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Stamford Central School Honor Roll

The guidance office at Stamford Central School is pleased to announce the Honor Roll for the 3rd quarter. Cum Laude is an average of 94.5% or higher; High Honor is an average of 89.5%-94.4%; Honor is an average of 84.5%-89.4%; Merit is an average of 79.5%-84.4%. Grade 7 Cum Laude: None High Honor: Allison Vasta Honor: Chase Birdsall, Abigail Bullard, Julian DePaoli, Ethan Goodchild, Michael Kiel, Katherine Wright Merit: Warren Macedo, Marissa Roberts, Anthony Sarter, Bailey VanEtten Grade 8 Cum Laude: Lillian Eklund High Honor: Brooke Cole, Nigel Oakley, Riley Rinehart, Cole Seeley, Emily Snyder, Hayden Sutliff Honor: William Eklund Merit: Thomas Milea Grade 9 Cum Laude: None High Honor: Tyler Vasta Honor: Benjamin Bullard, Liadian Coston, Mikayla Harris, Alex Kosier, Anthony Oakley, Aryanna O’Bryon Merit: Aliyah Forte, Conor Glenn, Matthew Santiago, Tristen Thomson, Madison Webster Grade 10 Cum Laude: Liam Hanway, Kaitlyn Stoutenburg High Honor: Emily Eklund, Caiden Tompkins, Tierney Turner, Abigail Villanueva Honor: McKenna Hoyt, Jacob Mrozik, Cameron Tompkins, Gavin VanEtten Merit: Lelend Donato-Williamson, Angel Giambastiani Grade 11 Cum Laude: Robin Henne, Mandy Zheng High Honor: Connor Goodchild, Meliyah Kiel, Amelia Morris, Suri Taylor Honor: Sari Hara, Isabel Hynes, Natalie Nebesnik, Liam Seeley, Payden Wright Merit: Cassidy Brockway, Jon Michael Leas, Nora Ortiz, Madison Shepler Grade 12 Cum Laude: Kylee Hendrickson High Honor: Jack Glenn, Joseph Stoutenburg Honor: Chloe Alberti, Joshua Anderson, Julian Everett, Tyler Knapp, Amber Otte, Amaya Pitera, Alexa Tompkins, Paige VanEtten Merit: Brandon Harris, Molly Koerner, John Marinaccio

May 19, 2024 • 8 views

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SFD Extends Big Thank You to the Community

The Stamford Volunteer fire Department would like to extend its sincere gratitude to the greater Stamford community and local businesses for your overwhelming support and generous donations to our recent Spaghetti Benefit Dinner. Your kindness and generosity far exceeded our expectations, and you came together to help us raise more than $13,000 to help two of our fellow members in need. Thank you so much.

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Gilboa/WAJ Claims Delaware League Baseball Title

ONEONTA – A big seven-run fifth inning pulled South Kortright into the lead, after being down 7-1 to Gilboa/WAJ in Thursday's Delaware League baseball championship at Neahwa Park in Oneonta. However, Gilboa/WAJ recovered to put the game away 12-8. They brought home the overall trophy and the first Place trophy. G/WAJ scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to recapture the lead and added two insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth. Jacob Strauch picked up the pitching win over five innings of work, combining with Sean Wille and David Cammer to strike out 10 SK batters. Strauch helped the cause with a pair of hits and scored three runs. Cammer came in in relief after SK loaded the bases with no outs and retired the next three batters. They finished the regular season at 5-0 in league play and 13-2 overall. They are seeded fourth in the Section 4, Class D playoff which begins this week. SK was led by Logan Reinshagen's two hits with Jacob Staroba taking the loss on the mound. SK is seeded sixth in the sectional playoff at 4-1 and 8-4. They are the only two Delaware League teams in this year's Sectional Tournament. Sectional seedings for Section 4, Class D, are, as follows: 1. DEposit-Hancock 15-2 2. Afton 13-3 3. Elmira Notre DAme 12-7 4. WAJ/Gilboa 13-2 5. Edmeston/Morris 8-3 6. South Kotright/Andes 8-4 7. Schenevus 9-5 8. Richfield Springs/ODY 5-6 Opening rounds on May 20 RS/ODY at Deposit-Hancock Edmeston/Morris and Windham/Gilboa South Kotright/Andes at Elmira Notre DA, Schenevus at Afton. Semifinals will be played May 22 at the higher seed and the championship will take place at Windsor High School on May 24.

