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SPORTS

JCC Men's Basketball Vs. Houghton JV

Thursday, November 10 2011 7 PM

Location: Olean Family YMCA

1101 Wayne Street

Olean, NY

Phone: 376-7500

JCC Men's Basketball Vs. Onondaga CC

Saturday, November 12 2011 3 PM

Location: Olean Family YMCA

1101 Wayne Street

Olean, NY

Phone: 376-7500

JCC Men's Basketball Vs. Broome CC

Sunday, November 13 2011 1 PM

Location: Olean Family YMCA

1101 Wayne Street

Olean, NY

Phone: 376-7500

JCC Men's Basketball Vs. Pitt-Titusville

Tuesday, November 15 2011 7 PM

Location: Olean Family YMCA

1101 Wayne Street

Olean, NY

Phone: 376-7500

St. Bonaventure Hockey Vs. Canisius College

Saturday, November 12 2011 1:30 PM

Location: William O. Smith Rec Center

Front & State Streets

Olean, NY

Phone: 373-RINK

Olean Eagles High School Hockey Vs. Dunkirk-Fredonia

Sunday, November 13 2011 11:30 AM

Location: William O. Smith Rec Center

Front & State Streets

Olean, NY

Phone: 373-RINK

CHALLENGER CENTER DINNER

Thursday, November 10 2011 5:30 PM reception, 6:30 PM dinner

Location: Premier Banquet Center

2000 Constitution Ave.

Olean

Scott Parazynski, an astronaut, physician, inventor, mountaineer, pilot and public speaker, will be the keynote speaker at the 2nd Annual Dresser-Rand Challenger Learning Center Celebration Dinner. The annual dinner, which is open to the public, follows last year's highly successful event that featured retired astronaut Col. Pamela Melroy as the guest of honor.

To make your reservation, contact the Challenger Learning Center at 716-379-8686 or email DRCLC director Tom Moser at Tom@DRCLC.org. Cost is $40 per person. Patron tickets are available for $50 each. Corporate tables for parties of eight people are available for $500. Checks can be made payable to Challenger Learning Center and mailed to 182 East Union Street, Allegany, NY, 14706.

Ham & Turkey Party

Saturday, November 12 2011 7:00 pm - ?

Location: Westons Mills Fire Department

Route 417

Westons Mills, NY

Price: 0.00

Free admission, food & drink

Beer & Wine Festival

Saturday, November 12 2011 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Location: Holiday Valley

Ellicottville, NY

Phone: 699-2345

Sample craft beers from around the world and New York State wines.

Best Western Events

Chicken Bar-B-Que in Westons Mills

Sunday, June 5 2011 Noon - ?

Location: Westons Mills Community Center

Olean-Portville Rd.

Westons Mills

Come join them for the best chicken BBQ in the Southern Tier.

43rd Annual Chamber Clambake

Wednesday, June 8 2011 3:30 - 8:30 PM

Location: War Vets Park

551 East State Street

Olean

Phone: 372-4433

Officials at Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce have set the 43rd Annual Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce Clambake for Chamber members and guests at Olean’s War Veterans Park, located at 551 East State Street, Olean (across from Bradner Stadium). This festive gathering represents the traditional start of the summer season in our community and offers fun, fine food and prizes for all. Music, games and loads of prizes are also a part of the Clambake.

Chamber member, the Old Library Restaurant, will be catering the event, which runs from 3:30 - 8:30 PM. The restaurant will serve up Beef on Wyck, Clams casino, Clam chowders, sausage sandwiches, BBQ Chicken, Hot Dogs, and BBQ Ribletts. The menu will also include clams (raw and steamed), peel n’ eat shrimp, Sturbridge stuffed clams, New Orlean’s steamed crawfish, peel and eat shrimp, Italian style meatballs, fruit, summer salads, ice cream sundae bar, chocolate fondue copper kettle, and more.

Tickets are for Chamber members and guests at $33 per person if purchased by June 1, with the cost of $38 per ticket June 2.

St. Bonaventure University Alumni Weekend

Friday, June 10 2011

Location: June 10-12

St. Bonaventure University campus

The Alumni weekend is held June 10-121-13 on St. Bonaventure University campus.

