{"headlinelight18"/}Project Lifesaver in the works
The Schoharie County Office for the Aging, Schoharie County Council of Senior Citizens Inc. and Schoharie County TRIAD are working to establish Project Lifesaver in Schoharie County.
Project Lifesaver was established in April 1999 as an initiative of the 43rd Search and Rescue Company of the Chesapeake County Sheriff's Office in Virginia. Project Lifesaver's mission is to use technology in assisting those who care for individuals with Alzheimer's and other related disorders who become lost. This includes the elderly as well as people with Down syndrome and autism.
Rescue teams from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Department will use radio technology to bring this system to the loca area. The program will provide personalized wristbands that will notify sheriff's department officials if a person goes missing.
For more information, call Schoharie County Office for the Aging at (518) 295-2001.
{"headlinelight18"/}Longhouse Lectures planned
The Iroquois Indian Museum will present "Longhouse Lectures," including "The Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Influence on Women's Rights" by Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, and Robert Spiegelman speaking on "New York's Missing Link: The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign, Then & Now" at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Wagner's lecture will focus on Iroquois women and their influential role in political, social, religious and economic life. Wagner will discuss how women's rights advocates such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote about the role of women among the Haudenosaunee.
Spiegelman will discuss how Gens. Sullivan and Clinton, under orders from George Washington, uprooted thousands of Iroquois from their native homelands. Spiegelman's talk will include a discussion of the continued impact of this American Revolution-era undertaking.
The Iroquois Indian Museum is in Howes Cave near the intersection of state highways 7 and 145. For information, call (518) 296-8949 or visit www.iroquoismuseum.org.
{"headlinelight18"/}United Way goal announced
The Chenango United Way announced that a goal of $465,000 has been approved by the board of directors upon recommendation from the campaign cabinet. This goal represents an increase from the $450,000 raised in the fall 2007 campaign. Leading this year's campaign are volunteer campaign co-chairmen Bruce Beadle Jr. of Kerry Bio Science and Amber Harrison of Norwich Pharmaceuticals Inc.
The theme for this year's Chenango United Way campaign, as well as many United Way campaigns across the country, will be "Live United." This theme represents the United Way mission of giving, advocating and volunteering in order to reach out to communities and influence the conditions of all.
The campaign will kick off with the second annual Day of Caring on Saturday, Sept. 27. This half-day event brings community volunteers together with local projects in nonprofit organizations across the county. For more information on this year's United Way campaign or to participate in the annual Day of Caring, call the Chenango United Way office at 334-8815.
{"headlinelight18"/}Grange plans two meetings
The Worcester Grange #1274 will have a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The Grange's exhibit at the Otsego County Fair earned a blue ribbon.
The Grange will host Don Zaengle at 7 p.m. Wednesday, who will speak about natural gas exploration in the area. This meeting is open to the public.
{"headlinelight18"/}Schenevus reunion planned
The Andrew S. Draper (Schenevus Central School) Class of 1963 will be holding their 45th Class Reunion on Aug. 23 in Schenevus.
Any class member or nonmembers wishing to attend are asked to call Carol at 638-5656 for information.
Organizers have tried to contact all class members, but are still looking for contact information for some people. Anyone with information about Class of '63 alumni who have not been contacted may provide it at any time.
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