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Contents A local pistol champion values lessons - - - - - - 10

By Joseph Abraham Attorney Richard Baum has a love of firearms - especially pistols. He has become a champion marksman and believes many lessons can be learned on the range.

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By Peter Fiduccia

Learn from a pro. Peter Fiduccia has spent decades mastering the skill of calling in whitetails. Find out what he has learned from this do it yourself article.

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By Kate Fiduccia Kate Fiduccia shares recipes for wild game that will step you through the creation of a mouth-watering dish, and the whole family can dig in and savor the flavor!

The artistry of a Catskills Autumn - - - - - - - - - 36

By Willow Baum Do you have a love of the great outdoors? This photo essay will let you enjoy one of Sullivan County’s most beautiful seasons.

Culinary choices upon choices- - - - - - - - - - - - 40

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‘Hang on to mamma’ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50

By Kathy Daley This unusual mammal is often seen crossing our roads – sometimes not too successfully.

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Friends of Walnut create ADA trail - - - - - - - - 58

By Autumn Schanil Walnut Mountain Park in Liberty is renowned for its hiking and biking trails – which now measures about 16 miles. Recently ‘Friends of Walnut’ built an ADA trail, find out how.

Sullivan County Conservation Club turns 50 - 71

By Rich Klein Sullivan County Conservation Club President John Van Etten said the club has accomplished much in the past five decades. Find out how they have promoted conservation and built wildlife habitat across Sullivan County.

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Publisher Frederick W. Stabbert III • Co - Editors Joseph Abraham and Matthew Shortall • Editorial Assistants Willow Baum, Kaitlin Carney, Kathy Daley, Peter and Kate Fiduccia, Rich Klein, Patricio Robayo, Richard Ross, Jeanne Sager, Autumn Schanil, Ed Townsend • Advertising Director Liz Tucker • Advertising Coordinator Janice Vooght • Advertising Representatives Barbara Matos, Susan Panella, Tim Sohn • Telemarketing Coordinator Michelle Reynolds • Classifieds Janet Will Circulation Linda Davis, Kohloa Zaitsha • Production Associates Ruth Huggler, Rosalie Mycka, Elizabeth Finnegan, Petra Duffy, Nyssa Calkin, Claire Humbert, Peter Melnick • Business Manager Sue Owens • Business Department Patricia Biedinger Margaret Bruetsch • Distribution Billy Smith • Phil Grisafe

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Richard Baum

Local pistol champion values the lessons from shooting sports

STORY AND PHOTOS

BY JOSEPH ABRAHAM When he’s not working hard as a lawyer or spending time with family, Richard Baum enjoys participating in shooting sports, something he fell in love with a little over 20 years ago.

“I was always athletic growing up,” Baum said. “In middle and high school I played sports. I was a wrestler, baseball player and I was also a martial artist.”

Baum trained in martial arts for several years in Monticello and after 25 years, he became a fourth degree black belt. He also wrestled and played baseball his freshman year of college. He got injured that year, and grew tired of organized athletics, but stuck with karate, and spent time training and 10 • CATSKILL-DELAWARE, FALL-WINTER 2017

teaching Go Ju karate.

One day in the mid-1990s, out of the blue, Baum woke up with intense back pain, from herniated discs, which prevented him from playing sports and continuing in the martial arts. Sometime after, he was sitting with a friend who told him about bullseye shooting competition also known as NRA Conventional Pistol.

Baum had some experience with firearms prior to that conversation, as he’d recreationally go to the shooting range from time to time.

Once Baum went to a competition, he became hooked on shooting sports. “It became my outlet,” Baum said. “It substituted for athletic endeavors.”

Baum noted that with many of the shooting sports, there isn’t a significant physical toll on the body.

And the rest was history!

Shooting accolades While his main focus was bullseye shooting, Baum also shot other pistol competition, shot-

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Through a local club in Orange County, Baum met Ray Carney, High Power Director for the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, (NYSRPA) who told him, “You need to go to the Regional Match in Puerto Rico.” The match was sponsored by the Puerto Rico National Guard at the base in Salinas. It involved conventional pistol and high power rifle.

Before making the trip South, Baum had already earned the classification of Master Shooter.

While in Puerto Rico, Baum met the director of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Pistol Team. Baum joined the association’s team, which went on to earn quite the collection of trophies, some of which decorate Baum’s Callicoon office.

Baum also started competing at the National Matches at Camp Perry in Port Clinton, Ohio.

His best individual finish there was sixth in the Master Class. He competed on the NYSRPA

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High Master team at Perry as well.

Locally, Baum also competed on the Orange County Pistol team which racked up several state championships and regional wins.

At Nationals, there are additional matches where shooters could earn honors conducted by the Office of the Director of Civilian Marksmanship Programs and include the Excellence in Competition, President’s 100 and National Trophy Team Matches, all of which had their own unique set of standards required in order to earn the designation. Throughout the years, Baum went on to excel in all of them and has the certificates to prove it. He has made the President’s 100 and earned the Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge.

While competing was fun, travel, as well as the prices of guns and ammo, began to add up.

Combine that with having a family and the amount of time to participate in these competitions was limited. So Baum stopped shooting bullseye sometime between 2004 and 2005.

While his bullseye days are behind him,

Baum was introduced to the International Defense and Pistol Association (IDPA), which is an action pistol game. Instead of the accuracy of bullseye shooting, where you had to hit a particular spot and had plenty of time to place each shot with maximum accuracy, the focus was now concealing your weapon and moving through a 3D course of fire to engage targets as fast and accurately as possible. Similar to IDPA is the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA), which Baum also still competes in.