St. Mary's Church Festival

Friday, June 10 2011

Location: June 10-12

St. Mary's Church

202 S. Union St.

Olean, NY

Phone: 372-4841

3 big days!-Church Festival at St. Mary's- A traditional street festival in Olean, NY on W. Henley and N. Union. Local food favorites found at no other area festival: Filipino food, Wellsville Texas Hots, O'Gregor steak sandwich, pierogi, Friday outdoor fish fry, AOH Chicken BBQ, Pancake Breakfast w/ REAL maple syrup, area's largest Cake Wheel, homemade pies and more. Live music all 3 days includes 2 top bands from Buffalo! Theme Basket raffles, children's games, "I Got It" BINGO style, games of chance, street vendors, $4,000 total in cash raffles and much more! Fri Rick Bokman Classic Car Show & live oldies music. Religious processions all 3 days. HOURS Friday 5pm-11:30pm; Sat Noon-11:30pm; Sun 8:30am-6pm.

Women's Weekend

Friday, June 10 2011

Location: June 10-12

Ellicottville, NY

Phone: (800)-349-9099

To honor, educate and celebrate women! Women's Weekend features an event filled two days for females only. Geared towards a healthy, happy lifestyle, activities include: hiking, networking, yoga, kickboxing, women speakers, seminars, purse party, female comedians, spa treatment and much more!

Its the most Wonderful time of the year!!!!

December 23, 2010

All Day

Olean YMCA Midnight Basketball

for boys in grades 9p-12a; every Fri night;

for more info: 716-701-1381 or

http://www.oleanymca.org/

 

Twelve Ice Skating Days of Christmas

 December 23-31 2010

7 - 9 PM

Location: William O. Smith Rec Center

Front & State Streets

Olean, NY

Phone: 373-RINK

Through the generosity of Five Star Bank, the City of Olean Division of Youth & Recreation Services is offering FREE admission for public ice skating. There is a $2 skate rental fee.

SKIING

Holiday Valley
Holiday Valley's physical address is 6557 Holiday Valley Road, Ellicottville, NY 14731. We are at the intersection of NY Rt. 219 and Holiday Valley Road, one mile south of Ellicottville, NY. GPS coordinates of Holiday Valley: Latitude 42.26282, Longitude-78.66895 Source: Google Maps. We recommend you double check the coordinates with your gps device

 

HoliMont

HoliMont ski area is located 40 miles south of Buffalo via Route 219 to Ellicottville.
From the North—Cross the Peace Bridge and take Interstate 90 West (NYS Thruway). Take Exit 55 to Route 219 South. Follow 219 for 50 miles to Ellicottville, take Route 242 West one mile to HoliMont.

From the West—Take Interstate 90 to Exit 37. Follow NYS 86 East (Southern Tier Expressway) to Exit 21 in Salamanca. Take Route 219 North 10 miles to Ellicottville, turn west on Route 242 and

go one mile to HoliMont.

From the East—Take NYS 86 West (Southern Tier Expressway) to Exit 21 in Salamanca. Take Route 219 North 10 miles to Ellicottville, turn west on Route 242 and go one mile to HoliMont.

From the South—Follow Route 219 North through Bradford, PA, and Salamanca, then North 10 miles to Ellicottville. Turn west on Route 242 and go one mile to HoliMont.

Make your own Countdown Clocks

AS FALL APPROACHES....

Welcome SBU Parents!

Its time to welcome the SBU parents for the annual

Saint Bonaventure parents weekend. 

 September 24-26

Throughout St. Bonaventure campus
and Allegany, NY

  

St. Bonaventure University Family Weekend 5K

Saturday, September 25 2010

The Olean-area community is invited to lace up their sneakers and join the St. Bonaventure community in a recreational 5K run/walk on the Allegheny River Valley Trail. The 5K Run/Walk will be held Saturday, Sept. 25, and will begin at the SBU tennis courts at the west entrance to the university.

Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by the run/walk at 8:30 a.m. The 5K is sponsored by BonaFit, St. Bonaventure’s employee wellness program.

There is no registration fee, but a 50/50 will be held to benefit The Warming House, a St. Bonaventure student-run soup kitchen in Olean.

