TRR photo by Fritz Mayer Volunteers place 122 pairs of boots in front of the Sullivan County Government Center in Monticello, NY to represent the 122 New Yorkers who have died in Iraq.

Traveling boots exhibit shows human cost of war

Passersby more sympathetic than before

By FRITZ MAYER

MONTICELLO, NY—A display of 122 pairs of boots was set up in front of the government center last week to underscore the human cost of the war in Iraq.

Jonathan Mernit, an antiwar activist, said some people were “a little upset” at seeing the display of empty boots on the ground, but public displays regarding the war in Iraq are drawing less controversy than they did in the past. Mernit, who can often be found at a monthly anti-war demonstration in Liberty, said many more people now nod in agreement as they pass such displays compared with two years ago.

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Beautifying an aging school

It takes a community

By SANDY LONG

ELDRED, NY—Beauty matters to Kim Lust of Lumberland and Nanette Schips of Barryville, mothers of children who attend Eldred Central High School.

Schips was heading up the Beautification Committee at the Mackenzie Elementary School and Lust was working on Lumberland’s Circle Park, a Sullivan County Renaissance Project, when the women first met.

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Recent flood swamped local NY farms

PA farms were more fortunate

By TOM KANE

RIVER VALLEY ¾ Three local Sullivan County farms were hit hard by recent flooding. Many others were minimally affected.

The River Brook Farm, an organic farm owned by Neal and Alice Fitzgerald of Cochecton, NY, lost 90 percent of its crop. The organic farm owned and operated by John Gorzynski, also of Cochecton, lost 40 to 50 percent. The Wild Roots Farm in Youngsville, NY, owned by Wes and Amy Gillingham, lost up to 80 percent.

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Other stories in this issue:

• NYRI held up, but not stopped, by PSC ruling
• State Senator Bonacic on the big issues
• Swinging Bridge scheduled to refill
• Taskforce will address flooding and PPL releases
• Car flips over on CR 23
• Upriver sewer plants are hit hard
• Sullivan Renaissance awards at Bethel Woods

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