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SIDNEY, NEW YORK — THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011
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Sidney Chamber of Commerce Names
Scott Smith 2011 Citizen of the Years
Jack Steffen, Chief
Greg Peck, 1st Asst. Chief
Larry Stage, 2nd Asst. Chief
Sidney Fire Department Holds Election
SIDNEY – The Sidney Fire
department held its annual elections in March. Jack Steffen
was re-elected chief of Sidney
Fire Department, Greg Peck
as 1st assistant chief, and Larry
Stage as 2nd assistant chief. Other elected department positions
were: president, John Gilmore;
vice president, Joe Maddalone;
department secretary, Pam Steffen; and department treasurer,
Tom Redmond.
Individual fire companies
also held their elections.
Serving as captain of the
Cartwright Hook and Ladder
Co. is Jim Dalton with Bob
George as 1st Lt; Jamie Cole and
Corey Steffen as 2nd Lt. Other
officers include Tom Redmond,
treasurer; Mike Mason, secretary. Company trustees are Barry Cole and Mike Mason, and
Barry Cole serves as department
trustee.
Serving as captain of MacDonald Hose Company is Charle
Washburn III, with Sean Sands
as 1st Lt. 2nd Lt’s are Merritt St.
John, Charles Washburn II and
Eric Mack. Other officers in-
clude Ed Barns, secretary; Bud
Brown, treasurer; Bill Sands,
Bill Hood and Larry Stage,
company trustees, and George
Grays, department trustee.
Serving as captain of Phelps
Hose is Kevin Maddalone with
Dave Coons serving as 1st Lt;
Greg Peck Jr., Kayla Steffen
and Mike Singlar as 2nd Lt’s.
Other officers include secretary,
Mike Singlar; treasurer, Dave
Coons; company trustees, Bill
Dann and Jeremy Ostrander.
Department trustee is Jeremy
Ostrander.
Serving as captain of the
Sidney Emergency Squad is
Pam Steffen with Nadine Peck
serving as 1st Lt. Other officers
include Tom Redmond, treasurer; Judyth Barnett, secretary;
Moreen Bidwell, corresponding
secretary; Nadine Peck, trustee
and Pam Steffen, department
trustee.
Sidney Fire Dept. to Hold
Recruitment Days April 9,10
SIDNEY – April 9 and 10
have been set by FASNY for
Recruitment Day open houses
for all fire departments across
New York State.
The Sidney Fire Department
will hold a Recruitment Day
open house on Saturday, April
9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
River St. Fire Station in conjunction with the Tri-Town Business
Expo and Community Fair. The
fire department will also hold an
open house on Sunday, April 10
from 9 a.m. to noon at the River
St. Fire Station.
Anyone interested in joining
the fire department or emergency squad is invited to stop by
either day, ask questions and fill
out an application.
Sidney Resident Mike Barber Plays Role
In Coast Guard Rescue Effort in Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska - While
serving as flight mechanic on
a Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin
helicopter, Aviation Maintenance Technician 2nd Class
Mike Barber was instrumental
in saving the life of a 40-yearold fisherman experiencing respiratory and cardiac distress on
Feb. 14.
The Seattle-based fishing
vessel Golden Alaska, a 308foot fish processor, was located
208 miles away from the nearest
port, when the sudden need for
help arose. Arriving on scene
within an hour of the call, Barber
carefully directed the helicopter
into position and successfully
lowered the rescue swimmer
down to the pitching bow of the
vessel to asses and stabilize the
medical condition of the fisherman, Nery Arriaza.
Barber skillfully hoisted the
survivor and the rescue swimmer back into the helicopter and
the crew immediately departed
the scene, delivering Arriaza to
an awaiting life-flight airplane
in Cold Bay, Alaska. The survivor was later delivered to Anchorage where he received more
advanced medical care.
“Since the start of February,
Air Station Kodiak crews have
saved 18 lives in some of the
harshest weather conditions you
can imagine for flight,” said Lt.
J.G. Edward Michno, a 17th
District Coast Guard search and
rescue controller. “As a search
and rescue controller, it’s amazing to see the performance and
results of our fellow Coast
Guardsmen.”
The weather at the time of
the medevac was reported as 23
to 29 mph winds with six-foot
seas. The helicopter was forward deployed from Air Station
Kodiak aboard 378-foot cutter
Morgenthau, home-ported in
Alameda, Calif. The crews provided support to the fishing fleet
and residents of Western Alaska
during their patrol of the Bering
Sea.
Originally from Sidney, Barber is the son of Dorothy Iannello and Tony Barber.
SIDNEY – A man who has
taken a leadership role in his
community to help make it a
better place to live, work and
play has been singled out by the
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
to receive their 2011 Citizen of
the Years award. The honoree is
Scott Smith, president of Neighbors Insurance.
The announcement came
at the April 6 meeting of the
chamber held at Trackside Dining. Smith was unaware of
the honor until John Marano,
chamber president, made the
announcement.
Smith has served as president
of the Sidney Rotary Club and
the Sidney Community Foundation. As head of the foundation,
Scott helped raise over $20,000
to build a playground at Keith
Clark Park, and then directed the
construction of the playground
by community volunteers. He
also found the time to coach pee
wee sports teams.
In a letter presented to Scott
at the April 6 meeting, Marano
wrote that as president of Neighbors Insurance Scott has always
“demonstrated a dedication to
serving your local community
CONGRATULATIONS are extended to Scott Smith (l.),
newly announced recipient of the Sidney Chamber of
Commerce Citizen of the Years award, by John Marano,
president of the Sidney Chamber of Commerce.
(TTN Photo by Anna Ritchey)
with honesty and integrity and
in the true spirit of “neighbors”
working together. You have
earned the respect of community members, and a reputation as
a person who gets things done.”
Scott will be officially honored at the Sidney Chamber of
Commerce annual dinner Friday, June 3 at the Sidney Elks
Lodge.
The chamber will also be
recognizing the 2011 Business
of the Years. Announcement of
the recipient of this honor will
be made at a later date.
United Way of Sidney to Sponsor
Library’s Booster Books Program
SIDNEY - The Sidney Memorial Public Library is once
again having the Booster Books
Program for Sidney School District residents who are 3 or 4
years old. Once registered, each
child receives a new book in the
mail to keep every other month
throughout the 2010-2011 school
year. Registration forms are in
the library or on the library web
site at www.SidneyLibrary.org.
By reading with your young
child, you are giving your child
a boost towards a successful
education. Many studies have
demonstrated that there is a positive correlation between access
to books in the home and early
literacy
Each Sidney child that is registered will receive five books in
the mail during the 2010-2011
school year. For more information call the Sidney Library at
563-1200.
The Sidney United Way has
generously agreed to fund this
worthwhile project. With your
help, United Way is able to assist their fifteen member agencies as well as other worthwhile
programs in the community such
as Sidney Food Bank and Operation Merry Christmas. You can
Sidney Village
To Flush Hydrants
SIDNEY – The Village of
Sidney will be flushing hydrants
beginning Monday, April 11
and ongoing for approximately
two (2) weeks. This work will
be performed during the day
between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
If your water becomes roily, let
your faucet run until the water
is clear.
make a donation to this year’s
United Way campaign online at
www.sidneyunitedway.org, or
mail a check to Sidney United
Way, PO Box 14, Sidney, NY
13838.
A CHECK TO FUND the Booster Books Program at the
Sidney Memorial Public Library is presented by Carol
Allen, representing the United Way of Sidney (l.), to Roz
Connor, library director (c.) and Linda Shea (r.), children’s librarian.
Business Expo& Fair Is April 9
At Sidney Fire Training Center
SIDNEY – A variety of businesses and organizations will
take part in the Tri-Town Business Expo and Community Fair
this Saturday, April 9 from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Sidney Fire
Training Center, River St.
This free event offers a
wealth of free information to
the public.
In addition, the Sidney Federal Credit Union invites the
public to “come shred with
us.” The SFCU will provide
an opportunity for the public to
bring their junk mail, cancelled
checks, confidential documents,
computer printouts, and fax paper to be shredded. Please remove all staples, paper clips or
rubber bands.
There will also be free blood
pressure screening, door prizes
and refreshments.
Admission and parking are
free, The event is being cosponsored by the Bainbridge,
Sidney and Unadilla Chambers
of Commerce.
For a listing of all the businesses and organizations taking
part, see the ad on page 6 of
this newspaper.
2 — Tri-Town News — Thursday, April 7, 2011
Tragic Accident Takes
Life Of Unadilla Woman
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SIDNEY – A delicious menu
makes up an all-you-can-eat pancake supper at the Masonic Temple, Union St., Sidney on Thursday, April 7 from 4-7 p.m. Served
with the pancakes and real maple
syrup there will be sausage, eggs
and baked apples. The supper is
being sponsored by the Sidney
Chapter #255 OES.
Benefit is April 9
for Liz Cobane
AFTON – A spaghetti supper, with auction and entertainment, has been planned for April
9 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Afton
Fire Station to benefit Afton Family Health Center employee Liz
Cobane whose battle with cancer continues to cause financial
as well as the obvious physical
hardships.
Co-workers of Liz’s who have
planned the benefit ask that you
also consider donating money.
Your donations will be directly
deposited into Elizabeth’s special account. Checks can be made
out to NBT Bank with Elizabeth
Cobane Benefit in the memo line,
then mailed to: Natalie Niles at
66 Bigelow St., Binghamton, NY
13904. You may contact Natalie
by phone at 624-7489.
SIDNEY – A tragic accident
in the Village of Sidney March
31 took the life of an 83-year-old
Unadilla woman. Theda Conway
died when a vehicle struck the
residence of Ron and Lynn Tuttle
at the corner of Seneca St. and
Pearl St.
Conway was in the hair salon
in the home waiting to have her
hair done, when a car driven by
Kelvin McKnight, 44, of Sidney
hit the house. The car struck two
walls of the residence before coming to rest on the front lawn.
Sidney Village Police, who investigated the accident, said Conway was pronounced deceased at
the scene by Delaware Co. Medical Examiner Dr. Richard Ucci.
McKnight was transported to the
Tri-Town Hospital with non-life
threatening injuries.
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The accident is still under investigation. The Sidney Fire Department and the New York State
Police Collision Reconstruction
Unit assisted the Sidney Police at
the scene.
Memorial services for Mrs.
Conway were held April 4 at C.H.
Landers Funeral Home, Sidney.
SIDNEY – A chicken barbecue, sponsored by NY Preceptor
Beta Sigma Phi Chapter, Sidney,
will be held Thursday, April 7
beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the
parking lot between SFCU and
the Country Store. Stop by for
delicious Wilson’s Barbecued
chicken halves. Beta Sigma Phi
is the largest women’s organization of its kind in the world. In the
tri-town area, we have two Beta
Sigma Phi Chapters.
Sidney UMW
To Meet April 14
SIDNEY – The Sidney United Methodist Women will meet
Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. in
the Dorcas Room. This will be
an Easter program presented by
Sue Olmstead. Refreshments
will be served by Doreen Graham. All women are welcome.
Sidney Library Plans Events
For Fun During Spring Break
the big screen at the library.
To round out the week, on Friday, April 15 at 1 p.m., we will be
showing the cartoon hit about the
world’s biggest “mind” that will
help save the city. This film is
rated PG and is 95 minutes long.
There will be no sign-up
necessary for these events. Call
563-1200 for more information.
SIDNEY – The Sidney Memorial Public Library will be showing a movie on Wednesday, April
13 at 10 a.m. about a group of
dogs that go into outer space. It is
84 minutes long and rated G.
On Thursday, April 14 at 1 p.m.
we will have a Wii Sports Resorts
program for those aged 5 and up.
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Mark Lockburner Is Featured
At Unadilla Market Place
UNADILLA – Mark Lockburner is the featured artist this
month at the Unadila Market
Place, located on Main St. in
Unadilla.
Mark got his start as an artist
in high school thirty years ago
when he made a floor lamp for
his mother in shop class. His interest in designing and making
products out of wood grew and
he opened his business called
“Turnings by Mark.”
Mark uses local hardwoods
including cherry, maple, oak and
walnut to create his unique pieces. His creations have included
wooden bowls, planters, travel
mugs, wooden stems for glasses,
pens, spindles and more.
Presently Mark has a large
lamppost on display in the Jess
F. Howes building in Sidney
Center.
Mark has a shop in his home
on State Highway 357, Unadilla
where he spends time on his lathe
turning out the special products
he creates from wood.
As a featured artist at the Unadilla Market Place, Mark invites the public to stop in, see his
display and register for one of
three door prizes. See the ad in
this newspaper for more details.
Methodist Church
to Hold Rummage
Sale April 8, 9
SIDNEY – The Sidney United Methodist Church will hold
their annual Spring Rummage
Sale this Friday and Saturday,
April 8 and 9.
Stop by the church at 12 Liberty St. between 9 a.m. and 3
p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. and
12 noon on Saturday for some
real bargains.
There will be a variety of
items to choose from. The volunteers have been working hard
to collect donated items, many
like new, to offer to our rummage sale customers.
SIDNEY – The annual Chicken and Ribs Barbecue by Brooks,
sponsored by Preceptor Beta
Kappa Chapter Beta Sigma Phi of
Sidney, will be held on Saturday,
April 9 beginning at 11 a.m., by
the River Bridge, Main St. Delicious chicken halves and ribs will
be available, along with salads
made from the former Logan’s
special recipe, plus baked beans
and coleslaw.
BAINBRIDGE – Bainbridge
American Legion Post 806 will
be selling BBQ Chicken by Wilson on Saturday, April 16 from
10:30 a.m. till sold out. Dinner
with potato salad, baked beans
and chicken half will be available.
Profits will be used for Memorial
Day activities.
SIDNEY – The MacDonald
Hose Co. will be selling their famous barbecued chicken on Saturday, April 30 beginning at 10
a.m. The aroma of the delicious
barbecued chicken will fill the air
and they will be available until all
are gone. Both chicken halves and
complete dinners will be for sale
to eat on site or take out. Add dessert by making a purchase at the
bake sale that will also be taking
place. Delivery within the village
will be available by calling 5612314 the day of the barbecue.
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“To Kill a Mockingbird” Is Final Movie
In Friends of the Libraries Film Series
SIDNEY – A Spaghetti Dinner, served by Cub Scout Pack
52, will be held at the Sidney
Moose Lodge on Friday, April
8 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tickets
are available at Video Entertainment and the Sidney Moose
Lodge.
UNADILLA – The Episcopal
Church women of St. Matthews,
Unadilla will hold a Spaghetti
Supper on Friday, April 8 beginning at 4:30 p.m. in their parish hall located at 240 Main St.
in the village.
The profits from the supper
will support Fr. Scott Garno
and his wife Sarah in a trip to
Northern Ireland. They will be
chaperoning 11 teenagers who
will be attending a leadership
mission program called Summer Madness.
MORRIS – The Morris Rotary Club is having its annual
chicken and biscuit dinner on
Tuesday, April 12 at the Morris Methodist Church to benefit
the Morris Boy and Girl Scout
Troops. Take-outs begin at 4:30
p.m. and dinner will be served
from 5-7 p.m. The meal includes
mashed potatoes, vegetables,
beverage and home-made pies.
Proceeds will help support
the various Boy Scout and Girl
Scout programs in the Butternut
Valley.
Rotarian Mike D’Amico is
the chairman. For more information call 263-5450.
UNADILLA – The Unadilla
First Presbyterian Church will
sponsor a fish dinner on Friday,
April 15. The church is located on
Main St., Unadilla and the dinner
will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
The menu will include a
choice of broiled haddock with
a luscious lemon butter sauce or
glazed ham. Also, boiled potato,
vegetable, roll, beverage and
dessert are included.
We are again fortunate to
have Ralph Vanderlip (Unadilla
House), Larry Henchey (Unadilla Diner) assisted by Chris
Hendrickson doing the cooking. From the remarks after last
year’s dinner, this is one you
don’t want to miss.
SIDNEY – Sidney Senior
Dining Center, room 102 in the
Sidney Civic Center, will be
resuming the once a month evening meal on Thursday, April
21 at 5 p.m.
The menu will include roast
turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed
potatoes, steamed broccoli, rosy
apple relish, rolls, apple pie and
beverage. Punch and appetizers
will be available at 4:30 p.m.
Come early and enjoy. Reservations will be taken by Monday,
April 18 at 563-2212 between 8
a.m. and 12:20 p.m. Donations
are requested.
SOUP
KITCHEN
BAINBRIDGE – The Soup
Kitchen at the Bainbridge United
Methodist Church will be open
this Saturday, April 9 from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. The menu choices
will be cream of broccoli or tomato vegetable soup and chili
with potato salad and corn or
macaroni and cheese and tossed
salad. The sandwich choices
will be corned beef salad or ham
salad. There will also be choice
of dessert and beverage.
SIDNEY – Soup, bread, and
beverages are served at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, 25 River St.,
Sidney, every Wednesday from
10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Two different soups will be available
for you to choose from. All are
welcome.
Rev. Dr. Susan Heafield and Rev. Dr. Brian Wren
Intl. Easter Hymn Writing Event
Is Won by Rev. Dr. Brian Wren
SIDNEY – On any given Sunday morning, members of the
congregation at the Sidney United Methodist Church may sing a
hymn written by an internationally published hymn poet, and the
recent winner of an international
hymn writing competition, the
Rev. Dr. Brian Wren. Dr. Wren
is married to the church’s pastor, Rev. Dr. Susan Heafield. His
inspiring Easter hymn. “If Christ
is Risen from the Dead,” was
awarded first place in an international competition sponsored by
the St. Andrews-Wesley United
Church and the Cunningham
Theological Foundation in Vancouver BC, Canada.
The Rev. Gary Paterson, minister of the church, announced
Wren’s win. In a news release Paterson said, “The competition’s
purpose is to encourage hymn
writers to create Easter hymn
texts that express contemporary
attitudes and modern theological
outlets. We are looking for new
hymn texts, which are free of patriarchal, militaristic, triumphant
or even sentimental images. We
seek fresh words, metaphors, and
symbols that authentically express what Resurrection means
for the progressive church, so
that as we sing the Easter story
we capture today’s experience
of God’s loving energy being released into the world.”
Wren’s first attempts at hymn
writing came in theological college. Since then he has written many hymns published in a
number of hymnals, and by Hope
Publishing Co. (USA), and Stainer & Bell, (UK and the rest of the
world). The music for his hymns
comes from many composers.
Wren and Rev. Heafield have
also published two song collections, “We Can Be Messengers”
and “Tell the Good News.”
Brian has always looked to
his personal faith, and to the
Scriptures for inspiration. People
easily identify with his work because of his ability to use simple
words, and bring pictures to mind
that encourage a deeper understanding. He draws on words that
convey taste, touch and sight. In
writing hymns, he tests his work
by asking himself, “Is it simple?
Is it worth repeating?”
Wren’s hymns appear in hymnals of all denominations. He
also writes hymns for special
occasions, and hymns that have
been recorded. Selected hymns
from his published book, “Christ
Our Hope,” that includes “Each
Seeking Faith,” collaboration
with Susan, were performed and
recorded by the Choir of Armour
Heights Presbyterian Church in
Toronto, Canada.
Brian, whose native country is
England, is ordained in Britain’s
United Reformed Church. In the
1970s, he served in the Church
in Essex, England. He moved to
the United States in 1991 when
he and Susan were married. He
has traveled to most of the lower
states, as well as Alaska, where
he attended the annual conference of the United Methodist
Church in Seward.
Brian is a fellow of the Hymn
Society in the United States and
Canada, and holds B.A. and PhD
degrees from Oxford University.
He also has an Honorary Degree
in Humane Letters from Christian Theological Seminary in
Indianapolis.
“If Christ is Risen from the
Dead,” along with the second
and third place winning hymns
in the international competition,
will be publicly sung for the first
time at St. Andrew’s-Wesley
United Church’s Easter Sunday
service. The congregation at the
Sidney United Methodist Church
will also have the opportunity to
sing and hear this beautiful hymn
during the Easter season.
Bainbridge Village
Budget Hearing
Is Tues., April 12
BAINBRIDGE – The Village
of Bainbridge Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on
Tuesday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m.
in the Village Clerk’s Office, 33
West Main St., Bainbridge. The
purpose of the public hearing will
be to accept comments from the
public on the 2011-12 budget.
Immediately following the public
hearing, the board will hold the
organizational meeting followed
by the regular monthly meeting.
All meetings are open to the public and any interested parties are
welcome to attend.
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SIDNEY - If you ask ten
people to list their ten favorite
movies of all time; chances are
good that “To Kill a Mockingbird” will appear on many of
those lists. This classic blackand white film, adapted in 1962
by screenwriter Horton Foote
from Harper Lee’s semi-autobiographical, Pulitzer Awardwinning 1960 novel of the
same title, was selected as The
Friends of the Libraries final
offering in its 2010-2011 film
series. Please join the Friends
in the Smart Community Room
of the Sidney Memorial Public
Library at 6:30 p.m. Thursday,
April 14, to see this critically
acclaimed film.
