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10 Community news CHAUTAUQUA STAR FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2014 Pancake Breakfast dmv, Clerk's office Get new atm machines Contributed Article Tickets for the breakfast Contributed Article Boys and Girls Club of Jamestown Chautauqua County Clerk’s Office are $6.00 for ages 5-59, $5.00 for ages 60 and up and children ages 4 and under are free. The adult members of the Winifred Crawford Dib- There is a cash drawing and tickets are only ert Boys & Girls Club of $1.00. There will also be Jamestown are sponsora basket raffle. You do not ing a pancake breakfast on Saturday May 3, 2014 need to be present to win. at the Boys & Girls Club Basket raffle tickets are 3/$1; 12/$3; and 20/$5. – 62 Allen St. from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. All proceeds from this The breakfast consists of annual event will benscrambled eggs, sausage, efit Boys & Girls Club juice, milk and coffee or youth programming. All youth programming tea along with all-youcan-eat pancakes. A bake at the Boys & Girls Club is funded in part by the sale will also take place United Way. during the breakfast. Chautauqua County Clerk Larry Barmore with one of the new ATM machines. in Mayville where customers can't use credit cards and have master Gardener’s to Hold 4th annual Plant sale Contributed Article nuals, vegetables, herbs and shrubs from the Master Gardeners’ gardens and our MG volThe Cornell Coopunteers will be available erative Extension of to answer questions,” Chautauqua County Master Gardener (MG) said Betsy Burgeson, Coordinator of the MG Program will be holding its 4th Annual Plant Program. In addition to the plants, there will be Sale on Saturday, May 10 in the Big Barn at the used gardening books, gardening tools, and Frank Bratt Ag Center. Mother’s Day gardenThe Center is located ing gift baskets. “Proon Turner Road off of Route 60. The sale will ceeds of the sale will go begin promptly at 9 a.m. to Cornell Cooperative with no early sales and it Extension of Chautauwill end at 12 p.m. Cash qua County to keep the Master Gardener or Check only. Program “growing.” “We will have tried Mrs. Burgeson said. and true perennials, anCCMG In an effort to better serve customers, Chautauqua County Clerk Larry Barmore has had ATM machines conveniently placed in the County Clerk's office as well as the Jamestown and Mayville, DMV offices. "One of the fi rst issues I heard about when I became County Clerk was the inconvenience of our customers having to go to another location to get money to complete their transactions," said Barmore. "The most inconvenienced customers were in the County Clerk's office to leave the building and go across the street or down the block, sometimes losing their valuable parking place and having to go through the security checkpoint twice." The ATM machines are available for use by the public and employees for a nominal fee. So far the ATM machines have seen nearly daily use, exemplifying the need for this added convenience. "We're always looking for ways to improve customer service without burdening the taxpayers," said Barmore. "We want to be friendly, we want to be convenient and we want our customers to have a good experience." Burgeson also added that there will be a new addition to this year’s sale. “I am very happy to announce that we (the MG Program) have partnered with the artists of The Resource Center’s Day Habilitation Services who will be selling their garden art at the event.” Many of the items are re-purposed, such as the bowling ball sculptures, and plant stands made from “old” chairs. Proceeds from their art will be used to purchase additional craft supplies as well as items for The Riverwalk Community Labyrinth. H