Island Dispatch, 1997-08-22

              Island DISPATCH iw«4years j "As the voice of Grand Island" y^ I SHOWCASE FAMILY RESTAURANTS 2352 Grand Island Blvd. • DINE IN TAKE OUT • NEW MENU • NEW HOURS OPEN EVERY DAY 7A.M.-MIDNIGHT 775-3211 Official Newspaper for the Town of Grand Island & the Grand Island School District August 22,1997 32 pages including The Bridge (716) 773-7676 Vo/. 54W0. 73 Island students place first--again! The pressure was on, as a brand new team competed to defend Grand Island High School's first place status as defending Chalk Walk champion's, Saturday, Aug. 9 at the Lewiston Art Festival. In the end, Julie Homa, Saundra Marcel and Nicole Summer exceeded all expectations for a novice team by finishing first and also capturing top prize in the People's Choice division, first for the school. GUIS is the first school in Erie County and only the second school in Chalk Walk's thirteen year history to post back to back wins in two consecutive years. BEAUTIFUL IMAGE - The Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with Angel Art produced this magnificent view of Grand Island on a post card now for sale at area locations. Photo created and submitted by Mark Dettmer and Sally Cook. r„.Nn WINNERS - Grand Island High School's (1-r) Julie Homa, Saundra Marcel and in .erne GRAND WINNfcKS uranu imu fc competition al Uiis year's Lewiston Artiest 97. Sommer captured tint place at the 13Ui Annual Ch.uk Walk concern, y This is the second year in aWW that*S£™%™£?™£ & photo by Ber, Brochey.) A, right, ESZZSSS2 W <>, Jo submitted by Nora Klein, Chamber shows Island pride, postcard style by Deanne Bartha The best photographers know all too well that timing and even the weather can make or break a good shot. One and one half years in the making, this aerial view of Grand Island taken by Mark Dettmer and Sally Cook, partners in Angel Art of Amherst, provided the picturesque scene that shows how unique the Island's geography is, yet how accessible the Island also is to the major cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls. This photo was actually taken in 1993 and was available then to residents in true photo form. It was Chamber of Commerce member and life-long resident Paul McCarthy who picked up on making it into a postcard that the Chamber could sell. Me made the effort to track down the photographer and what once was an inkling of an idea became one of the fust promotional pieces to come out of the budget set for tourism and public relations. Also instrumental in seeing the project through to completion were committee co-chairs Betty Harris and Fran Jensen. The committee includes Ron Sipos, Linda Sobieski, Skip Mazenauer and Jim Sharpe. It was a Chamber project that took several months and is unrelated to any economic development funds procured in recent months. "We couldn't find a postcard of Grand Island on Grand Island at continued on page 6 continued on page 6