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6/21/23
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Bovina Farmers Market Thursday, June 22 from 4-7 pm
Written By Editor on 6/21/23 | 6/21/23
ASF’s WIM Hiking Event Set To Take Place Next Week
WINDHAM, N.Y. – The Adaptive Sports Foundation (ASF) will wrap up a busy month of June with its Warriors in Motion® (WIM) hiking event next week on June 27-29.
The Warriors in Motion program provides participating injured United States servicemen and women with a basic knowledge and practice of wellness and the importance of lifelong healthy living. All Warriors in Motion programs are goal-oriented and empower the warrior to take charge of their own fitness and wellness.
U.S. Army Reserve veteran Melissa Lee, who retired from service within the past year, will be making her first trip to Windham, and is excited to see what the program can do for her. “I’m looking forward to the scenery, seeing and interacting with other veterans and just being outside,” Lee said.
The ASF has eight U.S. Military veterans, including Lee, scheduled to visit the Gwen Allard Adaptive Sports Foundation on Tuesday afternoon to get their excursion started with a lunch, equipment fitting and basic hiking instruction. From there, the group of vets and volunteers will head to nearby Lexington to ascend the Diamond Notch Trail, a 1.5-mile hike that features the Diamond Notch Falls, providing a nice setting for the week’s first adventure. Once the WIM group finishes the hike, they will check into their hotels and return to ASF for a catered dinner.
The ASF shuttle bus will pick the veterans up at their hotels on Wednesday morning and take them out to Tannersville, where the group will hike to Inspiration Point. Known as one of the Catskills’ greatest lookouts, the hike climbs 820 feet in elevation over a distance of about five miles. This hike will be an all-day affair and the program will have lunch on the trail. Once everyone takes their photos of the views and returns to the bus, they will be dropped off at their hotels to get ready for another dinner at the ASF lodge.
Day three’s hike will be determined based on how the warriors are feeling after their first two excursions. The group will return to ASF after the morning hike for lunch before the participants depart.
This is Lee’s first time participating in a warrior program, and she’s happy to be a part of it. “This is a great opportunity for me to go and enjoy what I like without people worrying about waiting for me because the other veterans and the volunteers understand what I’m going through,” she explained. “I won’t have to explain myself and I’ll be able to see other people. This will be a safe haven for me.”
The ASF’s Warriors in Motion program is funded by donations that were generously given to the organization. Thanks to these donations, the Adaptive Sports Foundation will be able to provide water bottles, all meals, snacks, water, sports drinks, sunscreen, bug spray, ponchos (if necessary) and trail maps for this upcoming event.
If you’d like to donate to the Adaptive Sports Foundation’s Warriors in Motion program, or any of the other programs the ASF has to offer, visit www.adaptivesportsfoundation.
6/20/23
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Storytelling Event at Bushel, June 25, 2 pm
Written By Editor on 6/20/23 | 6/20/23
DELHI — Bushel is pleased to present Storytellers, hosted by Louis Marrelli, featuring four area residents: Dawn Synan, Neil Rochmis, Jennie Williams, and Christina Hunt Wood. Each will share a personal tale from their life experience. This event takes place on Sunday, June 25, 2–4 pm at Bushel, 106 Main Street, Delhi. It is free and open to the public.
“Everyone has at least one great story in them,” says Louis Marrelli. “Whether it’s a life-changing event or a simple observation that gave them pause, sharing it from the stage gives everyone listening an opportunity to learn and find common ground.”
This is the fourth installment of Louis Marrelli’s roving series, this time taking place at Bushel. “The Storytellers series began humbly enough as a gathering of friends in a small room in the Franklin Railroad Museum in October 2021,” explains Louis Marrelli. “It was in the wake of Covid and folks were happy to get out of their homes and mix with people at an event. The audience had a very warm and grateful reaction, and I knew I was on to something,” says Marrelli. “So far we’ve hosted Storytellers in a Delhi church basement, the Walton Theater, and at the Turquoise Barn in Bloomville.”
Delhi resident Louis Marrelli is a retired television writer-producer and occasional actor, originally from New York City. He states, “It’s my goal to give a platform to people in our community to share a slice of their lives.”
CISCO BRADLEY/WILLIAMSBURG AVANT-GARDE in Andes
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Music historian and Pratt Institute Professor Cisco Bradley visits Diamond Hollow to present his two recent Duke University Press publications: The Williamsburg Avant-Garde: Experimental Music and Sound on the Brooklyn Waterfront
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Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker
Sunday, June 18, doors at 5 PM followed by Cisco's presentation and LIVE musical contributions from DAVID NUSS and SARAH MARTIN-NUSS, the Brooklyn-based experimental pop duo Dancing In Tongues as well as DAN DERKS who explores broken beats and melodies through electronics and kinesthetic gesture.
