Island Dispatch, 1989-01-13

              ISLAND DISPATCH Weather wave, moderate snow. Jan. 20: unseasonably cold, light snow. THE OLD Farmer's Almanac says: Jan. 13-15: rain, snow, mild. Jan. 16-19: cold With The GRAND ISLAND NEWS 35« GRAND ISLAND, NY 14072 • 773-7676 20 PAGES VOL. 45 NO. 44 • Jan. 13, 1989 Chamber To Honor Nine Citizens THE GRAND Island Chamber of Commerce Wednesday announced the names of town residents who will be honored at its annual Citizens of the Year Awards Dinner Feb. 16 in the Buffalo Launch Club. Those to be honored for outstanding service to the communitycommunity are: Robert Weaver, business; Charles Rader, education; Peter A. McMahon, civics; Lois I. Kaiser, government. Also, John McCarthy, community service; Anne Marie Wozniak, athletics; David Schmidt, retail, and Michelle Gast, youth. A special award will be presented to Bertha Hillman, 102, Grand Island's oldest senior citizen. Table reservations for the dinner are being accepted by the Chamber office (773-3651) up till Feb. 9. Tickets are available from Doring Real Estate, 2488 Grand Island Blvd.; the PennySaver/Dispatch offices at 2231 Grand Island Blvd. or Contract Interiors at 2305 Grand Island Blvd., (behind Charlie's). More information about the awardees will appear in the Dispatch prior to the dinner. MEK Winter Wonderland Photographer Barbi Lare caught this winter sunset scene at Beaver Island State Park last weekend before warmer temperatures melted the snow. Candidates Wanted For Town Posts CIVIC MINDED residents are needed to fill five vancancies existing on town committees and/or commissions. Interested candidates are urged to apply to the town board for serving on the traffic advisory board, parks and recreation board, cable TV committee, drug abuse committee or the conservation commission. One vacancy will be filled on each of them, Supervisor Martin T. Prast announced this week. MEK Chamber Seeks GIEDC Town Funding THE GRAND Island Chamber of Commerce is supporting the Grand Island Economic Development Corporation in its efforts to obtain additional town funding for projects aimed at luring business to the Island industrial park and Foreign Trade Zone. Chamber directors at a recent meeting voted to urge its members to attend Monday's 8 P.M. town board meeting when the organization's request will be presented. The Grand Island Economic Development Corporation was established by the Chamber in 1983. It has been successful in having Island acreage designated as a foreign trade zone and in bringing more tax paying industry to the business zoned area at the north end of the Island. MEK i UmtmmmmM ■