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Sullivan commits $4.5 million for visitor center

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By FRITZ MAYER

MONTICELLO, NY — Sullivan County legisla-tors voted unanimously on August 16 to move forward with the construction of a new visi-

tors’ center near the Resorts World Casino. The new center could cost up to $4.5 million. The resolution au-thorized the county manager, Josh Potosek, to negotiate agreements to purchase the property and reach agree-ments with consultants and engineers to move the proj-ect forward.

The resolution says the legislature wants to create the visitors’ center to welcome guests to the county and that “the legislature has determined that locating a visitors’ center in proximity to State Route 17, exit 106, in the Town of Thompson is most beneficial and the Visitors Association has identified property located on Joyland Road that appears suitable for the project….”

If all goes as planned, the Sullivan County Visitors As-sociation (SCVA), which is funded by the county’s room

tax, would buy the property in question and then sell it back to the county. The county would seek bonding for the project, and that bonding would be paid down by a portion of the county’s room tax.

The SCVA is currently located in a building on Sullivan Avenue in the Village of Liberty. Roberta Byron-Lock-wood, president and CEO of the SCVA, has been seeking a new location for the organization, closer to the casino, since it was announced that the new casino would be lo-cated in the Town of Thompson.

She said, “We’re pleased that the legislature has re-solved that we can move forward and explore and do all of our due diligence.”

The resolution says that the county “has relied upon the representations of the Visitors Association with re-gard to the purchase and transfer of the property as well as the pro rata repayment of the bond amount, not to ex-ceed $4,500,000, and that the current agreement with the Visitors Association be modified to reflect the represen-

tations made herein and the commitment of the Visitors Association to the terms of repayment.”

Tourism spending According to a report from Oxford Economics Compa-

ny, tourism in the Catskills drew $1.3 billion to the region in 2017. A press release from SCVA says, “In 2017, tourism accounted for over $449.7 million in visitor spending in the Sullivan Catskills. An increase in hotel room rev-enues, as well as healthy spending in food, beverage and recreation contributed to this growth.

“Overall, traveler spending in the Sullivan Catskills grew 7.3% in 2017 after growing 8% in 2016 (over 2015), contributing an additional 3.5% in local tax revenues ($29 million), and 5.7% in state taxes ($24.7 million) in 2017. Were it not for tourism-generated state and local taxes, the average household in the Sullivan Catskills would pay an additional $1,922 to maintain the same lev-el of government revenue.”

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Sullivan partners propose niche

creamerySULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Dairy farms are integral

to agriculture in Sullivan County, directly contrib-uting more than $7 million to the local economy,

but they came under threat recently when six of them received news that their fluid milk contracts with Mar-cus Dairy would end in 2018. Now it looks like a proposed creamery, Ma & Pa Creamery LLC, may help address the problem.

The possibility emerged in the course of the efforts by Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County (CCESC), which provides support to local agriculture, to address the crisis caused by the termination of the contracts. It has been fielding inquiries and identifying short- and long-term solutions, and now, in collaboration with the farms and partners like Hudson Valley AgriBusiness De-velopment Corporation (HVADC), Sullivan County Fund-ing Corporation (SCFC), Agricultural and Community Development Services LLC, the Sullivan County govern-ment and New York State Assemblywoman Aileen Gun-ther’s office, the new opportunity has emerged.

Ma & Pa Creamery LLC is a proposed grower-controlled dairy plant, and a $93,489.63 grant has been approved by the Sullivan County government, through the New York State Office of Community Renewal, to fund the devel-opment of the business planning, engineering studies and research required to move the project forward. The grant also funds a milk truck for shipping to high-val-ue markets.

“At this time, Ma & Pa Creamery is still in its concep-tion,” said Colleen Monaghan, CCESC executive director. “We’re working with partners to conduct market feasibil-ity analyses, develop a business plan and set the ground-work for this exciting opportunity for farmers across the county.”

The dairy plant initiative is exploring the opportunity to process, market, and distribute niche dairy products including kosher, organic and grass-fed milk products.

“Dairy farmers are dealing with many forces that are beyond their control, and we are excited to see that this cohesive group is exploring options that put their farms’ financial futures more squarely in their own hands and that HVADC can bring its expertise to the collaborative efforts,” said Todd Erling, HVADC executive director.

“Our dairy farms have been the economic backbone of this county since its inception 200 years ago, and we’re not about to forget that in the 21st century,” said Sullivan County District 4 Legislator Catherine Owens, chair of the legislature’s agriculture and sustainability policy committee.

“Our dairy farmers provide jobs, preserve open space, patronize many local businesses and produce products of high quality. They support the community in so many ways, and we must support them in return.”

“The dairy farmers of Sullivan County are some of the hardest working people I know. Their farms have been around for generations—they’re our friends and neigh-bors. I’ll continue to do everything I can to support them and their industry,” said Gunther.

The Sullivan County Agriculture and Farmland Pro-tection Plan was adopted in 2014. The plan specifically states that a priority of the county is to work with Sulli-van County dairy farmers and establish niche dairy and value-added dairy products to support the dairy industry in the county.

Sullivan grants for non-profits MONTICELLO, NY — The Sullivan County Legisla-

ture is encouraging not-for-profit agencies to apply for consideration of inclusion in the Legislative Discre-tionary Contract Program.

The application process helps the legislature identify local entities, including community and not-for-profit organizations throughout Sullivan County that have specific needs or countywide significance by tying ap-plicants to identified county and municipal goals. The applicant must be a not-for-profit agency or civic orga-nization operating within Sullivan County but is not part of county government.

The application deadline is September 30. To submit the application, you can complete it online via a fill-able PDF form on the Sullivan County website, www.sullivanny.us (click on “Application and Guidelines For Legislative Contracts (Program Year 2019)” under “Helpful Links”); submit the application and support-ing documentation as email attachments to Michelle Huck at [email protected]; or mail or hand-deliver the printed application to Michelle Huck, County Government Center, 100 North St.

Baker’s rural hospital initiative HARRISBURG, PA — With more than 30 rural hos-

pitals currently at risk of closure in the state, Senate Health and Human Services Committee Chair Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20) is joining with Rep. Tina Pickett (R-110) and the state Department of Health (DOH) to offer ways to continue providing quality health care.

“In recent years, we have heard a great deal about the challenges facing many of our rural hospitals,” Baker said. “The DOH has developed a substantial initiative to address critical problems and change the operating climate from one of decline to opportunity. Today, I introduced Senate Bill 1237 to establish the Rural Health Redesign Center (RHRC) to oversee the transformation.”

The effort will be initially funded by a $25 million grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid In-novation. As a public-private partnership operating independently from the commonwealth, the RHRC will also have the capacity to raise funds from other sources, such as foundations. The DOH will provide various opportunities for rural hospitals to ensure they receive the tailored, consistent support they need to be successful.

Wildlife Officer of the Year ALBANY, NY — The New York State Department of

Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos on August 20 announced that Environ-mental Conservation Police Officer (ECO) Ricky Wood was recently honored with the “Wildlife Officer of the Year” Award from the Shikar Safari Club Internation-al. Wood is based in Sullivan County.

“DEC’s Environmental Conservation Police Officers are on the front lines daily protecting New York’s wild-life, natural resources and citizens,” Commissioner Seggos said. “Throughout his career, ECO Wood has demonstrated outstanding service and commitment that has justifiably earned him the respect of the pub-lic and his peers. I extend my congratulations to him on this well-deserved honor.”

Shikar Safari International Club was founded in 1952 by an international group of hunters interested in exchanging ideas about the sport and to promote the ethical and conservation-minded hunting of big game animals, primarily in Asia and Africa. In 1966, the Shikar Safari International Foundation was formed to support various wildlife conservation projects with funds raised by club members.

ECO Wood graduated from SUNY Cobleskill in 2002. He attended DEC’s 17th basic school for uniformed officers at the DEC training academy and graduated in 2007. He is currently stationed in Sullivan County, where he has been on patrol for the past 10 years. In 2013, ECO Wood was selected to train as a K-9 officer.

PA fishing opportunitiesHARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Fish and

Boat Commission is offering two special fishing op-portunities to entice adults and kids to fish on Labor Day, September 3.

The first is a $1 license for adult residents and non-residents. The license—good for Labor Day only—pro-vides an easy and affordable way for everyone to enjoy a special day with family and friends while fishing on the Commonwealth’s waters.

The second opportunity is the Mentored Youth Pan-fish Day. This provides youth anglers who have ob-tained a free mentored youth permit or have purchased a voluntary youth license an opportunity to fish on 19 Panfish Enhancement lakes, which include Lower and Upper Promised Land lakes in Pike County.

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Eldred school board reinstates pre-K programBy SUSAN WADE

ELDRED, NY — In a reversal of position, the school board voted unanimously to adopt a multi-age

program that will serve up to 13 pre-Kin-dergarten students by blending them in a class with seven Kindergarten students. This plan was introduced by Superinten-dent Dr. John Morgano.

At a prior board meeting, early enroll-ment numbers for Kindergarten stood at 26. Morgano said at that time that if en-rollment stayed below 30, one class would be operated and staffed by a teacher and an aide, but that if enrollment reached 30, the class would be split into two, each staffed by one teacher, with no aide.

Elementary school principal Scott Krebs stated that as of the meeting held on August 20, enrollment was at 29 with one additional enrollee and one special needs student pending. Splitting the class into two would allow for potential enroll-ment growth during the school year.

A sum of $61,200 in state grant money is available to the district if they operate a pre-K program for 12 students. The decision was made to cap the program at 13, which was the number of pre-registered participants, before the pre-K program was scrapped earlier in the year due to budget con-cerns. If enrollment is sought for more than 13 students, a lottery will be instituted. The state aid will be propor-tionally lost if the program drops below 12 enrollees, but the board and administra-tion stated unequivocally that they did not anticipate this to be an issue.

The pre-K and Kindergar-ten students will be taught by two teachers and four aides. District treasurer Caleb Rus-sell said that three aides will be hired

with the grant money at a cost of $18,000 to $20,000 per aide. This amount includes employer taxes and the posi-tions do not include health-care benefits.

This accounting appears to leave the cost of one aide not covered by grant money but absorbed by general funds, in addition to the hir-ing of the second Kindergar-ten teacher.

Multi-age classroom set-tings are not a new concept, according to Kindergarten teacher June Lombardi. Teaching at the elementary school is done based on a team concept, with younger students being mentored by their older counterparts. Tasked with making the program work, Lombardi

said she envisioned a very fluid program

where pre-K readers could work along with Kindergarten students while other students work to build entry-level skills. “It will be like one big family with six adults,” she said.

State rules cap the number of students in any classroom that includes a pre-K student at 20. The seven youngest Kin-dergarten students will be included in the class with the pre-K. Kelly Robertson, who previously taught pre-K and is sched-uled to teach first grade in the upcoming year, asked that factors other than age be used to determine who these seven stu-dents should be. The board stated that, in the interest of fairness to all, they decided to assign these students by age.

The effect of this program on the bus routes and transportation costs has not been determined.

Among other changes, the hiring of Sara Simon-Shult as elementary music teacher and resignation of Colleen Koe-nig, high school special education teach-er, were announced.

TRR photo by Susan WadeScott Krebs, principal at George Ross Mackenzie elementary school, explained the details of the pre-Kindergarten program being reinstated for the 2018-2019 academic year. The program will be open to 13 students.

Microbes mitigate derailment contaminationBy FRITZ MAYER

HALE EDDY, NY — According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conserva-tion (DEC), an environmental contractor last

week began using a product called Micro-Blaze on the lo-cation where four locomotives and 12 other cars derailed on August 9, spilling about 4,400 gallons of fuel oil.

A statement from the DEC says the product is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and is a “liquid formulation of several microbial strains, surfactants and nutrients designed to digest organics and hydrocarbons in soil and water as well as control odors.”

The cleanup effort also involves the excavation of a three-foot-wide and four-foot-deep trench about 115 feet long in the location where the locomotives leaked the fuel. Some 65 tons of contaminated soil will be removed and sent to a landfill for disposal.

There are no restrictions currently on the use of the West Branch outside of the immediate area that has been boomed off. The statement said,” The area where the backwater meets the West Branch has been completely boomed off. A slight sheen is visible on the river near the accident site and under the Hale Eddy Road bridge.”

River of warm waterMeanwhile. the river has been negatively impacted in

several other ways this summer according to Jeff Skeld-ing, executive director of Friends of the Upper Delaware. He wrote, “The river was forced to endure dangerously low water releases all summer long. The release levels were based, in part, on long-term weather forecasting that predicted dry conditions. This placed enormous stress on the cold-water ecosystem through the height of the UDR [Upper Delaware River] recreational season.

“But the weather that was NOT predicted was right be-fore our eyes—the torrential rains of late July and Au-gust—which raises serious questions about the accuracy of weather forecasting beyond the very near term.

