FALLS MAN IS SHOT TO DEATH

A 23 year old Falls man is dead after he was shot
in the back of the head around 3am Sunday in the
1800 block of Michigan Avenue. Joshua Hayes was
pronounced dead at the Medical Center. No arrests
have been made and police are continuing to search
for a motive. It appears Hayes arrived at the scene
by vehicle. Police said he was apparaently walking or
standing on Michigan near 18th Street when he was
hit by a single gunshot.

CULINARY ARTS INSTITUTE

Falls representative Vincent Sandonato says
NCCC should consider using the former Wendt's
Dairy Plant on Buffalo Avenue for it's Culinary
Arts Institute. He says it meets the needs of
the college in square footage totalling more than
73,000 square feet including 4,000 square feet of
office space. He said parking is exceptional with
about 150 spaces to meet the needs of the faculty and
staff. He said there are truck bays and it's close to
the airport, the I-190, Buffalo Avenue, the Factory
Outlet Mall, and its a straight drive to the State
Park & attractions. The school has been exploring
putting the Instuitute in a section of the Rainbow
Mall but owner Dave Cordish wants too much money.
College President James Klyczek said he'll look at
the location but said it's a pretty far out distance from the
area the school has explored. Mayor Paul Dyster says
Cordish and the City are millions of dollars apart on the
price for the mall location.

WALKING THE ERIE CANAL

The City of Lockport has been chosen for a pilot
program that'll tout the health, educational, and
economic development benefits of walking through
the canal's cities and villages. Western Erie Canal
Alliance project manager Joan Delaro says it's called
Canal Steps and it was created with two grants. She
says the fun/fitness program comes with a self
guided walking tour booklet that directs people
along. It'll be included in a backpack that comes
with a podometer and activity book and coupons.
They'll be sold for $8.50 at the Discovery Center. The
program kicks there at 3pm Friday with a reception.
Delaro telling WLVL it's funded for at least one year and they
hope the city or other groups if the grants are not renewed.

HUSBAND FILES CHARGES

A Lockport man filed charges against his wife Sunday
after she allegedly attacked him during a domestic
incident. Twenty-seven year old Tabitha Connelly-George
is charged with harassment. Her hubby said she jumped
on his back around 3am and started choking him and
scratching his neck.

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR

State Senator George Maziarz will hold his annual
free small business development seminar Thursday
night at NCCC. Registration and refreshments will
be available at 6pm outside the G Building cafeteria.
The seminar will run from 7 till 9.

SHERIFF'S TOWN HALL MEETING

Sheriff Jim Voutour will hold another in his series
of town hall meetings tonight at the Hartland Town
Hall. It'll start at 7. It'll focus on the operations of the
department, the sex offender and Citizen Observer
programs, and recent crime trends in Hartland.

STOLEN CAR

Four people were arrested by Lockport Police just
after midnight Saturday in connection with a stolen
vehicle report. The driver was identified as 32 year old
Dereck Ford of 110 Gooding. Three women were in the
car with him including 36 year old Sharickaa Jackson,
also listing an address in an apartment at 110 Gooding.
Two others were from the Falls. They are 19 year old
Jeanine Burton of 1515 North Avenue and 29 year old
Cheryl Smith of 1117 Whitney. Police said they gave
conflicting stories about how they ended up with the
vehicle. All four were charged with it's unauthorized
use and various other offenses. They added that after
they noticed the car, Ford parked it on East Avenye and
everybody got out. The two women from the Falls
refused orders to stop and kept walking. They were
caught later on Walnut and were also charged with
obstructing governmental administration.

LOCKPORT THEATRE PIPE ORGAN SOCIETY

The Lockport Theatre Pipe Organ Society says
the Vice President of a similiar group in Rochester
will provide the music for tonight's 7 o'clock show.
Tim Schramm will play your favorite melodies and
gospel favorites at the Lockport Senior Center at
33 Ontario. Admission is $6 and there is free
parking.

TOWN OF LOCKPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A retired teacher from Roy B Kelly School will
offer a program on "Life In Colonial Times" at
tonight's meeting of the Town of Lockport
Historical Society. Karen Sherwood will talk
about how people dressed and the cultural
differences among the 13 colonies. She will also
bring a sack filled with antiques that she's collected
over the last 20 years. Sherwood says the program
will be family oriented and more of a discussion
than a talk. It starts at 7:30 at the Old Pomeroy
Schoolhouse at Lower Mountain and Leete Roads.

SIGNS

The results of a state funded study on putting up new
signs in Lockport to make it easier for visitors to
find their way around were presented to the Common
Council last Wednesday. The work was done by
Synegraphics of Buffalo but the Mayor and the Council
said the cost to to actually make the changes was
more than the City has at this time. It would come to
around $194,000. The Mayor said if the Council decides
it wants them, they should include the cost in a new
package of borrowing the city is putting together.