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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009 Summer Community Newsletter (2013_12_13 15_50_21 UTC).pdf1 Community Contacts Enfield Community Council (ECC) Carolyn Tschanz, President 277-3980 Ann Rider, Vice President 277-3478 Valeri Longcoy, Secretary 273-1862 Carol Givin, Treasurer 273-7434 Debbie Teeter, Newsletter Editor 277-4547 Enfield Community Currents News from and for the Community Summer 2009 Free “Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” ~Sam Keen What’s Inside… Notes from ECC 1 In Memoriam: Robbie Cornish 1 Youth Contributors in this Issue 1 Enfield Harvest Festival Details 2 Enfield Summer Day Camp 3 Enfield Preschool Program 3 ECC Youth Programs 4 Scholastic Book Fair 4 Notes from the Enfield Principal 5 Ithaca Youth Bureau 6 Refuel with Chocolate Milk 6 Fire Prevention Contest 7 Fire Company Open House 7 Fire Safety Tips 7 Town Historian 8 For the Farm Community 9 Honoring Commitment 9 Enfield Baptist Church 10 Raising Money for Uganda 10 Blessings Shop 10 Agape Church 11 Ladies Auxiliary Calendar 11 Enfield Food Pantry 11 Enfield Senior Citizens 11 Enfield Graduates 12 Calendar of Events 12 Regularly Scheduled Meetings 12 —————————————— Omissions from this publication are not intended The next issue will be compiled in October for publication at the end of that month. Contact the editor with information you’d like to see included. Advertisers help defray the cost of publication and are greatly appreciated: Business Card $ 25 1/4 page $ 50 1/2 page $100 Graphic design assistance available, contact the editor for more information. Please support our advertisers! Summer finally arrived! It’s been a cold, rainy summer. Everything is lush and green. The daylilies are loving it! It’s been a jam-packed summer with high school graduation, family visits, strawberry picking, jam making, fireworks, a wedding on the Jersey Shore, teaching kids to sew at Sew-Green, theater and ballet at Saratoga, Grassroots, Daylily Days, and great summer meals from the ‘stimulus garden’. Summer camp at Treman Park is a big success. As Vera says, “We at camp, we’re not at school!!” The kids are having a blast! Marching over to swimming, trotting over to the fancy new playground, splashing in the puddles during the rain and having a grand time in the beautiful, spacious pavilion. Lots of outside time on the extensive grounds plus hiking the glen and plenty of inside projects - like the reading corner, tye-dying, journaling, making backpacks. The park staff has been wonderful and there are 100 ‘happy campers’ at Treman. Participating families are also enjoying the Park Pass they each received, which lets them into all New York State Parks this summer! The Harvest Festival is coming up. Bake a cake for the cake wheel and try to donate a couple of hours to staffing a booth or setting up on Friday night. It’s our community day and it takes all of us to make it happen. Many thanks to Peggy Hill from Kendal for generously donating an exquisite quilt top , and to Helen Hetherington for discussing the need with Mrs. Hill. Local quilters Alice Linton and Bronwyn Mohlke are going to tie and finish the quilt in my living room the middle of August. There will be many people selling raffle tickets around the community, so purchase several to increase your chances of winning this gorgeous quilt. Looking ahead, the Community Council has arranged for second quilt top from Mrs. Hill for next year, which is also uniquely beautiful. This quilt top will require stitching, so if you are a quilter and would like to part of the construction of this quilt, please let me know! ~ Ann Rider, ECC Vice-President Youth Contributors in this issue: • Lucas VanDee, Alyssa & Sarah Payne, “developing” photographers! Other summer photo program participants also took great shots, but we ran out of room! ~ In Memoriam ~ Robert A. Cornish, born March 3, 1991, died unexpectedly in an automobile accident on June 11, 2009. He was a beloved son, brother, grandson and friend to many people in our community. He was known for his kindness, good-looks, humor and thoughtfulness. An outstanding football player, he recently received the Edward J. Pierce Award and played in the Ernie Davis All Star game this spring. Donations in Robbie’s honor can be sent to I.H.S., 1401 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850, Attn: Emily Hess for a scholarship being established in his memory. We will never forget his beautiful smile and wonderful blue eyes. We will never forget his happy spirit and big heart. We will never forget. 2 Historical Enfield Scavenger Hunt With our dedicated Enfield History Sleuth, Sue Thompson The objective of this Historical Scavenger Hunt will be to search out 15 significant locations, each tied in some way to the locations, events and people of our town’s past. Locations will be indicated by a sign on the Enfield School grounds. Signs will also include a letter of the alphabet, all of which, when properly arranged, will spell out a prominent historic event from our past. All correct entries will be entered into a drawing to receive a possible copy of The Town of Enfield New York, Christian Hill to Enfield Falls or Place Names of Tompkins County . All participates will receive a small token for their participation. I will also have a scrapbook of civil war soldiers from Enfield. 34th Enfield Harvest Festival Too Much Fun to fit on One Poster! This year’s Harvest Festival is Saturday, September 19th at the Elementary School, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You’ll find a pull-out poster highlighting the day’s activities in the middle of this newsletter. However, there’s just so much going on year that there was only room for basics on the poster—here is more detailed information about some of the day’s happenings! Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Danny Wheeler will be bringing information on the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. The organization consists of persons directly descended from a Soldier, Sailor, Marine or member of the Revenue Cutter Service (or directly descended from a brother, sister, half-brother, or half-sister of such Soldier, etc.) who was regularly mustered and served honorably in, was honorably discharged from, or died in the service of, the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Revenue Cutter Service of the United States of America or in such state regiments called to active service and was subject to the orders of United States general officers, between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865. Cake and Soda Donations Needed Donations of cakes for the cake wheel and soda (cans and bottle of all sizes) for the Ring Toss game are gratefully accepted. Both can be dropped off at the school Friday afternoon and evening during set up or the day of the event. Cow-a-Bunga (dude) Carnival-in-a-Festival! The Ithaca Youth Council, a self-directed group of teens selected from municipalities throughout the Ithaca School District charged with representing and advocating for local youth, brings the Cow-a-Bunga Carnival to the Enfield Harvest festival. The première activity will be “Daisy's Drop” (aka Cow Pie Bingo) with a chance to buy a square in anticipation of Daisy heeding the call of nature on that exact spot and thereby designating a winner! 2009 Harvest Festival Quilt Raffle Winner drawn at 4:00 p.m. at the Harvest Festival Twin Size, "Pretty Maids" Pattern Donated by : Peggy Hill Tickets : 6 for $5.00 or $1.00 each Available at Valley Korners Store or from ECC Board Members and Enfield Seniors Gi-normous Pumpkin Contest Calling all “Scary Big” pumpkins from local gardens—bring yours to the Harvest Festival for a chance at winning 1st, 2nd & 3rd prize. Weigh-in by 10:00 a.m., winners announced at 12:00 noon, participants must take pumpkin home with them. Here’s a quick review of the rules: • A pumpkin will be considered any vegetable of the Cucurbita pepo or Curcurbita maxima family that is mostly orange, pale orange, orange yellow or cream color with a slight orange cast. • Pumpkins must be grown within 15 miles of Enfield Center. Grower must be present at weigh-in. No extra weight/ foreign objects may be added to the pumpkin. Pumpkins must be in good physical condition to qualify for a prize. Small scratches, dents, scuffs, woodchuck bites, etc. will be allowed at the direction of the judges. Any holes that expose the internal cavity, are severely leaking or on the verge of collapse will be disqualified. Judges reserve the right to inspect or probe any pumpkin to determine that the pumpkin is in good physical condition and that no foreign objects have been added. Refusal to allow this inspection will disqualify you from competition. • The winner will be judged by weight alone, weight will be rounded to the nearest ½ lb. • Vine must be trimmed to within two (2) inches of the pumpkin stem. If the stem is broken off at the competition, it will be allowed to be weighed with the pumpkin. • The loading and unloading of all pumpkins is solely the responsibility of the entrant. • Occasionally a ruling must be made by the judges that may not specifically be stated in the rules of this contest. These rulings will be made on a case-by-case basis and all decisions are final. 3 Spaces Still Available Enfield Preschool Program It is time to get your child’s application in for the Ithaca City School District PreKindergarten Program. Developed to meet the learning needs of preschoolers, the Pre-K Program supports children’s social-emotional, cognitive, physical and language/literacy development and learning. Children attend Pre-K at Enfield School Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 to 10:30 a.m. and get the experiences they need to be ready for kindergarten. If your child will be 3 or 4 on or before December 1, 2009, he or she is eligible for Pre-K. Priority is given to children who will be 4 by December 1, 2009 and children who are eligible for free and reduced lunch. To get an application or more information, either: • Inquire at the Enfield School office • Go to the Ithaca City School District website, www.icsd.k12.ny.us , and click on District Offices/Early Childhood • Call the Early Childhood Office at 274-2208 and ask for Deb Mahool. Enfield School Age Program Hope all of you are enjoying your summer. As usual, the seasons and time flies - it is time to consider all the school time plans and schedules. If you are interested in the Enfield School Age Program and would like to enroll your child(ren) in the program for the 2009-10 school year, we will be at the school's Open House on Tuesday, September 8th in the cafeteria. All necessary registration material will be available to you and it is a time to inquire about the program and answer questions you may have. For all families whose child(ren) were in the program last year, you are already on our list for participation - your space is guaranteed. Please let Colleen know if your child(ren) will not be returning so we are aware of how many spaces are actually available. Calls can be made to the School Age Program number 274- 2368, please leave a message or stop by the cafeteria on Open House night. Have a relaxing rest of the summer season and see you all in September! - Colleen, Program Director & Vera, Activities Coordinator Enfield Summer Day Camp By Vera Howe-Strait, Director As I write this article, we are still in our camp season: we are three weeks into camp and have three more to go. So far, we have had two presenters come to us: the Tin Can Fantasy Factory and the Finger Lakes Independent Center. We have also had two field trips: Watkins Glen and the Sciencenter. Our Special Days were Sno Cones, Water Day, Crazy Hat Day and Buddy Day. The daily schedule