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The Altamont
Enterprise
& Albany County Post
No. 32 Thursday, February 25, 2016
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Albany County’s independent newspaper since 1884
Solar on
the Hill?
It’s Elble &
Tedeschi
BKW alums
win seats
By Melissa Hale-Spencer
BERNE — Two Berne-KnoxWesterlo alumni — Nathan Elble
and Matthew Tedeschi — have
won seats on the school board.
With 326 voters, their tallies
were just two votes apart. Elble
came in first with 162 votes and
Tedeschi came in second with
160 votes.
“Nate and I share similar
thoughts,” said Tedeschi moments after the polls closed
Tuesday night.
“Ideologically, we’re very close,”
said Elble.
Five candidates — the most
in recent memory — vied for
two seats left vacant on the
five-member board after Vasilios
Lefkaditis was elected Knox town
supervisor and Earl Barcomb
was elected as a Knox councilman.
As the top vote-getter, Elble
will fill out Lefkaditis’s term,
which expires on June 30, 2017,
and Tedeschi, as the second-place
candidate, will fill out Barcomb’s
term, which ends on June 30 of
this year.
Both Tedeschi and Elble said
in candidate interviews with The
Enterprise that they had been
bullied as BKW students and are
eager to see that school policies
preventing and reporting harassment are followed.
It was Elble’s first run for school
board and Tedeschi’s second.
(Continued on page 14)
Vets get
tax break
By Jo E. Prout
NEW SCO TLAND — The
school board here adopted, with
a split vote, the state-allowed
Alternate Veterans’ Exemption
for wartime, combat, and disabled
veterans after a public hearing on
Monday. Veterans who apply can
receive a reduction in their taxes.
“The state is incredibly stupid.
This whole process was wrong,”
said school board President Timothy Blow, who cast the sole negative vote. Blow said the district
will have to re-allocate lost taxes
from the veterans’ exemptions to
other district residents who may
ill afford a tax increase.
The state should have passed
the exemption for all veterans,
rather than leaving school districts to shoulder the cost, Blow
said.
(Continued on page 13 )
Inside
California company
plans Helderberg arrays
HILLTOWNS — A California
company has mailed large landowners in the rural Helderbergs,
asking to lease their land for
solar arrays.
“We are a solar farm developer
trying to develop rapidly in New
York,” said Jeff McKay, a spokesman for Cypress Creek Renewables. The company, founded in
2014, is based in Santa Monica,
California with other offices in
Arizona, Missouri, New York,
and North Carolina.
$1,500 per acre
per year
for 20 acres.
The Enterprise — Melissa Hale-Spencer
Showing one of his many scars, Salvatore Famularo says he feels privileged to be part of
a group of Iwo Jima survivors. They gathered Tuesday, on the anniversary of the famous flagraising, at Cindy Pollard’s Home Front Café. Pollard has, for decades, honored veterans in a
restaurant she decorated to look like her mother’s 1940s kitchen, filled with war memorabilia.
Recalling the pain and pride
Old Marines swap stories
of the famous Iwo Jima flag-raising
ALTAMONT — It was the fifth day of the
Battle of Iwo Jima, the bloodiest Pacific fight
of World War II, when Marines raised the flag
on Mount Suribachi.
The moment was immortalized in a Feb. 23,
1945 photograph by Joe Rosenthal. Seventyone years later, to the day, four Marines who
were at Iwo Jima remembered the flag-raising
as they ate breakfast at the Home Front Café
in Altamont. All of them are in their 90s now
but each described the battle as vividly as if it
had been yesterday.
“I saw it going up,” said Thomas J. Smith. A
first flag was raised in the morning, soon after
the mountaintop was captured.
“There was noise everywhere, with ships
blaring their horns and cannons going off,” said
Dick Varone.
“I saw it twice,” said Smith. “The first one was
a small flag; they sent to a ship to get a bigger
one. It was quite a thrill.”
The second flag-raising was the one Rosenthal
photographed, creating an iconic symbol —
sculpted for the Marine Corps War Memorial
and appearing on postage stamps.
“I was lying in a hole on my back with my rifle
over my shoulder,” said Salvatore Famularo. “I
started hearing all these horns from ships. I
said, ‘What the hell is going on?’”
Another Marine answered, “They just secured
Mount Suribachi.”
“I struggled up to take a look. He said, ‘Pal,
stay where you are or you’ll get picked off.’”