Set in the Depression era
deep South, “To Kill a Mockingbird” is presented from the
perspective of tomboyish sixyear-old Scout Finch. Scout
and her older brother Jem are
joined by neighboring summer
visitor Dill as they experience
childhood adventures and simultaneously learn lessons that
deal with racial prejudice, violence, moral tolerance and courage. Gregory Peck received an
Academy Award for his starring
role as Atticus Finch, widowed
father of Scout and Jem and
a highly respected attorney in
the small town in which they
live. The film reflects the state
of deep racial problems and social injustices that existed in the
South for many decades.
The title of the film is a metaphor for the transgression of
harming innocent and vulnerable people, as Atticus Finch directs his children to use their air
rifles to shoot at tin cans but not
to shoot at mockingbirds.
Included in the cast are actors
who, along with Gregory Peck,
went on to star in many future
Hollywood productions: Robert
Duvall, Alice Ghostley, Rosemary Murphy, Brock Peters,
and William Windom.
Sidney Attorney-at-Law Paul
Eaton will introduce the film.
Paul, who is noted for his wit,
will surely offer much insight
into the film.
As always, the presentation
is free and open to the public.
Complimentary popcorn and
bottled water will be available.
SHA To Participate In
Business Expo April 9
SIDNEY - The Sidney Historical Association members have
several activities scheduled for
the month of April.
On Saturday, April 9 we are
participating in the Tri-Town
Business Expo and Community
Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the Sidney Fire Training Center
on River Street. Visit our table to
see the display about our organization and services. Images of
America “Sidney” books, as well
as other books and items will be
available for purchase. Stop by to
browse, buy, or just chat.
Our next business meeting will
be Tuesday, April 19 at 6 p.m. in
room 218 of the Civic Center.
Anyone interested in preserving
and promoting the history of Sidney is encouraged to attend.
At 7 p.m. on April 19 we will
host guest speaker Jim Loudon
in room 218. His audio-visual
presentation about the railroads
of the Upper Susquehanna will
include the video production “All
the Live – Long Day,” which is
an oral history of the Delaware
and Hudson Railroad. Jim has researched local railroad history for
many years. In 1982 he organized
the Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society. It currently operates the Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Train Ride. Loudon
has worked both as a conductor
and a brakeman on that train.
In addition to articles written
for the Society’s publications,
Jim has written two books. Copies of his publications, “The
Oneonta Roundhouse” and
“Leatherstocking Rails,” will be
available for signing. The public is invited to attend this free
program.
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Gov. Cuomo Announces On-Time
Passage of NY State Budget
ALBANY - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced
the passage of the 2011-2012
budget that eliminates a $10 billion deficit. The budget includes
historic reforms that redesign
state government, create efficiencies through consolidation, cap
spending increases for education
and Medicaid, and transform the
future budgeting process.
The approximately $132.5
billion budget reduces spending overall by more than 2 percent from the previous year,
eliminates 3,700 prison beds,
establishes Regional Economic
Development Councils, brings
performance funding to education, redesigns Medicaid, and
caps next year’s education and
Medicaid spending.
This budget reaches its fiscal
goals with no new taxes and no
borrowing, and will also cut the
2011-12 projected budget deficit
from $15 billion to about $2 billion. Combined four-year gaps
are reduced from $63 billion to
less than $10 billion.
Based on preliminary estimates, all funds spending will total approximately $132.5 billion,
a decrease of $3.6 billion from
the previous year. State operating
spending will total $88 billion,
an increase of $1.2 billion or 1.4
percent. The budget closes the
current gap with $9.3 billion in
spending reductions or nearly 90
percent of the plan.
“The Legislature not only
passed an on-time budget, but
a historic and transformational
budget for the people of the state
of New York,” Governor Cuomo
said. “This bi-partisan and bicameral cooperation will give
New Yorkers the good budget
they deserve. It was an invaluable
public service for the state government to ‘function’ so well at
this difficult time and I especially
applaud the leadership of Senate
Majority Leader Dean Skelos
and Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver for this demonstration of
competence and performance in
state government.”
The full details of the state
budget are available at www.governor.ny.gov under Newsroom,
Press Releases. Select the March
heading and the article titled:
Governor Cuomo Announces Ontime Passage of Historic, transformational 2011-12 New York
State Budget.
LETTER TO
THE EDITOR
Taxpayers Need To Attend
Guilford Board Meeting
April 13 is a date for the Guilford taxpayers to remember. The
Guilford Town Board will be
meeting at 7 p.m.
Now is the time to stand united in strength and let our “elected
officials” know where their money comes from and who put them
in office. Also, that we want this
illegal reval rescinded now.
Anyone who doesn’t show up
at that meeting will reap what you
sow. If this is allowed to happen,
then many town folks will LOSE
their homes! No Excuses!
Dennis Martin
WELLS BRIDGE NEWS
ALICE HARAGEONES, CORRESPONDENT
TELEPHONE • 988-6641
Well, the snow is gone, looks
like spring is coming, but will
the April showers bring May
flowers? Or will mother nature
send us more of that white stuff.
Right now, we can see all the
winter debris lying around.
Our condolences go out to
the Conway family. What a
tragedy. Condolences also to
the Barber family on the passing of Marge Barber.
On our prayer list, we have
Clifford Banta, Amanda Glover
and Bill Hall.
The homeschoolers program,
presented on Thursday and Friday, was a great success. The
children worked very hard on
this program.
Adrianna and Carmen were
among a bunch of Unadilla kindergarteners to attend a birthday
party for Samantha DiMorier at
the Chestnut St. McDonalds.
Church News
The Sand Hill United Methodist Church holds services
every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. This
Sunday was communion service, always the first Sunday of
each month, with Pastor Lisa J.
Bezner. The first Sunday is also
food pantry day.
The Sand Hill Ladies met
on Monday and discussed projects to be done. The rummage
sale will be on May 21. Please
do not bring anything until the
notice goes out. Nothing can be
left outside.
The Ecumenical service will
be held at the Unadilla Presbyterian Church on Thursday,
April 7. Dinner will be at 6 p.m.
and the service at 7 p.m.
Thing to Do
Every Monday and Friday
mornings at 10 a.m., the senior
exercise group meets in the
Wells Bridge Fire House.
The Senior Dinner will be
on Wednesday, April 13 at
noon. Bring a dish to pass and
your own tableware. Coffee is
furnished.
SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOL 1990 JOURNALISM CLASS published eight school papers
per semester. The students were: (Row 1, l-r):Dane VonLangen, Jennifer Mitchell Mike
Miner, Jessica Rabbiner, Gavin McMillan, Jason Loker; (Row 2): Advisor Mr. Stankavage,
Christine Schak, Chad Coates, David Bush, Jeri Seeley, Michelle Kittle, Kathy McGovern,
Kristie Rosa, Kristine Walter; (Row 3): Sam Wilson, Chris Hamilton, ill Marshall, Joel
Rose, Rob Brienza, Wayne Puffer, Mike Puffer, Mike Lynch, John Cornell.
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS
SIDNEY
25 YEARS AGO
April 9, 1986
A recommendation from the
Village of Sidney Planning Board
that the new Sidney Post Office be
developed on the corner of River
and Grand Streets was made to
the Sidney Village Board in a letter from Planning Board chairman
James R. Bartschi.
Basically, the potential site is
comprised of five parcels of land
under two owners. It is zoned B1, suitable for business and commercial use.
Veteran Sidney fireman Joseph
Maddalone is the Sidney Chamber of Commerce’s 1986 choice
for their annual Man of the Years
Award. Joe, who has served his
community as a volunteer fireman since 1963, stepped down
this year as fire chief after serving
five consecutive terms.
JC Penny Catalog Sales Service will be available in Sidney
beginning April 14 according to
Frank and Doris Schaeffer who
own the new J.C. Penny Catalog Sales Merchant facility at 39
Main St., Sidney.
SIDNEY
50 YEARS AGO
April 6, 1961
The new water well which
has been drilled for the Village
of Sidney can provide a million
gallons of water a day, the Sidney
Chamber of Commerce was told
at a special meeting held Tuesday
night in the Scintilla cafeteria.
The Village of Sidney tax rate
is expected to remain unchanged
at $23.50 per thousand assessed
valuation for the fiscal year beginning June 1st.
Another street, which will
form a U shaped loop attached to
Loomis Drive, was named Siver
Street at Monday’s meeting of the
village board.
The new street was named after Robert W. Siver, who served
Sidney as mayor in the 1920’s
and was elected supervisor of the
town of Sidney for 10 consecutive
years. He was noted for his generosity to those in need. Mr. Siver
carried on a wholesale lumber
business which his father established in the 1890’s. His residence
was the house on lower River St.
now occupied by the Philpotts.
He served as postmaster for many
years and died in 1945.
The First Baptist Church of
Sidney has filed an application
for an extension to the rear of that
church which will provide added
space for church school and greatly increase the seating capacity of
the sanctuary.
The Sacred Heart Roman
Catholic Church has applied for a
permit to extend the church building to the rear, moving the present
altar back about 42 feet.
BAINBRIDGE
25 YEARS AGO
April 9, 1986
The Town of Bainbridge Bi-
centennial Parade Committee
is busily at work putting on the
final touches for the parade, in
conjunction with the Town’s
200th Anniversary Celebration.
The parade is scheduled for Saturday, July 5, 1986.
Airman Julie A. Neidlinger,
daughter of Sheila A. and D.G.
Neidlinger of RD 1 Bainbridge,
has been named outstanding airman of the month for the 552nd
Aircraft Generation Squadron.
BAINBRIDGE
50 YEARS AGO
April 6, 1961
A referendum on the proposed merger of the Bainbridge
and Guilford Central School
Districts has been set for April
15th. The merger has been advertised by the school men as,
“a financial and scholastic step
forward.” The plan is to hold
all high school classes in Bainbridge, and to hold elementary
classes in both Bainbridge and
Guilford.
Foster L. Darlin, who has operated as an independent agent in
a general insurance business in
Bainbridge for the last 16 years,
has sold the agency to Wellington L. (Bud) Swart. Mr. Swart
will continue to operate the
agency under the business name
of Darlin Insurance Agency.
UNADILLA
25 YEARS AGO
April 9, 1986
Mrs. Christie Fleming of
Wells Bridge celebrated her 100th
birthday on Wednesday, April 2
with her Jolly Nine Club.
Petitions due April 14 for two
seats on the Unatego School
Board. The terms of M. Louise
Akramoff and Daniel Nichols
expire this June.
Unatego’s Spartan baseball
team will be relying on four returning lettermen: Chuck Young
leading the pitching staff; Ken
Maruszewski returning to catching; hot hitter and only senior
Floyd Wagner and Bill Komenda at second base and shortstop.
UNADILLA
55 YEARS AGO
April 6, 1956
For many years, the village
clock in the tower of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, often
referred to as “the village clock,”
has been on the inactive list due
to the fact that estimates of the
cost of restoration were prohibitive. A group of local citizens,
not members of the church, have
felt for some time that this clock
is a part of our community and
should be reconditioned. Therefore, a new estimate has been
obtained and it is found that the
time side of the old clock can
be electrified and put in running
condition for the reasonable figure of $395.00.
Mt. Upton Memories Site
“Hitting” Home For Many
PINEHURST, NC – Last year
when William “Bill” Walters
(Class of 1962) attended a class
reunion in Rockdale for graduates
of the Mt. Upton Central School,
little did he know that sharing
reunion pictures via e-mail after
would work into a second career
as a webmaster!
“Someone suggested that it
would be more efficient to store
pictures for everyone, so Leeny
Borst, another alumni, and I
started a website.” Bill explains.
“We never expected it to get so
big, so fast! People are obviously
interested in retaining the history
of the Mt. Upton area.”
What began in November 2010
for alumni, has ballooned into an
historical bulletin board of about
40 pages including: yesterday
and today; Indian history; mom
and dad; churches; contact page;
military and memorial pages.
You can even connect to YouTube to view pictures with music
from that era.
Walters, whose wife Andrea
is also an alumni, points out that
41,000 hits since starting in Nov.
is quite overwhelming as the Mt.
Upton Central School District
was only in existence from 1935
until 1990 and had less than 1,000
graduates.
Giving credit where credit is
due, (and you’ll find that on one
of the pages, too) some alumni
and community members have
stepped up to the plate to help.
Noting that he was spending
five to ten hours a day on the website when it first started, Walters
credits Bill Jeffery with assistance
editing in the early stages.
Clyde Utter handles the class
yearbooks and notes that many
are missing for the period from
the late 1930’s to 1945.
Jewell Hayes, who did the Mt.
Upton News column for many
years in the Tri-Town News,
has recently become a website
specialist, posting pictures and
information.
As stated on the site, “Creation of the mtuptoncentral.
wordpress.com website was to
develop and implement an informational site to impact all viewers by giving them a dynamic
and interactive, vivid picture of
Mt. Upton’s history.”
So, whether you live far away
and want to return to your Mt.
Upton roots, you want to reach
former classmates or you are
curious about historical facts
like “the cross, the castle or the
creamery,” this is your opportunity to get connected!
For years winds carrying
pollutants have been wafting
across the Pacific Ocean to us.
Among the disagreeable things
we have unknowingly ingested
are mercury, sulfates, carbon
and dust, and most of it has come
from
rapidly-industrializing
China (including its desert dustcloud, which gets to us every
three years, causing smog and
poor visibility).
None of this stuff is good
for you. China, estimating that
it loses 8 percent of its wealth
each year through acid rain
on crops and increased health
expenses, is actually now trying
to enforce stricter environmental
standards. Which can only be
good for us. We have more
mercury in our blood than we
used to, and though it is not at
any dangerous level, 40 percent
of it comes from the Pacific fish
we eat, which in turn get a lot of
their mercury in the water from
China wind. It is about 5,500
miles across the Pacific, but
wind blows ’round the globe.
Now
we
have
other
contaminants entering our
food and water, coming from
Japan, and a lot of people are
worried about it. So how much
should we worry? (I hear Bill
saying, “When the president
of the United States goes on
television and tells you not to
worry, it’s time to worry.”) I am
not as cynical as he – the title
of this column will tell you that
– but since the beginning of the
atomic plant problems, I have
had a strong feeling that this was
a party invitation to Murphy, he
of Murphy’s Law, which says
“everything that can go wrong
will go wrong, and at the worst
possible moment,” and that he
was not going to let the party go
to bed early.
What the situation will be
when you read this I have
no idea: I suspect it will not
be particularly threatening
to the United States but very
threatening to Japan, where
we still have ex-in-laws and
friends. So I worry. And I have
taken the trouble to find out
where you can get real (nonTV) facts, so YOU do not need
to worry unnecessarily. The
EPA has all kinds of monitors
that check air quality constantly,
and you will find all you want
to know by calling up www.epa.
gov/radiation.
It is a good cure for worry
just to go out at night and look
up at a sky full of stars. It seems,
in fact, to be getting fuller all
the time, for new astronomical
techniques will soon be
cataloguing countless billions
of new sky objects: so many, in
fact, that there are not enough
people educated in astronomy
to sort and catalog them all. So
any amateur astronomer can get
in on the exciting new prospect
that will be opening. If you have
a telescope and a computer, sign
yourself up at zoouniverse.com,
where 380,000 volunteers are
working on a variety of projects
making better sense of our sky.
And if you don’t have a
telescope or a computer, put your
mind to work on the problem of
the air that circles the globe and
what we don’t want to have in it,
or if we can’t get rid of it, how
we can counter its long-term
harmful effects. Important new
discoveries are already being
made by the zoouniverse team,
and amateurs are responsible
for many of the most critical
discoveries in science. You can
make it a better world, too.
The four-spot skimmer
dragonfly is the official state
insect of Alaska.
Tri-Town News — Thursday, April 7, 2011 — 5
Civil War Sesquicentennial
Commemoration Project Team
OXFORD - Historians and
other interested individuals from
communities in Chenango County have formed the Civil War
Sesquicentennial Commemoration Project Team and have held
four meetings recently. The team
originally was brought together
to discuss how to take the best
advantage of a recent donation to
the Greene Historical Society of
130 Civil War letters and an 1863
diary. The letters were a gift from
former Greene resident James
Blakeslee, a 1963 Greene Central
School graduate. They were written by Henry Andrews of Coventryville, which was home to his
wife, “Libbie,” while he served
as a soldier in Company E, 114th
Regiment, New York Volunteers.
The letters span the Civil War
from 1862 to 1865. The group
saw this as an opportunity to commemorate the anniversary of the
Civil War in Chenango County
and have planned four programs
throughout 2011 to do so.
The Civil War commemoration
kicks off with the first program in
Oxford on April 12 at 7 p.m. The
program is sponsored by the Oxford Historical Society and will
be held at its museum located at
One Depot St. A short synopsis
of the Civil War will be provided,
followed by Carolyn McMasters
and Karri Beckwith reading from
the Theodore G. Ingersoll diaries
and the reading of Civil War letters by Nancy Bromley. Theodore
G. Ingersoll was from Oxford and
served in the Civil War in the
10th NY Cavalry, Co. K. The letters are from Civil War soldiers
in the 114th Regiment, New York
Volunteers and the 90th NY Infantry Regiment.
The second commemorative
program will be held in Bainbridge, sponsored by the Bainbridge Historical Society, on May
5 at 7 p.m. Sharon Donahe will
be the presenter. This program
is the story of Andrew Pearsall, a
native of Bainbridge who participated in the Civil War on the side
of the Confederate States. Born
and raised in Bainbridge, Andrew
was in his 20s when he left New
York and went west. When the
Civil War began, Andrew was a
resident in the Confederate state
of Tennessee. The program will
follow Andrew from his early
years in Bainbridge throughout
the Civil War years and beyond.
Program number three will be
held on Armed Forces Day, May
21, in Afton. Afton town historian Charles Decker will deliver
an address at the Glenwood Cemetery in Afton. The address will
honor Civil War soldier Preston
Peck from the village of Afton.
Peck was in Company E 114th
Regiment, New York State Volunteers. The program will be
followed by refreshments at the
Susquehanna Room in the Afton
Community Center, and William
Searfoss will discuss the Siege of
Port Hudson in Louisiana.
The fourth program, titled
“Quilts of the Underground Railroad,” will be presented by Joyce
Besemer and will be held at the
Klee House in Guilford on Aug.
1 at 7 p.m. The program is sponsored by the Guilford Historical
Society.
On Oct. 9, in the Coventryville
Congregational Church, a commemorative Civil War program
will be presented. This has become an annual event each year,
sponsored by the Coventry Town
Museum Association. How fitting that Coventryville native
Henry Andrews will be honored
this year. Indeed, it’s a Civil War
event not to be missed.
The project team plans to meet
again on May 13 at 10 a.m. in the
Oxford Memorial Library. They
will discuss future plans to commemorate the sesquicentennial
from 2011 to 2015 in Chenango
County.
Maplewood Cemetery
Assoc. Annual
Meeting Is April 17
MT. UPTON – The Maplewood Cemetery Assn. will hold
their annual meeting Sunday,
April 17 at 2 p.m. in the Mt.
Upton Firehouse. All lot owners
are urged to attend.
GILBERTSVILLE NEWS
GEORGIANNA & ROBERTA HALBERT,
CORRESPONDENTS TELEPHONE 783-2445
Mary Knicklebine, who has
spent a couple months with relatives in Florida, returned home to
Gilbertsville on Wednesday last.
Welcome home, Mary.
The pulpit supply at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday,
March 27 was Laura Palada, with
a message “Learning to Love.”
Henry Voelker was taken to
Bassett Hospital by ambulance
last week.
Ken Box was an overnight patient at Albany Medical Center
and is home recuperating now.
Robert Rowe has been under
the doctor’s care through Binghamton Hospital.
Mt. Upton Senior
Citizens To Meet
Thurs., April 12
MT. UPTON – The Mt. Upton Senior Citizens held their
March 8 meeting at the Methodist Church with 13 members
present.
We also celebrated five members’ birthdays, Janice Peckham
and Darlyn Wade were present
and Sandy Frewert, Pauline
Head and Laura Kishbaugh
were absent. We want to wish
them many, many years of happiness. Bert Ives will make the
cake for our next meeting. One
of our members, Eva Button, has
been in the hospital but is home
now. We all wish her a speedy
recovery and hope she will be
well enough to attend our next
meeting.
Our next meeting will be
Easter Bingo. You can bring
anything you want for a prize.
We will be holding our April 12
meeting back at the Rockdale
Gun Club.
It has been quite a winter but
we all made it and all of us are
looking for spring. Until our
next meeting on April 12, stay
healthy and safe and remember
to keep smiling.
Jim Pochy has been a bit under
the weather this past week, but is
coming along now.
The Talbot family has been
very busy this year with sap gathering and the making of maple
syrup.
Many community folks attended the Bread of Life supper
ministry at the Episcopal Church
last Thursday. All reported they
enjoyed a good dinner.
Kevin Yager of Brattleboro,
Vt. was in town to visit his mother, Katherine Yager.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Keene
spent last Sunday with Beth
Keene at Waterville to help celebrate her birthday.
Janet Jacobs and Carol Clum of
Mt. Upton were in Lancaster, Pa.
for a Girls Getaway gathering of a
former craft club. They stayed at
Willow Valley.
