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HomeMy WebLinkAboutnewsletter 1995 fallu Fall 1995 Enfield Community CURRENTS Published three times annually. Editor Jessica Connors ENFIELD ELEMENTARY RECEIVES 300M DOLLAR GRANT Enfield Elementary School has recieved a grant for it's proposal Growing into the Future: Technology -Rich Garden Research. Enfield was selected by the natikonal foundation for the improvement of Education as one of twenty-two schools from across the country to participate in the 1995-97 Road Ahead Program funded by the Microsoft Corporation The $30,000 grant will be used to develop technology -rich afterschool and summer programs to support life science -related, student -selected research studies. Working in partnership with the Cayuga Nature Center, Cornell University and others, teachers and students will learn technology through a combination of staff development programs and mini -courses. Enfield Harvest Festival 1995 The Enfield Harvest Festival will take place the last weekend in October. The celebration will start off on Friday night with a silent auction, we are trying somthing a little different this year. All items being auctioned will be new or almost new. Some of the items this year include a Pleasant Co. Doll "Addy", a Lenox horse, gift certificates, for dining, retail - stores, and services. Saturday the Harvest Festival will kick off at 10:00 am with something for the entire family!! For more details take a look at the flyer inside. Afterschool Program There are still openings for children in the afterschool daycare program at Enfield School. The program runs from 2-5:30pm M-F. For more info. call Linda Hubbell ,.t 272-5034. Inside: -SENIOR CITIZENS -THANK YOU- -HUD GRANTS -HARVEST FESTIVAL -NOTES FROM TOWN HISTORIAN Enfield Youth Program The Community Council is once again working with The Ithaca Youth Bureau to provide students at Dewitt middle school with the outing program, known to the students as the Enfield Adventure Club. Our first unit this year is canoeing. We will be going on a camping trip to the Catskills October 13th-15th. The group has ten youth in 6th and 7th grade. Due to a lack of funds for the fall, the ECC will not be able to sponsor any other teen programs for the fall . We are looking into providing more programming for Jr. and Sr. high students in the spring. We would apprieiate any input from the community especially the youths. If you have any ideas or comments please call or write; ECC Teen Program Attu. Jessica Connors 198 Enfield Main RD Ithaca, NY 14850 phone ;273-5809 a NOTES FROM THE TOWN SUPERVISOR HUD - housing rehabilitation to low income Enfield home owners is continuing. HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM - Please take a look at the information included in this newsletter. This is a program for eligible low and moderate income residents to become first time homeowners. If you are interested and want to be considered for the program, please fill out the attached pre -application and get it to me at the town hall. RECORDS MANAGEMENT is still in process of being developed. The town records are getting in really good order thanks to John Gary. John's services are being paid for by the State Archives and Records Administration through a grant the Town was awarded. COURT AUTOMATION - The courts are presently purchasing equipment to directly hook them into Albany for reporting and directly receiving information. The funds for this project are from a grant awarded by the State Justice Department. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE PROJECT is beginning with a training session for the Town Clerk and myself. The intention is for the town to be hooked into the Internet. BUDGET 1996 The town board is in the process of budget discussions. The final budget is due to be approved in November. Enfield Firemen's Auxiliary We had elections of officers September 1lth. The new offices are; Historian -Linda Stillwell Conductress -Dena Simmons Chaplin -Helena Williams Sunshine -Jeanette Hubbard Treasurer -Pam Whittaker Secretary -Holly Covert Vice President -Marge Slater President -Hester Covert Installation of officers is Oct. 2, 1995. The county auxiliary meeting was held in Enfield on September 27th. We played bingo and enjoyed a feast afterwards. Saturday, September 30th we will be putting on a luncheon for the Firemen's Driver Training Course. -Submitted by Hester Covert, President TOWN OF ENFIELD HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM, INFORMATION SHEET FOR PARTICIPANTS AND USERS The Town of Enfield is currently considering applying for funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist eligible low and moderate income households become