Morning News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on March 23, 2022
The Batavia Improvement District has a new full time director. Shannon Maute has been hired for the position after filling in as interim director since Beth Kemp resigned last year just after the Christmas Parade. Maute says she already has plans for a new event, an Italian Festival. Maute says, get ready for a strolling accordion player, sweet and savory Mediterranean cuisine and lots of fun. The event would replace the former BID Summer in the City event.
2 Perry men are in trouble with the law for different reasons. The first, 24 year old Michael Salomone, is charged with torturing or abusing an animal after witnesses reported seeing him abusing a 10 month old pit bull. Police say home security cameras caught Salamone picking up and throwing the puppy. The other man, 47 year old Gregory Watts, is charged with third degree criminal trespass after he allegedly entered a home and fell asleep in a chair. The problem, the home wasn’t his and the family, who was there at the time, didn’t know who he was. Police found him there, highly intoxicated. He is scheduled to appear in Perry Village Court next month.
The Culinary Arts students from the Batavia Career and Technical Education Center who competed in the national Culinary Arts Challenge for the NASA HUNCH Program have made it to the top ten and now advance to the next round of competition. Their menu items received top scores from the local judges. The winning recipe was Shrimp fajitas with red lentil tortillas, creamy avocado sauce served with a side of cilantro lime cauliflower rice. And for dessert, a Mexican chocolate brownie. In early April, the team and their instructor will travel to Texas for the next round of competition, which will be held at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. If they win, the meal will be sent to the International Space Station and eaten by astronauts.
The US Postal Service is asking dog owners to police their pets. Postal workers being chased by dogs is a tale as old as the postal service and they say that one bite is one too many. Some tips for keeping your pet and the postal worker safe: keep your dog in a separate room with the door closed when packages are being delivered, remind children and other family members not to take mail directly from carriers in the presence of the family pet. The dog may view the carrier handing mail to a family member as a threatening gesture, and If a carrier feels threatened by a dog, or if a dog is loose or unleashed, the owner may be asked to pick up mail at a Post Office or other facility until the carrier is assured the pet has been restrained.
