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Bovina Considers Solutions to Sewer Budget Spike By Jesse Hilson The town of Bovina must deal with the implications of a roughly $60,000 increase in its needed expenses for the sewer system for 2019, and it appears the town’s non-residential properties will be taking a hit. At its November meeting, the Bovina town board was briefed on the problem by Henry Lamont, principal engineer of Lamont Engineering. Lamont Engineering handles the maintenance and operation of Bovina’s septic system. According to Lamont, the problem stems from the fact that 15 actuator valves and their controls, which direct the town’s liquid wastewater to 15 leech fields, must be replaced. That will cost roughly $60,000, which, when added to the regular sewer budget, will come to $129,762. Overall, New York City takes 90 percent of the cost of the sewer system, and the other 10 percent is carried by the town’s residents and non-residential buildings, such as businesses and municipal buildings. Negotiations with New York City at the start of the sewer
system in 2005 capped each resident’s rate at $100, plus adjustments upward every three years for the cost of living. The cap on residential sewer rates means that most of the 10 percent of the sewer budget falls on the shoulders of the non-residential properties, particularly in a year where there is a $60,000 spike created by sewer maintenance. After calculating what New York City would pay for, and subtracting all the residents’ share, the non-residents were left with about $2,000 to be make up. At Lamont’s suggestion, all the maintenance should be done at once, meaning this sewer budget spike would be a one time event. In 2020 the budget for the sewer system should fall back to normal levels. With budgetary concerns such as the sewer situation in mind, the town board mulled over further establishing what could be considered “residential” vs. “nonresidential” or “commercial.” Bed and breakfasts (B and Bs) were discussed. Lamont suggested starting See Bovina Floats page 4
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Rev. Jeff Staples speaks at the dedication of the First Baptist Church of Walton on Sunday.
Walton’s First Baptist Church Rises From the Ashes By Ron Galley It was a day of joy and celebration for the congregation of the First Baptist Church of Walton as a public dedication of their new home for worship was held on Sunday, Nov. 18. The reason for celebration began the morning of Jan. 11, 2011, when a 911 call reported the church at 55 Townsend Street in Walton was fully engulfed in flames, the casualty of a deliberately set fire. The event left the
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congregation to grieve, and decide how to move forward. The decision was made to rebuild at the same location. The rallying cry at the time was, “We did not lose the Church - which is the people - only the building.” Church members decided to build a multi-phase worship campus, but in the meantime, they needed a temporary place to worship. Services were held in the auditorium at Walton Central School for four years. Meanwhile, phase one of the multi-use facility was under construction. The first service in the new structure was the 2015 Christmas service. Sunday’s dedication celebration began at 2 p.m. with the praise band performing several inspiring songs. Member Raymond Bartlett welcomed those in attendance, including many from other churches in the community. Member Dale Dewing recounted some history of the church, which was established in 1867, a year before the first church was
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Delhi resident Richard Gumo quizzed Delhi council members about the budgeted operation costs of the proposed town swimming pool and the justice court clerk’s salary at a public hearing on Nov. 13.
Delhi Councilman Spars with Taxpayers Over Pool, Clerk Salary 2019 Tax Levy Increases 2%, Fails State Tax Cap
By Lillian Browne DELHI - Raised voices, flaring tempers and unanswered questions marked the lightly attended public hearing for Delhi’s proposed 2019 budget on Nov. 13. At issue was the amount of money raised and budgeted for the operation of Delhi’s town pool, scheduled to open in 2019, and the justice court clerk’s salary, which was slashed from $47,496 in 2018 to $40,000 in 2019. Resident Marie VanValkenburg was the first to address the council questioning the repurposing of funds from vital services, such as snow plowing,
to operating expenses for the yet-to-open town pool. Raising the budget line for the pool, from $20,000 in the 2018 budget to $60,000 in the proposed 2019 budget, is wrong, VanValkenburg told elected officials. Richard Gumo echoed VanValkenburg’s concerns quizzing council members about the cost per season for the pool. That season, which he estimated to be from the last week of June through the first week of September, will last approximately 70 days. At a cost of $60,000 - the amount budgeted for operation expenses in 2019 - the daily operating expense of the pool is $750. Those funds, Gumo continued, are not going to be sourced from
the hundreds of thousands of dollars raised in grant funding. Rather, he said, those costs will be shouldered by taxpayers. Supervisor Mark Tuthill explained that the budgeted amount for annual operational costs is an estimate based upon a review of similar pools in surrounding areas. Those pools, he said, cost between $50,000 and $90,000 to annually operate. The pool, Council member Al Perkins said, must be maintained year-round, not just in the summer months. There are electricity expenses, mechanical room expenses, chemicals, a security system and personnel costs that comprise the annual expense, he See Delhi Councilman page 4
Fire Claims Bloomville Farmhouse By Rosie Cunningham BLOOMVILLE - A Sunday evening fire has left a Long Island man without a second home. A fire was called in at 4:20 p.m. and multiple fire and emergency personnel responded to the house fire on County
Road 33. “He told me ‘it’s not good,’” “We were up hunting this he said. “It’s a complete loss weekend,” said homeowner obviously.” Nick Mondello. “We went back The Long Island resident has downstate and I got the call at owned the old Pihm farmhouse about 5 p.m. saying my house is for more than 30 years. “It was a six bedroom house,” on fire.” Mondello said he called his he said. “It was once an operatson who lives in Cooperstown ing dairy farm.” who headed to Bloomville to Mondello owns about 150 check on the incident. See Bloomville Farmhouse page 3
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A fire broke out on Nov. 18 at approximately 4:20 p.m. on County Route 22 in Bloomville.
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First Baptist Church Women’s pie sale Wednesday, Nov. 21 at the church, from 8:30-12. The women bring them in warm, and they go right back out the door traditionally, so don’t delay. Pumpkins rolls also available. Church is the corner of Platt and Townsend and the sale will be in the new atrium. There will be a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for the Walton community held on Nov. 22, at the First Congregational Church on the corner of North and Mead streets; serving will be from 12:30 to 3 p.m. To order takeouts, call 607-865-4066 or 607-865-7574 no later than 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. Takeouts are limited to four dinners. Delivery in the village of Walton only. All are welcome and encouraged to enjoy the warm fellowship of this event. Come out for Karaoke For a Cause on Friday, Nov. 23 starting at 6 p.m. at the Castle on the Delaware. There will be Chinese auction and raffles as well as DJ requests while they raise money for Layla Sprague. Layla is a 15year old Walton girl who has been invited to Boston for a conference of the Congress of Future Medical. Layla has set her sights on becoming a heart doctor after watching her mother die of heart disease as a young age. Northern Star is running this fundraiser, the first of several planned, calling the plan “It Takes A Village” to help Layla raise the money to get to the conference. The nomination was awarded to Layla for “outstanding academic achievement, leadership potential and determination to serve humanity in the field of medicine.” Not only will it be a night of fun and prizes, but the proceeds will go to Layla’s travel expenses. She really
needs the help of our community to make this happen for her. Be generous, if you can. If you cannot make this event but would like to help, contact Jeff Wood at 651-8839. The DVH Volunteers will be have a Christmas items sale this week in the lobby of the hospital, across from the gift shop. On Wednesday, Nov. 29, Michelle Truman will be there with country items, signs and gifts that are perfect for gift giving for all ages from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. It’s going to be a big weekend in Walton, as another Small Business Saturday, and Spend the Day in Walton combine to kick off your Christmas shopping right here at home. There will be Breakfast with Santa at the New Hope Community Church on Saturday, Nov. 24 from 8-11 a.m. to kick off the Spend the Day in Walton activities. Proceeds will go to Operation Christmas Child and the shoeboxes the church sends to children in need at holiday time. You can also see Santa at The First Congregational Church from 12-2 p.m. while you visit their Festival of Trees. Also, Elijah’s Closet is full of beautiful Christmas merchandise. Santa will also be in the parade, and he and Mrs. Claus will light the tree at Veteran’s Plaza. Right after that they will go to Breakey Motors where you can get a hot dog and drink donated by Danny’s Restaurant, and pose for a picture and tell him your Christmas wish list. You can take a picture with Frosty at the Walton Historical Society from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and enjoy some refreshments while you check out their gift merchandise of local books and calendars. There will be an open house on
Saturday, from 10 -2 at Ogden Library. Browse through the many books that will be set out for the book sale, fill out a survey regarding hours of operation, sign up to join the “Friends of the Library” group or simply enjoy refreshments. Stop in, get warm and check things out. For more information, call 865-5929. In the spirit of holiday giving back, Rachel James of A Time to Heal will make a $5 donation to the Walton Fire Department with any gift card purchase, and Feather and Stone will give you a free order of fries with a receipt from any merchant on the green brochure that is available at participating merchants. If one of a kind gifts are your specialty, stroll along Delaware Street where all the antique and consignments stores will offer sales and discounts. They will also be a Christmas Bazaar at First Baptist in the new atrium Saturday, Nov. 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. See the beautiful new church and find bargains on gently used Christmas items, and gift baskets. Proceeds go to mission work and community services. The Walton Grange will have a craft show and gently used gift quality flea market on Saturday, from 9 to 3; also, pictures with Santa as part of the Walton Chamber of Commerce Spend the Day in Walton event. Lunch, drinks and snacks available. For more information or to sign up as a vendor, call Sharon 607-8654934 or Walton Grange 607-8654462. Canned goods and nonperishables will also be collected for The Walton Food Bank and The Walton Pet Food Pantry. Free events through the day include the 2 p.m. movie at the theatre, sponsored by Commu-
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nity Bank, Wayne Bank and Sidney Federal Credit Union - free for patrons 12 and under. This year’s movie is “A Christmas Story.” From 2-4 p.m. there are free horse-drawn hayrides by Tom Newman and Bob LaTourette. Meet them on Water Street, behind McDonald’s. There will be free popcorn from Wayne Bank while you wait for the parade or free kettle corn from the Dewing family set up by McDonald’s/ Vet’s Plaza. Both will be there from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Of course, it’s also the date for the annual Walton Lions Christmas Parade and let’s hope it will be one of the biggest ever. This year the parade the parade will start with something new - at 6 when the parade begins the star at More Park will be lit. Those in the parade will be able to see it best, but those that are waiting downtown will also be able to tell when the star lights up that the parade is on its way. So look to the mountain south of town to see the star bring Christmas to light in Walton this year. Thanks to Tracy Williams and Kevin Armstrong, who have rewired and repaired the star, and to The Walton Jaycees for donating it years ago. We already know there will be a live nativity from the United Methodist Church, fire trucks from Walton and Trout Creek, 4-H clubs with live animals, and Cub, Boy and Girl Scouts. Call me if you are planning to be in it. Groups of friends, clubs, teams, churches - we want everyone to come out to celebrate the season with the community. The parade will line up at the bus garage at 5:30 p.m. The parade will go down Delaware Street, turn onto Bridge Street, onto Water Street and back to the Veteran’s Plaza. There Santa and Mrs. Claus will light the Christmas tree and we’ll sing some carols. We want lots of lights, music, Christmas spirit, but no one dressed as Santa, please. Call me at 865-5009 to let me know you want to be a part of it. And plan to stay for a few minutes after the tree is lit to sing Christmas carols as a community, with music compliments of Nate Jamieson. If you’ve already checked in with Santa, so you don’t need to visit him that night, you can go to TA’s Place for a free slice of pie and a hot cup of coffee with a donation for the DVH Volunteers. There will be a penny social at the St. John’s Catholic Church on Benton Avenue on Friday, Nov. 30. Doors open at 5:30, drawing at 7. It will be hosted by St. John’s Family Life Committee to benefit youth attending the National Catholic Youth Conference in Nov. 2019. There will be a 50/50 raffle and a ‘specials’ table. Also there will be pizza slices and drinks for sale. Christ Church is holding its annual Christmas bazaar Saturday, Dec. 1 from 9-3 and organizers are looking for vendors for the event. Anyone interested can call Jennifer Wright at 865-8446. There will also be a Christmas Bazaar, Luncheon and Bake Sale on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 am until 2 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church on the corner of East and North Streets. Lunch will be served from 11-2 p.m. Choice of soups, sandwiches, desserts and beverages will be available. Your support is greatly appreciated. All proceeds benefit mis-
sion projects both locally and abroad. Presented as a gift to the Walton community, Music on the Delaware will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 1 with a concert they are calling “A Walton Christmas” at the Walton Theatre which includes Christmas favorites. First, the audience will be invited to join the Jamieson Family for a traditional Christmas carol sing-a-long. Jodi will be on the grand piano, Nate lead the singing, and Larry will be putting the words up on the big screen. If you enjoy singing or listening, this part of the evening will be sure to get you into the Christmas spirit. Next, Bill Seneschal and Don Gilkinson will play banjo and guitar, some traditional Christmas music and music of the season. Some tunes will be nostalgic and some will be toe-tapping lively. Then, the Townsend School Select Chorus, and The Walton Community Band will also perform familiar holiday tunes. There may be a special guest appearance at the end of the night with a gift for all! Admission is an item for the toy or food bank. Several gift baskets will be raffled at intermission. The Walton Central School Drama Club will produce a holiday production, “The Little Town of Christmas,” on Friday, Dec. 7 and Saturday, Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. in the Walton High School auditorium. Bring the family to enjoy a festive evening of live theatre to kickoff your holiday season. Everybody in the little town of Christmas is friendly and funny and you’ll meet them all. Also included are old favorite stories such as “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” and “A Christmas Carol,” updated and aimed right for the funny bone. Throw in a wandering group of carolers, three kids trying their best to be Wise Men in the Christmas play, and a riotous lecture on Christmas etiquette, and you’re in for an evening of holiday laughter and warmth. Tickets are $4 for students, and $5 for adults on resale, they will cost $1 more at the door. Tickets will be available at the school office and Molto Express. New Hope Community Church holiday craft fair Saturday, Dec. 8 at the church on Stockton Avenue. Hot lunch will be available for purchase. Also there will be a bake sale. Sale runs 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Many craft vendors will attend. Right next door at the high school, there will be a craft sale by WCS students. Sponsored by Townsend PTA and the MS/HS PTSA, student in grades kindergarten through 12 will sell their handmade crafts. The sale will run from 10 to 2. Register to be a vendor with Mrs. Aubin at 8655220. Come do some Christmas shopping and support our local crafters. Music on the Delaware will host Cherish the Ladies back to their stage on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7:30. Come enjoy their renditions of holiday favorites and original melodies with a Celtic flair. TickSee Walton page 5
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Emergency services and personnel responded to a fire that claimed the home of a Long Island man. acres which include a pond and a garage. “I am happy that didn’t catch on fire too,” he said, while waiting for the insurance adjuster. He added that he is unsure as to what was the cause of the fire and is waiting for the fire
inspector to let him know. “They said it’s something to do with the chimney or wood stove,” he said. “I shut it down and have never had a problem before.” “I don’t know if I will be building back, it all depends,”
he said. “It’s been a rough year.” According to Bloomville Fire Department member Jeff Haynes said mutual aid on the scene is East Meredith, Davenport, Delhi and Hobart. “We wrapped at 10:30 p.m.,” said Haynes.
Delaware County BOS Approves Tentative 2019 Budget
By Rosie Cunningham
DELHI - The approval of the 2019 tentative budget topped the agenda at the Nov. 14 meeting of the Delaware County Board of Supervisors (BOS). The budget totals $103,239,235 and includes an estimated property tax levy of $32,200,905, an increase of $494,674, or 1.5602 percent, from last year. Colchester Supervisor Art Merrill, who heads the budget committee, said the tally comes in under the 2 percent cap and he is happy with the budget results.
“I’d like to thank everyone who worked on this - we put a lot of time and thought into this budget,” he said. At the next board meeting on Nov. 28 at 1 p.m., there will be a public meeting to approve the proposed tentative budget. Prior to the Nov. 28 board meeting, there will be a public meeting at 12:45 p.m. regarding the use of funds by a local manufacturing business, K Tooling, from a Community Development Block Grant. The public hearing is meant to close out the block grant. In 2015, K Tooling relocated
from Hancock to a 10,000-squarefoot facility in Sidney. The company also used grant funds to purchase new equipment, including a laser-cutting machine and a press brake, which is used to bend sheet metal. Director of Economic Development Glenn Nealis assisted in acquiring the grant and said the project cost around $750,000 in total and created 11 new jobs in the area. The BOS passed a resolution indicating that the grant was fully disbursed and the project satisfied the terms of the grant agreement.
Governor Announces $262 Million In ‘Bridge NY’ Funding to Repair and Replace Bridges, Culverts Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Nov. 13 that more than $262.2 million in enhanced funding has been awarded to municipal governments to accelerate the renewal and modernization of local bridges and culverts. As part of the state’s BRIDGE NY initiative, these awards will fund 165 individual projects in 95 communities across the State. This funding builds on the $300 million in enhanced assistance made available to municipal governments for accelerated bridge and culvert projects since 2015. The BRIDGE NY initiative focuses on projects that address deteriorated structural conditions; mitigate weight restric-
tions or long detours; facilitate economic development or increase competitiveness; and/or reduce the risk of flooding. The 165 projects, which includes 86 bridges and 79 culverts, were selected following a competitive process that considered, among other factors, the structural condition of a bridge
or culvert and its resiliency and significance, based upon traffic volumes and detour considerations. For the southern tier, $1.107 million has been allocated to Delaware County for Downsville’s Knox Avenue over Wilson Hollow Brook.