Butternut Valley Grange’s next
scheduled meeting is Monday,
April 11 at 7:30. There will be
a chocolate cake baking contest,
conducted by Esther Hill.
Dean and Judy Veenhof stayed
with their daughter Meghan and
her husband Jay Garcia in New
Jersey, where all attended a Wine
Tasting Benefit.
Bonnie (Gilbert) Hoffman,
who has had nursing duties, is
now employed at Chase Nursing
Home in New Berlin.
Richard Huggins, son of Bruce
and June, is in Olden, Colorado
on a Fellowship Grant where he is
attending the Colorado School of
Mines. He had recent eye surgery
for a detached retina and is doing
well at this time.
The men of the Gilbertsville
Baptist Church will have a men’s
breakfast on Saturday, April 9 at
8 a.m. at the NLFH. Phone 8592464 if planning to attend.
The Gilbertsville Baptist
Church will have a barbeque
pulled pork lunch on Saturday,
April 16, serving from 11:30 to 1
p.m. at the NLFH. Menu will be
pork, rolls, macaroni salad, chips
and homemade pie for dessert.
Otsego Co. CofC to Recognize
Honorees at Banquet April 16
ONEONTA – The Otsego
Co. Chamber of Commerce will
recognize Country Club Auto
Group as the NBT Bank Distinguished Business and Erna
Morgan McReynolds as the
Eugene A. Bettiol, Jr. Distinguished Citizen at their annual
banquet and celebration of business on Saturday, April 16.
The dinner is being held in
the Hunt Union Ballroom on
the SUNY Oneonta Campus
starting at 5:45 p.m,
Long time members of the
Otego Co. Chamber, Country
Club Auto Group have established the ideal environment to
satisfy the transportation needs
of the area. Roxana Hurlburt,
the Otsego Co. Chamber Board
chair, said, “We are grateful for
Country Club Auto Group’s
longstanding
commitment
throughout Otego Co. Their
dedication to our communities
is felt far and wide. They are
the backbone of many organizations with their continued
contributions year after year.
We are fortunate to have Tom
Armao and Scott Davis at the
helm.”
Erna Morgan McReynolds
is a managing director-wealth
management at Morgan Stanley
Smith Barney and head of the
Morgan McReynolds Group at
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
She is an active member of the
Otsego-Delaware community.
Rob Robinson, president and
CEO of the Otsego Co. Chamber, said, “We are proud of
her efforts to make our region
a better place to live and run a
business.”
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make reservations, contact Pam
Ferguson at pam@otsegocountychamber.com or (607) 4324500 ext. 201.
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THE AFTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
REMEMBERS
“THE WAY WE WERE”
AFTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
116 South Main Street
Afton, NY 13730
HISTORICAL MINUTES NO. 925
by Charles J. Decker, Afton Town & Village Historian
April 2011
Sunday was one of those days when nothing turns
out as expected. Just as our Adult Sunday School
Class at the Presbyterian Church was beginning,
the phone rang. It was Pastor Lynn Shepard telling us that she was at the emergency room at the
Cooperstown Hospital and wouldn’t be at church.
No details were given.
The four of us in the class discussed what we
should do and then called our trained lay preacher,
Lynn Reeves, who is also lay reader for the month.
The Grange Hall in Bainbridge,
It was also Communion Sunday, so that was a probsite of the Bainbridge Museum
lem without an ordained minister. The four class
and meeting place of the
members decided we could use our Sunday School
Algonquin Antique Car Club.
Photo from Town Historian
lesson as a basis for the sermon, each of us doing
a part, including the scripture readings. One hymn
and one scripture passage were changed to conform to the lesson theme.
When Lynn Reeves arrived, she had received permission from a Presbytery member
to conduct the Communion service and was prepared with the elements of bread and
grape juice.
Making sure that each of us knew our parts, we began the service, which ran quite
smoothly, considering its impromptu preparation. In addition to Lynn Reeves, Lillian
Herdeker, Diane Gardner, Gerry Matthews, and myself took part. The timing was just
about perfect.
At a meeting of Town Historians in Oxford on Friday, I had told Gary Darling of
Bainbridge that I would drop off some old Bainbridge newspapers at the museum in
the Grange Hall on Sunday afternoon. I went there and found the parking lot full. The
Algonquin Antique Car Club was having its monthly luncheon and meeting. I went in with
the papers and told what they were for. Everyone was seated and eating.
The first person I recognized was Carolyn Davis. She pointed out her husband Charlie.
They are both active in the Afton Central School Alumni Association. Then I spotted my
cousin Walter Brooks from Unadilla and sat down to visit with him. While eating a piece
of apple pie the meeting began. I was welcomed as a guest, even though I was an intruder. A Mrs. Gilbert, when she heard my name, said that she wanted to talk to me. She
had grown up in Jefferson where my Deckers came from. The secretary was formerly
Mrs. Smith who once lived in the Whitman house on the East River Road in Afton. It was
an unusual and enjoyable day.
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establishment for receiving, keeping, lending
or sometimes, issuing money, and making easier
the exchange of funds by checks, notes, etc.., and
by establishing fellowship with all the people
living in a particular district, city, etc. A
community bank shares interests, work, etc.
with the public , and as such, is closely associated
with society in general because of common
traditions and financial goals. See also National
Bank of Delaware County, with offices in
Walton, Andes, Franklin, Hamden, Stamford
and Roxbury. FDIC and Equal Housing Lender.
www.natbkdelco.com or 607-865-4126.
Join NBDC in April as we celebrate Community Banking Month .
6 — Tri-Town News — Thursday, April 7, 2011
Morrisville State College to Host Open House
MORRISVILLE - Morrisville State College will host
prospective students and their
families during a Saturday open
house April 16. The college will
offer a variety of activities designed to introduce students to
Morrisville State College and
assist them with their college
search process.
The open house, which runs
from 12:30-5 p.m., will enable
prospective students to see the
campus, attend a financial aid
workshop, meet with deans,
faculty and staff, learn about
bachelor and associate degree
programs and tour the college’s
academic facilities. Representatives of campus departments,
including residence life and
athletics, will be available to
meet with prospective students
and parents.
Guided campus tours will
begin at the John W. Stewart
Center for Student Activities
(STUAC), every 15 minutes
from 12:30-4 p.m.
Transfer students attending
the spring open houses can receive a credit evaluation during their visit if they forward
official transcripts one week
prior to each event. Transfers interested in this option
should contact Heather Haight
at haighthr@morrisville.edu or
315.684.6276.
To register or for more information, visit www.morrisville.
edu, e-mail admissions@morrisville.edu or call the Admissions Office at 315-684-6046.
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STIMULUS PLAN
BY JOAN DICHIARA
Money For Your Used Books
If you have used fiction, nonfiction and school textbooks
at home that are just collecting
dust, go to the website Book
Scouter
(www.BookScouter.
com) and the site will instantly
tell you who is offering the most
money for that title once you
have entered the book’s ISBN
number (it is the 10 or 13 digit
number on the back of the book.)
I have previously used Valore
Books website for selling textbooks. By selling the books it
will free up space in your house
while you are doing your spring
cleaning.
Hints To Save Money On Your
Weekly Shopping Trip
Never shop when you are hungry. Guaranteed you will buy a
lot more groceries.
Stick to your list, which you
made ahead of time. Only go
down the aisle that you have to
buy an item.
Shop only with cash to avoid
going over your limit.
Use coupons and look at your
local supermarket ads to see if
who has the best sales. Also check
other stores like Rite Aid, Family
Dollar and General Dollar as they
might have some items that you
need that will be on sale.
Another way to save is to
shop less frequently. Instead of
shopping weekly go to the stores
every other week. This way you
will be forced to make your food
last longer or maybe be creative.
Always keep a pitcher of water
in your refrigerator which is much
healthier than purchasing soda or
any other drinks. This will keep
your grocery bill down.
Leave your children and even
your husband home as they tend
to make you spend more money.
Also, when shopping consider
generic or store brands.
This week if you go on Facebook.com and go to the Price
Chopper Supermarket page they
have a coupon to print out. If
you purchase ten Price Chopper
Brand items you can get $5 off.
Sunday when I went shopping I got one bottle of PC barbecue sauce, three boxes of CV
tissues, a package of CV paper
plates, four boxes of PC macaroni, and one can of PC tuna;
which cost a total of $11.05. I
got $5.00 off, so the actual total
price I paid was $6.05, which
equals 60 cents an item. Be creative: look in the store for Price
Chopper items that will not cost
too much and you might get
them for almost nothing.
Kellogg’s Gas Reward Card
You can receive a $10 gas
card for purchasing ten Kellogg’s
cereals: Kellogg’s All-Bran
Original, Kellogg’s All-Bran®
Bran Buds cereal, Kellogg’s
All-Bran® Complete Wheat
Flakes cereal, Kellogg’s Smart
Start Strong Heart Antioxidant
cereal, Kellogg’s Smart Start
Strong Heart Toasted Oat cereal,
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes cereal,
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Touch of
Honey cereal, Kellogg’s Raisin
Bran® cereal, Kellogg’s Raisin
Bran Crunch cereal, Kellogg’s
Raisin Bran Extra! Cereal, Kellogg’s Crispix cereal, Kellogg’s
Product 19 cereal, Kellogg’s
Mueslix cereal, Kellogg’s Cracklin’ Oat Bran cereal, Kellogg’s
Lowfat Granola with Raisins cereal, Kellogg’s Lowfat Granola
without Raisins cereal, Kellogg’s
Lowfat Granola Original cereal,
Kellogg’s Fruit Harvest Strawberry/Blueberry cereal, or Kellogg’s Rice Krispies cereal.
Just go to www2.kelloggs.
com/AARP/rewards/FIMSingle.
pdf and download the form. You
have till Dec. 31 to purchase the
cereal.
If you have any money saving tips or ideas email me at
kay01267@gmail.com.
Till next time have a great
week. Warm weather is coming.
Bring your junk mail, cancelled checks, confidential
documents, computer printouts, fax paper,
(no need to remove staples, paper clips,
or rubber bands).
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Tri-Town News — Thursday, April 7, 2011 — 7
Help Our Animal Friends
And Get a Free Manicure
BAINBRIDGE – All Done
Up Salon is offering a special
incentive to help our animal
friends.
Bring a donation for the animals at the Delaware Valley
Humane Society to All Done
Up Salon, 15 W. Main St.,
Bainbridge on Saturday, April
23 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
and receive a gift certificate for
a manicure.
Our animal friends need dog
and cat food, both wet and dry;
cat and dog toys, and flea treatments. Also needed are bleaching/Pine Sol/laundry/dish detergent; copier/printer paper/photo
paper; blankets, towels, unwanted clothing and paper towels.
If you can’t make it to the All
Done Up Salon, the Delaware
Valley Animal Shelter at Sidney always accepts donations.
Open House April 9 to Celebrate
Janice Williams 80th Birthday
EAST GUILFORD - This
Saturday, April 9 marks the
80th birthday for Janice Prindle
Williams. Janice lives near Port
Charlotte, Florida where she and
her husband Ben moved twentytwo years ago after raising their
six children in East Guilford.
Janice began school in the one
room schoolhouse in East Guilford and later attended schools
in Morris, Oneonta, Sidney and
Mount Upton. Janice went on
to work at the Family Bargain
Center, Jamesway and eventually retired from Keith Clark.
Janice has touched many lives
over the years with her generous
nature and winning personality.
In celebration of this special occasion, Janice agreed to
spend this week with family in
East Guilford and to greet old
friends and relatives at a special
open house at the East Guilford
Presbyterian Church this Saturday from 2-4 p.m. Please mark
your calendar and plan to stop
by to say hello and help make
this birthday even more special.
No gifts, please, but if you wish,
bring a nonperishable food item
for the local food pantry in lieu
of a personal gift.
OWP Theatre Scholarship
Applications Due in May
BAINBRIDGE – The Out of
the Woodwork Players are accepting applications for their
fourth annual Theatre Arts Scholarship for a graduating high
school senior.
Initiated in June of 2008, to
commence in the fall semester of
OWP’s 20th anniversary performance season, the scholarship applies to Tri-Town area candidates
who have actively participated on
stage or behind the scenes in productions presented by the Out of
the Woodwork Players.
The person selected must
continue to be involved in the
dramatic and /or performing arts
while pursuing their college degree, with first preference given
to those majoring in theatre related fields.
Involvement would include
acting, dance, musical performance and education, directing,
playwriting or technical theatre
arts which encompass design for
costumes, sets and lighting.
Application information may
be obtained by contacting the
Out of the Woodwork Players,
OWP, on facebook, e-mailing
SIDNEY
SENIOR MEALS
SITE MGR.: Joanne Gill
PHONE 563-2212
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
Beef macaroni bake, California
blend vegetables, coleslaw,
whole wheat bread, chocolate
pudding
MONDAY, APRIL 11
Baked ham, scalloped potatoes,
steamed peas, frosted lime
mold, whole wheat bread,
butterscotch pudding
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
Pot roast with gravy, mashed
potatoes, mixed vegetables,
cran-apple juice, whole wheat
bread, fruited jello
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
Orange pork, steamed rice,
green beans, golden glow salad,
iced yellow cake
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
California baked chicken,
candied sweet potatoes,
broccoli and cauliflower,
Waldorf for all seasons, whole
wheat bread, molasses cookies
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
Tuna noodle casserole, sliced
carrots, pickled beets, garlic
bread, chocolate ice cream
sundae
owptheatre@yahoo.com or by
mailing inquiries to: Out of the
Woodwork Players , PO Box 6
Bainbridge, NY 13733.
Applications should be received by May 15, 2011. Selection will be made by the OWP
Board of Directors and is based
on active involvement with the
Out of the Woodwork Players.
Petitions Available
For School Board
Seats at Unatego
OTEGO - Petitions are available for residents of the Unatego
Central School District who are
interested in being candidates
for the Unatego Board of Education. There are three positions
for 3-year terms. Vacancies for
the board will not be considered
separate specific offices. The individuals receiving the highest
number of votes will be elected
to the vacancies.
Candidates must be 18 years
of age, citizens of the United
States and residents of the Unatego Central School District for
one year preceding the election.
Petitions are available at the
Unatego Central School District
Office. Petitions must be filed
with the District Clerk no later
than April 18, 2011. For more
information, please contact the
District Office at 988-5020.
Happy Time Seniors Program
Is On Hawg Wash Spice Co.
MASONVILLE NEWS
ANNE SCOTT, CORRESPONDENT
TELEPHONE 265-3368
Purpose Driven Life
The Purpose Driven Life study
is ongoing and there are small
groups formed at the church and
in people’s homes. The study will
be until April 21 and here is a list
of some of the groups if you feel
you would like to come and join
in: each week at the same time
Saturday 8 a.m. at the church
with Rev. Roger, Sundays at 9:30
a.m. for kids and adults, Tues.,
6:30 p.m. at the church, Wed.
10:30 a.m. at the church, Thursday 10 a.m. at Colleen Scott’s
home, 6:30 p.m. at the church on
Thursdays and Sundays at 6 p.m.
at the church. The community
and all church members are welcome to attend these studies. One
study I left out is Wednesdays at
the Parsonage with Rev. Roger at
6:30 p.m.
Spring is Here
Let’s hope that the good
weather continues and spring is
really here, no more scares of a
big snow storm hitting, aren’t we
lucky the one that got away didn’t
hit us. Its time now to start thinking about getting gardens ready
to be planted and lots of spring
flowers popping up and the lovely colors showing up all around.
Don’t forget spring can bring any
kind of weather, so keep your
guard up and think WARM and
SUNNY from now on.
School News
Now that the spring break for
college students is over, they
have to start getting prepared for
their final semester with lots of
studying and end of the year testing, good luck to all you students.
For the schools back here, they
have more time to go before the
last period of classes are done.
The third report card marking
period closes on Friday, April 8,
good luck students. The registration deadline for the SAT’s for
May 7 is Friday, April 8. The
SUNY Oneonta Jazz Festival is
Saturday, April 9. There will be
no classes from Monday, April
11 to Friday, April 15 for spring
recess. Have a great week all.
Birthday Greetings
Birthday greetings this week
go out to Heather McKown, now
married, Lisa Sawdy, April 14,
Chrissy Gray, April 15, Kim DuMond and Veronica Schalk Peck,
April 17, Norman Jump and Stacey Warner, April 19, and Shirley
Curtis and Tyler DeCocker on the
21st. Have a great day everyone.
Church News
Wednesday April 6 at 7 p.m.
the Town Board will meet at the
church at 7 p.m. All are invited
to attend. Sunday, April 10 is the
fifth Sunday of Lent and church
services will be at 11 a.m. There
will be a Vacation Bible School
kick-off with refreshments following. Saturday, April. 16 at
1 p.m. there will be an Easter
Egg Hunt for children on the
church lawn, or inside if it’s bad
weather.
Women’s Club
Meets April 13
BAINBRIDGE - The next
regularly scheduled meeting of
the Bainbridge Women’s Club
will be Wednesday, April 13,
at 1:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian
Church. Our guest speaker will
be Patricia Yuill. She will be
telling us about the Passion Play
at Oberamagax.
Hostesses for this meeting
Evelyn Baker and Ann Smith.
WELLS BRIDGE - The
Happy Time Seniors of Wells
Bridge will have a meeting
on Wednesday, April 13 at
the Wells Bridge Fire House.
Lunch will be a noon, please
bring your own table service
and a dish to pass.
Richard Hill of Gilbertsville
will be providing barbequed
pulled pork made with his own
barbeque sauce known as Hawg
Wash Spice Co., manufactured
under FDA regulations. After
lunch Hill will be guest speaker
and present a program on the
manufacture and market of his
product, which is available at
Otego Historical
Society to Meet
Monday, April 18
OTEGO – The Otego Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m.
on Monday, April 18, at Harris House in Otego. An Otego
Emergency Squad update will
be given by Ernie Kroll and
Nick Brady. Public is invited,
refreshments will be served.
the Value Way Store in Gilbertsville and some local Great
Americans.
The Unadilla Highway Department will be special guests
for lunch in appreciation for
their work during the winter
months in keeping roads plowed
and sanded. All area seniors are
invited, to enjoy an afternoon of
fellowship.
Helen Armour
Will Celebrate
90th Birthday
UNADILLA – Helen Armour,
a former resident of Unadilla,
will be celebrating her 90th birthday on Tuesday, April 26.
Helen lives in a beautiful
apartment in Franklin, Indiana
near her son Bruce and family
who are nearby to assist her.
Helen would enjoy hearing from her many friends and
neighbors in the Unadilla area.
Her address is c/o Bruce Armour, 1365 Yellowstone Circle,
Franklin, IN 46131.
Kirk Gardner
607-349-0831
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Afton Library
Forgives Fines
During April
AFTON - During April, the
Afton Free Library is forgiving
fines on overdue books, magazines and other library materials.
Please take advantage of this time
to return overdue articles; help
us make these items available to
others. Put yourself back in circulation and good standing at the
library.
Our hours are Monday and
Tuesday 12-5 p.m., Thursday
12-8 p.m., Friday 9-5 p.m. and
Saturday 9-1 p.m. Our Drop Box
is available when we are closed.
Call us at 639-1212.
Unadilla Market Place
This Month’s Featured Artist:
Turnings by Mark
turningsbymark.com
REGISTER TO WIN ONE
OF THREE DOOR PRIZES
1st - Oak Bowl
2nd - Walnut Plate
3rd - Cherry Heart
Drawing will be May 1
Wednesday-Friday 11 am-6 pm; Saturday 11 am - 4 pm
Main Street Unadilla,
Next to Panni Pizzeria & Restaurant
When you visit the Franklin office of NBDC,
you’re tapping into 84 years of banking knowledge.
If Sonja,Yvonne and Sue don’t know it,
No One Does.
Customer Service, Second to None
8 — Tri-Town News — Thursday, April 7, 2011
OBITUARIES
Thomas, Mary Lou Ball
COVENTRY – A Memorial
Service for Thomas and Mary
Lou Ball will be held at the
Coventry Fire Station Saturday,
April 9 from 10 a.m. to noon.
A brunch will be held after the
service.
Marguerite Doris Barber
WELLS BRIDGE - Marguerite Doris Barber went to be with
her beloved husband Louis, and
son Jerry, on Sunday afternoon,
April 3, 2011 at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital.
Born in the Town of Unadilla
on December 17, 1928, Marge
was one of eleven children born
to the late Roscoe and Eva (Wilbur) Wilber.
Marge was married to Louis
Barber on June 27, 1947 in Unadilla. They were married for almost 60 years until Louis passed
away on February 12, 2007
She was a successful Independent Avon Representative
for over 40 years.
At her time of death Marge
was still an active member of
the Wells Bridge Fire Department Auxiliary, which she was
a member for 50 plus years. In
1990 Marge was voted the Otsego County Auxiliary Member
of the Year.
Marge was predeceased by
her husband Louis, son Jerry,
and the following brothers: Harold, Kenneth, Fay, Leland, Alfred, Frederick and Gordon.