“The full and spilling reservoirs now make down-stream residents and communities highly vulnerable to flooding if the storms continue to come.

“And from a habitat perspective, hot surface water baked by the sun in the reservoirs is now spilling over the dams and, even with maximum releases, we’re see-ing unusually warm water temperatures on the upper West Branch and the upper East Branch, which threat-ens the health of the cold water ecosystem and cripples the river-based economy it supports. We urge everyone to exercise extreme caution during these high-water condi-tions, and we advise anglers not to fish the river where

water temperatures are too high.In a reference to the Flexible Flow Management Pro-

gram (FFMP), which determines the amount of water re-leased from the New York City reservoirs into the river system, he further wrote, “The summer of 2018 points to the urgent need for the Decree Parties to bear down on some of the toughest issues left on the drawing board last fall when the new FFMP was adopted. Among them is the efficacy of weather forecasting and the reservoir man-agement decisions that are based on that forecasting. Time and time again, these determinations unnecessar-ily cause harm to the Upper Delaware River and the peo-ple and communities that rely on it for their livelihoods.”

Contributed photo Cleanup work at the site of the train derailment in Hale Eddy is nearly complete.

Neversink River claims two livesBy FRITZ MAYER

CUDDEBACKVILLE, NY — The swollen Neversink River claimed two lives recently, and the bodies

were recovered on August 20. New York State Police said the victims were 46-year-old Mark Avila and his nine-year-old son,

Marcos Avila.The son was out on the water in a raft

with a friend on August 18 when Mark saw his son fall out of the raft and into the river. Mark jumped into the river to try to save Marcos.

Another father who was on the shore with Mark was able to rescue his 16-year-old son, who was also on the raft and had

fallen out, but Mark and his son were swept away by the strong current.

The New York State Police immediately launched a search with fire departments from Orange and Sullivan counties in New York and Pike County in Pennsylva-nia, but were unable to locate the victims or bodies that day.

The search continued during the day-

light hours for the next two days and involved more than 25 agencies. Late in the morning of August 20, the two bod-ies were recovered after being spotted by forest rangers from a New York Police helicopter.

Neither of the victims, who lived in Queens, was wearing a life jacket, accord-ing to police.


Highland history updated By DAVID HULSE

ELDRED, NY — After more than 80 years, the Town of Highland is revealing more of its history to the motoring public, Supervisor Jeff Haas reported to

the town board on August 14.In 1936, the New York State Department of Education

decided to decorate Gov. Roosevelt’s new, then partially completed highway, State Route 97, with several markers memorializing the 1779 Battle of Minisink. Since then, those blue and gold markers have been the only public im-age of a rich history that in part includes a huge timber-cutting and timber-rafting industry and the D&H Canal.

Haas spoke of town co-historian Debra Conway’s receipt of a new marker memorializing Delaware River timber rafting. Conway won a grant from the William G. Pome-roy Foundation’s program to place more of these mark-ers statewide because the foundation believes they “play an important role in local historic preservation. They educate the public and foster historic tourism, which in turn can provide much needed economic benefits to the towns and villages where the markers are placed.”

It’s all about heritage tourism. The National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States defines heri-tage tourism as “traveling to experience the places, arti-facts and activities that authentically represent the sto-ries and people of the past... heritage tourism can include cultural, historic and natural resources.”

In 2014, Highland co-historian John Conway wrote about heritage tourists, “According to study after study,

they travel more frequently and spend more time and more money in their travels than typical non-heritage tourists. A 2009 study, for instance, found that heritage tourists average more than five trips every 12 months, as compared with 3.98 trips per 12 months for the typical non-heritage tourist.

“The same study reported that heritage travelers spend more than other types of travelers—in fact a lot more—spending an average of $994 per trip as opposed to $611 per trip for other tourists. All in all, heritage tourists contribute nearly $200 billion to the U.S. economy each year searching for the unique stories of regions all across America.”

The Pomeroy foundation launched its Historic Road-side Marker Program in 2006 to erect markers in towns and villages within Onondaga County. In 2012 they ex-panded the program to include all municipalities and tax-exempt non-profit organizations in the state as eli-gible grant recipients.

Debra Conway told The River Reporter that Pomeroy “insists on primary sources: maps, deeds, newspaper ar-ticles, etc. I can’t blame them given some historic mark-ers that even I know are ‘questionable.’”

Conway went to James Eldridge Quinlan’s authorita-tive 1873 “History of Sullivan County” and its account of the Nathan Skinner diaries, which recounts Nathan’s father, Daniel Skinner, lashing together logs in 1763 to make the first trip to Philadelphia.

But Pomeroy wanted more proof of the date. “I had to argue hard that these were frontiersmen. There were

no newspaper accounts here, these were not intellectu-als keeping handwritten, quill-and-ink personal diaries that were available or kept in the larger cities—so they finally agreed to call it ‘circa,’” she said.

Haas’s report prompted some board discussion, in-cluding a suggestion that residents might want to sug-gest sites for additional markers. Suggestions included the former cut-glass factory dam on Halfway Brook and the state’s proposed river access at Cedar Rapids, which is opposite the site of the 1864 railroad collision which killed some 58 Confederate prisoners of war and their Union Army guards.

The cast-iron markers cost more than $1,200 when pur-chased through the arrangement with Pomeroy from a foundry in Ohio.

In other business at the brief meeting, the board re-scheduled the start of its September 11 meeting to 5 p.m., to be followed immediately by Highland’s annual 9/11 memorial program.

TRR photo by David HulseStill in its packing, the first of what is planned as a series of new Town of Highland historic markers is pictured last week resting on the porch of the town’s co-historians John and Debra Conway.

Lakeville man arrested for child pornographyBy FRITZ MAYER

HONESDALE, NY — A 20-year-old Lakeville man has been arrested and charged with 33 counts of sex-

ual abuse of children related to posses-sion of child pornography.

According to Wayne County District At-torney Patrick L. Robinson, Alexander Soto was arrested on August 15 after an

investigation by the DA’s office.Detectives received a report in

August 2017 that a person using the name Alex Soto downloaded 16 files of apparent child pornography using dropbox.com, a cloud storage service. The files were downloaded between February and August in 2017. A second report came later, saying 14 more files were downloaded be-tween August and November 2017.

The subsequent investigation revealed that one of the internet protocol (IP) addresses to access the site was registered to a person who lived on Purdytown Turnpike in Lakeville in Wayne County, and Soto was one of the residents at the address.

Officers served a search warrant at the address in May 2018, and also on cell phones that were seized from Soto.

As a result of the search warrants, ap-proximately 250 photographs and videos of suspected child pornography were discovered.

Soto was arrested and arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Carney on 33 counts of sexual abuse of children, which are third-degree felonies.

A preliminary hearing will be sched-uled in the near future.

Contributed photoAlexander Soto

Public comment addressed in Port Jervis By ANYA TIKKA

PORT JERVIS, NY — After Mayor Kelly Decker changed the format for the city council meetings, many

residents expressed concern over free-dom of speech, some bringing up First Amendment rights. Decker’s new format cut public comment time, making some feel their rights had been trampled on.

The three-minute public comment was still at the beginning of each meeting, but with a new requirement to leave name, phone number and email address in writing so the relevant council mem-bers or committees could get back with the response, while the end-of-meeting public comment had been cut. Toward the end of the meeting, after hearing comments from both residents and coun-cil members, Decker agreed to the second

public-comment section at the end of the meetings.

One of the commentators asked, “What are you afraid of that people shouldn’t see? I don’t understand why we can’t con-tinue as we have.” Accountability of peo-ple in the council was an issue, and the speaker found it very discouraging.

Councilwoman Gina Fitzpatrick and Councilman Regis Foster said public comment should be added to the end, and that people could also come to talk to the council members. Councilwoman Maria Mann said she felt public comment at the end should remain as part of the city council meetings: “We’re all committed to listen and to meet your concerns.”

Councilwoman Kristin Trovei agreed, saying, “I do believe in public comment; it’s an important part of the process.” She added it was a good way to learn of con-

cerns and also to get the information back to the person who asked. She also encour-aged people to attend the meetings, or to contact their council member in person.

Decker spoke at length about the is-sue, “My decision is simply to make it businesslike, as it was meant to be, with the right to comment by public before the council votes, to focus on work for the council.”

He addressed the First Amendment is-sue, saying he thought the public didn’t really understand it, and that the govern-ment could limit it at meetings. He added that the Constitution itself was written behind closed doors, and that there are no provisions mandating public comment.

In order to eliminate wasted time, after listening to council and public, he agreed to the three minutes at the end of meet-ing. He said, “ We can’t have eight min-

utes; it’s too long.” Business reporting was also streamlined, with Decker in-structing council members that if there were nothing to report on a committee, they didn’t have report on it.

City calendar, minutes and agendas all go up on the website, and Decker emails to the council members all this informa-tion before meetings.

In other business, a city parking lot came under discussion, with Sen. John Bonacic offering funding. The motion to accept the $36,000 grant was carried. Bo-nacic also has agreed to secure funding for the paving of the road to Point Peter.

Decker said people come from all over for bike races on Point Peter, giving the city publicity. “They camp up there, eat at the restaurants, come here and spend money for the whole weekend. Biking magazine mentions it,” he said.


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County cites fl ash fl ood damageBy DAVID HULSE

HONESDALE, PA — The primary message following the county commissioners’ report on August 10 storm dam-age in northern Wayne County was, “Please take heed of

weather alerts,” Chairman Brian Smith said on August 16.Smith visited the Balls Eddy area in Scott Township on August

15. He said heavy thunder storms prompted flash flooding, car-rying away houses and sheds and depositing them on neighbor-ing properties. “It’s just amazing to see what two to four inches of rain falling in two hours can do.” He estimated that eight homes were swept away by debris-laden flooding near the Balls Creek bridge, where flooding swelled over a rip-rapped flood-prone area and left debris all the way to the West Branch eddy.

Smith knew of no injuries related to the flooding, but prop-erty damage was extensive. There was “incredible” erosion on the state’s Winterdale Road, which will require significant re-pairs, he said.

Scott Township declared an emergency, as did arriving PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officials, ac-cording to Commissioner Wendell Kay, who separately met with emergency management officials. The township is still waiting for damage estimates, and DEP has issued stream permits to do cleanup work. “Apparently it was an isolated incident, as only minor damage was reported in the rest of the county,” Kay said.

Sen. Lisa Baker was said to be seeking assistance with this and several other storm-damage situations, Smith said.

Kay said there seems to be a funding argument at the state level over unnamed winter storms, but “maybe they’ll look at these differently.”

In other news, the county gathered 1,130 signatures for their petition to prevent the Fish and Boat Commission from its sched-uled fall demolition of the former Hankins Pond Dam. “The plan now is to cut a big V out of the middle, and we think there’s an-other way to deal with it,” Smith said.

On August 17, the commissioners sent a second letter to Gov. Tom Wolf about the dam’s preservation. This one offered thanks for Wolf’s intervention in organizing a conference telephone call to discuss the dam, but said the call did not provide the best fo-rum for the discussion. The letter included 1,135 petition signa-tures for saving the dam and made a “formal request” for an open on-site discussion. It said, “We are hopeful that a public-private partnership” can resolve DEP’s high-hazard concerns. “There are times when public officials must work together to address the reasons for regulations, and the effects of those regulations, as they relate to the preservation of important historic sites.”

In other business, the county received final approval of $404,640 in 2017 Community Development Block Grants to fund county projects, and projects for Honesdale Borough and Salem Township.

Spirited input from Tusten citizens By SUSAN WADE

NARROWSBURG, NY — The recent train accident near Hancock was on the minds of the townspeople

attending the August 13 monthly Tusten Council meeting. They engaged in an en-ergetic exchange with council members about what might be done to eliminate such events in the future.

Council member Tony Ritter noted that a state of emergency was in effect at the time of the accident due to the torren-tial rains and flooding possibilities, and asked why trains continue to operate dur-ing such a time. He said that time was not of the essence for the fact that it was su-perfund waste made a delay in transport-ing even more sensible. Supervisor Carol Wingert suggested that with the technol-ogy available today, drones could surveil the tracks ahead of the trains to alert offi-cials to possibly dangerous conditions. It was decided that railroad officials should be invited to address the safety concerns of all of the river towns. Wingert will reach out to the Upper Delaware Council (UDC) to coordinate such an action. A community member stated that, with the current election just ahead, the candi-dates for Congress should also be invited to opine on the problem.

Council member Jane Luchsinger an-nounced that the town received a $25,000 Bronze Feather award from Sullivan

Renaissance as well as a $5,000 Judge’s Choice award for youth engagement at the children’s garden, the result of efforts of the Tusten Youth Commission and Crystal Weston, town clerk. These funds are in addition to the previously received municipal partnership grant of $25,000. Wingert thanked all who volunteered time and materials to the beautification projects, saying that their efforts were a hundred times above and beyond the norm. Council member Jill Padua con-curred, noting that many people in the town worked together to make it happen.

