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Mt. Upton Parents Named in Murder of 16-Year-Old Son

By allison collins

MT upTON – it was an-nounced in a Tuesday, March 21 release from chenango county Sheriff ernest cut-ting, Jr. that ernest F. Frank-lin, ii, 35, and heather Frank-lin, 33, of Mt. upton, were charged with the murder of their 16-year-old adopted son, Jeffrey r. Franklin, who, pri-or to the release, was assumed to have died from smoke inha-lation during a March 1 struc-ture fire at the Franklins’ 457 St. highway 8 residence.

according to the release, “it was determined at autopsy that the fire did not cause Jef-frey’s death and that he was

deceased prior to the fire.” The autopsy was performed at Lourdes hospital of Bing-hamton. while it is known that Jeffrey was dead at the scene, no cause of death has yet been released.

The release continued, “in-vestigators believe the fire was set to cover up the murder of Jeffrey.” Before the recent developments in the case, the March 1 fire was believed to be the result of a woodstove. Jeffrey, more commonly known as Jr, was autistic with special needs and deaf. he was adopted by the Frank-lins roughly six years ago.

resultant of the arrest, both Franklins are being charged individually with murder in

the second degree, arson in the third degree and tamper-ing with physical evidence. The chenango county Sher-iff’s Office noted that the in-vestigation will be ongoing and further charges against the couple could emerge.

a judge in chenango county reportedly delayed arraigning the Franklins, as no public defender was avail-able the evening of Tuesday, March 21 at the Town of guilford courthouse. Both Franklins were present at the courthouse at that time. after rescheduling arraignment for 10 a.m. on wednesday, March 22, the couple was held at the chenango county correc-tional Facility.

See Murder, page 5

Past fire chiefs and the present chief of the Unadilla Fire Department presented honoree Frank Slocum with an engraved plaque and fire ax to commemorate his retirement after 60 years of service to the department and the community. Left to right front: past chiefs Dennis Harris (center), Frank Slocum and Mike French; past Chiefs left to right rear: Jeff Jones and Jerry Marlette; rear (right): present chief, Jeremy Hilton, and past chief, Carl French. Photo credit: Anna Ritchey.

Community Honors Frank Slocum’s 60 Years of Service at March 25 Celebration

uNadiLLa – Frank Slo-cum received special recog-nition on Saturday evening, March 25 for his retirement after 60 years of service with the unadilla Fire department, unadilla Fire police and un-adilla emergency Medical Squad.

Slocum was honored with proclamations from FaSNy association and central New york Fireman’s association, both represented by walter geidel.

representing assembly-man cliff crouch was Joe angelino, former chief of the Norwich Fire department, and Senator James Seward of the 51st district. Both spoke of Slocum’s unerring will-ingness to help, generosity of time and dedication to always going above and beyond. as a person forever willing to step up when and where help was needed, Slocum embodies the spirit of volunteerism.

a proclamation was also presented by unadilla mayor,

david welch, who described Slocum as a most-respected person in unadilla and a role model with a commitment of inspiration to others.

past fire department chiefs and present fire chief, Jeremy hilton, presented a special plaque with engravings to Slo-cum and his wife, Jean, along-side a gift card for dinner out.

Throughout his 60 years of service, Slocum received numerous awards, includ-ing eMT driver of the year multiple times, the unadilla

See Slocum, page 5

PHOTO 1: Left to Right, front row: Delaware County undersheriff, Craig Du-Mond; Tri-Town COSAP president, Lorraine Keckeisen; Abby, a recovering addict and mother and Mary Rosenthal, director at the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council, Delaware County; back row: Chief Jan Gorshack of the Sidney Vil-lage Police Department; Scott Burrows, a resource coordinator with Delaware County Drug Court; Dave Ramsey, presenter and addiction specialist and Christopher Kemp, director of Delaware County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ser-vices are pictured here at the start of the March 22 heroin and opioid aware-ness forum, hosted by Tri-Town COSAP. Photo credit: Anna Ritchey.

Tri-Town COSAP Forum Calls for Education, Compassion in Fight Against Heroin

By allison collins

SidNey – The emphasis of the Tri-Town coalition on Substance abuse prevention’s (cOSap) second annual hero-in and substance abuse aware-ness forum, held wednesday, March 22 at the Sidney high School, was finding a way forward through preventative education.

Lorraine keckeisen, cO-Sap president, began the presentation portion (which

followed a free meal) of the evening by underscoring, “Our focus is on prevention in the high school and the community.”

From the panel, which in-cluded regional experts on as a recovering addict, dave ramsey spoke first. an ad-diction specialist, ramsey stressed that addiction “is not a fundamentally moral issue” and urged anyone affected by addiction or involved with an addict to “distinguish between the behaviors and the person.”

using a color-coded dia-gram of the human brain, ramsey explained the ways in which a drug “masquer-ades as a false member of the brain’s reward system.” The drug-induced high, accord-ing to ramsey, releases two times more of the “feel good” brain chemicals than the brain does naturally, thereby overriding the brain’s sense of need as well as memory. “The brain’s center of con-trol has been hi-jacked [and] self-control is compromised,”

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giLBerTSViLLe - The gilbertsville Baptist church will host a family fun night on Saturday, april 1. attend-ees are asked to bring food to share, as well as a favorite board game. The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., with pizza and drinks provided in the New Life Fellowship hall. all are welcome to attend.

SidNey ceNTer - an easter egg hunt will be held at the Sidney center Fire hall on Saturday, april 8. The eas-ter Bunny will arrive at 1 p.m. for pictures. participants will then walk to the playground to search for eggs; attendees should bring their own cam-eras and baskets.

aFTON - The afton cen-tral School Board of edu-cation will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thurs-day, april 6. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in the boardroom directly across from the district office. Visitors are asked to use the entrance on Sand Street for board meetings.

The second and third (spe-cial) meetings of the month will be held on Thursday, april 20 and Monday, april 24. Both meetings are sched-uled to begin at 7 p.m. in the boardroom.

OTegO - The unatego central School will hold board meetings on the fol-lowing dates: Monday, april 3 at 6:30 p.m. for an executive session cSe and 7 p.m. for a regular meeting, both in room 93 of the middle/senior high school; Tuesday, april 4 at 5:30 p.m. for a budget work-shop in room 93.

SidNey - There will be a rummage sale at the Sidney united Methodist church on Liberty Street on Friday, april 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, april 8, 9 a.m. to noon. donations at the church would be appreciated between april 3 and april 6.

aFTON - On april 8 from 6 - 8 p.m., the afton commu-nity Theater will be holding a spaghetti dinner fundraiser at the VFw in afton. proceeds will benefit their fall produc-tion of Shrek The Musical.

during dinner there will be a Broadway open mic compe-tition in which anyone will be eligible to compete.

princess Fiona will be present for photos as well as to sing some of her favorites from Shrek. come out and support the arts!

aFTON - The village of afton board of trustees will hold a special budget work-shop meeting on Monday, april 3 at 4 p.m. at the Jack d. Bolster community cen-ter, located at 105 Main St. in afton.

aFTON - The village of afton board of trustees will hold a public hearing on Mon-day, april 10 at 7:15 p.m. at the Jack d. Bolster communi-ty center, located at 105 Main St. in afton. The purpose of the meeting will be to inform the public of the tentative wa-

ter and general budgets for 2017-2018.

harpurSViLLe - The harpursville united Method-ist church will hold its spring rummage and bake sale in the church basement on Friday, april 7 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with a bag sale on Saturday, april 8 from 9 a.m. to noon.

harpurSViLLe - The harpursville central School Board of education will hold a budget development work-shop on Monday, april 3 at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium.

The Board of education will hold a regular meeting on Monday, april 10 in the high school auditorium. The ex-ecutive session of the meeting will begin at 6 p.m. with the regular business meeting fol-lowing at 7 p.m.

depOSiT - This wednes-day, March 29, the deposit historical Society will hold its annual meeting at 6 p.m. at the deposit historical Mu-seum. hors d’ oeuvres will be served following the meeting.

entertainment will be pro-vided by Judith present’s “first ladies,” who will all be clad in period costumes and ready to impersonate four late presidential wives.

SidNey - an easter egg hunt will be held at the Sidney elks Lodge #2175, located on river Street in Sidney.

all children up to age 12 are invited to attend and must be accompanied by an adult. The event will include games, refreshments, an easter bunny and, of course, the egg hunt.

BaiNBridge - The vil-lage of Bainbridge board of trustees will hold a public hearing on Monday, april 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the village clerk’s office, located at 33 west Main St., Bainbridge.

The purpose of the pub-lic hearing will be to receive comments from the public concerning the 2017-2018 budget. immediately follow-ing this public hearing, the board will hold a second pub-lic hearing regarding Local Law No. 2 of 2017 – a local law authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the limit es-tablished in general Munici-pal Law Subsection 3-c.

all meetings are open to the public and any interested parties are welcome to attend.

Opioid Overdose Prevention Training

BaiNBridge - Join the B-g central School district for a free Naloxone training session.

participants will learn about overdose prevention and how to correctly admin-ister Naloxone. if you live or work with someone who is at risk for an opioid overdose, consider attending this train-ing. There will be three train-ing opportunities: april 3, 4 or 5 at 6 p.m. in the district conference room at the B-g high school. Seating is lim-ited; anyone interested can register by emailing sweibel@bgcsd.org or calling 967-6321.

aFTON - The afton Veter-ans of Foreign wars post 3529 will host an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast Saturday, april 1 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. The breakfast will be served at the VFw post at 187 Main St. afton, across from the NBT building. The breakfast is open to all and will include pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, home fries, coffee and juice.

There will be a small charge for the breakfast and proceeds will go to help the VFw post 3529.

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SidNey - Beta Sigma phi will be hosting Brooks’ ribs and chicken on Saturday, april 8. Baked beans, salad and tapioca pudding will also be available. Brooks will be on site beginning at 11 a.m. by the river bridge next to gates-cole insurance.

pre-order tickets are avail-able every Saturday until april 8 at both great ameri-can locations (Sidney & un-adilla). anyone interesting in pre-ordering can also feel free to call chris at 563-8600 or cory at 563-2679.

