VOL. 3 ISSUE 1
Winter 2017
The holidays are behind us and we look forward to all of our upcoming winter activities. In this issue we highlight some
of those activities and also some of the manufacturing facilities in Bainbridge.
Bainbridge Free Library’s Where’s
Eddie The Eagle Hunt?
Grand Prize Winners
The “Where’s Eddie the Eagle?” sleuth hunt was made
possible by a grant from BOOKS from Senator Fred
Akshar. The library would like to thank all those
businesses and offices that helped to make this an exciting
and fun event for the children.
Last month children in Bainbridge searched for laminated
pictures of Eddie the Eagle hidden in 28 businesses and
government offices throughout the community. To enter
the hunt, children picked up a passport and visited the
businesses and government offices to look for Eddie.
Once they spotted him, the storekeeper stamped their
passport.
Children, with at least six stamps, received a book during
the library open house on Saturday, December 10. All of
the children who visited 12 or more locations were also
entered in a contest for a first, second, and third prize,
which consisted of a Family Fun Night package at Galaxy
Bowl, a candy bouquet, and a stuffed Eddie. Winners of
the prizes were first place, Jillian Langstaff, second place,
Brock Porter, and third place, Kaitlyn Curtis.
The New York State Department of Transportation
honored the Jericho Garden Club of Bainbridge with the
ADOPT A HIGHWAY sign for planting 1000 daffodil
bulbs on their property adjacent to I88 West. The JGC
thanks everyone from the community for their help! Look
for a beautiful field of daffodils in the spring.
Christmas Trees in the Village
A huge thank you to the following businesses for
decorating their trees for everyone to enjoy!
Blitz Family Dentistry, Smiley's, Coughlin and Gerhart,
Nana's Keepsakes, Bainbridge Rotary Club, Jericho Arts
Council, Bainbridge Town Hall, Bainbridge Free Library,
NBT Bank, Village Florist, Jericho Garden Club of
Bainbridge, Bainbridge Historical Society, Iroquois
Antiques, Country Store, Sidney Federal Credit Union,
Baptist Church, Scoville-Meno Family of Dealerships,
Jerry's Inn, B&W Wines and Liquors, Rosa's Pizzeria,
Germond Chiropractic, Galaxy Bowl, TEPCO, Tri Town
Insurance, Frog Pond Farms, Joe's Shirt Shack, B K Real
Estate Services, Hometown Hardware, Ian Tonnessen,
S&S Cafe, Yoga Garden, Stay Famous Tattoo, Bainbridge
House B&B, Bob's Diner, Snips and Snails Family
Consignment and Bainbridge Memorial Works.
If a business outside the village would like to be added to
the list for next year so they can purchase a tree for $20,
which includes the stand and disposal, please contact John
Payne.
The Bainbridge Rotary Club Announces
4th Annual Shrimp Lover’s Dinner
Scheduled for Sunday
February 12, 2017 at Bob’s Diner
Remember the Shrimp Lover’s Special at the Olde Jericho
Tavern? Former owner, Craig Starbird, is helping the
Bainbridge Rotary Club recreate that special dinner!
There will be two seatings for the Shrimp Lover’s Special,
one at 4 pm and one at 6 pm. Tickets are $18 per person
and reservations, pre-sold tickets only, are available at
NBT Bank and SFCU in Bainbridge starting on Monday,
January 23.
Menu includes shrimp cocktail, 12 fried shrimp, French
fries, coleslaw, choice of beverage and assorted breads.
All proceeds will benefit the projects of the Bainbridge
Rotary club.
Annual Tree and Shrub Planting Sale
The Chenango County Soil and Water Conservation
District is hosting their annual Tree and Shrub Planting
Sale again this year! The District offers several different
kinds of conifer seedlings, conifer transplants, deciduous
trees and shrubs, ferns, flowers and grasses. A variety of
conservation packs including Bird & Butterfly, Edible
Fruit, Evergreen and Ornamental Flowering are for sale.