Currently, Baum is a member of the NRA, New York State Rifle and Pistol Association and Brookwood Rod and Gun Club in Rock Hill.

The value of shooting sports One of the reasons Baum appreciates shooting sports are the value in its lessons, so much so that he’s brought his two children to some youth shooting sports programs and to the range.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 gun safety and find out about the shooting sports,” he explained. “It teaches you tremendous discipline. The nature of it is that you must behave. You can’t make mistakes. Safety is the prime directive.”

He enjoys spending practice time at the range, but encourages competition to test the quality of the practice.

Baum added that, “The results are measurable, In competition, you can’t ignore the bad shots.”

Through participation in the shooting sports, Baum has met some amazing people and made lifelong friendships.

Even those that didn’t know you, lent a helping hand. For example, one time at a competition, he was having trouble with his ammunition. Someone competing against him gave him some of their ammo so he could finish the match and afterwards, wouldn’t take money for it.

“Even though you’re competing against one another, there is a camaraderie,” Baum said,

noting that people in all walks of life compete in the shooting sports and that they are placed in classes based solely on their ability.

“Everyone is shoulder to shoulder. For a sport generally considered politically incorrect, it’s as politically correct as anything.”

Some groups Baum mentioned as being great resources for young people to learn gun safety from include the Delaware Valley Junior Rifle Club, Sullivan County Conservation Club and the recently established Monticello High School Trap Shooting team.

Baum believes when the youth participate in these programs, the mystique and natural curiosity about firearms, goes away and is replaced with a healthy respect for the serious nature of them and the critical safety rules.

It also prepares them for the ebbs and flow of life, as Baum explained, “I think the approach, obeying safety rules 100% of the time, having focus and mental toughness to see things through even though things aren’t always going your way is a tremendous skill for every aspect of life.”

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he use of deer calls has gotten a lot of attention in print and on television over the last couple of decades. Unfortunately, a few deer hunting authorities hype the use of deer calls as a sure-fire trophy-producing strategy. It would be absolutely incorrect to believe

that is the case. Like a majority of deer hunting techniques, calling only works well when used correctly [during the proper time of year, and under the appropriate conditions].

The grunt sound vocalizations are most often imitated by hunters to attract a buck, but it is often misused and misunderstood by hunters.

Mostly because there is so much puffery type propaganda about grunt calls.

During my five decades of achieving my deer calling experience, I have discovered through trial and error, (mostly error) how to be consistently successful when I use deer calls. If I had CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

Peter says less is more when trying to use grunt calls to attract big bucks. He said most deer in the wild are soft-spoken and he would describe his method as a ‘low impact deer caller.’ Read his article to learn the proper way.

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In other words, I have learned to imitate deer vocalizations as I have heard deer make them in the wild. I emulate their communications as closely as I possibly can. Therefore, the most successful deer callers in the nation are those who can accurately reproduce deer vocalizations to sound as natural as possible. Basically, that means staying away from making your calls sound too aggressive, too loud, and – most importantly – unnaturally long in length.

Overview of Deer Calls I have been extremely fortunate to have gained considerable knowledge and an intuitive understanding about using different all deer vocalizations (grunt, adult blat, fawn bleat and snort) to draw, reveal, hold, stop, or intentionally spook deer from cover.

I have amassed a lot of experience in using deer sounds that work consistently well, particularly the grunt and snort.

The primary grunt has six (six) cadences (variations) including;

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Volume The most problematic factor in preventing hunters from becoming top-notch, consistently successful grunt callers is they often apply too much volume to their grunt calls.

If you have ever heard a natural grunt you know that it is a softly made sound, but yet it can be heard by hunters from a considerable distance (100 or more yards away).

All the grunt vocalizations should be made in a low and natural sounding tone. If they are not, they will suggest aggression to another buck.

Callers who insist on making high volume deer calls will inevitably not be as successful as those callers who keep the volume to a low, natural sounding level.

These hunters will always have more action.

Length Both the trail and tending grunt sounds are

short in duration. The length of a grunt call can either make it sound very natural to another buck, or incredibly unrealistic to him.

All cadences of the primary grunt are among the shortest in length of the deer sounds. In other words, when in doubt, opt for making shorter rather than a longer grunt call.

A majority of deer hunters have a drawer full of knives, and another drawer jammed full of different types of grunt calls. Do you know why?

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Other times hunters will grunt to a buck and the buck will totally ignore the call and walk away as if he never heard it. My experience has taught me the chief reason a buck ignores a grunt call is that the message sent by the caller is a combination of wrong messages and volumes.

Often a grunt is made much more loudly and aggressive sounding than it should be. Combine that with the fact that the grunt’s effectiveness actually has a smaller window of opportunities than all the other deer vocalizations used, and you can see how the grunt can be viewed as a confounding deer call.

The window of grunt call’s peak success occurs during the “chase period” of the breeding season.

If you hunt within the latitudes and longitudes of 40 to 50 degrees north and 50 to 120 degrees east/west within the United States (and most of you reading this probably do) the zenith period of the “big chase” phase of the primary rut will take place between October 31st and November 14th (allowing a few days on either end).

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The Trail-Grunt The trailing-grunt (aka trail-grunt) is the one deer vocalization hunters hear and recognize as one of the most identified sexual sounds bucks

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The trailing-grunt is a vocalization a buck makes when either he sees the doe off in the distance, or more often, when he doesn’t see the doe and he has his nose planted firmly in the ground as he follows a scent trail of an estrus doe. This is when a buck is most vulnerable.

