Board of Legislators County Office Building, Room 201

7 Court Street

Belmont, New York 14813

Phone: 585-268-9222

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

AGENDA

May 15, 2019

1. Approval of Minutes

- April 17, 2019

2. County Historian-Craig Braack

- Monthly Report

3. Scott Torrey, Soil & Water Conservation Executive Director

- Monthly Report

4. Brian Perkins, Youth Bureau Director

- Monthly Report

5. Laura Hunsberger, Cooperative Extension

- Monthly Report

6. Cassandra Bull, Farm to School Program

7. Old Business

8. New Business

9. Questions from the Media

10. Good of the Order

11. Adjournment

Monthly Activity Report of

County Historian: April 17 – May 15, 2019

April 17, Wednesday, attended monthly committee meeting

April 18 Thursday, Attended AM meeting of Local History Week planning.

April 18 Thursday, noon talk for Belmont OFA meal Site

April 22 Monday, Attended meeting of Board of Legislators

April 22 Monday PM talk in Cuba for Richburg Library Board on

Letchworth State Park –Earth Day!

April 29 Monday, Talk for Wellsville Library’s Monday Club on

Letchworth State Park.

April 30 Tuesday PM Talk for Andover Historical Society

May 7-21 Vacation trip to Utah

Allegany County SWCD May 2019 Resource Management Committee Report

We are working on plans for the salt storage barns in the Towns of West Almond and Granger.

We concluded Year 14 of the State’s Agricultural Environmental Management Program (AEM).

This program covers our costs to assist farms with environmental planning.

We have been approved for Year 15 of the AEM State grant funding. We were awarded the full

amount of $73,000.

We are reviewing the guidelines for the new round of consolidated funding grants to see what

projects we have that will be eligible for funding. A few towns have expressed interest in

applying for salt storage buildings and we are looking to submit grant applications on their

behalf.

Employment & Training Allegany County Youth Bureau 5 Court Street, Room 1

Belmont, New York 148 Belmont, New York 14813 Ph: 585-268-9240 Ph: 585-268-5394

FAX: 585-268-5012

Brian Perkins Director

Resource Management Committee

Youth Bureau Report April 16, 2019 – May 15, 2019

Youth – On 4/18 I attended the Youth Court Board meeting. Youth – On 4/23 I attended the monthly Traffic Safety Board meeting and talked about upcoming bike safety programs as well as car seat safety events being hosted by Ardent Solutions. Youth – On 4/24 we held the Annual Dinner Meeting for the Youth Bureau Board and Youth Recognition Awards at Off Duty. Five Local students were honored for their work in the community and Jon Nickerson, of Scio, was the speaker talking about what the world may be like if there were no volunteers. Youth – On 4/27 attended the YMCA Healthy Kids Day where I took along bike helmets and some bike safety information. It was a good event and great to get out there in the public a bit. Youth – On 5/6 attended the PPAC Family Matters committee meeting to discuss how the Healthy Kids Day event went. We also looked ahead to the summer schedule at other events that would be coming up. Youth – On 5/7 I attended a meeting at Genesee Valley Central School to prepare for the mock DWI crash event that will be happening on 5/30. Youth – On 5/8 I participated in the Office of Child and Family Services monthly phone conference for Youth Bureau Directors. I was also asked to provide the “Learning Share” portion of the phone call where I had some questions that were sent to me before to answer for the group. Youth – On 5/9 I participated in a wellness fair at Fillmore Central School. Brian Perkins Youth Bureau Director/STOP-DWI Coordinator

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County May 2019

Livestock, Ag Economic Development and Natural Resources:

Planning, preparation and advertising for winter meetings:

• Taking Care of Business online class February 25 – April 1, 2019 Wrap-up

• Farm Women Learning Circle – planning for April 10, 2019 12 attended

• HGAPs food safety plan

• Connecting farms with AU for grant project using drones for agriculture production

• Farmer Neighbor Dinner planning – September 25th at Lake Lodge

• Prep for GAPs training – May 30 & June 6th

• Planning Vegetable Growers Meetings – 2nd Wednesday of month (June-Oct)

• Prep for Gardening on Budget Workshop – June 1st

• Livestock course – 2019 Spring semester Alfred State College 7 students

• Working with 3 new beginning farmers (livestock); continuing assistance for 5 from prior months.

