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Crowds Flock to Troop C Centennial Celebration

Visitors to New York State Police Troop C’s centennial open house admire mem-bers of the troop’s mounted unit.

By Allison Collins

SIDNEY – The New York State Police at Troop C wel-comed large crowds to their Sidney barracks for the troop’s centennial celebra-tion Saturday, Oct. 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests, includ-ing community members, retired troopers and trooper family members and friends, enjoyed a traveling New York State Police museum, vintage trooper automobile display, tours of the barracks, heli-copter fl ight demonstrations,

mounted trooper demonstra-tions, music by the Edward P. Maloney Memorial Pipe Band, canine demonstrations and more.

Public information offi cer with Troop C Nathan Riegal said he was pleased with the event’s attendance.

“I’m happy,” said Rie-gal, “I’ve seen everybody and we’ve had a really good turnout.”

Riegal, a 23-year veteran of Troop C, which employs around 320 troopers and com-prises seven counties, said preparation for the centennial

celebration began roughly two years ago.

Recently appointed troop commander Major William McEvoy said he, too, was pleased with the obvious sup-port and interest from Troop C communities.

“It’s going really well and we’ve had a good turnout from the community,” said McEvoy, adding, “Every-one seems to be interested in what we’re doing and having a good time.” McEvoy noted, “The canines are always the favorite.”

Begun in 1975 in anticipa-

Downtown Sidney Revamp Hits Curb Hurdles; Eyes Dec. 9 Completion of Single SideSee Troop C, page 5

By Allison Collins

SIDNEY – The village of Sidney held an informational meeting Monday, Oct. 9 to update residents, business owners and concerned citi-zens on the halted progress of the Main Street Renovation Project. Ian Law of PLACE Alliance, the Syracuse-based architectural fi rm behind the project design, addressed the roughly 40 attendees regard-ing problems with the east

street phase of the project, initially expected to be com-pleted in totem by early De-cember of this year.

Noting several hiccups – typical and unique –, Law said the project is “obviously behind schedule.” A three-week delay early in the proj-ect resulted from light pole bases being unavailable from the fabricator subcontracted through the project’s electri-cal contractor, explained Law.

While other relatively mi-nor hurdles popped up, such as

subsurface size variances and a storm water pipe not being where indicated on the survey, Law said, the most signifi cant impediment, paired with that light base delay, came with the recent discovery of poor curb installation.

After more than 600 feet of curbing was installed in a span of four hours, Law said, it became apparent that “something was very wrong.”

Because of incomplete in-formation in the project sur-vey, conducted and compiled

See Downtown, page 5

Unalam Celebrates 125 Years of Business & Family

Unalam employees sport commemorative 125th anniversary sweatshirts during the company’s Oct. 4 celebration. See Unalam, page 7

By Allison Collins

SIDNEY – Under a pair of custom-made wooden arches measuring an appropriate 125 feet long, members of the Van Cott family, owners and operators of Unalam since its inception in 1892, gathered alongside employees, retirees, longtime corporate partners and suppliers, local elected of-fi cials and friends to celebrate

the business’s 125th anniversa-ry at its Sidney manufacturing facility Wednesday, Oct. 4.

In 1892 J.W. Van Cott, great-great grandfather to current president of Unalam Craig Van Cott, began selling lum-ber in Unadilla. In 1906 the family made the fi rst Unadilla Silo, beginning a product line that would serve farmers until the 1980s. Unadilla Silo Com-pany experimented with glue laminate (glulam) in the late

‘20s, using adhesive manufac-tured in nearby Bainbridge. By 1963, the Unalam division had expanded into the Sidney facility where glulam produc-tion continues today.

Executive Vice President and member of Unalam’s sixth-generation management team Zoë van der Meulen credited the company’s team of roughly 45 full-time em-ployees with ensuring its stay-ing power.

Ailing North Afton Cemetery Seeks Community Help with Oct. 14 Dinner

All Warriors Welcome to Oct. 22 Equality Run & Childhood Cancer Fundraiser in Sidney

See Warriors, page 4

By Allison Collins

SIDNEY – At 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22 runners, walkers and Warriors of all ages will take off from the Sidney Central School at 95 W. Main St. in the Sidney Students Against Destructive Decisions’ inaugural Warriors Equality Run 5K.

The dual-purpose run, conceived of, planned and executed by members of the high school SSADD club, will promote equality through the

club’s pro-acceptance arm, while fundraising for Hope & Heroes, an organization dedi-cated to fi ghting childhood cancer.

The 95-member club, de-signed to foster community outreach among its tenth through twelfth grade mem-bers, is split into groups, ex-plained SSADD secretary and second-year club member Jor-dyn Lang.

The Sidney junior said, “In our group we split up into oth-er groups (such as) awareness, give-back and pro-acceptance

and equality.” The latter, she said, is led by Shelby Utter, whose idea it was to host the 5K.

Equality promotion at the run will come, said Lang, from several vendors stationed on school grounds distributing literature and answering ques-tions regarding issues such as sexual orientation and gender identity.

The decision to donate funds generated through run registration and the purchase of “Warrior Strong” T-shirts, said Lang, grew out of a pre-

See Cemetery, page 2

By Allison Collins

AFTON – Despite its 200-year history and containing roughly 400 stones bearing many names of local lineage and legend, the North Afton Cemetery has fallen into dis-repair; now, the threat of clo-sure looms large.

Members of the North Af-ton Cemetery Association, however, have made it their mission to ensure the histori-cal plot, still used as an active burial site, not only remains

open, but receives the care and maintenance it needs.

To do so, the eight-member group will host a fundrais-ing dinner Saturday, Oct. 14 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the North Afton United Method-ist Church, located just down the road from the cemetery on county Road 7, Afton.

President of the North Af-ton Cemetery Board Cody Baciuska said he hopes the dinner will not only fundraise for the cemetery, but drum up interest among community members to further preserva-

tion efforts. “A lot of the older genera-

tion has passed on,” said Ba-ciuska, “and people are less involved and less interested in the cemetery.” Noting de-clining funds, he said, “We’re … looking for more ways to generate revenue to keep up with the maintenance of the facility and make sure it stays a place (that people can) visit and still feel welcoming to family members who have loved ones buried there.”

Baciuska took up the post of board president after the

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sudden Dec. 28, 2016 death of his father, Lynn, in a ve-hicular accident. Though his term began in July of this year, Baciuska said his fam-ily’s involvement in the cem-etery dates back “decades and decades.”

Afton town historian Kathy Ouimet counts cemetery re-search and preservation chief among her passions. The long look into the past afforded by a visit to the North Afton Cemetery, she said, is the very reason why the community must work to keep it open and tended.

“My interest is in cemeter-ies and I don’t want to see this one abandoned,” said Ouimet. Describing the roughly 550 families represented in the cemetery, she said, “These are our founding fathers of the town and of (surrounding ar-eas),” adding, “These are the families that fi rst came here and we owe them this.” She continued, “We need to take care of our past and make (the cemetery) a place that people will be able to come to and honor those folks.”

Echoing the importance of remembering and honor-ing history, Baciuska said, he recently discovered his own familial connection to a Revo-lutionary War soldier buried in the cemetery.

“Many local townspeople, if they take some time to walk around, might actually be re-lated to these people,” noted Baciuska, adding, “And some of those (buried) have re-

ally interesting stories. If you look deep enough, there’s … a connection.”

As part of the board’s mis-sion to boost involvement, Baciuska said, Ouimet posts weekly features on individu-als buried in the cemetery to the North Afton Cemetery Facebook page.

He said the posts, ongo-ing for about two months, are “really interesting” and “help highlight some of the reasons why we shouldn’t just let the cemetery go.”

Earla Mulwane, a member of the North Afton Cemetery Board since October 2016, is chairing the Oct. 14 dinner together with Marge Brown. Though she said the ham din-ner fundraiser has been a plan since July, the catalyst to at-tempt reinvigoration of the cemetery board began over a year ago.

For more information on the full menu, which Oui-met called “fabulous,” fi nd the listing in this issue’s Fall Suppers.

“Last October we had a re-organization meeting,” said Mulwane, “and we decided we either needed to get busy and do something with the cemetery association or we were going to close the cem-etery, and we didn’t want it closed.”

Funds from the dinner, she said, will go toward not only upkeep of the grounds, but bringing some things up to code with the NYS Cemetery Association. She noted, “To

do things like that, we need money.”

Baciuska, citing a need for grounds work as well as stone repair, said he hopes to raise between $1,500 to 2,000 at Saturday’s meal. He noted, “We need at least enough to conduct maintenance for an-

other year.” Anyone interested in mak-

ing a tax-deductible donation but unable to attend Oct. 14 may send checks made pay-able to North Afton Cemetery to 251 county Road 17, Afton, N.Y., 13730.

Cemetery continued

The North Afton Cemetery gravestone of Henry Beat-man, pictured, dates back to 1873. Beatman’s stone is one of several 19th century markers in the historical cemetery, said Afton historian Kathy Ouimet, with the oldest from 1800.

Roberta and Roger Halbert spent the past weekend at the home of Jeff Halbert and fam-ily in Allentown, Pa.

This past week, Pastor Mark Piedmonte has been at the home of his parents in

Breinigsville, Pa. due to the serious illness of his mother, Jean.

The annual harvest supper at the Presbyterian Church is now history, having served more than 260 people includ-

ing the many helpers for the event.

The community response was gratefully appreciated.

Condolences are extended to Don and Yeska Dibble on the passing of their son Donny

on Sept. 28.Last Wednesday evening,

the fi re department was called to Mt Upton for a garage/house fi re.

Enjoy the summer weather for the next few days!

This week’s quote is from King Charles: “Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.”

Good luck students; fi rst progress reports will be mailed Friday, Oct. 13. Keep those studies up and get good marks.

Tuesday, Oct. 17 Josten’s class ring/ graduation orders will be taken and there will be a board of education meeting in the high school library at 7 p.m.

