Seneca County Chamber of Commerce March Business After Hours sponsored by Seneca Falls Savings Bank and hosted by the National Women’s Hall of Fame, 76 Fall Street, Seneca Falls, NY will be held on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 from 5-7pm Chamber members and prospective members are welcome to attend. Door prizes are always appreciated and are a great way to showcase your business. Just bring them with you. To host a Business After Hours, call the Chamber at 315-568-2906.

Seneca Soundwaves Chorus invites women of all ages to attend a rehearsal and learn to sing four part a cappella harmony. Join us any Wednesday evening from 7 to 9:30 PM at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 320 South Pearl St.,Canandaigua, NY. You will enjoy a fun evening of fellowship and song.

Corning Community College will host Midday Concerts during the spring 2010 semester. Join us for an hour of beautiful music with the Vocal and Instrumental Performing Ensembles on Thursday, March 18 at 12:30 p.m. in R004, Learning Center, Spencer Hill campus, Corning. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day this pops concert will include Celtic Music and an Irish Step Dance. This performance features student soloists in addition to the CCC performing ensembles. Come enjoy the rich musical gifts of our students. An additional performance will be held on: Thursday, March 25, 12:30 p.m., R004 Dez Cordas, Guitar/Double Bass Duo Take a musical journey with Dez Cordas, an unusual duo featuring double bassist Craig Butterfield and guitarist Matthew Slotkin, through an eclectic mix of musical styles from tango to jazz to baroque. Dez Cordas has performed in concert halls and at universities throughout the United States, most recently touring through Pennsylvania and New York. Events are free and open to the public. For additional information, please contact Loueda Bleiler at (607) 962-9298.

What: Book reading for kids (K-5) When: March 18, 3:30 PM Where: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Adelson Library (second floor), 159 Sapsucker Wood Road, Ithaca Book: Forest Bright, Forest Night by Jennifer Ward Description: This fun rhyming book offers an unusual perspective on the forest, comparing the differences between forest life during the day and during the night. Admission: Free Contact: (607) 254-2165, http://www.birds.cornell.edu/adelson

The 2010 Regional Job Fair will be held on Thursday, March 18 from 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center located at 17 Aviation Drive, Horseheads, NY. The Job Fair will offer job seekers the opportunity to meet with the largest number of businesses of any such event in the community with over 110 employers. Representatives will discuss employment opportunities and accept applications. In case of inclement weather, the Job Fair will be rescheduled for Thursday, March 25. The event is co-sponsored by Corning Community College, New York State Department of Labor, CSS Workforce NY, Southern Tier Economic Growth, Greater Southern Tier BOCES, Chemung County Chamber of Commerce, Corning Area Chamber of Commerce, and WETM-TV – Hometown Career Channels. The Job Fair offers employment opportunities in a number of growth careers in our region including but not limited to manufacturing, health care, sales, finance, engineering, construction, hospitality, retail, and business and office operations. The planning for the event is truly a regional partnership, which includes representatives from business, education, and government who come together to plan an event that exposes job seekers to various career, training, and educational opportunities offered in the region. Job seekers are encouraged to arrive early and bring multiple copies of your resume and samples of your work where appropriate. For more information, please contact CCC Advising and Counseling at (607) 962-9228.

The Penn Yan/Yates Cancer Support Group will meet on March 18, Thurs., 2 pm at St. Mark's Terrace, 110 Chapel St., Penn Yan, NY. Please use the rear entrance facing the parking lot and use the buzzer at left of inner door to be admitted. Meetings are open to all cancer patients, surviviors, caregivers, and family members. For further info, call Carol at 315-531-9007

