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New Pond Eddy Bridge unveiled

By ANYA TIKKA

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HOHOLA, PA — Shohola Township’s meeting room was full when the final plans for the new Pond Eddy Bridge were revealed by the design team on January 21.

Paul D’Angelo, consulting biologist from Skelly and Loy in Harrisburg, and John A. Rautzahn, Vice President of SAI Consulting Engineers of Lemoyne, PA both spoke, explaining the current plans and timeline, and invited questions before and after the presentation. Their exhibits included a model of the new bridge, which is going to closely resemble the present one, maps and photos. The bridge will be built about 65 feet upstream from the old one.

Starting in summer of 2016, after bidding by construction firms in spring, a rock causeway will be built from the New York side to half-way across the Delaware River.

That will keep the water flowing both for the fish and for recreational use of the river. Once that half has been completed, the same process will be repeated from the PA side.

Although the project originally drew a lot of fire both from residents and environmental groups, no protestors were seen at the informative meeting. However, some

raised questions about the bridge’s environmental impact and rights-of-way.

As part of the review and permitting, biologists found freshwater mussels that have to be moved, although they’re not an endangered species. Some concerns over the shad population in the river have been raised, but no probable significant impact from the construction has been demonstrated yet.

The section of the river on which construction will be taking place is on the route of the historic D & H canal.

No artifacts have been found so far, but a resident archeologist will be on site throughout construction to document and inform.

The cost estimate of the new bridge is $13.3 million, shared between Pennsylvania and New York. The cost was brought down by $3 million with a new design. The new bridge will have the old two-truss and one-lane structure. The color will be taupe, and the stone pier and abutments will be made to resemble local bluestone.

The project went through several phases of consultation and permitting. A design committee was formed, meeting several times, and New York Department of Environmental Protection and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Conservation worked together on the final design. Several regulatory agencies had to

TRR photo by Anya Tikka

Consultant Paul D’Angelo discusses the new Pond Eddy Bridge with a member of the public in front of an artist’s rendering of the new bridge. give approvals, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Parks Service, the Delaware River Basin Commission, PA Fish and Boat Commission, Shohola and Lumberland Townships and the Upper Delaware Council.

The final approvals from local, state, and federal agencies were received in the fall of 2015, with a special use permit granted for three years.

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The case for a helipad on Fair Avenue

By LINDA DROLLINGER

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ONESDALE, PA — No one in attendance at the two-hour January 21 public hearing before the Honesdale Borough Council disputed the need for a life-flight helipad close to Wayne Memorial Hospital. The bone of contention was its proposed location: 1839 Fair Avenue, one mile from the hospital, on property owned by Wayne Memorial Health Systems (WMHS) near the medical offices of Highland Physicians.

The three people who voiced their objections at the hearing, Paul Non, Gary DeMasi and Katie Stephens, were designated intervenors, third parties in a hearing

who do not have a direct interest in the case but do have ascertainable interests and perspectives essential to a judicial determination. Recognized as intervenors by both the borough’s attorney, Paul Henry, and the hospital’s attorney, Matthew Meagher, the three identified themselves as residents of Fair Avenue, living directly across from the proposed helipad site, Non within 50 feet of it.

Disadvantaged by the absence of their attorney, the intervenors repeatedly requested a continuance that would either allow their attorney to recover from the medical condition that caused his absence or permit them time to find another attorney. Their requests were denied

for residential use. Phillips acknowledged that, saying that if the property were not used as a helipad, it could be the site of a shopping mall or other commercial venture that would invite more noise and congestion than the helipad. An average of two flights per month is expected.

DeMasi said that he found out about the helipad while in the process of selling his house. The sale fell through when the buyer found out about the proposed helipad and faulted DeMasi for failing to disclose it. Now, says DeMasi, the house that was selling for $135,000 is apparently worth only $105,000.

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SPANNING 2 STATES, 4 COUNTIES, AND A RIVER THAT UNITES US

Skate of the Union

Nutshell fundraiser

Ice rink opens

Community holds dance for George Whitehouse

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by borough council members, who cited the need for compliance with lawful time constraints.

Intervenor objections were based mostly on noise, light and property devaluation issues. Non asked the hospital’s engineer, Gerald Phillips, if the 85-105 decibels emitted by a Sikorski S-76 helicopter was comparable to that of a jackhammer.

Admitting that he was not a sound engineer, Phillips compared the helicopter noise level to a lawnmower or chainsaw and said that it will not exceed levels permitted by borough noise ordinance in a commercial area.

Non noted that one side of Fair Avenue is zoned for commercial use and the other

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Eldred votes on Common Core

By FRITZ MAYER

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LDRED, NY — To the extent possible, members of the board of the Eldred Central School (ECS) want to protect students from some of the more extreme impacts of standardized testing and other elements of Common Core standards. The board voted unanimously on January 14 to approve a resolution that, in many cases, places ECS priorities over Common Core priorities.

At the December 17 board meeting, Superintendent Robert Dufour gave a lengthy presentation about Common Core standards, and then the public was invited to submit public comments. The comments were filled with dissatisfaction about Common Core, leading the board to initiate the resolution.

One repeating theme of the resolution is that the Common Core reliance on high-stakes testing has lead to negative consequences. It says, for instance, “the overreliance on high-stakes standardized testing in state and federal accountability systems is undermining educational quality and equity by hampering educators’ efforts to focus on the broad range of learning experiences that promote innovation, creativity, problem solving, collaboration, communication, critical thinking …

“The over-emphasis on standardized testing has caused considerable collateral damage in too many schools, including narrowing the curriculum, teaching to the test, reducing love of learning, pushing students out of school, driving excellent teachers out of the profession and undermining school climate…”

The cure for these ills is to place ESC priorities above those of the state. The resolution says, “The Eldred Central School District will emphasize District measures of teacher effectiveness over State measures and standardized test scores, to the degree allowed by law... the Eldred Central School District will emphasize district measures of authentic student progress and engagement over state measures and standardized test scores, and will not use state assessment scores beyond what state and federal law requires... and ECS will evaluate the Common Core curriculum standards to determine which are not developmentally appropriate for our students and minimize their impact on our teaching and learning.”

In his state of the state address on January 13, Gov. Andrew Cuomo addressed education and Common Core, and said, “We reduced testing, we increased parental participation and empowered local districts. These reforms were essential because we saw that parents were losing faith in the system. Roughly 20%of our students opted out of exams, and in some districts as high as 90% opted out. Simply put, the education system fails without parental trust.”

That has been true across the state. ECS board member Brian Siegel, who has been focused on the issue since joining the board in July 2015, said Cuomo didn’t have much of a choice in calling for reform of Common Core because it was being so thoroughly rejected by parents.

But he believes what’s really needed is a change in philosophy by the Board of Regents, whose members are appointed by the state Assembly, and who then enjoy a great deal of autonomy.

Two members of the Board of Regents have said they are retiring soon. Also, in December the Board of Regents announced it would postpone linking teacher evaluations to Common Core tests scores until at least 2019.

THE RIVER REPORTER

IN BRIEF

Highland zoning public hearing will not cover compressor stations

Sullivan County settles civil rights lawsuit

ELDRED, NY — The River Reporter erroneously reported the subject of the Town of Highland Public Hearing at 6:45 on February 9, prior to the regular meeting of the town board. The public hearing meeting is not meant to address compressor stations, or other natural gas infrastructure.

Instead, the public hearing meeting is to allow public comments on suggested changes to the zoning code through the following recommendations from the zoning rewrite committee: remove Planned Unit Development, remove multi-family housing from all R-2 and R-1, allow multi-family housing of two and three units in the Hamlet districts; remove Cluster Subdivision as an allowable use; change the minimum lot size in the R2 District from three to five acres; allow educational uses in the hamlet districts; remove “boarding houses,” “hotel,” and “motel” from the list of uses in the R-2 district; and make a needed correction to the zoning section regarding the need for site plans. These are the topics that will be open for public comment at the public hearing on February 9. Any resident may comment on any matter during the public comment portion of the regular meeting of the town board, which will begin at 7 p.m. immediately following the public hearing.

MONTICELLO, NY — Sullivan County has settled a civil rights lawsuit filed against it by the estate of Vincent Leone, a 31-year-old inmate who committed suicide at the Sullivan County Jail on October 22, 2011.

The total amount of the settlement was $375,000.

Vincent Leone was placed in the Sullivan County Jail on May 30, 2011. Almost immediately upon being placed at the facility, he attempted suicide. During the entirety of his incarceration, he was on some level of suicide watch. While on a 15-minute suicide watch directed by a consulting jail psychiatrist, Vincent Leone committed suicide by draping a blanket over the front of his cell, fashioning a noose out of a sheet and shoe string, affixing it to a steel hook on the back wall of his cell, placing it around his neck, and asphyxiating himself by using the weight of his body.

Another inmate, Anthony Delia, had committed suicide in the same manner while in the medical unit using the same type of hook on June 15, 2011. Despite Delia’s suicide by asphyxiation using a steel hook located on the back wall of his cell in the medical unit, jail administration made the decision not to remove the steel hooks from the cells of inmates on suicide watch.

PA senators to introduce ag funding HARRISBURG, PA — Citing agriculture’s key role in Pennsylvania’s economy and the need to adequately prepare for a potential outbreak of bird flu and other threats, Sen. Elder Vogel and his colleagues Ryan Aument, Gene Yaw, Dave Argall and Lloyd Smucker, all Republicans, are preparing legislation to restore funding for agriculture-related items vetoed from the state budget by Gov. Tom Wolf.

Vogel, a dairy farmer who also serves as chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, said the supplemental appropriations measure they plan to introduce would provide approximately $62 million in funding for agricultural programs and services that were defunded by the governor.

Vogel said, “Many important agricultural programs and services were completely defunded by the governor. These included research and development efforts and county cooperative extension services that many farmers use on a regular basis. These cuts also strike at Pennsylvania’s ability to adequately prepare against a bird flu outbreak.”

Bipartisan PA lawmakers call for redistricting reform HARRISBURG, PA — A bipartisan, bicameral group of state lawmakers held a capitol news conference Tuesday to discuss its efforts to reform the way Pennsylvania congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn.

The news conference was held on January 26 at 10:30 a.m. on the balcony outside the lieutenant governor’s office at the capitol in Harrisburg.

Formed last June, the group has studied existing reform proposals and worked to build consensus on legislation that can win bipartisan backing. Their goal is aimed at changing the way districts are drawn and removing politics from the process. They said they also want more involvement and input from the public and better accountability to citizens. The work group is being supported by local governments and citizen advocacy groups.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers from both legislative houses attended the news conference, along with numerous advocates for redistricting reform.

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THE RIVER REPORTER

Wayne & Pike come together on tourism

By DAVID HULSE

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ONESDALE, PA — The Pennsylvania counties along the Upper Delaware River valley will be partners in tourism marketing this coming spring.

Officials of the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau (PMVB), CEO Carl Wilgus, Wallenpaupack Visitors Center manager Keith Williams and marketing director Brian Bossuyt came before the Wayne County Commissioners on January 21 to illustrate the value of Wayne joining with Pike in tourism marketing for the first time.

The focus is on what will be the Northern Poconos Guide, a color, magazinestyle publication that Pike County annually does with the PMVB. Williams, who delivered the presentation, said 60,000 copies of the free 30-page guide will be printed locally and distributed at various contact points, beginning in May. Williams said reduced advertising rates will be offered as inducement for recreation and hospitality businesses to participate. Seeking advertisers, the PMVB will pave the way for the guide with press releases, email “blasts” and postal mailings to Wayne County businesses unfamiliar with it.

