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OCTOBER 2014 VOLUME 20 THE NEW HORSEHEADS JOURNAL Hibbards Hardware Author: Marcia Tinker The 1890 Telegram Advertisers posted the following advertisement bill: Thomas Hibbard, Dealer in Heavy and Shelf Hardware. One of the most active firms in the hardware trade of the village is that of the above named gentleman, who occupies two stores and basement of 22x65 feet in size. This is one of the oldest and largest houses in the community, being established in 1868 by Foster and Son, after several changes was purchased by Mr. Thomas Hibbard, in November, 1881. The stock consists of a general line of heavy and shelf Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Sheet-iron, Oils, Paints, Varnishes, etc., Agricultural Implements, the Champion Harvester, Reapers, Mowers and Binders, also the “Novelty,” “Gold Coin,” and “Acorn,” Heaters; and Garden and Grass Seeds of all kinds, Mr. Hibbard is a most honored citizen and has held repeatedly positions of emolument and trust.” My lifelong addiction to hardware stores must have been born during the many visits I made as a child to Hibbard’s Hardware in Hanover Square. I loved all of the stores in the Square from Daily’s Variety to Rudy Baer’s Corner. But it was always a special treat to accompany my dad to the mysterious dark, deep, high ceilinged, double hardware store. The thousands of tiny little pigeon holes and drawers held many mysteries for a small kid. What treasures could they possibly hold? CONTINUED ON PAGE 9…. VILLAGE MANAGER ANNOUNCES BONDING FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT UPGRADES If you could hear of a way to: - Upgrade our facilities to be energy efficient - Upgrade our equipment to be energy efficient - Not spend a dime more than our current utility costs - Save money in the future on utility costs - And this is guaranteed not to cost any more - And there are bonuses besides Would you be interested in hearing about it? Read on: The Program About 40% of energy used in the US is consumed by buildings. NYS Energy Research and Develop- ment Authority (NYSERDA) sponsors a program with incentives to encourage the purchase and installation of more energy efficient products and programs. The guarantee backed by the State is that we will not spend more money than we are spending right now for energy costs. By improv- ing the efficiency of our buildings’ envelope, our lighting, and heating/air conditioning, the savings in utility costs pay for the improvements – guar- anteed. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8…

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OCTOBER 2014 VOLUME 20

THE NEW HORSEHEADS JOURNAL

Hibbards Hardware Author: Marcia Tinker

The 1890 Telegram Advertisers posted the following

advertisement bill: “Thomas Hibbard, Dealer in Heavy and Shelf

Hardware. One of the most active firms in the hardware trade of

the village is that of the above named gentleman, who occupies

two stores and basement of 22x65 feet in size. This is one of the

oldest and largest houses in the community, being established in

1868 by Foster and Son, after several changes was purchased by

Mr. Thomas Hibbard, in November, 1881. The stock consists of a

general line of heavy and shelf Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Sheet-iron, Oils, Paints, Varnishes, etc.,

Agricultural Implements, the Champion Harvester, Reapers, Mowers and Binders, also the “Novelty,”

“Gold Coin,” and “Acorn,” Heaters; and Garden and Grass Seeds of all kinds, Mr. Hibbard is a most

honored citizen and has held repeatedly positions of emolument and trust.”

My lifelong addiction to hardware stores must have been born during the many visits I made as a child to

Hibbard’s Hardware in Hanover Square. I loved all of the stores in the Square from Daily’s Variety to

Rudy Baer’s Corner. But it was always a special treat to accompany my dad to the mysterious dark, deep,

high ceilinged, double hardware store. The thousands of tiny little pigeon holes and drawers held many

mysteries for a small kid. What treasures could they possibly hold? CONTINUED ON PAGE 9….

VILLAGE MANAGER ANNOUNCES BONDING FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT UPGRADES

If you could hear of a way to: - Upgrade our facilities to be energy efficient - Upgrade our equipment to be energy efficient - Not spend a dime more than our current utility costs - Save money in the future on utility costs - And this is guaranteed not to cost any more - And there are bonuses besides Would you be interested in hearing about it? Read on:

The Program About 40% of energy used in the US is consumed by buildings. NYS Energy Research and Develop-ment Authority (NYSERDA) sponsors a program with incentives to encourage the purchase and installation of more energy efficient products and programs. The guarantee backed by the State is that we will not spend more money than we are spending right now for energy costs. By improv-ing the efficiency of our buildings’ envelope, our lighting, and heating/air conditioning, the savings in utility costs pay for the improvements – guar-anteed. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8…

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Business and individual contributions are the primary source of funding for printing and mailing this newspaper. The is-sues will be printed on a quarterly basis. Names of contributors will appear in each issue.

