Receiving awards this year are:

• Manufacturer of the Year, TitanX;
• Retailer of the Year, Jamestown Cycle Shop;
• Community Service Award, Tim Shults;
• Pride of Jamestown Award, Gary Peters Sr. and Gary Peters Jr.;
• Business of the Year, Digitell;
• Service to Humanity Award, Lynn Development Group;
• New Business of the Year, Line-X of Jamestown;
• Restaurant of the Year, Pressroom Restaurant at Shawbucks.

In recognition of the Jamestown Community Chamber’s partnership projects with the Jamestown Young Professionals two additional awards will be presented:  Young Community Leader of the Year, Peter Lombardi; and Young Business Leader of the Year, Pete Scheira.

The awards dinner will begin with registration and a cocktail hour at 5pm, followed by a served dinner and the program at 6pm.  The cost is $28 per person or $218 for a table for 8.  Dinner choices are prime rib, Parmesan encrusted salmon, or eggplant Parmesan. The cost includes hors d’oeuvres, salad, bread, dessert, and coffee or tea.  There will be a cash bar. Advanced registration is required.

Please register by February 20 on the Chamber’s web site or by calling 484-1101.

‘Radio Girl’ from the Pin-Up series by Andy Palermo.

JAMESTOWN – A group of local photographers and illustrators will present “People, In All Their Forms” at the James Prendergast Library Art Gallery from today through Nov. 23. Exhibitor organizer Andy Palermo invited photographers Jenn Randall, Dan Swackhammer, and Chris Wysard to join him in presenting images accompanied by the illustrations of Jeff Creager, Gary Peters, Sr., Gary Peters, Jr., and Wysard.

There will be an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight that will give residents a chance to meet the artists and discuss their collaboration.

Library hours to view “People, In All Their Forms” are 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

WRFA Will also feature an interview with Andy Palermo during the Oct. 26 edition of our Arts on Fire program.

A group of residents and city officials stand in front of the new I Love Lucy mural in Jamestown’s Brooklyn Square. It was done by local artists Gary Peters, Jr. and Gary Peters, Sr. and is the largest Lucille Ball mural in the world. (Photo courtesy of Lucy-Desi Center).

JAMESTOWN – Community members and a group of 50 museum visitors gathered to be a part of Jamestown history on Monday morning as Gary Peters Jr. and Gary Peters Sr. put their finishing touches on the largest ‘I Love Lucy’ mural in the world.

A portion (a heart-shaped coat button) of the mural had been previously left unfinished so it could be completed on October 15th, the 61st anniversary of the first airdate of ‘I Love Lucy’. The image of Lucy, Ricky, Ethel and Fred on the mural is from the iconic ‘I Love Lucy’ episode, ‘California, Here We Come!’

Over 500 man hours were put in by both Gary Peters Jr. and Gary Peters Sr. to paint the 1,800 square foot portrait over Brooklyn Square in downtown Jamestown. Almost 30 gallons of paint were required (some of which were donated by the local Sherwin Williams store) and there are various hidden ‘I Love Lucy’ messages in the mural, including the mural scene’s episode number, 110.

This was the fifth ‘Lucy’-related mural completed by Gary Peters Sr. and Gary Peters Jr. in Ball’s hometown of Jamestown, New York. The first ‘Lucy’ mural in Jamestown was completed 12 years ago, and this most recent mural is being completed on the heels of ‘I Love Lucy’ being voted as Greatest TV Show and Greatest TV Comedy of all-time in the nationally-televised Barbara Walters’ special, ‘The Best in TV – The Greatest Shows of Our Time.’