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Join us on January 21, 2012 at the Walton Fairgrounds for a day of family fun!  The festival opens at 9am with an admission of $5 per person.  50% of the funds will be going to Delaware County flood victims.  Registration for the snowmobile races will begin at 8am.

Enjoy an Ice Carving Competition between SUNY Delhi Ice Carvers and The American Culinary Federation as wells as a horse-drawn carriage and sleigh exhibition, ice skating, snowmobile races, wood carving competition, children’s activities and a variety of food vendors.

Sponsored by The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, The Hamden Hill Ridge Riders, The Walton Chamber of Commerce, the Watershed Post and Mang Insurance Agency.

For information call the Delaware County Chamber at 607-746-2281.

Many businesses offered spectacular sales, complimentary refreshments, activities…etc!

The Townsend School PTA offered Santa’s Workshop & Craft Fair and hosted the voting for the Gingerbread Contest.  First place went to Taneka Wayman, 2^nd place was Noah Aubin, third place the Tiger Cubs Pack 45, and they were awarded pizza certificates from Danny’s Restaurant.  Fourth place winner was Heather Merrill from Downsville and fifth place was Dylan Jacob, they received movie tickets and popcorn from the Walton Theatre.

The Walton Theatre offered a Free Family Matinee of “Puss In Boots” compliments of The National Bank of Delaware, Community Bank and Sidney Federal Credit Union.

Thank you to Tom Newman and Bob LaTourette for providing, once again, the Horse-Drawn Hayrides.  The children were ecstatic to get to ride with such big and beautiful horses!

The Christmas Parade drew quite the gathering!  The participants of the parade happily smiled, waved and some even threw candy to the children in the crowd that lined Delaware and Bridge Streets.  Thank you to the Dewing Family for giving out free kettle corn at the parade!

Immediately following the Christmas Parade, the Walton Christmas Tree was lit to mark the beginning of the Christmas season!  How exciting it was!

Thank you to Keath Davis of Breakey Motors for allowing us to warm up with Hot Dogs & Hot Chocolate and to meet Mr. & Mrs. Claus as well as McDonald’s icon, Ronald McDonald!  We send thanks to Don Smith for inviting Ronald McDonald to join us once again!  Thank you to Netty’s Flowers for the beautiful decorations, Danny’s Restaurant for donating the hot dogs and to the Walton Lion’s Club for graciously serving these warm refreshments.

Danny’s Restaurant provided live entertainment with Chuck & Terri.  TA’s Place hosted a Pie Social with music by Larry Jamieson & Friends with a donation basket for the Delaware Valley Hospital Auxiliary.  West 38 had a night of grown up fun to unwind from the days festivities.

This year, we began a Lighting Contest!  The lighting contest winners were 1^st place Kathy Shelton on Freer Hollow, all her votes were first place votes but one!  2^nd went to Bryan Mead on Bruce St., 3^rd place to Tiffany Reeder and Eric Wood on St John St., 4^th place to Sue Malia on Prospect Ave and 5^th place to Heather McAdams on Delaware St. Congratulations to all and thank you to Danny’s Restaurant, C & C Feeds and Christine Sousa of Mary Kay Cosmetics who contributed prizes for the top three, and the Chamber who extended the winners and contributed prizes of lights for the 4^th and 5^th place winners!  Thanks everyone who participated and can’t wait till next year!

We send sincere thanks to our members and everyone that worked hard volunteering their time to make this day possible!  We hope you enjoyed the day!  Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

We hope you enjoyed the Old Time Variety Show at the Walton Theatre earlier this month with Back Track - A.K.A. Sim & Ernie, Country Express, Joe Chinnici, Red, White & Bluegrass PLUS… Comedy by Little Victory Players, Door Prizes and Pianist – Jody Jamieson.

Patti Loker and Melissa Grossmann from the Walton School Board of Education presented the school budget for the 2010-11 year. With all the increases and cuts going on be sure to get out and vote on May 18th from 12:00 to 9:00 at the school bus garage.

We all agreed that the Road Rally was a huge success this year. Many area businesses were busy, no one got hurt, and watching it was exciting. We can only hope that this grows and continues to help out our economy. If any businesses would like to send a letter of endorsement supporting this event, send it to the Chamber 129 North St. at the Town Hall.

Our Kick-Off to Summer Festival is coming together for June 5th. We will have the dunk tank again, a bouncing house, a car cruise, and many other events that day. Hope for good weather!

Our second BOCES kiosk is finished but waiting for the holes to be dug. It will go in front of McDonald’s and is for businesses, organizations, and churches to list events or information.

The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Home Improvement and Business Expo Show on May 14th and 15th at the Fairgrounds. If you want to see what’s new and who has it, check it out. They are even accepting job applications there.

The Gazebo at Bassett Park is ready for concerts. We will be having open-mike nights on Wednesdays starting in June. Anyone who wants to show off his/her talents is welcome to come. Stay tuned for when. We are still looking for a group to spruce it up with paint 
and get some community service hours.

The Chamber meets at the Town Hall the third Tues. of the month at 6:30. 607-865-6656, www.waltonchamber.com, 
walton_chamber@yahoo.com.