The guide is again being designed by and produced through Bailey Design and Advertising of Honesdale.

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“Most visitors go to a region. They don’t always know which county they’re visiting. Branding the region makes for better understanding,” Williams said. He said the guide would highlight the region’s natural features, including the Delaware River, waterfalls and trails.

Regional historic sites and museums are to be highlighted to cover activities for “inclement weather.” The guide will also provide Internet links for more individual site information. “There are plenty [of sites] up here,” Williams said.

The commissioners were not without ideas. Brian Smith recalled that the county’s “Wayne Tomorrow” plan speaks to branding. He mentioned Wayne’s agricultural businesses, noting that the Calkins Creamery already hosts bus tours. Farm milk, maple syrup and ice cream produced in Wayne could also be branded, he said.

Additionally, he suggested that coordinated, summer Lackawaxen River kayak trips could involve an upstream return trip on the Delaware-Lackawaxen & Stourbridge Railroad Company excursion train.

Commissioner Wendell Kay said tourism was “probably at the top of list” of the two counties’ common interests.

“We have a lot in common. It makes sense,” added Commissioner Jonathan Fritz.

Noting Smith’s support for highlighting Wayne’s hunting and fishing opportu-

Pike welcomes neighbor aboard

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Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau (PMVB) marketing director Brian Bossuyt, left, and PMVB CEO Carl Wilgus, right, listen as Wallenpaupack Visitors Center manager Keith Williams makes the case for Wayne County’s participation in a joint marketing publication with Pike County. nities, Wilgus said the PMVB outreach effort will get underway at the annual Great American Outdoor show in Harrisburg in February.

The PMVB is also heavily involved in the National Geographic Society’s new web-based geo-tourism site, which is to premiere in May. “As of two weeks ago, some 300 nominations of visitor sites have come from Pike, Wayne and Northampton counties.” He said the society’s interest will provide “much bigger penetration” for the region than has ever been possible before. “It’s like a Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for tourism. It speaks volumes,” he said.

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“There was a lot of concern regarding the impact of the bridge,” D’Angelo acknowledged. “How are you going to build it 500 feet across? How would you access, build, and maintain, keeping the natural resource aspect, and resident and boater access?”

He continued, “Plus the engineering exercise. We’re out to build a bridge over the river, we’re not going to build a dam across all of it; we need to maintain the flow of the river for safety and for fish and wildlife.”

Rautzahn expanded on the actual engineering. “It will be single lane, a bit wider than the existing one, safer; there will be a walkway across the bridge. The general layout looks very similar to the present one.”

Traffic control is one of the big issues, because there are residents on the Pennsylvania side whose only access is through the bridge. “The access will be from Route 97 on NY side, with a causeway to safely keep the channel open on PA side, requiring a lot of coordination,” Rautzahn explained.

“The first year of construction will extend through most of 2017,” he said. “There will be a navigation plan, and signs up and down stream, to stay to the right. There won’t be any work on the PA side during that time. The existing bridge will stay open.”

At the end of 2017, the work will switch to PA side, mirroring the New York side.

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MILFORD, PA — The Pike County Commissioners heard a familiar presentation from the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau (PMVB) on January 20.

Speaking to the new joint marketing program with Wayne County, Pike Chair Matt Osterberg welcomed the neighbors and the regional brand. “We have so much in common… It’s important to get them in here. No one visiting knows where the county lines are.”

The combination isn’t unprecedented.

“We’ve had joint efforts going for a while and we’ve worked well with Wayne County,” he said.

Pike and the PMVB have been distributing Pike’s Visitor Guide for the past seven years.

In other business in Milford last Wednesday, Osterberg reported that plans for the “Working Pike” job fair are gaining thrust. More than 40 volunteers recently attended an organizing session at St. Patrick’s Church Hall in Milford.

The fair is scheduled to be held at Hunt’s Best Western in Matamoras on April 15.

The commissioners also heard a report that the roofing of a 92-unit senior citizens housing project on Hulst Drive, near K-Mart, in Westfall is nearing completion.

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are issues going through roads, railroad, and contractual issues to access, but we worked this up with the park service. It’s going to be a continuous operation, once you start to take rock piles there,” Rautzahn said.

D’Angelo said the project has all the necessary permits. “Mussel relocation with the disturbance going on—we have to restore and stabilize it during and after construction, along the banks. There will be orange fencing. We’ll chop everything down on the banks in the areas we are going to serve, and we’ll do plantings in a stabilization effort. We have to make sure it’s secure and stable.”

The new bridge will not be connected to High Road in Pond Eddy, so an accident similar to one last year when a truck lost its brakes and crashed across the bridge will not be possible. Once the new bridge is up, the old one will be taken down.

Problems with storage of equipment are possible on the Pennsylvania side.

“We have not much room there. Once they are there, landlocked in the second stage, they have to truck everything over the old bridge. The area is limited, there’s a railroad, rock. We squeezed it as much as we could,” Rautzahn said.

He concluded “The environmental documentation that was approved—a lot of study went into that, not just cost.

It’s about the safety of the new bridge.”

Stephens said that her primary concerns revolve around her special-needs child, who becomes alarmed by loud noises and bright lights.

Intervenors aside, residents were overwhelmingly in favor of the helipad, which will enable the hospital to achieve Level IV trauma center status.

One of many speakers in favor of the helipad, Greater Honesdale Partnership executive director Gail Tucker, said that her organization’s mission to support local businesses and attract commerce and tourism to the area is also concerned with expanding goods and services that elevate quality of life, the hospital among them.

The only consolation extended to the intervenors was the possibility that the helipad’s Fair Avenue location might be short-lived. Also speaking in favor of the helipad, Dr. William Dewar said that the hospital’s long-term plans for expansion include a rooftop heliport.

At $900,000, the rooftop heliport construction would be considerably more costly than the $100,000 estimated for the Fair Avenue helipad, said WMHS CEO David Hoff in private remarks, adding that the $35 million proposed expansion is tentatively scheduled for completion in late fall 2018.

The borough council will vote on the helipad at its February 8 meeting.

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THE RIVER REPORTER

Hawley boy needs kidney

By FRITZ MAYER

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AWLEY, PA — Nine-year-old Bobby Fortuna of Hawley is one of more than 8,000 residents in Pennsylvania that is on the list waiting for a transplant of one organ or another. In Bobby’s case it’s a kidney.

He was diagnosed with a serious kidney problem in the summer of 2015. But on January 19, Bobby’s mother Janine Cox Fortuna learned that the situation had progressed to stage-four kidney failure.

Janine is urging the public to visit www. savealifenowpa.org to sign up to become organ donors and to support legislation that would provide more public education about organ donation.

She’s been posting it on her Facebook page, and friends and people from out of

state are re-posting and sharing it. on the list for transplant before he goes on dialysis.”

She said of the effort, “It became a little more important now because In Pennsylvania there are over my son is now in stage-four kidney 8,000 people waiting on organ donations, and some of them wait for failure. Originally, when he was diagnosed, we were told that it would years. On the list, children normally get a higher place than adults, more be a very slow process, and maybe it would be a few years before he would Contributed photo severe cases get served before less need a transplant. On January 19 Bobby Fortuna severe cases, and who’s been waiting longest is taken into account. we went to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to see a new doctor because Janine has no idea at this point, which is still very early in the process, how long Bobby’s symptoms started to get worse.

He was in the hospital for six days at the Bobby’s wait might be.

If the family found someone that was beginning of the year.

“I don’t know if the illness started to willing and was a match, the donation make the kidneys fail faster, or if this is could take place right away.

Janine and her family have become just the process [the illness] is taking. close to a donation recipient who went The new doctor is a little more aggressive through just such an experience. She and he wants to get Bobby blood-typed and tissue-mapped so that he can put him said, “My son drag-races with my hus-

band. He taught him how to race cars, and there’s a gentleman there [at the racing facility] who has been talking to us and told us that he had a girl step up for him. They were calling his family in because he was dying of liver failure. And his wife made a Facebook page, and some girl—I think she was close to where they live—just stepped up and gave him 70% of her liver, and saved his life. And he now races, and they talk to me every day now.”

According to the website, the Donate Life PA Act is due for a vote this year.

The bill will ensure that more life-saving organs are donated by increasing public education, strengthening oversight of organ donation, clarifying decision-making authority over donations, and reducing unnecessary denials of organ recoveries.

Congressional Democratic candidates speak

By FRITZ MAYER

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HITE LAKE, NY — There are at least six Democrats who’ve expressed interest in running for the New York 19th Congressional District, currently held by Republican Chris Gibson, who has said he will not run for a third term this year.

Three of the would-be candidates turned out to a forum sponsored by the Democratic Women of Sullivan County at Sorello’s Restaurant in Kauneonga Lake on January 20. The space was packed as the speakers addressed the crowd.

First up was Zephyr Teachout, who ran in the Democratic Primary against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014. Teachout, an associate law professor at Fordham University, said she hadn’t quite made up her mind, but she was 95% there. (She announced on January 25 that she was definitely going to run). At the dinner she said, “If I decide to run for Congress,

you’re going to hear me talk about a lot of policy, about a lot of economic development, about a lot of corruption.”

She said one of the reasons she ran against Cuomo was related to corruption.

She said, “Albany had become private service rather than public service.”

She also said she was deeply interested in education. She said, “I’m a strong opponent of Common Core, a strong advocate for funding that kids need for arts, for sports, for counselors, all of the things that actually allow a child to truly flourish.”

After Teachout, Will Yandik took the floor. Yandik is a fourth-generation farmer from Columbia County, and a member of the Livingston Town Council. He stressed the need for Democrats to find someone who can reach across the aisle.

He said, “It’s hard to believe, but of the 435 congressional districts there are only about a dozen that are competitive. We are one, [and if we win] we’re likely to win by 51% to 55%. We need to find a candidate

that can play offense; we need to find a candidate who can go out into farm bureau halls, veterans associations, feed stores.”

He said, “We have to have someone that understands that as gerrymandered as we are, we are united by a common challenge: how do we use the market opportunity of New York City without being changed by that city, without losing our rural landscape and our rural heart? We need a farm bill that does something for the Northeast.”

On the subject of fossil fuels versus renewable energy, Yandic said energy companies are “building as many transmission lines as they can throughout the state, before the party’s over and they can’t get subsidies for them anymore.” He said many of these projects are not needed, and that money could be redirected to pay for rural high-speed Internet.

He ended saying, “We can’t win by energizing progressives alone.”

Next up was Elliot Auerbach, the Ulster

County Comptroller, and a former mayor of Ellenville (he announced on January 25 that he would not enter the race.)

He said he raised three kids in Ulster County, and that he had noticed that many Millennials were choosing to move back to the area. He said, “It’s about quality of life, in the 19 th District.”

He said the question he asked himself when thinking about running was, “Can I serve the 700,000 people because I’m a small-time guy?”

The others who are also considering running for the office are Julian Schreibman, who ran against Gibson in 2012; Dan Ahouse, who was Congressman Maurice Hinchey’s chief of staff until 2010; and Dutchess County resident Margo Miller.

On the Republican side, those who’ve expressed interest are former state Assemblyman John Faso of Kinderhook, Dutchess County resident Andrew Heaney and Delaware County resident Bob Bishop.