Marge is survived by her son
and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Ellen Barber, her daughter-in-law,
Lorrie Barber. She cherished
her grand children, Andrew and
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Edward Searles
would like to thank the doctors
and nurses at Wilson Memorial
Hospital in Johnson City, the
Chenango Memorial Hospital in
Norwich and the Skilled Nursing Facility in Norwich for all
the care they gave to our husband, father and grandfather
during his brief illness. A special thank you to Dr. Cook for
all his care and explanations and
the time he took to talk to us and
to Ed. Also a special thank you
to Becky for the time and special care you took to make Ed
more comfortable. To Landers
Funeral Home for the comfort
and care they took in our time
of grief. To Reverend Albrecht
for his service and comforting
words. Also to the many friends,
neighbors and family who sent
cards and flowers and visited.
Our Heartfelt Thanks,
The Family of
Edward Searles
his wife Sarah, Amanda, Erik,
Keleigh, Ethan and Korren, plus
two great grandchildren Shea
and Cassidy.
Marge is also survived by her
brothers, Halsey and Earl Wilber, and sister, Arlene Murphy,
plus several nieces, nephews
and cousins.
Interment will be later in East
Sidney Union Church Cemetery
with a graveside service.
Friends and relatives may
call at the Westcott Funeral
Home, 123 Main St., Unadilla,
on Thursday, April 7, from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m., when the family
will be in attendance.
In lieu of flowers contributions in Marge’s name can be
made to the Wells Bridge Fire
Dept. Auxiliary, P.O. Box 26,
Wells Bridge, NY 13859.
Arrangements are by the
Westcott Funeral Home Inc.,
Unadilla, NY.
Eleanor M. Butler
BAINBRIDGE - Eleanor M.
Butler, 91 passed away peacefully on Friday April 1, 2011
at Susquehanna Nursing Home.
She was born September 7,
1919, the daughter of the late
Ralph and Maude Meek.
Eleanor graduated from Oxford Academy and Utica School
of Commerce. She was a secretary for Borden Chemical in
Bainbridge, retiring in 1982.
Eleanor married William
Butler on August 29, 1949. He
predeceased her in 2007. She
was also predeceased by her sister Arlene Friedenstine, brother
Baker Meek, son in law Charles
Blair and Granddaughter Liza
Lee Butler.
She is survived by two sons
Ralph and Sandi Butler, Calabash NC, and Bill and Cindy
Butler, Bainbridge; two daughters Judy and Brad Volkert,
Bainbridge and Virginia Blair,
St Albans VT; grandchildren
Michele and Al Windus, Heather and Robert DeGiovine, Stacy
and Joe Altieri, Drs. Terri and
Scott Colonna, Tricia and Michael Wharton, Paul and Joanna
Volkert, Claudia and Tony Severy, Krista Chesebro, and Holly
Chesebro and fiance Matt Messier. Also, 13 great grandchildren, a brother Archie Meek and
several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to
thank the 2nd and 3rd floor staff
at Susquehanna Nursing Home
for the wonderful care given to
their mother during the last 7
months.
Memorial service date and
time are pending. Burial will
be in Greenlawn Cemetery in
Bainbridge.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the Bainbridge
Emergency Squad.
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Arrangements by C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, Sidney.
Halys Davis
NEW BERLIN – Halys E.
(Houk) Davis went to meet her
Savior, along with her beloved
husband and precious son, on
Monday, March 28, 2011, while
at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.
Halys was born on Feb. 13,
1941, in New Berlin, to the
late Hubert Houk and Elizabeth
Fletcher Houk. She spent her
childhood years in New Berlin
and Edmeston.
She graduated from Edmeston High School in 1959.
She married the love of her life,
Rupert C. Davis Jr. on July 25,
1959, and they had six children
together.
She worked in factories
throughout her life, retiring
from Unison Industries. She
was a member of the Holmesville Baptist Church helping
with Primary Church and serving as Sunshine Chairman for
many years.
She was greatly involved
with the Bicentennial Celebration for the Town of New Berlin and was honored to serve on
the board until Dec. 31, 2010.
She was involved in many town
projects, but the Police Department, of which she was the cocommissioner, was her pride
and joy. She truly enjoyed each
moment of service.
Halys was happiest while her
husband, children, and grandchildren were around her. You
wouldn’t have to be around her
very long before you learned of
her love for her family and of
how proud she was of each one.
Halys was a loving, generous, and caring person. Within
moments of meeting her, she
would know all about you, your
family, your job, etc., and you
were happy to share with her
because you knew that she truly
cared about you. She had many
wonderful friends who were
very supportive of her through
the years and she felt very fortunate to have their friendship.
Halys is survived by her children, Karen and Nick McKie
of South New Berlin, Kim and
Steve Voorhis of South New
Berlin, Scott and Lisa Davis of
Nazareth, Pa., Julie and Don
Hunt of South New Berlin, Brent
and Dawn Davis of Norwich;
grandchildren, Michael and
Katie McKie, Michelle McKie,
Kyle Hunt, Stacy and Mike
Hackley, Justin Hunt, Ashley
Davis, Ryan Voorhis, Andrew
Hunt, Kirsten Davis, Eric Voorhis, Tiffany Davis, Amanda Davis, Noah Davis, Emily Davis,
and Hannah Davis; great-grandchildren, Nathan McKie, Anthony McKie and Tyler Thompson; her siblings, Clarence and
Wanda Houk, Pittsford, Ruth
Pfaffenbach, New Berlin, Mary
Lyon, New Berlin, and Esther
Matousek, Charlotte, N.C.
She was predeceased by her
husband, Rupert; her son, Christopher; her mother, Elizabeth
Houk; and her father, Hubert
Houk.
Funeral services were Fri-
CARD OF THANKS
So as not to leave anyone out,
we, the family of Paul and Anna
Powers, would like to extend
our unending thanks to each and
every one of you during the unexpected loss of our parents.
The cards, phone calls, and
prayers, as well as, your overwhelming love and support has
not gone unnoticed and will forever remain in our hearts.
Brian Powers,
Denise and Michael
Belmont,
Marie and Mark Lowe,
Kathleen and Pat McNeill,
Ashley, Erin,
Malayia, McKenna
4-7(1w)p
day, April 1 at the Holmesville
Baptist Church, South New
Berlin. The officiating ministers
were the Rev. Romeyn Kipp
and Halys’ son, the Rev. Scott
Davis.
Arrangements are by the
Dakin Funeral Home LP, New
Berlin.
Lee R. “Pete” Dean
AFTON – Lee “Pete” Dean,
77, passed away on Tuesday,
March 29, 2011, in Arcadia,
Florida.
He was predeceased by his
mother, Olive Sands; father,
Ruger Dean; and wife, MaeElla
Dean. Pete I survived by his son
and daughter-in-law, Michael
and Rosanne Dean and grandchildren, Mason, Devon, and
Payton Dean from Harpursville;
his daughter and son-in-law,
Terri and John Jackson and
grandchildren Kaitlyn and Andrew Jackson from Norwich;
brothers and sisters-in-law,
Jack and Sue Dean of Conklin; Noble “George” Dean of
Greene; James and Madeline
Sands of Glassboro, NY; John
Sands and companion Alice of
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania;
Harry Sands of Ohio; sisters,
Jeanne Sands of Tulia, Texas;
and Suzie Jacobus of Pensacola,
Florida; special friend, Reva
Sadler of Arcadia, Florida; as
well as several nieces, nephews,
cousins and friends.
Pete was born in Colesville,
NY, in October of 1933. He
grew up in Afton and graduated
from Afton Central School. After graduation, he enlisted in the
Air Force where he served his
country from 1955-1959. While
in the military, he worked as an
aviation mechanic stationed in
Arizona where he met and married his loving wife of 45 years,
MaeElla Dean. The majority of
his life, he was self-employed
as an independent truck driver,
hauling freight throughout the
US. He was an avid racecar
driver and fan and held many
records for hill climbs in his
racing years.
Pete’s grandchildren were his
pride and joy. He rarely missed
an athletic event or performance
that his grandchildren were involved in. Their success was his
pride.
Friends may call at the First
Baptist Church, 30 Caswell
Street, Afton, on Friday, April
8, from 1-2 p.m. funeral services will immediately follow. The
Rev. Christopher Prezorski, pastor of the First Baptist Church of
Afton, will be officiating.
Memorial contributions may
be directed to the Dean family
in care of C.H. Landers, Inc. Funeral Chapel, 21 Main St., PO
Box 2086, Sidney, NY 13838.
Condolences may be sent to
www.landers.fh.com
Eunice Fisk DeForest
UNADILLA - Eunice Fisk
DeForest of Unadilla, passed
away on Thursday, March 31,
2011, at the United Methodist
Home in Norwich.
Eunice was born on August
28, 1911, in Unadilla, daughter
of Archie and Blanche (Palmer)
Fisk. She graduated from Unadilla School, class of 1929.
She attended the Teacher Training School and taught school for
three years in the Unadilla area.
After many years of service,
Eunice retired from the Bendix
Corp., in Sidney in 1976, and
also helped on the family farm
until 1963. Eunice was married
to Addison DeForest, who predeceased her in 1970.
She is survived by her daughters, Maxine DeForest of Clark
Summit, Pa., and Sharon and
Stan Backus of Unadilla; sons,
Bernard (Bernie) and Betty
DeForest and Darryl DeForest of Unadilla; grandchildren,
Lori Robinson, Denise and
Jack Henzes, Arek and Stacy
Robinson, Stanley II (Ley) and
DeAnna Backus, Bret Backus,
Katrina and Jerry Ford, Bernard
(Bernie) DeForest II, Brent and
Lynnette DeForest, Heather and
Guy Vincent, Danielle and Dave
Jahne; 16 great-grandchildren;
nephews, Vernon Sisson, Louis
Fisk Jr., Jerry Fisk; niece, Irene
(Palmer) Johnson; and many
cousins.
She was predeceased by her
brother, Louis Fisk; three sisters, Letha Hatch, Harriet Sisson and Ruth Geocaris, and two
great-grandchildren.
Eunice was a very active
lifelong member of the Unadilla Center United Methodist
Church, Polly Circle and the
Church Administrative Council. For many years, she knitted children’s sweaters for The
Guide Post Program.
She attended Otsego County
Senior Meals in Unadilla for 35
years, enjoying the daily meetings and games. She was member of the Unadilla Grange for
75 years, a leader of 4-H for
many years, the Unadilla American Legion, Wells Bridge Happy Time Senior Citizens and the
Unadilla Senior Citizen Group.
The family extends their
heartfelt thanks to the staff of
the United Methodist Nursing
Home, Norwich, the Gilbertsville Emergency Squad, the
doctors and nurses of Bassett
Hospital in Sidney and Cooperstown, and all of the people who
visited, sent cards and placed
her in their prayers. Special
thanks to her physician Dr. Rani
Kapur/Pado.
There will be no calling
hours. A memorial service will
be at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10,
2011, at the Unadilla Center United Methodist Church,
1203 Butternut Road, Unadilla,
with the Rev. Norman Tiffany
officiating.
The interment will be at a
later date as Eunice donated her
body to the SUNY Health Service Center at Syracuse under
the Anatomical Gifts Program.
In lieu of flowers, please send
a donation to the Unadilla Center
United Methodist Church, Attn:
Sharon Backus, Treasurer, 801
County Highway 3, Unadilla,
NY 13849 or Delaware Valley
Humane Society, Sidney, NY
13838. Funeral arrangements
are under the direction of the
Westcott Funeral Home Inc.,
Unadilla.
William (Bill) C. Finn, Jr.
OTEGO - William (“Bill”)
C. Finn Jr. passed peacefully on
Friday, April 1, 2011, at A.O.
Fox Memorial Hospital, following complications from a second
massive stroke. He was 67.
Bill was born in Clifton, N.J.,
attending Clifton High School,
serving three years in the U.S.
Army, and briefly attending
Farley Dickenson Community
College before enrolling at Syracuse University, earning a degree in political science.
As a young boy, Bill became
fascinated by the inventor,
Thomas A. Edison, riding his
bicycle to Edison’s laboratory
after school, endearing himself
to Edison’s two sons and their
families with whom Bill remained close for many years.
At 16, Bill won the National
Science Foundation Award for
his study and further experiments on the electric light bulb,
and at one time Bill owned the
largest private collection of Edison phonographs in the U.S.
During college, Bill spent
his spare time in Washington assisting the Smithsonian Institute
in the assembly of their Edison
collection.
In 1968, Bill attended his first
thoroughbred horse race in Saratoga Springs, igniting a lifetime
passion for thoroughbred racing
in general and Saratoga Springs
in particular.
After college, Bill was employed by the City of Syracuse,
in several positions before being
appointed as Commissioner of
Aviation at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport, and
later served as Commissioner
of Aviation for the Binghamton
Regional Airport. He retired in
1997.
Bill is survived by his adoring wife, Sandra Finn; a daughter, Kimberly Finn Weaver
and her husband, Eric Weaver
of Tampa, Fla.; a sister, Mary
Ann Finn of Hawthorne, N.J.;
his mother-in-law, Betty A.
Blakeman of Little River, S.C.;
a brother-in-law, Robin Tristan
Blakeman and his partner, Jon
Bloch of New Haven, Conn.;
and an aunt, Alice C. Riggs of
Rochester.
Bill was predeceased by his
parents, William C. and Melva
A. Finn of Clifton, N.J.
A memorial service celebrating Bill’s
life will be announced at a later
date.
Contributions in Bill’s memory may be made to Catskill
Hospice & Palliative Care, the
Otego Emergency Squad, or the
charity of one’s choice.
To light a candle or send online condolences visit www.ottmanfuneralhome.com. Arrangements were entrusted to the
Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry
Valley.
Orris ‘Pudgie’ Root
ONEONTA - Orris “Pudgie”
Root, 77, passed away Saturday,
March 26, 2011, at his companion’s home on Goodyear Lake.
He was born on Aug. 3, 1933,
in Oneonta, the son of Orris Leland Preston and Helen Louise
(Bugbee) Root.
Pudgie was a sergeant in the
United States Air Force during
the Korean Conflict from 1952
until 1958. He was a lifelong
area resident who was a member
of the 6th Ward Athletic Club
and the American Legion Post
No. 259 in Oneonta. He was an
avid outdoorsman and animal
lover. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, boating, hiking, gardening
and working as a mechanic.
After he retired from the NYSDOT in 1996, he spent his time
collecting antiques. Pudgie was
a well-known entertainer and
musician throughout Oneonta
and the surrounding area.
Pudgie is survived by his
companion, Rose Marie Millias
of Goodyear Lake; two daughters, Debbie L. Lum of Gilbertsville and Teresa Root-Nicholas
of N.C.; his son, Christopher
L.P. Root of Oneonta; his sister,
Daphne Crane and her husband,
George; 14 grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by
his brothers, James and John
Kinsey; and his sisters, Carolyn Eggleston and Helen E.
Dawson.
A funeral service was held
Saturday, April 2, at the Lewis,
Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral
Home, 51 Dietz St., in Oneonta, with the Rev. John Grenier,
officiating.
Burial will take place in the
Glenwood Cemetery at a later
date.
Contributions may be made
in loving memory of Pudgie to
the 6th Ward Athletic Club, 22
West Broadway, Oneonta, N,Y,
13820.
Condolences may be sent to
the family at www.lhpfuneralhome.com. The Lewis, Hurley
& Pietrobono Funeral Home in
Oneonta is serving the family.
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John Ralph Shelton, Jr.
GUILFORD - John Ralph
Shelton, Jr., 93, died Saturday,
April 2, 2011 in Acadia-St.
Landry Hospital, Church Point,
LA.
He was born Sunday, April
8, 1917 in Guilford, New York,
son of the late John Ralph Shelton, Sr. and the late Elsie Marie
Shoales.
John retired from the USAF
after 30 years of military service; serving during three wars
at six military bases in the U.S.
and overseas. He was married to
Sgt. Louise Lula Roach WAF
in the Base Chapel, Mitchel Air
Force Base, NY, on September
19, 1948. After USAF retirement he worked for Civil Service at the West Point Military
Academy. He retired from Civil
Service after 12 years moving to
Louisiana to spend the remainder of his life on the family farm
near Mire.
He was preceded in death by
his parents John Ralph and Elsie
Marie Shelton, and one brother
Paul Frederick Shelton.
Surviving are his wife, Louise Lula Shelton and his son,
Lt. Col. John R. Shelton III and
wife Marina of Poquoson, VA,
daughter, Loretta Shelton and
partner Gregg Thomas of Sydney, Australia, daughter, Col.
Lorraine Shelton Gaines and
husband Cmdr. James Gaines
of Helotes, TX, grandchild,
John S. Shelton and wife Niki
with great-grandchild Shaiden
of Kitty Hawk, NC, grandchild,
Mark S. Shelton of Kitty Hawk,
NC, grandchild, Marybeth S.
Shelton of Richmond, VA, and
numerous loving nieces and
nephews.
Friends were received Monday, April 4 and Tuesday, April
5, at Gossen Funeral Home,
Inc., Rayne, LA.
Contributions can be made in
remembrance of John Shelton
to Assumption Church Building
Fund 6080 Mire Hwy. Church
Point, LA. 70525.
Funeral services were held
at Assumption of the BVM
Catholic Church, Tuesday,
April 5. Interment will be in the
Assumption of the BVM Cemetery, Mire, LA.
Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at
www.gossenfuneralhome.net.
Arrangements have been
entrusted to Gossen Funeral
Home, Inc. of Rayne, LA, (337)
334-3141.
Sandra Mamie Hansen
AFTON - Sandra Hansen’s
heart of gold is now at rest after a long and courageous battle with cancer at her home in
Zephyrhills, Florida on April 4,
2011. Sandra is a former resident of both Gilbertsville and
Afton.
Sandra was born August 8,
1941, in Sidney, the daughter of
John and Beulah Sloan.
Sandra married her best
friend and loving companion
Bernt Hansen, Sr. on August 8,
1960. They moved around the
world and brought four wonderful children into the world
eventually settling in Afton, to
raise them, which was no small
feat! She became a dental assis-
tant and when the children had
grown the traveling bug set in
again. They traveled the US in
their motor home making memories to last a lifetime. She was
always sending interesting gifts,
photos and things that she had
created. She was so creative and
talented! The letters in her pristine handwriting spoke of their
travels and adventures. A package or envelope with Grandma’s
handwriting meant something
special was inside.
For the past ten years, they
have resided in Zephyrhills, Fla.
where she was enjoying new
crafts and continually exploring her artistic side all while
enjoying the warmth. But summers were time for visits with
the family that meant the most
to her and that she so cherished.
The motor home would take
them along with Grandpa’s
first captain Molly from Florida
to Georgia up to New York to
spend time with her children,
grandchildren and great grandchildren all along the way.
She was well known for her
loving and caring personality that she shared with all. Her
contagious laugh and smile will
be deeply missed by all who
knew her. There is nothing in
this world like having the giggles with Grandma! Her pride
and joy was her family and we
will miss her more than can be
put into words.
Surviving are her loving husband of 50 years Bernt Hansen,
Sr.; four children: Bernt Hansen,
Jr. and wife Donna of Afton;
Craig Hansen and wife Linda
of Cazenovia; Karen Moisan
and husband Tom of Marietta,
Ga.; and Andrew Hansen and
wife Vicky of Penfield; brothers, Dan Sloan and wife Mary
and their family of Gilbertsville;
and Steve Sloan and family also
of Gilbertsville; grandchildren,
Brigitte MacNaught and husband Brandon of Afton; Bernt
Hansen III of Afton; Maggie,
Garrett, Anders, and Reilly
Hansen of Cazenovia; Christopher Moisan and wife Sara
of Marietta, Ga., Kristen McAdams and husband Daniel of
Irmo, S.C., Ryan, Autumn, and
Kristian Hansen of Penfield;
great-grandchildren Brockton
and Brooklyn MacNaught of
Afton and Addyson and Bradyn
Moisan of Marietta, Ga.
She was predeceased by her
parents John and Beulah Sloan
and her brother Jim Sloan.
The family wishes to express
their appreciation to the physicians and staff at Gulfside Regional Hospice in Zephrhills,
Fla. and the physicians and staff
at Florida Medical Clinic, Zephyrhills Fla. for the compassionate care they gave while Sandra
was in their care.
Memorial Contributions may
be made to Gulfside Center for
Hospice Care, 5760 Dean Dairy
Rd, Zephyrhills, FL 33542.
Theda W. Conway
UNADILLA - Theda W.
Conway, 83, of Unadilla,
passed away unexpectedly on
Thursday, March 31, 2011.
Theda was born on July 3, 1927,
daughter of the late Arthur and
Myrtle (Quick) Werlau in New
Berlin, NY. On December 31,
1949, Theda was married to
Rev. Robert Conway in New
Berlin. Theda was a member of
Unadilla Friends Church. She
enjoyed golfing and was a local
musician, playing trombone in
the Sidney Community Band.
Theda is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Rev.
Robert Conway of Unadilla,
daughter and son-in-law, Carolee and Bernard Feinstein of
Palm Coast, FL, sister, Thelma
Woodard of New Berlin, granddaughter Rachel and Robert
Cassidy of Oak Harbor, WA,
two great grandchildren Joseph
and Anna Cassidy, as well as
several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents,
Theda was predeceased by her
brother, Arnold Werlau and her
sister, Verna Bice.
