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Sidney Comes Together to Celebrate 28th Annual sfcu Hometown Day Parade
By allison collins
SidNey – early morning downpours let up just in time for the start of the 28th annual sfcu hometown day parade, noontime on Saturday, June 11. and, despite the still-gray skies, hundreds of families, dogs and balloon-toting kids lined both sides of Main St. to watch the hour-long celebra-tion of community.
From under their tent, sta-tioned on the corner of Main and division, members of Sidney’s Boy Scout Troop 88 grilled up hotdogs and sausages with peppers and onions, while crowds waited for the Sidney police depart-ment, escorting Mayor andy
Matviak, to crest the Main St. railroad crossing and mark the parade’s official start.
To a smattering of sideline applause, the Sidney pd was followed up by the village’s fire department, the trucks of which let off the occasional celebratory woop-woop siren call.
Sidney’s marching band and color guard came next, putting on a tuneful perfor-mance before processing to make way for parade grand Marshal and 2016 Business of the year, the cullman child development center.
Members of the Bain-bridge-based algonquin antique automobile club brought an array of vintage
models from across the de-cades, all polished and buffed for parade day.
The Sidney chamber of commerce’s choice for 2016 citizen of the year, ray Bak-er, followed, smiling and wav-ing from the back of a pick-up with his bouquet-bearing wife, Melissa.
Trailing Baker was a pa-rade unto itself, made up of various tractors of myriad makes and models, including a 1954 John deere.
Members of the Laurens central School Marching Band and color guard made the trek to Sidney to partici-pate and brought along espe-cially impressive precision rifle tossing skills.
human and four-legged representatives of Monica’s heart, an adoption service for former racing greyhounds, made an appearance after LcS, stopping occasionally to both toss candy and get a little petting action from the crowd.
Filling two floats, members of the red hat pussycats rum-bled down Main St. with both the vehicles and the women wearing the organization’s trademark red hats. Members blew bubbles as they rolled.
wcdO radio personal-ity, rob ray, cruised his way through downtown, followed by members of the carle School of irish dance. danc-ers stopped at intervals to show off some of their quick-
SEE PARADE, PG. 5
NY-19 Congressional Hopefuls Faceoff at Foothills
SEE NY-19, PG. 4
By allison collins
ONeONTa – On the eve-ning of wednesday, June 8, Oneonta’s Foothills perform-ing arts center played host to a debate between democratic and republican congressional candidates for N.y.’S 19th dis-trict, which, locally, concerns delaware and Otsego county.
The Oneonta and cooper-stown chapters of the League of women Voters, a non-par-tisan political organization begun in 1920, sponsored the debate. candidates from both sides expounded upon top-ics and questions provided by a media panel, the League of women Voters and audi-ence members, in an effort to curry votes in the lead up to the fast-approaching June 28 primaries.
republican hopefuls an-drew heaney and John Faso faced off first.
in his opening statement, heaney emphasized that the driving force behind choos-ing to run for congress has been his three young chil-
dren and the realization that “their generation has been betrayed.” heaney went on to say, “corruption has con-spired to create a crisis of faith the likes of which this country has ever seen.” Time and again, heaney returned to that so-called ‘crisis’ in his talking points, reiterating that his overarching goal as a po-tential congressman would be working to restore the faith of the people in the 19th district and america at large. heaney emphasized, too, that it was his background as a small business owner and not a pro-fessional politician that would give him keen insight into how to go about revitalizing N.y.’s economy and thereby fixing said faith.
Faso spoke similarly in his opening statement, attributing his reason for running to the fact that “america is in crisis; upstate N.y. is in deep, deep crisis.” Faso said darkly, “The ‘american dream’ is slipping and fading,” and asked rhe-torically, “how do we restore hope?” his answer: bring eco-
nomic growth and prosperity back to america and back to N.y. Faso outlined that, to do this, he would implement tax reform, instate small busi-ness incentives, and address what he termed ‘regula-tory madness’ in albany and washington.
a member of the two-person media panel started off the republican portion of the debate by asking heaney and Faso what current Ny-19 congressman, republican chris gibson, did not do that they would. in his response, Faso was careful to be diplo-matic, stressing that he thinks gibson has done a great job, but echoed many of his po-litical fellows when he said, “This will be the first gen-eration to leave the country is worse shape than they found it.” proactively, Faso said he would combat what he called “the slowest economic growth the country has seen since wwii” by fixing the tax code to create incentives which would generate growth, and remove public aid programs
like welfare, which he cred-ited with contributing to the country’s current “anemic” state. Faso also denounced president Obama and gov-ernor cuomo for “literally crushing small businesses.”
heaney responded to the panel’s question by under-scoring the parallels between himself and chris gibson, who also comes from a non-political background, saying, “until we start getting citizen representation back in wash-ington, we’re never going to resolve these problems.” he-aney said that his business background lets him under-stand “what it takes” to “make life better for small business-es,” noting that, “it’s not rock-et science.” here he called for sweeping tax reform, cutting corporate tax rates and repair-ing Obamacare. heaney also acknowledged that he feels an excess of the national $3.9 trillion annual budget goes toward non-discretionary spending—things like Social Security and Medicare—and that more funding should
be allotted to national de-fense. heaney added that, as a businessman, he possesses the sales background to act as an ‘economic booster’ for the district and the state and is unafraid of literally going door-to-door to bring busi-ness back to Ny-19. “The 19th district has a ‘people prob-
lem,’” heaney said, touching on the state’s stagnation and recent out-migration. “even if [a business owner] wanted to bring in new employees, NyS lacks the human infrastruc-ture. we need to start at the ground up and bring people back to N.y.”
Both heaney and Faso
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along with the gillette Midway, a wide variety of events, programs, and shows are being planned for the 127th afton Fair. highlights will include:
wednesday, July 6 – rides; kiddie pedal Tractor pull; Magic 101.7, with free carica-tures by “Big russ” Swanger; community parade, featuring special guest Senator Fred akshar as grand Marshal; Brenna Swanger on Sertoma Stage, and a fantastic fire-works display sponsored by NBT.
Thursday July 7 – rides; animal adventure, sponsored by Blue Ox and Main Street grill & Bakery; Battle of the Bands, and the Black cat hell drivers thrill driving show.
Friday July 8 – rides; har-ness racing; Valley Veteri-nary associates youth dairy Show, honoring paul Faigle’s dedication to educating and promoting youth involvement
in the dairy industry; animal adventure, sponsored by Blue Ox and Main Street grill & Bakery, Jason wicks on Ser-toma Stage; and the crowd-pleasing demo derby, spon-sored by rinker’s insurance, Madison Vinyl and eTM So-lar works.
Saturday July 9 – rides; wagner Nineveh Open horse Show with the Osterhoudt-Madden Funeral home eng-lish division; Valley Veteri-nary associates youth dairy Show, honoring paul Faigle’s dedication to educating and promoting youth involvement in the dairy industry; animal adventure, sponsored by Blue Ox and Main Street grill & Bakery; Farm Stock & en-hanced Tractor pull and the gas & diesel Off-the-Street Truck pull; Free youth horse-shoe Tournament, sponsored by clark construction; Miss Beautiful Beauty and Talent competition; antique Truck club of america display; district 5 idol contest by powerhouse entertainment, and a youth bike drawing.
Fair goers can also look forward to the following daily attractions: Mr. Scribbles the roving artist; a small animal exhibit/children’s activity cen-ter, sponsored by progressive
dental; cow plop “Bingo;” al-paca displays; and exhibits by the afton agricultural Mu-seum and the greater afton area chamber of commerce.
general admission to the fair will be $5 per car on wednesday and $5 per per-son, with kids five and under free on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. additionally, sea-son tickets are $12 and avail-able at the Fair Office or NBT afton.
The grandstand will be free on wednesday and $10 on Thursday, with kids five and under free. On Friday, the grandstand will be free for harness racing and is $6 per person, with kids five and under free for the demo der-by. On Saturday, grandstand admission will be $7, with anyone five and under free, plus one admission is good for both the Tractor and Truck pulls.
The Board is looking for vendors and sponsors for the Fair. information is available at, www.theaftonfair.com, or by calling the Fair office at 639-1525.
Mark your calendars and plan to come out to the 127th annual afton Fair. For more information, also check out The afton Fair on Facebook.
Tri-County Senior Center Plans Erie Canal Cruise
SidNey - The Tri-county Senior center is taking reser-vations now for a Living his-tory cruise on the erie canal and tour of the general her-kimer house to be held Tues-day, September 13.
we will depart from the Mcdonald’s parking lot in Sidney at 8:30 a.m. and from the Oneonta Bus Lines office at 8:45 a.m., and from there, travel to the Little Falls Ma-rina. There we will board the boat for a cruise through Lock 17, the highest lift lock on the erie canal, and travel to the general herkimer house, where a delicious BBQ lunch featuring home-style favorites will be served.
after lunch, we will tour the
historic site and view a dem-onstration of old time choco-late-making, before boarding the boat for a return cruise through Lock 17 and back to the Little Falls Marina.
The bus will return to Oneonta at approximately 5 p.m. and to Sidney at 5:30 p.m. The per-person cost will include the bus trip, cruise, lunch and tour of the her-kimer house, plus a tip for the driver. There is limited space on this trip, so call early to make your reservation (carol, at 563-8065). payment to Tri-county Senior center should be sent to pO Box 275, Sid-ney, N.y., 13838 and must be received by Friday, august 5.
BAINBRIDGE - The Soup Kitchen at the Bainbridge United Methodist Church is open Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Menu for the soup kitchen is available in the kitchen’s Facebook page.
SIDNEY - A full meal is served at St. Paul’s Epis-copal Church, 25 River St. every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Food selec-tions vary weekly and all are welcome.
UNADILLA - A week-ly luncheon is served ev-ery Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at St. Matthews Episcopal Church. A free will offering is appreciated.
cOVeNTryViLLe – There will be an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, on Saturday, June 18, from 7 to 10:30 a.m., at First congregational church, coventryville.
On the menu will be pancakes, sausage, home fries, scrambled eggs hot from the pan, homemade scratch sausage gravy and hot biscuits, plenty of hot coffee, orange juice and other surprises.
Turn onto county rd. 27, from State hwy. 206, at the blinking light in coventryville. Lots of free parking and handicap accessible. Join friends and neighbors around the table for a good old-fashioned breakfast to start the day and plenty of good fellowship. Free will offering is appreciated.
Father’s Day Fishing Fun with the Dave Brandt Chapter of Trout Unlimited
ONeONTa - The dave Brandt chapter of Trout un-limited annual Father’s day Fishing clinic will be held at the Neahwa park hodges pond on Sunday, June 19 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. The fish-ing event will be followed by instruction and gifts for chil-dren until 3 p.m. all families are invited. Fishing licenses are not required for this event. Fishing worms will be fur-nished. rods will be available if needed. The fishing event will be cancelled immediately if there is a threat of lightning.
Scott & Susan Jerauld Recognized for Service to Tri-Town Theatre
SidNey - Tri-Town The-atre presented Scott and Su-san Jerauld with a plaque to commemorate their many years of active membership in the group. For more than thirty years, the couple has given of their time and talents.
Scott has acted in numer-ous productions, hauled and constructed sets. he has been president of the TTT Board of directors probably more years than any other member
in the groups 50 plus years of operation. additionally, he has often been the light and sound crew. it is not unusual to find Scott back stage as stage manager.
Susan, likewise, has been indispensable to Tri-Town Theatre. audience members will remember her perfor-mances in many musicals. after Jack deuel’s retirement from directing the musical, Susan took over the job. Su-
san has also been the chief costumer for TTT for years.
The couple recently relo-cated to the state of Maine to work and be close to chil-dren—and now grandchil-dren. They leave with the appreciation of all those who have benefited from their ded-ication to Tri-Town Theatre. Scott and Susan will be sorely missed.
TTT director Jack Deuel presents a plaque and flowers to Scott and Susan Jerauld following the February 26 performance of Tri-Town Theatre’s “Charlotte’s Web.”
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ABC’s 23rd Annual Recital, “Can’t Stop Dancin’” is This Weekend
SidNey - Two different shows, featuring the talented, hard-working students from aBc center for performing arts, will be presented on Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18, at the afton central School auditorium for aBc’s 23rd annual recital.
Owner/director, amy Burns-cuozzo, along with aBc teachers and students, are proud to continue to carry on the many values, teach-ings, artistry, and love of dance passed down from Miss amy’s own teacher, andrea (kozak) wakeman. wakeman instilled a true love of dance and sense of community in so many students in the tri-town area and those who had the chance to learn from her are so fortunate. No one will ever compare to Miss andrea, but we will always strive to make her proud! Both shows will begin at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door.
Both shows will be filled with family-friendly, enter-taining numbers in various
dance genres and will in-clude dancers as young as age two, right up through adult dancers. From the opening number to the finale, audi-ence members are sure to be wowed, inspired, and enter-tained. recital goers will see cute little frogs, princesses, cowgirls, ragedy-anns, and flowers, along with brides, rock stars, and even some sur-prise performers! The variety of styles, ages and abilities, fun and inspirational music, beautiful costumes, and of course wonderfully talented aBc dancers, is sure to make both shows not-to-be-missed events! Join us on Friday and Saturday, June 17 and 18, for an amazing weekend of dance, fun, friendship and family. we hope you can join us, as our dancers can’t wait to share their love of dance with you!
To find out about aBc’s exciting summer programs, see the ad in this paper or go to aBc’s website, www.abcschoolofdance.com, for a complete listing and details.
