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JUNE 2016 COVER DESIGN “Two Swans In Love” By Joyce Ellis Endwell, NY ARTIST STATEMENT Iwas born and raised in Elmira, NY but have lived in Endwell, NY, for the past 30 years. | have always loved doing artwork. | like doing sketches and colored pencils, I have shared my artwork on Instagram and Facebook. | took art and interior design in college for two years. lam a mother of four grown children and grandmother of nine beautiful grandchildren. + GRANDMA'S PRETTIES ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 3 Railroad St.¢ Whitney Point, NY 13862 Open Weds-Sun 10am-5pm; Mon &Tues by app't. WE BUY & SELL: Antiques /Collectibles / Linen / Lamps / Jewelry / Tools Knives / Fishing / Buttons / Beads / Pottery Glassware / China / Crystal / Toys / Dolls Advertising / Postcards / Furniture Call 607-862-9795 for appointment or contact gprettie@stny.twebc.com CORRECTION: Last month we inadvertently misspelled the cover artist's name. The May artist was Alissa Goodrich of Newark Valley, NY. We are sincerely sorry, Alissa. And thank you again for your beautiful cover artwork! "Tes MooreTHE MOONLIGHTER PRESS P.O. Box 326 Newark VALLey, NY 13811 (607) 642-3393 (pHone/FAx) WWW.MOONLIGHTERPRESS.COM PUBLISHERS — EILEEN Morock & ELAYNE DUDEK Visit us:Facebook.com/MoonlighterPress (fi) Distribution Areas: Newark Valley, Berkshire, Richford, Lisle, Whitney Point, Glen Aubrey, Maine, Owego, Apalachin, Johnson City, Endicott, Vestal, Union Center, Endwell, Binghamton, Nichols, Tioga Center, Barton, Waverly, Candor, Spencer, Van Etten, Ithaca (NY) & Sayre (PA) FOR INQUIRIES OR TO PLACE AN AD CALL PUBLISHERS @ 607-642-3393. Thought for the Month Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards. ~ Robert Orben Father's Day is the fourth-largest card-sending occasion, with nearly 95 million Father's Day cards given. JUNE 2016 CONTENTS ay VOL. 15, No. 10 Features Cover Design/Artist Statement ‘Owego’s Indian Maiden Sa-Sa-Na Loft (part 19} Kiribati Diary (chapter 33) .. Back On Broad Street - Down Waverly Way ... Senior Scene... Writing From My Rocker Aletter to Dad. UFO Landing in Newark Valley, NY (part 3) Our Daily Bread Mindclips Animal Heart Tugs ... Memories of Catatonk In the 1930's & 40's Millie's Musings Our World, Our Home History of the Friendship Quilt .. First Nation Legendarium — A Screenplay (Episode 7, Part 2) . Not-So-Gourmet Recipes Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill (Part 2) Yet Another One ... Essential Oils - Then and Now (part 144) Health & Fitne$8 .jnnne Shanghai Adventures (Part 5) Puzzle Fun .. A Laughing Matter What's Happening Poetic License ... Misedllancous Announcements ... Dining Guide to Area Restaurants Home Improvement Car Care Businesses & Services Directary Tune 2016 God, bless all the fathers in the world. Guide them to be good role models and loving to all their children. Hlelp them to be a father like You are. Give them grace and patience to handle situations in a foving way. Amen Copyright® 2016 by The Moanlighter Press All rights reserved, ‘The Moonlighter reserves the right to refuse advertising for any reason. Camera-ready advertising is preferred, We cannot guarantee avoidance of errors or omissions resulting from non-camera-ready ads, Opinions expressed by contributing writers are not necessarily those of the publishers. ‘Tier hMooeLedtTe 3| Beckers ‘ tlc ‘Cabin |. Sota Chairs (607) 642-3675 Coming soon! Produce + Meats * Groceries JOHN'S FINE FOODS Bev and John Hitchings In Beautiful Downtown Owego 88 North Ave., Owego, NY 13827 (607) 687-2470 Mon-Sat 9-6 ‘PLANTS «PRODUCE Still a nice selection of baskets, flowers and vegetable packs E-mail: info@stoughtontarm.com 10898 State Route 38 ‘wiww.stoughtonfarm.com Newark Valley, NY 13814 JuNE 2016 Tue Moomentes Owego’s Andian (Maiden - Sa-Ga-Na oft Compiled and submited by, and inloving memory of Mariyn T. Searles ZB NOTE TO READERS... We ran the story of S2-S2-Na Loft, Owego's Indian Maiden in 39 parts, from March 2008 through May 2008. Due to requests to repeat the story, and forthe benefit of new readers who missed itthe first time, we are re-running the story over several months The story was lovingly compiled by Marilyn Searles, who passed away as we were going to print with the first chapter. We hope she enjoyed reading itn heaven, and will enjoy this encore! (Part 19) History of the Tyendinaga Mohawks (continued) Although the Mohawks had resettled at the Bay of Quinte and the Grand, both Captain John Deserontyou and Captain Joseph Brant had to exert a great deal of pressure on the Lieutenant Governor to issue deeds for their lands. Finally on Apri 1, 1793, Sir John Groves Simcoe issued the Simcoe Deed, royally deeding this land to the Six Nations, Holdimand later deeded the lands at the Grand River to the Six Nations. In the late 1700's, Captain Brant and Captain Deserontyou visited the Mohawk Valley in an attempt to secure compensation ‘rom the new American govemment for loss of land in the Mohawk Valley. This visit was a cause of a great deal of quarrel within their new settlements as to the amount of money they received for the sale of the Mohawk Valley. In the war of 1812, the Mohawk people defended Canada against the Americans. When the threat of American invasion subsided, Indian people were reduced from “invaluable allies” to “wards of the state.” In the 1800's, the policy of assimilation continued where the culture and traditional way of Ife ofthe Indian was undermined and denigrated by the government and the church. During this period of history the lack of government financial assistance forced the surrender of large blocks of land at Tyendinaga and ther reserves. The money from the sale of surrendered lands ‘was used to build houses, schools and two Anglican stone churches, roads, bridges, and to make provision for welfare services, teacher and clergy salaries The early 1900's saw increased denigration and prohibition of the Mohawk language, which almost obliterated the language. During the 1st and 2nd world wars many, though not subject to draft, volunteered and paid the supreme sacrifice of their lives in the cause of freedom. Today, the Mohawk people are proud of the role the ancestors played in shaping history on the North American continent. ~ to be continuedKirRiBATI DIARY Submitted by and in memory of Kay Perkins In 1997 Kay Perkins began a 2-year stint in Kiribati as a member of the Peace Corps. While there, she kept a diary of her experiences. She graciously shared this diary with us, so that we can share it with our readers. Some info on Kiribati Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The permanent population is just over 100,000 (2011), and the island nation is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 1,351,000 square miles straddling the equator, and ordering the International Date Line at its easternmost point. The name Kiribati is the locel pronunciation of "Gilberts", derived from the main island chain, the Gilbert Islands, which in turn were named after the British explorer Thomas Gilbert, who discovered the islands. The capital, South Tarawa, consists of a number of islets connected through a series of causeways, focated in the Tarawa archipelago. Kiribati became independent from the United Kingdom in 1979. itis a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the IMF and the World Bank, and became a full member of the United Nations in 1999. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE 312198 Alot seems to be happening, I'm actually very busy. | finished the fat book | was reading and determined not to start another until 'm caught up with my mail and work. It's a lot of work getting a health module ready. 'm supposed to give one on STD tomorrow but haven't had time to get the module completed. | have diarrhea and worms done and most of the diabetes done. They will have to settle for one of those. 'm sure it won't be a problem. A rat ust ran throught | got a picture of Jane Habble (a doctor | worked with) and her newest dog, I'm finally getting mail, as often as it comes anyway. The candy Ann sent! I'm glad to say | did eat three pieces; the ants got the rest. | was so disappointed. | wish I'd pigged out that night! The ants will drive me crazy. They were into my food safe again this week. And Im getting more mosquito bites. | think it must be because itis raining more. | can't decide if they are bites or what! I've been putting heavy duty repellent all over my body inside my clothes, | hope that will Keep them away. It's only 8:30pm and I'm sleepy. | took a nap in the pm, too. Ido that nearly every day. Just can't get along without it. just le in my hammock and rock myself to sleep. [fell on the bike yesterday. | went to stop and over | went with the bike. Now another big black and blue mark on my behind! The last one was a doozy! | was trying to find mosquito bites. morning at the well. Gretchen had told me she was in the hospital in Tarawa and unconscious. When | went to Mass this morning, no one was at church. A man stopped on his bike and | asked him if the Mass prayer time had been changed. He said the children prayers would be at 4:00. | came home and started back about 4:00, As | peddled up the road | saw a large group walking ahead of me following the truck. The truck had a cross on it and because of the crowd | couldn't see much else. The truck (the one that starts on its own). Well, | went into the church with the crowd. It seemed very crowded, but seemed much the same as usual. After Mass | stood outside and saw a mess of men getting back onto the truck and then they all got of. thought they had hired the truck to take the family to church, but they had the truck to carry the body. | said body: no bor...the body was covered with a kava- lava. | knew it was her because the body had a large abdomen. Everyone had told me how she had this large stomach and was a thin person. Tikua said she died of hepatitis. She was all yellow. Tikua said probably the poor woman had metastasis to the liver from wherever that large tumor originated from. Later, | found out that everyone seemed to die from hepatitis. ~ To be continued que Jewelry Design, Expect Perfection ongoJewelry.com (607)797-4367 ed Johnson City, NY 13790 It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who | remember he was. ~ Anne Sexton Happy Fathers Day! 