YES! I would like to support “The New Horseheads Journal” for the year of 2014 as a

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Make checks payable to “Village of Horseheads” Checks and forms may be left at the Village Clerk’s Office or mailed to Village of Horseheads % Newsletter 202 S. Main St. Horseheads, NY 14845 Oct 2014

ASK THE EDITOR!!

Is there an article you would like to see in the New Horseheads Journal? Do you have an event you would like to share? Do you have questions or ideas or suggestions regarding our Newsletter? Would you be interested in writing and sharing an article?

You are invited to contact the Editor by email : [email protected] or call 607 739-5691 #7

Thank you

Horseheads Village Brush Pit

The Brush Pit is located on Thorne Street next to the Village Garage and is available for Vil-lage residents only. The Pit is to be used for the disposal of yard waste.

Operating hours are 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday thru Friday (except holidays)

Fall Hours noon to 4:00 pm Saturdays starting Sept 27th

Proof of residency is required

The Pit will close on December 1st for the winter

NOT ACCEPTED: Garbage, Cinder Blocks, Rocks, Bricks, Wooden Boards

**Starting on September 27th, New Saturday Hours will be from Noon-4PM

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HORSEHEADS FIRE DEPARTMENT

Join us for our annual open house Friday October 10, 2014 from 6-8 PM

Some of the local agencies scheduled to be there:

Horseheads Police Department

Horseheads School Bus

Chemung County Sheriff’s Office

New York State Police

Horseheads Youth Bureau

Fire Extinguisher Simulator

Horseheads Fire Dept. smoke trailer

Help us help you by keeping your fire hydrants shoveled out during heavy snowfalls.

This helps us locate them easier and gives us quicker access to them.

Join the Horseheads Fire Department. It may be the most rewarding thing you ever

do.

So far in 2014 we took in 6 new members to the department. We want to welcome

Carlos Benitez, Tyler Eastwood, Zack Cicora, Alec Cicora, Pat Locker, and John

Hathaway.

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With winter approaching, all sidewalks are to be shoveled clean within 24

hours of the end of snowfall.

Please do not shovel or blow snow into the roadway. Our street depart-

ment works hard to keep our streets clean.

A message from the Chemung County Stormwater Coalition:

While raking leaves this Fall season please remember to keep them out of the roads

and off the storm drains as they may clog the flow of rain/melting snow. Leaves can

easily be mulched or composted. One simple way to mulch them is to drive over them

with a mulching lawn mower. A bagging mower is extremely helpful with this task.

The mulched leaves can then be mixed into the soil of your garden. The nutrients from

last season’s leaves will enhance the soil for next year.

Another way to break down the yard “waste” is to compost it in a container. What you

do is layering the dead brown plants with some greens-like grass clippings, and adding

enough water to moisten, but not soak the pile. There are many designs, such as those

made from pallets or a bit of wire fencing. The dark, rich soil from the compost can

then be worked into your garden in the spring.

You may wish to purchase a composter-The Earth Machine, through

the Stormwater Coalition of Chemung County reachable at (607) 796-2216.

More information on composting can be found at www.facebook.com/

chemungstormwater or www.chemungstormwater.org,

Village of Horseheads residents have the option of taking their lawn

clippings and trimmed branches to 504 Thorne Street 8-3:30 M-F and Saturday 12-4.

Seasonally the Village also collects old Christmas Trees for mulch.

“Before you drive a nail, ask about a building permit.”

CODE ENFORCEMENT

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Don’t Forget….

Set your clocks back one hour on

Sunday November 2nd.

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Insect Sprays CFL’s Gasoline Oil Base

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Chemung County’s Fall

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE

COLLECTION EVENT

IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY , OCTOBER 18TH , 2014

THIS EVENT IS FREE, AND FOR CHEMUNG COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY!!

Pre-registration is required

by calling Cornell Cooperative Extension at 607-734-4453, September

29th, 2014-October 15th, 2014, 9am-4pm, weekdays only, with the ex-

ception of October 13th (Columbus Day).

Registration will end on October 15th at 4pm.

For more information and a detailed list of acceptable items please visit

our website at

www.ccechemung.org

(funded by Chemung Landfill, LLC, a division of Casella Waste Services)

NO ELECTRONICS!!

