HEADLINES: October 8, 2008
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Moose Sightings in the North Country
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County Civil Service Outreach Meeting October 16 in Boonville
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Mandryck Named GOP Elections Commissioner
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FALL
ARTS FESTIVAL
Boonville was bustling with activity on Saturday, October 4. Despite
the cold weather, the annual Fall Arts Festival drew a large crowd
to Main Street and the Village Park, as well as other places
throughout town. This year’s Festival, sponsored by the Boonville
Area Chamber of Commerce, Lee Pontiac-Buick-GMC Trucks, C. Hughes
Hardware, Frontier, Reality Check of Oneida County, Community Bank,
and The Gun Source, featured many fun contests and activities
throughout the day, including a pie contest sponsored by Big M and a
chili cook-off sponsored by Great American.
Shown
above are judges of the chili cook-off, from left: Guy Case,
Boonville Town Supervisor; Mike Kramer, Village Mayor; and Mike
Croneiser, Deputy Town Supervisor. There were 10 chili entries, and
the judges said the tastes were so individual, they had to go back
for seconds before making a decision. In the restaurant category,
first prize went to West Leyden Hotel and second to the Hulbert
House. In the individual category, Roy Rienzo won first prize; Kim
Costello won second, and Marie Weber, third. Great American gift
certificates were awarded to all the winners. After the judging,
slices of pie and bowls of chili were sold in the Village Park,
where there was also many crafters/vendors, as well as
entertainment. Vendors were also set up inside the Hulbert House.
See Fall Fest contests results on Page 6.
NEW
FEATURE AT FALL FESTIVAL
A new and exciting feature at this year’s Fall Arts Festival was the
Frontier Kids Zone, sponsored by local communications company,
Frontier. The Kids Zone, held on the lawn of the Masonic Temple,
included a rock-climbing wall, a clown with animal balloons for
children, face-painting, games, a truck with a remote navigation
bucket, and a petting zoo. Shown above is the Adirondack Music
“scarecrow,” who made a point to meet and greet all youngsters at
the Kids Zone. The new attraction drew a large crowd. Many also
enjoyed the events taking place next door at the Dodge-Pratt-Northam
Art and Community Center and the “Apple Fest” up the street at
Trinity Church. (Photos by Betty Haig)
Museum
Open House During Fall Fest
The Boonville Historical Club participated in an open house at the
Boonville Black River Canal Museum during the Chamber of Commerce
Fall Fest, as well as Oneida County History Day observance, on
Saturday, October 4. Shown above, at right, clad in period garb, is
Historical Club member Laura “Peg” Sawyer, conversing with Canal
Museum volunteer Alyssa Matthews, West Leyden, left, and Historical
Club member Patty Bellinger. (Also see photo on Page 13.)
(Photo by Judy Routson)
Kaido
Enjoys Free Time Before Taking Coaching Job Will Be Inducted in Hall
of Fame on Saturday
Jen Kaido displays her medals she has won in World Cup rowing
competition, a bronze in quadruple sculls in Munich in 2005 and a
silver in quadruple sculls in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 2008.
“BOODY
HILL” TRACTOR DISPLAY
Pictured are some of the antique Linn tractors that are located at
“Boody Hill” in Steuben. Sue Secor, a Boonville Herald correspondent
for Remsen, recently enjoyed a tour of this place named after Jacob
Boody. For the past 30 years, Bob Smith, a kin of Jacob, has owned
the farm and maintained the grounds, which includes beautiful
flowers and gardens, as well as other displays. (See more
information and photos of this unique place, which was once a famous
museum around the turn of the century, on Page 10. (Photo by
Sue Secor)