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Community events
• Bingo will be held at the Bath Volunteer Fire Department, 50 E. Morris Street on Monday, November 21. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the game begins at 7 p.m.
•   A benefit for Jodi Decker to help raise money for medicine will be held from 12-7 p.m. Saturday at Days Inn, Conference Hall, West Morris St., Bath. Price is $10 per ticket (advance sales and available at door) and free for children 12 and under. For more information email JodiDeckerBenefit@yahoo.com..
•  AARP is honoring veterans by offering a Safe Driving course from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Wednesday. The course is free. Individuals can save ten percent off vehicle insurance at most insurance companies. For more information and to register call 607-664-2298.

Library news
• The Prattsburg Library will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24; and Friday, November 25. The library will reopen Saturday, November 26. For more information call the library at 607-522-3490.

Support groups
•    Family members of Veterans with mental health issues: The Bath VA Medical Center will offer an education session from 4-5:30 p.m. Monday, November 21 in the main hospital building, Building 76, Room 511 on the VA campus. No reservation is needed to participate. For more information call Darlene Leonard at 607-664-4300.
 Victims of Domestic Violence (Women)
6:45-7:45 p.m. Monday night. For more information call 1-800-286-3407.
• Narcotics Anonymous meetings:
7-8:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at St. Thomas Church.
7-8:30 p.m. Thursday at Ira Davenport.
1-2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Church.
7-8:30 p.m. Sunday the meetings at the Kinship House.
• The Center for Dispute Settlement, Inc., 22 Liberty St., is a non-profit organization that helps residents, neighbors and families resolve issues through mediation. For more information, call 776-6976.
• Over Eaters Anonymous (OA) will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Bath Baptist Church, downstairs.  

School news
• The regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Bath Central School District will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the District Office.
• The regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Hammondsport Central School District will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the high school library.

Community meetings
•  The Charles E. Wescott American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Bath Legion.
• NARFE will hold their monthly meeting at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the Bath Country Club. A program will be provided by the Village Square Harmony, a barbershop quartet. It will be a great time with great singers, please plan on attending. Reservations are necessary and can be made by calling 607-776-3738.
•      The Steuben County Veteran’s Memorial will hold a monthly business meeting at 10:30 a.m. today, Sunday, November 13 in the dining room of the facility located at 7230 State Route 54, Bath, NY. All regular Steuben County Veterans Memorial members are welcome to attend the meeting. Support your veteran’s organization.
•      The Wine Country Toastmasters will meet from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Steuben County Health Care Facility, in the guest dining room on the second floor, 7009 Rumsey Street Extension, Bath. Guests are welcome. For more information call Terry Bilancio at 776-7813, Bob Babcock at (585) 728-9167 or Victoria Nichols at 324-7094.

Food/entertainment
• The Hammondsport American Legion will host their yearly Holiday Turkey Party at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Hammondsport American Legion, Roswell-McDaniels Post 407 is located in Hammondsport, New York on Keuka Lake in the Finger Lakes. They will be raffling off a chance to win turkeys, hams and holiday gift items. There will also be a gun raffle and chances to win a handmade quilt. Food will be available. Proceeds from the Holiday Turkey Party benefit the Hammondsport American Legion and Auxiliary.
Interested in becoming a member? Stop by the Hammondsport American Legion to fill out an application. For more information about the Hammondsport American Legion, visit facebook.com/HammondsportAmericanLegion or call 607-569-3155.

Classes/training
• CCC’s Workforce Development and Community Education will offer “Managing Job Stess for Increased Performance and Output” from 8:30-11:30 a.m. until Thursday at the Academic and Workforce Development Center, 318 Madison Avenue, Elmira. Cost is $300. To register or for more information call Lori Gwin at 607-936-5507.
•   The Bath Central School District will offer continuing education courses this fall, including yoga, mystery quilt beginners, Zumba, public speaking. For dates and times, costs and register for a Community Education class visit the district website at bathcsd.org.
The Haverling Athletic Complex is now open and features a fitness room, indoor track and use of the pool, including open swim and lap swim and aqua aerobics at affordable rates.
For more information, call Mike Binkowski at 607-776-3301, ext. 7712 or mbinkowsi@bathcsd.org.

