Lockport Union-Sun and Journal Online--Weekly Features

MIDDLEPORT: Teen shines in community as he pursues Eagle Scout rank — Google 翻訳
A Middleport boy leads community project to renovate LeValley Cemetery in Hartland

PEOPLE PROFILE: Liz Larimore of Newfane is exploring engineering — Google 翻訳
Liz Larimore of Newfane participated in the University at Buffalo’s annual New York State Center for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation’s Cyber Engineering Workshop.

PEOPLE PROFILE: Educator Greg Johnson enjoys helping kids learn — Google 翻訳
Lockport native Greg Johnson likes to help kids learn, no matter what difficulty stands in the way.

PEOPLE PROFILE: Neumanns of Ransomville mark 70th anniversary — Google 翻訳
Larry and Lillian Neumann, familiar faces in town, will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary June 30.

PEOPLE PROFILE: Young singer Chelsea Pelsone raising funds for food bank — Google 翻訳
Lew-Port High School junior Chelsea Pelsone is using her talents as a singer to help the Western New York Food Bank through the Tunes4food concert.

PEOPLE PROFILE: Carrie Rosati going the distance to fight cancer — Google 翻訳
Carrie Rosati will run a half-marathon as a show of strength. Her cousin’s strength, that is. Cousin Annalynn Surace, 23, is battling acute myeloid leukemia.

PEOPLE PROFILE: Laura Cummings, poster contest winner — Google 翻訳
Five-year-old Laura Cummings loves to draw. Sometime next month, people passing by Canal Road on Route 31 can see a piece of her work.

PEOPLE PROFILE: LHS senior Joshua Brancato's survey impresses school board — Google 翻訳
A few weeks ago, senior Joshua Brancato went to a Lockport Board of Education meeting as a requirement for his Participation In Government class. He left the meeting with an assignment.

PEOPLE PROFILE: Teenage twins Tyler and Kyle Davis excel in music, sports — Google 翻訳
Twins Tyler and Kyle Davis play the piano, football and basketball and sing for Lockport High School.

Q and A: Newfane junior doesn’t mince words
When it comes to the U.S. Constitution, Tessa Nasca has plenty to say about it. Nasca participated in the American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program Constitutional Speech Contest. A junior at Newfane High School, Nasca placed first in the school district, first in Niagara County and second in all of Western New York.

PEOPLE PROFILE: W. James Hardy: Teacher, lawyer, musician, minister — Google 翻訳
W. James Hardy has a fairly eclectic-sounding resume. In reality, the new pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Lockport isn’t as undecided about life as a casual reader might guess.

POLITICS: Congresswoman touts high-speed rail to aid upstate economy. — Google 翻訳
The Upstate New York Congressional Caucus is going to bat for the “rest” of New York.

PEOPLE PROFILE: Geoff Koplas and Jon May putting on new play at Palace — Google 翻訳
Geoff Koplas and Jon May, longtime friends who have worked together in several theater productions, are making their own play, “Cashing It In,” which will be performed at the Palace Theatre the weekend of Feb. 12.

WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM: School policy concerns guardian — Google 翻訳
Every morning, parents and guardians bring their children to Charles Upson Elementary School for the pre-K program and wait in the alcove until the children can be allowed in.

PEOPLE PROFILE: Kathy and John Phillips, food pantry volunteers — Google 翻訳
Kathy and John Phillips keep busy for worthwhile causes during their retirement.