New Shohola zoning close to completion

By VERA MORET

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HOHOLA TWP, PA — After extensive work, research and training by township planners Aaron Robinson, Peter Wulfhorst and Gary Hoeper, the rezoning of Shohola Township is near completion. All the red tape has been completed and approved through the proper channels and will be up for approval at next month’s meeting.

All changes and details can be found on the Shohola website: shoholatwp.org. The new zoning laws in their entirety can be found on the website at shoholatwp.org/ wp-content/uploads/2015/11/FINAL-DRAFT-DONE-BYJO-JULY-2015.pdf. Anyone with concerns should consult the map and the document and address any issues prior

to the voting on February 17.

Considering the immense amount of work put into these changes, this process has gone surprisingly smoothly, and the planning commission was recognized with a round of applause by the supervisors and attendees at the township meeting on January 14. A few of the most recent changes were reviewed. For example, private stables with 10 acres or more of land may have up to four horses. Residents are allowed to have up to five licensed dogs. Breeders are permitted larger litters as long as the puppies are six months of age or under. One change that may be of particular interest to Shohola residents is that there are now restrictions regarding the use of firearms in residential areas. Previously, no such restrictions existed.

The precise wording, on page 95 of the document, is as follows: “632 Restriction of the Discharge of Firearms: It shall be a prohibited activity and a violation of this Ordinance to discharge a firearm such that the projectile travels within 100 feet of any boundary line of the property upon which the firearm is discharged. No firearm shall be discharged on a lot less than one acre.”

The document is well over a hundred pages, however a clear table of contents does make it user friendly.

In other news, Shohola is to receive a new police car in replacement of the current Charger, which has been found to be unusable in the winter. With the proceeds from the Charger, coupled with funding found by supervisor Kieth Raiser, the township will now be able to procure a vehicle from Courtdale in Luzerne Township.

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THE RIVER REPORTER

Disgruntled resident complains about neighbors Shohola board accused of ethics violations

By VERA MORET

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HOHOLA TOWNSHIP, PA — Joe Zenes has owned and lived on a small property near the Route 6 end of Shohola Falls Road for approximately 33 years. Nineteen years ago, a young family bought the adjoining 6.9 acre piece—wooded at the time—and over the years have made what some people would consider improvements to it to accommodate their growing family’s activities. The space has a putting green, an ornate tree house and a stocked pond for fishing and ice skating. The latest project involved clearing a sledding hill of stumps and rocks.

Both the town board and the property owners (who wish to remain anonymous) noted that, starting in 1999, Zenes has made multiple complaints to the supervisors and zoning officers regarding these changes. Every change was assessed by the board, the zoning officers and township solicitor Jason Ohliger and were found to have been without merit.

At the meeting on January 14, Zenes presented the supervisors with a glass bottle of muddy water he claimed was his tap water. He insisted that this is the result of runoff due directly to some minor excavating work currently being done on the neighboring property that is muddy-

ing his 160-foot well. The board and Ohliger reminded Zenes that his multiple complaints had never served any purpose, and that his property is on a higher elevation than that of his neighbors. This issue will, however, once again be investigated by zoning officer Dilorenzo and the county water conservancy, and by Ohliger.

Zenes also made claims that the driving and chipping range that the owners have made are in direct opposition to what is permitted within the new zoning laws. This topic was left open for further evaluation.

Zenes then put his name forward as a candidate for the empty alternate zoning officer position and listed his credentials. He was advised to apply for the job through the appropriate channels.

On another matter, Supervisors Chair George Fluhr came under fire from Carrie Thomas. Thomas is a well known attendee of the township meetings and supporter of losing write-in candidate Shirley Masuo for the head supervisor position in last November’s election.

Thomas has voiced her disapproval of Fluhr and the rest of the board for at least six years. On January 14, she appeared with what she apparently believed to be a smoking gun and had called for Channel 13 to document the moment.

Thomas’s primary complaint appeared to be that super-

visors should not be paid when performing duties for the township—such as plowing and road inspections—that fall outside the scope of their regular duties. She had called other boards, including Dingmans and Blooming Grove, and said she had done independent legal and insurance research.

Ohliger said in response that other area townships clearly do pay their supervisors for duties outside their regular scope. Lackawaxen, until recently, had its head supervisor receiving an hourly rate as roadmaster, and paid another supervisor for acting as treasurer.

Thomas criticized the fact that supervisor Keith Raiser had been paid a day’s fee for road inspection. The disorder was settled, however, when Ohliger read the relevant statute, statue 606 of the second class township code, which clearly stated that supervisors can and should be paid for such work not directly within their scope of supervisory duties, and that Raiser, for example, could have been inspecting the roads twice a year for a set day’s pay. Raiser settled the insurance issue by making the point that the insurance is necessary if, for example, he should be injured by a vehicle while performing his duties.

Fluhr quickly put an end to the meeting on that note, but Thomas was clearly unsatisfied with the outcome.

Skate of the Union opens

By ISABEL BRAVERMAN

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ARROWSBURG, NY — It was a real community effort that made the ice skating rink in Narrowsburg happen. The Narrowsburg Union leased the ball field to the Town of Tusten and the Tusten Youth Commission for use of the rink during the winter season.

The grand opening took place on Saturday, January 23 and everyone from young children to adults enjoyed a day on the ice.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held with Tusten Supervisor Carol Wingert, Narrowsburg Union owner Brendan Weiden, Tusten Youth Commission

President Doreen Wyss and Sullivan County Judge Frank LaBuda. The Heron served chili with all the fixings to keep skaters warm on the chilly and snowy day, and Pete’s Market donated a decorated cake. In addition to the rink, there is also a stylish seating area, designed by Alessandra Iavarone of The Velvet Maple in Honesdale, PA. It includes cozy red rocking chairs (donated by members of the community) and tables so people can sit and hang out, or watch their kids skate. There is also a large fire pit to warm hands and feet, and alongside the rink are logs for everyone to change out of their shoes and lace up their skates.

Although it was a snowy day, that didn’t

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stop people from coming out and enjoying the new ice skating rink. The kids were ecstatic as they put on their skates and grabbed hockey sticks to shoot the puck around. One little girl said it was her first time ever skating, and she was scared but happy.

The rink will be open Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday from 1 to 7 p.m.

Ice hockey hours are Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Admission is free and there is parking.

Donated skates are available at the Catskill Hudson Bank. For more photos see www.riverreporter.com.

Photo by Isabel Braverman

Young boys brought their hockey sticks to play on the ice at the opening of the ice rink in Narrowsburg.

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Overlooking voter fraud

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ver the past few years, Republicans all over the country have been passing laws or attempting to pass laws meant to prevent something that almost never occurs: in-person voter fraud. Well, it happens that here in Sullivan County we have dozens of probable cases of voter fraud, and no one seems to have the power or will to make the fraudsters pay for their crimes.

In 2014, the Sullivan County Board of Elections determined that more than 90 Hasidic voters, including developer Shalom Lamm, were not eligible to vote here, and the matter went to Judge Stephan Schick. He issued subpoenas for all of the voters to come an explain why they were in fact eligible to vote—and every single one, including Lamm, decided they would rather pay the fine than show up to defend their right to vote. Schick determined that the voters were ineligible to vote, and called it “an attempt to stuff the ballot box.” That court decision still stands.

In March 2015, there was an election to determine whether the Village of Bloomingburg would continue to exist; if it did, people moving into Lamm’s development, the Villages at Chestnut Ridge, could easily overwhelm village government. In this vote, also, the BOE determined that some 27 voters were not eligible to vote, but the county attorney’s office made a deal with Lamm’s attorney to let their votes count anyway, which swung the election in favor of Lamm and his allies. Later, in order to dismiss one lawsuit, the county attorney’s office agreed to let those voters remain on the voter rolls, even though the BOE had previously determined they had no right to vote. Did anyone in the county attorney’s office ask the 400 residents of Bloomingburg if this was a just and fair way to proceed?

Not surprisingly, the BOE commissioners Anne Prusinsky and the late Rodney Gaebel were sued by the 27 members of the Hasidic community, alleging they had been discriminated against because of their religion. Then, as if to add insult to injury, Prusinksy was told the county would no longer defend her against the discrimination suit.

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The number of petitioners in the case has dropped from about 27 to 10 because, reportedly, some of the people involved in the lawsuit did not want to offer proof of their residency. Given these circumstances, for county officials to pull the rug out from under Prusinski, presumably with the advice of Sullivan County Attorney Sam Yasgur, is outrageous.

Fortunately, the new legislature has decided not to let Prusinski twist in the wind. They voted on January 21 to hire two lawyers from Middletown to represent her in the case. It will be interesting to see if the remaining 10 petitioners will hold onto their claim of residency. It’s clear that at least 80 have so far, in two cases, decided the right to vote is not worth showing up to court to defend.

We would never advocate that anyone of any religion or race be discriminated against, but anyone who has followed this case knows that there have been ample allegations of fraud involved in the construction of the Villages at Chestnut Ridge, as well as allegations of crony capitalism and voter fraud, and that seems to still be unfolding. Attorneys for the Town of Mamakating and Village of Bloomingberg on January 14 filed an appeal of a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) lawsuit against Lamm and various officials and others in the development of the 396-unit townhouse complex in Bloomingburg that is at the heart of all this turmoil.

The original case, brought by lawyers David Holland and Phillip Simpson, alleged that there were numerous instances of conspiracy, fraud, voter fraud, bribery and other crimes over the years.

The case was dismissed in September 2015 by federal judge Katherine Forrest, who said, among many other things, that the lawsuit had not been filed in time.

In the appeal, Holland and Simpson argued that, for various reasons, the lawsuit was filed in time, and they addressed the other points raised by Forrest.

In the appeal, they also pointed once again to voter fraud. The appeal said, “in 2014 and 2015 when Defendants Lamm, [his partner Kenneth] Nakdimen, and Bloomingburg Rentals LLC, along with hundreds of others (many of whom are identified in the Amended Complaint) orchestrated and participated in campaigns of fraudulent voter registration in efforts to obtain control of the Village government and then to prevent the Village from dissolving and ceding jurisdiction to the larger, more robust Town where they could not muster such a voter majority. The voter fraud was executed so as to protect the development after the initial frauds had been exposed.”

It’s clear that there are many allegations of crimes involved in the construction of the Villages at Chestnut Ridge, including multiple allegations of voter fraud going back at least two years, and so far no one had been held to account.

Does a $15 minimum wage make sense?

The fight to establish a $15 minimum wage for entrylevel workers, specifically fast-food workers, has grown larger over the recent weeks. Organizations such as “Fight for $15” have tried to spread the word about the fight for an increase in the minimum wage established by the federal government. Supporters claim that people need more money to back themselves. The opposing side argues that people working entry-level jobs with little skill and education do not deserve a wage that high.

The idea of a $15 minimum wage has already been accepted in Seattle, WA. Will it be accepted everywhere else? That question has played a role in recent debates between 2016 presidential candidates. Bernie Sanders argued in a recent debate, “When we put money into the hands of working people, they are going to go out and buy goods; they are going to go out and buy services; and they are going to create jobs in doing that.” Supporters agree that doing so would indeed help our economy in those ways.

Should society fight for a $15 dollar minimum wage?

Sanders began his argument, “When we put money into the hands of working people…” but he fails to define what a “worker” is. People working in a fast-food restaurant are generally uneducated and unskilled. Mike Saltsman, a research director for FastFoodFlop.com, stated his opinion that raising the minimum wage “devalues the hard work of people who have already put the effort into working their way up.”

