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YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER • www.CommunityPress.us MAY 2021
Volume 36
Tioga Downs Begins 16th Racing Season
Number 5
Memorial Day - May 31
Tioga Downs in Nichols celebrated its 15th Anniversary with the opening of its 16th racing season on May 1, 2021. There will be 59 days of racing this season which ends on September 25. Post time is 6:15 pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and 1:00 pm on Sundays. For a complete list of race dates and times go to: www.TiogaDowns.com
Memorial Day 1971
Kiwanis Club of Owego to Broadcast 59th Annual Radio Day - May 15
Tioga County will remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day, May 31. Memorial Day events will be livestreamed on WEBO AM/FM from their North Avenue studio - the Honored Roll Call from 8:15 to 10:20 am with Mary Beth Jones and Jo Ann Walter followed at 10:20 am with the Remembrance Service with Jim Raftis. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, it is not possible to have the traditional parade and Rememberance Service at the veterans memorial this year. But like last year, there will be a special Patriotic Vehicle Convoy which will drive by the veterans memorial and through downtown and some residential streets. Vehicles in the convoy will be occupied by a veteran who served our country. You can view the convoy from the lawn
Fred Brown Photo File
or sidewalk - no gatherings will be allowed along the route. Because Memorial Day is traditionally a day of mourning, flags will remain at half staff from sunrise until Noon (to honor our fallen heroes) and at full staff the remainder of the day (to honor living veterans). Other ways to honor veterans include: wear a red poppy, visit veterans graves, place flowers or flags at veterans’ graves, pause at 3:00 pm for the National Day of Remembrance, watch the National Memorial Day Concert live from the U.S. Capitol, be thankful of fallen soldiers, and extend your thoughts and prayers to families of veterans. It is important to keep the tradition of the Memorial Day convoy/ parade alive and keep the meaning of ‘memorial’ in this sacred day.
Owego’s Strawberry Festival Canceled Again This Year Fred Brown File Photo: RADIO DAY 2013
The Kiwanis Club of Owego is thrilled to be broadcasting its 59th Annual Radio Day on Saturday, May 15, 2021, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Kiwanis members will become DJs for the day, taking over WEBO Your Hometown Station (98.5, 101.3, 105.1, 107.9 FM and 1330 AM). The live remote broadcast will come from the Owego Parkview at 145 Front Street in Owego. The goal is to raise $10,000 to help support non-profit youthoriented programs in our community. The club provides support to Waterman Conservation Center, Tioga County Boys and Girls Club, Camp Ahwaga, VFW Summer Picnic and Children’s Christmas Party, the Owego and Candor High School Key Clubs, Owego Little League and Softball League, Owego Gymnastics, Ti-Ahwaga Players Youth Program, Tioga County Envirothon,
Tioga United Way, Kamp Kiwanis, and the Tioga County Rural Ministry. Kiwanis Club of Owego is encouraging everyone to participate by making a donation to this event. Donations can be made in person or mailed to Owego Kiwanis, PO Box 335, Owego, NY 13827. Contributors will have their names and or businesses mentioned throughout the broadcast day. In addition, the Kiwanis Club of Owego will also be collecting pantry supplies for the Tioga County Rural Ministry. Food donations may be dropped off at the Parkview during the event. For more information, go to Facebook: @owegokiwanisclub, or join the Kiwanis Thursdays at Noon at their current meeting location, the Ti-Ahwaga Performing Arts Center at 42 Delphine St. in Owego.
The Historic Owego Marketplace (HOM) Board of Directors unamimously voted to cancel the 2021 Strawberry Festival. “Attempting an altered or scaled back event proves difficult logistical-
ly and financially, even if restrictions are lifted by June,” said HOM board member Bradley Crews. “We are very optimistic this local tradition will return in 2022 as the event we’ve all come to love.”