consists of Sports like Mr. Fox, Dance Freeze, Freeze Tag, and variations of kick ball; Arts and Science such as making candles, painting pictures, collages, and reading stories and Forgotten Arts which has been sewing bags out of t- shirts, cooking, writing journals in books made by the campers, camp songs and games played when we were younger (that is the over 35 year old group!!!) and then there is the option to swim daily. Beth Bannister has Primitive Pursuits 2 times a week, and the park is an ideal location to optimize that program—see the Teen Report for more details on what this group is up to! The remainder of the camp season will be a continuation of the Special group times and Beth Bannister’s activities. We will have more field trips: Greenwood Park, the Tompkins County Public Library, the Corning Museum of Glass and the traditional last day of camp trip to Watkins Glen. Other special days are: Toss Day, tie-dye, ice cream sundaes, and the traditional Peanut Hunt. I find being in the park relaxing, enjoyable and spacious for all the campers to be able to play outdoors and on the playground and just walk walk around. Being outdoors for the whole day except meals and a free choice time makes us all exhausted by the end of the day. The pavilion we are using as our site is large enough for us all to not feel crowded and suits our needs perfectly. The park personnel have been friendly and accommodating to us. We’ve all found being in Robert Treman State Park a genuine camp experience and atmosphere. Enjoy the rest of your summer; I know we all at the Enfield Summer Day Camp will! Tin Can Fantasy Factory By Alyssa Payne Arts & Science with the Funky Fish by Sarah Payne 4 French Lavender French Lavender French Lavender French Lavender fine flowers & gifts fine flowers & gifts fine flowers & gifts fine flowers & gifts 903 Mitchell Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 903 Mitchell Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 903 Mitchell Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 903 Mitchell Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 607 607 607 607-- --277 277 277 277-- --3171 3171 3171 3171 Scholastic Book Fair comes to Enfield! Enfield school’s Scholastic Book Fair is September 18th through 22nd. Reading takes kids further by engaging their imaginations as they experience and share the joy of reading. Reasons I'm excited about the Book Fair: • Families shop together in a fun-filled, safe environment. • Scholastic delivers hundreds of quality books, suitable for every interest & reading level, right to our school. • We offer exclusive editions of popular books at special low prices. • Book Fair profits help improve our library & expand classroom libraries. • Our community gains an opportunity to be involved in our school & discover how great our students are. • I enjoy getting kids to associate reading with fun, not just homework. • The faculty & staff get to chat with parents & grandparents in a relaxed atmosphere. • The Book Fair is a great way for families to connect by reading together & sharing a love of books. • AND finally: I have the perfect chance to meet more members of the Enfield community! I hope you join us in showing our students that reading really matters. It is one of the best examples you can set. Volunteers are always wanted and needed if you want to be involved with set up, selling books, taking the book fair down, or just want more information, call me: Sue DiNapoli, at 273-5596. An hour or two can make a huge difference! We’ll be it the Enfield Harvest September 19 - what a great time to stop by the Book Fair as well as see the results of summer construction in, and around, the school! See you there! Sue DiNapoli Scholastic Book Fair Chairman Teen Report By Beth Bannister Summer has been a busy time for Enfield Youth. They have been: working at Enfield Summer Camp as Counselors- in-Training (CITs), hiking and preparing for an end of summer backpacking trip, learning about earth living skills in Primitive Pursuits, and taking photos for an end of the summer camp display and to be able to show pictures of all the fun activities at camp! The Primitive Pursuits crew have been creating clay pots and pendants from clay in Enfield Creek, as well as drilling holes in stones from the creek for pendants, plant identification, and shelter building. On Walking Wednesdays, youth hike up Enfield Gorge for the day, with a swim at the end in the swimming area. We hope to do the whole 4 mile loop by the end of the summer! Lastly, Enfield continues to produce amazing photographers-- who take digital pictures of the nature at Treman, of each other enjoying camp, and of the crafts made at camp. We look forward to displaying them in mid- August! With a new school year coming up, we are looking forward to many new and old programs being offered to Enfield Middle and High School Students. Popular programs that will be returning are Monday Makers (although not on Mondays) and Primitive Pursuits. New programs for the fall and winter include hiking and geo-caching, dance lessons, and cooking! Enfield teens will also be helping prepare for and volunteer at the Enfield Harvest Festival in mid-September. Finally, look for in-school lunch programs at Boynton, as well as some 5 th grade programs coming up at Enfield Elementary. To find out specifics about any program, and to get a registration form, please contact Beth Bannister at 607-272- 2292 ext 229, or email at: bab47@cornell.edu . Have a great rest of your summer! Drilling holes in Stones, photo by Lucas VanDee DAVE’S A-1 HAULING We Haul all Types of Materials www.davesa1hauling.com 607-273-5682 607-279-5596 Major & Minor Clean-Ups Small Building Removal * Trash & Solid Waste Recycling Pick-Up for Business Roofing Tear-Off Disposal * Gravel Hauling Fully Insured * Free Estimates Serving Tompkins County for Over 30 Years 5 Notes from the Enfield