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TRICK OR TREAT!!!

The Village of Horseheads Trick or Treat hours will be on:

Friday, October 31st from 5:30 to 8:00pm

VILLAGE HALL HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

OFFICES CLOSED:

Columbus Day Oct 13th

Veterans Day Nov 11th

Thanksgiving Nov 27-28th

Christmas Day Dec 25th

New Years Day Jan 1st

Trick or Treat tips for Homeowners

Make sure your yard is clear of such things as ladders, garden hoses, dog leashes and low flower pots. These objects can trip the young trick-or-treater.

Be sure the path and stairs to your front door are well illuminated and clear of obstacles. Double check ALL the outside lights...!!!

Pets get frightened on Halloween. Put them in a kennel that night, to protect them from cars or inad-vertently biting a trick-or-treater. OUCH...!!!

GLOW LIGHT STICKS or battery powered jack-o-lantern light are preferable to real flame candles.

if you do use candles, place the carved jack-o-lantern well away from where trick-or-treaters will be walking or standing.

Make sure that paper or cloth decorations won't be blown into a flaming candle.

BE PREPARED. Have a FULLY CHARGED fire extinguisher handy, just in case...! BE PREPARED.

Pass out healthy food alternatives for visiting trick-or-treaters. Include packages of low-fat crackers with cheese or peanut butter filling, single-serve boxes of cereal, packaged fruit rolls, mini boxes of raisins and single-serve packets of low-fat popcorn that can be microwaved later.

Non-food treats: PEZ® candy dispensers, small note pads, pencils, pens, stickers, erasers, coins.

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KEVLAR VEST PRESENTED TO K9 OFFICER BURGESS

A big thank you to The Friends of the Horseheads Animal Shelter!! Of-ficer Burgess’ K9 Taja was presented with a Kevlar vest for protection when she enters dangerous situations.

Taja has been a member of the Horseheads Police Department for three years and has assisted in missing persons searches, drug searches and other various calls of duty.

Pictured: Officer Jamie Burgess and his partner Taja.

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VILLAGE LEAF PICKUP

Leaf pickup will begin on October 27 and continue through November 24th.

PLEASE NOTE: ONLY CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS WILL BE PICKED UP AT THE CURB.

School is in session again which means there will be an in-crease in bus and pedestrian traffic. We encourage all motorists to observe the 15 MPH School Zone Speed Limits and watch for

stopped school buses.

Police Officers will be patrolling the school zones as an added measure to remind motorists of the need to drive safely &

observe the law.

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How it Works Our energy costs are now over $250,000 a year (one quarter of a million dollars). We will not spend any more under this new program. Instead of sending all of our utility payments to NYSEG, we will use the savings realized from the energy improvements to pay for those improvements. To make the improvements we will take advantage of low in-terest rates to secure a 20-year bond for $3.5 Million. The savings in the program will pay the principal and interest payments for the bond. The guarantee means we won’t spend more than we spend now; but it also guarantees that over time, as we spend less on utility costs we get to keep that additional money. As mentioned above, the State wants to encourage energy efficiency so in addition to the guaranteed cost savings, the State offers dollar incentives as part of the energy performance contract. Our engineers estimate the additional incentives to be about $39,000 over the life of the program. Our Plan The project will improve lighting and lighting controls, building envelope improvements, heating/air conditioning, water meter replacement, Well 4 and 5 interconnection, LED street lighting and within those broad categories many efficiency initiatives. I’ll just mention two of the instances which are not so typical. Currently NYSEG owns all the street lights, and the Village pays for the power to light them. Under this new pro-gram, we will purchase the street lights from NYSEG and replace them with LED lights. As you may know from your own homes, LED lighting costs pennies per month as opposed to the much more expensive incandescent lighting. That investment will save about $65,000 a year which in turn helps pay off the loan acquired to make the investment (but no more cost than we are currently paying). Once the investment is paid off, the Village will realize significant savings of those original utility costs. One of the other projects we are undertaking is to connect Wells 4 and 5. As you know we have a filtration plant now at Well 5 (paid for with grants). By connecting Well 4 to the filtration system at Well 5, we essentially double our filtration capacity ensuring “clean water” capacity for the foreseeable future. A more typical project (for municipalities) is water meter replacement. Our meters for our water customers were replaced in 1987-88. As mechanical meters, the gears wear and after 15-16 years start losing readings of about ½% of the water used each year. The problem therefore is we are losing water revenue at various rates throughout our wa-ter system. Not only is this inequitable among our customers, it is also impermissible by the State Comptroller’s Of-fice. Municipalities usually replace the meters around 20 years for those reasons, so we are overdue. Technology is helping however. We will now use an ultra-sonic meter rather than a mechanical meter. This meter is guaranteed accurate for 20 years. Summary: The Energy Performance Contract guarantees that:

* we will not spend more for utility costs than we now spend

* all of these improvements results in our saving energy (about 41 thousand kilowatt hours and

about 974 Million BTU’s)

* we realize about $39,000 in additional State incentives, and ultimately realize about $500,000 - $600,000 savings in the bank, even after paying off the bond.

ENERGY EFFICIENT ARTICLE CONTINUED….

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I remember barrels and bins of seeds and nails, tall ladders, and the smell of oils and

paints. After my Dad had a few laughs with the guys we would go home with whatever the

current “fix” was for the house or backyard.

Hibbard’s Hardware has been a Horseheads’ institution and landmark for over 120 years

being established not long after the great Hanover Square fire of 1862. First opened by

Foster and Son as listed in the above 1890 article, it became known as Lovell and

Hibbard’s Tinware in 1871. Upstairs above the hardware store was the county’s well-

known meeting place and theatre, Pritchard Hall. As well as being the site for frequent gala

social and sporting events, many politicians were made and unmade at the upstairs

Pritchard Hall. Upon Mr. Lovell’s death in 1890 Thomas Hibbard Jr. became the owner

and it has ever since been called Hibbard’s Hardware. Hibbard’s has been a source for all

your home repair needs with supplies ranging from the nostalgic to electric. In 1950, after

her father’s death Maude Hibbard Judson ran the store and became an icon herself on

Hanover Square. Mrs. Joseph H. Eddington (Mary H. Lynch) was listed as partner in 1960

and Mrs. Mary H. Cantril in 1967. After Maude Judson’s death, Thomas Hibbard Lynch

became the sole owner/proprietor in 1967 of his great grandfather’s hardware store. The

Hibbard’s Hardware banner continued to adorn the building until Tom Lynch retired in

1989 ending an era of the Horseheads hometown hardware store.

As Horseheads historian Helen Samson once wrote, Hibbards Hardware was known for

“nails to pails, and seeds to good deeds, the friendly folks there are knowledgeable and

sincerely interested in serving you.”

Tom “The General” Lynch passed away on July 13, 2014 and will be greatly missed by the

Horseheads community.

HIBBARD HARDWARE ARTICLE CONTINUED…..

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7 Techniques on How to Get a Better Night of Rest

When you find yourself having a tough time going to sleep through the night then check out the 7 tried and true steps you can take below to get to bed.

1. Do Maintain A Consistent Sleeping Schedule and Wake Regi-men When get into your bed at a regular time frame each and every day it contributes greatly to the body controlling when you should fall asleep and when you ought to wake up. When you continue to keep a normal wake time it will help to strengthen your circadian function in your own brain and will assist you to rest through the whole night.

2. You Ought To Have A Consistent Bedtime Habit Have a regular sleeping regimen that's soothing. You could do stretches, browse a magazine, soak in a hot tub, as well as listen to de-stressing songs. Do this activity far from really bright light-ing fixtures. Making a routine with this should help the body to split up your rest time from other activities. Keep away from a routine that causes excitement, stress, or anxiousness, that will make it difficult to rest.

3. Make Your Sleeping Quarters An Ideal Place For Resting You'll want to make sure that your bedroom incorporates a stress-free atmosphere by having it warmly lighted, noiseless, cozy, and also at the proper temperature. Having your area where you slumber with the right atmosphere can help you fall asleep much faster and enable you to sleep through the whole entire night.

You'll want to always keep items that could distract you as well as interrupt your rest out of the room. If you have no control over noises which will wake you up, it's possible to flip on a humidifier or perhaps a fan that creates white noise. There also are sleeping aid products that produce white noise as well as soothing nature sounds that you may buy.

4. Have the Perfect Mattress and Pillows Rest is an extremely significant part of your day-to-day life that is able to have a large impact on your whole view throughout the day. If you happen to presently be going to sleep on a less than comfortable bed or cushion, really consider getting a bed & cushion set that are cozy. This can help you sleep better during the nighttime as well as help you get to bed.