May 19, 2024

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SFD Invites Everyone to Join the Annual Flag Day Parade June 14

By Liz Page STAMFORD – The annual Flag Day Parade in Stamford turns 51 this year and continues to be a huge draw both for participants and spectators. Members of the Stamford Fire Department, which sponsors the parade, want to get the word out in plenty of time to allow anyone who may want to create a float to have time to build it. There will be a number of high school bands, fire departments, drum corps, fire apparatus, organizations, businesses, horseback riders, antique cars, mascots, princesses, and more, who join in the parade. Community organizations and others are invited to participate. The fire department is asking that people stick to a patriotic theme for the parade which is held to honor the American flag. Floats are welcome. This year's parade steps off at 6 p.m. on Flag Day, Friday, June 14. The parade is canceled only by a thunderstorm and steps off from the east end of the village at Tower Mountain Ave. and marches along Main Street and Harper Street to the west end of the village, ending at West End Ave. The Stamford Fire Dept., which sells food, along with local businesses and other organizations. This year's grand marshal is Kathy Sutton, who is known by every child attending Stamford Central School. She was honored by the school district in April for her 52 years of service. There aren't too many people who serve the school community for that length of time. She is a favorite with the kids and has always enjoyed being with the kids. She will be driving her BUS 93. In addition to being a much-loved bus driver, she has served on the school’s custodial staff, assisted in the Main Office and was a classroom aide. Floats, horseback, scouts and other organizations marching, line up in the parking lot between Beaver and Liberty Streets and Color Guards line up on Liberty Street. Fire Departments line up along Beaver and Prospect Street at the direction of the Stamford Fire Department. A flag retirement ceremony will be held at dusk at the Stamford Veterans Club on state Rt. 10 to properly retire worn and other flags that need to be taken out of service. Anyone with a flag to be retired may drop the flag inside the blue mailbox on the front porch of the Stamford Veteran’s Club at any time. The American Flag should never be discarded and veterans hold this special ceremony to see that old and worn flags are properly retired.

May 19, 2024 • 8 views

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Harpersfield Seeks Alternate Planning Board Member

By Liz Page HARPERSFIELD – The town of Harperfield will advertise for a new alternate to the town planning board and is seeking another helper at the transfer station. The town will research the Summer Youth Program to see if there are any candidates to help at the transfer station and in other areas. Board members accepted the resignation letter from Kevin All, who stated he no longer has the time to commit to the planning board. Adam Gallagher, who had been serving as the alternate member, was appointed as a regular member. The town will advertise it is seeking an alternate member to the planning board. The North Harpersfield churches have been listed as historic property with the New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Places. The town received a letter from the state notifying them of the designation. A public hearing was scheduled for renewal of the Spectrum Franchise Agreement. The hearing is pending a response from the company and is tentatively set for the June meeting. Supervisor Lisa Driscoll reported the town has been cited for a few things on a recent audit and town board members are supposed to meet with a representative of the state Comptroller's Office to review those items. One of them, which was implemented last Wednesday, is to physically review each warrant. Board members again discussed designating the Mountain Eagle as the official newspaper. However, there will be no change currently. Using a daily newspaper and with the Daily Star being cooperative with printing notices that need to go in at a certain time, the discussion resulted in no change. Members of the Colonel Harper Cemetery Association are finding it difficult to financially pay for the continued upkeep of the cemetery. Once they cease operations, the town will be responsible for the upkeep. Nothing has been budgeted to pay for the mowing of the cemetery this year. Supervisor Driscoll said she would inquire through the Youth Program to see if there were any possible candidates, or if someone is interested, may contact the town clerk. Board members, most of them unfamiliar with the names on the ballot, approved Wayland Gladstone, Glen Faulkner, and Ed Snow for the Board of Directors for the Coalition of Watershed Towns, with Jeff Gearhart and two others to serve as alternates. The transfer station will be closed on the Saturday, May 25 of Memorial Day Weekend, July 4, and on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend in September. The town is receiving an additional $72,000 in mortgage taxes related to the solar projects. This one-time windfall will be used to do the concrete work at the transfer station, do the front of the town highway barn, and repair the retaining wall at the town hall. Board members approved the motion. Councilman Patrick Funk will advertise for people to work through the Summer Youth Program on the town's Facebook page. The age limit for the town is 16-21 due to the jobs that need to be done. The new truck is getting closer to home, according to Highway Superintendent Russ Hatch, who hoped to see the truck last week. The town will hold its $72,000 windfall, the same amount that was reinstated in the state budget in Comprehensive Highway Improvement Program funds, until the amount of CHIPS funding is verified by the state. Board members then moved into an executive session to discuss personnel.