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Benjamin Hughes and Emelia Kilmer of the Wild-N-Wooly 4-H Club stand ready to accept food donations Saturday at the Walton Big M Supermarket. According to leader Greg Graupman, the club holds a food drive every year on the opening day of deer season. All donations from the drive benefit the Walton Food Bank.
Highway Concerns and Resolutions Top Agenda At Andes Town Board By Rosie Cunningham ANDES- Highway updates and concerns topped the agenda at the Andes Town Board meeting Nov. 8. Highway Superintendent John Bouton submitted a highway report: The highway department got the pipes on Old Gladstone Hollow and Beech Hill done. In addition, 5.5 miles of Beech Hill were oiled and stoned as were Lower Main Street and Depot Street. The highway crew are getting snow equipment mounted on trucks, pot holes are being filled and brush cut. Equipment is in good condition. “CHIPS” paperwork has been turned in with only the oil and stone to be submitted this month. “I would like to thank my men for pulling all the projects to-
gether as smoothly as they did,” Bouton said, and thanked town clerk Kimberly Tosi for her help with CHIPS and other things she does for the highway department. There are some concerns over traffic coming off of Cabin Hill/ County Route 2 onto Depot Street and not stopping at the stop sign in the triangle. Bouton has reached out to Delaware County Department of Public Works to paint “Stop” in the road and “stop ahead” further up from the sign. New York State Department of Transportation was in Andes the week before to cut some trees on Delaware Avenue and new signs were installed to try and alert people that they are in a school zone. However, it was reported that these signs are still not very See Andes Town Board page 5
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said. The figure is not just for personnel expenses, Perkins clarified. Things quickly became heated when Gumo, who is also an elected magistrate or town court justice, advocated that the budget be adjusted to reflect a 2.5 percent cost of living increase for the justice court clerk’s position. “I’m hoping this is a mistake,” Gumo told the council members of his review of the proposed budget. “Every town employee was given a cost of living increase of 2.5 percent and the only person that is not getting a 2.5 increase is the court clerk. Is that an error?” Gumo asked. Perkins, asserting control of the meeting, answered, “No. She just started working here 5 minutes ago. She is not getting a raise.” The long-time justice court clerk retired at the end of September. A new justice court clerk was hired to replace the outgoing clerk before the retirement. Talking over one another, Perkins and Gumo verbally volleyed the difference between an annual raise and a cost of living increase. “You are calling a raise a cost of living increase,” Perkins told Gumo. Delhi employees traditionally do not receive an increase in salary during their first year on the job, Perkins continued. “You don’t start a job - not be here through six months probation - and get an increase,” Perkins.
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Gumo, asking that Perkins let him speak without interruption, stated that what is understood to be a “raise” is in reality a reflection of increased expenses. “Are you saying my clerk’s expenses are not going to go up?” Gumo asked. Not every employee is receiving a raise, Tuthill told Gumo. None of the council members are receiving an increase. Nor, Tuthill said, are the assessors. Gumo challenged board members, “Is it because she’s a woman that she did not get a raise?” “Now you’re calling it a sexist thing?” Perkins responded incredulously. “She hasn’t been here six months and she is still in a probationary period!” Pointing at Gumo, Perkins told Gumo he was “out of order” and asked him to sit down. Continuing to stand, Gumo asked council members to make a motion to amend the proposed 2019 budget to reflect an increase in salary for the court clerk. The proposed 2019 budget, later in the meeting, was passed unanimously, without amendment. The town clerk, bookkeeper and deputy town clerk, all women, received an increase in salary in the proposed and adopted 2019 budget. The 2019 budget reflects a 2.015 percent increase in the tax levy over 2018, which translates to an increase of $69,454.89 in spending. Those figures are broken down, Tuthill explained, as an increase of $40,000 for pool operation expenses, with $20,000 carried over from the 2018 budget, and an increase of $29,454.89 in medical insurance expenses for employees. The town of Delhi did not meet the state mandated 2 percent tax cap for the 2019 budget year.
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constructed. The church has not only held weekly worship services but has also broadcast live on local radio station WDLA since 1951. In 1963, the church needed to expand and the adjoining property at 61 Townsend Street was purchased. Dewing said the expense of the phase one building was fully covered with the insurance money $1 million - collected as a result of the fire. He said the recently completed sanctuary - phase 2 - was financially settled due to a large donation from an anonymous donor. As Dewing spoke, photos, including one of the original church fully engulfed in flames, were shown. Former pastors Alan Bujno and Jay O’Connor participated in the dedication service via a live streamed connection. Bujno, who ministered the church for 20 years, referred to his family’s time in Walton as “A very special time in our lives.” He poked fun
at some members of the church, asking if someone would “Wake up Richard,” -specifically, Richard Brown. Jay O’Connor, who was the pastor of First Baptist when the fire occurred in 2011, recalled standing across the street, unable to do anything but watch as the building burned. He remembered the intense heat from the fire on that January morning and recalled that church member Ben Vandermark had had a vision of the fire prior to the event. O’Connor said, “Even though we had to let go of things near and dear, God had a plan.” Joe Cetta, head of the First Baptist Church construction team, said Rick Boyle of Delta Engineering in Endwell came up with the design for the project. Four firms submitted bids; the construction team of Eastman Associates of Oneonta was hired. Members of the Church Building Committee in addition to Cetta were Bob Lang, Jon Hoff-
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man, Richard Brown and the late Charlie Gregory. The committee members were presented gifts in appreciation for their work. Rev. Kent Terchunian, representing the First United Methodist Church of Walton and the local ministerial group, prayed for the community; church members delivered a Prayer of Dedication. The church choir performed a song of dedication and the congregation sang, “Christ is Made the Sure Foundation.” The Benediction was given by the newly appointed interim pastor of the Baptist Church, Dan Rathmell. Refreshments were served at the conclusion of the program. Also taking part in the dedication was Rev. Jared Hugenot, representing the New York State American Baptist Church, and Rev. Jeff Staples of Delhi, from the Fransego Association of American Baptist Churches of New York State.
Belleayre and Hunter Mountain Kickoff 2018-19 Season HIGHMOUNT - While many may be cursing the snowfall, there is a resounding wave of excitement for skiers and snow boarders. Belleayre Ski Center in Highmount opened Saturday, Nov. 17 and not only are snowmakers busy at work, there’s nine inches of natural snow (and counting) on the ground. Hunter Mountain will also be open for snow bunnies. “Team snowmakers are currently setting up the guns on Seneca from Top to Mid,” the Belleayre website states. “The priority will be in the lower area to get some begin-
ner terrain open. Once temps begin to drop again, Saturday night, they will be out hammering Running Bear and Iroquois. It looks like temps are going to get pretty cold mid-week and the gang will be out in full force again. Right now it is all up to our groomers - they will be out on the hill all day working their corduroy magic. The slopes should be pristine for opening morning.” The mountain will be open with intermediate terrain only with gondola lift access. The lift will be spinning from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 24 and 25. Belleayre plans to close Monday through Thursday and reopen
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ness Dry Town Tavern located at 1815-1825 County Highway 6 in Bovina Center. Dry Town Tavern is expected to be completed, up and running, and creating jobs by April 2020. The restaurant has received a Community Development Block Grant to be applied to interior renovations to the building, which requires a SEQR review. Nealis explained that the review found that construction caused no significant averse impacts to the environment and the town board passed a resolution accepting the SEQR review.
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town board included: Town bookkeeper Joe Hanley explained how the town of Bovina’s tax levy came in at 1.44 percent, under the 2 percent tax cap. The preliminary 2019 budget was passed by the board. A public hearing was set for talking about cable franchises in the town. The meeting was set at 6 p.m. on Dec. 11. Glenn Nealis of Delaware County Economic Development discussed State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) proceedings pertaining to the new busi-
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Friday, in full swing for the 18-19 season. Plattekill Mountain in Roxbury will also be opening soon. According to the Vajtay family, this is the 25th year of operation for the mountain. Owner Danielle Vajtay said she is looking forward to the season and snow making will begin “around Thanksgiving.” “We have expanded our electrical system to make more snow at any given time and we will be putting guns at permanent locations,” she said. “Also, we have expanded our bistro as well.” Vajtay said the family, who employs approximately 50 people, came across ownership of the destination after they purchased the mountain on an auction block in 1993. “We do events year-round,” she said. “But, we get really excited about the mountain opening.”
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ets available at www.waltontheatre.org, Wayne Bank, Molto Espresso and Sidney Federal Credit Union in Walton. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. As You Wish has secured a date for Santa to stop at the West Street store Dec. 8 from 2-5 p.m., and Delaware Valley Hospital will have a Santa event on Dec. 12 at the finance building, 20 West Street. Call 865-2409 for details. The First Congregational Church hosts The Gathering Table each Saturday from 11 a.m. -1 p.m. and serves a free community lunch. The new 4-H group, Community Kids, serves. They are raising funds to purchase serving trays. They also want to thank all who supported the bake sale this weekend. Classic Flix for December is The Bells of St. Mary’s, which will air on Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Walton Theatre; $6. Come see this classic Christmas movie on the big screen and enjoy a step back in time through the theatre. Well the snow certainly helped put people in the holiday mood. Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving, full of family and good food and makes good memories. This weekend will blast the season into full gear. It was nice to see the Oakdale Mall had a Nativity scene as well as a Santa display. I hope we all take time to remember the reason for the season. Enjoy it all!
‘Imagine Hancock’ Public Meeting The Hancock Partners, a group of volunteer business leaders from the community, see Hancock as a “diamond in the rough” and plan a public meeting for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at Hancock Central School to lay out their vision. They will also unveil the first of several videos that market the community. The vision includes an economic revitalization and marketing program under the banner of “Imagine Hancock.” The goals are to: 1. Build on Hancock’s assets, including its history, geography, natural resources and people; 2. Make Hancock a more practical place to reside, invest in or visit; and 3. Market Hancock as a place to live, invest and visit. The video to be unveiled is the first of several the group hopes to produced. The meeting will end no later than 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Hancock Central School. The public is encouraged to attend and offer their ideas and help. Several important potential projects designed to reinvigorate and sell the community will be discussed along with the results of surveys conducted and the next steps. For more information, contact Gerald DaBrescia at 607-725-6081 jerrydab@gmail.com.
visible. Supervisor Wayland ‘Bud’ Gladstone will reach out to the New York State Department of Transportation to see what can be done. In resolutions: A resolution regarding the adoption of the Delaware County Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazards Mitigation Plan Update was discussed. Delaware County has gathered information and prepared an updated Delaware County Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazards Mitigation Plan and the Delaware County Board of Supervisors determined that a multi-jurisdictional All-Hazards Mitigation Plan representing all the towns and villages in Delaware County would be more efficient to produce than each community drafting and adopting its own; and the Delaware County Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazards Mitigation Plan has been prepared in accordance with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. Delaware County is a local unit of government that has afforded the citizens an opportunity to comment and provide input on the plan and the actions in the plan. Delaware County and the town of Andes have reviewed the plan and affirm that it will be updated no less than every five years. Refunds of certain mis-payments by a non-water district customer on Coulter Road was discussed. In the process of collecting payments of water district fees on behalf of the Andes Water District, the clerk received payment from a hamlet resident who does not have access to district water; and the owners of the property were not eligible to receive water district services. The homeowners have paid the fees since 2012. The board agreed that a refund totaling $3,065.50 be made directly to the owners on Coulter Road. Another resolution of a nonwater district customer on Depot Street was also discussed.
In the process of collecting payments of water district fees on behalf of the Andes water district, the district clerk received payment from a hamlet resident who does not have access to district water. The homeowners have paid the water district said fees since 2016. The town approved a refund totaling $1,150.65 be made directly to the owners of Depot Street. In other business, the Andes Fire Department has pumped some water out of the pool as needed. Resident Travis Balcom has been completing more work that was scheduled at the pool. Balcom has fixed the floor in the bathroom that was having draining issues and repainted. He also installed a new sink in the guard room for an eye rinse wash station. He has a few more odds and ends to finish up. This week the completion of the pool shutdown will take place, draining the tank, shutting water off and other necessary matters that need to be done. Councilman Ritchie Gabriel said in the spring, there are a few things that should be fixed before opening. Some of the door frames need to be replaced, as they are rotted. They would still like to put a concrete pad in the back for the fire trucks and county pump trucks to sit on while they are draining, cleaning, filling the pool, etc. This would save from having to repair the lawn every year. This should be discussed prior to opening next season or possibly the season after. There was a question regarding who is responsible for the maintenance of the parking lot lights at the library. This week someone is coming to fix the lights at the court. When they are there, they will check out the lights at the library. After it is determined what the problem is, it will be decided how the issue is handled. The next Andes Town board meeting will be Dec. 10 at 7 p.m.
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The Kevin Prater Band to Perform at the Bainbridge Town Hall Theatre
To hear a unique and talented band from the hills of Appalachia don’t miss the Kevin Prater Band when they perform at the Bainbridge Town Hall Theatre, 15 North Main Street, on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. The doors open at 6 p.m.; tickets are available at the door or reserve ahead by calling 607-288-3882. In the gallery that evening, the Out of the Woodwork Players anniversary exhibit will be featured from 6 p.m. through intermission and is free to the public.
Christmas Feeling Fund 2018 Underway The 46th annual Christmas Feeling Fund has started the 2018 appeal. Solicitation letters were sent on Sept. 15. To date, we have already received contributions of $21,700 toward the $30,000 goal. Last year, $24,935 was raised for this work; 232 families were helped with the donations received from service clubs,
churches, corporations, banks and individuals; there were over 378 contributors. Last year, the fund provided turkeys and other food products for Thanksgiving and new jackets, hats, scarves gloves, toys, sweaters, teddy bears and miscellaneous for Christmas. The fund helps families in Stamford,
Hobart, Grand Gorge, Jefferson, Gilboa, South Kortright, Bloomville, Harpersfield, Summit and Bloomville. This year, we expect 230 families to come to receive packages. As in the past the distribution will be at the First Presbyterian Church in Stamford, on Dec. 15.
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DCHA Memoir Writing Group Forming The Delaware County Historical Association (DCHA) and local writer Ann L. DuBois will host a new memoir writing group called the “Story Hour.” Ann is the author of Apples of New York: The Story of How New York State became the Big Apple and My Cats: A Memoir of Cats I Have Known. The writing of a memoir can include, or be defined as, writing about one’s family history. This history may cover topics in the distant past or family stories about more recent events. The approach to a memoir can be scholarly or just about enjoying a hobby. Share stories about favorite pets or people - or maybe the most fun you had as a kid. The group will meet at 1 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month beginning on March 7, 2019. Meetings will be held at DCHA, 46549 State Hwy. 10, Delhi. There will be no charge; refreshments served. Contact Ann at 607-652-4018 for more information and to register to attend or email duboisworks@gmail.com.
The Perfect Gift for Dog Lovers The Delhi Historical Society (DHS) will host a book signing for “Dog Paws: A Unique Collection of Original Dog Tails (Tales)” at the Cannon House, 47 Main Street, Saturday, Nov. 24 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Mary Jane Henderson compiled stories from local dog lovers about their furry friends into this book, which is dedicated to the Heart of the Catskills Humane Society in observance of its 50 year anniversary. Take time on Small Business Saturday to visit with local residents with stories in the book and get their autographs. Dog lovers will appreciate getting this book as a gift because the proceeds will go to support the shelter to help other animals in need.
Future programs and exhibits can be found on the DHS website, www.delhinyhistory. org. The Delhi Historical Society works to promote history and historical research in Delhi. Become a member by sending a check for $10 made payable to DHS to 5 Elm Street, Delhi, NY, 13753. Any donation is appreciated and helps the mission. Find DHS on Facebook at www. facebook.com/delhihistoricalsociety to stay updated at DHS. The next program sponsored by DHS will be Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cannon Free Library, when retired English teacher Steven Gendle will read the holiday classic, “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote.
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Downsville’s 10th Christmas Parade Dec. 8
This year’s will be the 10th Downsville Christmas parade and one of its creators, Bill Reichert, will be the Grand Marshall. With his supportive family, Reichert was one of the original organizers of the first Christmas parade and has been instrumental in keeping it a highlight of the town’s Christmas celebration, in conjunction with the Downsville Fire Department “Visit From Santa Event.” He has spent countless hours collecting donations, applying for parade permits, organizing volunteers, and setting up participants to bring holiday excitement to the children of the community. The parade has hosted up to 21 units of floats, trucks, and marchers. This parade, with its lights and music, never disappoints the spectators. The public is invited to participate in Downsville’s parade on Saturday, Dec. 8; 4:30 p.m. lineup at the Downsville Central School Bus Garage. Help make this tenth anniversary parade the biggest ever - or just to come to watch and celebrate the holiday.
