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MEMORIAL DAY 2011
Owego’s 31st Annual Strawberry Festival Saturday June 18. See page 9 www.OwegoStrawberryFestival.com
Members of the Owego Police and Fire Departments held a memorial service at Draper Park on Memorial Day for all Police and Firefighters killed in the line of duty.
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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
Brian Legg of 2551 Marshland Rd,
Apalachin, has obtained the rank of
Eagle Scout. Brian is with Troop 37 of
Owego based out of St Paul’s Episco-
pal Church. His Eagle Scout project
consisted of building 5 sets of bleach-
ers for Waterman Center's Marshland
Road River Park in Apalachin and for
Brick Pond in Owego. The two sites
lacked seating for events.
Brian would like to thank the Apala-
chin Lions Club, Aaron Gowan and
employees at Owego Home Central,
Owego Rotary Club, Owego Elks
Club, Owego Lions Club, Owego Ki-
wanis Club, and his fellow Troop 37
scouts and Scoutmaster Kevin Cumm,
Dan Cumm, Phil Wiles, and David
Geller for their donations, help, and
guidance for this project.
Brian, son of Jack and Susan Legg,
is a senior at Owego Free Academy
where he also participates in Concert
Band, National Honor Society, and
Golf Team. Brian will be attending
SUNY Delhi this fall and major in
Turfgrass and Golf Course Manage-
ment.
Legg Obtained Rank of Eagle Scout
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Coburn Library
Book Sale Purchase bargain priced books for
summer reading at the Friends of the
Coburn Free Library book sale on
June 23, 24, and 25. The selections
changes and expands as donations
for the sales are always being accept-
ed.
Times of the sale are Thursday
June 23rd 6:30 to 8:30, Friday June
24th 10 to 5, and Saturday June 25th
1 to 5, with a bag sale from 3:30 to
close. The Coburn Free Library is
located at 275 Main Street, Owego.
For additional information please
call 687-3520.
Other programs this summer at
the Coburn Free Library are:
June 29 - Beau the Clown
July 6 - Ron Cain Magician
July 13 -Tales and Tunes
July 20 - Karen Bernardo,
Stories & Crafts
July 27 - Maureen Wright,
Author and Storyteller
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
Campville volunteers were out most of
the night during the flash flooding on
April 28 to help keep the community
safe on the flooding roads. Most of the
roads in the area were monitored and
reported to the proper authorities. There
was a driver rescued from his vehicle in
front of Tioga Gardens and Route 17C
was closed from Visions Credit Union to
Valley View Drive due to flooding.
Thank you for the community coopera-
tion we received and because of great
team efforts we had no causalities or
injuries. We also ask that you the public
understand that Campville has a policy
and we do not pump out basements due
to the liability involved. Due to the se-
vere road damage at the Hickories most
of the community events scheduled have
been moved to different areas. The Wa-
ter Rescue Operations Course that was
scheduled for April 30 & May 1 was
postponed due to the dangerous condi-
tions of the river from the flooding.
TRAINING
This month our members were instructed
on the operations of the ladder truck.
Our young members were properly
geared and assisted by experienced
members in climbing the ladder and
safety precautions. It is important to
have members trained on all of the appa-
ratus and since our ladder truck is one of
the “first in” all members need to know
how it operates. We had a “team” train-
ing night which enforced the trust of
working with each other while on calls
and working together to get a job done.
Thanks to our Captain Pat Mercer for an
uplifting training. Squad night was
shared with other departments as Guthrie
Air came in and did an LZ class. It was
attended by 51 area firefighters, includ-
ing 24 of our members, and everyone
said the class was great. The pilot and
medic were professional, gave an excel-
lent presentation and answered all ques-
tions. Unfortunately the copter was
called a few minutes before it was sup-
pose to land but we have a promise they
will return with their new copter, the
Astar in the near future.
June brings many celebrations including
graduations, vacations, barbeques, etc.
Let’s think water safety, driving safely,
and staying hydrated in the hot humid
weather.
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Day Chicken BBQ on Sunday, June
19, at the Lodge on Rt. 96B in Can-
dor. 11:00 – gone!
Come enjoy the best BBQ in
town. Full and half dinners. Eat in
or Carry Out!
For more information, contact
Gary Henry at 607-659-7661.