This vocalization is very short in duration. The passion of the sound clearly indicates that the buck is highly stimulated. While some bucks will grunt each time their front hooves hit the ground, others may only make a few grunts every 20 to 50 yards. This is one of the few deer vocalizations where there is no correct or incorrect way to imitate it as far as repetitiveness. It will tolerate varying differences in how it is mimicked by the hunter as long as the sound is

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When blind calling (calling to a deer that is not in sight) to a buck using the trail-grunt a sequence might sound like this; uurrp, uurrp, uurrp, uurrp, uurrp, uurrp, uurrp, I often will make five to ten grunts in quick succession.

Then I will wait about 10 minutes and make another sequence again but in a different direction. A buck making a trailing-grunt is on the move so blowing the sound from different directions will sound more realistic. Once he reacts, stop calling and let his natural instinctive curiosity behavior weave its magic.

The Tending-Grunt This is a very guttural grunt of moderate intensity with a low pitch made by bucks during the rut. It is most commonly heard when a buck has actually caught up with an estrus doe and he is accompanying (tending) her. Research states that tending-grunts “seem to be made by bucks 2.5 years old and older.” The tending grunt is of longer duration than the trail grunt (or any of the other grunts) something to be kept in mind when trying to imitate this call.

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Conclusion While either of the two grunts mentioned can cause a buck to respond immediately, it can also discourage a buck from responding equally as fast, especially if it is used at the wrong time of the rut and under the wrong circumstances.

The fact is the window of opportunity for using a grunt call that will cause a positive reaction is relatively small. That’s because bucks don’t grunt nearly as often or for as long a period of time as hunters are led to believe. Over the last 50 plus years, I have found there are probably only about 15 to 20 days during the entire deer season, including all three phases of the rut and the chase period, that bucks actually engage in making a wide variation of low pitched rut related grunt vocalizations.

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There is no absolutely no doubt that the most tender and flavorful pieces of venison are provided by two cuts: the backstraps and tenderloins.

There is, however, a widespread misconception, even by long-time deer hunters, that the tenderloins are the long cut of meat that runs alongside a deer’s spine (from the top of the deer downward).

The fact is, this long delectable cut is the backstrap – and not the tenderloin. The tenderloins are located inside the deer’s abdominal cavity and they, too, are absolutely delicious tablefare.

Both the tenderloin and backstrap can be used in a wide ranging manner of recipes. My favorite backstrap dish, however, is called Backstrap Delight.

I use it mostly as a “starter” (appetizer) served before the entrée, or simply serve it alone as a social hors d’oeuvre. It makes a wonderful traditional dish served either way on the eve of opening day every deer season.

The fact is, though, I don’t dare not to prepare it. For many years, it has been made emphatically clear to me long before opening day that our guests, once again, politely request that I make this traditional and scrumptious dish.

I first prepared this recipe with moose backstraps more than two decades ago after returning from a moose hunt in Newfoundland. Most often, though, I prepare this recipe using the backstraps from a white tailed deer.

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Over the years, I can’t tell you how many rave reviews I have had for this very easy and quick recipe. Its cooking simplicity is the strong point of this dish. It preserves the tenderness, and greatly enhances the culinary enjoyment as well.

Simply cut each slice of the backstraps very thin and gently pat each piece thin. Lightly coat a frying pan with pure top grade canola oil.

Once the pan is heated, place several pieces of the sliced backstraps at a time into the pan.

The venison should sear in the oil for several seconds, then quickly flip each piece for an additional several seconds and quickly sprinkle each serving with nothing more than a little crushed sea-salt and crushed fresh black pepper that was prepared beforehand.

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Keep them coming until you’re out of meat to cook.

Some traditional side dishes served with the Backstrap Delight include a casserole dish of fire-roasted corn and fried eggplant.

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Eight 3-4 oz. tenderloin filets Salt and Pepper to taste 4 tbsp. butter 2 shallots, minced ¼ cup dry red wine 1 cup low sodium beef stock

Bring the venison loin filets to room temperature. Season them with salt and pepper to taste.

Over high heat, melt 2-3 tablespoons of the butter in a medium sauté pan.

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Opossums are marsupials like kangaroos: babies are born very tiny and make their way straight from the birth canal to the mother's pouch where they develop. When a little older, they ride around on their mother's back, holding on by feet and tail.

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ith its long snout, rat-like tail and predisposition to getting hit by cars, the opossum is not the most highly admired of our native animals.

But the animal that resembles a large blond rodent is, in fact, one of our most unusual mammals. And science continues to uncover the good qualities of the eras-old animal with the monkey's tail.

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For one, the opossum is the only North American representation of a marsupial akin to the kangaroos and wallabies on the continent of Australia.

TEATS AND TICKS Marsupials are born before they are completely developed and then continue their growth inside their mother's abdominal pouch. In the case of the opossum, babies are born about a half-inch long and crawl from just outside the birth canal

through their mother's fur, as though they are swimming toward the warm pouch. Lined with fur and milk glands, the pouch closes to keep the young from falling out.

Baby opossums latch onto the mother's teats and start to nurse. The nipples enlarge, swelling in the baby's mouth and helping it stay hooked. For the next six weeks, the young do nothing but eat, sleep and grow.

Meanwhile, their multi-tasking mother forages for food and dodges danger. Slow-moving, she is an easy prey for owls, foxes, bears and coyotes, not to mention the occasional fast-moving vehicle.