A memorial service was held
at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 4,
2011 at C.H. Landers Funeral
Chapel, 21 Main St. Sidney,
NY. Burial will be private and
at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions in Theda’s memory may be directed to Unadilla
Friends Church. Condolences
may be sent to the family online
at www.landersfh.com.
Arrangements under the direction of C.H. Landers Funeral
Chapel, 21 Main St. Sidney.
Tina White
NORWICH - Tina White, 52,
of Norwich, died Sunday, April
3, 2011, at her home.
She was born Aug. 1, 1958,
daughter of the late Daniel and
Carol Armando.
She was married to Ronald
White in 1997, in Sidney.
Tina is survived by her loving husband, Ronald White;
daughter, Jennifer and Victor,
daughter, Kriztina and Andy;
grandchildren, Anthony, April,
Jason, Sixta, Frances, Moses
and Andrea; sister, Nancy; and
a brother, Nick; several nieces,
nephews, cousins and many
friends.
Friends may call from 1 to 3
p.m. Thursday, April 7, 2011, at
C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel,
21 Main St., Sidney. Graveside
services will follow at 3 p.m.
in Prospect Hill Cemetery in
Sidney.
Condolences may be sent
to the family online at www.
landersfh.com.
Harpursville Child Victim
Of Drowning Accident
HARPURSVILLE - New
York State Police at Binghamton and Deposit responded to a
Broome County 911 report of
a missing child at 31 Hickox
Road, Harpursville at approximately 2:16 p.m. on April 4.
While en route, responding patrols were informed the missing
child was a possible drowning
victim. Upon arrival, patrols
learned that 18-month-old Andrew Duong, had been found
unresponsive in a nearby pond.
The child was subsequently
transported via Colesville Ambulance to Wilson Memorial
Hospital in Johnson City, where
he was pronounced deceased.
The ensuing investigation
revealed Andrew Duong and
another 4-year-old child were
within the residence under the
supervision of an 18-year-old
foster sister identified as Shawna Joyce. The child exited the
residence via an unlocked door
and walked to a nearby pond,
where he was later found by his
foster parent, Marguerite Joyce,
who had arrived home while
the search for him was underway. CPR was initiated and 911
re-contacted.
On April 5, a post mortem
examination was conducted on
Andrew Duong at Lourdes Hospital by Dr. James Terzian. The
cause of death was determined
to be asphyxiation by drowning,
with the manner of death determined to be accidental.
The Broome County Child
Protective Unit was contacted
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The Broome County District
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in the investigation. No charges
have been filed.
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TRI-TOWN AREA
BOWLING RESULTS
GALAXY BOWL
EOWS
Wings & Beer
40.5 11.5
La Familia
36
8
Alley Oops
34.5 21.5
Double Trouble
29 23
Gutter Dusters
28 28
The Cards
25 31
His & Hers
25 23
Just For Fun
24 28
Not The Bowlers
17 35
Rookies
13 35
Honor Games: L. Moore,
212; L. Mason, 189; B. Doiyle,
182; L. Cole, 190, 185; W. Miller, 182; L. Warner, 211.
Honor Series: C. Conway,
622; D. Smith, 645; S. Davis,
668.
Thurs. Morn. Winter-3/24
Gutter Dusters
148 76
Pin Pals
136 88
Up & Coming
126 98
Pinseekers
100 124
Ups & Downs
90 134
The Babes
72 152
High Single: L. Page, 175.
Honor Games: L. Page, 175;
P. Harmon, 156; M. Whitmore,
154; B. Dascano, 153; G. Lindroth, 167; C. Daughtrey, 156;
J. Adams, 158, 155; J. Stevens,
162; B. Butler, 169; D. Fritzsch,
165; R. Tietjen, 167, 158.
Honor Series: L. Page 461; R.
Tietjen, 471; D. Fritzsch, 456.
Thursday Night Men’s
Handicap
244 Racing
253 167
Barnes Bluestone
238 182
Tewksbury Const.
219 201
Dags Auto Parts
213.5 206.5
Quickway Rollers
212.5 207.5
Butts Concrete
204.5 215.5
Butler Auto
204.5 215.5
J&K Kanne Klips
188 282
Jess F. Howes
187.5 232.5
Bainbridge Memorial 179.5 240.5
High Single: M. Bowker 279.
High Triple: J. Sloan 703
Honor Games: M. Johnson 223, S. Smith 267, 215; L.
Rowe 202, 224, 243; Dale Smith
216, 223, 195; T. Harmon 204,
235cg; G. Monroe 200, 201; B.
Rowe 226; R. Johnson 247, 207;
G. Huston 208 cg, 221, 205; J.
Martin 236, 203; G. Gifford 237
cg, 214, 228; D. Ireland 216; R.
Terebury 216 cg; T. Boice 203,
201, 226; Don Smith 219; L.
Warner 236; J. Sloan 264, 250
cg; R. Platt 211; B. Davis 224;
K. Colone 203; J. Hitt 216; S.
Davis 206; M. Lowe 246, 224.
Honor Series: G. Gifford 679;
S. Smith Jr. 669; M. Lowe 663;
R. Johnson 646; Dale Smith
634; G. Huston 634; J. Martin
632; T. Boice 630; T. Harmon
629; L. Warner 607; M. Johnson 606; G. Monroe II 600; M.
Bowker 603.
Wednesday Night
Early Birds
SFCU
137 87
Peanut Gallery
125 99
Sipples Farm
114 110
Upturn Ind.
113 111
Busters
109 115
Wives Gone AWOL 108 116
Trash Mashers
105 119
Bruning Ent.
85 139
High Single: S. Meres 194.
High Triple: S. Gifford 533.
Honor Games: S. Gifford
180, 191; T. Stanton 183; M.
Mott 187cg; D. Carr 183; C.
Fisher 190; S. Meres 194; K.
Bruning 192.
Honor Series: S. Gifford 533;
M. Mott 522; S. Meres 500.
Friday Night Mixed-4/1/11
Team
70 34
The Replacements
62 42
Team Strike Force
56 48
Sidney Moose
53 51
The Pathetic Bunch
52 52
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Scores Perfect Ten For Success
BAINBRIDGE – Galaxy
Bowl was the setting March
19 for the 12th Annual Jeremy
Cawley Memorial Bowling
Tournament. According to tourney organizers, one of the greatest bowlers in the galaxy was on
hand for the event!
Walter Ray Williams, Jr.,
joined in the festivities with
compliments to the Cawley
family for their dedication in
getting sponsors as well as coordinating the event.
A highlight of the evening
was when Williams challenged
Chad Cawley to one game for
$50. The game went as follows:
Chad 190, Walter Ray Williams, Jr. 178.
Gary Bendert won $1,320 for
games of 258, 236, 262 and 248
with other winners as follows:
Rod Holcomb, 190 for $900;
Bill Walker, 242 for $600; Dave
Elliott, 175 for $500; Chuck
Pitts, 201 for $400; Will Eastman for $300; Jeff Wertman for
Missing Lynx
52 52
Hang Ten
49 55
Beauties and the Beast 44 60
Split Happens
44 60
All Locked Up
38 66
NOTABLES: Paul Locke
211cg; Mike Burlison 214,
235cg-627; Kate Pemberton
180; Derek Pemberton 213;
Brett French 221,201-605; Dave
Ireland 202; Bruce Shelton 222;
Dale Smith 209,233,232-674;
Mike Johnson (sub) 218; Chris
Erceg 234,217-631; Margie
Mott (sub) 190
20TH CENTURY LANES
Mon. Morn. Coffee-3/28
Rosebuds
150 82
YoYos
140 92
The Foxes
132 100
Four on Floor
125 107
Country Girls
121 111
Curtis Cuties
110 122
Friends
107 125
Ladybugs
102 130
Mutts & Jeff
90 142
Hustlers
83 149
High Single: R. Gregory,
202. High Triple: R. Gregory,
556.
Honor Games: R. Gregory,
202, 182, 172; C. Lafever, 164;
T. Cottell, 166; B. Daley, 166;
G. Lindroth, 187, 182; 180;
R. Tietjen, 201, 172; 166; P.
Greene, 163; S. Straka, 171; J.
Roof, 177; P. Stilson, 166, 161,
162; C. Daughtrey, 170, 190; J.
Davis, 168; W. Bookhout, 163;
S. Ziermann, 165.
Honor Series: R. Gregory,
556; G. Lindroth, 549; R.
Tietjen, 539; S. Straka, 470;
P. St ilson, 489; C. Daughtrey,
517.
$250; Al Rowe for $200; Ryan
Galli for $150 and Jim Delello
for $105.50.
The Cawley family expresses
sincere thanks to Walter Ray
Williams, Jr., Jim Delello for
the excellent job that he did running the tournament, Lisa Page
and Tim Harmon for letting us
have the tournament at Galaxy
Bowl and WCDO for telling
about the tournament.
Special thanks go out to the
following for their support of
this memorial benefit: Jess F.
Howes, Inc.; Fred’s Body Shop,
Pecks, Inc., Catalog Outlet, Butler Auto Sales, Sidney Federal
Credit Union, MeadWestvaco,
S&S Auto, Alan Steere, John’s
Garage, JC Pro Shop, Mark and
Beth Zimmerman, Royal Chrysler, Trackside Dining, D&D
Trophies, RC Sales, Chambers
& O’Hara, Kris and Earnie Cawley, Bob Fink, Video Entertainment, Two Dough Boys, Sidney
Auto Body and Jake’s Deli.
Retirees, 3/30
Hasbeens
154 70
PB&Js
130 94
Grandads
112 112
Misfits
100 124
Larrys Boys
94 130
Buckaroos
82 142
High Single Scratch: J. Miller, 196; J. Aymar, 179. High
Hdcp: D. Carroll, 220; J. Aymar, 221. High Triple Scratch:
J. Miller, 560; J. Aymar, 431.
High Triple Hdcp: J. Miller,
608; J. Aymar, 557.
Honor Games: R. Platt, 193,
192; J. Miller, 195cg; D. Carroll, 194; G. Harris, 194.
Honor Series: R. Platt, 543;
D. Carroll, 51; G. Harris, 546.
Retirees - 3/31
Hasbeens
160 72
PB&J’s
136 96
Grandads
114 118
Larry’s Boy
102 130
Misfits
102 130
Buckaroos
82 150
High Single Scratch: R. Platt;
228 cg, P. Stilson 179. High
Single Hdcp, R. Platt 242; P.
Stilson, 210
High Triple Scratch: G. Harris, 594; P. Stilson, 509. High
Triple Hdcp: R. Platt, 628; P.
Stilson, 602.
Honor Games: G. Harris,
223, 191, 180; R. Platt ,180; B.
Munster, 181.
Honor Series: R. Platt, 586;
B. Munster, 506.
City-3/29
Justice Constr.
Prinz Excav.
4 dr., 4 cyl., auto, A/C, p. windows, p. locks, CD, p. mirrors, tilt wheel, white,
71,468 miles
07 Ford Focus SE.................................$11,975. .$240/60 mos.
4 dr., 4 cyl., auto, A/C, cruise, CD, alloy, p. windows, p. locks, tilt, red,
46,653 miles
05 Dodge Ram 1500 Reg. Cab.......$18,975. .$381/60 mos.
“Come Golf with
your Friends” . . .
04 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab...........$14,475. .$349/48 mos.
Golf season is here and
we are open for playing
SLT, short box, 4WD, V-8 Hemi, auto, A/C, alloy, CD, cruise, tilt, p. seat, p.
windows, p. locks, silver, 21,011 one owner miles
SLT, 4WD, V-8, auto, A/C, alloy, CD, cruise, tilt, p. windows, p. locks, matching
cap, gold, 61,973 one owner miles
04 Chevrolet Colorado.........................$9,975. .$240/48 mos.
Ext. cab, LS, 5 cyl., auto, A/C, CD, alloy, cruise, tilt, p. windows, p. locks,
white, 101,299 miles
03 Ford F350 Crew Cab.....................$21,975. .$521/48 mos.
Lariat, FX4, 4WD, 8 ft. box, V-8, auto, A/C, leather, p. seats, cruise, tilt, p.
windows, p. locks, alloy, tow package, gold, 44,552 one owner miles
03 Buick Century.....................................$8,975. .$216/48 mos.
4 dr., 6 cyl., auto, A/C, p. seat, p. windows, p. locks, leather, CD, cruise, tilt,
tan, 49,592 miles
00 Nissan Sentra GXE..........................$8,975. .$228/48 mos.
4 dr., 4 cyl, auto, A/C, cruise, tilt, CD, p. windows, p. locks, tan, 49,389 miles
Mon-Thurs. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Fri. 8-6; Sat. 8-5
CHAMBERS & O’HARA
268 St. Hwy. 7
(Riverside)
SIDNEY
563-4311
Payments based on tax & fees down, 2006 & newer 6.9% up to 72 mos.; ‘04 & ‘05 7.4% up
to 60 mos.; ‘03-’04 7.69% up to 60 months; ‘01-’03 7.15% up to 48 mos. to qualified buyers.
Visit us on the net: www.chambersohara.com
The Sidney Golf
and Country Club
• Private course with superb golfing
conditions
• Complete practice and putting areas
• Wide range of tournaments throughout
the season for men and women
• Full service clubhouse and dining room
74
68
38
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SCOUTS TRAINED BY THE RED CROSS include
Cordell Spinola, Troop 1, Unadilla; Patrick Zuk, Troop
99, Sidney; Tim Raethka, Red Cross instructor; Chase
Sutliff, Troop 99, Sidney; Mike Baldwin, Troop 34, Sidney;
Ryan Sherwood, Troop 99, Sidney; Dean Howard, Troop
99, Sidney; Angel Marquez, Troop 99, Sidney; Josh
Fitzgerald, Troop 1, Unadilla; Dawn Spinola, Troop 1,
Unadilla mom; Chris Fischer, Troop 99, Sidney; and
Nate Curtin, Troop 99, Sidney.
Boy Scout Troop 99 Hosts
CPR, First Aid Training
SIDNEY - Boy Scout Troop
99 of Sidney hosted a training
program including CPR, AED
(Automated External Defibrillation) and First Aid course
instructed by a Red Cross instructor at their sponsor’s, the
First Congregational church on
Feb. 12. The course was made
possible through a grant from
Bassett Healthcare Tri-Town
Community Wellness Program
and matching funds from Sidney United Way, with the help
of Mrs. Elaine Anderson, Community Educator, and Mr. Dennis Porter, Sidney United Way
Executive Director. Scouts were
certified in the above subjects.
An additional course is
planned for those unable to
attend this presentation. Our
thanks to Mrs. Anderson, Mr.
Porter, Instructor Tim Raethka,
the Congregational Church and
the Wellness Program.
Our scouts are Carl Ayres,
Nate Curtin, Austin Dean,
Wade Dean, Matt Ficsher, Chris
Fischer, Dylan Gifford, Ethan
Green, Alex Hoskins, Thomas
Hoskins, Dean Howard, Angel
Marquez, Christopher Omahen,
Ryan Sherwood, Kyle Smith,
Chase Sutliff, Joshua Woodyshek and Pat Zuk. For more
information go to www.Troop99sidney.com or we meet at the
First Congregational Church,
Sidney at 7 p.m. Wednesdays.
D Sponge
68 44
244 Racing
62 50
Moose Lodge
58 54
Ermeti’s Tavern
56 56
B-K Coffee
52 60
20th Century Lanes
52 60
Two Doughboys
46 66
High Single: S. Martin, 275;
High Triple: C. Null, 641.
Honor Games: J. Starbuck,
203; C. Null, 257, 233; L. Rowe,
247; G. Galley, 230; T. Boice,
224; P. Harrington, Jr., 208; D.
Smith, 206; K. Davie: 208, 203;
S. Martin, 275; T. Beers, 224;
M. Gray, 216; E. Lamb, 204;
H. Chamberlin, 204; R. Vogel,
203; B. MacPherson, 203; J.
Cole, 233; S. Simonds, 202; J.
Halbert, 205, 207; J. Greene,
214.
Honor Series: J. Halbert, 611;
S. Martin, 616; C. Null, 641; L.
Rowe, 602.
Women: Lisa Page 481 Scratch
Series Men: Rich Johnson 624
Handicap Game Women:
Lisa Page 232. Handicap Game
Men: Randy Cross 288. Handicap Series Women: Lisa Page
640. Handicap Series Men:
Randy Cross 771
200 Game: Randy Cross
236; Rich Johnson 233; Bill
Tallmadge 222; Robert Bronson
220; Tim Harmon 213; Rich
Johnson 212; Bill Tallmadge
206; Tim Harmon 204
600 Series: Rich Johnson 624;
Randy Cross 615; Tim Harmon
614; Bill Tallmadge 606
Independent Bowling League
Week 29- 3/29/11
Sidney Typo Union 139.5 98 .5
Kam Auto
119 119
Wagner Nineveh
109 129
Team 2
108.5129.5
Scratch Game Women: Lisa
Page 179. Scratch Game Men:
Randy Cross 236. Scratch Series
Women Golfers
Wanted at Afton
AFTON – The Monday Night
Ladies Golf League at the Afton
Golf Club still has openings for
individuals and teams of two.
This is a fun handicap league.
Check out our website at www.
golfweb.ws/15740/. If interested, please contact Christal
Wright at 563-9059 or email
at prysm2372@gmail.com or
contact the Afton Golf Club at
639-2454.
Spring
Bowling Leagues
Now Forming
10 WEEKS
• Men’s Handicap (4 Man Team)
• Women’s Handicap
(4 Woman Team)
• 3 Person Mixed (No Tap)
STARTING LAST WEEK OF APRIL
2011 MEMBERSHIP RATES
Single – $660
Couple – $990
OTHER MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
Limited - Student - Dependent - Social
For Information and Application
CALL 563-8381
Please Call Lisa
for More Infor mation
967-8818
GALAXY
BOWL
105 N. Main St., Bainbridge
Tri-Town News — Thursday, April 7, 2011 — 11
WINDY HILL
SR. CTR. MENU
656-8602
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
Turkey Tetrazzini, Stewed
tomatoes, chateau blend
vegetables, oatmeal bread,
birthday cake, fresh fruit
(HDM only)
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
Swedish meatballs, egg
noodles, California blend
vegetables, whole wheat bread,
butterscotch pudding
ALGONQUIN
SENIOR CENTER
BAINBRIDGE • 967-8960
SPONSORED BY AREA
AGENCY ON THE AGING
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
Chef’s choice fish, wild rice,
island blend vegetables, tossed
salad, rye bread, Boston Crème
pie, vanilla pudding with topping
(HDM Only)
MONDAY, APRIL 11
Spicy cranberry chicken patty,
sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts,
Italian bread, fruit cocktail
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
Beef stew with biscuit,
chuckwagon blend vegetables,
extra vegetable (hdm only),
buttermilk biscuit, birthday cake
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
Spaghetti with or without
meatballs, broccoli florets,
extra vegetable, tossed salad,
multigrain bread, peanut butter
cookie
EASTERN BROOME
SENIOR CENTER
27 GOLDEN LANE
HARPURSVILLE, NY
693-2069
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
Salmon boat with dill sauce or
Grandma’s meatloaf with gravy,
brown rice pilaf, peas and under
the sea salad, L., T and O., baked
beans, macaroni and cheese,
chocolate whip and chill
MONDAY, APRIL 11
Chicken a la King over biscuit,
country blend vegetable,
cranberry juice & sherbet cup
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
Beef stroganoff over noodles,
Brussels sprout, carrot coins and
blueberry crisp
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
Roast turkey with gravy, apple
bread dressing with gravy,
Harvard beets and chilled
peaches
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
Golden Griddle: April special
is a Egg salad sandwich and
homemade soup
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
Rotisserie chicken or breaded
fish with tarter sauce, garlic
mashed potatoes with gravy,
Scandinavian blend vegetables
and pumpkin cookie
Dinner and Music
At Eastern Broome
Senior Center
HARPURSVILLE - An evening meal and entertainment
by “On Our Way Home” will
take place Thursday, April 14
at Eastern Broome Senior Center. Doors open at 4 p.m., dinner
served at 4:30 p.m. and music
will start at 5:30 p.m.
We invite you to the Eastern Broome Senior Center in
Harpursville for a wonderful
spring evening of dinner and
live bluegrass gospel music. The
very popular and talented group
“On Our Way Home” returns
to entertain! Be sure to reserve
as soon as possible, but no later
than noon on Wednesday, April
13, as this is a performance you
won’t want to miss.
Before our dinner we will be
serving punch and goodies to
get the evening started then you
will enjoy a delicious dinner of
Rotisserie chicken, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, baked beans,
tossed salad and chocolate éclair
for dessert. Afterward we will
continue, as always, with some
awesome door prizes. Invite
some family, friends and enjoy.
Brittney Ayres
Is Part of College
Musical “Chicago”
CAZENOVIA – Brittney
Ayres of Sidney is one of the
cast and crew members for the
hit musical “Chicago” being
staged at the Catherine Cummings Theatre of Cazenovia
College Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, April 8, 9 and 10 and
April 15, 16 and 17.