*Wine, water and hors d'oeuvres*
Admission is free with a suggested donation of $10-$20 to support the shop and the artists.
In The Williamsburg Avant-Garde, Cisco Bradley chronicles the rise and fall of the underground music and art scene in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn between the late 1980s and the early 2010s. Building on the neighborhood's punk DIY approach and aesthetic, Williamsburg's free jazz, post-punk, and noise musicians and groups produced shows in a variety of unlicensed venues as well as in clubs and cafes. At the same time, pirate radio station free103point9 and music festivals made Williamsburg an epicenter of New York's experimental culture. In 2005, New York's rezoning act devastated the community as gentrification displaced its participants farther afield in Brooklyn, Queens, and beyond. With this portrait of Williamsburg, Bradley not only documents some of the most vital music of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, he offers thoughts on the formation, vibrancy, and life span of experimental music and art scenes everywhere.
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Since ascending onto the world stage in the 1990s as one of the premier bassists and composers of his generation, William Parker has perpetually toured around the world and released over forty albums as a leader. He is one of the most influential jazz artists today. In Universal Tonality, historian and critic Cisco Bradley tells the story of Parker's life and music. Bradley traces Parker's ancestral roots in West Africa via the Carolinas to his childhood in the South Bronx, and illustrates his rise from the 1970s jazz lofts and extended work with pianist Cecil Taylor to the present day. He outlines how Parker's early influences--Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and writers of the Black arts movement--grounded Parker's aesthetic and musical practice in a commitment to community and the struggle for justice and freedom.
Diamond Hollow Books 72 Main Street, Andes 347-262-4187
Rotary Club of Franklin Youth Leadership Award
The Rotary Club of Franklin, NY announces the selection of two students as participants in the Rotary District 7170’s 40th Annual Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference held at SUNY Oneonta from June 25th to June 28th, 2023. Franklin Central School juniors Tamara Wright and Sara Rosenbusch will join 85 students from across south-central New York State who will live, work, and study together at the RYLA Conference.
Aimed at developing leadership potential in young people, the conference will feature speakers, programs, and workshops focused on decision-making, critical thinking, effective communication, time management, ethics, career development, public service, contemporary problems, and other challenging issues.
Franklin Rotary supports youth through several initiatives, including RYLA and our Rotary Youth Exchange program. As a volunteer organization, Franklin Rotary relies on donations to provide youth with life-changing experiences as they become tomorrow’s leaders. If you can, please support our efforts with a donation sent to Franklin Rotary Club, PO Box 178, Franklin, NY 13775.
Amateur Radio Association Annual Field Days This Weekend
Once again it's time for the Schoharie County Amateur Radio Association to “take it on the road.” Field Days, an exercise that combines fun, practice for actual emergency situations and field station setup and operation, along with a chance for folks to come out to see how it all works, will be held this weekend, as it is each year during the last weekend of June.
The public is invited to come by the Cobleskill Elk's Club where this year's Field Days will be held. Starting at noon Saturday and running through noon Sunday, radio contacts will be made coast to coast by SCARA members, utilizing several modes of communication, including voice, digital, and Morse Code. Temporary antennas are used, and a variety of equipment will be used to establish the contacts that are part of the fun, making new friends across the country.
There will be computers, shortwave transceivers, Morse Code keys, microphones, and hand-held radios being employed by licensed Amateur Radio operators who will be happy to show you what they're doing and how it all works. For a fascinating opportunity to see something different, you are invited to come by.
Catskill Mountain's Stagecoach Run Art Festival Returns July 1 and 2
FRANKLIN — After being forced to postpone this storied event due to the pandemic, organizers are thrilled to announce that the Stagecoach Run Art Festival is back in 2023, with more than 20 locations and 50+ artists.
This self-guided tour of art in venues throughout the Franklin and Delhi area has won awards for its positive impact on tourism and the tens of thousands of dollars it has brought to the local economy. Many artists who have moved deep into the Catskills are participating in 2023 for the first time.
Franklin has become a popular destination for visitors thanks to being home to the Franklin Stage, Kabinett and Kammer, the shop owned by well known artist/author Sean Scherer, fashion designer Gary Graham of GaryGraham422 (and runner up of 2021's Making the Cut), and interior designer Meg Lavalette, whose LAVA Atelier in the village reflects the sophisticated design sense which has led to features on her work in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal as well as several design magazines.
