PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNS DEFICIT BILL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama has signed legislation to increase the nation’s borrowing authority and avert a government default. Obama signed the bill privately in the Oval Office on Tuesday, little more than an hour after the Senate voted final passage. It capped months of contentious and partisan debate. The compromise bill paired an increase in the debt ceiling with promises of more than $2 trillion of budget cuts over the next decade.
NEW VETERANS PARK ANNOUNCED FOR JAMESTOWN
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. – The city is teaming up with the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation to provide ample space for a new veterans memorial. At a recent unveiling attended by the stakeholders of the new park, Veterans Commission Chairman Ron Cotton said he was enthusiastic about the city’s offer of space at Logan Park, which is nestled between Logan Avenue and West Third Street. Benches, shrubs and planting beds will bound the memorial promenade, which will be made of stamped concrete to look like bricks. A Civil War cannon and a ring of independent monuments from various veteran groups will flank a center circle – which has a large flagpole and American flag – as its focus.
Mayor Sam Teresi said Logan Park is ideal because the enhanced layout will greet the inbound traffic along the west end of Third Street. The City Council recently approved an agreement with the CRCF to house its one-time, non-endowment fund to support the costs of relocating the existing memorials into a new park setting.
LUCY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AIMS FOR RECORD BOOKS
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. – On Saturday, Aug. 6, the Lucy-Desi Center is hoping to get Jamestown into the record books. As part of the Lucille Ball Festival of Comedy – a celebration of Ball’s 100th birthday – the center for comedy is inviting men, women and children to participate in the setting of a new world record for ”most people dressed as Lucy Ricardo in one place, at one time.”
Registration for the record will begin at noon at Lucy Fest’s ”Party on the Plaza” on Tracy Plaza, with the officially required photograph moment – with all Lucys in position – taking place at 2 p.m. An aerial photograph and video footage of the event are required by Guinness and are being planned. All participants must pay a $5 registration fee and will be officially recorded by name in the record.
Dress and attire must correspond with an episode of ”I Love Lucy,” so pre-registration online at www.lucycomedyfest.com is encouraged.
LUCY CELEBRATION FEATURES EVENT FOR KIDS
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. – The critically-acclaimed New York City-based sketch comedy group “Story Pirates,” will play Jamestown, New York’s Reg Lenna Civic Center Theater this Saturday at 11:30am as part of The Lucille Ball 100th Birthday Festival of Comedy, Aug. 3-7. Story Pirates is a nationally respected non-profit arts and creative writing organization created to celebrate the words and ideas of young people, to promote literacy as a vital part of education, and to preserve the spark of youthful creativity often lost in the transition to adulthood.
Tickets are $2 for kids 12 and under, $10 for adults, and $5 for students 13-18. Tickets can be purchased at www.LucyComedyFest.com or by calling 716.484.0800 ext. 201.
BENEFIT SHOW SET FOR AUG. 7 AT JSBIA
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. – A benefit in the fight against Lou Gerhig’s Disease will be taking place this Sunday, August 7 at the Jamestown Ice Arena. The benefit will feature live music from several acts, including the Bogarts, Thee Audience, Cindy Haight and Days of Old, along with many others. There is a chicken barbecue and a celebrity hockey game afterward around 7 pm or so! $10 donation at the door is being accepted. For more information, call 484-2624.
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