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Whittling Away: Good Eats

Written By Editor on 11/25/22 | 11/25/22

By Dick Brooks

      Thanksgiving Day, I love our country's harvest celebration, of course I'm pretty fond of any occasion involving friends and food.  It gives us a moment to pause and consider what we have to be thankful for and to fortify ourselves for the season of shopping that lies ahead.
     I am in awe of our ancestors, how the Pilgrims could have foreseen their simple feast as the starting place of our annual shopping frenzy has always amazed me.  The first Thanksgiving was pretty clever anyway, it lasted three days, that took care of the left-overs problem.  They stuffed their Indian guests who had provided most of the protein consumed, venison being the meat of choice, since these were pre-Bambi days.  The five deer consumed at the feast outranked the turkeys that were prepared, probably since the Pilgrims hadn't yet figured out how to get those little pop-up thermometer things into the chests of the wild birds they had shot.  The last day of the celebration, they finished up the food, watched the Macy's parade and went shopping, starting the tradition that lasts to this very day.  I tried to be traditional this year but all the Indians, tribal people and Native Americans I knew were busy, this being the season in which they are most in demand, so we'll have to settle for relatives and a couple of our favorite neighbors to complete our guest list.  Unfortunately, they just don't have the appetites of most hunter-gatherers and will most likely leave us with a turkey overload.
     This is the season that makes me glad I'm a carnivore.  It may not set well with my vegetarian friends out there but I'm at peace with myself over it--If I'm going to feast--something is going to die!  I just can't imagine basting a hubbard squash or trying to stuff a zucchini.  I've tried to feel sorry for the turkey, honest I have.  It's not their fault they're so tasty.  I do take comfort in the fact that due to selective breeding over the years, the average domestic turkey has an IQ even lower than the typical Jerry Springer Show participant.  The poor things could be dead for a week before they noticed it.  Man, being the top of the local food chain, doesn't like intelligent food.  We have bred our domesticated animals for their weight and not for their brains.  We like them dumb and easy to catch, consequently there is a vast difference between the domesticated and the wild version of the same animal.  Ask any turkey hunter how smart the wild turkey is and they usually can keep you entertained for days about the tricks played on them by the wily birds.  Now imagine hunting at the local Butter-ball ranch.  I shouldn't have said that, now some idiot will probably come up with some way of hunting domestic turkeys over the internet, using joy stick controlled shotguns.  Maybe the domesticated turkey isn't the lowest thing on the intelligence scale!
     Well, this has been pleasant, but I have to go now, I going to have about four hundred pounds of left-overs to store somewhere.  The fridge, the cats, Telly the dog and me are all  o  be going full.  I wonder,when the rush is over, if I could talk the Indians to coming over for left-overs?
     Thought for the week--Start each day off with a smile and get it over with.--
         W.C. Fields
     Until next week, may you and yours be happy and well.
       whittle12124@yahoo.com   


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SUNY COBLESKILL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MAULS BARUCH COLLEGE 83-54


Cobleskill, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill women’s basketball returned home on Saturday afternoon to the maul the visiting Bearcats of Baruch College by an 83-54 margin at the Iorio Gymnasium in non-conference action. With the win the Fighting Tigers are currently 2-3 overall on the campaign while the Bearcats fall to 4-2 on the year. 

Cobleskill led at the half by a 39-31 margin before dominating the action in the second half by outscoring the visiting Bearcats by a 44-23 margin to secure the victory by holding the visitors to 22-for-71, 31.0%, from the field while holding a 65-31 advantage on the boards  

The Fighting Tigers were led by the trio of sophomore guard Annie Canales, North Adams, Mass., Hoosac Valley High School, who led the team in scoring with 18 points while sophomore guard  Taylor Meacham, Berne, N.Y., Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School, recording a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds to go with five assists and first-year center/forward Emily Satterday, Latham, N.Y., Shaker High School, who also recorded a double/double, her fifth of the season in five contests, with 13 points, 10 rebounds along with three assists.   

The Cobleskill bench also played a major role in the victory highlighted by first-year forward Audriana Hollister, Mooers, Forks, N.Y., Northeast Clinton High School, who scored eight points and grabbed three rebounds, sophomore guard Keyara Maxwell, Middletown, N.Y., Middletown High School, who also scored eight points to go with a pair of rebounds and an assist and sophomore guard/forward Eva Norris, Wolcott, N.Y., North Rose-Wolcott High School, who scored five points and passed out three assists in a reserve role.  

The Orange & Black will return to action on Tuesday November 22 when they travel to North Adams, Mass. for a meeting with the Trailblazers of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) beginning at 6:00 p.m.   



