21st Season for Newark Valley “MAiZE”
This year’s corn maze at Stoughton Farm is the “Wild Wild West.” Located at 10898 State Route 38 in Newark Valley, Stoughton Farm’s MAiZE opened for the season on September 23 and will run till November 3. For more information, go to www.stoughtonfarm.com or call 607642-3675
This year Stoughton Farm is excited to announce that on Weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) they will be able to offer the full array of activities this season As in the past, they are offering hay rides, cow train rides, Pumpkin Blaster, Corn Cannon, 32' X 65' Jumping Pillow and 'Friendly Fire', a Nerf Battleground!
Owego-Apalachin Homecoming Parade
Owego-Apalachin Central School District held their Homecoming Parade on Saturday, October 5th. Homecoming Queen Mariana Slocum and King Bobby Struble rode in a 1965 Ford Mustang driven by Tina Dueber. This will be OA’s first year celebrating Homecoming as official River Hawks.
The Apalachin Lions and the Foodbank Of The Southern Tier will hold a Mobile Food Pantry on Wednesday, October 23, from 10:00 to 11:00 am at St. Margaret Mary’s Church, 1110 Pennsylvania Avenue in Apalachin.
Pre-registration is required. Register on Tuesday, October 22, from 8:30 am until full - the current limit is 125 registrations).
Phone 2-1-1 or online at: www.foodbankst.org/cfd
Bring a cart or bags with you to carry the food!
The Apalachin Lions are holding their Annual Coat Drive now through November 17.
The Lions collect clean, useable winter coats for those in need.
If you have any useable winter coats that you want to donate, bring the coats to one of the following drop off locations:
Blessed Trinity at St. Margaret
Mary’s, after Mass, 1110 Pennsylvania Avenue, Apalachin; The Apalachin Library (during regular hours), 719 Main St. Apalachin; Apalachin United Methodist Church, 303 Pennsylvania Avenue, Apalachin; Johnson’s Pools & Spas, 1088 Rt. 434, Owego, NY.
Tioga County Chamber of Commerce
P.A.C.sAxe Throwing October Spotlight on Business
P.A.C.s opened their doors in 2022 and have only expanded since. They offer age exclusive pricing with one-on-one coaching for individuals of any experience level. Recently they have launched glow in the dark axe throwing accompanied by illuminating paint! P.A.C.s can be found at many community events with their portable throwing activity. Don’t let their title deceive you- this
business also offers knife throwing among its various kinds of axe throwing. P.A.C.s is great for family game night, a reserved party, or to compete in their league’s yearround. This event showcase their growth in these years and honor our members whom we are blessed to have had host the Chamber’s past events.
New Restaurant Coming to Apalachin
“Shazia Fine Dining” is scheduled to open later this year on Route 434 in Apalachin.
Apalachin Lions Walk-Up Mobile Food Pantry
Apalachin LionsAnnual Coat Drive
The Apalachin Lions held their annual Fall Highway Clean-Up on Saturday, October 5th. Thank you to the Apalachin Lions Club for your hard work and dedication to the community.
Apalachin Lions Fall Highway Clean-Up
At the Apalachin Library
719 Main Street, Apalachin, 607-625-3333 www.apalachinlibrary.org
Open Mon,Tues, & Thurs 10am-7pm; Fri & Sat 10am-2pm
Storytime
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30am
Join Miss Wendy for read alouds, singing, playing, dancing, and crafts. Tuesday and Thursday each week are the same theme. No registration required.
Mahjong Mondays,| 2pm-4pm
No experience or registration required.
Tech Time with Tina by Appointment
Call to sign up for some one-onone help with any tech topic.
Evening Book Club
Thursday, October 10, 6:30pm
The book is “Lying Game” by Ruth Ware. Place a hold for this book in the catalog or find it on Libby as an eBook or audiobook. The November book will be “Frozen River” by Ariel Lawhon. No registration is necessary, and all are welcome.
Afternoon Book Club
Thursday, October 17, 1pm
The book is “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. Place a hold for this book in the catalog or find it on Libby as an eBook or audiobook. The November book will be “Shutter Island” by Dennis Lehane. No registration is required, and everyone is welcome.