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One such post that will be discussed is Coming's “Painted Post,” as this location was a central crossing of the principle Indian trails as well as a resting place and rendezvous for Indians traveling north, south, east and west. Indian houses were located near the river, fields were cultivated and a huge post was set in an open space and said to be representing an enemy. Festivities and dances were held around this post and huge fires were built David Moyer is the Owner and Principal Archaeologist at Birchwood Archaeological Services, ahistorical and archaeological consulting company in Gilbertsvlle, NY. Over the past 25 years he has conducted archaeological research in five countries and over a dozen states. Currently, he serves as President of the Chenango Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association and Director of the Roland Hill Memorial Museum of Archaeology in Otsego, NY. Doors will open at 6pm and admission is $5 (SRAC members $4). FACES FROM OUR PAST (Continued) By Deb Twigg, co-founder of SRAC Murray continued, "For long years this had been an apple orchard, and under several of the old stumps, supposedly from trees of Indian planting, were Indian graves. Around each of two such stumps were seven graves in a circle, and airectly under one stump in the center of a cirele of graves, about three feet underground on a layer of clay, were eight pots carefully embedded in sand. Each one had been perforated by threadske apple roots, and all were broken by a careless workman who was removing the stump just after a day's futile excavation by a second party from Wikes-Barre. Throughout this plot with one exception, the skeletons were flexed but buried in a sitting posture, often with the right hand upraised and bearing a pot containing food, arrow points, or seeds, the latter leading to a conjecture that the old apple trees may have grown from these very seeds, But it was the pottery that attracted most attention; and in all the ‘museums we have visited we have yet to find faces more artistically executed than those on one of the five pots, all Se RRC of which were broken in removal." - to be continued ‘Tee Moonuavrer 6---Down Waverly Way Crooked River Avrtisan Es Antique Co-Op 358 Broad Street, Waverly, NY Co-op MEMBER OF THE MONTH: This month's member of the month at the Crooked River Co-op is Scott Webster, who creates art from scrap metal, old records, and just about anything else he can get inspiration from! 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Tioga St, Spencer) Heairt disease is the nation's # killer — causing 40.6% of all deaths: Program designed to educate people on ways to get and stay healthy, and understand warning signs and risk factors for heart disease, heart attack, and stroke Topics will include the importance of physical activity and eating healthy, understanding your BMI, how to manage blood pressure, etc. Program is free — registration is required To reserve your seat, call 687-4120, ext. 331. ™ — senior Moments Never too old to learn, ~ Latin proverbWhiting From My Rocker By Hazel Goodrich To give you an idea of how well my mind is adjusting to this warmer climate, | “lost” most of last month and | am stil catching up. We = can (and have) started our garden cleaning, and planting is well under way. My roses are already dropping their fist petals. People here are pretty much just like you and me. They enjoy their gardens and complain about the work involved; they just get todo it earlier and enjoy it longer. They are entitled then to go slower and procrastinate on a grander schedule. | am stil on New York seasonal time. itis hard to trust that if | plant in March there won't be a kiling frost just as the plants poke their heads through the soil Sometimes | fee ike raising children is alo ike gardening. You plants seeds of ifs lessons in their hearts at home, but then you must trust them to the world to be fed and watered with a melting pot of cuttures, traditions and religious beliefs. | have noticed that the number of fatherless homes has increased greally since my children are parents now. We have to be careful on Holidays how we inquire “Would you lke to make your mom (or dad) a card or special git?” We now say "parent." Sometimes the children will ask for two, one for each home that they share with separated, remarried or re- committed parents. A confusing world to the very young, a challenging world for teens. These kids are going fo be our future, but for now, we are shaping their tomorrow. Shape carefully my fiends; make sure they have the values and character you want them to have ca when it becomes their turn to take care of you. CLEVER SIGNAGE God bless! FROM A LANDSCAPE BUSINESS PARAPROSDOKIANS (figures of speech in which the later part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected) Money can't buy happiness, but if sure makes misery easier to live with. JUNE 2016 ¥8% Community Bank » bank happy- watt Enjoy the a Strawberry Festival lyr Nichots Owego 41 E.River Road 50 W. Main Street 699-7424 687-8125 ‘See us for all your banking needs. vv.communitybanina.com ene SHEP PHoosooosgos ; che beft Bang ste ae 4 1194 Front St » Owego, NY 13827. ate ¥ ey "8 New selections of lace infinity scarves + Sedlaney te Massy rants 'E $y ; Opsminost hy 115; - $ Romantic French & Shabby Chie Décor 44.4. 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Note: Advanced sale ride tickets are available thru June Ist at: ‘The Apalachin Pharmacy, Rt 434, Apalachin Gigi’s Place, comer of Main St. & Penn Ave, Apalachin Sweeney's Market. Rt 434. Apalachin Bud's Place, Rt 434, Apalachin FREE PARKING ON FIELD DAYS FIELD! VISITTIOGA.coM I 800-671-7772 stic Auto Repair aie ign & Dome: is ~ i H eye porea nated eels] JUNE 2016 NY ‘WHY THE MORNING GLORY CLIMBS ‘Submitted by Margaret Miller Once the Morning Glory was flat on the ground. She grew that way, and she had never climbed at all. Up in the top of a tree near her lived Mrs. Jennie Wren and her ite baby Wren. Little Wren was lame; he had a broken wing and couldn't fly. He stayed in the nest all day. But Mother Wren told him all about what she saw in the world, when she came flying home at night. She used to tell him about the beautiful Moming Glory she ‘saw on the ground. She told him about the Morning Glory every day unti litte Wren was filed with a desire to see her for himself. “How | wish | could see the Morning Glory!" he said. ‘The Morning Glory heard this, and she longed to let little Wren see her face. She pulled herself along the ground, a litle at time, until she was atthe foot ofthe tree where itle Wren lived. But she could not get any farther because she did not know how to climb. At last she wanted to go up 0 much that she caught hold of the bark ofthe tree and pulled herself up alittle. And litle by litle, before she knew it, she was climbing, She climbed way up the tree to litte Wren's nest, and put her sweet face over the edge of the nest where litle Wren could see. ‘And that was how the Morning Glory came to climb. Never Give Up — Inspirational. Stories ‘The first time Jerry Seinfeld walked on-stage at a comedy club as a professional comic he looked out at the audience, froze, and forgot the English Janguage. He stumbled through “a minute and a half’ of material and was jeered offstage. He returned the following night and closed his set to wild applause. * Italian * Steaks *Chops * Seafood * Pizza WONDERFU; BUD’S PLACE Tee 410 4740 Rt. 434 Never on Monday ‘Apalachin, NY 19732 (607) 625-9918 (607) 625-5817 RESERVATIONS NOT ACCEPTED "ian Moonerres: 10A LETTER TO DAD From Your Loving Daughter Dad, | used to think | understood how you felt, How foalish, considering | was half your age and an unmarried, childless female. In my naiveté | grew impatient with your seemingly unreasonable frustration with life. Why, | wondered, couldn't you see that things were getting beiter? Why couldn't you just count your blessings (was | thinking of your eight children?), and look ahead to the future? So what if your 50 years were less fulfilling than what you had hoped — no one's life is perfect. It's too bad that you never saw your dreams come true — the dream of entrepreneurial success, squelched by a business venture that resulted in bankruptcy; the loss of a home; a drinking problem; the dream of one day owning a farm, which never had the slightest chance of becoming reality; the dream of inventive achievement, crushed for lack of nurturing guidance — everyone has disappointments. But Dad, you had some happiness, right? A wonderful wife who stood by you and loved you —a brood of normally healthy and inteligent children, and...surely there must have been more. Life, as seen through youthful eyes, is a strange, distorted reality, and | suppose it must be so, for who would opt to grow old if aware in advance of the heartache to be endured? Dad, | knew so little then about those intangibles critical to your happiness - meaningful work, freedom to be where your heart directed, the satisfaction of seeing one of your “ideas” come to fruition. To an entrepreneurial spirit, the confinement of a typical 9-1o-5 job was loathsome. To a superior intellect, reporting to others with inferior minds was a burden almost too great to bear. To a family man with financial responsibilities, the business failure must have been a devastating, double setback. | say "double" because you surely knew that, having faled once to achieve financial independence through self- employment, you might not get a second chance. Yet you never calloused to the task of ving, Again and again you crashed headlong into new ventures, like a man possessed... fighting a faceless adversary in a hostile world, Those who are comfortable in the “security’ of a 9-0-5 job cannot understand the restlessness of the entrepreneur. Its a desperate struggle, made more so by the disparaging attitude of loved ones who are terrified of failure. The overt skepticism of peers is disconcerting. I'm just beginning to comprehend the enormity of your disilusionment. Having inherited some of your dreams, | find every minute of the typical 9-o-5 workday pure drudgery, and | long for success and independence, on my terms and per my standards. Sometimes I feel absolutely driven, and the sensation is at once exhilarating and frightening, But without JUNE 2016 Tae Miseeeren the financial burdens you faced, | know | stand a fighting chance of realizing my dreams. My game plan is simple: others have won independence; achieved greatness, Ill eam their secrets, and, thus prepared, control my destiny. My battle will be memorable for its strategy; not for its reckless abandon. not erticizing, Dad. You had guts and determination, and an unwavering spirit, With direction you would easily have attained your goals. Dad, | will succeed, for you as well as for myself, because | must. | saw what the battle did to you. But the path to self- employments fraught with roadblocks, and the fear of falure is an ominous foe to be reckoned with daily. |, too, might not get a second chance if my first venture fall. | carry this dread knowledge like a millstone around my neck. It helps me appreciate the duling pain you must have endured, and | wonder about your courage. When | stand by your grave, | think perhaps I finally understand, and | love you for your dreams. 