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Announcing the Winners of TTN’s 2nd Annual Poetry Contest congratulations to the

winners of the 2nd annual Tri-Town News poetry con-test and to everyone who participated!

we had a great response from the community this year, particularly area elementary school students. an extra thank you goes out to all the teachers who facilitated stu-dent entries and accompany-

ing illustrations. we so appre-ciate it and enjoyed reading aLL the poems. keep writ-ing, everyone!

The winners are as follows:

in the adult category:1st place: Steven g. Shim-

er, Sidney for “greeN and greeN and greeN”

2nd place: Melissa d. Mat-thews, afton for “i will Live for Both your Life and Mine”

3rd place: Lorrie palmer, unadilla for “i could So eas-ily Love you”

high school, grades 9-12:1st place: hannah Sprow, 9th

grade, Bainbridge-guilford high School for “Fragile hope”

2nd place: courtney gilbert, 9th grade, Bainbridge-guil-ford high School for “hu-mans are confusing”

3rd place: Veronica decker, Bainbridge-guilford high School for “untitled”

Middle school, grades 6-8:1st place: Zachery Swis-

losky, 8th grade, afton central School for “untitled”

2nd place: glenalan Schrantz, 8th grade, afton central School for “untitled”

elementary, grades 3-5:

1st place: alice dibble, 3rd grade, gilbertsville-Mt. up-ton for “Black”

2nd place: emalyn har-rington, 3rd grade, Bain-bridge-guilford (greenlawn elementary) for “koala”

3rd place: hannah graham, 3rd grade, Bainbridge-guil-ford (greenlawn elementary) for “worms”

Thank you again to all par-

ticipating poets.

“composing wild,undisciplined,

pure,coming in from under,

crazier the better.”

– Jack kerouac

Owner of The Meeting Place in Unadilla, Dwight Mott, stands inside his renovated downtown coffee house space at 187 Main St., Suite A. Photo credit: Anna Ritchey.

Escape the Grind at The Meeting Place Grand Opening Event May 13 uNadiLLa – unadilla

native and unatego class of 1984 graduate dwight Mott has returned home in the name of good, strong coffee and small-batch baked goods. This weekend, he welcomes community members to un-adilla’s newest (and only) cof-fee house: The Meeting place.

Once a teacher in the Bain-bridge-guilford district, Mott left the tri-town area to travel the world, enjoying adminis-trative and teaching posts in places as far-flung as Bogota, colombia, Bolivia and Leso-tho, africa. it was along the way that Mott honed his taste

for high-quality coffee. having spent the last sev-

eral weeks completing large-scale renovations of his 187 Main St., Suite a property, Mott is now giving The Meet-ing place its finishing touches in anticipation of Saturday’s event. From 8 a.m. to 1:30, Mott will welcome lovers of baked treats, snacks, tea and a strong cup o’ joe, but, given the timing, mothers are espe-cially encouraged to stop in and take a load off.

going forward, Mott hopes The Meeting place will be-come the go-to village spot for conversation, commisera-tion and collaboration. his vi-

sion for the restyled, crafts-man bungalow-inspired space centers around coming to-gether to create and enjoy not only delectable dishes (Mott plans to offer light lunches alongside the promised pas-tries) and coffee, but also, and perhaps more importantly, a bit of human connection.

check out The Meeting place in downtown unadilla this Saturday, or Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

For more information on The Meeting place, see the ad in this publication, visit meet-ingplace.com, or find the shop on Facebook.

Mock Crash at Sidney Makes Real Life Impact

Participants at the 13th annual Tri-Town Relay for Life held Saturday, May 6 in Bainbridge are shown here kicking things off during the traditional opening cer-emony. Photo credit: Barefoot Photography.

Rain Couldn’t Dampen Spirits at 13th Annual Tri-Town Relay for Life By allison collins

BaiNBridge – despite gray skies and rain, spirits stayed high at the 13th an-nual Tri-Town relay for Life event, held Saturday, May 6 in Bainbridge’s general clinton park.

events, which included the traditional pancake break-fast prepared by local Boy Scout troops, games, chil-dren’s activities, and themed laps, kicked off right on time, though festivities later in the day were cut short because of weather.

community manager

heather Brewster said after the event, “We are plan-ning on having a separate luminaria and closing cer-emony event coming very soon.” Organizers are en-couraging participants to save their luminaria bags and torches, with an an-nouncement regarding a make-up date and loca-tion expected in the next week or so. Brewster not-ed, “The rain took over the event, which prevented us from having those ceremo-nies and we want to make [sure] everyone is able to partake.”

Before the rain, however,

members of more than a dozen fundraising teams, relay participants and community members took to the track to the tune of “Celebrate Good Times” in memory and celebration of cancer victims, survivors and fighters.

Asked to comment on what keeps people coming back, Brewster said, “Re-lay is important to so many people because it gives them an outlet to remem-ber those that they love and may have lost and also lets them celebrate those who are with us today after fighting such a terrible dis-

See Relay, page 5

By allison collins

SidNey – after four days of events organized by the Sidney Students against de-structive decisions designed to encourage upperclassmen to evaluate and reflect upon their decision-making pro-cesses, ScSd’S destructive decisions awareness week came to a close with a cul-minating mock crash scene midday on Friday, May 5. The scene, involving two cars and

the consequences of impaired and distracted driving, was staged at the district’s trans-portation center on circle drive and lasted just over an hour.

as the wreckage unfolded, delaware county undersher-iff craig duMond narrated the scene while a crowd of students watched, transfixed and somber, from behind yel-low caution-tape lines. The four student actors involved in the mock crash (all SSadd members) bore bloody faces

and could be heard scream-ing from inside and outside of the vehicles as duMond high-lighted personal details—ath-letic and academic standings, club memberships, future as-pirations—of each individual.

remarking that one of the passengers, senior haley Shoemaker, “appeared de-ceased” early on in his assess-ment, duMond commented, “This is no accident. There was a destructive decision made that allowed this to happen.”

duMond, who has 30 years of law enforcement experi-ence, called the scene “very typical and very realistic” and said, “These types of scenes are the ones that leave ghosts in your mind and haunt you.”

within minutes after the collision a fleet of emergency vehicles came wailing down circle drive and on to the scene, wasting no time getting the hydraulic Jaws of Life out and dismantling one of the two vehicles.

as senior Nate Vibbard and

Shoemaker were extracted from the car, a distraught col-lin Searles, the sophomore drunk driver in the scenario, was given a field sobriety test.

watching a sheet be pulled over Shoemaker’s prone body as it was laid before the stu-dent body, duMond said, “She won’t leave here in an ambulance. She’ll leave here in a hearse.” Shortly thereaf-ter, as Vibbard was carted off in an ambulance, the coroner arrived for Shoemaker’s body, toe-tag at the ready. Noting

the approaching end of the school year and impending graduation and prom cel-ebrations, duMond implored, “Make good decisions. don’t let this be you.”

Following the scene, stu-dents were debriefed by kim Nasby, medical coordina-tor with the upstate Medical Trauma center of Syracuse. Nasby underscored that car crashes are responsible for more teen deaths than any other factor. Like duMond, Nasby emphasized the pre-

See Crash, page 5

Read the winning poems on page 9.

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BaiNBridge - Brooks’ BBQ will be sold on Satur-day, May 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. peter’s episcopal church (on the park) in Bain-bridge. There will be chicken halves as well as homemade salads, baked beans, rolls and a bake sale. if you have orders of six or more, call the church at 967-3441 or 895-6489 so that the meals can be prepared in advance.

uNadiLLa - The unadil-la chamber of commerce will hold their annual wilson’s chicken barbeque on Mother’s day, May 14 starting at 10:30 a.m. in the great american parking lot, Main Street in unadilla.

Make plans to have bar-bequed chicken so that mom doesn’t need to cook. home-made mac and potato salads will also be available.

proceeds from the event will benefit an annual unat-ego scholarship that will be awarded to two graduating se-niors pursing a college career in business.

SidNey - a chicken BBQ by wilson’s of walton will be held on Thursday, May 18 from 10:30 a.m. until gone at the country Store (parking lot), union Street, Sidney.

all proceeds will benefit the Butternut Valley grange of gilbertsville for commu-nity projects.

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

SidNey - a full meal

is served at St. paul’s epis-copal church, 25 river St. every wednesday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Food selec-tions vary weekly and all are welcome.

uNadiLLa - a week-ly luncheon is served ev-ery Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at St. Matthews episcopal church. a free will offering is appreciated.

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.

SaNiTaria SpriNgS - The Sanitaria Springs Fire company will be hosting a spaghetti supper, including salad bar, on Saturday, May 13 starting at 4 p.m. in the fire station on route 7. This will be the last spaghetti supper until September.

uNadiLLa - The next Otsego county senior meal, served at the unadilla Neigh-borhood apartments, clifton Street, unadilla, will be on wednesday, May 17 at noon.

The luncheon will con-sist of roast pork with gravy, sweet potato casserole, brussel sprouts, chocolate chip cookie for dessert and a beverage.

all seniors and non-seniors are welcome. you do not need to be a resident of the apartments. call 369-2787 by Monday, May 15 to make a reservation.

OTegO - central Ny yFc will be hosting an inaugural soccer tournament in mem-ory of 15-year-old edward Mckinley iii on June 3.

pre-registration is required by May 13. games will con-sist of 6v6 co-ed teams from grades 9-12. The tournament will take place at the unatego high School; registration will be from 7-7:45 a.m. with the tournament starting at 8 a.m.

More information can be found on central New york yFc’s Facebook page and at website-centralnewyork.yfc.net. inquiries may also be made by calling the yFc of-fice at 432-0594.

OTegO - The Otego his-torical Society will meet on Monday, May 15 at the Otego Town hall, 3526 State high-way 7 at 7 p.m.

Member carolee Byrnes will present a powerpoint pro-gram titled “Otego central School history.” all are wel-come to attend and refresh-ments will be served.

The Village of Bainbridge planning Board will hold their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Monday, May 15, 2017 at 7:00 pM in the Village clerk’s Office, 33 west Main Street, Bainbridge.

BaiNBridge - The vil-lage of Bainbridge board of trustees will hold their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the village clerk’s office, 33 west Main St., Bainbridge.

weLLS Bridge - The four county library system’s cybermobile will be at the

wells Bridge firehouse on May 16 and June 20 from 2:10 to 2:30 p.m.

uNadiLLa - Since Febru-ary, five rooms in the unadilla public Library have been ren-ovated. The work was made possible by funding from the New york State education department-division of Li-brary development, Senator James Seward and the com-munity Foundation of un-adilla. “Opening Night at the Library” will be Friday, May 19 at 7 p.m.

BaiNBridge - The vil-lage of Bainbridge zoning board of appeals will hold their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Monday, May 22 at 7 p.m. in the village clerk’s office, 33 west Main St., Bainbridge.

aFTON - afton village res-idents who have not completed the survey that was mailed to them are asked to do so before June 15. residents may leave paper copies at the village of-fice or complete the survey online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/Village_resident.

uNadiLLa - The 41st annual unadilla carnival of Sales will be held on Saturday, July 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the village of unadilla. com-munity wide lawn and garage sales will be held. Vendors will be stationed along Main Street and in the community field, along with a chicken barbeque and entertainment throughout the day. For more information, email [email protected].

BaiNBridge

Events Calendar Winner:The latest winner of the

Bainbridge Chamber of Com-merce Events Calendar draw-ing is Bev Pearsall. She won $50 from the Lions Club. Congratulations, Bev, and thank you, Bainbridge Lions Club! We would like to give a big thank you to the busi-nesses that participated and extend our congratulations to the winners.

Be sure to check your chamber events calendar for tickets in the back. This month’s drawing will be for a small hand tool from home-town hardware.

Second Annual Taste of Regatta – Sponsored by Pine Ridge Grocery

Help us kick off the 55th Annual General Clinton Ca-noe Regatta Friday, May 26 at

6:00 p.m. the General Clinton Park. Sample and enjoy some of the best local food, bever-ages and entertainment. Help us to support the SPCA – rep-resentatives will be on-hand and donations will be greatly appreciated!

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Three-on-Three Soccer Tournament, Sunday, May 28, General Clinton Park – Starting at 9:00 a.m.

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day, May 19

gary and Lori peck are pleased to announce the pro-motion of their son Tyler to captain in the u.S. army. Tyler has been in the service since 2013 and is a Black hawk pilot currently on de-ployment in europe.

Last Saturday evening, the men of the presbyterian church served a lasagna din-ner for the annual Mother and daughter Banquet. There were over 50 women ranging in age from toddlers to senior citizens in attendance. Shirley keene and daughters, Beth, cathy and carol, carried out

the evening’s program.ralph and carolee wright

were in andover, conn. over the weekend for the college graduation of their grandson, adam Bednarz, from the uni-versity of connecticut. he will move on to employment with an insurance company in hartford, conn.

raymond “Thunder” Mus-son has returned home follow-ing rehab at O’connor hospi-tal in delhi.

condolences are extended to family and friends of Flora Taylor, who passed way april 25. a memorial service was

held wednesday, May 3 at christ episcopal church.

even though the weather was not ideal on Saturday, a goodly number of people at-tended the festivities at copes corners park for the annual Spring Fest. The open house at the Major’s inn also drew several visitors.