Famularo caught a glimpse of the original flag,
which he remembers to this day.
Smith was a runner on Iwo Jima and was 18
at the time. He worked between the lines at
night. “The job was to listen,” he said.
Smith was wounded three times and has two
Purple Hearts. He came home to study at the
University of Miami, earned a doctorate degree,
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and ended up overseeing 58 schools.
“When the war was over with, it was over
with. I never thought about it again till 1999,”
he said. He met Sal Famularo at Wal-Mart.
Famularo was wearing a Marines cap
“Guys were screaming —
calling for their mothers...”
“Were you in the Marine Corps?” asked Smith.
“Are you blind?” rejoined Famularo.
They got to talking and discovered they had
both been in the 4th Marine Division, 2nd Battalion. Famularo was in George Company and
Smith in Fox Company. “They moved together,”
said Famularo of the two companies. “We developed a close relationship.”
That encounter opened the floodgates. The
two formed a group of Iwo Jima survivors “We
had 12 men; four are left,” said Smith.
He wrote his memories, long kept to himself,
into a book — 138 spiral-bound pages, printed
last year. “My dad wanted to know what took
place. I could never tell him,” said Smith.
“There were 22,000 Japanese living underground, in tunnels and caves. By day, you didn’t
see anyone. They came out at twilight and you’d
fight at night,” said Smith describing the challenge of taking Iwo Jima.
He wrote in his book, “The enemy troops
numbered about 23,000 and by the time the
McKay described his company’s model this way: “We go in
and acquire or lease land. We put
in solar panels on the property
and sell the power to companies
or individuals.”
The New York Public Service
Commission’s new Community
Distributed Generation Program
is seeking distributed solar
generation resources up to two
megawatts to sell power directly
to member electric utility customers, McKay wrote, answering
Enterprise questions by email.
The mailings to Hilltown
landowners named prices of
$1,500 per acre per year for 20
acres. “We try to target available properties of at least 18
acres in size,” said McKay. “We
have reached out to a number of
landowners in the area who we
believe can benefit from our local solar initiative. We typically
work with landowners who have
20 continuous acres of relatively
flat land, which is in reasonable
proximity to power lines/utility
substations and free of wetlands
or endangered species.”
Asked if the $1,500-per-acre
annual leasing prices were
negotiable, McKay said, “The
price-per-acre we can pay varies a bit based on location and
our ability to develop the land.
Due to the volume of leases we
have, we use consistent lease
agreements whenever possible.”
He also said, “We believe solar
farms are consistent with local
land-use plans and historical
uses, including agriculture. Over
the long term, solar farms can
help maintain agriculturally
productive land by providing income stability for farmers. While
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The Altamont Enterprise – Thursday, February 25, 2016
Editorial
Schools need to choose the right remedies
D
rills can work.
Locally, the Guilderland schools superintendent this month praised the district’s transportation department for the drills it routinely runs
at each of Guilderland’s seven schools.
A high school student knew just what to do
when, early one morning, the bus he was riding to
school started meandering, driving on a lawn and
swerving into a mailbox. The driver had fallen ill
and the student knew to go to the front of the bus,
check on him, pull the emergency brake, and call
the dispatcher.
The kids on the bus were safe, no pedestrians or
other travelers were hurt, and the driver quickly
got the medical attention he needed.
A nationwide example, practiced locally, of drills
that work are fire drills. On Dec. 1, 1958, a fire broke
out in the basement of a Catholic elementary school
in Chicago, Our Lady of the Angels. Ninety-two
children and three nuns died in the fire, raising
awareness of the need to practice safe and orderly
ways to escape a burning school building. Several
times a year, students and staff at our local schools,
like their counterparts in schools across the country, practice what to do when a fire alarm sounds.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, from 1980 to 2005, an average of 1.5 people
annually died on “education property” — most of
them were adults or “juvenile firesetters” on school
grounds after hours. No school fire has killed more
than 10 people since the tragic 1958 fire at Our
Lady of the Angels.
Schools across the nation now are practicing
lockdowns in case of active shooters targeting them.
Some schools are even holding simulated activeshooter events; one is scheduled in Voorheesville
on March 24.
A problem with the local drills is they are not
following the federal guidelines written in response
to the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School
in Newtown, Connecticut. Our Guilderland reporter,
Elizabeth Floyd Mair, took a close look at the drills
at local schools after covering a well-attended event
for the general public, hosted this month by the
Guilderland Police.