The Tulip and Rose restaurant offers international cuisine, Yokel offers down home comfort food for breakfast and lunch. The newly opened Good Eats epicurean market specializes in gourmet cheese and will soon feature a fine selection of wine and craft beers. The nearby towns of Delhi and Oneonta offer dozens of dining options.
It's a big lift to restart an event like the Stagecoach Run. We'd love your help getting the word out to make this our most successful year ever.
6/18/23
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Free Cancer Screenings Upcoming
Written By Editor on 6/18/23 | 6/18/23
1. Oneonta Free Cancer Screening Mobile Coach Event. June 20th from 9 - 3. Oneonta South Side Mall: 5066 State Hwy 23, Oneonta, NY. Free mammograms, breast exams, pelvic exams, Pap tests, and HPV tests are available to eligible uninsured and underinsured individuals 40 and older. Call to make an appointment and check on eligibility. Insurance also accepted. 1-888-345-0225.
2. Middleburgh Free Cancer Screening Mobile Coach Event. June 22 from 9 - 3. 109 Baker Ave., Middleburgh, NY. Free mammograms, breast exams, pelvic exams, Pap tests, and HPV tests are available to eligible uninsured and underinsured individuals 40 and older. Call to make an appointment and check on eligibility. Insurance also accepted. 1-888-345-0225.
2. Middleburgh Free Cancer Screening Mobile Coach Event. June 22 from 9 - 3. 109 Baker Ave., Middleburgh, NY. Free mammograms, breast exams, pelvic exams, Pap tests, and HPV tests are available to eligible uninsured and underinsured individuals 40 and older. Call to make an appointment and check on eligibility. Insurance also accepted. 1-888-345-0225.
Understand Your Financial Situation Before Cosigning Your Child’s Loan
As your child heads off to college or starts life as an independent young adult, he or she will likely face new financial responsibilities, such as a car purchase, rent or college tuition payments. Given their lack of credit history, it may be difficult for them to obtain a loan without a parent or another adult cosigning the loan. Your natural inclination may be to help them out and sign the dotted line, but before you do, make sure you’re clear on the terms of the loan and what it may mean for your finances.
Cosign with your eyes wide open
Even though you may not consider it “your loan” if you cosign, lenders will identify you as one of the borrowers. That means you may be at risk if different circumstances arise. Keep in mind:
If any of the balance remains unpaid by the borrower (in this scenario, your child), you as the cosigner will be required to repay it.
If your child defaults or even misses one or two payments, it can damage your credit record.
Even without a default, other lenders may look on the cosigned loan as an additional liability you will need to pay, which could also affect your credit record.
In some states, the creditor has the right to collect payment from you, as the cosigner, without first trying to collect from your child
If you were to pass away, it could trigger “auto default” provisions in the loan contract. This would require your child to immediately pay the debt. Regulators discourage this practice, but it still exists in some loan agreements.
Steps to protect your position
Fortunately, there are often alternatives to cosigning a loan. For example, if your child is enrolled in college, they may be eligible for federal student loans or financial aid. Another option, if you can afford it, may be to lend your child money directly – thereby forgoing the paperwork and stipulations introduced by a third-party lender. If you decide to take this action, make sure you and your child have a clear and consistent understanding of the terms of the loan, including a repayment schedule that he or she will be accountable for sticking to.
If you do decide to cosign a loan, take steps to help protect yourself:
Read the fine print and fully understand the terms of the loan and the expectations of the lender.
Avoid pledging property, such as a car, to secure the loans as it could create additional risk.
Arrange to receive duplicate copies of all paperwork and ensure you have complete online access to the account so you can stay on top of your child’s record of repayment.
In short, treat the situation with the same diligence that you would if you were borrowing money yourself. Do what you can to ensure sure your potential act of generosity doesn’t impair your ability to obtain credit in the future.
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Michael D. Lanuto, CRPC®, AWMA® is a Financial Advisor with S.M. Miller & Associates, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. in Albany, NY. He specializes in fee-based financial planning and asset management strategies and has been in practice for 7 years. To contact him: 518-949-2039; 4 Atrium Drive, Ste 200, Albany, NY, 12205; Michael.Lanuto@ampf.com; https://www.ameripriseadvisors.com/michael.lanuto/lp/request-contact/3/.
Vote for Landis!
It’s time again to vote for Landis as one of the top twenty places to take kids in the Capital Region. Last year, your votes made us # 1 among the twenty!
Your vote in this survey conducted by the KidsOutAndAbout.com website can help us place again, and help other families find Landis. We hope you will click here and vote for us! Voting continues through midnight on June 19th.