SidNey - The Mcdonald hose annual BBQ and bake sale will be held on Saturday, april 29 from 10 a.m. until sold out.

SidNey - a chicken barbe-cue, sponsored by Ny precep-tor Beta Sigma phi chapter, Sidney, will be held Thursday, april 6 at 10:30 a.m. in the parking lot between sfcu and the country Store.

Stop by for delicious wil-son’s barbecued chicken halves. There will also be homemade macaroni salad, coleslaw, potato salad and baked beans.

Beta Sigma phi is the larg-est woman’s organization of its kind in the world, with more than 200,000 members in over 20 countries.

in the tri-town area, there are two Beta Sigma phi chapters.

SidNey - The Sidney his-torical association will be sponsoring a wilson’s chicken barbecue on Thursday, april 13 starting at 10 a.m. in the parking lot between sfcu and the country Store. proceeds will be deposited in the his-torical association’s museum fund.

aFTON - acT will be holding a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on april 12 from 6 - 8 p.m. at the VFw in afton.

cOVeNTryViLLe -

come, dine with us! On Sat-urday, april 1, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., First congregation-al church in coventryville is hosting an all-you-can eat dinner of scalloped potatoes and ham, baked macaroni and cheese, applesauce, cole slaw, light desserts, and hot and cold beverages.

everything fresh and home-made, there will be plenty of opportunity to sit around the table and share a great meal with friends and neighbors.

Travel up State highway 205 or 41, to the four-cor-ners blinking light in cov-entryville, and turn onto county rd. 27. you’ll see the church from there. always lots of parking and handicap accessible.

if you need any further in-formation please contact pas-tor Joyce at 639-1841.

FraNkLiN - St paul’s episcopal church, located on Main Street in Franklin, will offer a homemade soup buffet for its monthly first Thursday community dinner on Thurs-day, april 6 from 5-7 p.m.

The monthly dinners are in support of the church’s on-go-ing interior renovation project. a free will offering will be accepted for the dinner. This month’s meal will consist of a variety of homemade soups with salads, desserts and beverages.

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.

SidNey - The First con-gregational church, located on the corner of Bridge and Main Streets in Sidney, offers free soup and sandwiches with dessert and drink from 4-6 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month.

Share the Bounty DinnerSidNey - Join the com-

munity for a free Share the Bounty community dinner on Thursday, March 30, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at the Sidney united Methodist church, lo-cated at 12 Liberty St.

Many thanks go out to the Sidney Teachers association for preparing and serving this meal. The menu will include baked ziti, tossed salad, green beans, bread and dessert.

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Community Easter Egg Hunt Returns to Unadilla April 8

uNadiLLa – after re-instating a once-neglected springtime tradition last year, the unadilla Joint recreation committee will again host a community-wide easter egg hunt on Saturday, april 8 at 10:30 a.m. in the village’s community Field.

Originally sponsored by the unadilla girl Scouts, a lapse of a few years prompted the unadilla Joint recreation committee decided to rein-vigorate the springtime favor-ite. Last year, rodney ren-wick of the uJrc explained that in the past the volunteer- and parent-run group focused primarily on coordinating summer programming within the unadilla community, but decided to branch out a bit in 2016, beginning with the egg hunt.

New this year, kids will be invited to a post-hunt screen-

ing of Legends of the Guard-ian at the unadilla public Library. participants are en-couraged to bring their own baskets or buckets and all ages are welcomed. as in the past, there will be grand priz-es awarded in each age group.

in preparation of the hunt, renwick said the commit-tee increased its egg count by 200, bringing the number of anticipated filled eggs up to 850. and, for variety, this year’s batch of eggs will be stuffed not only with candy, but also small, age appropri-ate prizes. There will even be a special section designated to the two-and-under crowd.

The unadilla Joint rec-reation committee is cur-rently seeking new members; anyone interested in joining should email ujrc@yahoo.com.

Fun Fact: If there are two full moons in a month, the second one is called a blue

moon.

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arlyn wade, a resident of the Norwich rehab center, observed her 90th birthday on Friday, March 24. a birthday celebration was held at the center on Sunday. her mailing address is 80-88 calvary dr., Norwich, N.y., 13815 for any-one wishing to send her notes or cards of congratulations.

dustin Osborne is one of 32 environmental conservation officer recruits recently sworn in as New york police officers by gov. andrew cuomo at a ceremony at the department of environment conservation training academy in pulaski. graduation will be held on aug. 25.

The Baptist church mem-bers have welcomed philip Lane as their part-time pastor. even though he has preached at the church for over a month,

Lane officially began his du-ties on March 19.

richard crocco will be traveling with his daughter robin to cleveland, Tenn. for the funeral of his brother walter.

Jeff halbert of allentown, pa. spent the majority of last week with his father making plans for his mother’s funeral arrangements. his family ar-rived on Friday and spent the weekend.

Lee d’ambrosio, dave and petra roney of Lansdowne, pa., Jay d’ambrosio of Black-wood, N.J., Mark and Marie d’ambrosio of Springfield, pa. and Steve and Joanne prentice of edna, N.J. were in town over the weekend for the calling hours and service of helen halbert. Several grangers from across New

york were also in attendance.randy palada was sched-

uled to leave Tuesday for the philippines, where he will conduct the funeral for his brother, rafela, who died March 22.

On Sunday, cary Buck and a friend from Binghamton visited her grandmother, Shir-ley keene.

if any Village of gilberts-ville residents are in need of yard work, clean up, light gardening and more, the gilbertsville Mount upton school students are eager to help in the lead up to earth day, april 22. all suggestions and requests for earth day projects are due at the end of March; contact Mark pied-monte at 783-2867 for more information. The students will be doing the work on april 21.

Participants in the 2016 YFC Joker Run 5K are shown here taking off from the annual race’s starting block at the Unadilla Elementary School.

YFC’s 4th Annual Joker Run 5K is this Weekend in UnadillauNadiLLa – The unadilla youth for christ chapter will hold its fourth annual Joker 5k this

Saturday, april 1 at 10:30 a.m., beginning at the unadilla elementary School and winding its way through the village before concluding at the youth for christ Teen center at 16 watson St. There will be a shuttle service available to take participants back to the school at the end of the race.

The race constitutes yFc’s biggest annual fundraiser, with all proceeds going toward the con-tinued development of the watson St. center. Jody wisse, office manager for yFc, said after last year’s race, “we are trying to get it so that the center can be open more days and more hours. currently it’s only open one night a week, Saturday from 6:30 to 10.” wisse went on to explain that the sanctuary of the old church building has been converted into a café-type atmosphere, complete with a stage and games like ping-pong and gaga ball. “The center gives kids a place to go that is safer than maybe some other environments where they might go otherwise.”

in addition to every Saturday night, yFc makes an effort to use the space whenever they can at other times throughout the year. in March of 2016, the center played host to a yFc talent show and wisse said they also have twice-yearly garage sales, indoors and out, and participate in the unadilla carnival of Sales each summer.

with 80 participants and 78 finishers in last year’s 5k, the yearly event is right on track to build toward the goal of annually pulling in between 100 and 150 racers.

wisse explained that, given the race’s name, “we try to correlate the run as close to april Fool’s day as we can.” in keeping with trends in the race-running scene, organizers have tried to “make it a little different” by incorporating a fun card collection challenge into the run. costumes—the more outlandish the better—are also encouraged.

Medals will be awarded to first, second and third place winners at the close of Saturday’s event, as well as prizes, many donated by area businesses.

There will also be special awards for the person to collect the most joker cards and the fast-est time during the race route. additionally, the first 100 regis-trants will receive a free T-shirt.

For more information, or to register, call yFc at 432-0594.

Afton BOE Petitions Available Now

aFTON – petitions are available for residents of the afton central School district who wish to be candidates for the afton Board of education election on May 16, 2017. af-ton has two seats open: one for a five-year term ending June 30 of this year and currently held by Maryann palmatier and one two-year term also ending June 30 of this year and currently held by kim Mccaulley. The newly elected two-year term will span July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2019.

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Afton Golf League Seeks Teams

aFTON - The Friday Night Mixed golf League is currently seeking team rosters to fill the league. The league plays in captain and mate format with handicap at the afton golf club. it is a fun golf league. interested persons should contact John dello at 967-4566.

This week’s quote is from charles darwin: “a man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”

in Schools: Modified spring sports begin; good luck to all who participate.

can you believe that it is april already? wednesday, april 5, students in k-12 will have a select art show at the harrington gallery in Sidney from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The honor Society and Tri-M induction will be at the Sidney high School auditori-um at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, april 6.

The third marking period ends on Friday, april 7; good luck to all students. don’t for-get to register for the May 6 SaT test on Friday also. The acT tests will be on Saturday, april 8 at 8 a.m.

here on the Farm: The cows got their feet trimmed this week, a task that had been postponed because of the cold weather. That is two days of herding the cows up and bringing them to the trim-ming table. The cows’ toes

grow when they are confined to the free-stall and don’t get out to pasture and keep them ground down from walking over stones. The trimming makes their feet feel better and they can walk better in the free-stall barn. This is done biannually.

The calves are being born despite the cold and snowy weather and are doing well. There are so many in the barn it seems and they are getting along well.

Spring weather will soon improve and there will be some heifers and dry cows let out of the barn and into the good pasture; we hope anyway.

keep all of our farmers in your thoughts, as many of them have been forced to give up and sell out in these trying times. Let’s hope the economy improves and more farmers do not have to sell; we need all our farmers to keep us all fed here, around the country and around the world.

Birthday greetings go out to Vincent warner on april 8; Jessie Fisher on the april 9;

Tyler wormsley on april 10; Sylvie Mugglin on april 11; heather Mckown amatuccio and Lisa Sawdy on april 14 and chrissy gray on april 15. have a great day, everyone.

The Masonville Federated church has services on Sun-day mornings at 11 a.m., with adult Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Bible Study is Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. at the church.