first-time homeowners. This survey is designed to determine what level of interest exists for this program proposal, and whether any housing constructed will be in a subdivision or on scattered sites throughout the Town. The surveys will be used to develop a waiting list which will be used to show HUD the level of demand for this program in the Town of Enfield. The proposed rerms of the assistance are as follows: TERMS OF ASSISTANCE: The Homeownership Program will provide basic assistance of 20% of the purchase price plus up to $3,500 in closing costs to eligible participants, with maximum assistance of $25,000. Homeownership Program assistance will be provided as low - interest, deferred -payment second mortgages. Participants in the Homeownership Program must provide a minimum of $1,500 or 2% of the purchase price (whichever is greater) in their own funds for the home purchase. Land will be considered equity, based on an impartial evaluation of the property in question. All homes purchased will be single-family new construction approved by the Program; no refinancing or other purchases will be perrniued. • All participants must be able to obtain a mortgage for the remainder of the purchase price from a private financial institution serving Tompkins County. Several mortgage lenders currently participate in the Tompkins County Homeownership Program, providing enhanced terms and conditions for program participants. Sindlar terms would be encouraged for the Town of Enfield Homeownership Program. HOMES TO BE PURCHASED: All homes to be purchased will be constructed to program specifications and must be single-family houses (not doublewides or other forms of modular housing). All homes purchased must be constructed in the Town of Enfield, and will be either in a subdivision in the Town or constructed on scattered sites throughout Town. FINANCING: Program assistance will pay for 20% of the cost of the house plus up to $3,500 for applicable closing costs. Program assistance will be in the form of deferred payment loans for the first five years, with future repayments of Program funds based on a I5-year repayment cycle at 3% interesi. Program funds will be granted in the form of a second mortgage between the participants and Tompkins County. Participants will be required to pay their mortgage, taxes, insurance and other expenses based on their financial institution's policies. COUNSELING: There is a requirement that participants receive counseling and education about home ownership before purchasing a home through this Program. All required counseling and education sessions are free to Program participants. INFORMATION: To be considered for this Program, please return the attached Preapplicauon to the Town Office, 168 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 before October 15. The Town Board will then determine whether the level of interest is sufficient to warrant an application to HUD. 0 11 TOWN OF ENFIELD HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM Preapplication for Assistance Name: Home Phone: Business Phone: Current Address: Number of Persons in Household: Household Members: N= Wn Applicant's Employer. Coapplicant's Employer. Total 1994 Household Income: $ Downpayment Available: $ Current Monthly Rent: $ Rent and Utilities: $ Total Cuurrnt Monthly Debt: $ (installment loans, not rent and utilities) Do you prefer a subdivision or scattered site ? Reasons for not purchasing a home to date: (check all applicable) Insufficient downpayment Employment uneertainity Insufficient income for mortgage High personal debt Not found suitable home Other credit difficulties Other reasons: Why I would like to participate in the Town of Enfield Homeownership Program: Please return to the Town of Enfield, 168 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 or call Karl Heck at 274-5560 with questions. News From The Enfield Town Historian Sue Thompson (272-6412 - Mailing Address:Enfield Town Hall - 168 Enfield Main Road) I've been busy working on the Town of Enfield History book with the Enfield commemorative Committee. Many members of the community have contributed written information regarding our town - it's great. we have not been able to get every detail we wanted for the book and its too late for printing purposes to add more so, our answer is it will be in the next book! The Committee is planning a birthday celebration on our actual Town birthday of March 16, 1996 - 175 years. We are hoping to schedule the Enfield Elementary School for that date. Speakers are being scheduled for the event. Ellie Hobbie has arranged through M. Hinchey's office to have the U.S. flag flown over the Capital Building, Washington D.C. on March 16, 1996 in honor of