A Walton Christmas at the Walton Theatre Music on the Delaware, as part of its 20th anniversary season, will offer a holiday celebration at the Walton Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Called “A Walton Christmas,” the event will be free, with a donation of either a toy for the Walton Toy Bank or an item for the Walton Food Pantry. The program will feature four segments. First, the audience will be invited to join the Jamiesons for a traditional Christmas carol sing-a-long: Jodi on the grand piano, Nate will lead the singing, and Larry will put the words up on the big screen. If you enjoy singing or listening, this will get you into the Christmas spirit. With guitars and banjo, Don Gilkinson and Bill Seneschal will present some music of the season. Next the Townsend School Select Chorus, consisting of 18 second and third graders direct-
Margaretville Hosts Holiday on Main Festivities Nov. 24 A parade at 11 a.m. to get the Business Association of Margaretville’s annual Holiday on Main off to a festive start on Saturday, Nov. 24. Holiday on Main is held in coordination with Shop Small Saturday and is designed to showcase the benefits of supporting locally owned businesses. This free event features special attractions throughout the village of Margaretville, one of the Catskill region’s most charming communities. The Business Association of Margaretville (BAM) invites visitors to explore and enjoy a fun-filled day.
Among the events planned: hayrides, a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus, kids’ crafts, caroling with the Open Eye Theater, roasted chestnuts at Barbara Alyn Design, a pop up market featuring local artisans, a wine tasting at the Margaretville Liquor Store, gift certificate promos at Catskill Mountain Tattoo, product sampling at the Happy Giraffe, a DIY fabric star making class at Bloom Fabric, Art & Retreat, a gift-making fair at the Catskill Mountain Artisans’ Guild, cookie tastings at Home Goods of Margaretville, chocolate tastings at Catskill Candies and Confections, a live
nativity at 4 p.m. at the Catskill Mountain Christian Center and a tree lighting at 4:30 p.m. in the center of the village. BAM members welcome the public to “Come Shop Small on Small Business Saturday” and show support for the community’s diverse mix of merchants. This event is a showcase for local businesses and the important role they play in shaping rural communities and the economy. For additional information visit MargaretvilleNY.com or call 845 586-4177.
Artisan Holiday Gift Market in Bainbridge Gifts and Crafts Thanksgiving Weekend
The search for unique artisan crafts, artful gifts, home décor or personal indulgence has never been easier - Jericho Arts Council will host its annual holiday gift market at the Bainbridge Town Hall Gallery, second floor on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 23 to 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and until 9 on Saturday. Shoppers will discover handmade soaps and candles, artful and functional pottery, tote bags and cool purses, wood bread boards, Christmas and snowmen ornaments, jewelry, fabric creations, small art-
works, cards, artist prints of original art, books, home baked goodies and more. There will be a drawing for a gift basket of handcrafted items contributed by the artists. Each customer who will be given a ticket for coming through the door, and another for every $10 spent. Bainbridge Town Hall will be bustling Saturday with the Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce celebration of Small Business Saturday during the day and through the evening in the Town Hall Theatre with the music of the Kevin Prater Band. For more information check
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ed by Ms. Theresa Bolton, will perform three songs: “Blitzen’s Boogie,” “In This House Tonight,” and “Zat You, Santa Claus?” Finally, the Walton Community Band, in its eighteenth season, will present a variety of Christmas and holiday favorites. The band is made up of musicians from Walton to East Branch to Otego to Franklin, directed by Raymond Bartlett. They are a varied group of people whose ages range from teens to folks in their eighties. Several gift baskets will be raffled (no charge) at intermission. Be forewarned: Watch for our special guest in the lobby after the concert. A special concert is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7:30: Cherish the Ladies with a holiday
show titled “A Celtic Christmas.” For more information, see www. waltontheatre.org.
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Hancock Burglar Pleads Guilty DELHI - A Hancock man pled guilty to a February burglary in Delaware County Court on Nov. 8. Brandon Felter, 23, admitted to unlawfully entering a building located at 1025 Harvard Road in East Branch on Feb. 11 with the intent to steal property, in exchange for a negotiated plea and sentence deal. In exchange for the plea and the dismissal of five other charges including: attempted arson, criminal possession of stolen property, two additional burglary charges and a criminal mischief charge, Felter will serve six months in jail and five years probation. He was released on his own recognizance following the guilty plea awaiting sentencing scheduled for Nov. 28.
In other cases before the court: • Dante A. James, 19, of Springfield Gardens, pled guilty to second-degree criminal possession of marijuana in exchange for a promised sentence of time served and suspension of his driving privileges. James admitted to possessing marijuana in the village of Delhi on Sept. 22. As part of the negotiated plea and sentence deal, charges of cocaine and Xanax possession and criminal tampering will be dismissed at sentencing. He was released from court, awaiting sentencing scheduled for Dec. 17. • William H. Kauffman, 57, East Branch, pled guilty to driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxi-
cated and two counts of aggravated unlicensed operator, stemming from two different traffic stops, in exchange for a plea and sentence deal in which he will serve 1-3 years in prison and pay fines totaling $3,000. Kauffman admitted to driving while intoxicated and without a license on Feb. 17 and June 22 in the town and village of Hancock. In exchange for the negotiated plea, charges of refusal to submit to a chemical breath test, moving from lane unsafely, resisting arrest, unsafe lane change and leaving the scene of a property damage accident will be dismissed at sentencing. Kauffman is being held at the Delaware County Jail, awaiting sentencing scheduled for Dec. 17.
Governor Announces 207th Session Graduation From the State Police Basic School Governor Andrew M. Cuomo congratulated the 158 new members of the New York State Police at the 207th session graduation ceremony from the Basic School of the New York State Police Academy on Wednesday, Nov. 14. Among the graduates was Caroline C. Lennon of Stamford.
Delhi Man Accused of Sending Porn to a Minor Michael D. Allen, 39, of Delhi, was arrested by the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 14 and charged with seconddegree disseminating indecent material to a minor, accused of electronically sending pornoMichael D. Allen graphic material to a minor over the course of five months. He was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child. He was sent to the Delaware County Jail on $5,000 cash bail awaiting a further court appearance in Delhi Town Court.
Walton Bar Fight Leads to Arrest Jarred Robinson, 36, of Walton, was arrested by the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 11 and charged with thirddegree trespass, disorderly conduct, second-degree obstructing government administration and resisting arrest following a bar fight in Walton. Deputies allege Robinson was physically combative during the arrest and physically resisted police. He
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From left, students Willow Mondore (Franklin), Desiree Tompkins-Hitt (Walton), William Ackerman (Walton), Jack Felzak (Walton), Michael Cox (Franklin), and Zoe Warren (Franklin) are practicing the “AVP Trust Walk.”
AVP Holds Two-Day Workshop
The Alternatives to Violence (AVP) program at Walton Central School recently held a two-day workshop for students in grades 8-12. The workshop, which was held at New Hope Community
Church, welcomed students from Franklin Central School. Activities were based on building community, teamwork, resolving conflicts peacefully, and building trust.
Christina Hewitt and Noelle Granger run the program in Walton; teacher Dustin Purdy also took part. Brendan Coyle is the leader in Franklin, with help from Susan Fairchilds, Franklin.
College News Nathan Plante of Fleischmanns took part in Buffalo State’s Bengals Dare to Care Day 2018. He was one of more than 700 students who volunteered at a variety of community organizations as part of Buffalo State’s commitment to community engagement. Mary Mitsopoulos, Stamford is part of the cast and crew for “Into the Woods,” showing Nov. 8-11 and Nov. 15-18 at McKenna Theatre on the SUNY New Paltz campus. SUNY Oswego has awarded broadcasting and mass communication major Zachary Gannett of Downsville a Merit Scholarship, recognizing past academic
achievement and potential for success. Mya L. Mills of Delhi a zoology major, was awarded a Transfer Achievement Scholarship as a new transfer student at SUNY Oswego. SUNY Oswego’s merit awards recognize students’ past academic achievements and potential for success. A select group among the more than 700 transfer students received the awards. Alicia Soroka of West Sidney traveled with 92 other SUNY Oneonta students to the Big Apple on Oct. 25 for the college’s annual Backpacks to Briefcases alumni networking trip. Students visited 21 well-established alumni at their Manhattan offices and
WCS BOE to Meet The next regular board of education meeting for the Walton Central School District will be Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 6 p.m. in the board room at O’Neill High School. Items to be discussed in public session will be posted on BoardDocs accessible at www.waltoncsd.org - board of education page prior to the regular meeting. Regular meetings are livestreamed and may be viewed at www.waltoncsd.org/LiveStream.aspx, and are recorded and may be viewed using the meeting stream archives links found at the bottom of the board of education webpage.
DA BoE to Meet The Delaware Academy Central School District at Delhi will hold its next regular BoE meeting on Monday, Nov. 26, in the high school media library center at 6 p.m. Deadline for items to be placed on the board agenda is the Tuesday prior to each board of education meeting.
Crossbow - Way to Go
Last year, I was afflicted with Lyme disease. I became stiff, fatigued, my mind felt a little slow and foggy, and I lost one-third of my strength. Although it did not stop me from successfully hunting, it did change my life. I had to have my compound bow draw lowered from 70# to 48# and it was still difficult to pull back. If I continued to practice with my bow daily I had to learn to live with shoulder and neck pain daily. I started using my crossbow
heard about their experiences going from students to top executives. The event is designed to inspire students to jumpstart their careers by beginning to build their professional networks. It is funded by the Oneonta Student Association and the SUNY Oneonta Alumni Association through charitable gifts to the Fund for Oneonta. Soroka is studying Professional Accounting at SUNY Oneonta. Jenna McDonald of Sidney was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. McDonald is pursuing a degree in physical education at State University of New York at Cortland. SUNY New Paltz photography student Morgan Beardslee from Walton will exhibit work as part of the SUNY New Paltz Photography Program, American Identities, in Prague, Czech Republic, at the AMU Gallery through Dec. 2. SUNY New Paltz student Hans Hilson-Schneider of Bovina Center was one of nearly 250 participants in the 13th annual student-athlete advisory committee-organized community leaf rake, as New Paltz student athletes fanned out across the New Paltz region to help local residents clear their yards.
The quarter one honor rolls for Delaware Academy Central School District at Delhi have been released. Grade 12 Principal’s Honor Roll: Hannah Baxter, Lizette Bishop, Raegan Bracchy, Adrionna Cecce, Skylar Costello, Jessica Davis, Kate Davis, Sibyla Giles, Jillian Lees, Aileen Nealis, Miles Philion, Anna Post, Sarah Roberts, Molly Sherman. High Honor Roll: Conor Aikens, Paul Avila, Autumn Dorr, Teresa Ewing, Benjamin Reinhardt, David Sarkovski, Alexander Taylor, Lindsay Whitbeck, Madison White. Honor Roll: Dustin Coffey, Charlotte Douarche, Zoey Gardepe, Timothy Joseph Hebbard, Christopher Hillis, Tristan Olson, Elysia Shampine, Nathan Wood. Grade 11 Principal’s Honor Roll: Sarah Ackerly, Hayley Angus, Rachel Blocker, Carly Burczak, Rija Francisco, Michael Griswold, Renzo Guevarra, Ani Kollig, Aolani McCarthy, Morgan Rynkiewicz, Kayleigh Verspoor. High Honor Roll: Carly Bower, Tyler Bruce, Sean Carron, Riley Davis, Ashley Hook, Kris Hultenius, Brooklyn Knox, Riley Mason, Stella Mueller, Emilia O’Neill, Kolby Polomcean, Lauren Retallick, Morgan Robert, Ty Saleman, Kaitlyn Sutliff, Preston VanWie. Honor Roll: Anthony Aukstikalnis, Cecil Davis III, X avier Gardepe, Destiny Hook, Richard Lalosh III, Brodie Leahy, Daniel Rolfe, Alanna Ruchar. Grade 10 Principal’s Honor Roll: Diego Aguirre, Molly Arehart, Joshua Baxter, Isabella Cecce, Jessica Coleman, Lauren Davis, Magdalena DeMeo-Meres, Bailey Ernst, Jonathon Hadley Jr., Fiona O’Neill, Gina Reinhardt, Rachel Schnabel, Sadie Tucker, Paul Vickers, Sarah Wake. High Honor Roll: Logan Aikens, Anna Arehart, Brandon Bodo, Lucas Branigan, Jodean Bray, Katie Dean, Asa Giles, Alexander Haight, Kaylee Marschilok, Adriana Merino, Aidan Paoli, Melody Riggs, Hunter Sanford, Ava Sprague, Emma Sulger, Corey Zwick. Honor Roll: Chance Caffery, Dimitri Cash, Nathan Gielskie, Hunter Guy, Christian Imperi, Madison Miller, Dangerous Newton, Kyle Pagillo, Lauren Rosa, Thomas Ruchar, Levi Shambaugh, Cassidy Smith, Briena Sohns, Sophia Wakin, McKenzie Wilson, Lindsey Wright. Grade 9 Principal’s Honor Roll: Sienna Dorr, Garrett Fitch, Abbriele Leahy, Sylvia Liddle, Camille Mueller, Amanda Nealis, Lorelei Ogden, Marco Shaw, Anna Tessier, Lonnie, Weiss, Thomas Worden. High Honor Roll: Cecelia Finn, Abigail Kievit, Ashley Komosinski, Samuel Lees, Breanna Lowe, Lucia Marsiglio, Shaina Mondore, Julian Olson, Lauren Packard, Elise Raponkus, Cheyanne Ryan,
Karter Small, Joelle Smith, Annaliese Taylor, Georgiana Verspoor. Honor Roll: Abigail Aukstikalnis, Jeryd Cheshire, Julian Eagle Road, Makayla Helo, Gregory Ingram, Mya Kollig, Elizabeth Lamport, Rowan McCarthy, Martinez Reyes, Skyler Riggs, Jacob Sulas, Cadence Wakin. Grade 8 Principal’s Honor Roll: Tyler Branigan, Grace Burczak, Zachary Finch, Alyssa Gioffe, Owen Haight, Lucille Menke, Joseph Nash, Logan Nealis, Vidya Samudrala, Luke Schnabel, Ysa Shaw, Carter Tarrants, Elianna Tarrants, Izabella Tucker, Vincent VanMaaren. High Honor Roll: Lane Ackerly, Taylor Amatuccio, Julia Baxter, Benjamin Blocker, Hallee Bodo, Gavin Caffery, Jared Coleman, Emily Davis, Ryan Doenges, Sage Eagle Road, Alton Francisco, Laila Gancio-AbdulJalil, Amber Gardner, Kirstin Lalosh, Jayle Leonard, Brock Mattice, Rieley Merino, Rose Merwin, Lana Miller, Nicole Noeth, Jude Riggs, Rowan Walsh, Ryan Wilson. Honor Roll: Justin Bender, Sofia Ghersi, Eliya Knapp, Autumn Korr, Luke Sanford. Grade 7 Principal’s Honor Roll: Bryce Burrows, Ryan Burrows, Noah Dungan, Olivia Finkle, Meghan Hadley, Gretel Hilson-Schneider, Eleanor Lees, Rose McPheely, Reed Muther, Evelyn Potrzeba, Elodie VanNostrand, Victoria Verspoor, Natalie Vredenburgh. High Honor Roll: Aiden Anderson, Tanner Bracchy, Cooper Cohen, Samuel Davis, Alethea Ferrara, Kara Fitch, Erin Kenefick-Coppersmith, Angelo Krzyston, Andrew Liddle, Brianna May, Meredith McCann, Reed Muther, Sofia Olson, Samantha Robert, Isabelle Starr, Eleanor Wagner. Honor Roll: Lilly Hand, Peter Kleisner, Jasmine Layton, Lawrence McCumiskey, Luke Pringle, Cooper VanWie. Grade 6 Principal’s Honor Roll: Natalie Anderson, Kiley Cheshire, Jackson DeMeo-Meres, Leah Dennis, Charles Haight, Marshall LaPierre, Thomas Nagy, Killian Newman, Hannah Ransford, Rocco Schnabel, Hayley Young. High Honor Roll: Lucinda Bishop, Jack Ewing, Alessia Ghersi, Daniela Ghersi, Isabel Hand, Ian Johnson, Abigale Joslin, IV Kulaski, Cheyanne Maxam, Rachel McLaughlin, Delia Pardee, Payton Reichert, Mateo Riera, Emma Robson, Joanna Scherer, Damon Storrs, Abigail Tessier, Cameron Thomson, Austin VanDermark, Nelson VanMaaren, Brinley Wager. Honor Roll: Alexandria Barnhart, Anna Clark, Ronald Conrow Jr., Marissa Crim, Jordan Doring, Ulani Ford, Latham Gielskie, Shelby Maney, Charley McIntosh, Austin Merino, Augustus Miller, Ivan Richardson, Vincent Rynkiewicz, Bronson Thomson, Ayla Ware-Fitch.
