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«*********+**********5-DIGIT 13642 1622 12-25-20 '5P 24S READING ROOM 56 CHURCH SI GOUVERNEUR NY 13642 LnlilMlVlUlHlnMiWI 'Voliimc--Nb. %%f -iSumij^4'j fif« latlanaa eaaatt fab, last It Slum at Mi natli Wildcat Marching Band havina a By Dick Sterling The 2008 GouverneurHigh School Wildcat Marching Band has been enjoying a terrific season. The band has performed in four competitive parades at Theresa, Lake Placid, and most recently, two at the Jefferson County Fair Band Day. This year the Wildcat Band is performing a medley of songs by Stevie Wonder, arranged by Nick Baratta. The drum majorette is Karlie Prashaw. The soloists include Emily Donahue and Dan Truax on trumpet, Zack Kelley and Stevie Ward on saxophone, Christopher Dixon, Joey Schuessler, and Amy Amesquita on keyboards, and the drum line led by seniors Chewy Tarkowski, Gordon Stevens, and Daren Crist. The staff includes Kevin Cross, Mallory Emrich, Jennifer Haynes, Richard Haynes, Welly Netto, Justin Patton, and Brianne Wicks. The band director is Kathleen Melinda Moses. At the Jefferson County Fair, Gouverneur took first place overall with scores at each event of 91 and 95. The other participants were Heuvelton scoring 90 and 91, Lisbon scoring two 87s, Morristown with 86 and 85., Thousand Islands at the first event only with 83, and Edwards-Knox at the second event only with 78. Additional awards for Gouverneur included: First place in best horn line and best percussion; second place for best major/majorette; andthird place for best color guard The band also won Best In Show at the Lake Placid 4th of July Parade. At the Theresa Memorial Day Parade, Gouverneur placed second with a score of 90. Placing first was Naples with 94. Gouverneur marched without competing to entertain the crowds in parades at the Canton Dairy Festival, Philadelphia Quaker Days Festival, the Cape Vincent French Festival, Edwards Lions Festival, Morristown's 4 lh of July Parade, and the Memorial Day and Flag Day parades in Gouverneur. At Edwards, the band was presented with the Good Neighbor Award. The Wildcats will conclude their season at the Gouverneur and St. Lawrence County Fair on Wednesday, August 6 th . They will compete in the Carlton Peck Parade in the afternoon and perform in exhibition only in the evening parade. They hope everyone will enjoy the show and cheer the loudest for their hometown favorites. The Gouverneur High School Marching Band earned a first place finish at the Jefferson County Fair in Watertown. Aubrey Hamner (left) and Sarah VanVleet are all smiles during the band's performance. American Idol comes to Oxbow! by Sandy Wyman The weather could not have been more perfect for the Youth Group Talent Show that took place on Thursday, July 17 as part of the Oxbow Concert in the Park Series. Seats under the shade trees with hamburgers and cold drinks in hand became the perfect setting for the soon to be array of amazing performances from individuals of all age groups. Likened to the American Idol phenomenon by the panel of judges that included MC Jesse James, music teacher Cathy Finch and choir director and organist Evelyn Eager, the show was off and running. However, before any act could take to the bandstand, there was a whisper that the advertisement for the evening promised a special mystery guest and we would all have to wail until the judges' deliberations. Who would it be and what would be the connection to the talent show? Stay tuned! Jim and Cathy Reilly from Bigger and Better Karaoke and Dance DJ donated their time, equipment and expertise to keeping the \show of shows\ on schedule and sounding well. Appearing in stellar performances were Nicole Richards (guitar and song), Dustin Buckley (song),_Lenora Blank (violin solo),'Callie Cunningham and Harley Draper (song), Kayleigh Ronas (song plus sign language) andBeulah Walrath (step-dancing). Also on the stage were Garrett Decker, Chelsea Bango, Katie Henderson, the duo of Hannah and Abbey, Tacora Marcellus and Amanda Slate (all with songs enhancing their individual styles). Glad not to be a judge at this amateur competition! Then it was time for the judges' panel to retire for deliberations, however, the announcement of the special mystery guest was on the agenda. From around the corner, pulling into the park was none other than the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley garbed in the finest of Las Vegas attire! A trip down the memory lane of music was all too soon ended as the judges headed back to name the winners. Sharing the first place spotlight were Nicole Richards and Lenora Blank, second place was secured by Dustin ••Buckley and third place saw another tie as Kayleigh Ronas along with Callie Cunningham and Harley Draper took home the final honors. Talent and more talent plus a visit from Elvis, what a way to spend an evening at the village park in Oxbow! The much younger set from.the left, Kayleigh Ronas for her Grand Old Flag presentation wjth sign language and Callie Cunningham along with Harley Draper also performing the same song as a duo tied for third place after the Youth Group Talent Show that was a feature attraction at the Oxbow Concert in the Park on Thursday, July 17. Standing in back from the left is Nicole Richards, sharing first place honors, Dustin Buckley taking second and Lenora Blank who shared the other half of first place. (Sandy Wyman photo) A young Princess & an old King! Air Force Major Art Gilts (retired) joined in the festivities of the Antwerp Old Home Day that took place on Saturday, July 19 after an absence of 67 years. He was a POW in World War II and went on to serve America until 1965 with distinction and pride. (Sandy Wyman photo) WWII POW,'41 Antwerp grad proves you can go back home By Sandy Wyman A chance meeting during the early and delicious lunch served with style by the ladies of the Congregational Church at the celebration of the Antwerp Old Home Day that was held on Saturday, July 19 started out with \I have not been back here since 1941!