The board unanimously authorized Wingert to sign a purchase agreement with NYSEG for the armature and the lights attached to utility poles in the town. The poles will remain the property and responsibility of NYSEG. Final ap-proval by the Public Service Commission is expected within 90 days. During this waiting period, work will continue on the design and build of the LED lights which will replace NYSEG’s lights. Facilitated by the New York Power Authority, this process will be undertaken jointly with the towns of Bethel, Fallsburg, Delaware, Rockland and Thompson, the Village of Monticello and the County of Sullivan. This consortium is responsible for replac-ing more than 4,000 LED lights, which is a greater number than anticipated and will result in even greater economies of scale to be enjoyed by all of the participants.

Catskill Hudson Bank is sponsoring a shredding day on September 1 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the library parking lot on Bridge Street.

Narrowsburg’s Main Street will be closed from the interstate bridge to the post office on September 22 for the Honey Bee Fest. The festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In September, the regularly scheduled meetings resume on the second Tuesday of the month.

TRR photo by Susan WadeStar Hesse, left, council member Jane Luchsinger and town clerk Crystal Weston announced the awards granted from Sullivan Renaissance. As a result of beautification efforts, the Town of Tusten has been awarded a total of $55,000 in grant funds.


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DR. PUNNYBONE

So Inclined

When someone orders a large, cold drink from most fast-food places, it typically comes in a plastic cup with a plastic lid and a plastic straw.

It seems the plastic straw may soon become a thing of the past in many locations.

Starbucks announced in June that all of its stores around the world will stop using plastic straws by 2020, and many other chains and restaurants are following suit. Fast food giant McDonalds in the U.S. is bucking the trend for now; shareholders voted in May not to end the use of plastic straws, but the trend line is unmistakable.

Several municipalities in California have banned the plastic straws and lawmakers are considering a ban for the entire state. Officials in New York City are also considering a ban, and the move is global. Scotland will prohibit the use of plastic straws next year, and Britain plans to ban plastic straws and some other single-use plastic items next year.

Many of the people who are campaigning against the straws assert that U.S. consumers use 500 million of the straws every year. Most of them are not recycled; they break down into micro-plastics and end up in lakes, riv-ers and especially the planet’s oceans, where the tiny bits are eaten by fish and other sea creatures.

Some critics of the proposed ban have made much of the fact that the 500 million figure was an estimate made eight years ago by a boy named Milo Cress, who was nine-years-old at the time. California’s proposed bill envisioned levying a hefty fine against restaurants that violated the ban once it was adopted. In response, Rea-son Magazine wrote, “Criminalizing unsolicited straws seems like a rather heavy-handed approach to the prob-lem, especially since we don’t actually know how big a problem it is.”

More authoritative sources have put the actual number of plastic straws used in the U.S. at about 370 million, but as Cress, now 17, told Money Magazine last month, “I think getting stuck on what the exact number is sort of misses the point of my project, which is to reduce our use and waste of straws. I think we could improve on pretty

The last strawmuch any number as long as we’re continuing to waste plastic. Any number is too high.”

That is, of course, the point. Anyone who pays even a lit-tle bit of attention knows that millions of tons of all sorts of plastics are finding their way into the oceans every year. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a floating island located between Hawaii and California made of plastic items and tiny bits of plastic. The patch is now twice the size of Texas, according to a peer-reviewed study (ti-nyurl.com/ybefl23l) published in Science Reports.

And all that plastic in the ocean is anything but benign. National Geographic reported in June (tinyurl.com/ydap6ow5) that a pilot whale was found near Malasia struggling to survive, but it ultimately died. The report says, “The whale vomited up five plastic bags during the rescue attempt. It died... five days after the attempt be-gan. A necropsy revealed that more than 17 pounds of plastic had clogged up the whale’s stomach, making it im-possible for it to ingest nutritional food. This waste was in the form of 80 shopping bags and other plastic debris.”

Were there bits of plastic straws in the whale’s stom-ach? Again, that’s beside the point. The straws get into the ocean, break down, and are eaten by sea creatures. Straws are not the biggest plastic problem affecting the ocean, and banning them will not save the oceans from plastic pollution. But the ban is one step of several that should be taken to address the problem.

Some countries are taking a more encompassing ap-proach. Taiwan is going to ban the sale and use of all single-use plastic items, which includes straws, cups and shopping bags, by 2030. That’s undoubtedly the best way to go.

In the meantime, however, there may be a reason not to ban plastic straws entirely; advocates for people with certain kinds of physical challenges says plastic straws are helpful to them, and they should have access to them. For the rest of us glass, metal and paper straws are avail-able, and we should not continue to enlarge the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and harm sea life just because we’ve become use to sipping our soda and ice tea through plastic tubes.

Plastic straws are a symbol of our collective disregard for the negative impact humans can have when they put profits or human convenience above the environmental health and wellbeing of the planet. As such, the straws should be banned even though many more steps will need to be taken to mitigate the damage human activity is causing on our oceans.

A vote for Pramilla MalickWhy am I voting for Pramilla Malick in the September

13 Democratic Primary for the NY State Senate seat, 42nd District? Because I want someone representing me and my community who is committed, hardworking, loyal, passionate, progressive and an activist, who is not afraid to speak truth to power.

Pramilla has been relentless in fighting corruption (Joe Percoco conviction) and the multi-billion dollar fracked-gas infrastructure industry, notably, the CPV Power Plant. She has been the brains, energy and stam-ina (starting with the segmented Minisink Compressor Station, seven years ago) behind the grassroots organiza-tion Protect Orange County.

While this life-and-health matter has been Pramilla’s signature issue, I am confident she will work with equal zest, vigor, perseverance and fortitude on all matters that affect the 42nd! Pramilla has proven who she is and what she stands for. She cannot be bought, bullied, silenced, or corrupted.

Send strength, leadership and purpose to Albany. Vote Malick on September 13. Please do not sit this one out. Please vote for the only Democratic candidate for the 42nd who has demonstrated through her actions, over the last seven years, that she is worthy of your vote.

Mary Ann McDonough Otisville, NY

Private property and the role of government

When a forest fire ravages the land (like those raging in the West), the notion of private property ownership goes out the window. The damage that such fires wreak on the environment and lives of entire communities far transcends the artificial boundaries of ownership. In fact, private owners need—and obtain—massive public help to mitigate the personal disasters that such events create. It is in all our interests that such responses, pub-licly mandated as well as voluntary, are made. Now think about fracking for natural gas.

The imminent health and safety risks that fracking brings to the air, water and land are even admitted by the industry. But when the public tries to protect itself by choosing to control or even ban this dangerous method of gas extraction, there is an outcry by the shale-gas indus-try and certain landowners that their rights are being abused. Thus we have the spurious and opportunistic ar-gument trumpeted by PA Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20) and the Upper Delaware River Basin Citizens that compensation is due to private land owners of Wayne County because they have lost an income opportunity (S1189).

But this “income” is only imagined. It has no current material existence. What exactly has been lost?

And how is this merely a private matter?For a moment, suppose fracking were to go forward;

would these private owners be held personally respon-sible for air, water and road and infrastructure damage? Would they reimburse us all? From their supposed wind-fall, would they compensate their immediate neighbors

“The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as

that of man to error.” — Voltaire


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ROOT CELLARBy Kristin Barron

ART AND SOCIETYBy Brad Krumholz, Theatre Doctor

Theatre gets real

Around the turn of the 20th century, realism in theatre was all the rage. The idea was that the-atre should be as much like real life as possible.

Putting life onstage would allow the audience to observe how it all worked. Makes sense, right?

But what if the act of putting lifelike scenes onstage actually had the opposite effect? What if this attempt at verisimilitude made it more difficult to understand how real life worked?

Take the example of a car. I know very little about cars. If I saw one driving around onstage, I would simply see a car, moving around as cars do. I would have no deeper understanding of how cars worked than I did before I entered the theatre. However, if I were shown the inner workings of the car as it drove, if the “mechan-actor” demonstrated how the combustion of gasoline makes the wheels turn, then maybe I could be led to understand something new about cars. Otherwise, it all just stays hidden under the hood.

This is precisely what theatre makers such as Bertolt Brecht argue. For Brecht, the best way to see how the world functions is to reveal its underlying structures, systems and mechanics.

Brecht argues that, in theatre, we need to see the ma-chinery. We need always to be reminded that, as an audi-ence, we are involved in an act of social observation and critique. The Realists’ aims, according to Brecht, cannot be achieved by realistic acting and staging techniques—whereby we lose ourselves in the world of the story and forget that we are watching a fabricated scenario—but by letting us see under the hood of the play, as it were.

Since the work of the early Realists, and since Brecht, many theatrical forms have come and gone. Some rely upon realistic staging techniques, and some are more obviously stylized. When we think of “American Real-

ism,” our minds turn to the great American men of the theatre—Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, David Mamet. Ironically, though, each of these playwrights experimented heavily with form and style, and the claim that they are Realists is difficult to uphold.

The claim that they are white men, on the other hand, isn’t so hard to maintain. So, while these great writers were shaking things up onstage, complicating our un-derstanding of life based on the artfully crafted scenar-ios they presented, there was always going to be only so much agitating they’d be able to pull off.

When I found out that NYC-based playwright Julia May Jonas had taken it upon herself to write a cycle of five full-length plays responding from a female perspective to these great white male giants of the theatre, my attention was piqued.

This Saturday at NACL, her company, Nellie Tinder, will present “A Woman Among Women,” written in re-sponse to Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” The intention, as I understand it, is to crack open the world of assump-tions that undergirds Miller’s original play and serve them to us in a new form.

We can imagine Arthur Miller’s play as the car of male society, driving around onstage, propelled by the hidden forces that fuel it and enable it to keep rolling along. We can then imagine Jonas’s play as the car taken apart, al-lowing us to see the internal machinery normally hidden from view. The hope is that, by seeing this play staged, the audience might learn how the car works, and even stand a chance of making a better, safer, more efficient vehicle for the coming generations.

[Brad Krumholz is co-founder and artistic director, North American Cultural Laboratory (NACL Theatre). See page x for more information on “A Woman Among Women.”]

for the plummeting real estate valuations that frack-ing brings?

More likely, unless regulations forced compliance, they and the shale-gas industry would continue their histori-cal response of abscond and evade, leaving it to the public to heal environmental and community wounds. Preach private gain, but evade public responsibility. Baker’s bill is a naked appeal to greed: free (actually imaginary) money for reelection votes. There always seems to be an-other man (woman) who wants to sell us a bridge.

John PaceHonesdale, PA

The fine print on short-term medical plansAfter the GOP’s failure to “repeal and replace” the

Affordable Care Act (ACA) with something magically better, Trump has systematically tried to sabotage the ACA with administrative actions. Most recently, he an-nounced a change in rules that permits insurance com-panies to sell cheaper “short-term” plans that do not pro-vide coverage that regular ACA policies must offer, e.g., coverage for pre-existing conditions and maternity care.

In an August 16 op-ed piece in The Washington Post, Alex Azar, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Ser-vices, outlined the administration’s arguments for ex-panding short-term policies’ current limit to up to three

years (https://wapo.st/2nT6NOi). His argument con-tains a single sentence that hints consumers might be buying a short-term product with dubious benefits: “In fact, we require more robust warnings about the limits of these plans than did... Obama’s administration.” He doesn’t specifically elaborate on why customers should be warned.

Here’s why: these “cheaper” plans are cheap in the dou-ble sense: they cost less and they are shoddy, unreliable products that will not deliver the promised value. Like the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have lost their homes in increasingly common flooding disasters and found that their home insurance didn’t cover their losses, buyers of short-term plans will learn what was be-hind Azar’s proclaimed “robust warnings.”

We now know all too well what our president and Re-publican politicians like John Faso meant when they promised “universal access to quality health care”—ac-cess, in this sense: You have the opportunity to enroll in Trump University. Oops, it no longer exists. Sorry. No money back guarantee. When the Democratic Party advocates universal coverage and care, it promises that your quality health care is your right.

Tom DentonHighland, NY

Most of the former fields and pastures

of our old farm here in French Woods, NY, haven’t been cut for about 20 years. The fields are overgrown and wild. Willow, and aspen and pine trees have sprung up. Hedges of hard hack and berry and rose bushes prevail. But all that changed this month when my nieces and nephews came for a visit with a tractor and brush hog in tow.