Here on the farm the fel-las have been working on the machinery to get the corn chopped. Many parts were gotten and some had to be returned for the right ones. Finally on Sunday afternoon the chopper was ready and the corn head was put on to get started.

We had a very eventful weekend, as our daughter Debra and her boys Connor and Brady came for a visit and we discovered the water had stopped to the house. We had some in the storage tub in the cellar and we were very care-

ful not to use much. We went to the store for some paper plates, cups and plastic silver-ware to make do because we had a picnic planned for the day.

We all decided to have Harold and the kids go up to the water line and see if something was wrong. They went along the steep bank and followed the line back to the creek, where they found that something had chewed the plastic pipe and the water was squirting out. They all came back to the house and showed us what was wrong and then got a piece of pipe to fi x it. What a relief to fi nd that the spring was not dried up and we had some water coming back to the house. We all had a better dinner not having to worry about running out of water again.

Deb and her family left for home in the Geneseo-area on Sunday morning. At least they got to see some of the pretty leaves on the hill across from the house.

Sunday afternoon Harold

and I decided to take a little ride and when we got home we spotted the cows way up on the hill across the creek. When we got looking better we spotted two calves running with the cows. What a time we all had getting the cows and catching the calves, but Aus-tin brought a cow back to the barn that was having a time calving. Harold and I helped him get her in the milking parlor to use the chain to the calving jack and help her have her calf. In the meantime, Cliff came back with the bucket and another calf but no mother. Cliff milked the cow that we brought to the parlor and back out they went to get another calf and both mothers. All were bull calves; mothers and babies are now safe in the barn and fed. Lots of excite-ment for one day. Later, they brought another cow back to the barn that was due to calve soon and there are more due this coming week. There is some rain due from Hurricane Nate.

Keep our farmers in your

thoughts that they may have a good harvest season with minimal stress and break-downs of machinery.

Birthday greetings this week go out to Kevin Tripp and Jamie Wormsley on Oct. 15; Brian Tiska, Hazel Charles, Ed Lent, John Van-Valkenburgh and Amy Mott on Oct. 16; and Becky Sawdy on Oct.17. Have a great day, everyone.

Masonville Federated Church Sunday services are at 11 a.m., with adult Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Bible study is on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at the church.

Monday, Oct. 16 will be Church Council at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17 all are in-vited to a luncheon with Tim Long, our Baptist missionary. Friday, Oct. 20 there will be a movie night at 6:30 p.m. fea-turing “90 Minutes in Heav-en.” Come and enjoy some fellowship; popcorn and bev-erage will be provided. Thurs-day, Oct. 26 will be Share the Bounty.

Editor’s note: The fol-lowing report is a matter of public record and includes press releases from area law enforcement agencies. An arrest is not a presumption of guilt, as all persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Persons wishing to have the disposition of their cases published should contact the

Tri-Town News at 561-3526 during regular business hours.

DELAWARE CO. SHERIFF’S DEPT.

SIDNEY CENTER - On Sept. 18, following a traffi c stop in Franklin, Delaware County sheriff’s deputies ar-rested Scott R. Barnhart, 37,

of Sidney Center, for speeding 72 mph in a 55 mph zone, ag-gravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the 2nd degree and operating a motor vehicle without an ignition in-terlock device.

Barnhart was released on appearance tickets to appear in Town of Franklin Court on Sept. 28.

After further investigation,

Leanne Taggart, 38, of Sidney Center, was arrested for loan-ing a motor vehicle without an interlock device to a person required to have one as well as facilitating aggravated un-licensed operation in the 2nd degree.

Taggart was released on appearance tickets and is to appear in Town of Franklin Court on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m.

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PanCake listinG BAINBRIDGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Events Calendar Winner:The latest winner of the Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce Events Calendar drawing has been chosen. Violet Wade won two

theatre tickets donated by the Jericho Arts Council. Congratulations to Violet and many thanks to the Jericho Arts Council for their generous donation.

The next drawing will be Oct. 31 for a beautiful bouquet of flowers from the Village Florist! Be sure to drop by to enter.Citizen & Business of the Year Announced:Congratulations to June White, who was nominated as this year’s Citizen of the Year and Snips & Snails and owner Lori Mc-

Graw, for recognition as this year’s Business of the Year. This year’s Commitment to Community Dinner to honor our Citizen & Business of the Year will be held at Sundown Golf &

Country Club on Saturday, Oct. 28, with social hour from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. and dinner and presentations to follow. Tickets are on sale now through Oct. 20 at NBT of Bainbridge, Bob’s Diner and Snips & Snails. Get your tickets today, as space is limited.

Save the Date - Upcoming Events:November: Pancake Day (Bainbridge Rotary Club) – Tuesday, Nov. 7 Small Business Saturday – Saturday, Nov. 25 Christmas Tree Lighting – Saturday, Nov. 25 December: Christmas Parade – Saturday, Dec. 9 Christmas Caroling – Sunday, Dec. 10

SIDNEY - Wilson’s chick-en BBQ will be for sale Satur-day, Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. until sold out at the Sidney Country Store on Union Street. Pro-ceeds from the sale will ben-efit Unadilla Center United Methodist Church.

SIDNEY - A chicken BBQ will be held on Thursday, Oct. 19 from 10:30 a.m. until sold

out at the Country Store (park-ing lot), Union Street, Sidney.

Halves only will be avail-able by Wilson’s BBQ of Wal-ton. To pre-order for delivery to businesses in Sidney, call Ray Baker at 614-302-2100 by Monday, Oct. 16.

This BBQ fundraiser will benefit community projects by the Rotary Club of Sidney.

BAINBRIDGE - The Soup Kitchen at the Bainbridge United Methodist Church is open Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Menu for the soup kitchen is available in the kitchen’s Facebook page.

SIDNEY - A full meal is

served at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 25 River St. every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to noon. Food selections vary weekly and all are welcome.

UNADILLA - A week-ly luncheon is served ev-ery Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at St. Matthews Episcopal

Church. A free will offering is appreciated.

UNADILLA - Breakfast in the Basement serves breakfast on the first and third Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Unadilla United Methodist Church on Main St. All are welcome. Donations are accepted but not expected.

SIDNEY - Free soup night at the First Congregational Church of Sidney serves from 4 - 6 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month until April.

EAST GUILFORD - The United Presbyterian Church of East Guilford will be hold-ing its annual roast beef din-ner Friday, Oct. 13, from 4:30 – 7:00 p.m.

There will be a discounted cost for children 6-12, those 5 and younger will eat for free.

The meal will consist of roast beef with all the trim-mings (mostly homemade), and homemade pies for dessert. Takeouts will be available.

The church is located in East Guilford at the junction of Rt. 8 and 35.

SANITARIA SPRINGS - The Sanitaria Springs Fire Co. will be having a spaghetti supper, including salad bar, on Saturday, Oct. 14 starting at 4 p.m. at the Fire Station on Rt. 7 in Sanitaria Springs.

AFTON - The North Af-ton Cemetery Association will be holding a ham din-ner fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the North Afton Methodist Church.

Proceeds from this fund-raiser will help support the maintenance of the cemetery. The meal will consist of hon-ey roasted pineapple ham, creamy mashed potatoes, vegetable medley, applesauce, homemade cake and drinks.

A freewill donation will be accepted and takeouts will be available by calling 639-2400.

The Church is located at 121 County Rd. 17, Afton.

COVENTRYVILLE - The October dinner at the First

Congregational Church in Coventryville will be on Sat-urday, Oct. 14.

The meal will consist of chicken and biscuits with mashed potatoes, gravy, veg-etables and light dessert.

Serving will be from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

This date change is a one-time only occurrence. In No-vember the church dinner will go back to first Saturday of the month.

For more information, con-tact Pastor Joyce at 639-1841.

UNADILLA - The next Otsego County senior meal, served at the Unadilla Neigh-borhood Apartments, Clif-ton St., Unadilla, will be on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at noon.

The meal will consist of roast pork with gravy, fresh sweet potatoes, roasted brus-sel sprouts and cinnamon ap-plesauce for dessert. A bever-age will be included with the meal.

All seniors and non-seniors are welcome. You do not need to be a resident of the apart-ments. Call 369-2787 by Monday, Oct. 16 to make a reservation.

UNADILLA CENTER - The Unadilla Center United Methodist Church will hold its annual ham supper Satur-day, Oct. 21 from 4:30 p.m. - ?

The church is located at 1203 Butternut Rd. in Unadilla.

There will be a discounted price for diners bringing a nonperishable food donation for the food pantry.

SIDNEY25 YEARS AGO

Oct. 14, 1992A celebration was planned

for the opening of the expand-ed and remodeled Sidetrack Lounge, located at 14-16 Cart-wright Ave. in Sidney.

Owners Pete and Marianna Basile invited the community to stop be and see what they described at the time as “ex-tensive” changes.

The then-new dining area could seat an estimated 250 and was available for ban-quets. The dining room, re-modeled, could accommodate 150.

Thomas Brunelle, then-administrator at The Hospital in Sidney, announced his final days as chief executive officer in the early days of October ’92. He said he would be turn-ing over the reins to an in-terim administrator. Brunelle held the job since joining The Hospital in 1990.

Brunelle was leaving Sid-ney for a post as chief oper-ating officer at the House of the Good Samaritan Hospital in Watertown, N.Y., effective Oct. 19.

Then-president of the hos-pital’s board of trustees Roma Haag said, “We are very un-happy about his leaving, but happy for him to have this wonderful opportunity.” She emphasized, “ We are sorry to see Tom and his family leave.”

Brunelle himself noted having “mixed emotions” about the move. He said, “I am very proud of what we are doing. The Hospital has a bright future.”

The final decision of the ap-pointed replacement adminis-trator would fall to the board of trustees. Robert Tracht, an interim administrator, was to occupy the post in the meantime.

