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Mar 14

CHEERS & JEERS: The best and worst of the week for March 13 – Niagara Gazette

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STORM RESPONSE: Hats off to the highway and forestry workers, volunteer and professional firefighters, law enforcement officers and private utility workers who responded so quickly and effectively to the fallout of the windstorm that tore through Niagara County earlier this week. Despite the extent of the mess and the damage, within 24 hours major roads were cleared of felled trees and power lines, and most residents who lost power had it restored. According to Steve Brady, regional spokesman for National Grid, the storm hit with such gale force that in some places, whole electrical systems have to be rebuilt. Considering that, its safe to say our community came out of the storm relatively unscathed, and we have a small army of first responders to thank for that.

PUMPED UP: Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center officials proudly unveiled the facilitys newest addition this past week about $100,000 worth of upgrades and equipment added to the Center of Niagaras Cardiopulmonary Rehab Facility located at the hospitals Heart Center on 10th Street. The all new, fully handicapped-accessible facility features 18 new pieces of workout equipment. It allows post-operative cardiac patients, and those with other diagnoses, to follow individually tailored exercise programs. It also offers a wellness exercise program to the general public and, in conjunction with YMCA Buffalo Niagara, fitness classes for people with special needs. ... we like to think of it as Club Med comes to Tenth Street, quipped Memorial President & CEO Joseph A. Ruffolo during a ceremony last week. It doesnt sound like hes too far off. In addition, rehabilitation services at the Heart Center of Niagara will be featured as an important part of the Million Hearts Project, a cardiac health and wellness campaign that will kick off at Memorial today.

REVISED ORDER: President Trumps revised executive order on immigration provides some relief to the Niagara Frontier. The original order called for biometric checks fingerprint or iris scanning of all travelers at U.S. border crossings including the bridges in Niagara Falls and Lewiston, raising the possibility of processing delays bringing New York-Ontario trade to a screeching halt. U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, minced no words when he pointed out to the administration the potentially devastating economic consequences of such a broad border-security order, and the revised executive order appears to have taken his warning into account. Collins says the order now calls for a tracking system for in-scope travelers only and that label does not apply to citizens and permanent residents of the U.S. and Canada.

JEERS

TIPPED OFF: Retention of an expensive, professional crisis communications firm by the board of trustees of Niagara County Community College, a public entity, seems a bit much. The hiring followed recent disclosures of internal emails by college administration regarding the development of the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute. The trustees, who are the overseers of NCCC, should know well enough whats going on to be able to answer questions from the media and the public themselves. If they cant or dont want to, why are they trustees? Perhaps the board should hire Tipping Point Communications to oversee the college, too? Local government watchdog Rosemary Warren hit the nail on the head when she addressed the trustees at their meeting last week and let em know, they own some of the blame for the colleges current clouded circumstance.

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