People that have low skills and low education deserve the low wages they get now. Supporters of the increase fail to see that a person working in an entry-level position at a fast food restaurant should not be using that socalled “job” as a career path. These employees should not be relying on their minimum-wage paycheck to pay their bills. Instead of fighting for higher wages, they should get an education. Then they’ll be able to search for a real job that will get them the money they need.

David Powers [David is a senior at Eldred High School.]

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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”

— Isaac Asimov

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MY VIEW

By BRUCE FERGUSON

Be wary of solar farm leases

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he solar revolution has arrived in Sullivan County in a blizzard of paper. In recent weeks thousands of Sullivan County landowners have received solicitations from a company called Cypress Creek,which is seeking to lease land for solar farms. Some landowners contacted the company and received boilerplate leases that offer $1,000 an acre a year for leased land. On the face of it, this might sound like a good deal—but in this instance, the devil is truly in the details.

First, as soon as the property owner signs a lease, he or she is legally bound to honor the terms and conditions of the contract, although the leasing company is not under the same obligation. The company may be able to tie up a very large parcel of land for two years by paying just a couple of thousand dollars, and then walk away from the deal entirely. It can retain its rights to the property for more than 40 years, or break the lease at any time If the leasing company does decide to build a solar farm, it may decide that it only needs around 10 acres of a much larger parcel, and in that case it will only pay rent on the acreage it actually uses. And the company has the sole discretion to decide where it wants to site the solar installation. It even has the right to remove sheds, barns or silos to make way for its solar panels. Adjoining par-

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cels of land that are not under contract to the solar company can also be subjected to unspecified easements that might render them unsalable.

To top it off, tax increases due to the loss of agricultural or forestry exemptions, or to higher assessments based on the value of the solar farm, could eat up whatever income the property owner receives from the lease.

Anyone who is interested in leasing should first go to the Cornell Cooperative Extension website and listen to the presentation by attorney Steve Mogel, Ed Homenick from Real Property Tax Services, and Carol Roig and Stephen Stuart from the Sullivan Alliance for Sustainable Development (SASD). After that, if you’re still interested in leasing, hire a good lawyer.

Cypress Creek is not the only game in town. At least two other solar companies have their eyes on Sullivan County and, before long, landowners may be in the enviable position of having multiple companies competing for leasing rights. Solar development can benefit Sullivan County, but it has to be done right—and that means, among other things, it’s got to be a good deal for the folks who lease their land.

[Bruce Ferguson is a resident of Callicoon Center, NY.]

Cuomo’s distorted view of the dairy industry

e began in 2011 with our partnership to stimulate dairy production through our Greek yogurt industry expansion and it has worked.... our dairy industry is booming because the yogurt companies are consuming all the milk we’re producing. It has been a great victory and an important lesson, and besides having some cows suffering sore udders, it has been a great, great success.”

So said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in his 2016 State of the State address.

But a brief fact check suggests that nothing is further from the truth. “Our dairy industry is booming”? Hardly. Since peaking in the $25 per cwt. range in 2014, New York dairy farmers have seen milk prices received plummet to the current $15/cwt. range, a drop of some 40%.

Yogurt production peaked in New York State in November of 2013 and has shown significant declines since. U.S. Greek yogurt pioneer Chobani got its start in an ancient former J.L. Kraft plant in South Edmeston, NY, on its way to becoming the leading U.S. producer of Greek yogurt. Chobani has since built a new yogurt plant in Twin Falls, ID. When the new facility came on line in 2012, the result was a substantial drawdown of production (40% by some estimates) at the New York plant. This led to numerous job losses and seriously reduced the plant intake of milk. Starting in May of 2014, this reduction forced Chobani’s milk supplier, Dairy Marketing Services, to dump 100-200 tractor trailer loads of redundant milk per month, with the losses deducted from farmers’ milk checks.

However, that milk dumping pales in comparison to the dumping that occurred in the Northeast during the late spring and early summer of 2015. The Federal Milk Marketing Order #1 includes eastern New York, most of New England, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and eastern Maryland. According to the order’s monthly statistical report, in normal months the amount of milk listed under “Animal Feed & Dumpage” totals in the high four to low five million pounds range. It rose from a

typical 5.3 million lbs. in April to 7.3 million lbs. in May, then jumped to 22 million lbs. in June and topped out at 22.7 million lbs. in July. Compounding the milk-dumping chaos, about two dozen New York dairy farmers also lost their milk markets and had to scramble to find new buyers in an oversupplied market, as a direct result of the enormous underutilization of New York milk.

The governor’s message also failed to note the December 10 announcement by PepsiCo and the Theo Muller Group that they were ending their Muller-Quaker Dairy, LLC joint venture in Batavia after an abortive two-and-ahalf-year run. When completed in 2013, this was billed as the largest yogurt production facility in North America.

The closure put 170 production personnel out of work.

Cuomo made a rare pilgrimage to rural western New York to tour the plant in August 2013 and take a bow for his oversight in financing the $206 million project.

His Empire State Development Corporation already has something in the neighborhood of $82,000 per worker invested in the Muller-Quaker project, and it has announced it stands ready to shovel in more taxpayer money, when Dairy Farmers of America, the plant’s new proprietor, compiles its wish list of grants, tax perks and other government corporate welfare.

In a classic case of “be careful what you wish for,” some three years ago, Cuomo and his sidekick, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, called on New York dairy farmers to “stimulate dairy production” by some 25% to fuel the new Greek yogurt plants springing up across the Empire State. But the growth in Greek yogurt sales proved unsustainable and has now leveled-off. Now New York dairy farmers are paying the price for these politicians’ clueless promises and unfounded optimism.

[Nate Wilson is retired after 40 years as a dairy farmer in New York’s Chautauqua County. He is now an associate editor with The Milkweed, a national dairy industry monthly. He can be reached at 716/ 962-8488 or gksworks@gmail.com.]

VIEWS FROM THE TRAIN

By Tom Caska

Wi-fi available here

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id you play the powerball during the recent billion dollar frenzy? I know I sure did;, heck, we all did, and we lived for a few short days dreaming of what we would do with the winnings. One of the things I know I would do with my winnings is to buy New Jersey Transit wi-fi for all its train cars. All the local bodegas and convenience stores in Manhattan advertise “Wi-fi available here!” as if while we were buying milk, or the morning paper, or a powerball ticket, we would dare risk not being connected for those few short moments. In my small town of Glen Spey we have a convenience store and a post office; that’s it. Guess what? Pete’s, the “have it all convenience store” of this tiny hamlet has wi-fi; you can use it while you pump your gas. They also advertise it proudly on a big sign in the front of the store.

Surprisingly, there is no wi-fi service in the train cars of my commute along the Port Jervis line. One would wonder why, with all the commuters sitting hours on the train, there would be no wi-fi service here—how inconvenient to the riders! Transit fares recently went up 9%, the fifth increase since 2002. This was followed by service cuts in order to meet the fiscal 2016 budget, which the legislature and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie approved. The good news is that New Jersey Transit proudly announced there would be selected wi-fi service in selected stations up and down the various rail lines.

This basically means the large stations on the Port Jervis line of Secaucus and Penn Station, not the train cars.

This does little to help the student doing homework on the train or the commuter trying to catch up on a little work on the commute in.

Cell phone service along the ride is very spotty to say the least. Even the “can you hear me now” network has its subscribers plagued with dropped calls, even in very populated areas of the trip. During emergencies at home, riders heading home are often found asking other riders if they have service hoping another cell carrier can reach the other end of the line at home. Conductors are not immune to this problem either, as the company issued device works just as poorly.

Amtrak has wi-fi, the Dollar busses to Boston and Washington have wi-fi, New York City taxi cabs have wifi, most airlines have wi-fi. So why is it there is no wi-fi on New Jersey Transit Transit trains? This seems to be a mystery. Most of the commuters answering the surveys request this improvement. Heck, even the conductors complain about the same thing; they tell me the satellites are already in place. The easy answer is that the issue is bogged down with politics. Christie is deaf to problems at home while he covers the country trying to beat Trump.

When the road surface of the Palisades Parkway was so torn up it was dangerous to drive, it took a drive from the DOT Commissioner to realize just how bad it was. Only then was action taken. Maybe Christie needs to ride the train more.

Since I can’t wait, I do what many commuters do on the Port Jervis line: carry two phones, with a different carrier on each. Granted, one is a work phone—I could not afford the cost of the two carriers. Word quickly spreads of other passengers like myself, and the conductors come to rely on us. Just recently, during a bad rain storm with downed trees, Jim, the conductor, asked to borrow my phone—neither the radio or his phones could contact the terminal to report downed trees. I like to think that, because I was able to supply service when needed, I helped all the commuters that night get home.

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OBITUARIES

COMMUNITY CURRICULUM

JUDITH SKIER BROWN Judith Skier Brown passed away peacefully at home Tuesday morning.

She is survived by her husband, Dr. David Brown and her three children, Martha Brown Zuckman, Sarah Brown Goldstein, Douglas Skier Brown; sonsin-laws, Dr. Brett Zuckman and Mr. Eli Goldstein; her sister Susan Sawyer; brother-in-law Jerald Sawyer; sister-inlaw, Muriel Brown; and by her beloved dog, Rawley.

Judy loved being with her family, baking, gardening, entertaining and playing golf. She was loved dearly by her family and friends and will be greatly missed by all.

Judy was very involved in the community, and served on the boards of The Jewish Home for the Elderly, Operation Hope, Bridgeport Hospital Women’s Auxiliary and Birchwood Country Club.

Judy received an MPH from Columbia University, where she worked in the department of dentistry.

The funeral was held on Wednesday, January 13 at Congregation Beth El, 1200 Fairfield Woods Road, Fairfield, CT. Memorial period will be observed at the family residence on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings.

Farmers market program training

Library offers math course

LIBERTY, NY — Farmers and farmers’ market managers can attend a free Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) training and receive certification to understand and accept women, infants, and children (WIC) FMNP checks, senior FMNP checks, and WIC vegetables and fruits checks. This free webinar training is being offered on Wednesday, February 3 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County (CCESC) will host this event at its Gerald J. Skoda Extension Education Center on 64 Ferndale-Loomis Rd. It is a collaboration between CCESC, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Eat Smart New York, Sullivan County Public Health Services WIC and Sullivan County Rural Health Network.

This educational opportunity is mandatory for farmers who want to accept checks from WIC and FMNP participants at authorized farmers’ markets. Attendees will learn about the advantages of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and how to accept SNAP benefits at farmers’ markets.

Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Call CCESC at 845/292-6180, email sullivan@cornell.edu, or visit www.sullivancce.org.

PORT JERVIS, NY — The Hub at the Port Jervis Free Library and SUNY Orange will again partner to offer a class to prepare students to take the Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC), formerly known as GED or High School Equivalency. The class starts February 1 and will continue on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:45 to 8:15 p.m. for approximately 12 weeks (60 hours of instruction) in the Community Room at the Port Jervis Library.

This course curriculum is based on the Common Core State Standards. Although open to anyone who wishes to improve their math skills, the goal of the course is to provide sufficient foundational and conceptual skills so that students can pass the TASC Math sub-test, partake in pre-college courses, enhance their initial college placement scores, and/or matriculate to college.

Upon completion of this course, another course will be offered to concentrate on the balance of the TASC subtests.

