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Snowy Softball
Sports Wrap
Revived VIC
Winterfest returns to Indian Lake with softball on snowshoes and other events. See Page 2
Look inside for all the statistics and scores from your local sports teams. See Page 4
Andy Flynn begins an in depth look at what’s in store for the two former VICs. See Page 11
In Indian Lake
Fire guts home, post office
CHESTERTOWN — On Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and 26 the Friends of the Town of Chester Library will present their annual Winter Book Sale in the Chestertown Municipal Building, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The number of adult novels, mysteries and sci-fi continue to multiply and many will be offered at half-price. Presented at this sale is also an extensive collection of craft, history, medical, travel and children books along with biography and non-fiction works. DVDs, audiobooks, CDs, magazines, puzzles and more are also available. Call the library at 494-5384 for further information.
Ladies Luncheon scheduled in Long Lake March 2
Community plans benefit for residents By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com SABAEL — Indian Lake community members have joined efforts to come to the aid of Nicole Delcore and Howie Carbone, residents of a home destroyed by a fire last Friday. The home, also a post office, was owned by Delcore. The fire was reported early Friday morning to the Indian Lake Volunteer Fire Department as smoke was seen from as far away as
Noah Haneman and Tarryn Gould work on the finishing touches of a project in home economics.
See FIRE, page 5
Wevertown student travels to India on summer money By Lindsay Yandon
LONG LAKE — A Ladies Winter Luncheon will be held in Long Lake at the St. Henry’s Parish Center Wednesday, March 2, at 12:30 p.m. The luncheon is sponsored by Friends of the Long Lake Library, is open to all women in Long Lake and surrounding towns, and will be catered by the Cyber Creek Cafe of Long Lake. Featured speaker, Mary Ellen Dowling of Blue Mountain Lake, will give an audio-visual presentation about her recent year as an educator in rural China. For more information, call 6242056.
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lindsay@denpubs.com JOHNSBURG — Most students who take on a summer job are saving for a car, new clothes or a few trips to the movies throughout the year. Stephanie Ovitt, however, worked last summer at the Minerva Youth Program in order to save money to board a plane and travel to India this past December. Ovitt, a Johnsburg Central School student, spent three weeks exploring Aminabad, India and the surrounding cities and villages. She is no stranger to international travel, as she toured Europe with Bolton Central School’s travel club last year. “I enjoyed meeting the people and seeing how they lived,” Ovitt said. “They were very welcoming.” Ovitt was greeted with familiar faces when she spent two weeks staying with the Tomb family of Johnsburg. Steve Tomb, english teacher at Johnsburg Central School, participated in a Fulbright teacher exchange program this past year and was teaching in India. While with the Tomb’s she visited a rural village, attended a native Indian school and went to classes
alongside her Indian peers. “School is different there and was definitely a learning experience,” she said. Ovitt adjusted to the differences like teachers moving from class to class rather than students. The material, however, is similar in both countries, she said. Possibly her favorite part, Ovitt said, was an opportunity to attend a traditional Indian wedding while living with a native family. “They have weeks of parties,” she said. Ovitt spent Christmas attending those parties along with the 2,500 other wedding guests. Ovitt is the daughter of Steve and Sylvia Ovitt of Wevertown and expressed her gratitude to both them and her Johnsburg Central School teachers during her travels. “I could not have made this happen without their help and support,” she said. Ovitt plans to study international relations in college after graduating from Johnsburg Central School and hopes to again study abroad. “I want to experience how different cultures live and understand how to deal with differing countries,” she said.
Stephanie Ovitt visited India in December and traveled for three weeks, using money she raised working a summer job. Photo by Lindsay Yandon
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