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COMPLIMENTARY
Home Alone...Not!
Friends Group Seeks To Serve Those In Need on Christmas It all began in 1987 when Peg Cauley and Jean London, two professors at SUNY ONEONTA Oneonta, were serving a community o one should be without a Thanksgiving dinner and decided that the Christmas dinner and, consistent same offering should be made at Christmas. with this sentiment, the St. Mary’s Thus, the tradition was born and is now Friends of Christmas Dinner is continuing being continued under the leadership of its 35-year tradition of providing meals to Mary Ann Hartmann and Kendra Beijen. “The offer to share in a Christmas meal those who would otherwise go without or or to have one delivered eat alone. Approximately is open to everyone,” said 1,200 meals will either be Hartmann. “It matters not delivered on Christmas whether a person is downDay from St. Mary’s at-the-heels or a millionRoman Catholic Church to aire but alone. For anyone locations that have regisPhoto by Tara Barnwell who needs a meal or wants tered with the Friends of to eat in companionship, Christmas, or they will be Santa’s Helpers Convene on Railroad Avenue Friends is there to fill the available for pickup at the Lord’s Table, COOPERSTOWN—It looked like a winter wonderland when the Salvation Army which is operated by St. James Episcopal need.” came to The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta’s office to pick up the toys In addition, this year is a bit of an inauChurch. For those who would like to eat and other gifts that were donated for the Angel Tree Program. Fifteen families will in fellowship, the meal will be served as a guration in that the Bill Bandera Family have a happier holiday thanks to the generosity of our readers. Shown above are sit-down dinner between noon and 3 p.m. and the Community Alliance, Inc.—who Angel Tree Coordinator Kyanne Clark, The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta at the American Legion on 279 Chestnut have been running a similar program in Office Manager Larissa Ryan and Salvation Army Director Margie Aitken. Binghamton-Endicott for some 30 years— Street, Oneonta. In addition to residents of Nader Towers decided to expand into Oneonta and team or other designated locations, any person up with the Friends. Their participation will who lives within a 15-mile radius of provide much needed assistance and also Oneonta can get a meal delivered by dialing bring in additional suppliers of product. “The operation,” as Hartmann described, 211 on their cell phone to be connected to “is truly a collective effort and reflects the United Way. After receiving their address great community support.” and contact details, United Way will By TED MEBUST The meals, which consist of ham, collate and pass all requests to Friends of Christmas, who will complete the delivery turkey and its dressing, mashed potatoes WESTFORD and gravy, yams, cranberry and apple of the meal on Christmas Day. his past summer, Otsego Lake and This year’s operation is both a continu- sauces, rolls, pieces of pie, and fresh fruit, surrounding area water bodies ation of a tradition and the inauguration of are cooked at the kitchen facilities of St. saw an influx of harmful algal Continued on page 10 blooms, posing a threat to biodiversity, an expansion. water potability and recreational activities. INSIDE HABs, caused by an overabundance of ► Holiday Deer Hunt, page A2 Microcystis, a harmful strain of cyanobacteria, represent one of the biggest environ► pitch in to help our community during this holiday season, mental threats to area water bodies since page A4 the introduction of zebra mussels, and the loss of their barn has hit more recently quagga mussels. The latter By TED MEBUST ► letters to the editor:Transthe family hard. Donna’s two species are biofouling agents that actufer station dialogue continues; FLY CREEK husband, Bill, an employee ally cause increased levels of Microcystis, Release of Griner for Bout, doors now open for war in Ukraine to ot long after a of the Town of Otsego, as suggested by a long-term National end?, page A4 fire engulfed their manages the Hriber family Science Foundation study published last ► from high school plays to equipment barn farm with their son. While year. Luckily, one area ecology expert has promotions, check out the on Friday, November 25, they were able to retrieve proposed a way forward. LOCALS section, page A6 Photo by Peter Regan the Hriber family has been some materials from the Dr. Kiyoko Yokota, a limnologist and ► dog charmer tackles two dealt yet another unfortu- flames, a lot of important Dr. Kiyoko Yokoto has been named the next presiissues, page A7 SUNY Oneonta biology department dent of the North American Lake Management equipment was lost. In nate hand. Donna Hriber, Society. professor, has been researching cyano► Cooperstown Farmers’ who has made a career of addition, the fire destroyed Market Holiday Market, working with area students an external wood-burning bacterial blooms and aquatic food webs, American Lake Management Society, page A10 at Cooperstown School furnace that heated the among other topics, locally for the last the mission of which is “to forge partdecade. nerships among citizens, scientists, and District, suffered complica- Hribar home. Friends of the family Beth Working in tandem with international professionals to foster the management OTSEGO.com tions from a knee replacement surgery she received and Margaret McGown researchers through the Global Lake and protection of lakes and reservoirs… earlier this year and is now have started a donation Ecological Observatory Network, she for today and tomorrow.” The organizacampaign to help restore collects water quality and weather data on tion, established in 1980, currently has out on disability leave. Though thankfully no the Hriber’s equipment Otsego Lake. On top of this, Yokota was more than 1,100 members and is a member Continued on page 3 recently appointed president of the North Continued on page 10 one was harmed in the fire, By CASPAR EWIG
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