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Picking up a cause | News, Sports, Jobs

adolce@observertoday.com Submitted Photo Tyler Bettke is pictured by the Cattaraugus Creek on North Water Street in Gowanda. Volunteers are being sought for a cleanup effort taking place April 24. GOWANDA While taking a walk around their neighborhood in Gowanda, third grader Tyler Bettker made an observation to his mom, Susan Covert-Bettker, about the scenery in town. Noticing trash strewn about the otherwise nice landscape, Bettker had an idea. “We need to pick this up,” Bettker said to his mom. So Covert-Bettker took up her son’s offer. On Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to noon, local residents are encouraged to volunteer to clean up trash along walking routes and the rest of the village. This is all part of the “Gowanda is My Home” community Spring cleaning that Covert-Bettker is attempting to spearhead. As part of Tyler Bettker’s request, he wanted the event to tie into Earth Day.

Gowanda teen wins for poetry | News, Sports, Jobs

Zanthia Luciano Gowanda High School has announced that junior Zanthia Luciano, a member of the Class of 2022, is the first-place winner in the 9th-12th grade poetry category of the 2020 Healthy Choices Art & Poetry Contest facilitated by WNY United Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Inc. Luciano’s poem “Find the Safe Space that Awaits You” was selected by judges who scaled its creativity, clarity of message and craftsmanship. In 2019, she was selected second-place winner for the poetry category of her division. Here is her winning entry: Find the Safe Space that Awaits You Live your life with one safe space in mind, a heavenly haven created for you

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