Letter to the Editor regularly with no pain and I can consistently make an accurate 50-yard shot and started practicing out to 75 yards with great results. I shot my first deer with the crossbow this November. Good, clean, ethical shot that did more damage than my rifle. The deer did not go far before it dropped, making recovery easy. Considering all the negativity in the media about guns, the crossbow is a great way to bring young people into hunting. The crossbow is easy to use and accurate for
an ethical kill. I know New York should take the crossbow off our muzzleloader license and add the crossbow to the archery license. Also I am all for extending or adding a specific compound or primitive bow season, maybe then the bow hunters in New York will campaign to have crossbows usable October 1. I am also sending this to the DEC and my local reps to Albany. JOHN “JP” PASQUALE LIVINGSTON MANOR
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B-G Volleyball Captures Second Straight NYS Class-D Championship By Rosie Cunningham GLENS FALLS - The defending state champions did it once again. Bainbridge-Guilford swept the Section VI champion Panama 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-19) at Cool Insuring Arena at the Glens Falls Civic Center. It was a back-and-forth match in the first set, but the Bobcats pulled away down the stretch and took an early 1-0 lead. According to Bobcat Coach Tami Selfridge, B-G went on to win the second set, 25-18, before closing it out with a 25-19 victory in the third set - earning the squad the state champion title. Abigail Selfridge finished with four aces, nine kills, three blocks, five digs and a team-best 22 assists on her way to being named tournament MVP for the second year in a row. Erica Selfridge had 12 assists, 12 kills, three digs and a block. Caldwell finished with four kills, a block and two digs, and teammate Alexis Carr tacked on seven kills, 10 digs and an ace. Selfridge and Caldwell were all-tournament selections. B-G qualified for Sunday’s title match by finishing tied for first with Panama in Saturday’s pool play.
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Mayfield, Mount Academy, B-G and Panama each played two sets against one another to determine the championship match-up. Section II champion Mayfield and Section IX champion Mount
Academy both finished the day with a 2-4 record, while B-G and Panama advanced to the finals at 4-2. “We dropped a set to Mount Academy that we shouldn’t have,” said coach Selfridge.
“After that game there was some yelling, some tears, some soul searching and we played better in the first set against Panama to secure our spot in the finals.” On Sunday, we played
some of the best volleyball we played all season. While we didn’t do everything right, our unforced errors were minimized and we played with energy and excitement which is the key to our success.”
Samiaya Salley Earns Second Career 40-Point Game in Defeat to Central Penn DELHI – Coming off a twogame winning streak, and returning to the court just one day after a road victory at Penn State Hazleton, the SUNY Delhi women’s basketball team hosted Central Penn on Sunday in an afternoon contest. While Samiaya Salley recorded her second career 40-point game with 41, the Knights countered with their
own 40-point scorer and fared better shooting from the floor as Delhi fell, 83-76. Head coach Courtney Hoyt’s squad now stands at 2-2 on the year. Salley shot 15-for-24 from the field, including 6-for-11 from 3-point range, as she tallied her first 40-point game of her junior year. Her one previous 40-point game also came against Central
Penn last season on Feb. 17. The Knights’ JaLynn Burton-Jones finished with 42 pointers, making just one 3-pointer as she connected on 16-of-28 shots. Despite Salley’s high-scoring day, the Broncos made 39.2 percent from the floor (29-for-74), whereas the Knights shot 50.8 percent (33-for-65). Another factor came from the free-throw
SKCS Graduate Kaitlyn Stinson Posts Best XC Time in Program History By Rosie Cunningham SOUTH KORTRIGHT - Kaitlyn Stinson, a graduate at South Kortright Central School (SKCS) has been a standout on the Women’s Cross Country Team at Utica College. The senior competed on Saturday in the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in Winneconne, finishing a 6K in 23:08.3 with an average pace of 6:12.3 per mile. Stinson is pursuing her degree in Health Studies and has been committed to cross country since high school and carried her passion for the sport into college. At the NCAA DIII Atlantic Regional Championships, Stinson placed 20th overall with a finishing time of 23:13.90 to lead UC. Her performance at the meet made her one of seven runners to
qualify for nationals individually, making her just the second Pioneer in program history to do so. “I was happy with how I performed,” said Stinson of the meet. Head Coach Eric Parker said Stinson has been one of the best athletes he has ever coached. “She is a true runner,” he said. “She is a leader and works to better herself everyday. She inspires the underclassmen to do better and most all runners look up to her.” In 2016, Stinson had her best 6K time with a time of 22:36 (6:03 mile), the fastest 6K time in program history.
line, in which the Broncos made 12-of-28 and the Knights converted on 12-of-15. Delhi’s lone lead came right at the beginning on a Kiera Holland jumper for a 2-0 lead. The Knights answered by scoring the next nine points, with the Broncos never getting any closer than six points for the rest of the game. While CP led by as much as 26 points with 4:10 left in the game, the Broncos closed out the game on a remarkable 20-1 run, coming to within seven points when the final buzzer sounded.
Camryn McDonald totaled her first double-double of the year with 13 points and 11 rebounds, along with five steals, while Sam Acuna just missed out on one herself with 10 points and nine boards. Diana Echols grabbed ten rebounds and netted four points, as Kiera Holland tallied six points. The Broncos forced the Knights into 22 turnovers to parlay into a 28-19 lead in points off turnovers. Delhi also led, 16-10, in fastbreak points. Both sides played to a 4242 draw in the rebound battle.
Kaitlyn Stinson As the season wraps, Stinson said it is on to indoor. “Right now I am taking a break and just working on recovering from the season and getting ready for indoor and outdoor track,” she said.
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Samiaya Salley dribbles the ball during a game in which she scored 41 points.
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Daoud, Dean Post Double-Doubles to Carry Men to First Win of Season
DELHI – After coming up short in a high-scoring contest Saturday, the SUNY Delhi men’s basketball team kept up the intensity on Sunday afternoon, which translated to a 76-63 win over Bryant & Stratton Syracuse. Newcomer Justin Daoud endeared himself to the Broncos fans with a game-high 24 points and 16 rebounds for his second
straight double-double. Head coach Zack Thomsen’s team improved to 1-1. Payton Dean joined Daoud in the double-double category with 10 points and 12 boards, as both their efforts led Delhi to a 50-39 advantage in rebounds in what was otherwise an evenlymatched game on the stat sheet. Coach Thomsen’s team made
Rosie’s Rounds By Rosie Cunningham
For some, November means turkey, cranberry sauce, cocktails, stuffing and for those who are on the ball, preparations are being made Christmas. For many in Delaware County, planning for the holidays isn’t even on the radar because buck fever is in full swing. It was opening day of the firearms portion of big game season on Saturday, Nov. 17 and social media came alive with photos of harvested deer big and small. So far, Matthew Soule of Bloomville has the biggest buck I’ve seen yet with a monster of an 11 pointer taken in the Bloomville area. Ryan Little of Jefferson is neck-and-neck with Soule, having bagged a 10 point, 170 pound prize in the town of Stamford (see deer pictures). Although the bigger the buck doesn’t necessarily mean the best venison for eating, these boys certainly have takes worth bragging about. They did it again - congratulations to the BainbridgeGuilford volleyball team who won the Class D state volleyball title for the second year in a row over the weekend at the Glens Falls Civic Center against Panama. The Bobcats and the Selfridge trio were a force to be reckoned with - head coach Tami Selfridge, most valuable player of the match Abigail Selfridge and her standout sister Erica, all dominated this season. Basketball season will officially kickoff this week and teams and fans couldn’t be more excited. Our annual basketball sports guide is underway and our photographers at The Reporter will be making the rounds to take team pictures in the Delaware League (DL) and the Mid-State Atlantic Conference (MAC) immediately after Thanksgiving. We have received previews back from nearly all of the teams in the DL other than the Margaretville girls’ basketball team and the Charlotte Valley boys’ squad. I still need a few more previews from the MAC coaches - but I would like to thank the coaches from Franklin Central School, Sidney and Todd Bruce, the Delaware Academy girls’ varsity coach for their timely responses as well. Happy Thanksgiving, happy hunting and let’s play some ball.
40.3 percent from the field (27for-67), with Daoud making five of the team’s 3-pointers for a 7-for-29 showing from long range, while the Bobcats shot 39.6 percent (21-for-53) and 6-of-16, respectively. Both sides made 15 free throws, with Delhi faring 15-of-24 and B&S 15of-27. Delhi held another significant advantage when they forced the visitors into 27 turnovers for a 36-19 lead in points off turnovers. The first half entailed both sides’ battle for the lead, consisting of three lead changes and three ties. The last tie came when B&S used a three to knot things up at 20-20 with 11:28 to go in the half. Donavyn Perrin responded for Delhi with a 3-pointer of his own to give the Broncos the lead for good with 10:50 left before halftime. The team then built its lead to as many as 15 points before the end of the half as they led, 44-30, at intermission. Thomsen’s squad continued on to stretch their lead to as much as 17 points in the second half before the Bobcats tightened their lead to within five points at 65-60 with 4:45 to go in the game. With the exception of a free throw and layup, Delhi’s defense stifled B&S as the Broncos ended the game on an 11-3 run. Jordan Fragale connected for 15 points with seven assists, while Mavenson Therneus came off the bench to net eight points and grab seven rebounds. Carlos Ithier had five points while totaling six assists and three steals, with Norman Wilson and Perrin each tallying five points. William Knight had four points to go with three steals. The Broncos have one more test before Thanksgiving break, traveling down for a matchup with sister school SUNY New Paltz on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Margaretville Graduate Posts DoubleDouble For SUNY Coby Hoop Loss CANTON - The SUNY Cobleskill women’s basketball team took to the court on Saturday afternoon in a loss to the Bears of SUNY Potsdam to close out their involvement in the 2018 Kevin Fee/Roos Classic by a score of 72-58 at the SUNY Canton’s Convocation, Athletic, and Recreation Center. With the loss, the Fighting Tigers fall to 3-2 overall on the season while the Bears are now currently 1-2 overall on the year. After trailing 29-28 at halftime
the Fighting Tigers were outscored 43-30 after the break as the Bears dominated the backboards finishing with a 49-36 advantage on the glass which helped them to a 40-20 advantage in points in the paint that played a major role in the game’s outcome. The Fighting Tigers were once again led by junior guard Addy Lawson, Milford, Milford High School, who had a team high of 18 points to go with nine rebounds, six assists and three
steals while freshman guard/ forward Kristina Westerfeld, Margaretville, Margaretville High School, posted her first career double/double with 14 points and 10 rebounds on the afternoon. Cobleskill will return to action after the Thanksgiving holidays when they travel to Albany, on Wednesday, Nov. 28 to face the Panthers of Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences with tip-off at 7 p.m.
COBLESKILL - The SUNY Cobleskill women’s swimming & diving team once again split a pair of road decisions on Saturday afternoon at a double dual meet hosted by the College of New Rochelle with SUNY Old Westbury. The Fighting Tigers lost to the host Blue Angels of New Rochelle by a score of 95-76 while beating the Owls of SUNY Old Westbury 10613. With the split the Fighting Tigers move to 3-7 overall on
the year versus head-to-head competition. The Fighting Tigers received another strong individual effort from freshman Kathrine Noncarrow, Allendale, N.J., Northern Highland Regional High School, who captured the 1000-Freestyle in 12:17.70, the 100-Butterfly in 1:08.52 and the 100-Breaststroke in 1:23.36. Freshman Samantha Bowker, Walton Central School, was also an individual event winner for
Cobleskill taking the 200-freestyle in 2:35.49. In the relays the Fighting Tigers captured the 200-freestyle relay to close the day’s action as the team of: sophomore Gelyanne Rivera, Manhattan, George Washington High School, freshman Richey Charlery, Tuxedo, George F. Baker High School, freshman Jailene Chavajay, Queens,Long Island City High School, and Bowker recorded a winning time of 2:28.39.
Walton Graduate Posts Win at SUNY Cobleskill Swim Meet
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Athlete of the Week
It was a good weekend and a great season for BainbridgeGuilford’s Abigail Selfridge. The B-G volleyball squad captured the second straight NYS ClassD Championship and the senior was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament on Sunday. Head coach of B-G and mother Tami Selfridge said what makes her special as an athlete is her athletic ability, her drive to be the best, her ability to find a way and lead-by-example Abigail Selfridge mentality. “Abi’s abilities are off the charts and her commitment is rarely seen in high school athletes,” she added. “To have her part of the volleyball program is a real honor.” Selfridge said she has coached Abigail since the seventh grade. “I have had Abi on my team since she was in seventh grade. First on modified, then JV and then when Abi was in ninth grade, we moved up to varsity together. Before the seventh grade, she used to come to practices with me and even participate in some of the drills. Over the years, she has worked hard to hone her skills and perfect her techniques. She has become a smarter player and a better leader.” As for the seniors accomplishments this season, there are many. Abigail, a Bainbridge resident, was named to the alltournament team in Windsor, she received her 1000th assist during the course of the season and this past weekend, she was awarded MVP of the NYS Class D State Tournament. The 17-year-old will continue her career on the volleyball courts at Clarion University, a division 2 school in Western Pennsylvania.
Central Empire Pistol League Encourages New Participants ‘It’s a Forever Sport’ By Rosie Cunningham DELAWARE COUNTY - Golf has historically been dubbed the “forever sport” however, for local sportsmen, taking part in the forever sport of pistol shooting is a bullseye. Delhi, Oneonta, Rockdale/ Sidney, Stamford/Richmondville and Walton each have pistol clubs and members who look forward to both matches and camaraderie each week. Brian MacRabie, of the Walton club, said he has been a part of the Central Empire Rifle and Pistol League (CERPL) since the 1960s. He discussed why he enjoys shooting and why he encourages others to take part in the club’s activities. “I like the sport of shooting,” he said, simply. Every Friday, the local clubs rotationally travel to each other’s clubs other than two weeks during November for the week of hunting and Thanksgiving. At the end of the season, which runs from October to March, a banquet is held for those who improve the most and the best of the sharp shooters. “We are very competitive,” he said. “We shoot 22s and each week we have at lease 10 shooters and at times, up to 15.” Jim Hitt, of the Stamford/ Richmondville CERPL, said he is a part of a club with 30 members. Hitt has been a member for 30 years and he explained what the format of each match is like. “We take 10 shots - low fire in
10 minutes,” he said. “In the second round, we do two rounds of five shots - rapid fire for 20 seconds and in the last round, we do two strings of five shots in 10 seconds.” Hitt said the matches are extremely safe and supervised. “Pistol shooting is like golf, a lifetime sport,” he said. “It’s so much fun and most people in the club are very talented.” Hitt said the matches are very positive and there is a sportsmanship and camaraderie which is hard to find. “We take no judgment in new shooters and welcome all new shooters,” he said. “When it comes down to it, we’re just a bunch of people who just enjoy shooting.” Hitt said he practices yearround as do many of the others. The CERPL members hope to recruit younger members to join the club. Dennis Bennett takes the helm of the junior league which shoots in Walton on Wednesday evenings. Bennett said parents of the young shooters must be present at the matches and a safety course is involved. “We do as much as possible to make them comfortable,” said Bennett. “Pistol shooting is a great sport for young individuals - there is discipline, camaraderie and a lot of fun involved.” Bennett said there are currently about three shooters that take part in the league but he said he once led about 12 participants. “It would be nice to see those numbers go up once again.”
Delhi Sporterrifles Defeat Genesee
Delhi won its eighth match of the season against Genesee Conservation League 1,367 to 1,354. Leading for Delhi was Tom Whittaker 280, Mabel Gutliph 279, Kevin Gutliph 271, Bryan Fitch Jr. 270, Roland Groppe 267. Also shooting was Rob Anderson, MJ Coloney, Jeremy Dean, Kristy Fitch, Seth LaPierre, Stephen Morganstern, Joe Sackett, and Bret Sage. The Delhi Juniors were led by Garrett Fitch with a 268, Aiden Anderson 226 and Kara Fitch with a new personal best of 205. RON COD
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Sports Slates
Boys Basketball Monday: Sidney vs. Charlotte Valley 7 p.m., Walton Tip-off Tournament - Walton, Stamford, Tri Valley and Sullivan West, 7 p.m. Tuesday: Deposit/Hancock vs. Tioga, 7:15 p.m. in Deposit, South Kortright vs. Edmeston, 5:30 p.m. Next Wednesday: Oxford vs. Chenango Valley at 7:15 p.m. Girls Basketball Saturday: Delaware Academy vs. Newfield, 2 p.m. (there will be a state championship ring ceremony at 1:20 p.m.). Monday: Stamford vs. Morris, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday: Walton Tip-off Tournament - Worcester, Downsville, Walton and Deposit/Hancock, CVCS at Gilbertsville-Mount Upton, 7 p.m. Next Wednesday: Sidney vs. Unadilla Valley 7:15 p.m.; Unatego vs. Windsor, 7:15 p.m., SK vs. Milford, 5:30 p.m. Wrestling Saturday: Sidney at Union-Endicott, 7:30 a.m.
