http://www.lockportjournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_334000057.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_334000057.html Protecting others seems to be hereditary for the Parker family of Lockport. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:19:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_327011937.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_327011937.html Kira Kremer, 21, a 2005 graduate of Lockport High School, is getting help with tuition to the SUNY Upstate Medical University with a scholarship from the Freedom Alliance Scholarship. Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:57:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_320005915.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_320005915.html When Joshua Vacanti takes the stage, sometimes it feels like an out-of-body experience to him. Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:08:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_313011034.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_313011034.html In the small community of Wilson, there are hundreds of young people who have no connections with a church. Concerned members of First Baptist Church decided that rather than complain about it, they’d hire a recruiter of sorts. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:32:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_299012945.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_299012945.html John Randolph, fresh from his three-year tour of duty in the Army, went to work for Gasport Wood Products in the fall of 1958 as a carpenter. He is still on the job making custom-made cabinets. Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:47:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_271024749.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_271024749.html Ray Dreher, a former Marine who served after World War II and again during the Korean War, is helping to keep the St. Vincent DePaul tradition of charity alive in Lockport. Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:43:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_264014221.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_264014221.html After each hurricane or tropical storm makes landfall on U.S. soil, hundreds of volunteers from the American Red Cross make their way to disaster-hit areas to help. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_256224241.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_256224241.html Going from a Towne to a Trek made all the difference for Loretta Robinson. Thanks to a simple switch facilitated by a US and J reader and Burt’s Bikes and Fitness store, Robinson is back on her bike and is no longer confined to home by disability. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:08:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_250011213.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_250011213.html Firefighter Mark Gilson of Olcott receives an award for saving a woman from drowning. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:05:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_242220345.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_242220345.html Friendly competition has picked up in the Village of Wilson for folks painting cutouts of the Fleetwing schooner built in 1863.The village has celebrated its 150th birthday, but interest in the plywood replicas continues to grow. June Kunzweiler of Wood Street has painted the 48-by-48-inch model in a patriotic theme and placed it at the corner of Wood and Lake streets. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:22:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_215011342.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_215011342.html Kevin Schroeder saved his sister Madeline’s life on June 6 with a Heimlich maneuver in their Webb Street home. He received training through the American Red Cross at school in March, and on Wednesday, he received a Rec Cross Certificate of Recognition for extraordinary personal action. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:18:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_201021331.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_201021331.html Bicycling is Loretta Robinson’s passion. It’s her freedom from pain and her substitute for walking, which is always difficult. If only she could find a bike that works with her body. Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:06:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_194020358.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_194020358.html She’s a queen who wears a cowboy hat instead of a crown. Kelsey Baldwin is the 2008-09 Miss New York State High School Rodeo Queen. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:54:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_180005736.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_180005736.html Betty Werth of Cambria has been serving food and monitoring children in the cafeteria at Starpoint Middle School since 1958. Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:43:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_173004241.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/peopleprofile/local_story_173004241.html Niagara County Historical Society will roll out another season of Step Back In Time “living history dramas” July 1 at Erie Canal Discovery Center, in tandem with the launch of daily Flight of Five canal locks walking tours.