On Saturday, eight members of Butternut Valley grange braved the rainy weather and completed roadside clean up of rte. 51 from christ church to the palen residence.

ChaMBer Corner

This week’s comes from ambrose redmoon: “cour-age is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more im-portant than fear.” Fear not what is ahead, but have the courage to make the best of what is to come and work hard to improve what cannot be changed.

Just a reminder that the school budget is up for vote, with elections on Tuesday, May 16 in the high school lobby beginning at 8 a.m.

There will be a May 16 ju-nior high/high school band and jazz ensemble spring con-cert at the high school audito-rium at 6:30 p.m.

On wednesday, May 17 the annual FFa banquet will be held at the Sidney Fire hall on river Street at 6 p.m. with lots of fun promised to all attending.

Friday, May 19 the fourth progress reports will be mailed; good luck to all students.

The prom will take place on Saturday, May 20; have a safe and happy time, everyone.

here on the Farm: The fel-las have been trying to get some fences looked over and repaired despite all the recent rain. The fields are getting very soggy and it has become

hard to find somewhere to spread the manure. we even heard that there could be some very cold weather heading our way with some possible snow flurries; let’s hope it doesn’t harm the apple blossoms and any other young trees and plants.

keep all our farmers in your thoughts that this doesn’t set them back in the growing season. Many of you may re-member snowstorms in May that have destroyed much of our growing crops and squashed the hay crops down flat.

The grass seems to be growing very well and we need some sunshine so that crops such as hay and corn can be planted. They need warm soils to grow.

good luck to all our farmers.

personals: On Monday, May 1, 2017 i received word that my sister harriette (La-kin) demarest of rome, N.y. had passed away. harriette was 80 years old and lived a full life, raising five children on her own following the death of her husband robert, who was killed while in the military when their children were very young.

a memorial service is planned for Friday, May 12

in her rome home, where she lived much of her life. She will be very much missed by her family and will be bur-ied beside her husband in the military cemetery in white plains, N.y.

Birthday greetings this week go out to phyllis war-ner welch on May 17; colleen Scott and Jennifer Vanpelt on May 20; Nathan Thomas carroll on May 22 and gail wormsley and Steven Jump on May 23. have a great day, everyone.

church services at the Ma-sonville Federated church are Sundays at 11 a.m., with adult Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.

Saturday, May 20 from 8 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. there will be a women’s breakfast. please plan to bring one or two items for the accompany-ing accessory exchange. The guest speaker for the day will be karen Ostrander cum-mings with “Seed Time and harvest.”

please rSVp to anne war-ner at 265-3577 by May 17.

Mark your calendars for the annual Memorial day pa-rade and chicken barbeque on Monday, May 29; more details to follow.

have a great week, everyone.

Gary Smith Seeks Re-Election To B-G’s BOEBaiNBridge - current B-g BOe member gary Smith is seeking re-election on May 16. a

B-g graduate (1968) and cornell Veterinary college graduate (1976), gary and his wife, Tracey, raised five children who also attended the B-g school system.

“The challenges facing our community and the B-g district are quite complex. The decrease of local industry throughout our area has shifted the school tax burden to individual property owners, (B-g being the highest in our immediate area), and the decrease in student population has caused a decrease in state aid,” said Smith.

“The next few years will be quite challenging and i feel my experience and relationship to our taxpayers’ plight will make me a valued B-g BOe member.”

Afton UMC Plans Series of Clothing Giveaways Starting May 13

aFTON - The afton unit-ed Methodist church will host a women’s only clothing giveaway this Saturday, May 13 for any woman in need of clothing.

There will be all sizes and types of gently used and new clothing and shoes. all items have been sorted for quality and organized by size. This giveaway is for all the women in the community.

doors will open at 10 a.m. Saturday and the giveaway ends at 1 p.m.

afton uMc is also kicking off a new program, “dress for Success,” which will provide clothing appropriate for job interviews to men and wom-

en. anyone with such articles of clothing, please bring them to the church. More details about this program will be forthcoming.

The church is still accept-ing donations of gently used clothing for future giveaways. For anyone cleaning out clos-ets with items to share, please drop them off at the side door of the church or bring them by when you come to find some new clothing for yourself. all donated items should be in good usable condition.

please consider sending items with rips or stains to the humane Society to use for animal bedding to keep our furry friends warm!

Spring Clean-Up Day is May 18 in Unadilla

uNadiLLa - The town of unadilla will host a Spring clean-up day on Thursday, May 18.

items can be taken to the town of unadilla highway garage, 216 county highway 3, unadilla. white goods, scrap metal, electronics, tires (six total limit) and waste oil will be accepted.

No household garbage, brush, tree limbs or paint will be ac-cepted. white goods containing or having contained Freon will have a charge. The town reserves the right to refuse any item for any reason.

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SIDNEY POLICE DEPT.Arrests:

uNadiLLa - april 26: Joel S. Tolley, 26, of unadilla, for two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh de-gree and aggravated unli-censed operation in the sec-ond degree.

SidNey - april 27: craig M. Sarowka, 38, of Sidney, for d.w.i. and aggravated un-licensed operation in the first

degree.

SidNey - april 28: Ste-phen patton, 62, of Sidney, for harassment in the second degree.

SidNey - april 28: edgar-do Villafranco, 35, of Sidney, for assault in the third degree and endangering the welfare of a child.

SidNey - May 3: gregory J. croft, 44, of Sidney, for ha-rassment in the second degree.

SidNey - May 3: Steven c. Schneider, 48, of Sidney, for a suspended registration.

SidNey - May 4: gregory J. croft, 44, of Sidney, for criminal contempt in the sec-ond degree.

SidNey - May 4: Nicole See, 29, of Sidney, for viola-tion of probation.

SidNey - May 4: corey L. demorier, 37, of Sidney, for unlawful possession of marihuana.

SidNey - May 5: Shane M. Jones, 45, of Sidney, for two counts of criminal pos-session of a controlled sub-stance in the seventh degree.

SidNey - May 7: donna T. herberth, 61, of Sidney,

for d.w.i. with a B.a.c. over .08%.

SidNey - May 8: dustin condon, 26, of Sidney, for ag-gravated unlicensed operation in the second degree.

NYS POLICE DEPT.

uNadiLLa - On april 30, at about 11:45 p.m., NyS po-lice at Sidney arrested Joseph a. wilms, 38, of unadilla, for the felonies of driving while intoxicated, aggravated unli-censed operation in the first degree, the misdemeanor of criminal mischief in the fourth degree and other traffic violations.

This arrest occurred after troopers responded to an Ot-sego county 911 report of an erratic driver on the unadilla community Field. an investi-gation determined that wilms was driving while intoxicated when he drove repeatedly on the field, causing damage to the grass, and then drove away. he was located and arrested shortly after in his driveway on Sperry Street in the village of unadilla. This dwi arrest was a felony be-cause wilms has two prior convictions for dwi within the last 10 years. he refused to submit to a breath test to determine his blood alcohol content.

wilms was arraigned in the Town of unadilla court and was remanded to the Otsego county Jail in lieu of $2,500 cash bail or $5,000 property bond. his next court date is on May 5.

DELAWARE CO. SHERIFF’S DEPT.

FraNkLiN - On wednes-day, May 4, at about 11:31 p.m., delaware county

Sheriff’s deputies arrested 28-year-old hasan Siddiqi of Franklin on charges of oper-ating a motor vehicle without a headlight, failure to keep right, unlicensed operator and aggravated unlicensed opera-tion of a motor vehicle in the third degree.

deputies say this arrest was a result of a traffic stop on State highway 23 in the town of walton. Siddiqi was arraigned in front of Judge hall at walton Village court and was released on his own recognizance.

SidNey - On the after-noon of wednesday, May 3, delaware county Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Sidney central School special edu-cation teacher, following an investigation conducted by Sheriff’s deputies, members of the NyS police Bureau of criminal investigation and Sidney central School administrators.

deputies and State police investigators commenced an investigation earlier this week after Sidney central School administrators informed the Sheriff’s Office School re-source Officer assigned to the school that school staff mem-bers had reported observing a teacher engaging in inap-propriate conduct with certain special education students on a number of recent occasions. The teacher was immediate-ly placed on administrative leave by the school district pending the conclusion of the investigation.

Following an investigation, deputies arrested and charged 48-year-old James a. Lewis, Jr., of Otego, with two mis-demeanor counts of forcible touching and three misde-meanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

Lewis is accused of inap-

propriately touching two male special education students in the school on different occa-sions during the last week of april of this year.

Lewis surrendered to depu-ties on wednesday afternoon with his attorney and was arraigned in the Village of Sidney court where he was released on recognizance pending further court action.

The following is a press release received from the Sid-ney central School district on Monday, May 8 relating to the above release issued by the delaware county Sheriff’s department:

SidNey – On May 1 complaints relating to an employee were preliminar-ily investigated by the Sidney central School district. The staff member in question is currently on leave. as the de-tails of the complaints were investigated, the district made a decision to turn the matter over to law enforcement.

at this time, this is an on-going personnel matter and an ongoing criminal investiga-tion and therefore cannot be discussed. Superintendent dr. Bill christensen stated, “The school district takes all com-plaints very seriously and [is] working collaboratively with the delaware county Sheriff’s department and the Troop c State police Bureau of inves-tigations to get the bottom of the situation. Following inves-tigations, the school district will take all appropriate ac-tions to ensure every student and staff member has a safe and orderly environment to learn and work in.”

any further questions can be directed to dr. william christensen, superintendent, at 561-7700, opt. 3.

poliCe report

Village & Town of Unadilla to Explore Residential Bulk Electricity Purchasing Program at May 11

UNADILLA - at a public education session to be held at the fire station on Thursday, May 11 residents of the vil-lage and town of unadilla will have a chance to learn about community choice aggrega-tion, the new residential bulk electricity purchasing pro-gram. The session will begin at 7 p.m. at the fire station at 77 clifton St., unadilla. resi-dents are encouraged to bring their questions and electricity

bills.The village and town

boards passed resolutions to explore community choice aggregation (cca), a new opportunity in the state al-lowing cities, towns and vil-lages to pool the electric-ity accounts of residents and small businesses within their municipal boundaries. The bulk purchasing of electricity increases a consumer’s indi-vidual buying power, which will result in lower electricity

rates for residents. cca programs help pro-

tect residents from bad energy deals. additionally, communi-ties have the power to custom-ize programs based on their values and priorities, such as sourcing renewable, ‘green’ energy. consumers who do not wish to participate in the program can opt out, remain-ing with the utility.

The Municipal electric and gas alliance (Mega) was selected by the village and

town of unadilla to fulfill the role of cca administrator, overseeing the creation, devel-opment and implementation of the program. No taxpayer or government funds will be used in the creation or opera-tion of the program.

Join representatives from Mega at the public educa-tion session on May 11 or visit megacca.org to learn more.

Sidney Historical Assoc. to Meet May 17SidNey - The Sidney historical association will meet wednesday, May 17 at 1:30 p.m. in the Smart community room at

Sidney Memorial Library. agenda items will include updates from the museum, technology and fundraising committees, as well as new business.

The organization is still in need of a president and more members to assist with preserving and promoting interest in historical matters related to the town and village of Sidney and the surrounding area. Become a member for a small yearly fee. Volunteer to help the group with its task of obtaining a new location for the museum.

For more information, contact Joelene cole at [email protected], call 563-1425 or find Sha on Facebook.

Masonville Church to Host 3rd Annual Women’s Fellowship Breakfast May 20

MaSONViLLe - The Ma-sonville church will be host-ing its third annual women’s Fellowship Breakfast and program on Saturday, May 20 from 8 a.m. - 11:30 am. Breakfast will be served at 8:30.

The morning’s guest speaker will be karen cum-mings (Ostrander), speaking on “Following the ultimate Leader.” cummings grew up

in Masonville and a member of the Masonville church. She graduated from Sidney central School and king’s college.

cummings currently re-sides in the Schenectady area with her husband of 34 years. She is a homemaker and an artist who shows and sells her work around the Schenectady area. She volunteers as an eSL teacher, helping women from all over the world tackle

english and find their place in american society.

cummings has taught the Bible to women and children of all ages and is looking for-ward to sharing its amazing truth with the women of her home church and community.

Throughout the morning there will be singing, fellow-ship, door prizes, gifts and an accessory swap. each person is asked to bring one or two items such as jewelry, scarves,

purses, etc. (no clothing) to exchange. participants will go home with a new treasure or two.

Ladies, bring your family and friends to be part of this special time!

please rSVp to anne war-ner (265-3577) by wednesday, May 16. please let organizers know if childcare is needed. donations will be accepted.