Take Dad to Lunch!
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FOR SALE: Full Breed German Shep-herd puppies. Shots, wormed, ready to go “NOW” 3 weeks to 4 weeks, Little Meadows—Call 570-623-222 06/11 HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR: Crocks, jugs old toys & other antiques. Also vin-tage collectables made before 1970. Call Dave 607-240-9546 12/11 DOG BOARDING: Pleasant Valley Dog Boarding Kennel, 5367 State Route 38, Newark Valley, NY 13811 30 years in business Indoor/outdoor runs. Daily rates: $12 one dog, $18 two dogs same run 607-642-8776 08/11 CHUCK’S CHAIR CANING: Save that old family heirloom. Chair caning at rea-sonable rates. For more details go to www.ChucksChairCaning.com or call 607-321-9148 6/11 TOP DOLLAR PAID: Wanted! Old fish-ing tackle, lures, reels, etc. Some items worth $500. and more!!! Call me first, collector not a dealer so I pay more. Walt 687-5750 02/12 BEAUTY PAGEANT/BABY CONTEST: July 17, 2011. Angel Face Pageant will be at Owego Treadway Inn, now accept-ing applications. Go to www.AngelFacePageants.com for details or call 607-727-3600. Glitzy Girl maga-zine will be scouting models! 06/11
DO YOU HAVE OLD STUFF IN YOUR ATTIC? Would you like cash for it? We pay more than most. Call 607-240-9546 12/10 THINK CLEAN UP: we can help with hauling, clean outs, local moving, house cleaning, lawn work. Call for free esti-mate 607-699-0212 07/11 NEED IT CLEANED OUT & HAULED AWAY? One room to the whole house. Also: garages, barns & sheds. MK’s AFFORDABLE CLEANOUTS 607-217-7455 12/11 FOR SALE: 45 assorted Cook Books $50 Call 625-3190 06/11
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Join us for Fri & Sat for the Strawberry Festival
Friday Fish or Scallop Fry
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What do Puppy Pals, Healthy Habits,
Brave Wolf (a visitor from the past),
Literacy Centers of Tomorrow, multi-
media investigations and percussion
instruments all have in common? These
and other dynamic projects will all bene-
fit kids in Tioga County. Much-needed
reading and writing intervention, kitchen
skills, and other vital life skills will be
addressed through unique and fun activi-
ties made possible by the combination of
OA Foundation grants funded by the
generosity of our community and the
initiative of the caring teachers and
counselors who design and implement
these programs. In total, 14 grants were
awarded by the Owego Apalachin Foun-
dation for Excellence in Education in
April.
In 1997, the OA Foundation was es-
tablished as a community wide, inde-
pendent, not-for-profit organization.
The Foundation’s mission is to enhance
the education of the students within the
Owego Apalachin District boundaries,
public and non-public, by providing
private funding and stimulating commu-
nity support for innovative and challeng-
ing programs. Including this year’s
grants, nearly $90,000 has been reinvest-
ed in our community via the money
raised by the Foundation’s Wine & Beer
Tasting event, Silent Auction and Trivia
Night—all annual events. For more
information about the OA Foundation,
please visit our website at:
www.OAFoundation.com.
2011 Spring Grant Recipients: Terri Mendelson OES, Mary Beth Town-send AES, Janelle O'Neil OES, Kristin Barton OES, Andy Kearney OAMS, Karen Lapinski St. Patrick, Sara Loomis St. Patrick, Georgia Matthei St. Patrick, Emily Crawford OAMS, Jerri Ficarro St. Patrick, Sue Sindoni OES. Not pictured: Amy Smith St. Patrick, Kelly Adair Bollinger Tioga Co. Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Katie Tracy Tioga Co. Boys and Girls Club, Dan Fabricius OFA
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Just Keep Believing Foundation
The Just Keep Believing Foundation
began in 2008 after Owego Free Acade-
my student and athlete Jessica Burrell
sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury
in a car crash. Burrell, now 20, a com-
munity volunteer and a sophomore at
Ithaca College, remains partially para-
lyzed.
The foundation will hold its fourth
annual softball tournament June 11 and
launch a volleyball tournament June 9
and 10 to raise money for organizations
aiming to find a cure for spinal cord
injuries, as well as to help Burrell with
her ongoing medical expenses. Sponsor-
ships are available at $500, $250 and
$100 levels.