Show times are 8 p.m. for the
Friday and Saturday shows, and
2 p.m. for the Sunday matinees.
Tickets are available by calling
(315) 655-STAR.
Brittney is a senior majoring
in management, specializing in
fashion merchandising.
April Birthdays
Celebrated At
EB Senior Center
HARPURSVILLE – Come
to Eastern Broome Senior Center Monday, April 11 at 11 a.m.
and enjoy our monthly birthday
party with Karen Bower. She’ll
be playing the piano and singing
our favorites. Then enjoy homemade birthday cake for all and
a gift lunch coupon for all April
birthday folks present.
Monday’s hot lunch will be
chicken ala king, country blend
vegetable, cranberry juice and
sherbet cup.
Please call to reserve your
meal no later than noon on Friday, April 8 at 693-2069.
Storytime at Afton Free Library
To Welcome Spring April 7 & 14
AFTON - During April,
Children’s Story Time at the
Afton Free Library will welcome Springtime. April 14, we
will read, Spring Moon by Jean
Craighead George. What kind
of creatures do we meet in this
book? Come and find out at
6:30 p.m.
April 7’s story is Poppleton
in Spring by Cynthia Rylant.
We have plenty of room for
you. Come hear the story and
make a nifty craft!
Acoustic Bluegrass
& Country Jam
HILL & VALLEY GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS Jane
Cole, Mary Jane Plumber and Sue Ruestow meet with
Kerry Mendez (second from left), a featured speaker at
the Capital District Flower and Garden Show. Mendez
will present a garden program in Sidney on April 16.
Gardening Author, Lecturer
To Speak in Sidney April 16
SIDNEY - Hill & Valley Garden Club of Sidney is hosting a
gardening motivational morning
on Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m. at
the Sidney Memorial Public Library Smart Community Room.
Kerry Mendez, a popular and
‘passionate perennialist’ from
the Ballston Spa area will be
presenting 4 Seasons Of Color
– Hit The Easy Button!
Garden columnist, television
personality and sought after lecturer and teacher, Mendez is a
self-taught gardener with over
25 years of “hands in the dirt”
experience. Her gardens have
been featured in Better Homes
& Gardens’ Garden Ideas &
Outdoor Living, Garden Gate,
Fine Gardening, How-to Gardening, and Places, People &
Plants magazines.
Kerry, and her no-nonsense
approach to gardening, is the
author of two gardening books,
which mix humor and practical
information in an easy to follow
format. The Ultimate Flower
Gardener’s Top Ten Lists was
released in 2010. Her latest
book, Top Tens for Beautiful
Shade Gardens: Seeing Your
Way Out of the Dark has just
been released.
Tickets are available through
advance sales only at Glad Tidings, 74 Main St., Sidney or
through Mary Jane Plummer
563-1978. Please join The Hill
& Valley Garden Club other
gardening enthusiasts for this
special gardening event Saturday, April 16.
Chicken & Ribs
ROUND & SQUARE DANCE
WITH PHOENIX
SAT., APRIL 9
7:00 TO 11:00 PM
$6 COVER CHARGE
Refreshments
Available
1532 COVERED BRIDGE RD., UNADILLA (off Rt. 357)
www.cbgardensny.com - 369-9293
NEXT DANCE MAY 14 w/Tulsa
EASTER BUNNY
EXPRESS TRAINS on the
Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad
HOP ABOARD FOR ALL THE FUN...
• Easter Egg Roll & Hunt with Prizes
• Free Goodies & Refreshments for Kids & Adults
• 2-Hour Train Ride w/the Easter Bunny & Friends
See “Vanishing Of The Bees”
In Norwich Tuesday, April 12
NORWICH - The “Second
Tuesday’s Film Series” is showing a documentary exploring
the mysterious disappearance
of honeybees across the planet,
and the greater meaning it holds
for the relationship between
mankind and mother earth.
“Vanishing of the Bees” will
be shown at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,
April 12 in the Founders Room
at the United Church of Christ,
11 West Main, Norwich. This is
a free community educational
event for the public sponsored
by Chenango County Peace
Action and Chenango Community for Renewable Energy
(C-CARE).
Anyone who likes to eat—or
keeps backyard bees— should
see this film.
Attendees are invited to come
at 6:30 p.m. for a supper of sandwiches, pizza, fruit and cookies,
and to stay after for discussion.
Please note parking is available on the street or in Hayes
NEXT JAM
MAY 13
St. and County Office Building
lots, not behind the church. For
more information call Chris at
(607) 334-6095 or contact Ken
at ccare@frontier.com.
SIDNEY
MASONIC TEMPLE
RENTALS
AVAILABLE
FOUR TRAINS TO CHOOSE FROM
Saturdays, April 16 and 23, at 2 p.m.
Sundays, April 17 and 24, at 2 p.m.
$17 adults, $16 seniors, $14 children 3-12, under 3 free!
All trains leave from the Milford Depot, NYS Route 166
(136 East Main Street), Milford, NY
RESERVATIONS & PREPAYMENT REQUIRED. SEATING IS LIMITED.
Most major credit cards accepted. Group rates available for 10 or more.
For more information on this train or to receive a brochure for our upcoming
2011 season, call 607-432-2429, or write: Leatherstocking Railway
Historical Society, PO Box 681,
CALL FOR RESERVATIONS
Oneonta, NY 13820-0681,
or see our
web site
607-432-2429
Banquets • Receptions
Meetings • Shows
KITCHEN FACILITY
AMPLE SEATING/PARKING
For Information Call
563-3665 or 563-1605
www.lrhs.com
Join Us For Our
Sunday, April 24
serving 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Bar-B-Que
by Brooks
of Oneonta
Saturday,
April 9
11 am until gone
$5.00/Chicken half
$6.50/Ribs
Logan’s Salads Available
featuring
Macaroni
and Potato
Salads,
Baked Beans, and Cole Slaw
2652 State Hwy. 7, Bainbridge • 967-BARN (2276)
Open Daily Tuesday thru Sunday
Main Street, Sidney
Salisbury Steak, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy,
Vegetable, Roll & Butter.............................$9.25
(at the River Bridge)
Sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi –
Preceptor Beta Kappa Chapter
BREAKFAST 7:30-11:15 • LUNCH 11:30-3
DINNERS 4:30-8 PM - RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED
—THURSDAY NIGHT SPECIAL—
— FRIDAY NIGHT SPECIAL—
Broiled or Deep Fried Haddock...............$12.95
Make Reservations Early —
They help us serve you better!
656-9997
Baron’s Inn
Route 12 South, Greene, NY
Ask About Our Special Mother’s Day Buffet
12 — Tri-Town News — Thursday, April 7, 2011
CHURCHES
SIDNEY
ST. AGNES CATHOLIC
CHURCH OF AFTON
Fr. Mark Gantley
Web: kofcsidney.org
18 Spring Street • 967-4481
SIDNEY UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School.
12 Liberty St., Sidney • 563-1921
Rev. Dr. Susan Heafield
ST. MATTHEW’S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
240 Main St., Unadilla • 369-3081
Rev. Scott Garno, Rector
Wardens: William Goodrich &
Mark Jones
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Thursday, April 7
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. - Set up for rummage sale, bring in donations and
come help; 9-9:30 a.m.- Lenten
Prayer Group, Harvester Room,
facilitated by Don Doyle; 6:30 p.m.
- Finance committee meeting
Saturday, April 9
9 a.m.- noon - Rummage Sale
Sunday, April 10
9 a.m. - Sunday School, Holy
Grounds Café; 9:45 - Chancel Choir;
10:15 a.m. - Worship service followed by fellowship and youth choir
Wednesday, April 13
6 p.m. - Bell Choir; 7 p.m. - Chancel
Choir
26 Cartwright Ave., Sidney
Larry Bailey, Preacher • 563-9695
ST. LUKE’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
SACRED HEART CHURCH
Liberty Street, Sidney
Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m.
Sunday Mass: 8:30 & 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
FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH
32 West Main & Adams Sts., Sidney
Jim Ingalls, Pastor • 967-8167
Sunday
10 a.m. - Noon. - Bible Study;
6 p.m. - Worship Service.
Wednesday
6 p.m. - Bible Study.
Sunday
Radio 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. - Worship Assembly.
Wednesday
10 - 11 a.m. - Bible Study;
7 - 8 p.m. - Bible Study/Worship.
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
25 River St., Sidney • 563-3391
The Rev’d Jim Shevlin, FHC Rector
624-1470
Sundays
10 a.m. - Adult & Children
Sunday School; 10:45 a.m. - Holy
Communion, and Anointing for
Healing in Jesus’ Name - followed by
coffee and fellowship.
Tuesdays
11 a.m. - Bible Study (bring bag
lunch)
W. Main St., Sidney • 563-1806
Transitional Pastor Tom Olson
373-3244
Friday, April 8
11:30 a.m. - Rotary
Saturday, April 9
9 a.m. - Weight Watchers
Sunday, April 10
9 a.m. - Christian Education;
10 a.m. - Traditional Service;
11 a.m. - Fellowship & coffee;
11:30 a.m. - Bible Study
Every Wednesday
7 p.m. - Choir rehearsal
SIDNEY BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH
27 Division St., Sidney
Pastor Frank Donnelly
607-334-6206
Sundays
10 a.m. - Sunday School; 11 a.m.
- Worship; 6 p.m. - Evening Service
Wednesdays
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Meeting
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
28 River St., Sidney
Kenneth Southworth, Pastor
Church Office: 563-8456
Parsonage: 563-1166
firstbaptistchrc@stny.rr.com
Sunday, April 10
9:30 a.m. -Sunday School; 10:45
a.m. - Gathered Worship; 5 p.m.
- Youth Group; 6 p.m. - Informal
Evening Service
Monday, April 11
6 p.m. - First Place meeting
Wednesday, April 13
9 a.m.- Men’s Breakfast/Bible Study;
6 p.m. - TeamKids Club; 6:30 p.m.
- Gathered Prayer
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH
1 Bridge St., Sidney • 563-1329
GUILFORD CENTER
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday, April 10
10:30 a.m. - Worship and Communion with Rev. Clyde Barker
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OF EAST GUILFORD
Rev. Patty Wolff, Pastor
563-1083 or 369-4630
Corner of State Rt. 8 and Co. 35,
East Guilford, 2.5 miles from Sidney
www.eastguilfordpc.org
Sunday
9 a.m. - Worship
Tuesday
6:30 a.m. - Men’s breakfast and Bible
study
Wednesday
6:45 p.m. - Choir Practice
(across from library)
Pat Robinson, Pastor
Church Office: Tues., Thurs., Fri.
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 10
9:30 a.m. - Bible Study; 10:30
a.m. - Worship Service; Children’s
Sunday school (all ages); 11:30 a.m.
- Coffee Hour
Tuesday, April 12
6:30 p.m. - Congregational and
council combined meeting
Wednesday, April 13
7 p.m. - Choir
SIDNEY ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Plankenhorn Rd., Sidney, 563-8247
www.sidneyonline.com/
assembly.html
(1st road on left after Del. Co. Humane Society)
Rev. Bernard Knutsen,
Senior Pastor
Rev. Evie Knutsen, Assistant Pastor
Sunday
9 a.m. - See You at the Alter Prayer;
9:30 a.m. - Sunday School; 10:45
a.m. - Worship - Nursery available
- Children’s Church;
6 p.m. - Worship Service
Monday
1 p.m. - Intercessory Prayer Meeting
Tuesday
6:45 p.m. - Adult Bible Study; Royal
Rangers, grades 3-6; Girls’ Ministries, grades 3-5
CIRCLE DRIVE ALLIANCE CHURCH
6 Circle Drive, Sidney
Rev. Robert Goldenberg, Sr. Pastor
Kelvin McKnight, Asst. Pastor
Church Office: 563-1120
www.cdaconline.org
Saturday
6:30 p.m. - Saturday Night Alive!
Contemporary Worship Service
w/nursery & children’s ministries.
Sunday
10 a.m.- Contemporary Worship
Services with nursery and children’s
ministries.
Wednesday
7 p.m. - Prayer Meeting and Youth
Bible Study.
UNADILLA
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST
LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH
1050 Covered Bridge Rd., Unadilla
Pastor R. Michael Amos • 369-2754
Sunday
9 a.m. Christian Education (all ages);
10 a.m. - Holy Communion.
Wednesday
12 p.m. - Holy Communion
Handicapped accessible.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Church and Main Sts., Unadilla
(Handicapped accessible/
Child Care available)
Rev. Patty Wolff, Pastor • 369-4630
Sunday, April 10
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School; 11 a.m.Worship followed by coffee hour;
12:15 p.m. - Choir practice
Thursday, April 14
Hymnody of Lent Program:
6 p.m. - Covered Dish Supper; 7 p.m.
- Lenten Worship Service “Ain’t-a That
Good News and other spirituals”
AFTON
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
34 Spring St., Afton • 639-2082
Rev. Dolly L. Tarreto, Pastor
Sunday
10:45 a.m. - Morning Worship;
coffee & fellowship following
AFTON BAPTIST CHURCH
30 Caswell St., Afton • 639-1030
Christopher Prezorski, Pastor
www.fbcafton.org
Thursday
6-7:30 p.m. - Praise Band Practice
Friday
7:30-10 p.m. - Youth Group
Sunday
9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. - Morning Worship;
11 a.m. - noon - Children’s Sunday
School groups; 11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
- Teen & Adult Fellowship; 11:15 a.m.
- noon - Teen & Adult Sunday School
Groups; 5:30-7 p.m. - Youth Core;
6-7 p.m. - R12 Study #8
Tuesday
7 p.m. - Mission Board meeting
NORTH AFTON
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Co. Rd. 17, Afton, NY
Rev. Brandilynne Craver, Pastor
656-7908
Sunday
10:30 a.m. - Worship.
ST. ANN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
125 S. Main St., PO Box 22, Afton
www.stannsaftonny.org
Supply Clergy:
Rev. Ralph G. Groskoph;
David Hanselman, Lay Pastoral
Leader
Handicapped accessible.
Sundays
10 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages;
11 a.m. - Morning Worship; 6:30 p.m.
- Evening Praise and Worship hour
Tuesday
10 a.m. - Ladies’ Bible Study
Wednesday
7 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer/Teen
Time
Sunday Service
9:15 a.m. - 1st & 3rd Sundays Holy
Eucharist; 2nd & 4th & 5th Sundays
Morning Prayer
Each Tuesday
6:30 p.m.- SERTOMA, Parish Hall
Each Thursday
8 p.m. - Alcoholics Anonymous
closed meeting, Parish Hall
Each Sunday
8 p.m. - Alcoholics Anonymous
UNADILLA FRIENDS CHURCH
MERCY FELLOWSHIP
Rogers Hollow, Unadilla
Benjamin Shaw, Pastor •563-2266
967 Rt. 41 (1.2 miles) N. of Rt. 7, Afton
John Snel, Pastor
Church: 639-1964 • Study: 693-3692
Handicapped Accessible. Nursery Available.
Sunday
10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship.
FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
170 Main Street, Unadilla • 369-2052
Rev. Rachel Barnhart, Pastor
Every Thursday
7 p.m. - AA & Al-anon meet
Every Sunday
9:30 a.m. - Worship Service followed
by coffee & fellowship; 10 a.m.
Sunday school
Monday, Friday and Saturday
11 a.m. - Noon - Food Pantry and
Clothing Pantry
Every Monday
7 p.m. - Bible Study
Every Tuesday
7 p.m. - Grieving Support Group
Second Thursday of the Month
7 p.m. - Administrative Council
Monday, Friday, Saturday
11-12 noon - Food Pantry open
Handicap Accessible
UNADILLA CENTER
UNITED METHODIST
Rev. Norman Tiffany
1203 Butternut Rd., Unadilla
Regular Sunday Services
10:00 a.m. - Worship Service;
Sundays
10 a.m. - Worship Service
Fridays
7 p.m. - Prayer Meeting and Bible
Study
HOPE CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH
129 Main St., Afton • 639-4237
Rev. Maryann Palmetier
Rev. George Geres
Sundays
9 a.m. - Coffee Time; 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship (Children’s Sunday
School during worship); 10:30 a.m.
- Fellowship Hour (fourth Sunday
of each month, brunch following
worship.)
HIGHER GROUND CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
96 E. Main St., Afton • 639-3746
Joe Funaro, Pastor
Tuesday
7 p.m. - Prayer Meeting.
Friday
7 p.m. - Mid-week Service.
Sunday
10:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship
Children’s Ministries available during service. Afton
Healing House open 10 - 2 Tues. & Thurs.
Sundays
8:30 a.m. - Mass
AFTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Academy St., Afton • 639-2121
Rev. Lynn Shepard • 829-2531
Sunday
10:30 a.m. - Choir Practice;
11 a.m. - Worship Service
GILBERTSVILLE
GILBERTSVILLE BAPTIST
CHURCH
Commercial & Elm Sts.
(607)783-2993 Church
Rev. Kurt Funke, Interim Minister
859-2436
Thursday, April 7
7 p.m.- Choir Practice at Presbyterian
Church
Saturday, April 9
6:30 p.m. - Adult Membership Class
Sunday, April 10
9:30 a.m.-Morning Worship; Sunday
School; Jr. Worship Pre-K-2; Kids
Worship 3-6 grades
Tuesday, April 12
9-10 am-Coffee/tea with Pastor; 11
a.m. Bible Study, book of Matthew
Wednesday, April 13
6 p.m.-Junior Youth Group; 6:30 p.m.
- Lenten Service
Thursday, April 14
7 p.m.- Choir Practice at Presbyterian
Church
CHRIST CHURCH
38 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville
783-2267
christchurchgville@frontiernet.net
Joseph Acanfora, Pastor
Sunday
9:30 a.m. - Sunday school; 10 a.m.
- Adults & children service, Holy
Communion; 4:30 p.m.- Service of
Christian Healing
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Gilbertsville • 783-2867
Sunday
11 a.m. - Worship Service.
The church is handicapped accessible.
BAINBRIDGE
BAINBRIDGE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
27 N. Main St., Bainbridge • 967-2782
Rev. Dolly L. Tarreto, Pastor
Sunday Services
9 a.m. - Worship Service;
9:15 a.m. - Sunday School; coffee &
fellowship following service
Assisted listening system for those with special
hearing needs.
ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
On the Park Bainbridge • 967-3441
The church with the red doors.
Rev. Marilyn M. Sanders, Rector
Sunday Services
8 a.m. and 11 a.m.
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
CATHOLIC CHURCH
32 S. Main St., Bainbridge • 967-4481
Fr. Mark Gantley
Web: kofcsidney.org
Saturdays
4:30 p.m. - Reconciliation
5:15 p.m. - Vigil Mass
Sundays
11 a.m. - Mass
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
12 S. Main St., Bainbridge
967-8034 • www.bainbridgefbc.com
Pastor: Rev. John Koopman
Clerk: Mrs. Secrest
Church is handicapped accessible through the
back door. Pastor is in when the frog is on the door.
Mail newsletter articles to jkoopman@stny.rr.com
or drop in the church box.
Wednesday
7 p.m. - Prayer Meeting.
OTEGO
OTEGO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
18 River Street • 988-2861
Sunday
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
Pastor Lisa Jo Bezner
Sunday
11 a.m.- Worship
Elevator Access to all levels.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
OF OTEGO
Sunday
10 a.m. - Sunday School;
11 a.m. - Morning Worship;
6 p.m. - Evening Worship.
Wednesday
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Meeting.
Sunday
9 a.m. - Sunday School;
10 a.m. - Worship Service;
11 a.m. - Fellowship
FRANKLIN
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Dr. John Hill • 895-9917
Sunday
10:45 a.m. - Worship Service.
Pastor Judy Travis
SIDNEY CENTER
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Rachel Barnhart, Pastor
369-2052
Until Further Notice Worship Services will be at the Fire Hall
Sunday
11:00 a.m.- Worship Service
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Corner of Main & Institute Sts.
The Rev’d Jim Shevlin, FHC Rector
624-1470
Sunday
9 a.m. - Service followed by coffee
and fellowship.
1st Sunday of Month
1:30 p.m. - Holy Communion
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH
25 Center St., Franklin • 829-5471
Dr. Walt Schlundt, Pastor
SIDNEY CENTER
BAPTIST CHURCH
10440 Main St. • 369-9571
Pastor Dennis Murray
Sunday
9:45 a.m. - Praise and Bible Study;
10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship
Service
Wednesday
6:30 p.m. - Midweek Prayer and
Bible Study
Sunday
11 a.m. - Worship Service.
NAKSIBENDI HAKKANI
MUSLIM CENTER
AREA
1663 Wheat Hill Rd.,
Sidney Center • 607-369-4816
Sheykh Abdul Kerim Al-Kibrisi
UNATEGO COMMUNITY CHURCH
Brian Cutting, Pastor
Office: 369-7425
unatego-church@live.com
Sundays
10:30 a.m. - Worship at Otego
building (290 Main St.); nursery and
junior church available for children
Tuesdays
6:30-8:30 p.m. - Sr. High YFC Club
at Unadilla building, 16 Watson St.
