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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019 July-September-Community-Newsletter-20191 Enfield Community Currents Brought to you by the Enfield Community Council 2019 June-September Free The perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. James Dent Hello Enfielders, Summer is here and lots of activities are available in our area. There is hiking, camping, swimming, boating, fireworks, picnics, movies, plays, yard sales, and the list goes on and on…. Get out there and enjoy. To help out the cause, here is a list of local firework shows: July 3rd- Stewart Park in Ithaca July 4th- Clute Park in Watkins Glen Memorial Stadium in Corning July 5th- Myers Park in Lansing Candor (no further information) July 6th- Inn at Taughannock in Trumansburg Americana Vineyards in Trumansburg Groton (no further information) For those of you who are doing your own fireworks, be safe! Follow the directions, secure the area, be prepared for fire, and BE SAFE! Better still, just go see some professional fireworks. Every year we hear about accidents that occurred at home displays (or near accidents). For those of you with pets, leave them home. I hear about lost dogs every year also. They get frightened by the noise and take off. Last year at least one dog swam across Cayuga Lake. Our pilot for the Ping Pong Drop done at the Harvest Festival has sold his plane. We are currently looking for a new pilot, but may have to cancel the Ping Pong Drop. If you are a pilot and would like to bring joy to Enfield children, contact one of the ECC board members listed to the left. Have a safe and happy summer, Cortney Bailey This newsletter sponsored by the Enfield Community Council (ECC) Cortney Bailey, President 279-4702 cbailey525@yahoo.com Lisa Monroe, Vice President 379-0844 Lm.monroe@yahoo.com Ann Rider, Secretary 277-3478 daylilyann10@yahoo.com Carla Trenchard, Treasurer Cortney Bailey, Newsletter Editor 279-4702 What’s Inside… From the Editor 1 Message from ECC 1 Send a Kid to ECC Camp 2 EVFD 2 ECC Harvest Festival 3 Enfield Valley Grange 4 EASP 4 Blood Drive 5 Area Churches: 5 Enfield Food Pantry 5 Town Historian 6 Cemetery Guidelines 6 Calendar of Events 8 Regularly Scheduled Meetings 8 Omissions from this publication are not intended The next issue will be compiled in September for publication at the end of that month. Contact the editor with information you’d like to see included. Enfield Community Council Seeks New Members The Enfield Community Council is prepping for a new year and a busy one. We would like to add to our board and find Enfield people to help us with our new projects. Tell us the type of things you can help with, and we will gratefully find a place for you. Our major focus is the youth of our community. We want to build a new building to give them a *center*. Talk to your friends, search your thoughts. Contact Ann @ 227- 1891 or Cortney @ 279-4702, if you can help in any way. 2 Enfield Volunteer Fire Company 2019 calls year to date: 115 American Red Cross Blood Drive: The third Tuesday of every other month. 1:30 - 6:30 PM. Walk-ins are welcome or call American Red Cross at 273- 1900 for an appointment. Next blood drive dates are: July 16, September 17, and November 19. Thanks to the community for helping us meet or exceed our goals! However, there's always room for more. Enfield Volunteer Fire Company Scholarship Opportunity: The Enfield Volunteer Fire Company offers scholarships each fall for Enfield residents pursuing higher education in the field of emergency services. Applications will be available after October 1st and are due by November 15th, and are available at the Fire Station. Call the station at 272-8757 and leave your contact information to obtain one. Scholarship Funding originated following the death of member Gregory Kirchgnessner in 1998 and continues. Could You Help Send an Enfield Youth to Camp? Over 70% of our campers come from local low-income families. We try not to turn away any child who wants to partici- pate in our programs. We have gotten many more requests for help in paying for our summer camp the last 3 years so the Enfield Community Council is starting a scholarship fund to meet this need in our community. The 6 -week camp season base fee is $405.00 per child; that’s $67.50 a week. Your donation of $445.00 will allow 1 camper to: Participate in arts, science, sports, and craft activities. Swim daily at Treman Park, opportunities for hiking, creek exploration, playground time Go on many field trips that are scheduled: Taughannock Park, Greenwood Lake State Park, Watkins Glen swim pool, Sciencenter, Hangar Theater, bowling Have a healthy breakfast, hot lunches and bag lunches for field trips Make new friends, play outdoors, have fun and be safe The Enfield Community Council is a 501 C -3 not for profit organization - Your donations are tax-deductible. Please make checks/money orders payable to Enfield Community Council, 168 Enfield Main Road, Suite 11, Ithaca, NY 14850. Please note “Camper Scholarship” in the memo line Thank you for your support of the Enfield youth, Vera Howe-Strait - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ____ I would like to donate $ ________to go towards _____(# of youth) camp fee. ____ I would like to donate an additional $______ to go towards the before camp care ($195.00) and/or after camp care ($270.00) for an Enfield youth Your name and address: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3 . Featured Events Live Entertainment Under Construction Come check out our historical exhibits! Silent Auction A wonderful selection of goods & services from local artists, crafters, restaurants & businesses: Bidding ends at 3:30 p.m. sharp Cake Wheel All proceeds go to ECC! Bake Sale Local Vendors A great selection of hand-crafted items Information Booths Lots of great things to learn about! Enfield Elementary School 20 Enfield Main Road Good Times & Great Food All Day! The 45th Annual Concession Stand hot dogs, chili, chili dogs, corn chowder, squash soup, nachos & cheese, & drinks Chicken BBQ at 11 am $10 full dinner Chicken, roll, choice of two sides: baked beans, salt potatoes, cole slaw & dessert! $6 chicken half only $6 vegetarian Lots of Games & Activities for Children: Hay Ride, Games Tent, & More! Fun Things to Look at and Learn About with: Enfield Fire Department * Highway Department “Car Pride” Exhibit Can you help make this event a success? Contact Cortney Bailey at 279-4702 The Enfield Harvest Festival is the major annual fundraiser for the Enfield Community Council; all profits go directly to fund local Youth and Community Programs. Event made possible by the Tompkins County Strategic Tourism Program.and the United Way 4 News from Enfield Elementary School https://www.ithacacityschools.org/enfield School/Community Connections Our passionate PTA continues to develop incredible programming for our community. We just wrapped up the wildly successful Dino Night and had a family Dance in February. In a couple weeks, we will launch our Marathon Miles running program. Students will run/walk every day around our school to accumulate miles toward a total distance of a marathon by the end of the year. Come join us! We collect Box Tops for Education. Here is the site for participating products https://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/ participating-products that have Box Tops. If you have some, Judy Fernandes in our main office will gladly take them off your hands. The PTA is running a fundraiser through IthaCan (614 Elmira Road). Bring them your returnable containers and let them know you are donating the returns to Enfield Elementary School. Please check out their website http://www.enfieldpta.org/ for continuous updates. Anyone can support the PTA through the site, and if you have children in the school, please consider becoming a member and attending our monthly PTA meetings on the first Monday of each month. Pizza and childcare arrives at 5:30 and the meeting starts at 6 pm. ENFIELD SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM (" After School") Looking for after school care or activities for your elementary school children? The Enfield After School Program has openings!!! We are a local not-for-profit organization which operates out of the Enfield Elementary School. Our hours are from 2pm -5:30pm when school is in session. Some of our features are: Homework Club (we have access to teachers and classrooms so we can avoid the "I forgot my homework excuse")! The Enfield Youth Garden, kids love being in our wonderful garden space, growing food and