Visit The Hub at the Port Jervis Library and bring photo identification, as well as the $12 tuition fee. For more information email thehub@portjervislibrary.com or call 845/856-7313.

What you need to know to show a dog

Helping the disabled

ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

BEACH LAKE, PA — The Upper Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will feature Kim Emmett at its meeting on Sunday, January 31 at 10:15 a.m. Emmet, who works with Community Vocational Services (CVS), will present a program focusing on the work of this organization, dedicated to improving the lives of those with disabilities. For the disabled seeking independence, education, community integration and employment, CVS offers Special Olympics, field trips, employment shadowing and work opportunities.

The meeting takes place at the the Berlin Township Community Center. A social time and refreshments will follow the program. For directions, see www.uduuf.org/ directions.

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WCCF supports The Cooperage

HONESDALE, PA — Recently, the Wayne County Community Foundation (WCCF) presented a grant to The Cooperage Project.

The grant in the amount of $1,500 will be used to support upgrades to its technology. Seen here are Jeff George, left, Kay Reynolds, Doni Hoffman of the Cooperage Project and Jane Varcoe, WCCF grants committee member.

Mushroom group to meet at brewery HONESDALE, PA — There will be a meeting of the Delaware Highlands Mushroom Society on Groundhog Day, Tuesday, February 2 at 6 p.m. at the Irving Cliff Brewery, 2 Chapel St. There will Photo by Jeff Sidle be discussion of a few A dryad’s saddle mushroom mushroom species, accompanied with photographs. The possibility of using some of the spent brewers grain as a growing medium for an upcoming public mushroom spore inoculation and cultivation project will also be discussed.

SHOHOLA, PA — If you have a purebred dog that you would like to show, Tri-State Dog Obedience Club can help you. It will hold a special conformation/breed class on Sunday, February 7 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

To have a dog that is pure-bred or registered with the American Kennel Club (AKC) is not the be-all and end-all if you wish to pursue a blue ribbon or best-in-show. The breeder must understand the breed standard, be aware of health issues and have an “eye” for the proper mating.

In the upcoming class, the instructor will train you and your dog about show etiquette and showmanship.

Tri-State Dog Obedience Club offers one of the most comprehensive dog training syllabi in the tri-state area, serving all breeds. For more information call 845/374-2708.

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Look who’s back at Sullivan West!

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — There is life after graduation from Sullivan West and according to its alumni, they were well prepared for the demands of both the post-secondary college program and entry into the world of work. In keeping with a tradition started in 2011 by retired guidance counselor George Rose, Alumni Day was held on January 6 at the Lake Huntington campus. Eleven alumni visited the sophomore and junior social studies classes to speak with current students about their experiences in college or in the work force. They were also able to meet less formally with seniors during study halls. Shown here, they are, back row left, Cody Buchannan, John Chudick, Eric Haberli, Austin Julkerski, John Yewchuk and Josiah Bailey. In the front row are Demi Boehm, Megan Haberli, Ryan Graham, Gavin Owen and Dana Borowski.

LIBERTY, NY — Farmers and agricultural businesses can access the expertise of professionals on a range of ag business topics at a workshop series titled “Taking Care of Business: Developing Your Farm Operation,” starting in February.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County is offering this opportunity at its Gerald J. Skoda Extension Education Center on 64 Ferndale-Loomis Rd. The first session, on February 4 from 3 to 5 p.m., will be “ Business Structures & Tax Updates for a Farm Operation.”

Jennifer Adduci of Farm Credit East will discuss farm taxation updates and credits, including business structures, such as sole proprietorship, partnerships, LLCs, corporations, schedule F, Farmer Tax Exemption Certificates, and Form 4797.

The cost is $15 per person per class, $10 per CCESC enrollee per class, or $30 per enrollee for the entire series. Anyone can enroll in CCESC for an annual contribution of $25. Non-refundable payment is required in advance. Seats are only guaranteed with payment.

Scholarships are available, made possible through Sullivan Renaissance. Visit www.sullivancce.org, email sullivan@cornell.edu or call 845/292-6180.

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LOOKING BACK

LAKE HUNTINGTON NEWS

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linton Township, established in 1834 and named for New York governor DeWitt Clinton, lies on the western border of Wayne County on the east side of the Moosic Range, and boasts the only coal deposit ever found in Wayne County, although there was never enough to mine. Clinton has always been essentially rural, although in the 19th century it was home to one of the largest tanneries in the county. In 1850, Col. Zadoc Pratt, a former congressman from Greene County, NY, financed the construction of the tannery, which was operated by brothers Julius and Henry Alden. The influential Col. Pratt was able to have the post office moved from its former location, called

Mount Republic, to the “tannery store,� where it was renamed Aldenville after the tannery bosses. The tannery closed in 1882, when the supply of hemlock bark was exhausted. At its peak, the Pratt tannery consumed 8,000 cords of hemlock bark per year. The village of Aldenville was also home to the Clinton Cut Glass Company and the Elite Cut Glass Company and site of four “feeder� ponds for the Delaware & Hudson Canal.

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I can assure you their car was not cleared for long.

I did feel a little cheated; a few inches would have been nice. I loved building forts when I was younger; all the neighbors would come out and work together to clear the road, piling all the snow in one spot so all the kids could play. There were 49 kids on my block. I was one of five girls. We all played stick ball, stoop ball and ring-the-bell-and-run togetherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that was my favorite. The good old days. I feel sorry for the kids today; if you told them â&#x20AC;&#x153;go out and play and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come back till I call you for dinner,â&#x20AC;? they would freak out. No electronics, no iPhones, no iPads, no Kindles, computers or television, just sunshine and fresh air.

New changes in Lake Huntington: Angelinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the Hill is now offering a new menu and soup and salad bar. Lake Hun-

BUSINESS BRIEFS VIP CrossFit ribbon cutting rescheduled LIBERTY, NY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The open house and ribbon cutting for VIP CrossFit originally scheduled for Saturday, January 23 has been rescheduled for Saturday, January 30 at 3 p.m.

There will be a paleo potluck, free workout, 50/50 for free six-month membership and special one-dayonly offers. Visit VIP Crossfit at vipfitnessny.com, call 845/292-7214 or email Dustin5706@hotmail.com.

tington Service Center has redone their front room. When you walk in the door, you will be in a brand-new, really nice service deck and public waiting area offering complimentary coffee, tea and hot chocolate, while you wait for your car or truck.

I was told that the elephant is going out on the lake this week. They had to wait until the water had frozen enough. You can guess on when you think the ice will melt and the elephant goes for a swim. If you are interested in playing, give Ed Grund a call (845/252-7363).

The Friends of the Library (FOL) for Western Sullivan Public Library is struggling for members. If you would like to become a member, you can attend the next meeting in Narrowsburg on Wednesday, February 10 at 4 p.m., or you can send a membership fee of $10 to FOL c/o Western Sullivan Public Library, 19 Center St., Jeffersonville, NY 12745.

Save the dates: St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day complete Irish dinner at The Knights of Columbus Holy Cross Church, Route 97 Callicoon, NY, Saturday, March 12. Lake Huntington Presbyterian Church penny social, April 9. The Cochecton Youth Group is planning to have a penny social at Angelinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, not sure of the date. More info on all events in the weeks to follow.

Have a great week and email me at leeniebeans@citlink.net or call 845/252-3568 if you have news.

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Native daughter conducts â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lion Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on Broadway BEACH LAKE, PA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Angela Jamieson, daughter of Virginia Jamieson of Beach Lake and a frequent visitor to the area, conducted the Sunday, January 17 matinee of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lion Kingâ&#x20AC;? at the Minskoff Theater in Manhattan.

Family members, including her mother, attended the performance.

Angela has been employed with â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lion Kingâ&#x20AC;? company for several years, and has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. One of her proudest moments was conducting â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lion Kingâ&#x20AC;? at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

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Fundraiser for a community man

By ISABEL BRAVERMAN

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AKE HUNTINGTON, NY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Whitehouse family had been in Maui for only eight hours when George had a stroke in his brainstem. It happened before dawn, and fortunately he was awakened by the symptoms and made it to the hospital before he lost consciousness.

George Whitehouse has been building community, literally, in Sullivan County for the past 15 years. Through his business, American Joinery, he has been building homes and gathering spaces incorporating ethical and Contributed photo environmental business practices.

George Whitehouse suffered a stroke while on vacation His wife, Liz Whitehouse, also with his family in Hawaii. The community is rallying to help contributes to the fabric of our his recovery. There will be a fundraiser dance party at The community, as she is a teacher Nutshell in Lake Huntington on Saturday, January 30 at 9 p.m. at the Homestead School in Glen with international DJs Child Support.

Spey as well as offering Spanish Countless people will volunteer at the workshops, which include scholarship door and help set up and clean up and opportunities. The family lives in get the word out all because of Liz and Greeley, PA. Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ties to this community and After he was admitted to the hospital, really because of the love this community George was intubated, and he spent feels for this family. the next eight days sedated and on To donate to the online fund, go to a ventilator, during which time he https://casablancafund.squarespace. contracted a virulent pneumonia and com. suffered from pulmonary embolisms. On day ten in the ICU, George woke up and doctors were able to extubate him.

It has been five weeks since, and a long road lies ahead. There is no doubt about that, but Liz has not for a moment felt anything but certain of a solid, even complete, recovery on Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part. It is just a matter of time and the patience to put one foot in front of the other, day after day for the next however long.

Members of the community are rallying together to support George. They are holding a fundraiser dance party at The Nutshell in Lake Huntington on January 30 at 9 p.m. Tom and Lani Bullock (under the name Child Support) are both international DJs who are donating their time and talents and came up with the Casablanca Dance Party concept.

Bret Keyser is doing all the technical advising and high-tech stuff. Juan Rigal, the owner of The Nutshell, donated the space. Sandra Riedel of County House Realty designed the website for the Casablanca fund and set up the fund so that there wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be any processing fees.

Mike Scullion is a local DJ who is loaning his equipment, and Zoot is also lending his equipment and time.

Cima Bue, a local artist and fire-works specialist, donated a fire sculpture log.

Hilary Smith, an event planner, donated her efforts to get fliers printed up and help get the word out. Quality Printing in Honesdale gave a huge discount because they were touched by Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story.

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Here’s a little inspiration for potato dishes sure to become favorites in 2016: • DIY potato chips: Boil a russet potato and a few purple potatoes for 5 minutes, drain, dry and cut into thin slices. Toss the freshly cut slices in one beaten egg white. Spray a non-stick pan with cooking spray and evenly space the chips throughout the pan.

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Customize a nutritious breakfast hash: Drizzle a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil in a skillet and add diced potatoes (fresh, frozen or refrigerated) with bell pepper and onion, cover and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes. To serve with softcooked eggs, use a spoon to make 4 shallow depressions in the hash, then carefully crack an egg into each hollowed-out spot. Cover the pan and cook eggs for 5 minutes, or until the whites are set and yolks are still runny. Serve immediately. Alternatively, scramble four eggs and top your hash. For a final touch, top with hot sauce or a sprinkle of tarragon, salsa or chimichurri sauce.

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Making a community

Hurleyville Maker’s Lab next step in Main Street Initiative

By ISABEL BRAVERMAN

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URLEYVILLE, NY — The Hurleyville Maker’s Lab had a soft opening on Monday night, becoming another part of The Center for Discovery’s Main Street Initiative. The initiative, according to John Conway, director of development at the center, aims to “bring back the community, so there is a place for the residents and visitors to interact, recreate, and to carry on their lives.”