Wednesdays
5:30 p.m. Gospel Community at
Otego building, 290 Main St.
Thursdays
6:30-8:30 p.m. - Jr. High YFC Club
at Unadilla Building
WELLS BRIDGE BAPTIST
David Steensma, Pastor
7 Church St., Wells Bridge
607-988-7090
Five Prayers Daily
Thursday
Evening Program
Friday
1 p.m. - Jummah
MASONVILLE FEDERATED
CHURCH
Sunday
10 a.m. - Adult Sunday School;
11 a.m. - Worship Service, Children’s
Sunday School.
SAND HILL
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Lisa Jo Bezner, Pastor
Sunday
9:30 a.m. - Morning Worship
UNION VALLEY
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Lay Pastor Andrew Doyle
607-316-7546
Sunday
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School;
10:30 a.m. - Social Time (Coffee); 11
a.m. - Morning Worship Service
Wednesday
6:30 p.m. - Prayer and Bible Study
Sunday
10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship &
Sunday School. Coffee and Fellowship follows.
MOUNT UPTON
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Peggi Eller, Pastor
Rev. Peggi Eller, Pastor
Sunday
11 a.m. - Worship Service.
First Sunday: Holy Communion
Third Sunday: Prayers for Healing.
Emerg. Food Pantry 764-8365.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF
MOUNT UPTON
Sue Shields, Pastor
222-3175
Rev. Diarmuid O’Hara, Pastor
967-8021
www.ChristianChurchesOnline.com/
firstpresbyterianbainbridge
Sunday
10 a.m. - Sunday School;
11 a.m. - Morning Worship
Sunday, April 10
No Sunday School;
11 a.m. - Worship
Tuesday, April 12
6:30 p.m. - Session meeting
HARPURSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday
9:30 a.m. - Worship.
E. Windsor Road (Doraville)
Nineveh • 693-1897
Harold Lefler, Pastor • 693-2193
Sunday
9:30 a.m. - Sunday Morning Service;
10:50 a.m. - Prayer Service; 11:15
a.m. - Sunday school; 6:30 p.m.
- Evening Service
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
- BAINBRIDGE
563-9755
Roman Kauffman, Pastor
THREE PINES
COMMUNITY CHAPEL
TROUT CREEK
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Gerald K. Bovee, Pastor • 764-8361
GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Thursday
6:30 p.m. - Bible Study
Sunday
9:30 a.m. - Morning Worship; 10:45
a.m. - Sunday School
Tuesday
1-5 p.m. - Pastoral office hours;
Wednesday
9 a.m. - Bible Study
7 p.m. - Adult Choir Rehearsal
W. Branch, Otsdawa Rd.,
Co. Rt. 6, Otego • 988-7144
Pastor Bill Allen
Sunday, April 10
8:45 a.m. - Sunday school for all
ages; 9:30 a.m. - Choir;
10 a.m.- Worship Service; 11 a.m.
- Communion; 11:15 a.m. - Fellowship Luncheon
Monday, April 11
6:30 p.m. - Community Lenten Study
Wednesdays
Noon - Prayer and Bible Study
We are handicap accessible.
Rte. 7, Nineveh • 693-1919
Rev. Emrys Tyler
Wednesday
7 p.m. - Midweek Prayer and Bible
Study Service.
Sunday
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School;
10:45 a.m. - Worship Service;
6 p.m. - Evening Service.
HARPURSVILLE
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
41 Cumber Rd. • 693-2422
Wednesday
6:30 p.m. - Prayer Service;
Teen Scene
Sunday
10 a.m. - Sunday School;
10:45 a.m. - Morning Worship;
6:30 p.m. - Evening Service.
NINEVEH PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
GUILFORD UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
Sunday
9:15 a.m. - Worship Service.
Community Emergency Food Bank
Call 895-6822.
COVENTRY UNITED METHODIST
Lay Pastor Andrew Doyle
607-316-7546
Sunday
9 a.m. - Morning Worship and Sunday School, young family friendly;
fellowship and coffee hour follows.
COVENTRYVILLE
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UCC
Pastor Joyce Besemer
113 Co. Rt. 27, Bainbridge
Sunday
10:30 a.m. - Worship and Sunday
School; coffee hour
Wednesday
6:30 p.m. - Bible study; Quilt Group
Friday
6:30 p.m. - Quilt Group
Church listings run from
Thursday to Thursday.
Please have all changes
to church notices to our
offices by Monday at noon.
Send your changes to
Tri-Town News, 5 Winkler
Road, Sidney, NY 13838 or
ttnews@tritownnews.com
Tri-Town News — Thursday, April 7, 2011 — 13
FROM THE PASTOR’S PEN
From Rev. Susan M. Heafield, D. Min.,
Sidney United Methodist Church
My spouse, widely published hymn-writer Brian Wren, contributes this column –
Recently, I wrote a hymn for four churches whose denominations
have agreed to fully recognize each other’s ministries. This historic
covenant was inaugurated with ceremonial worship including the
mutual laying-on of hands by bishops and equivalent authorities.
All very moving and impressive. But then what? Knowing these
events have happened, the hymn opens, emphatically, as if in the
middle of a sentence:
“And now the work begins –
God’s covenant is sealed,
its aims are set, its riches yet
to be revealed.
Aligned to move as one
by love that clears our sins,
in hope new grown,
by grace alone,
our work begins.”
Hymns need word pictures. So I decided to continue with an image of seeds and trees, with Scriptural origins and overtones:
“We’ll plant no shallow seeds
soon gusted by the breeze,
but deeply-rooted spreading trees
with healing leaves,
where, called from many tribes,
Christ’s people, unafraid,
can shelter, picnic,
play and rest
beneath their shade.”
Each of the covenanting churches – Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Moravian –has distinct yet incomplete gifts. So, using a
financial metaphor, the hymn prays that we may share “our partial
holdings of your grace,” not for our own satisfaction, but so that:
“Christ can lead us out . . .
to hear how through a world in need,
your Spirit calls.”
The hymn ends by echoing Jesus’ prayer for Christian unity
(John 17: 20-24):
“Give us such heartfelt love,
unable to deceive,
that people see your light in us
and so believe.”
To make the hymn easily singable I wrote for a well-known tune,
Yigdal (Leoni), often matched with “The God of Abraham Praise.”
For the complete hymn, visit the website of the copyright owner,
Hope Publishing Company, by whose permission the above extracts
are quoted.
- Brian A. Wren
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF ANNUAL
MEETING, BUDGET VOTE
AND ELECTION
AFTON CENTRAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the
qualified voters of the Afton
Central School District, Afton, New York will be held in
the auditorium in said District
on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at
7:00 PM prevailing time, for
the presentation of the budget.
The budget will be available for
review beginning on April 28,
2011 at the District Office.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting of
the qualified voters of the Afton
Central School District, Afton,
New York will be held in the
lobby at the main entrance of
the school in said District on
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 between
the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 9:00
p.m., prevailing time, at which
time the polls will be opened to
vote by ballot upon the following items:
1. To adopt the annual budget
of the School District for the
fiscal year 2011-2012 and
to authorize the requisite
portion thereof to be raised
by taxation on the taxable
property of the District.
2. To elect board members to
fill two (2) vacancies on the
Board of Education when
the term of one (1) member will expire on June 30,
2011 and be filled for a five
(5) year term from July 1,
2011- June 30, 2016 and
the unexpired term of office of one (1) member to
be filled until June 30, 2013.
The candidate receiving the
highest vote total at the Annual Election shall fill the
five (5) year term of office,
and the candidate receiving
the second highest vote total
shall fill the unexpired term
of office which will expire
on June 30, 2013.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-
EN that voting will be conducted on May 17, 2011 for
the purpose of authorizing the
Board of Education of the Afton Central School District of
Afton, New York to expend a
sum not to exceed $58,525 for
the purchase of one (1) 22 passenger wheelchair bus and for a
sum not to exceed $25,000 for
the purchase of one (1) minivan,
both vehicles are for the purpose
of transporting students; and to
issue installment obligations
of the district for the payment
therefore in accordance with
the Educaiton Law and Local
Finance Law, and to levy the
necessary tax therefore.
Vehicle specifications will
be available for public inspection during the fourteen days
immediately preceding the annual meeting except Saturday,
Sunday, or holiday, at the District Office during the hours of
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. prevailing time.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of
the statement of the amount of
money which will be required to
fund the School District’s budget for 2011-2012, exclusive of
public monies, may be obtained
by any resident of the District
during business hours beginning
Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the
District Office of the school.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN that petitions
nominating candidates for the
office of member of the Board
of Education shall be filed with
the Clerk of said School District
in the District Office, not later
than Monday, April 18, 2011
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Each petition shall be directed
to the Clerk of the District and
shall be signed by at least (25)
qualified voters of the District,
and must state the name and
residence of the candidate.
Nominating petition forms
are available at the District Office during normal business
hours.
American Heritage
Series is Sundays
At Otego Church
OTEGO – The First Christian
Church of Otego will host free
showings of historian David Barton’s “American Heritage Series.”
You are invited to join us Sunday
evenings starting at 6:30 p.m. at
First Christian Church on Otsdawa Ave., Co. Hwy 6, in Otego for
these DVD segments which deal
with the separation of church and
state, the Civil Rights movement,
the heroism of our founding fathers, building our nation’s monuments and how pastors shaped our
independence.
This series presents the forgotten story of our nation’s founding. For centuries, we were taught
about the moral foundation of our
nation and its Godly heroes from
a providential viewpoint. In recent
years, however, a new version has
censored the core values of our
past. This series, created by the
founder of WallBuilders, www.
wallbuilders.com, should inspire
each American to reclaim the
Godly, true story of our nation.
For more information, call the
church at 988-7144 or Irmabelle
Sheldon at 988-6679.
Bible Study
Open to All
AFTON – A new Bible study
is being held at 126 Main St., Afton on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. This
is an independent nondenominational Bible study gathering to
learn God’s word and how it relates to our lives today. Snacks to
follow and everyone is welcome.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots
will be obtainable between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday, except
holidays, at the District Office.
Completed applications must be
received by the District at least
seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed
to the voter, or the day before
the election, if the ballot is to
be delivered personally to the
voter. Absentee ballots must be
received by the District Clerk
not later than 4:30 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 17,
2011.
A list of persons to whom
absentee ballots are issued will
be available for inspection to
qualified voters of the District in
the District Office between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
on weekdays prior to the day
set for the annual election and
on May 17, 2011 the day set for
the election. Any qualified voter
present in the polling place may
object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds for
making his/her challenge and
the reasons therefore known to
the Inspector of Election before
the close of the polls.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
qualified voters of the School
District shall be entitled to vote
at said annual vote and election.
A qualified voter is one who is
1) a citizen of the United States,
2) 18 years of age or older, and
3) resident within the School
District for a period of 30 days
next preceding the annual vote
and election. The school district
may require all persons offering
to vote at the budget vote and
election to provide one form of
proof of residency pursuant to
Education Law 2018-c. Such
form may include a car registration or New York State Income
Tax Form. Upon offer of proof
of residency, the school district
may also require all persons offering to vote to provide their
signature, printed name and
address.
Vanessa Warren
District Clerk
Afton Central School
3-31, 4-7, 4-14, 4-28(4w)c
COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
LAP-SIT STORY TIME FOR BABIES – Sidney Memorial
Public Library, 10:30-11 a.m., ages 0-18 mos.
AA MEETING – Bainbridge Episcopal Church by gazebo,
7-8 pm. Old and young very welcome
ROTARY CLUB OF SIDNEY - Noon, St. Luke’s Lutheran
Church, West Main St., Sidney
RUMMAGE SALE - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.- Sidney United
Methodist
TRI-TOWN BUSINESS EXPO & COMMUNITY FAIR - 10
a.m. - 2 p.m., Sidney Fire Training Center, River St., Sidney
SATURDAY, APRIL 9
UNADILLA HISTORICAL MUSEUM – 131 Main St., 1-4
p.m. To tour the museum at other times call Brenda Brooks
at 434-5361
BINGO – 7 p.m., Sidney Fire Dept. Training Center,
BAINBRIDGE AA GROUP – Open AA meeting; 7 p.m., St.
John’s Catholic Church
RUMMAGE SALE - 9 a.m. - Noon, Sidney United Methodist
BENEFIT FOR LIZ COBANE - 4-8 p.m., Spaghetti Supper,
entertainment, auction, Afton Fire Station
SUNDAY, APRIL 10
UNADILLA HISTORICAL MUSEUM – 131 Main St., 1:004:00 pm. To tour the museum at other times call Brenda
Brooks at 434-5361
AFTON AA GROUP – Open meeting, St. Ann’s Episcopal
Church, 8:00 pm.
BAINBRIDGE MUSEUM – Open 2-4 p.m. or by
appointment. Call Mary Drachler at 967-8546 or Gary
Darling at 967-7159
BINGO – Sidney Moose Lodge, 1 p.m.
MONDAY, APRIL 11
BINGO – Sidney Moose Lodge, 6:45 p.m.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS – Sidney United Methodist
Church, Liberty St., Sidney, 7:00 p.m.
AFTERSCHOOL STORY TIME – Sidney Memorial Public
Library, 4-4:45 p.m., ages 5-7
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
OPEN AA MEETING – 7 a.m., Grace Christian Fellowship,
112 Dingman Hill Road, Bainbridge
TEEN CRAFTS – Sidney Memorial Public Library,
4-5:30 p.m., ages 12-20
CHILDREN’S STORY TIME AND CRAFTS – 10 a.m.,
Gilbertsville Free Library
STORY TIME – 9:30-10 a.m., Bainbridge Library
SIDNEY TOPS – Civic Center, 3 p.m. Info: Peggy 563-1055.
BAINBRIDGE AA GROUP – Closed discussion,
St. John’s Catholic Church, 8 p.m.
AFTON SENIOR CLUBHOUSE – Afton United Methodist
Church, 9:30 a.m.
SENIOR STRETCH EXERCISE CLASS – With Val LaClair,
8:45-9:30 a.m., Eastern Broome Sr. Center, Harpursville
SIDNEY BOARD OF EDUCATION – Sidney High School
cafeteria, 7:00 pm (unless noted otherwise).
SERTOMA - St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, Afton. Please call
Diane 639-1515 for more info.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
TRI-COUNTY KIWANIS CLUB OF SIDNEY – 7 a.m.,
Trackside Dinner
TOPS OF UNADILLA #618 – Methodist Church,
9 a.m. Info: 563-2690.
OPEN VOLLEYBALL – Sidney Civic Center, 9-11 am.
OTEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM – 6 River St.,
Otego, 1-4 p.m. www.otegohistoricalsociety.org
UNADILLA ROTARY CLUB – 6 p.m., Unadilla Community
Center, Main St., Unadilla
AL-ANON – Meetings at Sacred Heart Church
(old church), Sidney, 7 p.m. Info: 369-5966.
SIDNEY AA GROUP – Closed discussion meeting at
Sacred Heart Church, Liberty St., 7 p.m.
BAINBRIDGE NA GROUP – 7 pm, open meeting,
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (on the square).
Contact 226-4315
EASTERN BROOME CRAFT GROUP – Eastern Broome
Senior Center, 27 Golden Lane, Harpursville, 9-11 a.m.
TRI-TOWN DANCE CLUB – Sidney VFW, 6-10 p.m.
Snacks and drink available
AFTER SCHOOL CRAFT CLUB - Sidney Memorial Public
Library, 4-4:45 p.m., Ages 8-11
SIDNEY FREEDOM MASONIC LODGE #801 – Lodge
rooms, Union St., Sidney, 7:30 pm. 563-1966 for details
SIDNEY ELKS LODGE 2175 – 104 River St., Sidney.
NON-DENOMINATIONAL BIBLE STUDY - 9 a.m., 126
Main St., Afton. Everyone welcome. 206-2365 for info.
BAINBRIDGE WOMEN’S CLUB - 1:30 p.m., Presbyterian
Church, guest speaker Patricia Yuill
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
ACRYLIC PAINTING CLASS – With Fran Bromley, 9-11
a.m., Eastern Broome Sr. Center, Harpursville
BAINBRIDGE ROTARY CLUB – Parson’s Place, noon-1 p.m.
BAINBRIDGE AA GROUP – Open discussion, Chendel-ot Apartments, community room, yellow building,
60 South Main Street, Noon.
AL-ANON – Meetings at Unadilla United Methodist Church,
7 p.m., side door. Info: 369-5966.
AFTON AA GROUP – Closed meeting, St. Ann’s Episcopal
Church, 8 p.m.
OPEN AA MEETING – 7 a.m., Grace Christian Fellowship,
112 Dingman Hill Road, Bainbridge
BINGO - Elks Lodge #2175, 7 p.m., River St., Sidney
OPEN VOLLEYBALL - 7-9 p.m., Sidney Civic Center, for
adults 18 and up
CHILDREN’S STORY TIME - 6:30-7 p.m., Afton Free Library
“TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”- Friends of the Libraries Film
Series, 6:30 p.m., Smart Room, Sidney Memorial Public
Library, Free program
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS
AFTON ECUMENICAL FOOD PANTRY – Afton United
Methodist Church, 24 Spring St., Mon. 5-7 p.m.,
Wed. 9-11 a.m.
MONDAYS & THURSDAYS
BAINBRIDGE COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
FOOD PANTRY – Bainbridge United Methodist Church
back entrance, 8-10 a.m.
SIDNEY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK – Sidney United
Methodist Church, Liberty St., 9:30-11:30 am.
Last Thursday of the month 5:30-6:30
MONDAYS, FRIDAYS, & SATURDAYS
UNADILLA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK –
Unadilla Methodist Church, 11 a.m. to Noon.
TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS
PRESCHOOL STORIES & CRAFTS – Tues. & Thurs. 9:3010:15 a.m.; Wed. 1-1:45 p.m., Sidney Mem. Public Library
WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS
SIDNEY HISTORICAL ROOM – Civic Center, Room 218;
open Wed. 4-6 p.m., Thurs. 9-11:30 a.m. or by appointment,
call Jolene 563-1425.
BY APPOINTMENT
AFTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM – Open by
appointment only. Contact Charles Decker 639-2720.
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BUY IT • SELL IT • FIND IT
CLASSIFIEDS
FOR RENT
MOBILE HOME FOR SALE
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
LEGAL NOTICE
ONE BEDROOM APT. heat,
electric, hot water and garbage
pick up furnished. Security and
references, no pets, ready May
1. $475 month. 967-2222.
4-14(2w)p
BAINBRIDGE - 1987 Skyline Mobile Home, 14x70 feet.
3 bedroom, 2 bath, wood stove,
new roof, new water heater, new
kitchen cabinets, new stove,
refrigerator, on private land.
Asking $6,500. Call Jim, cell
#591-0147.
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PART TIME SALES CLERK
position with possibility for full
time in an established retail
hardware business. Plumbing,
electrical and hardware knowledge preferred, but will train
the right person. Some lifting
required. Pleasant environment
and friendly staff. Paid holidays
and vacation. No Sundays or
nights. Family owned and operated local business looking
for the right person to join our
team. Retirees welcome. Apply
in person or send letter/resume
to Horton Hardware, 198 Main
St., Afton, NY 13730. Sorry no
phone interviews.
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The Sidney Central School
District has the following positions open for the 2010-2011
school year:
Transportation
One (1) Bus Driver
3 hours per day, 5 days per
week, 184 days per year, Monday-Friday. CDL B license with
passenger endorsement, air
brake, and school bus endorsements preferred. Will train if
needed.
If interested, please apply
at the Sidney District Office,
95 West Main Street, Sidney,
NY 13838 by April 26, 2011.
Transportation questions can
be directed to Michael Blincoe,
563-3162.
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The Sidney Central School
District has the following anticipated position open:
Cafeteria
Food Service Worker –
Sidney High School, 3 hours
per day, 5 days per week (must
be able to run cash registers)
If interested, please apply at
the Sidney District Office, 95
West Main Street, Sidney, NY
13838 by April 26, 2011. Questions can be directed to Diane
Whitten, 563-2135, ext. 4264.
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A SPECIAL MEETING OF
THE VILLAGE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES will be held on
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at
7:00 PM in the Board Room of
the Sidney Civic Center, 21 Liberty St., Sidney, NY.
The purpose of the meeting
is to consider award of Contract #3 for Well House 1-46,
Well House 2-88, Water Treatment Building, and Wastewater
Treatment Plant Electrical and
Equipment Replacements as
well as any other business that
may come before the Board.
Dated: April 7, 2011
Denise W. Singlar
Clerk-Treasurer
Village of Sidney
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THE COUNTRY MOTEL
- Rt. 7, Sidney, offers clean
and comfortable extended stay
rooms at reasonable rates. All
rooms have microwaves and
refrigerators. Sorry no pets. Call
563-1035.
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DEER PARK APTS.
SIDNEY CIRCLE DRIVE
xSpacious 3 & 4 Bedroom
Apartments
x Walking Distance to School
x Wall to Wall Carpeting
x Carports
x Renovated Laundry Room
w/latest models w/d
563-1859 11-20WTFB
WANTED TO BUY
HURLBURT COIN AND
PAPER - Buying old U.S. gold,
silver and copper coins, paper
currency. Also buying antique
fishing lures, gold & silver
pocket watches. Cash offers.