SIDNEY25 YEARS AGO
June 19, 1991The community will get
a double benefit from keith clark’s newest venture, the child development center. The site selected for the construc-tion of the child development center is located adjacent to the keith clark plant on west road where the former Land-mark Ford building is located. keith wrigley, chairman of the Sidney industrial develop-ment agency, said that keith clark has generously offered to donate the 6,500 sqft build-ing to the Sidney ida if they will move the building to the Sidney industrial park.
douglas willies, president of keith clark, inc., will be the keynote speaker at the Sidney high School com-mencement on Saturday, June 22.
a surprised Jack deuel was presented with the Sidney ro-tary club’s Vocational Service award at their June 7 meeting. in making the presentation, whit whitaker, rotary presi-dent, said they were honoring Jack for his many years of dedicated service as director of the Tri-Town Theatre.
SIDNEY50 YEARS AGO
June 15, 1966The Village of Sidney has
been given a revised timetable for construction of the sewage treatment plant. construction of the new plant should be let for bid in March and the con-struction should get underway
in June 1967.June 12, 1941 - The name
Sherwood heights has been given to the federal hous-ing project which will fur-nish homes for the Scintilla Magneto workers on defense work. The name was given the project by John M. car-mondy, from among those presented by Sidney residents on Monday.
winfield T. Sherman was instrumental in bringing the Scintilla Magneto company to Sidney. he was a promotion agent in 1925, and late in the fall of that year, he persuaded robert F. Mack, representing the Brown-Boveri corpora-tion, to purchase the hatfield automobile Factory, the last building of which was just razed to give place for the lat-est addition to the Scintilla Magneto co.’s expanding fac-tory space.
pearl St., which in the past has branched off west Main Street to a dead-end street, will become a thoroughfare, according to Mayor w.w. Bates, as soon as the govern-ment completes its project in the Sherwood heights section of this village.
BAINBRIDGE25 YEARS AGO
June 19, 1991The athletic department
at B-g high School is grate-ful to senior artist ron Brad-bury for a new Bobcat sign. The 8’ by 2’ sign was painted so it could be attached to the scorekeeper’s table at basket-ball games.
hilltop haircare now open on rte. 7 under owner Mary rajner.
Former Bainbridge resi-dent connie crandall crosby was honored by the daniel Boone district of the hawk Mountain council of the Boy Scouts of america at the 1991 annual awards banquet and presented with the district award of Merit. Mrs. crosby began her scouting career as a member of explorer post 52 of Bainbridge while in high school. connie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. dennison r. crandall of Bainbridge.
BAINBRIDGE50 YEARS AGO
June 15, 1966 The voters of the Bain-
bridge Fire district approved a bond issue to finance con-struction of the new Bain-bridge Fire station. The new building will be considerably larger and will be built on land formerly occupied by the Bern Furniture building as well as the site of the present station.
The Victory Supermarket chain has purchased the old house located between the Victory Supermarket and the creek in Bainbridge. They are demolishing the house and plan to landscape the area to enhance the appearance of the supermarket. The house, which was formerly the resi-dence of irene Strong, has been unoccupied for the past year.
UNADILLA25 YEARS AGO
June 19, 1991 Leilani hotaling of un-
adilla graduated with a doctor of Veterinary Medicine de-gree from the college ofVet-erinary Medicine, university of Minnesota. The daughter of Lester and cynthia hotal-ing, she is a 1980 graduate of unatego School and a 1984 graduate of hartwick college. She received the allen d. Le-man Outstanding award in Swine Medicine and will be employed by the Big Lake Veterinary clinic in Monti-cello, MN.
UNADILLA75 YEARS AGO
June 13, 1941plans for the american Le-
gion county convention and Fourth of July celebration, to be held here on the third, fourth and fifth of next month, are rapidly reaching the stage of completion.
FrOM The FiLeS – June 19, 1930 – unadilla is to have a new d&h station! it will be constructed this season.
The Sidney–Franklin trol-ley road is to be built – at least so sayeth L.F. raymond, esq., of Franklin.
after July 1st, all residences using electric light will be placed on meters and the rate for stores fixed at $4.50 per light annually, which is an advance of about ten percent. The project of establishing a cooperative gas plant in one section of the village is being considered.
Engagement AnnouncementSidNey – Manager of the
delaware Valley humane So-ciety, erin Michelle Johnson, is celebrating her recent en-gagement to longtime resident of Sidney and 20-year accO Brands employee, Jacob don-ald insinga, iii. On wednes-
day, June 8, insinga proposed in a most fitting fashion, em-ploying a four-legged friend as messenger before getting down on bended knee outside of the dVhS. The two are looking forward to a summer 2017 wedding.
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consistently highlighted the need for economic stimuli and recovery, agreeing that the federal government has a spending problem and that collectively, the govern-ment needs to work to “bring american money back home without the threat of taxa-tion.” Faso, specifically, men-tioned having already pro-posed a plan to eliminate what he called “[Nelson] rockefell-er’s mistake of 50 years ago,” whereby NyS counties pay Medicaid tax, a tax Faso said “is not seen anywhere else in the country” and could be remedied “by changing fed-eral law.”
asked what hope local peo-ple should have for revitaliza-tion, Faso said, “So much of this [problem] has to do with over-regulation. we need to streamline review processes, with more definitive time-lines for development. The local review process needs to change.” heaney remarked, “we have land, we have re-sources, we have universities,” and said, “This district needs a salesman. i will go out, around the country, and get the 19th district hired. That’s something tangible i can do.” Faso criticized this claim, ar-guing that, “we rank 50th out of 51 states. a salesmen is all well and good, but no one wants to come here.”
asked pointedly if the two would be supporting gOp frontrunner and likely candi-date in the presidential elec-tion, donald Trump, Faso said only, “i’ve said all along, i will support the nominee of my party,” though did say, “people can tell the difference between political offices.”
heaney said, “i believe Trump and Sanders repre-sent a sense of deep frustra-tion in this country. people tell me they don’t believe in the future, they don’t believe in the american dream, and this has manifested as anger; i identify with that. he’s an outsider, he’s a businessman; i identify with that.”
Touching on the issue of fracking, heaney said he considered cuomo’s state-wide ban “wrong-headed” and said, “we should not ban national gas exploration, it’s absolutely necessary to cre-ating renewables…i believe in local control of fracking. if the community agrees, let them frack, let it be local.” in this same vein, Faso said. “cuomo’s decision to ban fracking was political, not scientific.”
Both men agreed that, with regard to the heroin and opi-oid epidemic, the country as a whole needs increased treat-ment options, increased long-term recovery lengths and increased public education. Faso noted that the president and congress are starting to work together on this issue, which is truly non-partisan, as “it is affecting everyone.” For his part, heaney called addic-tion “the result of a lack of connection, which plays right back to the issue of economic devastation in Ny-19.”
The only time the atmo-sphere between heaney and Faso grew overtly charged was during a discussion of
campaign funding. heaney criticized Faso for being funded by Super pac money, specifically mentioning a re-cent individual contribution of $600,000, which heaney said, “came down on my head in the form of attack ads.” heaney called for transpar-ency and “sensible campaign finance reform.”
Faso, however, rebutted by saying, “Me thinks my friend protests too much,” and ac-cused heaney of being “the one who started it,” after pur-portedly injecting corporate funds from his own business into a Super pac and then claiming to know nothing of it. Faso quipped, “it’s really rich coming from him, but then, it is rich!”
in closing, heaney said he would end where he began, and reinforced the notion that america’s biggest problem is its loss of faith. “a congress-man’s most important duty is restoring that faith…i will be that reform, i will live that reform.”
Faso, a former republican leader in the State assembly, closed by stressing his deep community involvement and longtime roots in kinderhook and the 19th district, alongside his history of public service. “we have it in our power to fix what ails america,” said Faso.
Stephanie Bauer of the cooperstown LwV moder-ated the second half of the evening, during which demo-cratic congressional hopefuls, Zephyr Teachout and will yandik, discussed the issues.
Teachout opened by say-ing, “For most of my adult life i’ve been fighting for this ex-traordinary country, which i love, and raising up voices of people everywhere.” Teachout admitted, “we do have a crisis of corruption…and we need someone elected who has a history of engaging in really tough fights and winning.”
will yandik, a fourth-gen-eration farmer, highlighted his roots, saying, “i’m running to represent the community i grew up in [and] to return power back to citizens. i be-lieve in this area and i want to serve it.”
asked for their thoughts on common core and if they believe parents should be al-lowed to have their children opt out of testing, Teachout again responded first, say-ing decisively, “i absolutely support parents having their kids opt out.” Teachout, who herself has been a consistent champion of the NyS opt-out movement, added, “The opt-out movement is about more than just student testing; it’s about a grass roots force edu-cating not just NyS, but the country, about the negative ef-fects of high stakes testing…Tests have a place in school, but not these tests, they’re destructive.” here, Teachout anecdotally quoted a farmer, saying, “you can’t fatten a hog by weighing it.”
yandik agreed with Teachout, beginning a pattern of fellow feeling that lasted throughout the exceedingly cordial democratic portion of the debate. yandik, who said the common core curriculum
began as a good intention that was ultimately poorly imple-mented, said the tests “have created more anxiety than positive results.”
The question of the cur-rent republican majority in the house was posed and yandik said that, if elected, he would draw on his experience of be-ing the only democrat in liv-ing memory to get elected to the Livingston Board. “The key will be identifying com-monalities,” said yandik. “washington can’t be any more political than some of theses small towns. i’m going to lean on experience.”
To this point, Teachout mused, “if you know who you are, you know what you believe in, and you are will-ing to be incredibly, incred-ibly polite, you can work with anyone.”
asked about the NyS econ-omy and how to resuscitate it, Teachout called for universal broadband (an issue Teachout has made a campaign hall-mark), which she called “ab-solutely essential for every-one,” and policy revision to enable a shift away from ‘big ag’ dependency. “we need policy to support midscale famers,” said Teachout. She called now the time to revital-ize and argued that it starts with trade policy reform and corporations paying their fair share. Teachout suggested changing broadbrand access to a ‘core utility’ classifica-tion, like electricity, investing in community colleges, and better facilitating NyS farm-ers with logistical hurdles like packaging and downstate transport.
in a continued discus-sion on upstate prosperity, Teachout said, “This region could be a hotbed for experi-mentation with micro-hydro, ground-source heat pumps and regional food econo-mies.” yandik echoed this, saying, “Tourism is alive and well” in the catskills and call-ing for trade policy reform.
Touching on the issue of veterans and veteran services, yandik called the present situ-ation “a moral travesty” and said, as a congressman, he would work for increased re-sources, including 24/7 men-tal health services. “we have to make a commitment to the people we ask to make the ul-timate sacrifice,” said yandik.
Teachout called the heroin epidemic “Both a policy ques-tion and a question of public shame,” adding, “we as a society should be engaged in helping and fixing this.” Like-wise, yandik said, “insurance companies need to treat this as a public health crisis” and stressed a need for increased federal spending on Nar-caN kits and working at the federal level to rewrite pre-scription guidelines.
discussing healthcare and the affordable care act, Teachout said she is “so proud that this country came to-gether to provide healthcare,” but called healthcare costs “grotesque,” “disgusting,” and “out of control.” Teachout, who vowed to “take on big pharma” if elected said, “we actually could have universal-ly affordable healthcare. it’s
achievable.”Of the affordable care act
specifically, yandik acknowl-edged that it succeeded in covering millions of people who had no health insurance, but said, “we have to focus more on affordable healthcare costs.” yandik championed moving away from the cur-rent ‘fee-for-service’ model and focusing, instead, on pre-ventative care. Like Teachout, yandik expressed disgust over the monopolization of big pharma, saying, “it’s embarrassing.”
On the matter of guns and gun control, yandik spoke passionately, outlining his lifetime spent in and around ‘gun culture.’ Noting that guns are “unemotional items on a farm, as common as a shovel or a rake,” yandik said his background gives him a leg up and unique insight into the hunter/outdoorsmen/sports club demographic. yandik, who admitted that, “yes, we have a gun violence national problem,” said, “i can be a strong advocate for the gun safety we need in this country.” Teachout said, “we have a deep, fundamen-tal agreement on this issue,” and attributed the Ny Safe act with “actually pushing us back from making the prog-ress we need to.”
asked about how to restore faith in the democratic pro-cess, yandik expressed a need for redistricting reform, say-ing that, “The vast majority of politicians feel comfortable in their incumbencies,” thereby rejecting redistricting and shying away from real refor-mative action. To the question of online voting or extending voting periods, yandik said he supports both and asked, “why would we not make it easier to engage in the demo-cratic process?”
Teachout said the process can be healed by running for office and recruiting others—especially women—to do the same. “you can bring joy to it and excitement. There’s a de-sire to engage, you just need to give people a reason,” said Teachout.
given that the two demo-crats agree on so much and are both just about equally progressive, the question of what sets them apart as dis-tinct candidates, was posed. here, yandik said that, while, “we do have a lot of agree-ment on policy issues, i know something about Ny-19 be-cause i grew up here. i have been winning tough fights, but in areas where the fights are tougher, especially for dem-ocrats…i have demonstrated the ability to bring along republicans.”
For her part, Teachout said it is her proven track record of winning “really, really tough fights” by way of consistently “strategic, aggressive, fearless grassroots campaigns” that distinguishes her from her opponent. “what’s needed at this moment in history are the skills to win. i have a lifetime of winning…[and that’s] go-ing to be really important go-ing into the belly in the beast in washington.”