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pastor’s penBy The rev. rebecca dre-

bert, St. peter’s episcopal church, Bainbridge

as i travel around our area at this time of year, i can-not help but be moved by the beauty of new growth, the spring green colors of leaves as they come out, the fields turning green. Of course we expect to see this beauty every year as the earth goes through a kind of resurrection, but sometimes we lose sight of how fragile the earth can be.

genesis tells us that god created all that is, on and off the earth: the land, the waters, fish and all creatures, the sun and the stars and he called it good. at the end of his cre-ative energy we hear that god created man and woman, and then he rested. he gave

his creation into the care of humans, giving us the privi-lege of working with god to name and care for it. we are given the dignity of being co-creators with god. creation gives us everything we need to live bountifully. unfortu-nately there are some among us who believe that they can plunder earth’s bounty, greed-ily taking more than they need, rather than caring for it.

in the episcopal church one of the mission statements is about the stewardship of the earth -- “to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.” Many of us are distressed to see pollution of our air and water, to see the land being abused, to see our own impact on climate change affecting the well-being of

many species of animals and plants. we are concerned that regulatory requirements which protect the environ-ment are being relaxed for the benefit of a privileged few without considering the well-being of all people.

we need to find answers to the questions of how to miti-gate climate change, how to clean our air and water, how to provide employment to those displaced by dwindling resources. and that means, i believe, that we must turn to science for help.

There is a belief that sci-ence and faith are incompat-ible. Science probably can-not explain the power of faith and love. But both science and faith are an exploration in the name of truth. and if that is so, then we have noth-

ing to fear that science will somehow demolish our faith. Because the church inhibited galileo’s conclusion that the earth revolves around the sun does not make it any less true. hiding from truth, even when it is uncomfortable, leaves us only superstition. Likewise, some scientists’ assertion that god does not exist dismisses the experience of countless faithful people. we hear that faith still plays an impor-tant part in the life of many scientists.

we need both science and faith to be the stewards of creation that god called us to be. Science can help guide our actions; faith reminds us of our responsibility as god’s stewards.

good old daysSIDNEY

25 YEARS AGOMay 13, 1992

area residents responding to a rainbow day care Fa-cility construction proposal turned out in overflow capac-ity for a May 7 Sidney Village planning Board site plan re-view hearing.

The proposed facility was to cover 7,000 square feet on just over an acre of prop-erty owned at the time by Bob rowlands. The Flaesch prop-erty, the weiss home and the rowlands’ home bordered the parcel in question.

Though referred to as part of the Scintilla pines area, then-owners of the preexist-ing rainbow daycare facility ray and annette Freidrich said that the proposed con-struction would leave most of the six-acre Scintilla stretch untouched, minus a por-tion needed for a proposed roadway.

at the time it was con-firmed that amphenol was willing to grant permanent easement for a driveway to the proposed center.

according to then-plan-ning board chairman Jim Bartschi, 36 of the 50 people in attendance at the May 7 meeting spoke in favor of the construction.

after experiencing three

years of financial losses prompting concern about The hospital’s long-term viability, then-administrator Thomas Brunelle reported that invest-ments, including acquiring new physicians, implement-ing operational changes and investing in the building, were “paying off.” it was reported at the time that “at the end of the first three months of [1992] The hospital is break-ing even and indications are that april will show the same positive outlook.” Brunelle said, “we expect to remain in

the black through the end of the year.”

UNATEGO25 YEARS AGO

May 13, 1992Voters in the unatego dis-

trict were expected to vote on candidates to fill two vacant board of education seats as well as an $8,278,967 1992-92 school budget on May 13.

BAINBRIDGE


Bainbridge-guilford voters were expected to approve or reject a proposition to expand the greenlawn avenue ele-mentary School during a May 15 vote. The proposition also included plans to renovate the high school building on Juli-and Street.

a second, concurrent prop-osition called for the autho-rization of construction of a running track on the athletic field of the junior-senior high school.

BAINBRIDGE


The B-g School an-ticipated holding a public information meeting on the proposed building program, which would remodel the high school and add 16 new classrooms and a gymnasium to the elementary school at greenlawn avenue.

SIDNEY


Miss elizabeth Supplee, formerly of Bainbridge, ac-cepted appointment as editor of the Trenton, Miss. Republi-can-Times. The daily, in a city of roughly 10,000, received at the time much publicity and editorial comment through-out the Midwest, as Supplee’s appointment meant the paper was the only of its kind with an all-female editorial staff.

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Oneonta’s Music History Exhibition Opens May 13ONeONTa - Musical

Notes from the city of the hills: Oneonta’s Music his-tory” will open on Saturday, May 13 at the Oneonta his-tory center, 183 Main St.

This new exhibition, fund-ed by a grant from the Jackson h. Fenner Foundation, will offer examples of Oneonta’s rich musical history from the

earliest years of the village of Oneonta to the present. in-cluded in the exhibition are the Oneonta Theatre; hart-wick and SuNy Oneonta contributions; al gallodoro; Jerry Jeff walker; Local 443 of the american Federation of Musicians; the Mccammon and Shearer piano companies; performances of musical lu-minaries to Oneonta, includ-

ing John phillip Sousa, Mar-ian anderson, John denver and Bruce Springsteen; and much more!

The May 13 opening recep-tion will begin at 2 p.m. and is free. refreshments will be served

each month during the ex-hibition, the history center will also host a live music event. The entertainment be-

gins on Sunday, May 21 when kathy Shimberg and erik house will play traditional music on a variety of instru-ments. The free performance begins at 1 p.m. The live mu-sic series is funded in part by an Otsego county commu-nity events grant.

For more information, contact 432-0960 or [email protected].

Medication Take Back Event is May 18 in CoventrycOVeNTry - The harm

reduction workgroup for the chenango Substance abuse prevention coalition (cSapc) is coordinating medication take-back events throughout chenango county. The medication take-back events are a collaborative effort between community partners and law enforce-

ment. events will be held on a monthly basis at senior cen-ters, town halls, community events and various locations throughout 2017.

The focus of each event will be to remove outdated or used prescription medica-tion from homes as well as educate the public regarding safe medication disposal. at each event workgroup mem-

bers will provide community education regarding the po-tential health and safety risks of keeping unused prescrip-tion medications in the home and accessible. The events are made possible by a grant from the r.c. Smith Foundation.

The May event will be held on Thursday, May 18 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the windy hill Senior center located at

1839 State highway 235, cov-entry. please bring old and unused prescription medi-cation for proper disposal; keep meds in their original containers. please, no liquid medications and no over-the-counter products.

For more information, con-tact the chenango health Net-work at 337-4128.

Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Course Offered in AftonaFTON - afton adult education will be offering a red cross water safety instructor (wSi) course with the mandatory pre-

course session on wednesday, May 17 at 7 p.m. This course will certify persons to teach red cross swim classes at all levels. pre-requisite swim strokes include crawl, elemen-

tary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and back crawl. register by calling afton adult education at 639-2811. For more information, contact Sue Shove at 821-8137. enrollees do not

need to be a lifeguard to take this course

Tri-Town News is looking for a receptionist/clerical worker with typing experience and computer skills. With 10-15 flexible hours available, this position makes an

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Clockwise: Students in the crowd look on seriously as the mock crash scene conducted Friday, May 5 at SCSD unfolds; senior and SSADD member Nate Vibbard is removed from one of two crashed cars by members of the Sidney Fire Department before being taken from the scene by Sidney EMS; sophomore SSADD member Collin Searles and, for the day, drunk driver, shivers under the chill rain and interrogation of law enforcement during Friday’s scenario; senior and SSADD member Hailey Shoemaker, the crash’s one “fatality,” is draped with a sheet before the watching student body after being pronounced DOA.

Relay continuedease.” To that she added, “Relay for Life offers hope for so many.”

Wearing mustaches and sombreros, members of top fundraising team Pat-terson’s People were up-beat, even while relaying their team’s poignant be-ginning and recent loss.

Named for Robert Pat-terson, a former Amphenol human resource director, the team formed over ten years ago when Patterson was first diagnosed with a brain tumor. Just last year the team, which fundraises year-round with five dif-ferent daily food conces-sion stands on the Sidney Amphenol site, lost its namesake.

Team member Dawn Clark said of Patterson, “He just died last year. He [con-tinued to] work and he lived with it for a lot of years.” Fellow team member

Terry Marks shared that, to date, Patterson’s People has raised over $150,000, with a 2017 goal of $25,000. Last year, Marks noted, proved a record for the group, raising $35,000.

Asked why Patterson’s People persists, Marks said simply, “to help fight cancer.” Patterson’s Peo-ple is a 10-member team.

Similarly, Deb Wright of the Mirabito Energy team Relaying for a Cause works with members to raise funds through year-round food sales. Though Wright has been involved with Relay for Life for decades, she said she has worked with team members Irene Price and Bridget Winn for the past 13 years. “We just do everything we can,” said Wright. Outlining the group’s motivation, Wright commented, “Cancer af-fects everybody. We all have people.”

Event chair and mem-ber of Valerie’s Children, Gretta Henchey, said mid-day that things were “going great.” Henchey stepped fully into the role of event chair last year, after shar-ing it previously with Mary-ann Mika. Describing her increased involvement, Henchey said, “I’m the per-son everyone can come to. I welcome everyone [and]

listen to people’s ideas for changes.”

Regarding her team’s fundraising efforts, Henchey noted that Val-erie’s Children had hit its 2017 goal of $1,500 be-fore Saturday’s event. The team, begun by Alan Henchey, 10, after los-ing his mother to breast cancer, shows no signs of stopping, as Henchey, who owns G&T Sign Company of Unadilla with her hus-band and Alan’s dad, TJ Drifter, said, “We want to do lots of fundraisers, [in-cluding] a sip n’ paint, at the business throughout the year next year.”

With total 2017 relay fundraising figures already totaling over $46,750, Brewster noted, “That number may increase as our 2017 event season runs through the month of August.” Since begin-ning a Bainbridge event, the tri-town chapter of Re-lay for Life has raised over $950,000 in the name of battling and curing cancer.

Explaining the real-life impact of those dollars,

Brewster said, “The hard fundraising efforts of each community are truly mak-ing a difference every day.” She continued, “Donations help patients and caregiv-ers with free lodging when traveling for treatment, sup-port with one-on-one peer support and information on a large variety of topics via our 24/7/365 helpline at 1-800-227-2345 [and] the fundraising dollars also go towards life-saving re-search that is conducted by the best and brightest researchers.” Ultimately, Brewster said, “The [mon-ey] helps in the fight toward better prevention methods, early detection and what we are all hoping for, which is to eventually find a way to treat all cancer types.”

Extending her thanks to the tri-town community and praising their collective te-nacity, even under heavy rain, Brewster said lastly, “The community is very strong and it’s inspirational to see their dedication and support for the cause.”

Crash continuedventable nature of crashes due to impaired or distracted driving, saying to the crowd of kids, “These are not bad kids, they’re just like you but they made a bad choice.”

all of the four student ac-tors agreed that the event was impactful and said they watched videos to “mentally prepare” for about two to three weeks beforehand.

Senior ariyahna Bernard, the driver of the car contain-ing Shoemaker and Vibbard, said the five-minute wait for emergency crews’ arrival “seemed like forever” and noted, “when they came it hit me and i actually started crying for real.” echoing that, Searles said, “it really felt real after the [crews] came … it was really in-the-moment and nerve-racking.”

admitting that the whole thing was “pretty crazy,” Vib-bard said, “i realize [distract-ed or impaired driving] hap-pens multiple times a day and i know i am not going to do it.” as Vibbard recounted the experience post-crash, high school principal eben Bullock said to him, “your peers were glued. They didn’t blink.”

Similarly, Shoemaker said, “it was … something,” and admitted that she kept her eyes closed while surrounded by the sounds of banging and yelling as the fire crew pulled apart the car. “it was pretty stressful,” said Shoemaker. Noting that she does not text and drive, Shoemaker said, “it definitely taught me to look out for other drivers.” She added, “it’s just sad and emotional knowing this could

occur.”Tom rose, Sidney’s driver

education instructor and co-coordinator of the week’s events with SSadd advisor John yurka, said, overall, the week went “really well.” “we had a really good response from students,” said rose, concluding, “it kind of opens your eyes.”

Students in grades 10 through 12 participated in the week’s events, which, in addition to the mock crash, included drunk and distracted driving simulators, a roll-over convincer scenario with the NyS police and various SSadd-hosted activities.

Sidney central School dis-trict extends its thanks to the following agencies and orga-nizations for assistance with this event: Sidney central

School district and Board of education, Sidney high School SSadd club, Village of Sidney police department, Sidney Fire and eMS, Vil-lage of Sidney department of public works, the dela-ware county Sheriff’s Office, delaware county Stop dwi, delaware county emergency Services, delaware county district attorney’s Office, Life Net of New york, c. h. Landers Funeral home, r.c. Sales, State university of New york upstate Medical univer-sity, Tri-Town regional hos-pital and the New york State police at Troop c.

To view a gallery of photos from Friday’s powerful event, visit www.sidneycsd.org/MockcrashMay52017.aspx.