5. Use Your Sleeping Room for Sleeping Only If you do activities inside your bedroom like watching TV, playing video games, or work, you ought to do them somewhere else. This helps the brain to associate between rest time and other activities you do throughout the day. If you typically associate the room with different things then sleep, it could possibly offset the balance of your sleep cycle.

6. Get the Alarm Clock Away From View If you've got the practice of taking a look at your time you might really want to move the alarm clock in a place that you are unable to keep looking at it. For those of you who tend to look at the clock to find out what time period you have to rest, you may want to move the clock to an area where you won't be able to see it. When you go to bed or awaken in the night to look at your alarm clock, this tends to cause the brain to begin thinking and consequently keep you up.

7. Stop Eating and Drinking Hours Before Bedtime Always be completed with your consuming for the evening 2 to 3 hours before your sleeping time so that your system can finish off its digesting. You'll have a problem dropping off to sleep when you eat or drink before bed and it's not good for the digestive system. Also, too much drinking before going to sleep can cause you waking up in the midst of your sleep to use the toilet which can cause you keeping up further & lead to breaking up the sleep cycle.

If you are doing a few of the points discussed in this article you will be able to get to bed quicker and sleep through the nighttime.

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Village of Horseheads Merchant Association

The 30th Annual Holly Days will take place on Novem-ber 29th in Historic Hanover Square from 1-5 p.m. Vendor ap-plications have been mailed out. Anyone still interested in being a vendor can contact Dustin Morgan at 739-8479 (daytime) Slots are filling up, so please call immediately for further information.

2015 Merchant Membership Drive The membership drive for 2015 will begin November 17th and run through December 30th! Business owners in the Village of Horseheads will be receiving applications in the mail. A BIG . . . .Thank You to all Village of Horseheads businesses who participated this year and who continue to support the As-sociation and events that we sponsor!

Community Members . . . . Help support our local business owners! Shop local . . keep your dollars here in our community!

Philadelphia Flower Show

Bus and Show Tickets are now available for the

2015 Philadelphia Flower Show. Bus will leave

Monday, March 2 at 7:00am from Thorne Street

Park, returning that same day around 11:00pm.

The cost is $75 per passenger. Purchase your seats

early as we can only take 55 people. This year’s

theme is LIGHTS, CAMERAS, BLOOM.

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ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE PICK UP

The Village of Horseheads will be picking up your old Christmas Trees after Christmas.

Please place your used, clean undecorated tree at your curb for our staff to pick up.

FRIENDLY REMINDER:

PARKING IS PROHIBITED ON ALL VILLAGE STREETS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2:00AM AND 6:00AM.

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY:

When traffic control signals are not in place or not operational, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if necessary, to a pedestrian crossing the street within a crosswalk on the street upon which the vehicle is traveling.

HORSEHEADS POLICE DEPARTMENT

NON EMERGENCY LINE:

607 739-5669.

EMERGENCIES PLEASE CALL 911

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Teal Park Concert Series

2014 was another successful summer at the Teal Park Concert Series. The 11of 13 concerts drew over 2800 attendees. These concerts would not be successful without the sponsorship of the following: Gas Field Specialists, Horseheads PBA, Jubilee Foods, Bethany Village, Friends & Neighbor of Teal Park. Food Service Providers: Horseheads Fire Department, Horseheads Lions Club, Horseheads Rotary, North County Seniors, Town of Horseheads Youth Bureau, Horseheads Animal Shelter. THANK YOU!!!!

Dog Days of Summer Activities

Thorne Street Park was turned into a dog park on three Friday evenings this past summer. Over the course of the three nights 88 different families and their dogs enjoyed running and playing, mostly “leash-free”. We would like to thank the 4-H club for allowing us to use their dog agility equipment. We would also like to thank Chemung County SPCA and Chemung County Health Department for vaccinating ap-

proximately 175 dogs, cats, and ferrets as part of our 2nd dog park night. We believe each of the events was successful. In addition to the dog park nights, we open the swimming pool for three nights to the canine swimmers; 75-80 different dogs utilized the pool on the final three evenings.

Those of you interested in the creation of a dog park in Horseheads, contact the Parks & Recreation Department at [email protected].

Sullivan Park Pool

The summer of 2014 celebrated 60 summer seasons of public swimming at Sullivan Park Pool. This facility continues to receive TLC. This year new doors were installed, Glass windows at the locker rooms were changed out to wooden windows, as well as other minor up-grades. This season the Note-N-Float program was implemented. This particular pro-gram identified swimmers and non-swimmers. Once identified non-swimmers were provided a life preserver to wear while swimming. This, allowing youth/adult of ages the ability to enjoy the swimming pool.