Friday, april 7 the movie Risen will be shown at the church at 6:30 p.m.; popcorn and a beverage will be pro-vided and all are invited.

The church’s easter sched-ule is as follows:

april 9 – palm Sunday worship service

april 13 at 7 p.m. – Maun-dy Thursday Service

april 16 at 7 a.m. – easter Sunrise Service with break-fast to follow; there will be no adult Sunday school that day and the easter worship Ser-vice will take place at 11 a.m.

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The Sidney Chamber of Commerce held a new member coffee hour on Tuesday, March 22 at Trackside Dining. New business members were introduced and each spoke briefly about his or her business.Pictured with Chamber officers attending are front row, left to right: Marisa Orezzoli, Cham-ber Secretary; Andy Matviak of Waldron’s Flooring; Lisa Aldrich of Catskill Sheds Company and Becky Rivera of Studio B Performing Arts; back row, left to right: Teri Schunk, 2nd VP of Chamber; Jamie Cole, VP of Chamber; Stephanie Taylor, President of Sidney Chamber; JR Bogert of B&W Wine and Liquors and Nico Stoian of Higher Ground Martial Arts. Absent from picture: Sean LaRose, Sales Manager of WRE.

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Mihalko Fights for Local Taxpayers

i want to take a moment and thank Joe Mihalko for stand-ing up for local taxpayers. New york State and governor cuomo have been taking 87.3 percent of the online dMV fees while leaving only 12.7 percent for Broome county. That unfair split hasn’t been

readjusted in many years. Joe Mihalko is campaigning for Broome county clerk to ad-dress and fix that unfair split. getting over a million dol-lars more in online dMV fees means less property taxes on all of us. Joe Mihalko is just the person we need as our next Broome county clerk.

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SIDNEY25 YEARS AGO

April 1, 1992The rotary club of Sid-

ney was set to debut a new canoe race called the Lower 35, spanning the Susque-hanna river from Oneonta to Bainbridge. The new race was designed to give canoe-ists a chance to see the lower 35 miles of the river before the longer, traditional races of Memorial day weekend.

The new race was to in-clude 13 divisions.

a vacancy on Sidney’s school board made deadlock a reality at the March 24 vote on a revised $5.5 million building plan recommenda-tion. The plan, already in a reiterated, reduced capacity, was rejected in the three-to-three impasse.

Then superintendent, dr.

kevin Mack, said, “The project is dead. But some health and safety items such as roofs and tanks must be done.”

Mack noted that, after the rejected proposal, the district was looking at other needs and regrouping items for a budget presentation expected to be made april 14.

AFTON25 YEARS AGOMarch 29, 1967

april huffman, a fresh-man at afton high School, was selected as one of four winners in the 1992 con-gressional art competition for chenango county high school students for her draw-ing, entitled “Self portrait.”

along with the other area winners, huffman’s work was exhibited in Norwich at the chenango county council of the arts.

huffman’s drawing was headed from Norwich to the Munson-williams-proctor Museum of utica, where it was to compete for scholar-ship money and a showing at the u.S. capitol building.

BAINBRIDGE50 YEARS AGOMarch 29, 1967

ground was expected to be broken for construc-tion of a new sewer line sys-tem and sewage treatment plant to serve the Village of Bainbridge.

The lowest bidder, parlor city construction company of endicott, was lined up for construction of the sewer lines; garbade and grubham of Binghamton was signed on for construction of the treat-ment plant after proving the lowest bidder for that portion of the project.

SIDNEY 50 YEARS AGOMarch 29, 1967

Village officials presented the keys to the new Sidney Fire Station to chief arthur Brown at a brief ceremony. The first station was con-structed by the village with a large share of the work done by village workers.

The new station boasted space for eight vehicles, meet-ing rooms, kitchen facilities, rest rooms, an office and a ra-dio room.

UNADILLA75 YEARS AGO

April 3, 1942Mr. and Mrs. william

krick leased hotel Bishop to Mr. and Mrs. a.J. keeley of Schenectady. Occupancy was expected to occur in early May. The kricks planned to move into their page Street residence.

Tri-Town Youth Club Offers Safe Space & Transport for Kids After School

SidNey – The newly or-ganized Tri-Town youth club opened its doors on Jan. 23 of this year in the club’s new home in the Sidney united Methodist church located on Liberty Street. The club offers a safe place for children in kindergarten through eighth grade to go after school and on scheduled days off.

The club’s hours are from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on school days, with transportation pro-vided from the school. impor-tant: parents need to contact

the school to make arrange-ments for their child to ride the bus from school to the club. To do this, call 561-2135.

The club is also open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on days when school is not in session, with the exception of snow days.

Volunteers are always welcomed. anyone with a particular talent, interest or hobby who is willing to share his or her gift with area youth should please call the Tri-Town youth club at 561-2311.

Pastor Philip Lane, Gilbertsville Baptist’s newly elected part-time minister, stands alongside his ex-pectant wife, Connie, and their two children, daugh-ter, Vesper, and son, Jayden. Photo credit: Anna Ritchey.

Gilbertsville Baptist Welcomes Pastor Lane as New Part-time Minister

giLBerTSViLLe – pas-tor philip Lane has accepted the position of part-time min-ister at the gilbertsville Bap-tist church.

after a unanimous vote, members welcomed pastor Lane and his family officially on March 19.

Lane graduated from davis college in december of 2016 with a Bre, with an empha-sis on pastoral ministries. he is currently working on his Mdiv through an online pro-gram with Liberty university.

Lane is a 2004 graduate of Bainbridge-guilford central School. he enjoys writing sci-ence fiction and fantasy and plays the violin. he met his wife, connie, in 2009 while both employed at the Sidney price chopper. connie (neé cazer) is a 2002 graduate of greene central School and is presently front-end man-

ager at the price chopper in Norwich.

The Lanes have been mar-ried for three-and-a-half years and have a son, Jayden, 7 ½ years and a daughter, Vesper, who will be 2 in June. philip and connie are expect-ing a third child in just a few weeks, a girl be named Story.

previously, the Lanes were with central Baptist church in greene, where he served as intern.

The Lane family lives in Bainbridge and in his first pastoral position, pastor Lane is looking forward to serving the community of gilberts-ville and, along with his fam-ily, is grateful that god has lead him here.

Morning worship is held Sundays, beginning at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school for children during worship.

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wednesday morning, both ernest and heather submitted “not guilty” pleas and were ar-raigned solely on the murder charges. (Though, according to a March 23 Evening Sun report, ernest inadvertently responded to the honorable Judge windsor with a “guilty” plea, before his public defend-er quickly corrected him.)

Both Franklins were re-manded to the chenango county correctional Facility without bail. a felony hear-ing is expected to take place sometime this week.

Following the March 22 ar-raignment, Sheriff cutting ex-plained to the press, “Once we received the autopsy results, red flags went up. we began to treat it as a homicide at that time and things have come to-gether to where we are today.” To that cutting added, “his death was caused, and they used the fire to try to cover that death up.”

chenango county district attorney, Joseph McBride, said to the press on March 22 that it was “still too early” to provide much insight into the case, adding, “Obviously the

defendants have a fair trial in these proceedings and be-cause of that we aren’t really allowed to disclose a lot of the facts that really support the underlin[ing] charges … Those will eventually come out in court, but once again, we want to be tight lipped un-til that day comes.”

in a second, March 27 me-dia release, McBride and cut-ting reported that ernest and heather Franklin were indict-ed on Friday, March 24, by a chenango county grand Jury on all three charges. The re-lease also stated that both de-fendants will be arraigned on the indictment in chenango county court at a later date.

in a March 19 Facebook post, heather Franklin wrote, “i am still feeling lost without Jr to take care of,” but praised the outpouring of support she and ernest had received since the fire. “Through all this we have not had to worry about any physical needs, as it seems god has used the people around us to show us so much love and support,” said Franklin. in the post, she

shared news that, because of the financial generosity of the community and through the goFundMe crowd-sourcing page established immediately following the fire, she and er-nest had found a new home and anticipated moving in on Monday, March 20, just a day before the chenango county Sheriff’s Office would release the news of her murder charge and arrest. The post included a link to a family gift regis-try where people could pur-chase requested items for the Franklins.

at the time of the fire, heather Franklin was over 20 weeks pregnant with the cou-ple’s first biological son.

The chenango county Sheriff’s Office was as-sisted in the investigation by the New york State police, the city of Norwich police department, the chenango county district attorney’s Office, the chenango county Bureau of Fire, and the New york State Office of Fire pre-vention and control.

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chamber of commerce’s good Neighbor award, to-gether with Jean in 1998 and the Volunteer of Valor from the 5lst NyS Senate in 2008 from Senator Seward.

at Saturday’s event, Slo-

cum himself said he was over-whelmed and appreciated his retirement celebration. as his wife Jean said, “he would do it all over again.”

Some 75 members of the fire department, auxiliary and

emergency squad, along with family and friends, attended the celebration held at Brook’s Barbeque in Oneonta.

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Unadilla mayor, David Welch, presents Slocum with a village proclama-tion. Photo credit: Anna Ritchey.

said ramsey. “The urgency is overwhelming.”

Because the drug literally reworks the way the brain functions and what it de-mands, ramsey said, “This is why family members are so floored and overwhelmed by an addict’s behavior. The drug masquerades as the No. 1 need. That’s the dilemma of active addiction.”

correlative to his break-down of the addicted brain, ramsey offered, “recovery is a restoration of the brain. it’s not about bad people try-ing to get good; it’s about sick people trying to get well.”

christopher kemp, director of delaware county alcohol and drug abuse Services, spoke next and highlighted the necessity and success of treatment.

kemp pointed out that, in 2004, the cadaS had one individual in treatment for opiate or heroin addiction; in 2016, 44 percent of admis-sions were for opiate addic-tion, with 32 individuals ad-mitted for heroin addiction specifically.

“ currently, the u.S. uses 81 percent of the Oxycontin and 99 percent of the hydro-codone,” said kemp. “This is a u.S. problem.”