just enjoying being outdoors. Soon our Garden Club will start back up and we are excited to have our Outdoor Classroom Pavilion finished and ready to use! EYES Science Program, on Fridays Cornell Engineering students join us to show our kids how fun Science can be! Cornell Cooperative Extension Nutrition Program comes once a week to teach our kids how to make healthy foods and healthy food choices! The kids get plenty of outdoor time, gym time and we are always doing arts and crafts and exploring different themes. We have many different enrollment options from 5 days a week to 1 day. We accept DSS cases and we have a limited scholarship fund through the United Way. If you are interested in learning more about our fantastic community program give Vera Howe-Strait a call at 607-280-2317 or email vstrait18@htva.net. I look forward to hearing from you!!!! ENFIELD VALLEY GRANGE We hope you are enjoying your summer with all the busy activities it brings! We are having our fish fry dinners monthly. Our next fish dinner will be on Friday, June 21st, followed by July 19th, August 16th, September 20th, and October 18th. We start serving at 4:30pm. Our meals consist of fish broiled or fried, baked potato or french fries, cole slaw or applesauc e, roll, homemade dessert of your choice w/beverage. Eat in or carryout available . On Tuesday, June 25th, we will be having a Roast Beef dinner at 4:30pm. Our Craft Club meets the first Sunday of each month at 9:00am. You are welcome to join us whether it be crafting or just visi ting. It’s not too early to plan for our annual Election Night dinner, on Tuesday, November 5th starting at 4:30pm. Our menu will include turkey with all the fixings and homemade pies and cakes for dessert. Add this to your calendars. We look forward to seeing you. A good time to visit with your neighbors! On Saturday, November 23rd we will be hosting our sixth annual Holiday Craft Fair. If you are interested in having a vendor table, please contact Sandra Trutt at 273-4884. We will also be hosting the Lourdes Mobile Mammography Van. This is free to men/women over 40 , and the results will be sent directly to your medical provider. Walk on’s are welcome, please bring a photo I.D. and an insurance car d if you have one. Our meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7pm, if you think you might be interested in learning more about the Grange and what we do in our community, please feel free to sit in on one of our meetings. In the past we have hosted dances for the com munity for friends and neighbors of all ages and benefit dinners for those in need. Also, the youth of Enfield use our facility for dances and have cooking programs. If you or anyone you know are looking to host an event and looking for space to rent please contact Sandra Trutt at 273 -4884. Our rates are very reasonable. If you have any questions regarding the grange, please contact Carol Baker at 272-2144. Fraternally, Carol Baker, Master Enfield Valley Grange #295 5 Area Churches, Missions, & Activities Agape Bible Church 264 S. Applegate Road 607-273-7419/www.agape-ithaca.org Pastor Mike Corriero Pastor Chip Adams-Compton Agape is a non-denominational, charismatic fellowship, with a diverse group of people from different cultures and backgrounds. Our Purpose  To be a house of restoration, refreshing, and rest.  To worship the Lord and seek his face.  To share His love, and build up and equip God's people.  To spread the gospel both here and to the nations. 8:30 am Morning Service: A 70-minute service, with a short time of worship, followed by the teaching of the word of God. 10:00 am Morning Service: A service of around 2 hours and 15 minutes, with expressive charismatic worship, and opportunity for body ministry and testimony. Nursery and Children's Church are provided during the 10:00 am service. Jacksonville Community United Methodist Church PO Box 224, Jacksonville, NY 14854 607-387-6296/www.jcumc.com Reverend Nelson Reppert, Pastor We welcome visitors and invite you to join us at any time. The church is located on Route 96 in Jacksonville Center, Jacksonville. Worship & Meetings: Sunday Worship at 10:00 a.m. year- round (Sunday School & Nursery concurrent) Bell Choir, Thursdays at 6:30 pm Vocal Choir, Thursdays at 7:30 pm FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ENFIELD