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Firefighter Recruitment Day - April 9 The first ever statewide unified firefighter recruitment day will be held on Saturday April 9. Come Out to your local Fire Department and see what it’s all about. The Campville, Apalachin, and Southside Departments are opening their doors to area residents, so they can learn about what it takes to be a volunteer firefighter in their community, as part of a statewide program called Recruit NY. Over the last several years, it has been very tough for many fire departments throughout New York State to recruit and retain volunteers for a variety of reasons. Like most volunteer fire departments, the Campville, Apalachin, and Southside Departments needs to bolster their emergency responder numbers, so they can continue to provide the optimum level of protection for their residents. Now more than ever, they need more of their neighbors joining their fire departments. On Saturday, April 9, between 12:00pm-3:00pm the Campville, Apalachin, and Southside Departments located at Campville Station 1, 6153 State Route 17C; Apalachin Station 1, 230 Pennsylvania Ave.; and Southside Fire Station 1, 3120
Waits Rd, will join in an initiative with volunteer fire departments from all across the state at their respective firehouses for a unified recruitment drive, as part of National Volunteer Week 2011. Not only will Recruit NY be an opportunity to highlight the duties and rewards that come with being a volunteer firefighter, it will also raise public awareness about the need for volunteers. The hope is that a collaborative effort among volunteer fire departments statewide will turn the declining number of volunteer firefighters around. Throughout the afternoon, the Campville, Apalachin, and Southside Departments will conduct tours of the station and firefighter apparatus. The fire departments will discuss the requirements to be a volunteer, as well as conduct demonstrations, answer questions, and let visitors know how to get involved in the fire department. On Sunday, April 10, from 8:00am-11:00am the Campville Fire Dept. will also be holding an open house along with their bi-annual pancake breakfast! For more info please visit them on the web at www.campvillefd.com.
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2011 Strawberry Festival Logo Contest Owego Strawberry Festival Committee Announces 2011 Logo Contest & Rules! There will be a winning design award of $150!! The theme of the 31st Annual Owego Strawberry Festival to be held on Saturday June 18th will be "Strawberryville, Owego, N.Y.” - The 31st Annual Strawberry Festival, Owego NY and 2011 must appear in or around the design. - The most visible use of the logo will be on festival T-Shirts and posters, therefore it must be a graphic design. - Artists may submit as many entries as they wish. - Designs must be original work, not used elsewhere -Entries may be any size or shape appropriate for a T-Shirt front (no smaller than 6x6 and no larger than 12x12). Any appropriate medium may be used, however no paste-ups will be allowed. - Designs should consist of at the most four (4) colors, one color being the T-Shirt background and the other three being ink colors. Clean, bright designs free of small detail repro-
duce the best on cloth. - Submitting entries are required to be in final, camera-ready form. Entries may be monochrome or color, but should indicate how color will be used in the final design. - All entries will become the exclusive property of the Owego Strawberry Festival Committee. - The Owego Strawberry Festival Committee may request additional modifications to the original design. - DO NOT sign your entry! Attach an envelope to the back of each entry and include a note with your name, address, and telephone number. - All entries are due at the Tioga County Council on the Arts office at 179 Front Street, Owego, by 4:00 pm on Friday April 22, 2011. - The winning entry will be chosen by Friday, April 29, 2011. CONTACT PERSON: Annette J. Schweiger, Executive Director Tioga County Council on the Arts 179 Front Street Owego, NY 13827 (607)687-0785 www.tiogaartscouncil.org tiogaartscouncil@stny.rr.com
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Dangers of Tobacco It’s amazing what you learn when you start a new job. Last week I started as the new Tobacco Free Tioga Coordinator. I have found some interesting information that I want to share with my community. Did you know that tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the US? 1/2 of long term smokers will die from smoking? Cigarettes are responsible for killing close to half a million people per year (that is approximately 1,200 people per day).
This is more than alcohol use, HIV/AIDS, cocaine and heroin use, homicides, suicides, motor vehicle crashes and fires combined. Secondhand smoke causes about 50,000 deaths nationwide every year. I am discovering new information everyday and if you are interested in learning more about the dangers of tobacco please visit www.tobaccofreebt.com or email me at tobaccofreetioga@yahoo.com. Robin Baker
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Always On Sunday For this month's “Always on Sunday” concert, The Tioga County Council on the Arts presents Kirk Dougherty, Tenor and Resident Artist with Tri-Cities Opera. Kirk will be singing a variety of songs from his extensive repertoire during this afternoon of "Opera & Song". Versatile tenor Kirk Dougherty has appeared in oratorio, opera and concert performances in the US and Europe, with numerous musical organizations like Tri-Cities Opera of Binghamton, Bronx Opera, the Dell Arte Opera Ensemble, and Opera Rochester. Mr. Dougherty is a Resident Artist at Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, and has recently performed the roles of Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte and Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata with Tri-Cities Opera. In April and May, he will sing the title role in Offenbach's Les Contes D'Hoffmann with TCO. His operatic repertoire includes over 30 tenor roles, from the more standard Ferrando (Cosi fan Tutte),
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Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Elvino (La Sonnambula), Alfredo (La Traviata), Nemorino (L'Elisir d'Amore), and Rodolfo (La Boheme), to such challenging roles as Valere in Kirke Mechem's Tartuffe and the varying tenor characters of Conrad Susa's daring Transformations. His concert repertoire includes the Evangelist in Bach's masterpieces, the St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion, Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, and the Mozart Requiem. This performance is sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Delos Aumock, with support from the Cooper Foundation and the Tioga County Senior Citizens Foundation. Always on Sunday Concert "Opera and Song" featuring Kirk Dougherty, Tenor with Tri-Cities Opera will be preformed on March 20th, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Union Church, corner of North Avenue and Temple Street, Owego.
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