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Letters to the editor
Local Woman Supports Yandik for the 19th
Congressional District
Many voters are not aware that there is a federal primary, which will occur on Tuesday, June 28. For those of us liv-ing in the 19th congressional district, this primary is for candidates seeking to get the democratic or republican line to replace chris gibson, who will be retiring at the end of 2016.
as a democrat and one who has been actively involved with politics, i am writing to urge fellow democrats to support will yandik. i have met both democratic candidates and heard them speak on several occasions. while it is true that little separates the two on many issues, i believe it is Mr. yandik’s background and experience that make him the better candidate.
in 2011, in a community with a majority of republican voters, he was elected to the Livingston Town Board, and he recently won re-election. he is the only democrat to have been appointed as dep-
uty supervisor for that town. during his time on the board, they passed a ban on hydro-fracking and enacted policies making it easier for the instal-lation of solar panels. it is his proven ability to work with those “across the aisle” that makes him a great candidate. Our district is almost evenly divided among registered democrats, republican, and independents (blanks), mak-ing it vitally important to elect someone who knows this dis-trict, and who can listen to and work for the interests of all the constituents.
Finally, Mr. yandik has proven his commitment to our district. a few years after graduating from college, he chose to return to his home-town, where he grew up on the farm that has been in his family for four generations. if elected in November, we can be sure that he will continue to be there for us. For more information about this candi-date, i urge you to go on-line to www.will4congress.org
Susan SklenarikSidney
GOHS to Launch Main Street Walking Tour, June 19
ONeONTa - On Sunday, June 19 at 2 p.m., the greater Oneonta historical Society (gOhS) will introduce its self-guided walking tour of historic Main Street. Funded by an Otsego county com-munity events grant, the self-guided walking tour is in the format of an app for mobile devices. The app was constructed by Sweet home productions, based on content provided by gOhS executive director, Bob Brzozowski. The app will be accompanied
by a print version, which will be available for download at www.Oneontahistory.org. at the launch, visitors will view a version of the app, and then be able to download it for free and try it out on the street. refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.
The history center will be open on June 19 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more informa-tion, contact 432-0960 or info@Oneontahistory.org.
Foster Park is Ready for Summer
aFTON - The Foster park committee sends a very spe-cial thank you to the Noxen family of Frog pond Farms for their generous donation of hanging petunias and mari-golds. also, thanks go out to the volunteers that helped get the park ready: ron and cin-dy Sherman, curtis and glo-ria harvey, Sue weibel, erin, rylee and adleigh Noone, as well as a special thank you to the afton dpw for doing a great job mowing the grass.
This lovely little park, constructed in 1976, brought about by the efforts of alice wearne, doris Stone, coco
roy, and many other local cit-izens, honors Mr. Fred Foster, a respected, former teacher/principal/superintendent at afton central School.
The beautifully landscaped park, with a small covered pa-vilion, sits on the banks of the Susquehanna river in afton. Visitors are always welcome to picnic, cook on the char-coal grill, read a book or sim-ply enjoy the outdoors in the peaceful surroundings located on Maple Street off i-88. To reserve the park for an event, please contact gloria harvey at 221-2167.
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stepping skills.a sizable contingent of Sid-
ney little leaguers and minor softball players strolled and tossed sweets, just ahead of their varsity counterparts.
Sidney girl Scouts of all ages came next, with a small number of members of the newly renamed Tri-Town youth club (formerly the Tri-Town Boys & girls club) right behind them.
The Bainbridge-guilford Marching Band and color guard, accompanied by the hearty B-g drum line, brought festive instrumentals to the streets, followed by a fleet of school buses, Scoville-Meno automobiles, the r c Sales and Services truck, and a squadron of Mirabito vehicles.
as the parade wore on, clouds continually cleared and the temperature rose along
with the eked-out blue skies. Members of gilbertsville-Mt. upton Marching Band filled the streets with their own blue, white and gold as they played up-tempo beats accented by a perky pair of dancing field commanders.
representatives from the Tri-Town regional hospital, riding atop the bed of a Thet-ford’s truck, passed out infor-mative goody bags, candy, and promoted dehydration and helmet awareness while they were at it.
guilford’s Fire department made a showing next, fol-lowed by the huff truck and the Masonville Fire depart-ment, which included its an-tique firefighting truck in the procession.
dancers and teachers from the aBc center for per-forming arts, in the lead up to their 23rd annual recital
this weekend, entitled ‘can’t Stop dancin,’’ kept the en-ergy high even as the parade wound down, dancing at in-tervals to upbeat numbers like andy grammer’s “good to be alive,” which blasted from the back of an accompanying pick-up.
Bringing up the rear was a Salvation army truck, one of Sidney eMS’s two ambu-lances and the unadilla Fire department.
Families left with smiles on their faces and pockets crammed full of the candy scrabbled off of the streets by eager kiddos. a good time was no doubt had by all at the 28th annual sfcu hometown day parade.
PARADE CONTINUEDgiLbertsviLLe newsThe gilbertsville Free Li-
brary will be accepting dona-tions for their annual July 4 Book Sale the week of June 27-July 1. donations may be brought to the library during open library hours only. Li-brary hours can be found at www.gflny.org please do not leave books on the front steps. we will not accept donations of damaged or musty books, textbooks, encyclopedias, dic-tionaries, readers digest con-densed books, or magazines. For more information, call
Sue at 783-2832.royce and darlene hill an-
nounced the arrival of great granddaughter, carley Mi-chelle, born June 9 to Mike and callie (hill) davis in concord, N.c.
This past weekend, george Frankel and glenn Foster travelled to weare, N.h. for the yearly Laconia motorcycle rally.
The Butternuts cemetery association appreciates the responses received from our recent fund drive letter. if
your name is not on the mail-ing list and you wish to be added, please call roberta halbert at783-2445 or send notification to p.O. Box 102 gilbertsville, N.y., 13776.
Six members of Butternut Valley grange attended the county grange meeting held Saturday with colonel harper grange in harpersfield.
don’t forget the Farmer’s Market is open on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon, in the post Of-fice park.
MasonviLLe newsgiven that June is dairy
Month, what better way to celebrate by coming to the Strawberry Festival at the Masonville Federated church this Friday, June 17, from 4 to 8 p.m.? There will be straw-berry shortcake with freshly made biscuits, sundaes, straw-berry rhubarb pie, just plain ice cream with strawberries and the ever-tasty banana splits. There will be a sugar-free menu available, also. get your friends, neighbors and relatives together for a great time and, just think, you might see someone you haven’t seen in a long time.
School classes are over and/or winding down for many and we wish them good luck with their many end-of-the-year exams.
here on the farm the fellas are making progress on the
chopping of grass fields. The bunk is getting fuller by the day and they are working long hours to keep it that way, with the truck running hot on the road. Be careful when travel-ing around the roads, many farmers are out there with wagons and trucks trying to brave the weather and get the grass in while good days are here and the grass has good quality still.
One of the cows brought her calf down to the creek today; hope she doesn’t hide it away from us before they can get the mother and the calf to the barn. The corn has been sprayed for weeds and is growing well. The next step, once it gets tall enough, will be putting into the ground to help it grow better and stronger.
For birthdays this week we
have Joy axtell and Michael ellis on June 18; debbie Mott Sickler on June 19; grace gif-ford on June 20, and we have another young lady, Zhiyan Jin, who is staying with the keidels and attending Sidney central School, celebrating on that day; karley decocke’s special day will be June 21;, Norma Jean Jump Osborn on June 22 and Marjorie dean and eric archambault on June 23. harold and anne Scott will celebrate their wedding anniversary on the 23rd, also. have a great day, everyone.
On Thursday evenings there is Bible Study at the church at 6:30 p.m.
anyone with some spare time, help is needed to hull strawberries for the Strawber-ry Festival on Friday morning at 9 a.m.
have a great week.
Sidney Rotary to Pass the Gavel, Welcome Incoming President & Enjoy Day of Outdoor Fun
SidNey-The Sidney ro-tary club will be holding a pass-the-gavel celebration on Friday, June 17 at May’s Landing, in eaton, N.y. please note that the regular meeting place will not be at St. Luke’s Lutheran church.
rotarians and guests will
be leaving Sidney at 1 p.m. to enjoy events on the water or to just relax. attendees should please remember to bring sun block, a swimsuit, fishing li-cense and any snacks to share throughout the day.
chief, keith May, will be serving a dinner of steak ten-
derloin, salt potatoes, corn on the cob and peas at 5:30 p.m. a short pass-the-gavel will take place at that time, with outgoing president May presenting gavel to incoming president, ray Baker for the 2016-17 term.
Guilford Area Photos Sought for Fun FestguiLFOrd - photos of the
guilford area past and present are being sought for the town’s annual summer festival.
This year’s guilford com-munity Fun Fest, scheduled for august 20, will take as its theme “artfully yours,” and organizers said in a me-dia release that they are in-viting people to submit work in two photography contests. Both contests are open to the public, with no residency requirements.
The “Taken In Guilford” photo contest is looking for “recent, original, and strik-ing images from around the town of guilford,” the release
said, including the hamlets of rockwells Mills, Mount up-ton, rockdale, east guilford, yaleville and guilford center. entries must be taken within the township of guilford. prizes will be awarded in two age groups: up to 15 years old and 16 and older. in ad-dition there will be a people’s choice award.
The Historical Photog-raphy contest includes pho-tographs that are vintage, historical, or a recent photo of historical significance. Scanned copies printed on photo paper will also be ac-cepted for this category. if there is little known about the
photograph entered, guilford historical Society members will be on hand to help deci-pher clues of place or identity. prizes will be given and en-tries will be judged on histori-cal significance, uniqueness, and condition.
all entries will be on dis-play at the august 20 Fun Fest. Judging will take place on the prior day for the “Tak-en in guilford” contest and at 10 a.m. on the day of the event for the historical contest. For further information about submitting photos in the con-test, call kathy 316-2722 be-fore august 20.
Strawberry Festival in Harpursville, June 17harpurSViLLe - a Strawberry Festival will be held at the harpursville united Method-
ist church on Friday, June 17 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. Shortcake, pies, sundaes and banana splits will be available.
Otego Historical Assoc. to Meet June 20OTegO - The Otego historical association will meet on June 20 at 7 p.m. at the Otego Town
hall, 3526 State highway 7, Otego.Joyce Shultis will present a program on “The Founding of wells Bridge.” all are welcome.
refreshments will be served.
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Sidney Track Field Star, Stillman, Continues to Stun
SidNey - Mallory Still-man participated in the NyS public high School Track and Field State meet at cicero North Syracuse high School this past weekend. Friday Stillman ran in the semis for the 100 meter dash, where she was seeded eleventh out of 21 in division 2. She advanced to the finals on Saturday, with the fifth fasted time. On Sat-urday, Stillman placed fourth overall, earning Stillman the ranking of fourth overall in NyS, division 2 100 meter dash, just as she finishes up her Sophomore year.
Friday’s time was 12.57 seconds, breaking her own previously held record. To earn a spot at the State meet,
she beat the qualifying stan-dard time of 12.84 by running 12.58 and finished second in the state qualifier meet June 2. Stillman was also the lead-off runner for the 4x100 team that participated at the state meet on Friday, June 10. her team mates were ariyahna Bernard, Jessica champlin and anna egli. although they didn’t move on to finals, they had a great season and plan to be back next year in full force.
Stillman’s season does not end here, as she is off to aus-tralia for a Track and Field meet in a few weeks. She was chosen to represent the uSa and Ny State. She will be one of 300 athletes from the uSa chosen to go.
Delaware Opportunities to Hold First-Ever Big Buddy Golf Tournament
FraNkLiN - delaware Opportunities will be hold-ing their inaugural Big Buddy golf Tournament on July 23, 8 a.m., rain or shine, at the Ou-leout golf course in Franklin.
The four-man scramble tournament costs $60/per-son and will include eighteen holes of golf, a cart, prizes, and lunch. raffles will be available in the clubhouse on the day of the event.
The tournament is being
held to benefit the Big Buddy program, which serves at-risk youth in delaware and Ot-sego counties. The program matches little buddies, aged 5-14, with positive adult role models who are passionate about working with youth.
To learn more about the golf tournament or to volun-teer, contact will deFreece at 746-1746 or email bigbuddy@delawareopportunities.org.
Oneonta Community Band to Deliver Father’s Day Performance
ONeONTa - The Oneonta community concert Band will present a Father’s day concert on Sunday, June 19. The concert will take place in the upper pavilion of Oneon-ta’s wilber park at 3 p.m.
under the direction of mae-stros rene prins and Thomas Slavinsky, the music for this concert will consist of: “The Star Spangled Banner;” “Fa-ther’s day Festival March;” “home circle Overture;” “Matador,” by John cacavas; “The Beatles remembered,” arranged by Jack Bullock; “gershwin in concert,” ar-ranged by Marty gold; “washington post,” by John
philip Sousa; “Begin the Be-guine,” by cole porter; “Big Band classics,” arranged by eric Osterling; “The hunts-man,” by B.g. McFall; “down the Trail to home Sweet home,” by ernest Ball; “dad-dy’s delight,” which is a col-lection of fiddle tunes by F.h. Losey, and to finish the con-cert, “Our home Town Band March” by rene prins.
The concert is free and open to the public. Follow us on Facebook for more infor-mation on upcoming concerts in July, august, September and November. For more in-formation on the current con-cert, call 437-0152.
