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A year of tumult
good people with good intentions come
together for the purpose of helping oth-
ers. Dansville Public Library
In perusing top 10 lists from past years, Where Knowledge Grows

BY MATT LEADER
matt@livingstonnews.com
It’d be an understatement to call the
past year eventful. In fact, never has
residents and had a hand in shaping our
communities.
These stories are among some of the
most read stories from our paper and
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I came across Livingston County News Founded 1872, NYS Ed Charter 1893
Managing Editor Ben Beagle’s introduc-
tion for our 2018 “Year in Review.” 200 Main Street, Dansville NY 14437
That year, the manhunt for David 585-335-6720

a year felt so busy. The tentacles of
the coronavirus pandemic weaved and
wound their way into new areas each
day. A historically contentious election
and worsening political polarization con-
tinued to divide and justified calls for
social change grew in volume and scope.
In crafting our top 10 stories for 2020,
website in the past year. But, this list
is not a numerical ranking. We believe
impact is measured by how a community
reacts or responds to the story more than
clicks.
Acts of violence are recounted in the
coming pages. They’re not pleasant to
look at, but they happened and it’s
important to recognize their significance.
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Clyde Morgan topped the top 10 list.
email: director@dansville.lib.ny.us
You’ll see Morgan again on this year’s
list. website: dansvillelibrary.org
I’ll leave you with Beagle’s closing Find us on Facebook!
thoughts for that year, which are even
more relevant today than they were then:
“Let us create a world with less vitriol,
rancor and venomous attacks,” Beagle
wrote, “and instead create a new year JOHN W. MARTIN FUNERAL HOME

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BY MATT LEADER AND and economic distress, regu-

BRENDAN MCDONOUGH
news@livingstonnews.com
Our top story of 2020
should come as no surprise
to anyone: the devastating
and ongoing coronavirus pan-
FRANK T. HICKS F. SCOTT HICKS DEREK S. HICKS
lar people stepped up to help
their neighbors. After schools
closed in March, teachers and
support staff rallied to make 1886 Rector-Hicks
sure students wouldn’t go
hungry and, later, to continue
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demic. It’s one we’ve worked

to tell since the virus started
spreading locally in March.
It’s one we continue to tell
today and, unfortunately, will
continue reporting in the com-
ing days, weeks and months.
It’s a story told in the
deaths of our neighbors, the
format. GENESEO, NY 14454
But they weren’t the only
ones. Livingston County’s
farmers stepped up to the 585-243-0995 www.rector-hicksfuneralhome.com
plate, too.
The Livingston County
Farm Bureau partnered with
Craigs Station Creamery in
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lingering symptoms in those the York hamlet of Linwood

fortunate enough to survive
the virus and in the shut-
tered business and thousands
of laid off workers filing for
distributed about 2,000 gal-
lons of milk during a give-
away on World Milk Day
June 1. Family Owned Since 1913
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unemployment. One of those who received

Nursing home residents
have been particularly hard
hit during the pandemic. In
Livingston County, five resi-
dents of the Avon Nursing
Home, four of the Conesus
Lake Nursing Home in Livo-
nia and five of the Center for
milk that day in June was
Terra Kenyon of Pavilion.
She said with two kids at
home, milk is something she
always needs in the house.
“This mean a lot. This
means so much, and I am
going to help out one of my
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Livingston County Photograph 29 North Main Street • Mt. Morris, NY 14510
The Livingston County Department of Health began the first
phase of COVID-19 vaccinations in early January 2021. It had
been about 10 months after the virus’s first case was reported. Over 100 years of public health service to our residents!
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Nursing and Rehabilitation in
Mount Morris have died after
being infected with the virus
– just shy of half of all deaths
friends and co-workers who 2 Murray Hill Drive
can not make it up here today.
So it will be good for them, Mt. Morris, NY 14510
too,” said Kenyon.
Phone: 585-243-7270
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attributed to the virus in the In December, the Food

county.
Through it all, Livingston
County, like countless other
communities across the coun-
try and globe, has come to
know a new normal marked
by an undercurrent of appre-
hension and fear and physical
and Drug Administration
announced it had approved
the Pfizer vaccine against www.livingstoncounty.us/doh.htm
COVID-19. Since then, other
vaccines from other pharma-
ceutical companies have been
approved for human use.
Healthcare workers started
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distance from loved ones being inoculated last month

