Reading the minutes - April has been proclaimed "The Bluebird Of Brockport Month"

From the Brockport Village Board Meeting minutes of 03/12/13:

VILLAGE OF BROCKPORT

PROCLAMATION

THE BLUEBIRD OF BROCKPORT

WHEREAS, the first week of May 2013 boasts a program of events called “Low Bridge, High Water” to celebrate the season opening of the Erie Canal waters; and

WHEREAS, Donna Winters, a native of Brockport and author of The Bluebird of Brockport, a novel of the Erie Canal will be visiting schools and libraries and discussing her book; and

WHEREAS, William G. Andrews, Ph.D., Village Trustee and Historian Emeritus, and an author of several books about Brockport history, writes “Donna Winters tells a rollicking good story, full of action, romance, and mystery, that conveys a very pervasive feeling of authenticity for Erie Canal life in the 1830s. She is especially good developing credible, likable characters and describing family dynamics.”

NOW, THEREFORE, citizens are encouraged to join with the Village Board in this salute to Erie Canal life and read The Bluebird of Brockport in April 2013.

IN WITNESS WHEROF, I Maria Connie Castañeda, Mayor of the Village of Brockport do hereby proclaim April 2013 as The Bluebird of Brockport month. We hereby set our hand and cause the Corporate Seal of the Village of Brockport to be affixed this 12th day of March in the year 2013.

Trustee Andrews shared that Donna Winters’ grandfather was Homer Rogers, once a Mayor of the Village of Brockport.

For more about Donna Winters and The Bluebird of Brockport book from The Daily Press in Escanaba, Michigan click here.

The Bluebird Of Brockport is available at the Lift Bridge Book Shop at 45 Main St., Brockport, NY or through the Brockporter/Amazon widget below.