Edible fruits including blackberry, strawberry, blueberry
and apple trees are also available. We also offer supplies to
get your trees and shrubs the best possible start once they
are in the ground. For an order form call 607-334-8634 ext
5, stop in our office at 99 North Broad St, Norwich or visit
us on the web at www.chenangoswcd.org. The order
deadline is Monday, April 10, 2017, and the pickup date
for the orders is Friday, May 5, 2017 from 2 - 6pm at the
Chenango County Fairgrounds in Norwich.
Katy Kemmeren
Chenango County Soil & Water
Norwich NY
607-334-8634 x101
BOOSTER CLUB NEWS
Youth Basketball Tournament:
The Bainbridge-Guilford Booster Club will be hosting the
6th Annual Youth Boy’s & Girl’s Basketball Tournament
on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at the Bainbridge-Guilford
High School. The tournament includes 16 – 20 boys and
girls teams of 10 – 12 players each from the surrounding
communities.
The past year’s tournaments have been a huge success and
we have received tremendous support from area businesses
for which we are very thankful. To ensure that all our
young athletes have the opportunity to participate, all of
the proceeds from the annual tournaments are used to help
support our youth programs.
We are seeking sponsors for this year’s event. A portion
of the monetary donations will go toward t-shirts that will
be given to every student-athlete who participates in the
event. For those who sponsor $50.00 or more, your logo
will be shown as a sponsor of the event on the back of the
t-shirt. If you would like to donate toward this year’s
tournament or are interested in volunteering your time to
help with this event, please contact Christine Smith @
967-3005 or any of the other members of the booster club.
We hope to see you at this year’s tournament!!
Bainbridge Jericho Arts Council Town
Hall Theatre and Gallery Schedule
Sat. 2/4—7 pm Tickets $10/$12
Country Express
Classic Country Sound
Gallery—TBA
Sat. 2/25—7pm Tickets $10/$12
Slewfoot
Bluegrass Band with a Country Twist
Gallery—TBA
Fri. 3/10—7pm—Tickets $10/$12
Memories of Patsy Cline
Incredible Tribute Concert
Gallery—Brian Conran
Sat. 3/11—7pm—Tickets $10/$12
Quona Hudson and Friends
Blending Americana, Pop, and Country music
Gallery—Brian Conran
Sat. 3/25—7pm—Tickets $10/$12
Remington Ryde
From the Bluegrass-rich area of Pennsylvania
Gallery—Student Art Showcase
Sat. 4/1—7pm—Tickets $5/$8
B-G Jazz Band & Pops Choir
& the Fabulous Moonlighters
Gallery—Student Art
Sat. 4/22—7pm—Tickets $10/$12
Feinberg Brothers
Tight, Soulful Bluegrass Harmonies
Gallery—Mark Picone
Sat. 5/6—7 pm—Tickets $10/$12
Beatles For Sale
Beatles Tribute Band
Gallery—TBA
Sat. 5/20—7pm—Tickets $10/$12
James Reams & the Barnstormers
Driving Bluegrass Rhythm and Hard-edged Harmonies
Gallery—TBA
www.Jerichoarts.com
Reservations: 607-288-3882
Looking To Get Involved
In The Local Art Scene?
Jericho Arts Council (Bainbridge Town Hall Theatre
& Gallery) is always looking for artists to show their
work and participate in various events throughout the
year. During a performance in the Theatre, the
Gallery is open at 6 pm through intermission, free to
everyone, whether attending the show or not. If you
would like to exhibit during these one night shows, or
a three day, Out of the Woodwork Players
performance, you can apply by getting in touch with
Mark Picone: email [email protected] or text 3531469. Your artwork will be seen by 50-150+ visitors.
If you would like to share this gallery space with an
artist friend, that certainly is an option. There are a
few dates open for spring 2017, and many dates are
available in the fall and into 2018.