Restaurant/Entertainment GuideSomething to do for you

Franklin Rotary ClubAnnual

Roast Beef DinnerSaturday May 20th from 4-7 p.m.at Franklin Central School Cafeteria

Meal includes roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas, cabbage salad, rolls, ice cream,

assorted cookies, co� ee, tea, and milk.

Adults $11Children 5-12 $5

(Ages 5 and under are FREE)

Saturday,May 13thRegistration from 9-10amAt The Higher

Ground Christian

Church onEast Main St.,

in Afton

Ride starts immediately

following registration at

10amCost is

$15 per rider&

$10 per passenger

Ride to conclude at

Kellystone Park.To bene� t Afton Crimson Knight

Youth Field Hockey

Wilson’s of WaltonCHICKENBARBECUE

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oBituaries

Dorothy S. WestcottweLLS Bridge - doro-

thy S. westcott, 92, of wells Bridge, passed away Monday, May 1, 2017 at a.O. Fox Me-morial Nursing home.

Born in Franklin on July 2, 1924, the daughter of the late clifford and Mildred (Miller) Sisson, dorothy graduated from Otego high School in 1942. She married Frank h. westcott on dec. 5, 1943 in Oxford, a marriage that lasted almost 60 years before Frank passed away in 2003. For many years a resident of Stamford, where she worked as a cashier in Victory Mar-kets, dorothy later moved with Frank to wells Bridge. a talented seamstress and good cook, she enjoyed spending time with her family.

She was a longtime mem-ber of Main Street Baptist church in Oneonta and later joined Faith Bible church in Oxford and wells Bridge Bap-tist church. She also attended river Street Baptist church in Oneonta.

after retirement, dorothy and Frank often visited Flor-ida and the grand Ole Opry in Nashville. dorothy belonged to the Stamford-harpersfield Senior citizens and the wells Bridge happytime Senior cit-izens and was part of the Jolly 9. She and Frank volunteered at the Stamford community hospital snack shop.

dorothy is survived by her four children: Sharon (da-vid) rausch of wells Bridge; Judith (Fred) Miller of Mora-via; pastor Frank c. (Beth) westcott of Oneonta and Mark (Joanne) westcott of greene. her grandchildren are: Melissa (James) Neild; david (heather) rausch; amy (chris) Larkin; heather (Tim-othy) Stone; clifford (heather Lynne) westcott; alicia (rea-gan) Lynch; chad (kelly) westcott and Logan (holly) westcott. her grandson, dan-iel (Shannon) Miller, passed away in 2015 and most recent-ly her great grandson, rylen Lynch. She is also survived by 16 great grandchildren, her sister, Louise (percy) Thomp-son of Mansfield, ga. and sev-eral nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at the westcott-Madden Fu-neral home on Friday. pas-tor Frank c. westcott, her son, officiated. Burial was in evergreen cemetery, Otego. The family received friends at the westcott-Madden Funeral home prior to the service.

Online condolences may be made at: www.wmaddenfh.com.

arrangements are by the westcott-Madden Funeral home, 123 Main St., unadilla.

Melvin D. EdwardsBaiNBridge - Melvin d.

edwards, 88, passed away on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at his home. he was born on Nov. 11, 1928 in auburn, son of the late elmer and Leone (dick-ens) edwards. he served in the uS air Force from 1954 until his honorable discharge in december of 1957.

Mel was a longtime member of the VFw post 7914, ameri-can Legion post 183 and the

Sidney elks Lodge 2175. he retired from amphenol corp. in Sidney as an inspector.

On aug. 23, 1968, he mar-ried colleen Scofield in Sidney.

he is survived by his wife of 48 years, colleen edwards; step-daughters, dorthea christensen and cindy ket-chum; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

in addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a brother.

at Melvin’s request, there will be no services. Burial will be private in Throopsville rural cemetery, auburn. Me-morial donations in his mem-ory may be directed to the charity of one’s choice. con-dolences may be shared with the family online at www.landersfh.com.

arrangements are under the direction of c.h. Landers Fu-neral chapel, Sidney.

Eileen Phyllis (McGinnis) Smith Mitchell

BaiNBridge - eileen phyllis (Mcginnis) Smith Mitchell passed away peace-fully on Sunday, april 30, 2017 at the Norwich Nursing and rehabilitation center af-ter a brief illness. She was predeceased by her parents, Beryl and Maurice Mcginnis; her sister, connie Britton; and her first husband, elmer g. Smith.

She is survived by her lov-ing husband, gerald Mitch-ell, and her dearly loved son, Mark collin Smith (cathy Tanner), afton; daughter-in-law, Morgan pickands (James), doylestown, pa.; grandchildren, Jason w. Smith (angela), carlisle, pa.; Jill L. kahlenberg, warrington, pa.; and great-grandchildren, Jason, Nathan, rachael, Jes-sica, Mary, Michael and John Smith; and ashlyn and halle kahlenberg; extended family, richard and Marilyn wyant, Sunapee, N.h.; dearly loved “second family,” Michael and holly Lurenz, Bingham-ton; nephews, cody Britton, dunkirk; and Sequoia Brit-ton, winchester, Va.; special friends, the harris family, harpursville; Martin Munoz, grand gorge, and urs Zang-ger, Fair play, calif.; and her beloved cats and dogs.

eileen was born and raised in Bainbridge and graduated from Bainbridge high School, class of 1954. She lived and worked in Bainbridge all her life and was a member of the First Baptist church in Bain-bridge. She was known for her thoughtful, caring nature and cheerful demeanor and her secretarial and advertising skills in the community. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She enjoyed traveling, especially to the Jersey shore, and in recent years she and her hus-band gerald were active offi-cers in the algonquin antique auto club. She frequently at-tended car shows and auctions and cherished traveling to gerald’s united States Navy reunions. She also enjoyed going on cruises, gardening, reading and attending musical performances, especially con-certs by the Southerntiersmen Barbershop chorus.

The family wishes to thank eileen’s medical caregivers

and offer a note of special gratitude to neighbor Tom Frawley for his many years of helping with the driveway and various other needs. She will be greatly missed by her fam-ily and friends.

a memorial service was held on Monday, May 8 at the First Baptist church, Bain-bridge. private committal ser-vices will be held in green-lawn cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in eileen’s memory to First Bap-tist church, Bainbridge.

condolences and memories may be shared with the family online at www.landersfh.com.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of c.h. Landers Funeral chapel, Sidney.

Frances L. RobertsJaMeSViLLe - Frances

Lorraine roberts, 96, for-merly of Sidney and afton, passed away on wednesday, May 3, 2017 at iroquois Nurs-ing home. She was born on Sept. 11, 1920, the oldest of the 10 children born to cecil and effie (hadsell) cook in cobleskill.

On Jan. 1, 1943 she was married to Joseph e. roberts in walton. he predeceased her on april 8, 1963. after raising her four daughters, she went back to work and retired from keith clark co. in Sid-ney. Frances was a member of the Order of the eastern Star and the american Legion La-dies auxiliary. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting and knit-ting. her favorite thing, how-ever, was spending time with family.

Frances is survived by: two daughters, roberta and charles curley of clayton, N.c. and Susan and ed Back-us of Jamesville; sister, carol Johnson of Sidney; and sever-al grandchildren, great-grand-children, nieces and nephews.

in addition to her parents and husband, she was prede-ceased by two daughters, Lin-da Brenneis and Judith rob-erts; granddaughter, Jennifer Brenneis; and eight brothers and sisters.

Friends called on Saturday, May 6 at c.h. Landers Fu-neral chapel, Sidney. Funeral services followed at the fu-neral chapel.

Burial will be private and at the convenience of the fam-ily in prospect hill cemetery, Sidney.

in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to St. Jude children’s hospital, 501 St. Jude place, Memphis, Tenn., 38105.

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


Jeffrey WhitakerST. auguSTiNe, FLa.

- Jeffrey whitaker, 68, of St. augustine, Fla., left this world on May 6, 2017 at his home after an extended illness. his loving family and devoted friends spent endless time with him during his final days. his courage and positive atti-

tude with his illness inspired all who met or cared for him. he stood tall and gracious throughout.

Jeff was born in hancock to James and June (née Fergu-son) whitaker.

he moved to Sidney as a child and lived and worked in the Sidney/Bainbridge area until retiring to Florida in September of 2015.

Jeffrey is survived by his adoring wife, Lynn (née clair), in love for 48 years and mar-ried for 44. he was extremely proud of his surviving sons, Joshua, ryan and dylan. also surviving him is his special cousin, connie cincotta, who was truly loved and cherished as a sister; his father, James; brother, Steven; mother-in-law, pauline clair and extend-ed family and friends.

he was predeceased by his mother- and father-in-law, richard clair.

Jeff would also want to mention his deceased aunt Marion and uncle Joe, who were a considerable influence on his life and values.

Jeff was a kind and gentle person to all who knew him. he had an abiding love for family and friends and never met a person who didn’t like him. he was never happier than when surrounded by those he loved. he was always there to lend a hand, a shoul-der or an ear to anyone in need of support. he was delighted with all life had to offer and his deep blue eyes twinkled with mischief and a wonder-ful sense of humor. as a father and husband he is revered, re-spected and loved more than words can express.

a private celebration his life has been held. in lieu of flowers, the family gratefully requests donations in Jeff’s memory to be sent to Memo-rial Sloan kettering cancer center Office of development at p.O. Box 27106, New york, N.y., 10087.

donations may be made out to “Memorial Sloan ketter-ing.” please indicate the name of the honoree in the memo line of the check.

donations can also be made online at the website.

Wilma Shelton KinterBaiNBridge - wilma

Shelton kinter, 88, of Bain-bridge, passed away on Sat-urday, May 6, 2017 at a.O. Fox Nursing home in Oneon-ta. She was born on July 5, 1928, the daughter of the late george and gladys (Maeske) Shelton, in rochester. She was married to richard e. kinter in august of 1948 and enjoyed over 67 years together prior to his passing in 2016.

wilma was the Salutorian of her class in 1946 from Bainbridge high School. af-ter graduation she worked and met her husband richard at NBT Bank of Bainbridge. Their first date was a movie at the old Bainbridge movie the-atre on Main Street. She also worked at keith clark when it first came to Sidney and later was co-manager with richard at charter Oaks apartments in Liverpool, N.y.

wilma loved being with

people and loved to have a party. She enjoyed cooking and spent many hours tend-ing to her beautiful flower gardens wherever she called home. Over the years, she and richard enjoyed traveling to antique shops and adding to her glassware collection.

Wilma is survived by her brother, G. Edward (Con-nie) Shelton of Central Square, N.Y.; four children, Elaine (Frank) Selleck of Unadilla, Tim (Terri) Kint-er of Bainbridge, Bonnie (Roger) Williams of Bain-bridge and Rick (Deirdre) Kinter of Parksville, Ky.; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson, as well as several nieces and nephews. She was prede-ceased by her daughter, Dianne Drury.

A private family grave-side service will be held where wilma and richard will be interred together to honor their final wish. condo-lences and memories may be shared with the family online at www.landersfh.com.

The family wishes to thank a.O. Fox Nursing home for their care and compassion for wilma during the past year. your kindness and support to both wilma and the family was much appreciated.

“Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us ev-ery day, unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear…” -irish poem

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of c.h. Landers Funeral chapel, Sidney.

Brenda Sue BordeauuNadiLLa - Brenda Sue

Bordeau, 48, of unadilla, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, May 5, 2017, at Bassett hospital, cooper-stown after a short illness.

Born in Norwich on March 12, 1969, Brenda was the daughter of richard “dick” and eleanor “ellie” (Leach) charles. The family moved to Oxford in 1971, where she grew up and attended Oxford academy and central School, class of 1987. Brenda gradu-ated from SuNy delhi in 1990 with an aaS in veteri-nary science. Brenda was em-ployed as a teacher’s aid with the Sidney central School.

Brenda was predeceased by: her mother, eleanor Jane Leach charles; father, rich-ard “dick” charles; brother, andrew LaVerne charles; and brother-in-law, Brian w. rose.

She is survived by: her husband, James Bordeau; children, adam James and Sa-mantha Sue Bordeau; brother, ronald charles and desseray wallace of Norwich, and their children, Brienne charles, richard and Lacey hathaway.

also surviving are her fa-ther and mother-in-law, rod-ney and Louella (devins) Bordeau of west chazy, N.y.; sister-in-law, robin (Bordeau) rose and her children, Justin, dustin and ethan, all of west chazy.

a celebration of Brenda’s life will be announced at a later date. in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to a local relay for

Life team. condolences and memories may be shared with the family online at www.landersfh.com.