The tournaments will take place at
Owego Free Academy, 1 Sheldon Guile
Blvd in Owego. The opening round of
the volleyball tourney’s high school
division will begin at 3 p.m. on June 9 at
a cost of $50 per team or selling 10 raf-
fle tickets; and 5 p.m. on June 10 for the
adult co-ed division, at a cost of $100
per team or selling 20 raffle tickets. All
players will receive JKB backpacks and
the chance to win prizes.
The softball tourney is divided into
two divisions, men and co-ed, beginning
at 8 a.m. on June 11, with all players
receiving JKB Tourney gifts and chanc-
es to win first, second or third-place
prizes. The cost for an adult team is
$250 or can be waived if the team sells
50 JKB raffle tickets.
Beginning at 11 a.m. on June 11,
three local bands will be playing during
the softball tournament. OFA’s Making
the Band, Adri Young accompanied by
Kyle Schreiner, and Hover will be per-
forming. Food, raffle tickets, JKB mem-
orabilia, and chances to win several gift
baskets will be available throughout the
day at the JKB concession stand.
Learn more and sign up at the Just
Keep Believing Facebook group page or
by contacting tournament director Mark
Burrell at (607) 768-2909 or markbur-
Senator Tom Libous, Lourdes Presi-
dent/CEO David Patak and YES! Safe
Choices for Kids were joined by local
parents, teachers and school administra-
tors to honor more than 540 Broome,
Tioga and Chenango YES! LEADers at
the YES! LEADers Change Lives
Recognition Reception.
YES! LEADers are middle and high
school students who, after a day of
hands-on training, present to local ele-
mentary school students about the dan-
gers of substance abuse, the importance
of self-esteem and its role in making
healthy choices as they grow up.
“YES! LEADers continue to be great
role models in our communities,” said
Sen. Libous. “Through their actions,
they’re showing students how to make
healthy choices which will ultimately
lead them down the path of success.”
Senator Libous also announced the
winners of the Jill Kavanagh Memorial
YES! LEADS Scholarships. Ashley
Jones, a Maine-Endwell High School
senior, received a $1,500 scholarship.
Maria Vitovsky, a Susquehanna Valley
High School senior, received a $750
scholarship. Vinnie Buttice, a Bain-
bridge-Guilford High School senior,
received a $250 scholarship. These three
students were chosen based upon their
contributions to their school’s YES!
LEADS program and commitment to a
substance-free lifestyle.
“Not only have Ashley, Maria and
Vinnie been committed to living a drug-
free life, but they’ve also dedicated
countless hours to helping younger stu-
dents learn how to make smart choices
in their own lives,” said David Patak.
YES! Safe Choices for Kids, a part-
nership between Senator Libous and
Lourdes Hospital, is now in its 22nd
year. Since 1989, more than 8,000
YES! LEADers have helped teach more
than 100,000 elementary school students
about the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
Owego-Apalachin, Tioga Central, and
Waverly school districts participate in
the YES! LEADs program. Their
LEADers have served as role models for
hundreds of Tioga County elementary
school children this school year. For
more information about YES! and YES!
LEADS, visit www.YesSafeChoices.org
YES! HONOR HUNDREDS OF LOCAL
STUDENT LEADERS
Senator Tom Libous and Lourdes Hospital President/CEO David Patak recognize the YES! LEADers from Tioga Central High School for their dedication to educating elementary students on the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
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BUSINESS NEWS
The Tioga County Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting and Open House on May 12 for Coughlin & Gerhart LLP, celebrating their newly renovated offices at 27-29 Lake Street in Owego. Later that day, Emma Sedore, Tioga County Historian, gave a presentation on the his-tory of the building.
On May 18, the Tioga County Cham-
ber of Commerce hosted a Ribbon Cut-
ting for the Riverview Manor Health
Care Plaza, 530 Fifth Avenue in Owego.
There was also an Open House for the
community to view the new Health Care
Plaza. Riverview Manor Health Care
Plaza provides In-Patient Rehabilitation,
Out-Patient Rehabilitation, Pediatric
Rehabilitation, Adult Day Health Care.