The Center for Discovery is a national specialty center for the advanced care and treatment of children and adults with significant disabilities, medical complexities and autism spectrum disorders. The vast campus includes a 300-acre farm, residences, health center and school. The Main Street Initiative aims to expand to include Main Street in Hurleyville, so that both residents and visitors have places to go. “We want to build a community that is accessible to everyone,” Conway said. He said Hurleyville has a lot of abandoned buildings, and through donors providing funds, they were able to rehabilitate some of those buildings and turn them into viable businesses that create opportunities for both employees and customers. Although the Center for Discovery has been undertaking and coordinating the rehabilitation, the businesses are not owned and run by the center.

So far, those businesses include the restaurant Pickled Owl, the Hurleyville Market on Main, and now the Maker’s Lab. A performing arts space and dance studio will open this summer. The center will also collaborate with Sullivan County Community College (SUNY Sullivan) to offer classes at the Maker’s Lab. What is a maker’s lab? It’s a place that provides cutting-edge and innovative technology to help people work on projects. There you can collaborate with others, work on an existing project, or start an entirely new one. The lab offers the tools necessary to do so, from 3-D printers to wood-shop machines.

A press release says, “The Hurleyville Maker’s Lab (HML) is a place for people who like to build, invent, tinker and learn new skills. HML provides modern rapid-fabrication tools and

The Maker’s Lab has innovative technologies, including a laser cutting machine.

Photos by Isabel Braverman

The Hurleyville Maker’s Lab had its soft opening on January 25. The space includes a full wood and metal shop.

Tools and equipment include: • Full plastics, electronics, wood and metal shops • Rapid prototyping equipment including two 3D printers, a CNC router and a laser cutting machine

The open house at the Maker’s Lab detailed everything the large space has to offer, and also outlined membership opportunities.

• Computer lab/multi-platform digital creation space with interactive projector and large format printing capabilities • Multi-use spaces are available for a myriad of activities including painting, working with fabrics, music creation, seminars and meet-ups

The “play room” at the Maker’s Lab has a green screen and also video and musicrecording devices.

• Universally designed kitchen and gathering space

equipment in order to produce ideas in any material in an expedited product development environment. HML offers an open collaborative environment where intergenerational mentorships and parent/child partnerships are encouraged.”

The director of the maker’s lab, Mark McNamara, said it’s a place “for pooling resources and sharing equipment and skills.” He explained this is part of the “maker movement” and is a community and education-based learning environment, where you learn through making. He emphasized it could be used for schools, groups, or clubs such as the Boys and Girls Clubs.

The computer lab has Adobe Suite programs, large format printing capabilities and more.

Maker Movement The maker movement is a worldwide culture that focuses on technology and DIY ideas. Maker spaces are on the rise in the United States and in Europe; however, there are still only about 100 in the U.S., making the Hurleyville Maker’s Lab a rare and unusual asset.

Membership The Hurleyville Maker’s Lab is based on a membership model. Anyone 12 years of age and older from any skill level is welcome to become a member

for a nominal monthly fee. Registration is available online. Members must complete safety and machine training and testing before gaining access to the fabrication and electronics areas. Skillsharing workshops will take place on a rolling basis according to the expressed needs of members. In addition, an artist in residence program is available. Visit hurleyvillemakerslab.org.

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ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS ‘About Face’ at Alliance Gallery NARROWSBURG, NY — The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance’s (DVAA’s) Alliance Gallery kicks off the 2016 gallery season with a group exhibition of artworks titled “About Face” on Saturday, February 6, with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. It will be on view through March 26. The opening will take place in Photo by John Rocklin conjunction with DVAA’s online Bgallery space, which B.B. King by John Rocklin will be presenting “Altered Ego—Manipulated Self Portraits of and by the Artist.”

“About Face” is an exhibition about faces and their complicated expressions. The show depicts “images of happiness, sadness, fear, pensiveness, mystery and intensity,” says gallery curator Rocky Pinciotti. “Each artist has chosen to portray the subject’s charisma, temperament, individuality and psyche in such a way that the viewer is pulled into the subject’s world through the vehicle of the face—the mask we present to the world.”

The exhibition includes an assortment of media including painting, photography, collage and woodcut prints.

Artists in the exhibit include Mark Ciocca, Claire Lambe, Lisa LoCurto, Charles Maraia, Akira Ohiso, John Rocklin, Richard Seehausen, Miguel Tio and Scott A. Woolsey.

The gallery is located at 37 Main St. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit delawarevalleyartsalliance.org or call 845/252-7576.

Puppy Love & Kitten Cuddles dance HUGUENOT, NY — Grab your favorite Valentine and join the Humane Society of Port Jervis/Deerpark and the Deerpark Lions Club for an evening of good company, food, music and dancing at the HuContributed photo guenot Firehouse on February 13 from 7 to 11 p.m. There will be a home-cooked Italian dinner, and live Music by Mike.

All proceeds will be split to benefit the Humane Society and the Lions Club. Tickets cost $25 per couple pre-sale and $30 per couple at the door. For tickets, call Joanne at 914/850-5095 or stop by the Humane Society at 202 Route 209.

Coal Town Rounders in Hawley HAWLEY, PA — The Coal Town Rounders will return to Harmony Presents on Saturday, January 30 at 8 p.m. “Grafting their passion for Appalachian music and harmony singing to 21st century sensibilities, Northeast Pennsylvania-based quartet Coal Town Rounders occupy a space in time that is distinctly their own. With a foundational repertoire of bluegrass material you’d expect in a group twice their age, the band is poised to expand the reach and relevance of traditional music with their unique and hard-driving sound,” says Jill Carletti, managing director of Harmony Presents.

Harmony Presents concerts take place in the historic Boiler Room of the Hawley Silk Mill located on the ground floor at 8 Silk Mill Dr. Tickets cost from $19 to $22, depending on how early they are bought. They can be purchased either online at www.harmonypresents.com or in person by visiting AMSkier Insurance at 209 Main St. during regular business hours and on Saturdays between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. For more information call 570/588-8077. Harmony Presents is sponsored by Bold Gold Media.

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One-man folk-rock band in Hawley HAWLEY, PA — Harmony Presents features Jeremiah Tall, a one-man folk-rock band, on Friday, January 29 at 8 p.m. in the Boiler Room of the Hawley Silk Mill, 8 Silk Mill Dr. “Inspired by an unwavering love for summers spent in the mountains, along with the tall tales from his youth, Jeremiah Tall is a one-man show based out of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Tall’s tales range from the struggles of finding your feet on an ever-changing landscape to fictional stories of cowboys and the common man’s battle with the devil. His music proudly conjures up images of wild things dancing around a campfire, and that’s what makes his artistry so

unique. A handpainted suitcase converted into a kick drum provides a backbone to his own throwback spin on folk-rock,” Contributed photo says Jill Car- Jeremiah Tall letti, managing director of Harmony Presents.

Tickets cost from $17 to $20 depending on how early bought. They can be obtained online at www.harmonypresents.com or in person by visiting AMSkier Insurance at 209 Main St. Call 570/588-8077.

Yarnslingers solicits stories HONESDALE, PA — Yarnslingers is requesting submissions for stories for a Valentine’s Day event to be held on Sunday, February 14 from 3 to 4 p.m. at The Cooperage.

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IN MY HUMBLE OPINION

By Jonathan Charles Fox

Have an ice day!

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ou know what they say: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” In that same vein, I say “When life gives you bitter cold, plunging temperatures that cause your thermometer to freeze and there aren’t enough layers in the world to keep you even remotely warm… go to an ice festival,” and there are more than a few to choose from here in the Upper Delaware River region. This past weekend the “Skate of the Union” ice rink (www.narrowsburgunion.com) debuted in Narrowsburg, NY, and while The River Reporter’s Isabel Braverman laced up for the grand opening, (see page 5), I warmed up the truck and made my way to the 57th annual Rotary Club Ice Carnival in Livingston Manor, NY for my very first time.

Even though I’ve heard talk, (www.livingstonmanor.org), I had no clue what I’ve been missing all these years. I was excited to meet up with hundreds of friends and neighbors in Rotary Park, all out for a day of ice-skating exhibitions, not-a-whole-lotta-snow-sculpting competitions, Olympic-style races (replete with medals galore) on the ice, hot dogs, hot chocolate and so much good old-fashioned horse and buggy fun that I almost forgot my fear of the frostbite that threatened my extremities as I took hundreds of photos (www.facebook.com/theriverreporter). The festivities concluded with free-style skating for all ages. In my humble opinion, the Capades got nothin’ on these young people who hit the Walter Seeley memorial ice rink last Sunday with such style, verve and showmanship.

I was awestruck over the talents of skaters Stephanie “Frosty” Chermick, sixyear-old wunderkind Emilia Romagnoli, the incredibly graceful Tracey Lewis, the athletic prowess of Aubrie Roszell and the show-stopping glamour of Trish Roohan and Valerie Levine. I’m telling you, it was

Six-year-old Emilia Romagnoli showed star quality during her performance at the 57th annual Livingston Manor Rotary Ice Carnival in Livingston Manor, NY

The Ice Capades got nothin’ on these ladies, IMHO

TRR photos by Jonathan Charles Fox

Ice Carnival 2016 King and Queen Khristopher DiBartolo and Dakota Rogers waved to the crowd and opened the festivities last Sunday at Rotary Park in Livingston Manor, NY. quite a show! Having left the Wonder Dog at home (it was just too, too cold) I managed to stay warm, thanks to the Rotary Club members, who sponsored a great festival and provided the crowd with snacks inside a “warm-up” room adjacent to the rink, so that even I had no complaints!

The park even provides skates for those who don’t have them, so there’s no excuse for me, other than a fear of falling!

Madly in love with small-town life, I waxed rhapsodic with friends over the celebrations still to come, including next Saturday’s Trout Town Winter Festival, which is touting “snowball fights, carriage rides, a bonfire, live music and (www.roscoebeercompany.com) all things snow,” assuming that we get some (not complaining!) here in the Catskills.

The very next day, I’ll be skating toward Fallsburg, NY for their Winter Carnival (www.fallsburgcsd.net), which is “a joint effort of the town, Morningside Park and the Fallsburg Central school district,” and promises to include “relay races, snowshoeing, broom hockey, ice golf, ice hockey, ice fishing, ice skating, ice, ice

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Liberty’s Ohiso family took advantage of the Rotary Club’s “warm-up” room and had some hot chocolate before heading back to the rink for the Ice Carnival’s Olympic-style races

Five year-old Wyatt Erdman celebrated winning a gold medal at the Livingston Manor Rotary Ice Carnival last Sunday

and more freakin’ ice!”

I’m not sure if anyone makes thermal long johns for dogs, but if I find them, I will let Dharma join me on a trip to Lakeville, PA for the incredible annual frozen display created out of “one hundred tons of ice” and sponsored by the folks at Sculpted Ice Works (www. crystalcabinfever.com), which is simply amazing to behold. I’ve made plans with pals who have yet to attend, after enthusing about the family-friendly event and the gigantic ice sculptures (think Eiffel Tower, Egyptian pyramids, Roman Coliseum and New York Skyline) that will be on display from February 5 through the 28. I’m telling you, if for no other reason, the gargantuan indoor slide made entirely of ice is well worth the trip!