Briefs
•  The Windmill Farm and Craft Market will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Saturday. The Windmill is located between Keuka and Seneca Lake Wineries, 3900 Route 14A, Penn Yan. For more information call 315-536-3032 or visit thewindmill.com.
• NYSEG offers free engine block heater timers to farmers. Using timers on your farm vehicles’ engine block heaters during the winter months allows the heaters to run for just a few hours each morning rather than consuming electricity throughout the night. NYSEG also has rebates for money back on energy-saving lighting/motors/fans/etc. Put in place in 2011. Contact Ensave/NYSEG’s program coordinator at 1-800-732-1399 for details and applications.
•   ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is looking for people in the area to help promote and assist in administering their well-respected program. By finding and interviewing families interested in hosting and acting as a counselor for the international teenagers, you will meet some of the most interesting and wonderful people in your life. ASSE will provide training and reimbursement for your time and expenses.
If you are energetic, positive and love interacting with people of all ages please call Melanie at 716-235-0502 or ASSE International at 800-677-2773 or visit ASSE.com for more opportunities.

Volunteers
• Bath Area needs volunteers: RSVP....Lead with Experience
Project Care is looking for volunteers to assist older adults in the Greater Bath area to remain at home. Services needed include friendly visits, transportation, shopping, telephone calls, and light chores. Training provided.
Steuben Coordinated Transportation needs volunteer drivers to transport individuals to appointments.  Mileage reimbursement available.
Prattsburgh, Cohocton, and Campbell/ Savona schools need volunteers to serve as “Reading Buddies” providing one to one assistance to struggling readers in grades K-3.  Training provided.
Ira Davenport Hospital needs volunteers to serve in the gift shop.
Bath’s Catholic Charities/Turning Point needs volunteers to serve as a back-up receptionist as well as CA$H tax preparers.  Training provided.
If you are 55 years of age or older and you are interested in these or any other volunteer opportunities, call Mary at 607-664-2298 to learn more about the benefits of being an RSVP volunteer. Please do not call the agencies or organizations directly. Visit the RSVP website at steubencony.org/rsvp to see a more complete list of volunteer opportunities.

Emergency loan applications
The Farm Service Agency is accepting applications in Steuben County for disaster emergency loan assistance for the following:
• Damages and losses caused by high winds, excessive rain, lightning, and flash flooding from April 26-28. Applications for loans under this emergency designation will be accepted until Feb. 10, 2012.
• Damages and losses caused by a tornado, high winds, hail, excessive rain, flash flooding and flooding from April 1 and continuing. Applications for loans under this emergency designation will be accepted until Feb. 10, 2012.
• Damages and losses caused by high winds from May 28-31. Applications for loans under this emergency designation will be accepted until Feb. 10, 2012.
• Damages and losses caused by tornados, high winds, hail, excessive rain, flash flooding and flooding from March 7-June 12. Applications for loans under this emergency designation will be accepted until Feb. 17, 2012.
• Damages and losses caused by severe storms and flooding from April 25-28. Applications for loans under this emergency designation will be accepted until March 13, 2012.
• Damages and losses caused by excessive rain, flash flooding and flooding and cooler than normal temperatures March 1-June 1. Applications for loans under this emergency designation will be accepted until April 25, 2012.
• Damages and losses caused by excessive rain, flash flooding, flooding, high winds, lightning and cooler than normal temperatures which occurred Aug. 16. Family farmers who have suffered losses of at least 30 percent of their production due to the frost, freeze, high winds, hail, excessive rain and cold temperatures. Applications for loans under this emergency designation will be accepted until April 16, 2012.
Farmers must be unable to obtain credit from private commercial lenders. The interest rate on emergency loans is 3.75 percent. Applications and more information are available at the FSA office, 415 West Morris St., Bath. For more information call 776-7398.

Child Care
• Steuben Child Care Project gives child care providers information on a federally funded program which reimburses providers for nutritious meals served to the children in their program. The new on-line claiming process makes the required recordkeeping a snap, taking less than 5 minutes a day.  
SCCP helps child care providers access the funding that they are eligible to receive, as well as, support the providers to operate their businesses as economically as possible.  For more information on child care programs call 776-2126 or 1 (800) 553-2033.