Enfield's Birthday. A certificate and the flag will be sent to the Town. Would anyone in the community like to donate a rather "large" birthday cake (s) for this celebration give me a call. The Committee is also sponsoring: Community Cookbook - contact Alice Laue Postage Mark - contact Gary Fisher Trivet - Gary Fisher • Quilt Raffle - Gary Fisher Parade and Community Picnic - Volunteers, Volunteers??? Memorial Day Service - Volunteers??? Roger Brown Memorial Day Baseball Game - Volunteers??? Logo "Ellies Favorite" which was done by Dana Moxley - (5th grade 1994) T-shirt, sweat shirts - As you can see there is a lot of work to do and we will gladly accept any and all help and donations for the above projects. Committee meetings are,held every 4th Wednesday of each month - Town Hall Enfield - 7:30 pm - everyone is welcome. As Town Historian I have been also busy in learning what is in the Historian's Collection. Jack Hubbell collected a lot of wonderful Enfield items for the Historian's Collection. I'm in the process of entering the collection on the computer and making lists and card files to make it easier to locate information in the Collection. One of my goals is to have a card file of references to all family data information we have in the collection. Mary Travis started the project this summer by recording family names from the Historian's Family Data Sheets on to 3 x 5 cards. I have had requests for help in researching family information in Tompkins County. The Department of Health provided an information sheet answering these questions as to where books, files, etc. are located in the County. I will gladly share this information with • you. Information is also requested by Clarence Purdy of Houston, Texas on the Purdy Family - Charles Purdy, William Hopkins Purdy, Christine. If anyone has information on this family I would appreciate hearing from them. I will be setting up a display at the Enfield Harvest Festival in October. The Display will be information on the Pennsylvania Sodus Bay Railroad which, in part, went through the Town of Enfield. Donations to the Historian Collection this year have been: 5 photographs of Hilda Hubbell (59 Harvey Hill Road) her 90th birthday party via M.C. Hubbell. Enfield School Recollections data sheet from Mary Freese Ward regarding School #2 - VanDorn Corners Road Program of the 9th Annual Enfield Vol. Fire Co. Field Days June 22- 24 - 1960-61 Millers Corners - via Mrs. Barbara Bell, Watkins Glen - Schuyler County Historian. Copy of the Half -Century Club - Tompkins County - 1881. via Clella Morey - Ithaca. Genealogy of the Gray Family via Richard Gray - Schellsburg, Penn. • - His great-grandfather, Drury Gray). Genealogy of the Harvey Family - via Karen Dickson - Endwell. Extension records on the Underground Railroad via M.C. Hubbell, Diane DeAugustine and the Wixom family — Station House Parker -Wixom on Buck Hill Road in Mecklenburg. A book - Forty Years and Counting - A Nurse's Story - Harold M. Updike - 2/95 - via Harold Updike, Clearwater, Florida Photographs - Enfield Barns - Taken by Roy Wollney - Enfield. I have also been attending the Enfield Historical Society Meetings. At the last meeting we had a wonderful tour of the Enfield Grist Mill - Treman State Park. Our tour guide was Paula Erickson - I think the group made her nervous because we were a history group. Paula made the mill come back to life with her informational details and stories. They give tours at the park all summer, if you haven't taken one lately you should. Wilma Fisher has taken the responsibility of publishing an Enfield Historical Society Newsletter. If you would like to receive a copy why not join the Society ($5/individual; $7/family) contact: Ellie Hobbie - 118 West Enfield Center Road - 272-4701. Officers of the society are: President - Randy Warden (277-8299); Vice President - Margaret Hamilton (273-4701); Membership/Treasurer - Ellie Hobbie (272- 4701); Secretary - Etta Gray (273-0462). • Thank you, Sue Thompson, Enfield Town Historian • 0 THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ENFIELD CENTER 174 Enfield Main Rd. Church School Morning Worship Men's Group Bible Study Choir Practice Youth Group PASTOR: 9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Tuesday 8:00 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Thursday 6:30 p.m. time varies please call 273-8268 Reverend Michael Krembs Pastor's phone 1-589-4255 Church phone 277-6301 The church continues to grow in numbers and in spirit. Everyone is invited to join us. The youth have been visiting at Lakeside Nursing Home once a week and have developed many important friendships as a result of their visits. The Adult Choir, Youth Choir, and Praise Band are beginning