Speaking of frozen water, there will be

No festival is complete here in the Upper Delaware River region without Butch and his horse-drawn carriage rides!

plenty on hand for Winterfest 2016 (www. wurtsboro.org) on February 6, as the icecarving demos get underway along Main Street in Wurtsboro, NY in conjunction with a treasure hunt, kids’ activities and incredible (I’ve been there before!) sculptures lining the streets, all made of you-know-what, along with a chili contest sure to warm even the coldest of fans.

Professional ice carvers will compete for prizes during the day, while visitors marvel at their skills and ask me why I’ve left the dog at home. Maybe her parka will have arrived by then and I’ll be able to bundle her up properly. Meanwhile, I’m going to fill the ice trays at home and try my hand at sculpting some miniature masterpieces for a display in my freezer.

I’ll let you all know how that works out, but in the meantime… Have an ice day!

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WHERE AND WHEN Thurs., Jan. 28

Sun., Jan. 31

Make Your Own Terrarium

Winter Carnival

PORT JERVIS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Public Computer Center (The Hub) at the Port Jervis Free Library partners with Friends of the Garden Sullivan County to offer â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make Your Own Terrarium,â&#x20AC;? 6:30-8pm. Part of the Backyard Series. All containers, soil, plants, and accessories will be provided for you to create your own little indoor garden. Cost: $5. 845/856-7313.

LIBERTY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Town of Fallsburg Parks and Recreation Department hosts Winter Carnival at Morningside Park, 11am-3pm. Music with a DJ, refreshments, bouncy house, relay races, a bonfire, ice skating, snow shoeing, snow man building and snow sculpture, broom hockey, Frisbee golf, ice golf, ice fishing, cross country skiing, etc.

Open Play @ your library

Mon., Feb. 1

CALLICOON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thursdays 10-11:30am at the Delaware Free Branch of the Western Sullivan Public Library in Callicoon.

Join for a slightly structured playtime.

Drop in and see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on. Preregistration not required. Email kohara@ rcls.org or call 845/887-4040.

Fri., Jan. 29 HAWLEY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jeremiah Tall at Harmony Presents at the Hawley Silk Mill, 8pm.

Tall is a one-man show based out of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. A handpainted suitcase converted into a kick drum provides a backbone to his own throwback spin on folk rock. Tickets: $18 advance, $23 general admission.

Pre-K story time at the library

MONTICELLO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pre-K story time at the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library, 10am. This program will continue to develop early literacy skills with stories and crafts. Free. 845/794-4660.

Sat., Jan. 30 BeneďŹ t dance party

LAKE HUNTINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Disco benefit for George Whitehouse at The Nutshell, 9pm. Dance until late with Tom of England. $25 at the door. All proceeds for the Whitehouse family.

Coal Town Rounders at Harmony Presents

HAWLEY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Coal Town Rounders at Harmony Presents at the Hawley Silk Mill, 8pm. Grafting their passion for Appalachian music and harmony singing to 21st century sensibilities, Northeast Pennsylvania-based quartet Coal Town Rounders occupy a space in time that is distinctly their own. Tickets: $19 advance, $24 general admission.

Eagle Watch Bus Tour

LACKAWAXEN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and learn about eagles in our region, how they returned from the brink of extinction, and the habitat they need to thrive while you take a scenic drive with an expert guide on a heated bus and look for eagles. Seats are limited and reservations are required.

845/583-1010.

Family Bingo

MASTHOPE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lackawaxen EMS Family Bingo at Masthope Mountain Community Lodge, 196 Karl Hope Blvd., 7pm.

Mountain Wave show

NARROWSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mountain Wave at The Emerald Ballroom (under The Heron), 8pm. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a spaced out country punk dance party. Psychedelic Boogie Woogie. Come on out and spread the positive vibrations to all who need healing.

Open Play @your library

Toddler story time at the library

MONTICELLO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Toddler story time at the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library, 10am. This program uses rhymes, books, crafts and finger plays to develop skills that will help children get ready to read. 845/794-4660.

Tues., Feb. 2

Jeremiah Tall at Harmony Presents

JEFFERSONVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Saturdays, 1011:30am at the Jeffersonville Branch of the Western Sullivan Public Library.

Slightly structured playtime. Preregistration not required. Email kohara@rcls.org or call 845/482-4350.

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LIBERTY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association Caregiver Support Group at Achieve Rehab & Nursing Facility, 170 Lake St., 6-7:30pm. Open to all caregivers/family members of people with Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease or related dementias. Refreshments served. 845/866-3247.

How to be Happy

SHOHOLA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market Community Center offers the class â&#x20AC;&#x153;How To Be Happy.â&#x20AC;? Instructor Nicholas A. Roes. Eight-week course held on Tuesday nights, 6:30-7:30pm, from Feb. 2 to March 22. Cost: $45. Register online at http://artistsmarketcc.com/HowToBeHappyClass.html, by phone at 845/5578713.

Wed., Feb. 3 Business Group @ WSPL in Callicoon

CALLICOON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Business Group meets the First Wednesday of the month at the Delaware Free Branch of the Western Sullivan Public Library, 10:30am12:30pm. Meet with like-minded professionals, share ideas, explore social media, design marketing materials, learn new technologies and more.

Open Play @your library

NARROWSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wednesdays 10-11:30am at the Tusten-Cochecton Branch of the Western Sullivan Public Library in Narrowsburg. Join for a slightly structured playtime. Drop in and see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on. Preregistration not required. Email kohara@rcls.org or call 845/252-3360 for more information.

Thurs., Feb. 4 Open Play @ your library

CALLICOON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thursdays 10-11:30am at the Delaware Free Branch of the Western Sullivan Public Library in Callicoon.

Join for a slightly structured playtime.

Drop in and see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on. Preregistration not required. Email kohara@ rcls.org or call 845/887-4040.

Sustainable energy forum

HAWLEY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; SEEDS presents free sustainable energy forums and dinner to members of the Wayne Pike Building Industry Associates. Dinner will be served at 5:30. Presentations will be from 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 pm with a Q&A session to follow. These events will be held in the Hawley Senior Community Center. 570/245-1256.

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The Upper Delaware Visitor Center in Lackawaxen, PA will host activities for kids on Sunday afternoons from now through February.

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ACKAWAXEN, PA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Delaware Highlands Conservancy at the Upper Delaware Visitor Center will host special activities for kids on Sunday afternoons from 12 noon to 3 p.m. in January and February.

Kids will learn how to identify an eagle and where to find them, watch a short video and then work with volunteers to create a craft, with a different option each week including an eagle puppet, magnets, and necklaces or lanyards.

Children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver at all times.

The Upper Delaware Visitor Center at 176 Scenic Drive is generously provided by the National Park Service and is a center of information for visitors looking to learn more about viewing and protecting eagles. Visitors can pick up information about the bald eagle in the Upper Delaware River region, view exhibits, get maps and directions to eagle viewing locations. The Center is staffed on Saturdays and Sundays in January and February and open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, call 570/226-3164 or 845/583-1010, or email info@delawarehighlands.org.

Fri., Feb. 5 First Friday Networking Breakfast

LIBERTY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chamber .breakfast at the Sullivan County Adult Care Center, 256 Sunset Lake Rd., 7:45-9am. Cost: $15/$20 members, $25 non-members.

RSVP by 2/4 at 3pm. Call 845/791-4200 or email office@catskills.com. Please bring a non-perishable food item for the local food pantry.

Living with Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

MONTICELLO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A three-part educational series to be held from 10-11:30am on February 5, 12 and 19 at Action Toward Independence, 309 E. Broadway.

Caregivers of middle-stage Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patients can get helpful strategies to provide safe, effective and comfortable care. Contact the Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association for details. 800/272-3900.

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NARROWSBURG, NY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Delaware Valley Arts Allianceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (DVAAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) Alliance

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Gallery kicks off the 2016 gallery season with a group exhibition of artworks titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;About Faceâ&#x20AC;? with a reception from 2 to 4pm. It will be on view through March 26.

Eagle Watch Bus Tour

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Hawthorne at Harmony Presents

HAWLEY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hawthorne at Harmony Presents at the Hawley Silk Mill, 8pm.

Hawthorne is a folk-based project hatched from the songwriting talent of Nat Osborn and supported by some of his best friends. Tickets: $19-$22.

Farmers market at The Cooperage

HONESDALE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Main Street Farmers Market is an indoor market at The Cooperage, 1030 Main St, from 11am to 1pm.

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by Karen Morris, LP, NCPsyA. The day will begin with an introduction to social dreaming, and participants will be invited to experience a dream matrix, from which dreams will be shared and amplified as associations arise.

In addition, participants will create a â&#x20AC;&#x153;dream objectâ&#x20AC;? from the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discoveries to place on a collective dream tree. All materials will be provided, although participants may also bring their own treasures and dream ephemera.

Journaling will be encouraged for those who wish.

Morris is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City and Honesdale, PA. She has studied social dreaming extensively and currently runs a dream matrix group in Honesdale.

Cost is $50 ($40 for UDWC members), and lunch will be provided. Email Morris at klmplex108@gmail.com or call 212/920-4831; or contact Mary Greene at beaverbrookcottage@gmail.com or 845/252-7506.

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INGMANS FERRY, PA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; You can go cross-country skiing at the Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) on Saturday, February 6 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and Sunday, February 7, 21 and 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $20 for adults and $10 for children.

There will also be â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bridge the Gapâ&#x20AC;? cross-country skiing on the McDade Trail on February 20 and 27 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon for free. Funding for these dates is provided by William Penn Foundation.

You can learn the basics of cross-country skiing and practice on an old logging road loop. You decide how many loops to ski. Skis, poles and boots are provided; register with shoe size to guarantee a spot.

Introductions to showshoeing will take place on Saturday February 6, 20 and 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. and Sunday February 7, 21 and 28, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The cost is $10. Learn the basics of snowshoes and enjoy a winter stomp through the woods. No experience necessary; PEEC provides the equipment and teaches you everything you need to know. Register early to guarantee a spot.

On Sunday, February 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. there will be an eagle watch. Take a trip north in search of eagles and other rare wintering birds such as ravens. Visit the Mongaup Reservoir, the Delaware River, and the Eagle Institute to look for winter residents and nesting pairs.

Bring a lunch, camera and warm clothes. Call to reserve a seat in van. The cost is $20.

Pre-registration is required. For more information call 570/828-2319, visit www.peec.org, or email peec@peec.org.

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Heating • Plumbing • Electrical Air Conditioning

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AMERICAN ELECTRIC, LLC

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WOOD & COAL STOVES

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Service, New Construction, Well Pumps, Water Heaters & Boilers Fully Insured • Free Estimates Greg Stevenson • 845/252-7286

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Auto Body

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Classifieds Help Wanted Publisher’s Employment Notice – All employment advertised in this newspaper is subject to Section 296 of the Human Rights Law which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, creed, national origin, disability, marital status, sex, age, or arrest conviction record, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination. Title 29, U.S. Code, Chap. 630, excludes the Federal Gov’t. for the age discrimination provisions.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for employment which is in violation of the law. Our readers are informed that employment offerings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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Bethany Village is now accepting applications for Personal Care Aides for all shifts. Please apply in person at 150 Noble Lane between the hours of 9am5pm or call 570-251-3463. Bethany Village is an equal opportunity employer.

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Dining Room set for sale: The Cooperage Project is seeking an energetic and enthusiastic Executive Director who will lead our young non-profit organization into its next phase of development.

For more information please visit thecooperageproject.org/ jobs.