Throughout the pandemic,
healthcare workers have cared
for the sick with empathy and
and New York State is poised
to start vaccinating workers
in other fields like education,
Brendan McDonough/Livingston County News file photo
Teresa Miskell hands Nathan Pollock of Geneseo some milk
for his kids in March during a distribution event at Geneseo
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professionalism. In the face
of all the death and sickness
law enforcement and public
transit starting this week.
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Central School. Schools across the county provided food for
n g 1
students during the pandemic.
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Cops kill extremist trucker

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following 3-county chase

BY MATT LEADER
DANSVILLE CHRYSLER
DODGE JEEP, INC.
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matt@livingstonnews.com 149 Franklin St. • Dansville, NY 14437

Phone (585) 335-2227 • FAX (585) 335-8791
What started as a routine traffic stop
for speeding in Le Roy soon became www.DansvilleChryslerDodgeJeep.com
anything but as
truck driver Joshua
Blessed led police
on a 46-mile chase
through three coun-
Finger Lakes Soaring Club
COME FLY A SAILPLANE!
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ties before he was

killed by authorities Scenic Rides and Flight Instruction
in a hail of gunfire on Finger Lakes Soaring Club came to
Route 20A in Gen- Dansville Airport in 1963 as the
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Joshua Blessed Rochester Soaring Club.

Before he was
killed, Blessed fired repeatedly on
authorities with the Glock 9mm he had
with him in the cab of his tractor trailer,
in once instance coming within inches of
striking a Genesee County Sheriff’s dep-
uty as he gave chase in his police cruiser.
“When he started taking shots at our
cops ... when he was trying to kill our
Forbes Road, Dansville, NY 14437
(585) 444-6213 l www.flsc.org
Alex Brasky/Livingston County News file photo
Joshua Blessed’s tractor-trailer is seen off Route 20A in Geneseo after he led law
enforcement on a chase through parts of three counties. The driver was shot and killed.
4 Murray Hill Dr.
When the FBI raided Blessed’s resi- enforcement.
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deputies, that’s when we decided to use
lethal force,” Livingston County Sheriff
Thomas J. Dougherty said at the time.
Following his death in June, local,
dence and private vehicle in Virginia,
they found a stockpile of more than
a dozen improvised explosive devices,
thousands of dollars worth of ammuni-
Following that discovery, Dougherty Mount Morris
said he believed Blessed may have been NY 14510
planning some kind of large scale attack.
“I do believe that he certainly had a (585) 243-6785
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state and federal law enforcement started
pouring over Blessed’s life, including his
online activity, and determined he was
a religious zealot and militia extremist
who harbored anti-police philosophies.
tion, firearms - including two AK-47s, a
50-caliber rifle and a .223 caliber sniper
rifle - tens of thousands of dollars in
cash and instructional manuals on how to
build bombs and avoid detection by law
plan for the future,” said Dougherty. “...
There is no doubt in my mind this man
gvartscouncil.org
is - this man was - a very real threat to a
lot of people.”
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PO Box 363, Geneseo, NY 14454
phone 585-624-3673 | fax 585.768.7311
NUMBER 3

Calls for justice sweep country, county THOMAS P.

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BY MATT LEADER visible and blatant,” said Sherwood. “So
matt@livingstonnews.com we are just standing to try and show that LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER
we our supporting our neighbors.” Residential, Commercial, Farms, Appraisals, Auctions
Social movements continued to sweep
These anti-racism demonstrations, in www.TomWamp.com

