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Feb 11, 2013 Canandaigua Connected ENewsletter
 I just realized that probably just under half of you reading this don't know the Crosby, Stills and Nash song. Oh well, it's a good one - Google it! Valentine's Day is this Friday. Don't have a date? No matter - the song's lyrics can mean to love yourself, too! When I get sappy like this, people call me granola and hippy, etc. I've never been a fan of labels. In high school, I was friends with the geeks, the jocks, the smokers, and even the popular girls said hi to me once in awhile. On Valentine's Day, I still contend the best relationship is the one you have with yourself. This Friday, enjoy the other people around you, too, as added bonuses to your already abundant life.
BLUE SKIES, Donna Bennett 
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**Wed, Feb 12th 10:30am - Informal info session on the proposed Classical Charter School of the Finger Lakes at Canandaigua Starbucks on Routes 5/20. Email for details or see ad below. **
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| LIVE & LOCAL!
Eddie O's Canandaigua, 394-8810
Fri, Feb 14- John Carter
Sat, Feb 15 - TBA
Jose & Willy's, 905-0017
Fri, Feb 28- 34 Feet Deep with Turkey Sanchez, pm(Nicks's 28th Bday celebration on the 28th!)
Now open on Sundays, too!
Pickering Pub, 396-9060
Tues, Feb 11- Karaoke
Thurs, Feb 13 - Trivia
Sat, Feb 15- DJ
Inn On The Lake, 394-7800.
Fri Feb 14- Big Blue House
Eddie O's Farmington, 924-8858
Fri, Feb 14- Paul Killian
Sat, Feb 15- John Carter
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Wood Library & HWS Speaker Series: What's New on Mars?
Tuesday Feb 11, 7:00 PM
Geo-science Professor Nan Arens will explain the latest results from the Mars Curiosity mission and encourage you to think about what Curiosity's mission may mean to us here on earth.
Open Tech Hours
Thursday Feb 13, 2:00-4:00 PM
Need help with your electronic device or have questions about computers, software, or the web? Stop by our Open Tech hours with Assistant Director and Emerging Technologies Librarian Ben Lainhart,
every Tuesday afternoon. First come, first serve.
Teen Game Night
Thursday Feb 13, 6:00-8:00 PM
Video games on 2 big screens, online gaming, and plain old fashioned board games. Snacks and drinks served. This is a drop-in program-just show up! Grades 6-12.
Travel Fiction Book Club
Thursday Feb 13, 6:00-8:00 PM
Visit Ireland through travel fiction. This new group will meet monthly and be facilitated by Jeanne Crane, author of Celtic Spirit. February's book is McCarthy's Bar by Pete McCarthy.
Love Your Library Day & Public Open House
Friday Feb 14, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Join the Friends of Wood Library as they celebrate "Love Your Library Day" with a public open house. Guess the number of Hershey Kisses, and win prizes. Munch on Valentine cookies donated by Wegmans, and tell us why you love Wood Library! Tours will also be given, and staff will answer any questions about the new addition.
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| 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!
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We've filled our calendar with tons of fun and unique culinary and beverage classes all the way through May! Click here to check out our class and events calendar.
New! The Center's "Sampling Saturdays" welcome local vendors to the lobby from 1-3PM. Please visit our online calendar as "Sampling Saturdays" are not scheduled every weekend.
Do you know all the specials in the Upstairs Bistro? Wednesdays are BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle) Night with no corkage fee, Thursdays are buy one appetizer and get the second at 50% off, Happy Hour runs Wednesday thru Friday 5-7PM, Extended Happy Hour is Saturday from 2:30-7PM, and we're featuring the best brunch in town Sundays from 11AM - 2PM! Meet us upstairs!
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 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.
Classical Charter School of the Finger Lakes info meeting - Wed, Feb 12th 10:30am - Starbucks on 5/20 in Canandaigua. Next evening meeting TBA. Email for info.
* THANK YOU for continuing to email me with upcoming community meetings!
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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
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Day of Dance Saturday at Eastview
Thompson Health welcomes families to the National Spirit of Women Day of Dance for Cardiovascular Health event on Saturday, Feb. 15, from noon to 4 p.m. at Eastview Mall in Victor. Free demonstrations and lessons including belly dancing, Jazzercise, salsa, square dancing, swing, Zumba, and Slide Dancefit/R&B line dancing. The event will also include free health screenings; free massage, acupuncture and Reiki by Thompson's Spirit of Women BodyMind Team; drawings and giveaways; and heart-healthy wellness information from Thompson Health and Finger Lakes Cardiology Associates. For more information, click here.
