 Onteora
Junior Flag Football finished its season Sunday, November
18 at Grant Avery field in Olive. 65 kids from Phoenicia, Bennett
and Woodstock elementary schools participated. Fun was had by
all, including a host of sponsoring local businesses,
A
Letter
From The Town’s New Councilman
Dear
Editor,
I would like to thank everyone for turning out and voting on
November 6th! I truly appreciate the citizens of Olive for their
various words of encouragement and support throughout the months.
Words can’t express enough how grateful I am for the opportunity
to serve this incredible town. I really appreciate all the signs
of encouragement such as the smiles, honks, laughter, and the
warm cups of coffee or hot chocolate that I received on the
side of the road.
Thank
you for all who worked behind and on the front line during the
campaign season; our efforts truly came to fruition. I am eagerly
looking forward to serving and representing our town.
Thank you again for all your support,
Peter Friedel
This
Is New Leadership?
Coalition Of Watershed Towns Stumbles Forward After Lucas Takes
Its Reins
11/222007By
Phoenicia Times Staff
Its called talking tough.
Dennis Lucas, the new Chairman of the Coalition of Watershed
Towns, flexed his muscles Monday night to show his new found
authority, but along the way he discovered there’s more
to running the advocacy group than grandstanding for his buddies.
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No
One’s Going Cold...
HEAP Still Ready To Fund Heating Needs As Oil Prices Just Keep
On Rising
11/22/2007
By Paul Smart
So it’s getting cold finally. Oil prices are shooting
through the roof. Is there going to be help for those who
need it? Depends on who you’re talking to and where
you are, income-wise. For those eligible for the federally-funded
Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), set up to help low
income households pay home energy costs and fund low cost
residential weatherization and other energy related home
repairs, county officials in Kingston are saying things
are looking fine for the upcoming funding season, which
runs mid-November through April. From the midst of a “busy,.busy,
busy” office the day of the region’s first signs
of snow and ice, they said funding looked good and programs
weren’t nearly filled.
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Shandaken-based
illustrator Durga Bernhard
bagged her first big buck after
11 years trying on Opening Day,
November 17, giving her food
for the coming winter. Don’t
forget to take care in the woods
these days as hunting season
continues!
Who’s
Responsible Now?
County Tackles Social Drinking
Legislation As Means Of Battling
Teen Tragedies
11/22/2007
By Lisa Childers
“Kids are less likely
to drink if parents set boundaries
and voice clear no use expectations
and hold regular discussions
about alcohol,” said Onteora
District health coordinator
Robin Sears at a November 6
school board meeting where she
presented the new Community
Social Host Legislation, soon
to make its way to the floor
of the County Legislature. If
passed, the law would make it
a violation for anyone over
the age of 16 to allow alcoholic
beverages to minors in their
homes or on their property
“Too many well meaning
parents underestimate the consequences
of teen drinking and think that
by supervising teen parties
or events where alcohol is served,
they’re communicating
their concern and reducing the
risk,” Sears added.
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A
Jar Of Olives...
Thanks Giving
11/22/2007
By Carol La Monda
I like Thanksgiving better than
any other holiday. It’s
less commercial than Christmas,
less labor intensive than Halloween.
It’s a time for food and
family. Of course, there are those
football games and the parade,
but mostly it is a time of fellowship.
Imagine how many people will be
sitting down and eating the same
menu: turkey, mashed potatoes
and gravy, sweet potato casserole,
turnips, cranberry sauce and green
bean casserole. Dessert? Pumpkin
pie, naturally. I think supermarkets
advertise those foods and recipes
just to get rid of some of the
slow-moving items. How many times
a week, or month do you prepare
turnips? I picture the “Turnip
Growers Lobby” gearing up
with excitement as they approach
the one time of year of increased
sales.
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