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across the country in 2020, including
turn, prompted multiple Back the Blue
right here in Livingston County. THOMAS P. WAMP
demonstrations in support of members of
In September, SUNY Geneseo stu- Certified Residential Appraiser Office 585-335-8660
law enforcement.
dents marched in solidarity against sexu- 126 Main Street, P.O. Box 6 FAX 585-335-6296
Robert Irwin helped organize one of Dansville, NY 14437 wamp1@frontiernet.net
al assault on campus.
the rides in support of law enforcement
More than 100 students marched Matt Leader/Livingston County News file photo at the end of June.
through campus before ending on
Take Back Geneseo Organizer Kara Burke “What people don’t realize is that they
Orchard Street, the center of Greek life John W. Vogel, Attorney
addresses protesters. have to make split second decisions and
at the college. Once there, event organiz-
the average person has not been put in

ers made a megaphone available to any
survivors of sexual assault who wished
to share their stories. About a dozen did.
Throughout the summer and fall, resi-
dents came together in villages through-
1979
weren’t friends with someone who was
jwvogel@jwogellaw.com
that situation,” said Irwin. “I think if
going through it... or you didn’t have to
Fax 585-335-7337
more people understood that they would
face it yourself.” realize that the police are just doing their Phone (585) 335-2238
Earlier that month, Sarah Sher- jobs.”

out the county to protest against police
killings of George Floyd, Breonna Tay-
lor, Daniel Prude and other Black men
and women.
In June, Jessica Bumbarger was one of
about 100 people who came to the corner
of Main and Chapel streets in Mount
Morris to take a stand against racism.
“For the people who say there isn’t
racism in Mount Morris - that’s b-------,”
said Bumbarger, a woman of color. “If
you didn’t see it, it’s because either you
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wood of Caledonia helped orga- And on Indigenous People’s Day in 125 Main Street
nize a rally at Monument Park at Dansville New 14437
October, members of the Seneca Nation
Main and State streets in the village. and their supporters protested against a
The gathering was to protest racism solar developer’s plan to install panels Vogel Law Office, P.C.
people of color face in the commu- on land they said held dozens of archaeo-
nity and other rural or suburban com- logical and burial sites.
munities, and also remember Daniel The protest appears to have been suc- WE ARE FAMILY WWW.TILLYAGENCY.COM
Prude, who died after being restrained cessful as in December, the developer Rene Tilly-Lyness
during an 11-minute confronta- Paul F. Tilly
announced it had removed more than
Julie A. Harcleroad
tion with Rochester police in March.
“There has always been an underlying
70 acres from two parcels in its proposal
area after an archaeological survey found 1979 MaryRuth Rowe
Mandy LaVair
racism here, and it’s kind of coming to a culturally-sensitive areas within the proj-
head and becoming a bit more, I guess, ect site.
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NUMBER 4 THE PAUL F. TILLY AGENCY LLC

A historically contentious election

BY MATT LEADER AND
BRENDAN MCDONOUGH
news@livingstonnews.com
President Donald Trump
president credit for the strong
national economy before
the coronavirus pandemic
brought it crashing down and
Biden had won, demonstra-
tors came to Geneseo for a
Protect the Vote rally.
“We are just trying to make
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votes for Biden, putting the
former vice president over the
270 electoral votes needed to Gullo’s Kitchen
win.
and Bath Design Center
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won Livingston County over
former Vice President Joe
Biden in the 2020 election
with an even larger percent-
laid no blame at his feet for
the 235,000 Americans who
had died of the virus as of
early November. According
to Johns Hopkins University,
sure that the powers in charge Livingston County’s
know that the people should
be the ones to decide the congressman, the Repub-
results of the election,” said lican Chris Jacobs, did not
organizer Chris Norton at the acknowledge Biden’s victory
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age of the vote than when he
trounced former Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Trump took 57 percent of
the vote in 2016 and 57.4 per-
cent of it in 2020. With 39.4
percent of the vote in 2020,
Biden also performed better
than Clinton, who took 35.3
more than 374,000 Ameri-
cans had died of the virus as
of press time Monday.
Biden supporters spoke of
a need to return to a pre-
Trump  baseline and of their
belief that the president, as
evidenced by his words and
actions over the last four
time.
Protesters in Geneseo
and at other similar events
nationwide were responding
to Trump’s false claim that
the counting of legally cast
ballots was “a fraud on the
American public.”
Biden’s victory became
in the days and weeks fol-
lowing the former vice pres-
ident’s victory. On Jan. 6, 3225 Genesee St., Piffard, NY 14533
Jacobs voted with more than (585) 243-4260 • www.gulloskitchenandbath.com
100 other Republicans in the
House of Representatives to
reject the election results in
Arizona and Pennsylvania. VanGelder’s Automotive, Inc.
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percent of the county’s vote Jacobs’ vote came after riot-

