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June 12, 2020 | The Mountain Eagle

HELP WANTEDFULL TIME MECHANIC:

The Town of Middletown isseeking a full-time mechanicwith a class B license.Please send resume to Townof Middletown Po Box 577Margaretville NY 12455.**WESTERN CATSKILLS

COMMUNITY REVITALIZA-TION COUNCIL INC.EXECUTIVE DIRECTORThe Council, a not for

profit, is seeking a full timeExecutive Director who willwork from the Stamford of-fice.Minimum qualifications:

Under graduate degree with2 years organizational man-agement or 3 years pro-grammatic management ex-perience.Salary: Mid $50s depend-

ing on experience

Please visit www.west-erncatskills.org for full po-sition descriptionSend applications to:

Search Committee, WC-CRC, 125 Main Street,Stamford, NY 12167 or e-mail to lstratigos@western-catskills.comApplication review will

begin 6 July 2020 *Catskill Recreation Cen-

ter is seeking a custodianwho has a good work ethic,experienced at cleaning, isfriendly, and able to workindependently. Work sched-ule: afternoon/evenings andweekends. 20 hours aweek, $12.00/hour startingsalary. If interested call845-586-6250 or stop byto pick up an application.

HELP WANTEDB & D Motors is Inc isSeeking an auto-mechaninc with thefollowing qualifica-tions: Must have owntools, at least 5 yearsexperience or a de-gree in auto mechan-ics. Please stop by inperson or mail re-

sume to PO Box 729,Margaretville NY

12455845-586-3253

SEEC Partners with Country Club forSocial Distance Golfing

Cobleskill Golf andCountry Club (inSchoharie County) hasintroduced a COVID-19inspired invention thatenables the semi-privatecourse to utilize its ex-isting golf carts to safelyaccommodate two (2)persons. Seated side-by-side, golfers are separat-ed by a plastic partition,with the club memberdesigned adaptation be-ing approved by NewYork State this week. Theinstallation has mitigatedexorbitant costs associ-ated with leasing or pur-chasing additional cartsoriginally thought neces-sary due to the new safetyprotocols. MORE INFOR-MATION BELOW.As the economic de-

velopment organizationfor Schoharie County,Schoharie Economic En-terprise Corporation(SEEC) has been workingvery closely with BobSmith, Board Presidentat the Cobleskill Golf andCountry Club, to helptheir management teamnavigate the COVID-19crisis. Everyone at the course

has shown tremendouscreativity and dedicationto make sure CGCC re-mainsa safe place for its em-

ployees, members andvisiting greens fee-ers.

They have taken greatstrides to meticulouslyfollow safety mandatesand guidelines issued bythe state. As an exampleof his commitment to re-opening safely, Smith isone of about 25 businessrepresentatives in thecounty to participate ina weekly SchoCo Busi-ness Reopening/RecoveryTask Force meeting, tomake sure he is up tospeed with reopeningguidelines and mandates.As you know, NY state

currently only allows oneperson per golf cart (un-less they are two peoplefrom the same house-hold). As with any othercourse, cart rentals area crucial piece of thebusiness model, withmost golf courses relyingheavily on the incomegenerated by cart rentals.With the state mandateof only one person percart, CG&CC found thatmany times, their 40-cartfleet would be all rentedby 9:30 am, which leftlate morning and earlyafternoon tee times hardto fill.Cobleskill Golf &

Country Club made abusiness decision thisyear to purchase half oftheir 40-cart fleetand continue to lease

the other half. For the

20 carts that CG&CCowns, they created safetydividers that have beenapproved by NY ESD(Empire State Develop-ment), the state agencyresponsible for distrib-uting official businessguidelines for the variousreopening phases of theNY Forward plan.Members of the course

– including Mike Specht,Ralph Benham, ScottScofield and Course Su-perintendent, Joh (Bear)Briggs – worked withSmith to research possi-ble solutions, create arototype and present aconcept to Bill Federice,Chairman of theSchoharie County Boardof Supervisors, and theSchoharie County De-partment of Health, whoin turn, helped the courseget approvals from NYESD to move forwardwith the plan. The finalcart divider design con-sisted of a poly sheetingmaterial, which turnedout to be a very econom-ical solution and easy toinstall on each cart.The dividers were in-

stalled on five carts today(Friday, June 5) so thatthey can be tested overthe weekend. Installationwill begin on the othercarts starting next week.

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Audobon Society Seeks Donationsto Help Lead-Poisoned Eagles

De l awa r e -O t s egoAudubon Society (DOAS)is currently seeking do-nations to allow for thepurchase of one new GPSTracking Monitor (at acost of $1,400) to tracka post-treatment lead-poisoned eagle followingrehabilitation and releasein our region. DOAS hasbeen actively advocatingon the use of non-leadammunition for over adecade, and developed aformal position statementin the Fall of 2014.Eagles and other scav-

engers consume lead bul-let fragments from animalcarcasses and offal piles(intestines/waste piles)that are left in the fieldby hunters. (View ourVideo on YouTube – LeadAmmunition: A NeedlessDanger to Eagles andOurselves.)Unfortunately, poi-

soned eagles are not arare occurrence. Whilewe see signs of progress,we are a long way fromconvincing a majority ofhunters to switch to non-toxic lead free bullets forhunting. Some birds can be

helped. Lead is removedfrom their bodies usinga process called chela-tion. Rehabilitators treatthese birds with the goalof returning to life in thewild. Little is knownabout how well birds doonce they are released.Lead is a neurotoxin.Some birds may recoverand thrive. Others mayhave suffered permanentbrain damage. Birds ofprey are like performanceathletes. They need to besharp and fast. It can behard to tell how well theywill fare while still cap-tive. One of our partners in

hunter education is theFriends of the Featheredand Furry Wildlife Center(FFFWC) in Hunter, NY.Wildlife Rehabilitator,Missy Runyan, receivesa significant number ofeagles from NYSDEC.She does remarkablework. However, like otherrehabilitators, she knowslittle about survival oncethe birds are released. To help learn more

about the outcomes oftreating and releasingpoisoned eagles, DOASis expanding our part-nership with FFFWC. Wehope to track more re-leased eagles via GPSmonitors in the future.We were planning to ap-ply for a grant this yearbut COVID-19 camealong. We will write agrant application to helpfund additional unitswhen the American EagleFoundation resumesgrant funding in 2021. Missy currently has a

Telemetered Golden Eagle – Photo by HelenMcLean

lead poisoned eagle inthe latter stages of treat-ment and recovery.Tracking this eagle willallow us to monitor itshealth and activity. Fund-ing is needed for thehardware. We are lookingto raise $1400 over thenext couple of weeks forthe purchase of the firstmonitor device. If yourcircumstances allow it,please consider a dona-tion to DOAS for thispurpose. The data fromthese eagles may help

improve outcomes, andinform the larger debateabout lead bullet toxicityand the policies of NYS-DEC and other wildlifeagencies.MAKE A DONATIONTo make a donation,

please use the form athttps://doas.us/donate/and enter “LEAD EAGLEGPS” in the area for Do-nation Designation.Funds with this designa-tion will be held in a ded-icated budget line for thisuse.