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We received some literature from Boonville New York Town Supervisor Guy Case that he requested we  publish.  As we recently posted, we are going to accept all submissions from candidates.  Please review our policy if you wish to submit any materials.  We received quite a bit of material and in order to make it work, we have moved some things around.  We hope this presents the way Mr. Case intended:

Guy is running for his 3^rd term as Boonville Town Supervisor.  Guy retired from the United States Air Force in 2004 after 23 years of service to our country.  Guy is endorsed by the Independent & Conservative Parties.  Guy is the 2^nd Vice President of the Oneida County Association of Towns.  He is the American Legion Post 406 Service Officer, a member of the VFW and ELKs as well as a Deacon at the First Presbyterian Church in Boonville.

Memberships & Affiliations:

• Endorsed by: Independent & Conservative Parties
• SMSgt (Retired) US Air Force highly decorated veteran
• 2nd Vice President Oneida County Association of Towns
• Service Officer American Legion Post 406
• VFW Post 5538 – Life Member
• Elks Lodge #2158 – 20 year member
• Deacon First Presbyterian Church
• Northern Oneida County ATV Club
• Northern Tier Friends of the NRA
• Toe Path Trekkers
   

Accomplishments:

• Owl Wire –23 New Jobs
• Hand in Hand –14 New Jobs, Childcare for 58 children
• DMV Satellite Office –Weekly at the town/Village Offices
• Earth Day Celebration –Annual Town/Village Wide Cleanup:
• Annual –FREE large appliance drop off for residents
• Annual –FREE Homebound yard cleanup
• Passed Local Law for –Cold War Veterans Exemption
• Passed first ever Dog Control Law in the Town
• Increased Senior Citizen Tax Exemption –First increase in 17 years
   

Awards:

• Wright Memorial Chapter Employee of the Year 1996
• Hanscom Air Force Base Employee of the Quarter:
• 1st Quarter 1998,   1st Quarter 1999, 4th Quarter 1999, 3rd Quarter 2000
• Hanscom Air Force Base Volunteer of the Year 2000 & 2001
• New England Volunteer Service Person 2001
• New England Veterans Affairs Volunteer Service Person 2001 & 02
• International Veterans Affairs Volunteer Service Person 2002
• ARMA Promise Keeper Award – Dec 2004
   

Recent editorial:

On September 10, 2009, my opponent, Mr. John Gaylord, charged me and our current Town Board with “mismanagement of funds” and the need for a “more open government”, implying that our current board may be keeping something “secret”. I assure you, there are no secrets. My question to Mr. Gaylord is, if you feel this way, why haven’t you said so before now?

On behalf of the Town Board members, I ask Mr. Gaylord to meet me in an open forum that the public is invited to attend.  This will be an open meeting. All questions and comments will be addressed.  I believe that Mr. Gaylord’s comments are trying to mislead you, to make you believe that our community’s best interests are not being served. Based upon our accomplishments while in office, I assure you, not only I, but the Town Board has nothing but the best interests of Boonville at heart.

The time and date of the open forum will be set forth upon hearing from Mr. John Gaylord for which time and date will work best for his schedule.

If you cannot make the meeting and wish to have your questions addressed, please contact me directly at guycase AT hotmail.com. “Your opinion matters”

Guy C. Case,

Boonville Town Supervisor

I have been thinking about the issue of politics and the Boonville Forum for a few days.  I have received some literature from a candidate who has asked if it could be posted on the main site.  I decided I should think it over for a bit before posting it to make sure we do this right.  See, the Boonville Forum is not a news site per say, but a place for open discussion (via our forums) for Boonville area residents past or present.   We leave the news to the Boonville Herald and The Moose.  However, if a scientific poll was taken on the #1 discussion topic on the planet, it would have to be politics.  We are a forum, and forums are about discussions.  I have decided that we will let all local politicians to submit statements to us about their platform, bio, opinions, etc..  These statements WILL be open to comments.  We do remove comments if we find them offensive or libelous, otherwise we allow just about anything to be said.  If you are running for a local office and wish to submit materials to us for publishing, you can do so here.

We will not be accepting any advertisements though from any party.  We do not advertise here, so this is consistent with our normal operations.

- Jeff Capron

After a more then a week of rain, the family of Owen Lee was hoping for nice weather on Saturday and they got it. It was a beautiful Indian Summer day for a walk. Owen Lee’s 5^th Annual Poker Walk raised just over $950.00 for Chromosome 18 research. The Kayak raffle and Chinese Auction were big hits, with many happy winners including Boonvilleforum.com’s own Jeff Capron who won the Kayak. Plans are already underway for next years walk.