Sharing his response to the oft-asked question of “how do you talk to drug addicts,” kemp commented, “you’re probably talking to drug ad-dicts every day of your life.” here, kemp stressed the im-portance of lifting stigmas and proceeding with human-ity and humility. “approach people with compassion, that’s the key to this,” said kemp. “in 30 years of doing this, i have not met an alco-holic or an addict who wants to be doing what [he or she is] doing.”

reciprocally, kemp shared anecdotes of recovery suc-cess, remarking, “i see how people’s lives have changed.”

delaware county under-sheriff craig duMond ges-tured to the sizable crowd in attendance wednesday

evening, saying, “From a law enforcement standpoint, this is how we fix this, with com-munity.” after citing a 297 percent spike in local 2012 drug sales, duMond said, “we knew [then] we had a problem.”

referencing the force’s three-prong approach devised at the time, duMond said that, out of law enforcement, treatment and education, he considers education the most vital. with that, however, du-Mond recognized, “The shift is going to take a generational change. it could be eight to 10 years before we see that shift.”

in that vein, duMond not-ed, “we’re doing a lot,” and counted the dare program and the implementation of 12 sheriff’s sub-stations in schools across the county as examples.

in closing, duMond urged community advocacy and civic-mindedness. “i can as-sure you it’s not going away. if you see something, say some-thing; help us help you make your community safer.”

with her baby son cooing from the crowd, recovering addict abby shared some of the evening’s most moving insight, bringing herself and many in the audience to tears with her story. abby was called by keckeisen a “ray of hope” and “proof positive that recovery works with love and support.”

during her heroin addic-tion, abby said she became “an empty shell” and admit-ted, “i could not even be a person and i was no longer welcome anywhere.” her per-sonal turning point came after leaving her then-3-year-old’s birthday for a fix. That night four years ago, abby shared, marked her last time using.

while incarcerated, abby said her family’s support never wavered and, ultimately, she was able to embark on the admittedly difficult drug court path. after she “prayed in a concrete cell,” abby re-membered being released in august of 2013 to begin her

rehabilitation process. “drug court was bringing

me back to life,” said abby who, through her time in the program, earned her ged, a job and “became a mom again.” “i worked on the in-ner part of myself,” said abby, who emerged as the 69th drug court graduate. To date, the program has graduated 90 re-covering addicts.

To the audience, abby urged, “understand that it can be the person sitting next to you and you would never know. Be aware and support.”

demonstrating the strides being taken with students in the community, members of Sidney Students against de-structive decisions (SSadd) took to the stage briefly to dis-cuss the impact attendance of the heart of N.y. Teen insti-tute conference in November had on them.

The conference, open to students in grades 9 through 12, emphasized leadership development while enhancing self-esteem and group interac-tion skills building. its main focus was on alcohol and oth-er drug prevention.

SSadd president and Sid-ney senior, anna egli, said, “we really hope to be able to make a difference and … bring [skills learned at the conference] to other kids from other schools.”

“if you never try it, you can never become an addict,” cau-tioned egli. “Be safe and be with those who love you and will support you.”

at the forum’s close, keck-eisen affirmed, “we are mak-ing a difference and we are doing it together.” after the March 22 event, she added, “at every level i think that the content was rich and we had a one-stop shop for community resources.”

Tri-Town cOSap meets the last wednesday of each month in the Sidney high School library and is seeking new members. email tritown-cosap@gmail.com for more information.

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Warren H. AustinSidNey - warren h.

austin, 95, of Sidney, passed peacefully away, surround-ed by his family, on Friday, March 24, 2017. he was born on June 4, 1921 in campbell, N.y. to Floyd e. and ida J. austin, who predeceased him.

he grew up on the fam-ily farm and graduated from campbell high School in 1939. he went on to take post graduate courses in 1940. he began working for ingersol-rand when he met the love of his life, elizabeth Theetge. They were married May 8, 1943 in greenwood, Miss.

in July 1942, warren enlist-ed in the uS army and served in the air corps during world war ii as a fighter pilot, flying 84 missions in the european Theater. he was honorably discharged in august of 1945 as a First Lieutenant.

warren went on to work at Schweitzer aircraft as a weld-er and fabricator, working up to floor foreman and glider pilot and instructor. in 1955, he was hired by Scintilla as an executive pilot and mechanic. after retiring, warren be-came the airport manager at Sidney Municipal airport, where he was also a member of the Fagan Flyers, retiring in 2013.

warren and elizabeth were longtime members of the un-adilla center united Method-ist church, where he served in many capacities, including

finance chairman and Sunday school teacher.

warren loved everyone, especially his family, friends and the Lord.

he will be missed by: son, robert austin of honeoye, N.y.; daughter and son-in-law, carol and robert John-son of Beaufort, N.c.; five grandsons: Jason and ally-son austin of walworth, N.y.; eric and Lindsay austin of richmondville, N.y.; robert and Tina Johnson of Boomer, N.c.; Brett Johnson of un-adilla and david and Miranda durham Johnson of corrales, N.M.; 12 great grandchildren; five siblings: anna Sherwood, Floyd “Jr” austin, david and dorothy austin, douglas and Mora austin, william and Jo-sephine austin and sister-in-law, ellie austin, all of camp-bell, N.y. and many nieces and nephews.

in addition to his parents, warren was predeceased by his beloved wife of 64 years, elizabeth austin in 2007; three brothers: robert, har-old and walt austin; and two sisters: Marion Stedge Brown and Laura warn.

a celebration of warren’s life was held on March 29 at c.h. Landers Funeral chapel, of Sidney, with his grandson, pastor eric austin, officiating. Burial in prospect hill cem-etery will be private and at the convenience of the family.

in lieu of flowers, memorial donations in warren’s name may be directed to calvary chapel of the hills, 322 Main St. richmondville, N.y., 12149 or to catskill area hospice & palliative care, 1 Birchwood dr. Oneonta, N.y., 13820. condolences and memories may be shared with the family online at www.landersfh.com.

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

Richard Elvig WoytekSidNey - richard el-

vig woytek passed away on March 15, 2017 at his home in cary, N.c. dick was born Jan. 2, 1947 to karl and Faith elvig woytek (both deceased) in Sidney. he graduated from Sidney high School in 1965, where he participated in base-ball, basketball and golf. he remembered every baseball, basketball and golf match he ever played. he continued his education at the State univer-sity of New york at albany and graduated in 1969 with a Ba degree in history.

his counseling career took him to the North Shore - Long island Jewish health System, where he retired in 2008 as program director of the ad-diction recovery Services and was a certified LcSw, acSw, caSac. he met Luz (Lucy) calle on a blind date and she was the love of his life. They were married in 1977 and enjoyed 32 years before her passing in 2009. They loved to travel the world and lived in Jackson heights, N.y. before moving to N.c. in 2008.

dick was an avid sports en-thusiast and played in a basket-ball league well into his 50’s and was still a 10 handicap on the golf course. in 1994, the woytek brothers started an annual golf tournament (The woytek Open). They traveled all over the united States and dick won nine times. he re-ally enjoyed this time with his family. another tournament dick always enjoyed playing in was the Sidney alumni golf Tournament.

dick was a wonderful brother and is survived by sib-lings: dane and donna, Ox-ford; debby and Blair puffer, Bainbridge; dale, San clem-ente, calif.; Terrese and dave hawley, Sidney and Timothy and Nancy, New port richey, Fla. he also thought the world of his nieces and nephews, carrie, chad, Josie, Joshua, Brick, andrew, kyle and Troy and great nieces and nephew: katie, emma, Olivia and ka-leb. dick also leaves behind a very special friend, Fabiola Sherman. his deceased wife’s family was very dear to his heart.

a celebration of richard’s life will be held in July in Sid-ney, with details announced at a later date. any donations in dick’s memory may be sent to the First Tee of the Triangle, 8800 westgate park dr. #104, raleigh, N.c., 27617 or the Sidney central School alum-ni association, pO Box 2186, Sidney, N.y., 13838 to benefit the alumni golf tournament. Karen Anne Bolles Stanton

waLTON - karen anne Bolles Stanton passed away at home on wednesday, March 15, 2017.

karen was born Feb. 25, 1952 in walton, daughter to the late warren Bolles and elizabeth “Betty” Bolles. along with her parents, karen is predeceased by her partner, Steven incze, and brother-in-law, Floyd howard.

karen grew up in walton

and along the way built many lifelong, dearly treasured friendships. after graduating in 1970, she completed cos-metology school in albany, working in a salon there until she embarked on one of her favorite adventures, a life in cape cod, Mass. She worked as a waitress there, enjoy-ing the ocean life and mak-ing years’ worth of cherished memories.

Later, karen traveled to Mount Lemon in arizona, living there briefly before re-turning to walton and begin-ning work with her parents at the family business, runnells Lumber company. during this time, she married and raised her two children.

while her children were young, karen became a teacher at the walton Nursery School, a job she loved and at which she was truly gifted. She continued her work with children and those with dis-abilities in her positions at head Start, Broome devel-opmental and delaware Op-portunities, from which she recently retired.

karen was happiest sur-rounded by her friends and her children and grandchil-dren, of which she was im-mensely proud. She found joy in animals and felt an es-pecial devotion to her rescue dogs, including her beloved Maggie and Quinn. karen also loved music and sang for many years in the choir of the First congregational church of walton, where she was a lifelong member. She was al-ways up for a game of cards or a road trip adventure, and she spent many happy hours with her dogs and friends on the delaware river. She prized her beautiful garden, tended with her green thumb, and cherished family rituals like christmas cutout cookies and easter candy hunts.

karen is survived by her children and their families: Seth Stanton and wife, kris-tin, and their daughters, kai-tlyn and emily of albany, and dr. courtney Stanton and hus-band, John pettinato, of rah-way, N.J.; sister patti howard of Sidney, and brother, david Bolles, and wife, deborah, of Spofford, N.h.; niece, Lisa paternoster Tyler of chalfont, pa.; nephews, Todd pater-noster of Bainbridge, Nathan howard of poughkeepsie and kyle howard of Sidney; and nine grand-nieces and neph-ews. She is also survived by many friends, whom she cher-ished deeply. all will miss karen’s laugh, smile and the enveloping hugs which made them feel at home.

calling hours for karen took place Saturday, March 18 at the First congregational church in walton. The funeral was held Sunday, March 19 at the church.

in lieu of flowers, the fam-ily asks that any donations be made to the First congrega-tional church of walton, the heart of the catskills humane Society of delhi or the ameri-can cancer Society. condo-lences may be made online by visiting www.courtneyfh.com.