CENTER 174 Enfield Main Rd. 607-273-5682 Group Study (adults and teens welcome) 8:45 AM Sunday Sunday School 9:30 AM Sunday Worship service 10:00 AM. Sunday Please join us. We are an American Baptist Church (www.abc-usa.org). We sponsor the Enfield Food Distribution, our local food pantry. Living Water Christian Fellowship 162 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca 607-277-6301 Rev. Chris Lynch, Senior Pastor The Living Water Christian Fellowship welcomes you! We are a full Gospel community fellowship. We believe and practice the gifts of the Spirit (I Corinthians 12). Please check out our web site LWCFIthaca.com Regularly Scheduled Events: Sunday Worship Service 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Tuesday Bible Study 7:00 pm Saturday last Sat of the month Men’s Breakfast 8:00 am Red Cross Blood Drive At the Enfield Volunteer Fire Company Red Cross Blood Drive: The 3rd Tuesday of every other month (the odd months: May, July, September, etc.) 1:30 until 6:30 PM., walk- ins are welcome or call the American Red Cross at 273-1900 for an appointment. Next Blood Drive: Tuesday, July 16th Thanks to the community for helping us meet or exceed our monthly goals! However, there’s always room for more! ENFIELD FOOD DISTRIBUTION Any Enfield resident in need may come to the pantry one time a week, either on Sunday or Monday. Please bring a proof of address. If you need food, please know that you will be welcomed and feel comfortable at our pantry. We are here to help. Every Sunday 12:00 – 1:00 PM Every Monday 12:00-3:30 PM The pantry serves on average 200 families a week. Volunteers and do- nations are always welcome. Please call 607-273-5682. West Hill Community Church 3049 Van Dorn Corners Rd Ithaca, NY 14850 607-387-4282 Web: www.whcchurch.com Email: whcchurch@aol.com Pastor Bill Lower 6 In the Silent City of Rolfe Cemetery Sue Thompson, Enfield Town Historian The men who incorporated the Town of Enfield Rolfe Cemetery in 1876; Amos Lanning, James M. Lanning*, Ebenezer Havens**, Wesley Hulse, Leonard Murray*, Squire B. Rolfe, Samuel Rolfe, Leroy H. VanKirk*, Oscar Rolfe*, Lucius Brown Curry, Amos F. Curry, J. Owen Carman. Only four were not buried in the Cemetery* . Ebenezer Havens** was a farmer, he lived on Applegate Road near the Cemetery. He was married to Elvira Queal (1838 – 1913) and their children were Edward and Roszwell Havens, and Ina l. Dean (adopted). He was born in Enfield, December 12, 1833 to Ebenezer and Melissa Tracy Havens. His parents had moved the family (included Ebenezer, Hiel, Albert and Anne) to Dix in Schuyler County by 1855. He attended Starkey Seminary in Yates County. Ebenezer’s first wife, Dorcas Raplee died while they were living in Starkey, Yates County 1865. By 1870 he had moved his family to Enfield and was married to Elvira Queal. In 1870 he farmed approximately 55 acres. He was a master carpenter and praised for his excellent work in the Town of Enfield. According to the Ithaca Daily Journal in 1896 he was in charge of building a new barn on the Willis estate along with Martin Dunham, Ambrose Babcock and Elbert Willis. In 1873 Ebenezer Havens was nominated by the Enfield Republican Party to run for the position of Town Supervisor. He won the election and was Supervisor and on the Tompkins County Board fo Supervisors for one year. The town does not have copies of the 1873 minutes, however a copy of the Tompkins County Board of Supervisors minutes where Ebenezer’s activities were recorded can be found on the Tompkins County Clerk’s website – Laserfiche Public Portal. According to his obituary he taught “winter school at Jacksonville and later at Enfield Falls and in other Enfield Districts. So a rare a teacher was he that pupils followed him from one district to another thought the township”. He held many positions in the Rolfe Cemetery Association for forty years. He was president, trustee, chairman and general superintendent of the cemetery. He built the fence around the cemetery, cut the hay in the cemetery and did general cleaning of the cemetery. He was president at the time of his death, December 28, 1911. According to the Rolfe Ceme- tery Association book his wife Elvira purchased lot 42, 11 x 14 foot, for $12 from C.J. Whitney, Clerk of the Association. If you are interested in