I am often stopped and asked questions about LeRoy’s history. I have to admit that although it appears that sometimes I know a lot about LeRoy, the fact of the matter is that my success it usually because I know where to look for the answer.
Last week, Chuck LePort said that he had been talking with Rev. David Pepper and the question was asked, “Why is Pavilion named Pavilion. There isn’t a pavilion in Pavilion.” The quick answer was found in the History of Genesee County, page 256: “Pavilion was given its name in 1825 by Harmon J. Betts who came from Saratoga, New York, where he had been connected with the famous Pavilion Hotel.”
When I stopped in Five Star Bank last week, Marcia MacKenzie asked if I could help identify some photographs that her mother had. She dropped off quite a collection and the one that fascinated all of us was the wedding picture above. Marcia had told us that many of the pictures were from the Schuyler Wells family. Schuyler Wells owned and operated the Shiloh Medicine Company (now the LeRoy Pennysaver) and his house is one of the elegant homes on East Main Street (the Konkol home).
Bird watchers coast to coast are invited to take part in the 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, Friday, February 12, through Monday, February 15, 2010. Participants in the free event will join tens of thousands of volunteers counting birds in their own backyards, local parks or wildlife refuges.06.
Each checklist submitted by these "citizen scientists" helps researchers at the Cornell Lab of Or-nithology , the National Audubon Society, and Bird Studies Canada learn more about how the birds are doing—and how to protect them. Last year, participants turned in more than 93,600 checklists online, creating the continent's largest instantaneous snapshot of bird populations ever recorded.
02/04/2010 - The LeRoy Police Department arrested 20 yr old Eric J. Merritt of 4070 Rose Road, Batavia relating to the investigation into the disturbance on January 23, 2010 at 31 Myrtle Street in the Village in which three persons were sent to the hospital for knife wounds. Merritt was charged with one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a class A Misdemeanor for allegedly engaging in the original marihuana transaction.
It is alleged that between 10:00 p.m. and Midnight, Friday night, 01/22/2010, Merritt did knowingly act in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental and/or moral welfare of a person, age 16, when Merritt agreed and subsequently engaged in an illegal attempted marihuana sale involving the 16 year old.
Merritt was issued an appearance ticket to appear in the LeRoy Town Court on 03/01/2010.