Helen Tabor HalbertgiLBerTSViLLe - helen

Tabor halbert passed from this earthly life in the quiet-ness of her gilbertsville home that she loved so much in the early evening hours of March 20, 2017. her struggle with cancer over the past year end-ed with her husband, sister-in-law and pastor by her side.

Born in Schenevus to par-ents howard and Bertha (gra-ham) Tabor on June 5, 1941, helen Marie was the fourth of four children. She graduated from cherry Valley central School, class of 1959.

after meeting through a grange talent contest, her courtship with roger J. hal-bert was off and running, leading to their marriage in gilbertsville on Sept. 29, 1979 at the presbyterian church.

professionally, helen made her mark in responsible posi-tions, primarily as secretary to the administrator at MiB hospital, cooperstown from 1959 to 1981. after the birth of her son, the daily commute to cooperstown suggested a change, which led to em-ployment with preferred Mu-tual insurance company, New Berlin from 1983 until her retirement in 2003. during most of this period, helen was honored to act as the secretary to the president of the insur-ance company.

active civic leaders, there was seldom a time that helen and roger weren’t working or enjoying time on a joint project. helen’s church activi-ties included many years in the choir and serving as the church calendar coordinator and assisting quarterly with bulletin preparations. her grange affiliation started at the westville grange 60 years ago and then she transferred membership to the Butternut Valley grange at the time of her marriage. She served as master of Butternut Valley from 1996 to 2001 and for the past 15 years acted as the cor-responding secretary. Most recently, helen was the sec-retary of Otsego county po-mona grange. as a member of the New york State grange and the National grange, hel-en is a past State grange offi-cer from 1987 to 1995. helen quietly assisted roger dur-ing his six years as member-ship director of the National grange, which included sev-eral trips to various states. She also helped roger with his du-ties as state grange secretary in the cortland office.

Travel, particularly by cruise ship, provided special memories over the years, with destinations to the Mexican riviera, hawaii and Nova Scotia alongside several trips to the Bahamas and Bermuda. Several of these trips were made extra special when dear friends, donald and Susan drake, accompanied roger and helen. a highlight was a fabulous trip to Switzerland to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in 2004. roger and helen’s last trip was to see the pasadena rose parade on

New year’s day in 2016 and spending a few days touring the area. From their first waltz as “Mr. and Mrs.” to “you Light up My Life,” to their last dance at the State grange convention in October a week after the completion of her ra-diation treatments, helen and roger found complete joy in the harmony they felt on the dance floor.

in her son’s words, helen “always had a soft-spoken grit and determination and was a role model for raising a family with unwavering focus for do-ing what’s best.” helen was a woman of few words, but was driven with a deep passion for perfection for whatever she was responsible. She was well known for baking scrump-tious apple pies that generally did not make it to the bake sale table. Lastly, a favorite pastime was cheering on the Syracuse Orangemen in their annual basketball trek. her quiet work done without fan-fare and usually out of sight of others will be deeply missed by those who knew of helen’s selflessness. “well done, good and faithful servant.”

She is survived by her hus-band of over 37 years, roger; their son, Jeffrey and wife, Megan, and two beautiful granddaughters, Sophie and Juliette of allentown, pa. Oth-er family survivors include sister, irene Fassett (kermit), east Springfield; brother, Shirley Tabor (gladys), rose-boom and nieces and neph-ews, kevin Fassett, debra rogers, Larry Tabor, robert Tabor and carol Mcgovern. Two sisters-in-law also sur-vive, Sandra Tabor hunkins and roberta halbert.

in addition to her parents, she is pre-deceased by her brother, Lloyd Tabor, and her nephews, alan Fassett and gary Tabor.

For the past year, spe-cial appreciation is extended to the staff at upstate and crouse Memorial hospi-tal, Syracuse; radiology and chemotherapy staff at Fox care center, Oneonta; staff at chase health, New Berlin for a brief post-hospital stay and to catskill area hospice, Oneonta for their caring ex-pertise in helen’s final weeks. all of these health care pro-fessionals are commended for making this journey a bit more tolerable and less painful.

Visitation hours were held at the Johnston Funeral home, 60 Broad St., Morris on Fri-day, March 24. a grange me-morial service was conducted by Stephen c. coye, Master of the New york State grange, at 7 p.m.

Funeral services were con-ducted at the First presbyte-rian church, Marion avenue, gilbertsville on Saturday, March 25 with the reverend Mark piedmonte officiating. Burial followed in the Butter-nuts cemetery.

Memorial contributions are encouraged to Butter-nut Valley grange (window drapery fund), p.O. Box 102, gilbertsville, N.y., 13776; the presbyterian church (Special projects Fund), p.O. Box 314, gilbertsville, N.y., 13776; or to catskill area hospice, 542 Main St., Oneonta, N.y., 13820.

Online condolences may be sent to www.johnstonfh.com. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Johnston Funeral home, Morris.

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dated: March 20, 2017By order of the afton Town

Boardrosemarie a klatzTown clerk3-30(2w)b

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Notice of inventory andValuation data(pursuant to section 501 of

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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-

atego Board of education3-30,4-13,4-27,5-11(4w)b

pLeaSe Take NOTice, that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Bainbridge on Monday, april 10, 2017 at 6:30 pM in the Village clerk’s Office, 33 west Main Street, Bainbridge, Ny, regarding the adoption of Local Law No. 2 of the Village of Bainbridge for the year 2017, entitled “a local law authorizing a prop-erty tax levy in excess of the limit established in general Municipal Law Subsection 3-c. a copy of the proposed Local Law is on file and may be examined in the office of the Village clerk/Treasurer during regular business hours.

pLeaSe Take Fur-Ther NOTice, that, persons with disabilities who require assistance in attending said public hearing, or in fur-nishing comments and sug-gestions, should contact the undersigned to request such assistance. written comments may be filed with the Village Board or at such hearing.

By The direcTiON OF The

ViLLage OF BaiNBridge

BOard OF TruSTeeSBreNda L. parSONScLerk-TreaSurerdaTed: March 28, 20173-30(1w)b

NOTice OF BudgeT heariNg aNd VOTe

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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accepting bids for the main-tenance of the Town hall grounds. Maintenance to include mowing, trimming and weed control. all Bids must include a certificate of insurance. For further speci-fications contact Theresa a. Schultheis, coventry Town clerk, 656-8602 Mon., wed., Fri. 4-7 and Sat. 9-12. Sealed bids will be accepted until april 10, 2017 by 7 p.m. Bids will be opened at the Town Board meeting on april 12, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. The town reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

The Town of coventry is also seeking bids for the maintenance of the 3 Town cemeteries. Maintenance to include mowing, trimming as required on an on call ba-sis. all Bids must include a certificate of insurance. For further specifications contact Theresa a. Schultheis, cov-entry Town clerk, 656-8602 Mon., wed., Fri. 4-7 and Sat. 9-12. Sealed bids will be ac-cepted until april 10, 2017 at 7 p.m. Bids will be opened at the Town Board meeting on april 12, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. The town reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

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that pursuant to Section 5-508 of the Village Law, the tenta-tive budget for the Village of Bainbridge for the 2017-2018 fiscal year has been prepared and filed with the Village clerk at the Village Office, 33 west Main Street, Bainbridge, Ny where it may be inspected by any interested parties be-tween the hours of 9:00 aM and 3:00 pM on Monday, Tuesday and Friday; 9:00 aM to 5:00 pM on Thursday and 9:00 aM to 12:00 Noon on Saturday. Said tentative bud-get includes maximum com-pensation for the Mayor of $4,000 per annum and Trust-ees of $3,000 per annum.

pLeaSe Take Fur-Ther NOTice, that a public hearing on the tentative bud-get will be held at the Village clerk’s Office, 33 west Main Street, Bainbridge on Mon-day, april 10, 2017 at 6:30 pM to consider the same before final adoption.

By The direcTiON OF The

ViLLage OF BaiNBridge

BOard OF TruSTeeSBreNda L. parSONScLerk-TreaSurerdaTed: March 28,

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NOTice OF BudgeT heariNg aNd VOTe

BaiNBridge-guiL-FOrd ceNTraL SchOOL diSTricT

Budget hearinga budget hearing for the

inhabitants of the Bainbridge-guilford central School quali-fied to vote at School district meetings will be held at the Middle School/high School auditorium commencing at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 where there shall be pre-sented the proposed School district budget for the follow-ing school year.

date of VoteThe vote upon the appro-

priation 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 between the hours of 12:00 noon to 9:00 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 pur-poses shall be completed seven days before the budget hearing and may be obtained by any resident of the district at each schoolhouse during the period of 14 days immediately before the annual meeting and elec-tion between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except Sat-urday, Sunday or holiday.

Vote for Board Memberspetitions nominating candi-

dates for the office of member of the Board of education must be filed with the clerk of the district between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. not

later than april 17, 2017. The following vacancies are to be filled:

a three-year term ending June 30, 2017 presently held by Jeanne Shields

a three-year term ending June 30, 2017 presently held by gary Smith

each petition must be ad-dressed to the clerk of the dis-trict, be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the district, shall state the residence of each signer, and the name and address of the candidate. Va-cancies upon the Board shall not be considered separate specific offices. The individu-als receiving the highest num-ber of votes shall be elected to the vacancies.