Riverview Manor Health Care Plaza
Ribbon Cutting and Open House
I have followed the Owego Apala-
chin Central School District as they de-
veloped their 2011-2012 budget. This is
the budget you voted YES or NO on
May 17. This budget when passed will
raise the cost to educate the children in
the OACSD to over $18,000.00 per stu-
dent. I think this is rather expensive
when you compare this to the cost of
private schools in our community or
communities of Syracuse or Albany.
This is $18K for every kindergartner
through Senior or K - 12 as it's referred
to in the Education community. When
you and I went to school we called it
Elementary School and High School.
The private schools perform the same
job for less then $10,000.00 per student.
Elementary Schools are typically
$2500.00 to $4500.00 per year and High
School is anywhere from $6500.00 to
$8500.00 per year. What's wrong with
this picture? What's wrong? These costs
are way out of line and going higher.
They will continue to go higher unless
you, me, we (the folks who pay the tax-
es) tell them to stop. To do this we must
step in and put a stop to the TAX
CREEP. The present administration and
Board believes that a 2% to 4% tax in-
crease each year is what you expect! The
present administration and Board believe
it is what you will accept! The present
administration and Board believe it is
the norm! REALLY! At 2% a year, for
10 years, you will see a 22% increase in
your tax rate. How much has your pen-
sion gone up in the last 10 years? How
about your salary? Are you tired of the
TAX CREEP? If you are, come join
Citizens Against Tax Creep and togeth-
er, perhaps, we can do something to
slow down the TAX CREEP or stop it
altogether. Send an e-mail to
[email protected] or call 607-972-
6881. It will cost you nothing but your
time.
Joe Chartrand
A Citizen Against Tax Creep
Owego, NY
LETTER TO THE EDITOR School Budget
Call for Crafters
Looking for crafters who are in-
terested in displaying their wares at
Crafts On The Green during Newark
Valley Days, Saturday, August 13th,
2011, in the Village of Newark Val-
ley, NY from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
For more information and an ap-
plication, contact Dennis Carlin at
(607) 642-9552 or via email at
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Tioga United Way Award Banquet
Tioga United Way hosted their 2011 Annual Campaign Awards Banquet on May 19 at Tioga Downs in Nichols, thanking those who have sup-ported an annual campaign to raise funds for the 32 human service organizations partially funded by the United Way is both responsible and essen-tial. It was estimated that
more than one hundred and twenty-five people gathered to honor and recognize the many local businesses, corpora-tions, individual donors and volunteers who have helped to make the 2011 Campaign a success. In addition, various members of the media who have helped to promote the campaign were also honored.
Jason Settlemoir, 2011 Campaign Chair presented an Appreciation Award to IBM Employees, accepting the award was Merwyn Jones.
Joe Langevin accepted an award for the Tioga County Courier, from Shawn Yetter, Tioga United Way. An award was also presented to the Community Press.
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A Father’s Day Breakfast will be
held on Hiawatha Island, 9:00 to
11:00 am, on June 19.
Climb aboard the Waterman Cen-
ter’s pontoon boat for a ride to the
island where you will be guided for
approximately ½ mile to the break-
fast site. The menu includes scram-
bled eggs, bacon, ham, potatoes,
baked beans, fruit cup, a muffin or
bread, orange juice and coffee, tea,
and hot chocolate.
Please arrive no later than 9:45
am at the Waterman Center Boat
Dock, Marshland Road (western
end) in Apalachin.
Reservations are required by June
15 as space is limited. Cost for
adults: $18 single/ $25 per couple;
children: ages 5-12 half price; under
5 free.
Call Waterman Center at 625-
2221 for details or to register. The
event goes on rain or shine.
Father’s Day Breakfast on Hiawatha Island
Distinguished Citizen Award
On May 18th our community
had the opportunity and
pleasure to honor Jim Raftis
Sr. of Owego at the annual
“Tioga County Distin-
guished Citizen of the Year”
Award Dinner presented by
the Baden-Powell council
Bly Scouts of America. Jim
was selected to be this year’s
honoree for his longstanding
dedication and commitment
to the Tioga County commu-
nity.
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Council on the Arts
is proud to announce
that the ducklings
have hatched and are
learning to swim for
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DUCK DERBY on
Saturday during the Strawberry Festival!
