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"I speak for everyone within the Bills organization when I say that we are all suffering a deep and profound sadness," Brandon said. "We have lost our founder, our mentor, our friend, and this is a very difficult time for us all."
Wilson, who founded the Bills in 1959 as an AFL team was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
The Bills won the AFL twice in the 1960s and the team appeared in four straight Super Bowl in the early 1990s.
State Sen. George Mazairz posted to his Facebook page that Wilson was "a true legend who will forever be remembered in WNY."
The Niagara County Legislature also posted to its Facebook page: "The Niagara County Legislature sadly notes the passing of Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson. #Billieve"
Congressman Chris Collins said Wilson was "a true gentleman and friend. While not a local resident, Ralph Wilson keenly understood what it meant to be a Western New Yorker and how much the team he built means to our community. It was my great honor as a Member of Congress and as the former Erie County Executive to work with him, and I am deeply saddened by his loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and the entire Buffalo Bills organization during this time."
Wilson had been pressured to sell the team prior to his death, but refused. There has been concern by fans that Wilson's death would mean the end of the team in Buffalo.
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Maziarz, an executive committee member on the interstate Great Lakes Legislative Caucus, sent a letter to the United States Army Corps of Engineers discussing the dangers of the invasive species that currently poses a tremendous threat to the ecology of native species within Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and other nearby freshwater resources.
The letter to the Corps of Engineers was sent today as a public comment on its Great Lakes and Mississippi River Inter Basin Study, a study aimed at identifying options and technologies to prevent the movement of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins.
Maziarz wrote, “The need for bold, decisive, preventative action to prevent the invasion of Asian Carp is compelling and demands immediate action as well as effective long term strategies… If a physical separation has the highest potential for effectively halting the spread of Asian Carp and other aquatic invasive species (and I do believe this), then the cost of this approach is worth it in comparison to the profound economic and social costs if Asian Carp establish in the Great Lakes.”
Public comment on the GLMRIS study ends on March 31, 2014.
For more information visit glmris.anl.gov.
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According the report filed by police, the vehicle was stopped with an expired inspection sticker on Bowmiller and Akron Roads when police found William N. Wittig, 45 of Colonial Drive was in possession of a small quantity of marihuana, a violation.
Wittig was released on appearance tickets returnable to the Town of Lockport Court at 5:30 p.m. on May 15.
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The awards dinner will be held at 6 p.m. at the Lockport Town & Country Club on East Avenue.
Common Council President Joe Kibler will receive the association's Lifetime Achievement award. Brian Costello, owner of Diversified Manufacturing will be named Business Person of the Year. The Local Service Club award will be presented to the Lockport Exchange Club, while the Community Service Award will go to Tim Arlington of Apex Consulting.
John Percy, president and CEO of the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp. will serve as guest speaker for the event.
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According to the report, filed by the New York State Police, patrol responded to a 6736 Tonawanda Creek Road and arrested Marc R. Sepanski, 24, for violating the stay-away order.
Sepanski, meanwhile, told Niagara County Sheriff's deputies that the violation was not committed by him, but rather by someone else. He told deputies that someone else sent a message from his OK Cupid account in order to get him in trouble.
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All three BlackBird entries medaled in the competition. There were 375 entries in the commercial division of the 9th Annual Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition, judged Sunday in St. Johns, Michigan.
BlackBird's Dabinett English Style Cider took silver in the English Cider category, while their Red Barn Farm Style Cider took silver in the New World Cider category. BlackBird's New England Style Cider took second in the New England Cider category.
Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition had a range of fermented products made with apples and/or pears: cider, ice cider, perry, mead, beer, and spirits. Each entry in the competition was evaluated in blind tasting by a panel of two to four judges. There were 19 categories of entry this year.
Last year, BlackBird entered six ciders in the competition, earning four silver medals and two bronze.
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The race will begin at 10 a.m. at the Davison Road Inn, 383 Davison Road. Registration is available online or participants may register the day of the race beginning at 8:30 a.m. when they pick up their race packets.
Pre-registration is $25 per runner. Day-of registration is $30. Dri-fit shirts only guaranteed to the first 140 registrants.
For more information, contact teammssucks@gmail.com.
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