Submit resume and cover letter by February 8, 2016.

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THE RIVER REPORTER Legal Notice

Legal Notice 481 Central Ave LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/7/15. Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 72 Middlton St, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Purpose: General.

Regency Futures Three, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/29/15. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 4 Redwood Rd Woodridge NY 12789 General purpose My Rosa Gap LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/24/15. Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 566 Roosa Gap Rd, Bloomingburg, NY 12721. Purpose: General.

43 Skillman LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/7/15. Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 72 Middlton St, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Purpose: General.

Regency Futures Four, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/29/15. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 4 Redwood Rd Woodridge NY 12789 General purpose 28 Oakwood Gardens LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/15.

Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 570 Wythe Ave #7A, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Purpose: General.

Regency Futures Yees, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/29/15. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 4 Redwood Rd Woodridge NY 12789 General purpose MK REAL ESTATE PARTNERS LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/04/16. Office: Sullivan County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Band Rosenbaum & Martin, P.C., 26 Burling Lane, New Rochelle, NY 10801.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

35 Skillman St LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/7/15. Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 72 Middlton St, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Purpose: General.

Bing Assets, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY12/15/15. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to POB 151 White Lake, NY 12786 General purpose Wurtsboro Trucking LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/13/15.

Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 35 Laura Jean Ln, Wurtsboro, NY 12790. Purpose: General.

203 Wallabout LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/7/15. Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 72 Middlton St, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Purpose: General.

ADMINISTRATION CITATION FILE N0.:2015-247 SURROGATE’S COURT - SULLIVAN COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent

Legal Notice TO: Frank Michael Dougherty a/k/a Francis Michael Dougherty if living and if dead, to his heirs at law, next of kin and distributes whose names and places of residence are unknown and if he died subsequent to the decedent herein, to his executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose name and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin and distributes of Diane E. Dougherty, the decedent herein whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained.

A petition having been duly filed by MidFirst Bank, who is domiciled at 999 N.W. Grand Blvd., Suite 100 Oklahoma City, OK 73118 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Sullivan County at Sullivan County Courthouse, 414 Broadway, Monticello, NY, 12701, on March 15, 2016 at 1:30 p.m in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Diane E. Dougherty lately domiciled at 95 Proctor Road, Eldred, NY 12732 in the County of Sullivan, New York, granting Letters of Limited Administration upon the estate of the decedent to any eligible distributee or upon their default to Nancy Buck, Sullivan County Treasurer or to such other person as my be entitled thereto.

That the authority of the representative under the foregoing letters be limited as follows: To represent the estate of the decedent in a foreclosure action on property located at 95 Proctor Road, Eldred, NY 12732 HON. Michael F. McGuire SURROGATE Rita Guarnaccia Chief Clerk Name of Attorney for Petitioner Dated, Attested and Sealed January 13, 2016 (Seal) Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP Address for Attorney 53 Gibson Street, Bayshore, NY 11706 01068955-F00 Tele. No. 631-969-3100 NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested.

You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you 135 Middleton St LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/7/15. Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 72 Middlton St, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of B&S Zucker Family LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/24/15. Office location: Sullivan County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1435 43rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Waverly Gardens Members LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/30/15. Office location: Sullivan County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 295 Madison Ave, Ste 700, NY, NY 10017.

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LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF HIGHLAND PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: the Town Board of the Town of Highland, Sullivan County NY will hold a public hearing on the proposed Local Law #1-2016. A local law to amend the Town of Highland Zoning Law to incorporate

Legal Notice Recommendation #1: Remove Planned Unit Development. Recommendation #2 Remove Multi – Family Housing from all R-2and R-1 Allow Multi Family housing of two and three units in the hamlet districts. Recommendation #3 Remove Cluster Subdivision as an allowable use. Recommendation #4 Change the minimum lot size in the R@ District from 3 to 5 acres Recommendation #5 Allow educational uses in the hamlet districts. Recommendation # 6 Remove “boarding houses”, hotel” and “motel for the list of uses in the R-2 District.

Recommendation # 7 Make a needed correction to the zoning section regarding the need for site plans. The Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday February 9, 2016 @6:45 PM at the Eldred Town Hall, 4 Proctor Road, Eldred NY. Copies of the proposed local law can be viewed at the Town Clerks Office during regular business office hours. All present will be heard for or against said proposed local law, written comments must be to the Town Clerk by noon on February 9,2016 By order of the Town Board Doreen Hanson Town Clerk Dated January 12, 2016 Notice of formation of 119 Leisure Lake Dr LLC Articles of organization filed with the SSNY on12/15/2015. Office located in Sullivan county. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: The LLC,293 Hewes St #2 Brooklyn,NY 11211 Purpose: any lawful purpose Regency Futures, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/29/15. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 4 Redwood Rd Woodridge NY 12789 General purpose FIELDSTONE ARTISTRY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/21/16.

Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 130 Lybolt Rd., Wurtsboro, NY 12790, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

141 Leisure Lake Drive LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/22/15. Office location: Sullivan County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 199 Lee Ave., Ste. 636, Brooklyn, NY 11211. General purpose.

Legal Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Education of the Sullivan West Central School District shall hold a public hearing on the 18th day of February 2016, at 7:00 PM, at the Sullivan West High School Library, Lake Huntington, New York, for the purpose of discussion of the adoption of the Smart Schools Investment Plan as outlined in the Annual (2015) Instructional Technology Plan. Dated: January 22, 2016 By Order of the Board of Education Sullivan West Central School Margaret L. Luty, District Clerk Regency Futures One, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/29/15. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 4 Redwood Rd Woodridge NY 12789 General purpose Regency Futures Two, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/29/15. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 4 Redwood Rd Woodridge NY 12789 General purpose TOWN OF LUMBERLAND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Lumberland on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 7:15 p.m., at the Town of Lumberland Town Hall located at 1052 Proctor Rd., Glen Spey, New York 12737 regarding the adoption of Local Law 3 of the Town of Lumberland for the year 2016 entitled

Legal Notice “ A LOCAL LAW AMENDING SECTION 250-38 OF THE TOWN CODE ENTITLED “GEOTHERMAL ENERGY (GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS)”. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the said proposed Local Law will be reviewed by the Sullivan County Division of Planning incident to and as a part of said public hearing. Copies of said proposed Local Law are available for review at theTown Clerk’s Office, at 1054 Proctor Rd.,GlenSpey,NewYork 12737. By order of the Town Board Town of Lumberland Virginia Horn, Town Clerk January 20, 2016 TOWN OF LUMBERLAND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LOCAL LAW #2, 2016 ENTITLED “LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZING TAX EXEMPTION FOR PERSONS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS PROVIDED FOR IN REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW SECTION 467”. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Lumberland on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 7:05 p.m., at the Town of Lumberland Town Hall located at 1052 Proctor Rd., Glen Spey, New York 12737 regarding the adoption of Local Law 2 of the Town of Lumberland for the year 2016 entitled “LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZING TAX EXEMPTION FOR PERSONS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS PROVIDED FOR IN REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW”. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of said proposed Local Law are available for review at theTown Clerk’s Office, at 1054 Proctor Rd.,GlenSpey, NewYork 12737. By order of the Town Board Town of Lumberland Virginia Horn, Town Clerk January 25, 2016 135 Leisure Lake Drive LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/22/15. Office location: Sullivan County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 199 Lee Ave., Ste. 636, Brooklyn, NY 11211. General purpose.

49 Skillman LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/7/15. Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 72 Middlton St, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Purpose: General.

Notice of formation of 21 Dill LLC Articles of organization filed with the SSNY on10/21/2015. Office located in Sullivan county. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: The LLC,5014 16 Av #169 Brooklyn,NY 11204 Purpose: any lawful purpose AG ENVIRONMENTAL RSC, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/04/16. Office: Sullivan County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Alan Rajlevsky, 178 Swiss Hill North, Kenoza Lake, NY 12750. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Rubiweb Services Group USA LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/31/15. Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 184 Ardmore Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314.

Purpose: General.

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The substantial and sturdy trunks were sometimes transformed into canoes in the past, while wildlife continue to take advantage of trunk cavities for shelter and seeds for sustenance.

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Sycamore trees are most often seen growing in the riparian zones or floodplains of rivers and streams.

Their stunning white branches, currently devoid of foliage, are vivid now against the dense blue skies and fierce light of a clear winter day.

They make an appearance in many a song, like the classic, “Dream A Little Dream of Me,” recorded by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, The Mamas and the Papas and more: “Stars shining bright above you / Night breezes seem to whisper, ‘I love you” / Birds singing in the sycamore tree / Dream a little dream of me.”

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Now don’t be insulted. In fact, the term applies to “one who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods; one who loves the forest and its beauty and solitude.”

We are not alone in our admiration, following paths forged by forest lovers like John Muir, who wrote, “The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.”

I am usually carrying a camera while “haunting the woods.” Much of what I share here is harvested from rambles around the Upper Delaware River region. It’s an evolving exploration of this place I think of as home.

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LDRED, NY — The entire district is invited to attend a very special basketball game in Eldred’s gymnasium on February 3 in honor of Carter Brischler. Carter is a five-year-old preschooler at Eldred’s George Ross Mackenzie Elementary School. He and his older brother, Peyton, who is a third-grader, spend a lot of time together playing and watching their favorite sports teams with their family. Carter’s teacher, Kelly Robertson, said that Carter is very academically bright and shows it through his love for reading and coloring. She also commented that Carter is one of the sweetest and kindest students that she Carter Brischler has this year.

Recently, Carter was diagnosed with a terminal illness known as Adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD. ALD is a disease that directly affects the central nervous system.

Because of this, the ability to see, hear, or feel, and even staying mobile is directly affected, leaving the body’s senses completely deteriorated.

In response to this tragedy, the Eldred Central School District will dedicate the February 3 boy’s varsity basketball game to Carter. Carter, being a huge fan of sports, will be the honorary assistant coach for the boy’s team.

He will be working with David Binkowski (who is the team’s coach) during the course of the varsity game. The team will be opposing Livingston Manor that evening, and hopes, with the help of Carter, to continue what has so far been a fantastic season on the court.

The varsity game will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the high

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school’s auditorium, following the junior varsity game, where Carter will be giving his mom a flower at center court. There will be no admission charge for either game— but donations will be accepted. Snacks and drinks will be sold at the game, and all profits are donated to the family.

Aside from the school, many people from the community have really stepped up to help this family, which is going through such a terrible crisis. Some of the family’s close friends created a GoFundMe account, which allows people to send the family donations online. Since GoFundMe takes out a small percentage of funds donated through it, the family has also opened a PO box to allow families to send private Contributed photo checks. If you prefer to send funds online, you can go to https://www.gofundme.com/ courageforcarterb. Otherwise, to send a private donation through the mail, address it to Brischler Family, PO Box 754, Sparrowbush NY, 12780.

As of now, Carter is still enrolled in school with extra help from aides. The family is very grateful for the incredible help from not only donors, but from the attention and nurturing of the school, which has been going above and beyond to give Carter as much as he can.

“It’s amazing how such a small community can do such big things when a family is in need,” said Carter’s mother, Stacie Brischler.

Despite his fight, Carter is still very happy and enjoying school and his family. You can help him continue to do so by coming out to support him and Eldred’s basketball teams on February 3.

[Griffin Major is a senior at Eldred High School.]

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High water temperature °F 1/20 1/21 1/22 1/23 1/24 1/25 1/26

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