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SUNY COBLESKILL FIGHTING TIGER WEEKLY RECAP 11/20/22


The SUNY Cobleskill men’s basketball team split a pair of non-conference contests during the week posting a 57-53 road win over the host Blazers of Elms College in Chicopee, Mass. on Thursday prior to dropping an 88-86 decision in overtime at home on Saturday to the visiting Cardinals of Plattsburgh State to move their overall record to 4-2 on the season. The Fighting Tigers were led by junior guard Andre Starks, Fairport, N.Y., Fairport High School/Corning Community College, who averaged 20.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game while shooting 46.7% from the field including 45.5% from three-point range and 75.0% from the free throw line during the week.  

The Fighting Tiger women’s basketball team split a pair of non-league games during the week losing on the road to the Red Dragons of SUNY Oneonta on Thursday 66-53 in Oneonta, N.Y. then returning home on Saturday to defeat the visiting Bearcats of Baruch College 83-54 at the Iorio Gymnasium to improve to 2-3 overall on the year. First-year center/forward Emily Satterday, Latham, N.Y., Shaker High School, posted a pair of double/doubles in points and rebounds during the week, giving her five in five games played on the season to date, while averaging 11.5 points, 12.0 rebounds. 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game on 90.0% shooting from the field. 

The women’s equestrian team posted a team total of 43 points to place second in a 10-team field at an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Zone 2 Region 3 event hosted by the Thoroughbreds of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Saturday to close out the 2022 portion of their schedule. First-year team member Casey Van Nostrand, Schenectady, N.Y., Guilderland High School, was the Fighting Tigers top rider on the day earning reserve point rider, second place overall, at the event. 

 UPCOMING HOME CONTESTS: 

Men’s Basketball vs. SUNY Delhi 12/3, SUNY ESF 12/6, Russell Sage 1/3 

Women’s Basketball vs. Russell Sage 11/28, SUNY Delhi 12/3, Mount Holyoke 12/6  


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FIGHTING TIGERS HUNT SEAT CLOSES SEMESTER WITH SECOND PLACE FINISH AT SKIDMORE COLLEGE SHOW


Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill hunt seat equestrian team closed out the 2022 portion of their season on Saturday as the Fighting Tigers scored a total of 43 points to finish second overall in a 10-team field at an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Zone 2 Region 3 Show hosted by Skidmore College at the Van Lennep Riding Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. to earn Reserve Champion honors at the event. 

First-year team member Casey VanNostrand, Schenectady, N.Y., Guilderland High School, was the Fighting Tigers top rider on the day earning reserve point rider, second most individual points scored, at the event. 

Cobleskill will next be in action on Saturday February 18 of 2023 when they return to Saratoga Springs, N.Y. for an IHSA competition hosted by Skidmore College at the Van Lennep Riding Center beginning at 8:30 a.m.   

TEAM RESULTS: 

Place 

Team 

Score 

1. 

Skidmore College 

49= Champion 

2. 

SUNY Cobleskill 

43=Reserve Champion 

3. 

Morrisville State College 

29 

4. 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 

26 

5. 

Colgate University 

22 

T-6. 

Hartwick College 

21 

T-6. 

Siena College 

21 

8. 

Hamilton College 

18 

9. 

University at Albany 

12 

10. 

Oneonta State 

11 


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Clothing Swap in Delhi


DELHI, NY—Bushel is pleased to host its annual fall/winter clothing swap on Sunday, November 27, from 11 am to 4 pm. Bushel is located at 106 Main Street, ground floor, in Delhi. Trade in your gently used clothing and accessories and refresh your wardrobe. There will be something for everyone: men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing; bags; and shoes & boots. Please bring only washed and lightly worn items. If you have items for the swap but can’t make it on Sunday, you can drop off clothing in advance. Please email to arrange a drop-off time: info@bushelcollective.org.

There will be a special “first-dibs” section for Mariia and Boris who are recently arrived asylees, dissident medical doctors from Russia. Mariia is a size small and wears size 6 shoes. Boris is a size large and wears size 10.5–11 shoes. 

While you “shop” you can enjoy refreshments and view “After the Fall Comes Love,” a lively exhibition curated by Haley Hughes, featuring the work of 30 artists who together seek to create a truthful space of love and reconciliation within our trepidatious era.



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Candlelight Evening Returns to The Farmers’ Museum on December 10


 

Event features expanded hours with new children’s activities in the afternoon.

