from the Post-Journal, December 20, 2009:
Robert K. Werner, 55, of 1429 Trask Road died Friday, December 18, 2009, at the Hamot Medical Center in Erie.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Lind Funeral Home.
from the Post-Journal, December 20, 2009:
Robert K. Werner, 55, of 1429 Trask Road died Friday, December 18, 2009, at the Hamot Medical Center in Erie.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Lind Funeral Home.
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From Laura Robie (Harry’s wife):
It is finished.
Harry W. Robie died peacefully at 11:30 last night, Dec.3, with Steven and me at his bedside.
“Death is not extinguishing the Light; it is extinguishing the Lamp because the Dawn has come.”
Steven and I are feeling a calm sense of the rightness of all this, of “the peace that passes understanding.”

The Robie Men:
Steven, David, Jonathan, Harry, Thomas (Sarabeth’s husband)
Knowing that you would get information from on our CB JOURNAL was so helpful to me and it would be impossible to overestimate what your GUESTBOOK entries have meant to Harry and to me and to the rest of our family and friends.
I will meet those of you from WNY in Lakewood, NY in the springtime to tell tales of the Harry Robie we knew and loved.
Plans are for a memorial service in the manner of Friends
on Monday December 7 at 2 pm at First Christian Church,
206 Chestnut Street, Berea.
Before and after the service, there will be some of Harry’s favorite music, with a finger food potluck following.
You may reach my family and me at 102 Peachbloom Circle, Berea KY 40403. (859)986-2605
Memorial contributions may be made to
Berea Friends Meeting
300 Harrison Road
Berea, KY 40403
www.bereafriendsmeeting.org
CaringBridge
PO Box 131447
Houston, TX 77219-1447
www.caringbridge.org
Hospice Care Plus
208 Kidd Drive
Berea, KY 40403
www.hospicecp.org
Mennonite Central Committee- US
21 South 12th Street
PO Box 500
Akron, PA, 17501-0500
www.mcc.org
Mike Fitzgerald, Class of 66, posted this: http://classof66.blogspot.com/2009/12/swcs-english-teacher-harry-robie-dies.html
Also, here’s a picture Mike posted on his website:
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This bus was just burnt at the airport near my house for practice by the fire dept.. It used to be the Blue Goose from the Blue Room and I road on it to some Bills games in the 80’s. And I’m pretty sure it was the SWCS Booster bus before that.

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July 15, 2009
Dear SWCS Alumni,
Time is of the essence and we need your help!!!!!!
The Southwestern Schools Education Foundation (SSEF) was established in 2004 for the purpose of enhancing the programs, initiatives, and capital projects of the school district and for additional support of items in the annual school budget that could not be initiated or maintained without private sector funding or charitable giving. The Foundation works under the umbrella of the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation as a 501 C3.
Over the past few years, the SSEF Board has focused much of its time and effort on a plan for a new Athletic Complex for the Southwestern Central School District. The school’s sports facilities were in desperate need of replacement and its track was rendered unusable. In 2004, the track was condemned by NYS track officials and the students of Southwestern have been unable to hold any sanctioned meets since.
In December 2006, the voters of the Southwestern Central School community approved a capital project for a new $ 2.7 million Athletic Complex for the district. (See attached flyer) Completion of this initiative is contingent upon the Southwestern Schools Education Foundation (SSEF) raising a total of $590,000, which represents the local taxpayer’s portion of this project (20 %) and additional monies for future field turf replacement. This project is now complete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This new facility is open to the local community for walking, jogging, and hosting community events. It would also be available for hosting regional and statewide sporting events, which in turn would help to positively impact the local economy.
At the present time, the SSEF has set a goal to raise more money through an annual raffle at this year’s Homecoming festivities (October 9, 2009) to help do more projects. First prize is $5,000.00 CASH.
In order to reach our goal, we need your help! We are writing this letter in hopes that you would consider buying a $50 raffle ticket (make payable to SSEF) towards this very worthwhile cause.
Please feel free to contact Michael Wellman (716-763-7681), Tim Shults (716-487-0047), Vic Tarana (716-763-1717), Cindy Baglia (716-488-1666), Christy Brecht (716-763-1653), Joe Hoose (716-763-1311), Tom Priester (716-484-9495), Lori Radack (716-763-5359), Jan Salter (716-763-0849), Daphne Thurnau (716-763-2941), Terry Turner (716-763-6620).
Thank you for your consideration.
Southwestern Schools Education Foundation
P.O Box 103, Lakewood, NY 14750
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Back Row:
Deb LeRoy, Lori Niebank, Beth Arrison, Cindy Aizkalns, Katie Ebersole, Sue Koterass, Marilyn Osborne, Dave Denn, Shane Farnsworth, Jeff Nelson, Rick Sales
Middle Row: Edna Anderson, Emily Erickson, Kristin Olson, Kevin Mosher, Dave Page, Tim Klenk, Walden Donelson, Steve Bush, Randy Fletcher
Front Row: Jennifer Scott, Nancy Aldrich, Terry Algren, Kevin Loomis, Brian Kepple, Wendy Peterson, Cathy James, Holly Hutchinson, Bruce Robbins, Steve Blake
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Someone sent this to my brother, who sent it to me, and now I’m passing it along to you all:
You were a kid in the 70s in Jamestown, NY if you remember:
* Betcha didn’t know: Dave Thomas’ real name is David Robert Boreanaz and he is the father of David Boreanaz, TV Star (Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Bones).
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Are you on Facebook? If you are, join the group “SWCS 1974!”
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Suzette Fischer Paduano’s photos are on display at the Prendergast Library now through February 6th. Read all about it by clicking here.
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From a story by Scott Kindberg in the Post-Journal, November 30, 2008:
SYRACUSE – When Southwestern High School football coach Jay Siranni was a young assistant at Maple Grove in 1998, he often heard his boss, Curt Fischer, talk about how the best players perform their best in the biggest games.
They both got to see that first hand on Saturday at the Carrier Dome.
On the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s biggest stage, the Red Dragons and the Trojans proved to the rest of the Empire State that the best Class D and Class C teams do, indeed, reside about 12 miles apart in Chautauqua County.
Maple Grove junior Chris Secky, the most valuable player, tossed three touchdown passes to senior Joe Caporale and ran for two others to lead the top-ranked Red Dragons (13-0) to a 55-7 rout of No. 2 Moriah (12-1) in the Class D final.
Meanwhile, Southwestern junior Zack Sopak, who also earned MVP honors, threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for another to lift the No. 1-ranked Trojans (13-0) to a 35-7 throttling of Croton-Harmon (11-2) in the Class C championship.
The title was the second for Maple Grove – it earned its first 10 years ago – while Southwestern earned its first.
”It’s truly overwhelming,” Fischer said. ”I told our team before the game that there are two (Class D) teams on top of the mountain here today. Who’s going to push the other one off to be on top? Fortunately, we’re standing on top of the mountain today.”
Well, as it turned out, the Red Dragons are happy to share a place on the summit with the school on the other side of Chautauqua Lake.
”Chautauqua County should be proud of these two teams,” Sirianni said.
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