Birthday wishes to Annette Stratton, Kelley Edkins, Katy Sforzo, Pat Crumley, Aiden Siegel, Ursala Tieger, Jamey Sunshine, Aimee Rein, and Simon Kowalchuk.

Our sympathy to Norb, Ann, Peter, family and friends of Joan Skalski, who passed on the 7th in Tennessee. Joan was a beloved teacher and dear friend to many. Condolences to the family of Barbara Fontana, who passed recently.

Bethel Departments, meeting links, minutes, newsletter: townofbethelny.us (845-583-4350). Parks & Rec (845-583-5360).

Follow Bethelroundtable.com and ‘Lake Association of White Lake, NY’ (Fb).

Boating Regulations require all operators carry a ‘safe boating certificate’ (Parks.ny.gov/boating/education.aspx).

Wear a life vest!

Keep fit outdoors: Visit the Town Pool, playgrounds and Smallwood Forest Reserve. Use www.trailkeeper.org.

Visit Lake Superior State Park- 342 Dr Duggan Road, Bethel. Info: 845-583-7908. Open daily through Labor Day.

ADA access. Fishing w/NYSDEC license. Passes: Season-$15/Day-$5 (available at site), Free: Vets w/valid ID and Golden Park-NYS Sr.

Use MoveSullivan.com bus service.

Caution on17B+: Stop speeding! Be mindful of intersections, workers, pedestrians, all vehicles, and wildlife.

Continue to support White Lake’s Shepherd’s Pantry (845-583-5885). 19th: Car Wash-Bake Sale. Donate to the pantry’s matching grant fund for purchase of a much-needed refrigerator-freezer by the 25th (845-791-0460)!

Notice the ‘Little Free Food Pantry’ on Town Hall property and ‘take what you need, leave what you can”.

Business Watch: Support our local businesses. Use the Bethel Business Association Member resource list:

www.bethelnybba.com. Get your copy of the ’25 BBA Bethel GUIDE!

Be a good neighbor and stop by the Car Wash and Bake Sale on the 19th at WL Church-Shepherds Pantry from 11-2pm. The Kauneonga Lake Fire Dept hosts their annual Drive-Thru Chicken BBQ on Saturday, the 19th, at 2pm (until sold out). Go!

The Emergency Services Youth Academy (14-16yo) is scheduled for the 21st - 25th. FMI: 845-807-0509.

Join Hector’s Inn ‘Kim Simons’ Paint Night’ on Monday at 6:30pm (201-655-1158/ supplies provided $40).

Arts & Culture:

Bethel Council of the Arts at Kauneonga Lake ARTSPACE! Enjoy member exhibits.

Bethel Woods (bethelwoodscenter.org): Plan Museum visits, programs, and concerts. Market Sheds Horizon Stage 

Happy Hr- 19th: ‘Music of the Beatles’, 5pm. ‘Almost Queen’, 7pm. Pavilion-20th: ‘Def Leppard’.

Borscht Belt Historical Markers Trail. FMI/presentations: (borschtbelthistoricalmarkerproject.org). 17th: BBH

Marker dedicated in Loch Sheldrake at Hurleyville Rd x Rt 52 at 6pm. Afterward, join a meal at Vacation Village and view ‘A Walk on the Moon’.

Callicoon Movie Theater (thecallicoontheater.com): Screens “Superman” on the 18th – 21st (all 7:30pm, Sat + Sun 2pm).

Crawford Library (ebcpl.org): 15th: Catskill Readers’ Theater’s ‘Cranky Seniors’ at 6pm. View Aaron Smith’s ‘Astrophotography’ exhibit until 8/30.

CAS (catskillartspace.org): Arlene Shechet’s sculpture exhibit closes 8/23.

DH Conservancy (delawarehighlands.org) Van Scott Nature Reserve events: 20th at 1pm: ‘Create from the Garden’.

DVAA (delawarevalleyartalliance.org): 27th: Riverfest! View Jane Ingram Allen & Jami Taback (Alliance Gallery) and Douglas Shindler (Loft) exhibits until August 3rd. 18th: Artist Talk with Shindler at 6-7pm.