Impact Theatre Proudly Presents... Celebrating our tenth season! “Steve Stamp & Tommy Wales” An evening of spiritual songs done “differently” Date: March 19 Time: 7:30-9:15PM (Doors open at 7) Tommy Wales is a prolific recording artist from Rochester. His Psalms, Hymns, and spiritual songs are classic and re-worked arrangements of old time and modern worship songs-presented simply with tender voice, guitar and harmonica. He joins Steve Stamp, whose powerful voice needs no musical accompaniment when he conveys spiritual song in A-cappella. Plus The “In Your Face” players take a look at: “Who is God”: A family discovers their ideologies about god through Hollywood and….charades? “Indulging Brother Renier”: Fleecing the flock for profit is not representative of the Christian message. Often we give to get. Admission is FREE. Reservations only. Mature Audiences only: Ages 12+ There will be a 15 minute intermission. For more information or to reserve seats call 315 597 3553 (wait for prompt) OR go on line… www.impactdrama.com Impact Theatre is located @ 1180 Canandaigua St. (rte 21- Palmyra town hall), Palmyra, 14522. …It’s Significant Theatre! Note: If you make a reservation and need to cancel, please let us know ASAP so that others will not be left out the night of the performance. Also, your reservation guarantees you a seat. You will not get a call back confirmation…thanks a bunch!

Vianney VIANNEY, (Vee-AH-nee), a live one-man production performed by actor and director Leonardo Defilippis (De-fil-LIP-pis), is now on a nationwide tour for the Year for Priests and will be presented at Saint Mary's Church in Auburn on Friday, March 19th at 7:00 p.m. Leonardo Defilippis is well-known as the director and star of the feature film THÉRÈSE, which ran in mainstream movie theaters for more than a year. His live performance of VIANNEY includes a spectacular set, numerous costumes and a moving musical score. Come see this talented performer bring to life the remarkable story of Saint John Vianney, who battled the devil and saved a whole village, and thousands of souls beyond. The program is suitable for ages 9 years and up. Admission is $10 for adults, $3 for students ages 9 to 18, and $25 for families. Priests, Seminarians, Religious and Deacons attend for free. Tickets are available at St. Mary’s Church, 15 Clark Street, Auburn, NY (315)252-9545; Sam’s Shoe Service, 20 East Genesee Street, Auburn, NY (315) 253-9335 and Custom Engraving, 345 Genesee Street, Auburn, NY (315)252-0504

Vianney, a live one-man production performed by actor and director Leonardo Defilippis, is now on a nationwide tour for the Year for Priests and will be presented at Saint Mary's Church in Auburn on Friday, March 19th at 7:00 p.m. Leonardo Defilippis is well-known as the director and star of the feature film Therese, which ran in mainstream movie theaters for more than a year. His live performance of Vianney includes a spectacular set, numerous costumes and a moving musical score. Come see this talented performer bring to life the remarkable story of Saint John Vianney, who battled the devil and saved a whole village, and thousands of souls beyond. The program is suitable for ages 9 years and up. Admission is $10 for adults, $3 for students ages 9 to 18, and $25 for families. Priests, Seminarians, Religious and Deacons attend for free. Tickets are available at St. Mary’s Church, 15 Clark Street, Auburn, NY (315)252-9545; Sam’s Shoe Service, 20 East Genesee Street, Auburn, NY (315) 253-9335 and Custom Engraving, 345 Genesee Street, Auburn, NY (315)252-0504 email: astmarys@dor.org

Borders Kid’s Main Event Movie Night with Regal Cinemas is showing “Coraline.” Regal Cinemas is bringing popcorn & raffle items based on the movie…all that’s missing is you! Join us at Borders Kids Dept at 5:30pm. Any questions, call 607-257-0444.

Our exclusive Midnight Release Party will feature the Borders New Moon Movie Awards and fun activities all related to New Moon. You get to be the first to pick up our exclusive DVD version of New Moon at 12:01 am on March 20. Any questions, call 607-257-0444.

The Oaks Corners Presbyterian Church will be holding a pancake breakfast on March 20, 2010 from 7am-11am. The menu will feature homemade maple syrup from The Day Farms in Oaks Corners along with pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, ham, juice, coffee and milk. The cost is $5 for adults, ages 5-10 $2.50 and under 5 are free. This is an all you can eat breakfast so come enjoy local made maple syrup. For more information call 315-548-2848.

Please include the following items in your Community Calendar listing Thanks, Dick Evans Burdett Presbyterian Church, 3995 Church St., Burdett, NY, will host its monthly Soup n’ Sandwich luncheon Saturday, March 20th, 11:30am until 1pm. Homemade soups, made-to-order sandwiches, dessert and beverage. $6 per person. Take-outs available.