Sponsor a Rubber Ducky! Flock to
the Bridge and watch your adopted rub-
ber ducky take a “Swan Dive”! The first
ducky to reach the museum wins his
adoptive parent $100! The next two
duckies win $50 each and the next eight
duckies win $25 each!
You may adopt a singe duck for $5,
a flock of 5 for $20, or a six quack for
$25.
Contact TCCA at 687-0785 for pre-
sale ducks or purchase them from a
member of the Owego Apalachin Swim
Team. Ducks will also be available for
purchase at the TCCA booth at 179
Front St. during the Strawberry Festival
on June 18th.
The Duck Derby is a fund raiser for
the Owego Apalachin Swim Team and
the Tioga County Council on the Arts.
More information is available at
www.tiogaartscouncil.org.
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Owego's biggest summer event draws
near “Strawberryville-Owego, NY"
Get ready to attend Owego's biggest
summer event! “Strawberryville,
Owego, NY, is celebrating its 31st An-
nual Strawberry Festival beginning Fri-
day night, June 17 and Saturday, June
18.
The Owego Strawberry Festival is
the granddaddy of all Southern Tier fes-
tivals and introduces the summer season
to our region. Everyone’s invited to
come and enjoy over 150 craft and arts
vendors, lively entertainment, great
food, children’s games, wine tasting,
fireworks, contests, parade, fun and eve-
rything and anything strawberry!
The fun starts Friday night as the
Strawberry Festival Block Party kicks
off the festival beginning at 5:30
pm ...experience musical entertainment,
wine tasting, strawberry shortcakes, a
pig roast, enter the Annual Strawberry
Pie Baking Contest, Poochie Dog Con-
test, and the Miss or Mr. Strawberry
Beauty Pageant and more! And don’t
forget the strawberry fireworks over the
river on Friday night at 10:00 pm!
On Saturday, Fred Ford will be hon-
ored this year as the Grand Marshall in
the festival parade in celebration of the
50th year of the Mello Dears Drum &
Bugle Corps. Known as "The Mello-
Dear Tradition" the Mello-Dears began
in September of 1961. Over the years,
the corps grew in size and scope from a
small parade corps to a national caliber
competitor made up of girls from a doz-
en towns in Tioga and Broome counties.
Fred has been organizing the Strawberry
Festival parade for many year.
Also returning in this year’s parade is
the Hit Men Brass Band, an award win-
ning Drum and Bugle Corp from Roch-
ester, NY. Other great local bands in-
clude the Penn Dixie Band, Owego Free
Academy marching band, Kirby Band,
and many others, as well as floats,
clowns, marching groups, a miniature
train, horses, antique cars, and much
more.
Relax and enjoy great musical enter-
tainment from groups such as MTB,
Dixie Cats, Spelunkers, 4-Eye Band,
Hover, and others. There will be a wide
variety of arts and crafts booths, games,
rock climbing wall, lots of delicious
food…and, of course, strawberry delica-
cies of all kinds and shapes! Also, be
sure to taste some New York State
wines in the wine tasting tent.
Parking couldn’t be easier with shut-
tles to the festival from Hickories Park,
exit 65 from Rt. 17 / I-86, and the Tioga
County Fairgrounds, exit 64. Find out
more, register for contest, and check the
schedule of events and performances at
www.owegostrawberryfestival.com.
Don’t miss the 31st Annual Owego
Strawberry Festival June 17-18 in
Strawberryville - Owego, NY!
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Bassett Youth Foundation
"Good Guy" Breakfast June 19
Sunday, June 19, from 7:30 a.m.-
12:00 noon, the Charles H. Bassett
Youth Foundation, Inc. will host its 16th
annual Community "Good Guy" Break-
fast at the Owego Elks Lodge during the
Owego Strawberry Festival. Since 1994,
the Foundation has operated as an all
volunteer public foundation helping to
provide needed resources to Tioga
County children, youth and their fami-
lies. The Community Breakfast is the
Foundation's single fundraiser during
the year and celebrates the partnerships
the Foundation has forged to help meet
its mission all year long. The theme for
the breakfast is: "Good Guys Give
Something Back: Keeping Our Promise
to Children & Youth" The Community
Breakfast gathers youth, adults and fam-
ilies on the Sunday morning of Straw-
berry Festival weekend to demonstrate
support for young people of all ages in
Tioga County. The public is invited to
allow us to serve you and your family a
great breakfast on Father's Day. For
more information contact Bob Bassett at
The Owego Community Chorus will
present “Heal the World” on Sunday
June 12th 3:00 pm at the Owego Meth-
odist Church 261 Main St, Owego. This
is a free concert. For further details
contact Susan Lason at 258-0139
Free Concert
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Kids Night Out
The Tioga County Council on the
Arts (TCCA) announces “Kids
Nights Out” events this July at the
Courthouse Gazebo in downtown
Owego. Bring a blanket or chairs.