Appraisals. Ken - 607-6934818.
12-4wtfc
BOOKS WANTED old
and new. Top prices paid. Call
any time. Ashworth Books
607-563-1580.
3-3, 3-17, 4-7,
4-28, 5-19, 6-9 (6w)p
FOR SALE
VINYL REPLACEMENT
WINDOWS - Are you tired of
those old windows? Think you
can’t afford new windows? Call
Madison Vinyl for a Free Estimate on Vinyl Replacement
Windows or Siding and we’ll
make your day! 607-967-4323.
25wtfc
2000 PROWLER CAMPER
- 35’ tag-along, 2 slide-outs, air,
microwave, table and chairs (no
booth), queen bed, sofa sleeper,
showers, 3 burner gas stove/
oven, gas/electric water heater
and fridge. Lots of storage.
$19,500. Cover and emptying
caddy extra. 607-967-8296.
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DRIVER
EDUCATION
INSTRUCTOR - The Bainbridge-Guilford CSD is seeking applicants certified in Drive
Education for the position of
Driver Education Instructor
($25/ per hour). Please contact
William Zakrajsek, High School
Principal for more details at
967-6323. Application requests
should be directed to the District
Office at 967-6321.
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HELP WANTED
Send your classified ad by
Monday at 5 p.m. to
Tri-Town News, 5 Winkler
Road, Sidney, NY 13838 or
ttnews@tritownnews.com
HELP WANTED
The Tri-Town News
CLASSIFIED
ADS $4.50
$4.50 per week for the first 20 words,
5¢ for each word over 20 words
Fill out and mail this coupon with your payment to the
Classified Department, PO Box 208, Sidney, NY 13838, or
call us at 561-3526 to place an ad. All ads must be in our
hands by Monday at 5 p.m. for Thursday’s paper.
Name ________________________________________________
Adress _______________________________________________
Phone ___________________________No of Weeks to run ____
Heading to be placed under ______________________________
1________________ 2 ________________ 3 ________________
LEGAL NOTICE
The
will be relied on
to assist the Community Relations Director with all
facets of community awareness and education on behalf
of The Arc of Delaware County. Key functions of this
role include keyboarding, database management,
capturing photographs and writing press releases,
updating agency website, Facebook page and blog
entries, coordinating events, and assisting videographer.
The superior communicator we seek will have
demonstrated abilities in public speaking and writing,
have an acute attention to detail, and have welldeveloped organization skills. The ideal candidate will
enjoy working as a team member in a fast-paced
environment. High School Diploma and at least three
years related experience, or an Associates Degree and
one year related experience required. To apply, send
resume to: The Arc of Delaware County, Attn: CR
Dept., 34570 State Highway 10, Walton, NY 13856, or
fax: 607-865-7129 or e-mail delarc@delarc.org
www.delarc.org
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An established Propery Management
Company is seeking a
7________________ 8 ________________ 9 ________________
located in Unadilla, New York.
10______________ 11 _______________ 12 ________________
Responsibilities to include but not limited to the
following:
• Cleaning of all common areas
• Apartment turnover, including cleaning, repairs
and painting
• Prioritize and respond to work orders from
residents
• Perform seasonal maintenance including
mowing lawn, trimming, snow and ice removal
• Emergency on call, work overtime
Qualifications:
• Maintenance experience preferred
• Ability to operate lawnmower, trimmer,
vacuum,hand tools, power tools, snow blower,
office equipment
• Ability to work overtime and irregular hours as
required
Interested applicants please send resumes to our
Syracuse location,
Two Plus Four Management,
Attention Tammy Lyman,
6320 Fly Roas, Suite 101,
East Syracuse, New York 13057
19______________ 20 _______________
This many words $4.50.
5¢ per word from here.
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No. of words over 20 = __________
x 5¢ = ________
+ $4.50
= subtotal __________
x No. of weeks __________
= TOTAL ENCLOSED
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4________________ 5 ________________ 6 ________________
16______________ 17 _______________ 18 ________________
NO JOB
TOO BIG
OR
TOO SMALL
5 Winkler Road, Sidney, NY
Phone 607-561-3515
Part-Time, Energetic,
Maintenance Technician
13______________ 14 _______________ 15 ________________
PAINTING - specializing in
interiors. Excellent references.
The Lady Painter, Tri-Town
area, Mt. Upton, Gilbertsville
and Morris. 607-316-6993 Sidney cell.
4-28(4w)p
Sidney Favorite Printing
VEHICLES FOR SALE
GA. CAR - 2003 Grand Am,
black, never driven in snow,
motor/trans. very strong, 3.4L,
129k, new cat. and exhaust
system, new tires, brakes, rotor
and fuel pump. All new eng.
emission parts, 30 m.p.g., fully
loaded, asking $4,300 o.b.o.
Call (770) 861-3224 or (404)
317-9348.
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SERVICES OFFERED
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that the Town of Sidney, N.Y.
hereby invites bids for the purchase of Highway Supplies
as listed below. Bids may be
mailed or delivered to the Town
Clerk, Civic Center, 21 Liberty
St., Sidney, N.Y. to be received
by 10 a.m., Friday, April 8,
2011. Bids will be publicly
opened and read aloud at that
time and will be awarded at the
Town Board meeting to be held
April 14, 2011 at the Civic Center, Sidney.
Items to be purchased: Stone,
sand and gravel; contracted
hauling of stone, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel and fuel oil for
the Town. All items to be bid
shall comply with the specifications prepared by the Town
Highway Superintendent, which
are available at the clerk’s office in the Civic Center. Bids
must be submitted in sealed
envelopes showing the name
and address of the bidder and
the words “Sealed Bid” on the
front. A non-collusion clause
must be attached.
The contract for the above
items will be awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder. In the
case of identical bids, the Town
may award to either of such bidders and the Town further reserves the right to reject any and
all bids at their discretion.
Dated: March 22, 2011
James A. Roberts, Jr.
Highway Superintendent
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LEGAL NOTICE
The annual meeting of Prospect Hill Cemetery Association, Sidney, N.Y., will be held
April 9, 2011 at 10:15 a.m. in
the basement conference room
of Sidney Memorial Public
Library. All lot owners are encouraged to attend. This is an
opportunity to hear what has
been accomplished and voice
their suggestions and opinions
for future goals.
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LEGAL NOTICE
A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE VILLAGE OF SIDNEY PLANNING BOARD will
be held on Thursday, April 14,
2011 at 6:00 PM in the Board
Room of the Sidney Civic Center, 21 Liberty St., Sidney, NY
13838 to review the final Site
Plan submitted by Sidwood,
LLC for two retail stores of
19,097 sq. ft. and 1,900 sq.ft.
at Sidney Square, formerly Advance Auto Parts Plaza, located
at 170 Delaware Avenue.
A SPECIAL PLANNING
BOARD MEETING will follow
the Public Hearing and it is expected a decision will be made
on the Site Plan.
Persons wishing to appear
at such meeting may do so in
person or by attorney or other
representative.
Communications in writing
in relation thereto may be filed
with the Planning Board or at
such meeting.
Dated: April 7, 2011
By Order of the
Planning Board
Ellen P. Robinson
Deputy Clerk
Village of Sidney
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EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY
All real estate advertising in
this newspaper is subject to
the Fair Housing Act which
makes it illegal to advertise
“any preference limitation or
discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex,
handicap, familial status, or
national origin, or an
intention to make any such
preference.” Familial status
includes children under the
age of 18 living with parents
or legal custodians, pregnant
women, and people securing
custody of children under the
age of 18.
This newspaper will not
knowingly
accept
any
advertising for real estate
which is in violation of the
law. Our readers are hereby
informed that all dwellings
advertised in this newspaper
are available on an equal
opportunity
basis.
To
complain of discrimination
call HUD toll-free at 1-800669-9777.
The
toll-free
telephone number for the
hearing impaired is 1-800543-8294.
LEGAL NOTICE
SIDNEY CENTRAL
SCHOOL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING,
BUDGET VOTE &
ELECTION
NOTICE is hereby given that
a Public Hearing on the Sidney
Central School District Statement of Estimated Expenditures for the 2011-2012 school
year will be held at the Sidney
High School Library in Sidney,
New York on Tuesday, May 10,
2011 at 7:00 p.m.
NOTICE is also hereby given
that copies of the proposed annual operating budget and tax
exemption form for the succeeding year to be voted upon
at the Annual Meeting and
Election shall be available to
Sidney Central School District
residents, on request, in each
Sidney Central School District
school building main office and
the District Office, during the
hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday during
the fourteen (14) days preceding
such Annual Meeting. It will be
posted on the District’s website,
and copies will be available at
every public library within the
District.
NOTICE is also given that
the vote and election shall take
place in the High School Community Room of the Sidney
Central School District on the
17th day of May 2011, between
the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00
p.m. at which time the polls will
be opened to vote upon the following items:
To adopt the annual budget
of the Sidney Central School
District for the 2011-2012 fiscal
year and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised
by taxation on the taxable property of the District.
To adopt the annual budget
of the Sidney Memorial Public
Library for the 2011-2012 fiscal
year and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised
by taxation on the taxable property of the District.
To authorize the Sidney Central School District Board of
Education to reconstruct and
construct improvements to various school district buildings,
including site improvement,
original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus,
and other improvements and
costs incidental thereto, at a
maximum estimated cost of
$2,596,000 and that such sum
shall be raised by the levy of a
tax upon the taxable property of
said School District and collected in annual installments with
District obligations to be issued
in anticipation thereof.
To elect two (2) members of
the Board of Education for three
(3) year terms.
To elect one (1) trustee of
the Sidney Memorial Public Library for a five (5) year term.
NOTICE is also hereby given
that the petitions for nominating candidates for the office of
member of the Board of Education or Library Trustee must be
filed in the office of the Clerk of
the District no later than 5:00
p.m. on April 18, 2011.
The following two (2) vacancies are to be filled on the Board
of Education: A term of three
(3) years ending June 30, 2014
presently held by Kimberly A.
Ayres; a term of three (3) years
ending June 30, 2014 presently
held by Eric J. Brandl.
The following one (1) vacancy is to be filled on the Sidney Memorial Public Library
Board: A term of five (5) years
ending June 30, 2016 presently
held by Ann Bugbee.
Each petition shall be signed
by at least twenty-five (25)
qualified voters of the district
and must state the name and
residence of the candidate and
describe that specific vacancy
for which the candidate is nominated, including at least the
term of office and the name of
the last incumbent. Nominating petitions are available at the
District Office during regular
business hours (7:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.), (excluding Saturday, Sunday or holidays).
NOTICE is also given that
qualified voters may apply for
absentee ballot applications at
the district clerk’s office at the
Sidney Central School District
during regular business hours
(7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). All
Absentee Ballot applications
must be received by the district
clerk no later than May 10, 2011
if the ballot is to be mailed to the
voter, or by May 16, 2011 if the
ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. All Absentee
Ballots must be submitted to the
district clerk no later than 5:00
p.m. on May 17, 2011.
A list of persons to whom
absentee ballots have been issued will be available for public
inspection in the district clerk’s
office during each of the five
days prior to the day of the election, (except Saturday, Sunday
or holidays).
Constance A. Umbra
District Clerk
Board of Education
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF BUDGET
HEARING AND VOTE
HARPURSVILLE
CENTRAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT
Budget Hearing
A budget hearing for the inhabitants of the Harpursville
Central School District qualified
to vote at School District Meetings will be held in the Library
of the Harpursville Jr./Sr. High
School Building, Harpursville,
New York, commencing at 7:00
p.m. on May 9, 2011 where
there shall be presented the proposed school district budget for
the following school year.
Date of Vote
The vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to
meet the estimated expenditures
or for any propositions involving the expenditure of money or
the authorizing of levy of taxes,
as well as the election of members of the Board of Education
shall be held on Tuesday, May
17, 2011 at the W. A. Olmsted
Elementary School, Harpursville, New York between the
hours of 1:30 p.m. and 9:00
p.m.
Statement of Money
Required for Next School
Year
A copy of the statement of
the amount of money which
would be required for the next
school year for school purposes
shall be completed seven days
before the budget hearing and
may be obtained by any resident
of the District at each schoolhouse on or after May 2, 2011,
between the hours of 9:00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m., except Saturday,
Sunday or holidays. The 2010
Exemption Impact Report will
also be attached to the proposed
budget.
Vote for Board Members
Petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of
the Board of Education must be
filed with the Clerk of the District between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m. not later than
April 18, 2011. The following
vacancies are to be filled:
One five year term ending
June 30, 2016 presently held by
Al Dauphinais;
One five year term ending
June 30, 2016 presently held by
Sharon Snow.
Each petition must be addressed to the Clerk of the District, be signed by at least 25
qualified voters of the District,
shall state the residence of each
signer, the name and address of
the candidate, and shall describe
the specific vacancy on the
Board of Education for which
the candidate is nominated,
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which description shall include inspectors of Election on Elecat least the length of term of tion day.
DATED: March 17, 2011
office, and the name of the last
By order of the
incumbent. No person shall be
Board of Education of the
nominated for more than one
Harpursville Central
specific office.
School District
Additional Propositions
By: Darlene Noyes,
Any proposition that is reDistrict Clerk
quired to be included for vote
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shall be submitted in writing
by means of a petition signed
by at least 25 qualified voters,
LEGAL NOTICE
stating the residence of each
signer, which proposition shall
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
be filed with the Board of EduHEARING
cation not later than April 18,
2011 unless a greater number of
To All Residents of the Town
days is required by statute. Any
proposition shall be rejected of Afton, take notice that the
by the Board of Education if Town Board of the Town of
the purpose of the proposition Afton shall hold a public hearis not within the powers of the ing on the 14th day of April,
voters or where the expenditure 2011, at 7:00 p.m., at the Town
of monies is required for the Hall for the purpose of hearing
proposition, and such proposi- all persons interested both for
tion fails to include the neces- and against the adoption by the
Town Board of proposed Local
sary specific appropriation.
Law No. 1 of 2011 which would
Absentee Ballots
Applications for absentee repeal Local Law #3 of 2010,
ballots may be applied for at entitled “Road Preservation
the District Office. Such ap- Law”, in its entirety.
All interested parties are inplications must be received
by the District Clerk at least vited to attend and make comseven days before the vote set ment. A copy of both versions
in this notice if the ballot is to of the proposed local law are
be mailed to the absentee voter available without cost from the
or the day before the vote if the Town Clerk. Following the
ballot is to be delivered person- close of the public hearing, the
ally to the absentee voter. Ab- Town Board shall entertain a
sentee ballots must be received motion to adopt a resolution
in the office of the District Clerk enacting and adopting said lonot later than 4 p.m. on the day cal law.
By Order of the
of the vote.
Afton Town Board
A list of all persons to whom
Rosemarie A. Klatz,
absentee voter ballots have been
Town Clerk
issued shall be available for
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public inspection during regular
office hours which are between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m. Any qualified voter, may
upon examination of such list,
file written challenge of the
Puts You
qualifications of a voter of any
In The
person whose name appears on
such list, stating the reasons for
Classifieds
the challenge. Such written
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challenge shall be transmitted
by the Clerk or designee to the
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Unadilla, NY 13849
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• VEP Appliance & Air
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• VEP Electric & Plumbing
• VEP Kitchen & Bath
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16 — Tri-Town News — Thursday, April 7, 2011
Earth Festival Is Sat. In Milford
MILFORD – The works of
artist Tony Murray, an amazing array of articulated skeletons
and a contingent of Cooperstown
Farmers’ Market vendors are just
a few of the diverse attractions of
Earth Festival 2011, to be held
Saturday, April 9 from 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. at Milford Central School.
In keeping with this year’s
“reduce, reuse, recycle” theme,
a special Earth Festival art installation featuring the sculpture of
Tony Murray – in conjunction
with Murray’s April exhibit at
the Cooperstown Art Association
titled “Out of This World” – will
emphasize the unique and beautiful qualities of recycled art.
Sy Lloyd, an Otego resident
and perennial Earth Festival favorite, will overview adaptations,
natural history and forensic findings through his vast collection
of animal skeletons, and Cooperstown Farmers’ Market vendors
will be a central component of
Earth Festival, offering fresh
spring flowers, a variety of fresh
produce, organic meats, cheeses,
baked goods, and crafts. Heller’s
Farm of Bainbridge, produce and
mushrooms will be among participating vendors.
Throughout the day, a number
of items will be collected for recycling and reuse. Event organizers invite attendees to drop off
Styrofoam (white only), bubble
wrap, empty inkjet cartridges, old
cell phones, prom dresses, unwanted videotapes and CDs, and
used nylon monofilament fishing
line at no charge.
Edison Computers will be on
hand for an electronics collection
(some fees will apply), and footwear of all kinds will be accepted
for a donation of $1 per pair. Athletic shoes and sneakers will be
recycled as part of Nike’s ReuseA-Shoe program. Other gently
worn footwear – dress shoes, sandals, pumps, heels, work boots,
cleats, dance shoes and flip flops
– will be donated to the Soles4Souls Program.
Earth Festival 2011 exhibitors
include familiar faces from last
year’s festival as well as newcomers to the venue.
Other highlights are a “Pottery
for Education” silent auction, the
EcoArt Trendy Trash contest, the
Go Green! Fashion Show (ticket
only, call 286-7721, extension
8408), the BigFoot baler, a prefestival bird walk at The Robert
V. Riddell State Park (call 2869222 for details), local beef burgers served up for lunch and plenty
of children’s activities, inside and
out.
Now in its sixth year, Earth
Festival is a free and environmentally-focused event.
To Help Fight Cancer
Teams Are Needed For
Tri-Town Relay for Life
SIDNEY – The Relay for
Life is a community event to
help raise awareness and funds
to fight cancer. The committee
is urging everyone to become
involved. You can put a team
together with a few family
members, friends or co-workers. This is an overnight event
with music, entertainment, DJ,
and activities going throughout
the night. It is a fun way to get
together and show your support
of cancer survivors and do your
part in raising funds to fight
cancer. The Relay will be held
on May 6 and 7 at General Clinton Park in Bainbridge.
The public is welcome to
attend the next team captain
meeting and see what Relay For
Life is all about on Monday,
April 18.
There are six cancer cases diagnosed every week in Delaware
County. Yes, there is something
you can do. Please contact the
American Cancer society to get
information about Relay For
Life at 563-9634 or 1-800-2272345, or call the chair of this
event at 764-8308.
Tianderah DAR to Recognize
Good Citizens, Essay Winners
GILBERTSVILLE – Tianderah Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, Gilbertsville, will convene on April 9, 1
p.m. at the Christ Church Parish
House in Gilbertsville.
Recognition will be given to
this year’s Good Citizens, Bethany Gregory of the Morris Central School, and Khaya Palada
of the Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton
Central School. Also to be honored will be two students who
tied for the 5th Grade Flag Essay Contest held at the Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton Central School.
They are Makayla Lewis and
Hunter Oliver.
These students will read their
essays at the April 9 meeting.
The family of each student will
also be guests of the chapter.
Butternut Valley Grange
To Meet Monday, April 11
GILBERTSVILLE - The
next meeting of Butternut Valley Grange, Gilbertsville, will
be held on Monday, April 11 at
7:30 p.m. at the Grange Hall,
Bloom Street. The Grange will be
honored this evening as the State
Grange Master, Oliver Orton,
from Dutchess County, will be in
attendance. The program director,
Anna Ritchey, will present a program on Grange-related issues in
celebration of Grange Month.
Esther Hill, chairperson of
Family Activities, will be conducting this year’s baking contest, which is chocolate cake. All
entries to be unfrosted, with the
name of the entrant in a sealed
envelope and with the complete
recipe, are to be available for
judging at 7:15 p.m. prior to the
Grange meeting.
At the suggestion of the Butternut Valley Food pantry, the nonperishable foods and household
items brought to the recent public
dance as admission, were given
to the Mt. Upton food pantry. Coordinators said that the collection
totaled over $250 worth of items
for their use.
The Grange voted to hold their
spring roadside clean-up of Rte
51 north on Wednesday, April
20. Members are to meet at Christ
Church parking lot at 10 a.m. so
that teams can be assigned for the
project.
The Grange will be sponsoring
the Defensive Driving course, in
conjunction with AARP, on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 26 and
27, 6 to 9 p.m. each evening. Attendees must be present for both
evenings. Lori White, course instructor, states that the class size
is limited to 35. Local coordinators report that there are less than
five seats available. Registration
for the class may be made by calling any of these members: Roger
Halbert, 783-2691; June Huggins,
783-2072 or Barbara Hill, 7832388. The fee for the course is
$12 for AARP members and $14
for non-members.
The social hour at Monday’s
meeting will be arranged by Clint
and Laura Hall, Jean Smith, and
Glenn and Rose Foster.
Afton School
Board to Meet
Monday, April 18
AFTON – The Afton Central
School Board of Education will
hold its regular monthly meeting
on Monday, April 18 at 7 p.m.
in the board of education room
across from the district office.
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