Ruth Elizabeth Dodge Caruana

aFTON - ruth elizabeth dodge caruana was born in auburn, N.y. on July 9, 1934, the youngest child of the rev. Le roy k. dodge, Sr. and Jennie Tedford (both wwi veterans). ruth was educated in williamson (class of ‘52) and houghton college (class of ‘57), becoming an educa-tor herself. a popular teacher, “Miss dodge” will be re-membered by older students who attended canaseraga and Letchworth high Schools.

in 1962 she married into the caruana family, becoming a wife to Louis and a mother to Mark, Jonathan, debby and ruthie. ruth began a new life as wife and mother of four. She was also a new pastors wife, living out faith in her savior, Jesus christ, in a new way. ruth was an integral part of Lou’s ministry. She joined her husband in pike, (united Baptist), later moving to indian Lake (First Baptist), Buffalo (prospect ave Bap-tist) and finally afton (First Baptist). ruth was much in de-mand as a substitute teacher in the Buffalo and afton schools. ruth and Lou retired to wil-liamson, becoming members of Bible Baptist church.

early in this retirement ruth began to suffer the ef-fects of alzheimer’s disease, which finally took her life. de-spite her deteriorating health, ruth would tell all who would listen, “This is the day the Lord has made, i will rejoice and be glad in it,” something she meant with all her heart. ruth received excellent and concerned care from the staff of the wayne county Nursing home in her final years, for which her family is extremely grateful.

ruth was predeceased by her parents; sister, Lillian; and sister-in-law, Norma. She is survived by brothers, Le roy k. dodge Jr. and ralph dodge (dottie) and brother-in-law, Freeman Lewis, as well as nu-merous nieces, nephews and cousins. ruth leaves behind her husband, the rev. Louis caruana; sons, the rev. dr. Mark caruana (paula) and Jonathan caruana (Linda) and daughter, debby ann Beardsley (Lenny). a beloved daughter, ruth Marie, pre-ceded her in death. also sur-viving ruth are her cherished grandchildren, Sean caruana, dr. Stephen caruana, chris-tine caruana, april Beardsley and Jacob Beardsley.

a memorial service will take place at 11:00 a.m. at the Bible Baptist church of wil-liamson on Saturday, May 13. in lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial contribu-tion to Bible Baptist church of williamson (grenada VBS mission).


The King Comes to Deposit Community Theatre with May 19 Elvis Tribute Show

depOSiT – The perform-ing arts center of deposit community Theatre is proud to present Jay allan’s “Leg-endary elvis Tribute Show.”

don’t be fooled by imper-sonators! Jay allan separates himself from the rest with a combination of elvis’ looks, elvis’ moves and elvis’ voice! whether you’re looking for young 1950’s elvis, 1968 black leather-wearing elvis or 1970’s Las Vegas elvis, allan is your man. Jay allan’s Leg-endary elvis Tribute Show has quickly become regarded as the top elvis tribute in the North east! whether with his band and showgirls or backed by high-quality vocals, al-lan’s show is always a hit!

allan has performed throughout the uS and can-ada for crowds as intimate

as 30 and as large as 30,000! in addition to casinos in Las Vegas, atlantic city, penn-sylvania and Mississippi, allan has performed at com-munity events, fundraisers, New york Fashion week and even for the uS air Force. he was hired by BMg & rca records and has done com-mercials for MTV, appeared on cNN and Vh-1’s “rock Of ages,” can be seen in the motion picture 3,000 Miles to Graceland and most recently starred as elvis on “Mysteries at the Museum.”

elvis fans won’t want to miss this rockin’ rock n roll event, Friday, May 19 7 p.m. Look for a display ad from presenting sponsor deposit community Theatre in this publication or, for more infor-mation, call 467-2727.

JAC to Open New Art Exhibit May 12BaiNBridge - The Jeri-

cho arts council of Bain-bridge will be hosting artist hope Thurlby in the gallery from May 12 to 14.

Thurlby was born in the uk and married to an ameri-can businessman. She earned a phd in Viking archeology, where her skill in sketching and illustration proved quite useful. She will be displaying her paintings of flowers and scenes of england.

Jac will also be present-ing the play “everyone Loves

Opal,” performed by the Out of the woodwork players.

The gallery is free to the public and will be open Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. and on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Tickets will also be avail-able for the play, which will start at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.

The gallery and theater are located on the second floor in the Bainbridge Town hall at 15 North Main St., Bain-bridge. For additional info, visit www.jerichoarts.com or like the Jac on Facebook.

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In Loving Memory of

Dale R. Williams

We cried when you passed awayWe still cry today.Although we loved

you dearly,We couldn’t make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,

Hard working hands at rest.God broke our hearts

To prove to us He only takes the best.

We love and miss you so much,

Your Loving Family

Dance the Night Away at Annual Spring Fling Dance in Coventryville May 20

cOVeNTry - The cov-entry events committee will again sponsor the annual Spring Fling dance on May 20.

This year’s event will be held at the wrench wranch, approximately a quarter-mile east of the four corners blink-ing light in coventryville, right off of State rt. 206. There will be signs. Be ad-vised, the venue includes a long driveway so just keep going.

at 4 p.m. the BBQ chicken will be hot off the grill and dinners will include salt po-tatoes, baked beans and a roll. Beverages will also be available.

To keep this event family-

friendly, Midnight Star with Travis will be providing music from 6-9 p.m. with a variety of tunes for the crowd’s danc-ing and listening pleasure. wrench wranch features an open pavilion with a beautiful dance floor. Or, bring a lawn chair and sit just outside the building and enjoy the eve-ning under the stars. Snacks and beverages will also be available during dance hours.

The coventry events com-mittee is run by volunteers and strives to bring family-oriented events to the local area. plan to come and sup-port the committee’s efforts. also, watch this paper for the next event—the 11th annual Blueberry Festival on July 29 and 30.

After Cinco de Mayo Rainout, Afton Motorsports Park Hopes for Clear Skies May 12

aFTON – This Friday night to kick off the Mother’s day weekend will be the first special event for the 2017 rac-ing season at the afton Mo-torsports park.

The capital region Sprint-car association will make its first appearence of the season. These winged racing ma-chines powered by a 305-cu-bic inch engine really motor around the lightning quick quarter-mile oval. during

test and tune session number one back on april 14, dustin purdy ripped off a quick lap of 13.742 seconds. crSa will compete in a full program of heats, consi ( if needed ) and a 20-lap feature event. For more information on the afton Motorsports park, visit aftonmotorsportspark.com or call 639 - dirT.a night out at afton Motors-ports park promises fast, fu-rious and family-friendly fun for all.

Harpursville Hornets Varsity Baseball Jumps Out to Early Lead in Victory Over B-G

harpurSViLLe - The harpursville hornets grabbed an early lead on its way to a 5-1 victory over the Bain-bridge-guilford Bobcats on Tuesday, May 2. The hornets scored two on a single by ryan kachmar in the first in-ning with two outs and an er-ror in the second inning.

kachmar earned the win for harpursville; he went six innings giving up one run, six

hits and striking out 13. #20 took the loss for Bainbridge-guilford; he pitched three in-nings surrendering three runs, two hits, striking out four and walking zero.

kachmar and Madison hoover each drove in two runs to lead the hornets.

Bainbridge-guilford col-lected six hits; #14 and #22 each collected multiple hits for B-g.

Register Now for 10th Annual Sidney Rotary Golf Tournament

SidNey – The 10th annual rotary club of Sidney golf Tournament will be held on Thursday, June 8 at the Sidney golf and country club. This tournament will be a captain-and-crew format with shotgun start at 10 a.m. all golfers are invited to play and partici-pants need not be members of rotary.

This yearly fundraiser will benefit community service

projects by the club. Sponsors are being accepted now.

The individual player price includes golf, cart and a buf-fet meal after play. There will be door prizes and prizes for closest to the pin, longest drive and skins game available.

For more information or to sign up to play, contact Jr Bo-gert at 373-4232 or Tim cut-ting at 561-2800 by Friday, May 26.

Tickets Still Available for Everybody Loves Opal

BaiNBridge - Though advance sales tickets with dessert included are no longer available, general admission tickets will be available at the door. Everybody Loves Opal, a joint production of Tri-Town Theatre and Out of the woodwork players, will be performed on the Bainbridge Town hall Theatre stage this Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s performance is at 2 p.m.

This charming comedy

includes a cast of lovable characters sure to lighten your spirits on a chilly, rainy spring evening or Sunday af-ternoon. The cast includes denise M. Marshall as Opal and the three shady purvey-ors of bogus French perfume, gloria gulock (Monica cole), Bradford winter (Michael Sellitti) and Solomon Bozo (dan Spencer). also included in the cast are richard ruten-ber as Officer Joe Jankie and philip wade, as the doctor.

Praise & Pizza is May 13 at Unadilla Center UMC

uNadiLLa ceNTer - unadilla center united Meth-odist church will hold its spe-cial Saturday service, “praise and pizza,” on May 13 at 5 p.m. as it will be Mother’s day weekend, the theme will be mothers in the Bible.

as always, the program will be creative and informal and the dress code casual. Following the program free

pizza, coffee, tea and water will be provided.

The church is located at 1203 Butternut rd. in unadilla.

Special Saturday praise and pizza services are held the second Saturday of each month. These Saturday pro-grams offer an opportunity to worship in a fun and different way.


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Read the Winning PoemsAdult winner:

Steven G. Shimer, Sidney “GREEN and GREEN and GREEN”

in the Valley of the Shadow of winterSpring hopes eternally.

persistent snow smothers green dreamsno. huddled, pushing back gently, patiently


young men, regimented, take up the struggleuniformed, proud, they battlefrom a distant beach

calling out they say we are here nowbut we are coming


pressing through, pushing throughflush and fervorthe Sun comes to warm the valley

touching souls it contacts the underground“shh … be ready!”

Bursting through with warm fervorThe sons shout “we are on our way”Send forth the heralds

peaking through with a smileextending a gentle touchThe Sun slips away“but i’ll be back”

in the Valley of the Shadow of wintersleeping people open green grass has overtaken frozen snowwarm feelings move stiff and youthful bonesaround the valleythanks are givengentle smileswarm Sungreen and green and greenand baseball

High school winner:“Fragile Hope”Hannah Sprow

Bainbridge-Guilford HS

idle faces blank and coldidle souls encased in mist

Their minds are numbTheir faces grey

idleness is all and everythingSitting, slaving, praying, they stay

Filthy facesidle

Behind a home of barbed wire

clinging on to threads of hopeThe world turns ever monochrome

everything melts into oneFaces slowly turn to the ground

hope has gone

a melody drifts past barbed holesinto the ears of the idleeerie, ghostly, shivering

Salvation will come

Though the moon, like a sickly lanternShows night, and darkThe sun has not yet set

The dark has not yet triumphedabove the sludge, above the cries

as one beating heartThe idle rise

Middle school winner:

UntitledBy Zachery Swislosky, 8th grade, Afton Central

School

daddy i don’t want you to be a policeman no more,Let someone else chase the man who robbed the store,you missed my birthday and so much more,all to chase a guy who thinks he has to even a score,policmen are dying every day,without you how will i find my way?daddy i don’t want you to be a policeman no more.

Elementary school winner:

BlackBy Alice Dibble, 3rd grade, GMU

Black is like the sound of the cold midnight wind.Black is like the smell of fresh ink on a paper.Black is like the taste of blackberries freshly picked.Black is like the feel of a soft leather jacket.

Afton BOE Candidates Ready for May 16 District Vote

aFTON - The annual bud-get vote and school board election for the afton central School district is scheduled for Tuesday, May 16. Maryann palmetier and kim Mccaul-ley are both seeking re-elec-tion to the board. They would like to take this opportunity to introduce themselves.

palmetier has been on the board for two years. She is currently the board president. She has been involved with the school for many years. She is currently a member of the school crisis Team. She also serves as vice-president of the afton central School Booster club. her two sons, george and robert, are both gradu-ates of the district. She cur-rently has four grandchildren in the elementary, middle and high schools, giving her the opportunity to be directly in-volved with all levels of the district. She is a retired nurse administrator from united health Services and currently serves as pastor of hope con-gregational church in afton.

Mccaulley has been a lifelong resident of afton, graduating from afton cen-tral School. She is married and has a daughter Loraine who is a student in the afton Middle School. She is actively involved in many school ac-tivities. She is a volunteer with the girls’ modified softball team. She was instrumental in organizing the newly formed afton central School Band Booster club and currently serves as secretary-treasurer.

Both candidates feel strong-ly about their commitment to providing the children of af-

ton with the best possible aca-demic opportunities and that direct involvement in school activities and programs is es-sential for understanding the needs of the school district.

as part of the board incen-tive to improve communica-tion between the board and the school administration, parents, students, staff and community, palmetier and Mccaulley along with the other board members have implemented committees open to not only staff and par-ents, but to the community at large to increase awareness of and participation in school-related activities.

Both candidates work well and have earned respect from other members of the board to organize priorities and make decisions that will help to pro-mote the board’s vision and goals to benefit the student environment at afton cen-tral School. along with their colleagues they are currently working to make changes that will support a healthy work environment for staff and will achieve the highest possible student performance. They promise to do their best to serve and, most importantly, to give their best to eVery STudeNT at afton central School.

as responsible citizens, please come out and support the proposed budget for the 2017-2018 school year and cast your ballots for the two most experienced and quali-fied candidates, palmetier and Mccaulley. polls will open from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. in the main lobby of the school.