May 19, 2024 • 8 views

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Stamford Has Tentative Council Seat Appointment

By Liz Page STAMFORD – Supervisor John Kosier invited Phylis Hillis to fill out the remainder of the year for her late husband, Rod Hillis, who served the town of Stamford for 18 years on the town council. His daughter, Julie Seachrist has also expressed interest to run for his vacant seat, with three years remaining in his term. Kosier called Mrs. Kosier during last Wednesday's regular meeting, saying it was the fitting thing to do. He called her from the board meeting to ask her to serve and she said she would attend the June meeting to see if she thought she could serve in her husband's stead. "I'll give it a whirl. I'll do my best," she told Kosier. Hillis passed away just after the April meeting of the town board. He was first elected to the board in 2012 and was re-elected again just last fall. "He will be greatly missed," said Kosier. "He knew a lot about highway equipment and he was always a great help." In other business, board members agreed to adopt a resolution in June to have property owners pay for the driveway culverts that the town will install. Board members established a permit system for siting of new driveway culverts at $250 to cover the cost of the time for the highway superintendent. However, the culverts are expensive. It was agreed the property owner should pay the cost of the culvert pipe initially, with the town responsible thereafter. Board members accepted the resignation of John Lamport from the town's Assessment Review Board. Lamport cited health issues. Ken Grant was appointed to the board. Kevin Rinehart reported that the town will receive nearly the same amount in CHIPS funding for the current year at $254,349. The town has already spent $48,000 on stone in prep for the coming road maintenance season with the paving of Davis and McGregor Roads. He has also allotted 11,114 for the grader patch for the crossroads and other spots. He said the town could still write off time, machinery, and equipment rental or they could carry over $49,000 to the next year. Board members also discussed spraying the sides of town roadways and Town Clerk Ruthanne Van Buren said she has received a few phone calls from people who wanted to be scratched from the spraying list. Although Rinehart said there is nothing toxic in the spray, the discussion was leaning toward only spraying near guardrails and posts that are difficult to mow. Judy Stewart was present and she said she is opposed to spraying. Her goats nibble at the edge of the roadway as they cross it to the pasture. "I would be concerned," she said. "There are steep banks on my property and I would be concerned about erosion and flies," she said. She mows as much along the side of the roadway along her property as she can. Additional research on the issue indicates there is possible erosion when the grass is completely eliminated by spraying. The town was discussing it as cost saving and an easier way to get the job done.