Principal Peering into the blue Snoopy pencil case at the untouched rows of perfectly-shaped and vibrant crayons, resting next to the long, yellow, and extra sharp pencils with a perfect pink eraser is an indelible memory of my grade-school days. It represents the fresh start that we as members of the school community anticipate as a new school year approaches. The school building and the grounds were humming this summer with the sound of construction equipment, creating a safer traffic pattern and moving the main office to a position in the school which places safety alongside the welcoming atmosphere that is characteristic of Enfield Elementary School (see www.icsd.k12.ny.us/enfield for a map of the new parking and drop-off procedures). Some other infrastructure and mechanical work was also completed within the building alongside our hard-working custodial crew who were busy readying classrooms and instructional spaces for the new school year. The physical changes enhance the safety of our school and we will continue to work with our school safety team to refine our procedures. As a component of Enfield's Academic Improvement Plan, we are working on a school-wide positive behavior system that will create consistency in all areas of the school. We have decided to follow the practices and the philosophies that are central to the Responsive Classroom approach (www.responsiveclassroom.org). The seven guiding principles, which can be found on the web site, include believing that "the social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum" and "how children learn is as important as what they learn" truly fit within what we want for the children of Enfield. Among the many practices involved in the Responsive Classroom approach, one that I would like to highlight is the Morning Meeting. Within the classrooms of the school, every student's day will begin with a morning meeting where classes set the tone for the day by formally greeting each other, sharing news, and getting ready for the coming school day. We are supporting this important work by building a schedule that allows for the first 30 minutes of the school day to be scheduled for this to happen. Also to support this structure and to build school-wide community, we will be holding all- school morning meetings about two times each month where we will mirror the classroom meetings on a larger scale and celebrate ourselves as a community. Being a community event, everyone is invited to come to participate in our new tradition. We hope to see you there! Michael Simons, Principal, Enfield Elementary School 20 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, New York 14850/p: 607.274.2221, f: 607.274.6810, msimons@icsd.k12.ny.us "All Students Achieving Their Dreams!" 6 News from the Dairy Princess Program: Refuel with Chocolate Milk! Hi, I’m Abbie Teeter, and I am a Tompkins County Dairy Ambassador. The other Dairy Ambassador, Hannah Baker, and I work hard in the Dairy Princess Program to promote getting 3 servings of dairy products a day: 3- A-Day. Now we are also promoting “Refuel with Chocolate Milk”. The American Dairy Association and Dairy Council (ADADC) suggested this idea to help kids recover from strenuous physical workouts with chocolate milk. Drinking chocolate milk is not only good for your body, but it tastes good! When teenagers play sports, they tend to re-hydrate with sugary drinks like Gatorade or PowerAde. These drinks have so much unnecessary sugar in them. Chocolate milk is a much better alternative for student athletes. There is much less sugar in it, and some student’s say it helps them recover faster. Recently in Tompkins County, Hannah and I want to the Relay for Life at Lansing High School to hand out chocolate milk. We stood on the side of the track, hoping that everyone would take chocolate milk, drink it, and realize what a good recovery beverage it is. We handed out 240 boxes of chocolate milk, and everyone loved it! So next time your child goes to a sports game or practice don’t send them with a sugary drink, send them with chocolate milk! Also, here is a recipe for you to relax with, using chocolate milk. Chocolate Comfort Sipper Serves 3, Prep time: 5 min, Cook time: 5 min Ingredients 1 cup prepared chamomile or 1 cup chocolate milk chamomile lavender tea 1 teaspoon cocoa powder 2 (6 oz) containers chocolate yogurt 2 teaspoon sugar In a blender combine tea, yogurt, milk, cocoa powder and sugar. Cover and puree until frothy. Pour into three large microwave safe mugs. Heat each mug in a microwave for 40 seconds or until froth begins to rise. You may keep unheated smoothie in a covered pitcher refrigerated up to two days. Heat when ready to serve. Ithaca Youth Bureau Family Roller Skating at Cass Park: Fri, Aug 14 & 28, 7-9 pm $5 per person, includes skate rental One Week Camps in August : Soccer Camp: Aug 17-21, 9-noon, ages 11-15, Fee:$65, scholarships avail Bikes and Boards: Aug 17-21 & Aug 24-28. 9-4 pm at East Shore Skate Park, Fee: $200 per week, includes lunch, scholarships available. Cayuga Lake Explorers: Aug 25-28, 8:45-12:30 pm, Fee: $200, scholarships avail Fall Sports and Programs Registrations are currently being accepted for Flag and Tackle Football, Cheerleading, Rotary Soccer (registration deadline is August 28th for grades 2 - 12 and September 11th for K and 1st.), Tae Kwon Do, Pottery classes, Theatre classes and more. Go to www.ithacayouthbureau.org for more information or call 273-8364. Dairy Ambassadors Abbie Teeter, Hannah Baker & the DairyOne Relay for Life Team 7 Fire Safety at Home • Smoke alarms should be installed on every level of the home, especially near sleeping areas. • Smoke alarms should be kept clean of dust by regularly vacuuming over and around them. • Replace batteries in smoke alarms at least once a year. And replace the entire unit after ten years of service, or as the manufacturer recommends. • Families