Panama School Board Meets

On Monday

PANAMA — The Panama Central School Board of Education will hold a scheduled meeting on Monday at 6 p.m. in the board room.

The Meeting

Is Open To

The Public

ASHVILLE — Watts Flats United Methodist Church, 866 Blockville-Watts Road, will be having a Chicken and Biscuit Dinner with desserts on Wednesday from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Rabies Clinic Scheduled

For Aug. 22

In Ellington

The Chautauqua County Health Department will host a free rabies vaccination clinic co-sponsored by the town of Ellington from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at the Ellington Highway Garage, 681 E. Main St., Ellington. There is no pre-registration for this clinic. Vaccinations will be provided free of charge to all dogs, cats, and domesticated ferrets three months of age and older. For more information about the clinic contact the town of Ellington at 716-287-2026. For general rabies information, visit chqgov.com/environmental-health/rabies-prevention or contact Chautauqua County Health Department at 716-753-4481.

Presentation On The Bird Life Of Sunnyside Marsh To Be Held

The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy is sponsoring a special public presentation about the bird life at its Sunnyside Marsh Preserve on Thursday, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 1255 Prendergast Avenue in Jamestown.

For nine years, federally- and state-licensed master bird banders John H. Rappole, emeritus research scientist at the Smithsonian Institution’s Conservation Biology Institute, and Jim Berry, retired President of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, have captured, banded, and studied thousands of birds of 90 different species at the Sunnyside Marsh preserve. They recently published their findings in the paper “Seasonal Change in the Avian Community of a Western New York Shrub Swamp.” These findings will be presented at the Aug. 22 program along with background information on various plant and animal species found in the marsh.

Sunnyside Marsh is a 4.5-acre nature preserve located in the Town of Ellery that is a vital link in the network of wetland preserves protecting Chautauqua Lake from runoff and sedimentation, providing critical plant and wildlife protection.

The program is free and open to the public. Registration is greatly appreciated and can be done by emailing the Conservancy at info@chautauquawatershed.org or by calling 716-664-2166 x1002.

Prendergast Library To Host Movie Night

The James Prendergast Library will hold a free movie night at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23. The library will show the film Elemental, rated PG, in the library’s Fireplace Room. There is no fee to attend and no registration is necessary.