The following propositions shall be voted upon at the same time as the vote upon the ap-propriation of monies and for Board members:

proposition 1 – Lease of School Buses

“Shall the Board of educa-tion of the Bainbridge-guil-ford central School district be authorized to enter into a five (5) year lease for two (2) diesel 65 passenger school buses and one (1) gasoline 22 passenger school bus at a maximum es-timated total annual cost not to exceed $43,000 for each of the five (5) years, beginning in the 2017-2018 school year?”

proposition 2 – addition of an ex Officio Student Board Member

“Should a high school se-nior student be designated to serve as an ex officio member of the Board of Education, and thereby be entitled to sit with Board Members at all its pub-lic meetings, and participate therein, but without the author-ity to vote on matters before the Board or to attend execu-

tive sessions?”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 voters, stating the residence of each signer, which proposition shall be filed with the Board of edu-cation not later than 30 days before the date of the election as set forth in this notice unless a greater number of days is re-quired by statute. any propo-sition 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 monies is required for the proposition, and such proposi-tion fails to include the neces-sary 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 absentee voter or the day before the vote if the ballot is to be delivered per-sonally to the absentee voter. absentee ballots must be re-ceived in the office of the dis-trict clerk of the district not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the vote.

a list of all persons to whom absentee voters’ 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 4:00 p.m. any qualified voter, may upon examination of such list, file written chal-lenge of qualifications of a vot-er 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.

registrationpersonal registration of vot-

ers is required for the annual vote, and no person shall be en-titled to the vote there at whose name does not appear in the register of the school district, except those persons who reg-istered to vote pursuant to the provisions of election Law § 5-612. persons otherwise qual-ified to vote who voted in any annual vote conducted within four calendar years before the preparation of the register need not personally register for this vote. Members of the Board of registration shall meet at the places hereinafter designated and each election district as voting places on May 9, 2017 between the hours of 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. to prepare the register of the school district for each election district. any person shall be entitled to have his or her name placed upon such register in the district in which that person resides, pro-vided that in such meeting of the Board of registration that person is known or proven to the satisfaction of such mem-bers to be then and thereafter entitled to vote at the annual vote for which the registra-tion is prepared. any person 18 years of age or over, a citi-zen of the united States, and a resident of the school district for 30 days next preceding the date for voting is entitled to register and vote. The register of the school district so pre-pared shall be filed five days before the date of the vote in the office of the district clerk, located at 18 Juliand Street, Bainbridge, New york where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the dis-trict between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., each day up to and including the day set for the vote, except Sunday.

election districtsThe descriptions of the

boundaries of the school elec-tion districts in which the school district is divided are on file and may be inspected in the office of the district clerk at 18 Juliand Street, Bainbridge, New york 13733. The election districts and the place for each election district in which the vote will be held are as follows:

election district No. 1Boundaries – please refer

to the map of election district No. 1 in the district Office lo-cated at 18 Juliand St., Bain-bridge, N.y. The map may be inspected between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Voting place – greenlawn elementary School, 43 green-lawn ave, Bainbridge, N.y. 13733

election district No. 2Boundaries – please refer

to the map of election district No. 2 in the district Office lo-cated at 18 Juliand St., Bain-bridge, N.y. The map may be inspected between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Voting place – guilford Town hall, guilford, N.y. 13780

daTed: March 23, 2017 By order of the Board of

education of the Bainbridge-guilford cen-

tral SchoolBy Susan weibel, district

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Letters to the Editor are appreciated. However, because of space and subject considerations we are limited in the number of letters we can publish. All letters must be signed and represent the opinion of the letter writer and not necessarily that of the newspaper. The deadline for submitting a Letter to the Editor is

Monday at 5 p.m. of the current week.

SIDNEYEast Main Lanes

City LeagueStandings:ermetis 76-20east Main Lanes 62-34universal Forest products

44-52The houndstooth 43-53Farm Family 36-60J&M Trophies 27-69High Series:Scott F. 718-243-230-245chad c. 637-225-177-235dave B. 623-236-182-205200 Games:dave F. 236-206; Bob r. 265;

Larry S. 223; Mark M. 212; kevin M. 211; Joey O. 211; ernie c. 210; Bran-don F. 203; andy k. 201; Tim c. 200.

Monday Morning Coffee League

Standings:rosebuds 131-69yoyo’s 127-73Four on the Floor 117-83country girls 101-99Silver Belle’s 92-108Foxes 89-111Special Ladies 84-116Lucky Sevens 59-141150+:S. Straka 155-165; J. roof 177;

S. harris 156; r. Mazza-rella 150; r. Fisher 172-161-204; B. wood 162; c. Leizear 154-156; p. Stilson 165; J. davis 182; c. daughtrey 179-176; c. Lafever 156.

450+:S. Straka 467; J. roof 451;

r. Fisher 537; c. Leizear 454; c. daughtrey 491.

East Main LadiesStandings:in-Laws 124-68all Balls No glory 116-76The Misfits 95-97golden girls 84-108The Bowling Bags 79-113

women who Score 78-114High Game:T. raymond 180.

High Series:B. wakeman 471.

Algonkin Motel Mixed Scratch

Team Standings:Buzzy’s Bluestone 154-46gilbert plumbing & heating

117.5-82.5algonkin Motel

101-99prinz excavating 81-119Neighbors insurance 79-121east Main Lanes 67.5-132.5High Games:c. Luca 259cg, 246cg, 220; T.

umbra 257, 206; B. Shel-ton 252; J. pendorf 246; d. pierce 234; r. Libera-tore 211; F. prinz 202; M. Taber 204; M. aylesworth 221; d. Finch 225, 200; M. Ferrara 201; k. Sow-ersby 209; k. Macumber 236, 234; J. page 215, 215; J. Sloan 214, 237, 224; a. wheeler 211; M. ander-son 201, 243cg; B. walker 215, 233.

High Series:c. Luca 725; J. Sloan 675; k.

Macumber 665; T. umbra 647; B. walker 641; B. Shelton 620; d. Finch 615;

M. anderson 613; J. pen-dorf 605.

BAINBRIDGEGalaxy Bowl

Wednesday Nite EarlybirdsStandings:1 - Lottie’s angels 128-882 - J & M Trophies 104-1123 - Trash Mashers 104-1124 - Bruning enterprises

96-120High Game:L. Mason – 247 c.g.High Series:L. Mason – 580.180 Games: L. Mason - 247 c.g.; L. Boice

- 191, 181; S. Meres - 180: L. Noble - 187, 198, 193; K. Bruning - 186; L. Cole - 182, 192.

500 Series:L. Mason - 580; L. Cole - 551;

L. Noble - 578.

Thursday Morning Winter League

Standings:delayed action 167-57ups & downs 135-89up & coming 119-105gutter duster 119-105pin pals 112-112The Newbee’s 110-98unknown 106-118dizzy dames 98-126Ladybugs 94-130Friends 58-166150+:d. Northrop 165; d. whaley

242-237-200; B. dascano 187; e. gransbury 153; J.

O’Brien 174-233; k. Brun-ing 197; a. wilber 158; V. Fagan 190; c. Brundage 197; M. Burlison 208-209-224; B. Butler 157-163; c. Brown 169-214; d. Frit-zsch 165; T. cottell 151; e. powers 160; e. Bently-ewski 150.

450+:d. whaley 679; d. Northrop

451; J. O ‘Brien 550; k. Bruning 465; V. Fagan 473; c. Brundage 484; M. Burlison 641; B. Butler 459; c. Brown 529.

Thursday Night Men’s Hdcp

Standings:Ball Busters 237Jim’s auto repair 226.5galaxy Bowl 225New concept Machining 207Bainbridge Memorials 191244 racing 183Southtown dairy 179.5No Names 173Lil dave’s excavating 168.5whales coins + More 159.5High Single:J. garvey 278.

Thursday Night Pitch League

Standingsdawn & roni 40 - 17Marty & Mike 38 - 19Lance & heather 37 - 22Sharon & amy 36 - 20craig & Jim 35 - 23david & John 34 - 24cindy & Jay 32 - 25colleen & cindy 30 - 27Bob & pat 30 - 27Lorraine & clyde 29 - 28Lee & Jason 27 - 30carolyn & Janine 27 - 30christal & dawn 27 - 30emily & Frieda 25 - 32

cindy & alice 25 - 32Barbara & John 25 - 32Sharon & rich 23 - 34ron & Mark 20 - 34Linda & ernie 17 - 37Susan & kathy 16 - 41

Sunday Nite All StarsStandings:Bruning + Bruning 59-29Mott + Mott 54-34glover + glover 50-38Split N giggles 50-38wicks + wicks 48-40Meres + Meres 44-44Tallmadge + Tallmadge 38-50gransbury + gransbury 38-50Blind 37-51haynes + haynes 22-66High Individual Single:Bob Bruning 244; eileen

Tallmadge 200.High Individual Triple:gary Mott 630; eileen Tall-

madge 568.

E.O.W.S.StandingsNo Nothing 41-15under pressure 39-17gut’er done 33-19The rookies 25 1/2-30 1/2hit & miss 24-32gutter duster 24-32pin Busters 21 1/2-34 1/2Lucky Splits 16-40Men’s High Game:Zach russell 256.Women’s High Game:Tonya Burdick 205.Men’s High Series:phil Jones 661.Women’s High Series:Valaree S. 549.

180+200 Games:Valaress 190-194; Lisa J. 184-

202; howard B. 214.600 Series:dave Finch 255-194-198=647;

david Smith 203-214-219=636; phil Jones 203-253-205=661. Independent Bowling

LeagueStandings:Margie & Tim 83-43“MoJo” 80-46alan & clyde 79-47whales & the grump 76 1/2-

49 1/2Sidney Typo 74 1/2-51 1/2date Nite 70-56Lisa & Bobby 63-63Steve & kelley 58 1/2-67 1/2Scratch Game Women:Margie Mott 178.Scratch Game Men:al rowe 300.Scratch Series Women:Margie Mott 506.Scratch Series Men:al rowe 773.Handicap Game Women:eileen Tallmadge 227.Handicap Game Men:al rowe 309.Handicap Series Women:eileen Tallmadge 641.Handicap Series Men:al rowe 800.Honor Scores:alan rowe 300, 245, 228;

Tim harmon 278, 203; Bill Tallmadge 244; alan Locke 237, 207, 200; dylan whaley 216, 204, 201; kelley Brown 216; Jeff Vance 215, 211; Steve Survilla 201.