Mama 'possum sleeps hidden in a hollow tree or log or beneath a porch or in an old building, making nighttime forays for insects, fruit, fish, eggs, frogs and birds. Biologists note that a single opossum can rid the world of 4,000 harmful ticks each day, as it grooms itself and eats the buggers that cause Lyme disease in humans and pets.

Meanwhile, inside the maternal pouch, the young opossums grow and begin to open their eyes. They start leaving the pouch for short periods. Until they are able to fend for themselves, at

about four months old, the mother opossum carries them around on her back. They cling to her with their feet or with their prehensile tail, which allows them to seize and grasp things as does a monkey's tail.

NIGHTTIME IS BEST Opossums are largely creatures of the dark, shuffling through wet leaves for food or digging crickets out of hiding places. Largely blamed for raiding trash cans, more often than not, they wind up foraging through domestic refuse after a raccoon, dog or cat has done the dirty work first.

These marsupials can climb to the top of the tallest tree using their tails and hand-shaped feet.

They possess five toes on each foot; the feet have long, sharp nails. Their back feet also feature a toe that is used like a thumb to grasp branches. They can even cling to a branch with their back foot while they hang down their head and tail to raid a bird's nest.

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spend a good part of their time licking their feet to keep them clean, using their paws to clean their faces like a cat does or to hold onto their tail while it gets a good cleaning. Their hind feet serve as combs to rid themselves of parasites like ticks and fleas.

Opossum can suffer from cold in the fall and winter, and grooming a coat so it is not dirty or matted is critical to keeping their body warm. In winter, they retire to a den and leave only occasionally, particularly if snow is on the ground.

Originally tropical animals, the opossum hearkens back to a period just after the extinction of dinosaurs some 65 million years ago. They are not able to bulk up with fat during the winter as do other mammals. Temperatures below 19 degrees Fahrenheit can kill them.

DEAD OR ALIVE? The slow, plodding opossum, which fully grown is about the size of a house cat, is timid at heart and easily frightened. It will hiss, growl and display its teeth when cornered. But nature has endowed the creature with the unusual ability to pretend to be dead in the face of a more powerful opponent.

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tongue protrudes, its gums draw back from the teeth, and breathing slows. Naturalists have not been able to determine if the feigned death, which can last for hours, is deliberate or if the animal goes into a type of protective faint.

Science is also working on another opossum characteristic: the animals are completely unaffected by snake bites that would be poisonous to other creatures. A team of biologists from San Jose State University has isolated a protein from the blood of opossums that shows promise as an antivenom medication against snakebites.

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‘Friends of Walnut’ creating ADA trail

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early five years ago in the fall, a group of mountain bikers known as the Renegades Mountain Bike Club were working at a nearby park, and began to discuss the pathways and trails located throughout Town of Liberty's Walnut Mountain Park, where they often go to ride.

“I suggested to the other bikers the idea of adopting the park," said mountain biker and club member Glen Horton. “We often go there to ride the trails so it just seemed like it would make sense.”

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ways there, fixing them up to make them a bit more biker and hiker friendly.

“In the 70s bike trails were pretty straight up and down,” explained Horton, “but now mountain bikes are set up pretty different. Some of the Renegades ride a single speed bike, so the trails have been worked on with that in mind.”

According to Horton, at the moment there are about 16 miles of trails found in Walnut Mountain Park.

“Over the last four years since we started, the park and its trails have come quite a long way,” said Horton.

With his background in recreation and outdoor education, Horton felt he wanted to do more for the park, and had long had the idea of installing an interpretive trail there. A trail that

could be easily accessed by anyone hoping to learn more about the park and its inhabitants. That's when the idea for an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible trail came to the forefront.

“Somewhere between the Renegades working on trails and the idea of the ADA trail, my social side kicked in,” laughed Horton. “There was a group of us that would come here to hike during the winter because we don't typically mountain bike in winter. We all started talking about the ADA trail and formed a separate organization from the Renegades that we call the ‘Friends of Walnut.’”

Horton continued to explain that the next step was to get a grant, so he put in for a grant, with the help of the Town of Liberty, through the County.

The Friends of Walnut were granted more than $6,500 for the ADA trail.

“It's an in-kind grant, meaning we have to put in that much volunteer and work time into making the trail,” said Horton, “and in exchange at the very end they'll give us that amount to replace any materials.”

Currently the volunteer group which consists of about 15 or 16 members, has put in about 200 hours, or the equivalent of $4,000, and expect the trail to be completed

by April of next year. The goal is to make the trail accessible to as much of the population as possible: older individuals, people with disabilities or just the average person who enjoys going for a walk.

“We want to make this a comfortable walk,” Horton stated, “and also an educational walk, so perhaps school groups can come here or just anyone who wants to learn more about the area.”

The Friends of Walnut plan on placing signage throughout the trail as well as five separate stop offs that overlook an area with more detailed The Friends of Walnut Mountain trail weaves in and out of the wooded information available, such as the area, passing through all different types of trees, plants, and shrubby CONTINUED ON PAGE 66

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“Also at each stop we'd like to incorporate a quote from people like American naturalist and nature essayist John Burroughs,” said Horton, “so we'll get some literature in here as well.”

The ADA trail will be about .2 miles long and will have two spurs off of it. One spur will make the trail shorter in case of emergencies and the second (an idea for the future) will go down toward an old beaver dam.