to gear up to begin practice for our Christmas Celebrations. Everyone with a love for music is invited to join us. The men of the church have begun meeting together on Tuesday nights which we are all very happy to see. There are so many changing roles and demands made on each of us these days it is great to have an opportunity to support each other in prayer, bible study and fellowship. Please join us. Agape Bible Church 264 S. Applegate Road Ithaca, NY 14850 Did you know'you' are of much value to God? Because we believe this very strongly -- we welcome 'you' to join us for Sunday School (for all aces) at 10:00am and to our Mornin_ Worship Celebration at 11:00am. We are reaching out to the area and the campuses with the life changing message of a relationship with Jesus Christ. Call us at 271-7419 for more information about special services and fellowship ' roups and about our new cable T.V. proLTam. 'God is greater'. • FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH of ENFIELD CENTER Fall activities are in full swing. We are to start work on the foundation, water and septic system of the building addition on the pill on the North side of the Town Hall (formerly the Jackson/Wiliis property) A lively Vacation Bible Schooi was held in the evenings last Summer for toddlers through adults. SunQw ay School is neld weekly for the same age groups from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. Worship Service is from 10:30 to 12:15. Nursery care and 1 Junior Church for children up through fourth grades are provided during services. ':here are various other activities during the week .... A class in Loving Relationships t:r singles and • couples, Choir practice, Band practice; also Teen, Mens' and Womens'Feiiowship for service to others, for mutual support ana bible study. We're getting tcgetner Christmas music for choir, Dan.d and conaregaviOns The chiicren are worxinc 7n a very special progrm of their own to De oresented on Decemoer !0: - We are active in iocai missions such as a food pantry, a _nris:mas toy drive (w _th participationfrom many Enfield individuals and organiza- :icns), °ooc baskets, weekly visits to the elderly at Lakeside Nursinq Hone; National and world Missions sucn as White Cross, aid to Oklahoma City Bomb victims. We send bibles, health and school supplies to Russian orphans and many other missions. 0 Tor more information, con -tact any church member or one of the fol'_owinq: Pastor Michael Kremos 589-4255 Church phone 277-6301 Treasurer Brad Connors 273-6268 Clark Jen Owens 272-5681 DEACONATE Rhonpa Connors 273-8268 Helen Jackson 273-6699 Jean/Cavid Owens 273-5682 Mattnew Steel 277-3804 Juanita wojtanik 564-7734 We wish you all a joyous Christ- mas. Thanks to Jessica Connors and the Enfield Community Council for publishing this Newsleter so faith- fully each quarter. ENFIELD FOOD DISTRIBUTION 182 Enfield Main Rd. Located at the Enfield Community Building in Enfield Center, the food distribution serves baked goods and produce at Sandy Creek Mobile Home Park on Thursday aftemnoons from 3:00 p.m. til evening. On the third Monday of each month the distribution of food received from the Food Bank of The Southern Tier takes place from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. All Enfield residents in need are welcome. The Food Distribution is naming out of funds this year in October.It costs around $300. per distribution. Donations are accepted with gratitude and are tax deductible. We will mail a return receipt gladly. Please mail any donation to the First Baptist Church Of Enfield, 174 Enfield Main Rd., Ithaca, 14850. Please note that the donation is to go to the food distribution. The pantry is composed entirely of volunteers and no money goes towards administration or overhead. Each dollar donated purchases 7 pounds of food from the Food Bank of The Southern Tier for d;stribution to Enfield residents. • Seniors say Thank's Enfield Community Council, Just a note of "thanks" for putting on out luncheon in August along with the childrens program. As usual everything was wonderful. We all enjoyed it very much. We are still talking about it Again, thank you for every luncheon and program that you have done for us. Enfield Senior Citizens is • 0 THE ENFIELD HARVEST FESTIVAL'.:'. SILENT AUCTION AND FESTIVAL SATURDAY OCTOBER 28TH 10100am-4100PM Auction will end at 3WOpm Tau must be present to claim article or make prior arrangements All items new or almost new including; Pleasant Co. Doll various gift certificates child's bike helmet vacumn glassware infant carrier HARVEST YOUTH DANCE 0 HATRIDE SATURDAY EVENEKG 7100-8130 Hayride 030-iitoo Dance COME �'.E1�EBRA sue, D%Mi, COMMUNITY. c,9f►r el CHICKEN BBQ - AND MUCH, MUCH MOREM