Help Us Pick the Persons of the Year

It's that time of the year again! The time when the Mountain Eagle selects its Person of the Year in Schoharie, Delaware, and Greene counties.

We will ask for your help. Who in each of Schoharie, Delaware, or Greene counties should be considered for our person of the year? The announcements will be made soon.

Tell us who and why in a comment! Or feel free to message us or email us at mountaineaglenews@gmail.com.

We have already gotten some nominations via our Facebook page.

Those include:

* Josh Sutton: I would be honored to nominate Donald VanEtten. Donnie, as everyone knows him, has served his community for well over 20 years through his dedication to the Stamford Fire Department. A majority of those years spent as a Chief Officer. Donnie now serves all of Delaware County as a County Fire Coordinator. Donnie has dedicated his work with the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation to the local area providing grants for things such as the Stamford pool, items for school athletics as well as many others. Outside of his dedicated service to the area, Donnie is constantly contributing to local kids, whether through use of the fire house for youth sports fundraising, contributing to special causes as well as putting on Halloween, Christmas events. Donnie has a wonderful family and you will see him religiously at their events, even when his schedule is so busy. Donnie has always put others first and helped whoever he can. There is so much more I could say about the man, but I will leave this here for now. Please consider Donnie VanEtten, a great fixture and huge asset to this entire area.

Rachelle Rogers, Catherine Snyder, and Judy Henne also supported this nomination.

* Susan Brisley Strangia and Denelle Baker nominated Nicholas Juried, previous Mountain Eagle Person of the Year.

* Steven Hendrickson nominated Stephen Hoerz of Middleburgh.

* Chip Diamond nominated Mike Jacobsen of Esperance.

* Bobbi Wayman and Nancy Kruglak nominated Kathy Diamond.

* Bobbi Ryan of Middleburgh was nominated by several people

* Robert Vedder of Schoharie

* Mountain Eagle columnist Elizabeth Mami

* Robin Dumont, Village of Tannersville clerk

* Greg Thorpe, Tannersville

* Greg Cross, Prattsville Town Supervisor

* Tina Molé, Bovina Town Supervisor

* Carolyn Bennett, former Mountain Eagle editor and Pratt Museum Director

* Thomas Buel of Conesville

* Steve LaMont, Middleburgh historian

* Assemblyman Chris Tague

* Elizabeth Kosier

* Patrick Costello of the Joshua Project

* Maggie Jackman, Schoharie Valley Animal Shelter

* Jeannette Spaulding, SCCAP

* Frank Beretz, Gas Up

* Melanie Laraway, Village Clerk of Middleburgh

* Pat Larsen, Mountain Eagle columnist

* Ken Jones, Esperance Historical Society

* Terry Hughes of Cobleskill

* William B. Morton of Middleburgh

* Laddie MacKenzie, Robinson-Broadhurst

* Cindy Ray, Publisher of the Hancock Herald

* Alex Luniewski, Town of Wright Supervisor

* Sean Mahoney, Town of Hunter Supervisor

* Jim Poole of Cobleskill, former owner of the Cobleskill Times-Journal.

* Kimberly Tarvis

* Jim Kopp, Stamford Village Trustee

* Shawn Smith, Delaware County District Attorney

* Craig DuMond, Delaware County Sheriff

* Mary Lou Nahas, Town of Durham Historian

We’ll be announcing our first county winner in next week’s edition. Feel free to send us your nomination between now and next Wednesday at 5pm to mountaineaglenews@gmail.com.