The trail has been a lot of work, according to Horton, especially because everything has to be hand done without machinery so as not to destroy any of the wooded area.

And the trail will end up costing much more than the initial in-kind grant.

“We would love to have more volunteers come and help out, because this trail is for everybody to use,”said Horton, “especially more people from the area because most of us are currently

From the left, Samantha George, Glen Horton, Stephen Herbert and Robert Wilson work on constructing a wooden bridge over a bit of rough terrain to make the path more ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant.

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John Van Etten in the woods behind his home in Liberty.

He said the group also takes an active part in youth education and safety programs around shooting, trapping and archery and each program has 12-16 kids. In addition, the group has hosted the Monticello High School Trap Team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a large hunter education program,â&#x20AC;? Van Etten said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do two hunting classes with rifle and two bow hunting classes each year.â&#x20AC;? Kids have to be at least 12 to use real guns and the younger ones use simulated guns.

Van Etten, an avid fisherman, said the group is going to be stocking $3,000 worth of walleyes (purchased from three hatcheries) in two Sullivan County Lakes this year. He identified one as White Lake in Bethel and said they are still deciding on the second lake.

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Van Etten said that he is pleased that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has opened up many acres of land that it owns in the county to allow hiking and hunting.

Among the many great places to fish, Van Etten said his favorites are Swan Lake, White Lake and Briscoe Lake because of the structures of those lakes.

Asked why the natural resources of Sullivan County stand out, Van Etten said: “We are in one of the most beautiful areas of the Catskills. We have tons of state land and now have more public access to DEP land and that’s only been in the last 10 years or so. It’s not just the reservoirs (Rondout and Neversink) themselves. It’s literally tens of thousands of acres of public land where the streams are, that feed into those reservoirs.”

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2017 Not sure what to do now that it’s getting chilly?

Check out these events and bring along your family and friends!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 Haunted Theatre Tour in Sullivan County at the Rivoli Theatre in South Fallsburg, from 6:00PM to 10:00PM. All tickets are $10 and are on sale now at www.scdw.net, and at the box office.

Flicks Film Series at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts presents The Shining - at the Bethel Woods Museum Theater . The film stars Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. This event is for adults 18 and over. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for members. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. and the movie starts at 7 p.m. A special gift will be given to those who dress as either characters from the film or 1920’s party attire. For more info or to purchase tickets, visit www.bethelwoodscenter.org/ events/detail/the-shining.

Rocky Horror Picture Show live on stage, 11 p.m. at the Forestburgh Playhouse Tavern, Get Your Tix Today! This Show Sells Out Every Year! COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED! Visit the website at Forestburghtavern.com or call 845-794-1194 For Info & Tix. Located at 39 Forestburgh Rd. Fifth annual SAFE trick-or-treat from 4-6 p.m. at SUNY Sullivan. With plenty of candy, treats, and kid-friendly scares, it’s a great way to kick off the Halloween weekend! 112 College Rd., Loch Sheldrake 12759.

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thereafter: haunted house, hay rides, bonfire, pumpkin patch, Halloween crafts, and more!

Adults must accompany children (no dropoffs). For more info, call 845-888-3000, option 0.

Celebrating All Saints and the Sinners too with that Old Black Magic called Jazz. Cab Frank is joined by Joe Tranchina and Robert Kopec on this night when the veil between the worlds slips away. Cabernet Frank’s, 38 Main St., Parksville 12768.

Empire State Performance Rally in Narrowsburg at Camp Keowa, Ten Mile River Scout Reservation, Narrowsburg 12768.

Begins 9 p.m. Continues through the weekend. Visit: esprally.com email: esprally@gmail.com or phone: 845-866-7995

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 Delaware Youth Center’s Children’s Costume Parade and Party - costume parade down Main Street. Line up at 12:45 p.m. behind the Delaware Free Library and parade begins at 1 p.m. Games and treats at the youth center following the parade till 4 p.m.

Halloween Dance - The Delaware Youth Center in Callicoon holds their annual benefit dance. Live band, prizes for best costumes 811 p.m. Bring your own refreshments. Age: 21+ For information call 887-5634 or email info@delawareyouthcenter.org.

91st Annual Roast Beef Dinner - 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Youngsville Fire Department Haunted Theatre Tour in Sullivan County at the Rivoli Theatre in South Fallsburg from

6:00PM to 10:00PM. All tickets are $10 and are on sale now at www.scdw.net, and at the box office.

Chamber Music Series presented by Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra continues with “Sounds of Russia” at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 15 St. John Street, Monticello at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20, seniors are $18, and students get in free. For more info, visit www.nesinculturalarts.org or call (845) 7989006.

Bethel Flea Market - From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., enjoy the final day of this year’s Bethel Flea Market on Rte 17B. The flea market will feature antiques, jewelry, shoes, handbags, vintage clothes, t-shirts, BBQ, fruits & vegetables, hand crafted items, household goods and much more. For more information, contact Stephen at (845) 798-5088 or Naomi at (516) 974-2214.

Rocky Horror Picture Show live on stage, 11 p.m. at the Forestburgh Playhouse Tavern, Get Your Tix Today! This Show Sells Out Every Year! COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED! Visit the website at Forestburghtavern.com or call 845-794-1194 For Info & Tix. Located at 39 Forestburgh Rd. Wurtsboro Halloweenfest - Veteran’s Park, Sullivan St., Wurtsboro. Costume contests for both kids & pets with prizes, kids’ crafts & activities, a walking tour of storefront window paintings and more! 12 - 3 p.m.