'm proud that you were my Dad. | wish you were here, so | could tell you so. Happy Fathers Day in heaven. v Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. ~ Ruth E. Renkel 2007 State Route 26 Endicott, NY Our Coun! Hearts SPRING pelea SS or (607) 786-9712 www.OurCountryHearts.com Jalna BernsDINING GUIDE TO AREA RESTAURANTS oe 28 North Main St. Newark Valley, N. Y. Laura Vattiato aae1 ‘Owner Vincent Vattiato Manager 642-8244 The winner from the April Dining Guide drawing was ZAJAL of Ithaca NY. Congratulations ZAJAL. Enjoy! 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Then it just took off slowly forward above the ground in a gliding manner and flew over the valley in the direction of Ed Sokoloski's bam and disappeared into the air after it was about 150 feet away. There was no heat, blasting, wind, dust, noise (other than the idling sound), light, or anything else left behind when the ship took off. They did not try to harm me in any way and there was nothing with them that looked like a weapon. They did not raise or lower their voice. It was the same throughout the conversation. They did most ofthe talking. After the vehicle let, Gary noticed pairs of 2% square depressions in the ground where the figures had stood. There was also some red dust where the vehicle had rested, evidently from propulsion. It disappeared after a couple of days. JUNE 2016 Gary went back home and called his mother, giving her the highlights of the experience. He milked cows again and did some other chores. He went back up on the hill again at 4:30pm and took a 75-pound bag of fertiizer along with hin. He dropped it where the craft had been. When he returned on Saturday moming, April 25, the fertlizer was gone. When asked if he thought thatthe aliens had retumed fort, his response was: Well, anybody who would walk all the way to that field to get an 80-cent bag of fertilizer would be crazy. The police report ends this way | have read this statement and itis true. | realize that the incident descnbed above is unusual, but | do certify that itis a true and accurate account of what actually happened. Signed: Gary T. Wileox Witness: George E. Willams Witness: Paul J. Taylor To be continued. 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Across the country thousands of young men and women stand before their pastor, priest or rabbi to exchange their vows and pledge their life-long faithfulness (0 forsake all others..” in front of their friends and parent's friends. Going from a single person to married is one of the greatest changes a person experiences in life. It brings many challenges and rewards. (As one who has been married almost 38 years, | can say the rewards far outweigh the challenges.) ‘There are many other changes that we face in our lives. Some directly affect us like job layoffs, loss of a loved one and other personal setbacks. Other changes we experience indirectly because we are part of a family, or a church, community, our state or nation. Each change that comes into our lives challenges our sense of what is normal and what is secure and what we can depend upon. In one way or another, these changes cause us to question, consciously or un-consciously, the foundations of our lives - the things that give us stability. Well my friends, | must tell you something you already know... life is full of uncertainty. When | accepted a job at New York Air Brake in Watertown, NY in 1980, the fellow who was retiring told me that he had that job for 42 years and that if | kept my “nose clean” | could do the same. Frankly, | wasn’t sure | wanted the same job for 42 years but as a young man with a young family with house payments and car payments and all the other expenses that go along with raising a family of four boys, | appreciated the stability that | thought | was coming into. That job lasted ten years and my department was downsized and laid off. So much for keeping my “nose clean”! But | have learned along the way that God is faithful. He is the Lord who changes not (Malachi 3:6). Yes, there will be disappointments, setbacks and heartaches in life. But if you learn to depend upon God and allow Him to be your foundation, you will be better able to withstand the storms of life. He does not promise us a “rose garden” type existence. But He does promise to stand by us and help us through all of life's difficulties. God bless you. See you in church. Pastor (Jim Rev. James A. Rice, Pastor, First Baptist Church of Endicott Tae MOONDeETTER 14Mindclips By Ann Lowdermilk History books tell us that when Columbus set out in the 1400s to discover what lay beyond the edge of the ocean, many people believed that the earth was fla, In my mind, | picture this to mean a possibly unending spread of solid ground which obviously contained various collections of deep dips and stark lumps, with no one really knowing what to expect should there be an inevitable edge to it all, Of course, as the record shows, we know that Columbus, in his exploration of riding upon the ocean deep with his brave crew, never fall off of the edge of a watery flat plate, and that this journey and the journeys of many others would prove not so much that water may eventually scrape into some dry land far beyond the horizon, but that water must therefore hang tightly to a curve! Surely the door of science has swung far open since that time, offering explanations and equations, and we have even seen our home from outer space. We have proof that we live on an orb suspended in the sky (no strings attached) that completely turns itself around once every full day, and additionally is hard wired to do a yearly loosely defined do-si-do with this terfically hot object in the sky, which of course we call the Sun, and joins in a similar dance with a group of other orbs (who never step out of place), also obstinate about making this same trip. Our cb, Earth, is number three inline from the sun, just the right tolerable distance forthe particular life forms which spring forth here. But back fo the fact that somehow, wherever we live on the Earth, we are really, if we could see out far enough, living on a curve. The walters, even miles deep, stubbornly hold tight to their assigned place; the mountains don't get top- heavy, ose their grip and disappear into open air; trees «grow straight out lke pins sticking out ofa pin cushion, and hamburgers can be trusted to remain on the grill without ‘adult supervision~| mean, even though no one speaks much about it, isn't all very remarkable? ‘And considering ths, is it possible that we, forgetful ofthis miraculous real estate we travel in and on, have become immune to the wonder of it ll, inadvertently joining our ancestors centuries back in living out our lives flatly, only this time, figuratively? Seen on a sign outside a focal church... If you walk with the Lord You'll never be out of step. JuNE 2016 BIBLE STORY FOR CHILDREN THE BIRTH OF JESUS (Part 4 of 2) The Israelites seemed to obey God as He wanted them to when they first returned from their Babylonian captivity; but after a period of time, they retuned to their evil ways. As God had done in the past when His people forgot Him, He again allowed thelr enemies to conquer them, The Israelites were ruled by the Persians, the Greeks, the Syrians, the Egyptians, and the Romans, in tur. At the time of Christ's coming, 400 years had passed since the return from Babylon, and the Romans were in power, They had named Herod to be ruler ofthe land of Judea. He pretended to believe in God and even made Solomon's Temple more beautiful than ever before, but actually he was a mean and crue! ruler ‘The Jews felt at this time that their only hope lay in God's sending them the Savior He had promised, First, He had made the promise to Eve when she did wrong: and He told her that someday He would send someone who would bring goodness back to the world. Then He promised to Abraham that this child would be born into his family. Afterward the prophets continued to speak of the coming Savior, teling ofthe power and mighty kingdom He would possess. The people of Judea thought that i this Savior whom God would send would come, He could save them by overthrowing the Romans and taking Herod's place as king, But God had a wiser plan in mind, and although He did send the One He had promised, He sent Him in such a way that few knew of His coming. The first to know of Jesus' coming was Mary, the Jewish woman ‘God had chosen to be His Son's mother. Mary was living in the town of Nazareth when God's messenger, the angel Gabriel, announced to her that God had chosen her to be the mother of the Savior ofthe world. How happy Mary must have been to know that she, among all \sraelite wornen, had been chosen to be the baby's mother! In the book of Luke, a beautiful song is written that she sang to tell of her thankfulness to God. About the time the baby was ready to be born, the Roman rer, Caesar Augustus, commanded that a census of the whole world be taken. Mary went with her husband Joseph to Bethiletiem to be counted, They went to Bethlehem because they were descendants of David, and Bethlehem was David's home. The litle town was overcrowded with those arriving for the census, and Maty and Joseph could not find a place to stay. When nothing else could be found, they stopped at a stable, where cows and horses were kept, to spend the night. That night the baby Jesus was bom, and Mary wrapped Him up warmly and 'aid Him to sleep in a manger filed with soft hay. When you get to your wit's end, youll find God lives there. Tim MOONLRHT EN 15a _ Boi) 4 é 4 WARD & VAN SCOY, INC. 