should plan and practice two escape routes from each room of their home. • Regularly inspect the home for fire hazards. • If there are adults in the home who smoke, they should use heavy safety ashtrays and discard ashes and butts in metal, sealed containers or the toilet. • If there is a fireplace in the home, the entire opening should be covered by a heavy safety screen. The chimney should be professionally inspected and cleaned annually. • Children should cook only under the supervision of an adult or with their permission. • Children should never play with electrical cords or electrical sockets. They should ask adults for help plugging in equipment. • Children should stay away from radiators and heaters, and they should be taught that these devices are not toys. Young children in particular must be taught not to play with or drop anything into space heaters. Nothing should be placed or stored on top of a heater. • Pots on stovetops should always have their handles turned toward the center of the stove, where children cannot reach up and pull or knock them off. • Teach children to turn off lights, stereos, TVs, and other electrical equipment when they are finished using them. In the case of room heaters, children should ask an adult to turn it off when the room will be empty. • Children should never touch matches, lighters, or candles. If they find matches or lighters within reach, they should ask an adult to move them .No one should stand too close to a fireplace or wood stove or other types of heaters, where clothes could easily catch fire. October is Fire Prevention Month! Make time to attend the Enfield Fire Company Open House Saturday, October 3rd 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Live demonstrations : • CPR & Defibrillation • Jaws of Life • Smoke & CO detector awareness • Blood Pressure Clinic • Extrication • Deck Gun Try your hand with the equipment : • Handle a hand line • Try on Turnout Gear • Check out the equipment on the trucks • Air Packs Invited : • Tompkins County Sheriffs Department to provide their Child Safety Seat Clinic • New York State Police to provide the seat belt and/or roll over simulators FREE HOT DOGS and SODA! AND... Rescue Ray will be on hand!! Enfield Volunteer Fire Company Presents: A Fire Prevention and Life Safety Poster and Essay Contest In conjunction with the Annual Fire Company Open House on October 3rd and in recognition of the month of October as Fire Prevention Month, the Fire Company is sponsoring a Fire Prevention and Life Safety Poster and Essay Contest . Children in grades kindergarten through 5 may subm it a poster drawn horizontally on 81/2” x 11” white paper demonstrating their knowledge of fire safety and prevention. Children in grades 4-8 may submit an essay not longer than one page type written or two pages neatly handwritten demonstrating their knowledge of fire safety and prevention. Entries are due to the Fire Station by Monday, September 28th and will be displayed during the Open House on Saturday, October 3rd. Prizes will be awarded to the winners as selected by a panel of judges. All participants will receive a recognition award and have their entries submitted by the Enfield Volunteer Fire Company on their behalf to the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York’s annual poster and essay contests. Thirteen posters entries are selected at the State level and included in a fire safety calendar distributed to schools state-wide. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners are selected at each grade level for the essay contest, and they each receive a commemorative plaque and monetary award. Look for more information at the start of school in the weekly mailing home, or contact Larry, 256-7476, or Debbie, 277-4547. 8 One-Hundred Years Ago in Enfield: Enfield Town History By Sue Thompson May 27, 1909 – Enfield Falls - Ithaca Journal • Fred Rumsey’s and Kirk Fowler’s families have just recovered from the mumps. • Mrs. Bowers is having the Wickham house she recently bought remodeled. NOTE : In 1822 Keturah (Dunlap) and Charles Woodward, originally from England, built a house one-mile west of the hamlet of Enfield Falls. The house was built of stone gathered from the surrounding area and has always been referred to as the "Old Stone House.” In 1830 Charles and Keturah Woodward invited their friends (Mr. and Mrs.) Robert V. and Henrietta "Nettie" Cone Wickham of East Haddam, Connecticut to visit Enfield Falls. Nettie Wickham was so captivated with the glen and the hamlet that the couple purchased land there in 1833 from Gilbert Budd. They then built and managed the Enfield Falls Hotel, which stood on the elevated, flat, open spot across Five Mile Creek and North of and roughly opposite the present stone and timber pavilion. The Wickhams operated the hotel until Robert died December 8, 1865. • Jerome Russell is having his logs sawed into lumber by Mr. Vandermark of Pony Hollow. • Rev. Kirk of State Street Church Ithaca preached at the Christian Church Sunday afternoon. NOTE : The Christian Church of Enfield was constituted in 1821 with 5 members. Elder Erza Chase was the first Pastor. The church building was located in front of the present Christian Cemetery on Enfield Main Road. It was torn down in 1938 and its materials re-used for lake cottages. • Married Saturday, at the bride’s home in Elmira, Miss Coral Wagner of Elmira, to James Bailey of Enfield. • June 4 in the evening there will be at Budd’s school house a church bazaar. A program will be given and supper served for 10 cents. There will also be many pretty things to sell and a fish pond to try one’s luck upon. All come and help church work along. NOTE : District #14 (Budd) was located in the front of Budd Cemetery on the south side of Gray Road appears on the 1866 map. When the school house was sold and torn down and moved in the early 1930’s. May 2, 1909 – Enfield Falls – Ithaca Journal • James Bailey is working for H.A. Rockwell. Frank Stevenson has a family in his tenant house. Joseph Butler is working for the road commissioner. • The article “Holy Land As seen Thro Pretty Eyes.” was very interesting and read with great interest by the many friends and relatives of Miss Gene Trumble, who was born one mile west of Enfield Falls on the farm now owned and occupied by her father’s brother, George Trumble. May 17, 1909 – Enfield Falls - Ithaca Journal • Fred Allen has set about a hundred young apple trees on his farm at this place. May 21, 1909 –Enfield Falls - Ithaca Journal • Many friends are sorry to hear that Mrs. William Barber of Enfield Center fell Saturday, breaking her arm near the shoulder. • A beautiful sight here is a lemon tree owned by Mrs. Jerome Russell. It is six years old and has borne lemons for several years. It has a wealth of lemons and one ripe one. June 15, 1909 – Enfield Falls – Ithaca Journal • Several farmers are losing fowls by cholera. Mr. Brock of Ithaca has installed saw mill at the Falls. July 23, 1909 – Enfield Falls – Ithaca Journal • At last the drought is broken. Kirk Fowler has a fine patch of telephone peas. All the neighbors and friends regret that Arthur Noble should have had the misfortune to break his leg. NOTE: In the spring of 1810, John, Elizabeth and three sons (Timothy B., Charles and Squire J.) Noble moved to Enfield to settle on Military Lot 73 (Connecticut Hill and Black Oak Roads, Newfield township). The family came up the Susquehanna River to Owego Settlement, then by the newly constructed Road to Ithaca and then to the property in Enfield on the Native American trail that ran past the southern boundary of the property from Ithaca to Montour Falls. John and his sons cleared off a plot of land and built a log cabin on a site across from the present location of the Nobles District School House in what was then entirely forest land. (Nobles District School House - Little Red School House, located on the east side of Connecticut Hill Road between Griffin and Rumsey Hill Roads) • Wheeler Bell is confined to his bed from injuries sustained in a fall from a load of hay. While setting a hay fork the rope broke and let him backward cutting his leg badly, besides causing other bruises. This is the third accident sustained by farmers of this vicinity while at work unloading hay with horse forks. 9 For the Farm Community CleanSweepNY is an Environmental Benefit Project that provides environmentally safe and economic collection and disposal of unwanted or unusable pesticides, school chemicals, golf course chemicals, and elemental mercury and mercury-containing devices (e.g. manometers and thermometers). CleanSweepNY also collects and recycles triple- rinsed HDPE plastic containers from agricultural and certain non-agricultural entities. A Fall 2009 CleanSweepNY collection targeting Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga and Tompkins Counties is planned during the week of November 2nd. When arrangements have been finalized, collection site locations will be posted at: http://www.cleansweepny.org . Pre-registration is mandatory to participate in CleanSweepNY. Fall 2009 Registration deadlines are October 2 nd for holders of unlabeled or unknown products and compressed gas cylinders, and October 23 rd for all other participants. Requesting a registration packet is easy and can be done by calling 1-877-793-3769 or by e-mail to info@cleansweepny.org NOTE: Information received by CleanSweepNY is kept confidential. CleanSweepNY services are not available to homeowners. Information about household hazardous waste collections can be accessed at http://www.dec.state.ny.gov/chemical/8780.html . Farm Bureau Fact Sheet Highlights New I-9 Regulations A new Fact Sheet produced by the Farm Bureau Legal Affairs Department highlights changes in completing Form I- 9s for your employees. Learn about new regulations regarding noncitizen nationals, acceptable documentation and the E-Verify system, as well as proper recordkeeping techniques. For more information: http://www.nyfb.org/ Farm Bureau Policy Season Farm Bureau members are currently developing the policy that will be followed by the organization in 2010. Farm Bureau’s policy development process is one feature that makes this grassroots organization unique; it’s how individual members can turn their ideas into official Farm Bureau policy. Here’s how the process begins at the local level: You have an idea about how to improve agriculture: 1) Tell your county President or board member 2) Talk with fellow members at a county meeting 3) Submit to county Policy Development Committee The president of Tompkins County Farm Bureau is N. Lin Davidson, and he can be reached at 533-7522—got a great idea? Start with a call to Lin! Honoring Commitment In the springtime, just before Memorial Day, when the grass is turning green, a transformation takes place in our areas cemeteries. Bright red flags appear with bright yellow markings! Have you ever wondered what they represent? The Enfield Volunteer Fire Company embarks on a mission of honoring the commitment of the volunteers that have gone on before us by placing flags on the gravesites of past members who have met the criteria of becoming life members of the department, were charter members of the department, or died while active members of the department. The trustees of the department are responsible for seeing that new flags are placed yearly. We place 66 flags in 15 different local and area cemeteries before the Memorial Day holiday. Upon the death of a charter, life, or active member our memorial bunting flies over the fire station for a period of thirty days. In the event of the death of a past member that left in good standing our MIA flag is lowered and a memorial flag is flown for a period of seven days in their honor. It is in these ways that we honor the memory and commitment of