AFTON

25 YEARS AGOOct. 14, 1992

The Afton field hockey team was awarded the op-portunity to attend camp after being announced recipients of $2,531 from hosiery manufac-turer L’eggs and the Women’s Sports Foundation.

The team received the funding after members en-tered 150-word essays detail-ing their “team dream.” Eight teams nationwide were award-ed $5,000 apiece, while Afton was one of the 395 entrants to split $1 million raised by the sale of L’eggs hosiery.

The money would re-portedly go toward helping Afton field hockey players “further their quest to attain excellence.”

BAINBRIDGE25 YEARS AGO

Oct. 14, 1992The Town Hall Theatre in

Bainbridge was readying this weekend for the first show of its 1992-93 Out of the Wood-work Players season: Rich Cuthbertson’s production of Paul Zindel’s “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.”

Opening night would mark the stage debut for four of the play’s five cast members and the first production in the troupe’s four-year history not strictly a musical or comedy.

The play, winner of a Pulit-zer Prize, Obie Award a

Best American Play of the Year in 1970, was said to be increasingly relevant with ear-ly ‘90s audiences, as it “skill-fully deals with the need for building self-esteem.”

Of note, players and real-life mother-daughter duo Amy Cara Brosnan and Doris Brosnan depicted a mother-daughter relationship on stage

as well.

UNADILLA25 YEARS AGO

Oct. 14, 1992The Unadilla Central

School Calls of ’55 held its 37th reunion at the summer home of Carol (Berger) Weed in August 1992. Ten members of the class were present.

Tri-town attendees includ-ed Emmett and Linda Kill-meier and Lloyd and Barbara Sowles.

SIDNEY

50 YEARS AGOOct. 18, 1967

Robert F. Belding, Sidney High School principal, an-nounced his resignation from the Sidney School System, ef-fective Feb. 1, 1968 to accept a position as administrative assistant at a private school in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

BAINBRIDGE

50 YEARS AGOOct. 18, 1967

B-G school officials report-edly had “reason to rejoice” after low bids on two ad-ditional wing and alterations to the Greenlawn Elementary School were $133,000 less than the architect’s estimate.

Because the bids were lower than expected, the B-G School Board decided to authorize construction of a finished basement for storage space and a wrestling room to be located under the boys’ shower room. In spit of this additional construction, the cost was still expected to be $78,000 under the original architect’s estimate, which did not included the added work.

UNADILLA50 YEARS AGO

Oct. 18, 1967J.W. Van Cott & Son an-

nounced plans to tear down

their Unadilla building con-structed in 1897 by the Han-ford Wagon Works.

In 1919 the building was sold to J.W. Van Cott & Son who remodeled the office on the ground floor and used the balance of he building for storage of materials.

The Van Cotts report-edly abandoned the build-ing in 1964 when they build their new facilities in Sidney. Roughly a year before this announcement, the Van Cotts also tore down the Unadilla sawmill the company once used.

SIDNEY 75 YEARS AGO

Oct. 16, 1942Effect of an increasing in-

dustrial manpower shortage was reflected in the announce-ment by the engineering de-partment of the Scintilla Mag-neto Division plant of Bendix Aviation Corp. that it estab-lished a school in engineering drawing and principles of en-gineering practice for women.

The pupils at the time, all women, were chosen from staffs of the engineering de-partment and factory pro-duction departments on the basis of previous raining, ex-perience and general aptitude. The course was to be given for 49 hours over a three-week period, with a Mrs. Roloson as instructor.

UNADILLA75 YEARS AGO

Oct. 16, 1942It was announced that the

Unadilla Post Office would move Jan. 1, 1942 to the Ait-ken Block on Main Street, oc-cupied at the time by William Sutton’s store. Sutton was to move to the vacant store in the Brion Block.

UNADILLA - The Un-adilla Rod and Gun Club will be serving pancake breakfasts every Sunday through Nov. 12. Servings will be from 8 to 11 a.m. The menu will include unlimited pancakes, two eggs, ham or sausage and a bever-age. This year the club is cel-ebrating 46 years of serving breakfasts.

By the Rev. Rebecca Dre-bert, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Bainbridge

Many of us have heard that young people have stopped coming to church because they consider themselves to be spiritual but not religious. I think it is important to un-derstand the difference.

I believe everyone is spiri-tual in some way. It is un-avoidable, although it can be denied. It is part of our soul, baked into us when we were formed in the image of God. Our spirituality has to do with finding connected-ness to God and each other through subjective experience of the sacred. Through it we find our deepest meaning and values. Some find that subjec-tive experience in the appre-

ciation of a beautiful sunset or a day fishing on a lake, where we find a close connection to creation. Others may find it in providing service to someone in need. It may be in listen-ing to beautiful music. It can often be found in intentional, quiet prayer.

A spiritual life requires cul-tivating, just as the physical body needs exercise, and the mind need stimulation. It is a bit like letting someone we love know that we love them by gifts, kisses and telling them. It takes a bit of atten-tion. Too often those who say they are spiritual think that it is just something that happens and they don’t have to work at it.

The one quality that is es-sential to spiritual growth is humility. We have to see that

there is something greater than we are to which we can bend the knee. We have to be aware of our own short-comings to know that there is room to get better. We have to know that there is something for us to seek that is better than the way we live now.

At its best, religion is a way to provide discipline to our spiritual lives. It provides a community which encour-ages us to grow in spirit. It encourages various spiritual practices which may bring us closer to God. Such practices can include regular reading of scripture or other spiritual readings, worship, setting aside a time for retreat and prayer, having holy conver-sation with others, keeping a journal, confession, per-haps even fasting. There are

many ways to affect spiritual growth. Of course, one might even be regular attendance at church.

Some folks I have talked to who avoid church say they are turned off by our emphasis on money, on following rules and internal politics. They often don’t see churchgoers as in-tentional in letting their faith play out in the rest of their lives. In other words, many of our churches have lost the em-phasis on spiritual growth and become focused on their own institutional survival. They may be religious, but it is not spiritual.

I don’t think that we need choose between spiritual and religious. They reinforce each other. When they remain di-vided, our churches suffer and our spirits get stuck.

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vious partnership between SSADD and Hope & Heroes.

“We were in contact with Hope & Heroes in our first year in SSADD and (had) done something with them before,” said Lang, adding, “Since our SSADD club is made of kids and high school-ers, we wanted to do some-thing that would help other kids not so fortunate.”

Club advisor Jonathan Yur-ka, who initiated the group about three years ago, said students are “seeing equality as a major problem in soci-ety” and wanted to do some-thing to promote awareness. The run, he said, is something group members have been discussing since the start of the school year.

Yurka noted that, true to the group’s mission, the run will be open to participants from across the region.

“We didn’t want to just make it a 5k, but a commu-nity event for anyone to come to,” said Yurka, adding, “And we’re opening it up to all

schools from Binghamton to Oneonta.”

The event is being spon-sored by more than 20 area businesses, said Yurka, nam-ing ACCO Brands of Sidney as the run’s primary supporter.

ACCO Brands General Manager Jeff Almasian stat-ed, “We look at this event much like we view the local American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event: In addi-tion to raising funds for such worthy causes, these events have the potential to unite stu-dents, teachers, community members and businesses in a common cause.”

He continued, “Together, the members of our commu-nity can make a difference in the lives of children, adults and their families in their fight against cancer. It is an honor to sponsor events that bring people together to help others.”

Yurka, calling childhood cancer “something we of course need to bring aware-ness to,” said 100 percent

of profits will go to Hope & Heroes.

All 95 SSADD club mem-bers, said Yurka, will be par-ticipating in the run, alongside their “little brother” or “little sister.”

“All of our students in grades 10-12 have a ‘little,’” explained Yurka, adding, “It’s … a mentoring program throughout the entire school year and it’s like having a big brother or sister in your life outside of your circle.”

Lang praised the overall impact SSADD involvement has had on both its upperclass-men members and younger beneficiaries.

“I personally think SSADD is a huge opportunity and ex-perience for all the kids be-cause it covers almost every-thing,” she said, adding, “If you’re having problems with accepting yourself or men-tal health, there are different parts (of the club) where you can talk to people and we do a lot of give back to commu-nity, so I just think it’s a per-

fect opportunity.” And, said Lang, “all of the kids in it are amazing.”

The run, which will depart from and return to Sidney Central School, will be ac-companied by a police escort, with ambulances on-hand, said Yurka. SSADD club members and Yurka have co-ordinated with Sidney Village Police in mapping the route.

There will be seven brack-ets, Yurka explained—12 and under; 12-15; 16-19; 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; and 50 and older—with male and female categories for each bracket. The top two male and female runners will receive a prize package from Confluence Running of Binghamton and several engraved medals will also be presented, said Yurka. The event will conclude, he said, with live music, food and drinks.

To register online, visit lo-calraces.com and enter War-riors Equality Run. Registra-tion will also take place on Oct. 22.

Warriors continued

letters to the editorDear Editor,I have known Frank Selleck

for more than 20 years. In that time I have seen many of his qualities. He has been very dedicated to whatever he is working on, whether it was his job at the post office or as president of the Rod & Gun Club, Frank always gives his full attention and dedication.

Frank has dealt with the public for many years and knows the importance of lis-

tening to the issues in order to solve problems. Frank knows and cares about the issues in-volving all parts of our area, rural and in the villages and hamlets.

I think Frank would be a very good choice for a Sidney board set. His ability to work with others to find the right solution for a problem would be an asset to our area.

David Welch Village of Unadilla Mayor

To the Editor,My name is Bob Hunt. I

was born in Sidney, taught school in Sidney, bought and sold real estate in the Sidney area and am a past chairman of the Sidney Republican Committee.

Therefore, I want the best candidate for Sidney Town Council to be elected, so I am asking you to vote for Frank Selleck, our Republican candidate.

Frank has been involved in many activities, including financial management, has pride in his workmanship and was the recipient of a Citizen of the Year award in 1991. He is prepared to put forth dili-gence for the betterment of the town of Sidney in the position of town councilman.