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Opening Weekend Bounty
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Ryan Little bagged a beauty in the town of Stamford 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 18 with a Remington 7mm-08.
Marilyn Pylinsk, Gilboa, harvested a 7-pointer on Nov. 17.
Kyle Moorby, Maryland, bagged an 8-pointer on opening day of big game season.
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Tyler Tierney, Stamford, harvested a doe in Harpersfield on Nov. 17.
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Sean Carron, Delhi, harvested a 6-pointer on opening day.
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Luke Weaver, Hamden, bagged a 7-pointer on opening weekend of big game season.
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Carter Lamport bagged an 8-pointer while out on the hunt with his father Luke Lamport on Saturday, Nov. 17.
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Matt Soule, Bloomville, harvested a monster of an 11-pointer on opening weekend.
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Jon Schultz, of Delhi, bagged an 8 pointer just outside of Delhi on opening morning of the firearms portion of big game season.
Robert Saylor had a big weekend on Palmer Hill in Andes. He bagged an 8-pointer on Saturday and a monster 9-pointer on Sunday.
Walton hunter Wayne Peck shot this 7 pointer in the Hamden area on opening day.
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Understanding the Issuance of Deer Management Permits By Rosie Cunningham Delaware County is no longer issuing Deer Management Permits (DMPs), often called “doe tags.” Essentially, the deadline date for the doe tags was Oct. 1, and again on Nov. 1, so for hunters that missed the mark there is little that can be done. According to Department of Environmental Conservation Public Relations Officer Rick Georgeson, the issuance of DMPs are a critical part of New York’s deer management program. “By adjusting the number of DMPs available in individual Wildlife Management Units,
we can influence the number of does that are taken by hunters and thus manipulate the population toward desired levels. Annual removal of appropriate numbers of does is essential for ecologically responsible deer management. It is beneficial for sustaining biodiversity and maintaining healthy habitat and healthy deer,” he stated. According to the DEP website, hunters who have a Deer Management Permit (DMP) may take one antlerless deer per permit, in addition to deer that may be taken with a regular big game tag or Bow/ Muzz Antlerless or Bow/Muzz Either Sex tags. DMPs may only be used
for antlerless deer (have no antlers or antlers less than 3” long). Individuals receive “preference” over others when it comes to being issued tags - a disabled veteran in New York state for example. According to Georgeson, how many are to be issued each year comes down to the math. “It comes down to an analysis of deer population trends and management,” said Georgeson. Georgeson referred to the DEC website, which states the process of projecting the buck take involves studying trends in buck harvest relative to previous levels of doe harvest
and age structures of previous buck and doe harvests. “We incorporate several population indices (bowhunter sighting log, damage levels, winter severity) and evaluate herd health and productivity through yearling antler beam diameters and ratios of fawns to adult does in the harvest. “Similarly, determining the ratio of adult does to adult bucks in harvest requires analyzing trends in buck harvest relative to previous levels of adult doe harvest. We examine this relationship to identify a removal rate that produces stability at a given population level, allowing for neither growth nor reduction in population.
“Once we identify a stability-level removal rate, we relate the current population level to the desired level. If the population is currently greater than desired levels, we prescribe a greater-thanstability-level removal rate. If the population is less than desired levels, then we prescribe a less-than-stability-level removal rate. The magnitude of difference between our prescribed removal rate and the stability level removal rate depends on our management objective. Typically we manage for conservative changes from year to year, trying to minimize dramatic fluctuations in population levels,” states the website.
2018 Boat Usage on Cannonsville, Pepacton Reservoirs A total of 1,660 boats were used on the Neversink, Schoharie, Cannonsville and Pepacton Reservoirs through the The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recreational boating program in 2018. That number includes 935 canoes and kayaks that were rented by local businesses, making rentals the favored type of boat used on the four reservoirs for the third consecutive year, underscoring the program’s support of local tourism and outdoor recreation businesses. Though the Cannonsville and Pepacton Reservoirs in Delaware County have seen a decline in boat usage since 2014, overall boating has remained steady for
the past two years, according to a press released issued by DEP on Nov. 15. In 2016, 1,668 boaters used the four reservoirs. In 2017 that number declined slightly to 1,646 but increased slightly in 2018 to 1,660 boaters. However, tags issued on the Cannonsville Reservoir declined by 10, from 87 to 77 in 2017; and on the Pepacton Reservoir tags issued declined by 7 from 461 to 454. However, rentals increased by 69 from 2017 to 2018. That increase is a good thing for kayak, canoe and boat rental businesses. Rentals continued to lead the way as 56 percent of all visitors chose to rent a boat from one of
seven businesses in the Catskills that store pre-cleaned canoes and kayaks alongside the reservoirs. The rental program, administered in partnership with the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC), began in 2013 to provide easier boating access for visitors to the Catskills and for local residents who don’t own a boat. It has also helped support local businesses by providing a new source of revenue. The recreational boating program at Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton and Schoharie reservoirs complements the traditional use of metal rowboats for fishing, which has been permitted for decades on all New York City reservoirs.
Boaters included residents and visitors from 14 states outside New York. For the fourth year, rental boats were available from eight launch sites alongside the reservoirs. The rental program is administered with significant help from the CWC, which funded the acquisition of 30 storage racks for the rental boats. CWC also administers the process to vet and approve businesses that applied to participate in the rental program. 2018 marked the seventh year of the recreational boating program, which followed a threeyear pilot that began in 2009 at the Cannonsville Reservoir. Prior to 2009, DEP only issued tags
for metal rowboats that were used and stored at the reservoirs for the purpose of fishing. More than 12,000 tags are currently issued to anglers who have rowboats at the reservoirs. Regular water-quality monitoring at each of these reservoirs has shown no impact from recreational boating. DEP’s invasive species experts have surveyed every boat launch site and found no sign of aquatic plants or animals that can harm drinking water quality. Every boat that is used on the reservoirs is required to be inspected and steam cleaned to avoid the spread of invasive species.
UDC Project Review and Operations Committees to Meet November 27 The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) will hold the next monthly meetings of its project review committee and operations committee on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the UDC office, 211
On Nov. 6, 1917, the efforts to extend the right to vote to all New York citizens was successful. Not only did it carry statewide, but it won in Delaware County, 5546 for vs. 4443 against. The county ranked about in the middle of how the counties voted in New York. And Bovina voted in support – 97 for and 84 against. The first opportunity for women to vote in Bovina came on Sept. 3 in the primary. I’ve tried to figure out who the first woman to vote in Bovina was, but given there were three party primaries, we can’t be sure who that was. There was only one woman voting as a Democrat, Florence Henry. The Republican and Prohibition parties had considerably more people voting. Margaret Boggs was the first woman to vote in the Prohibition primary, being the sixth voter. Margaret Archibald was the first Republican female vote, being the fifteenth Republican voter. In the general election on Nov. 5, 1918, 98 of the 212 women registered in Bovina voted (out of 284 total voters), and we do know who the first woman to vote in Bovina was – Margaret T. Gladstone. Born Margaret Ana Thompson in Bovina, she was the daughter of
Bridge Street, Narrowsburg. Project Review begins at 6:30 p.m.; operations begins at approximately 7:30 p.m., following adjournment of Project Review. Committee meetings are
open to the public. For further information, call the UDC office at 845-252-3022 or visit www. upperdelawarecouncil.org.
Women Vote in Bovina
James and Jennett Thompson. She married Robert R. Gladstone in 1868. They lived for a number of years in Andes but in 1915, sold their home there and took rooms in Jennie Miller’s home in the Bovina Center hamlet. This is where they were living when Margaret (and her husband) voted in the general election in 1918. They later bought a home in Bovina and both died there. Robert died in 1925, Margaret in 1928. Both are buried in Bovina. The last woman to vote in Bovina in the first general election open to women in New York was Mina (pronounced ‘minee’) Wilson. In 1921, she became the first woman in Bovina to be elected to office when she was elected tax collector. Here is the full list of the women in Bovina who voted in the September primary and November general election in 1918: Primary election: Democrat primary - #05 – Florence Henry/ Prohibition Primary: #06 – Margaret Boggs, #07 – Nell Cable Hunt, #08 – Hattie Smith, #12 – Lee Lucy Alta, #13 – Margaret Davidson, #14 – Vera Davidson Storie, #15 – Jane Dickson, #16 – Jeannette Thomson,
#19 – Ida Ayers, #20 – Christina E. Miller, #21 – Ida E. Miller, #22 – Jule A. McPherson (?), #23 – Maggie Storie, #24 – Laura Quinn, #25 – Mary R. Gordon, #26 – Alice Boggs, #28 – Anna Bell Calhoun, #29 – Mabel Fiero, #30 – Ida J. McCune, #31 – Elizabeth Strangeway, #32 – Mrs. Guy Rockefeller, #34 – Agnes Draffen, #37 – Nellie Johnson, #38 – Mina B. Wilson, #41 – Christina Ackerly. Republican Primary: #015 – Margaret E. Archibald, #020 – Viola J. Russell, #021 – Jane Strangeway, #028 – Elizabeth J. Blair, #029 – Mary B. Currie, #032 – Elizabeth Irvine, #033 – May E. Johnson, #034 – Mary Armstrong, #035 – Bulah Armstrong, #036 – Margaret E. Liddle, #037 – Ida Burgin, #038 Nettie Doig, #042 – Jennie E. Archibald, #050 – Margaret J. Gladstone, #052 – Helena S. Hilson, #055 – Lucy Coulter, #059 – Lillie May Brown, #073 – Jane Hilson, #079 – Mabel King Doig, #083 – Nancy Belle Burns, #085 – Elizabeth Burns, #090 – Clarie(?) McPherson, #098 – Jannet Kinch, #101 – Edith Liddle, #102 – Oliver Stella, #103 – Marion Crosier, #107 – Margaret C. Banuat, #108 – Janet M. Biggar, #113 – Mary Scott. General Election: #019 –
Margaret T. Gladstone, #035 – Alvah Shultis, #040 – Katie K. Muller, #052 – Margaret Banuat, #055 – Agnes Coulter, #056 – Lulu McFarland, #058 – Rose B. McPherson , #067 – Maggie Ormiston, #068 – Agnes Draffen, #070 – Margaret J. Gladstone, #074 – Christina Miller, #075 – Ruth Elliott, #077 – Etta Mabon, #080 – Hannah Coulter, #081 – Loruhannah Jocelyn, #087 – Jane Dickson, #096 – Pearl M. Eton, #101 – Anice Seacord, #103 – Jennie Ringholm, #110 – Mary B. Currie, #111 – Nelle Cable Hunt, #112 – Mabel Fiero, #113 – Elizabeth J. Russell, #114 – Viola J. Russell, #117 – Jennie B. Elliott, #120 – Hazel M. Hoy, #121 – Robena Hoy, #127 – Lillie M. Brown, #128 – Laura Quinn, #129 – Margaret Whitson, #131 – Eva McPherson, #134 – Irene F. Thomson, #135 – Jennie Storie, #141 – Beulah Decker, #142 – Shirley Miller, #143 – Leila Miller, #146 – Jane Strangeway, #149 – Nellie Tuttle, #150 – Mary Hafelle, #151 – Bessie Fuller, #152 – Lois Ormiston, #153 – Edith Barnhart, #154 – Christina Ackerly, #154 – Ruth Ormiston, #155 – Anna B. Calhoun, #173 – Vera Davidson, #176 – Maggie Davidson, #177 – Maggie Storie, #178 – Margaret E. Liddle, #179 – Jennie Biggar,
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“The first fall of snow is not only an event it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?” J.B. Priestley Our first snow has come. I think the Colchester highway department did a good job of handling it as it was pretty nasty stuff. Keep at least a half a tank of gas in your car all the time (from now until spring), throw a blanket and flashlight in the back seat. Take a minute and check your tires, antifreeze and washer fluid. (I know I’m not the only one who has ever ran out when on a wet salted road and try to see through the haze created by the vehicle ahead or
passing on a warm windshield and safer than trying to pull over to throw some snow on the windshield to clean it off.) DCS Robotics Team has been participating in local Robotics Competitions for the past two years. This year the team has an opportunity to go to RoboRave North America in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school district will pay for registration fees and transportation to and from the airport, however, the team is looking for help to raise money for transportation and lodging and sponsors. Sponsors’ names, logos and contact information will be printed on t-shirts that the team will wear at competitions this year. Sponsorship levels and details: $500 business card size space on t-shirt; $250 for three lines of up to 14 characters each or a logo; $100 for two lines of up to 14 characters each; $50, one line of up to 20
characters. Where appropriate, in-kind contributions may be applied towards a sponsorship level (contact Melissa Frisbee for more information). To be included on the t-shirt sponsorship funds must be received by Nov. 30 and mailed to Downsville Central School, Attention: Melissa Frisbee, STEM Club CoAdvisor, PO Box J, Downsville NY 13755 and if including any logo artwork, it must be emailed to mfrisbee@dcseagles.org by Nov. 30 as well. The Class of 2022 will have a basket/gift certificate raffle on Friday, Dec. 14 in the DCS auditorium. Doors will open at 5:30, drawing at 7. You do not have to be present to win. The baskets will be displayed at various events in the two weeks prior to the live drawing where tickets can be purchased and entered. The locations will be advertised as they become
available. There will be a $5 charge the night of the drawing which will include 20 tickets and a special door prize ticket. Additional tickets will be sold - $5 for 20. Refreshments will be sold the night of the live drawing. Girl Scout Troop 30631 is aware that the large flag on Down’s Grave is in need of replacement. The cost for a 10’ x 15’ heavy-duty flag is $250 plus tax and shipping. The troop is working with limited funds and needs some help. The Downsville Women’s Club has made a donation. Anyone willing to help donate towards the replacement of the flag can contact Theresa Burnham with questions or donations. Deer season is here - pickups and ATSs everywhere. We wish them luck in their search for the trophy mount. If you’re not a fan of venison participate in
the venison donation program that provides venison to local food banks: www.venisondonation.com. Some processors participating are North Afton Deer Shop in Afton, Terry Schaff in Harpersville; CC Farm Processing in Stamford. This week is Thanksgiving. I hope you have a warm home, a warm meal, a warm hug. Let’s be thankful for our friends and neighbors who are celebrating getting another year older. Nov. 25 - Jeffery Emerich; Nov. 26 - Crystal Odell; Nov. 28 Gerald Mondore, Keith Murphy; Nov. 29 - Tim Dugan; Dec. 1 Christina Stickle and Mary Fordon; Dec. 3 - Karen Combs and Walter Bivens; Dec. 5 - Brian Elmore; Dec. 6 - Jhessica Gifford; Dec. 8 - Joe Bivens and Sandy Elmore. Best wishes to you all.