This year’s Fine Art Show will be held April 28
through the closing awards ceremony on Saturday
May 6. Artists 18 and older are welcome to enter
their work, as long as it has not been shown in a
previous Fine Arts Show. Prizes are awarded in the
four categories: oil and acrylic paintings; watercolor
and gouache paintings; drawings, graphics and mixed
media; photography and digital art. There is also a
Best in Show, Tennant Award for Realism and a
People's Choice award. Judges this year will be
Wayne Daniels and Dan Tennant.
Find the
prospectus/entry form at www.jerichoarts.com or
Contact Elise Craver: at 607-208-5037 or email
[email protected] Save money and preregister by mailing entry forms and fees to JAC c/o 5
Highland Ave. Afton NY 13730.
Machinist Tool Technology
[email protected]
The Machinist Tool Technology class at Bainbridge –
Guilford is a program designed to prepare students for
career pathways in the machinist field. Students are
learning aspects of a variety of applied technologies
including: Manufacturing, Print Reading, Precision
Measurement, Metallurgy, Machine Operation and
Computer Programing. Students in the class are designing
parts using AutoDesk Inventor, creating process sheets,
and creating G-Code (CNC program language). Students
use two band saws, two milling machines, three lathes and
a CNC (Computer Numeric Control) mill to produce the
parts. Students also use a 3D printer for prototyping new
designs.
services which comply in all respects with the agreed
requirements of the customer.
The goal of this course is to prepare students to work as
entry-level machinists at a machine shop. Even though the
program is in a classroom setting, the class is designed to
replicate a workplace environment. Students also take field
trips to local machine shops to see how manufacturing is
done in our local community.
Submitted by Israel Lorimer, B-G teacher
RUF CUSTOM MACHINING, INC.
776 Searles Hill Road
Bainbridge, NY 13733
607-967-2336
[email protected]
RUF CUSTOM MACHINING, INC. was established in
August of 1993. Our vision was, and still is, to provide
high quality custom design, machining and assembly
services in support of the unique requirements of our
customers. We believe our business has prospered by
continuously improving our processes, work environment,
employee skills and attention to customer requirements.
At present, RUF employs six full time employees and two
other seasonal/part time employees.
RUF CUSTOM MACHINING, INC. has skilled
technicians experienced at milling, turning, sawing low
production and high production jobs using CNC Milling
Centers, CNC Lathes, Wire EDM & RAM EDM machines
as well as an array of manual equipment such as Vertical
Milling Machines, Lathes, Vertical Band Saws with
Surface Grinding capability. RUF has a customer base of
about 25 and produces many different component parts. A
few of the industries RUF works with are Aerospace,
Medical and Igniter. RUF works with many different
materials such as Plastic (Delrins, Teflons, UHMW,
Nylon), Aluminums, Stainless Steel, Inconel/Nickels and
Tool Steels. RUF is quite diverse even for a small
operating facility.
RUF CUSTOM MACHINING, INC. has put in place a
Quality Control Department which is based on ISO 9001
(RUF is not certified, but is compliant) and is fully
equipped with all associated measuring equipment to meet
or exceed our customers’ needs. It is the established policy
of this company to provide its customers with products and
TRIMAC Moulding
TRIMAC Molding at 13 Pruyn Street was opened by
Skip Pickwick in 1986 and currently has eight
employees in their busy plastic injection molding
company. They use thermos plastic to provide parts for
the microwave transmission business and thermos set
parts for other area businesses.
Two other manufacturing businesses are New Concepts
Machining on Case Road owned by Gary and Sue
Darling, and Upturn Industries Inc. on Whitney Way
owned by Michael Horoszewski.
Payne’s Cranes Inc.
