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will receive a gift basket full of goose-themed goodies.

Okto’bear’Fest — Shy Bear Brewing has scheduled this year’s Okto’bear’fest in accord with Goose Day. On the 29th, join the Tussey Mountain Moonshiners (bluegrass) as they entertain the crowd during your Goose Day meal. On the 30th, the Bavarian Stompers will put the “oom” and the “pah” in your Friday night. Saturday will be the main day of activities with all day music, festivities, and German food options. Sunday will feature Miss Melanie on the stage. Shy Bear’s special Märzen Lager will be available for

Submitted photos Above, a diner enjoys a Goose Day dinner. Right, Alyssa Brown poses for a photo with Night Gander at Buttonwood Campground. pours alongside a few other special beers.

Goose Day Postcard

— Each year, the visitors bureau chooses to feature a local artist’s design on the Goose Day postcard.

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Enjoy your young athlete’s play, and they will too

With the fall sports season approaching, parents will be back on the sidelines cheering on their kids.

That’s good.

But some of those parents — way too many, it seems — have forgotten that their job is not to coach, officiate or criticize those who do.

To be a good sports parent — in any season, for kids of any age — you need to remember that your role is to sit in the bleachers, root for the kids and buy a hot dog (it helps support the team!).

Longtime soccer player and coach John O’Sullivan founded the Changing the Game Project after seeing a major shift in the culture of youth sports — and not a change for the better. We’ve all seen parents — and coaches, and players, the latter often learning it from their parents — berating coaches and officials, often volunteers, for trying to make sports better. O’Sullivan, who w r o t e “Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High-Performing Athletes and Giving Youth Sports back to Our Kids,” has become somewhat of a Ted Talk phenomenon in youth sports circles for his presentation on the role of parents in athletics (you can watch it online at https://youtu.be/VXw0XGOVQvw).

The key, he says, is to support your athlete — and his or her coach, and the officials on the field — no matter what. Nothing that happens that day will change anyone’s life — unless you, the parent, make it a bad memory for your child.

“I love watching you play”

That’s the most important takeaway from O’Sullivan — something you can and should say to your young athlete. Don’t tell them what they did wrong

Jeff Fishbein

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JV Family photo by Mike Carmo Photography My son Chris wanted to play goalie at an early age, and when he reached the squirt level (10U) he finally got into net in games. Look closely — he made the save. Seven years later, I still swell with pride when I see this photo.