Ramada Geneva Lakefront's Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre with Silent Auction Saturday, March 20, 2010 Starts at 6pm with Hors d'oeuvres and Cash Bar followed by 3 Course Dinner and Show Benefit for the March of Dimes, Presented by The Mystery Company, Theme "Island Adventure" Tickets cost $40 per person - incudes dinner, show, tax and gratuity. Tickets on sale at Ramada's Front Desk or call 800-990=0907. Overnight package available "Help Give Babies A Healthy Start"

March 20, 1:00 – 3:00pm This event is presented in conjunction with Just Poets from Rochester, NY. Just Poets celebrates poets and poetry by encouraging and supporting area poets at all levels of ability to improve their work and find their individual poetic voices. Listen to the lovely sound of Rochester’s own local poets and enjoy well matched wine for an afternoon looking at the vineyard. Admission is free. Contact (585)233-4210

Sheen Housing's Building Hope Together Gala Celebration raises funds for the Emergency Home Repair Program that benefits low income families, seniors and persons living with disabilities. This year's event will take place Saturday, March 20, 2010 at Casa Larga Vineyards. Cocktails will begin at 6 PM followed by dinner, live auction and entertainment performed by comic/magician Tim Gabrielson. During the cocktail hour, guests will have an opportunity to bid on a lively assortment of silent auction items, purchase a reverse raffle, or enter a raffle for a Netbook. Tickets are $150 per person. For more information, contact Deborah Spillane at (585) 461-4263 extension 102 or email - sheen@rochester.rr.com. About Sheen Housing Since 1968, Sheen Housing has played a critical role in supporting our community. We are a not-for-profit corporation that offers a wide range of housing assistance to low-income families, seniors and persons living with disabilities, helping them find and maintain safe, decent, affordable housing. Sheen Housing's Emergency Home Repair Program funds critically needed health and safety-related home repairs within our 13-county service area. Every dollar Sheen Housing received will be matched at least 12 times - 100% of which will fund Sheen Housing's program. All proceeds to benefit the Sheen Housing Emergency Home Repair Program.

Gather round for a storytime adventure with, Naked mole rat gets dressed, and other irresistible tales. Join us at 10am for stories and fun activites. Any quesions, call 607-257-0444.

Come meet American Girl’s newest Girl of the year, Lanie Holland, Sat. March 20th at 2pm at Borders Kids, Ithaca. All girls will get to know Lanie through her inspiring story and participate in crafts and activities. Please RSVP at 607-257-0444 or email lhendri1@bordersstores.com to save your place.

Borders of Ithaca is hosting a special reception for current and retired educators as part of Educator Appreciation Week. Join us for giveaways, sweet treats and special discounts Sat. March 20th from 2-6pm. Any questions, call 607-257-0444.

Seneca Falls Middle School & Cady Stanton School fundraiser. Performed by Private Eyes Unlimited. Saturday March 20, 2010 at 7 PM at the Holiday Inn, Route 414, Waterloo. Tickets can be purchased at Seneca Falls Middle School, Cady Stanton School or The Copy Shop in Seneca Falls. Tickets are $40 per person. Come and enjoy the show!

Join us, March 20th from 1 to 4 pm, as we celebrate the beginning of Spring. I know we are tired of the cold and snow, and we are sure you are too! Musical guests, The Heaters, bring rock and blues to White Springs Winery. Stop by and dance the winter blues away! Wine tasting * Finger food * Raffles White Springs Winery 4200 Rte 14, Geneva 315-781-9463 www.whitespringswinery.com

Pizza night at the Dresden Fire Dept. 5pm til 7pm 16 inch starting at $10.00 also by the slice. Call 536-6391 to order take-out or call and have one ready to eat in. We also sell white garlic pizza. Come try one!!

The CNY Bridges & Circles Campaign will present a workshop at the Penn Yan United Methodist Church on Saturday, March 20, from 9:00 am to noon. The church is located at Main and Chapel Streets in the village. Registration is $5 and open to the community. Yates County has 15.8% of its population living in poverty. This program provides struggling families, "Circle Leaders", with mentors, "Allies", for help and advice in order to achieve their financial goals. This program is spreading across the country and has had great success. For more information, contact the church office at (315) 536-6711.