Fall Festival
Saturday, October 19, 11am-1pm
Shelly and Rhoda a Ghost Story
Thursday, October 24, 6pm
With facts taken from his experience as a professor of parapsychology in the 1970s and 1980s, local author Gary Truce introduces readers to a young family whose wondrous, otherworldly experiences set the stage for some shocking discoveries. No registration required
Jewelry Making Class Saturday, October 26, 10am-12pm Registration is required.
Senior Sampler - Miracle on 34th St.
Friday, November 1, 11am-1pm
Enjoy a screening of the classic holiday movie “The Miracle on 34th Street.” Lunch is included and free. Registration is required.
USDAto Collect Vegetable Data in northeastern US
HARRISBURG, PA– In the coming months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the Vegetable Grower Inquiry Survey. The agency plans to collect data from vegetable growers across the United States, including over three thousand in the Northeastern Region.
NASS conducts this vegetable survey once per year to obtain the final acreage, production, and value of sales for fresh and processed vegetables “When growers respond to these surveys, they provide essential information that helps us determine the production and supply of these commodities in the United States for the 2024 crop year. Everyone who relies on agriculture for their livelihood is interested in the results,” explained Kevin Pautler, acting director of NASS Northeastern Regional Field Office.
NASS gathers the data for these surveys online and by phone inter-
views. Growers provide information on crop acreage, production, and value of sales. NASS will compile and analyze the survey data and publish the results in a series of USDA reports, including the Annual Vegetable Release, scheduled for February 12, 2025.
“NASS safeguards the privacy of all responses and publishes only state - and national-level data, ensuring that no individual operation or producer can be identified,” stated Pautler. “We recognize this is a hectic time for farmers and ranchers, but the information they provide helps U.S. agriculture remain viable and capable. I urge them to respond to these surveys and thank them for their cooperation,” said Pautler.
All reports are available on the NASS website: https:// www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/.
For more information on NASS surveys and reports, call the NASS Northeastern Regional Field Office at 1-800-498-1518.
Lindridge Receives Robert J. Uplinger Lions FoundationAward
by Carol A. Henry
The Spencer-Candor Lions presented Stephen Lindridge with the prestigious Robert J. Uplinger Distinguished Service Award on Wednesday, September 18, in recognition of his “Outstanding Commitment and Dedication to Technology Teaching at Candor High School.” He was recognized as “Teacher of the Year: at the National and the State Level” in a letter, and plaque, by the NYS & Bermuda Foundation , Inc., presented by club president David O’Konsky.
Stephen Lindridge receives the Robert J. Uplinger Lions Foundation Award, presented by SpencerCandor Lions’ president David O’Konsky.
Recently retired, Lindridge was the Machine Tool Technology teacher at Candor, who has previously received such honors in the past, alluding to his commitment to not only working with his students, but to going ‘above and beyond’ in “instilling core values in today’s young people’. His motto “Have Successful Failures” was stenciled on his classroom wall. But he also admits he has had much help from the community with equipment, supplies, and most of all support, but is honored to have received this award.
In his own words, he “was stunned that this honor has been bestowed upon me. It is funny as I toiled day to day with work, I didn't realize how many lives that have been touched and how many skills that were taught and expanded upon as students headed off to college and the workforce. What an honor it was to teach for thirty-two years and share students’ wonderful accomplishments that mean so much. I am truly blessed to have been part of the school and the lives of my students for so many years. It really is about the person and not the project.”
As for projects, many of the them were not part of the curriculum, he noted, but did enhance and transformed the lives of students and others in and around our community. “I found that early in my career doing projects outside the curriculum helped my students more than crossing the T’s and dotting the I’s.
Seven of my female students went to Binghamton University and volunteered for a Saturday event, sponsored in part by the NYS Master Teacher Program. They helped girls from around the Triple Cities use a small CNC milling machine to make their initials in a block of Styrofoam. My students mentored and helped each of their charges make their text and use the machine.
Other work focused Architecture Awareness Program that was part of the Tioga Coalition for Better Schools; whirligigs that were displayed at the Roberson Museum as part of their home for the holidays celebration; a 6-foot tall solid wood nutcracker for Roberson Museum’s home for the holidays event; a large, 4-times scale battleship game designed and constructed large enough for students with mobility issues to use, and even built two Factory Five Cobra kit cars (part of the Winner’s Circle Project) as well as constructing may wooden toys, to name a few.