BoonvilleForum.com was a sponsor of the Owen Lee’s 5th annual poker walk this year which was held right in the middle of the 2009 Fall Arts festival in Boonville New York.  While we were there, we entered the chili cook off and to our surprise, actually won first place!

The judging took place at around 11 a.m. with the three judges trying each entry.

I have to admit I was a bit nervous.  I started BoonvilleForum.com a year ago and we have not actively promoted it.  We put the site up so residents could have a decent forum to discuss local happenings and issues as opposed to the vile Topix site that allows slandering and filth.  My hopes were just to place in the contest so we could give the site a little exposure, but wouldn’t you know it, we won!  Here I am sporting one of the BoonvilleForum.com shirts when they called me up to get the trophy.

All of the chili that was submitted to be judged was sold to benefit the Chamber of Commerce and the festival.  I never even got a chance to taste any of the other entries; the chili sold so fast.  I think this can only mean that all entries were excellent!  I promised everyone there I would post my recipe here.  I enjoy cooking chili so this recipe is a bit long, please bear with me:

Ingredients list:

• 1 – 1/2 pound beef brisket, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 20 – 25 medium Roma tomatoes
• 1 large red onion, small dice
• 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed into a paste using the side of a chefs knife and kosher salt (video how-to here)
• 2 large Pablano peppers diced, seeds removed
• 2 large Cayenne peppers diced, seeds removed
• 3 large Jalapeno peppers diced , seeds removed
• 64 ounce can dark red kidney beans, drained
• 1 large carrot, pulverized in a food processor to the consistency of coarse horseradish
• 1 – 1/2 cups of red table wine.  I used a local wine by Lucas Vineyards called Tug Boat Red 2007
• 1/4 cup cumin seed
• 1/8 cup chili powder
• 2 teaspoons Cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
• canola oil
• 1/2 cup flour
• salt and fresh ground pepper

Note, there are a lot of steps, please read the entire recipe before you cut or cook anything.  Preparation makes this go a lot easier.

Preheat oven to 425

Wash the tomatoes and when dry, place them on a large baking sheet.  Drizzle canola oil over them then roll the tomatoes around the pan so as to coat them, and the bottom of the pan.  Sprinkle with fresh ground pepper.  (Why fresh ground?  Because it is FRESH. )  Roast the tomatoes in the oven for 10 minutes, then turn them and roast for another 10 minutes.  Remove from oven and let cool.

Set oven to 250

Grind the cumin seed in a spice or coffee grinder or if you cannot find cumin seed, measure out about 1/8 cup ground cumin.  In a large resealable plastic bag, add HALF of the fresh ground cumin, the flour and about 3 tablespoons of salt.  Add fresh ground pepper (about a teaspoon).  Mix together and then add the cubed brisket.  Shake the bag making sure to coat all the meat.  At some point you are going to want to get a lot of the air out of the bag and then press the flour mixture right into the meat.   Let sit a couple minutes, then shake again and repeat.

While you are waiting for the flour mixture to set in on the meat, you can begin carefully peeling the skin off the tomatoes.  The skins should be cracked and peeling on their own at this point, but be careful not to squeeze the tomatoes too much as all the juice will come out.  Remove as much of the skin as possible.

(In the next step you can use a dutch oven or any other heavy sauce pan that has a lid and can go in the oven)

In a large dutch oven, add enough canola oil so that there is about a 1/8 inch layer on the bottom of the pan.  Heat the pan to medium high.  The oil should not smoke, but be close to the smoke point.  Once the oil is to temperature, begin adding the meat in small batches making sure you do not over crowd it.  Shake off any excess flour mixture before adding the meat to pan.  Brown for about 1 minute then turn all the meat brown for another minute.  Place the meat on a plate lined with paper towels and then repeat until all batches are done.

Reduce the heat under the dutch oven to medium low.  Make sure the oil is not still screaming hot, and then add the onions and cook for about 1 minute.  Add all the peppers and cook for 1 minute.  Stir in the garlic paste and let cook for about 15 – 30 seconds and then SLOWLY add the wine.  While you are adding the wine, use a wooden spoon to stir it in, scraping the bottom of the pan and incorporating all of those burned on bits into the wine, otherwise known as deglazing (video how-to here).  As soon as about a 1/4 of the wine evaporates off (reduces) gently stir the brisket back to the pot.

Take each tomato and cut the top off and then add the tomato to the sauce, repeat for each.  Gently stir the tomatoes into the chili, do not over work them.