Morris Rotary Now Accepting Pride of Workmanship Nominees
giLBerTSViLLe - The Morris rotary club is now accepting nominations for its annual pride Of workman-ship program. The presen-tation dinner will be held in mid-July.
any person who resides the Butternut Valley from gar-rattsville (New Lisbon) down to gilbertsville is eligible for this recognition. The nomi-nee must exemplify high stan-dards of customer service and particular pride in their cho-sen trade or profession.
The nominee may be an employee at a local busi-ness, a small business owner, self-employed, or a dedicated volunteer at a community organization.
Nominations can be made in writing by any employer or by any satisfied customer.
Letters of nomination should contain basic contact informa-tion about the candidate, a spe-cific example of the nominee’s pride in workmanship, and a source where additional refer-ences might be obtained. The Morris rotary club may seek a second recommendation.
additional information can be obtained from proj-ect chairwoman carrie Lynn phillips at 263-5467. Letters of nomination can be sent to the Morris rotary club, p.O. Box 414, Morris, N.y., 13808. Nominations also can be sub-mitted via e-mail to carri-elynn3@stny.rr.com.
public proposals will be ac-cepted until June 30.
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Doris TurnerSidNey - doris Turner, 79,
of Sidney, entered peacefully into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family.
She was born February 27, 1937 in irvona, pa. doris was raised by her aunt and uncle, the late emma (Brink) and wesley Fulmer. doris married paul Turner on april 4, 1970 in clearfield, pa. She worked in the clearfield area School district for fifteen years as secretary for the junior high school principal.
Together, paul and doris worked the family dairy farm, with her faithfully managing the books.
She and her husband were honorary members of the dairylea cooperative, inc. and honorary charter mem-bers of the Sidney FFa.
She was a faithful member of the First Baptist church of Sidney, serving where she could. She was the church clerk, served as deaconess and the hospitality commit-tee chairwoman for many years. doris also served as the secretary/treasurer for the women’s Ministry Fellowship group. She was a member and past leader for the unadilla Tops chapter #618. She was also co-founder and leader of the Sidney Mended hearts.
doris enjoyed working in her vegetable and flower gar-dens, doing ceramics, sewing and cooking. Most of all she loved her family.
doris is survived by her devoted husband, paul Turn-er; daughter, paula and her husband, paul Blake; son, andrew Turner and his wife, Shannon; grandchildren, Josh-ua, Bethany, Noah and adam Blake; sisters, esther yamer-ick, earnestine and Larry cir-rito; brothers, clifford Fulmer and Jack alessi; half-sister, Marie alessi; half-brother, Tom curtis; step-sisters, Flora Jane curtis and Shirley Flana-gan, and many nieces, neph-ews and cousins.
doris was predeceased by her parents, mom and dad Ful-mer; brothers, Leymone and Marvin; sister, Jean, and half-sisters, Janet, Linda, karen and dorrie.
Friends called on Sun-day, June 5 at c.h. Landers Funeral chapel, 21 Main St. Sidney. Funeral services were held on Monday, June 6 at the First Baptist church, 28 river St., Sidney. Burial followed in prospect hill cemetery, Sid-ney. condolences and memo-ries may be shared online at www.landersfh.com. in lieu of flowers, donations may be directed to the First Baptist church hospitality commit-tee, 28 river St. Sidney, N.y., 13838
arrangements are under the direction of c.h. Landers Fu-neral chapel, Sidney.
Sheena TicknorBiNghaMTON - Sheena
Ticknor, 57, of Binghamton passed away at her home Sat-urday evening, June 11, 2016. She is survived by her hus-band, randy Ticknor; three brothers, rocky, Ferry, and ricky; sisters, Shaheeda, Fe-lina, katie, and Sally; nieces and nephews; mother-in-law and father-in-law, audrey williams and erford Ticknor Jr. and Family.
Funeral services were held at the Osterhoudt-Madden Fu-neral home, 69-71 Maple St., harpursville on wednesday, June 15. Burial will be in Ves-tal hills Memorial park. The family received friends at the Osterhoudt-Madden Funeral home on wednesday prior to service. On-line condolences may be made at: www.omad-denfh.com.
James L. MillswaLTON - James L. Mills,
74, of walton passed away un-expectedly Saturday, June 11, at the home on Lower Third Brook rd. that he and his wife, Janice, had shared since 1963.
The little house changed and grew over the years, through Jim’s own sweat and toil, from humble beginnings to a tidy homeplace. he and Janice raised two sons there, and in the adjacent garage Jim repaired or restored more cars and trucks than even he could remember.
Jim was born May 9, 1942, in Sanford, the sixth of wesley and Mary (Sterling) Mills’ ten children. The family lived in rock rift and Mcclure before eventually settling in walton in a house on Munn St. Jim graduated from walton high in 1960, and he married Janice Barnes of Sidney on Septem-ber 28, 1963.
Jim was a self-made man blessed with an inquisitive, clever mind and rugged, skill-ful hands. he grew up poor and learned to cope. if he needed something and didn’t have it, then he built it himself with whatever he could find. he was a self-taught carpen-ter, plumber and electrician—a man who could do almost anything he put his mind to.
he was strong and tough, a devoted husband and father. he loved bad jokes and good diners, black coffee and green grass, the woods where he hunted and the waters where he fished.
he was a mechanic at the walton central School bus garage for fourteen years. his knowledge and skills led to his next job as a bus inspector for the N.y.S. dept. Of Trans-portation. he retired from the dOT as the region 2 Supervi-sor in 2001.
in retirement, he restored antique automobiles in his free time. he loved Mopar muscle cars, and over the years his garage was home to several
projects – including plymouth Barracuda, Fury and gTX models, a dodge challenger and even a dodge rampage.
Jim’s favorite was a red 1967 gTX with a big-block V-8 and a four-speed trans-mission, similar to the first brand-new car he ever bought. he was a frequent winner at car shows, although he didn’t give a hoot about trophies.
Jim liked talking to people, and he eagerly shared his knowledge and know-how with the many friends and acquaintances he made in his lifetime. he was always will-ing to pitch in and help people with any kind of project, big or small.
Jim is survived by his lov-ing family, his wife of 52 years, Janice; two sons, Jef-fery and kim Mills of greens-boro, N.c., and Joseph and erin Mills of apex, N.c.; grandchildren, hannah, ca-leb and griffin; sisters, helen weidhaas of Tenn., Martha and robert wetzel of Fa., Joan and Marty whelan of Va., Lila and alleyn rossomando of ariz. and one brother, rob-ert Mills of Fla.; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Betty Mills of champlain; delores and ed wilson, Joyce Barnes, eddie and Mary Barnes, and dick Barnes, all of Sidney; and Barbara cawley and her fiance roger Schmidt of Bainbridge; several nieces, nephews and cousins; special friends chris Voorhies, hazzie and Sue Quick and Buddy gibson; and good neighbor Jack alvarez.
Jim was predeceased by his parents; a brother, david; sis-ters, Lois harris, Jean decker and ruth helmer; brothers-in-law, don weidhaas, Mil-ton “Barney” Barnes and ray cawley; and a sister-in-law, pat Barnes.
Friends called on the fam-ily at an informal, drop-in celebration of Jim’s life at his home held wednesday eve-ning. per Jim’s wishes, there was no formal funeral service. arrangements are with court-ney Funeral home, walton.
Memorial contributions in Jim’s memory may be made to walton eMS, 61 west St., walton, N.y., 13856, as a thank you for their exception-al efforts. condolences to the family may be made online by visiting www.courtneyfh.com.
Rita M. PercivalMT. upTON - rita M.
percival, 88, passed away on Friday, June 10, 2016 at chenango Memorial hospital in Norwich. rita was born on July 29, 1927, daughter of the late James and ruth (wilson) cotter in utica. She gradu-ated from Mt. upton School in 1946 and from Marcy State in 1952, with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. She continued her education at SuNy Oneonta.
She worked as a registered Nurse in several hospitals before landing in Mt. upton central School, where she
worked for 27 years until her retirement in 1992.
rita enjoyed the outdoors, auctions, crafts and sports. She was a charter member and past chairwoman of the Mt. upton park committee. She was a charter member and past president of the Borden hose Fire dept. Ladies aux-iliary; in 2013 she received the “First in, Last Out” award from them. She was also a member of the Mt. upton american Legion post 1143 auxiliary, where she served as a past president.
rita leaves behind her husband of 64 years, James percival; three children: Shelly (Steven) alger, Jim (cheryl) percival and pen-ny (Mike) currie; eight grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
in addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her sister, ruth O’dell.
graveside services were held on wednesday, June 15 in godfrey cemetery, guilford. in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Mt. upton park (c/o Jane winchester), 1728 State rt. 8 Mt. upton, N.y., 13809 or to the Borden hose co. La-dies auxiliary, 1698 St. rt. 8, Mt. upton. condolences and memories may be shared with the family online at www.landersfh.com.
arrangements are under the direction of c.h. Landers Fu-neral chapel, Sidney.
Keith R. DuMondBaiNBridge - keith r.
duMond, 82, passed away in his sleep on Thursday, June 9, 2016. he was born March 27, 1934 in deposit.
keith worked over 30 years at Scintilla/Bendix/amphenol in Sidney. he also worked over 20 years driving cars for Scoville-Meno in Bainbridge. he served Bainbridge for over 40 years as a Village police-man, and later retired as the longest tenured constable in Bainbridge history.
keith is survived by his five children with his former wife, Muriel (williams) Matteson: daughters, pat duMond, Sher-ry Larose (Tom), Bonnie Far-ris (John) and kimberly Thies; son, randy duMond (Tam-my); grandchildren: Lucas duMond, ruby Beach (Larry), Luther Beach (Valerie), Lance Vanalstine, alex Vanalstine, Shannon Stanton (chris), TJ engel (kellie), Jennifer engel (John), Brian duMond (Lind-sey), kelly Nowalk (Trevor), Nicholas Thies and adam Thies; great-grandchildren: daniel, candice, denise, Mason, dane, Lauryn, Tyler, Makenna, Myla and Mckin-ley; his dog, princess; sister, elaine Becker; former wife, Julie Tomasky, and many very good friends at the “offices” around Bainbridge.
keith was predeceased by his parents, isabelle Mattox and elmer duMond, brother and sister-in-law, robert and Linda duMond, and great-granddaughter, Taylor.
Memorial donations in his memory may be made to the delaware Valley humane So-ciety, 101 e. Main St. Sidney,
N.y., 13838 or to the Norwich rehab & Nursing center, 88 calvary dr. Norwich, N.y., 13815. condolences may be shared with the family online at www.landersfh.com.
per keith’s wishes, there will be no calling hours or ser-vices. please just raise one up in remembrance. Barney Fife, “Over and out.”
arrangements are under the direction of c.h. Landers Fu-neral chapel, Sidney.
Scott A. CombscharLeSTON, S.c. -
Scott a. combs, of charles-ton, S.c., passed away Mon-day, May 30, 2016 at the cancer Treatment center of america, Newnan, ga. Scott was born in walton to the late walter combs and Jean (crawshaw) combs.
Scott is survived by his wife, Jessica combs; daughter, ashely combs; granddaugh-ter, pippa; mother- and father-in-law, don and dee dart; sister-in-law, carrie dart; and many special friends.
a graveside service was held on Sunday, June 12 at the walton cemetery. Local ar-rangements are with courtney Funeral home, walton.
Memorial contributions in memory of Scott may be made to South eastern assistance in health center (cancer Treat-ment center of america), 600 celebrate Life pkwy, Newnan, ga. 30265.
condolences to the family may be made online by visit-ing www. courtneyfh.com.
Trap & Pistol Shoot
BaiNBridge - The Bain-bridge Sportsman’s club will be holding a trap and pistol shoot on Sunday, June 19. Trap shoot starts at 9 a.m., pistol shoot starts at noon.
B-G BOE to Meet June 16
BaiNBridge - The Bainbridge-guilford central School will hold a Board of education Meeting on Thurs-day, June 16, in the district conference room at 6:30 p.m. The business portion of the meeting will start at 7 p.m.
Bainbridge’s “BAGS” Board to Meet Monday
BaiNBridge - There will be a meeting of the BagS Landfill Board of directors on Monday, June 20 at 10 a.m. in the Bainbridge Town hall. These meetings are open to the public.
Bainbridge Zoning Board to Meet June 27
BaiNBridge - The Vil-lage of Bainbridge Zoning Board of appeals will hold their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Monday June 27 at 7 p.m. in the Vil-lage clerk’s Office, 33 west Main St., Bainbridge.
UCSD BOE to Meet June 20
OTegO - The unatego central School district Board of education will meet on Monday, June 20, at 6:30 p.m. in room 93 at the Middle/Se-nior high School.
it is anticipated that they will go into executive Session to discuss cSe recommenda-tions. The regular meeting will follow at 7 p.m.
Unadilla Village Board to Meet
uNadiLLa - The Village of unadilla will hold their regular meeting on Tues-day, June 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the Firehouse, 77 clifton St., unadilla.
Unadilla CofC to Meet June 21; Plans Continue for Annual Carnival of Sales
uNadiLLa – The unadil-la chamber of commerce will have its next regular meeting on Tuesday, June 21 at green’s Long river inn, 54 rte 357, unadilla, beginning at 8:15 a.m. all members and direc-tors are urged to attend.
please remember to volun-teer to help, if only for a few hours, at the 40th annual un-adilla carnival of Sales on Saturday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Final plans will be made for the Strawberry Fest held dur-ing the Thursday night, July 7 portion of festivities, with mu-
sic on the community house Lawn at 6:30 p.m. a Fire-works display will take place Friday evening, July 8, at the clifton St. park. hearty ap-preciation goes out to all busi-nesses and area residents who have donated so far! dona-tions are still being accepted; the more funds raised, the big-ger and better the fireworks display. anyone interested in donating should send checks to unadilla chamber of com-merce, pO Box 275, unadilla, N.y., 13849.