A major highlight for him and his students’ accomplishments was being one of 12 schools across the country that made prosthetic leg parts for people in Latin America. Combined, they made 100 legs! Other health projects included working with the health services class to make a device for a young lady that was injured in a car crash. As a result of the crash, she was left with limited movement in her hands. The device helped the girl gain the ability to pick up a domino. Others made an adaptive/adjustable chair for a young student so the student could complete work in class. Another group of students made a portable set of stairs that enabled a student with mobility issues to navigate the stairs of his bus. Some made therapy tables to be used in physical therapy in the elementary building.
There are so many other projects that were part of the curriculum that Lindridge and his class produced, like chairs, toys, depth gauges, c-clamps, gokarts, folding fishing chairs, injection molds, chess pieces, aluminum castings, laser cut Christmas ornaments, name plates, pen holders, and designed dream homes. And the list goes on. You can view these, and the many toys the classes worked on over the years, on his YouTube page: https:// www.youtube.com/ @stephenlindridgeshophappen8638.
Candor Historical Society Participates in Candor’s Fall Festival
October 12th
The Candor History Center, located at 25 Main Street, will hold an Open House on Saturday, October12, between 12:00 and 2:00 pm. The public is invited to stop in to visit (there is no charge), check out the many historical displays, look up genealogy information on your family, look through old Candor School Annuals and various pictures in regards to the town, and much more.
Historical Society members will be on hand to help with any of your Candor history questions, and maybe join or renew your membership.
Candor History books by local historian, Carol Henry, will be available, as well as other books and items of historic significance.
But don’t forget to join the Historical Society’s annual Cemetery Walk, to be held on Sunday, October 13, at Maple Grove Cemetery, at 1:00 p.m. Also free and open to the public. Join Phil Jordan as he leads the group through the cemetery and delivers a fascinating, and always entertaining commentary focusing on some of Candor’s individuals that are nestled within these hallowed grounds.
Photo by Carol A. Henry
In a joint project between Owego high school students, and Candor’s manufacturing students, Lindridge directed students in constructing several large items including this Backhoe, Steam Engine and Heavy Rotator Tow Truck.
Photo by Carol A. Henry
Village Appreciation Night - October 18
On Friday, October 18, from 5:30-9:30 pm, the Village of Owego will host the 4th Annual Village Appreciation Night at Marvin Park (Fairgrounds) in Owego. The event will include live music, a bonfire, free food and drinks, a helicopter landing, hot air balloon, K9 demonstrations, hay wagon rides by Fritz Rudin, a Children’s Tent, Face Painting, a Car Cruise-In, Touch-a-Truck, and much more.
This free event is hosted by the Village of Owego, the Owego Police Department, the Owego Fire Department and EMS, and in partnership with community businesses and sponsors.
Launched several years ago to thank our first responders, and following the pandemic, the event offers a night out at the park to celebrate community.
If you would like to get involved or sponsor this event, contact Owego Police Chief Joseph Kennedy by calling (607) 687-2233.
A firefighter keeps the fire stoked at last year’s Village Appreciation Night. This year’s event will be held Oct. 18, 5:309:30pm, at Marvin Park in Owego. (Village Appreciation Night
Downtown Owego’s First Friday
On Friday, October 4, Owego’s annual First Friday continued as we entered into the Fall season.
Why not kick off the season with decorating a gluten free pumpkin cookie? That’s exactly what many community members did Friday evening. Costumers at Confection Connection Owego enjoyed a sweet treat while listening to live music provided by local artists, Jim Overheiser, Robert Sieger, and Elsa Sieger.
Owners, Michelle and Ron Pelton created a warm and welcoming atmosphere for all costumers. Even Sebby, our local “Owego Ambassador” stopped by to join the fun!
Many local shops along Owego’s Lake, Main & Front Streets were open for those who wanted to enjoy
shopping, food, music, and art. Other local business that were open for First Friday included:
Tioga Arts Council
The Party Brush
The Belva Lockwood Inn
Side Quest Games
Mystic Moon
Red Bird Fiber
Gorges Fiber Arts
Black Cat Gallery
Owego Home
Holistically You
Early Owego Antiques Center
Scrappy’s Workshop
The Cellar
It’s hoped more small businesses downtown will open for these First Friday events!