those that have served their community with membership in the Enfield Volunteer Fire Company! Submitted by Larry Saulsgiver, EVFC trustee Sat., September 12th Sat., September 12th Sat., September 12th Sat., September 12th 11 am 11 am 11 am 11 am-- --4 pm 4 pm 4 pm 4 pm Hosted by Marlindale Farm Marlindale Farm 81 Sincerbeaux Road, Groton NY 81 Sincerbeaux Road, Groton NY 81 Sincerbeaux Road, Groton NY 81 Sincerbeaux Road, Groton NY TWELFTH ANNUAL Sponsored by the Tompkins County Agriculture & Farmland Protection Board Spend the day on the a working dairy farm * See cows on pasture, tour the parlor & milk house * Farm tour wagon rides, exhibits, demonstrations & hands-on activities * Sheep & Border Collie exhibition — PLUS: The HUGE Farm City Day Silent Auction for Ag in the Classroom! For more info Call 272-2292 10 The Enfield Community Blessing Shop The Enfield Community Blessing Shop, 174 Enfield Main Road is open from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month through November. The Blessing Shop is a ministry of The First Baptist Church of Enfield Center. We provide used clothing and household items to anyone in need. ALL items are free and everyone is welcome! We accept donations of slightly used clothing and household items. All clothing must be clean: no stains or holes. Household items and furniture must be in good working condition. Donations are accepted by contacting Ginny French, 277-3902. Enfield Baptist Church 162 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, New York 14850, 607-277-6301 Rev. Chris Lynch, Senior Pastor Rev. David Leonard, Associate Pastor Rev. Jim Clark, Youth Pastor/Assoc. Pastor The Enfield Baptist Church welcomes you! We are a full Gospel community fellowship, incorporating contemporary worship music with traditional hymns. We believe and practice the gifts of the Spirit (I Corinthians 12). We also offer a Bible-based Christian School for grades Pre-K through 12 th . Regularly Scheduled Events: Sunday Prayer 9:00 am Worship Service 10:00 am Youth Group, ages 13 & up 6:00 pm Worship Warriors, ages 4-12 6:00 pm Wednesday Mothers Group, 2nd & 4th Wed 2:30 pm Prayer 6:00 pm Bible Study 7:00 pm Friday 2nd & 4th Fri Friday Night Live - Bible Study 7:00 pm Saturday last Sat of the month Men’s Breakfast 7:00 am Mission outreaches in 2009: Enfield, New York Ithaca, New York New York City, New York Mexico - Tapestries of Life Africa - Jinja, Uganda (Walakuba) Vacation Bible Camp Raises Funds for Ugandan Children 162 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, New York 14850, 607-277-6301 Rev. Chris Lynch, Senior Pastor - Rev. David Leonard, Associate Pastor Rev. Jim Clark, Youth Pastor/Assoc. Pastor The week of July 19th the Enfield Baptist Church hosted their annual Vacation Bible Camp, "Polar Extremes". They averaged well over 80 in attendance with singing, games, crafts, story time with Granny, multimedia presentations, and snacks. This relatively low budget week long event, held in the rural town of Enfield, may sound like many of the local Vacation Bible School programs held throughout the area... so far. This small church has been raising money from their nightly offerings and donations for the orphaned and abandoned children of Uganda. With a nightly competition of boys versus girls, the children and parents attending this event were challenged to "consider others above themselves" and help these impoverished children from Africa. As of Friday, July 24th they raised over $2,700 for this worthy cause. Friday night's tally of $2,731.37 will be added to the donations on Sunday at the closing ceremonies. 100% of the money given goes directly to help these children - nothing is taken out for expenses or administrative oversight. This is outstanding for a small community such as Enfield to have such an impact on the needy children in Uganda. The children of Uganda do not get a free education as children do here in America. According to Rev. Jack Osburn, former pastor of the Enfield Baptist Church, the average cost for a child to go to school is around $100 per year, which includes a required school uniform, one healthy meal per day (often the only food many of them get each day) and an education. The money raised for these children is a huge blessing many of us here in America take for granted. So far this week the community of Enfield has sponsored at least 20 Ugandan children for the year. This is just one of the ways this rural church is making an impact in our community and our world. Other ways this church is involved in our community include their onsite school, (Enfield Community Christian School), their partnership with the Ithaca Red Cross Friendship Center, and the Blessing Shop (free clothing and household item giveaway). For more information on Enfield Baptist Church or how you can get involved, call 607-277-6301. David Schlaegel with Children from Jinja, Uganda Steep Hollow Gorge on A.J. Teeter Farm Photo by Bonnie Brown A.J. Teeter Farm, est. 1847 Enfield Falls Road, Enfield, NY 607-277-4547/ajteeterfarm@msn.com Fall Foliage Hay Rides Weekends in September, October & November Call for dates & times, group rates available 11 Enfield Food Pantry The Enfield Food Pantry is available to Enfield residents who need help providing food for themselves and their family. The pantry is open on the second Tuesday of every month from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. and on the fourth Tuesday from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. The pantry is located at the Enfield Community Building at 182 Enfield Main Road and is a ministry of the Enfield Baptist Fellowship. The Town of Enfield provides the space and utility costs. McMillan Art Center 7 Enfield Center Road West Enfield, NY 14850 www.mcmillanartcenter.com We are open to the public. We are located in the beautiful old Methodist Church Building. Welcome! Paul McMillan: 607-330-1892, 