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FEBRUARY 2023
Apalachin Native Receives Congressional Space Medal of Honor
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Business Expansion: Mead & Sons “Everybody’s Auctioneers”
Left to right: “Jersey Jon” Szalay of American Pickers; Jim Mead, Principal Auctioneer, Mead & Sons; Mike Wolfe, American Pickers; Lucas Kaczynski, Mead & Sons Auctioneer. Photo by Jeff Treadwell.
Former NASA astronaut Colonel Douglas Hurley, an Apalachin native and graduate of Owego Free Academy, received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on January 31 for bravery in the SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 to the International Space Station in 2020. From his distinguished service as a fighter pilot and test pilot, to his pioneering career in space, Colonel Douglas G. Hurley has embodied the spirit of bravery and resolve that de-
fines our nation’s greatest heroes. Colonel Hurley piloted the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program, and served as Spacecraft Commander of NASA’s first crewed commercial spaceflight mission, Demo-2. Colonel Robert L. Behnken, Joint Operations Commander of NASA’s first crewed commercial spaceflight mission, Demo-2, also received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Hoyt Joins Growing TSB Commercial Lending Team Tioga State Bank announced that Joseph Hoyt has joined its commercial lending team. Hoyt comes to Tioga State Bank with over eight years of experience in banking and lending. His background includes working with school districts, not-for-profits, healthcare organizations, and small businesses. His experience in lending, coupled with knowledge of the local market, makes Hoyt well suited to help local community businesses grow. In his role as a Small Business Lender, Hoyt will work with each individual business to help them find financial solutions tailored to the specific needs of the business to help that business succeed. Hoyt is available at the Tioga State Bank Owego Fifth Avenue Office to help business customers find banking solutions. He can be reached at 607-972-7331 or jhoyt@tiogabank.com. Tioga State Bank, with 100 employees, provides financial services to the Southern Tier of New York State and Northern Pennsylvania
Early Owego Antique Center is expanding its business to include live auctions. Located on the lower level of the former J.J. Newberry’s Building in the Village of Owego, this expansion will complement the existing business model and build on a long history of professional service in the auction industry. The Mead Family has extensive experience in the auction method of asset realization. Colonel Jerry Mead founded Mead & Sons Auctioneers in Tioga County in 1946. With his sixty-four years of experience on and in front of the auction block, Colonel Jerry Mead’s son, Jim Mead, will lead the team. Joining Mead will be his son James Mead and their associate, Lucas Kaczynski, a native of Maine, New York. A thirdgeneration auctioneer, the younger Mead graduated from the Mendenhall School of Auctioneering in 2014. Kaczynski is a graduate of World Wide College of Auctioneering, located in West Des Moines, Iowa. Kaczynski recently served an apprenticeship in North Carolina,
where he gained experience in online listing and internet sales management. With nearly thirty years of professional service in the auction industry, Fran Antalek will be responsible for overall management of the auction floor. The renewal of the company’s active role in live auctions coincides with the 75th anniversary of Mead & Sons Auctioneers and fills a gap that formed as a result of the profoundly disruptive global pandemic. According to Jim Mead, co-owner of Early Owego Antique Center, “We have noticed many changes in our business sector during and since Covid. A significant victim has been the live community commission sale.” An inaugural auction will be held on Saturday, February 25, on the lower level of the Early Owego Antique Center, 43-45 Lake Street, Owego. A preview will begin at 12:00 pm followed by the live auction at 2:00 pm. For more information, visit www.earlyowego.com or contact Jim Mead at (607) 725-6833.
Walk-Up Mobile Food Pantry - Feb. 22 The Foodbank of the Southern Tier and the Apalachin Lions will sponsor a Walk-Up Mobile Food Pantry on Wednesday, February 22, from 10:00 to 11:00 am, at St. Margaret Mary’s Church, 1110 Pennsylvania Avenue in Apalachin.
with eleven conveniently located community offices in Broome, Tioga, Chemung, and Tompkins counties. The bank’s website address is www.tiogabank.com and phone number is 1-888-303-4872. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.
Pre-registration is required. You can pre-register February 21 at 8:30am until full. To pre-register, phone 2-1-1 or go to www.foodbankst.org/cfd. The event is a “Walk-up Pantry.” Bring a cart or bags to carry the food.