Remember to vote for Frank Selleck on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

Bob Hunt Sidney

Dear Editor,I am not seeking re-election

to the Sidney town council-man position. I am proud of the work that we, the Town Council, along with Supervi-sor Eugene Pigford have been able to accomplish over the last four years ( although we are not done yet!) and the part I was able to play in that.

When asked about running for re-election, I explained to the local Republican Commit-tee that I was not running for re-election. However, some well-meaning supporters cir-culated petitions and gathered nominating signatures and were able to get my name on the ballot, which cannot be re-moved at this point. I sincere-ly appreciate their confidence and support but I haven’t changed my position. I am not running. I said to them

initially that we, the commit-tee, must find a person to run who shares our values, has demonstrated (not just talked about) his or her concern for this community and is will-ing to commit to serving the people and businesses of the town of Sidney.

I am pleased to report that we found that person: Frank Selleck. We are fortunate that he is willing, even enthusias-tic, about serving.

More information on Frank will be presented in the next few weeks. If you do not know Frank, please make the effort to get to know him and I am confident that you too will concur that he will serve you well. Ignore my name on the ballot.

Thank you, John Woodyshek.Sidney

Notice of CorrectionsBAINBRIDGE – Please note that in a previously printed ar-

ticle announcing June White of Bainbridge as this year’s Citizen of the Year, it failed to mention that, together with co-president of the Jericho Garden Club Cindy Salak, White and dedicated JGC members have beautified many areas of Bainbridge.

SIDNEY - Please note that a previously published ad in our

Oct. 5 edition had an incorrect day for the Awestruck Pressing Party at Awestruck Ciders of Sidney. The party will take place SUNDAY, Oct. 15 and not Saturday, Oct. 15 as stated in the ad. Happy pressing!

Selleck Seeks Sidney Town Councilman Seat My name is Frank Sell-

eck and I am running for the position of Sidney Town Councilman.

For the last 17 years, my wife and I have been residents of the Town of Sidney. After graduating from Unatego High School, I earned an A.A.S in Marketing from SUNY Delhi. I enlisted in the United States Army in 1972 and received an honor-able discharge in 1974. I am a Vietnam-era veteran, and a member of Sidney Legion Post 183.

In 1975 I began a career with the postal service in Sidney Center. I re-tired after 35 years of federal service, 20 of which I spent as postal clerk in Gilbertsville. A substantial part of my career involved facilitating postal Quality of Worklife meetings. In this program, I worked with craft and management to resolve issues along with team building.

My wife and I have two daughters. We also enjoy three grandchildren. I am very patriotic and believe in

the political processes of our country. I consider being a member of the Sidney Town Board a civic duty. If elected, I will work to earn your trust and respect. I have the time to spend doing research and fact-finding on issues that come before the town board.

My agenda is to foster eco-nomic growth. I will pursue programs to improve housing and infrastructure in Sidney Center. I will help re-establish agencies displaced through the sale of the Sidney Civic Center. The closing of Veter-ans Administration office was a gross disservice to veterans and their families in our area.

A priority of mine will be to identify, address and cor-rect deficiencies in town zon-ing while collaborating with the planning board. I plan to protect the rights of property owners while regulating what is necessary and no more.

We also need to ensure that we have the best health care. It is important we have a state-of-the-art health care facility in our area that of-fers cancer and cardiac care as well as outpatient support

services.All people have a right to

be heard. Freedom is not free.

Please exercise your right to vote. I would appreciate your support on Nov. 7. Thank you.

Keep Kids Safe with Oct. 14 Car Seat Event in SidneySIDNEY - On Oct. 14 Del-

aware County Public Health and the Village of Sidney Po-lice will hold a free car seat safety event at McDonalds in Sidney, 141 Delaware Ave., from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Three out of four car seats are not used or installed cor-rectly. Correctly used child safety seats can reduce the

risk of death by as much as 71 percent.

Parents and caregivers can have their child’s car seat checked at no cost by certified child safety seat technicians. This free event will educate parents and caregivers on proper car seat installation and use. Car seats which do not meet the Federal Motor Safety Standard may be re-

placed. Be sure to bring your child/children to the event and expectant parents are wel-come as well.

According to the CDC mo-tor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children under the age of 13 in the U.S., but many of these deaths can be prevented. Placing children in age- and size-appropriate car seats and

booster seats reduces serious and fatal injuries by more than half.

Funding for this program is made possible by the gover-nor’s Traffic Safety Commit-tee and the National Highway Safety Administration. For more information, call Heath-er Warner at Delaware Coun-ty Public Health, 832-5200.

Town of Franklin to Host Oct. 17 Candidate ForumFRANKLIN - A Franklin

forum to present candidates for contested seats on the town council will be hosted by the New Franklin Reg-ister on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the Ouleout Valley Post 1689 American Legion, 327 Main St., Franklin.

Six town offices will be be-fore the voters this November: supervisor, clerk, highway su-perintendent, justice, and two councilmen. Term of office will be two years for supervi-sor, clerk, and superintendent and four years for justice and councilmen.

Only the positions for the council are being contested

and those candidates have been invited to present them-selves to the voters at this forum. There are three can-didates for the two council seats. Two are incumbents, Garret Sitts (Republican), having served 10 years, and David Grant (Republican), having served four years. The challenger is Patricia A. Tyrell (Franklin Party, with Demo-cratic endorsement).

Until recently, town elec-tions have been uncontested and with low voter turnout. However, the last two con-tested elections brought 600 and 770 voters to the polls, respectively. Franklin and Treadwell candidate forums

have been held preceding these elections.

The forum will begin at 7:00 p.m. and is expected to run an hour. Afterward there will be an opportunity for conversation with the candi-dates and light refreshments.

The moderator will be John Campbell, director of the Franklin Railroad and Com-munity Museum and former mayor of the village of Frank-lin. Each candidate will be offered an opportunity for a three-minute opening state-ment, followed 30 minutes of questioning from the audi-ence. The formal part of the forum will conclude with each candidate offering a one-min-

ute summation. The sponsor, The New

Franklin Register is published under the auspices of Frank-lin Local, Ltd., a not-for-profit volunteer organization dedi-cated to informing the public, rebuilding the local economy, promoting community soli-darity, encouraging volun-teerism and advocating for sustainable development.

This Franklin forum will be an informational event. Franklin Local and the Oule-out Valley Post are non-parti-san, and their hosting does not imply an endorsement of any candidate or candidates.

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tion of the US Olympics, held that year in Lake Placid, the K-9 unit has grown from three teams of handlers and their bomb-detecting dogs to 99 active teams, making Troop C’s K-9 Unit one of the largest in the country. Handlers and their canine counterparts un-dergo a 20-week training.

While Janice Brown of Maine, N.Y. counted the he-licopter fl ight and canine demonstrations as highlights of her visit, she said she also enjoyed the informative trav-eling Centennial History

Display.Brown noted her niece’s

husband is a trooper at Troop C and that she is the wife of a retired Pennsylvania state trooper.

“It’s very interesting,” said Brown of the displays and artifacts spanning New York State Police’s inception to to-day. She added, “I’ve learned lots of points I didn’t know.”

Brown said she especially liked learning more about women’s advancement within the state police.

“I like just seeing where fe-

males started and where they are today,” noted Brown, add-ing, “They’ve made a great leap in history.”

Senior investigator and overseer of the traveling mu-seum John Fallon said, while the exhibit always generates appreciation, retirees found it particularly worthwhile.

“I’ve gotten a lot of posi-tive feedback,” said Fallon, “especially from retirees and family members (of troop-ers).” Riegal noted that rough-ly 150 retired state troopers were invited to a special pre-

event walk-through Saturday morning.

Major McEvoy credited a group effort with the day’s success.

He said, “Our civilian and uniformed employees did an incredible job putting this together.”

For more information on the New York State Po-lice at Troop C, Sidney, visit nyspnews.com or fi nd New York State Police on Facebook.

Troop C continued

Canine “Milton” takes down a criminal during a dem-onstration of New York State Police Troop C’s K-9 Unit Saturday, Oct. 7 at the troop’s centennial celebration in Sidney.

Helicopter fl ight demonstrations proved a crowd favor-ite during Troop C’s centennial celebrations Oct. 7 at the Troop C barracks in Sidney.

last fall by the Albany-based Laberge Group, Law said, curbing was installed below street level and not, as indicat-ed in the design, with a fi ve-inch curb reveal.

“There was inadequate information on our survey,” said Law, “and if our sur-vey’s wrong, the work’s go-ing to be wrong.” He reiter-ated, “We didn’t have enough information.”

Law explained that the road crown and resultant street grade were not prop-erly calibrated in the project survey, thereby making cal-culations based on the survey unwittingly wrong. He noted, “When I do the grades, I have to trust the survey.”

Though a revised grid has since been issued to contrac-tors and most of the straight-away sections of curbing can be salvaged, said Law, curb-ing bump-outs will “have to be raised to get the appropri-ate curb reveal.”

The discovery, said Law, means not only will the east-ern side of Main Street take longer than expected to com-plete, but that work can now not begin on the western side until spring 2018. Law noted, “We were two days away from concrete being poured when this happened.”

Oct. 23 is the expected date for removal and reinstallation

of the affected sections of curbing, said Law. He contin-ued, “The new goal is to get the side of the street that’s already ripped up 100 per-cent done – curbing, lighting, landscaping, everything – by Dec. 9.”

Calling the project a “di-saster,” Sidney grant admin-istrator John Redente said, “We’ve made the decision not to attempt both sides … and just get this side buttoned up.” Law added, “It’s too much of a risk to open up the other side … (and) the most important thing is that it’s done right.”

Village residents and busi-ness owners voiced concern throughout the meeting. Chief among them: a lack of safety in the construction site, de-creased or eliminated access to businesses, a missing sense of urgency among project su-pervisors, a lack of oversight and no appointed project manager or clerk of the works, the possible cost incurred by delays, the effect of impend-ing winter weather on the timeline and the negative im-pact on downtown businesses.