In 1970 John W. Payne, the founder and CEO of Payne’s
Cranes, Inc. purchased a small construction company, with
one dump truck and a backhoe. He changed the name of
the business to John W. Payne Excavation and
immediately started to expand the business that would later
become John W. Payne Construction Inc. This early
expansion included a well-planned program of continued
investment in new equipment. One of these early
acquisitions was a small cable rigged crane. Mr. Payne
originally purchased the crane to handle small local jobs;
however, he soon established a relationship with nearby
UNA-LAM a division of Unadilla Silo Co. a major
producer of engineered glue-lam beams for large
structures. This and other similar relationships allowed the
firm to expand its horizon to a company that covers the
entire East Coast of the US and the addition of a new
company, Payne’s Cranes Inc.
Today Payne’s Cranes, Inc., with over 47 years experience
working with all major laminated beam manufacturers, as
well as their customers, Natural Gas industry, and other
contractors all over North East, John W. Payne the
President and founder of the company, along with Gregg
Eldridge the Vice President, are dedicated to providing
their customers with solutions developed through their
years of experience in glue-lam erection and other crane
related problems.
All of the cranes in the Payne’s Cranes inventory are
hydraulic and 30% are all terrain designs. These cranes
range in size from 33 ton to 350 ton with boom and job
lengths from 127 feet to 400 feet. All of Payne’s Cranes
operators have the necessary licenses to allow them to
work in any state and, along with the crews that work with
them, have the expertise that makes their customers feel
confident the job will be done safely and right.
If you have any questions or would like further
information, please contact John at 607-316-6854 or Gregg
at 407-595-0890.
2017 Village Officials
Mayor: Philip Wade
Deputy Mayor: Jay Campbell
Trustees:
Erik Barnard
Phillip Darling
Tim Mayes
Village Clerk: Brenda Parsons
Deputy Clerk: Stephanie Parsons
Dept. of Public Works Superintendent: Jeff Webb
Code of Enforcement Officer: Jeff Webb
Animal Control Officer: Scott Webb
Police Chief: Casey Caratelli
Historian: Gary Darling
Village Clerk’s Office: 33 West Main St.
607.967.7373
2017 Town Officials
Supervisor: Dolores Nabinger
Deputy Supervisor: Jim Maddalone
Councilmen:
Dave DeClue
Jim Maddalone
Kelly Hromada-Johnson
Jennifer Sienko
Town Clerk: Aric McKown
Deputy Clerk: Jennifer Cooper
Highway Superintendent: Gary Richman
Sanitation Inspector: David Lieb
Animal Control Officer: William Sherrick
Town Justice: Brian Barnhart
Historian: Gary Darling
Town of Bainbridge Office: 13 N. Main St
607.967-3781
2017 Bainbridge Chamber of
Commerce Officers
President: John Payne
Vice President: June White
Secretary: Philip Wade
Treasurer: Barbara Mulkins
News from the Bainbridge Town
Supervisor Dolores Nabinger
The Bainbridge Town Board has been busy working
on and completing several projects. The volleyball
court at General Clinton Park was finished last
summer and will be ready to use again when the
weather allows. Upgrades have been made to the
camping section with grills and picnic tables to be
placed in the spring. Thank you to the Bainbridge
Lions Club for building the picnic tables. A
Prescription Drug Drop Off Box is in the Town Hall
lobby. Please refer to the Fall 2016 issue of
Bainbridge Connects for details. A grant for a new
salt shed has been approved and the shed will be
delivered/built in the spring. Just a reminder to renew
your dog licenses and pay your property taxes at the
Town Clerk’s Office. Winter hours for January and
February include Saturdays 9 – 1.
Town Justice, Randy Lambrecht, retired on December
31, 2016. Thank you Randy, for your years of service
to the Town.
You can also find us on Facebook at Town of
Bainbridge and at our website: visitbainbridge.org.
Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce to Sponsor
2 Annual Cabin Fever Fundraiser at Galaxy Bowl in Bainbridge.
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The Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a bowling fundraiser on March 25 at Galaxy Bowl in Bainbridge. If the
long winter months are getting you down, or you have cabin fever, put together a team of four friends and join the fun!
