Andes

Andes — Continuing its efforts to provide more great activities for families and get more community members involved in the library, the Andes Library is hosting its second in a series of ongoing “Family Night” events, a “Mexican Fiesta” on Thursday, May 7 at 6 p.m.

The 53rd Andes Central School Alumni Association dinner and meeting will be held on Sunday, May 24 at the Andes Fire Department Pavilion on Tremperskill Road, county Rte. 1.
Registration will begin at 4 p.m. at the pavilion with dinner following. At 5:30 p.m. the ACS president will welcome everyone and after the invocation, a chicken barbecue dinner will be served followed by a short business meeting.

As Memorial Day approaches, the Village of Andes is looking to spruce itself up in anticipation by replacing the flags along Main Street.
To raise money for the roughly 60 flags, a “Stars and Stripes” dart tournament fund-raiser will be held on Saturday, May 9 at the Weather Tite Barn in Andes. The tournament will start at 4 p.m. and will feature a 50/50 drawing and a variety of door prizes.

Andes — Chace-Randall Gallery presents Trout, new paintings by Alberto Rey. The show will hang from May 1 to June 7 with an opening reception for the artist on Saturday, May 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. Alberto Rey’s recent body of work embraces the concept of biological regionalism and celebrates trout of the Catskill Mountain Region. All works are in oil on plaster—painterly renderings of brook and brown trout species in their river and stream environments.

By Joe Damone
The Andel Inn and the Andes Central School PTSA hosted the second of three fund-raisers for injured ACS teacher Kerry McCracken last Sunday. The money collected from these events will be used to renovate Mrs. McCracken’s home so it is wheelchair accessible. Mrs. McCracken’s right leg had to be amputated last November after an auto accident in Stamford. This event raised $1,500, 100 percent of which will go to the renovation of Mrs. McCracken’s home.

Officials of Andes Central School have released the Honor Roll for the third marking period. Those earning recognition are:

By Matthew J. Perry
Andes officials are protesting a Delaware County Board of Elections recommendation that would see a long-established polling site closed.

Local teams saw plenty of action last week on the baseball and softball diamonds.

By Julia Green
Two matches into the tennis season, Margaretville Head Coach Jim Owdienko is working with a fairly young roster.
“We’re definitely in a rebuilding year,” he said. “We lost a lot of people last year, and we’ve got a lot of seniors who are first-time players.”
That list includes senior James Lor, who is currently the Blue Devils’ number one singles player, and half of their number one doubles team of brothers Tony and Alex Ramos.

Andes — The taxes are done. The kids don’t have school all week. And we’re taking care of dinner. Do you need more of an excuse to get out and have a rollickin’ good time with the family? We didn’t think so. That’s why the Andes Library invites you to a free “Rock Out with Uncle Rock” pizza party on Wednesday, April 15 at 6:00 p.m.
Uncle Rock, aka Robert Burke Warren, has been dazzling audiences of all ages with his inspiring music that seamlessly bridges the gap between adult and children’s music.