GilboaConesville News by Dorothy Pickett - 28 August 2025

Hello to all of you who read Mountain Eagle each week. I am very excited to be adding my column to this newspaper. It was a tough decision to leave the TJ after writing my column for thirty years I felt I had made the right decision. So many of you have sent me congratulations. I am ever so thankful for that. I hope you do enjoy reading it each week. Thanks go out to Editor Matt for allowing me this privilege. If you have news you would like in the column from Gilboa/Conesville area, my e-mail pickee@midtel.net is available. 

Early Sunday morning once again the power was out.  I woke up at 4:30 am to hear a motor running which was the generator. I reported the outage. Around 6am I called NYSEG and the recording said five were out in Gilboa. The same residents including myself that had power out one day last week Power was restored by 8am.  Hopefully they got it squared away permanently. 

This past Friday the Gilboa Historical Society held its very first Farmers Market under the pavilion from 4-6pm This market will take place every other Friday through the Fall. The Museum will also be open. Saturday evening it was off to the Gilboa Historical Society with Barbara Deimold where we heard guest speaker author and journalist David Krajicek give a talk on Jack Legs Diamond. After his talk we all enjoyed the movie on Legs Diamond and delicious popcorn. I remember when I was a young girl my dad who was a Policeman would talk about Legs Diamond and his goings on. He was called Legs Diamond because he loved to dance but his background was seriously scary during the Mobster era. There is only one week left to view the Land and Water art show. The next art show begins on August 30 featuring all local artists. 

A huge crowd attended the Conesville Historical event last Monday evening. Lee Hudson from the Gilboa Historical Society was guest speaker. Her topic was “Gilboa in 1925 the Village and Reservoir” Lee held everyone’s attention every second she spoke. Not only that, but the silent newsreel also created for archival Fox News footage of the building of the Gilboa Dam along with the last days of the Old Village thoroughly held our attention. Refreshments and a short meeting from President Kim Young were held following the event.

On Thursday at noon along with their spouses, nineteen NYPA Retirees met at the Horseshoe Café for our Annual get together. After I retired in 97 in 98, I decided our family of NYPA Retirees need to see each other at least once a year. The luncheons have been ongoing for twenty-seven years. Oh my! What a wonderful time it was. Conversations abound, laughter, hugs and so much more during our lunch which was delicious. It was good to have retiree Rick Conner and his wife Karen who were up from Florida for the month of August join us. They are both looking forward to next year’s luncheon.  Thanks to the Horseshoe Café for their wonderful job of helping me to make this possible. 

I was unable to attend the Ice Cream Social and entertainment from the Catskill String Band that was held at the Conesville Chapel sponsored by the CHS last Friday. I understand it was a huge success. All enjoyed the fabulous music and the Ice Cream donated from Stewarts.

On Sunday my friend Barbara Deimold and I headed to the Cobleskill Fairgrounds where we met up with daughter Diane and Chuck as we joined in the annual Schoharie County Republican BBQ. It was held in the Progressive building. A very large crowd was in attendance including neighbors Gilboa Supervisor Alicia Terry her sister Polly, Conesville Supervisor Bill Federice and Joanne, Eric Dahlburg and Valerie Sweeney as well. Superb food and drinks throughout the event. I was thrilled to have a visit with Naomi Tague Chris’s mom whom I hadn’t seen in a very long time. Naomi was famous for making huge pots of homemade clam chowder for the Rep. BBQs over many years. Candidate for Sheriff Albro Fancher took the reins graciously as he spoke and introduced several candidates. Assemblyman our own Schoharie native Chris Tague introduced Congresswoman Elise Stefanik who received a tremendous loud standing ovation. Susan Makely and I handed out the chicken as everyone lined up with of course saying “No Tickee, no Chickee” to well over two hundred fifty guests. Every week, at the end of the late Kay Harrington’s Mackey News column she would write “A good time was had by all” It certainly was just that.

Prayer Concerns: All who may be hurting at this writing. 

Birthdays: Happy Birthday to all those I do not have on my list.

Anniversary: August 29 John & Kathy Lanaro, August 30 Carson & Carol Stryker, September 5 Carla & John Maggiolo, Gregg & Dawn thorpe

Upcoming Events:

August 29 Rockland Cidery will hold it last Happy Hour for the season 3-7pm.

August 30 Rockland Cidery opens with Yoga 11am12noon Live music with the Sunset    Riders 3-6pm.

August 30, 2-4pm The last day for the Judd Hall Museum and Fuller District Schoolhouse will be open for the summer.

August 31, Rockland Cidery with live music once again from the Sunset Riders and Chris’s Concession food truck

Sunday Worship Services: 

Gilboa Methodist: 9:00am located on 990V

Sept. 2 3:00pm worship service at the senior living in Stamford with Peg leadingthe service. 

Flat Creek Baptist: Flat Creek Road, 9:30am Sunday school, 10:30am worship service with coffee and fellowship following the service. 

Conesville United Methodist Chapel: First and Third Sunday of the month 4:00pm, Route 990V.

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