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Mountain Plant Walk at Kudish Preserve

STAMFORD — Join us on Saturday, June 8, 2024 10am - 12pm For a Mountain Weed Walk with Amy Metnick at the Michael Kudish Natural History Preserve at 2515 Tower Mountain Road, Stamford. Here's how Amy describes the day: "I am delighted to explore, with visitors to the Kudish Preserve, the nutritional and therapeutic value of our wild botanical diversity. I love to forage for wild edible and therapeutic plants or simply marvel at their beauty and their intricate roles in their habitats. I am an educator-writer-artist who is wild about studying, cultivating, and nurturing our plentiful botanical allies in the Northeast. For many years I’ve led weed walks for small groups and private homes. On the day of our walk, visitors will receive a guide listing some of the plants that we hope to encounter; also included are resources for further discovery. “My weed walk emphasizes identification and application of these indispensable gifts from nature. We’ll observe how many plant families, like mints, parsleys, roses, and mustards, share physical features. Becoming familiar with these patterns helps you identify and categorize them. I look forward to learning from you, too!” she said.

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Delaware Academy Announces Valedictorian and Salutatorian

Delhi - Easton Potrzeba has been named Valedictorian and Victoria Verspoor will be Salutatorian of the Class of 2024 at Delaware Academy Central School at Delhi. Easton is a talented cello player who’s been involved in the school musical and stage crew, indoor and outdoor track and German Club, as well as Sources of Strength and Students Against Destructive Decisions, and has qualified to receive the Seal of Biliteracy upon graduation. He is a member of the National Honor Society, and serves as a student member on the DEI Committee. He participated in Shakespeare programs with the West Kortright Center and has been an Intern at the Bright Hill Literary Center Children’s Workshops. Easton plans to attend the University of Washington in Seattle, where he’ll major in Industrial Engineering with a minor in German. Victoria is a busy and active student who currently serves as vice president of the Class of 2024 and as a Student Representative on the Board of Education, participates in chorus, concert band, marching band, jazz band, musical, NYSSMA, Area All State, and All County music groups, plays volleyball (captain), basketball and softball (captain), and attended Athletic Captain’s Training. She is a member of the National Honor Society, the Spanish Club, Varsity Club, Sources of Strength, Students Against Destructive Decisions, and Catskill Area School Study Council leadership group. She was recently honored at the 2024 Scholar Recognition dinner and has qualified to receive the Seal of Biliteracy upon graduation. Victoria enjoys helping others, and serves as a Brilliant Pathways mentor, a peer tutor, and has volunteered for numerous events and organizations inside and outside of school. She plans to attend the Batten Honors College of Virginia Wesleyan University, majoring in Biology, and then continue her education in medicine. Delaware Academy Central School District at Delhi will hold its 204th commencement ceremony at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 29 at the school.

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County Denys NY Safety Track Application

By Mary A. Crisafulli HARPERSFIELD - Delaware County Planning Board members took no action at their May meeting regarding the site plan application requesting expansion of land use activities at the New York Safety Track on Zimmerman Road. The board issued the "no action" due to an incomplete application. The application was submitted in 2022 following a SWPPP (stormwater pollution prevention plan) violation by the track owners when they removed trees without a permit. The safety track is a two-mile-long race track originally designed for motorcycles. The proposed expansion of use includes increased hours of operation and development of a .7-mile-long mini-track, and the ability to host races. Track owners are also requesting additional vehicle types be added to its site plan, including cars. This is the third time the county has reviewed this application. In November 2023 they also issued a "no action" due to an incomplete application and submitted a list of additional items for the applicant to provide. The board recommended the applicant supply a list of all LLC members, clearly defined hours and days of operation, and a completed sound study of all neighboring towns with a reapplication. The board also recommended the owners consult with the Harpersfield Town Council and Code Enforcement Officer Thomas Little regarding local regulations. However, at the May meeting, board members noted "The items requested have not been received." During public comment regarding the application, it was stated that officials are not permitted on the property to conduct inspections and there is a shooting range at the facility which worries neighboring property owners. The Harpersfield Planning Board, which is also reviewing the application and SEQR (state environmental quality review), scheduled a special meeting on Thursday, May 16 after press time. More information on that meeting can be found in next week's edition of The Mountain Eagle.

