{"id":48054,"date":"2013-07-09T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=48054"},"modified":"2013-07-08T08:35:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T12:35:57","slug":"boxing-hall-of-fame-thanks-community-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=48054","title":{"rendered":"Boxing Hall of Fame Thanks Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor:<\/p>\n<p>(Canastota, NY &#8211; July 2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/letterstotheeditor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-764\" alt=\"letterstotheeditor\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/letterstotheeditor.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>On behalf of the staff of the International Boxing Hall of Fame &amp; Museum, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the entire community of Canastota for another successful Induction Weekend.\u00a0\u00a0The event chairpersons, volunteers and sponsors, along with the residents of this fabulous village worked together to make the 24th Annual Induction Weekend a \u201cknockout\u201d celebration.<\/p>\n<p>A personal \u201cthank you\u201d goes out to Mayor Carla DeShaw, Supervisor Rocky DiVeronica and their respective boards, the Canastota Police Department, Canastota Department of Public Works, Canastota Beautification Committee, Canastota Volunteer Fire Department, Madison County Sheriff\u2019s Department, NYS Department of Transportation, NYS Police, Greater Lenox Ambulance Service, Canastota Running Club, Oneida Healthcare Extended Care Facility, Madison County Tourism, VFW Post 600, Graziano\u2019s Casa Mia, Rusty Rail Party House, Greystone Castle, Casolwood Golf Course, OnCenter\u00a0\u00a0Convention Center, Jim Curtis of Mid-State Golf Car, NBT Bank, Fiore Funeral Home, St. Agatha\u2019s Church and Youth Group, Canastota Central School District, Canastota High School Select Choir, TOPS Market, Nice N Easy, Express Mart, Rapasadi and Sons, Rick\u2019s Rags, Debrucque Greenhouses, Canastota Days Inn, Holiday Ice, Green Image Landscaping, Villari Landscaping, Clean Sweep, American Arborist, Oneida Indian Nation, Nighthawk Transportation, Bimbo Bakeries USA (Freihofer\u2019s), Dunkin Donuts, Denise Jassak, Sorbello\u2019s Produce, Empire Merchants North, Southern Wine &amp; Spirits, Tecate, W.B. Mason, Staples, Mark\u2019s Pizzeria, Nirvana Water, Adonis-Avanti Crystal Coach Charters, MacCadam Cheese, Oneida Indian Nation,\u00a0\u00a0Basilio-Buda Sausage Co.\/ Salarino\u2019s Italian Food Co., The Grey Barn, Mary and Todd Rouse, Bliss Environmental, Queensboro, and the numerous automobile dealerships who provided transportation for the celebrities throughout the weekend, as well as the many, many convertible car owners who supplied their vehicles for the Parade of Champions.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much for the hospitality bestowed upon this year\u2019s invited boxing celebrities, parade Grand Marshal, Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Rosie Perez and the thousands of boxing fans from throughout the world.\u00a0\u00a0As always, they were overwhelmed and deeply touched by the warmth of our community.<\/p>\n<p>It was a \u201cknockout\u201d weekend for all.\u00a0Let\u2019s keep the magic alive as we look forward tocelebrating our 25th\u00a0Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend next year!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Edward Brophy, Executive Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>International Boxing Hall of Fame<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor: (Canastota, NY &#8211; July 2013) On behalf of the staff of the International Boxing Hall of Fame &amp; Museum, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the entire community of Canastota for another successful Induction Weekend.\u00a0\u00a0The event chairpersons, volunteers and sponsors, along with the residents of this fabulous village worked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}