• Highlight of top topics addressed with individual 1-on-1: land leasing, regulations for selling products, agricultural grants, veterans ag programs, soil testing, lawn maintenance, plant ID

• Staff Development: Cornell Climate Change Seminar Webinar Series; Recipe for Success: Selling Food Products; Agronomy Scout School: Crop Scouting Fundamentals – online class

• Maintain updates for CCEAC website and Facebook page, enrollment mailing, updating database, track contacts from web and association email account, newsletter articles, deposits - ongoing

EFNEP/Nutrition:

Existing Cooperating and Referral Agencies

ACCORD, Physician offices, Catholic Charities Kinship Allegany, County Schools, Ardent Solutions, Inc., D.S.S. of Allegany County Allegany County Family Courts, Healthy Families, Families First, Families Together, Cuba Cultural Center, CORE Literacy West, Catt Community Action, The Counseling Center, & Directions in Independent Living.

• Attended and facilitated 1 ½ hour nutrition breakout session to students at ACCORD Youth Summit at Houghton College April 3rd.

• Attended 2-day training for “Finding A Balance” diabetes nutrition curriculum in Mexico, NY

Patty Amidon, EFNEP nutrition educator is currently educating at two home visits and one group

4-H and Youth Development:

• Spring has sprung in the Allegany County 4-H Program!

• On April 6, 41 members from 7 different counties participated in the regional horse Hippology contest hosted by Allegany County. As a result of the competition Allegany County will be sending 2 members on to the State level competition held in May.

Several workshops have been held over the past month in various locations: • Due to the popularity of the first parasite clinic, Alfred State held a second clinic on April 10th. • On April 23rd the State Vet hosted a workshop at the Angelic Fairgrounds. It was designed to

help prepare members for bring their project animals to fair. • April 27th Hermann Weber instructed a poultry workshop at the Extension Office in

Belmont. As a result of his workshop, 90 market birds were ordered and will be arriving tomorrow!

• In addition to the workshops and clinics, the Cuba Cheese fundraiser was delivered. 44 members participated and raised over $1500. This money will be used for the end of the year 4-H trip.

Individual 4-H Clubs also remain busy: • The Mighty Makers, once again participated in Hot Dog Day at Alfred State. • The Country Mountaineers, Mighty Makers and Friendship Everlasting have been actively

raising money for Project Clover Aid. Members are planning to visit Nebraska at the end of June and provide additional support.

• The Furry Friends hosted a Rabbit/ Cavy Show in the Olean Mall this past weekend. • Prefair entries have arrived, horse members have met and completed many of their required

forms. Fair packets are being assembled, awards are being ordered and fair preparations are well underway!

Horticulture and Master Gardeners:

Lecture on Basic Gardening @ Literacy West 4/17/19

Junior Master Gardener Program Options • Have made contact with the national organization • Cuba Circulating Library seems like the first place we will start the program. Potential in

Fillmore

Master Gardeners face to face • 1-2 master Gardeners will be in the office the 1st Wed. of every month starting in April for

county residents to come in and get face to face gardening help

Administration:

• Industrial Hemp Grower meeting on April 10, 1-4 pm, 42 attended

• Regional RFP for SNAP-Education in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua due May 24

• Administrative Assistant position on hold

• Executive Director Meeting June 4-6, Java Center

Job and Life Skills Boot Camp:

• Met with the Rotary Club in Hornell (April 5th) and the Bolivar-Richburg Masonic lodge (April 17th) to recruit members. I pitched the boot camp and provided flyers for more information.

• One April 29th, two (2) volunteers that have previously served spoke at Genesee Valley HS to two (2) senior classes. They spoke about loans, credit, credit scores, and financing higher education

o Two (2) senior classes that totaled thirty (30) students at Genesee Valley HS received JLSBC training.

• On April 30th, 2019, five (5) volunteers served as “hosts” for a carnival-type Game of Life (GOL) used to teach Alfred Students how to be more financially literate. They served three (3) hours. Five (5) volunteers, three (3) of which also worked the GOL, met as the Financial Wellness Task Force for an hour to go over summer plans for financial literacy planning.

• Summer trainings are being planned in conjunction with the Allegany County Office of Employment and Training

• I approached institutions such as B-R library and Literacy West to promote the JLSBC program. We are hoping to have these latter organizations to host the JLSBC over the summer and partner with Cornell Cooperative Extension during the academic year to volunteer for the program in the schools.

