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YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER • Volume 35
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NOVEMBER 2020
Kiwanis Beautify Owego, Honor Veterans
Number 11
Owego Elks Inducts New Members
Left to right, New members David Doane and Sara Doane, Elks District Deputy John Gardner, Owego Exalted Ruler Steve Gregory, Elks State Vice President Hope Woodcock-Ross, new members Joanna Dyer and Joseph Shortino. The Owego Elks Lodge 1039 inducted 4 new members to its lodge at a regular meeting on October 15, 2020. The Owego Lodge currently has 192 active members and is a non-profit organization that supports a variety of local community programs that help chil-
dren grow up healthy and drug-free and help youth develop lifelong skills, provide scholarships to send students to college, offer time and resources to meet the needs of today’s Veterans, and provide support and facilities to local charitable organizations and our community.
Veterans’ Day - November 11
Hiawatha Bridge exit circle in Owego - Kiwanis Club members cleaned the area and set the flags to honor veterans.
Every fall, The Kiwanis Club of Owego prepares the Hiawatha Bridge exit circle to be a welcoming sight for visitors & residents alike and to honor our veterans. This year, the local club’s efforts also coincided with Kiwanis One Day - a day of global service provided by Kiwanis members on an international level. The Kiwanis Club of Owego volunteers cleaned up debris and set the American Flags in a “V” formation to honor our veterans. Wearing
masks, toting garbage bags, and wearing the familiar bright yellow highway vests, members and helpers from the community completed the task with enthusiasm and a spirit of patriotism. The Kiwanis Club of Owego welcomes guests and anyone interested in joining in the work they do to serve the community. The best way to contact the club is through its Facebook page h t t p s : / / www.facebook.com/owegokiwanisclub/
It will be a different Veterans Day. Corona virus pandemic cancelled the public ceremony in Warner Hall of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1371. Instead, thanks to Hometown Radio Owner Dave Radigan, the traditional Veterans Day Ceremony will be broadcast live at 11:00am on WEBO AM and FM with MC Jim Raftis. Tioga County Veterans Service Agency Director Michael F. Middaugh will read the Honored Names of Deceased Tioga County Veterans from Memorial Day. He will also speak about the services provided and how things are being handled currently during the pandemic. Honor Guard of VFW Post 1371 never forgets Fallen Heroes. They will have a brief service at 11:00 am at the Tioga County Veterans Memorial with commentary from Vietnam Veteran Dean Morgan. The community is asked to do things to “Honor All Who Served.” Like Owego Kiwanis with small American
flags in Kiwanis Circle off Rt. 17C by McDonalds, Tops Friendly Markets honoring U.S. Veterans and active military with an 11% discount this Veterans Day, in-store support for the Buddy Poppy Program in Apalachin at Blue Dolphin, in Owego at River Rock Diner, Value Hardware, Parkview, Community Shop, and John’s Fine Foods. Other ideas suggested include “Thank You Veterans” banners on both side of the North Avenue Underpass and entrances to communities, patriotic decorations and displays downtown, Abundance of American flags, Thank You notes to veterans at Riverview, Elderwood and Oxford Veterans Home. Little things but important: leaf raking at a veterans home, fire alarms and sirens on fire trucks and emergency vehicles sounding for a few minutes, churches ringing their bell eleven times at 11:00 am, and sharing stories of veterans with the younger generation before it is too late. Think of other activities.