In response to calls from community members for a dedicated and qualifi ed proj-ect overseer, Law said, the choice not to appoint a clerk of the works initially was a “budgetary decision.”

Underscoring that the

curb installment portion of the project should have been “very straightforward,” Law noted the presence of an on-site engineer during more complex infrastructure work. He added that it is “not typi-cal” to have dedicated quality control for a curb installation.

Though possible fi scal ram-ifi cations from the delay are being explored, said Law, he noted that the contractor will “take some ownership.” He said, “The contractor is going to make that change at no ad-ditional cost.”

Law said bolstering safety boundaries, adding fencing and improving access to busi-nesses is “something we can get started on right away.”

Rain gardens, he added, will be installed Oct. 13.

Law said he is hopeful for a swift and mistake-free sec-ond phase of the project come spring. Work on the western side of Main Street, he said, should begin in April 2018.

“The second construc-tion season opens,” said Law, “we’ll hit the ground run-ning.” He added, “The other side should be a lot easier and go much faster … (and) we’ll have updated survey information.”

Owners of Sidney Flowers & Gifts Pat and Dan Cristelli said, despite a marked drop in business and accessibility,

they remain hopeful about the overall project outcome.

“I still think it’s going to be a great, great thing,” said Pat.

Both said they appreciated the Oct. 9 meeting, what will be one in a series of three, and the chance it provided com-munity members to “vent.”

“If you don’t speak up, nothing will happen,” said Pat, adding, “My big push today was to help them un-derstand the urgency of this. I hope they take that to heart … and move forward.” Dan echoed, “I think this meet-ing was about keeping us informed.”

Despite the current and signifi cant setbacks, Law re-minded community members and business owners alike that the project, from the get-go, was designed to bolster busi-ness in Sidney.

“The whole point of this was to enrich the business community,” said Law, add-ing, “That’s been the goal all along.”

The next meeting will be held Monday, Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. in the boardroom of the Civic Center at 21 Liberty St. A third will take place Mon-day, Nov. 6. For further infor-mation, visit vos.org or call the village offi ces at 561-2320.

Downtown continued

odds & ends

BAINBRIDGE - The Board of Education meeting that was scheduled for Oct. 19 has been cancelled. The next Board of Education meeting will be on Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the Guilford cafeteria.

BAINBRIDGE - The First Baptist Church of Bainbridge will be holding its annual fall rummage sale on Friday, Oct. 13 and Saturday, Oct. 14.

The sale will be held in the First Baptist Church on 3 South Main St., Bainbridge. It will be from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. both days.

Come take advantage of some great buys.

OTEGO - The Otego Unit-ed Methodist Church will have a tag and bake sale along with a luncheon counter on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in their fellowship hall at 10 Church St. in Otego.

Baked goods and coffee beverages will be offered throughout the day.

The luncheon will include chili, soup, roll, beverages and a selection of pie slices.

OTEGO - Otego Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16 at the Otego Town Hall, 3526 State High-way 7.

Gardner Glenn Seroka will speak about his Heirloom vegetables and methods of preservation of fruits. All are welcome.

Refreshments will be served.

OTEGO - The Unatego Central School Board of Edu-cation will meet on Monday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in room 93 at the middle/senior high school.

SIDNEY CENTER - The Sidney Center Cemetery Board of Trustees will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the Sidney Center fi re station at 6 p.m. This meeting is open to

all lot owners. Anyone with questions should contact Su-zanne Patrick, secretary, at 369-4817.

Calling all Veterans: Breakfast will be served!Bainbridge-Guilford CSD

will be hosting its second an-nual Veterans Day breakfast on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 8:15 a.m. in the Greenlawn Ele-mentary School cafeteria. The students will be serving the veterans a hearty breakfast and there will be a short pro-gram immediately following.

RSVP with Sue Weibel in the district offi ce by calling 967-6321 by Nov. 3.

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Some members of the Tri-County and Leatherstocking Stamp Club make preparations for their upcoming Stamp and Postcard Show of October 14th at the Holiday Inn in Oneonta. (seated l. to r.). Bob Finnegan, Jim Collins and Steve McCarthy. (standing l. to r.). Bob Consigli, Albert Keck, Carol Goodrich, Bob Holstead and Peter Craig

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ty Stamp Club, in conjunction with the Leatherstocking Stamp Club of Cooperstown, is under-taking its sixth combined effort in hosting a Stamp and Postcard Show in Oneonta Saturday, Oct. 14. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on Route 23, just east of Wal-Mart and the Southside Mall. There is no admission cost and no parking fee.

The combined effort was spearheaded by the Tri-County Stamp Club about six years ago with the hope of generat-ing more interest for stamp and post card collecting. The two clubs have contacted several regional and statewide dealers of stamps and postcards and the dealers are willing to see what kind of interest lies in central New York. Dealers are also in-terested in any items of value.

The upcoming show have dealers on-hand to sell stamps and covers as well as postcards, but the two sponsoring clubs will also have tables where visitors can ask stamp-related questions. The tri-county table will sponsor its popular chance board whereby stamps can be purchased at inexpensive prices for beginners and novices to the hobby. The Leatherstock-ing Stamp Club, very much endowed with first day cover productions in the past, will have on sale many first day

covers relative to the Leather-stocking region of New York as well as many covers relative to baseball.

Scott Fielder of Oneonta, re-cently highlighted in the Amer-ican Philatelist and The Daily Star, has been involved with the planning and implementa-tion of the show, as has Spike Paranya, a former Sidney El-ementary School principal and Bob Finnegan, a former teacher and Stamp Club advisor for ju-niors for 30 years and up. It is their hope that some tri-county collectors of postcards and stamps will venture to the show this year.

Many stamp collectors very often have little understanding as to how many other collectors are out there. Local stamp clubs provide an interactive opportu-nity to learn where other col-lectors are and what material is being collected. The Tri-Coun-ty Stamp Club has been active since 1934 and is officially recognized by the American Philatelic Society and the Fed-eration of Central NY Phila-telic Societies. The club offers programs to its members from March through December, with a hiatus during January and February.

Anyone interested in attend-

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It is the hope of club mem-bers to see many visitors stop in on a nice fall day and take a look at what the dealers have to offer or just to learn more about the hobbies of stamp and post card collecting. All juniors un-der the age of 16 will receive free stamps to add to an existing collection or stamps to begin a lifelong hobby of collecting.

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“Part of why we’ve been around for 125 years is because of the amazing team of people,” said van der Meulen, adding, “We all feel very proud.”

Employees were given commemorative 125th anni-versary sweatshirts, a $125 bonus and an hourly pay raise of $1.25, effective by the end of this month.

“This is really about the team,” continued van der Meulen, “and having a great team all these years has set us apart not only in the area, but from our competitors.”

New York State Senator James Seward, Assemblyman Clifford Crouch and a repre-sentative from the office of Congressman John Faso were on-hand to share in the cel-ebration and underscore the economic value of a family-owned business such as Un-alam continuing operations in small, rural towns. All three men presented Unalam with certificates of citation recog-nizing the business for its re-markable 125-year tenure.

Mayor of Sidney Andy Matviak re-affirmed the economic and employment opportunities Unalam, as a large, longtime manufacturer

in the tri-towns, has continu-ally brought to the area.

“Very few communities have a manufacturing base like Sid-ney and Unalam is a big part of that,” said Matviak. He added, “They employ a lot of people in Sidney and the tri-towns and they’ve been here through good times and bad. We really ap-preciate that.”

42-year Unalam employee Phil Holowacz, now retired, said it was the familial atmo-sphere extending through all aspects of the company that made working for Unalam throughout four-plus decades so pleasant.

“I enjoyed what I was doing and the people I was working with,” said Holowacz, former vice president of sales. Ho-lowacz, who retired in 2013, added, “It was a family. Ev-erything was good and the people I worked for made it comfortable.”

For current quality control specialist Brett Johnson of Unadilla, a 16-year Unalam employee, the ever-changing nature of the work itself keeps things fascinating and work-ers engaged.

“There’re always interesting projects (and) something dif-

ferent,” said Johnson, “from big arches to small residence jobs.”

President Craig Van Cott said Unalam marking the 125-year milestone was “amazing.” Like others, he emphasized the role family and creating a familial atmo-sphere played in bolstering the business through parts of three centuries.

“It was instilled in me from a very young age to treat the business as part of the fam-ily,” said Van Cott, adding, “I knew I was destined to do this.”

The commemorative pre-sentation was followed by a luncheon with cake, served on one of 44 125-foot arches Un-alam is currently manufactur-ing for a water park project in Monticello, N.Y.

For more information about Unalam’s products and ser-vices, call 369-9341, visit Un-alam.com, find the business on Facebook at facebook.com/glulam or on Twitter at twitter.com/unalam.

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President of Unalam Craig Van Cott speaks during the company’s 125th anniversa-ry celebration Wednesday, Oct. 4. Unalam was founded by Van Cott’s great-great grandfather J.W. Van Cott of Unadilla in 1892.

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LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON

THE BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that the 2018 Pro-posed Budget of the Bain-bridge Fire District of the Town of Bainbridge, State of New York, will be presented to the Board of Fire Commis-sioners of the Bainbridge Fire District, for its consideration.

A PUBLIC HEARING will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Bainbridge Fire Station, 22 West Main Street, Bainbridge, New York 13733, in the Town of Bainbridge, State of New York on Tuesday the 17th day of October, 2017.

Pursuant to Town Law Sec-tion 105, the Board of Fire Commissioners must hold a public hearing on the budget, make the proposed budget available to the public prior to the public hearing, allow the public to comment on the budget at the public hearing. This hearing must be held to allow maximum public par-

ticipation at the hearing. The purpose of the public

hearing is to allow any per-son to be heard in favor of or against the proposed budget as it is submitted, or for or against any item or items con-tained in the proposed budget, and hearing all persons inter-ested in the subject concern-ing same.

