BOCES sponsors COVID-19 vaccine pop-up clinic
Erie 2 Board of Cooperative Educational Services will be sponsoring a COVID-19 vaccine pop-up clinic from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at 21 E. Second St. in Dunkirk.
To reserve a time slot, residents are asked to call 949-8450 or email ksnyder@e2ccb.org to register before Thursday. The clinic is being administered by The Chautauqua Center and Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES.
This is first dose Moderna clinic for anyone 18 and older. The BOCES literacy program will be on site with registration, provide translators for Spanish-speaking residents, offer light refreshments while registering and waiting after the vaccine.
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Beatrice Price and her brother, Leon, died of COVID-19 within less than two weeks of each other.
High school students in northern Chautauqua County and Gowanda High School who are considering employment in education or a closely related field can now apply for two new scholarships that are being offered in honor of Beatrice and Leon Price, respectively, both Dunkirk residents who recently died as a result of COVID-19.
Applicants must be in the upper third of their graduating class and submit the application to the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation by May 17. Applications are available from high school guidance offices or by contacting the Scholarship Coordinator, Victoria Howell-Siracuse at vhowell@nccfoundation.org.”
Taste of South dinner set for May
The Juneteenth 2021 Celebration Committee will be sponsoring the Annual Taste of the South on Friday, May 7 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Open Door No. 3 Church of God in Christ, 59 Lake Shore Drive West, Dunkirk. The theme for the event is “Summer BBQ.” Dinners will be take-out only following COVID guidelines.
The Annual Taste of the South is a Southern style African American down home bar-b-que featuring bar-b-que ribs, bar-b-que chicken, shredded pork, macaroni and cheese, sweet potato casserole, corn on the cob, green beans and white potatoes, corn bread, banana pudding, and many other dishes.
Wallace Lee Starwalt
Wallace Lee Starwalt of Dunkirk, N.Y. passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, March 12 with his wife, daughter, and three granddaughters by his side.
Born on Dec. 1, 1929 in Coles County, Illinois, Wallace was the son of the late Frank and Clarissa (Carpenter) Starwalt. He had a younger brother, Philip Dean, and an unborn sibling who both perished in a tragic house fire in 1938 along with his mother.
He attended rural schools until the 8th grade, and then Hindsboro Elementary & High School, where he graduated as Salutatorian, Class of 1947. Wallace continued to keep in touch with his classmates via phone conversations, Facebook, and E-mails. Having attended his 70th HS reunion in Arcola, I.L. in July of 2017, he was looking forward to seeing cherished friends again at the 75th reunion, to be held in July of 2022.
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