The events start at 7pm and are free.
July 1 - Tom Knight, well known
Puppeteer (pictured at right), will
offer an evening of "Fun with Pup-
pets".
July 8 - Will Stafford, "Juggler
Extraordinaire" will dazzle you with
his mad juggling skills.
July 15 - "Jiggle with Johnny"
and enjoy all the sing-a-longs of
Johnny Only.
For more information, contact
TCCA at 687-0785, or via email at
[email protected], or go
to www.tiogaartscouncil.org.
The events are made possible
with funds from the Village of
Owego, the Charles H. Bassett
Youth Foundation, the Owego Elks
Lodge # 1039, and support from the
Cooper Foundation.
Community Care Network of Nichols (CCNN)
Hosts its 3rd Annual Hiking for Helping Hands
Saturday, June 11 from 10am until 2pm,
participants will walk (rain or shine)
through downtown Nichols, stopping at
various checkpoints, to learn a little
more about the local businesses. Each
hiker will need to register and pay the
registration fee of $7.00 at the check-in
point which is the Nichols First Presby-
terian Church, located 140 South Main
St. While supplies last, each registered
hiker will receive a t-shirt with the vari-
ous sponsors of the event listed on the
back. This fundraiser has become a very
successful event in raising monies to
carry on CCNN’s mission. They could
not do it without the volunteers, spon-
sors, and hikers. Come and join in the
fun and help support CCNN. There will
be awards for those who have raised
money and recruited sponsors as well as
door prizes for participants. Lunch will
be provided following the “hike”.
If you would like more information,
visit the CCNN web site at
www.ccnnichols.org.
Hickories Smoked Music Festival
The Tioga County Council on the
Arts (TCCA) is pleased to announce the
“Hickory Smoked Music Festival” on
Saturday, July 30, 2011, at Hickories
Park in Owego, New York.
This premier event will bring the best
artists and entertainment to you. This is
an all-day event with free parking. Gates
open at 12:30pm with opening ceremo-
ny at 1:00pm. Tickets are $15 in ad-
vance, $20 at the gate and children un-
der 12 are free.
Tickets may be purchased at select
Price Chopper locations, select Visions
Federal Credit Union branches, select
Chemung Canal Trust Co. locations,
John’s Fine Foods in Owego and the
Tioga County Council on the Arts at 179
Front Street, Owego or online at
www.tiogaartscouncil.org
This year’s line-up will offer a blend
of great performers, including Michael
Burks, Big Bill Morganfield (Son of
Muddy Waters), Carolyn Kelly and the
Roosevelt Dean Band, Meridian Voice
featuring Randy McStine, Pete Panek
and the Blue Cats, MTB (Making the
Band) and HiWay Fruit Market.
For more information visit our web-
site at www.tiogaartscouncil.org or call
TCCA offices at (607) 687-0785. Offic-
es are open daily from 10-5 pm, at 179
Front Street, Owego.
Catholic Charities Tioga Outreach
Center was approved for a grant of
$10,000 from The Mildred Faulkner
Truman Foundation of Owego, NY. The
grant will allow them to help Tioga
County families to ensure there basic
needs are met. With these funds we are
able to continue to assist with emergen-
cy needs for security deposits to avoid
homelessness, certain utility bills to help
families facing shut-offs, and assist peo-
ple with food through our emergency
food pantry.
Catholic Charities’ mission is to help
build communities that care for all peo-
ple by reducing poverty, promoting
healthy individual and family life, col-
laborating with community agencies and
faith communities, and advocating for
justice and peace.