That a copy of the pro-posed budget is available at the Office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Bainbridge at 15 North Main Street, Bain-bridge, New York, where it may be inspected by any interested person during of-fice hours or by contacting the District Secretary Sandra Zorda, at 607-967-2654.

All meetings of the Bain-bridge Fire District are open to the public. By order of the Board of Fire Commission-ers of the Bainbridge Fire District.

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Town of Afton Fire District, Afton, Chenango Co, New York.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a the 2018 budget hear-ing of the Afton Fire District Commissioners will take place on OCTOBER 17, 2017 beginning at 7:00 pm in the Afton FIre Station, 15 Spring Street, Afton, Chenango Co, New York. This meeting is open to the public.

By Order Of The Board Of Fire Commissioners

KatieLynn Barker, Secretary.

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Please take notice that the An-nual Luncheon/Meeting of the West Bainbridge Rural Cemetery Association will be held on Satur-day, October 14, 2017 at 1:00 pm in the Bainbridge Historical Cen-ter, on the corner of South Main Street and Walnut Ave. The meet-ing is open to the public, and all lot owners and Association members are encouraged to attend.

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The Masonville Fire Dis-trict will hold a public hear-ing pertaining to the proposed 2018 budget for the Mason-ville Fire District. Said hear-ing will be held at the Mason-ville Town Hall prior to the monthly meeting, on October 12, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

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Please take notice: The Vil-lage of Unadilla Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing, October 24th, 2017 at the Fire House, 77 Clifton St. Unadilla, NY 13849. This is regarding a special use permit application for an Air- BNB at 305 Main St. Unadilla, NY. A copy of the application and plans can be found at the Vil-lage Clerk’s office for review. Further questions on this mat-ter can be directed to Village Clerk- Treasurer Clarissa Rik-er, at 607-369-3421.

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Local Grangers Plan Trip to Annual State SessionOCCA to Present Scenic Riddell State Park Hike

AUBURN – The 145th an-nual session of the New York State Grange will be held at Auburn Holiday Inn from Oct. 20 through 24, hosted by Wayne County.

Approximately 200 Grang-ers from across New York will be attending, including, from the Butternut Valley Grange of Gilbertsville, Roger Hal-bert, Barton Snedaker, Rob-ert Evans, Roberta Halbert, Norm and Anna Ritchey and Bruce and Helen Ritchey. Other grangers from Otsego County Pomona attending will include Caren Kelsey and Jean Barry of Hinman Hol-

low Grange, Dorothy and Les Rathbun of Westville Grange, Irene Fassett from Springfiled Grange and Ken and Elaine Smith from Colonel Harper Grange.

During the four days, dele-gates will be addressing reso-lutions on agriculture, educa-tion, federal issues, grange issues, health, state issues and taxation.

The community service project that Grangers across the state are encouraged to participate in is the Cato-Me-didian Backpack School Pro-gram. Donatable items for the program include individual serving-sized items and kid-

friendly peanut butter, pasta in a can, tuna fish, Ramen noodles, granola bars, hot chocolate, pudding and fruit cups, macaroni and cheese boxes, snack cereal, etc.

This project helps children have enough food to eat over the weekends and long school vacations. Donations may be brought to the next regular Grange meeting before the State Grange Session.

Butternut Valley Grange’s other project right now is the collection of “C” series one-dollar bills, which will go toward cancer research and be presented to a local cancer center near Auburn.

ONEONTA — Otsego County Conservation Associ-ation’s nature walk series will continue on Saturday, Oct. 14 at noon with a hike in Robert V. Riddell State Park in the town of Oneonta.

Steve Kent will lead the 4.5 mile walk, which passes through different forest types, makes a side trip to a 30-foot waterfall and stops at Mud Lake, a sphagnum bog at the top of South Hill. The trail then descends toward Pine Lake Environmental Campus.

“[Kent’s] enthusiasm and knowledge of the property

and its history makes for an entertaining and informative hike,” said Jeff O’Handley, OCCA’s program director.

Steve and Trish Riddell Kent donated the land for the state park in 2005; previously, the land was in the Riddell family for five generations.

Participants will meet at noon at the Pine Lake Cam-pus, 1894 Charlotte Creek Road, Oneonta. From there, the group will carpool to the trail’s starting point on Ger-soni Road (Otsego County Rte. 58), which is just south of I-88, Exit 17. The hike pro-ceeds up and over South Hill,

ending at Pine Lake.“The hike is long and there

are some moderately steep portions of the trail, but it’s well worth it,” O’Handley said. He added that he expects it to take about four hours to complete.

Hikers should wear sturdy shoes and weather-appropri-ate clothing and bring water, a snack and insect repellent.

Participation is free, but pre-registration is required and can be accomplished by calling O’Handley at 547-4488 or via OCCA’s web-site, occainfo.org/calendar/mud-lake-riddell-state-park/.

DCHS Seeks Award of Merit Nominations DELHI – The Delaware

County Historical Associa-tion is once more accepting nominations for its annual Awards of Merit. Individuals and groups who have made significant contributions to the preservation and presenta-tion of local history, traditions and culture will be presented awards at DCHA’s annual meeting Sunday, Nov. 5.

The accomplishments of nominees should represent an outstanding effort to preserve

and promote the history and culture of Delaware County, or to preserve and present the traditional folk arts of the region. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to: preservation of buildings, public programs and volun-teer operation of historical societies, publications, or ex-hibits. Activities conducted as part of a business venture or by a for-profit organization are generally not considered for the award nominations.

To submit a nomination,

write a short letter or email detailing the reasons the nominee is deserving of the award. Include your name, ad-dress and phone number and the name, address and phone number of the nominee and send it by Oct. 21 to: Award of Merit Committee, Delaware County Historical Associa-tion, 46549 State Highway 10, Delhi, N.Y., 13753.

For more information, con-tact 746-3849, dcha@delhi.net or visit www.dcha-ny.org.

Churches Thank Members for Fair WorkGUILFORD/MT. UPTON

- The Guilford and Mt. Upton United Methodist churches would like to thank all who worked at their food booth during the Chenango County Fair, a tradition which has spanned more than 50 years.

If it weren’t for these hard-working folks and the com-munity’s help, the booth could not continue. We would

especially like to recognize those who do the “behind the scenes” work. These duties in-clude ordering food, building repairs, cleaning before and after the booth opens and clos-es for the season, picking up groceries, making pies, prep-ping food and making sure the workers get to the site. We appreciate our loyal custom-ers. Even though it is often a long and usually hot summer

week, we have a lot of fun so-cializing among ourselves and with the people who come to our stand. There are a lot of laughs as well as hard work, which is a good combination, and the satisfaction from do-ing something worthwhile for the places where we live.

This is our largest yearly fundraiser and a vital part of keeping our congregations go-ing. Again, thank you.

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Claudia (Teale) BerkeleySIDNEY - Claudia (Teale)

Berkeley, 64, passed away peacefully on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 surrounded by her family. She was born July 24, 1953, daughter of the late Claude and Elizabeth (Peck) Teale in Sidney.

Claudia worked at DCMO BOCES with special needs children and provided home health care and respite care with special needs children after school. She loved to help people and, for several years, volunteered with Catskill Area Hospice and Chenango County Hospice.

She enjoyed flowers, plants and perennial gardens, mak-ing quilts, collecting angels, walking and working out. Above all else, she enjoyed spending time with her friends and family, especially her beautiful grandbabies, who were her sunshine and great-est joy.

Claudia is survived by long-time companion, Larry Barnes of Bainbridge; three support-ive sons and daughters-in-law: Ryan and Quinn Berkeley of Binghamton, Aaron and Lau-ra Berkeley of Binghamton and Adam and Lindsay Berke-ley of McGraw; grandbabies: Carter, Levi, Ella, Sawyer and a baby girl on the way; brother and sister-in-law:, Bruce and Renee Teale of Sidney Center; two sisters:, Bonnie Burnett of Harpursville and Jean and Jim Lane of Zephyrhills, Fla.; her bff, Natalie Niles and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Special thanks is extended to everyone who reached out during Claudia’s illness with caring, comforting thoughts by sending cards, flowers, food, phone calls, prayers or visits; and to Broome Oncol-ogy and Wilmont Cancer Center.

Friends were invited to call on Saturday, Oct. 7 at C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, 21 Main St., Sidney. Funeral ser-vices followed at the funeral chapel. Burial was private in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney.

Donations in Claudia’s memory may be directed to Catskill Area Hospice, 1 Birchwood Dr., Oneonta, N.Y.,

Constance Grace Teelon Knapp

SIDNEY – Connie Knapp, 71, passed away peacefully with her children at her side on Sept. 25, 2017 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond, Va. Connie was unexpectedly stricken by a severe infection and fought valiantly for two weeks in the hospital before she passed.

Connie, or “Noni” as she was known to her grandchil-dren, was a vibrant, energetic mother and grandmother who loved nothing more than for her family to be together on some exciting adventure or just having dinner.

Her life was a reflection of the things she loved to do. She loved desserts and making people smile, so she baked Christmas cookies and “special” birthday cakes for her children and grandchil-dren. She was an avid reader, so she collected books and worked for Barnes & Noble. She loved caring for others, so she provided services as a nanny, babysitter and adult caregiver. She raised her chil-dren in the Catholic Church and was confirmed a Catholic herself on April 14, 2001. She loved Williamsburg, Va. and Richmond, Va., so she lived in each of those communities. She loved crafts and antiques, so she started a small business where she could create and sell them. She loved viewing and exploring gardens with her mother and they always attended annual spring garden tours throughout Virginia. Fi-nally and most importantly, she loved her grandchildren and would travel at a mo-ment’s notice to take care of them or participate in what-ever they were doing.

Connie was born Feb. 27, 1946 in Sidney to the late Elsie Nabinger Teelon and the late Paul Teelon. She graduated from Sidney Central School with the Class of 1964. She recently attended her annual class reunion, where she hap-pily caught up with her class-mates and longtime friends.

