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YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER • Volume 36
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NOVEMBER 2021
Hose Team & VFW Monte Carlo Night Fundraiser - Nov. 6
Owego VFW Post 1371 and VFW Auxiliary with Owego Hose Teams, Inc. are bringing back Monte Carlo Night after a one-year absence, Saturday, November 6, from 7:00 to 11:00 pm, at the Owego VFW Post 1371 Hall, 207 Main Street in Owego. A donation is asked at the door but $9 is recommended. Proceeds will be split by the hosting organizations. The Hose Team will use funds to support its 1866 Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine restoration and Steamer House project. The VFW uses funding for a variety of community programs to include its annual Christmas party and movie for area children. Games will include Black Jack, Big Six Wheel, Beat the Dealer, Money Wheel, Chuck-of-Luck, 50/50, and Turkey Raffle. Food, drink and entertainment will be provided. DJ Tom Donovan, Jr. of Flat Rats Adventures will be spinning your favorite tunes of today and yesteryear from 9:00 pm
until closing. The Owego Free Academy Making the Band (MTB) will perform from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. MTB is a group of Owego Free Academy student musicians. This group was formed in August 2007 and since then has developed a large fanbase who enjoy supporting the efforts of these young musicians. MTB performs a sampling of both well-known and upcoming rock, pop, and indie artists. MTB is a training experience for high school students to learn to perform popular music outside the walls of a concert hall. OFA is the first school in the Southern Tier to sponsor a group like this and MTB has quickly become one of the premier ensembles at the school. Many student musicians have the talent and desire to continue performing after high school and MTB provides them with an experience to learn how to be a professional musician. All COVID-19 protocols will be followed at the event.
Veterans’ Day in Owego - November 11 Veterans Day 2021 is back home to Glenn A. Warner Memorial Hall of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1371 at 11:00 am, Thursday, November 11. Welcome Home to Veterans of Modern Warfare in Afghanistan and Iraq. Joining them will be veterans of Vietnam, Korea and WWII. The Honor Guard of VFW Post 1371 will post and retire the Colors. National Anthem. Invocation/Benediction by Deacon Michael Donovan. Veterans will share their military stories. 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 cover his agency’s services. Do Something for Veterans’ Day The public is asked to “Honor All Who Served.” Encourage veterans to share their military stories with the younger generation before it is too late. Participate in Owego-Apalachin Middle School’s 8th Grade Social Studies “In Harm’s Way” project. Teacher Mike Bartlow’s students are tasked with finding and interviewing a veteran for “In
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Harm’s Way.” Let there be an abundance of American flags downtown and in residential neighborhoods. For example: Owego Kiwanis’ small American flags in a V formation in Kiwanis Circle off Rt. 17C by McDonalds. In-store support for the Buddy Poppy Program in Apalachin at Blue Dolphin and Sweeney’s and in Owego at Community Shop, Parkview and Owego Kitchen. “Thank You, Veterans” banners posted on the south and north bound sides of the Owego North Avenue Underpass and entrances to communities. Creative patriotic decorations. Write “thank-you” notes to veterans at Riverview, Elderwood, and Oxford Veterans Home. Little things mean a lot - rake leaves at the home of a veteran, sound fire/emergency alarms and sirens on fire trucks and emergency vehicles, ring church bells 11 times at 11 am. Think out of the box for other activities. For more information contact the VFW Post 1371 Veterans Day Chairman Jim Raftis at jraftis2@stny.rr.com.
Number 11
Steamer House Site Groundbreaking
A ground breaking ceremony was held on October 18 for the future Steam Fire Engine House to be constructed immediately north of Fire Station #2 at the former Lloyd’s Barbershop site on North Avenue in Owego. The building will house and showcase the Owego Fire Department’s 1866 Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine and 1938 Sanford Hose Truck now under the care, custody, and control of Owego Hose Teams, Inc. Mike Haas with Delta Engineers and Steve McElwain with McElwain Engineering designed the site and building plans through in-kind contributions to the planning phase of the project thus far. The building is modeled after one located in Marathon, NY, and will be constructed of cedar wood frame and glass solarium walls for 360 degree viewing with a steeple supporting an antique fire bell previously located in the clock tower of the Owego Central Fire Station. The bell was removed earlier this year and is under repair at the Verdin Bell Company in Ohio. Once installed in the Steamer House it will ring again.
Veterans Day Ceremony November 11, 11:00 am at the VFW Post 1371 Owego
Another feature of the site will be an eternal flame honoring past and present volunteer firefighters. The 8-foot high structure with a flame at the top will burn 24 hours a day, recognizing the never-ending commitment of volunteers. John Chandler with JOC Construction is handling all site work that should be completed this year. Building construction by Middendorf Contracting could begin next spring . The Hose Team and fire department personnel removed the abandoned barbershop building, fencing, and trees that were on the site, paving the way for Chandler’s work to begin immediately. The Steam Fire Engine is under repair at Firefly Restorations in Hope, Maine. The 154-year-old Steamer has not been operational since the late 1980s at which time it was the oldest operating licensed steam fire engine in the United States. Work on the Steamer is projected to be completed sometime next year. You can donate to the project by becoming a “Steam Booster” at www.OwegoHoseTeams.com.