If you have a program/activity/event that you would like to see offered or have a suggestion to a park improvement or if you notice a deficiency in the parks sys-tem, contact the Village of Horseheads Parks & Recreation Department at 607-739-5691 or [email protected]

Also, if you enjoyed the Fireworks Display, or maybe you did not, at Family Days please share your thoughts/opinions at [email protected].

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Holding Point Recreation Complex and Thorne Street Park

Over the course of the summer months 10 youth softball tournaments were held at either/both the Holding Point Recreation Complex and Thorne Street Park. Combining all tourna-ments 142 youth teams competed in these 10 weekend tournaments. To date there have been two youth softball and one youth baseball tournaments and two adult tournaments played this September; adding another 47 teams competing.

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SUPER SATURDAY

As the fall/winter seasons are approaching the Horseheads Parks & Recreation Department is preparing for the 2014-2015 school year Super Saturday program. Fall/Winter Super Saturday session will be held November 15, 22, December 6, 13. Winter/Spring Super Saturday session will be held January 17, 31, February 7 (a 4th date has not been determined at this time). Each set of sessions is scheduled on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Horseheads High School. Classes are taught by high school students; giving the high school student the opportunity to showcase their knowledge and skills. In addition, the high school student gains valuable work experience for future employment and/or college application.

The Super Saturday program provides youth, grades 1 through 6, the chance to experiment with different interests through a variety of class offerings. Youth are able to register for classes such as Adventure Games, Arts Only, Basketball, Computer Games, Cooking, Crafts, Dance, Golf, Building with Legos, Drama, Soccer, Something Science, Tennis, Volleyball, and Yo-ga. Other offerings will also be available.

YOUTH BASKETBALL

The Horseheads Parks & Recreation Department is seeking individuals to coach in this year’s youth basketball league. This basketball league focuses on recreation, with emphasis on basic skills and fundamentals, fun, safety, enthusiasm and sports-manship. Practices and Games are held Monday thru Thursday (Girls M/W; Boys Tu/Th). Players are asked to attend the evaluation night(s) held for their respective grade grouping. Attendance to Player Evaluation Night is important. Players are assigned to teams based on skill level in an effort for team/league parity. Date, time and location of the evaluation night will be announced. Once players are assigned to their team, their coach will make contact in order to provide a practice schedule. The playing divisions are based by grade. We have three boys and two girls divisions; BOYS: Junior (Grades 3-4), Intermediate (Grades 5-6), and Senior (Grades 7-9), GIRLS: Junior (Grades 3-4), Intermediate Grades (5-7). Divisions within a respective gender may be combined and/or canceled due to low registration numbers.

Boys and Girls (COED) Second Grade Basketball will be held Wednesdays January 7 thru February 11 (Dates/Night may vary depending on school availability). This pro-gram is an introduction to the game of basketball and will be based on learning early fundamentals and skills with limited emphasis on games. This program meets one night per week.

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The New Horseheads Journal

Village of Horseheads

202 S. Main St.

Horseheads, NY 14845

VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mayor: Donald W. Zeigler Trustees: Ronald R. Swartz

George F. Koliwasky Mike Skroskznik

Caitlin A. McGurgan Meetings: 2nd Thursday at 7:00PM

4th Thursday at 8:30AM

VILLAGE DEPARTMENTS

MANAGER 739-5666

CLERK 739-5691 #7

COURT 739-0158

PUBLIC WORKS 739-5691 #7

CODE ENFORCEMENT 739-5691 #2

CEMETERY 739-2656

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FIRE 739-3814 *

PARKS/RECREATION 739-5691 #1

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FRIEND:

Pat & Tom Mailey

Joseph & Janet Ruhmel

Jack & Phyllis Slocum

Barbara McDowell

Virginia Ashley

John & Audrey Dunlap

James E. Danaher

INDIVIDUAL PATRON:

Barbara Clark in memory of J. Larry Clark

Jean J. & Albert E. Baker Sr.

Dave & Claudia Radin

The Marino Family

Georgia A. Reynolds

Betty & Walt Herbst

George & Marnie Koliwasky

Dick & Bev Moriarty

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT

BUSINESS SPONSOR:

Gough Holding Corp.