\ Art Gilts, a 1941 graduate of Antwerp High School is the son of the late Phillip and Edith Fleming Gilts was born in the house, no longer in existence that was located across from the town hall. They also resided in an apartment in the back of a house where the fire department now resides. Leaving the village of his boyhood, he enlisted in the Army Air Corp and became a radio operator and waist gunner aboard the \Leading Lady,\ a B-17 bomber that was shot out of the skies during a bombing mission over Dresden, Germany on March 2,1945. He along with the crew of seven others, bailed out and were promptly captured upon their arrival with terra firma by German foot soldiers. Relating memories of era fast fading from our view, Mr. Gilts stated that he figured the jig was up and the end would be shortly. Two of his fellow flyboys had sustained serious injuries but were treated by their captors and all survived to be liberated 59 days later by Allied Forces. Displaying his class ring, Mr. Gilts went on to add that the reminder of home was seized immediately after capture and he figured that it was gone forever. However, fate is sometimes kind and while his duration of \prisoner of war\ status saw imprisonment in Stalag 3, Stalag 7-A and finally a tent in Nuremberg, the ring- plus any other mementoes of home were returned to the crew after liberation! \I was in the best place in the world when freedom was secured arriving in Paris by plane at 4pm on VE-Day (Victory inEurope May 8,1945). A member of the 385 lh Bomber Group of the 550 ,h Squadron, he stayed in the Army Air Corp until it became the Air Force in 1947 and after Officer Candidate School, Mr. Gilts retired in 1965 with the rank of major and went on to work as a corporate pilot for the next 19 years. He wed the former Harriet Pauline Weller of Clayton and she passed away two years ago after they celebrated 59 years ofmarriage. With three children, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren to keep life busy?2 Mr. Gilts divides his time> between homes on the Sfe* Lawrence and. near St. Petersburg, Florida. When asked what he saw 67 years later, Mr. Gilts replied, \Sadness. I knew it would not be even close to my boyhood memories, but thought that some of the village's independence would have survived.\ \This was a thriving place when I was a kid, we used to ride our bikes to the Gouverneur Fair and thought nothing of it.\ \Today these once industrious little villages have become nothing more than bedroom communities and it is sad for me to see this.\ \I have a wonderful life even though some of the memories are filled with grief and to think it all started in the house across from the town hall.\ Library Loft opens to \The Monkey King\ By Dick Sterling After years of discussion, and plenty of hard work raising money, not to mention months of construction, the Gouverneur Reading Room (Public Library) Loft was finally unveiled for its first public performance on Tuesday morning. What had once been a hidden attic area in the historic old library building on Church Street, was refurbished over the past several months, and Tuesday morning scores of children, parents and summer recreation directors, found a comfortable spot on the newly carpeted floor in anticipation of the first public event in the loft. At 10 a.m. the number one favorite character of all Asian children, Sun Wukong, the Monkey King of China, began to entertain children and adults alike. Master Puppeteer, Nancy Sander brought the Monkey King and his friends Pigsy and Sanzang on their journey to search for twelve ancient scrolls. Mrs. Sander has been to Gouverneur several times and her programs are always full of giggles, cheers and humorous action. Lots of audience participation guarantees that youngsters to oldsters and everyone in between will be entertained. And Tuesday's show was no exception, as laughter could be heard emanating from the loft. The summer recreation program visits the library each Tuesday as part of their 20O8 schedule. Over 50 children were on hand for Tuesday's performance. The Tuesday program is free and open to the public. Call 287-0191 with questions. Over 50 children and a hndful of adults were on hand rnnrprt Series in the ParK at uxoow on inursaay, juiy 1 1. civis^asvui i\uu *>UU,I<III;HIUVCU «.« M^HCHUU. «•= Tuesday for the first public event in \The Loft\ at the evening as the persona of the King of Rock and Roll made a special guest appearance. (Sandy Wyman photos) Gouverneur Library. (Dick Sterling photo)