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The micro-dust generated from clay iter goes everywhere (and if you're still in the house, switch to a non-clay litter.) The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. ~ Mahatma Gandhi JuNe 2016 Animal Heart Tugs Kitty Quote When a cat adopts you there is nothing to be done about it except to put up with it until the wind changes. ~ TS. Eliot CAFO FARMS By Jim Simmons RAS (Registered Animal Scientist) | have worked in the dairy industry for about 30 years and grew up on a small dairy. What is a CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) Farm? CAFO standards are designed to protect our water and air quality. If you check with NYS DEC or Agricultural Universities, you will get a picture of what CAFO's are for, Inspections for milk quality are by NYS Ag & Markets and have nothing to do with being a CAFO farm, CAFO farms are held to a higher standard for clean water than almost any other industry. The EPA heads this regulation. CAFO farms are required to have Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans and they must be updated regularly. ‘These plans are expensive to have written and must be done by a trained professional. The plans include where, when and how much manure can be put cn the fields. Fertlizer recommendations are for growing the crop with no extra to pollute the water. Old earthen manure lagoons are being phased out and ‘concrete lagoons are replacing them (over $100,000.00 each). DEC fines are tremendous for farms that allow manure to leak and/or flow into streams or water systems. ‘A number of years ago manure residue was found in an underground reservoir not far from here. A CAFO farm sits on top ofthis reservoir. Authorities immediately came to the large CAFO farm to find out what they had done. The farm produced all of its records on manure disposal. The records included date ‘spread, where, amount, etc. The investigation continued and found the culprit to be a small unregulated farm that applied manure in the winter on frozen ground next to the creek that fed the aquifer. Ifthe CAFO farm had not kept all ofthe required records, how could they know where the pollution had come from? Every load of milk is tested for antibiotics and bacteria. Most farms have protocols for the use of any treatments for their animals. New Food Safety rules from the FDA will mit almost all antibiotics to a prescription from a licensed Veterinarian. ‘These new rules will also require feed manufacturers to keep meticulous records ‘on the manufacture of animal feeds. Distributers and wholesalers label based on consumer demand. The animal abuse shown in videos has nothing to do with CAFO's. | can show you poor husbandry at all levels of society. Farms | deal with on a dally basis treat their animals and their land with respect because its the right thing to do and understand that poorly treated or cared for animals will not provide them with the ually of life and living they wish to have. 4 ‘Tas MoouueTen 6MEMORIES OF CATATONK IN THE 1930's & 40's By Dick Anderson Another time, Bud got a hold of an old motorcycle with a sidecar on it, | said, “Let me drive it fist to show you how i's done.” I got on the bike, he got into the sidecar, and we took off, We were going about five miles an hour, in low gear, when suddenly | realized riding a motorcycle with a sidecar is a different experience. | lost contral and jumped off. The bike, with Bud in the sidecar, went over a bank and through a fence Cut into the field, He reached over and turned it off. He never would ride with me again, and | was his instructor! Back in the late 40's, several of us had old cars with the body cut off and nothing left but the engine, frame and wheels. For seats we used potato crates, blocks of wood, or anything else to sit on, We would race around the fields and have good old times. One day my brother Bud, with Karl Newman riding, was chasing Charley Toft with my brother Roy riding and they were playing cops and robbers in the field behind the County Garage. They were pretending to shoot at each other going along fine, and my brother Roy, riding with Charley Toft, was looking back over his right shoulder, and the guys chasing him were waving frantically, He waved back and happened to look to his left. There was Charley, the driver, running after him, He had been hit by a branch and knocked out of the car. No one was driving, It had a hand throttle, so it kept on going, Luckily Roy got i stopped. This time it wasn't my faut (Once, my brothers and | found an old buggy at our grandfather's farm. We brought it home, put some ropes on the front axles to steer, and went riding down the hill with it Ithad no brakes, 60 it was free- wheeling until it stopped. One of our favorite spots was an old dug road near the Community Hall. We would go part way up the hill and down we would come. One day my brother Bud wanted to drive it. We went up the dug road, further than before. With Bud driving, me in the middle, and Charley Toft on the back, we started down. We were swiftly picking up speed, Charley realized something was wrong and jumped off. Being in the middle, ! had nowhere to go. Then Bud lost control, the buggy tumed left and we were airborne about eight feet. When we came down we rolled over. No one was hurt, but Bud said "I don't think | should have done that." | didn't think he should have either. Another time, | was driving the buggy with Cloyd Manzer on the back and I turned too quickly at the bottom of the hil, causing it to roll over quite violently. No one was hurt, but we looked up and Cloyd's mother had witnessed the whole thing, Al she said was “Cloyd, get home.” It wasn't my fault there was a turn at the end of the dug road. JUNE 2016 | admit, we were a litle aggressive in our recreational activities, Tackle football was one of the big sports in Catatonk and we played with no equipment. Many a bloody nose and knot on the head was the result. We played hard, but worked hard, and looked out for each other. My brothers were the fighters, and | was the mouthy one. | would get someone mad and they would end up in the fight. | couldn't do everything. The Manzer house across from and just north of the Community Hall had a poo! table and we spent many hours playing pool with Cloyd, Winnie (Allen), Bill and Larry. Even Winnie got good at it and could beat the boys. | heard she plays piano, too. They might have been wild years, but none of us ever drank or smoked, never heard of drugs, and didn't commit any crimes. 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We even took pictures of some foolish tourists feeding their picnic lunches to the animals. We knew better than to get that close, because every day at breakfast, we heard stories of hands being nipped by an over-friendly bear because the animal did not know where the hot dog left off and the tourist began! We were forewarned by park rangers. Only a few of us were aware that in Yellowstone we were sitting atop a ticking time bomb - a caldera about 100 miles across. Simmering geysers and hot springs were all clues to the thermal activity of an active volcano far down below us. it would erupt sometime in the future as it had in the past, but fabriziolaw@fabriziolaw.com Millie's Musings By Mili Crandall Yellowstone... | remember a summer long ago when | worked as @ Reservations Clerk in the Mammoth Springs Hotel. | spent half of June, and all of July and August with a group of students from all over the country, Working for the Yellowstone Park Company gave us opportunities that tourists did not have available. From our offices in the hotel, we were on telephones five days a week talking to people driving into the park. We did our best to find accommodations for them. Four hotels and a number of lodges with rustic cabins were available, Travelers were limited to two nights, after which they had to move to another area in the park, Most chose to stay a day al each and all aimed for the star attraction... Old Faithful Geyser. Those of us stationed in the Mammoth Springs area were assigned rooms in a building near the hotel and served meals family style in separate dining areas. Our food and lodging was taken out of our paycheck weekly. It worked out well, as there was nowhere close by to eat or sleep except in the town of Gardiner, over the border into Montana. That would have been difficult and expensive. Evenings and days off, we visited other parts ofthe park. After we tired of watching Old Faithful Geyser erupt high into the biue sky a few times, we went swimming in the beautiful swimming pool at Old Faithful Hotel! We loved Morning Glory Poo! for its gorgeous blue color, the mud pots were clay colored and what we liked about them was the noises they made as they exploded with a loud “plop,” We took pictures of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, which was a magnificent JUNE 2016 ‘no one knows when it wll happen again, The more immediate danger existed in the geyser basins where visitors ignored the posted danger signs and ventured off the walkways onto the thinly crusted surface, wanting to get closer to the brightly colored pools, always hoping they would see something more, and then break through the thin ice-lke crust and fall into a hot spring. Most were not scalding hot, but falling in was easy; getting