Roxbury

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.

Steve and Nancy Mattice of Roxbury recently returned home following a visit to the Columbus, Ohio home of son Dan and his wife Jami. Steve and Nancy enjoyed their role as grandparents of three-year-old twins, Mason and Hailey. While caring for the twins for two days, Steve and Nancy took the twins for their first day at preschool.

By Julia Green
Three new teachers have joined the staff at Roxbury Central School this year.

Several artists who are represented in the Catskill Plein Air Painters (CATPAP) Exhibit at the Walt Meade Gallery of The Roxbury Arts Group will be a Meet the Artists reception at the gallery on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. to meet the public and discuss their work.
Plein Air, which means “in the open air,” describes the act of painting outdoors. Plein Air painting has enjoyed a renaissance in the Catskills.

By Julia Green
A capacity crowd turned out for Wednesday’s meeting of the Roxbury Planning Board, at which representatives for wind turbine company Invenergy and LaBella Associates were in attendance.
Roxbury Planning Board Chairman Joe Farleigh began the meeting by rebuking implications in an e-mail sent by the Western Catskill Preservation Alliance (WCPA) that LaBella Associates is “on Invenergy’s payroll.” Farleigh emphasized that payment is made to the town, which is then held in escrow, and suggested that comments implying otherwise were “offensive to the LaBella folks who have been working diligently” in the process.

Roxbury artist Ellen Wong presents a multi-media exhibit, “The Face of Farming,” with portraits of local farm families, at the Margaretville Cauliflower Festival on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the village park.

By John Bernhardt
Area high school soccer teams had a busy week between tournament play and league matches.
Mayor’s Cup Results
South Kortright 1, Laurens 0
Two local soccer powers squared off Saturday night in the championship round of the Stamford Mayor’s Cup. Laurens, unbeaten and perennial contenders in the Tri-Valley League locked horns with the Delaware League’s unbeaten Rams from South Kortright.

Color abounds in an exciting new exhibit opening on September 20 in The Old Bank Gallery of The Roxbury Arts Group. Painter Ann Larsen and photographer Gary Larsen, Adirondack artists, are showing a collection of work that showcases the American landscape from a wide range of perspectives.

The Engaging the World Forum, where people of faith look at and share thoughts on challenging issues of contemporary life, will meet on Sunday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m., in the Carriage House at the Jay Gould Memorial Reformed Church on Main Street in Roxbury.
This forum will feature an interview with noted author and columnist James Carroll filmed at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on March 9 on the topic “Exploring the Roots of Religious Intolerance.” The conversation begins with an exploration of the story of Jesus’ crucifixion, central to Christianity but very troubling to followers of Judaism. Dean Lloyd of the Cathedral asks, “What do we do if our sacred text is historically inaccurate, but it is telling the most sacred story of Christian people?”