Don’t forget those less fortunate than you this holiday season. Give to your local food bank so everyone can enjoy a hot, healthy meal. Hamden Senior Citizens meet for their monthly luncheon meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at noon at the Hamden Town
Hall. Richard Smith and Rich Kelly will talk about the defibrillator which was recently installed in the town hall. The men will explain what it is and what it does so if an event occurred while someone is in the town hall, people will know what to do and what not to do. Very few town halls have this device so those in Hamden are fortunate to have one there. People from other organizations that use the building are welcome
to come hear the presentation which will begin approximately at 12:40 p.m. Everyone is also welcome to attend the luncheon at noon. Just bring a dish to pass and table service; beverages are provided. The December meeting will be held on the third Wednesday instead of the usual fourth Wednesday of the month - Dec. 19 at the Hamden Town Hall at noon. The Walton Elementary Select Chorus under the direction of Theresa Bolton
will entertain the group with Christmas music. Services for the Hamden, DeLancey and West Delhi churches for Sunday, Nov. 25, will be in the Hamden Church at 11 a.m. with Rev. Connie Stone. The church is collecting new or gently used clean blankets to be given to those in need. Bring them to the Hamden church or Pastor Connie’s office in DeLancey. We will offer them to the public to be picked up on
Saturday mornings, Dec. 8 and 15 at the Hamden church. The Covenant Cabinet will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Hamden church. Beginning Sunday, Dec. 2 immediately following worship at the West Delhi Church, Pastor Connie will lead an Advent Bible Study entitled, “Christmas Gifts That Don’t Break” and will provide a special lunch. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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HELP WANTED The Andes Joint Fire District is seeking applications for a part-time Fire District Treasurer. The treasurer shall report to the Board of Fire Commissioners and and shall receive and have the custody of the funds of the district and shall disburse the same for the purposes herein authorized when so ordered by resolution of the board. The treasurer will also be responsible for all bookkeeping, providing monthly treasury reports and overseeing the service awards program for the Andes Fire Department. The treasurer must become familiar with all laws and regulations governing fire districts in the state of New York (this can be accomplished via an online training course). Send resumes with cover letter to the Andes Joint Fire District, P.O. Box 493, Andes, NY 13731. BxHW Wanted - a reliable person to shovel snow at our Main Street Delhi location. Job requires the removal of snow from our covered sidewalk and 5 vehicle parking area immediately behind our building. Snow must be cleared by 7:00 a.m. and as needed throughout the day until 5:15 p.m. Monday-Friday. More flexibility on weekends. Must be capable of heavy lifting. Contractors stop by to give us a quote. Non – contractors stop by to fill out an employment application at Decker Advertising, 97 Main Street, Delhi. 8 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday. O49HW The Town of Colchester (An Equal Opportunity Employer) is in search of Applications for Parttime Call-in Employment for the Town Highway Department as a Truck Driver/Heavy Equipment Operator. Applicants must have a valid Commercial Driver License (CDL); Class B minimum; free and clear of convictions; with air brake endorsement and experience with heavy equipment. Applications are available at the Town of Colchester Town Clerk’s Office, 72 Tannery Road, Downsville, NY 13755. B47HW Big Buddy Coordinator Bachelor’s degree in psychology, sociology, or related field and/ or 4 years’ experience in community organization or volunteer recruitment. Responsible for operation of Big Buddy program including big buddy recruitment and matching with little buddies; 35 hours per week. Salary range $18.83 - $22.47 per hour. Applications accepted through November 27, 2018 at Delaware Opportunities Inc., 35430 State Highway 10, Hamden, NY 13782; JMontgomery@delop.org. EOE B47HW JOB OPPORTUNITY: $17 P/H NYC - $14.50 P/H LI If you currently care for your relatives or friends who have Medicaid or Medicare, you may be eligible to start working for them as a personal assistant. No Certificates needed. (347)4622610 (347)565-6200 47HW Full & Part-Time positions avail-
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POSTED The lands known as the former Herman property have been posted in accordance to Section 11-2111 of the Fish & Wildlife Law. These lands are in Delaware Co., on old Route 17 in the Town of Hancock. All persons are prohibited from hunting and fishing or trespassing thereon. Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 51PS
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LEGAL Catskill Painting, LLC. Filed 9/24/18. Office: Delaware Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 274 Fabiani Road, Bloomville, NY 13739. Purpose: General. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW 1. The name of the limited liability company (“LLC”) is Eskow Trucking LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is October 12, 2018. 3. The County within the State of New York in which the principal office of the LLC is located is Delaware. 4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her is: 3723 Readburn Road, Walton, NY 13856. 5. The character or purpose of the business of the LLC is any purpose allowed by law. Lancaster Premium Logistics LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/20/18. Office: Delaware County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1165 Back River Rd
We accept Delancey, NY 13752. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NAME: Perform Physical Therapy, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/30/18. Office location: Delaware County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 684 Dunham Road, Delhi, New York 13753. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION of OLJA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on September 24, 2018. Office location: Delaware County. SSNY designated as Agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Amy Lindwall, 751 Odell Lake Rd , Stamford, New York 12167. Purpose: any lawful activity. Dirtslinger Excavating LLC. Filed with SSNY on 9/7/2018. Office: Delaware County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: PO Box #461 Downsville NY 13755. Purpose: any lawful Notice of Qualification of Heylo Gray, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/3/18. Office location: Delaware County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/27/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg.
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Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. Stonewall Events LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/12/2018. Cty: Delaware. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 546 Ehlermann Rd., Delhi, NY 13753. General Purpose. FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF DELAWARE In the Matter of Tyler Kramer (DOB 7/3/2006), A Child under Eighteen Years of Age Alleged to be Neglected by Angela Brown, Respondent. File #: 11083 Docket #: NN-00674-18 SUMMONS (publication) IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: To: Steven Kramer **address unknown** A petition under Article 10 of the Family Court Act having been filed with this Court requesting the following relief: Neglect; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before this Court on Date/Time: November 30, 2018 at 1:00 PM Purpose: Continuation of Initial Appearance Part: GAR Floor/Room: Floor 1/ Room 1 Presiding: Hon. Gary A. Rosa Location: Courthouse 3 Court St. Delhi, NY 13753 to answer the petition and to be dealt with in accordance with Article 10 of the Family Court Act. On your failure to appear as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest. Dated: October 24, 2018 Lori L. Metzko, Clerk of Court TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publi-
cation pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Gary A. Rosa of the Family Court, Delaware County, dated and filed with the petition and other papers in the Office of the Clerk of the Family Court, Delaware County. NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC AUCTION Supreme Court of New York, DELAWARE County. NEW PENN FINANCIAL, LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, Plaintiff, -against- JULIE BENNET; DANIEL ROBBINS; ABIGAIL ROBBINS, Index No. 2016-1063. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated, July 16, 2018 and entered with the Delaware County Clerk on September 24, 2018, William O. Graves, Esq., the Appointed Referee, will sell the premises known as 12 Wheeler Street, Deposit, New York 13754 at public auction at 111 Main Street, Delhi, New York 13753, on November 30, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town and Village of Deposit, County of Delaware and State of New York known as Section: 349.13; Block: 2; Lot: 18 will be sold subject to the provisions of filed Judgment, Index No. 2016-1063. The approximate amount of judgment is $83,189.98 plus interest and costs. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT DELAWARE COUNTY BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff against ANGEL FENEQUE, et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane, LLP 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered September 24, 2018 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Delaware County Office Building, 111 Main Street,
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Delhi NY on November 29, 2018 at 10:00 AM. Premises known as 1230 Dimmick Mountain Road, Denver, NY 12421. Sec 222 Block 4 Lot 7.2. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in a portion of Lot 9, Great Lot 19, Hardenburgh Patent, Town of Roxbury, County of Delaware and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $571,132.38 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 2014-3. Dennis B. Laughlin, Esq., Referee QIBNC023 CITATION File No. 2018-243 SURROGATE’S COURT, DELAWARE COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Sandra Reinshagen, 115104 N. 3120 Road, Okemah, Oklahoma 74859 Aleta Joy Davidson, 4911 Aspen View, SanAntonio, Texas 78217 Orabelle Pulsipner, 1425 Stevens St., LasVegas, Nevada 89110 Michael Morton, 3052 Reef View, LasVegas, Nevada 89117 Thomas Morton, 1710 Broadway #3, Everett, Washington 98201 Larry Morton, 4540 Arrowroot Ave., LasVegas, Nevada 89110 Joseph Jones, 115029 N. 3720 Road, Okemah, Oklahoma 74859 Patrick Dickerson, 5080 County Road 36, Apt. 36, Honeoye, New York 14471-9381 Daniel Dickerson, 7139 Dover Bluff Road, Waverly, Georgia 31565-2216 Gary Dickerson, 124 Amsey Lane, Guthrie, Oklahoma 73044-6601 Joseph Dickerson, 1321 Northgate Terrace, Edmond, Oklahoma 73013 Edith Jones, 5455 State Highway 7, Oneonta, New York 13820 Judy Jones, 1 Skinner Lane, Felton, Delaware 19943
Bonnie Valverde, 296 Fayette Street, Apt. 5, Perth Amboy, New Jersey 08861 William Jones, C/o Melissa Jones, 425 Waccamaw Pines Dr., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29579; and William Dickerson, whose address is unknown, if living, and, if dead, to his heirs at law, next to kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown, and if they died subsequent to the decedent herein, to their executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot, after diligent inquiry, be ascertained. A petition having been duly filed by Barbara Zaya and Karen L. Wakin who is/ are domiciled at River St., Livingston Manor, New York 12758 and 32 Franklin Street, Delhi, New York 13753 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Delaware County, at Courthouse, 3 Court St., Delhi, New York, on December 11, 2018, at 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Eunice D. Bartlett lately domiciled at 193 Prospect Avenue, Walton, New York 13856, United States admitting to probate a Will dated August 2, 2011 (and Codicil(s), if any, dated August 22, 2016) a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Eunice D. Bartlett deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directed that: Letters Testamentary issue to Barbara Zayas and Karen L. Wakin Dated, Attested and Sealed October 23, 2018 Chief Clerk, Lisa M. Hulse NOTICE To: William Dickerson The foregoing CITATION is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Richard D. Northrup Jr., Judge of the Surrogate’s Court of the state of New York, County of Delaware, dated the 24th day of October, 2018, and
filed with the Petition and other papers in the office of the Clerk of said Surrogate’s Court at Delhi, New York. The object of the proceeding is to probate the last Will and Codicil of Eunice E. Bartlett, deceased, lately domiciled at the Village and Town of Walton, County of Delaware, State of New York. This CITATION is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you. Dated: October 31, 2018 Michael P. DeGroat, Esq., Of Counsel Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP Attorney for Barbara Zayas and Karen Wakin, Co-Executors of the Eunice D. Bartlett Estate, 38 West St., Suite 3, P.O. Box 60 Walton, New York 13856 Rita Senders LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/10/18. Cty: Delaware. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to c/o Allen H. Brill, Esq., Brill & Meisel, 845 Third Ave., 16th Fl., NY, NY 10022. General Purpose. Notice of Formation of AZE Holdings, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/29/18. Office location: Delaware Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 256 W. 116th St., Fl 3, NY, NY 10026. Purpose: any lawful activities. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT DELAWARE COUNTY U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff against JAMES W. MARSCHILOK, et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane, LLP 28 East Main Street Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered October 15, 2018 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the 1st Floor Lobby of Delaware County Office Building, 111 Main Street, Delhi NY on December 13, 2018 at 10:00 AM. Premises known as 61790 State Highway 10, Hobart, NY 13788, 61792 State Highway 10 Hobart, NY 13788 and State Highway 10 Hobart, NY 13788. Sec 69. Block 2 Lot 1 and 2 AND Sec 69. Block 2 Lot 3.2. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the town of Stamford, County
of Delaware and State of New York; All that tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Harpersfield, County of Delaware and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $159,142.11 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 2017-881. Christopher P Neville, Esq., Referee VERNC963 NOTICE OF CANCELED TOWN BOARD MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Town Board of the Town of Colchester has hereby canceled their regularly scheduled Town Board Meeting of Wed., November 21st. Their next regular meeting will be held Wed., December 05, 2018 at 7:00 PM. By order of the Town Board Dated: October 17, 2018 Julie B. Townsend Town Clerk NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF DELAWARE Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper, Plaintiff AGAINST Virginia Bell a/k/a Virginia A. Bell; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated July 16, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Delaware County Courthouse, 111 Main Street, Delhi, NY on December 18, 2018 at 11:00AM, premises known as 166 County Highway 2, Delancey, NY 13752. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hamden, County of Delaware, State of NY, Section 233. Block 1 Lot 23. Approximate amount of judgment $395,169.23 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 2017759. Melinda Jahn, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 4304792 Dated: October 10, 2018 58089 LEGAL NOTICE BEAVERKILL VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Election of the Beaverkill Valley Fire District will be held at the Lew Beach Fire House, Tuesday December 11, 2018 between the hours of 6PM and 8PM. Purpose of such election is to elect one Commissioner for a term of five (5) years commencing on January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2023. All duly registered voters of the Beaverkill Valley Fire District shall be eligible to vote.
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Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Supreme Court, Delaware County, on the 12th day of October, 2018, bearing Index Number 2018-706, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 3 Court St., Delhi, N.Y. grants me the right to assume the name Tyge Aleixo Dorijan Aleksander. My present address is 100 Fair St., Deposit, N.Y. 13754; The date of my birth is 10/20/1976; My present name is Tyge Aleksander Hayward.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, The Town of Hamden will hold a Public Hearing on December 5, 2018 at the Hamden Town Hall, Hamden, New York at 6:30 pm to discuss the Fire and Ambulance service contract with the Delhi Fire District. Contract will be for one year from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019. DATED: November 7, 2018 Dennise Yeary Hamden Town Clerk NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW 1. The name of the limited liability company (“LLC”) is Gear Jammerz, LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is November 15, 2018. 3. The County within the State of New York in which
the principal office of the LLC is located is Delaware. 4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her is: 37202 State Highway 10, Hamden, NY 13782. 5. The character or purpose of the business of the LLC is any purpose allowed by law. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is Hereby Given that the Delaware County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing at the Charles Cook County Office Building, located at 111 Main Street, Delhi, NY, on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 12:45 PM to seek public input regarding the New York State Office
of Community Renewal’s Community Development Block Grant Program and a completed economic development program project which provided financial assistance, in the form of a matching grant to a local business. Written comments may be forwarded to the Clerk of the Board at 111 Main Street, Delhi, NY 13753. NOTICE OF ELECTION DOWNSVILLE FIRE DISTRICT Voting for the Downsville Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners will be held December 11, 2018 from the hours of 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Downsville and Cooks Falls fire halls. Ballots can be cast by any registered voter in the Downsville Fire District. Voting will be for: one (1) Fire Commissioner for a term of five (5) years. Lavonne Shields Secretary
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DELAWARE COUNTY 2019 TENTATIVE BUDGET PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Delaware County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Room at the Senator Charles D. Cook County Office Building, 111 Main Street, Delhi, New York, on the proposed budget for 2019. Pursuant to Section 359 of the County Law, the maximum salaries that may be fixed and payable during said fiscal year to members of the Board of Supervisors and the Chairman thereof, respectively, are hereby specified as follows: 18 members of the Board of Supervisors (each) $12,709 1 Chairman of the Board of Supervisors $48,622 All citizens are invited to attend and provide the Board of Supervisors with oral or written comments and to ask questions concerning the proposed budget. Copies of the proposed budget are available in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at 111 Main Street, Delhi, New York during office hours. Disabled
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Legal Notice for Annual Election of the Andes Fire District on December 11, 2018. Notice is hereby given that the Annual Election of the Andes Fire District will take place on December 11, 2018 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Andes Fire Hall located at 5269 Tremperskill Road (Co Hwy 1), Andes, NY 13731, for the purpose of electing one (1) Fire Commissioner for a five year term. All voters registered with the (County) Board of Elections on or before November 20, 2018 and residents of Andes Fire District on or before November 12, 2018 shall be eligible to vote. Candidates for District Office shall file their names and the position they are seeking with the Secretary of the Fire District, at 5269 Tremperskill Road, Andes, NY 13731, no later than November 29, 2018. Michael Edelson, Secretary BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ANDES JOINT FIRE DISTRICT
.5 mile from Case Hill Rd. to .9 mile from Blue School Rd. – Olive Whitbeck Rd. beginning .2 mile from Russell Rd. to Ed Klug Rd. – Lelund Hull Rd. beginning 1 mile from Campbell Rd. to East Handsome Brook Rd. - Beebe Rd. - Dumond Rd. – Crystal Creek Rd. Mark Laing Superintendent of Highways Town of Franklin N.Y.
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Candidates for District Office must file their names with the Secretary no later than November 23, 2018. By Order of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Beaverkill Valley Fire District Carolann Backman Secretary/Treasurer
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THE WEEK IN WALTON What We Are Talking About at the County Hub
WILL ORGANIZE CORNET BAND State Constables Make Arrests − Sugar Allowance Increased − Trucks Stall Near Sanonsville Erford Haynes has been committed to the reformatory for boys between 16 and 18 years of age at Randall’s Island, near New York, and was taken there Wednesday by Officer C. R. Wakeman. A. J. Courtney, county food administrator, has received instructions from the federal food board that beginning December first the sale of four pounds of sugar per capita monthly is authorized. John H. Tweedie and Robert Tweedie have bought the old foundry building at West End, formerly used by the United States Brake Shoe company. They expect to engage extensively in the manufacture of concrete blocks for shipment. The railroad creamery at Colchester station, formerly operated by the Borden company and closed last summer when the Walton plant was shut down, was reopened Friday, November 15, by Breakstone Brothers with John Stark in charge. Announcements have been received by Walton friends of the marriage in Fulton Tuesday, November 19th, of Miss Marjorie Isabelle Fairgrieve, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Fairgrieve, to Allen John Carl Schmuck. Mr. Fairgrieve was formerly principal of the Walton high school. The Victory Boys and Girls of Walton have pledged to earn and save over $550 for the United War Work fund before March 1, 1919. Miss Margaret F. More organized the Victory Girls who have pledged themselves to raise $275. The Victory Boys, organized by H. B. Townsend, have agreed to earn and save $293. The local draft boards have been notified to discontinue the physical examination of registrants. The boards will, however, continue to complete the classification of the 19 to 36 and 18 year old registrants. The district board in Albany has been notified to discontinue all work for the classification and to complete their records of the cases already heard. The annual meeting of the Walton branch of the Dairymen’s League will be held next Friday, November 29 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon in Walton Hall. Officers of the branch will be elected and a delegate chosen to attend the annual meeting of the Dairymen’s League, in Jersey City on December 10th. It is expected that Bruce M. Kilpatrick, county director, will be present at the meeting. Elmer Elderkin and Emmet Miller were arrested Monday on a charge of driving an automobile through the village streets while in an intoxicated condition, and having liquor in their possession in a dry town. They were brought before Police Justice James Peake, who imposed fines of $25 each on their promise of good behavior in the future. The arrest was made by Troopers Avery and Warner of the state constabulary. A movement has been started for the formation of a band in Walton. The old band was disorganized by the calling of many of its members into service. A meeting was held Monday evening and Isaac DeMott was chosen as leader. A band is much needed in
Walton, and should have popular support. The boys expect to have a large and well organized band to greet the soldiers on their return home. Practice will be held at the armory Monday at 8 p. m.