Community Services Board - Oct. 17 Meeting
The Community Services Board will hold their October meeting on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 9:30am at the Health & Human Services Building, 1062 State Rt. 38,
Owego, New York. This meeting is also available via Zoom for guests and public. Members are required to attend in person.
County Legislature Meeting - Oct. 15
The Tenth Regular Meeting of 2024 of the Tioga County Legislature will be held at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, in the Edward D. Hubbard Auditorium of the Ronald E. Dougherty County Office Building at 56 Main Street, Owego.
All Committee Meetings and Legislative Worksessions will be
held in the Legislative Conference Room of the County Office Building.
Individuals requiring any accommodation or auxiliary aid may contact the Legislative Office at (607) 687-8240. With advance notice, necessary auxiliary aids will be provided at no cost to the person requesting assistance.
50 YearsAgo
October 1974
It’s October 1974. Only 70% of the estimated 11,000 eligible military deserters have surrendered under President Ford’s amnesty program.
Former President Nixon leaves the hospital after an 11-day stay for phlebitis in his left leg and a blood clot in his lung.
President Ford enlists the nation’s help to “Whip Inflation Now” (WIN). WIN buttons are distributed.
First Lady Betty Ford returns to the White House after two weeks in the hospital for cancer surgery.
Ed Sullivan, host of a TV variety show for 23 years, dies at the age of 72.
The Oakland A’s win the World Series.
President Ford testifies before the House Judiciary subcommittee on Criminal Justice. He denies that he made a deal to pardon Richard Nixon in exchange for his resignation.
Richard Burton, 49, announces plans to marry Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia.
Nixon is admitted to the hospital for surgery for phlebitis. He is in critical condition.
Three major tobacco companies announce price increases which will mean an extra five cents per pack for consumers.
In Africa, a team lead by Dr. Karl Johanson and Dr. Maurice Taieb discover the partial skeleton of an early hominid believed to be 1.5 million years older than the remains discovered by the Leakeys. The discovery is nicknamed “Lucy” after the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.
Ralph Nader’s consumer group demands that the government ban the most widely used food coloring, Red No. 2, because it is a potential carcinogen.
Snow falls in Broome and Tioga Counties on October 2nd and 3rd, temperatures are in the 30s, and flocks of Canadian geese fly south.
The new Vestal Library is formerly dedicated with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The library has been open in its new location - the former Loblaw’s grocery store - for a month.
The price of sugar and cocoa is skyrocketing. Local restaurants are removing sugar from their tables and serving it only on request because customers are taking too many sugar packets! Candy bars get smaller and more expensive. Last year’s 1.26 ounce 10¢ bar is now 1.2 ounces and costs 15¢.
Rising sugar costs also cause the end of an era - we say good-bye to “penny candy.” Fireballs, and bubble gum are now 2¢ each. Licorice sticks are now three for five cents.
The Broome County planning commissioner says that the Oakdale Mall in Johnson City could replace Binghamton as a regional shopping center.
The annual Halloween Parade is held in Owego.
Pranksters spatter eggs on houses, smash pumpkins, and trim trees with toilet paper.
On Tuesdays, we’re watching Good Times, Adam 12, Happy Days, M*A*S*H, Hawaii Five-O, Police Story, Barnaby Jones, and Marcus Welby, M.D. But on the last Monday in October, everyone is watching Rhoda get married to Joe.
Movies playing at local theaters include Gone with the Wind; What’s Up, Doc? with Barbra Streisand; The Longest Yard starring Burt Reynolds; The Odessa File, Disney’s Castaway Cowboy; and 2001: A SpaceOdyssey
Top tunes include “I Honestly Love You” by Olivia Newton John, “Nothing from Nothing” by Billy Preston, “Then Came You” by Dionne Warwick and the Spinners, and “Jazzman” by Carole King.
At the Hi-Way Fruit Market on the Vestal Parkway, MacIntosh apples are six pounds for $1.00, and a gallon of New York State sweet cider is $1.19.
And at Sears, a white Coldspot 22.1 cu. ft. Side-by-RefrigeratorFreezer costs $599.95. The same refrigerator in a different color (Coppertone, Tawney Gold, or Avocado) costs $604.95.
Happy Halloween!
