Ed Sidote to be honored with FLT bench dedication
PHARSALIA – A stone bench to honor Ed Sidote, aka Mr. Finger Lakes Trail, was set along the Finger Lakes Trail (FLT) in Chenango County. A dedication will be held on Saturday. The public is invited; participants will meet at 10 a.m. in the lot behind Howard Johnson’s in Norwich.
Sidote has been involved with the Finger Lakes Trail for a long time. An early advocate, he also helped identify the trail’s location in and around Chenango County. He is constantly promoting hiking and the FLT, speaking to school and community groups and setting up displays at events. Ed is an End-to-End FLT hiker, number three of what now a list of 300 individuals, and has been chair the FLT End-to-End program for many years. Ed founded the FLT Bullthistle Hikers in 2004 with a bunch of other hiking enthusiasts, and served as Chair from 2004-2010. One of the FLTC named hikes is named for him and happens here in the county every July, and the section of trail through Chenango County has been dedicated in his honor. He is also involved with the Chenango Land Trust, the Chenango Bird Club, and at least a dozen other hiking organizations. At 93, he is still found trekking the trails and encouraging others.
Travelers from the west should meet at the corner of Stewart Road and Hoag-Childes Road, where there is plenty of parking, around 10:25. The bench is located in Pharsalia west of Fred Stewart Road and south of the Truck Trail. FLTC Map 23.
The bench was set by a 10-person crew: Bob Bliven, Sue Bliven, Tom Bryden, John Carhart, John Elia, Richard Natoli, Ted Robinson, Art Sandberg, Chris Sprague, and Don Windsor.
The FLT Bullthistle Hikers is a nonprofit hiking club founded in 2004 to provide information about hiking opportunities in the Chenango County Area and beyond and to conduct activities to enhance the quality, safety and enjoyment of the hiking experience. They meet on the first Tuesday of each month in the Community room of the YMCA in Norwich. They maintain an active hiking schedule and invite any interested people to join the group and to join them on their hikes. For more information see our webpage Bullthistle Hikers Homepage, www.bullthistlehiking.org.
The Finger Lakes Trail Conference started in 1962, more details about the FLT can be found at www.fltconference.org.
Sidote has been involved with the Finger Lakes Trail for a long time. An early advocate, he also helped identify the trail’s location in and around Chenango County. He is constantly promoting hiking and the FLT, speaking to school and community groups and setting up displays at events. Ed is an End-to-End FLT hiker, number three of what now a list of 300 individuals, and has been chair the FLT End-to-End program for many years. Ed founded the FLT Bullthistle Hikers in 2004 with a bunch of other hiking enthusiasts, and served as Chair from 2004-2010. One of the FLTC named hikes is named for him and happens here in the county every July, and the section of trail through Chenango County has been dedicated in his honor. He is also involved with the Chenango Land Trust, the Chenango Bird Club, and at least a dozen other hiking organizations. At 93, he is still found trekking the trails and encouraging others.
Travelers from the west should meet at the corner of Stewart Road and Hoag-Childes Road, where there is plenty of parking, around 10:25. The bench is located in Pharsalia west of Fred Stewart Road and south of the Truck Trail. FLTC Map 23.
The bench was set by a 10-person crew: Bob Bliven, Sue Bliven, Tom Bryden, John Carhart, John Elia, Richard Natoli, Ted Robinson, Art Sandberg, Chris Sprague, and Don Windsor.
The FLT Bullthistle Hikers is a nonprofit hiking club founded in 2004 to provide information about hiking opportunities in the Chenango County Area and beyond and to conduct activities to enhance the quality, safety and enjoyment of the hiking experience. They meet on the first Tuesday of each month in the Community room of the YMCA in Norwich. They maintain an active hiking schedule and invite any interested people to join the group and to join them on their hikes. For more information see our webpage Bullthistle Hikers Homepage, www.bullthistlehiking.org.
The Finger Lakes Trail Conference started in 1962, more details about the FLT can be found at www.fltconference.org.
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