April Leggett Seeks Seat on Afton BOE

aFTON - april Leggett is running for the afton Board of education. She has been very involved in the education of her three grown children and values quality education for all students.

Leggett has gained valu-able experience working with smaller schools and school boards as a founding member of the Oneonta community christian School, secretary and treasurer of St. Mary’s pTO and a founding member of Laurens central School

pTa.currently Leggett is the

publisher and editor of the afton Vision Newsletter and owns Network advertis-ing. She is a retired financial advisor.

“i know that the problems we face are difficult. if they were simple they would have already been solved,” said Leggett. “i believe i can bring a new perspective and fresh ideas to help afton central School thrive and nurture bet-ter educated students.

It’s Goats Galore in Gilbertsville!

GILBERTSVILLE – Lizzy the goat mama is pictured here with her four wee ones, born April 30. A litter of four is particularly unusual for goat mothers. Lizzy’s babies, three males and one female, are Nicky, Ricky, Mike and Dawn. Last year Lizzy had twins. Lizzy and her brood belong to Alice Nichols of Gilbertsville.


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SchOOLNOTice OF puBLic

heariNg,BudgeT VOTe &

eLecTiONNOTice is hereby given

that a public hearing on the Sidney central School dis-trict Statement of estimated expenditures for the 2017-2018 school year will be held at the Sidney high School Li-brary in Sidney, New york on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.

NOTice is also hereby giv-en that copies of the proposed annual operating budget and tax exemption form for the succeeding year to be voted upon at the annual Meeting and election shall be avail-able to Sidney central School district residents, on request, in each Sidney central School district school building main office and the curriculum Of-fice, during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday during the fourteen (14) days preceding such an-nual Meeting. it will be posted on the district’s website, and copies will be available at ev-ery public library within the district.

NOTice is also given that the vote and election shall take place in the high School Lobby by the auditorium of the Sidney central School district on the 16th day of May 2017, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at which time the polls will be opened to vote upon the fol-lowing items:

To adopt the annual budget of the Sidney central School district for the 2017-2018 fis-cal year and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the tax-able property of the district.

To adopt the annual budget of the Sidney Memorial pub-lic Library for the 2017-2018 fiscal year and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the tax-able property of the district.

To elect three (3) members of the Board of education for three (3) year terms.

To elect two (2) trustees of the Sidney Memorial public Library; one for a five (5) year term, one for a three (3) year term.

NOTice is also hereby given that the petitions for nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board

of education or Library Trust-ee must be filed in the office of the clerk of the district on april 17, 2017.

The following three (3) va-cancies are to be filled on the Board of education: a term of three (3) years ending June 30, 2020 presently held by Marisa Orezzoli; a term of three (3) years ending June 30, 2020 presently held by Tam-my Schunk; a term of three years ending June 30, 2020 to fill the vacancy created by the expiration of the term for a seat currently occupied by amanda Finch.

The following two (2) va-cancies are to be filled on the Sidney Memorial public Li-brary Board: a term of five (5) years ending June 30, 2022 caused by the expiration of the term of david honsaker; a term of three (3) years ending June 30, 2020 caused by the vacancy of the term of donna dean.

each petition shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the district and must state the name and residence of the candidate and describe that specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including at least the term of office and the name of the last incumbent. Nominating peti-tions are available at the cur-riculum Office during regular business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), (excluding Satur-day, Sunday or holidays).

NOTice is also given that qualified voters may apply for absentee ballot applications at the district clerk’s office at the Sidney central School district during regular busi-ness hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). all absentee Ballot ap-plications must be received by the district clerk no later than May 9, 2017 if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or by May 15, 2017 if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. all absentee Bal-lots must be submitted to the district clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2017.

a list of persons to whom absentee ballots have been is-sued will be available for pub-lic inspection in the district clerk’s office during each of the five days prior to the day of the election, (except Satur-day, Sunday or holidays).

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harpurSViLLe ceN-TraL SchOOL diSTricT

Budget hearinga budget hearing for the in-

habitants of the harpursville central School district quali-fied to vote at School district Meetings will be held in the auditorium of the harpurs-ville Jr./Sr. high School Building, harpursville, New york, commencing at 7:00 p.m. on May 8, 2017 where there shall be presented the proposed school district bud-get for the following school year.

date of VoteThe vote upon the appropri-

ation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expen-ditures or for any propositions involving the expenditure of money or the authorizing of levy of taxes, as well as the election of members of the Board of education shall be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at the w. a. Olmsted elemen-tary School, harpursville, New york between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Statement of Money re-quired for Next School year

a copy of the statement of the amount of money which would be required for the next school year for school purposes shall be completed seven days before the budget hearing and may be obtained by any resident of the district at each schoolhouse on or af-ter May 1, 2017, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., except Saturday, Sunday or holidays. The 2016 exemp-tion impact report will also be attached to the proposed budget.

Vote for Board Memberspetitions nominating can-

didates for the office of mem-ber of the Board of education must be filed with the clerk of the district between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. not later than april 17, 2017. The following vacancies are to be filled:

One five year term ending June 30, 2022 presently held by Joseph Burns.

each petition must be ad-dressed to the clerk of the district, be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the dis-trict, shall state the residence of each signer, the name and address of the candidate, and shall describe the specific va-

cancy on the Board of educa-tion for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of term of office, and the name of the last incumbent. No per-son shall be nominated for more than one specific office.

additional propositionsany proposition that is re-

quired to be included for vote shall be submitted in writing by means of a petition signed by at least 25 qualified vot-ers, stating the residence of each signer, which proposition shall be filed with the Board of education not later than april 17, 2017 unless a greater num-ber of days is required by stat-ute. any proposition shall be rejected by the Board of edu-cation if the purpose of the proposition is not within the powers of the voters or where the expenditure of monies is required for the proposition, and such proposition fails to include the necessary specific appropriation.

absentee Ballotsapplications for absentee

ballots may be applied for at the district Office. Such ap-plications must be received by the district clerk at least seven days before the vote set in this notice if the ballot is to be mailed to the absen-tee voter or the day before the vote if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the ab-sentee voter. absentee ballots must be received in the office of the district clerk not later than 3:30 p.m. on the day of the vote.

a list of all persons to whom absentee voter bal-lots have been issued shall be available for public inspec-tion during regular office hours which are between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. any qualified voter, may upon examination of such list, file written challenge of the qualifications of a voter of any person whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for the challenge. Such written challenge shall be transmitted by the clerk or designee to the inspectors of election on election day.

daTed: March 22, 2017By order of the Board of

education of theharpursville central

School districtBy: darlene Noyes, district

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NOTice OF aNNuaL BudgeT heariNg, Bud-geT VOTe aNd eLec-TiON OF MeMBerS FOr The uNaTegO ceNTraL SchOOL diSTricT

NOTice iS hereBy giVeN, that the annual Bud-get hearing of the inhabit-ants of the unatego central School, qualified to vote at school meetings in said dis-trict, will be held at the un-atego Middle/Senior high School in the Town of Otego, New york, on Monday, May 8, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. where the proposed school district bud-get for the 2017-2018 school year shall be presented.

NOTice iS hereBy giVeN that the annual dis-trict Budget Vote and election of Members to the Board of education for those qualified to vote in said district, will be held at the unatego Middle/Senior high School in the Town of Otego, New york, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 be-tween the hours of 12:00 noon and 9:00 p.m. for such busi-ness as is authorized by the education Law.

NOTice iS aLSO giVeN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensu-ing year for school purposes may be obtained by any tax-payer in the district fourteen days immediately preceding the vote except Saturday, Sun-day, or holidays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at the unadilla elemen-tary School, unadilla, New york, the Otego elementary School, Otego, New york and the unatego Middle/Senior high School, 2641 State hwy 7, Otego, New york.

petitions nominating can-didates for the office of Mem-bers of the Board of education must be filed with the clerk of the district between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and not later than 5:00 p.m. on april 17, 2017.

Three (3) three-year terms ending June 30, 2020

each petition must be di-rected to the clerk of the district, be signed by at least twenty-five qualified voters of the district and shall state the name and residence of each signer. Vacancies upon the Board shall not be consid-ered separate specific offices. The individuals receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to the vacancies.

NOTice iS aLSO giV-

eN that any proposition that is required to be included for a vote shall be submit-ted in writing by means of a petition signed by at least 25 qualified voters, stating the address of each signer, which petition shall be filed with the Board of education not later than 30 days before the date of the election set forth in this notice, unless a greater number of days is required by statute. any petition shall be rejected by the Board of edu-cation not later than 30 days before the date of the election set forth in this notice, unless a greater number of days are required by statute. any pe-tition shall be rejected by the Board of education if the pur-pose of the proposition is not within the powers of the vot-ers, or where the expenditure of money is required for the proposition and such proposi-tion fails to include the neces-sary specific appropriation.

NOTice iS aLSO giVeN that applications for absentee ballots may be obtained at the district clerk’s office from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. com-pleted applications are to be submitted to the clerk of the district no later than seven days prior to the scheduled date of the vote (if done by mail) or the day before the vote if the ballot is to be deliv-ered personally to the absen-tee voter. absentee ballots are to be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2017 to the district office.

a list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued shall be available for public inspection during regular office hours, which are between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. until the date of election. any qualified voter may, upon examination of such list, file a written chal-lenge of qualifications of any person whose name appears on such list stating the reason for the challenge. Such list shall be posted in a conspicu-ous place during the election, and any qualified voter may challenge the acceptance of the absentee ballot or a person on such list, by making this challenge and the reasons for the challenge known to the in-spectors of election before the close of the polls.

dated: 3-30-17Joan M. French, clerk - un-

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dr application available for review

delaware county announc-es that its application for New york State community de-velopment Block grant – di-saster recovery (cdBg-dr) program funds has been ap-proved for the following proj-ect: Sidney Floodplain Man-agement project.

activity: New york State cdBg-dr funds will be used to acquire approximately 127 structures in the Village of Sidney, demolish them and re-grade the land, returning it to its natural floodplain func-tion. additionally, another 7 homes in the Village, as well as all their pertinent utilities, will be elevated 2 feet above the Base Flood elevation.

Objective: To restore the land to its natural floodplain function by not allowing any

further development on it in perpetuity, thereby greatly reducing the possibility of fu-ture damage to homes or pos-sible loss of life. additionally, the 7 elevated homes will al-low any potential floodwaters to flow unimpeded through the area without damage to the homes.

Location: The Village of Sidney between the rail-road tracks and north to the Susquehanna river.

amount: governor’s Of-fice of Storm recovery (gOSr) infrastructure pro-gram – $18,915,104

a copy of the application will be available for review at the delaware county plan-ning department, 1 page av-enue, delhi, Ny 13753, and at the Village of Sidney hall, 21 Liberty Street, Sidney, Ny 13838, wednesday, april 26, 2017 through Friday, May 26, 2017, between the hours of

9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Mon-day through Friday.

all citizens, particularly persons of low and moder-ate income and residents of blighted areas, as well as those affected by the proj-ect are encouraged to submit their views and proposals by Tuesday, May 30, 2017 to the delaware county planning department at the following address:

delaware county planning department

Shelly Johnson-Bennett, acting director

p.O. Box 367 / 1 page avenue

delhi, Ny 13753 (607) 832-5444shelly.johnson@

co.delaware.ny.usadditional information re-

garding the availability and use of cdBg-dr funds is available upon request.

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Town of afton Notice is hereby given that

the assessor of the Town of afton, county of chenango has completed the Tentative assessment roll for the cur-rent year, that a copy has been left with the Town clerk at the Town hall, 204-a county rd 39., where it may be seen and examined by any person until May 23, 2017.

The assessor will be in at-tendance with the Tentative assessment roll on: Thurs-day May 4, 2017 from 5pm to 7pm, Thursday May 11, 2017

from 5pm to 6pm, Saturday May 13, 2017 from 9:30am to 11:30am, and Thursday May 18 from 5pm to 7pm.

The Board of assessment review will meet on Tuesday May 23, 2017 between the hours of 4:00pM and 8:00pM, at the afton Town hall to hear and examine all written filed complaints in relation to such assessments, on the applica-tion of any person conceiving himself aggrieved thereby.

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Fire Safety inspectionafton central School

districtNotice is hereby given

that the annual inspection for 2016/2017 of the school buildings of the afton central School district for fire haz-ards which might endanger the lives of students, teachers, em-ployees therein, has been com-pleted and the report thereof is available at the district Office of the afton central School at 29 academy Street, afton Ny 13730, for inspection by all in-terested persons.

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The harpursville central School will hold a special meeting on Thursday, May 18 at 6:00pM in the Jr. Sr. high School auditorium for the purpose of a public hear-ing discussing the use of up to $100,000 of the repair re-serve Fund for emergency re-pairs to the junior senior high school electrical transformer system damaged by recent storm activity.

