{"id":62052,"date":"2025-02-22T23:44:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T04:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=62052"},"modified":"2025-02-22T23:44:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T04:44:45","slug":"genesee-county-batavia-downs-to-hold-remembrance-ceremony-for-longtime-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-to-hold-remembrance-ceremony-for-longtime-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia Downs to hold remembrance ceremony for longtime employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Western New York Harness Horseman\u2019s Association to donate $4,000<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BATAVIA \u2013 Batavia Downs Gaming &amp; Hotel has announced\u00a0<a><strong>that on the last day of the winter meet, prior to racing at 3pm on Monday, February 24<sup>th<\/sup>, President &amp; CEO Byron Brown is scheduled to be joined by Family Members and Employees to honor former employees Aaron Galanti, Plez Bruno and Dennis Tourville, a longtime WNY Horseman, who have passed in recent months.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first race will be named after Mr. Galanti, the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0race after Mr. Bruno and the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0for Mr. Tourville.\u00a0 Families and friends of the honorees are invited to gather in the winner\u2019s circle after the first race at approx. 3:06pm.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A US Flag, raised by Mr. Galanti, will be presented to his family.\u00a0\u00a0 The Western New York Harness Horseman\u2019s Association (WNYHHA) will be donating $4,000 of entrance monies fees to the Purple Haze Standard Bred Horse Adoption Program in honor of these 3 men.\u00a0 Purple Haze helps rehabilitate and house Harness Racing horses once their racing days are over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information on all Live Racing events can be found on the Batavia Downs Website or Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western New York Harness Horseman\u2019s Association to donate $4,000 BATAVIA \u2013 Batavia Downs Gaming &amp; Hotel has announced\u00a0that on the last day of the winter meet, prior to racing at 3pm on Monday, February 24th, President &amp; CEO Byron Brown is scheduled to be joined by Family Members and Employees \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-to-hold-remembrance-ceremony-for-longtime-employees\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-g8Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61580,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-dennis-james-tourville-66-passes-away\/","url_meta":{"origin":62052,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia Downs\/Dennis James Tourville, 66, passes away","author":"aka","date":"February 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Batavia, NY ---\u00a0Dennis James Tourville, 66, of Buffalo, New York, passed away on January 25, 2025 at\u00a0the\u00a0Erie\u00a0County\u00a0Medical\u00a0Center. 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