out was not! ‘Our summer came to an end the last week of August. We were aware of a budding romance that was celebrated with an engagement party, We said aur goodbyes, never to know it their engagement continued on to end with a wedding, Looking back on those days in Yellowstone, | believe we were kids when we got there and young adults when we left. We felt we lived there, and it would always be ours to protect. We returned to universities and homes in all parts of the USA. | remember most of my friends. | corresponded with one girl for afew months, sent a Christmas card to another, but | am sad to say | never saw any of them again. + NOTIONS Submitted by and in memory of C. Loudenslager + Public speaking takes a two-minute idea and a two-hour vocabulary. + The less you tak, the more you're listened to. * A good conversationalist knows when to keep silent. + Interested listening requires more effort than talking + When allis said and done, too many people keep on saying and doing, The MoonLienrer 12OUR WORLD, OUR uA FEATURED LIGHTHOUSE ' a Choctaw Point Lighthouse Mobile Bay, AL Mobile Bay is quite shallow, and dredging began in 1826 using a machine developed by John Grant, a sea captain in the area The channel opened the city up to greater traffic and in 1831 a brick tower was constructed on Choctaw Point, which projected from the west shore somewhat south of town. It was considered poorly sited by pilots due to its lack of alignment with the channels. The beacon was extinguished at the outset of the Civil War and was never reli. The site was used for a buoy depot and railroad wharves; today itis occupied by a container shipping terminal, and no trace of the light remains. AFRICAN ELEPHANTS A‘rican elephants are the largest land mammals. They directly affect their landscape as seed dispersers, influencing forest composition for other species. But unfortunately, elephant populations today are in crisis, with a shrinking habitat. As many as 30,000 are killed annually to feed the demand for the illegal ivory trade. Elephants are cruelly killed for their ivory and their bodies left to rot. ONE OF THE WORLD'S STRANGEST BIRDS - MARABOU STORK Where They Can Be Found: Africa What Makes Them Strange: The Marabou Stork looks just plain strange. Growing up 0.20 pounds, they have a bald head and jong beak, perfect for scavenging. Like the vulture, their featheriess head has adapted to allow them to root through corpses and other waste without creating too much of a mess DID YOU KNOW... The rain forest ecosystem sustains countless living things, including many found nowhere else on earth, JUNE 2016 US NATIONAL PARKS - CELEBRATING 100 YEARS = irches National Park, Utah Arches National Park, in eastem Utah, is located on the Colorado River four miles north of Moab, Utah. It is known for containing over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations. The park is located just outside Moab, Utah, and is 76,679 acres in area. Its highest elevation is 5,653 feet at Elephant Butte, and its lowest elevation is 4,085 feet at the visitor center. Forty-three arches are known to have collapsed since 1977. The park receives 10 inches of rain a year on average. The national park lies atop an underground evaporite layer or salt bed, which is the main cause of the formation of the arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths in the area. This salt bed is thousands of feet thick in places, and was deposited in the Paradox Basin of the Colorado Plateau some 300 million years ago when a sea flowed into the region and eventually evaporated AMAZING PICS FROM THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE Since it launched on April 24, 1990 the Hubble Space Telescope has continuously unleashed a stream of jav-dropping intergalactic imagery. These images, which look more like paintings at first glance, allow researchers to study distant worlds, galaxies and nebulae, and have captured the minds of the general public, getting us genuinely excited about space exploration. But Hubble is geting older. Ina few short years, Hubble's technology will become fully outdated and NASA wil let it drift toa fiery death in the atmosphere. Celestial Fireworks Asseries of young stars glimmer in the distance like fireworks in the sky. This image was released in April 2015 to celebrate Hubble's 25th anniversary Inside, we see a ton of young stars inside a nebula, The nebula reveals a fantasy landscape of pillars, ridges and valleys. The pillars, composed of dense gas and thought to be incubators for new stars, are a few light-years tall and point to the central star cluster. Other dense regions surround the pilars, including reddish-brown filaments of gas and dust. ‘Tas MoomusnTer 2FRIENDSHIP STAR QUILT SHOP I 131 Center St., Sayre, PA i I P 570-886-2296 ¢ = Friendshipstarquiltshop.com I }1 I Row by Row Experience I Saou noes I eras Teen l Pa \ I (expires 630-16) I cC I Mon-Wed 10-5; Thurs & Fri 10-6; 4 | Jl I I = History of the Friendship Quilt When he signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862, President Lincoln sent a clear message that he believed the Union could and would endure, and that it would prosper. As a result, 270 milion acres of land, owned by the Federal Government, in 30 states, was offered for homesteading, thus creating the Westward Movement, cone of the largest migrations of people in our nation's history. The pioneers spent months, sometimes up to a year, preparing for their trip West. Men saw to the wagons, animals, weapons, farm equipment and tools, The women salted meats and dried fruits and sweet com, purchased coffee and beans and barrels of sugar and flour. They packed dishes, clothing, utensils, needles and thread and they sewed, In fact, a great deal of sewing was done, as travel guides suggested that each family should bring enough bedding so that each man, woman and child would have 2-3 blankets or quits While some quilts were packed as treasures in trunks, others were kept close at hand for daily use. They served a variety of purposes not only on the trip west, but also once the pioneers arrived at their destination ‘The quilts the homesteaders brought with them were a comfort to these women who traded their home, family and friends in the East, for the uncertainty of traveling through vast prairies in the West. JUNE 2016 A quilt that held special value to the pioneer women was the Friendship Quilt. Often it was done is secret, and then given to the woman as a going away gift. It usually was a group effort, with each block being sewn by a friend or relative with their name embroidered in the center. Putting a Friendship quit on the bed gave a woman a sense of connection with her former way of life. It kept alive the memory of family and friends, providing comfort and company during the difficult days of homesteading, One woman homesteader said, "When | get lonely, | read the names on my quilt.” It was like putting her arms around someone and giving them a hug. RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS Everyone wants to get ahead inthis world, buti's hard when people go about it in thoughtless ways. They puff themselves up with hot air, seek attention and praise, and end up stepping on whomever they can to get higher. Many of us know what that feels like — been there! done that! — and i's really not that much fun. The fact is, the real rise to the top is a lot easier than it sounds. Just let go of the idea that we need to climb somewhere or a something, and concentrate on u lifting and inspiring others on their oumey. When we stop focusing on ourselves, we end up finding extraordinary joy in watching their dreams take fight, ‘And here's the best part. Inthe process, they become the ‘wind beneath our wings.’ We effortlessly float to the top and find ourselves soaring higher than ever before, The ride is blast, and the view is amazing, So inspire, uplift, and empower others. Itis the secret to true and lasting greatness. 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By the mid-1400s, the northern rectangular houses built slightly into the ground were being replaced by tightly clustered, palisaded communities of domed, buried earth lodges, By burying their homes in the ground and palisading the ‘community, people achieved a security that allowed them to face natural disasters and to survive future difficulties. Since tribal symbolism systematically equated the body, the houses and the cosmos, this housing change had vast ramifications in terms of how the Plains Indians conceptualized the world. Before, everything from houses to the earth to the cosmos had been seen as relating to squares. JuNE 2016 Tun Moca were 963 Glen Mary Drive - Owego, NY KathyansenDancelcom) CENTER STAGE your dance supply store 20% off all performance & class needs TicHTs * SHoEs * LeoTARDS HAIR AccESSORIES DaNcE Bacs AND MoRE! Taser i Meee ul Now, everything was viewed in relation to the circle. By the time explorers reached the Plains, these tribes had an elaborate belief in the sacredness of the circle, When Black Elk, the Lakota holy man, reported this most forcefully, he was expressing a sentiment already several hundred years old. ‘As decades passed, the effects of the droughts were combined with rumors of strangers moving inland. Once contact was made with early traders and adventurers, disease was carried into the hinterland by Indians traveling along the network of trade routes. The devastation caused by disease was made even more severe by the arrival of displaced tribes straining the capacity of the land to provide food and other supplies. No one escaped the ravages of first contact. Natives living in the Northwest suffered from epidemics that moved up the coast or across the Plains and mountains. About 1750, the Spanish, the English, and the Russians arrived along the Northwest Coast and began a struggle for control. The English would eventually prove victorious. As the elaborate chiefdoms of the Northwest were being powerfully stimulated by the maritime fur trade of the Europeans, they were also being devastated by pestilence When elaborate ways of life collapsed, resilient tribes rose from their remains, As epidemics swept through native populations, the new trade goods enabled commoners to host their way into vacant positions among the elite, In a way, the Northwest peoples were long prepared for the European arrival; their history had taught them to expect such terrifying persons. 