My sister’s eight children are now grown and most have children of their own. They are scattered around the country and Europe, so the odds of finding a time for most of them to meet in little old Hancock, NY are slim. But they made it—from New Jersey, from Illinois and Switzerland. A few of the farther-flung kids couldn’t get here this year. But it was still a big party of swimming and berry picking, great food and kayak trips down the Delaware. There was even a sunrise hike up to Jensen’s Ledges. But perhaps, most importantly, it was a time to discuss the future of this cherished old farm.

My nephew bought a tractor and brush hog just for the occasion. And not just any tractor, but one with an air-conditioned cab, which is certainly a step up from the old, brakeless Ford that my father had. My nephew then hired a local guy to haul the tractor up here from the Scranton, PA area.

My nephews and nieces took turns cutting in the old fields and fixing the inevitable tractor breakdowns all week. The kids took turns too, including my daughter, Lily. You might have thought it was Christmas morn-ing—they all enjoyed it that much. When they real-ized the big headlights worked, they started mowing at night too.

My nephew cut some inroad paths by all the wild blue-berry bushes that have taken over. While driving in the fields, we did “drive-by blueberry picking,” meaning I could reach out the truck window and pick a sweet hand-ful of berries straight from the bush. My nephew Gary drove me up to the old “terrace” section of the farm where the original log cabins were built by our ancestors in the 1840s. I hadn’t been up there in years. There were black-eyed Susans and even a few pine trees suitable for Christmas trees. (I am always on the lookout.) It felt good and hopeful to be able to go there again.

It was a lovely week and a start to planning the future of this old, overgrown family farm.

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away at age 92 in Mid-dletown, RI on August 19. She was the only child of John and Cath-erine Schaurer. Gene grew up and spent much of her life in Woodhav-en, Queens. In her youth she enjoyed going to the beach and dancing on roller skates. After graduating from Franklin K. Lane HS, she worked in the insurance industry in the fi nancial district of Manhattan. She met her husband Henry at the roller rink. They married in 1946. Three children quickly followed.

Gene was a stay-at-home mom, making sure her children had everything they needed to grow up secure and happy. When her children got older, Gene went back to work for Pan Am Airways, rising to the position of the director of retirement. Gene and Hennie retired to Barryville, NY, where the family had vacationed at Maple Grove Farm, the boarding house owned by her aunt Minnie Nietzsche. After Hennie’s death, Gene moved to Middleton, RI to be closer to family.

She leaves her daughters Diane Tobin (Philip) and Marie Froeschl (William Scott), grandchildren Rebecca Braman (Matthew), Michael Morin (Kerry), Austin Tobin (Bob-bie Diaz), Kelly Morin and Emily Ferguson (Dan). She also leaves fi ve great-grandchil-dren. She was preceded in death by her hus-band Henry, son Richard and grandson Pat-rick Tobin. A Mass of Christian burial will take place at St. Ann’s Church Shohola, PA on Monday, August 27 at 10 a.m., with inter-ment following in Barrville NY.

Schools of Buckingham and Manchester

EQUINUNK, PA — Jerry Wood, a noted area historian, will present a program on the schools of Buckingham and Man-chester on Saturday, August 25 at 1 p.m. at the Equinunk Historical Society, 1972 Pine Mill Rd.

Did you attend any of the schools in these townships or have a family mem-ber who did? Come and add to the lively discussion. The Society is located at the junction of the Hancock Highway (Route 191) and Pine Mill Road in the village cen-ter. Doors open at12 noon. The Calder Gift Shop will also be open. For more informa-tion call 570/224-6722.

Free high school equivalency course

MONTICELLO, NY — Literacy Volun-teers will be offering free high school equivalency classes starting on Tuesday, September 4 at 10 a.m. Classes will run every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Attend on Tuesday, September 4 to and learn how you can be ready to take the TASC test come Novem-ber. Call 845/794-0017 and ask for Angela for more details or to set up an appoint-ment for an intake.

Free photography workshop‘Monotheism and the Environment’

Yoga International one of ‘fastest growing’

HONESDALE, PA — Yoga Internation-al, a leading provider of online yoga con-tent, has been recognized on Inc.’s 2018 500|5000 list as the 122nd fastest-growing private company in the United States. Be-tween 2015 and 2018, Yoga International has grown revenue by 3,152.7% and ex-panded its team to 35 full-time employ-ees and more than 100 yoga teachers and writers who provide classes, articles, on-line courses and trainings for members.

Over the past 12 months, Yoga Interna-tional has collaborated with expert teach-ers to expand its class offerings to include more prenatal, beginner, body positive, functional movement and accessible yoga classes, as well as classes specifi-cally focused on common injury preven-tion, yoga therapy and deep relaxation. It has also partnered with organizations such as Yoga of 12 Step Recovery (Y12SR), Yoga Medicine, and Warriors at Ease to produce specialized educational courses and teacher trainings in the areas of ad-diction recovery, trauma-informed yoga, restorative yoga and yoga anatomy.

Because Yoga International is one of the top 500 organizations on the list, their name will be included in the print addi-tion of Inc. magazine. Leading members of Yoga International have been invited to a celebratory event in San Antonio, TX later this year. For more information about Yoga International, visit: https://yogainternational.com/.

Earnings for Jeff BancorpJEFFERSONVILLE, NY — Jefferson-

ville Bancorp, Inc. has announced sec-ond-quarter net income of $1,743,000 or $0.41 per share compared to $1,293,000 or $0.31 per share for the same quarter in 2017. The increase in quarterly net in-come compared to 2017 of $450,000 was primarily attributable to an increase in interest earned on loans of $239,000 and an increase in interest on excess reserves at the Federal Reserve Bank of $210,000.

“We are very pleased with the compa-ny’s performance this year. Net income is up for the quarter by 35% and year to date by 22% compared to the same period one year ago. While income tax reform has helped us retain more of our earnings, in-come before taxes is up nearly $500,000 or 14% year to date,” said George W. Kinne Jr., president and CEO.

A cash dividend in the amount of 15 cents per share on the common stock of the company was declared and will be payable on September 5 to stockhold-ers of record at the close of business on August 28.

Lester Stephen (Bud) Simonson Sr.World War II Veteran Lester Stephen (Bud) Simonson Sr. of Jeff ersonville, NY, former owner of Simonson’s Auto Wrecking business died on Thursday August 9, 2018 at home. He was 95. Funeral services were held on Thursday, August 16, 2018. Interment with military honors took place at Sullivan County Veterans Cemetery, Liberty, NY.

Randy Lee GorrRandy Lee Gorr of Cochecton, NY, a retired corrections offi cer and proud owner and operator of Tree Works, a lifelong resident of the area, passed away unexpectedly on August 10, 2018. He was 58. Funeral services with military honors were held Friday, August 17.

James Bernard HenkeJames Bernard Henke, a retired dairy farmer and partner in Henke Brothers Farm of Callicoon, NY, died Saturday, August 18, 2018 in his lifelong home. He was 91. The funeral mass will be held on Saturday, August 25 at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross Church, Route 97, Callicoon, NY.

BEACH LAKE, PA — Artist Carla Stro-zzieri will present “Monotheism and the Environment” at 10:15 a.m. on Sun-day, August 26 at the Berlin Township Community Center. The most deeply in-grained aspects of our collective mind-set are often so taken for granted that we never stop to examine their implica-tions. One such point is the belief in a single godhead. How does this affect how we view our society, our environment, our world?

The one-hour service sponsored by the Upper Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, and will be followed by a so-cial time with refreshments. For direc-tions, visit www.uduuf.org.

HONESDALE, PA — Chip Forelli will hold a free photography workshop on Wednesday nights in September at the Stourbridge Project, 646 W. Park St. (across the from the hospital). Sessions will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Participants will work with whatever camera or smart phone they have, as long as it has the capability to zoom in and out. The class will do some shooting outside and then work with Photoshop, Light-room and Camera Raw on images mem-bers have taken.

The group will also look at and, if they like, critique photos that will be digitally projected. Finally, participants will re-view Forelli’s personal collection of land-scapes, showing the images before and after Photoshop was done. Visit https://conta.cc/2nRj0TD to sign up.

Demonstration seeks ban of fracking waste

BARRYVILLE, NY — There will be a demonstration to demand a com-plete Delaware River Basin ban not

only of fracking but also of related prod-ucts and activities, on Sunday, August 26 at 2 p.m. at the Barryville-Shohola Bridge.

Although the Delaware River Basin Commission recently released proposed regulations that would prohibit drilling fracked wells, they would still permit such activities as import of wastewater from fracking operations and transfers of water out of the basin for the purpose of fracking.

Concerned residents and representatives will unfurl a banner that expresses the united stand of Pennsylvanians and New Yorkers in their campaign to stop frack-ing and its activities from detrimentally affecting the Delaware River watershed in any way. It will read, “Defend the Dela-ware; Ban Fracking and Frack Waste”

Participants will gather at the parking lot for the river access ramp on the north side of the bridge, located at the intersec-tion of Route 97 and Brook Road.


LAKE HUNTINGTON NEWSBy Eileen Hennessy

LOOKING BACKBy Camille Sensiba

ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

On Saturday, September 1, 2018, two veterans of the Civil War will be honored after a century and a half.

Harrison and John M. Chandler died of disease and were buried in unmarked graves. Harrison enlisted in December 1861 at Monticello, NY. During his time with the 28th NY Infantry Co. H, he was interned in a POW camp and later died of typhoid fever in a Confederate hospital.

According to John’s records, he enlisted in the Pennsyl-vania 45th at Equinunk, PA, and fought in battles such as Antietam and Vicksburg. In 1867, John died of dysentery. The two brothers had come from a line of war veterans, with both their father’s father and their mother’s great-grandfather having served in the American Revolution.

The VFW Allan Milk Memorial Post 7276, along with the Basket Historical Society and the 143rd NYS Volun-teer Infantry, have organized a ceremony to recognize the Chandler brothers for their service and to place Veterans Administration headstones, marking the brothers’ final resting place.

The ceremony commemorating the Chandler brothers will be held on Saturday, September 1 at the Basket Ceme-tery at 11 a.m. Following the dedication, the ceremony will reconvene at the Basket Historical Society.

As many of you may know, the Roycroft Family re-cently has been through some tough times. Dot-tie was diagnosed with leukemia and had a bone

marrow transplant in March. She is not able to work for at least a year. Dottie and her husband Bill are raising a set of triplets. Ariel, their daughter, was recently diag-nosed with a heart murmur, adding to mounting medi-cal bills and travel expenses from Dottie’s illness. The roof on their home is in need of replacement. Jim Ward has graciously donated his work crew and time to do the work, but we need to pay for the material. On September 9, there will be a barbeque at Hectors Inn, 14 Dr. Duggan Rd. in Bethel, NY. Bonnie and Barry Lagoda have offered their pavilion to hold the event and the barbeque will be done by “The Ugly Smoker,” Dwayne Hubbert. Tickets cost $20 each and will include pork, ribs, chicken, sides, coffee, tea and/or water. Other drinks will be available for purchase at Hectors. We will have a wheelbarrow-of-cheer raffle as well as some door prizes, a bake sale and 50/50s. Tickets must be purchased prior to the event at Hectors or by contacting Lisa Edwards at 845/649-3770, Eileen Hennessy at 914/799-4486 or Penny Ackermann at 845/701-2065.

On September 9, the St. Baldrick’s event at the four cor-ners in Eldred seeks people to shave their heads to help fight childhood cancer. You can register at stbaldricks.

org/events/lineofhope2018, or you can give Lou a call at 845/557-3321 or email [email protected].

Join the Cochecton Youth Commission (CYC) for a day at Roba’s Family Farm on October 3 (with a rain date of October 13). You can sign up at the Cochecton Town Hall on September 11 from 6 to 6:45 p.m. If you plan on attend-ing and cannot make sign-ups, text Dave at 845/588-0638 prior to 2 p.m. on September 10 to make alternate ar-rangements; all paperwork must be completed by 6 p.m. on September 11. Tickets will be handed out the day of the event at the main entrance at 10 to 10:45 a.m. This sign-up is for Cochecton Youth only. All others will pay upon entering.

Save the dates: overnight trip to Aquatopia Water Park on December 1 to 2; more details to follow. On October 20, there will be a penny social at the Lake Huntington Presbyterian Church sponsored by the Ladies Aid Soci-ety. Details to follow.

CYC has an opening on its board; meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month in the lower level of the town hall.

Please keep the family of Randy Gorr in your thoughts and prayers on his passing.

Email [email protected] or call 845/252-3568 if you have news. You can always check me out at river re porter.com in Community Living.

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My parents brought home a wonderful gift from that trip, which they passed on to their children: the infinite delights of travel, or wanderlust. From that first year on, they returned to Europe and came back home full of sto-ries that made my brother, sister and me long to explore the world.

I made a pledge with Katie, my best friend since fifth grade, to go to Europe after our high school graduation. To that end, we worked as babysitters, burger slingers, and au pairs for bratty children at a local country club. Additionally, I did a stint as an Avon “lady,” and also fash-ioned handbags, through the magic of decoupage, out of black aluminum lunch pails used by men in the construc-tion industry. These I sold door to door in the apartment building in which we lived.