BONAGANY

Saturday, September 25 2010

11 AM - 5 PM

Location:

Celebrating Friendship Between Community and University Village of Allegany, NY

This is an alcohol free event to celebrate the friendship between St. Bonaventure University and the Allegany Community. Bring your walking shoes and appetite, as Allegany restaurants will be showcasing their favorite dishes along the sidewalk.

 www.sbu.edu

PNC - Nature Walk
Saturday, September 25 2010

9 - 10 AM


Pfeiffer Nature Center

Eshelman Property
Portville, NY

Take in an easy walk through our retired farmlands observing the seasonal changes in out shrub wetland, mature meadow, creek and pond edges, and the mixed hardwood forest.  Suitable for all ages
http://pfeiffernaturecenter.org

 Comedy Night
Saturday, September 25 2010

Premier Banquet Center

Constitution Avenue
Olean, NY

Comedy Night Buffet Dinner 6-7:30 pm followed by the comedy of Mark Matusof, Hatton Jordan and Tom Foss. Proceeds to benefit Olean Oilers Youth Baseball.



For information, call
Tracey 373-8767
 Michelle 373-7689
 Rene 372-5492
Laura 373-5310.

http://premierbanquets.com/

Red Knights 3rd Annual Foliage Dice Run
September 25, 2010
held @ Chaffe-Sardinia Fire Hall
 registration 10:30am-12pm; $15 per driver; $5 for rider
 benefit NYS fireman's Home & other local charities

Apple Cider Festival

Saturday, September 25-26 2010

Pumpkinville

4844 Sugartown Rd.

Great Valley, NY

 Enjoy our special weekend events. Apple Cider Pressing, Specialty Apple Desserts, Entertainment  (Sat/Sun 1-5pm).  Tempt your taste buds with our featured treats of the weekend:  Apple Fudge * Apple Cider Floats * Apple Cider Slushies * Caramel & Candy Apples

http://pumpkinville.com/

Nightmare Hayrides on Sommerville Street

October 1 - 30

Ellicottville Rodeo

Sommerville Valley Road, Ellicottville, NY

7:30 - 9:30 pm weekends only

Join us on the SCARIEST HAYRIDE in Western New York. Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings only.

The Scariest Hayride you'll ever ride. Hayride, Haunted Barn, Haunted Maze, crafts, food and lots of excitement.

Nightmare Hayride on Sommerville St. is known to be the scariest haunted attraction in Western New York. Nightmare Hayride is a twenty five minute tractor drawn hayride that will lead you down a creepy haunted path with live scary creatures. We guarantee that you will end up sitting in the persons lap next to you. Once you have successfully finished the ride you will exit off into a haunted maze that will twist and turn over one acre of land. Be prepared because once again we like to scare and now you will be walking through long dark hallways with live scary creatures that will give you nightmares. After you have made your way through the maze you will then end up in our haunted barn which features our vortex tunnel. If you have successfully made it through all of these extraordinary haunts it should end up taking a total of forty minutes.
Nightmare Hayride also offers a cook shack which will serve some spooktacular food! We also have a pavilion that you can sit and tell all your haunting stories. Come if you dare.

$15.00 each

Under 3 FREE

GROUP RATE 25 or more - $14.00 each if one person pays

http://www.ellicottvillerode.com/

What's Going On...???

ALLEGANY COUNTY FAIR

ANGELICA, NY

JULY 19th- JULY 24th

Featuring 4-H events, truck and tractor pulls, talent show and much more.

Concert featuring Jo Dee Messina and David Nail on July 23.

For fair information contact Allegany County Tourism Bureau at (800) 836-1869 or www.alleganycountyfair.org

TASTE OF OLEAN

AND

ART IN THE PARK

JULY 25, 2010

12:00pm-6:00pm

Jamestown Community College-Olean Campus, Olean NY

Come sample some of the area's finest resturant quazines or enjoy a walk around the campus while looking at many of the area's venders and art work.

ELLICOTVILLE JAZZ FESTIVAL

JULY 30-AUGUST 1

ELLICOTVILLE, NY

Spend the day strolling through the streets of Ellicotville swaying to the sizzling and bee-bopping sounds of jazz music. Have no fear because when the sun goes down the lights come on and you can still hear the music play throughout many of the bars and resturants in the village.