Fall Fun Day at Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library at 12 p.m. Come for an afternoon full of activities. Come dressed as a scarecrow to

Annual Halloween Parade take part in the scarecrow Livingston Manor Fire Dept. parade and win prizes. Listen Ladies Auxiliary at 4 p.m. to a fall themed story and paint rocks to look like THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 pumpkins. Enjoy apple cider Program at E.B. Crawford & donuts and get your face Public Library Broadway, painted. They will also be Monticello at 6:30 p.m. John having a book sale, so stock Conway presents a program on up on some cozy reads for “Women’s Suffrage” specificalfall. Fall Fun Day is great for ly in Sullivan County. This prothe whole family! For more gram is free and open to the info, call (845) 794-4660 ext. public. For more information, 5. call 845 794-4660.

Livingston Manor Free SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Library and the Kaatskeller EVA at Tusten Theatre featurinvite you to a community ing breathtaking voices with Halloween Party from 12 p.m. roots in Australia, Ireland, the – 3 p.m. There will be pizza, UK & the USA, EVA performs a scary stories, costume conseamless mix of traditional and test, games and more! For contemporary original folk students in grades K-6th. music. Tickets $20 advance, Parents and siblings welcome. $25 at the door. For more info, Call (845) 439-5440 for more visit http://delawarevalleyartinformation. salliance.org/eva-folk-trio/.

Blues at Bethel Woods Béla Fleck & Abigail Bethel Woods will be hosting Washburn - The musical a live blues performance, feaThe Forestburgh Playhouse will be presenting Rocky Horror Picture stylings of Béla Fleck & Abigail turing Midnight Slim at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit Show live on stage on Friday and Saturday, October 27 and 28. Call Washburn will be coming to the Bethel Woods Event Gallery. www.bethelwoodscenter .org. 794-1194 for details. See listing for more details.

Tickets are $45, $55, $75, and Monster Mash Party featuring $85. Doors open at 7 p.m. and Paprika at Cab Frankenstein’s! the show starts at 8 p.m. For It’ll be an all ghoul’s night. more information, visit http://www.bethelPrizes for best costume and more…. at SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29 woodscenter.org/events/detail/belafleckabigalCabernet Frank’s from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Flicks Film Series at Bethel Woods Center for washburn.

38 Main Street in Parksville. the Arts presents the 1993 Halloween classic, WCHS Annual Dinner - The Wayne County Halloween Car Cruise - Last cruise of the seaTim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Historical Society will celebrate at Lukan’s son. Decorate your classic cars, trucks, and Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for members and Farm Resort their Annual Dinner and their motorcycles to join the music and fun. 3 p.m. $5 for children. The film will screen at 2 p.m.

100th year! The dinner takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Honesdale National Bank lot For more info or to purchase tickets, visit p.m. t o 10 p.m. Please call (570) 253-3240 or Rte. 6 Plaza in Honesdale, PA. www.bethelwoodscenter.org/ visit www.waynehistorypa.org for more inforEmpire State Performance Rally in events/detail/the-nightmare-before-christmas. mation.

Narrowsburg at Camp Keowa, Ten Mile River SCCO String Quartet: Sounds of Russia - The Scout Reservation, Narrowsburg 12768.

Chamber Music Series presented by the SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Begins 9 p.m. Continues through the weekSullivan County Chamber Orchestra continues 15th Annual Craft Fair featuring over 40 venend. Visit: esprally.com email: with “Sounds of Russia” at the Liberty dors hosted by Liberty Fire Department Ladies esprally@gmail.com or phone: 845-866-7995 Museum & Arts Center on 46 South Main St Auxiliary. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Liberty Farming with Kids 10:00 a.m. at Apple Pond in Liberty at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20, seniors are Firehouse, Sprague Ave. Liberty.

Farm, 80 Hahn Rd., Callicoon Center 12724 $18, and students get in free. For more info, The Right to Vote: 100th Anniversary - speHands on tasks for children. Milk a goat, feed visit www.nesinculturalarts.org or call (845) cial program commemorating the 100th sheep, chickens. Program varies.

798-9006. anniversary of women getting the right to Barryville Farmers’ Market 10:00 am - 1:00 Empire State Performance Rally in vote in New York State, including an exhibit pm 3385 State Rte. 97 Barryville 12719 Open Narrowsburg at Camp Keowa, Ten Mile River on prominent local women. Refreshments are air market featuring local products from 15 Scout Reservation, Narrowsburg 12768. included. 2 p.m. Members: FREE, non memfarmers, producers and artisans.

Begins 9 p.m. Continues through the weekbers: $3. Time and the Valleys Museum on 332 Story Pirates – Free Community end. Visit: esprally.com email: Main St. in Grahamsville. For more informaPerformance, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, Bethel esprally@gmail.com or phone: 845-866-7995 tion, please call (845) 985-7711.

