Margaretville

The third annual Car Show to benefit the Mountainside Residential Care Center’s Resident “Sunshine Fund”will be held on Sunday, Oct.12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Mountainside Parking Lot. The event will feature music by a DJ, refreshments, prize drawings and entertainment by Joe “Elvis” Borelli. There will awards presented to the owners of the Top 10 Cars, plus the Residents’ Choice Award.

One more actor is needed to complete the cast for a new stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel “The Cricket on the Hearth,” performing in early December at The Open Eye Theater in Margaretville. Amie Brockway has written the script for this festive holiday play with music, and Monica Wildermuth will direct.

The earliest issues of the Catskill Mountain News, which for more than a century has been chronicling the life and times of the greater Margaretville area, may now be viewed on-line and on a dedicated computer at Fairview Public Library.
A tutorial on the use of the new library computer is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 2 at 6 p.m. at Fairview, 43 Walnut St., Margaretville.

Margaretville Hospital will hold its annual Fall Health Fair on Monday, Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the hospital lobby. Flu shots will be offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the cost of which will be totally covered for Medicare and Medicaid recipients. The cash price is $30 per shot which may be covered in part by private insurances.

By John Bernhardt
It was time for the Margaretville Blue Devils to set themselves apart from the pack in the Delaware League’s boys’ soccer race. A crowded schedule last week saw the Blue Devils playing three league opponents, with a chance to stake their claim as the team to beat in the Upper Division. The Blue Devils did just that, downing Downsville 4-1 at home before besting two contenders, Davenport, 3-1, and Andes, 3-0, on the road.

By John Bernhardt
The American economy is not the only slowdown to hit late September of 2008. Last week, in Delaware County soccer league play, area girls’ soccer teams experienced a slow down of a different sort. Goal production slowed to a standstill last Thursday as all three local teams suffered shutout losses.

Five area farm families, whose portraits and words are featured in a multi-media exhibit by a Roxbury artist, will be welcomed at a Meet the Farmer social hour Saturday, Oct. 4 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the community room of Fairview Public Library, 43 Walnut Street, Margaretville.
Artist Ellen Wong will also be present at the reception, which will feature refreshments provided by the Pure Catskills Program.

The Catskill Mountain Artisans’ Guild (Catsguild) will celebrate the grand opening of its new gallery with a gala open-house event on Sunday, Oct. 12, at the Commons Building on Main Street. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served, many of the 40 craftsmen and fine artists represented by the guild will be on hand and those who visit may enter a free raffle for door prizes donated by the artists themselves.

For the first time in its almost 100-year existence, St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church of Margaretville will be visited by the presiding Bishop of the Albany Episcopal Diocese, Bishop William Love. Bishop Bill will hold High Holy Mass at St. Margaret’s on Sunday, Sept. 28 at 11:30 a.m. The event is open to the public and all are invited to join in the potluck lunch immediately following the service.