21‘OPEN EVERY SUNDAY GAM - 3PM ~ MAY TO NOVEMBER = On Site CONCESSION STAND! FLEA MARKET INUPSTATE NEWYORK! JIMAY’S FLEA MARKET, INC. 1766 Conklin Road, Rt. 7A, Conklin, NY 13748 $1 Parking Fee No dogs, bicycles or skateboards allowed For more information, please visit www,jimaysfleamarket.com or call (607)775-4039 Tegendarium -A SCREENPLAY (Episode 7 Part 2) eX \ By Mackenzie E. Anders Ga Kylie - There is something | forgot to tell you guys. | found communicators there and they activated when | touched them. | gave them to Eric and Hudson. Guardian - A wise choice Eli - So what did we miss? Evan — Shockingly, not very much! Marwick has not really caused any problems, which is weird! Guardian - Marwick must be planning his final attack. Are you all ready to fight? This battle will be greater than you have ever faced before. This is life or death. We will ight as a team and work together. Are you allready? Ethan - Were ready! Guardian - Good, its now time for you to unlock your final powers that will help you defeat Marwick. (The guardian puts out her hand and seven balls of ght go into each of their hearts and they each glow.) Guardian — Kylie, you can now control plants; Ethan, you can control the weather; Max, your JUNE 2016 "Tree MOOT ER: new powers invisibility; Ei, your power is fre; Evan, you can now control water. Hudson and Eric, you two have some of the most amazing powers there are, Hudson, you have the powers of a super human and agility; Eic, you have the powers of time & manipulation (Over at Marwick’ lair, he is doing his speech in front of his followers.) Marwick - The time has come where we wil finally conquer earth. (All of his followers start to yell, and it goes back to the protectors in the woods, training.) Guardian - With new powers ‘come learning to control them and we don't have that much time. (The Protectors are testing out their new powers when Kylie sees Eric having a hard time with his new powers. She walks over to him.) Kylie - Hey! Eric - What's up? Kylie - Looked like you were having some trouble with your power. | wanted to see if you needed some help. (Eric becomes agitated.) Eric 'm fine, | don't need your help. I'm sorry. Ive just got a Iot of pressure on me. Kylie - Hey | understand. | was where you are now when I first became a protector, but I've seen you. You were born to be a hero, to help people. Eric - Thanks, | really needed that. You know when this is all over maybe we can go get dinner or something, Kylie - Ya, | would like that! (Their conversation came to an end when the earth started to shake.) Ethan - Earthquake! ~ To be continued 22‘NOT-S0-GOUR MET’ RECIPES SPINACH BREAD By Pat FitzGerald 1} tsp. minced onion 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1} Tbs. olive oil 2 eggs, beaten 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese 2 pkgs. (10-0z.) frozen spinach, thawed 1 loaf frozen bread dough, thawed and warmed 3/4 Ib. mozzarella or provolone cheese es \yed Mix together onion, garlic powder, olive oil, egg and parmesan. Squeeze out excess water from spinach. Roll bread dough out to 2" thickness. Spread cheese mixture over dough. Spread spinach over mixture. Thinly slice. cheese. Cover spinach with sliced cheese. Roll up jellyrol! fashion. Pinch edges and both ends. Bake on greased baking sheet at 350° for 30-40 minutes. Pat FitzGerald's recipes are available in GRANDMA'S KITCHEN COOKBOOK. ‘Makes a great gift! Also available on CD Rom. Stop and see Pat at 841 Owego Road, Candor or call 607-659-5739. BAGELS WITH SLICED TOMATOES AND CHEESE 6 bagels, sliced in half 2 tomatoes, sliced thin Mayonnaise Garlic powder Salt and pepper to taste Sliced cheese Preheat oven to 325°. Toast bagels slightly. Spread mayonnaise lightly over the top. Place sliced tomato on top. Sprinkle with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Place sliced cheese on top. Bake on baking sheet until cheese is melted. CROCKPOT PORK CHOPS 4 pork chops, each 1/2 inch thick 2 thsp. 2 medium onions, chopped Worcestershire 2 celery ribs, chopped sauce 1 large green bell pepper, sliced 1(14¥4 02.) can of stewed tomatoes 1/2 cup ketchup 2 tbsp. cider vinegar 2 tbsp. brown sugar 1 tbsp. lemon juice 1 beef bouillon cube 2 tbsp. cornstarch 2 tbsp. water ‘Add all ingredients except water and cornstarch to the crockpot. Cook on low for 5Y% hours. Mix cornstarch and water together and stir into crackpot. Cook 30 minutes more. JUNE 2016 SPRING VEGETABLE CHOWDER By Michele L, Moelder Salt to taste 1/4 cup chopped yellow onion 2 cups frozen whole corn Yea Shepted relay 1 cup fresh or frozen 1 cup peeled and diced green beans = cut in white potatoes 1" lengths 2 cups water or vegetable broth Tbs. unbleached bread flour Pinch dried marjoram Pinch dried tarragon Sieups rice mille Cook onion and celery in butter or olive oil over medium heat until almost tender, Add potatoes, water, and seasonings, Cover, bring to boil over high heat; reduce to low and simmer Until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Add corn and beans; simmer 10 more minutes. Mix flour with 1/4 cup rice milk, then add to remaining milk a stir to blend. Pour milk mixture into vegetables and broth: cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Serves 4-6. 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The struggle for Sugar Loaf lasted 10 days; it was fought under the worst possible conditions - a driving rain that never seemed to slacken, day or night. Newsweek called Sugar Loaf "the most critical local battle of the war.” Time described a company of Marines -270 men - assaulting the hill. They failed; fewer than 30 returned. Fletcher Pratt, the military historian, wrote that the battle was unmatched in the Pacific war for "closeness and desperation." Casualties were almost unbelievable. In the 22d and 29th Marine regiments, two out of every three men fell. The struggle for the dominance of Sugar Loaf was, probably the costliest engagement in the history of the Marine Corps. But by early evening on May 18, as night thickened over the embattled armies, the 29th Marines had taken Sugar Loaf, this time for keeps. When Sugar Loaf was finally secured on May 48, it had cost 2,600 Marine and about 2,500 Japanese dead. SUGAR LOAF HILL (Part 2) The Killing Ground on Okinawa, Japan (1945) (Printed with permission from the author, who wishes to remain anonymous) With the noise and exhaust fumes combined with what had just happened, | was stunned. | heard the Lt. yelling “keep moving, keep going.” | sat down on a rock just as the tail end of the platoon passed by. I could see a poncho covering Cpl. Shirley's body and corpsman working on Pvt. King. A corpsman came over and asked “were you hit?” I didn’t answer and he wrote up a tag and stuck it in my breast pocket. He wanted to know if | could make it to the aid station. | got up; standing there | realized | hadn't been hit. | told the corpsman I'm ok and that | had better catch up to my platoon. | gathered up my equipment and headed in the direction my platoon had gone. If | could have known what lay ahead of me | believe | would have gone to the aid station. About a hundred yards up the path | met the tail end of my platoon strung out along a ridge line. | moved along the line until | met Dancause, Sanders and Hodgin, Lt. Greene came by and tapped me on the helmet. it was around 7:00. The sun was JUNE 2016 ‘Tas Moonves up and getting warmer by the minute. | looked out over the ridge and saw a sloping sugar cane field with furrowed rows; the cane had been burned off, At the end of the field there appeared to be a ditch. Across. the ditch the ground rose sharply up toward some hills. Except for firing in the distance everything appeared quiet where we were. | dropped down next to Sanders and told him that Cpl. Shirley was dead and King was wounded. We laid there drinking water and looking over the open field in front of us. The silence was broken when the two tanks again started their engines. They moved forward a few yards and turned their gun turrets towards the hills in front of us then cut their engines off. Troops began ‘moving up to form a skirmish line along the ridge. Lt Greene came running down the line in a semi-crouch and telling us to watch for his hand signal then move out and head for the ditch. Jack and | exchanged a quick glance at each other and made some last second adjustments to our equipment. These would be the last minutes | would see most of them alive. In the next few hours most of them in our over strength platoon of approximately 72 men would be dead, We never saw the signal to move out from Lt. Greene but saw Marines at the far end of the line moving down, the slope. We had nearly 100 yards of open field to cover. Moments after we left the ridge | heard a shot fired from my right and saw a man go down. | wasn’t sure if he tripped and accidently fired his rifle or was shot, but everyone took off on a dead run. What made the run kind of comical was that most of us had no straps to hold our helmets on while running. They had been burned off from hanging the helmets over spits to cook in. While | was running, my helmet kept bouncing all over my head and blocking my vision. To keep my helmet on, | had to tilt my head skywards and keep my eyeballs down to see the ground; all | could see were my feet and ground. When | reached the edge of the ditch | got a quick glimpse of railroad tracks. It was about a 4-5 foot drop down to the tracks. ~ To be continued "Aspire to be your best self. No one else can do that, no ane else can be that and no one else can tell you what this is." +» Bobbye ErhardtBemitihul You Eithetis, LLC 1120 State Route 434. 