 

 

 

Candlelight Evening

The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown, NY

Saturday, December 10, 2022 • 1:00-7:00 p.m.

Tickets are limited and only available online through Eventbrite.com

 

 

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Visit The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York for the long-awaited return of one of the region’s best-loved holiday traditions, Candlelight Evening. The event takes place Saturday, December 10, with new expanded hours from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tickets are limited and only available online through Eventbrite.com. Find a link at FarmersMuseum.org.

 

The landscape of the museum is adorned with greenery and aglow with hundreds of luminaries. Real jingle bells add to the magic of the evening as horses dressed in harness bells pull wagons carrying visitors through the museum’s snowy grounds. Gather around a bonfire on the tavern green and partake of complimentary wassail made with local cider–warming in kettles over open fires and served throughout the event. Delicious food and hot drinks are also available at the museum’s Crossroads Cafe.

 

Candlelight Evening is unforgettable for children. The new expanded hours allow for more family fun in the afternoon, starting with children’s crafts (1:00–5:00 p.m.) and a visit from St. Nicholas (2:00–6:00 p.m.), both in the museum’s Louis C. Jones Center. The Empire State Carousel is open for riding throughout the event. Hear readings of the classic story 'Twas The Night Before Christmas every half-hour in the Schoolhouse from 2:00–5:00 p.m.

 

Also in the Louis C. Jones Center in the Main Barn, visitors can practice caroling (4:45–5:15 p.m.), interact with Ebenezer Scrooge while reading lines from the Dickens classic A Christmas Carol (5:00–6:00 p.m.), and learn a traditional reel or folk dance (6:00–7:00 p.m.).

 

Music and live performances bring Candlelight Evening to life. Hear the sounds of the holidays throughout the museum’s grounds. From 2:00–6:30 p.m., see performances from Ah-Coopella and folk singer/songwriter Kevin McKrell as they fill the historic Cornwallville Church with music of the season. (See the full performance schedule at FarmersMuseum.org.) Sing along with the cast of the museum's upcoming production of A Christmas Carol on the porch of historic Bump Tavern (5:00–5:30 and 6:00–6:30 p.m.). Visitors are encouraged to join in the caroling at any time through the evening in the midst of our candle-lit historic buildings.

 

Candlelight Evening is another chance to shop for the holidays. Stop at The Farmers’ Museum Store and Todd’s General Store, each offering a large selection of products made in New York State–as well as toys, books, jewelry and other items you can only find at the museum. Museum Members receive 20% off!

 

Candlelight Evening is sponsored in part by NYCM Insurance, Stewart’s Shops, and Five Star Subaru.

 

Tickets: Tickets are limited and only available online through Eventbrite.com. You can find a link at FarmersMuseum.org. Adults (13-64): $15.00, Seniors (65+): $12.50, Juniors (7-12): $6.00, Children (6 and younger): FREE—prices do not include Eventbrite fees. Museum Members are FREE and can reserve online.

 

Parking and Shuttle: Visitors can utilize a free shuttle service starting at 2:30 p.m. from several parking areas in Cooperstown including the Village of Cooperstown’s Yellow trolley lot, Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown Elementary School, and possibly others.  Please visit FarmersMuseum.org for updated parking and shuttle information. Visitors can also walk from the village and enter through the museum’s south admission gate. Visitors should dress warm as most activities take place outdoors.

 

The Farmers’ Museum is located at 5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Visit FarmersMuseum.org for more information.


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SUNY COBLESKILL’S EMILY SATTERDAY NAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROOKIE-OF-THE-WEEK


Waterville, Maine: The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) announced today that for the second consecutive week SUNY Cobleskill first-year player Emily Satterday, Latham, N.Y., Shaker High School, has been named the league’s NAC Women’s Basketball Rookie-of-the-Week for the week ending November 19, 2022. 

The Fighting Tiger center/forward posted a pair of double/doubles averaging 11.5 points, 12.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 90.0% from the floor during the week as Cobleskill a split in two non-league games losing on the road to the Red Dragons of SUNY Oneonta on Thursday 66-53 in Oneonta, N.Y. then returning home on Saturday to defeat the visiting Bearcats of Baruch College 83-54 to improve to 2-3 overall on the year.  

In five games this season the Shaker High School alumnus has posted five double/doubles in points and rebounds averaging 12.2 points, 14.0 rebounds, 1.4 assist, 0.8 steals and 0.6 blocked shots per game while shooting 62.5% from the field by connecting on 25-of-40 shots on the year. 

Cobleskill will next be in action on Tuesday November 22 when they travel to North Adams, Mass. to meet the host Trailblazers of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) in non-league action with tip-off at 7:00 p.m.  


