{"id":7004,"date":"2019-05-28T15:39:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/?p=7004"},"modified":"2019-05-28T15:39:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:39:53","slug":"wcdo-news-tuesday-5-28-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/wcdo-news-tuesday-5-28-19\/","title":{"rendered":"WCDO NEWS TUESDAY 5-28-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 57th<\/sup> General Clinton Canoe regatta was held\nover the Memorial Day Weekend, with over 1000 paddlers from 22 states & 5\nCanadian Provinces participating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the men\u2019s NYMCRA stock Race, Mike & Wayne Himes of\nOtego took 1st<\/sup> place; they spoke with WCDO\u2019s Craig Stevens:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Himes 5-29-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one of the largest C1 Pro fields Rod McLain from Maine\nwas able to use high water conditions from Milford down to his advantage to\ntake 1st<\/sup> place: he talked to WCDO\u2019s Craig Stevens after the race:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Rod McLain 5-28-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oneonta resident Trevor LeFever took 2nd<\/sup> place in\nthe C2 Pro class with his partner Ben Schlimmer of Camillus; he discussed what\nit is like to race against Canoe Racing Legend Serge Corbin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Trevor LeFever 5-29-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complete results of the races are available at\ncanoeregatta.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held at the Sidney Central\nSchool District today along with the Raymond Corporation of Greene, for the\nopening of their Raymond welding Center. \nSidney Welding Program Advisor Joseph Waltz told WCDO News about the\nfull year course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Joseph Waltz 5-28-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raymond Corporation representative Dan Quiter Jr. told WCDO\nNews that this program is the first of its kind locally:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Dan Quiter Jr 5-28-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program was started through the efforts of 6 Sidney\nStudents and a Raymond Corporation Advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Communities & Educators are looking at ways to curb\ntobacco use & the use of fruit flavored E-Cigarettes like Juul, that are hooking\na whole new generation of people getting addicted to Nicotine.  Linda Wegner of Advancing Tobacco Free\nCommunities of Delaware, Otsego & Schoharie Counties explains;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Linda Wegner 5-28-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wegner said that 1 Juul packet contains as much nicotine as\nan entire pack of tobacco cigarettes and her group is continuing to try to\neducate local residents not to be tricked into nicotine use & addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An amended marijuana legalization bill was introduced on\nFriday by lawmakers in Albany, which more closely echoes what Governor Cuomo\nwanted in the bill earlier this year. \nThe bill includes the Office of Cannabis Management to regulate\ncommercial and medical marijuana; it would also expunge the records of those\nwho have committed marijuana-based offenses in the past.   Opponents to Marijuana legalization site\npotential issues with traffic safety and increased links to mental illnesses\nsuch as Schizophrenia & violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Delaware County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies charged 40-year-old\nJeffrey Bosket of Tompkins with 2 counts of harboring a dangerous dog in\nviolation of Agriculture and Markets Law. The charge follows an investigation\nwhere an individual was allegedly bitten by 2 dogs owned by Bosket in the Town\nof Tompkins. Bosket was issued tickets and was scheduled to appear before the\nTown of Tompkins Court at a later date to answer for the charges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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State Senator Fred Akshar released a new Community Voice\nSurvey on a proposal to end religious and any other non-medical exemptions for\nvaccination for children attending school in New York State.  All 50 states require that students be vaccinated\nfor diseases like measles, mumps, chicken pox and polio among many others, all\nstates allow exemptions for medical reasons, but 47 (including New York) allow\nexemptions for religious reasons.   The\nCenters for Disease Control and Prevention reported that measles was eradicated\nin 2000; however 940 measles cases were reported nationwide this year, with\nmore than half of those reported in New York City & Rockland County.   Akshar is asking his constituents to weigh\nin on Senate bill S.2994 which would repeal all non-medical exemptions from vaccination\nrequirements for children; the survey is available at Akshar.NYSenate.Gov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New York State will not be\nfunding a housing development with 64 units in Oneonta’ 6th Ward.  The RSS development announced their plans\nlast year, with residents speaking out about the plans to have some people in\nthe development recovering from substance abuse.  Governor Cuomo recently announced that 6\norganizations in The Southern Tier would receive $21.3 million in tax credits\nand low-interest loans from the State Homes & Community Renewal\u2019s 2018\nUnified Funding applications; the Oneonta RSS project was not included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 57th General Clinton canoe regatta was held over the\nMemorial Day weekend, with over 1000 pro & Amateur Paddlers from 22 states\n& 5 Canadian Provinces participating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2 person pro race was won by Steve Lajoie & Jimmy\nPellerin, who completed the 70 mile course in 7:15:23, they spoke with WCDO\u2019s\nCraig Stevens <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Lajoie\/Pellerin 5-28)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Duo beat 2nd place finishers Trevor LeFever of Oneonta\n& Ben Schlimmer of Camillus by 2 minutes, but 2nd place wasn\u2019t easy as they\nbeat out Guillaume Blaise & Samuel Friggone for Quebec by just 1 second,\nSchlimmer spoke to Craig Stevens about the close ending:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Schlimmer 5-28)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

62 year old Regatta champion Serge Corbin & his partner\nNormand Mainguy finished 4th in the pro race, he talked with WCDO\u2019s Craig\nStevens after the race;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Serge Corbin 5-28)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Michigan Team of Bruce & Roxanne Barton, Tim\nTriebold & Weston Willoughby won the C4 Race with a time of 7:37:45;  Local Paddler Bob Zaveral of Mount Upton\nspoke to Craig Stevens after his 4 person team finished 2nd in the C-4 race\nyesterday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Zaveral 5-28)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walton father Son team Bill & Lucas Walley won the tough\nstock aluminum race by 40 minutes over the 2nd place finishers, Lucas Walley\ntalked about racing with the heavier canoes to WCDO\u2019s Craig Stevens:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Lucas Walley 5-28)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complete results can be found at canoeregatta.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce will host a FREE\nworkforce development event today aimed at business owners and managers who are\nstruggling to hire staff or have employees in drug and\/or alcohol treatment and\nrecovery.  Representatives from the\nDelaware County Probation Department, Delaware County Drug Treatment Court, CDO\nWorkforce and the Department of Labor will participate, the session will be\nheld at 10:00 AM at the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce at 5 1\/2 Main\nStreet, Delhi, more information is available at 746-2281.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congressman Anthony Brindisi will be hosting a listening\nsession on rising prescription drug costs in Binghamton Today.  The event will include health care\nprofessionals, seniors, and community leaders, at the Koffman Southern Tier\nIncubator at 120 Hawley Street at 11:30 a.m. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with\nOneonta Elks, over their wrongful use of over $480,000 charitable assets from\nthe estate of a benefactor whose last will and testament directed that the\nfunds be used to help the needs of children, people with disabilities, and the\nelderly.   The Oneonta Elks are required\nto repay those funds, after the investigation determined that the Oneonta Elks\nrepeatedly appropriated and expended almost $170,000 to pay for capital\nimprovements to its lodge building and property, as well as covering general\noperating expenses, rather than for the intended purposes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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