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It appears five times in the New Testament in Galatians 5:20 and in Revelation 9:21, 18:23, 21:8 and 22:15, Depending on the version, the word pharmakia is translated in our English Bibles as witchcraft, sorceries, magical arts, or casting of spells and occult, In the passages mentioned, pharmakia is listed as works of the flesh of man, as opposed to the Spirit of God working in us. It is curious that pharmakia is listed with fornicators, murders, idolaters and everyone who is fond of and practices falsehood. This is a wide open field to those who want to Biblically study it and draw their own conclusions. But today ! am writing about psychotropic drugs, the drugs that affect the brain activity associated with both mental processes and behavior. This can lead to indifference, apathy, lack of drive, and of course the medications make troubled children easier to manage. Thirty-nine percent of foster children are being prescribed psychiatric medications in contrast to ten percent of non-foster children. This number includes children under age 5 and infants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that in 2014 as, many as 10,000 toddlers may be receiving psycho- stimulant medication such as Ritalin. 85% of the world’s Ritalin is consumed by the U.S. (Ever read the side effects of Ritalin?) Foster children were nine times more likely to be prescribed psychiatric drugs in doses exceeding FDA-approved maximum levels. 11% of U.S. children aged 4-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD; half of these were diagnosed by age 6. Currently 69% of these children are taking behavior and brain altering psychiatric drugs. 10% of Americans aged 12 and over and nearly 25% of women between ages 50-64 take antidepressants. About 79 million Americans are taking at least one mind-altering medication. 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Our thanks is extended to the First faces and ready hands and hears they ventured out into. Presbyterian Union Church for allowing us to use their kitchen for the town of Owego and Apalachin to help their senior lunch preparation, and to its members, along with Kiwanis and neighbors who were in need of some assistance — from Rotary members who supplied food and materials for lunches. dusting, vacuuming, spot cleaning and window washing to laying down mulch, clearing gardens, picking up sticks and {wigs to trying to rake leaves through the snow, these hardy workers from Owego Free Academy and Candor High School, Binghamton University, Ithaca College and Comell along with volunteer drivers/supervisors worked at 41 sites. Sr. Mary had the opportunity to sit down with ithaca College and Cornell students, inviting responses to the question of wiy they volunteer to help. Teresa Clark's response was immediate: “The people are so welcoming and appreciative." 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Since deep leg veins are on a straight path to your heart and lungs, these blood clots can be very dangerous because of the possibilty of i traveling and blocking the heart and lungs from functioning, * Post-Thrombotic Syndrome is a result of deep vein thrombosis and manifests as a variety of problems including: swelling, hardening, pain and ulcers inthe lower leg. This syndrome occurs because deep vein thrombosis causes permanent damage to the vein valves in the lower leg. * Pulmonary embolism occurs when a clot breaks loose from a vein wall and travels through the right side of your heart through the pulmonary artery to your lung, Depending on its size, a pulmonary embolism can kil you. 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IH|NSRKVASGIFTSCUA ! ll [r ABIBGDXCWWRSP K P + ro! 4 WAWARDSSPECIALE re a Sf, SI} = t x + aa t [Tp START HERE n a | 1 a Ly L L Find your way to your sweethearts heart! JUNE 2016 Tue Moonie 33A LAUGHING MATTER (because we all need to Lighten up a Little) x neg MAUDE AND MABEL Z 4 CHANGE THE MENU Mabel meets Maude at the drug store after not seeing one another for some time. After inquiring about each other's health Maude asks how Mabel's husband is doing. "Oh! Harold died last week. He went out to the garden to dig up a potato for dinner, hada heart attack and dropped dead right there in the vegetable patch!" "Oh, I'm sorry." replies Maude. "What did you do?" "Opened a can of baked beans instead." IRREFUTABLE LAWS Oliver's Law of Public Speaking: A closed mouth gathers no feet. PHYLLIS DILLER HUMOR. The reason the golf pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing. CHURCH BULLETIN BLOOPERS Joel and Diane are getting married! Let's help stock their new home. Join us for a panty shower this Sunday. Attend a National Prayer and Fasting Conference this, Friday at 7pm. Sign-up fee includes meals, HE'S SUCH A SENSITIVE GUY Three hicks were working on a telephone tower - Steve, Bruce and Jed. Steve falls off and is killed instantly As the ambulance takes the body away, Bruce says, "Someone should go and tell his wife.” Jed says, "OK, I'm pretty good at that sensitive stuff, I'll do it.” Two hours later, he comes back carrying a case of beer. Bruce says, "Where did you get that, Jed?" "Steve's wife gave it to me," Jed replies. "That's unbelievable, you told the lady her husband was dead and she gave you beer?" Well, not exactly", Jed says. "When she answered the door, | said to her, ‘You must be Steve's widow’." She said, "No, I'm not a widow!" And | said, "!'ll bet you a case of Budweiser you are KEEN OBSERVATION If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would've put. them on my knees. JUNE 2016 z The MoomentTes Sap ia Be Bree Ai) Ma SE ave \u x HEAVENLY MISTAKE Noticing a mistake in St. Peter's roster, God calls Satan; "Itseems you accidentally received some of my professionals: a teacher, a doctor and a farmer." "Yeah," Satan replies, "All the more for mel" God demands, "You better send them up here NOW." Satan says, "No way. I'm keeping them." God says, "Send them back, or I'll sue the horns off you." Satan laughs uproariously, "Yeah, right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?" THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB A judge asks a defendant to stand. "You are charged with murdering a garbage man with a chain saw." From the back of the courtroom a man shouts, "You liart" "Silence in the court!" The judge turns to the defendant again and says, "You are also charged with killing a paperboy with a shovel.” "You tightwad!” blurts the spectator. "Quiet!" yelled the judge. "You are also charged with killing a mailman with an electric drill.” "You cheap son of a..." the spectator starts to shout. The judge thunders back, "I will hold you in contempt! What is the reason for your outbursts “I've lived next to that man for 10 years now, but do you think he ever had a tool when | needed to borrow one?" FINAL REQUEST The inmate on death row is scheduled to be put to death by firing squad. He doesn't request a last meal or anything special for his last day. As he stands before the firing squad he says, "Actually, music is my life. One thing | would really like would be to sing my favorite song, one whole time through, with no interruptions.” The guard nods solemnly and tells him to go ahead. 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Fanny Fern DISH SOAP SOLUTIONS Whack Weeds Mix up a nontoxic weed killer by combining dish soap, salt, and vinegar. Add one tablespoon of dish soap and ‘one cup of salt to a gallon of vinegar. Pour it all into a spray bottle, and use liberally on problem areas Remember that this solution is nonselective, so be careful not to get any on your grass or landscaping plants, as it will harm them as well. Hollenbeck’s Route 38 * 17 No. Main St Newark Valley, NY 607-642-3430 Hours: Monday through Friday 6am-8pm Saturday 6am-6pm, Sunday 9am-5pm (Of MEAT + DELI + PRODUCE FROZEN FOODS - GROCERIES FAX MACHINE + NYS LOTTERY - GIFT CARDS 12 Mite North of Maine Route 26 Happy Fathere Dayl HOURS: jon-Sat 8-6; Sun 8: ov counteywagon.com Large selection of annuals, perennials, vegetable plants, mulch, topsoil, cow manure, peat moss, and compost. Many colorful planters for your porch. ‘Shop our unique gift shop and wonderful bakery, > Fresh donuts Saturday and Sunday JUNE 2016 \ Please patronize the businesses that advertise with us. Their advertising support enables us to publish each issue “e And sincere 'Thanks' to those who sent donations this month toward our expenses! God bless you! Tye MoomenTes 35af WHAT'S HAPPENING |<" NICHOLS SENIOR CITIZENS Yel Meets 2 Monday each month at 10am Presbyterian Church Annex (Main St, Nichols) Bingo + bring a bag lunch Meets 4" Monday each month at noon Presbyterian Church Annex (Main St, Nichols) Dish to pass + entertainment, For more info, contact Janet Westfall at 699-6039 or Art Engelbert at 699-3114. TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (T.0.P.S.) Meets every Monday for weigh-ins 8:30-9:20am Waverly United Methodist Church (corner Chemung & Waverly Sts, Waverly) Meeting follows weigh-in. For more info, call 607-857-4503 or 570-888-4244. Meets every Thursday at 6pm Candor Town Hall (101 Owego Rd, Candor) For more info, call Jean Dewey at 659-9969 or email jmdewey@frontiernet.net Meets every Friday from 10-11:30am Calvary United Methodist Church (35055 Vestal Pkwy East, Vestal) For more info, call Barbara at 748-3443, 1st week free! FREE IN CHRIST 12 STEP RECOVERY MINISTRY Tuesday evenings - fellowship 6:30-7pm, meeting 7-8:30pm Calvary's Love Church (1315 Reynolds Rd, Johnson City) Worship, discussion, teachings from Pastor Derrick West. For info, call church office at 797-3757. SOUP AND CHILI Every Tuesday from 5-7pm St. Mark's Episcopal Church (17 Main St, Candor) Soup and/or chili ~ rolls ~ crackers ~ drinks ~ dessert Good will donation. STORY HOUR Every Tuesday from 10:15-11:15am (Sept-July) Candor Free Library (Bank St, Candor) No story hour during holidays, school closings, or bad weather. Any questions, call 659-7258. LADIES AUXILIARY Meets 1" Tuesday each month at 6pm Nichols American Legion Post 1624 (Dean St, Nichols) For more info, call Donna Mills at 699-7994 2016 OWEGO REVIVAL PRAYER MEETINGS Last Tuesday of the month at 7pm June 28 - Church of the Nazarene (Rt 17, Owego) JUNE 2016 WEEKLY PRAYER MEETINGS Wednesdays at 5:45pm - First Baptist Church, Owego Wednesdays at 7pm - Spencer Federated Church, Spencer OPEN