more information on the Rolfe Cemetery, minutes and other records are on the Town of Enfield Public archival site under Town Historian - Cemeteries: http://townofenfield.org/documents-public-laserfische/. There is also an article on Rolfe Cemetery in July 2014 Community Currents under newsletters townofenfield.org. The Enfield Town Clerk’s Office would like to remind residents of some of the new policies for our Enfield Cem- eteries. Cemetery decorations are allowed at all cemeteries. However, to allow for proper maintenance, the following observations must be adhered to regarding all decorative items placed around gravesites. The full policy can be located at www.townofenfield.org/cemetery-committee/ or by visiting or calling the Enfield Town Clerk’s Office, 168 Enfield Main Road - 607-273-8256. These new requirements are designed to preserve the appearance of the cemetery that means so much to so many. We will no longer allow artificial flowers on graves during the mowing and trimming season April 1 st- No- vember 1st, except during holidays listed below. Floral Placements- All decorations, whether natural or artificial, shall be subject to these Rules and Regulations. Artificial flowers will be permitted only between November 1st and April 1st and will be subject to pick up at the Town’s discretion when they become unsightly, i.e., faded, torn, etc. All items picked up by Town staff will be discarded. Any artificial flowers in place during the mowing and trimming season will be removed. Cemetery Sections- Flowers may be placed in ceramic or heavy duty plastic containers throughout the year. Placement of wreaths, large potted plants, baskets, and flower boxes are permitted only between Novem- ber 1st and April 1st. They will also be allowed on Easter, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day and Veteran’s Day. Items must be removed within 10 days following these holidays. One potted plant will be allowed if it can be lifted with one hand. Flags will be picked up seven (7) days after Memorial Day Christmas decorations must be removed by January 25th. These include artificial poinsettias. Statues are not permitted on graves. The cemetery will not be responsible for storage of these or any other items. Maximum three (3) items per grave. No glass of any kind. No in ground plantings, decorative stones, crushed stones, wood, wood chips, or shells around graves. Digging holes, planting flowers, shrubs or trees are not permitted. Glass, metal, sticks, rocks, figurines, toys, windmills, windsocks, etc., or any object that interferes with trimming or mowing are not allowed and will be subject to pickup at any time. Metal hanging poles for flower baskets must be placed within two (2) inches of the headstone. The Town is not responsible for lost, stolen, or removed items on graves. 7 Enfield Community Council 168 Enfield Main Road Suite 11 Ithaca NY 14850 Presort Standard U.S. Postage PAID Permit No 780 Ithaca, NY The Enfield Community Council thanks the United Way of Tompkins County for its funding in support of the Council's outreach programs, including this newsletter. Calendar of Events July 10 Town Board 16 Red Cross Blood Drive 17 Planning Board 19 Grange Fish Fry August 7 Planning Board 14 Town Board 16 Grange Fish Fry September 4 Planning Board 11 Town Board 17 Red Cross Blood Drive 20 Grange Fish Fry 21 Harvest Festival Regularly Scheduled Community Meetings & Activities Craft Club at the Grange: 1st Sunday, at 9:00am. Creative Dance Classes for Kids & Teens: Wednesday afternoons at Living Water Christian Fellowship, 162 Enfield Main Road Enfield Community Council (ECC): TBA on the Town Website Enfield Valley Grange: 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. at the Grange Ladies Auxiliary: 1st Monday after 1st Thursday, 7 p.m. at the Fire Station Ping Pong at the Grange: every Sunday at 10:00am to 1:00pm Senior Citizens: 3rd Wednesday, 11:30 am-1:00 pm at Living Waters Christian Fellowship Church; meetings include a dish -to-pass luncheon Calling all vendors !! The Harvest Festival is September 21st and we need vendors. Vendors are charged $10.00 for a 10’x10’ space to set up. You supply tables, chairs, and canopy if you desire. Contact Cortney Bailey at cbailey525@yahoo.com or call her at (607) 279-4702 for information on either.