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News March 18, 2007
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Bath BPW offering two scholarships
      Applications for two scholarships sponsored by the the Bath Business and Professional Women's Club are due by April 6. The group's High School Graduate Scholarship is intended to assist current high school women who plan to attend college and pursue a degree in a business or professional field.
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Scholarships sponsored by Bath AAUW
      The Bath Branch of the American Association of University Women is offering two scholarships for 2007. The organization's high school award is open to a young woman who is a member of the class of 2007 in either Hammondsport Central, Haverling Central, Avoca Central, Prattsburgh Central, or Waylan...
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HCS Drama Club to present comedy
      HAMMONDSPORT - The Hammondsport Central School Drama Club will present "A Fine Monster You Are" at 7 p.m. March 30 and 31. The play by Monk Ferris has been described as a "creepy crawly" comedy and features the cast of Courtney Conley, Michelle Gardner, Jessica Anthony, Michael Quade, Nick Hopkin...
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Support for vets
      Pictured above, Dan Meholczo, post commander of Crystal City VFW, presents a check for $500 to Laura Opelt, executive director of Catholic Charities of Steuben County. The funds are to be used by Catholic Charities Turning Point to provide emergency assistance to Steuben County veterans and their f...
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Legacy of Love
      Linda Whitson-Jones of The Arc of Steuben prepares a bouquet of chocolate roses for sale as part of The Arc's Legacy of Love Campaign, designed to celebrate the accomplishments of people with disabilities and educate the community about services Arc provides. The organization's white and dark choco...
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UWST seeks Shand award nominations
      United Way of the Southern Tier is seeking nominations for its annual Errol Shand Award for exemplary service. The nomination deadline is April 6. Award information is available at www.uwst.org/shandaward.asp or by calling 936-3753.
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Annual scholarship honors memory of Helen Rubar
      The Bath Peace and Justice Group and Peaceweavers are sponsoring the Helen Rubar Memorial Peace Scholarship for senior students at Haverling and Hammondsport high schools. Up to $1,000 is available as an award to one student or a shared award between two or more students.
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Women's History Month to be celebrated at the Dormann
      BATH - The Friends of the Dormann Library will commemorate Women's History Month March 30 with a program by Melinda Grube of Phelps, an adjunct professor at Cayuga Community College and a doctoral candidate in the history program at Union Institute and University.
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Making news
      BATH - James Watson, chief executive officer of Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital, recently was named a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation's leading professional society for healthcare leaders. Fellow status represents achievement of the highest standard of profes...
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We Salute The American Legion On Their Anniversary
      Campbell    Legion Robert    N.    Austin                Post    # 1279 Robert was a local resident of Campbell, where his family still resides. He was the 1st Lieutenant in the A...
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Bath town board minutes
February 13, 2007 7 p.m.
      Present: Supervisor Fred Muller; Councilpersons William Glosick, Dean Kropp, Albert Burns Absent: Councilperson, Robin Lattimer; Attorney, Jeffrey Squires Also Present: Highway Superintendent James McGlynn; Highway Crew member Roger Knowles; Planning Board member John Lysyczyn; Code Enforcement ...
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Everybody's Irish
      The Dady Brothers, pictured in top photo, entertained the Bath area March 9 in the Haverling school auditorium, joined by the Ring of Chiarraighe dancers from the Let's Dance studio in Horseheads. The annual St.
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Field of Leaves
      Pictured above, three-year-old Nevaeh Sullivan plays in the leaves during last year's Fall season at the residence of her grandparents, Cindy and Patrick Angus of Avoca. Nevaeh is the daugher of Jim and Jessica Sullivan of Bath.
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National Livestock Identification Program stampeding forward
Kevin McClintock GateHouse Plus
      Kids visiting farms for the first time will often ask why cows wear earrings. And more often than not, the farmer will chuckle deeply and ruffle a head full of hair. What he'll tell the kids is that the cows don't have earrings, but rather ear tags. These tags aren't there for fashion reasons, or ...
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      Question 1 - What is the average size of an American farm? A - 40 acres B - 87 acres C - 341 acres D - 277 acres Question 2 - How much of the Earth's surface can be used to grow food?
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An agricultural gem soars high above our heads
Kevin McClintock GateHouse Plus
      Farming may date back to antiquity, but today's agricultural efficiency wouldn't be possible without various "gee whiz" gadgets.
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Rare Dorper sheep rancher content in Oklahoma
The Dorpers take the hot weather and humidity very well, and the babies still gain their pound a day.
kevin McClintock GateHouse Plus
      Lifetime rancher Keith Kugler had the distinction of being one of only two men in the entire state of Oklahoma actively breeding Dorper sheep during the mid-1990s. Even today, Kugler guesses there are less than a half-dozen breeders now in the state, and about 100 nationwide.
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Annie's Project provides management lessons for farm wives
Kevin McClintock GateHouse Plus
      As the popular documentary "A Farmer's Wife" deftly showed, the wife of a farmer isn't exactly a fairytale steeped in richness. It's hard work, particularly on the financial side. Maybe not as demanding as what the husband faces daily out in the fields, but it's still a repetitive grind - physical...
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Who was Annie?
      Annie was a woman who grew up in a small town in northern Illinois. Her goal was to marry a farmer and she did. Annie spent her lifetime learning how to be an involved business partner with her farm husband. Together they did great things, but it wasn't easy.
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