DVO Arts Nest hosts Open Mic on the 15th at 6pm. Attend the ‘Speed Dating Tonight’ Opera DVO Center on the 19th at 7pm and the 20th at 2pm (myrivertickets.com). AN Gallery- Catch the Marie Rauso exhibit until 9/28.

Eldred Preserve-Homestead Restaurant (theeldredpreserve.com). Attend the weekly Thursday ‘Smokehouse Supper & Song’ BBQ at 5:30-7:30pm. 20th: Sunday Cabaret with ‘John Pizzi’, 7pm/ DO 6pm. Dine before!

Farm Arts Collective (farmartscollective.org). Next event 24-27th.

Forestburgh Playhouse (FBplayhouse.org): 15-27th: “Young Frankenstein”. Tavern- 15-26th: “Hee-Haw

Hootenanny’, 6pm.

Fort Delaware Museum (thedelawarecompany.org): 19th: ‘Battle of Minisink Commemoration’ at Minisink Battleground, 4pm. 19-20th: Encampment: Queen Esther’s Refugees’ at Fort Delaware.

HarmonyInTheWoods.org: 18th: ‘Laura Anglade and the Ben Rosenblum Quartet’.19th: ‘Pete Muller and the Kindred Souls’.

HPAC-Tango Café (hpacny.org): dance, film, classes. 16th: ‘Sip & Craft’ at 6pm. 19th: HPAC Music Festival from 12-4pm, free with music, vendors, bouncy house and ‘Movies on the Lawn’ screens ‘Dirty Dancing’ at 9pm. Aly’s Mat Pilates- Fridays, 9:30am.

JEMS at Backyard Park, Jeffersonville: 18th: Movies at Dusk- ‘Frozen’. Gates open at 6:30pm.

Liberty Museum & Arts Center (845-807-6055): 19th and 20th: Workshop: Naomi Bush- ‘Fiber Arts’ at 1pm. The ‘Eye/I Witness’ exhibit closes 8/24.

Narrowsburg Union offers a weekend Café, a Saturday Farm Market and the ‘5 Gallery Exhibit’. Join Zane Grey Gallery ‘Plein Air About Town’ on Thursdays, the 17, 24, 31st, at 5:30-7:30pm. Reg/FMI: Zanegreypleinair.com.

NACL (nacl.org): 19th: Jessica Almasy- ‘Birding for Beginners’, 7:30pm.

NCA (nesinculturalarts.org) / SCCO (Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra-FB). Programs, classes: August ‘Mommy & Me’ classes (Newborn-4yr).

Shadowland Stages (shadowlandstages.org): Attend The Studio’s “King James” performances through the 20th.

SCDW (scdw.net) at Rivoli: ‘Belles’ is performed on the 18th and 19th at 8pm and the 20th at 2pm.

VAPA (libertysoulstage.com): ‘Fisher & Kean’ perform on the 15th, 6-8pm.

WCAA (waynecountyartsalliance.org): ‘Transience: Just Passing Through’ ends the 19th. ‘The Chair’ Project on display (map of locations throughout Wayne Co) until Labor Day. On-line auction in the fall.

FARM MARKETS- Most with music and events: Kauneonga Lake Farmers & Makers Market (KLFMM)- Saturdays, 10-2pm (3594 Rt 55, Ends 9/6). Barryville Farmers’ Market - Saturdays, 10-1pm (E10/25). Narrowsburg Farmers’ Market- Saturdays, 10-1pm (7 Erie Av, E10/25). Rock Hill Farmers Market- Saturdays, 10-1pm (61 Glen Wild Rd, E9/27). Wurtsboro Farmers Market- Thursdays, 5-7pm (Park, E8/28).

MUSIC: Bethel Lakeside Music (KL Community Park, Ends 9/4)- Thursdays, 6-8pm. 17th: Scott Eckers. Rock Hill Concert Series (Lake Ida Park)- Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm. 16th: WAS, featuring Ron Rodkin. WCCAC (Central Park, Honesdale)- Mon and Thur, 7:30pm. Wurtsboro Music in the Park-Thursdays, 6:30pm. 17th: Keith Newman.

Suz sez, “Forty-seven more days until Labor Day.”