{"id":56609,"date":"2014-07-02T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=56609"},"modified":"2014-07-02T10:08:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T14:08:40","slug":"boxing-hall-of-fame-thanks-community-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=56609","title":{"rendered":"Boxing Hall of Fame Thanks Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To the Editor:<\/p>\n

On behalf of the staff of the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the entire community of Canastota for another successful Induction Weekend.\u00a0 The event chairpersons, volunteers and sponsors, along with the residents of this fabulous village worked together to make the 25th Annual Induction Weekend a \u201cknockout\u201d celebration.<\/p>\n

A personal \u201cthank you\u201d goes out to Canastota Village Mayor Carla DeShaw, Lenox Town Supervisor John Pinard and their respective boards, Police Chief James Zophy and the Canastota Police Department, Canastota Department of Public Works, Canastota Beautification Committee, Canastota Volunteer Fire Department, Madison County Sheriff\u2019s Department, New York State Police, New York State Thruway Authority, New York State Department of Transportation, Greater Lenox Ambulance Service, Canastota Running Club, Oneida Healthcare Extended Care Facility, Madison County Tourism, VFW Post 600, Rusty Rail Party House, Graziano\u2019s Casa Mia,\u00a0 Graziano\u2019s Motor Lodge, Greystone Castle, Carnegie Caf\u00e9 & Catering, Casolwood Golf Course, OnCenter\u00a0 Convention Center, Jim Curtis of Mid-State Golf Car,\u00a0 NBT Bank,\u00a0 Mary and Todd Rouse, Drs. Juan and Dorothy Kassab, Fiore\u2019s\u00a0 Funeral Home, Father Stephen Wirkes and 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,\u00a0 Boo\u2019s Cleaning Service, American Arborist, Oneida Indian Nation, Nighthawk Transportation, Bimbo Bakeries USA (Freihofer\u2019s), Dunkin Donuts, Denise Jassak, Sorbello\u2019s Produce, Service Universal, Southern Wine & Spirits, Ringside Wine,\u00a0 W.B. Mason, Mark\u2019s Pizzeria,\u00a0 Tully\u2019s, Nirvana Water, Adonis-Avanti Crystal Coach Charters, HP Hood,\u00a0 Basilio-Buda Sausage Co.\/ Salarino\u2019s Italian Food Co., The Grey Barn Art & Frame,\u00a0 Bliss Environmental, Queensboro Farm Products, Wilcox Travel Leaders 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

Thank you so much for the hospitality bestowed upon this year\u2019s invited boxing celebrities, Parade Grand Marshal, Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri and the thousands of boxing fans from throughout the world.\u00a0 As always, they were overwhelmed and deeply touched by the warmth of our community.<\/p>\n

The 25th\u00a0Annual Induction Weekend was a \u201cknockout\u201d weekend!<\/p>\n

Edward Brophy, Executive Director<\/strong><\/p>\n

International Boxing Hall of Fame<\/strong><\/p>\n

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To the Editor: On behalf of the staff of the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the entire community of Canastota for another successful Induction Weekend.\u00a0 The event chairpersons, volunteers and sponsors, along with the residents of this fabulous village worked together to make the […]<\/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-56609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56609","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=56609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}