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ing Arts 23rd Annual Recital - 7 p.m. in the afton central School auditorium. Tickets available at the door; doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Franklin Stage Co. will kick off its 20th season with a riveting, revisited production of the well-loved opera, Carmen, at 8 p.m. reservations are recommended; call 829-3700, or visit reserve@franklinstagecompany.org to book tickets.
Strawberry Festival at the harpursville united Method-ist church, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Shortcakes, pies, sundaes and ba-nana splits will be available.
Strawberry Festival at the Masonville church, from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
EVERY FRIDAY
Tri-County Senior Center - Mahjongg in room 207, Sidney civic center, 21 Liberty St., 10 a.m. information, call 226-6294.
Preschool LEGO Time - preschool LegO Time - Sidney Memorial public Library, 10:30 to 11 a.m.
unadilla community Food Bank - 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. un-adilla Methodist church
Preschool Story Time - Sid-ney Memorial public Library, 9:30 a.m., three to fi ve year olds and an adult, sing, read, make a craft
SATURDAY, JUNE 18ABC Center for Perform-
ing Arts 23rd Annual Recital - 7 p.m. in the afton central School auditorium. Tickets available at the door; doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Franklin Stage Co. will kick off its 20th season with a riveting, revisited production of the well-loved opera, Carmen, at 8 p.m. reservations are recommended; call 829-3700, or visit reserve@franklinstagecompany.org to book tickets.
EVERY SATURDAYAfton Historical Museum
- 116 Main St., afton, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Memorial day to La-bor day or by appointment. call 693-1408.
Unadilla Community Food Bank - unadilla Methodist church, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; plus 6-7 p.m. on the third Sat-urday of the month; if school is closed, the food bank is closed
Otego community Food pan-try - 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., unatego community church, Main St., Otego
Bainbridge Soup Kitchen - hot meal, soup, salad, sand-wich, dessert, 11 a.m. to 1p.m., First united Methodist church, N. Main St., Bainbridge. all are welcome
Butternut Food Pantry - christ church, 166 Marion ave., gilbertsville, tel. 783-2267, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
FIRST SATURDAYOtego Community Food
Pantry Board will meet on the fi rst Saturday of each month at 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the food pantry in the unatego com-munity church. New members welcome.
FIRST & THIRD SATURDAY
Food Pantry - Mt. upton Methodist church, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
SUNDAY, JUNE 19Father’s Day
Franklin Stage Co. will kick off its 20th season with a riveting, revisited production of the well-loved opera, Carmen, at 2 p.m. reservations are recommended; call 829-3700, or visit reserve@
franklinstagecompany.org to book tickets.
The Oneonta Community Concert Band will perform a free Father’s day concert in the upper pavilion of wilber park, beginning at 3 p.m.
The Dave Brandt Chapter of Trout Unlimited will hold their annual Father’s day Fish-ing clinic at Oneonta’s Neawha park, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. kids will received small gifts around 3 p.m. Families are welcomed, fi shing licenses not required, and rods will be available.
The Greater Oneonta His-torical Society will be introduc-ing its new, self-guided Main St. walking tour app and download-able print version at 2 p.m. re-freshments will be served and the launch event is free and open to the public. The history center, located at 183 Main St., will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. that day. For more info, call 432-0960 or email info@oneontahistory.org.
EVERY SUNDAYBainbridge Museum Open -
2-4 p.m. or by appointment, call 967-8546 or 967-7159
FIRST SUNDAYalgonquin auto club Meet-
ing - 1:30 p.m., at Bainbridge Museum
SECOND SUNDAYBingo - 1 p.m., Sidney Moose
Lodge
THIRD SUNDAYBainbridge Sportsmen’s club
Trap Shoot - starts at 1 p.m.
MONDAY, JUNE 20
EVERY MONDAYTri-County Senior Center
- Mahjongg, room 207, Sid-ney civic center, 21 Liberty St. cards, games and lending library. For information, call 226-6294
Bainbridge Food Pantry - 8-10 a.m., Methodist church, 27 N. Main St., Bainbridge, rear entrance
Sidney Community Food Bank - 9:30-11:30 a.m., Sidney united Methodist church, Lib-erty St., main fl oor
Unadilla Community Food Bank - 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., un-adilla Methodist church
Afton Interchurch Food Pantry - 5-7 p.m., afton united Methodist church
THIRD MONDAYAfton VFW Post 3529 -
Monthly meeting, 7:30 p.m. con-tact Jeff clinton at 639-1267 for more info
TUESDAY, JUNE 21Four County Library Sys-
tem’s Cybermobile will be in-side the wells Bridge fi rehouse from 2 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Ques-tions, call 723-8236 and dial ‘0’ for the operator.
EVERY TUESDAY
Kids Club - Sidney Memorial public Library, public computing center, 3:30 to 5 p.m. ages 5 and up.
Our Daily Bread Food Pan-try - 9 a.m. to noon, guilford united Methodist church; for other hours, 895-6325
Afton Seniors Clubhouse - 9:30 a.m., afton Methodist church, Spring St. call 639-1773 for information and weekly program
Preschool Story Time- 9:30 a.m., Sidney Memorial public Li-brary, three to fi ve year olds and an adult. Sing, read, make a craft
FIRST & THIRD TUESDAYS
Music for Munchkins - Sid-ney Memorial public Library, Smart community room, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m., For children up to age 5
SECOND & FOURTH
TUESDAYSPre-K Tech - 10:30 to 11:15
a.m., Sidney Memorial public Library, public computing center, children up to age 5
THIRD TUESDAYAfton Sertoma Club Dinner
Meeting - St. ann’s episcopal church, Main St., afton, 6:45 p.m.
Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce meeting - 7:30 a.m., Bob’s diner, 26 N. Main St., Bainbridge
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Tri-County Senior Center- 9 - 11 a.m., volleyball in the gym at the Sidney civic center, 21 Lib-erty St., Sidney
Twilight Tales - Sidney Me-morial public Library, 6:30 p.m. Songs and stories
LEGO Time - Sidney Memo-rial Library, 3:30 to 5 p.m. all ages, preschool through school age
Afton Interchurch Food Pantry - 9-11 a.m., afton united Methodist church
TOpS #618 of unadilla - 9 a.m., unadilla Methodist church basement, use side door
Sidney Historical Room -open 4-6 p.m. or by appoint-ment. Sidney civic center, room 218. For info, call Joelene, 563-1425
Volleyball for adult Men and women - all ages and skill levels are welcome, Sidney civic cen-ter gym, 9-11 a.m. a chance for fun and exercise. For informa-tion, call Joe Menzel at 563-1370
Otego historical Society - The history room, located at 6 river St., Otego, is open from 1 to 4 p.m.
EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY
Tri-County Senior Center – monthly meeting at 10:30 a.m., in room 207 of civic center
SECOND & FOURTH WEDNESDAY
Mt. Upton Food Pantry - Mt. upton Methodist church 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
FOURTH WEDNESDAYAncestry-Genealogy Club -
Sidney Memorial public Library meeting room. Bring own laptop or wiFi, 6-7:30 p.m. For infor-mation, call 563-1200.
THURSDAY, JUNE 23East Sidney Union Church
Cemetery’s annual meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 23 at the home of earl and alice wilker, 1969 cty. hwy. 44, Franklin. all lot owners and interested persons are invited to attend.
Four County Library Sys-tem’s Cybermobile will be at the Oneonta Job corps facility, 21 homer Folks ave, from 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Questions, call 723-8236 and dial ‘0’ for the operator.
EVERY THURSDAYAlateen Meeting – anony-
mous support group for teens of families struggling with addic-tion. all meetings are teen-run, though overseen by two adult sponsors. 7-8 p.m., Sacred heart church, 15 Liberty St., Sidney
Tri-County Senior Center - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. pitch in room 207, Sidney civic center, 21 Lib-erty St., Sidney. cards, games and lending library. information, call 226-6294
Baby and Me - Sidney Memo-rial public Library, 10:30 a.m. for babies up to 15 months and their caregiver, 20-minute program
Toddler Story Time - Sidney Memorial public Library, 9:30 a.m. toddlers 15 months to age 3
Bainbridge Food Pantry - 8-10 a.m., Methodist church,
27 N. Main St., Bainbridge, rear entrance
Sidney Historical Room - open 9:30 a.m. to noon or by ap-pointment, Sidney civic center, room 218. For information, call Joelene at 563-1425
Sidney Community Food Pantry - 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., and the last Thursday of the month from 5-6:30 p.m. Sidney united
Methodist church, Liberty St., Main fl oor
Our Daily Bread Food Pan-try - 1-3 p.m., guilford united Methodist church. For other hours call 895-6325
Otego Community Food Pantry - unatego community church, Main St., Otego, 3:15 to 5:15 p.m.
Butternut Food Pantry -
christ church, 166 Marion ave., gilbertsville, tel. 783-2267
BY APPOINTMENT
Bainbridge Museum - 38 S. Main St., Bainbridge, call 967-8546 or 967-7159
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Tri-Town Nursery School Marks 51st Year of Education ‘For the Fun of it’
By allison collins
SidNey – Tri-Town Nurs-ery School, located at 12 Liberty St., Sidney, just fin-ished celebrating the conclu-sion of its 51st year of serving some of the littlest members of the tri-town community. Just last week, the outgoing, kindergarten-bound upper classmen of TTNS’s 2015-16 year donned their finery and crossed over the traditional wooden footbridge at the an-nual preschool graduation ceremony.
For more than half a centu-ry, TTNS has been housed in the Sidney united Methodist church. recently retired Tri-Town News editor, Nancy-Sue Burns, even sent her daughters through some of the school’s earliest classes!
Over the years, TTNS has been headed up by some of the tri-town’s finest, with Lori roach, proprietress of the one-time Sidney shop, glad Tidings, and current TTNS teacher, Nancy McLean, serv-ing as longtime teacher/di-rectors. additionally, retired ScSd teacher, Bob Finnegan, contributed a lengthy stint as secretary of the school’s Board of directors. Today, and for the past two years, Jeanne cherniak has acted as TTNS’s director. cherniak has also been a TTNS teacher for four years.
in a recent interview with cherniak, she explained that, “There are nine members on our Board of directors. They are parents of TTNS students, past and present, who share their many talents to ensure the smooth run-ning of TTNS.” as per the Board’s by-laws, members are required to meet as a group four to five times throughout the school year. cherniak also mentioned that, under the um-brella of Board duties falls ev-erything from agreeing upon and establishing an operating budget and setting policy to
assisting with grant writing and organizing and facilitat-ing TTNS’s four annual fund-raisers: a chicken barbeque in fall, gift card sales leading up to the december holidays, cookie dough sales in spring and pizza hut Night each June. Board members must also appear at TTNS registra-tion and open house events, acting as liaisons between TTNS staff and parents, as well as between TTNS and the church containing it.
in addition to the help it re-ceives from its Board, TTNS also has fiscal and material backing from the community to thank for its decades of success. cherniak explained, “we have been very fortu-nate to have the continued support in funding [through grants] from Sidney united way, community Foundation of unadilla and Nex-to-New.” cherniak also noted, “we have also received donations of materials and paper prod-ucts from accO Brands.”
The Sidney united Meth-odist church also plays an important role in keeping TTNS a happy, healthy, and clean learning environment. Just this year, cherniak said the church, in cooperation with TTNS teachers, worked to brighten up the class-rooms with what she called “a new coat of sunny yellow paint.” continuing to dial up the bright factor, the church recently replaced classroom lighting as well.
But, as anyone who has put a child through the ex-emplary programming at TTNS knows, the sunniest part of the school is its staff. Former director and cur-rent teacher, Nancy McLean, has been teaching for fifteen years. McLean, whose turn as director lasted nine years, is known for her even-keeled, unerring patience and TTNS parents will remember well how McLean never misses the chance to stoop to bended
knee, the better to thought-fully greet her charges at eye-level. McLean typically works with the three- and four-year-old groups.
at McLean’s side for the past eleven years has been veteran teacher’s assistant, Lisa Mckee. Mckee, a fa-vorite amongst the kids, can always be counted on to bring just the right amount of silly into the classroom.
For the past four years di-ane Mitchell has worked ex-clusively with TTNS’s young-est students, those members of the twice-weekly, two-year-old structured playgroup. This playgroup offers two-year-olds (and their parents) an excellent opportunity to grow accustomed to a school setting, while still getting to enjoy the play and socializa-tion so important to toddlers. Mitchell has been assisted for as long as she’s been teaching by Nancy O’keefe.
while their literature states, “Our staff will help your child obtain the skills that will promote success in future learning,” TTNS has taken strides recently to make this truer than ever. TTNS is in its second year of providing a five-day option for students in the four-year-old, pre-k classes. This change allows kids to get an introductory taste of what regimented daily schooling is like, at a gentler, half-day pace, still chock full of academic gains. a three-day attendance option for four-year-olds will remain available. cherniak said, “we are excited to have already exceeded last year’s number of registered students in our five-day pre-k class that will begin in September 2016!”
reigstration for the 2016-17 school year is open now and will remain so throughout the summer. interested families should call 563-8867 for more information.