• The same nine (9) students from Wellsville High School that attended class that covered dressing and preparing for an interview received mock interview training from four (4) volunteers from the community this month.

o Four (4) community members that work for major employers served as education specialists/mock interviewers for Wellsville high school job and life skills boot camp.

Farm-to-School:

Grants: • Submitted grant application on behalf of Wellsville Teacher, Ross Munson for $1,050 • Submitted grant application on behalf of Wellsville Teacher, Jaime McLaughlin for $950 • Submitted full application ($8,000) to Allegany County United way for flash freezer to be

placed at the Allegany County Jail • Writing a grant proposal for $20,000 to hire a composting coordinator that will assist

Allegany County public schools with organic food waste management techniques. This grant is through the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) and is due on May 31.

Outreach: • In the Cuba Patriot. Met with Cynthia Dutton, who wrote the article “Farm to School

Coordinator Helping Schools Eat Local” on May 1-7th issue. See attached article.

Working with Teachers: • Planning a composting meeting with Cuba-Rushford teacher, Carly Santangelo, and Cuba

restaurant owners to discuss a composting collaborative in their village. • Presented to Bolivar-Richburg’s “Farmer Fridays”, in which I hosted a focus group about

school lunch and student food preferences. This had a focus on fresh vegetables and local food.

• Helping to organize the 2019 Erie1 BOCES summer teacher conference. This will be held at Cuba Rushford CSD from August 6-8, and will have a focus on agriculture. I am organizing (and co-hosting or hosting) four 50-minute workshops about Farm to School and Ag in the Classroom.

• Compiled a list of 16 different farmers and other industries in the ag industry for Zach Owen (Andover CSD) to partner his students with for internships.

REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS: • Attended the 2019 Farm to Institution of New England conference in Amherst, MA from April

2-4th. • Organizing a day-long USDA certified Farm to School Cafeteria training for cafeteria

managers in the WNY region. This is in collaboration with two other CCE offices and will be held East Aurora on August 20th, 2019.

Farmers and Successes:

• Interviewed two beef farmers with Allegany Limestone CSD and Hinsdale CSD to decide which farm to start a partnership with.

• Hinsdale CSD started purchasing thin-sliced steak-um, ground beef, and bacon from Sugar Haven Farms in Rexville, NY.

• Contacted Whitesville Poultry, who is interested in selling their eggs to Wellsville and Whitesville CSD.

• Hinsdale CSD started serving Wheatfield Farms (Tonawanda) lettuce for their salads. • Confirmed which Cuba Cheese / Great Lakes Cheese companies are NYS products (comprised

of 51% milk produced in NYS). Disseminated this information to local cafeteria managers. This product is already used by them and most food service industry providers, but was unconfirmed as a NYS product.

• Contacted 8 farms (7 in Allegany County, and 1 in Wyoming) that are involved in the Allegany County Sheriff’s office processing partnership. 5 of the 8 are participating in the inaugural year of the project.

• Hinsdale CSD is procuring free range eggs from WNY. • Genesee Valley CSD served pork sausage produced in Wellsville, NY as part of a sausage

pepper and onions meal.

STORY (Science & Technology Opportunities for Rural Youth) Project:

The Invasive Species STORY program ended with a wonderful presentation on April 27: • Held in Wyoming County, 30 family and community members attended to hear the

projects from CCE Wyoming, Allegany and Orleans The current program on Biosecurity, began on Sunday, May 5th.

• This group is going to research issues around the biosecurity topics directly related to the destruction and devastation that has and that continues to take place in the mid-western states such as Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa.

• Topics such as how to dispose of over a million dead calves/cattle, how to prevent diseases from spreading from the carcasses, how to handle the sick and injured living livestock, how to handle the millions of bushels of corn, oats, soy beans, wheat, etc. that are scattered over so many acres due to the collapse of grain bins, how to deal with over 800,000 acres of crop and pasture land that is under water and/or contaminated with silt, sand, debris, etc.

• Planned field trips include (to include Wyoming County) o Lakewood Vet Clinic and learn from Doctor McNeal o Shur-Gain feed mill in Strikersville o Mt. Morris Dam to learn about the various bio security measures they each have in

place and bio security issues they might have experienced through the years.