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community art event designed to connect businesses, con-sumers, non-profits, art lovers and artists, are currently on display at locations all across the River Valley.

For example, “Cooped Up” is on display at Midtown Con-venience Store in Shohola, PA; “Not Chicken” by Candy Heiland is at the Stickett Inn in Barryville, NY; and “Chicken of the Sea” by Mef Gannon is on display at the Silver Star Gallery in Milford, PA.

The idea was the brainstorm of event coordinator Eija Friedlander, of the Barryville Area Arts Association. Home Depot in Matamoras donated the plywood, and local carpenter, Michael Parker donated his services to trans-form that into 40 plywood chicken cut-outs.

Then local artists went to work to decorate them, and lo-cal businesses agreed to display them.

All of the creations can be seen on the “Fly The Coop!” Event FaceBook page, and admirers can also use FaceBook to message in a bid for a bird. Both roosters and hens are up for auction, and will all be coming home to roost at a September 1 event from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Artists’ Market

Community Center, 114 Richardson Ave. Bidding closes at 5:30 p.m. that day. The event is made possible with the help of a grant from the Barbara J. Buchanon Foundation, administered by the Greater Pike Community Fund. For more information visit artistsmarketcc.com.

Contributed photoThis chicken was decorated by Maureen and George Detrick

Scandinavian Craft FairLACKAWAXEN, PA — The Bernt Balchen Lodge #3-

566 Sons of Norway will hold a Scandinavian Craft Fair at the Lackawaxen Volunteer Firehouse, 774 Rte. 590, on Saturday, September 8. There will be Scandinavian and American Arts and Crafts, Rosemaling folk art wood-carving demonstration, Scandinavian decora-tive and household items. Vendors will sell imported cheeses, fiskeballer, lingonberry jams and syrups, and there will be music, open-faced sandwiches, lapskaus, lefse, waffles, snacks, desserts, and coffee and tea. For more information call 908/637-6943.

‘Poetry Vault’CALLICOON, NY — The Western Sullivan Public Li-

brary invites poets and poetry lovers to “The Poetry Vault,” an open-mic(less) reading venue for original work. Come recite your work, or get inspired while listening to others. “The Poetry Vault,” facilitated by Dorothy Hartz, will take place on Tuesday, August 28, 6 p.m. at the Delaware Free Branch of the Western Sul-livan Public Library. A sign-up sheet for five-minute maximum reading spots will be available at 5:30 p.m. All topics welcome. For more information, visit the li-brary online at WSPLonline.org or call 845/887-4040.


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MONTICELLO, NY — There will be a concert featuring the world-renowned Andrew Trombley on double bass, Akiko Hosoi on violin and Anton Risti on clari-net on Wednesday, September 12 at 6 p.m. at the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library. Trombley and Hosoi both at-tended Juilliard and have thrilled audi-

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YouTube channel designed for local musicians

REGION — A YouTube channel titled “Sullivan Sings!,” has been designed to showcase Sullivan Coun-ty talent. All local talent is encouraged to participate in the project, so music lov-ers and music makers are encouraged to subscribe to the free YouTube channel to hear each new video as it is posted.

Marc Satz is one of the artists who has taken ad-vantage of the new format. His new song,” The Fam-ily Way,” takes us back to the days of hippies, Wood-stock and a time when people thought it wasn’t polite to say “pregnant,” and it first came out on “Sullivan Sings!” Now it can be heard on Spotify, Amazon, iTunes and just about any place else you listen to mu-sic. Just search for “Marc Satz” or “The Family Way” to take a listen, or visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4apIeyI79Mg

The project was made possible with funding from a Sullivan County Arts & Heritage Grant, funded by the Sullivan County Legislature and administered by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance. For more information barryvilleareaarts.org/SullivanSings.html or e-mail [email protected].

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Council of the Arts (BCA) will host the next edition of Yarnslingers on Sunday, August 26 at 2 p.m. The theme is sib-lings, and the stories will be presented at ArtSpace, located at 3575 State Rte. 55.

Dedicated to the art and craft of sto-rytelling, Yarnslingers was founded in upstate New York in 2007 by writer/musician Ramona Jan. “Everyone has a story… or two,” says Jan, who encourages local people from all walks of life to spin their spellbinding tales. Yarnslingers are

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Contributed photoThe Kurpil Family Fiddlers

Local music history and performance with the KurpilsGRAHAMSVILLE, NY — The Kurpil

Family Fiddlers will perform at the Time and the Valleys Museum on State Route 55 on Sunday, August 26 at 2 p.m. They will perform their toe-tapping fiddle mu-sic while intermingling local fiddle mu-sic history, song history and the origins of fiddling.

The Kurpil Family is native to Sullivan County. John Kurpil came to America with his fiddle and he taught his chil-dren to play. His sons Sam and Peter Kur-pil of Liberty started their own band in the 1950s, called the Kurpil Ranch Boys. Along with their brother-in-law Joe, they played and sang music of the day, ac-companying themselves on guitars and fiddle. Sam went on to teach his children

and grandchildren the same old-time fid-dle music, and in 1997 he created a band by the name “The Kurpil Family Fid-dlers.” The band consists of Sam on gui-tar and his daughters Cindy Gieger and Christina Jones doing fiddle and vocals. On occasion they are joined by grandson Rudy Gieger and granddaughter Kath-leen Burns.

The program is for museum members, and costs $3 for non-members. The pro-gram also includes an exhibit of fiddle pho-tos and memorabilia, raffle prizes, trivia sheets and light refreshments. For more information call 845/985-7700, email [email protected] or visit www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org.

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‘A Woman Among Women’HIGHLAND LAKE, NY — North Ameri-

can Cultural Laboratory (NACL Theatre) presents “A Woman Among Women” by New York City-based theatre company Nellie Tinder on Saturday, August 25 at 7:30 p.m. The theatre is located at 110 Highland Lake Rd.

A response to Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons,” “A Woman Among Women” is part of the play-cycle “All Long True Ameri-can Stories,” in which Julia May Jonas re-imagines canonical American male-experience plays for other people (mostly women). Other male-written plays to which the series responds are “Long Days’ Journey into Night,” by Eugene O’Neill; “Zoo Story,” by Edward Albee, “American Buffalo,” by David Mamet and “True West,” by Sam Shepard.

“A Woman Among Women” is a play with music that wonders what hap-pens if we raise our daughters to be too confident.

The play is PG-13, relevant to women, womyn, men, feminists, people who love Arthur Miller, people who hate Arthur Miller, people who like humor and pa-thos and text that turns into music and back again.

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‘Signs of Aging’: locally shot fi lm, local fi lmmaker

HAWLEY, PA — Supported by a grant from The Greater Pike County Community Foundation Richard L. Snyder Fund, the short film “Signs

of Aging” will be produced in Tafton and Newfound-land in early September. The film is a dark comedy about a mysterious woman who tries to stop a pushy skin-cream salesperson selling anti-aging potions. The

film challenges the aggressive marketing tactics in the beau-ty industry, while also champi-oning women over 40.

The film will star a diverse cast of women, with the prin-cipal actors all having high-level film and TV experience. Antu Yacob has appeared in “Law & Order SVU” and can currently be seen in the Sun-dance Institute-supported film “Night Comes On.” Kelley Rae O’Donnell has a supporting role in “The Irishman,” direct-ed by Martin Scorsese. Bisser-at Tseggai has co-star roles in dozens of TV shows including

“Blue Bloods,” “Orange is the New Black” and “Luke Cage.” Melanie Martinez was on “The Goodnight Show,” on Sprout. The film will also employ several lo-cal actors in supporting roles.

The film’s creator is Tara Gadomski, a native of

Northeast PA. She is an actor with roles in “Orange is the New Black” and “The Blacklist.” Gadomski was accepted into the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriting Intensive in Philadelphia.” Signs of Aging” will be her debut as a director.

The film is still raising funds. For more information, or to donate to the film, contact the production team at [email protected] or www.taragadomski.com/my-films.

Contributed photoCleghorn

Photo by David Noles Photography

Bisserat Tseggai, of “Blue Bloods” and “Orange is the New Black, is among several well-known actors in “Signs of Aging.”

The Music of Poetry

Poets in Cahoots: The Laughter of Treesand the Brilliance of Diamonds

Celtic rock with Cleghorn in HancockHANCOCK, NY — On Friday, August 31, at 7:30 p.m., Han-

cock will welcome Cleghorn to The Town Square for the fi-nal performance of the 2018 “Summer Nights LIVE! on The Square” series.

The musical engine of Cleghorn is renowned fiddler Dylan Cleghorn and his father, the legendary Texas guitarist John Cleghorn. Cleghorn’s unique brand of Celtic rock mixes their original songwriting with high energy fiddle and bag-pipe tunes. A Celtic Music News review of Cleghorn’s album says, “The robust and pristine sound of Dylan Cleghorn’s fiddle is wrapped in heavy pop-rock rhythms that approach anthemic intensity. John Cleghorn, adding his original song-writing, screaming guitar riffs and golden vocal melodies, reveals himself as a man who truly knows rock.”

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anything other than “fake news.” Last I looked, there were fireworks lighting up the sky and the lazy, hazy days of sum-mer stretched out in front of us, beckon-ing with promises of fireflies and bar-beques, tubing on the river and sultry afternoons that promised to last forever. While walking the pooch this morning, I saw a leaf flutter to the ground and upon closer inspection became alarmed to see red and gold amidst the green. “Say it ain’t so!” I wailed, shaking my fist at the clouds scudding overhead. Prying Dhar-ma away from some freshly unearthed dead treasure, I scurried home to look at the calendar.

Sure enough, August looks like a goner. Reading the fine print, I noted that catch-ing “Mamma Mia” at the Forestburgh Playhouse was on my agenda, along with something called “Wooden Boatstock,” which had its maiden voyage last year without me. Recalling an online message from pal Maureen Neville reminded me that she would not only be there, but was planning to bring her water-bike that had literally washed ashore, after years of be-ing adrift, begging to be reclaimed and lovingly restored. “Hey Jonathan,” the email read, “You should come to Wooden Boatstock [sic] in White Lake, with your camera, of course. Joe and Zeke are going to be there, too,” she added, “and they’re bringing some very cool boats!”

Is that all there is?

Sure enough, I spotted “Beechwoods Yacht Club” members Joe Freda and Zeke Boyle rowing toward shore near the Fat Lady Café, so I parked and headed for the docks, noting more boats on the lawn. “Oh, you came!” Maureen exclaimed, but of course, she was talking to the dog. “Excuse me,” I called out, “I’m here too, ya know.” Waving and laughing, she gave me a perfunctory nod and went back to petting the pup. “Well, of course you are,” Maureen acknowledged. “The dog can’t drive.”

Pausing to snap a few photos, I sur-veyed the scene, which included Elise Freda sporting a wide-brimmed hat off

TRR photos by Jonathan Charles FoxArt Peck’s passion for craftsmanship and attention to detail are evident in his creation displayed at Wooden Boatstock, held on Kauneonga Lake last week.

Maureen Neville pedaled her lovingly restored water-bike on Kauneonga Lake last week, as part of the Wooden Boatstock tribute to, well, wooden boats.


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in the distance, in what appeared to be a wooden canoe. “It doesn’t really count,” Maureen whispered in my ear. “There’s more fiberglass than wood on it, but Elise looks like she’s having fun, doesn’t she? Have you seen my wa-ter-bike yet? I love it!”

The poster promised “A day of peace and boats” and sug-gested that folks “BYOB” (bring your own boat) and “ren-dezvous at the restaurant docks on Kauneonga Lake to celebrate the beauty of wood!” They were, indeed, beauti-ful, and Joe answered some questions while I took photos. “It’s doesn’t weigh much, only 23 pounds,” he said of the cedar-strip racing canoe I was asking about. “I helped my friend Al Camp make it from plans. It’s a classic,” he said, “like that one over there.” Pointing to another gorgeous example of craftsmanship, I noted that it was built by Art Peck, founder of Peck’s Markets. “We are pleased to in-clude one of his creations here today,” the information read, “honoring the man (1931-2014) as well as an example of the passion we have for wooden boats.”

There were no boats to be seen onstage during “Mam-ma Mia” later that day, but they were mentioned once or twice, as characters arrived on the Greek island where the musical tribute to Swedish pop group ABBA takes place. With more than 20 chart-topping songs (“Honey Honey,” “Take A Chance On Me,” “The Winner Takes It All) on the roster and disco balls spinning overhead, the enthusiastic audience was on its feet repeatedly, dancing, clapping and singing along. The goofy (IMHO) plot is de-signed simply to keep the hits comin’, and judging by the

While not entirely made out of wood, Elise Freda and her (largely) fiberglass canoe were as pretty as a picture during Wooden Boatstock. While fans are jumping for joy over the Forestburgh Playhouse

production of “Mamma Mia” none leap as high as Benjamin Sears while the musical tribute to ABBA plays out to sold-out audiences this week.

