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4 — Recorder, Monday, April 15, 2013
LOCAL
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Today
AMSTERDAM
The Amsterdam Free Library will host a preschool story hour at 10:30
a.m. including music, activities, stories and crafts. The theme is “Tweet
Tweet Tweet.”
FLORIDA
Florida Town Council members will hold their regular monthly meeting
at the town office building at 214 Fort Hunter Road beginning at 7 p.m.
FONDA
NAMI of Montgomery-Fulton-Hamilton Counties will have its annual
spaghetti supper from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Winner’s Circle.
Tuesday
AMSTERDAM
The Ladies of Charity of Montgomery County will meet at St.
Stanislaus Church Hall at 7 p.m.
GLOVERSVILLE
The Broadalbin Kennyetto Historical Society will meet at 6 p.m. at
the Fulton County Museum. A tour of the museum exhibits will follow the
meeting. Guests of members are welcome and refreshments will be
served.
ST. JOHNSVILLE
The election for the joint Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville
School Board will be held from noon to 8 p.m. at the David H. Robbins
Elementary School.
BROADALBIN
The Knights of Columbus will have its weekly Bingo game at
Father Smith’s Center. Doors and kitchen open at 5 p.m. Games begin at
7 p.m.
Wednesday
GLOVERSVILLE
A Fulton County Public Health nurse will be available at the
Gloversville Women, Infant and Children Nutrition Program clinic at 53
Church St., from 9 a.m. to noon. Call 853-8363 for more information.
Thursday
AMSTERDAM
Members of the Walter Elwood Nature Club will meet at the Inman
Center at 53 Guy Park Avenue at 7 p.m. for a presentation by Tom and
Kathy Oughton of Acadian Farms, St. Johnsville. The growers will talk
about starting an herb garden and cooking with herbs. The program is
free and open to the public.
Friday
GLOVERSVILLE
The third of four Love-and-Respect DVD Marriage Conferences will
be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church at 18
Jeffers St. The free conference is designed to help individuals and couples learn how to resolve conflicts, deal with negative reactions and motivate each other. Child care is available. One workbook is provided free
per each single person or couple. To register, call 618-1406 or e-mail
[email protected]
Daily Bridge Club
by Frank Stewart
Tribune Media Services
Photo submitted
Front row seated left to right: Alexandra Henderson, assistant professor of business; and Stacey
Walters and Kristina Walters, members of the Cupcake Jar Team; standing left to right: Laurence K.
Zuckerman, assistant professor of accounting and business; Jeremy Spraggs, instructor of technology; Chris Pabis, Chris Renda and Jeff Reed, members of the CORE team; Dustin Swanger, president; Diana Putnam, the dean of business, technology, and health professions; and Rich Prestopnik,
the professor of electrical technology.
F-MCC teams headed to finals
of business plan competition
Staff report
JOHNSTOWN — Two teams of FultonMontgomery Community College students participated in the Mohawk Valley Regional Collegiate
Business Plan Competition hosted by the State
University of New York Institute of Technology on
April 10.
College students from across the region were
given the opportunity to present innovative business ideas as budding entrepreneurs. Both teams
were selected to advance to the fourth annual
New York State Business Plan Competition on
April 26.
Chris Pabis of Amsterdam, Jeff Reed of
Broadalbin, and Chris Renda of Gloversville, all
Electrical Technology majors at F-MCC, presented a business concept they dubbed "The
CORE (Convenient-Original-Reusable-Energy)
Group,” described as a limited liability corporation with three principle shareholders who consist of Chief Executive Officer Pabis, Chief
Operating Officer Reed, and Chief Financial
Officer Renda.
According to the students, The CORE Group is
re-inventing the everyday household with energy
efficient solutions and products that utilize modern technology marketed to the common household at a low cost.
Their proposal includes the marketing of a
product they named the “AquaAid,” a premiere
product which transforms the outdated and inconvenient measuring cup into a hands-free attachment for kitchen faucets and filters, displays the
temperature of ordinary tap water, and measures
in both metric and English units. The AquaAid
would make life simpler and more convenient
during everyday menial tasks.
The CORE Team competed against nine other
teams
in
the
broad
categories
of
Energy/Sustainability,
Information
Technology/Software, Social Entrepreneurship/NonProfit,
Biotechnology/Healthcare,
and
Nanotechnology/Advanced Technology. They were
one of five teams selected to advance to the state
competition.
Sisters Kristina and Stacey Walters of
Broadalbin, both business majors at F-MCC,
presented their business proposal for “The
Cupcake Jar,” the mission of which is to provide
quality, flavor-filled cupcakes to a diverse customer base including those with special dietary
needs.
The bakery business will offer a unique and
diverse product line tailored to customer’s wants
and needs, a ready-made selection of cupcakes as
well as those that can be frosted by the customer,
gluten-free cupcakes, Internet-base ordering, and
in-store cupcake parties. They are the only cupcake bakery sensitive to the dietary needs of customers offering a full gluten-free line.
Of the twelve teams in the Products/Services
Food and Beverage Division, the Cupcake Jar
team was the top selection of the two teams chosen to move on to the state competition.
The competition required the students to make
a 10-minute presentation to a panel of judges and
“investors” followed by a 5-minute questionand-answer period. Twenty other teams from
SUNY IT, Morrisville State College, Utica
College, and SUNY Cobleskill, participated in
the regional competition. F-MCC was the only
two-year college in this regional competition;
the two teams will advance to the final statewide competition at CNSE’s Albany Nanotech
on April 26.
Swanger said, “I am so very proud of these students and congratulate them on this extraordinary
accomplishment. I also congratulate the faculty
and staff who worked with both teams in preparing them for this day. It’s a pleasure to work with
such dedicated professionals.”
IN BRIEF
Volunteers sought for April 20 ‘Community Clean Sweep’
FONDA — Willing volunteers can make a difference.
“Community Clean Sweep,”
slated to take place on
Saturday, April 20, from 9 to
11:30 a.m., involves picking
up litter and raking areas
around sidewalks and parks
in the Fonda and Fultonville
areas.
Participants will not be
cleaning out trash or unwanted items from people’s
homes.
Volunteers of all ages are
asked to be at the Fonda
Reformed Church on
Broadway in Fonda at 9 a.m.
to sign in and receive
assigned areas. Children
must be accompanied by an
adult in order to participate.
If you are a member of a
group (that is, Boy Scouts or
Girl Scouts, clubs, prayer
groups, senior citizens’ or
youth groups), please ask
them to join you. Efforts will
be made to assign adults
with children to parks and the
safest locations.
Please wear comfortable
clothing that is highly visible.
Other suggested items to
bring are sunscreen, work
gloves, rakes, shovels,
brooms or a wheelbarrow, if it
can be transported.
All cans and bottles collected will be donated to the senior high group of the Fonda
Reformed Church to help offset the cost of their mission
trip.
Coffee, water and light
refreshments will be available
at the church.
There is no rain date.
For more information, call
853-3330 or e-mail
[email protected]