Has spring fever inspired you to eat more healthfully?

MyPlate recently introduced “Start Simple,” which

aims to bring our attention back to attainable, affordable

ideas that make healthy eating something we can all do

successfully.

Focus on whole fruits—add fruit at breakfast and enjoy

a piece at lunch. Try adding fresh, canned or frozen fruit

to cereal or yogurt to start your day.

Vary your veggies—spring is here and soon lots of local produce will be available at farmers’ markets and in gro-

cery stores. When you cook vegetables, make extra so you can add them to salads or sandwiches or eat as a snack.

Add more vegetables to soups, stews and casseroles than what is called for in the recipe.

Vary your protein routine— next time you make tacos, consider adding a different protein like chicken, shrimp

or black beans. When you get to break out that grill again (finally!), try cooking fish or seafood

Make half your grains whole—Use brown rice in your next stir fry. Try a new whole grain like quinoa and use it

to make a grain bowl by including leftover protein (chicken, beef, pork, fish, beans) and some left over vegetables.

Add your favorite dressing.

Move to low-fat or fat-free milk and yogurt—Enjoy a yogurt parfait for breakfast or as an afternoon snack.

Add some fruit and nuts and you will include food from three of the food groups!

Drink and eat less sodium, saturated fat and added sugars—eat at home more often and use the Nutrition

Facts Label to learn about the amount of sodium, saturated fat and added sugars in the food and drinks you buy.

For more information about healthy eating, visit www.choosemyplate.gov

In Season This Month: Asparagus

Start looking for fresh, home grown asparagus this month. Asparagus comes in white and

green varieties. Green is the most common variety in the United States. White asparagus is

grown underground and does not receive any light, so the plant does not produce chlorophyll

which makes the plant turn green.

Choose firm stalks with buds that are tightly closed. Store stalks with a damp paper towel

wrapped around the ends in the crisper section of your refrigerator. Eat asparagus soon after

buying it as its flavor decreases each day that it’s stored.

EFNEP Newsletter

Produced by Cornell Cooperative Extension Allegany County May 2019

For more information about this and other Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County programs, call (585) 268-7644 #20 .

www.facebook.com/adoptinghealthyhabits

With your child, visit your local public library and borrow

“First Peas to the Table” by Susan Grigsby. It tells the story

of a school that starts a school vegetable garden and who

has a First Peas from The Garden contest like Thomas Jef-

ferson did at his Monticello garden. Look for fresh peas at

local farmers’ markets.

Ingredients: 2 containers (5.3 ounces) fat-free plain Greek yogurt 1 green onion, thinly sliced 2 teaspoons, dried parsley 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder Assorted raw vegetables, washed and prepared for eating Directions: 1. Wash hands with soap and water. 2. Stir together yogurt, green onion, parsley, salt, black pep-

per and garlic powder. 3. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator overnight. 4. Serve with washed and prepared fresh vegetables. Source: Healthy and Homemade 2019 Nutrition and Fitness Calendar, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

Vegetable Dip

Serves: 20 Serving: 1 tablespoon

Building Strong and Vibrant New York Communities

This material was funded by the USDA’s

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.

The EFNEP program provides nutrition education to low-income families and children in counties throughout New York State. A series of 8 classes is offered to adults in a variety of settings. Workshop series include: Eating Smart Being Active Family Nutrition Education Curriculum Finding A Balance — Diabetes Healthy Children, Healthy Families Healthy Cents Breastfeeding A series of 6 classes is offered to youth aged 8-12 in school and at after school loca-tions. Workshop series include: Choose Health: Food, Fun and Fitness Cooking Up Fun! Vary Your Veggies If you or your organization are interested in scheduling classes, please call your local nutrition educator:

Patty Amidon Cornell Cooperative Ext.

Of Allegany County

(585) 268-7644 #20 paa79@cornell.edu

Cornell Cooperative Extension is an employer and educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities and provides equal program and employment opportunities.

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WELLSVILLE-On the afternoon of Saturday, April 27th, ther� viere some yery happy people in Wellsville. ·No, they didn't catch the biggest fish in the Lions Club Trout Derby, but they

. did capture a lot of hearts at the Wellsville high school audito­rium. The Beats 3rd annual showcase presented dancers with differing abilities who shared their love of dance and createcl,a very delightful afternoon that passed all too quickly.