The record-breaking Forestburgh Playhouse production of “Mamma Mia” poses the question: Who doesn’t love “Dancing Queen?”

Beechwoods Yacht Club member Joe Freda was on hand during last Thursday’s “Wooden Boatstock” event, displaying the cedar-strip racing canoe that he and Al Camp built together.

ovations from the packed house, “Mamma Mia” satisfied even the most rabid of fans.

This local production made history, as the first show at the playhouse to be completely sold out before the cur-tain rose opening night. As a result, Dharma gave up her assigned seat in order that one more ABBA fan not be turned away. I don’t really get what all the fuss is about, but millions of fans can’t all be wrong. There’s noth-ing inherently wrong with a bit of frothy fun, but I left the theatre perplexed. “Is that all there is?” I asked the dog. “What’s wrong with you?” she growled back. “Who doesn’t love ‘Dancing Queen’?”

The disco balls are spinning nightly at the Forestburgh Playhouse, where “Mamma Mia” is playing to a box office record-breaking crowd.

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Fri., Aug. 24Contra dance at The CooperageHONESDALE — The Cooperage hosts a contra dance, 7:30-10pm, 1030 Main St. Beginner lesson at 7:15. Suggested dona-tion $10/person, free for kids under 15.Good Reads with TaylorPORT JERVIS — The Hub at the Port Jervis Free Library presents Good Reads with Taylor, 3:30-4:30pm. 845/856-7313 or email at [email protected] Farmers’ MarketLIBERTY — Catskill Mountainkeeper hosts the Liberty Farmers’ Market, 119 North Main St. behind the Parks and Rec-reation Building, 3-6pm.Stray Cat Gallery openingBETHEL — Stray Cat Gallery opening 2-7pm with Woodstock Festival photogra-pher, Jason Laure. Book release and photo signing of entire collection of 1969 Wood-stock photos. www.new.dancngcatsaloon.com/StrayCatGallery

Sat., Aug. 25‘A Woman Among Women’HIGHLAND LAKE — North American Cultural Laboratory (NACL Theatre) pres-ents “A Woman Among Women,” by Nellie

Tinder. Showtime is 7:30pm at the NACL Theatre, 110 Highland Lake Rd.Candidate appearance, Metzger PHILLIPSPORT, NY — Jen Metzger, candidate for NY State Senate district 42 (Dem. and Working Families), holds meet and greet, 3-5pm, at Phillipsport Commu-nity Center, 657 Red Hill Rd. Hosted by Janet Lybolt. jenmetzger.com.‘Climate Change and Conservation: Is It Getting Hot in Here?’MILFORD — “Climate Change and Con-servation: Is It Getting Hot in Here?” will be presented at 5:30pm at Grey Towers National Historic Site, by Dr. Anthony A. Serino, Associate Professor of Biology at Misericordia University. www.greytowers.org or 570/296-9625.Craft / vendor fair and community yard saleCLARYVILLE — Craft / Vendor Fair and Community Yard Sale to be held from 10am-4pm at the Claryville Fire Dept.1500 Denning Rd.Damascus Community Center Yard SaleDAMASCUS — Damascus Commu-nity Center Yard Sale. Be a vendor ($10 space) or be a shopper. Under our pavil-ion or outside. 9am-3pm. Call Rachel at 516/382-4210.EHS- Schools of Buckingham and ManchesterEQUINUNK — Jerry Wood will present a program on the schools of Buckingham and Manchester at 1pm at the Equinunk Historical Society, 1972 Pine Mill Rd. 570/224-6722Fundraising auctionJEFFERSONVILLE — WJFF Radio Catskill, will hold a fundraising auction at the Western Supper Club and Inn, the renovated 1852 hotel in Callicoon. Doors open at 3pm with a live auction begin-ning at 5pm.

Hancock Farmers’ MarketHANCOCK — Hancock Town Square hosts the Hancock Farmers’ Market ev-ery Saturday all summer long, 9am-2pm. [email protected] Jen Metzger canvassingWURTSBORO — Mamakating Canvass for Jen Metzger for State Senate, 2901 US-209, 5-8pm.Liberty Jazz FestivalLIBERTY — Liberty Museum & Arts Cen-ter hosts the Liberty Jazz Festival at 5pm. For more information contact 845/292-2394 or visit libertymuseum.com. Event will be held at 46 S. Main St.‘The Magic Flute’NARROWSBURG — Delaware Valley Opera presents “The Magic Flute” - Tusten Theater, 8 pm. Cost: $20. Additional per-formance Aug. 26. Narrowsburg Farmers’ MarketNARROWSBURG — The Narrowsburg Union hosts the Narrowsburg Farmers’ Market, 11am-2pm. narrowsburgfarmer-smarket.orgPocono State Craft FestivalSTROUDSBURG — The 32nd annual Po-cono State Craft Festival will be held Aug. 25-26 at the Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm, 347 Quiet Valley Rd. 10am-5pm. Admission is $6 for adults, children 12 and under are free. For directions and a $1 off coupon, visit www.poconocrafts.com or call 570/476-4460.Summer Storytime SeriesJEFFERSONVILLE — Western Sullivan Public Library Jeffersonville Branch hosts their summertime story series at 10:30am. Register online at www.WSPLonline.org.Plant & SipDINGMANS FERRY — Plant & Sip 6-8pm, cost is $15. Adults only. Pocono Environ-mental Education Center 570/828-2319.

‘Get Out The Laughs’MILFORD — “Get Out The Laughs” com-edy show at the Milford Theatre, 114 East Catherine St., 7pm. Tickets $35/person or $60/couple or $40 at the door; buy at UpRiverHome.Jazz at the MuseumLIBERTY — The Liberty Jazz Festival returns with a night of swinging jazz. 7pm. Food and refreshments available. Free-will donations encouraged. 845/807-2885 or 845/292-5206 or visitsullivanperform-ingarts.comSebastian ManiscalcoMONTICELLO — Sebastian Maniscalco will perform two back-to-back shows at Resorts Worlds Catskills, 7 and 9:30pm. Tickets available by visiting RWCatskills.com or Ticketmaster.com.T Sisters at The CooperageHONESDALE — T Sisters at The Cooper-age, 1030 Main St. 7:30pm. Suggested do-nation $15 in advance or $20 at the door. To reserve, call 570/253-2020 or email [email protected].

Sun., Aug. 2623rd Sullivan County Architectural & History TourLIBERTY — Liberty Museum & Arts Center, 46 Main St., hosts its 23rd Sul-livan County Architectural & History Tour at 9am. 845/292-2394 or visit liberty-museum.com. Blueberry pancake breakfastLORDS VALLEY — Blueberry pancake breakfast, 8am-12noon at the Blooming Grove Volunteer Firehouse, 484 Rte. 739. Adults/$8, children (10 & under)/$4, and children 3 and under/free. Call 570/775-7355 and leave a message for details about the event, renting the hall, or becom-ing a member of the fire department or auxiliary. Facebook at https://www.face-book.com/BGVFD.STA25/

History & Preservation ForumLIBERTY — Liberty Museum & Arts Cen-ter hosts a History & Preservation Forum 1-5pm. For more information contact 845/292-2394 or visit libertymuseum.com. Event will be held at 46 S. Main St. Kurpil Family FiddlersGRAHAMSVILLE — Time and the Valleys Museum hosts the Kurpil Family Fiddlers at 2pm. Cost is $3 for non-members and free for members.‘The Magic Flute’NARROWSBURG — Delaware Valley Op-era presents “The Magic Flute” - Aug. 26. Tusten Theater, 2pm. Cost: $20. Milford Farmers’ MarketMILFORD — The Columns Museum hosts the fifth annual Milford Farmers’ Market, 10am-2pm. Every Sunday until Oct. 21. airsoilwater.orgPlay ScrabbleHONESDALE — Play Scrabble from 2:30-5:30pm, at the Wayne County Visitors Center, 303 Commercial St. Donations to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Wayne County. 272/777-4000.Pocono State Craft FestivalSTROUDSBURG — The 32nd annual Pocono State Craft Festival at the Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm, 347 Quiet Valley Rd. 10am-5pm. Admission $6 for adults, children 12 and under are free. For directions and a $1 off coupon, visit www.poconocrafts.com or call 570/476-4460.17th annual Catskills Preservation and History ConferenceLIBERTY — “The Catskills Future: Built on the Memories of the Past” will get under-way at the Liberty Museum & Arts Center, 12:30 yo 5:30pm, at which time there will be a closing reception. Admission is free for Liberty Museum members and $35 for non members. The Liberty Museum & Arts Center is located at 46 South Main St. 845/292-2394 or libertymuseum.com.


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Mon., Aug. 27Build a portable USB solar chargerHONESDALE — The Stourbridge project hosts “Learn how to build a solar pow-ered charging station for your cell phone and other devices.” 4-7pm. Space limited; registration required at https://tinyurl.com/ychfrd9m. Sid Karasik Memorial Chicken BBQMONTICELLO — The 25th annual Sid Karasik Memorial Chicken Barbecue hosted by Landfield Ave. Synagogue, from 5-7pm at DeHoyos Park, 38 Dillon Rd. BBQ chicken, hot dog, corn on the cob, po-tato salad, watermelon and drinks. $15 in advance; $18 at the Park. 845/794-8470 or e-mail [email protected].

Tue., Aug. 28Delaware Highlands Conservancy open houseBETHEL — The Delaware Highlands Conservancy hosts open house days, 10am-12noon. Meet and chat with land protection coordinator, Susan LaCroix, and conservation programs staff. Cof-fee, information about the Conservancy and the land protection options available. 570/226-3164, 845/583-1010 or www.delawarehighlands.orgWayne County poor houseDAMASCUS — Damascus Township His-torical Society presents “History of Wayne County Poor House” by Dorothy Kieff at the Damascus Community Center, 60 Conklin Hill Rd. at 7pm

Wed., Aug. 29‘Bluesy Burritos’MONTICELLO — E.B. Crawford Public Library in Monticello hosts “Bluesy Bur-ritos” at 6pm. For more information call 845/794-4660.NY’s 19th Congressional District Environmental Candidate ForumCALLICOON — NY’s 19th Congressional District Environmental Candidate Forum 6-8pm at The Western Hotel, 22 Up-per Main St.

Thu., Aug. 30Bethel Lakeside MusicBETHEL — The Usual Suspects at Lake-side Music, 6:30-8pm Kauneonga Lake Community Gazebo Park, corner of Route 55 and Lake Street. Rain or shine. Limited seating: bring chair or mat. ‘Gospel Choir’MONTICELLO — The First Baptist Church of South Fallsburg’s Adult Choir performs “Gospel Choir.” at the E.B. Crawford Public Library. For more information call 845/794-4660.Monticello Farmers’ MarketMONTICELLO — The Catskill Mountain-keeper hosts the Monticello Farmers’ Mar-ket at Broadway at Joe’s Park, 3-6pm.Teen Book ClubCALLICOON — Western Sullivan Pub-lic Library holds Teen Book Club interest meeting at 10:30am. Decide where & when to meet and what book to read first. Light refreshments. For ages 11-17. Register on-line at www.WSPLonline.org.Teen Advisory BoardCALLICOON — Western Sullivan Public Library announces Teen Advisory Board.Come help create an advisory board de-signed to decide what programs and books library offers teens at the library in the fu-

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Fri., Aug. 31Cleghorn in HancockHANCOCK — Cleghorn, Celtic rock, at The Town Square for the final performance of the 2018 Summer Nights Live at 7:30pm.Liberty Farmers’ MarketLIBERTY — Catskill Mountainkeeper hosts the Liberty Farmers’ Market at 119 North Main St. behind the Parks and Rec-reation Building, 3-6pm.Penny socialLIVINGSTON MANOR — Penny so-cial, doors open 5:30pm calling starts at 7pm Masonic Lodge, 94 Main St. $1/refreshments, door prizes, 50/50 Benefits Sullivan-St. Tammany Chapter #298 Or-der of Eastern Star call 845/439-3102 for more info.Traditional Irish musicCUDDLEBACKVILLE — The Neversink Valley Museum of History and Innova-tion presents a concert of traditional Irish music with local band The Tara Minstrels. The concert will be held at the D&H Canal Park, 58 Hoag Rd., outside under the pa-vilion behind the Visitor’s Center, so bring a lawn chair. $5 for members and $7 for non-members.