Catholic Charities Receives Grant
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"Little Shop of Horrors"
to Rock Ti-Ahwaga Stage
The Ti-Ahwaga Community Players
will present the cult-classic rock musical
comedy "Little Shop of Horrors" May
27, 28, 29, June 3, 4, 5, and June 10, 11,
12 at the Ti-Ahwaga Performing Arts
Center, 42 Delphine St., Owego, NY.
"Little Shop of Horrors" is about a
down-and-out, skid-row, floral assistant,
Seymour Krelborn, who becomes an
overnight sensation when he discovers
an exotic plant with a craving for fresh
blood. Seymour desperately attempts to
keep Audrey II fed to maintain his fame
and improve his chances of winning the
affection of his beloved co-worker
Audrey.
With a mix of 60's rock, doo-wop
and Motown music and a 50's sci-fi and
horror movie theme created by compos-
er Alan Menken and writer Howard
Ashman, this play is pure entertainment.
Add to that the amazing Audrey II,
shown to grow with a series of four dif-
ferent sized puppets that become so
large the final version fills the flower
shop, you have a fun show for the whole
family and a vision you don't want to
miss.
Joe Brainard plays the hapless but
lovable Seymour, and Lisa Scanlon
plays the ditzy, bleached blond Audrey.
If you only go for the songs, you won't
be disappointed. Joe and Lisa's rendi-
tions are jaw-dropping. They are backed
up by a talented cast and a five-piece
band conducted by Chris Weber.
Paula Bacorn, Shanika Bridges and
Tina Salasny play the street urchins who
comment on the action taking place dur-
ing the show through song and dance,
all of which is choreographed by Brian
Flynn and directed by Shawn L. Yetter.
"The production will stay true to the
1960’s B-grade horror film genre that
the musical was derived from. A love
story at its zaniest. The comic book feel
of the set creates a fun scenario for the
real and lovable characters to tell their
story. The show allows for a fun family
night of theater—unless your youngsters
are frightened by man-eating plants,"
Yetter said with a smile.
Shows start at 8:00 p.m. on Friday
and Saturday and at 2:00 p.m. on Sun-
day. General admission is $20. Friday
admission for students with ID cards is
$10. Sunday admission for seniors 60
and over is $17. Fine wines, beers, soft
drinks and snacks are available to enjoy
at your table during the show, and there
isn't a bad seat in the house.
The show is underwritten in part by
Mountainview Mobile Home Park,
Pumpelly House Estate, and Levene,
Gouldin & Thompson. To reserve seats,
call the Ti-Ahwaga Performing Arts
Center at 687-2130 and log on to
www.tiahwaga.com for more infor-
mation about the center.
Lisa Scanlon as Audrey, a young Audrey II, and Joe Brainard as Sey-mour on the set of "Little Shop of Horrors," which opens May 27 at the Ti-Ahwaga Performing Arts Center in Owego.
Candor 4th of July Celebration
The 25th annual Canduckie Derby
Race will be held down back of the
Candor American Legion on Satur-
day, June 11, 2011. Post time is
2PM. Other activities prior to the
main event will include the
―duckfecta‖ race, bake wheel, hat
contest & food concessions starting
at Noon.
Tickets are just $5 each with the
first place duck winning $1000, $500
goes to 2nd place & $250 to the 3rd
place duck ticket holder. Over 25
additional spots are paid out as well!
All proceeds go directly for the fire-
work display which will be held Sun-
day, July 3rd.
Tickets are selling fast so it is rec-
ommended that you purchase your
ticket prior to race day by calling
659-7395 or 760-7551.
A pig roast/pork dinner will be
available for $8.00 from 4pm till
gone. There will also be a corn
bag/washer tournament & free music
for your entertainment. Dinner tick-
ets are available the day of the event
or presale by calling 659-7395.
Please come support these events
so that we may continue this annual
community service.
Tioga Kitchen Kids Camp!
Are you 8 to 12 years of age and
interested in eating healthy, being
active, container gardening and
cooking in the kitchen? Register for
Tioga Kitchen Kids summer camp
today! Classes are held at 56 Main
St, Owego, in the CCE Tioga Con-
ference Room/Kitchen.
There will be 2 sessions are offered
June 27 to July 1 and July 11 to July
15 at a cost of $30 per session. –
join one or both sessions. Cost per
session $30.00. Seats are limited so
register today by calling 607-687-
4020.
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