Buffalo RocketCOMMUNITY NEWS Distributing to North Buffalo, West Side and Riverside • Established in 1969 www.buffalorocket.com Publishers of North Buffalo Rocket, West Side Times & Riverside Times Vol. L ISSUE No. 17 • Thursday, April 25, 2019 Slow Roll Buffalo 2019 Slow Roll Buffalo 2019 Season Schedule May 6 Hostel Buffalo-Niag- Streets ara October 28 Community May 13 Museum of Science Beer Works May 20 History Museum Weekends: May 29 Naval Park May 11 Niagara Falls Bike June 3 Walden Park Stampede June 10 Brookdale Park May 19 SkyRide June 17 MLK Park May 24 Buffalo Marathon June 24 Broderick Park Pedal Party July 1 Freedom Wall May 29 Pride Ride July 8 Frederick Douglass June 1 Lydia T. Wright Bike Community Center Stampede July 15 Masten Park June 7 Ken-Ton Pedal Par- July 22 Broadway Theatre ty July 29 Silo City June 14 Clarence Pedal August 5 Carlton & Locust Party Streets June 22 Ride for Roswell August 12 Richardson Olm- June 28 Eden Pedal Party sted Campus July 5 Ride for Freedom August 19 Cazenovia Park July 12 Clarence Pedal Par- August 26 Downtown Li- ty brary July 27 Grand Island Bike September 2 Big Ditch Stampede Brewing Company August 11 Fire & Ice Cream Slow Roll is a group bicycle ride that meets every Monday night and has September 9 Maritime Sunday Ride expanded into a Global network of community rides. Center August 25 Beau Fleuve September 16 Niagara Fest Bike Stampede Slow Roll Buffalo, a free supported bike rides Buffalo’s sixth annual Frontier Food Terminal August 31 North Tonawan- program of GObike Buf- for all ages and skill lev- SkyRide, a fundraiser September 23 Restore Our da Bike Stampede falo and presented by els, Slow Roll Buffalo, bike ride providing rid- Community Coalition September 14 Buffalo Mar- Independent Health, for the fifth year, will ers the opportunity to September 30 Shoshone itime Fest Bike Stampede released its 2019 sched- present 26 Monday night explore the past, present Park September 28 Lackawan- ule of more than 40 free rides around the city and future of Buffalo’s October 7 Broadway Mar- na Bike Stampede and inclusive communi- with a new host venue roadways through a ride ket October 12 Snyder Bike ty bike rides beginning and route every week. highlighting our legacy October 14 Resurgence Stampede Monday, May 6th, at Each ride spotlights dif- highways—the Skyway, Brewing October 19 Kerns Ave Slow Hostel Buffalo-Niagara ferent people, places, Scajaquada Expressway, October 21 Clinton & Weiss Bowl in downtown Buffalo. and community organi- and Kensington Express- With its mission to zations along the way. way. connect communities The rides serve as Continuing Slow across the city through bookends for GObike Continued on page three. New Captain at the Helm The Board of Direc- time Academy to intro- tors of the North Buffalo duce Western New York Community Development youths to boating and Corporation announc- seamanship, developing es the selection of Capt. the Center for Innovative Shaun Patrick Smith as Education, which will be its new CEO. a first of its kind after Capt. Smith is a Unit- school program that fos- ed States Merchant ters excellence in learn- Marine Officer/United ing and founding the Cen- States Coast Guard Li- ter for Entrepreneurship, censed Master Captain, which will be comprised Ph.D. scholar and pub- of the most prominent en- lished author who has trepreneurs and business nearly two decades of ex- leaders in Western New Captain Shaun Pat- perience leading for-prof- York with a charter to rick Smith, new CEO it and non-profit corpora- make the North Buffalo of the North Buffalo tions. Community Development Community Develope- His plans include cre- Corporation as fiscally ment Corporation. ating the Buffalo Mari- self-reliant as possible. THURSDAY, APRIL 25 FRIDAY, APRIL 26 SATURDAY, APRIL 27 SUNDAY, APRIL 28 MONDAY, APRIL 29 TUESDAY, APRIL 30 WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 Partly Cloudy Rain Partly Cloudy Showers PM Showers PM Showers Showers High 62° High 