Three years ago Kate Martelle, Beats founder, realized the community needed a place for our special needs community to share their_ passion for dance and meet people who are just like themselves .... so she created one! -Before the performance began, Kate encouraged the audience to be enthusiastic in their response to the dancers. "You can clap; hoot or holler," she said. And the audience had good reason to ·

during the lively performances by 'Steps Arc Angels from Wellsville and A Moving Experience from Monroe County.

Arriving early, to ensure a good seat, we •waited in the caverno�s auditorium with many of the qancer's families. I talked with Chkkie Christie Perry who told me her daughter, Jessica Christie, age 34, was going to dance on stage for the first time. "She has always loved to dance.

She was so excited she woke me up early �is morning, wanting to get ready, wanting it to be noon, wanting to-dance." Jessica, who has cerebral palsy; a hearing impairment, is considered mildly challenged, lives at home with her mom and dad. She has been involved with Allegany Arc for the last 29 years. "She has grown leaps and bounds; �he plays basketball, goes to both the Wellsville and Olean YMCA, and Il(?W this dancing. She_loves dancing, music, and movies. She loves being out of the workshop setting and into the .world. She Joves it all," Chickie told me.

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Experience, and both perfor­mances were a moving experi­ence. The dancers displayed such pure joy, it quickly spread to the audience. Next came a solo from Manda, from Wellsville. Her interpretive dance to the-inspira­tional pop song brought tears to my eyes. Her performance was so honest, elegant and beautiful. She stpod triumphant, arms spread wide, face to the heavens.

Each performance seemed better than the last as the dancers seemed to: relax and the iudience interacted more ·with them. All .the music was upbeat, uplifting and fun, Notable were two songs from the World's Greatest Showman: "A Million Dreams" and the iconic, empow­ering '.'This Is Me" and the Andra Day anthem, "Rise Up." The themes of the dances were about self-acceptance, sharing, friend­ship, reaching out and helping someone who is down. Their performances shone with such healing good vibes that if they could bottle those vibes and .sell it, I'd be first in line. I can't imagine that anyone could leave without feeling a·little happier, a little niore connected, a lot more inspired.

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. from near and far to the annual Wellsville Lions Club Trout Derby for1:he opportunity to catch one of the many tagged fish worth cash prizes ranging from $25 to _a couple thousand dollars. That's the draw, but it's not the only reason why they choose tp travel here and participate. Some come.for the fishing in the mighty Genesee' River, while others come for the comradery of friends or _family. Whatever their reasons, they all have a great time and take back many memories and stories to last a lifetime.

Saturday's start wa� tn,ic_al derby weather-temps _in'the low 30s with snow followed by a light, misty rain. Although registration and attendance was about the same as pr-evious years, I didn't see that many out fishing-participants may have been reluctant to leave tli�·

· comfort of sleeping as it ha_d been a cold night for those camping at one of the popular places near the river. It had also been windy, and over at Island Park I heard talk about two of the port-a-johns blowing over in the night.

The Kids Tournament, spon­sored by WJQZ Radio, was again held at the Wellsville Rod & Gun Club. This year there were about 42 children fishing; that number is down a little but those who were there were enjoying themselves. They came dressed in winter garb feauµ-ing Spiderman, the Aveng­ers, and My Little Pony with pink rubber boots and red, white, and blue cowboy bo9�. Some w�r� also ·

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• . morning, a very niceS_oon after six-year-ol Cassidy ·of Belmont c her 26th one o( the n asked her secret and worms are her bait o:

This year's_winnei age group were (Boy, Adcferman of Olean ii Emerson Ely of Belia Kayden Lewis of Boli (Girls) Haylee Cassid in 1st; Elaina Sherm, Braleigh Warnica ofl 3rd. Winners in the 7 bracket were (Boys)! Cassidy of Belmont ii Mezydio in 2nd; and: Herbstritt of Andovei (Girls) Allison Applel Alexa Ely in 2nd; and Tompkins in 3rd. Eve home with somethin1 didn't catch a fisb.

Qver at th'e adult c handful of tagged tro caught by the end of and one of those·was still had last year's ta worth nothing!

At the 'tar end of t Island Park there wa: proud fisher-woman. those who came with Cameron Mills, NY, I th,e derby sev�r?l tirn