Woods Center for the Arts, 200 Hurd Rd, Los Lonely Boys - The “Texican rock” of Los Bethel 12720 Engage. Experience. Explore TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31 Lonely Boys comes to the Event Gallery at presents Story Pirates! Story Pirates is a Grahamsville United Methodist Church Thrift Bethel Woods. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the nationally-treasured troupe of actors and Sales and Luncheons. Thrift Sales 9:30 a.m. show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $60-80. For comedians. The highly respected education 12:30 p.m., and Luncheons 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 more information, please visit organization will come to Bethel Woods to p.m. 356 Main St., Grahamsville. Call 985http://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/events/det perform a musical sketch comedy show fea2283 for info. ail/los-lonely-boys. turing stories written by the region’s young Trunk or Treat in the Backyard Park - 4 to 5:30 5K Turkey Trot - Main Street in Livingston people. Please reserve your FREE tickets for an p.m. or until the treats are gone. Located at Manor. Registration is at 12 p.m. to 12:45 exciting performance at the Backyard Park in Jeffersonville. 876 Swiss p.m. Race begins at 1 p.m. Adults $20, stuticketmaster.com/aps/bethel/EN/buy/ Hill Road North. Info: villageofjeff@gmail.com details/EDU1028 or call (845) 482-4275.

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Lights to Music begins in the Village’s Backyard Park - 876 Swiss Hill Road N. Jeffersonville. Info (845) 4824275.

Annual James Dworetsky Memorial Holiday Parade - 7 p.m., Main Street, Jeffersonville. After parade visit with Santa at Jeffersonville firehouse. To enter a float or participate, call (845) 4824151.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 75 dents $15 and children 0-10 are FREE. For more information, please call (845) 4395440 or e-mail kfowler@rcls.org.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Bernie Shore/Rose Raimond Memorial Roast Beef Dinner will be held from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Monticello Elks Lodge, 46 North Street.

Dinner is sponsored by the Monticello Kiwanis Club and prepared by Jay Shore. The cost is $10/person. Eat in or Take out. Call Lori at 845794-2888 for ticket info or buy at door.

The musical stylings of Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn will be comSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25 ing to the Bethel Woods Event Gallery on Saturday, Nov. 4. Tickets Holiday Craft Fair - The are $45, $55, $75, and $85. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show Delaware Youth Center in starts at 8 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.bethelwood- Callicoon hosts a craft fair, providing a unique assortment of scenter.org/events/detail/belafleckabigalwashburn.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Grahamsville United Methodist Church Thrift Sales and Luncheons. Thrift Sales 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., and Luncheons 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 356 Main St., Grahamsville. Call 985-2283 for info.

Election Day Soup & Chili Sale - Kenoza Lake Methodist Church at Kenoza Lake firehouse. 11 a.m. until sold out.

Election Day Soup & Bread - Kiwanis Club at Delaware Youth Center, Callicoon.

Adult Coloring Night - De-stress for the holidays, color away your cares, and spend an evening relaxing at the Wayne County Public Library on 1406 Main Street in Honesdale, PA! The event takes place at 5:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Elizabeth at (570) 253-1220 or ewilson@waynelibraries .org to register.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 DVAA presents The Dalí Quartet – “Classical Roots, Latin Soul.” This unique chamber group performs a signature mix of Latin American, Classical and Romantic repertoire that’s totally unique, vibrant and exciting. Show starts at 7 p.m. at 210 Bridge St. in Narrowsburg.

Honesdale High School Marching Band Craft Show - A large variety of gift items will be sold! Stop by for some baked goods or

lunch at the Hornet Cafe! Raffle baskets and Door Prizes are always a favorite too! 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Honesdale High School Gym and Middle School Gym.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Pancake Breakfast - Hortonville Volunteer Fire Co., at firehouse 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Grahamsville United Methodist Church Thrift Sale, 9 a.m. - noon, 356 Main St., Grahamsville. Call 985-2283 for info.

The Exterminating Angels - SUNY Sullivan will be screening a performance of The Exterminating Angels as a part of The Met: Live in HD series at 12:55 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children 13 and under and $10 for students (with valid ID). You can order tickets via the SUNY Sullivan Box Office at (845) 434-5750, extension 4472, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Holiday Craft Fair - The Delaware Youth Center in Callicoon hosts a craft fair, providing a unique assortment of merchandise for holiday shopping, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For info, call

merchandise for holiday shopping, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For info, call 887-5634 or email info@delawareyouthcenter. org.

Santa Visits Jeffersonville! - Santa and his Elves will be visiting in the lobby of Jeff Bank in Jeffersonville from 12:30-3:30 p.m. Come for a visit and have your photo taken with Santa! There will be cookies, hot chocolate and a Christmas craft. Suggested donation $4 with proceeds donated to the local food bank.

Horse & Carriage rides (weather permiting).

Info (845) 482-5688 or visit jeffersonvilleny.com.

Christmas Bazaar - Kenoza Lake Methodist Church at Kenoza Lake firehouse. 10-4 p.m.

Handmade for the Holidays - Featuring great homemade gifts from over 30 of your favorite local producers. 11-4 p.m. at Duke’s Pottery, 855 Cty. Rd. 93, Roscoe. Info (607) 498-5207.

Old Stone Jail Open House - Wrap up and step back in time to the 1800's when the Old Stone Jail held the worst of the criminals that Wayne County had to offer. FREE tour of the jail complete with true stories about the prisoners and their day to day life in jail. The tour will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Old Stone Jail in Honesdale, PA. Holiday Open House - The Annual Holiday Open House at 810 Main Street in Honesdale,

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PA is a great way to start working on your holiday shopping list. Join for a tour of the museum, light refreshments, gift shop specials, and a overall good time. The open house will take place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Call (570) 253-3240 for more information or visit www.waynehistorypa.org.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Handmade for the Holidays - Featuring great homemade gifts from over 30 of your favorite local producers. 11-4 p.m. at Duke’s Pottery, 855 Cty. Rd. 93, Roscoe. Info (607) 498-5207.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 Theme Tree Exhibit - Starting December 1, the Sullivan County Historical Society on 265 Main St. in Hurleyville will display holiday trees decorated by different organizations and

individuals. For more information, please call (845) 434-8044.

