The Odessa File: Calendar of Schuyler County

September 22
Schuyler Storm varsity football game, 7 p.m., at Owego Free Academy Stadium. Non-divisional contest.

September 24
Haudenosaunee Remembrance, Recognition and Reconciliation Session, 10:00 a.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church of Catharine, at the four corners of County Roads 14 and 15 at Catharine Corners, outside Odessa. Featuring storyteller Perry Ground, a Turtle Clan member of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. Haudenosaunee flute music will be played by Alan Cleveland. A land acknowledgement proclamation will be made and presented. Note: For thousands of years, the road next to the 213-year-old parish was a main trail from what is now Owego to Montour Falls.

September 25
The Watkins Glen Reading Series will host the Hammondsport Poets, 7 p.m., at the Pangea Global Teahouse, 221 N. Franklin Street Watkins Glen. Readers will be Gary Brown, Andy Doyle, Maril Nowak, Bob McDonagh, Marylou Bondi, and Robert Darling.

October 21
Spirit of Schuyler Gathering fund-raiser, 5-8 p.m., Hidden Valley Lodge, Watkins Glen. Dinner by Corning Catering. Local beer and wine included. Live music by Mike Lucey. Raffles and prizes. Pre-sale tickets only are $30 or 2-for-$50. No ticket sales at door. Tickets available online until Oct. 14 at www.spiritofschuyler.org.

November 4
The Arc Grand Prix Run, 8 a.m., Watkins Glen International, 3.4 mile run, 1 mile walk/run. Register online at www.arcgrandprixrun.org. Charity event for The Arc of Chemung-Schuyler.

Repeating events:

The Dutton S. Peterson Library in Odessa is open from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and from 10 a.m.-12 noon on Saturday.

The Dutton S. Peterson Library in Odessa hosts Story Time on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Join us to listen to stories, make art and crafts, play, and have snacks.

The Dutton S. Peterson Library in Odessa hosts an After School Club Thursdays at 3 p.m. The library has a variety of activities available: build with Legos, make art, play board games, and hang out with friends. Snacks available.

The Community Table at St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church, Watkins Glen, Mondays from 5:00-5:45 p.m. Menu varies week to week. All are welcome to join us. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. at the 10th Street entrance.

The "Check it Out Thrift Shop," 6069 Turnpike Road, Mecklenburg, will open for the season on on May 26, 2023. Accepting donations of quality household appliances and kitchen ware, craft items, puzzles, toys, children's clothes, books, furniture, antiques, collectibles and more. Accepting donations by pre-scheduled appointment.Please call 607-279-2462. Preferred dropoff times are Monday or Friday mornings.

Mecklenburg United Methodist Church, Rev. Susan Wissick, Pastor. Worship on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

Phone number at the church: 607-387-5915
Phone number for pastor: 585-526-2218

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