Don't Miss Landis' Drum Circles
Join us from 6:30 to 8:30 PM on the first and third Wednesdays of the month (June 7 and 21, July 5 and 19, August 2 and 16, and September 6 and 20) to be part of the Landis drum circle. We’ll be in or near the Peace Pavilion at Landis to drum with leader Art Teale. Art is a dedicated musician (his group is Waitin’ on Bob) and a well-respected handyman in the area who welcomes seasoned drummers and newbies for a fun and relaxing experience.
Please bring:
A drum (or a plastic bucket that makes a nice sound when struck), or rhythm sticks or other rhythm instrument
A chair or if you prefer, a lawn blanket to sit on
Water (stay hydrated, people!)
Bug stuff to repel both mosquitos and ticks
Drumming is free for everyone. If you enjoy drum circle, though, your donations will help us maintain the beautiful Peace Garden where we meet.
6/14/23
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Town of Meredith joins SUNY Delhi's Summer Learn to Swim Program 2023, Free Swim Lessons for Meredith
Written By Editor on 6/14/23 | 6/14/23
SUNY Delhi announces one free session of swim lessons for the Town of Meredith at the SUNY Delhi Swimming Pool. Delhi, NY
Town residents of Meredith can take one session of free Swim Lessons at the SUNY Delhi Swimming Pool. Town residents, contact the Meredith Town Clerk for one Free Session of swimming lessons for your children. Session 1 starts June 26.
Monday through Friday. Closed on the 4th of July. The Meredith Town Clerk is at her office on Tuesday's from 10 am to 4 pm, Wednesday & Thursday from 10 am to 2pm.
Town residents of Hamden should contact the Hamden Town Clerk to register for enrollment but must pay a $15 deposit to hold each participant spots at the Town Clerk, the town will pay the rest. Proof of residency will be required.
All other people that are not residents of Hamden or the Town of Meredith may participate at a cost of $60 per person, each session.
Bassett Healthcare Network and Hartwick College Launch Joint Nursing Degree Incentive Program
Cooperstown, NY - Bassett Healthcare Network announced today that it is launching a joint endeavor with Hartwick College to provide Bassett employees with substantial tuition discounts when they pursue degrees in nursing and nursing education. Hartwick College’s Master of Science in Nursing Education, Certificate of Advanced Study in Nursing Education, and the Accelerated (two-year) BS in Nursing will be available to Bassett employees at a 30% tuition discount.
“We deeply appreciate our nurses and encourage them to expand their knowledge,” said Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, President & CEO of Bassett Healthcare Network. “This partnership between Bassett Healthcare Network and Hartwick College provides a great incentive to members of the Bassett team interested in advancing their careers in nursing and nursing education and benefits our patients. We hope many will participate.”
"Hartwick College is deeply committed to positively impacting the region in which it sits,” said Darren Reisberg, President of Hartwick College. “This new joint endeavor with Bassett Healthcare Network, leveraging Hartwick's longstanding eminence in nursing and addressing such a critical need, is a tangible example of this commitment."
Bassett Healthcare Network and Hartwick College have a long history of partnership in higher learning for nursing and nursing education students. In the late 1940s, Bassett established a four-year nursing program, with two years of didactic training at Hartwick College, followed by one year of practical training at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, and nine months of training at Columbia University in New York City.
As a way of dealing with the ongoing nursing shortage in rural areas, Bassett’s Partnership for Nursing Opportunities (PNO) was created in 2001 as a joint venture with Hartwick College and SUNY Delhi. The program allowed nurses to pursue an associate or bachelor’s degree while continuing to work, with Bassett paying the tuition in full. Graduating nurses committed to one year of full-time employment within the Bassett system for each year of tuition support. By 2011, the PNO program had helped more than 100 nurses earn RN degrees from SUNY Delhi or BSN degrees from Hartwick College. Many chose to stay within Bassett Healthcare Network after fulfilling their PNO obligation.
In 2018, Bassett and Hartwick created the Academic Practice Partnership, which began offering simulation labs to registered nurses completing their Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) education. This partnership has evolved to include a variety of new educational offerings to Bassett employees and to create pathways to increase the number of registered nurses practicing in the Bassett Healthcare Network. Bassett and Hartwick are launching simulation labs with first-year Bassett medical and surgical residents and nursing students, as well as exploring ways to expand the SANE learning experience through simulation.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 190,470 registered nurses were employed in New York State as of May 2022. Employment of registered nurses is projected to grow six percent from 2021 to 2031. Nationwide, about 203,200 openings for registered nurses are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force.