Since 1964, Tri-Town Nursery School has been churning out fine young people, many of whom have gone on to become outstanding and active adult citizens in the tri-town com-munity. Just recently, the four-year-old pre-k class, pictured here, got to learn a bit about firefighting from TTNS graduate and Sidney Fire Dept. firefighter, Jamie Cole (left).
ceMetery Lovers by tina(Pabst) utter and daLe utter (e-MaiL: stonecroft@citLink.net)
An Eventful Year
Our Mission Statement:To create an awareness of
our neglected cemeteries that will foster volunteer efforts to restore them, and ultimately lead to their preservation for future generations to enjoy and appreciate.
This is proving to be a very busy and eventful year for us. Tina came up with the idea of writing a column for a newspaper and i dismissed it, thinking we would not have much of interest to write about. She held her ground and brought it up again, so in January we approached Tri-Town News. They were recep-tive to the idea, and now this is our tenth article. we appre-ciate all the positive feedback we have received from the pa-per’s readers. Lesson learned: one should not disagree with his wife!
in March our friend, Sharon donahe, asked if we would contribute to the chenango county historical Society’s (cchS) journal. That has proven to be challenging. in order to further our cemetery mission, we had been con-sidering joining the cchS. in april we attended their monthly meeting. clay welch approached us about writing for the cchS’s newsletter and then surprised us with a membership. clay is a great guy and strongly supports our cemetery endeavors. Thanks, clay!
at the end of april we met with an enthusiastic 4-h group, the country Bump-kins, from delaware county. we showed them how to do resets and the kids got right to work. in two hours we ad-dressed thirteen stones in yendes cemetery, located on rte. 10 between hamden and delhi. we plan to do more stones next year, as it was a joy working with them. youth interest and appreciation is critical to the long-term suc-cess of our cemeteries.
in May we were excited to learn a cemetery Lover’s Facebook follower was clear-ing a cemetery and wanted us to stop by to see their prog-ress. we met the owner, Sue powell, and her two friends, carolee Byrnes, and kathy
Sturgess Ouimet. These three great ladies are doing a tre-mendous job uncovering a long-forgotten cemetery in the town of Otego. when they are ready, we will go back and show them how to repair and reset the stones in need of at-tention. while we were talk-ing, a broken gravestone was uncovered. Later on, i real-ized my sister and i had been in that very cemetery over 30 years earlier. That newly found stone was Squire Bird-sall, a great uncle of mine!
probably our most reward-ing work this spring was done for our very dear friend, Mary dexter. at her request, we reset four downed stones of early cortland pioneers at cortland rural cemetery. we also worked on two stones in Texas Valley, cortland coun-ty, along with others in kee-ney Settlement, cuyler, and Burdick cemeteries.
we have had two cemetery work days in Stewart’s cor-ners, Town of plymouth and preston poor house cem-etery. we accomplished a lot, and would like to thank those who helped: deb and Bill pratt, kurt riegel, Stefan Foster, ray Ballard, kathy Schmidt, and Marlene utter.
we met the energetic Mari-lyn Fuller from Smyrna who invited us to sit in on a dis-cussion with Smyrna’s mayor, dave raimy, a town board member, the town historian, and cemetery author, Sharon donahe. we talked about op-tions for the town’s west end cemetery. The group will be looking at some funding ef-forts and soliciting volunteers to help this neglected cem-etery. we are available for any assistance they may need, in-cluding a work day with some pointers on how we do things.
in May, Tina spoke to the dar from hamilton on clean-ing gravestones. it was a small group of dedicated ladies who are interested in preserving the history of their revolu-tionary war ancestors, as well as cemeteries in general. That same month, three folks came from roger’s hollow cem-etery and asked to learn some techniques they could utilize. we demonstrated in Spen-cer cemetery, a small burial ground between east guilford
and rockdale, where some of my descendants lie. Tina and i often volunteer there.
a recent e-mail put us in touch with the three Brown cousins; they were looking for someone to do work in Smith-ville’s cowles cemetery, where many of their ancestors are buried. Three nice guys and a nice little cemetery. unfortunately, someone had previously worked in there and we will need to redo their work if we can. a word of caution to those seeking to have historical markers re-paired or cleaned: people may purport to be knowledgeable about marble and sandstone, but very few in this area are, so buyers beware!
This year we are most ex-cited about the development at Mt. hope cemetery in Norwich. it is probably the largest cemetery in chenango county and is among the old-est, having been founded in 1811. Tina recently bumped into a cemetery board mem-ber, kay Zaia. after a chat, it was decided she would see if she could find some volun-teers who would be interested in doing some resets. with over 250 stones down in the cemetery, many of them being some of the oldest, this prom-ises to be a significant event. we are very happy to show the volunteers the proper pro-cedures for resetting stones. it sets a great example, so we hope it will spur other cem-eteries to do the same.
we are hopeful by the hap-penings we have seen thus far this year. is this the start of an awakening of interest in our cemeteries that will reverse the neglect we have seen for so many years? we hope so. it will require the efforts of many people and organiza-tions to achieve this goal. Not all of our cemeteries will be saved. Volunteers hold the key, so for now it is one stone/one cemetery at a time. we thank all those people who do care and are willing to do some-thing to save our cemeteries.
Next time: i am but a num-ber… i have no name… where am i buried?
BAPTIST CHURCH ON RIV-ER STREET:The old Baptist Church standing on River Street. This church has been around River Street for nearly 150 years. The idea of the church was enacted upon by four-teen local Christians who had assembled in the house of Enoch Harrington on Riv-er Street on November 10, 1868.Information for Do You Re-member was researched and compiled by Jacob Wes-ley, Intern of the Sidney His-torical Association.
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10 — Tri-Town News — Thursday, June 16, 2016Minister. Brandilynne Craver
Sunday11 a.m.- Worship
Elevator Access to all levels. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
OF OTEGOW. Branch, Otsdawa Rd.,
Co. Rt. 6, Otego • 988-7144Pastor Bill Allen
Sunday9:30 a.m. - Sunday Morning Service;
10:50 a.m. - Prayer Service; 11:15 a.m. - Sunday school; 6:30 p.m. -
Evening Service
FraNkLiNUNITED METHODIST CHURCHPastor. Dr. John Hill • 895-9917
5/15 “God’s Surveillance Society”, based on Romans 8:14-17
5/22 “Meet Sophie, Your IEC”, based on Romans 5:1-5
Handicapped Accessible ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCHCorner of Main and Institute Sts.
Rev. Scott Garno829-6404Sunday
8:15 a.m. - Service with Holy Eucharist
First Thursday of Month5-7 p.m. - Soup Supper by donation
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH25 Center St., Franklin • 829-5471
Dr. Walt Schlundt, Pastorwww.cb-church.org
Sunday10:45 a.m. - Worship Service with nursery and Kingdom Kids for chil-
dren K-4th grade
areaUNATEGO COMMUNITY CHURCH
Brian Cutting, PastorOffice: 369-7425
unatego-church@live.comSaturday
11 a.m .- 1 p.m .- Otego Food Pantry open; 6:30-10 p.m. - YFC Youth Cen-
ter in Unadilla, 16 Watson St. openSunday
10:30 a.m. - Worship at Otego build-ing (290 Main St.); with contempo-rary and traditional music, relevant and biblical message, nursery and
JAM Junior Church for kid age 4-5th grade during the message
WELLS BRIDGE BAPTISTDavid Steensma, Pastor
7 Church St., Wells Bridge607-988-7090
Regular Sunday9:45 a.m. - Sunday School; 11 a.m. - Worship Service
Wednesday7 p.m. - Prayer and Bible Study
MOUNT UPTONUNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Justin HoodSunday
11 a.m. - Worship Service.First Sunday: Holy Communion
Third Sunday: Prayers for Healing1st & 3rd Sat.; 2nd & 4th Wed.
Food Pantry Open11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MOUNT UPTON
Chester N. Shew, Pastor • 764-8361Thursday
7 p.m. - Bible StudySunday
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School10:45 a.m. - Worship Service
HARPURSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
3500 Rte. 79, HarpursvilleSue Crawson-Brizzolara, Pastor
Sunday10 a.m. - Sunday School; 11 a.m. - Morning Worship
HARPURSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
41 Cumber Rd. • 693-2422Wednesday
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Service; Teen Scene
Sunday10 a.m. - Sunday School;
10:45 a.m. - Morning Worship; 6:30 p.m. - Evening Service. NINEVEH PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCHRte. 7, Nineveh • 693-1919
Rev. Emrys TylerThursday
6:30 p.m. - Bible StudySunday
9:30 a.m. - Morning Worship; 10:45 a.m. - Sunday School
Tuesday1-5 p.m. - Pastoral office hours;
Wednesday9 a.m. - Bible Study
7 p.m. - Adult Choir Rehearsal THREE PINES
COMMUNITY CHAPELE. Windsor Road (Doraville)
Nineveh • 693-1897Pastor Michael Brown• 849-4364
Sunday
10 a.m. - Sunday School; 11 a.m. - Morning Worship
Wednesday6:30 p.m. - Prayer Meeting/Bible
Study
TROUT CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH
Pastor Judy TravisRegular Sundays
9 a.m. - Sunday School;10 a.m. - Worship Service;
11 a.m. - FellowshipCandlelight Services Christmas Eve
at 6:30 p.m. Rev. David GatjeFellowship to follow. All Welcome
NAKSIBENDI HAKKANIMUSLIM CENTER
1663 Wheat Hill Rd.,Sidney Center • 607-369-4816
Five Prayers DailyThursday
Evening ProgramFriday
1 p.m. - Jummah
MASONVILLE FEDERATED CHURCHThursday
6:30 p.m. - Bible StudyFridays
1-3 p.m. - Food pantry is openSunday
9:45 a.m. - Adult Sunday School; 11 a.m. - Worship Service, Children’s
Sunday School
GUILFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Co. Rte. 35, Main St., GuilfordSunday
9:15 a.m. - Worship Service. Com-munion third Sunday of the month.
Tuesday and Thursday9 a.m. - noon on Tuesday & 1-3 p.m.
Thursday - Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, 843-5204 or 895-6802 for
application and informationThrift Shop Hours: Tues. 9 a.m. - Noon. Thurs. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sat.
Summer only 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Agape Bible Church211 State Hwy. 320Norwich, N.Y. 13815Ph: 607-336-7144
Pastor John JablonskiSunday
10:30am-Coffee & Conversation:11:00am Worship Service
Summer Concerts TBA
COVENTRY UNITED GOSPEL CHURCH
607-316-7546Sunday
9:30 a.m. - Morning Worship and Sunday School, young family friendly;
fellowship and coffee hour follows.
COVENTRYVILLEFIRST CONGREGATIONAL UCC
Pastor Joyce Besemer113 Co. Rt. 27, Bainbridge
Regular Sunday10:30 a.m. - Worship and Sunday
School; coffee hourRegular Wednesday
6:30 p.m. - Bible study; Quilt GroupRegular Friday
6:30 p.m. - Quilt Group
TRUE LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCHwww.truelifechristianchurch.org
2899 St. Hwy. 206, Bainbridge, NY(Coventryville)
Pastor Karl Slifee, Sr.Ph. 656-7619, Cell: 607-343-4743
Assoc. Pastor Harold HarrisPh. 656-7833, Cell: 607-316-8144
Regular Sunday9:30-10:15 a.m. - Sunday School;
10:30 a.m. - noon - Worship; Fellow-ship after church
Wednesday7 p.m. - Bible study, prayer meetingSecond Saturday of Every Month
7 a.m. - Men’s Prayer breakfast
NORTHFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCHPastor Marv Root 829-2369
5118 County Hwy. 23, Walton353-2443Sunday
10 a.m. - Sunday School11 a.m. - Sunday Morning Worship
Wednesday6:30 p.m. - Bible Study
7 p.m. - Administrative CouncilMonday, Friday, Saturday
11-12 noon - Food Pantry openHandicap Accessible UNADILLA CENTER UNITED METHODIST
Pastor Justin Hood1203 Butternut Rd., Unadilla
Sunday9:30 a.m. - Worship Service &
Sunday School except on the second Sunday of each month when worship and Sunday School are at 10:30 a.m.