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Del. Co. Democrats Praise Party Activity, Call for More at Annual Dinner

By allison collins

deLhi – a record crowd gathered in delhi for the delaware county democratic committee’s annual dinner held in the Seasons restau-rant, which operates as part of SuNy delhi’s culinary pro-gram, on Thursday, May 4.

emcee and dcdc chair Tom Schimmerling noted, “This is the biggest turnout i’ve seen in years.”

an increase in party activ-ity would prove a theme of the evening, with many speakers commenting on the upsurge in activism, political partici-pation and attendance at party events, particularly the april 29 delaware county people’s climate March and the wom-en’s march held in delhi in January. Schimmerling com-mented, “i’ve not seen this much excitement going on af-ter an election.”

The event featured recogni-tion of 2017 party honorees and speeches by four of the six candidates currently eye-ing a Ny-19 congress seat: Jeffrey Beals, antonio del-gado, Brian Flynn and Sue Sullivan; candidates Steven Brisee and david clegg were

not present.honored first with a pair of

lifetime achievement awards were rosemarie Bryden, chair of the hamden democratic committee, and Olga irwin, former chair of the delhi democratic committee.

Bryden, a one-time secre-tary with delhi schools, out-lined her history of political activism, including earning unionization for herself and fellow delhi administrative staff, and her unprecedented uphill victory over male in-cumbents for a place on the hamden Town Board. “i was born a democrat,” said Bryden, underscored the im-portance of tenacity, person-ally and politically.

“you may not win the fight, but you have to fight,” urged Bryden. Like Schim-merling, Bryden said locally and nationally, “the election galvanized people … and that’s good. There are a lot of groups springing up.”

co-honoree Olga irwin, with several decades of party service to her credit, recol-lected her youth as the child of first-generation hungarian immigrants, saying, “a sense of duty and love of country came early to me as a young-

ster … [i had] a natural re-spect for voting.”

in a written statement praising irwin, 85-years-young, former dcdc chair Jim wood said, “while most people count their service ex-perience in years, Olga counts hers in decades … Olga has given, given and given to the committee.”

Bryden and irwin earned standing ovations from the crowd.

delaware county demo-crat of the year kathleen hayek was honored next and, like her fellows, noted the catalytic nature of the current political landscape, encourag-ing people on both sides of party lines to seek tolerance and recognition of differences in the name of preserved de-mocracy. “we need each other to keep the delicate balance of democracy,” said hayek, not-ing, “we need both the left and the right just as we need our left and right legs.” hayek, who emphasized, “we’re all in this together,” said of ameri-ca and the american dream, “it’s worth the fight and it’s worth celebrating.”

hayek added, “i can only accept this award by sharing it with all the fierce wom-en democrats of delaware county.” in closing, and once more affirming an uptick, hayek remarked, “i’d say we’re woke.”

echoing that momentum,

chair of the Sidney demo-cratic committee Sue Skle-narik shared details of a May 20 event in Sidney that, to-gether with veteran campaign manager denise king, she has planned to drive home the importance of grassroots, bottom-up politics. “it’s time to get fired up!” said Skle-narik, adding, “Over the last few years we’ve concentrated mostly on the national and state scene, but not locally.”

The May 20 workshop en-titled “Something’s got your goat? run for Office!” will take place from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Sidney Li-brary and, said Sklenarik, is for anyone who has ever thought of running for office at any level, but especially lo-cally. “it’s time we got going,” said Sklenarik, repurposing the old real estate adage to add, “it’s local, it’s local, it’s local.”

One of the night’s keynote speakers, 2016 candidate for the 58th NyS Senate district, Leslie danks Burke, added to Sklenarik’s imploration, “Lo-cal office is where it’s at. Lo-cal races matter.”

if interested in attending the May 20 event, individu-als are encouraged to register online at dcnydems.org be-fore May 15 or call or email Sklenarik at 563-3329 or [email protected] for more information.

Installation Ceremony Scheduled for May 27 at Sidney Vets Park

SidNey - paul Beames, president of the Sidney Vet-erans Memorial park asso-ciation, announced that the second annual installation ceremony at the new Sidney Veterans Memorial park is scheduled for Saturday, May 27 at 11 a.m., rain or shine. during the brief ceremony, expected to last less than an hour, the name of each veteran who has had a nameplate and/or plaque installed on the ser-vice-specific risers or Victory wall since the park dedica-tion last year will have his/her name read aloud, recognizing

and honoring their service to the country.

The public is invited and should plan to arrive early and be prepared for the weather. parking will be limited at the park, with overflow parking available at the Sidney elks’ Lodge, located a very short walk from the park. persons with disabilities may be driven into the park and dropped off prior to parking. No restroom facilities will be available at the park and provided seating will be limited; attendees are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs.

Sidney Community Band Rehearsals are Underway

SidNey - The 2017 season for the Sidney community Band began weekly rehears-als on Tuesday, May 9 at 7 p.m. rehearsals will take place every Tuesday evening from May through august at the Sidney united Methodist church on Liberty Street in Sidney.

Now in its 34th season, the Sidney community Band incorporates musicians of all ages and musical back-grounds, from elementary students to senior citizens, amateurs to professionals and everyone in between! The

group will once again be un-der the direction of Ms. amy hoxie, band director at Sidney elementary School. Music selections include marches, show tunes, big band piec-es and songs from popular culture.

all musicians are invited to join the Sidney commu-nity Band. Organizers say, “if you have an instrument and a sense of humor, come join us!” The group encourages middle and high school students to join and offers a scholarship to high school seniors.

Deposit Historical Society to Host May 20 Craft Fair

depOSiT - The deposit historical Society will host its an-nual “Olde Time craft Fair” at the museum on Saturday, May 20. The fair will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 3 p.m.

The fair will include several craft dealers, a 50/50 raffle, food concessions and music by “The west Branch ramblers.” The ramblers will play from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.



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directions and proceeded to enter an intersection or the highway, only to see a motor-cycle that you did not observe? have you ever been distracted or daydreaming and not ob-serving traffic? we live in a fast-paced society where thoughts of family or work draw our attention away from the task at hand: driving.

Motorcyclists are among the most vulnerable in the motoring public. during any collision with a four-wheel vehicle, a motorcyclist is at a severe disadvantage. a mo-torcycle crash with a car or truck can, most often, result in death or serious injury for the motorcyclist. injuries sus-tained can potentially result in loss of limbs, damage to internal organs, paralysis or other types of life-changing disabilities.

chenango county statistics for 2016 reflect that of the 933 motor vehicle crashes, 21 in-volved motorcycles. Of those crashes, one resulted in a fa-tality, and 18 crashes caused personal injuries. NyS statis-tics for 2016 show that there were 300,757 total motor vehicle crashes and 4,888 of those crashes involved motor-

cycles. The majority of those motorcycle crashes took place between the hours of 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

here are some tips for safe motorcycle riding:

1) wear a helmet. re-search shows that large num-bers of motorcyclists escape death by wearing helmets. head injuries, even those sus-tained at low impact, can be fatal, further substantiating the case for wearing a helmet.

2) wear brightly-colored, protective clothing. Motorcyclists should always wear appropriate gear for pro-tection and be clearly visible to other drivers.

3) keep awake and stay sober. drowsiness and fatigue can seriously impair a motor-cyclist’s reflexes and reaction time. Bikers should avoid rid-ing when fatigued and plan for regular short breaks. alcohol and other drugs should be strictly avoided when riding a motorcycle.

4) abide by traffic laws. a substantial number of motorcycle riders involved in accidents are driving without licenses or are improperly li-censed. Motorcyclists should ensure their license is always up to date and take care to obey the traffic laws.

5) Motorcycle safety and planning. Motorcyclists should perform a motorcycle safety inspection before each ride. accidents often occur as a result of mechanical prob-lems. plan ahead when rid-ing in a group. determine the route in advance and make sure it is coordinated with other riders.

6) all drivers should work on continuous learning and improvement. a large percentage of drivers involved in accidents have had no driv-er training or have become complacent. enrolling in a driver’s training course is a good way of developing basic driving skills. Once the basic techniques are acquired, driv-ers can sharpen their skills for street riding by taking a defensive driving course or an advanced program for motorcyclists.

remember to always be courteous and respectful to other motorists who use the roads. do not tailgate, and retain a safe reactive driv-ing distance. avoid riding a motorcycle when under the influence of alcohol. do not ride between slow-moving ve-hicles and recognize and fol-low all traffic laws.

Be careful out there!

World-Renowned Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program Comes to Unadilla May 18

uNadiLLa - Beginning May 18, unadilla social work-er and retired SuNy Oneonta college lecturer, Marilyn Babcock, will teach the nine-week Mindfulness Based Stress reduction (MBSr) program. MBSr is a heavily researched, evidence-based stress reduction course of-fered in more than 740 clinics, hospitals and academic medi-cal centers worldwide.

research over the past 37 years indicates that a major-ity of the people who com-plete this program report a greater ability to cope more effectively with short- and long-term stressful situations, an increased ability to relax, lasting decreases in physical and psychological symptoms, reduction in pain levels and enhanced ability to cope with chronic pain and, most impor-tantly, a greater energy and

enthusiasm for life. after a required introduc-

tion session on May 18, the course will meet for two-hour weekly sessions lasting eight weeks. There will also be one full practice day between the sixth and seventh weeks.

pre-registration is required and space is limited. go to www.marilynbabcock.com for details.

Learning objectives include:

recognizing the roles of stress and reactivity in health and healing;

cultivating mindful aware-ness through several different types of meditation practices;

establishing a daily mind-fulness practice;

recognizing negative pat-terns of reactivity triggered by stressors and utilizing mind-fulness to develop alternative responses to stress;

applying mindfulness to

cultivate a deeper connection with body, emotions and rela-tionships with others.

a longtime resident of un-adilla, Babcock taught com-munication skills to college students for 10 years, prac-ticed social work locally, in-cluding in hospice care and crime victim services and has maintained a private psycho-therapy practice. Since 2005 Marilyn has committed four hours a day to the intensive study and practice mindful-ness. She offers an eight-week Mindfulness in Stress reduc-tion program to anyone truly motivated to learn and prac-tice it, regardless of ability to pay. details are available at www.marilynbabcock.com or by contacting Babcock at [email protected] or by calling 369-3902.


Area AcademicsAbbi Lin Miller Olivia Drew GarrorB-G Names Miller & Garror

2017 Val & SalBaiNBridge - abbi Lin

Miller, daughter of rich and Nanci Miller, has been named the valedictorian of this year’s graduating class. in addition to taking multiple ap classes throughout her high school career, she has also taken ad-vantage of several concurrent enrollment and online cours-es offered through Tompkins cortland community col-lege. as a result of her aca-demic achievements, Miller has maintained a consistent standing on principal’s honor roll through all four years of high school, is a current mem-ber of the National honor So-ciety and will be graduating with over 60 college credits, including an associate’s de-gree in math and science from Tompkins-cortland commu-nity college.

in addition to academic work, Miller has been in-volved in several extracurric-ular activities such as soccer, basketball, softball, student council, band (concert, jazz and pep), orchestra, chorus and honor Society. during her freshman and sopho-more years she also a played for the Oneonta Soccer club and the Streakers summer softball team. as a senior, she has added envirothon as well as yes! Leads to the list of groups in which she par-ticipates. in many of these organizations, Miller has held leadership positions alongside her regular responsibilities. Such roles include being a captain on the varsity soccer team, treasurer and then pres-ident of student council and treasurer of honor Society.

Outside of school, Miller has worked at the Bainbridge Town pool for three summers as a lifeguard and swimming instructor. She has also vol-unteered as a counselor for the fifth grade campout and a referee for youth soccer games. in the summer of her junior year, Miller attended the rotary youth Leader-

ship awards (ryLa) and has helped organize other lead-ership conferences hosted by the high school student council.

Miller would like to thank everyone who has supported her throughout her time at B-g and helped her to be successful. She would not have been able to accomplish all that she has without the advice and guidance of her teachers, coaches, friends and family. She truly appreciates all the faculty and staff at Bainbridge-guilford as well as the surrounding commu-nity; both have taught her the value of growing up in a small town. Miller would especially like to thank her family for being there through thick and thin and exposing her to the multitude of opportunities awaiting those who are will-ing to take them.

a special thank you also goes out to Mrs. anderson for teaching important les-sons that extended beyond the classroom—lessons about loy-alty, perspective, hard work, compassion and of course, alexander hamilton. She has served as a constant role model for Miller and other students and has had a great influence on Miller’s time at Bainbridge.

Lastly, she would like to thank her sister, alli, for all that she’s done and continues to do. Miller said, “i have been very fortunate to have experi-enced such a wide perspective during my high school career, as it shows you what to strive for, and who you want to be-come as a person.”

Following graduation, Miller plans to attend college to study biomedical engineer-ing and is currently deciding between university at Buf-falo, rochester institute of Technology and university of connecticut. wherever she chooses to attend, Miller hopes to study abroad in eu-rope and pursue a career in which she can improve the

already advanced and fast-paced field of medicine.