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Three motor trucks loaded with machinery from the Keyser factory at Buffalo for the new silk mill at Walton were unable to proceed along the road near Guy Vanderlip’s Saturday. It was Sunday afternoon before they were hauled out by teams and other motor trucks. In the meantime traffic on the highway was held up. Automobiles and teams were obliged to cross the bridge at Granton taking the road on the opposite side of the river.–Cannonsville cor.
CASUALTY LISTS DELAYED
Extension to November 30 of the time during which Christmas parcels will be accepted for mailing to the American Expeditionary Forces in France was announced last Thursday by the post office and the war Departments. The extension was due, it was said, to the fact that the men of several American divisions which were in combat recently have only lately been able to fill out the parcel labels without which packages from relatives and friends in this country would not be accepted by the postal authorities. The annual meeting of the Walton Chapter of the American Red Cross was held in Walton Hall Wednesday evening. The executive committee elected consists of Mrs. George T. Johnston, chairman; Mrs. J. A. Holley, David More, J. J. Farrell and H. E. Lane. The executive committee appoints the chapter officers. Mrs. R. K. Jones, field secretary of the Red Cross, spoke on the necessity of the continuation of Red Cross activities until the last soldier is home. The surgical dressings department is the only branch discontinued. Miss Katehrine Wells of the Home Service Department, told of the splendid work this section is doing in many ways for families of soldiers.
$5,000 FIRE OCCURS AT ACID FACTORY Storage Building of the Leighton Company Destroyed
KEPT FROM MAIN BUILDING Boxcar Used to Check Progress of Flames − About $2,000 Loss On Acetate The storage and shipping building connected with the acid factory of the Arthur Leighton Company at Elk Brook, town of Hancock, was destroyed by fire Saturday between nine and ten o’clock. The storage building was connected with the main factory by a passageway. A car loaded with lime standing on the railroad switch which passes through this passageway acted as a barrier to the flames and assisted materially in the work of checking the progress of the fire and keeping the flames from the main factory. In the building which burned was stored about five carloads of acetate, a quantity of machinery and some groceries. The loss on the building is about $3,000, covered by blanket policies of insurance carried with S. H. Pond and H. S. Ogden of Walton. The acetate was damaged to some extent, but the loss on this item will probably not exceed $2,000. The origin of the fire is unknown.
KILLED BOARDING TRAIN Charles Adams, Former Long Eddy Man, Loses Life. (From our Long Eddy Cor.) Charles Adams, a former resident of Long Eddy, was instantly killed on Tuesday afternoon while attempting to board a train at Lackawaxen.
Twenty Known Dead and Sixty Wounded in Overseas Service
May be First of Year Before Full Reports Are Received − About 650 Delaware Men in France. What will the price of victory be? Twenty Delaware county soldiers are known to have made the supreme sacrifice in France and some sixty have been wounded in action. Twenty-two men in service have died in army camps in America. The next few weeks will be anxious ones until the casualty lists are all reported and the complete list is known of those killed or wounded. The official government reports are beginning to arrive of the casualties in the severe fighting which the New York Division participated in the last of September. Delaware people are especially interested in this division in which are members of the National Guard in Company F of Walton and Company G of Oneonta. No less interest is taken in the 77th Division, trained at Camp Upton; the 78th, trained at Camp Dix; the First and Fifty-second Pioneer Infantry and the First Division of the Regular Army, composed in part of selected men, as the largest part of the men from this county now overseas are in these units. All of these units are believed to have been in the fighting after October first. Below is given a list of the men from Delaware county known to be overseas and the casualties reported in overseas service since the declaration of war. The list contains 650 names of men in France. Doubtless there are a number of others overseas and readers knowing of any such are asked to send in the names with home address and regimental address of the soldier. The names of the men who have been officially reported killed in action or died of wounds number fourteen. Four Delaware county soldiers have died from disease in France, one was killed in a seaplane accident and one was lost at sea when the U. S. S. Ticonderoga was sunk by a German submarine. The total number of dead is twenty. Sixty men have been wounded or gassed in action. There have died in army camps in the United States or have been killed in accidents twenty-two Delaware county soldiers. The list of the men from Delaware county overseas and the casualty list is given below: Killed in Action. Baker, Floyd, Hamden. Closs, John E., Walton. Cooper, Robert T., Walton. Calhoun, James D., Andes. Dudley, Earl, Roxbury. Eells, Frank Mead, Walton. Fuhri, James R., Rock Rift. German, Roscoe L., Roxbury. Lawson, Herman, Cannonsville. Meade, Wm. W., Bloomville. Miller, Clark G., Bovina Center. Peake, Herman, Rock Rift. Spickerman, Ray H., Bloomville. Soules, Charles, Peakville. Died from Wounds. Pratt, Lee, Hamden. Died from Disease. Baker, Orville, New Kingston. Bartholomew, Harold, Delhi. Belcher, Clinton, Hamden. Wainwright, Wesley, Bloomville. Killed in Seaplane Accident. Holley, Miles H., Walton. Missing in Action. *Hawkins, Robert, Colchester. Roe, Orra, South Worcester. * Later reported prisoner and wounded. Lost at Sea. Halleck, Ray, Sidney. Wounded or Gassed. Bailey, Lester, East Branch. Baker, Lynn, Sidney. Ballantine, Clark, Hamden. Beilby, Smith G., Deposit. Berray, Donald S., Walton.
Burns, John, Pepacton. Charles, Harry, Readburn. Cole, Harvey, Walton. Cole, Monroe, Sidney. Corgan, Gilbert, East Meredith. Darling, Charles, Walton. Darrin, George, Sidney Center. Divine, W. S., Stamford. Elderkin, Leonard, Franklin. Etts, Sherman, Fleischmanns. Faulkner, Frank L., Hancock. Flynn, Leo F., Walton. Gardner, Elmer W., No. Franklin. Gerowe, Clifford, Delhi. *Grant Lieut., Donald, Hobart. *Harris, Lewis, Sidney Center. Hathaway, Clarence, Cannonsville. Hess, Morris, Deposit. Hinckley, Maurice, Walton. Hinckley, Norman, Fish Eddy. Hotchkiss, Percy, Hobart. Hunter, Robert B., DeLancey. King, Harold, Sidney. King, Hugh, Hobart. Launt, Alex, Walton. Lee, Clarence, Lake Delaware. Lee, Donald, Lake Delaware. Loveless, Willis G., DeLancey. Lyons, Edward M., Walton. *Meehan, William, Delhi. Miller, Joseph D., Downsville. Misner, Judson, Walton. Misner, Olan, Walton. Mosher, Floyd, Lew Beach. Murdock, Roy, Sidney. McCook, Lee, Walton. Palmatier, Earl, Walton. Mitchell, Floyd H., Meredith. Neer, Thomas, Walton. Norton, Guy D., Franklin. O’Connor, Leo, Hamden. O’Neill, Lieut. Charles T., Walton. Peaslee, Irvin B., Kelsey. Pindar, Arthur, Sidney. *Piper, John S., Delhi. Randall, Ralph, Masonville. Reeser, Robert, Sidney. Reynolds, Ward, Fleischmanns. Roda, Frank, Walton. Rode, Edward, Roscoe R. D. Smith, Samuel S., Margaretville. Snyder, Leland, Walton. Snyder, Arthur F., Delhi. Spickerman, Mark, Delhi. Sutliff, Leo, Walton. Thorpe, Isaac, Shavertown. Tilyou, Earl, Franklin. Wardell, Ivan, Franklin. Webster, Reid, Franklin. Woods, Halladay, Delhi. Young, William, Downsville. *Returned to United States. Prisoner in Germany. Finch, Enos, Shavertown.
RAISE WAR FUND MONEY Quota Oversubscribed but Figures Not Yet Available. The United War Work Campaign ended Wednesday, the 20th, but the returns from the various towns have not been completed. It is certain that the total amount for the county will be over $50,000. The quota the county was asked to raise was $46,000 The towns making the best showing are as follows: Delhi, with a quota of $4,140, raised about $7,000. Stamford, with a quota of $3,220, raised about $5,500. Hamden, with a quota of $1,380, raised $1,725. Hancock with a quota of $3,220, raised $3,900. Middletown, with the same quota, raised $3,500. Sidney, with a quota of $4,500, raised $5,500. Walton, with a quota of $5,060, raised about $7,000. The campaign was seriously handicapped by the prevalence of influenza, which made it impossible in many sections of the county to hold public meetings. Upon the whole, the county has made a very creditable showing. The town of Stamford, the first “Over the Top,” was divided into three districts, following the lines of the election districts, and the town quota of $3,220 divided as follows: Hobart, $1,276; Stamford, $1,371; South Kortright, $573. W. H. Sheffield is chairman of the town committee and of the committee in the Hobart district: F. V. Hoose, chairman of the South Kortight committee; H. P. Taylor, chairman of the Stamford committee. The town was the first in the county to go “Over the Top.” It did so last Wednes-
day–three days after the campaign opened. The Hobart district raised over $2,000 the first three days, and thus with two-thirds of the quota subscribed in Hobart, carried the town over. The latest returns are: Hobart district, total $2,787.50, or within about $400 of the town’s quota; South Kortright, $900, a considerable oversubscription; and Stamford, about $1,600. Stamford is bustling and promises to raise at least $2,000.
USE AUTO MONEY FOR ROADS Supervisors Make Appropriations for Society and Probation Officer − Much Routine Work Done. The Board of Supervisors in session in Delhi this week acted upon several important matters in addition to the routine business. One of the matters settled was the question of the disposition of the county’s share of the automobile license fees now amounting to about $28,000. On motion of Mr. Thomson, the Board, by a unanimous vote, passed a resolution that state automobile moneys to be distributed among the several towns, excluding the town of Tompkins until their share shall exceed the funds already withdrawn by said town from this fund on the basis of 50 per cent thereof among such eighteen towns on the basis of the road mileage, and 50 per cent thereof on the basis of the equalized value of real estate and personal property in the several towns. Such moneys to be used for the construction of permanent highways. The compensation of overseers of the poor in the several towns was fixed at $3 per day. W. F. White and C. R. O’Connor, attorneys for the board, were instructed to try to secure a review by the Court of the first Hancock equalization case. Tuesday evening C. H. Phelps of Sidney submitted his report as county humane agent and on motion of Mr. Wheeler the board made an appropriation of $1,200 for the Humane Society and $600 for probation work in Delaware county. Supervisor Mackey of Meredith cast the only dissenting vote. On Wednesday a resolution was passed asking the assessors of each town in the county to assess real property at its full value. The matter of an appropriation for the Farm Bureau came up for action Thursday evening. The board will also act on an appropriation for the Food Administration. The board will probably be in session until Saturday.
THE LONG ARM OF JUSTICE Walton Auto Thief Sent to Prison for Crime Committed in 1915. Ethan Allen Hackett was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in Auburn prison by County Judge Raymond in Delhi Monday. Hackett is the man, who with Myron Calvert, stole the automobile owned by William Warner from the Walton fairgrounds in September, 1915. In the summer of 1915, Hackett and Calvert, both of whom had been in reformatories, were released on parole and secured work at Cannonsvile. A few weeks later at the Walton fair they stole Warner’s automobile, but the machine broke down, and they were forced to abandon it on Pines brook. The men were arrested and taken to the Delhi Jail. A few days later they escaped. Calvert was caught and sent to Elmira Reformatory. Hackett committed another crime before the Delaware county authorities could locate him, and last week had finished a sentence in Dannemora prison. He was then brought back to Delhi to face the other charge, and sent to prison for three years. He was taken to Auburn Tuesday.
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Word Received of Death of Six Company F Men.
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Ten deaths in action, six of them of Company F boys, one death from disease in France, and one Delaware county man reported wounded is the official casualty report in Delaware county during the past week. The Company F boys reported killed in action are as follows: Cooper, Robert T., Walton. Closs, John Edwin, Walton. Eells, Frank Mead, Walton. Furhi, James R., Rock Rift. Meade, William W., Bloomville. Spickerman, Raymond, Bloomville. The others killed in action are: Calhoun, James D., Andes. Lawson, Herman, Cannonsville. Peake, Herman, Rock Rift. Soules, Charles, Hancock. Word was received Wednesday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lawson of Cannonsville, of the death in action near Cambrai on Sept. 29th, of Sergeant Herman Lawson of Company H, 107th Infantry. Another brother, James Lawson is in France with the 106th Field Artillery. A sister, Mrs. William Storrer, is teaching at Rockroyal. Herman Lawson had many friends in Walton, where he attended the High school and graduated with the class of 1914. Mrs. James D. Calhoun of Bovina received word Monday from the War Department that her husband had been killed in action in France on October 14. James D. Calhoun was the official cow tester for the Bovina Cow Testing Association previous to being called into service the latter part of November, 1917, and was known as one of the best men in the state in this line of work. He was married November 14th, 1917, to Miss Annabelle Barnhart of Bovina. He was 28 years of age, and a young man with many friends, who learned with deep regret of this death. Besides his wife he leaves a mother, Mrs. Daniel Calhoun of Andes and six brothers and sisters: Peter and Archie at home, Mrs. William Mabon, of Delhi, Mrs. Clark of West Delhi, Mrs. James Graham of Andes and Mrs. Harry Covert of Iowa. Mrs. Frank Klingardner of Readburn received word this week that her brother, Charles Soules of the 38th Infantry had been killed in action in France on October 9th. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Soules of Goulds, town of Hancock, and enlisted in the regular army early in the war. Wednesday’s official casualty list contained the name of William W. Meade, cook in Company F, 107th Infantry, as killed in action. He enlisted while residing at Bloomville. Walter J. Meade of Fergusonville is given as his nearest relative. Cook Meade was 26 years of age. He enlisted in the Walton company in 1916, at the time of the Mexican trouble, and went to the boarder with the Division Supply Train. A letter has been received by Cooks Falls friends from Mr. L. S. Jagger, stating that her son, Ray Jagger, who enlisted in the Marines early in the war, was killed in France about Sept. 20th. Mrs. Jagger is living in California with her son, Murray Jagger, who is employer in a railroad office. Clinton Belcher of Hamden, a colored lad, who entered service at Camp Upton, L. I. in August and only recently arrived overseas, died in a hospital in France October 8, from bronchial pneumonia. Word to that effect was received from the War Department Wednesday morning by M.
Number Exceeds Casualties So Far Reported from Overseas. Twenty-two Delaware county men in the army in the United States or in the navy have died or been killed since the declaration of war with Germany April 6, 1918. The list is as follows: Killed in Auto Accident. Jones, Carl, Walton. Killed in Aeroplane Accident. Gleason, Donald W., Delhi. Died of Disease. Armstrong, John H., Walton. Beale, Horace, Sidney. Bowker, Andrew, Kortright. Cable, Theodore W., Deposit. Carley, Lynn, East Sidney. Dimicco, John J., Sidney. Eadie, Andrew T., DeLancey. Germond, John, Horton. Gifford, John, Masonville. Green, Delos, Meridale. Jeffers, Raymond, Delhi. Jones, Francis D., North Harpersfield. Kittle, Frank, Arena. McArthur, Ralph, North Kortright. Osterhout, Harrison, New Kingston. Reside, Everett, Arkville. Salton, Stanley, Hamden. Stone, Ray, Harpersfield. Vermilyea, Leo, Dunraven. Vrooman, Lamanche, Stamford. Young, Frank D., Sidney.
refuge hospital at Toul which was turned into an evacuation hospital at the time of the San Mihiel drive in September.
PRIVATE JOHN E. CLOSS. Mrs. Carrie A. Closs of St. John street, Walton, received the following message Sunday evening from Adjutant General Harris: “Deeply regret to inform you that Private John E. Closs, Infantry, is officially reported as killed in action September 29.” Private Closs was one of the Company F boys and was in service overseas with Company F, 107th Infantry, 27th Division. He was killed near Cambrai the day the 107th went over the top and smashed the Hindenburg line. John Edwin Closs was 21 years of age last February. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Closs, and the following brothers and sisters, George with the State Guard at New Paltz, Egbert, Louise, Louis and Lillian at home. An older brother, Robert, died last month in Walton from pneumonia following influenza.
more so an Australian solder. I found the enclosed photos near an old German trench the morning of the first of October. That was when the Americans made a push with our boys, and I am afraid that the owner has passed to another land. I thought that perhaps you may like to have them as a remembrance to the one who carried them so far from home. I know that if anything happened to me my people would like to have any little article that belonged to me. If the worst has come, I ask you to accept my sympathy for I know what the loss of a brother means. I have been away from home for over four years, and I am longing to see my dear old home and mother. There’s no place like home and Mother. The Australians and your boys are great pals. I was sorry for them on the morning of 1/10/18. They had no experience and paid dearly for the ground they won, and if it had not been for the kindly help of one of our battalions there would have been a sad fate to all. When the Americans have a little more experience they will be splendid fighters. I must close now, hoping that nothing has happened to your brother or friend who carried the inclosed photos. Wishing you and your good people a bright and happy Christmas and prosperous new year. Yours respectfully, R. E. HEYLAND.
