Fowler's Vacola Fowler's Vacola The Fowler's Vacola jar is a molded glass jar used in canning to preserve food. It is the most popular home canning system in Australia. The system was developed in 1915 in Melbourne, Australia, by Joseph Fowler (28 February 1888 – 24 April 1972), who migrated from England in 1912, at his home in Hawthorn, Victoria, and became very popular. The Fowler's Vacola system uses glass jars, single use rubber ring seals and pressed metal lids, much like American Mason jars first patented in 1858, except that the jars and lids are not threaded. During the canning process,
WECK WECK WECK (1230 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Cheektowaga, New York and serving the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The station airs an oldies music format. The studios, offices and transmitter are located on Genesee Street in Buffalo's suburban Cheektowaga, which is WECK's official city of license, however the station is a metro Buffalo station. WECK programming is simulcast on two FM translator stations at 102.9 and 100.5 FM MHz. The station is currently owned by Radio One Buffalo, LLC, a company set up by long time Buffalo radio DJ, radio marketing executive and local business advocate