HEARTS DINNER Every Wednesday from 5-6:30pm ‘McKendree United Methodist Church (224 Owego St, Candor) - Fun, fellowship, good food Contact Denice Peckins at denicepeckins@hotmail.com BIKE NIGHT 2016 - OWEGO, NY Every Wednesday from 6-9pm ParkView Restaurant é& Pub (145 Front St, Owego) Free concerts - open to the community, food & drink specials 607-687-9873 www.owegoparkview.com FREE FOOT HEALTH SCREENINGS First Wednesday of each month from 8am-12N Lourdes Medical Office (3101 Shippers Rd, Vestal) Check for diabetic foot ulcers, foot & ankle pain, flat feet, wounds & athlete's foot. Te schedule an appointment, call 798-5170 (M-F 9-3), PRE-SCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10-11am Berkshire Free Library (Rt. 38, Berkshire) Stories, songs, games and crafts Free for pre-school children and their parent, grandparent or caregiver, All Northern Tioga families are welcome to participate in the fun at the library! ALLIED CHRISTIANS OF TIOGA (ACT) Every Thursday - free dinner Social hour 5-6pm, Dinner served 6pm ‘Owego United Methodist Church (261 Main St, Owego) BIKE NIGHT 2016 - CANDOR, NY Every Thursday from 6-9pm Punk's Place (21 Mill St, Candor) Live entertainment, food and drink specials & giveaways 607-659-5714 or visit www.punksplace.com BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP ‘Meets Ist Thursday of each month at 7pm For those diagnosed with breast cancer and/or in remission Lourdes Breast Care Center. For more info, call 798-6161 CANDOR MOPS (MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS) ‘Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month For moms of infants through kindergarten age andor Congregational Church parsonage (134 Main St) For moms: snack, craft, speaker, small group discussion ‘Onsite childcare. For more info, call Maryalice Hunt at 659-5191 or email candormops@hotmall.com Tue MoomienTex 36APALACHIN FIREMEN'S FIELD DAYS Wed-Sat, June 1-4 at Apalachin Firemen's Field Days Field Rides, games, chicken BBQ, fireworks, Little Miss Apalachin contest, bike giveaway (see page 10 of this issue for more info) THE CIDERMILL PLAYHOUSE Presents "Urinetown" Musical Theatre's ode to smart political satire! June 2-26 Cider Mill Playhouse, 2 So. Nanticoke Ave, Endicott Call 748-7363 or visit cidermillplayhouse.org CALLING ALL KNITTERS! Fri, June 3 from 5-8pm Tioga County Courthouse Square (Owego, NY) Installation of donated 12"x12" acrylic squares to wrap around the trees in downtown Owego. Donated squares can be dropped off at the Tioga Arts Council (179 Front St, Owego) or at Riverow Bookshop (187 Front St, Owego). For more info, call 687-0785 or visit www tiogaartscouncil.org TI-AHWAGA COMMUNITY PLAYERS Presents "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 Fri & Sat 8pm; Sun 2pm Ti-Ahwaga Performing Arts Center (42 Delphine St, Owego) General tickets $25; students with TD (under 18) & Seniors (60+) $20 For tickets, call 687-2130 or visit wivw.tiahwaga.com BINGHAMTON CLASSIC FILMS Vintage movies from the golden age of cinema, presented on the big screen, the way they were meant to be seen Sat, June 11 at 7pm Edward Goulding's Claudia Starring Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young (1943) SUNY Broome campus, Titchener Hall - free parking Suggested donation: $3 regular, $2 students, seniors and members of Binghamton Classic Films Shown with cooperation of the SUNY Broome Media Arts/Communications Dep't. Gs For more info, call 723-7730. HIKING FOR HELPING HANDS 8 Annual Fundraiser Sat, June 11 check-in begins at 8am, event begins at Sam 5k walk/run or 8 mile run Hiking fo Community Care Network of Nichols (CONN) (139 Roki Bivd, Nichols) % Registration: $30 for either event For info call 607-414-1018 or email questions to communitycare@stny.twcbc.com or stop by the CNN office (139 Roki Bivd, Nichols) for registration forms. JUNE 2016 t Call for pickup 642-3658 ANTIQUE APPRAISALS. Sat, June 11 from 12N -4pm Newark Valley Depot (Whig St, NV) With Bob Connelly, Certified Antique Appraiser $5 per item - All proceeds benefit the NV Hist. Soc. UNITED METHODIST MEN'S CHICKEN BBQ ‘Sat, June 11 Yard & Craft Fair 10am-3pm, Chicken BBQ tlam-3pm Vestal Center United Methodist Church (478 West Hill Rd, Vestal) - To reserve space, call 748-0004, OWEGO LIONS CLUB FUNDRAISER Doug's Fish Fry and Bake Sale Wed, June 15 from 11am to 6pm St. Patrick's School Parking Lot (309 Front St, Owego) Cash or credit ~ no checks Pre-ordering is available, Call 607-760-4795, 36" ANNUAL OWEGO STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL Fri & Sat, June 17 & 18 Throughout Village of Owego Music, food, vendors, family activities, 5k race, Miss/Mrs. Strawberry Pageant, wine/beer tasting, Fri night fireworks CONCERT IN THE PARK they Wed, June 29 at 7:30pm - Hickories Park, Owego Kirby Band ~ Fireworks at 9:30pm Multiple Insurance Quotes with one call Home - Auto - Business FROST: LOSER SWAN w farstsuancecom ee Ciusted chines: Newark Valley (07) 2-324 Maine (607) 862-3222 s HAPPY FATHERS DAY! = > Whig st, | s Newark Valley, NY 1 t Bottle Drives Rt Bee GET 6¢ ON YOUR Your LOCAL bottle & can RETURNABLES redemption center Tus MeonuaTer 37é Poetic License THE TRAIN OF LIFE By Carole Salvatore At birth we boord the train and meet our parents cond we believe they will always travel on our side, However, at some station our parents will step down from the train Jeaving us on this journey alone. As time goes by other people will board the train ‘and they will be significant i our siblings, friends, children, om MY FATHER’S PICTURE By Rev. Stanley L. Moody, Sr. As T looked at my father's picture My mind went back o'er the years My heart was filled with sadness While my eyes were filled with tears. Though the years have flown since he passed by His memory lingers still ‘And not to wish that he was nigh Took all the strength of my willl Though he is gone, he is not forgotten For love the grave cannot sever T know he does ‘bide on the other side Someday we'll be together! FOR DIANE AT 3 A.M. ‘and even the love of your life. Dearest Princess, Many will step down Welcome to the month of June and leave o permanent vacuum. Others will go so unnoticed that we don't realize they vacated their seats. This train ride will be full of joy Sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells, ‘Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers requiring that we give the best of ourselves. The mystery to everyone is: — We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down. So we must live in the best way - Love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are, It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life. Twish you a joyful journey on the train of life, Reap success and give lots of love More importantly, thank God for the journey. Lastly, I thank you for being one of the passengers on my train. (By the way, I am not planning to get off the train anytime soon but if I do, just remember I am glad you were part of my journey.) So we can whistle a happy tune. Enjoy! Love always, Henry T love youl Blessed indeed is the man who hears i ‘many gentle voices call him father! Lydia M. Child JuNE 2016 Tas MOONUHTER The weather will be warmer soon By Katharyn Howd Machan darkest hour, snow fast and white in streetlight, falling, falling hours now of deep and quiet beyond the rush of road: awake, house still except for brass and wooden clock write again of full green summers, poems shaped by lake, and women's longing, stories we've carried the way a jar holds blackberry fire, sun +through glass, time's reach beyond the pale of age making new our words thorn-blossomed, startling, bright IN MEMORY OF BILL SMITH’S BIRTHDAY By Gloria Smith On your special day Celebrate with the angels up above Isend this message From your lonesome dove A day doesn't go by That I don't think of you. Walk slowly down that long, long path For soon T'll follow you.DAISIES ‘Submitted by Margaret Miller ‘At evening when T go to bed I see the stars shine overhead They are the little daisies white That dot the meadows of the night. WATERDANCE ‘And often while Im dreaming so By Zainasha Williams Across the sky the moon will go (age 9 - Monticello, NY) Tt asa lady, sweet and fair 7 rs Who comes to gather daisies there. Written in support of Flint, MI water lead crisis that is killing our babies For when at morning T arise. ace There's not a star left in the skies Give \ife a chance. She's picked them all and dropped them down Waterdance is the new dance. Into the meadows of the town. Do the dance right... Bring in the light and be happy. HORIZON DARK SUNSET By Kathy Ostrander “ Thoughts in her head Like dark shy of lead THE HUSH HOUSE EXPERIENCE Charcoal gray clouds swirling above By Niyah Pinkney (age 9 - Detroit, MI) Lumpy - lost - lacking love and Rev. O.A Feathered streaks all around Pictures are creative! Indifferent colors abound We are the greatest. Like in the Horizon ahead 1 he I: ‘Some purple, pink and others blood red am the latest. My sisters are the best. ‘So many emotions to sort through My mother is blessed Not letting the darkness rule = Looking to grasp the lighter light The Hush House is clean and pressed. ‘And leave behind the dark night Knowing that daylight will come And with it the rising morning sun His wings will cover her all night Protecting her til morning and his Son's light A MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY BLESSING from Mom ~ Rev. 0.A. Isa, I wish you the best. T know you are blessed, I thank God for you with a divine love foe me that's true. T thank you for always being there, Regardless, showing me you really care. pice Rowell You have trotted through the mountains and hills SNS ss cclasieccbek To always help me, no matter the deal Your children will always remember their father Because your legacy will go much further, Love always, Mom eee Buy - Sell - Trade - Repair JUNE 2016 Tar Moonee 39x 19 Bast Ave Owego, NY 13827 19 EAST AVE, OWEGO, NY FAX 607-687-0796 JUNE 2016 "Toe Woomueres Wood stove and coal stove glass | in stock and ready to cut ++Same day turnaround available GLASS & GLAZING SERVICE CUSTOM MADE STORM WINDOWS: SCREENS = RESIDENTIAL ™ COMMERCIAL 40