Sat., Sep. 1Catskills’ Craft Artisans- receptionLIBERTY — Liberty Museum & Arts Cen-ter hosts a reception for Catskills’ Craft Artisans 2-4pm. Event runs Aug. 31-Oct. 13. For more information contact 845/292-2394 or visit libertymuseum.com. Event will be held at 46 S. Main St.

Chestnut trees: restorationEQUINUNK — Allen Nichols will present on the American Chestnut Tree at 1pm at the Equinunk Historical Society. The Society is located at 1972 Pine Mill Rd. Doors open at noon. 570/224-6722. Fair trade sampling daysBEACH LAKE — Fair Trade Sampling Days Sept. 1, 9am-3pm and Sept. 2, 7am-1pm Beach Lake United Methodist Church 7 Milanville Rd. 570/729-7011 or www.beachlakeumc.com. ‘Fly the Coop’BARRYVILLE/SHOHOLA — “Fly the Coop!” wooden chickens, decorated by local artists, are on display at locations all across the River Valley. Both roosters and hens are up for auction, and will all be coming home to roost at a Sept. 1 event from 4-6pm at the Artists’ Market Commu-nity Center, 114 Richardson Ave. Bidding closes at 5:30 pm. Jazz at the MaverickWOODSTOCK — Nilson Matta’s Brazilian Jazz Voyage at 8pm.Labor Day rummage saleBEACH LAKE — Labor Day rummage sale from 9am-3pm at the Beach Lake United Methodist Church, 7 Milanville Rd. All proceeds will fund two upcoming mis-sion trips. 570/729-7011 or visit www.beachlakeumc.com. Narrowsburg Farmers’ MarketNARROWSBURG — The Narrowsburg Union hosts the Narrowsburg Farmers’ Market, 11am-2pm. narrowsburgfarmer-smarket.orgRailfestSCRANTON — Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) is offering a special railroad passenger excursion Labor Day weekend. Excursion tickets to Moscow may be purchased in advance by calling 570/340-5204 or stopping by the Steam-town NHS Fee Booth Wednesday-Sunday, 9:30am-4pm.

Triple gallery opening at The Narrowsburg UnionNARROWSBURG — Three unique wom-en artists show their painting and draw-ing works at The Galleries at The Union from 5-7:30pm. Eagle Gallery presents Ula Nero: Soul Artist, Owl Gallery pres-ents Emma Switko: Next to Unconven-tional, Hawk Gallery presents Saws by Kym Mullen.

Sun., Sep. 2Clam bakeHAWLEY — Clam bake food & games at 1129 Towpath Rd. 1-11pmRosehaven Alpaca FestivalBETHEL — Rosehaven Alpaca Festival at Bethel Woods Harvest Festival 11am-4pm. Milford Farmers’ MarketMILFORD — The Columns Museum hosts the fifth annual Milford Farmers’ Market, 10am-2pm. Every Sunday until Oct. 21. airsoilwater.org‘The Music of Poetry’NARROWSBURG — 3-4:30pm at The Forage Space Art Gallery.Christine San Jose’s ((WJFF) presentation The Music of Poetry, 3-4:30pm at The Forage Space Art Gallery. Then on Oct. 7, regional po-ets Glenn of Trees and Nancy Dymond will present Poets in Cahoots: The Laughter of Trees and the Brilliance of Diamonds.

Wed., Sep. 5Georgia O’Keeff e: Visions of Hawai‘i ExhibitPORT JERVIS — The River Valley Artists Guild sponsors a bus trip to the New York Botanical Gardens (NYBG) to see Geor-gia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawai‘i Exhibit. Bus leaves at 9am from the Dutch Re-formed Church parking lot, 30 E. Main St. 12771. For more information, visit www.rivervalleyartistsguildofportjervis.com. To purchase tickets call William Schill at 845/856-6741 or mail a check for $65 to P.O. Box 75, Sparrowbush, 12780.

Thu., Sep. 624th annual Hemlock Farms golf tournamentLORDS VALLEY— 24th annual Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Church at Hemlock Farms, at the Lords Valley Country Club at 10am. Price is $100 which includes Cart & Greens fees for 18 holes; Registration is at 9am, with Continental Breakfast. Registration forms are available by calling Frank at 570/575-9464 or Joe at 570/561-3057.

Sat., Sep. 8Forest Bathing DayHAWLEY — Forest Bathing Day will be held at 2pm and will continue each month throughout the fall (October 7th, November 4th and December 2nd at 2pm). Communi-ty Forest Bathing will be $30 for the 2-hour session and includes a reusable water bot-tle. If community guests would like to add on a spa day pass, it will be discounted by 50% on those days ($30 instead of $60). Advanced sign-up (24 hour notice recom-mended) is required by calling the Spa Concierge at 800.WOODLOCH. Harvest FestivalDAMASCUS — Harvest Festival to be held at the Abrahamsville united method-ist church, 623 Callicoon Rd. from 11-4pm. Vendor space available For information call Denise at 570/224-4113.Narrowsburg Farmers’ MarketNARROWSBURG — The Narrowsburg Union hosts the Narrowsburg Farmers’ Market, 11am-2pm. narrowsburgfarmer-smarket.orgScandanavian Craft FairLACKAWAXEN — Scandanavian Craft Fair from 10am-4pm hosted by Bernt Bal-chen Lodge #3-566 Sons of Norway at the Lackawaxen Vol. Fire House 774 Rte 590. Karen at 908/637-6943 or Millie at 570/226-4007.

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Notice of Appl icat ion for Authori ty of ARLINGTON CENTER LLC a fo re ign limited liability company (LLC). Application for Authority filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/31/2018. LLC organized in Delaware on 7/26/2018. NY Office location: S u l l i v a n C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: THE LLC 3611 14TH AVENUE, SUITE 603 BROOKLYN, NY 11218. Office address in

jurisdiction of organization: 1201 N ORANGE STREET, SUITE 7140 WILMINGTON, DE 19801. Copy of Articles of Organization on file with Secy. Of State of Delaware 401 FEDERAL STREET, SUITE 4, DOVER, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful purpose

Not ice of Appl icat ion for Authority of WASHINGTON COMPLEX LLC a foreign limited liability company (LLC). Application for Authority filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/10/2018. LLC organized in Delaware on 7/5/2018.NY Office location: S u l l i v a n C o u n t y. S S N Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: THE LLC 3611 14TH AVENUE, SUITE 603, BROOKLYN, NY 11218. Office address in jurisdiction of organization: 1201 N ORANGE STREET, SUITE 7140 WILMINGTON, DE 19801. Copy of Articles of Organization on file with Secy. Of State of Delaware 401 FEDERAL STREET, SUITE 4, DOVER, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful purpose


Ny Macedon I, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 4/6/18. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to P.O. Box 390 Callicoon, NY 12723 General Purpose


Ny Williamson Ii, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 4/6/18. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to P.O. Box 390 Callicoon, NY 12723 General Purpose


PJM COLD SPRING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/03/18. Latestdate to dissolve: 12/31/2118. 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 Kalb & Rosenfeld P.C., 283 Commack Road, Commack, NY 11725. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Limited Liability CompanyThe name of the l imi ted liability company is: Root ‘N Roost Farm, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State’s office on: 8/13/2018. The County in which the Office is to be located: Sullivan. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: 64 Mineral Springs Rd. Livingston Manor, NY 12758


The name of the l imi ted liability company is: Zigmund Landscape and Construction Services, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State’s office on: 8/13/2018. The County in which the Office is to be located: Sullivan. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: 64 Mineral Springs Rd. Livingston Manor, NY 12758

Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company Tiv Leivov LLC. Filed 6/21/18. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Po Box 153, Bloomingburg, NY 12721. Purpose: General.


WAISFH LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/25/2018. Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shal l mail process to 438 Broadway, PO Box 1260, Monticello, NY 12701. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 438 Broadway, Monticello, NY 12701.


Hubbard Pond LLC. Filed 6/20/18. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Annabel Bazante, 524 Lucille Ave, Elmont, NY 11003. Purpose: General.


ALDO GUTIERREZ, M.D., PLLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/12/18. Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Law office of Sarah Ramos, Attn: Sarah Ramos, Esq., 51 Greenwich Ave., Goshen, NY 10924. Purpose: To practice Medicine.


Notice of Formation of Shady Queen Acres LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/17/18. Office location: Sullivan County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, P.O. Box 17, Jeffersonville, NY 12748. Purpose: any lawful activity.


Ny East Bloomfield Ii, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 4/6/18. Office: Sullivan Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to P.O. Box 390 Callicoon, NY 12723 General Purpose


Satisfied Hearts LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/12/2018. Cty: Sullivan. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Po Box 1015, South Fallsburg, NY 12779. General Purpose.


SHIV SHAKTI HOLDING LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 7/6/2018. Office in Sullivan Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 40 Stratford Rd., Rock Hill, NY 12775, which

is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.


The name of the limited liability company is: Maya’s Jams, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State’s office on: April 28, 2015 The County in which the Office is to be located: Sullivan. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: PO Box 365, Jeffersonville, NY 12748


NOTICE OF FORMATION of LIZENSK TWO LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/18/2018. Office location: Sullivan County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: THE LLC 3611 14TH AVENUE, #603, BROOKLYN, NY 11218. Purpose: any lawful purpose.


NOTICE OF FORMATION of UES LS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/27/2018. Office location: Sullivan County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: THE LLC 3611 14TH AVENUE, SUITE 603, BROOKLYN, NY 11218. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualif ication of POLARIS EXPERIENCE, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/2/18. Office location: Sullivan County. LLC formed in Minnesota (MN) on 5/22/15. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. MN address of LLC: 2100 Hwy 55, Medina, MN 55340. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Cert. of Formation filed with MN Secy of

State, 60 Empire Dr., St. Paul, MN 55103. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SULLIVAN LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff(s), Against Index No.: 2017-157 WILLIAM SATTLER, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Sullivan County Clerk’s Office on 4/6/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction in the lobby of the Lawrence H. Cooke Sullivan County Courthouse, 414 Broadway, Monticello, NY 12701, on 9/6/2018 at 9:30 am, premises known as 5604 State Route 52, Kenoza Lake, NY 12750, and described as follows:ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Delaware, County of Sullivan and State of New York, and designated on the tax maps of the Sullivan County Treasurer as Section 28, Block 1, and Lot 4.1. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $52,813.32 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 2017-157. Patti Leibowitz, Esq., Esq., Referee. MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY LLC, 145 Huguenot Street, Suite 210, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Dated: 7/11/2018 File Number: 16-302061 BGM

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COUNTY OF SULLIVANC A S C A D E F U N D I N G MORTGAGE TRUST 2017-1, Plaintiff(s), Against Index No.: 1258/2013 JARED KOZACHUK AND CINDY KOZACHUK IF THEY BE LIVING AND IF THEY BE DEAD, THEIR R E S P E C T I V E H E I R S -AT-LAW, NEXT-OF-K IN , DISTRIBUTES, EXECUTORS, A D M I N I S T R A T O R S , TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, ASSIGNEES, L I E N O R S , C R E D I TO R S A N D S U C C E S S O R S I N INTEREST AND GENERALLY ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING UNDER, BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE,

LIEN OR INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST I N O R T O T H E R E A L PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly recorded 6/14/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction in the lobby of the Lawrence H. Cooke Sullivan County Courthouse, 414 Broadway, Monticello, NY 12701, on 9/24/2018 at 10:00 am, premises known as 13 Albion St, Liberty, NY 12754, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town and Village of Liberty, County of Sullivan, State of New York, and designated on the tax maps of the Sullivan County Treasurer as Section 117, Block 3 and Lot 6. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $307,370.13 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 1258/2013 Cirino M. Bruno, Esq., Referee. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Dated: 8/10/2018 File Number: 30468 JJL

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT- COUNTY

OF SULLIVAN BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, AGAINST ARIETTA GABUS, et al. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on June 7, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the lobby of the Sullivan County Courthouse, 414 Broadway, Monticel lo, NY 12701 on September 21, 2018 at 10:30 AM premises known as 138 CHESTNUT STREET, LIBERTY, NY 12754. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town and Village of Liberty, County of Sullivan and State of New York. Section 111, Block 1

and Lot 5. Approximate amount of judgment $77,176.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of f i led Judgment. Index #2015-1348. JAY DRILLINGS, ESQ. and Jay M. Drillings, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT A Recessed Meeting of the Tusten Town Boards Regular Meeting held August 13, 2018 is scheduled to be held Tuesday September 4, 2018 at 9A.M. The meeting will be at the Tusten Town Community Hall, 210 bridge Street, Narrowsburg NY 12764

REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURESUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SULLIVANF R E E D O M M O RT G A G E CORPORATION, Plaintiff – against – JOSE A. PEREZ, JR., et al Defendant(s).Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on June 19, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction, at the lobby of Lawrence H. Cooke Sullivan County Courthouse, Village of Monticello, Sullivan County, New York on the 12th Day of September, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, being situate in the Town of Thompson, County of Sullivan, State of New York.Premises known as 10 Lake Shore Drive W., Rock Hill, (Town of Thompson) New York 12775.(Section: 52.I, Block: 3, Lot: 3) Approximate amount of lien $202,199.79 plus interest and costs.Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 151-2017. William H. Chellis, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218 Dated: July 2, 2018


Legal NoticeLegal Notice Legal NoticeLegal NoticeSUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SULLIVAN Index No. 1099-2012 Date filed: 1/5/2018SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONSPremises being foreclosed: 165 Decker Road Glen Spey, NY 12737ACTION TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE ON PROPERTY SITUATED IN SULLIVAN COUNTYDeutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-WF2, Plaintiff, -against-Nancy Buck as Administrator to the Estate of Ana M. Colon a/k/a Ana Maria Colon, Nelson Colon as Heir at Law, Next of Kin and Distributee of the Estate of Ana M. Colon a/k/a Ana Maria Colon, Kristina Colon as Heir at Law, Next of Kin and Distributee of the Estate of Ana M. Colon a/k/a Ana Maria Colon, Natalie Colon as Heir at Law, Next of Kin and Distributee of the Estate of Ana M* Colon a/k/a Ana Maria Colon, Jeremiah Colon as Heir at Law, Next of Kin and Distributee of the Estate of Ana M, Colon a/k/a Ana Maria Colon, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for SouthStar F u n d i n g , L L C , I n t e r n a l Revenue Service, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, “JOHN DOE 1 to JOHN DOE 25”, said names being fictitious, the persons or parties intended being the persons, parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the complaint, Defendant(s).TO THE ABOVE DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or if the Complaint i s no t se rved w i th th i s Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of the Summons exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. In case of your failure to appear, or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in this

Complaint. TO THE ABOVE N A M E D D E F E N D A N T S : The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Stephan G. Schick, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Sullivan County, dated July 23, 2018 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Sullivan County Clerk’s Office. THE OBJECT of the above captioned is to foreclose foreclosure of a certain mortgage bearing date August 30, 2006, executed by Ana M. Colon to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., to secure the payment of $184,000.00 which mortgage was filed in the Office of the SULLIVAN County Clerk on September 20, 2006 in Liber 3222, at Page 312. The parties then entered into a Loan Modification Agreement dated May 10, 2010 and recorded in the Office of the SULLIVAN County Clerk on July 1, 2010 in Instrument Number 2010-56289 to form a single lien in the amount of $206,747.72. Thereafter, the mortgage was duly assigned to plaintiff herein on July 18, 2011 and recorded in the Office of the SULLIVAN County Clerk on August 1, 2011 in Instrument Number 2011-4814. The premises being known as 165 Decker Road,Glen Spey, NY 12737 a/k/a Section 24, Block 11, Lot 41.12. The relief sought in the within action is a final Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates SULLIVAN County as the place for trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and fil ing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST

RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: December 28, 2017 Carle Place, New York Robert Sambursky, Esq. Stein, Weiner & Roth, LLP. Attorneys for Plaintiff One Old Country Road, Suite 113 Carle Place, New York 11514 (516)-742-1212 69915/WELLS #95479

TOWN OF TUSTEN BID NOTICENOTICE IS HEREBY given by the Tusten Town Board, the Town of Tusten is seeking SEALED BID proposals for the design(s) and installation of an emergency standby electrical generator system(s). The generating system(s) shall be of sufficient capacity to maintain the operational funct ions needed dur ing emergency situations for the Town of Tusten municipal building department(s) which are to include: (#1) Town Hall Building, located at 210 Bridge Street Narrowsburg, NY; (#2) Town Highway Barn, located at 6067 St Route 97, Narrowsburg, NY; (#3) Water & Sewer building as well as all Water & Sewer Systems. Proposals shall include electrical, LP fuel gas and complete installation specifications for each of the three departments 1. Town Hall, 2. Highway 3. Water & Sewer. Please label them accordingly. All work must be performed in accordance with the NYS uniformed code and relevant NYS and local laws. Assurance of Equal Opportunity and non-collusion certificates required. Please contact the Tusten Town Clerk’s Office located at 210 Bridge St Narrowsburg, NY 12764 by email: [email protected] or phone: (845) 252 -7146 ext. 1001 for an appointment to obtain access to said locations or for further questions. The Town Board reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any irregularities in the proposal and to re-advertise for new proposals. Said proposals shall be mailed or delivered to the office of the Town Clerk, 210 Bridge St., P.O. Box 195, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, clearly marked “Tusten of Town Emergency Generator BIDs”,

and should be RECEIVED no later than 3 p.m. on October 4, 2018. Proposals will be publicly opened and read at the Regular Town Board meeting held on October 9, 2018 @ 6:30 p.m. Dated: August 13, 2018By Order of the Town Board Town of Tusten Crystal Weston, Town Clerk 845-252-7146 Ext. 1001 [email protected]

LEGAL NOTICECOUNTY OF SULLIVANSealed bids for the following will be received by the Director of the Department of Purchasing and Central Services at the Sullivan County Government Center, 100 North Street, Monticello, New York 12701, (845) 807-0515, until 1:00 P.M. on Friday, September 7, 2018 at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read. 1. Bagged Rock Salt (B-18-73)2. Paper Goods (B-18-74)B i d F o r m s , i n c l u d i n g specifications, may be obtained from the Director at the above address, and all bids are subject to the terms and conditions therein set forth.Dated: August 24, 2018

NOTICECOUNTY OF SULLIVANProposals for the following will be received by the Director of the Department of Purchasing and Central Services at the Sullivan County Government Center, 100 North Street, Monticello, New York 12701, (845) 807-0515, until 1:00 P.M. on Friday, September 7, 2018: 1. Request for Qualifications for the Engineering & Design Services for a Deep Energy Retrofit for 518 Broadway, Monticello, NY 12701 (RQ-18-34)Specifications may be obtained from the Director at the above address.Dated: August 24, 2018

PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF HIGHLANDPLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Town of Highland Regular Town Board Meeting on Tuesday September 11,2018 will be a 5:00 PM to be followed by the 911 Remembrance Ceremony at 6:00 PM at Heroes Park Eldred NY. Refreshments will be served following the Ceremony at the Eldred Town Hall.Doreen HansonTown Clerk

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Woodloch’s forest bathing program goes public

HAWLEY, PA — The Lodge at Wood-loch has created a new communi-ty-focused program to advocate for

wellness through the beautiful woodland surroundings. One of The Lodge’s most popular programs for its guests has been forest bathing; it now plans to extend the program to several sessions open to the public.

The philosophy behind forest bathing is simple: spending quality and mindful time in nature has monumental health benefits on one’s body and mind. Scien-tific studies have shown that phytocides from the trees and plants of the forest help our bodies. Intentional time spent outdoors reduces stress, calms the mind and regulates one’s heart rate among other benefits. (For more information see The River Reporter’s article in its 2018 Body & Mind issue, https://riverreporter.com/community-living-community-sto-ries/forest-bathing).

The two-hour session will share this philosophy and practice and give practi-cal tips on how to continue at home. The

community sessions will kick off on For-est Bathing Day, Saturday, September 8 at 2 p.m. The community forest bathing ses-sions will continue each month through-out the fall (October 7, November 4 and December 2 at 2 p.m.). The cost is $30 for the two-hour session and will include a custom reusable water bottle. If com-munity guests would like to add on a spa day pass, it will be discounted by 50% on those days ($30 instead of $60). Advanced sign-up (24-hour notice recommended) is required by calling the spa concierge at 800/WOODLOCH.

Photo by Amos Clifford

Conservancy Firefl y Picnic

Butterfl y walk and plant and sip

Contributed photoLearn more about the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and enjoy the rolling hills of its Bethel, NY property at a free public picnic on Saturday, September 15.

DINGMANS FERRY, PA — The Po-cono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will host a butterfly

walk on Saturday, August 25 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Learn about the wonderful world of butterflies with David Trently, on a search through the fields and around the ponds for butterflies and dragonflies. Registration is required. The cost is $5.

Also on Saturday, from 6 to 8 p.m., there will be a plant-and-sip party. Learn the

basics of planting and caring for your own succulent fairy garden arrangement while supping on tea and cookies. The program cost of $15 includes supplies you’ll need with plenty of succulents and planters from which to choose. Addition-al supplies are available for purchase. The program is for adults only.

To register for either event, call 570/828-2319.

BETHEL, NY — The Delaware High-lands Conservancy announces its annual Firefly Picnic, a free com-

munity event on Saturday, September 15 from 4 to 7 p.m. in Bethel, NY. The con-servancy’s annual picnic celebrates its lo-cal community of supporters and friends and provides an opportunity for the pub-lic to learn more about the conservancy while enjoying the beautiful rolling hills, meadows and woods of its Sullivan Coun-ty office.

The day’s events include a catered din-ner from the Fat Lady Café with craft beer selections; live music; a guided hike on the nature trail; and face-painting, crafts, games and fun for all ages. Prior registration for the picnic is required. Register online at www.DelawareHigh lands.org or contact the conservancy at 570/226-3164 or info@delawarehigh lands.org to RSVP and receive directions.

The Delaware Highlands Conservancy

works in partnership with landowners and communities to protect the natural heritage and quality of life of the Upper Delaware River region. For more infor-mation, call 570/226-3164, 845/583-1010 or visit www.DelawareHighlands.org.

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RIVER TALKBy Sandy Long

Labor Day Comedy Night

Tickets: $10 in advance; $20 at the doorTickets: $10 in advance; $20 at the door

GOURMET PIZZA AND DRINKS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE SHOWGOURMET PIZZA AND DRINKS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE SHOW

Saturday, September 1 at 9pmSaturday, September 1 at 9pm

CATSKILL MOUNTAINS RESORTCATSKILL MOUNTAINS RESORT211 Mail Road, Barryville, NY • 845.456.0195211 Mail Road, Barryville, NY • 845.456.0195

DELAWARE VALLEY FARM & GARDEN

Callicoon Store30 Viaduct Road, Callicoon, NY845-887-5100 • Fax: 845-887-4917Mon – Sat 8am-6pm, Sun 8am-5pm

Worth the trip from anywhere! THE “I DIDN’T KNOW YOU HAD THAT TOO…” STORE!Honesdale Farm & Garden, Inc.

Honesdale Agway, 35 Brown St.,Honesdale, PA 18431 • 570-253-3890

Mon – Fri 8am-5:30pm Sat 8am-5pm Sun 9am-4pm

Labor Day Labor Day Weekend Sale!Weekend Sale!all evergreensall evergreens

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If you answered affirmatively to the question posed in the title of this column, you are not alone. Frankly,

fungi are fascinating, not only for their ecological, medicinal and culinary prop-erties, but also for the multitude of inter-esting forms in which they appear. From puffballs to slime moulds, from boletes to bracket fungi, mushrooms capture the imagination.

Weather conditions in the Upper Delaware River region lately have contributed to a great abundance of mushrooms appearing in our forested landscapes. Some are edible; many are not. Never consume one without positive identification. You might find yourself fighting for your life—or worse.

Fortunately, there are many excellent resources available to guide one’s forays into the world of fungi, such as Gary Lincoff’s “National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms.” Fungi fans will also enjoy “Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms,” by food writer Eugenia Bone, former president of the New York Mycological Society.

We are also lucky to have local experts like Nathaniel Whitmore (www.nathanielwhitmore.com/bio.html) on hand. Founder of the Delaware Highlands

Mad about mushrooms?

TRR photo by Krista GromalskiThe lumpy and velvety Inonotus dryadeus is a parasitic mushroom that causes root rot in oak trees in our region. It is often semi-circular or kidney-shaped, buff to yellowish in color and exudes drops of amber liquid from its margin when young.

TRR photo by Sandy LongTooth fungi are fairly common and relatively easy to identify. Hericium (lion’s mane) mushrooms typically fruit from the sides of hardwood logs and are prized as edibles.

TRR photo by Sandy LongThese shaggy mane mushrooms were fruiting in the grassy towpath trail that runs below the Roebling Bridge on the New York side of the Upper Delaware River.

Mushroom Society, Whitmore will share his abundant knowledge during the mushroom hike at Lacawac Sanctuary in Lake Ariel, PA from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on September 29. Call 570/689-9494 or email [email protected] to register (members $5, non-members $10). Visit www.lacawac.org/public-programs to see other upcoming programs.

Two other opportunities to increase your expertise are scheduled at the

Pocono Environmental Education Center inside the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Dingmans Ferry, PA. “Fungus Among Us” will be held on September 30 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and on October 21 from 1 to 3 p.m. Participants will search for fungus and lichen while learning about decomposition and nutrient cycling. Call 570/828-2319 or email [email protected] to register for the $5 program.

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