Festival of the Holidays Weekend - The best gift of all is sharing quality time with your family. Kick off the holiday season with a stress-free weekend at Frost Valley YMCA, celebrating with your family beneath the Frost Valley Christmas tree. Enjoy a musical performance by the Bronx Opera before joining us around the fireplace for hot cocoa and lighting the menorah. Holiday-centered crafts compliment our traditional camp favorites. This festive weekend will give your holiday spirit a head start, allowing you to enjoy the true meaning of the season all winter long! The event will be held from December 1 at 8 a.m. until December 3 at 5 p.m. For more information, please call (845) 985-2291 ext. 450.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 Grahamsville United Methodist Church Christmas Craft Sale, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., 356 Main St., Grahamsville. Call 985-2283 for info.

Holiday Market at Bethel Woods - Artists, crafters, and specialty food vendors will gather for this treasured holiday event. Shop a wide selection of unique holiday and handmade gifts for everyone on your list. For more information, please call (845) 583-2000 or visit www.bethelwoodscenter.org.

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Handmade for the Holidays - Start your holiday shopping season with us. Featuring the artwork of over 30 artists, crafters, and local producers. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Duke Pottery on 855 County Route 93 in Roscoe. The event will also be taking place the same hours on December 3.

The Flicks Film Series at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts presents Home Alone 2: Lost in New York - The Flicks Film Series continues with a screening at the Bethel Woods Museum Theater of the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for members and $5 for children. The film will screen at 4 p.m. For more info or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/events/detail/home-alone-1.

Christmas in Callicoon - Children’s Christmas Party from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Delaware Community Center. Arts and crafts projects for holiday giving, cupcake decorating, photos with Santa for a nominal fee. Info: (845) 8875155 or visit delawareyouthcenter.org.

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Christmas Bazaar & Bake Sale - Youngsville United Reformed Church, Youngsville.

Tree Lighting - From 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., join others in Barryville at the River Road Cul-DeSac at the intersection of Routes 97 & 55 next to the Shohola-Barryville bridge for hot chocolate, cookies and caroling.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 Holiday Market at Bethel Woods - Artists, crafters, and specialty food vendors will gather for this treasured holiday event. Shop a wide selection of unique holiday and handmade gifts for everyone on your list. For more information, please call (845) 583-2000 or visit www.bethelwoodscenter.org.

Santa Claus & Holiday Party - At the Livingston Manor Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary at 1 p.m.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 Murder Mystery Dinner: Silent Night Deadly Night - It’s Christmas time at the Victorian Burn Brae Mansion and guests are gathered for a Christmas Celebration including performances from The Nutcracker and traditional carols. But all is not merry and bright when one reveler winds up dead! Join us for this holiday murder mystery and help solve the crime for great prizes. Cost is $40 (BYOB), add a room for $100 more per couple in the Stables Motor Lodge. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Show starts at 6 p.m. at the Burn Brae Mansion located at

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Dickens on the Delaware - Visit Callicoon from 12 to 7 p.m. as it transforms itself back in time to the Victorian era. Enjoy holiday specials, Victorian costumes, caroling, vendors, music, photos, performances, Santa, and more.

Info: (845) 887-9017 or visit www.visitcallicoon.com.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 Ghosts of Christmas Past - Visit Burn Brae Mansion for a seasonal celebration that includes an exclusive guided tour of the mansion, a traditional holiday buffet, live piano music and select vendors. Ticket price of $40 plus tax includes passed hors d’oeuvres, a buffet of classic home-cooked holiday food, dessert and egg nog; a small group, guided tour of the house, including the Attic of Curiosities; and a souvenir Christmas ornament. For more information, please visit www.burnbraemansion.com.

6th Annual Holiday Artisans’ Market at the Cooperage - Save the date of December 10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the Sixth Annual Holiday Artisans’ Market. The Market will showcase the work of many talented artisans of the Upper Delaware Region. You’ll find a selection of unique handcrafted gifts for friends and family at 1030 Main Street in

Always a grand event, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Jeffersonville will be held on Saturday, March 17 at noon.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13 Travel the U.S. with Food Culinary Book Club 2017 - Travel the U.S. with Food in the Southern area at 5:15 p.m. at the Wayne County Public Library, Honesdale, PA. Book Discussion. Contact Elizabeth at (570) 253-1220 or ewilson@waynelibraries.org to register.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Pancake Breakfast - 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., Youngsville Fire Dept. at firehouse.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 Eileen Ivers’ A Joyful Christmas See violinist Eileen Ivers and her band perform holiday music at the Bethel Woods Event Gallery. Tickets are $50-$72. Doors open at 7 p.m. and show starts at 8 p.m. For more information, please visit www.bethelwoodscenter.org /events/detail/eileen-ivers-joyfulchristmas.

Visit Callicoon on Saturday, December 9 from noon to 7 p.m. as it transforms itself back in time to the Victorian era in Dickens on the Delaware. Enjoy holiday specials, Victorian costumes, caroling, vendors, music, photos, performances, Santa, and more. Info: (845) 887-9017.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 Tosca (Puccini) - SUNY Sullivan will be screening a performance of Tosca (Puccini) as a part of The Met: Live in HD series at 12:55 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children 13 and under and $10 for students (with valid ID). You can order tickets via the SUNY Sullivan Box Office at (845) 434-5750, extension 4472, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on

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