SAND HILLUNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Justin Hood, PastorRegular Sunday
9:30 a.m. - Morning Worship1st Sunday of the month - food pantry
2nd Sunday of the month - Communion
aFTONUNITED METHODIST CHURCH34 Spring St., Afton • 639-2082
Gary Kubitz, PastorSunday
11 a.m. - Morning Worship; coffee and fellowship following; 11:15 a.m. -
Sunday School; Wednesday
7 p.m. - Bible StudyThursday
6 p.m. - Prayer meeting FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
OF AFTON30 Caswell St., Afton • 639-1030Christopher Prezorski, Pastor
www.fbcafton.orgRegular Sunday
9:30-11 a.m. - Morning Worship; 11 a.m. - noon - Children’s Sunday
School groups; 11:05 a.m. - Teen and Adult Life Groups
Regular Wednesday6:45 p.m. - Prayer and Praise
ST. ANN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH125 S. Main St., PO Box 22, Afton
www.stannsaftonny.orgRev. David Hanselman, Rector
Handicapped accessible.Regular Sunday Service
9:15 a.m. - 1st and 3rd Sundays Holy Eucharist; 2nd and 4th and 5th
Sundays Morning Prayer; Bible based Sunday School Each Tuesday
6:30 p.m.- SERTOMA, Parish HallEach Thursday
7 p.m. - Alcoholics Anonymous closed meeting, Parish Hall
Each Sunday7 p.m. - Alcoholics Anonymous
ST. AGNES CATHOLICCHURCH OF AFTONFr. Darr Schoenhofen
14 Spring Street • 967-4481Sunday
8:30 a.m. - Mass AFTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Academy St., Afton • 639-2121Sunday
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Sunday School; 11 a.m.-Worship; Noon - Fel-
lowship and Coffee Hour Handicap Accessible
HOPE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
129 Main St., Afton Church 639-4237 • Office 226-0791
Rev. Maryann PalmetierFridays
9 a.m .- noon - Bread GiveawaySundays
9 a.m. - Coffee Time; 9:30 a.m. - Morning Worship; 4th Sunday of each
month, fellowship brunch following worship)
“Come as you are!” - All WelcomeMember of NACCC. Handicap Accessible
MERCY FELLOWSHIP967 Rt. 41 (1.2 miles) N. of Rt. 7, Afton
John Snel, PastorChurch: 639-1964 • Study: 693-3692
Sundays10 a.m. - Worship Service
Fridays7 p.m. - Prayer Meeting and Bible
Study HIGHER GROUND CHRISTIAN
CHURCH96 E. Main St., Afton • 639-3746
Mary Upright, PastorThursday
6:30 p.m. - Bible Study and PrayerSunday
10:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship; Children’s Ministries available during
service AFTON COMMUNITY
FELLOWSHIPPastor Colin Gibson • 607-203-0073
Saturday9 a.m. - meeting, all are welcome
A new Bible-believing group NORTH AFTON
UNITED METHODIST CHURCHCo. Rd. 17, Afton, NY
Sunday10:30 a.m. - Worship
giLBerTSViLLeFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
113 Marion Ave., GilbertsvillePastor Mark Piedmonte
783-2867 • Like us on Facebookpastorpiedmnte@gmail.com
Office Hours: Tues. 10 a.m.-noon; Wed.-Fri.by appt.; Sat. 10-2
Saturday10 a.m. - Noon (or by appt.)- Lamb’s
Rack FREE Clothing Closet;Every Sunday
11 a.m. - Worship ServiceThe church is handicapped accessible.
GILBERTSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
Commercial and Elm Sts.(607)783-2993 Church
Rev. Kurt Funke, PastorCell 316-3055
Office Hours: Tues. 9-noon; or by appointment
Sunday, June 199:30 am Morning Worship Sunday School for childrenPotter’s Wheel Volunteers
Are ready to serve- Providing trans-portation
To appt. or errands around town, CallRoger Halbert 783-2691 Coordinator
CHRIST CHURCH166 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville
783-2267Rev. Donna Steckline, Deacon
Vicarwww.christchurchgville.org
Sunday9:45 a.m. - Sunday school for Chil-dren; 10 a.m. - Sunday service with
Communion of Healing Prayers.Butternut food pantry open Thurs.
3-6, Sat 10-noon
BaiNBridgeFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH12 S. Main St., Bainbridge
967-8034 • www.bainbridgefbc.comWendy Depew Partelow, PastorOffice hours on Wednesdays.For appt. phone 315-750-0997.
Church is handicapped accessible through the back door. Sunday
10 a.m.- WorshipWednesday
Noon - Bible Study BAINBRIDGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
27 N. Main St., Bainbridge • 967-2782Gary Kubitz, PastorSunday Services
9 a.m. - Worship Service;9:15 a.m. - Sunday School; coffee and fellowship following service
Assisted listening system for those with special hearing needs.
ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCHOn the Park Bainbridge • 967-3441
The church with the red doors.Father Thomas Margrave,
Parish PriestPat Hawkins. Sr. Warden 895-6437Sue Shove, Jr. Warden 639-2065
Regular Sunday Services10 a.m.- Alternating morning prayer
and Eucharist ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
CATHOLIC CHURCH32 S. Main St., Bainbridge • 967-4481
Fr. Darr SchoenhofenSaturday
4:30 p.m. - Reconciliation5:15 p.m. - Vigil Mass
Sunday11 a.m. - Sunday Mass
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - BAINBRIDGE
Rev. Tyler Callum, Pastor Intern 967-8021
www.ChristianChurchesOnline.com/ firstpresbyterianbainbridge
Thursday & Saturday10 a.m. - 1 p.m.; New Beginnings
Thrift Store open Sunday
8:45 a.m. - Adult Sunday School; 10 a.m. - Worship with Children’s
Education during serviceFirst Sunday of each Month
CommunionWe are handicap accessible.
GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP967-2223 • grace4missions.com
Mike Kauffman and John Gregory, PastorsSunday
9 a.m. - Worship.Wednesday
(Except 1st Wed. of Month)7 p.m. - Prayer Meeting
OTegOOTEGO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
18 River Street • 988-2861Sunday
9 a.m. - Worship including Children’s Conversation and Children’s Sunday School; 10 a.m. - Coffee Hour; 10:30
a.m. - Adult Sunday School.Buildings are ramp accessible.
OTEGO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
8 Church Street • 988-2866
SidNeyFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
28 River St., SidneyKenneth Southworth, Pastor
Church Office: 563-8456Parsonage: 563-1166
firstbaptistchrc@stny.rr.comwww.sidneyfbc.com
“To See Unbelieving People Become Committed Followers of Jesus Christ”Sunday, June 19th:
-9:30am Classes for all ages-10:45am Gathered Worship
-No Evening Programs due to Father’s Day
Wednesday, June 22nd:-9am Men’s Breakfast-6pm Gathered Prayer
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
1 Bridge St., Sidney • 563-1329(across from library)
Patricia Robinson, PastorChurch Office: Tues. 8 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Thurs. & Fri. 8 a.m.-NoonSunday
Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Children
Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Coffee Hour 11:30a.m.
MondayBoy Scouts 7 p.m. Every 2nd & 4th Monday - Girl Scouts 5-6:30 p.m.
TuesdayYoga 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday - Daisies 6-6:45 p.m.
ThursdayDaisies 3-4:30 p.m.
SIDNEY ASSEMBLY OF GODPlankenhorn Rd., SidneyChurch Office: 563-8247Sidneyag@stny.rr.comRev. Bernard Knutsen
Sunday9:30 a.m. - Sunday School;
10:45 a.m. -Worship Service (Nursery Available)
Tuesday6:45 p.m. - Royal Rangers and
Girls’MinistriesWednesday
6:45 p.m. - Bible Study SIDNEY UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH12 Liberty St., Sidney • 563-1921
Rev. Thomas PullyblankOffice Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Monday through FridaySunday Worship: 10:15 am
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Food Bank: Monday and Thursday, 9:30-11:30 am
Youth Ministry: Thursday, 5:30 pmBell Choir: Wednesday, 6 pm
Chancel Choir: Wednesday, 7 pmLydia Craft Circle: Tuesday 12:30 pm
Alcoholics Anonymous: Monday, 7 pm
Boy Scouts: Wednesday, 6:30 pmMartial Arts: Monday and Friday,
4:30 pm ST. LUKE’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
W. Main St., Sidney • 563-1806Rev. Ernie Varga, Pastor
607-265-3829 or cell 413-212-8202Every Wednesday Study Group
11 a.m.Choir Rehearsal 7p.m.
Every Wednesday Informal Prayer Service 6:15-6:45 p.m.
Friday, June 17 Rotary 12 p.m.Sunday, June 19
Traditional Service 10 a.m.Children’s Rehearsal for Worship
Church Picnic 11:15 a.m.Summer Schedule Begins July 3, 9:30
a.m. SACRED HEART CHURCH
Liberty Street, SidneySaturday Mass: 5:30 p.m.
Sunday Mass: 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.Mon. - Fri.: Daily Mass at 9 a.m.
Confessions Saturday: 4:30-5 p.m. or by appointment, call
563-1591 from 9 a.m.- noon CHURCH OF CHRIST
26 Cartwright Ave., SidneyLarry Bailey, Preacher • 563-9695
SundayRadio Program: Bible Truth - WCHN, 7:45 - 8 a.m., 970 AM; WCDO, 8:15 -
8:30 a.m., 1490 AM, 101 FM;10 a.m. - Bible Class; 11 a.m. - Wor-
ship Assembly.Wednesday
10 - 11 a.m. - Bible Study; 7 - 8 p.m. - Bible Study/Worship.
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH25 River St., Sidney • 563-3391
The Rev. Roy Van Dermark, FHC Deacon Vicar.
Sundays9 a.m. - Youth Christain Education and Sunday School. 10 a.m. Holy
Communion Anointing for healing in Jesus name. Fellowship after service.
Wednesdays9:30-11:45 a.m. - Free clothing and
Lunch. CIRCLE DRIVE ALLIANCE CHURCH
6 Circle Drive, SidneyChurch Office: 563-1120
Rev. Adam SellenAssociate Pastor Levi Owens
www.cdacsidney.comSunday
8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.- Worship Ser-vices; 6 p.m. - Youth Group
Wednesday6:30-8 p.m.- Children’s Faith
Weavers SIDNEY BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH32 West Main St. (Corner of Adams
and West Main), SidneyPastor Frank Donnelly
607-435-7050Sundays
10 a.m. - Sunday School; 11 a.m. - Worship; 4 p.m. - Evening Service
Wednesdays6:30 p.m. - Prayer Meeting
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF EAST GUILFORD
Rev. Patty Wolff, Pastor563-1083
Corner of State Rt. 8 and Co. 35, www.eastguilfordpc.org
WEDNESDAY June 15, 2016, 8:00 a.m. Morning Bible StudyTHURSDAY: June 16, 2016, 2:30 p.m. Afternoon Bible StudySUNDAY: June 19, 2016 ; 9:00 a.m. Worship w/ Paul HamiltonWEDNESDAY June 22, 2016, 8:00 a.m. Morning Bible StudyTHURSDAY: June 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m. Afternoon Bible Study
SIDNEY CENTER BAPTIST CHURCH
10440 Main St. • 369-9571Pastor Dennis Murray
Sunday9:45 a.m. - Praise and Bible Study;
10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship Service
Wednesday6:30 p.m. - Midweek Prayer and Bible
Study SIDNEY CENTER
FAMILY & FRIENDS CHURCHMeets at Main St., Brick House
Speakers Bill Orr and Judy McCallRegular Sunday11 a.m. - Worship
All Are Welcome - Non-denominational
uNadiLLaFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
156 Main St., Unadilla369-4630
Rev. Paul E. C. Hamilton, Pastor.Sunday – Worship -10:30 a.m. Sunday School – 10:50 a.m.Come CELEBRATE with us!
Handicapped Accessible “Come Celebrate with Us!” ST. MATTHEW’S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH240 Main St., Unadilla • 369-3081
Rev. Scott Garno, RectorWardens: Vicki Kulve and
Bonnie BarrSunday
9 a.m.- Adult Sunday School; 10 a.m. - Worship Service
Thursday10:30 a.m. - Bible Study; Noon - Holy Communion; 12:30 p.m. - Community
Luncheon, free will offering. All are welcome.
Handicapped accessible. FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH
1050 Covered Bridge Rd., UnadillaPastor Keith VanDewerker
369-2754Handicapped Accessible. Nursery Available
Sundays10 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages; 11 a.m. - Morning Worship; 6:30 p.m. - Evening Praise and Worship hour
Tuesday10 a.m. - Ladies’Bible Study
Wednesday6:30 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer UNADILLA FRIENDS CHURCH
Rogers Hollow, UnadillaSunday
10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship. FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH170 Main Street, Unadilla
607-761-6519 • www.unaumc.orgPastor Rev. Brandilynne Craver
Every Thursday7 p.m. - AA and Al-anon meet
Christmas Eve Serivice: 10:30 p.m.Every Sunday
9 a.m. - Worship Service followed by coffee and fellowship
Monday, Friday and Saturday11 a.m. - Noon - Food Pantry and
Clothing PantryEvery Tuesday
6:30 p.m. - Grieving Support GroupEvery Wednesday
5:30 p.m. - Bible StudyFirst Wednesday of the Month
7 p.m. - Faith DiscoverySecond Wednesday of the Month
6:30 p.m. - Trustee meeting;
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foreclosure and sale granted on or about February 6, 2015. i the undersigned referee will sell at public auction at the delaware county courthouse, Front entrance, 3 court Street, delhi Ny 13753 on July 8, 2016 at 10:30 am. premises known as:
2937 road 13, unadilla, New york 13849
Section: 140 Block: 1 Lot: 7aLL that certain plot piece
or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, ly-ing and being in the town of Sidney, county of delaware, State of New york, as more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Said premises will be sold subject to all terms and conditions contained within said Judgment and Terms of Sale.
approximate amount of Judgment: $201,766.55 plus interest and costs.
index No.: 499/12dolores g. Fogarty, esq.