50° High 46° High 46° High 52° High 55° High 54° Low 48° Low 35° Low 36° Low 33° Low 39° Low 41° Low 43° PAGE 2 BUFFALO ROCKET ISSUE 17 WEEK OF THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019 ability to put the puck in the net when in scoring position. They felt he was underutilized in Dallas and could produce for the Pens playing with high quality line mates like Beautifying WNY one yard at a time Sydney Crosby. The experiment paid Grass cutting Spring clean-up huge dividends for Pitts- Landscape design and stone work burgh as Neal scored 40 Sabres Roster Surgery goals and was named a Joe Weisbeck - Owner (716) 560-0002 first team all star in 2014- Needed 15. And he continued to FREE PIZZA: J. Smith, 121 Fordham Dr., 14216 In his two seasons as trade list. But how may produce with six consec- the Buffalo Sabres gen- teams would want a slow utive seasons scoring 21- eral manager, Jason Bot- 31 year old winger who 31 goals. But like Okpo- terill has had two busy scored a decent 14 goals so, Neal looks slow as the offseasons, swapping 10 but carries a $6,000,000 pace of the NHL game players off the roster each cap hit thorough the has evolved and gotten year as he attempts to re- 2022-23 season? faster. He produced seven store the team to playoff The Calgary Flames goals and was a healthy calibre. The net result may provide the answer. scratch when the Flames has been underwhelming James Neal has been a were eliminated in game as the Sabres continue to disappointment there five of their opening reside among the worst since signing a five year round playoff series. teams in the league. free agent deal paying Okposo’s 14 goals is One of the big ques- $5.750,000 per season actually great production tions is what to do with through 2023. Neal was on a fourth line. If Neal Kyle Okposo? In 2018- the original darling of the could drop some weight 19, Okposo earned a stats nerds at the dawn and work on his skating base salary of $3,000,000 of the analytics era. Fol- in the offseason maybe and a signing bonus of lowing a 21 goal season he could regain his form $3,000,000, for a salary a with the Dallas Stars in as a sniper that he dis- cap hit of $6,000,000. 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Distribution Robert Wright .....Web Press Operation © 2019 Rocket Communications, Inc. • Buffalo, New York PRINTED BY: GALLAGHER PRINTING, INC. 9195 MAIN ST. • CLARENCE, NEW YORK 14031 Buffalo Public Schools Buffalo Public Schools (716) 873-2594 email: [email protected] FREE TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED FROM ALL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. For more information: www.buffaloschools.org WEEK OF THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019 BUFFALO ROCKET ISSUE 17 PAGE 3 caine residue. All evidence one shooting at him. pills. recovered and submitted. The Blotter $3,202.00 USD was seized Riverside April 18, 2019 Felonies from defendant. Elmwood Avenue – Com- April 18, 2019 plainant reports that per- West Side Royal Avenue – Defen- sons unknown did take From “D” District dant arrested being pas- without permission his April 19, 2019 senger in vehicle and did FDA badge and creden- North Buffalo Delaware Avenue – Offi- West Ferry Street – Offi- admit to police he had tials along with his FDA cers observed vehicle trav- cers responded to a call for marijuana. Also recovered Buffalo black messenger April 19. 2019 eling south on Delaware shots fired at West Avenue from vehicle center con- bag. Items taken from Main Street – Com- Avenue with its passenger and West Delavan Avenue. sole area were clonzepam complainants vehicle. plainant reports that side tail light out. Upon Approximately five shots three males did break stopping vehicle on Del- were heard in the area. A into his work van through aware Avenue, a tore off separate call for six shots driver’s side door damag- corner of a plastic bag was fired on Ferguson Street ing lock, plate unknown, seen in between the center was also reported.