AUSTRALIAN TELLS OF DEATH OF COOK ROBERT COOPER
PRIVATE JAMES R. FUHRI. Word was received at Rock Rift this week of the death in action in France during the drive near Cambrai of Private James R. Fuhri of Company F, 107th Infantry. A sister, Mrs. Jacob Hissin, lives at Rock Rift, and Private Fuhri and his brother, John Fuhri, had been employed there previous to their enlistment in Company F of Walton in April, 1917. James Fuhri was transferred to Company F, 107th Infantry, at Camp Wadsworth, S. C., and his brother John to the Supply Co., 107th Infantry. James Fuhri was 19 years of age and at the time of his enlistment was only 17 years of age. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Fuhri live at Portlandville, Otsego county. There are surviving four brothers, John, mentioned above; William, in France with Co. F, 2nd Ammunition Train; Jacob of Corbett and George of Hancock; and four sisters. Mrs. Jacob Hissan of Rock Rift, Mrs. Raymond Kilts, Myrtle and Maude Fuhri of Portlandville. The family feel some hope that the official report may prove incorrect as a field card in James Fuhri’s handwriting dated October 2, and stating that he was wounded, and in a hospital, has been received by the mother. John Fuhri, however, wrote home that his brother had been killed.
Has Returned From France. (From our Unadilla Cor.) Miss Anna French, who has lately returned from France, gave a very interesting lecture on her experiences in that country. Miss French was attached to a children’s
Word was received in Walton last Thursday afternoon, November 14, from the War Department that Cook Robert T. Cooper of Company F, 107th Infantry, had been killed in action in France on September 29. Unofficial reports received earlier had told of his death. Robert T. Cooper was 28 years of age. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cooper of French Woods, town of Hancock. His wife, who was Miss Flossie Davis before their marriage, died about two years ago. An infant daughter,
Evelyn, survives; also his parents, three brothers, Charles in France, Warren and William of French Woods and two sisters, Miss Anna Cooper of French Woods and Miss Charlotte Cooper of Albany. Miss Charlotte Cooper received last week the following letter from an Australian soldier which was the first intimation the family had of the death of Cook Robert T. Cooper of Company F, 107th Infantry. The photographs referred to were some of members of Mr. Cooper’s family and his sister’s address was written on one. France, 7/10/18. Dear Miss Cooper: I am taking it you are Miss and I suppose you will be surprised at receiving a letter from a stranger,
PRIVATE HERMAN PEAKE. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Peake, who live between Rock Rift and Apex, received an official message Sunday from the War Department in Washington stating that their son Private Herman Peake of the 117th Infantry, had been killed in action in France on October 7. Another brother, Wesley Peake, is in France with the American Expeditionary Forces and there are two children at home, Grace and Carlton Rufus. Herman and Wesley Peake enlisted in Company F of Walton at the time of the Mexican trouble and went to Camp Whitman. When war was declared with Germany both applied for re-enlistment in Company F, but were rejected on the physical examination. Later Herman Peake was examined under the draft and rejected by the local board but appealed from the decision and was sent to the Medical Advisory Board in Binghamton, where he was accepted. He entered Camp Dix, N. J., the latter part of April, 1918, and went overseas soon after with the 311th Infantry, the 78th Division. Later he was ill in a hospital and on his release was transferred to the 117th Infantry of the 30th Division, composed largely of Tennessee National Guardsmen. This regiment participated with the 27th or New York Division in the drive near Cambrai and it was in this battle that Private Peake was killed. Wesley Peak was also accepted in the draft and is in France with Bakery Co. 334 Q. M. C.
SERGEANT FRANK MEAD EELLS. Sergeant Frank Mead Eells of Company F, 107th Infantry, was killed in action September 29th. Official word was received from the War Department Tuesday evening by his mother, Mrs. John M. Eells of Stockton Avenue, Walton. Few deaths among Walton soldiers overseas have occasioned more regret than that of Sergeant Eells, as he was an only son, and a young man highly thought of in the community. His age was 21 years. He enlisted in Company F of Walton on November 23, 1914, as a musician. Later at his own request he was graded as a private and by his ability and interest in military matters worked up to the rank of sergeant, to which he was promoted in February, 1917. At Camp Wadsworth, S. C., he was transferred with most of the men in Company F of the First Regiment to Company F, 107th Infantry, with which he was in service when he made the supreme sacrifice of his life. Sergeant Eells came of a family, which has a straight military ancestry for ten generations. John Eells, who came to Massachusetts about 1630, went back to England later and was an officer in Cromwell’s army. His son, Major Samuel Eells was in King Philip’s war, and the grandson, Colonel Samuel Eells, took part in the Colonial wars and was assistant to the governor of Connecticut. The direct descendants in the next three generations, Rev. John Eells, Captain Jeremiah B. Eells and Corporal John Eells, father, son and grandson, all fought in the Continental army in the Revolution. Lieut. Mead Eells, son of John Eells, was a lieutenant in the 69th Regiment, New York Militia. Stephen Decatur Eells and his son, John M. Eells, both served in the 144th Regiment in the Civil war. Sergeant Frank Mead Eells was the only son of John M. Eells.
FATHER KILLED BY GUN IN SON’S HANDS Stephen McDonald of Colchester Victim of Accident
WERE GOING COON HUNTING Bullet Struck Stove and Glancing Entered Mr. McDonald’s Brain − Wife and Six Children. Stephen McDonald, who lives at the head of Telford Hollow, about four and a half miles from Downsville, was instantly killed Tuesday evening by the discharge of a revolver in the hands of his son. The men were getting ready to go coon hunting when the accident occurred. The bullet is believed to have struck the stove in the room, and glancing, hit Mr. McDonald in the forehead near the right eye and entered the brain. Death was instantaneous. The funeral service will be held today, Friday, at one o’clock conducted by Rev. H. D. Chase, pastor of the Methodist church at Downsville. Mr. McDonald is survived by his wife and six children: Jennie, John, Howard, Bernice, Laura and Marvin. Mr. McDonald was 59 years of age.
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November 21, 2018
The Reporter
Church services for the DeLancey, Hamden and West Delhi Presbyterian churches will be held in the Hamden Church at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Connie Stone. I welcome news from folks. Give me a call: 607-746-6860 or email lshepard@delhitel.net. Florence Grill had her first visit to Texas when she and her nephew Robert Jankowski of Kingston flew from Albany airport to Austin, Texas. While there she attended the wedding of her nephew Michael Jankowski which was held at a beautiful sculpture garden. Michael is the son of Patti and Rick Janowski of South Carolina. Florence, her sister Patti and niece Suzy Vacchi went to the LBJ Presidential Library which they enjoyed. Florence said it was a wonderful trip and all had a very good time together. At a recent service at the Delhi Presbyterian Church several members were honored for their years as members. Al Perkins, 50 years, Joan Maxwell, 55 years, Kay Dickman 65 years, Margie Hume, Alma Rasmussen and Frank Snyder, 70 years. The Hamden Senior Citizens will have their monthly covered dish dinner and meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at noon at the Hamden Town Hall. Bring your covered dish and place setting, drinks will be furnished. The town having purchased and installed a defibrillator system, Richard Smith and Rick Kelly will be present to speak on how to use the new system. Nov. 23 and 24, the Kirk Thrift Shoppe at the First Presbyte-
rian Church, 4 Clinton Street, Delhi, will have a Black Friday half price sale on all Christmas items. They also have a lot more items for sale at good prices. On Saturday, Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Delhi Presbyterian Church will have a Holiday Cookie Walk and Book Sale. Homemade cookies are displayed on tables where shoppers are given a container to fill with their choices of cookies. Payment is by the pound. There will also be plates already filled with cookies for those who can’t choose. Saturday, Dec. 1, The Heart of the Catskills Humane Society will hold a fundraising Christmas tree decorating event. Come see all the decorated trees and take a chance to win one of them. Relax and listen to some live entertainment on that day. Saturday, Dec. 1, will be the annual O’Connor Hospital Parade at 11 a.m. along Main Street in Delhi, followed by an open house at the O’Connor Hospital where pictures can be taken with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus. Awards ceremony and refreshments will take place there. Sunday, Dec. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. there will be a holiday bazaar at the Delhi American Legion on Page Avenue. On Nov. 30, longtime Hamden resident Ruth Clark will be 100. This is a special occasion for a special lady. You can send Ruth a Happy Birthday greeting to Ruth Clark, 1996 Hosier Road, Suffolk, VA 23434-7894. Ruth, at 100, is doing very well and lives with her son and wife Steve and Lauradale Clark. Saturday, Nov. 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Delhi Historical Society Cannon House, Mary Jane Henderson, author of several books, and Barbara Coleman and Angela Gaffney
will have a book signing for Mary Jane’s new publication “Dog Paws” - a unique collection of original Dog Tails (tales). Proceeds from the books sold will benefit of the Heart of the Catskills Humane Society that is celebrating its 50th anniversary. It’s the time of the year for hunters to head to the woods. Regular deer hunting season is now to Dec. 9. Late bow season is Dec. 10 through Dec. 18. Have fun, but remember to hunt safely. Hope you are successful as there seems to be a lot of deer in our area. A Grandma’s cookie jar recipe: With the Christmas season coming up fast, its the time I start looking through my cookie recipes that I make only at this time of year. Even though I use to make 10 different kinds now I’m done to only three kinds so I share some with you. My recipe this week is for Cherry Winks: 21/4 cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 3/4 cup shortening, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, 2 Tblsp milk, 1 cup chopped nuts, 1 cup chopped dates, 1/3 cup chopped Maraschino cherries, 21/2 cups crushed corn flakes. Sift dry ingredients together. Combine shortening and sugar. Mix well. Add eggs, vanilla and milk. Blend in dry ingredients and mix well. Add, nuts, cheeries and dated. Shape into balls, using a level tablespoon of dough for each cookie. Roll each ball in crushed corn flakes. Place on greased baking sheet and top with 1/4 piece of cherry. Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes. Makes about 4 dozen. From a 1932 cookbook: How to keep cakes, biscuits, etc., fresh and wholesome. I always wrap the cakes, biscuits, etc., that I in-
tend to use another day in waxed paper. Waxed paper comes in a continuous roll and is packed in a sanitary box equipped with a patented metal cutter. You pull the waxed paper from the box and cut the exact length needed for each purpose. There is no waste. There are sheets of waxed paper packed in envelopes on the market, but I find the continuous roll the best. It is stronger and better waxed and the patented cutter is so easy to work. As there is no waste, it is more economical. It is a real time saver and preserver of food. The same tip applies to food kept in mechanical refrigerators. You know how the freezing apparatus absorbs the moisture from the food? If you wrap the food in waxed paper it keeps the moisture in and will preserve the food in perfect condition. Every home-loving woman should have a box of waxed paper always on hand. My thoughts of the week: The weather turned colder this week with Saturday being a snow offand-on day. I, for one, am glad Election Day is over. I was tired with all the phone calls, postal mailings and TV ads. It seems to me it would be nicer if candidates would say what they planned to do instead of running the other person down all the time, just say something nice instead. It just makes me want to vote for the other person. What is now known as Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving will be a busy place in stores when folks are looking for bargains. I hope all have fun doing their bargain shopping on this day. Lynn Kinch’s joke of the week: A young man who was an avid golfer had some time to spare one afternoon. He figured if he played fast, he could get in a quick nine holes before he had to head home. As he was
about to tee off, an old gentleman shuffled onto the tee and asked if he could accompany the young man, as he was golfing alone. Unable to say “no,” the golfer allowed the old man to join him. To his surprise, the old man played fairly quickly. Finally they reached the ninth fairway and the young man saw a large pine tree right in front of his ball, directly between it and the green. After several minutes of debating how to hit the shot, the old man finally said, “You know, when I was your age, I’d hit the ball right over that tree.” With the challenge placed before him, the young man swung hard, hit the ball smack into the top of the tree trunk, and it thudded back on the ground not a foot from where he’d started. The old man offered only one more comment: Of course, when I was your age, that pine tree was only 3 feet tall.” Sister: Which is farther away, New York City or the moon? Brother: New York City. Sister: Why do you say that? Brother: I can see the moon, but I can’t see New York City. A cute saying: Every friend is like a Snowflake, unique in beauty and design. Each sparkles in a different way, some are playful, some refined. But, unlike fragile snowflakes that fade when the sun appears, friends grow yet more beautiful with every passing year. Helpful Hint: When busy making your pies, cut the center out of a disposable aluminum pie pan and place the rim part over the pie while it bakes. This will prevent the pie’s edges from getting too brown. You can throw the ring away afterward or wash it to use again.
Happy Thanksgiving, Delhi. The class of 2008 will hold its class reunion on Friday at the Shire. My sister Liz Rosa was the president of the class, so she planned the event for friends that may have not seen each other for a while. Patsy Moody had surgery for a “reverse shoulder replacement.” Osteoarthritis and repetitive motions just plain wore her left shoulder out. Patsy wants to say “I miss you” to customers on her RR #1 mail route out of Delhi, and all of the Covert Hollow Hamden neighbors. Physical therapy and healing have begun, but recovery is a long process. Happy Thanksgiving to all and she looks forward to seeing everyone in the new year. Delhi wishes Patsy a speedy recovery. Look for Capella, a German Shepherd bred in Delhi by Rebecca Little on the National Dog Show on Thanksgiving. Reminder to those that park on Main Street overnight in the
village, starting Saturday, Dec. 1, through April 1, every year, there is no parking on any village street from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Condolences to the Mullenix family for the passing of Ron Mullenix. He will be greatly missed in the community. Contributions in his memory may be sent to the Delhi Fire Department, 140 Delview Terrace Ext., Delhi, NY 13753. Last week’s trivia question: When will the cornerstone laying ceremony and lodge dedication for the Delaware River Lodge No. 439 of Free and Accepted Masons take place? Saturday, Dec. 15 at 1 p.m., 37 Meredith Street. This week’s trivia question: In what year did the Heart of the Catskills Humane Society change its name and update the logo? The history of the shelter is rich with donations and community support. The shelter started because local residents rescued a mother and her puppies, but there was no room at the local shelter. The Delaware Valley Humane Society gave the animal lovers $100 in seed money in 1968 to start a shelter and
fifty years later, it has grown tremendously and is a crucial part of the community. Think about making a donation this year to support the efforts of the shelter. Send checks to PO Box 88 in Delhi, NY 13753 or donate online at www.heartofthecatskills. org. It costs $1,400 and a whole bunch of love every day, to run the shelter. Any donation will help. The Holiday for the Heart event is coming up Saturday, Dec. 1 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Delaware County Historical Association. This is the shelter’s most attended fundraiser. If you have never been, it’s worth the trip to see all the beautifully decorated trees. Volunteers of the week are the SUNY Delhi College Players. I hope you saw their performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show last weekend. Can you imagine the hours they spent preparing? Thanks to advisor, Kelly Keck; President Jagger Vera; Secretary Tileeyah Rogers; Senator Harmonie Sample-Brown; Treasurer Richard Kocsis; Vice President Sadie Zollinger and the other members of the club for their efforts.
The 34th annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be held on Thursday, Nov. 22, from noon to 3 p.m. The dinner will be held at the Delhi Fire Hall, 140 Delview Terrace Extension and is sponsored by the Congregations of the Delhi Clergy Association; hosted this year by The United Ministry of Delhi. The event is free and everyone in the community is welcome to attend (free will donations are appreciated). For more information or to request deliveries to shut-ins, call The United Ministry office at 607-746-2191. Reservations for the dinner are appreciated but not required. The Delhi Historical Society will host a book signing on Saturday, Nov. 24, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Cannon House at 47 Main Street. Mary Jane Henderson, and several authors with stories about their dogs in the book, “Dog Paws ... A Unique Collection of Original Dog Tails,” will be at the Cannon House to sign the book. Sales from the book will benefit the Heart of the Catskills Humane Society during its 50th year. There are many opportunities
to shop local this weekend for Small Business Saturday. On Saturday, Nov. 24, the State Championship rings will be presented to the 2018 Girls Basketball team at Delaware Academy. The ring ceremony at 1:20 p.m. and then have a game at 2 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 33 will hold its annual Christmas wreath sale. They are taking pre-orders through Tuesday, Nov. 27. The wreaths are $22. The Scouts will decorate them on Thursday, Nov. 29 and they will be available for pick up at the Immanuel Lutheran Church on Friday, Nov. 30 from 3 - 4:15 p.m. Call Scoutmaster John Padovani, at 607-746-9743 to place your order today. The Delhi Food Bank is open Mondays from 1 until 3 p.m. and Thursdays from 3:30 until 5:30 p.m. in the United Ministry Church. The Delaware Academy Board of Education will meet Monday, Nov. 26 at 6 p.m.
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