This seemingly perpetual shortage is exacerbated by the shortage of nursing educators. According to Hannover Research (2018), “Faculty shortages severely limit nursing schools’ abilities to accommodate incoming students and thousands of qualified applicants are turned away from both baccalaureate and graduate programs. This places additional strain on the healthcare field where demand for professional registered nurses continued to grow.”
“In a field as dynamic as nursing, we are committed to educating the educators, and equipping our nurses with ongoing opportunities to increase their knowledge,” said Angela Belmont, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive at Bassett Healthcare Network. “This opportunity to learn and grow benefits not only Bassett employees, but our patients and our communities as well.”
For more information about the tuition incentive program for Bassett employees, contact: Loretta Mosher MSN, RN, CEN, NPD-BC, Director of Nursing Education, Professional Practice and Development at l.mosher@lfhny.org
Information about positions in nursing and other Bassett career opportunities is available here.
SUNY Delhi Pool Hours May 16 – June 3, 2023
Tuesday’s 10 am to 1 pm Open Swim
Thursday’s 10 am to 1 pm Open Swim
Saturday’s 12 noon to 5 pm Open Swim
Thursday’s 10 am to 1 pm Open Swim
Saturday’s 12 noon to 5 pm Open Swim
For more information go to DelhiBroncos.com.
Bassett Resident Physicians and Hartwick Nursing Students Build Teamwork with First Joint Simulation Lab
Cooperstown, N.Y. – Bassett Healthcare Network, in conjunction with Hartwick College, announced today that the two institutions are launching joint simulation labs for first-year Bassett residents and nursing students. This is the first time Bassett residents are partnering with Hartwick nursing students in simulation labs.
23 first-year resident physicians from Bassett Medical Center Graduate Medical Education (GME) Programs (Internal Medicine, General Surgery and Transitional Year) will work together with summer nursing students from Hartwick, St. Elizabeth's College of Nursing, SUNY Morrisville, and SUNY Delhi.
The group will participate in hands-on training, observation and debriefing as they rotate through three clinical simulations: Transitions of Care/Safe Effective Handoff, Emergent Situations, and Patient/Family Communication. The Clark Nursing Simulation Lab at Hartwick College will be the site of the exercise.
“Teamwork is the essential foundation for the best patient care. These collaborative simulation labs for a new generation of doctors and nurses build team thinking and hone their practice,” said Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, President & CEO of Bassett Healthcare Network. “We extend our thanks to the professionals who built this exceptional program and enthusiastically support the participation of the nursing students and our residents.”
"We are very excited to be partnering with Bassett in this interdisciplinary simulation event,” said Patricia Grust, PhD, RN, CLNC, Chair and Clinical Associate Professor, Nursing Department, Hartwick College. “This is a wonderful opportunity for us to integrate the perspectives of medicine and nursing in a variety of realistic and challenging scenarios that support an optimal healthcare experience and outcomes for the individual, family, and members of the healthcare team."
“We embarked on this alliance with Hartwick College because simulation is a valuable tool for training nurses and physicians in a variety of settings,” said Jill Stoecklin, Bassett’s Administrative Director of Medical Education & the Medical School. “For simulations to be most effective, it is important for nurses and physicians to create a collaborative partnership. By doing so, we all learn from each other’s experiences and perspectives to provide optimal patient care.”
“Bassett and Hartwick working together not only furthers the education of resident physicians and student nurses – it also has a positive impact on the communities we serve by ensuring the continuation of the highest level of patient care that Bassett is known for,” said Angela Belmont, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive at Bassett Healthcare Network.
Bassett and Hartwick professionals worked together to plan and implement the event and will be participating in the simulations as facilitators. They are:
Hartwick College:
Dr. Patricia Grust – Clinical Associate Professor and Department Chair, Nursing
Erica Holoquist, RN – Nursing Laboratory Coordinator
John Janitz, RN - Nursing Lab Instructional Specialist
Bassett Medical Center:
Dr. Russell Moore – Senior Attending Physician, Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
Dr. Erik Riesenfeld – Senior Attending Physician, Transitional Year Residency Program Director
Dr. Joon Shim – Senior Attending Physician, General Surgery Residency Program Director
Tareq Issa, RN – Nurse Educator, Active Learning Center
Nancy Morris, RN – Simulation Lab Clinical Educator, Active Learning Center
Jill Stoecklin – Administrative Director, Medical Education & Medical School
Bassett and Hartwick’s simulation lab collaboration comes on the heels of their recently announced joint endeavor to provide Bassett employees with substantial tuition discounts when they pursue degrees in nursing and nursing education at Hartwick College. Both programs reflect a shared priority to increase the number of registered nurses and healthcare professionals practicing in Bassett’s rural service area.
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