Ian Tillack has qualified for USASA National Snowboarding Championship. Ian is a freshman at Canandaigua Academy. He is ranked 18th nationally in Slope Style and 15th in Half Pipe. Come join us for a spaghetti dinner in support of Ian and to wish him good luck on his way to Colorado. March 20, 2010 3pm-6pm Canandaigua Moose Lodge 305 Ontario Street Extension Canandaigua, N.Y. $7 for adults, $4 for kids 10 and younger. Entertainment by Buford and Smokin' Section. For questions please e-mail htill100@frontiernet.net

Ithaca Montessori School, 12 Ascot Place, Ithaca Bring your favorite teddy bear for a checkup(free); Tom Knight Concert 2-3:00 PM; Purity Ice Cream ($1); Homemade Waffles($1); Balloon Twisting (free); Face painting($1). Tickets $6 each at the door. (Children younger than 2 admitted free)

Chicken and Biscuit dinner with assorted homemade desserts. Held at the Dresden Masonic Temple in Dresden NY, Given by the Ladies of the OES Seneca Yates Chapter 321. Noon - until, adults $10.00 and Children $4.00. All Proceeds go to the Keuka comfort Care Home in Penn Yan, NY

Breakfast to Benefit Community Charities Montour Falls Moose Lodge 2096 State Route 14, Montour Falls, NY Serving 8-11 am $6/person, kids under 12 half price Open to the Public

Join the Geneva Historical Society on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 7:30pm to explore the churches of the Genesee Valley with photographer Phyllis Kitt. Author of the recent publication God’s Country: Historic Churches and Chapels of the Genesee Valley, Kitt will share the story of how a few wrong turns on a back country road ultimately led her to produce this beautifully-photographed work featuring more than 100 churches throughout the nine-county area surrounding Rochester. Kitt’s book documents the architectural and historical background of a diverse selection of buildings, including Geneva’s Trinity Episcopal Church, St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, the Presbyterian Church and the Baptist Church. Phyllis Kitt studied photography at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York. When she is not taking pictures, she is advocating for libraries and tutoring in literacy. But she is usually taking pictures. Ms. Kitt will sign copies of In God’s Country following the program and the book will be available for purchase. This program is supported in part by the Samuel B. Williams Fund for Programs in the Humanities. The Geneva Historical Society is located in the Prouty-Chew House at 543 South Main Street, Geneva, NY. Parking is on South Main Street or in the Trinity Episcopal Church lot across the street. For more information about this program, call the Geneva Historical Society office at 315-789-5151.

In celebration of National Women’s History Month, the National Women’s Hall of Fame, Red Tent Book Club, Seneca Falls Historical Society and Seneca Falls Library invite you to learn more about Hetty Green, ‘the Witch of Wall Street.’ Join us at the Seneca Falls Library (47 Cayuga Street) on March 23rd, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., as renowned author Charles Slack presents a talk about and book signing of his latest title, Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America’s First Female Tycoon. Hetty Green, a woman who has remained as merely a footnote in history books, was widely regarded as the wealthiest woman in America at the time of her death in 1916. She left a fortune estimated conservatively at $100 million or about $1.6 billion today. Even more remarkable than the sheer bulk of her fortune was the fact that Hetty amassed the majority of it herself, generations before women swept through Wall Street and decades before they had the right to vote. Charles Slack is the author of Noble Obsession: Charles Goodyear, Thomas Hancock, and the Race to Unlock the Greatest Industrial Secret of the Nineteenth Century, named one of the New York Public Library’s twenty-five “Books to Remember” for 2002, and Blue Fairways: Three Months, Sixty Courses, No Mulligans. His writing has appeared in many national magazines. The event is free and open to the public. Copies of Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America’s First Female Tycoon will be available for $25.95 each.

