The Outdoor movie shown at The Backyard Park last Friday night was a big success! Thank you to all the JEMS members that worked tirelessly to make sure it was  a fun evening and to the patrons that came out to enjoy “Dirty Dancing”! 

Be sure to come to the last outdoor movie for this Summer being held on Friday, August 2nd. Voters that participated on line chose the Lion King!

“Barbara” Bunch is having an Alaska Presentation at North Branch Fire House, 20 County Road 122, North Branch, NY 12766, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 2 o’clock or 5 o’clock.  RSVP to Barbara Hahl at 914-799-3362 or by email barbarahahl@yahoo.com.  

Barbara’s Bunch will be going to Alaska July 20 to August 1, 2025 and would love to have you join us.  Please come and learn all about this wonderful trip!  Sign up before August 6th and save $100.

The Kenoza Lake Fire Department is holding their Annual Chicken BBQ on Saturday, July 27th from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. No presale tickets, stop in and pickup your takeout dinner for $15! Enjoy a delicious BBQ chicken with all the fixings. 

Homemade salads and  fresh sweet corn and of course, ½ a juicy, tender barbecued chicken. Cash or local checks accepted – sorry no credit cards or any other type of electronic payments. Please come out and support your volunteers!

Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County ‘s  Beginner Farmer Program is working with Unbroken Acres to host a workshop on Water Management for Farms. 

This workshop will take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, August 5th. Participants will meet and learn from Anna Zabirova, owner, and operator of Unbroken Acres, as well as Victor Ziminsky, owner of Let It Grow Landscapes. 

Anna and Victor will accompany participants on a guided farm tour at Unbroken Acres and expand on real life examples of water management techniques. Additionally, Anna and Victor will overview the use of land grade and swales on contour to focus on water movement over farm property. 

A question-and-answer session on the topics covered will close out the workshop. There is no fee, but preregistration is required to participate. Participants can register online at sullivancce.org/events. 

Those with related questions can email Taylor Adam at beginnerfarmer@cornell.edu, or call 845-292-6180 ext. 130.

 The Western Sullivan Public Friends of the Library Annual Firehouse Book Sale will be held on August 8th, 9th, and 10th at the Jeffersonville Firehouse.  The Friends need your help!  

Sign up at the Jeffersonville Branch or call the library at 845-482-4350 if you can volunteer to move the boxes, set up, help during the sale, or pack up after the sale.   

Save the Date: the Grahamsville Little World’s Fair is coming in August and includes the Sullivan County 4-H Livestock Auction on August 18th at 1 p.m.in the upper show ring! 

Come out and support the Sullivan County 4-H youth at the auction. Visit the 4-H barns and animals too. Beth Sykes and her 15-month-old brown Swiss steer, Tiger will be there and it is her final year after showing most of her life. Stop in and support our 4-H youth and their many projects.