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Hartwick Unveils New Baking Innovation Lab
Ceremony Marks 50th Year Since Vietnam War Exit, Honors Veterans
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GILBERTSVILLE he American Legion Auxiliary Unit 1339 invites the general public to its annual Veterans Day ceremony, to be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 10 at the Butternut Valley Grange Hall, 7 Bloom Street, Gilbertsville. The event, taking place one day before the official Veterans Day, will be in remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the departure of the United States from the undeclared war in Vietnam and will honor its 16 members of American Legion Post 1339 who are Vietnam veterans. Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Tianderah Chapter, will present special pins, and Girl Scouts have made cards with positive messages to present to this group of veterans. All deceased veterans will be remembered by a moment of silence. Keynote speaker will be Unadilla Valley native Peter Lennon, retired U.S. Army Major General. As a leader in supply-chain operations, some of Lennon’s key assignments included theater-level transportation planner for the treaty implementation force in Bosnia-Herzegovina; director of strategic-level military transportation operations throughout the 23 middle-eastern countries of the United States’ Central Command; and commander of the 37,000-soldier 377th Theater Sustainment Command with forces throughout the eastern United States. In late 2003, Paul Bremer, then-ambassador to Iraq, selected Lennon to establish Continued on page 7
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COOPERSTOWN—Rotarian Joe Membrino and Frank Miosek, volunteer, flipped pancakes all morning long at the Rotary Club of Cooperstown’s 67th Election Day pancake fundraiser (top). Julie Singh and daughter Skyler enjoy mid-morning pancakes. Susie Law, Skyler’s grandmother, joined in while visiting from California (above).
ONEONTA artwick College’s new Baking Innovation Lab, a one-of-akind center on the East Coast and a valuable addition to the Hartwick Center for Craft Food and Beverage, is now official. The grand opening celebration took place on Tuesday, October 22, marking a significant milestone in the culinary landscape in New York State, organizers said in a media release. The lab is set to play a pivotal role in advancing innovation within the food and grain sector. Its primary mission is to bolster the efforts of small and midsized producers and processors of local cereals and grains, including growers, bakers, and food product developers. “Through quality testing, research and education, the BIL will be a beacon of support for local food innovators,” the release read. Set in a 3,500-square-foot stateof-the-art facility on Dietz Street, the BIL is more than a lab; it’s a hub of collaboration and experimentation. Equipped with a pilot mill, bakery and classrooms, the lab provides reliable, affordable, and comprehensive quality testing services for locally produced grains, flour, and grain-based products. Key services include grain and flour quality testing, test milling on stone and other mills, and recipe development for whole grain and stone-ground flour. Additionally, the space allows bakers and food developers to experiment with formulation changes, produce sample Continued on page 13
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t started with an invitation to the White House and ended with accepting the nation’s thanks to my father at a state dinner. As the son of the late American sculptor David Hayes, I am charged with advancing his legacy, work and reputation. Earlier this year, we donated several of his paintings to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, a public/private organization that works through the Department of State to place artwork in American embassies around the world. FAPE’s acceptance process is intensely selective. Photo provided This led to an invitation from Jill Biden to honor the foundation, donor David Hayes and classical singer/actress Renée Fleming.
artists, members of the diplomatic corps and others at a White House reception in October. The evening was followed by a state dinner the next night on the Department of State’s formal eighth floor, hosted by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. I had the privilege of meeting remarkable individuals, each with a compelling story. Away from news cameras, Dr. Biden is as warm and engaging as your favorite aunt. Others I learned from include Ford Foundation Director Darren Walker, artist Jeffrey Koons, sculptor Joel Shapiro, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, art critic Robert Storr, historian and Pulitzer-prize biographer Jon Meacham, philanthropists Ronald and Jo Carol Lauder, and the magnificent Renée Continued on page 13
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