Island Dispatch, 2004-09-10

              Island DISPATCH  Phone: (716) 773-7676 • Fax: (716) 773-7190 • E-Mail: NFPNews@clmail.com Founded 1944 • Complete Community Coverage 60 Years As the Voice of Grand Island Award Winning Newspapers The Official Newspaper of the Town of Grand Island and the Grand Island School District V01.60 No. 27 . September 10, 2004 $1.00 . KMJ^gesjf Home Show Is Here Page 24 feiiji'tittilßl M-ui.iiA mmvt mumm I EREEAJDAUSSiOtf " I See Us On The Web at wvw.wnypapers.com The Farmer's Almanac predicts: Chilly/Showers Is it right? Check the weather on pg 2 I Vikings Lose ! Opener Page 14 Islanders get ready for annual Antique Boat Show and Raceboat Reunion by Bill DeGlopper . Come this Saturday, Sept. 11, race fans from all over Western New York will converge on the Buffalo Launch Club to participate in die 27th annual Antique Boat Show and Raceboat Reunion. Site of the oldest powerboat racing club in the U.S., the East River Road facility has a long and storied past, rich in racing history. Local fans have regularly made the trek to Grand Island to see some of international racing's best-known teams, owners and personalities. ; Since the 19705, actual Antique Power Boat Association-sanctioned events in Western New York nave been far and few between. As such, fans have turned to the Vintage & Historic Division to get their boat racing "fix." In fact, the Vintage & Historic Division has ; been the fastest growing class in .j the APB A organization. A Featured Boat One of the feature boats at this j year's "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" j Antique Boat Show and Raceboat j Reunion will be a vintage j hydroplane, the "Canadiana Grand I Prix." j The "Canadiana Grand Prix" was j owned by > Ives "Frenchy" j Charbonneau and it sat in a field for j 15 years before being rescued. The j "Canadiana Grand Prix" is current- j ly owned by Mary Hart and Skip j Rawson of Clayton, NY, and is in j excellent condition. j The hydroplane was built in 1964 by Jerry Longtin who resided in j Quebec, Canada. It has a 26-foot) LOA and weighs approximately \ 3,500 The power plant is a 392 Chrysler Hemi V-8, alcohol engine. The hull was painted white and green and had a big frog on the top front, flexing its muscle. This three-point hydroplane is constructed using the bulkhead and stringer method common to boats of this type. The primary framing is of Classes are back in session Huth Road Elementary School Principal Mary Haggerty greets students on the first day of school Wednesday, (photo by Larry Austin) Lewiston Kiwanis Peach Festival promises to be another good time by Terry Duffy The tents are going up, stages being assembled, midway rides arriving and preparations now falling into place nicely for what Lewiston Kiwanis organizers anticipate to be yet another highly enjoyable Niagara County - aka Lewiston Kiwanis — Peach Festival. Set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10, 11 and 12 on the Academy Park grounds in the village of Lewiston, Kiwanis organizers are bracing for large crowds of 25,000 to 50,000 and keeping their fingers crossed for good weather as the days approach for the 47th annual Peach Fest. "Hopefully it'll be just like this," said Terry Nobles 2004 Peach Festival chair, of the dry, cool and comfy evening found at Academy recently as preparations were underway. Kiwanians Busy "We're getting there," commented Lewiston Kiwanis President Ernie Krell last week on the hectic activities club members, their wives and Festival volunteers and others have found themselves engaged in over the past weeks. Included among the many activities have been such items as the annual Peach Queen meet and greet It will be fun, fun, fun along the midway at the Lewiston Kiwanis Peach Festival this weekend. (Joe Rocco photo) continued on page 9 *3 continued on page 13 es * Biority Com FREE » q (jpnjputer @@iipUTEg| systeh 81*? Pa«Kase —-. Services 2.oghzcpu«2s6mbsdram - wffliCompterPiirtiiase WINDOWS XP HOME ED. . ManKor Sow Separately At a Glance Saturday j 9/11 Remembered Dinner and Vigii Charles N. DeGlopper VFW Post . #9249 Men's Auxiliary 1 2121 Grand Island Blvd. -5 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. vigil i For more information call 773-6343 ,j Benefit Concert f Beatles cover band The BBC | Town Common Park , j 6 p.m. j' Sponsored by Fuccillo Chevrolet | I For more information call 481-3162 j For a complete listing of area f events, visit NFP's Web site at J www.wnypapers.com | @ Linda Kutzbach #Do you need to buy or sel( a Associate Broker mJPX o #1 Island Agent in the home? 2bp Selling Island Company 743-7321 Or IfjlBj*ffg«| Jk ® Call Linda Kutzbach, she knows 628-1719 PlWffili JtmL9 how and would love to help you