25 YEARS AGO Ribbon Cutting at Dolphin Motel
Bert Adams (left) and Bob Taylor (right) are presented with the ceremonial "first dollar" by Marte Sauerbrey of the Tioga County Chamber of Commerce.
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held last month for the Dolphin Motel on Route 434 in Apalachin located behind the Blue Dolphin Restaurant. The ceremony was attended by local officials
Bradford County Pro Life Residents Attend March for Life in Harrisburg
Harrisburg, September 23
“We are pro life! We are pro life!” chanted thousands that began the march around the Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Monday. Bradford County residents met early in the morning and were picked up by Shafer Bus and by van in Sayre and Wysox to participate in the March for Life on the steps of the capitol building.
Jerry Abell of Warren Center has spread the word to various churches and by word of mouth to family and friends. He gives the final count to Frank Socha of Towanda who takes care of logistics for the event. Socha organized transportation for the last three out of four years that he’s attended and said he was pleased with the turnout.
“We had over 70 people this time, which was a lot better than the first year (four years ago) when we only had 29,” Abell said.
“Transportation was funded by Rep. Dan Meuser, the Towanda Knights of Columbus, and Pennsylvania Family Institute” said Socha.
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade on June 24, 2022, decisions about abortion have been given back to the states prompting more statewide involvement of its citizens, especially with the divided Pennsylvania legislature.
“It’s legal up to 24 weeks, which is six months, so currently Pennsylvania has one of the most liberal abortion laws in the nation,” said Rep. Kathy Rapp, Pennsylvania District 65 and Pro Life Caucus Chair.
Keynote speaker, Mark Houck, Cofounder and President of The King’s Men, an organization promoting Christian virtues, spoke about the FBI raid on his home two years ago when agents confronted him, his wife and seven children with five rifles pointed at them. He was arrested for pushing away a Philadelphia Planned Parenthood escort, who continuously heckled his 12-year-old son and intimidated him from only onefoot away while he and his son were praying together. Houck was shackled for six hours and interrogated but was acquitted after the case went to trial in September 2023. This episode prompted him to run for office.
One of the March for Life speakers related her own personal abortion account:
“I went to Planned Parenthood for an abortion. I was scared,” said Wendy Burpee, who was coerced into getting an abortion and was unsure about it and extremely nervous about going through with it. She had an ultrasound, which she said she wasn't allowed to see.
“The doctor came in and gave me ‘medication to calm you down’ and I woke up after the abortion was over,” Burpee said.
Burpee said she was in shock but “they said everything’s going to be OK now. It wasn’t.” She said it was the beginning of a downward emotional spiral of her life and was the first of three abortions, one of which she said was botched, in which she had to have a dilation and curettage.
Burpee said that her relationship with God turned her life around and she‘s since married and has three children. To give back, she dedicates her life to helping women with unplanned pregnancies as the Executive Director of Genesis Women’s Clinics, that specializes in confidential, non judgmental care for women. The clinic, as do other pregnancy care groups, provides free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds based on income, counseling with medical facts necessary to help women make informed decisions and offers free baby supplies.
Burpee said, “I am happy to give women the truth working at Genesis is the best thing that has happened to me.”
Among local marchers were Nancy Schrader, treasurer of Bradford County Pennsylvanians for Human Life and 21 high school students from Grace Christian Academy in Ulster, who’d come for their second year. Fathers, mothers, families, children, babies and a number of homeschoolers rounded out the group.
After a time of praise and worship and listening to a number of speakers, the throng carrying banners, signs and umbrellas to withstand the rain, marched around the large block of the capitol building then headed back to their busses. The Bradford County group enjoyed a meal at Bonanza in New Columbia before heading back to Wysox and Sayre.
Abell and Socha said they hope this event will promote more local involvement in future pro-life causes.
HELP WANTED: Wanted experienced mechanic. Must have New York State Inspection License Apply in person only. Nicks Garage, Main St Apalachin. 12/24
TOP DOLLAR PAID: Wanted! Old fishing tackle, lures, reels, etc. (PRE 1960) Old coins and currency. Call me first, collector not a dealer so I pay more. John 607-321-4085 11/24
BEE SWARMS WANTED: Bee swarms wanted on trees and in buildings. Call 607-625-3318 or 607-201-4357 12/24
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