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O'Connor Hospital Partners with SUNY Delhi to Hold Free Rabies Vaccine Clinics

DELHI — Bassett Healthcare Network’s O’Connor Hospital recently partnered with SUNY Delhi to hold free clinics to administer rabies prophylaxis vaccine to workers with high exposure risks around the region. Dr. Bret Meckel, Dean of the SUNY Delhi School of Veterinary and Professional Studies, learned in March that SUNY Delhi had an oversupply of rabies vaccine that would be expiring soon. He reached out to colleagues at nearby O’Connor Hospital to explore how the institutions could work together to provide a public health service to workers at high risk for contracting the virus, including professionals, faculty, and students in veterinary medicine and employees who work at local animal hospitals and animal control offices. “It is a privilege to work closely with our colleagues at O’Connor Hospital to offer our communities care and resources,” says Dr. Meckel. “We are proud to have been able to offer this critical preventive intervention to people in our region.” The rabies vaccine is a two-shot series given seven days apart and requires a booster every two years. O’Connor Hospital staff worked with Dr. Peter Sosnow, Medical Director and Division Chief of Bassett Healthcare Network’s health centers across Delaware County, to obtain orders for vaccine doses. With assistance from O’Connor Hospital’s Patient Access team and Ambulatory Care team, 90 doses of vaccine were administered in two days. “Our collaborative relationship with SUNY Delhi has always been a great source of pride and satisfaction for O’Connor Hospital and Bassett Healthcare Network,” says Susan Oakes Ferrucci, DNP, MSN, RN, CNS, Chief Hospital Executive of Bassett’s Critical Access Hospital Division. “I am grateful to everyone at O’Connor Hospital for helping to make these clinics happen. We look forward to continuing to partner with SUNY Delhi on future initiatives to serve our communities.” As a Critical Access Hospital, O’Connor Hospital provides 24/7 emergency and inpatient care to surrounding communities. In addition, the hospital operates an outpatient pharmacy, surgical services, laboratory, imaging services, rehabilitative care, and specialty care. Learn more by visiting www.bassett.org.

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FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS – TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2024

Polls will be open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. The last day for new voters to register is June 15 th . The last day for the Board of Elections to receive early mail/absentee ballot applications online or by mail is June 15th Voters must be enrolled members of the party in order to participate in a primary Voters should note that the elections are limited to the following candidates, parties and Towns: Office of Member of Council, Town of Roxbury – 3 year vacancy, Vote for One Democratic Party : Lisa M Ciaravino; Nathan S Potter Office of Member of Assembly 102 nd District, Vote for One Democratic Party : Mary T Finneran; Janet S Tweed The 102 Assembly District Towns in Delaware County are: Bovina, Davenport, Delhi, Franklin, Hamden, Harpersfield, Kortright, Meredith, Roxbury, Stamford & Walton NOTE: There will be no Republican, Working Family or Conservative party primary elections in Delaware County on June 25 th Primary elections will be held at your regular poll site Early Voting, Saturday, June 15 th through Sunday, June 23 rd will be held at the Board of Elections Office. Questions? Call us at 607-832-5321

May 19, 2024

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Reynolds Attends Cowtown Society of Western Music Awards Show

MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS — On the weekend of May 3rd, 4th, and 5th 2024 local radio host Alan Reynolds was in Mineral Wells, Texas for the 24th annual Cowtown Society Of Western Music Awards Show. He was not there to receive an award. That happened last year when he was inducted into that organization's Hall Of Fame as Radio DJ Of The Year. This year he was there to help bring Justin Trevino into the Hall Of Fame as a Hero Of Western Swing. Justin had become a good friend over the years as he introduced Alan to many singers, musicians, band members, producers, radio personalities and many others involved with country music and western music. You can listen to Alan Reynolds locally at WIOX 91.3 FM or anywhere on your computer or smart device at wioxradio.org. Pure Country airs on Saturday afternoons at 4-6 PM Eastern Time. The Radio Truck Stop is open from 10 PM until Midnight on Sunday evenings.

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