in 2016.
Trump voters in Livingston
County by and large gave the
years, is fundamentally unfit
to lead the country.
In the days after the election
but before it became clear that
definitive the morning of
Nov. 7, when the Associated
Press called the state of Penn-
sylvania and its 20 electoral
ers staged a violent and fatal
Foreign & Domestic Repairs
insurrection at the U.S. Capi- NYS Inspection Station
tol Building.
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NUMBER 5 (585) 243-0470

3695 Retsof Road • Retsof, NY
Human remains are manhunt suspect’s
BY MATT LEADER
www.VanGeldersAutomotive.com

matt@livingstonnews.com
GENESEO – This past February, two
manhunt that began in the summer of law enforcement had searched the
2018, when Morgan, a fugitive from night of Morgan’s flight from police
North Carolina, pointed a gun at a police and also outside the area that had been
officer during a traffic stop and then examined in subsequent searches.
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hunters were looking for deer

fled, disappearing - seemingly Morgan fled his home in Wilmington,
antler sheds in a wooded area
without a trace - into a nearby North Carolina, authorities said in 2018,
off Route 20A when they stum-
cornfield. because he feared arrest after mari-
bled upon skeletal remains that
In analyzing Morgan’s juana was discovered in his residence.
appeared to be human.
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remains, authorities confirmed According to court records, Morgan 4376 Lakeville Road,
It took months for mitochon-
that after fleeing the traf- pleaded guilty in July 2002 to one count Route 20A, Geneseo
drial DNA test results from the
fic stop, Morgan shot himself of conspiracy to possess with intent to 585-243-3174
University of North Texas to
once in the head, Livings- distribute methamphetamine. He was www.drkochortho.com
confirm what many suspected
ton County Sheriff Thom- sentenced to 17-1/2 years in federal
after the grisly discovery: the
David Clyde as J. Dougherty confirmed. prison.
remains were those of David
Morgan Shortly after Morgan’s remains Family members told investigators that
Clyde Morgan.
The confirmation in August
were discovered, Dough- before he left North Carolina, Morgan 585-226-6120
erty described the area in which they was desperate and making comments
brought to an end an investigation and
1991

were found as just outside the area about not seeing them again.

NUMBER 6

Shopper stabbed in unprovoked attack

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BY MATT LEADER After the incident, Geneseo

matt@livingstonnews.com Police Chief Eric Osganian 2606 Lakeville Rd., Avon • 1/4 mi. north of I-390, exit 9
described the scene inside
GENESEO – Shoppers
at Geneseo’s Walmart were Walmart as “chaotic” and
going about their said officers had recovered
business in one after- the knife Cunning-
ham used in the
LIVONIA
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noon in June when

a Schuyler County attack.
man, apparently in “Larger than a
a grips in a schizo- pocket knife - it’s
got a four-, five-
phrenic episode, Wine & Spirits
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stabbed a woman inch blade,” Osga-

multiple times in the nian said at the
store’s dairy section. time. “We don’t 3 Main Street, Livonia, NY 14487
Gregory believe he pur- Shurfine Plaza • 585-346-9042
Shoppers at the
Cunningham chased it from the
scene told the Coun-
ty News they’d seen store. We believe
the man, later identified as he had it when he went to the
24-year-old Gregory Cun- store.
ningham, stab the woman Cunningham appeared calm
1992

with what appeared to be a at the scene after being taken Matt Leader/Livingston County News file photo
knife. into custody by authorities. Gregory Cunningham, 24, is seen in police custody after he
The woman, who sur- WHAM-TV, channel 13 allegedly stabbed a woman in Walmart in Geneseo in June.
vived the attack, was helped in Rochester, reported after
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by Walmart employees at the stabbing that Cunningham “My schizophrenia got to with first-degree assault and
the front of the store until had told his uncle, who was me and I stabbed someone,” attempted murder in connec- 640 Dream Valley Blvd. 4348 Pondside Plaza
emergency medical workers in Walmart with him at the Cunningham said, according Avon Geneseo
arrived and took her to the time of the attack, that he’d to WHAM. tion with the incident. His 585-226-9780 585-243-3330
hospital. stabbed a woman. Cunningham was charged criminal case is ongoing.
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Livingston County News Thursday, January 28, 2021 A9