Add the pulverized carrots.  These carrots should be beyond minced.  You do not want to taste a chunk of carrot in the final chili.  If you pulverize them small enough, It will dissolve into chili.  Carrots add sweetness and even better, balance out the acidity in the chili reducing, if not eliminating chili induced upset stomach.

Gently add the beans to the chili.

Gently stir the paprika, chili powder, Cayenne pepper, and remaining ground cumin to chili.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Cover with a tight lid and place in the oven.  Let cook for 5 hours.  When finished, you will have to taste the chili and adjust to your liking.  No two pots of chili ever come out the same so this is somewhat a crucial step.

This can be served immediately but tastes even better if you let it cool to room temperature, then refrigerate overnight.  Reheat the chili in a crockpot, or slowly in the oven.

As you can see, there are a few steps but that is a good thing.  Each step in a recipe is where you can change it and make it your own!  Try different peppers, tomatoes, spices, techniques or cuts of meat.

I would like to thank those at the Chamber of Commerce and the judges!  We had a great time.

Owen Lee’s 5^th annual poker walk to benefit Chromosome 18 Research is being held October 3^rd, 2009 starting at 1:00 at the Hulbert House. The cost to enter this event is $5.00 per hand. Prizes will be given to the top three poker hands. All proceeds will benefit Chromosome 18 Registry and Research Society. There will also be raffle tickets available for numerous baskets and also a Kayak.

Who is Owen Lee? Owen is a happy 5 year old boy from Boonville New York, who is living with Chromosome 18. Owen lives with his mom and dad, Jill and Rodney, and his older brother Tucker. Owen loves playing with trucks, reading books and being outside, he especially enjoys swimming. Owen is looking forward to the birth of his new little brother next month too.

Now you ask what is Chromosome 18? Chromosome 18 also known as, Tetrasomy 18p is a relatively rare condition.  Less than 100 cases of Tetrasomy have been documented. The term “Tetrasomy 18p” means that there is an extra chromosome in a person’s cells. This extra chromosome is made up of two additional copies of the short arm of chromosome 18. Therefore, there are a total of four copies of the short arm (the p arm) of chromosome 18. This is why the condition is called Tetrasomy 18p. The prefix “tetra” simply means “four”.

Infants, toddlers and young children with Tetrasomy 18p may develop more slowly than those without Tetrasomy 18p. For example, it may take a little longer for them to roll over, sit, crawl, and walk.  It may also take longer for them to reach for and grab toys, hold a bottle, and to feed themselves. Language skills may also develop later than their peers.  On average, babies with Tetrasomy 18p roll over at about seven months, and walk and say their first words at about 2½ years.

People with Tetrasomy 18p typically have some degree of mental impairment, though the degree of impairment varies among individuals. Based on standardized testing, people with Tetrasomy 18p typically have IQ scores in the moderate range of impairment.

For more information on Tetrasomy 18p, please visit: www.chromosome18.org

Owen and Family would like to thank the sponsors of their annual walk:

• Lee Pontiac, Buick, GMC
• Mountain Man Outdoor Supply Co.
• Boonvilleforum.com
• North Country Toe Path Trekkers

This years greased pole climb was entertaining as usual, and Boonville Forum happens to have our own video of the event.  Enjoy!

You can get to the video here.

If you haven’t looked at the Black River Canal lately in the village of Boonville, then you may be in for a bit of a surprise:  it is practically empty.  After a few days I assumed it would come back to normal but finally today I decided to bike up the tow path and see what was going on.  When I was just about to Forestport I ran into one of the Conservation supervisors who’s crew was starting to mow the banks of the canal.  I spoke with him for a while and he told me that they had stopped the water because they were doing repairs by lock 70 (in the Gorge).

Apparently there are some issues with sediment by the lock gates and the crews have to get right down in there to clear it out.  The supervisor said that since it hadn’t been dredged in a long time, the sediment was building up and the water was eating into the bank.  He did not know when to expect water to flow again.  If I can get the time, and weather permitting, I might ride the other way tomorrow and see if I can catch what is going on at lock 70.

The garage sale season has begun in Boonville New York and every weekend you will see residents somewhere selling off their goods.  We have begun posting local garage sales in our garage sale forum.  Anyone can post their own garage/yard sale for free!  Our free t-shirt giveaways for posting your sale is still in effect so post today!

Good luck and happy sailing

If you post YOUR yard/garage sale in our free yard sales forum, you may very well get a visit from us during your sale.  We will be stopping by random yard sales entered on our forum and giving the prize to the owner of the sale.

For more details, click this link!

We would like to announce the official facebook group has launched!   We plan on using this group to send notices to the members about news here at the site and any local alerts we come across.