  Give a unique gift this year! Give them a call to schedule your singing Valentine! 393-4731.   $20 for a song and a personal message or $45 for 2 songs, a rose and a card w personal message!

 

Canandaigua Fitness!  

Like us on Facebook www.CanandaiguaFitness.com  

 

 TONS of great $5 classes for all! No enrollment fees, just come on up and sweat with us! Click on schedule to see bigger! February Schedule is the same as January!

  

We've added INSANITY, Hip Hop Abs, Cardio Sculpt and Gutts & Butts to our existing FitCamps and Zumba/Zumba Toning classes!

Bristol Mountain !!!!!

 

TOO MANY THINGS GOING ON HERE TO LIST THEM ALL! Click here to see all the happenings!

 

  Check website for more info or Like us on Facebook  for the latest conditions and updates!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Core Watch

What is Common Core?

Common Core is the set of learning standards that 45 states agreed to as part of a 2009 national educational initiative called "Race to the Top".  New York State received 700 Million dollars in federal funding to adopt these standards. Canandaigua's portion of this was approximately $125,000.

 

What is Required?

Each district has to adopt these learning standards but the curriculum/lesson plans they use to reach these standards is up to them.  The Canandaigua City School District has chosen to primarily use the NY Dept of Ed (state made) Engage NY "Modules".  Other schools (such as St. Mary's) use their own school made lesson plans and curriculum to meet these same standards. 

 

Common Core News - National & Local

National - The five states that never agreed to adopt the Common Core standards are: Texas, Nebraska, Alaska, Virginia and Minnesota (accepted ELA only).  These states chose to use their own state standards. Many states have started legislative action to repeal Common Core (Indiana, South Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Oklahoma, New York and others). 

 

Local - In New York State, 36 districts (in the Rockland & Westchester Counties) have pulled out of Common Core altogether and have a pending lawsuit against the State regarding the Data Collection aspect of Common Core which requires schools to provide student data to InBloom (a data collection company funded by Bill and Melinda Gates). Their concerns are privacy and need for collection. This delayed the data collection aspect of Common Core until April for all NY schools.  Closer to home, due to parent and teacher concerns, Corning, Horseheads and Painted Post school districts have agreed to NOT USE the state provided curriculum/lessons from Engage NY.  More info here. See Teacher Union stance on common core here.

 

Father Daughter Dance, February 6; 5 - 7 pm at Wegmans Canandaigua. Fathers, Grandfathers, Uncles - this is your time to make lasting memories with your little princess. Hurry and Register today!

 

New Family Fitness Programs including: Family Cycling on Tuesday nights. Drop in and try it out. SPARK Fitness on Saturday mornings - Experience one of our fantastic exercise programs with the family, FREE!

 

 

 

Call Bristol Harbour today to make your reservation! 396-2200

 

 

 

Keeping up with FLCC news and events

 

Finger Lakes Community College has released its spring semester Arts and Cultural Event calendar and its 2013 annual report to the community.

 

The Arts and Culture Calendar lists college events through May, including the FLCC Faculty Recital on March 26 and the annual Spring Arts Festival - which pays tribute to Motown this year - on May 2.

 

The annual report gives highlights for the past year, such as the groundbreaking on the FLCC Viticulture Center in Geneva, and the college's goals for the future.

 

The home page for news and events at FLCC is www.FLCCconnects.com.

 

Publications of interest to the community, including the annual report, are available on the FLCC Community Affairs webpage. Click here.

 

 

 

KVD Special Valentine's Day Event  Feb 14th!
The Jones Theatre will be running that 90's classic 'True Romance' . There's no need to hire a babysitter, just pay one price and have your date night at the Jones Theatre upstairs while the kids play downstairs in KidVenture Dome!
  
The theatre has now been updated with dining counters & two VIP areas with large tables! 
The movie show starts at 6:30 pm with our previews and goofy shorts and goes until about 9pm. The cost is $15 for the first child and $12 for each additional sibling, REMEMBER, the movie is INCLUDED in the cost! Food can be bought from our menu but you can also choose to bring your own take out and drink. 
Call 315-828-6705 or get more details on the KidVenture Dome website! Or check out the Jones Theatre website!

 

 

Next FREEDOM CAMP Session is Feb 18!

 

We had a full session in December, so let's do it again!  Moms - its only $5 for your 3rd-7th grader to spend a half day on Tuesday of Feb break learning some history and other fun subjects with some friends.  This is made possible by local retired teachers.  Celebrate Presidents' Week by remembering a few of them!  Details here! 

 Need a refrigerator for your home, apartment or rental?
 

We are selling a white side by side Maytag fridge for $300 or B/O.  26 cubic feet.  Paid $1500 5 years ago.  It works great, we're just upgrading. Has ice and water dispenser.  Questions?  Email me or call 267-0872.

 

 

 

 

Lego Robotics for Beginners and Experienced Students

Grades: 3 - 5

 

Dates: Session #1: March 24, 25, 26, 31, April 1, 2

                 Session #2: April 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, May 1

              

Time: 3:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.

 

Location: Elementary School - Room 147

         

Registration Fee: $50 per session

Email for more info or call 396-5080

 

 


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