Margaret Graf Linsner

1995
Attorney and Counselor at Law

Real Estate | Estates | Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning

Attorney for Child | Custody | Child Support | Adoption
Business Formation| Divorce

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33 Main St., Livonia, NY 14487
585.346.0510
www.mlinsner.com email: law@mlinsner.com

NUMBER 7

First responders light up dark year

BY BRENDAN MCDONOUGH
bmcdonough@livingstonnews.com
Law enforcement agencies ended the
1996
finally Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dan-
sville,
This was the first year for such an

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year by trying to spread some holiday
event. Livingston County Sheriff Thom-
as J. Dougherty, whose office organized
335-9490
cheer to nursing home residents who 205 Main Street
the event, said its purpose was simple.
were among those most affected by the
“The basics of the mission is just to Dansville, NY 14437
coronavirus pandemic.
let all of these seniors know that we love
Members of the Livingston County
and care about them,” said Livingston
Sheriff’s Office along with firefight-
County Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty.
ers, EMS and law enforcement agencies
from across the county turned on their
sirens and lights Dec. 17 for “Operation
“... The restrictions in the these nursing
homes are tight and they feel alone and GENESEO

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isolated. Just something as simple as put-

HARDWARE
Light It Up.” Brendan McDonough/Livingston County News file photo
ting some police cars, fire trucks, EMS
The event took the first responders to Operation Light it Up not only included
vehicles and having Santa here, too, is
the Avon Nursing Home, Alpline Manor, lights flashing and sirens sounding, but
what it is all about.”
& RENTAL
an assisted living facility in Lima, Cone- a visit from Santa Claus, seen outside the
Along the caravan’s route - the vehi-

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sus Lake Nursing Home in Livonia, Avon Nursing Home.
cles traveled with lights and sirens -
Morgan View Estates in Geneseo, the
many folks came out to the streets to
Livingston County Center for Nursing
greet the first responders, who responded
with air horns, Christmas music and 4364 Pondside Plaza, Geneseo
and Rehabilitation in Mount Morris and waves from Santa.
(585) 243-2510
NUMBER 8
Selling Real Estate Since 1985

Nunda police officer gives gift of life

BY BRENDAN MCDONOUGH called upon help from God.
2000
Years of Experience • Multi-Million Dollars in Sales

bmcdonough@livingstonnews.com “I said that silent little

prayer and said please God
Mary Rapp’s long search this is not the time to be hav-
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for a kidney donor ended
in success in May when
her brother-in-law, Stephen
Rapp, went under the knife to
give her one of his.
Mary, a nurse who lives in
Syracuse, first noticed some-
thing was wrong in 2017,
when she started having chills
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ing surgery. With no visitors Lic. R.E. Broker
allowed, I would have to say 243-2643
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going,” she said. website: abcolerealestate.com Geneseo, NY 14454
Once the surgery was com-
plete, Mary said it’d gone
better than expected.
“After they did it my kid- O’Brien’s Septic & Portable Toilets
Restroom Trailer
neys started working right
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and lowered energy. off the bat. I woke up and I

Her doctor eventually diag- was no longer attached to the
nosed her kidney problem and machine,” said Mary. Provided photo
put her on dialysis. But that For Stephen, recovery was On May 19, 2020, Stephen Rapp, a police officer with the village
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was a temporary solution:
Mary was in need of a new
kidney. Enter her brother-in-
law, Stephen, a Nunda Police
Officer and Livingston Coun-
ty child protective services
officer.
To make sure her transplant
was successful, Mary said she
more challenging.
“Those first couple of
weeks are rough and your
body is just trying to recover
from the loss of a kidney,”
he said.
Despite the difficult recov-
ery, Stephen said it is some-
thing that he would do again
of Nunda and Livingston County child protective services officer,
donated one of his kidneys to sister-in-law Mary Rapp.
“in a heartbeat.” is wonderful,” he said. “It is
“I am grateful that I was a wonderful experience and
able to be a match. It is a I would very much encour-
wonderful thing because to age people to consider organ
see my sister doing so well donation.”
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2007