Better Breathers Club to Meet Friday
Thompson Health's Better Breathers Club will meet on Friday, Feb. 14, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center, 350 Parrish St., Canandaigua. The Better Breathers Club meets monthly to help individuals with lung disease or breathing difficulties improve their quality of life through discussions, education and behavioral modifications. This month's topic is an "Update on Hearing Technology," led by Megan Glaspie, audiologist with the Finger Lakes Hearing Center. Call (585) 396-6177 for more information about the club. For information about Thompson's other support groups and classes, click here.
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Studio II March Minis -Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery
Oil Painting, Creating Reliefs, Acrylic Painting, Drawing & Painting Animals, Beginning Watercolor Workshop, & an
Introduction to Encaustics Demonstration are among the many classes offered in March at the Gallery!
Click here for all the details or call the Gallery at ( 585) 394-0030
Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery - 71 S. Main St
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  FREE classes are now through Feb 16!
585-305-9225
Like us on facebook!
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Valentines Day Clearance sale runs NOW through February 14th!
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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.
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Charter School in the Finger Lakes area?
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 of the Finger Lakes will be located in Phelps/Clifton Springs and is expected to open enrollment in the Fall of 2015. Students can enroll from the schools districts of: Shortsville/Manchester, Geneva, Palmyra, Newark, Lyons, Phelps/Clifton Springs, and Canandaigua. In the first year, we expect to have 1-2 classes per grade and start as a K-6 school with plans for expansion each subsequent year to be a K-12 school in 2020.
The mission of the Classical Charter School of the Finger Lakes is to
furnish every child with a broad, classical and academically rigorous 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:
- Foreign Language in grades K-5
- Latin Instruction in grades 6-9
- Emphasis on classical literature
- Research-based phonics instruction
- Instruction in the principles of moral character and civic virtue
**Wed, Feb 12th 10:30am informal info session on the proposed Classical Charter School of the Finger Lakes at Canandaigua Starbucks on Routes 5/20. A March public evening forum will also be scheduled.
A partnership through Hillsdale College Charter School Initiative
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 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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 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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Hey Canandaigua! Mac's is 8 years old!
Macs Annual Birthday Bash
Grand Prizes Include
- iPad Air
-(2) 40" Samsung LED HDTV's
- 15.6" HP Laptop
Just stop in February 8th-16th
Everybody Wins!
$$$$$ USE THIS COUPON $$$$$
******Buy any item get a second of equal or lesser value for 1/2 price*******
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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!
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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!
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Canandaigua Fitness!
 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!
L  ove is in the air! Come to any class this week through the weekend and bring someone you love for FREE - a date, friend, sibling, neighbor, daughter or son! Be creative! See you at class!
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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 for the latest conditions and updates!
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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.
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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!
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 Call Bristol Harbour today to make your reservation! 396-2200
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 FLCC offers prep course for notary exam Finger Lakes Community College will offer a preparatory course on Thursday, April 24, for those interested in becoming a notary public. Notaries public are responsible for the certification of legal documents and have the authority to administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits and depositions, among other roles. They are licensed by New York state and registered in their respective counties following the successful completion of an exam. The prep course will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in room D213 on the second floor of FLCC's main campus, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua. The course is open to the public and costs $75 per person. The registration deadline is April 22, though early signups are encouraged due to limited space. To enroll, call Charlene Fairman in the Community Affairs Office at (585) 785-1660 or email. Following the prep course, participants must register to take the exam, which is offered in Rochester most Tuesday mornings. Further information on the process will be shared during the course.
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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!
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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!
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This year's festival in June 4-8th, 2014!
Please consider becoming a Friend of Finger Lakes Plein Air. We look forward to sharing this experience with you!
* Finger Lakes Plein Air Competition & Festival
* Speaking event in May about Plein Air at Memorial Art Gallery, with Valerie Balint from Olana.org
* Preview Party and Exhibition
* Open to the Public Exhibition
* Meet the Artists Event
* Judge's Painting Demonstration with Lori Putnam
* Community Paint Out Event
* Quick Draw Event
* Lori Putnam's Judge's Painting 3 Day Workshop
* How can I help or become a volunteer?
* How can I make a donation?
* How can I buy paintings?
* Painting location offers in case of rain for the artists
Click here to fill out and info request form!
www.fingerlakespleinair.com
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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
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