607-277-3147, mcmillan@paulmcmillan.com Gallery Exhibits • Fine Art from the region and beyond Studio • Home for Paul McMillan Paintings • Art Lessons Concerts Rental Space • Studio Space, Community Gatherings, Weddings Looking for a CHRISTIAN alternative to public school education? Concerned about the rising cost of private school? Do you want your child to go to a school that holds high the standards of Jesus Christ? IT’S TIME TO CONSIDER…. Enfield Community Christian School Enfield Community Christian School Enfield Community Christian School Enfield Community Christian School Enfield Community Christian School Enfield Community Christian School Enfield Community Christian School Enfield Community Christian School What We Offer Classes for Kindergarten through 12th Grade Christian teachers dedicated to student success Safe and Godly Environment Low monthly tuition Small class sizes with individual attention Computer lab with high speed internet Foreign language courses ACE, ABEKA, and interactive teaching curriculums Hands on learning experiences Community service and ministry opportunities Busing available for most students Much, much more… We provide a secure and positive environment to train your children and prepare them to make an impact on their world for His Kingdom… (And get an education in the process!) Enfield Community Christian School Enfield Community Christian School Enfield Community Christian School Enfield Community Christian School 162 Enfield Main Road Ithaca, NY 14850 607-277-6301 “The Lord will be honored in this place” LARRY’S POWER EQUIPMENT 1567 Mecklenburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 607-256-7476 607-227-3456 Repairing Lawn Mowers, Lawn Tractors, Chain Saws, String Trimmers & More! Pick-Up & Delivery Available! Time to start thinking about fixing that snow blower, too! Agape Bible Church 264 South Applegate Road, Ithaca NY 14850 607-273-7419/www.agape-ithaca.org Pastor Mike Corriero - Pastor Chip Adams-Compton We invite you to join us Sunday mornings for our 70 minute service, beginning at 8:30 a.m., with a bit more of a traditional flavor. Or, join us at 10:00 a.m. for our contemporary worship celebration. Nursery and children's church are provided in this service only. Youth group also meets twice a month during this 2nd service. Our church community includes local residents from Enfield as well as many people from all over Tompkins County, including Cornell and Ithaca College students. We have an active outreach program which involves many from our church, including students, providing spiritual outreach to: Lakeside Nursing Home, Titus Towers, Beachtree, Oak Hill Manor, Lou Gossett Center, and Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services. Midweek Bible Studies, Men's Bible Studies twice per month and Echo's Women's Breakfast meets monthly. View our Cable TV broadcast "God is Greater" on Time Warner Cable Channel 13, Mondays 10 pm, Tuesdays 2 pm, & Thursdays 4 pm. If you identify a need in your life for God, or have a spiritual hunger for Him, or you are seeking Him, join us! Enfield Ladies Auxiliary Calendar The Enfield Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary will be putting together a fire prevention calendar for 2010. They are currently soliciting for advertisements from our local vendors and contractors. If you know of anyone who would like to insert an ad in this calendar, please contact Pam Whittaker (273-0467) or Linda Stilwell (277-0764). Enfield Senior Citizens The Enfield Seniors have enjoyed two trips this summer and are now working on a train excursion on September, 24th, through either the Adirondacks or the Catskills. Lunch is included, on the train in the Catskills or in Old Forge in the Adirondacks. The Seniors will again be offering delicious items at the Harvest Festival bake sale, and members are busy selling quit raffle tickets for the drawing at the Festival. A Flu Shot Clinic is tentatively scheduled for October 6th at the Fire Station; the Seniors are ready to help if needed! It’s hard to believe, but planning for the Christmas dinner will begin soon. For more information about the Seniors, call Bill Eisenhardt, 272-0827. 12 Calendar of Events September 9 First day of school 18-22 Scholastic Book Fair, Enfield Elementary School 19 10 am-4 pm, Enfield Harvest Festival October 3 10 am-2 pm, Enfield Volunteer Fire Company Open House November TBA CleanSweepNY Regularly Scheduled Community Meetings & Activities Community Council : 4th Monday, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at the Community Building Enfield PTA : 2nd Thursday, dinner at 5:30 pm, meeting at 6:00 pm., at the school (call 274-2221 to confirm) Food Pantry : 2nd Tuesday,1:00 - 3:00 p.m. & 4th Tuesday, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m., at the Community Building Grange : 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. at the Grange Hall Historical Society : Bimonthly, 3rd Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m. at the Community Building Senior Citizens : 3rd Wednesday,11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Grange; meetings include a dish-to-pass luncheon Enfield Community Council PO Box 214 Jacksonville NY 14854 Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Permit No 780 Ithaca, NY 2009 Enfield Community High School Graduates Congratulations to our community members who recently graduated from high school. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors, and we are all very proud of you! From Ithaca High School From Lehman Alternative Community School Chelsea Brous Anna Joyce We’re terribly sorry if we missed anyone! Christopher Moliviatis Tierney O’Connor Patrick Reynolds Robert Rogers Ashley Scott Ambyr Snyder Andrew Troy Katherine Williams Sharif Younes Michael Baker Katherine Burke Cortney Ciaschi Robert Cornish Justin Ellis Cody Fisk Mary Gaynor Chloe Hart Kailey Hull Alaura Lampke