NUMBER 9
7936 Mill Street (Rte 15) Springwater
Unexpected windfalls for Dansville residents
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585-669-9710
BY BRENDAN MCDONOUGH
bmcdonough@livingstonnews.com www.springwateramishworkshop.com
DANSVILLE - Unexpected windfalls
made an otherwise bleak year a little
brighter for two Dansville residents.
Karen Sheasley couldn’t conceal
her excitement when Publishers Clear-
AMISH WORKSHOP
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ing house representative Howie Guja

knocked on her door in August with a
check for $10,000. 7936 Mill Street (Rte 15) Springwater
“This is amazing, Are you kidding
me,” said Sheasley, who was randomly 585-669-9710
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selected to receive the money as part of

Publishers Clearing House’s American
Relief Sweepstakes contest. “...My head
is spinning. This answers a lot of prayers
and helps me out a lot.”
The money came just at the right
time for Sheasley, who was planning on
moving to California to be closer to her
Brendan McDonough/Livingston County News fil photo Provided photo www.springwateramishworkshop.com
Karen Sheasley won $10,000 from Daniel Backus won $25,000 playing
Publishers Clearing House’s American fantasy football.
Relief Sweepstakes Contest.
diagnosis and some unique shoes for
it,” said Backus. “It was just amazing.” their wedding.
2009

grandchildren. Those random picks ended up netting

About a month later, in September, “She got some Buffalo Bills shoes and
Backus a $25,000 cash prize. I got some Tennessee Titans Shoes,”
fortune struck Dansville again when Jus-
tin Backus decided to download an app Backus said the money would pay
for his and his fiancee’s honeymoon,
said Backus. “… It was just really neat Purrfect Price
and try his hand at fantasy football. not to be able to stress about financial
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“It was just random picks and I won medical bills stemming from her cancer matters for things for a little while.” 6 Center Street, Geneseo
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NUMBER 10 Wed., Thurs. Fri. & Sat.

DFA idles York cheese factory

BY MATT LEADER farms in Livingston and
2009

matt@livingstonnews.com Wyoming counties that make

LINWOOD - A $58 million
cheese factory in the town of
York was one of many casu-
up Craigs Station Ventures.
Stephen M. Kelley, Esq.
Before it was idled, the eight Attorney at Law
farms supplied the milk used
to make cheese at the factory. 131 Main St. • Suite 7 - Side Entrance
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alties of the economic fallout Craigs Station Ventures owns

of the coronavirus pandemic.
Dairy Farmers of America,
the national dairy cooperative
that owns a controlling stake
in the factory, decided to idle
it in August citing “changing
market conditions.”
Thirteen of the factory’s
PO Box 279 • Geneseo, NY 14454
a minority stake in the cheese 585-519-4387 • FAX 585-519-4419
factory.
myattorney52@gmail.com
According to Noble, more
stability in the cheese market
could see the factory reopened.
“But if we can’t find the right Building Community and
scenario there, we may look
Business throughout
to other alternatives,” Noble
the Little Lakes Region
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26 employees were able to
transition to roles at Craigs
Creamery, which is directly
adjacent to the cheese fac-
said shortly after the factory
was idled. “The bottom line
is the plant is just a couple
years old, is a big investment
Mark Gutman/Daily News file photo
Dairy Farmers of America announced in August it was idling 4705 S. Main St. | PO Box 82
its cheese factory in the York hamlet of Linwood. Hemlock, New York 14466
(585) 367-1046
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tory. The remaining 13
were laid off, according to
Noblehurst Farms Vice
President Chris Noble.
Noblehurst is one of eight
and that plant, over the long
term, is going to be there.”
A DFA spokesperson said
the cooperative would con-
tinue to maintain equipment
in the factory, “which would
allow us to resume production
in case of improved market
dynamics.”
The factory started pro-
ducing its Craigs Creamery-
branded cheeses in January www.LittleLakesNY.org
Restoring the Historic
2019.
Ground was broken on the
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