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"Comedy is unique voices in ways that of celebrating comedy in Representative Tom Reed. a true art form with an all its forms” and officially engage, inspire, educate and "We are honored that designates the Center as the entertain. this legislation has been CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 JAMESTOWN GAZETTE 2 www.JamestownGazette.com COMMUNITY March 18, 2019 Get Ready for spring cleaning with the annual Jamestown Concert Association Presents: Chamber Orchestra Kremlin Home & Garden Friday, March 22nd | 8pm Insert St. Luke's Episcopal Church Tickets may be purchased at: The Reg Lenna Center for the Arts box office (716) 484-7070 Chautauqua Music On the Stands Germaine & Pappalardo Tickets may also be purchased at the door of the performance March 25th! Dedicated to Great Music This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Tri-County Arts Council The Jamestown Concert Association receives funding from the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, the Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation, and the United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County. Calling all Heroes! Nominate someone making a difference in your community for the Axel W. Carlson “Unsung Hero” Award TODAY! crcfonline.org/unsunghero Deadline April 1 In Memoriam WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE BECOMES A MEMORY, THAT MEMORY BECOMES A TREASURE December 1, 2018 December 3, 2018 Lois Corrine (Turner) Szabrak, 94, formerly of Lakewood Roger N. Marsh, 85 of Frewsburg David F. Koch Funeral, Sandusky, Oh. Peterson Funeral Home Joseph Burger, 83, of Jamestown Christine Manelick, 80, of Pittsfield Hubert Funeral Home Nelson Funeral Home Floyd Duane Segerlin, 90, of Jamestown JAMESTOWNWayne GAZETTE R. Oste, 64, of Jamestown Hubert Funeral Home Falconer Funeral Home March 18, 2019 OBITUARIESCharles T. “Chuck” Parker Sr., 75, of Sherman www.JamestownGazette.comDwight G. Saulsgiver, 58 of North Warren Jordan Funeral Home New Creation Assembly of God Church3 Charles “Charlie” Lewis Raven, 66, of Sherman Christopher J. Wilson, 55 of Jamestown Spitzer Funeral Home Larson-Timko Funeral Home Patricia E. “Pat” (Johnson) Cherry, 71, of Randolph VanRensselaer & Son Funeral Home Jamestown Concert Association to Robert “Bob” Thompson, 66, of Ripley Mason Funeral Home December 5, 2018 Eleanor A. Niesciur, 94, of Clarence Nancy Balling, 78 of Jamestown Larson-Timko Funeral Home Nelson Funeral Home Present Chamber Orchestra Kremlin Lois Ann Wilcox, 75 of Jamestown December 2, 2018 Lind Funeral Beatrice M. “Bea” Vincent, 94, of Salamanca Dorothy “Dot” Emmott Johnson, 95 of Jamestown VanRensselaer & Son Funeral Home Lind Funeral Home Article Contributed by this event are available at the Valerie (Biekarck) Lynde, 83, of Bemus Point Lind Funeral Home OBITUARIES Jamestown Concert Association Reg Lenna Center for the Arts Pearl I. (Rhodes) Cargill, 69, of Lakewood VanRensselaer & Son Funeral Home December 6, 2018 box office (716-484-7070), Carl F. Godfrey, 91, formerly of West Henrietta Marvin D. Cummings Sr., 80 of Forestville Falconer Funeral Home Lind Funeral RilesHome & Woolley Funeral Home The second half of the Jamestown Chautauqua Music, and Germaine Kevin R. Duntley,March 67, of South Dayton 6th, 2019 DiStasio Funeral Home Nancy L. Miller, 85,Ross ofEmery Lakewood Munson, 89 of Dewittville Concert Association’s season will & Pappalardo. Tickets will also Alfred Welker,Hector 93, of J.Jamestown Mareri, 87, of Falconer Freay Funeral Home commence on Friday, March be available at the door: $20 for Lind FuneralFalconer Home Funeral Home Lind Funeral Home 22nd at 8pm, featuring Chamber adults, $17 for seniors 65+, $7.50 Elaine Tutmaher, 91, of Chandlers Valley Arlene M. Wiedenhofer, 87, of Jamestown Orchestra Kremlin. Thisfor college students, and Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home Lind Funeral Home performance will take place at students 18 and under have free Lucy Rosetta Whipple, 102, of Falconer LOVE IS TAKING TIME TO REMEMBER St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in admission. VanRensselaer & Son Funeral Home downtown Jamestown. March 7th, 2019 Willard Hebner Jr., 53 of Portersville Corporate sponsors for this concert James B. Huckelbery, 66, of Kennedy Nelson Funeral Home Chamber Orchestra Kremlin was are Jamestown Community Peterson Funeral Home Jarold D. Hall (Jerry), 88, of Warren founded and continues to be led by College and Jamestown Rental Thomas G. Morton, 70, of Corry Peterson-Blick Funeral Home Misha Rachlevsky. This renowned Properties. JCA receives funding Bracken Funeral Home group has earned national and from the Chautauqua Region Patrick Hesch, 63, of Warren Lauren Elizabeth Proctor, 24, of Jamestown Peterson-Blick Funeral Home international recognition as one Community Foundation, the Lind Funeral Home of Russia’s leading ensembles. Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation, Niles H. Doud, 91, of Gerry Consequently, this chamber and the United Arts Appeal of Falconer Funeral Home orchestra maintains a busy touring Chautauqua County. This project March 8th, 2019 schedule, and offers a variety is made possible with funds from Hector J. Mareri, 87, of Falconer March 11th, 2019 of musical programs. Chamber the Decentralization Program, a Falconer Funeral Home Howard Myers, 86, of Conewango Orchestra Kremlin’s warmth regrant program of the New York Elaine Tutmaher, 91, of Chandlers Valley VanRensselaer & Son Funeral Home and high energy create addictive State Council on the Arts with the Donald E.