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ANDRE STARKS NAMED SUNY COBLESKILL FIGHTING TIGER ATHLETE-OF-THE-WEEK


Cobleskill, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill Athletic Department announced today that junior Andre Starks, Rochester, N.Y., Fairport High School/Corning Community College, a member of the men’s basketball team has been named the athletic program’s Fighting Tiger Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending on November 20, 2022. 




The Fairport, N.Y native averaged 20.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game while shooting 46.7% from the field including 45.5% from three-point range and 75.0% from the free throw line during the week as the Fighting Tigers a pair of non-conference contests during the week posting a 57-53 road win over the host Blazers of Elms College in Chicopee, Mass. on Thursday prior to dropping an 88-86 decision in overtime at home on Saturday to the visiting Cardinals of Plattsburgh State to move their overall record to 4-2 on the season.  

For the season thru six games Starks is averaging 12.5 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 35.3% from the field and 80.0% from the free throw line.  

Cobleskill will next be in action on Tuesday November 22 when they travel to New York, N.Y. to meet the Hawks of Hunter College for a pre-Thanksgiving meeting with tip-off at 6:00 p.m.  


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SUNY Proclaims Walkway as “Haudenosaunee Pathway of Pride” in Recognition of National Native American Heritage Month



COBLESKILL – SUNY Cobleskill President Marion Terenzio and Chief Diversity Officer Derwin Bennett today issued the below proclamation in recognition of Native American Heritage Month and the College’s physical placement on the ancestral lands of the Mohawk people. The proclamation officially names a main campus walkway as the “Haudenosaunee (ho-dee-no-SHOW-nee) Pathway of Pride,” a tribute to the member nations of the Iroquois/Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

The pathway from Vroman Hall to Frisbie Hall will be adorned with the flags of Native American nations and other markings and signage along the route. An unveiling event will be planned for the spring of 2023.



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SUNY COBLESKILL MEN’S BASKETBALL COMES BACK IN OVERTIME TO DEFEAT HUNTER COLLEGE 120-118

New York, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill men’s basketball team came back from a nine-point deficit in overtime on Tuesday evening to post a 120-118 victory over the host Hawks of Hunter College in non-conference action. With the win Cobleskill is now 5-2 overall on the year to date while the Hawks fall to 1-4 overall on the season. 

Playing one of the top scoring offensive teams in the country the Fighting Tigers battled the high-flying up-tempo Hawk offense throughout the evening playing the home team to a 103-103 tie at the end of regulation. 

In the their second straight overtime contest, and third one this season, Cobleskill found themselves trailing Hunter 116-107 with 3:20 left when the Fighting Tigers finally stiffened defensively and outscoring their hosts 12-0 to take a 117-116 lead with 42 seconds left to play on a short jump shot by junior center Markel Jenkins, Elmira, N.Y., Elmira High School/Corning Community College, on an assist from junior guard Iziah Pigott, Brooklyn, N.Y., Urban Assembly High School/Dutchess Community College.  

After the Hawks regained the lead at 118-117, sophomore guard JaNyve Smith, Albany, N.Y., Bishop Maginn High School, tied the game by hitting a free throw with 22 seconds left. But missed his second free throw attempt giving the Hunters the ball speeding towards the Cobleskill basket at full speed when first-year swingman Jeremy Rosario, Colonie, N.Y., Colonie High School, stripped the ball from the home team and passed ahead to Smith who canned a jumper with three seconds remaining to give Cobleskill the lead at 120-118.  

Off the basket, the Hawks fired a long pass down court to senior guard Cormac Reilly, Trinity Pawling High School, who let fly a potential game winning three-pointer. However, Fighting Tiger senior forward Justin Feldman, Chester, N.Y., Chester High School/Orange Community College, was in position to block the shot at the buzzer to preserve the visitor’s comeback victory. 

Many Fighting Tigers contributed to the victory as JaNyve Smith led the team in scoring with 26 points to go with seven rebounds and four assists while junior guard Andre Starks, Rochester, N.Y., Fairport High School/Corning Community College, hit for 24 points and Iziah Pigott registered 16 points to go with nine assists, seven rebounds and five steals on the evening.  

Markel Jenkins posted his first double/double of the year with 13 points and 14 rebounds to go with four steals with Jeremy Rosario adding 16 points and two steals in a reserve role. First-year point guard Quanire Green, Albany, N.Y., Bishop Maginn High School, was also a factor in the win with 13 points, five assists, five rebounds and three steals in his first career start.    