Honor Series:alan rowe 773; Tim harmon

672; alan Locke 644; dylan whaley 618; Bill

:2016 Section IV Boys Volleyball ChampionsPictured here are: back row: Alyssa Hawkins, Coach Christine Race, Trenton Stillman, Parker Boice, Wade Dean, Ian Howe, Wyatt Kiff, Alex Artis, Glenn Rogers and Hailey Shoemaker; front row: Nate Carroll, Trever Dutton, Justin McMillan, Nate Gorshack, Ryan Arnold, Levi Green and Brandon Evans.

Sidney Boys Volleyball Named Section IV ChampionsSidNey - The Sidney boys’ volleyball team traveled to Johnson city on Saturday, March 18 to

play in the Section iV Boys’ Volleyball championship. after pool play, Bainbridge-guilford was undefeated in their bracket and Sidney placed fifth. during playoffs, Owego’s “Six Man Team” defeated B-g. Sidney won their first two playoff games, moving them on to the championship game against Vestal. in a hard fought game, with scores advancing up into the 30s, Sidney finally had a two-point lead and won the game with a final score of 34-32.

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LEGAL NOTICE OF ESTOPPEL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Bond resolu-tion, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Sidney, dela-ware county, New york, on the 27th day of March, 2017, and the validity of the ob-ligation authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obliga-tion was authorized for an ob-ject or purpose for which the Village is not authorized to expend money, or if the pro-visions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this Notice were not substantially

complied with, and an action, suit, or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this No-tice, or such obligation was authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution.

a complete copy of the resolution summarized below is available for public inspec-tion during regular business hours at the Village clerk’s office, 21 Liberty Street, Sid-ney, Ny 13838 for a period of twenty days from the date of publication of this Notice.

dated: March 27, 2017Sidney, New yorkSheena Felzak, Village

clerkSUMMARY: resolution

authorizing the issuance of serial bonds (including, with-out limitation, statutory in-stallment bonds and bond an-ticipation notes) not to exceed Three hundred Fifty Thou-sand dollars ($350,000.00) to pay the costs required in connection with financing in anticipation of the receipt of grant moneys from New york State for certain projects within the Village of Sidney as more specifically outlined in a schedule attached to such resolution.

Period of Probable Use-fulness: Five years.

Maturity Date: Five years from date of issuance.

3-30(1w)b

legAlLegaL NOTice ViLLage OF SidNeyThere will be 3 public

hearings on the tentative budgets for general, water and Sewer Funds for the Village of Sidney on Monday, april 10, 2017 at 7:00 pM in the Board room of the Sidney civic center, 21 Liberty Street, Sidney, Ny 13838.

The Board will also hold the Organizational Meeting at this time. copies of the tentative budget are available for inspection by interested parties in the Village clerk’s Office Monday through Friday 8:00 aM to 4:30 pM.

The maximum compensation to be paid to the Board of Trustees and

Justice is as follows:Mayor - $5,000Trustees (4) - $3,500Justice - $16,185dated: March 30, 2017Sheena N. FelzakVillage clerkVillage of Sidney3-30(1w)b

Sidney Homeschool Student Wins 2017 Regional Spelling Bee; Heads to Nationals in DC

SidNey - Melodie Loya, a sixth grader from the Sidney Loving education at home (Leah) school, won the 15th annual daily Star regional Spelling Bee competition and will be representing her region at the 2017 National Spelling Bee competition in washingon, d.c.

The regional competition invites 35 schools in dela-ware, chenango, Otsego and Madison counties. The event was held at the SuNy Oneon-ta’s goodrich Theater, an ef-fort sponsored by the Office of the president and support-ed by amazing facilities and technical staff. a community

fund has been established to support the champion’s trav-eling expenses to participate at the National ScrippS Spelling Bee competition.

“Every student in our re-gion has an opportunity to win the competition and participate in the Washing-ton, D.c. event without the financial concerns of travel-ing and lodging,” said ryan who added, “we are reaching out to our business partners to support educational enrich-ment opportunities like this one because it is a strong in-vestment in workforce devel-opment and job readiness.”

information about the spelling bee program can be

found at www.learnatboces.com/community-challenge. For more information or to pledge support, contact Mar-tha ryan at 335-1292.

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CDO Workforce Center to Host SUNY Delhi Career Workshop March 31

SidNey - SuNy delhi presents “Learn about col-lege degrees & career Op-portunities” a workshop on Friday, March 31, at 1 p.m. at the cdO workforce center, located in the Sidney civic center

Misty Fields, assistant director of admissions at SuNy delhi, will be at the cdO workforce in Sidney at 1 p.m. to provide information about the application process, financial aid, and training and career programs with SuNy delhi and other SuNy colleges.

SuNy delhi’s informa-

tion session is an excellent opportunity for individu-als to explore academic and training programs; connect with SuNy delhi admis-sions counselors; learn about the admissions process; learn about transfer credit; learn about financial aid; discover how to find SuNy campuses and training opportunities and get information on the BeaM program.

reservations are encour-aged, but walk-ins will be welcomed. For reservations, call or visit cdO workforce center, 21 Liberty St., at the Sidney civic center, 561-7550.

Woman’s Club of Bainbridge to Celebrate Spring at April 5 Meeting

BaiNBridge – The woman’s club of Bain-

bridge will meet on wednes-day, april 5 at 2 p.m. The meeting will be held at the presbyterian church on the green in Bainbridge.

Spring and easter will be the theme as the group wel-

comes pastor Becky from St. peter’s episcopal church to bring the message of the day.

The usual fellowship, short business meeting and refresh-ments will happen as well. all are welcome and for more information, please call carol roberts at 967-5687.

sfcu Encourages Youth to “Give a Hoot” About Saving

SidNey – Learning to save for what you want in life is a crucial skill, but it’s one too few young people are learning.

That’s why for Financially Literacy Month in april sfcu will focus on helping young people develop good saving habits.

The Financial Literacy Month theme is Give a Hoot About Saving. “Owls repre-sent wisdom and nothing is wiser than learning to save for one’s future goals,” said sfcu president and ceO, James doig.

also as part of Financial Literacy Month, sfcu will have artwork on display by local school students in all branch

lobbies; the artwork will tie into earth week.

sfcu offers financial edu-cation presentations to youth year-round as well as the free web-based program BaN-Zai! for middle and high school students. Teachers are encouraged to incorporate this into their curriculum dur-ing the year. Like all credit unions, doig noted that sfcu is a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative.

“Member education and concern for the community are part of the foundational principles of our business structure,” said doig. “pass-ing along a crucial life skill to the next generation to prepare them for a bright future em-bodies both those principles.”

Lucy Ann Lobdell.

DCHA to Host “A Strange Sort of Being: The Life of Lucy/Joseph Lobdell” Presentation April 8

deLhi - Join the delaware county historical association at 2 p.m. on Saturday, april 8 for a presentation delivered by dr. Bambi Lobdell. dr. Lob-dell’s topic is one close to her heart, her ancestor Lucy ann/Joseph israel Lobdell. Lucy/Joseph can be described to-day as transgender; however she led a life during the nine-teenth century that caused her to be persecuted and eventu-ally incarcerated by authori-ties here in delaware county.

dr. Lobdell will begin her talk with an introduction to transgender identities, issues and challenges to help people better understand the difficul-ties experienced by Lucy/Jo-seph and wife, Marie. The talk will focus on the timeline of Lucy/Joe’s life, moving from childhood to adulthood and transformation into manhood. The talk will discuss the sev-eral times Joe succeeded in successfully integrating into communities before having his female body discovered, which resulted in his expul-sion from those communities. dr. Lobdell’s talk will also cover Joe’s marriage to Ma-rie Louise perry and their life in the woods in an attempt to escape persecution. The talk

will end with coverage of Joe’s incarceration in insane asy-lums, false obituaries and Ma-rie’s return to Massachusetts.

Bambi Lobdell (ph.d., Binghamton), received her bachelor’s degree in second-ary english education from SuNy Oneonta and a master’s degree and phd in english from Binghamton university. She has taught in the wom-en’s and gender Studies and english departments for over 16 years and has developed classes that have expanded the catalogue for that department. her research on her ancestor, Lucy ann/Joseph israel Lob-dell resulted in the book A Strange Sort of Being (MacFar-land, 2012), the detailed biog-raphy of Lucy/Joe Lobdell’s life, analyzed with gender and queer theories and embedded in historical discussions. She has presented on Lucy/Joe at numerous conferences and has been interviewed by The Advocate magazine, Phila-delphia Gay News, Women-4Women radio station, and The Washington Post.

dr. Lobdell’s talk will be-gin at 2 p.m. and there is no admission fee for this event. For more information, please call 746-3849 or email: dcha@delhi.net.

Greater Afton Area CofC to Present Solar Energy Talk April 7

aFTON – adam Flint, program direct for Southern Tier Solar works of Bingham-ton regional Sustainability coalition, co-founder of the Ny energy democracy al-liance and assistant professor of sociology at hartwick, will present on solar energy and its benefits for homeowners, companies and municipalities Friday, april 7 at the afton

Town hall, located at 240 a county rd. 39, afton.

Flint has extensive experi-ence working in the solar in-dustry and will offer expert insight on the topic.

For questions or to confirm attendance at the Friday pre-sentation, please call or email peg Squire at 693-1025 or vil-ladale@tds.net.

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The Lourdes “Mission in Motion” Mobile Mammography Van is pictured here awaiting patients during the Bainbridge-Guilford Central School March 10 staff development day, wherein nine B-G staffers made use of the mobile screening services.

Lourdes Mobile Mammography Van Visits B-G & Afton in March

By allison collins

BaiNBridge/aFTON – The Lourdes “Mission in Motion” Mobile Mammog-raphy Van made a first-time visit to the Bainbridge-guil-ford School district in early March. More recently and for the third consecutive year, the van stopped at the afton cen-tral School.