24 hr Mini-Retreat: "Creating Healing Relationships" March 19 -20 , 2010 9pm-9pm Heartwork Institute, Inc. 882 Titus Ave Rochester NY 14617 888-340-9865 www.awakentheheart.org awakentheheart@gmail.com $150.00 per individual This "24-Hour Mini-Retreat" provides you with an opportunity to experience the dynamic inner-work that Heartwork offers, with a minimal expenditure of time and money - AND you can do it from your own home!!! or at any location with a friend. During the course of the day, you will practice, number of tools that will give the opportunity to look together at the possibilities that exist within relationship for personal growth and ever-deepening intimacy with another human being. Through brief talks, experiential exercises, and group discussions, we will explore what creates and sustains intimacy in relationships, how it is lost, and how it can be renewed. You will learn the “Relationship Transformers” (download the .pdf file at http://www.awakentheheart.org/files/relationship%20transformers%202008.pdf ) - tools that are GUARANTEED (if both parties love each other and are willing to do their own work, in and through the relationship) not only to take a relationship through any possible difficulty, but to transform the very nature of the relationship itself and create the most loving, intimate relationship one has known. The mini-retreat is open to singles as well as those in relationships.

What: Guided Bird Walks When: 9:00 AM, each Saturday and Sunday in March Where: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca Description: Meet in the observatory for a guided walk through the Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary. These walks are primarily for beginning birders, but everyone is welcome. We have a few pairs of binoculars to lend if you need them. Please dress for the weather, and bring your own binoculars and field guides, if you have them. Birds begin migrating back to the area during March, so join us to welcome them back! Admission: Free Contact: (800) 843-2473, http://www.birds.cornell.edu

– Literacy Volunteers of Ontario-Yates (LVOY) wants you to become a literacy volunteer this Spring. LVOY announces two Tutor Training Workshops, a program that offers volunteers the opportunity to help adults learn to read and write or learn how to speak English. The first of two Tutor Training Workshops will be held on Monday and Thursday afternoons, 12:30 – 3:30pm., March 8 – April 1 at the FLCC Geneva Campus Center, 63 Pulteney St., Geneva. The next opportunity will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6:00-9:00pm., April 8 – May 4 at the Literacy Volunteers office, 208 S. Main St., Canandaigua. To become a tutor, you must attend a 1 hour orientation session, be at least 18 years of age, have an interest in helping adult students to learn, be a high school graduate (or GED), be able to attend the entire training program, and be willing to devote at least 2 hours per week to working with an adult student. . For more information or to register for the training contact LVOY at 585-396-1686 or toll free at 1-888-546-5862. You can also register by logging on to www.literacyvoc.org.

Friday Fish Dinner's will start Feb, 19th thru April 2nd 4:30 pm to 7pm. Your Choice of Fried or Baked Haddock, Fried Shrimp or Baked Chicken. French fries or baked Potato, Coleslaw, Vegetables, Homemade Macaroni and Cheese or applesauce. Special combinations upon request. Childrens menu available Adults $8.50 Children $4.00 Extra side of shrimp $4.00 and Take outs are welcome. Join us at the Fayette Fire House 4200 Rt 414 North of the Hamlet of Fayette!! Visit us at the FayetteFD.org for more details.

The Wayne County Historical Society is looking for a “few good veterans” from each town to be photographed for our 2011 Military-themed calendar. We will be photographing the pictures for this 14 month calendar throughout the county at one location in each town (ie, monument, military equipment, or military local). We are now in the process of looking at all of the possible sites throughout the county. We would like to get the word out to all military veterans to come to the designated photo shoot site and bring (or wear if possible!) their fatigue/work or dress uniform, veteran’s ball cap with a sport jacket or post jacket and bring any decorations they have. All those interested should submit their names, with addresses, phone number, branch of service and conflict/theater of operations they served in (eg WWII, Pacific Theater, European Theater, Korea, VietNam, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom, Afghanistan) to the Wayne County Historical Society’s Museum of Wayne County History by calling 315 946 4943 or emailing laevans@waynehistory.org by April 2. Our goal is to have a representation of veterans from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, WACS, WAVES if possible, and from the various towns across Wayne County. The photo shoot times and locations in each town will be determined within a month. The dates are as follows: May 22: Clyde, Lyons, Arcadia, Sodus June 6: Palmyra, Macedon, Williamson, Ontario, Walworth, Marion. June 12: Savannah, Butler, Wolcott, Huron, Rose The Wayne County Historical Society’s Museum of Wayne County History is located at 21 Butternut Street, Lyons, NY.