Cobleskill will return to action on Wednesday November 30 when they travel to Newburgh, N.Y. for a non-league meeting with the Blue Knights of Mount Saint Mary’s College with tip-off scheduled for 7:00 p.m.  


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Message of Hope by Sister Chirya: Spiritual Energy Does Wonders


 

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Illustrations: Brahma Kumaris

 

Spirituality is not separate from daily life. It is a study of spiritual principles that give us the right way of thinking, working and living.  Spiritual knowledge shows the right way to make this life into a refreshing and successful journey full of exploration. Without sitting in the vehicle of spiritual knowledge, I cannot make the journey.

 

A myth exists that someone who practices spirituality gets disconnected from the world, separates the self from people, leaves responsibilities or meditates all day long.   Spirituality is not about doing something or being someone. It is about being the embodiment of what we truly originally are - peace, joy, love, bliss, purity, power, wisdom. These qualities are found in the soul, the most valuable resource in our possession,  located right behind the eyes within the brain.  Spirituality is about recovering these qualities, being with people, working towards our goals, but taking care that every thought, word and deed is through remembering our eternal identity of being souls, separate from the body and brain. Spirituality means I, the soul, an eternal being of light, use my original qualities of the soul when in action in daily practical life. 

Recognize, Use and Be this valuable resource.  In this spiritual consciousness, nurture the soul daily through meditation and spiritual study. Cook and eat in a meditative state of mind and have ethical ways of working that energize the soul.  Being spiritual means treasuring every moment you have. Time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow, a mystery. Today is a gift - it’s called the presentPeace and rest will flourish in the soul when we learn to slow down our thoughts and create moments of silence in the mind. 

Spirituality means to meditate or take one hour in the early morning to charge the soul with Godly wisdom and goodness, and then use that power in your professional and personal life.  God is the most complete and perfect personality that exists, but not a physical personality, a spiritual one. God is one personality without any weaknesses, and no one else is more specialty and virtue-filled than the Father.  This is the reason He is a living energy, a personality, who is remembered and loved the most by each and everyone all over the world.  

Spiritual energy is a dynamic force that does wonders.  Experience “Karankaravanhar, God is doing and getting everything done”.  Discover the relationship and language of the Supreme and see life with other eyes. Our task is to experience the impact of God’s company helping us to create a strong inner stage, colouring us with virtues and powers and taking us beyond concerns of this world. When we experience ourselves to be sustained by God, it is easy to keep a happy face and to share that light and might with others.  Spirituality brings mankind to a renewed and healthy position and takes us in a new direction to create a peaceful world.

Contact: Yvonne Chirya Risely   bkchirya@gmail.com   chirya.risely@peacevillageretreat.org

PV Bookshop link:  https://www.peacevillageretreat.org/all-books.html 


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A Historic View of Vintage Sharon Springs, NY Postcards (November 28th)

Written By Editor on 11/22/22 | 11/22/22

Join us on Zoom - November 28th at 7PM

A Historic View of Vintage Sharon Springs, NY Postcards

Though little more than an afterthought these days, from the 1890s through the 1920s, postcards were by far the most popular means of communication.  Many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can be considered works of art, when postcard photographers traveled the nation - coast to coast - snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and taking photographic portraits of locals only too happy to pose for the camera. This fascinating history of Sharon Springs, New York showcases more than 200 of the best vintage postcards available; these images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the State, can teach us important aspects of yesteryear that we may not find in history books.


As we take a tour of Sharon Springs by looking through vintage postcards, you will get a glimpse of its picturesque surroundings, unrivaled Springs, baths, Sanatoriums, hotels, rooming and boarding houses, and the proximity to the large cities, offered the public a summer and winter health resort, unsurpassed in the United States.


By the mid-1800s the Springs had become world famous. Sharon Springs reached its peak as a health spa in the 1920s when it boasted some 60 hotels and boarding houses which accommodated over 10,000 guests.  Sharon Springs has hosted many of the rich and famous including U.S. Presidents Martin Van Buren, the Vanderbilts, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D Roosevelt, the Van Rensselaer family, Charles Dickens, James Fennimore Cooper, Oscar Wilde, the Macys of NYC, movie producer Steven Spielberg, and Martha Stewart.


Collected and interpreted by Ron Ketelsen, historian and President of the Sharon Springs Historical Society, the images will be a delightful trip down memory lane to those who recall the historic scenes and will bring an important period of the village's history to life for visitors and members of the younger generation.


Afterward, we'll have a Q&A with Ron — any and all questions about Sharon Springs are welcomed and encouraged!



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