The fundraiser will benefit the Chamber’s Reunite Bainbridge committee by using the funds to purchase extra speakers for the
community wide sound system.
The cost to participate is $20 per person/$80 per team. Bowling times are scheduled for 10:00 am 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm.
There will be basket raffles, special prizes and a 50/50 drawing.
If you have any questions contact June White, Chamber Vice President, at 607-967-8657 or Lisa Page at Galaxy Bowl, at 607967-8818. Registration is on a first-come first-serve basis.
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Squads assigned on first come, first served basis and it’s your responsibility to know when you are bowling.
No entries accepted without full fees.
Check-in time is ½ hour before squad time; if a bowler is not checked in at start of
practice (10 minutes before squad time) the tournament directors reserve the right to replace them.
Re-entries are permitted. Each re-entry team must change one bowler.
Get your entries in early to ensure your preferred squad time!!
Team T-Shirts can be ordered from Chamber member, Promotional Marketing Consultants (Christine Smith) by calling
607 316-2319 at least two weeks prior to the tournament.
If no average, women use 120; men use 150.
Drop off or mail entries to: Galaxy Bowl, 105 North Main Street, Bainbridge, NY 13733
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Support Local Brick and Mortar Stores
Cinda Baxter, President and Founder of the 3/50
Project is a retail consultant and professional speaker
whose mission is to strengthen independent brick and
mortar businesses.
Cinda suggests consumers
should consider the following when working to save
the local economy where they live.
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What three independently owned businesses
would you miss if they disappeared? Stop in.
Say hello. Pick up something that brings a
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smile. Your purchases are what keep those
businesses around.
Remember that if half the employed population
spent $50 each month in locally owned
independent businesses, it would generate more
than $42.6 billion in revenue. Imagine the
positive impact if three quarters of the employed
did that.
For every $100 spent in locally owned
independent stores, $68 returns to the
community through taxes, payroll, and other
expenditures. This occurs because of the
Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce
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Multiplier effect as small businesses hire local
accountants, architects, computer specialists,
sign makers, attorneys, and others. Local
merchants often even buy ancillary supplies
from each other. If you spend that in a national
chain, only $43 stays here. Spend it online and
nothing comes home.
The 3/50 projects notes that it only takes one person
to start the trend to save our independent brick and
mortar stores. For more information visit
http://www.the350project.net/home.html
Valentine's Day Gift Ideas
Valentine's Day is Tuesday, February 14th. Below
are some ideas of local businesses from which to
purchase gifts for your sweetheart.
Snips and Snails Family Consignment and Main
Street Guild
Village Florist and Gifts
New Image Hair Care
ARTISTIX Nail Studio and Hair Salon
Whit's Barber Shop
Nana's Keepsakes
B&W Wines and Liquors, LLC
Bruce Haak Memorial Sleigh Rally
The Bruce Haak Memorial Sleigh Rally sponsored by the
Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce will be held January 28
from 1 to 3 p.m. at the General Clinton Park. Members of
the Cherry Valley Carriage Association will be bringing
horses and sleighs or carriages, snow or no snow, so that
everyone attending can enjoy an old fashion ride. The
Rotary Club, Lions Club and the Bainbridge House Bed
and Breakfast will be providing free food, including hot
dogs, chili, hot chocolate, hot cider, and cookies to all
attendees. Donations to the Delaware County SPCA will
be greatly appreciated.
Any other organizations or
individuals wishing to set up an exhibit or display should
contact Phil Canonaco at 607-244-2242.
Local restaurants for dining out or gift certificates:
Bob's Diner
Jerry's Inn
S&S Cafe
Highway 7 Bar and Grill
Yaleville Inn
Galaxy Bowl
Sundown Golf and Country Club
Editors: Mary Drachler, Betty Schwartz, Violet Wade, June White. Comments or suggestions should be sent to
[email protected]. Visit Bainbridge websites at bainbridgeny.org and visitbainbridgeny.org