This trio of bears was recently captured
having play time near Boiceville by one of our intrepid readers.
Remember, folks, that they’re not playful with us, too.
Be careful...
Recognizing
Route 28...
State Prepares Local Towns For New Planning Process With $$s
As Carrots
6/19/2008
By Paul Smart
After years of quiet mentions and planners’ talk about
finding new means of protecting Route 28’s scenic corridor
aspects, and bringing the towns stretched along it more economic
development prospects, a series of new developments seem to
signal major plans ahead.
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Another
Fiery Issue
State DEC Comes Under Increasing Fire For Proposed Open Burn
Restrictions
6/19/2008
By Paul Smart
Looking for a topic hotter than the weather? Wondering what’s
the flashpoint at town meetings from Olive through Greene County
up into the Adirondacks and parts West?
Try the state Department of Environmental Conser-vation’s
proposed regulatory changes banning open burning except for
camp fires, the occasional legally-sanctioned bonfire, and controlled
(as in permitted) situations.
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Ready To Changeover
One Onteora Board FInishes Its Business As The Next Readies
To Start Its Own
6/19/2008 By Lisa Childers
The Onteora district school board meeting on June 17 at
Woodstock Elementary began with plaques given to the many
retirees, including the three outgoing school board members
Rita Vanacore, Cindy O’Connor and Mary Jane Bernholz.
But during public be heard audience members once again
took sides.
Lisa Valvo (O’Connor’s sister) presented the
outgoing board with flowers, including retiring district
clerk Jeanne Shultis. Valvo thanked the board for their
service and asked the remaining members who voted in favor
of the five-through-eight middle school to convince the
new board to continue with the plan.
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The
spring Olive senior art
class just concluded
a remarkably successful
15 week session according
to organizer and teacher
Judith Boggess of Shokan.
The 18 budding artists are
"making incredible
progress" 13 class
members have signed up for
the fall class leaving 7
openings remaining. Those
55 and over should call
Boggess at 657-5817 to pre-register
for September.
Community
Resilience
Our New Reporter Shares
His Views About The Past’s
Lessons For Our Future
6/19/2008
By Charlie Blumstein
Recent
events here at home and
around the globe illustrate
the stark contrast between
life as it was in the Catskills
prior to the 1950s and life
in the region today. Our
venerable elders such as
Harvey “Lintz”
Avery, Everett Cook, Chet
Scofield, Tommy Pederson,
Hoppy Quick, Bud Eckert,
Billy Lohrer, Alfred, Al,
Vince, Bob and Tony Barringer,
“Billy O” Osterhoudt,
John Ingram, Sheldon Boice,
Beth Kelder, Bill Davis,
F. George Krueger, Lester
“Sonny” Davis,
Florence Giuliano, Lonnie
and Ruth Gale, Sherret Chase,
Albert and Jane Fox, Ernie
and Don Beesmer - along
with so many others - have
lived and demonstrated a
lifestyle and ethic that
was rich in locally produced
and preserved food, hard
work, high spirit, neighborly
reciprocity, cooperative
effort, and high level practical
skills that were passed
down through the generations
and which had up to that
time fostered a high level
of overall local sufficiency,
productivity, well being
and beneficial inter-dependence.
A
Jar Of Olives...
Atlas Shrugged
6/192008
By
Carol La Monda
This was the week to celebrate
Billy Lohrer and Bruce La Monda’s
70th birthday. About three hundred
people joined the birthday boys
for a party that included Thunder
Ridge Band and DJ Star Treks,
a face painting clown, a pig roast
a-la-Pup Wullum and food catered
by Missy Beck. This Bigger Billy
and Bruce Birthday Bash was the
tenth year reunion of the 60th
Big Billy and Bruce Birthday Bash
(B-5) held in 1998. They are already
planning the Biggest one for 2018
to celebrate their eightieth which
will include wheelchair races
and hearing aids to hear the band
and DJ’s.
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