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conway, p.c., attorney for plaintiff
145 huguenot Street, Suite 210
New rochelle, New york 10801
dated: May 10, 20166-30(4w)b
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legAlLEGAL NOTICE
To the last known owner or owners of the following burial lots located in the east guilford cemetery, chenango county, New york, and all persons having or claiming to have an interest in said burial lots:
a-1 - george Morrisona-2 - david cottona-5 - ira Locke, Floyd
Locke, herman Locke, esther Locke, Byron McLagan, ad-die McLagan
a-13 – ernestine callahan, emma hazelton
a-17 – asa warner a-26 - george ames, eme-
line parsons amesa-30 - Matthew Miller,
Laura Miller, Laura e. Miller, charles w. Miller
a-34 - Mary peckham, almira peckham, edward peckham, John peckham, Jane Miller peckham, John peckham
a-37 - deloz Newtona–41 - edward Johnston,
eliza Johnstona-43 - Samuel elwell,
Lucy elwell, harriet Blencoea-48 - evans Beckwith,
aaron Beckwith, Lucy Beck-with, harriet Beckwith, george Beckwith, Mary Beckwith
B-18 - harriet preston, Je-rome preston, James preston, andrew preston
B-19 - John young, harriet young
B-23 - Stephen parsons, Mahala parsons
B-24 - Orlando Olds, de-rastus Olds, caroline Freden-burg, george Fredenburg
B-27 – george parsons, Ju-lia parsons
B-30 - william parsons, roxalena parsons
B-34 - Sarah SherwoodB-35 - Franklin Miller,
asenath MillerB-42 - James Tripp, Laura
TripppLeaSe Take NOTice:
That (1) the monuments or markers are so badly out of repair or dilapidated as to cre-ate a dangerous condition, (2) the persons to whom this no-tice is addressed must repair or remove said monuments or markers after the third pub-lication of this notice or by august 22, 2016, and, (3) if the persons to whom this no-tice is addressed fail to repair or remove said monuments or markers after august 22, 2016, the east guilford cem-etery association may remove or repair said monuments without further notice to the persons to whom this notice is addressed.
if you have any questions, they can be directed to gerald palmer 607-563-3073 prior to august 22, 2016.
diane Bradshaw, Secretary6-23(3w)b
legAl
TwO FuLL TiMe BuS driVerS at afton central School to start September 1, 2016. applicants must have a class B license with “pS” endorsement, or will train. please see school website em-ployment section for full job details at www.aftoncsd.org. Send letter of interest, school application, 19a application, civil Service application and 3 letters of reference to: Lynn Bradley, head Bus driver, af-ton central School, pO Box 5, afton, N.y. 13730. please call (607) 639-1051 with any questions. deadline for ap-plication and all materials is Thursday, June 30, 2016.
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Blue jacket with camera in pocket. Lost during Sidney parade, possibly along river St. if found, please call (703) 609-7889. Thank you.
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Fire SaFeTy iNSpecTiON
aNNuaL NOTiFicaTiON
Notice is hereby given that the annual inspection for 2016 of the school buildings of the unatego central School dis-trict for the hazards which might endanger the lives of students, teachers and em-ployees therein, has been com-pleted and the report thereof is available at the district Office of the unatego central School at 2641 State hwy 7, Otego, Ny 13825 for inspection by all interested persons.
Joan M. Frenchdistrict clerk 6-16(1w)b
please take notice the Vil-lage of Sidney has been ap-proved for the environmen-tal assessment and Finding of No Significant impact (FONSi) for the Full-parallel Taxiway construction proj-ect at the airport. a copy of the Final environmental as-sessment with Signature page and FONSi are available for review in the Village clerks office located at 21 Liberty Street, Sidney, Ny 13838
Sheena N. FelzakVillage clerk6-16(1w)b
NOTice OF JOiNT puBLic heariNg cON-cerNiNg The eSTaB-LiShMeNT OF a Fire diSTricT iN The TOwNS OF guiLFOrd, BuTTer-NuTS, aNd uNadiLLa
pLeaSe Take NOTice, that the Town Board of the Town of guilford, The Town Board of the Town of Butter-nuts, and the Town Board of the Town of unadilla propose that a fire district be estab-lished pursuant to Town Law article 11 comprised of the properties within the exist-ing Mt. upton Fire protection district in said Towns, and that a joint public hearing will be conducted on Monday, June 27, 2016 at 7:00 pM at the guilford Town hall located at 223 Marble rd. guilford, Ny 13780 to hear all persons in-terested in the proposal to es-tablish such a fire district.
The boundaries of the pro-posed fire district shall be the same as the boundaries formed by the existing Mt. upton Fire protection dis-tricts in the Towns of guil-ford, Butternuts, and unadilla with the exception that there shall be no boundary line along the contiguous border between the Towns as cur-rently exists with the existing fire protection districts. all of the real property and only the real property currently within the Mt. upton Fire protection districts is intended to be in-cluded in the proposed fire district.
The estimated tax rate per thousand of assessed valua-tion of the proposed district based on aggregate assessed valuation of taxable property within the proposed fire dis-trict utilizing the 2015 final assessment roll projected to be assessed, levied, and col-lected in the fire district’s first fiscal year of operation is un-changed from the current tax rate and amounts to a rate of $1.62 per thousand for proper-ties in the Town of guilford, a rate of $1.60 per thousand for properties in the Town of Butternuts, and a rate of $2.21 per thousand for properties in the Town of unadilla. The amount of the total tax levy for fire protection and emergency services in 2017 is expected to be identical to the amount of tax levy for 2016. The for-mula by which the amount of future tax levies is calculated by the proposed fire district is expected to be consistent with the historical practices of the fire protection districts. a de-tailed explanation of how the estimated rate of assessment was computed for properties in each town included within the proposed fire district is on file with the Town clerks of each town.
Town clerkTown of guilfordTown of ButternutsTown of unadilla6-16(1w)b
legAlNotice of Special Meet-
ing of the Town Board of the Town of unadilla
pLeaSe Take NOTice that the Town Board of the Town of unadilla will hold a special meeting on JuNe 27, 2016 at 7:00 pM at the guiL-FOrd TOwN haLL, locat-ed at 223 MarBLe rOad, guiLFOrd, Ny 13780, commencing before a sched-uled joint public hearing with the Town of guilford and the Town of Butternuts, and be-ing adjourned for purposes of conducting the public hear-ing, and reconvened there-after, to conduct the lawful business of the Town for any and all purposes and for con-sidering the matters raised at the public hearing including: whether it be in the public in-terest to establish a proposed Mount upton Fire district and; if the establishment of the proposed Fire district be determined to be in the public interest, to determine whether all of the property owners and interested persons within the proposed Fire district bound-aries are benefitted thereby and; whether all property and property owners benefitted are included within the proposed Fire district and; to finally determine the boundaries of such proposed Fire district and; upon the commencement of operations of the proposed Fire district to dissolve the existing Mount upton Fire protection district pursuant to general Municipal Law ar-ticle 17-a.
Terry L. yoderTown clerkTown of unadilla6-16(1w)b
legAlreQueST FOr
QuaLiFicaTiONS FOr archiTecTuraL/eN-
giNeeriNg SerViceS The Village of Sidney is ap-
plying for community devel-opment block grant-disaster recovery (“cdBg-dr”) funds from the New york State governor‟s Office of Storm recovery (“gOSr”) Ny rising community re-construction („Nyrcr”) program for the design and construction of street and drainage infrastructure on three parcels connected with the infrastructure exten-sion project, in the Village of Sidney.
The Village of Sidney is in-terested in procuring the ser-vices of an architectural/en-gineering firm to perform all preliminary and final design plans and specifications for the construction; assist in the necessary environmental re-view as directed by the Town and gOSr; assist with the review and the development of plans; coordinate with the housing developer(s) and oth-er infrastructure designer(s); if necessary and to conduct all necessary due diligence, if successful in being funded under Nyrcr program.
The procedures for the se-lection of this firm will be in accordance with the pro-curement requirements of the community development Block grant-disaster re-covery (“cdBg-dr”) funds
from the New york State governor‟s Office of Storm recovery (“gOSr”), Ny ris-ing in accordance with the selection criteria and corre-sponding point system, which is identified in the request for Qualifications package. That package also identifies the scope of services to be per-formed by the selected firm. The Village of Sidney will award the contract to the re-spondent obtaining the high-est score in the evaluation process.
interested parties are in-vited to secure a request for qualifications package from John redente, grants and rFQ coordinator, 21 Liberty Street, Sidney, Ny 13838. packages may be obtained from the Village upon request or by email at jredente1@gmail.com, or at the Village of Sidney‟s website, under “eco-nomic development,” which may be accessed at www.vil-lageofsidney.or/economic-de-velopment, beginning June 16, 2016. The response to this re-quest must be hand delivered or mailed to the above named person at the above named ad-dress in such a manner that it is received no later than 1:00 pM, July 8, 2016. The Village of Sidney is an equal Oppor-tunity employer. we encour-age all small, Section 3, and minority-owned firms and women‟s business enterprises to apply.
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LEGAL NOTICEThe Town of Sidney plan-
ning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, regarding an application by adam Suk choi for a mi-nor sub-division on his prop-erty at 1398 covered Bridge rd., unadilla, Ny (delaware county Tax parcel 74.00.1-59). The hearing will be held at 7:00 pM in the Board room of the civic center at 21 Lib-erty Street, Sidney, New york. The hearing is open to the public and all interested par-ties are encouraged to attend.
robin deckerchairman, Town of Sidney
planning Board6-16(1w)b
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Author on the Rise Visits Sidney to Discuss Of Better Blood
By allison collins
SidNey – On the after-noon of Sunday, June 12, a small, but captive crowd gathered in the Sidney Memo-rial public Library’s commu-nity Smart room to hear au-thor, Susan Moger, discuss her debut novel, Of Better Blood.
Moger, 74, opened by re-counting what a pleasant surprise it was to find her-self, at her age, celebrating the publication (and decid-edly warm reception) of her first novel. “dreams do come true,” gushed Moger, who de-scribed seeing her book on li-brary shelves as “an especial thrill.” at a point, Moger at-tributed the success and pub-lication of Of Better Blood to simply being in “the right place, at the right time,” and came over charmingly taken with her own writerly good fortune. Moger joked that she kept scanning the room for the author belonging to the ‘meet the author’ event, only to remember that it was she.
described as, “Sure to spark difficult but neces-sary discussions,” (kirkus reviews), Moger’s compel-ling young adult novel, set in 1920’s america, delves into the racial purity movement that gained societal traction across the country at the time and essentially worked to os-tracize and make invisible any individual deemed ‘un-fit.’ during Sunday’s session,
Moger detailed how the nov-el’s protagonist, a young girl named rowan, was first in-spired by a relative who, like rowan, battled childhood po-lio. Moger shared how, afflict-ed in 1916, her relative’s own father divulged that “he never wanted a crippled daughter,” and how that disclosure had stuck with said relative her whole life long, despite over-coming polio and living into her late seventies.
Moger explained that her own relative’s anecdote, paired with similar stories of childhood institutionaliza-tion, launched the research into eugenics that would be-come the germ of Of Better Blood. “if you weren’t born a perfect baby, the solution was to hide you away,” said Mo-ger. “it was rejection based on imperfection.”
Moger went on to men-tion how, during the eugen-ics movement, state-to-state legislation was passed, dis-criminating against disabled individuals and, oftentimes, legally permitting govern-ment-mandated sterilization. “The injustice of it really struck me,” said Moger, who also noted, “i became a better person while writing this.”
Moger drafted the incho-ate version of Of Better Blood during the annual novel-writing challenge, known as NaNowriMo (National Novel writing Month), wherein writers are called upon to
compose 50,000 words in the month of November. Moger, who has been part of a writ-ers’ group since 2003 and described herself as “always writing, always reading,” re-called Sunday how that first draft left her “with a lot of junk” but gave her, too, the real meat of the story.
in the past, Moger worked as an editor for Scholastic Magazine and wrote award-winning pedagogic guides. Of her writing career before Of Better Blood, Moger said, “all those were satisfying projects, but there was always fiction i wanted to write.”
She shared that, presently at work on a follow-up book about a heroic set of twins in 1930’s germany, her ultimate vision is for a trilogy, tenta-tively conceived of as “The Betterment” series.
Moger’s Sidney presenta-tion coincided with a visit to family residing locally. Sun-day’s event was organized by Moger’s relative, Sidney ro-tarian, Tigi armour.
The Sidney Memorial pub-lic Library is in possession of two, signed copies of Moger’s Of Better Blood and more can be learned at Moger’s website, susanmoger.com. She is also on Twitter, with the handle @SusanMoger, on Facebook as Susan Moger author and her instagram account is susanmoger.
Author Susan Moger (seated) is shown here signing a copy of her debut young adult novel, Of Better Blood, at the Sunday, June 12 Meet-the-Author event held at the Sidney Memorial Public Library.
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Riveting Production of Carmen to Kick Off 20th Season at FSC
FraNkLiN – On Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, June 19 at 2 p.m., the Franklin Stage company will host the detroit’s Opera MOdO and its thrilling and unique two-hour interpretation of Bizet’s ravishing lyric opera, Carmen. Fourteen singers will be accompanied by a five-piece chamber ensemble, comprising ruotao Mao on violin, hakan Tayga-hromek on cello, pascal archer on clarinet and Norman Thibodeau on flute, all led by pianist Steven Mcghee.
This contemporary production set in a women’s prison (as in the hit TV show Orange is the New Black), was conceived and directed by Opera MOdO founder, danielle wright, and the role of “carmen,” one of drama’s most notorious femme fatales, is portrayed as a transgender woman and sung by a male voice, countertenor, Bryan deSilva.
in 1875, Bizet’s now-beloved opera scandalized its first audiences. with this fearless produc-tion, director wright reminds us how tantalizing and relevant the tragic story of Bizet’s freedom-loving gypsy remains today.
Opera MOdO’s mission is to support emerging singers and make opera fresh for seasoned opera lovers, as well as accessible to new audiences. This production signifies a perfect match for Franklin Stage company, which, in 2016, is celebrating 20 seasons of relevant and exciting productions of classic plays - always admission free, with donations gratefully accepted.
reservations are recommended. call 829-3700, or visit reserve@franklinstagecompany.org to book tickets. FSc is located in chapel hall, at 25 institute St. in Franklin.
programming continues to be made possible, in part, by the NyS council on the arts, with the support of governor andrew cuomo and the NyS Legislature. More details about FSc, chapel hall and this twentieth season can be found at franklinstagecompany.org.