The idea behind the van is to “put comprehensive health care on wheels and take it to health fairs, worksites, com-munity events, senior cen-ters, schools and churches,” according to www.lourdes.com. Mobile services offered include breast exams and digi-tal mammography screenings, with pap smears and full pel-vic exams offered on the first and second wednesday of each month.

The Mobile Mammogra-phy Van, which covers all of Broome, chenango, delaware and Tioga counties, first hit the road in 1997, explained Lori kemmerer, senior administra-tive assistant with Mission in Motion. in its 20th year, kem-merer said “numbers are up,” noting that the van averages

150 patients monthly. renee deprato, a spokes-

woman for Lourdes, said, “Originally we had a primary care van and a mammogram van to push healthcare out to rural areas, because women who live out in rural areas might not come in for flu shots or mammograms. it was real-ly started as outreach.”

kemmerer shared that, once at a site, the van can see a maximum of 14 women, with screenings taking only about 15 minutes per patient, though she mentioned that it’s even faster when individuals pre-register.

while kemmerer said that her repeat trips to afton have become “very successful,” with this year’s including 16 women (12 scheduled and four walk-ons), she said she is always looking to add more stops and sites.

To do this, particularly with area schools, kemmerer has been approaching schools’ administrative staff. “i’ve been reaching out to schools to make it easier for teachers to access mammography,” said kemmerer, adding, “The van is so wonderful because it helps women that just cant get

to Binghamton.” Sue weibel, BgcS district

clerk, was one of the nine women to take advantage of the van’s March 10 visit to Bainbridge and remarked, “everyone i spoke with seemed to have a positive ex-perience,” adding, “it certain-ly is convenient!”

even when the Mobile Mammography Van is at a designated site, it remains open to the public. “we take women insured and uninsured and you do not need a doctor’s order for a screening mammo-gram,” explained kemmerer, who said that New york State passed a law that women can self-refer for non-diagnostic screenings a couple of years ago. kemmerer added, “we also have a fabulous financial assistance program and we help women get into the can-cer Services program.”

according to kemmerer, the van is typically on the road five days a week. com-ing up, Mission in Motion will be in deposit on april 10.

To learn more about the Lourdes Mobile Mammog-raphy Van and when it might next be in a location near you, call kemmerer at 321-0015.

Unatego Seeks 3 New BOE MembersOTegO - petitions are

available for individuals inter-ested in being candidates for the unatego central School district Board of education election on May 16. There are three board vacancies each for a three-year term span-ning July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2020. The seats are currently held by Florian reyda, kathy

Stockert and rodney gould.interested candidates must

be 18 years old, citizens of the united States and residents of the unatego central School district for one year before the election. The completed petition must contain at least 25 names of qualified voters in the unatego central School district.

petitions are available at

the district office or on-line at www.unatego.com, Board of education section. They must be returned to the school dis-trict clerk in the district office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on weekdays when school is in session. The deadline for all petitions is 5 p.m., april 17.

B-G Blues Jazz Band to Perform Saturday with the Fabulous Moonlighters

BaiNBridge - if you love jazz and big band music, don’t miss the Bainbridge-guilford Blues Jazz Band in a joint concert with the Fabu-lous Moonlighters at the Bain-bridge Town hall Theatre, 15 North Main St., Bainbridge on Saturday, april 1 at 7 p.m.

The Blues Jazz Band, under the direction of paul Jenkins, is excited to be performing for the community this sea-son. The band has a large sound that originates from its unique instrumentation. in addition to the traditional big band instrumentation, the band features a flute and clari-

net section, tuba, and multiple percussionists to provide the students and audience with a full jazz experience. The stu-dents, from grades 7 to 12, are hard-working and well-round-ed assets to their school and community.

The Fabulous Moonlight-ers, based in greene, is a group of musicians from all over the Southern Tier, span-ning endicott to Oneonta. The group, which originated in 1968 as an adult education class, specializes in the swing music of the big band era. if you recognize “Sing Sing Sing,” “Stardust,” “in the Mood” and “Moonlight Ser-

enade,” you know their music and understand why they play. with 15 members of all ages, the Fabulous Moonlighters are living proof that music is for life.

Tickets will be available at the door or may be reserved ahead by calling 288-3882. The evening of the show, the 11th annual Student art Showcase exhibiting artwork from the exceptional artists of many area high schools will be featured in the gallery. The gallery will open at 6 p.m. before the show and through intermission and is free to the public. Visit www.jerichoarts.com for more information. On March 16, at Galaxy Bowl, Dylan Whaley picked the double 4—4-6-7-10 double pinochle.

He was in the Thursday Morning Winter league with his teammates: Carolyn Jadwin, DR Northrop Jr. and Judy Stanton. He also bowled a 300 on March 22, also in the Thursday Morning Winter league; his scores were 189-300-214=703. This was his third 300 for the As-sociation.

On March 21, at Galaxy Bowl, Al Rose bowled a 300. He was bowling in the Independent League with his wife, Michele. His scores were 228-245-300=773. This was his third 300 for the Association.

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Village Election ResultsSidNey – results re-

ceived Tuesday, March 21 named Stephen crawford and Victor Tartaglia as the vil-lage’s elected trustees in an uncontested race with 55 and 52 votes, respectively.

with 51 votes, andrew Skrobanski was elected as justice. Three write-in votes were received, with a total of 58 ballots cast.

uNadiLLa – ronald Mott and christopher win-

kler were named the Village of unadilla’s two trustees after the Tuesday, March 21 election. Mott received 17 votes, winkler 13.

robert Folensbee received four write-in votes for a trust-eeship and Linda Bickos two.

Celebrate National Poetry Month with Tri-Town News

april is National poetry Month, so we at Tri-Town News want to read your poems.

in 2016 we opened submis-sions up to any wordsmith in any style or genre of poetry. we are doing the same in 2017, but new this year TTN is inviting the community’s youngest po-ets to join in the competition.

Students from third to twelfth grade are encouraged to submit. as with adult submis-sions, any style of poem is wel-comed. Student entrants should include their name, contact in-formation, grade and school, as well as the title of each poem. (Same goes for adult entrants, where applicable.) across the categories, entrants may submit up to three pieces of original poetry.

There will be prizes awarded to the best poems in the fol-lowing categories: grades 3-6, grades 7-12 and adult. in ad-dition to prizes, the winning poems in each category will be published in a future edition of Tri-Town News! poems will be judged by the TTN editorial staff.

National poetry Month is “the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of mil-lions of readers, students, k-12

teachers, librarians, booksell-ers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives every april.”

The annual celebration of all things poetic was begun 21 years ago, following the suc-cess of other commemorative months (Black history Month in February, women’s history in March and so on). initially it was the academy of ameri-can poets that got the ball roll-ing, with various government agencies, educational leaders, libraries, book sellers, publish-ing houses, and arts organiza-tions signing on as sponsors as the idea grew.

Today, National poetry Month is a registered trademark of the academy of american poets.

in adherence with NpM’s goals of “highlighting the ex-traordinary legacy and ongo-ing achievement of american poets” and “encouraging the increased publication and dis-tribution of poetry,” we ask us to send your best work via email to ttnews@tritownnews.com or p/O Box 208 in Sidney, N.y., 13838.

we look forward to reading!

BGSCD Capital Project Vote Passes with Ease

By allison collins

BaiNBridge – after holding months of informa-tional meetings and presen-tations, superintendent of Bainbridge-guilford central School, Timothy ryan, was happy to announce that, after a March 22 vote, taxpayers passed the district’s proposed capital project.

Of the 291 votes, 204 bal-lots were cast in favor of the project and 87 against it.

“we’re very excited that our capital project passed,” said ryan Monday morning.

“we’re very pleased with the large number of ‘yes’ votes. This shows that the taxpayers and community members are comfortable with the direc-tion the district is heading.”

priced at $16.5 million, the project will renovate, recon-figure and revitalize aspects of all of the district’s three buildings as well as the bus garage, though the junior/se-nior high school will see the lion’s share of improvements.

The next step, said ryan, will be submitting the project proposal to the NyS educa-tion department for approval, a process which could take up

to nine months. “Then we’ll go out to bid and we’re hop-ing to break ground in the fall of ’18,” said ryan, who noted that, in keeping with that timeline, the project should see completion in the fall of 2020.

praising what he called a “strong margin of support,” ryan underscored, “we’re thrilled. This has been a long, hard process and a lot of work from the district and the board of education.”

To learn more about the BgcS capital project, visit www.bgcsd.org.

2017 Unatego Dollars for Scholars Kicks Off Saturday

uNadiLLa/OTegO – unatego central School

will kick off its annual dol-lars for Scholars drive on Sat-urday, april 1 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the unadilla community center (formerly the Masonic temple). This year, unatego seniors will be seeking funds for scholarships ranging from $100 to $1000

through a mail-a-thon. 100 percent of funds raised are distributed to seniors in the form of various scholarships awarded at graduation. all donations are tax deductible.

anyone willing and able to help out unatego’s class of 2017 should make checks out to unatego dollars for Scholars.

anyone who does not re-

ceive a solicitation in the mail and would still like to contrib-ute, should mail a donation to:

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pO Box 201Otego, Ny 13825The seniors and the un-

atego chapter of dollars for Scholars thank the commu-nity in advance for its support.

Afton to Host Chili Cook-off & More Saturday

aFTON – The Village of afton parks committee is planning a chili cook-off challenge and sales event for this Saturday, april 1 at the afton Town hall, located at 204 a county rd. 39.

The event will kick off at 10 a.m. and is expected to con-

tinue until 5 p.m., with pro-ceeds benefitting the purchase of new playground equipment.

chili entries will be judged and awarded prizes for first, second and third place. The chili will then be sold as part of the fundraiser.

a variety of vendors will also be on-hand throughout

the event, offering gifts and products for all occasions, including easter. There will be a raffle for two assembled easter baskets (one for a boy and one for a girl) as well as lots of food beyond just chili.

There is no admission fee for this event and all are welcome.