Olivia drew garror, daughter of Lisa graney and Michael garror, has been named the salutatorian of the Bainbridge-guilford class of 2017. She has been on princi-pal’s honor roll throughout all four years of high school and has also been a member of both the Junior and Se-nior National honor Societ-ies throughout her years at Bainbridge-guilford. while participating in a multitude of extracurricular activities, she has also filled her schedule with a plethora of advanced placement, dual enrollment and online college courses through Tompkins cortland community college. as of May 2017, she will have walked with the Tc3 graduat-ing class of 2017 in order to receive her associate’s degree as a high school senior.

Over the years, garror has made an effort to be involved in many of the school’s orga-nizations, including soccer, softball, yes! Leads, student

council and concert, orches-tra, jazz and marching band. while participating in such activities, garror was able to maintain her grades as well as take part in several vol-unteer opportunities such as red cross blood drives, yes! Leads-sponsored drug aware-ness nights and student coun-cil can drives. She believes in the importance of giving back to the community.

as a senior, she took on the responsibility of enroll-ing in the New Vision al-lied health program through chenango Memorial hospital in Norwich, where she spent her time learning about the medical field, shadowing medical professionals and becoming more privy to life in the medical world. garror also held a part-time job at Mcdonald’s throughout both her junior and senior years at Bainbridge.

garror would like to thank everyone who has supported her throughout her time in school. without the support system that the faculty and staff of Bainbridge-guilford

high School created, she would not be where she is to-day. while every teacher has had some sort of impact on her success, she would like to give a special thanks to a few individuals who really went out of their way to encourage her to achieve her goals. These individuals include Tammy Slack, kevin wehrli, Victo-ria anderson, Nanci Miller and Joanne Moxley. each and every one of these staff mem-bers consistently encouraged her to push through the hard times, knowing the success that would come with Olivia’s hard work. These individuals helped Olivia through both personal and academic hard-ships as well as congratulated her through her successes and achievements. She would like to thank them for pushing her to step out of her comfort zone in order to make her the best she could possibly be. They all have played a big role in getting her recognition as the salutatorian of her graduating class.

garror would also like to thank her mother, Lisa

graney, her father, Michael garror and her step-father, william Smith for constantly encouraging her and support-ing her through both her times of success and adversity. “My family has believed in me since day one and i could nev-er be where i am today with-out them. My parents, grand-parents, siblings, etc. have all been there to congratulate me, cheer me on and root for me every step of the way. i am so grateful for each and every one of you and love you all very much,” said garror.

after graduation, garror plans to attend either roches-ter institute of Technology or pennsylvania State university as a pre-medicine/biomedi-cal sciences major. She in-tends to study through both undergraduate and graduate school in hopes of becoming a pediatrician. She has always desired to make a difference in some way, shape or form and she hopes that becoming a doctor will be her chance to do so.

D’Amato & Grabo Earn Valedictorian & Salutatorian Honors for GMUgiLBerTSViLLe – MT.

upTON – Molly d’amato has earned valedictorian hon-ors as part of gilbertsville-Mt. upton’s class of 2017.

The daughter of chris and carrie d’amato, Molly d’amato is a very active member of gMu’s student body and has enjoyed large roles in the school’s musicals, chorus and the Ladies ensem-ble throughout her high school career. d’amato has also been a long-standing and integral

part of the National honor Society, gMu’s drama club, mock trial classes and stu-dent council. She has attended all-county, area all-state and NySMaa for music. addi-tionally, d’amato has served as a past and present presi-dent for student council and Students against destructive decisions.

d’amaton was chosen to attend hOBy and ryLa.

presently, she is enrolled in Tc3 college-level pre-cal-culus, accounting, academic

writing and a college success seminar, as well as econom-ics, and u.S. history through music and culture.

d’amato plans to attend college in the fall for fashion merchandising.

Nicole grabo, daugh-ter of angela Fairbairn, has been named salutatorian for gMu’s class or 2017.

grabo has participated in many activities and sports throughout her years at school, including involvement with the drama and leader-

ship clubs, Sadd, mock trial, National honor Society, jazz, concert and marching band, chorus, academic team, cross-country, soccer, basketball and softball.

This year, grabo is taking Tc3 pre-calculus, intro to col-lege and english.

grabo plans to attend Brockport college in the fall, with an anticipated dual major of criminal justice and sociology.

Nicole GraboMolly D’Amato

BAINBRIDGE – GUILFORD SENIOR BRANDON SCHERHAUFER received the 2017 Jill Kavanagh Memorial YES! LEADS Scholarship, presented by Senator Fred Akshar and Lourdes Hospital.The honor recognizes outstanding YES! LEADers who have exceeded expectations to assist and improve YES! LEADS in their high school and community.Applicants need to have been a member of Yes! Leads for at least two years, and the winner was cho-sen by Senator Fred Akshar and his staff based on the student’s contributions to their Yes! Leads program, their responses to several short answer questions, and a recommendation by their Yes! Leads advisor.Scherhaufer will be attending college in the fall major-ing in political science. Pictured are Brandon Scher-haufer, Senator Fred Akshar, and Advisor Joanne Moxley.


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Breathing Better Club Gets New Life May 17 in SidneyBy allison collins

SidNey – as part of a cooperative effort with the Sidney united way and the Tri-county Senior center, licensed respiratory thera-pist and Sidney eMS staffer david reynolds is reviving a once-popular support group for people of all ages afflicted with pulmonary conditions and diseases.

“There’s a history of a Better Breathers group in Sidney,” explained reyn-olds, who said the former group began in the mid-90s and lasted roughly 20 years before coming to an end in 2007.

“People in the area will know it and remember it,” said Reynolds, adding, “The aim of it was to provide a

way for people to social-ize and in the process find out more information about their pulmonary diseases.” reynolds noted that, to-gether with carol allen, Tri-county Senior center presi-dent, the group’s reformation has been in the works for roughly two months.

recalling the initial group’s annual lakeside pic-nics and a camaraderie that extended beyond regular meetings, reynolds said, “it was just a real good time for the people of Sidney and those memories are still there.”

describing the original group as “pretty successful,” reynolds noted that, unlike this most recent iteration, the earlier group was sponsored by the american Lung as-sociation. To differentiate,

he and organizers are call-ing today’s support group “Breathing Better.”

The Breathing Better group will hold its first meet-ing wednesday, May 17 from 11 a.m. to noon in the Sidney Memorial public Library’s Smart community room, a space whose usage, reyn-olds noted, was facilitated by the Sidney united way. asked about his inspiration to reform, reynolds said it was partially to do with the lasting impression made by the original Better Breathers and its members, but also his own increased availability. “in 2007 i became district governor of the rotary [club of Sidney],” explained reyn-olds. “and it was too big of a job to handle both … There wasn’t time then but now, 10 years later, there seems to be

time to do it.” as in the past, group ses-

sions will include input from medical professionals, whom are also encouraged to refer participants, along-side information sharing and fellowship. “The aim of the program is to provide information about lung dis-ease in various ways,” said reynolds, underscoring, “but it’s not so much about the education program as people getting support from each other.” Membership in the group is free and reyn-olds emphasized that par-ticipation is open to adults of any age with any lung disease. Noting that Breath-ing Better will be especially geared toward those with cOpd (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), though reynolds said he endeavors

toward inclusiveness and hopes individuals with pul-monary fibrosis (scarring of the lungs) and/or alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (a rarer, genetically carried lung disease not induced by lifestyle choices) will con-sider joining. discussing recognition and inclusion of the latter specifically, reyn-olds commented, “i’d like to provide help to people who have this gene and don’t get recognized.” Family mem-bers of lung disease suffer-ers and caregivers are also welcomed.

For his part, reynolds brings years of expertise to the role of group facilitator. alongside his work as an emergency medical techni-cian with Sidney eMS, he works per diem at delaware Valley hospital in walton

as a respiratory therapist in the pulmonary rehabilita-tion program. That program, reynolds said, teaches peo-ple how to breathe, how to walk and breathe, how to use oxygen and how to deal with emergency situations. reynolds called his decision to restart a local support program “a natural output” or his professional efforts. reynolds is a graduate of upstate Medical university with a degree in respiratory therapy.

anyone interested in at-tending the May 17 Breath-ing Better meeting should contact kim Lewis at 725-4580 to pre-register, though walk-ins will be welcomed. reynolds said he is hopeful for “quite a turnout.”

Tri-Town Nursery School to Host May 17 Open House

Students in last year’s four-year-old class at Tri-Town Nursery School get hands-on with an area firefighter during a visit to the school for Community Helper Week.

SidNey – Tri-Town Nurs-ery School will host a regis-tration open house event on wednesday, May 17 from 6 to 7 p.m. for prospective stu-dents in September 2017.

TTNS is currently fill-ing spots in its two-year-old playgroup, which takes place Tuesdays and wednesday s from 9 to 11:30 a.m.; its three-year-old class, happening Thursdays and Fridays from 9 to 11:30 a.m.; its three-day pre-k class (for four-year-olds), held Mondays through wednesdays, 9 to 11:30 a.m. and its five-day pre-k class

(also for four-year-olds), daily from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

class sizes are limited, so parents and caretakers are en-couraged to enroll soon.

Tri-Town Nursery School is located at 12 Liberty St. in Sidney.

current TTNS students will be out and about this week, as late May marks the school’s annual celebration of community helpers that help a town function smoothly and stay safe.

TTNS director, Jeanne cherniak, said it’s the time of year “when the weather invites us to get out and ex-

plore.” Students and teachers will be out strolling the com-munity, stopping at key places such as the library fire hall, police station and more. cher-niak noted, “This year, the children have loved watching all the construction activity at the civic center … Many know the names of the large equipment that is being used!”

To make your little one part of the fun, hands-on educa-tion happening at Tri-Town Nursery School, stop by the open house this wednesday evening.

Reminder: Vote May 16 for Area BOE Candidates & School BudgetsSeveral area schools have

multiple seats up for grabs in district school board rac-es. don’t neglect to vote on Tuesday, May 16. See below for district-specific times and locations.

aFTON – The annual bud-get vote and school board election for the afton cen-tral School district is sched-

uled for Tuesday, May 16. Maryann palmetier and kim Mccaulley are both seeking re-election to the board. also running is april Leggett.

afton polls will open from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. in the main lobby of the school.

BaiNBridge – B-g dis-trict residents will have the opportunity to vote for candi-dates running to fill two board of education terms. Terms

are currently held by Jeanne Shields and gary Smith. run-ning for the two open seats are grace Benkovitz, Jeanne Shield and gary Smith.

Vote for the B-g BOe can-didates and the district budget May 16 from noon to 9 p.m. at the following locations: Bain-bridge voters - greenlawn elementary School; guilford voters - guilford elementary School.

giLBerTSViLLe–MT upTON – Voting will take place from noon to 8 p.m. in the high school lobby.

SidNey – in Sidney, amanda Finch is seeking a three-year appointment to the Sidney central School BOe, to fill a vacancy created by the unexpired term of kim-berly ayres.

Seeking reelection to her current post will be Marisa

Orezzoli.Voting for Sidney school

district residence will take place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium lobby on Tuesday.

uNaTegO – a contested race is underway in the un-atego district, with new can-didates Tom cellucci, david clapper, cindy O’hara and Byron McMichael vying for

the three available seats. cel-lucci, clapper, O’hara and McMichael will be joined by kathy Stockert and dr. Flo-rian reyda, both hoping to re-new their respective seats on the board. reyda is a write-in candidate.

Voting for the district’s budget will take place at the unatego Middle/high School from noon to 9 p.m. on Tues-day, May 16.

Studio B Ends Winning Competition Season & Plans Inaugural Recital

SidNey – This has been an exciting time of year for company dancers at Sidney’s newest dance school, Studio B performing arts academy. dancers competed earlier this season in Syracuse at Onstage Ny competition and com-peted at their final regional of the season in rome at encore dcS.

The competition had nearly 600 entries, competing from Friday right after school through 9 p.m. Sunday. de-spite being the largest compe-tition most of the dancers had ever competed at, they shined among the crowd.

Stand-out performances

from Studio B included teen musical theatre trio, “Mama i’m a Big girl Now,” which received a platinum award, 1st in category and 5th overall; pe-tite soloist, Jayden gore, who took home the title of Mini Super Soloist; petite lyri-cal group, “Touch the Sky,” which received 1st in category and 3rd overall; and senior soloist, kamryn Farrell, who earned a $1,000 scholarship to discovery Spotlight – a weeklong intensive in South carolina where she will train in acting, dancing, singing and modeling with the best in the industry from New york to Los angeles.

after an exciting end to the

competition season, dancers and staff of Studio B are al-ready preparing for their next big event – the studio’s inau-gural recital, “On the rise!”

recital will be held Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10 at Sidney high School with a 7 p.m. curtain. each show will be jam-packed with dif-ferent numbers spanning every style of dance … and even some singing! The show will provide fun for the whole family. dancers have been hard at work all year and can’t wait to show local audiences what they can do!

please see the “On the rise” ad in this publication for ticketing information.

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