She grew up in Mt. Up-ton and raised her family in Sidney until 1986, when they re-located to Williamsburg, where she lived until moving to Richmond in 1997.

Left to treasure Connie’s memory are her children: Mike (Cassie) Knapp, Tim (Pixie) Knapp, Michelle (Fred) Tirado, Dan (Beth) Knapp and Amie Knapp; grandchildren: Lindsay, Syd-ney, Carter, Mercedes, Fred,

Dennis H. DavenportHARPURSVILLE - Den-

nis H. Davenport, 62, of Harpursville, passed away Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. He was predeceased by his moth-er, Shirley Davenport; father, Harold Davenport; and sister, Sharon Rhodes.

He is survived by daughter, Christie (Dale Grover) Bun-ker; girlfriend, Susan Riegel and her children: Joseph (Ra-chel) Riegel, Brian Riegel, 7 grandchildren; Harley, Alycia, Megan, Haylee, Shanna, Joey and Danika. Denny is also survived by two sisters, Karen Rhodes and Debbie Daven-port; and many nieces, neph-ews, cousins, close friends and his softball family.

He was an avid hunter, softball pitcher and player. His granddaughter and best friend Harley was his pride and joy and to whom he taught pitching.

The family received friends at Osterhoudt-Madden Fu-neral Home of Harpursville on Saturday, Oct. 7. In lieu of flowers, donations can be di-rected through the family.

James Frederick Krahwinkel

HARPURSVILLE - James Frederick Krahwinkel, 80, of Harpursville, passed away peacefully Oct. 3, 2017 at UHS Hospital surrounded by family.

James is survived by his wife Louise of 56 years; daughters, Deborah Thorne, Dawn Kotsko, Darlene (Todd) Thomas and Dulcey Krah-winkel; son, Oliver (Amber) Krahwinkel; two grandsons, Tony and Todd, who called him dad; sisters, Marylu Bow-man, Marcia Daniels, Marqui-ta Hawkins, Penny VanScoy and Tonya Scales; brothers, Robert Soules and Kenny Soules; grandchildren, Rob-ert, Matt, Jason, Samantha, Mark, Olivia, Courtney, Jen-nifer, Tyler, Zachary, Ashley, Grace and Owen; and many loving great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Jim was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to all. Jim is preceded in death by his father, Fred; mother, Muriel; brother, Gene; and son-in-law, Bob.

Jim’s hobbies included fish-ing, cooking, watching base-ball, bluegrass concerts and going to his grandkids’/great grandkids’ sporting events.

Jim served in the United States Air Force and received an honorable discharge. He retired in 1998 from the Press & Sun Bulletin after 15 years and in his later years he deliv-ered parts for NAPA Auto. A special thank you is extended to the staff on North Tower 3 for their loving care and concern.

A memorial celebrating Jim’s life was held Saturday, Oct. 7. The family received friends, with a service follow-ing at Conklin Presbyterian Church, 1175 Conklin Road, Conklin, N.Y., 13748.

Jesse W. MoffittAFTON — Jesse William

Moffitt, 49, passed away unex-pectedly Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. He was born Oct. 1, 1968, son of Donald Moffitt and Betty (Stevens) Moffitt in Jackson-ville, N.C. Jesse graduated from Bainbridge-Guilford High School with the Class of 1988, where he was a gifted artist, especially painting.

Jesse loved everything outdoors: he was a talented hunter, fisherman and trap-per. He enjoyed camping and taxidermy, woodworking and making furniture. He was a natural jack-of-all-trades.

He is survived by: father, Don Moffitt; mother and step-father, Betty and Red Page; son, Tyler Moffitt; two step-sons, Jeff Tanner and his companion, Jessica Wilcox and son, Jayden; and Nick and Angela Tanner and children, Adrianna, Harper and Tuck-er; brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Amanda Moffitt and their sons, Austin and Cody Moffitt; sister, Amy Johnson and her children, Dylan Mof-fitt, Tori Johnson and Michael Johnson; grandmother, Alice Sines; many aunts, uncles and cousins, countless friends and buddies and his beloved dogs, Dixie and Odie.

He was predeceased by his grandfather, Herbert Sines.

Friends called Monday, Oct. 9 at C.H. Landers Funer-al Chapel, 21 Main St., Sidney. Funeral services followed at the funeral chapel with the Rev. Jeff Cutting officiating. Burial followed in Greenlawn Cemetery, Bainbridge.

Condolences may be shared with the family online at www.landersfh.com.

Robert HotchkinFRANKLIN - Robert

Hotchkin, 74, of Franklin, died unexpectedly Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. He was born Aug. 17, 1943 in Parksville, N.Y. to Albert and Thelma (Keator) Hotchkin.

He is survived by three children: Amy and Gary Sper-razza, Dawsonville, Ga., Rob and Val Hotchkin, Bainbridge and Chris and Trish Hotchkin, Franklin; six grandchildren: Cannon and Carter, Katie and Jake and Ethan and Isabella; sister: Alice Lieb, Bainbridge; brother and sister-in-law: Al-bert and Loretta Hotchkin, Ariz; companion, Nancy Bed-

13820; Chenango County Hospice, 21 Hayes St., Nor-wich, N.Y., 13815; or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105. Condo-lences may be shared with the family online at www.lander-sfh.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of C.H. Landers Fu-neral Chapel, Sidney.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 3049 Syracuse, N.Y., 13220 or the American Can-cer Society, P.O. Box 22478 Oklahoma City, OK, 73123.

Online condolences may be made at: www.omaddenfh.com. Arrangements are by the Osterhoudt-Madden Fu-neral Home, 69-71 Maple St., Harpursville.

Arrangements are under the direction of C.H. Landers Fu-neral Chapel, Sidney.

Jr., Eamonn, Emmet, Caleb, Adelynn and Michael; ex-hus-band Dan and his wife Patty; sister Carol (George) Clum; nieces: Cari-Ann (Eric) Chris-tensen and Erica Clum; and her beloved dog, Tokie.

There to greet her in Heav-en is her son Chris, her mother Elsie and her dear friends Joe Hinds and Edwin NeSmith.

A Mass of Christian Burial celebrating Connie’s life was held Friday, Oct. 6 in Rich-mond, Va.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Church Hill Animal Hospital, 322 North 25th St., Richmond, Va., 23223 and the Evelyn D. Rein-hart House, 1100 Libbie Ave., Richmond, Va. 23226.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Bliley Funeral Homes, 3801 Augusta Ave., Richmond, Va.

ford, Franklin; dog, Buddy; and several nieces and neph-ews. He was the owner of Bob’s Pit Stop in Franklin, loved working on his cars and was an avid mechanic and collector.

Funeral services were held at the Westcott-Madden Fu-neral Home of Unadilla on Friday, Oct. 6. Burial will be in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Unadilla. The family received friends at the Westcott-Mad-den Funeral Home on Thurs-day, Oct. 5.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Dela-ware County, 101 E. Main St. Sidney, N.Y., 13838. Online condolences may be made at: www.wmaddenfh.com. Ar-rangements are by the West-cott-Madden Funeral Home.

Go Leaf Peeping with Oct. 15 Glimmerglass Guild Bus Trip

Take a “leaf peeper” bus tour to the Franklin Roosevelt National Historic Site on Sun-day, Oct. 15 with the Glim-merglass Guild. The tour bus will leave the Hale Transpor-tation terminal at 139 Com-merce Rd., Oneonta at 8:30 a.m. and will make a second pick-up at the Yellow Trolley lot in Cooperstown at 9 a.m. A noon meal will take place at the Eveready Diner in Hyde Park before a guided tour of Valkill at 1 p.m. That will be followed by a tour of the FDR home at 3 p.m. There will also be time to visit the presidential library. Participants will then make the short ride to Rhine-beck to eat a pre-ordered meal (included in the fee) at the Beekman Arms Hotel. We

will then return to Cooper-stown and Oneonta. Tickets for this trip are nonrefund-able. For pricing information, call 783-2567 or e-mail info@glimmerglassguild.org.

Checks should be made out to the Glimmerglass Guild, att: Walt Ashley, 78 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, N.Y., 13326. Include an e-mail address and cell phone number and choice of pick-up point (Oneonta of Cooperstown). Indicate a din-ner choice from the following: 1. planked salmon, 2. grilled free range chicken or 3. pasta primavera (vegetarian). Des-sert will be New York-style cheescake with coulis sauce. Coffee, tea, and soft drinks will be included. Don’t delay, reservations will be made in the order received.

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Stray Cat tests positive for Rabies in Franklin; Oct. 18 Free Rabies Clinic Offered in Delhi

FRANKLIN - On Sept. 27, a cat from the town of Frank-lin tested positive for rabies. The stray cat attacked one person and a dog on Sept. 20. The individual delayed call-ing NYS Public Health un-til Sept. 24; the cat was then sent for testing to Wadsworth lab on Sept. 25. The person is receiving rabies prophylaxis treatment. The dog was up to date on its rabies vaccinations and will receive a booster.

Once infected, rabies is a virus that has 100 percent fa-tality rate when left untreated in mammals, including hu-mans. Public Health recom-mends the following precau-tions to protect yourself and your family from possible exposure to rabies:

• Report any sick or strange-acting wildlife

• Vaccinate pets and live-stock. New York State law requires that all dogs, cats and ferrets be vaccinated against rabies by four months of age. Vaccinating your domes-tic animal not only provides protection for the animal, but vaccinated pets act as a bar-rier to keep the rabies virus from spreading between wild animals and people.

• Vaccination is also rec-

ommended for livestock with frequent human contact.

• Do not feed wildlife or stray animals and discourage them from seeking food near your home.

• Do not feed strays. Ac-cording to Public Health Law, an owner is defined as any person keeping, harboring or having charge or control of or permitting any dog, cat or domesticated ferret to remain on or be lodged or fed within such person’s house, yard or premises.

