March 25 - The Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade last Saturday was so much fun with all of Main Street Jeffersonville full of families enjoying the special, melody of bagpipes, firetrucks with marching firefighters, Jeff Bank employees, the Red Dog football team, and another float from St. Georges church, Prestige trucks (that made Mike and Jackie Giegers’ vehicle look quite small), and other marchers that included some very pretty calves from Myers Century Farm! (they make great ice cream in lots of delicious flavors).
The pancake breakfast at St. Georges church was scrumptious and was hand delivered to the Secret Garden staff by “Frank”. A big thank you to him for taking care of several of us that morning when we could not get up the hill to the church! Lots of kids were up on the second floor of the Jeff Bake Shop enjoying the games and watching the parade from a great perch. The Winkelried Biergarten behind the Tavern was indeed busy serving drinks and Irish foods. I saw dogs “dressed up” for a St Paddy’s Day Dog Parade & Costume Contest too. The town was indeed a busy one!
Reminder: The Protection Hose Company No. 1 of Jeffersonville is hosting their 20th Annual Chicken Barbeque at the Jeffersonville Firehouse on Sunday, April 3rd from 1p.m. to 4p.m. Takeout’s Only at $13 each. Tickets are available from a firefighter.
From the Western Sullivan Library, Celebrate Women’s History Month: Live Zoom Tour and Presentation from Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. Join Joyce Raimondo of Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center on Monday, March 28th, at 6 p.m. for a virtual art studio tour and historical presentation! Discover the women who pioneered abstract art; Lee Krasner, Elaine DeKooning, Helen Frankenthaler, and others. Learn about their lives and their groundbreaking creativity.
Following the presentation, tour the home and studio of Lee Krasner and her husband Jackson Pollock located in East Hampton, New York. For more information, and to register for the Zoom Link, visit the calendar on their website WSPLonline.org, or call (845) 252-3360. Then, Save the Date! Virtual Antiques Road Show –“Ask Mike the Appraiser What’s it Worth” on April 20th at noon.
To order pheasant chicks for the yearly DEC raise and release program, submit order forms to Cornell Cooperative Education of Sullivan County by March 20th. Delivery date of chicks will be TBA until DEC notifies CCESC staff of a date they will be dropped off at the CCESC building in Liberty. Pheasants arrive as day old chicks and must be picked up on the same day they are delivered to CCESC. Questions about the program can go to the CCESC 4-H team. Can contact Kaitlyn at (845) 292-6180 ext. 128.
The Sullivan West Elementary Drama Club presents BOTS, a one act play about teams who are competing for the ultimate prize in a robotic competition. Thirty-two, fourth - sixth grade students will be ready to perform for the public at 7 p.m. at the SW high school in Lake Huntington on Friday, April 1st. Come see who wins the competition.