• Do not approach an un-known animal, either wild or domestic, especially if it is acting in a strange or unusual manner.

• Report all animal bites and any contact with bats to the health department in your county. Human rabies can be prevented after exposure by administering a series of shots.

• Keep garbage cans tightly covered and avoid storing any food outside.

• Children should be in-structed to tell an adult imme-diately if bitten or scratched by any animal.

• If an unvaccinated pet comes in contact with rabid or suspected rabies carriers the pet must be quarantined for

six months. • Vaccinated pets that come

in contact with rabid or sus-pected rabies animal should be given a booster rabies vac-cination within five days of contact.

Public Health has con-ducted 15 of the 16 scheduled rabies clinics for 2017. An ex-posure to rabies can be fatal for a human or a pet. Vaccina-tion of pets and other animals represents the best preventive measure available. Be a re-sponsible pet owner by keep-ing your pet’s vaccinations current. Getting your pet vac-cinated by your vet or at a free clinic can help stop the spread of rabies from wild animals to humans. Public Health rec-ommends that pet owners take advantage of the one free re-maining rabies clinics in Del-aware County, scheduled for:

• Oct. 18, from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., at the Delhi Fire Hall, 140 Delview Terrace Ext, Delhi, N.Y., 13753.

To report a suspected rabid animal, call Delaware County Public Health Services imme-diately at 832-5200. For more information, call 832-5200 or visit www.delawarecounty-publichealth.com.

CCE to Offer Sidney Marketing Workshop for Women in Agri-Business

Sacred Heart Hosts Successful Annual Harvest Fest

SIDNEY - Distribution and marketing of farm prod-ucts has always been the most difficult part of small scale agriculture. Cooperative Ex-tension of Delaware County is offering a workshop series to teach marketing skills and provide tools to increase sales and income. Set for Fridays, Nov. 3 and 17 and Friday, Dec. 1, the program will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sidney Memorial Library, Sidney.

Presenters will include ex-perts from Cornell Coopera-tive Extension and successful

entreprenuers from the area. Workshop topics will in-clude: customer and competi-tor analysis, selecting a target market, market channel as-sessment, pricing, placement and promotion.

The cost for this workshop includes lunch and hand-outs (scholarships available). Checks should be made out to “Cornell Cooperative Ex-tension” and mailed to 34570 St Hwy 10, Suite 2, Hamden, N.Y., 13782, please indicate “marketing” on the check. Pre-registration is required due to limited seating.

This program is sponsored by the generosity of the Com-munity Foundation of South Central New York. For more information, call Cornell Co-operative Extension at 865-6531 or e-mail Carla Crim at ceh27@cornell.edu.

Cornell Cooperative Ex-tension of Delaware County provides equal program and employment opportunities. Accommodations for persons with disabilities may be re-quested by contacting Carla Crim by Oct. 30. Requests re-ceived after that date will be met when possible.

Folks enjoyed all that the 31st annual Sacred Heart Harvest Fest, held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6 and 7 in Sidney, had to offer, including and especially a wide vari-ety of homemade pies, pictured.

Evergreen Hill Cemetery Association Nears Fall Clean-UpUNADILLA - The Evergreen Hill Cemetery Association of Unadilla wishes to remind all lot

owners that the group will be doing its fall clean-up of the cemetery. All dead flowers, artificial flowers, pots and decorations will be removed as of Nov. 1. Fall decorations placed now and Christmas decorations placed in December will be removed next spring. For anyone hoping to keep personal items, please remove before the above date. Thank you from the cemetery board members.

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and Dean Mitchell of Mon-trose, Pa. were all there for the festivities. Also attending was grandson Daron and Jackie Schultes of Coventry and their son (great-grandson) Caleb Schultes of Coventry.

After a delicious dinner and much camaraderie, every-one enjoyed a cake decorated with colorful balloons reading “Happy 95th Birthday, Dad.”

Willes’ family and friends wish him many more years.

At his birthday celebra-tion dinner a four-generation photo was taken. Pictured are Ross Willes, his daughter Pat Schultes of Coventry, her youngest son Daron Schultes of Coventry and his son Caleb Schultes, also of Coventry.

Up-and-coming members of Spartan Soccer on girls’ grade 4, 5 and 6 teams scrim-maged under the lights at home during an Oct. 5 halftime.

Unatego Spartan cheerleaders shine on the field between games played by the Unatego juniors and seniors against the Fremont Red Hawks Sunday.

Members of the Unatego Spartans Junior Pee-Wee seek to stop the Fremont Red Hawks Sunday, Oct. 8 at home.

Unatego Spartan Katie Ostrander, pictured, and teammates hustled to a 4 to 1 vic-tory Thursday, Oct. 5 against the visiting Oxford Blackhawks.

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Inductees, left to right, are: Chris Graney, JoAnn Morris Stevens, Dennis Voltz and Carl Roof

Sidney Alumni Sports Hall of Fame Celebrates 15th Annual Induction

Legacy athletes from 1956-1960.

SIDNEY – Great weather and an enthusiastic, apprecia-tive crowd made a favorable backdrop for the inductees and Legacy teams honored at the 15th annual Sidney Alumni Sports Hall of Fame during the weekend of Sept. 22-23.

Induction Weekend has continued to comprise a series of events meant to fos-ter the Sidney Central School Alumni Association’s goals of connecting school, alumni and community. At the Sept. 23 induction dinner held at the Elks, the 140 attendees felt that connection in a room full of maroon-and-white decora-tions and impressive displays of inductee memorabilia.

A fine roast beef and turkey buffet was put on by the Elks before the charity auction – which netted $1,105 for the association – and induction ceremony.

The 11th annual Legacy award recog-nition came first. Unique this year was that three undefeated football teams were honored together. The teams of 1934, 1956 and 1960 combined to win 21 games under two hall of fame coaches, John Pendle-bury and Fran Redmond. A good representation of the latter two squads was pres-

ent to reminisce and accept custom medallions as Legacy honorees. Thanks to previous inductees Jerry Curtis and Al-len “Punky” George (‘56) and Jon Jay DeTemple and Del Hodges (‘60) for serving as captain for the evening.

Each of the four inductees for the Class of 2017 had a special person introduce them. For 1979 graduate Dennis Voltz, it was SHOF member Tony Ferrara. In 2015, Voltz introduced Fer-rara for his induction. The role reversal between the New York State wrestling cham-pions made for an incredible moment.

Next was JoAnn Morris Stevens (1980), introduced by sister Catherine Morris Suria-no. Stevens’ running accom-plishments include a league record that still stands, almost 40 years later (400-meter run). And sibling testimonials are always an emotional plus. A connection with track leg-end Mary Decker was fitting.

Keep-ing with the family approach, 1985 alumnus Chris Graney asked father Lou to introduce him. Lou got a rare honor to be among the Legacy athletes for the 1956 football team and part of an induction. Graney represented Sidney and the

United States in various dis-cus events while a student-athlete and thanked coaches and the Sidney community for their support.

Wrapping up the evening was 1981 graduate Carl Roof. Roof, a vital member of the 1979 NYS basketball champi-onship team and holder of sev-eral career baseball records, called upon former coach Bill Munro. Munro noted that the person Roof grew to be is just as impressive as his athletic ability was. Roof thanked family, crediting them and his upbringing in Sidney Center as tremendous influences.

The SHOF commit-tee thanks Ray Taylor for his 15 years of taking photos for the alumni website, as well as Andy Doyle for providing the blessings before and after the ceremony.

Money raised will continue to go toward an interactive display to be set up at the high school. This display will fea-ture Sports Hall of Fame his-tory, as well as Wall of Fame, Career Day information and a general Alumni Directory to assist students in connecting with alumni with an eye for colleges, the military, voca-tional information and much more.

Raymond Celebrates Manufacturing Day With More Than 250 Students, Showcases Industry 4.0

GREENE — To celebrate National Manufacturing Day, The Raymond Corporation hosted more than 250 students at its headquarters in Greene on Oct. 5. Students in grades 10 to 12 from 20 school districts in the Southern Tier experienced the future of manufacturing with exposure to the Industry 4.0 concepts

Raymond has implemented.“Manufacturing today is

so much more than a manual labor position. It goes beyond physical labor to another side of manufacturing that is based in the digital supply chain,” says Rick Harrington, senior vice president of operations at Raymond. “With the insurgence of Industry 4.0, manufacturing employees

are working in a more digital and data-driven environment that includes advanced technologies that will not only change the way something is manufactured but also create a more connected organization.”

Raymond’s Manufacturing Day event featured a manufacturing floor tour, which gave a firsthand

look at how Industry 4.0 is evolving manufacturing and engineering. Students also participated in interactive workshops that detailed 3-D printing, Bluetooth robots and virtual reality. One station showcased the

Toyota Production System (TPS), educating students on how to take these principles that Raymond utilizes on the manufacturing floor and apply them to their daily lives.

Students heard from Harrington, along with other

Raymond associates, who shared insights into their careers at Raymond and the career paths that got them to the company. From managing a welding robot to working with lithium-ion batteries, roles ranged from engineering

Chuck D’Imperio Presents Program Oct. 14 At Moore Memorial Library

GREENE - Chuck D’Imperio will be presenting a program on his latest book this Saturday, Oct. 14, at 1 p.m., at the Moore Memorial Library’s Cynthia Raymond Room.

Mr. D’Imperio is a long-time radio broadcaster in Oneonta as well as an award-

winning Upstate New York author. He has nine books in print and he will be presenting his latest book, Upstate Uncovered, (SUNY Press) at his appearance in Greene.

This book looks at 100 overlooked places around Upstate that all have vivid stories connected to them. Each chapter tells the details

of the place as well as Mr. D’Imperio’s own take on why it is so special.

The stories are fun, interesting and quite unexpected. There are many laughs along the way and you will certainly leave his presentation saying to yourself, “Gee, I didn’t know that.” It’s history at its most