The police told the citizens about the protocol
being taught by law enforcement to other police,
emergency medical workers, and citizens across the
country, known as “Run, hide, fight.”
When possible, the best line of defense, the protocol says, is running away from the scene and calling
9-1-1. The next best defense, it says, is denying entry
to the shooter by locking doors, turning off lights,
and hiding, while the third and last resort is to
fight to try to overpower the attack and save lives.
Our local schools, however, are practicing only
lockdowns — hiding — although for over two years
the United States Department of Education has
advocated the use of the “Run, hide, fight” protocol
for schools.
We understand that it is much harder to run a
drill where the adults in charge have to quickly
decide what is safest for children and have to then
develop a course of action. But that makes it all
the more imperative to practice such responses
ahead of time.
The federal protocol says that, if it is safe for you
and others in your care, the first course of action is
to run out of the building and far away. The adult
in charge has to make a judgement on whether or
not it is safe and then decide where the kids should
run to. If it’s not safe, then the adult in charge has
to get the children to hide in a place that is as safe
as possible.
A drill using this protocol would stress that students and staff need to act quickly, leave personal
items behind, and visualize possible escape routes
ahead of time, then call 9-1-1 once they are a safe
distance away.
Dr. Steven Scholozman, an assistant professor of
psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and associate
director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Clay
Center for Young Healthy Minds, began his article
“School Lockdown Calculus: The Line Between
Preparedness and Trauma,” with a quote from a
14-year-old boy: “If there’s a lockdown and they
tell me to go under the table, and there’s a window
open next to my desk, I’m going out that window.
There’s no way I’m sticking around.”
Scholozman goes on to examine the cost, the
psychological risk to what has become a routine
practice, the lockdown drill. He writes that there
is almost no data on the effects these drills have
on students and also that active shooters in schools
are “enormously rare.”
About 20 schoolchildren, on average, suffer violent
deaths on school grounds each year. Since there
are about 55 million schoolchildren in the United
States, that’s a one in 2.5 million chance.
We no longer learn about such events from a
distance — the way, say, people read of the 1927
explosions of the school in Bath, Michigan. An angry
school board treasurer there planted dynamite in
the school and on his farm. After killing his wife
and blowing up his farm buildings, he detonated
the explosives at the school, killing 38 elementary
schoolchildren and six adults, including himself,
and injuring at least 58 other people.
Instead, we see terror events in schools and elsewhere unfold, again and again, in our living rooms,
bedrooms, kitchens, wherever we have a screen. The
danger feels more present and real.
Scholozman poses a “devil’s choice”: If we do
drills to protect our students against shooters that
are unlikely to ever haunt a school, then we both
risk frightening our young people by planning for
intentional acts of harm, thus increasing traumatic
risk, and we prepare them for the rare likelihood
that harm will occur, thus decreasing traumatic risk.
We grew up in the 1950s when we had regular
school drills to hide under our desks to prepare, we
were told, for a nuclear attack from “the Russians”
or “the Communists.” As adults, we can clearly see
that hiding under a desk would not have saved us
from an Atom bomb.
We don’t recall feeling any safer because of
those drills. What we felt was fear. We carried it
around like a stone in our stomach, like the feel of
a snake prickling up our back. The threat seemed
everywhere with cries on the playground — “You
wanna be Red or dead?” — and descriptions from
our teachers of how Communists, if they took over,
would make our mothers go to work like they did in
Russia and we would have to be raised by the state.
We believe the drills described at the top of this
editorial probably don’t traumatize kids. If your
school bus is swerving, go to the front to check on
the driver. Pull the break if you need to and call
the dispatcher. The student working through this
drill has a sense of control. The practice is discreet,
for dealing with a specific instance, not part of a
large and amorphous evil.
So, too, with fire drills. A walk outside on a school
day often seemed like a treat, a break from routine.
A fire is a known entity and practicing to escape
it holds no lasting terror. Again, when you exit a
building you feel active — different than crouching
in fear — like your safety is in your own hands.
We urge our local school leaders and the police
who advise them to review the federal guidelines
and, if they plan drills, to include the “run” strategy
as the first part of the protocol. Further, we urge
school leaders to work closely with their staff psychologists to be sure the drills are performed in ways
that are appropriate, geared to the children’s age,
to ensure their well being — emotional and mental
well being are as important as physical well being.
To that same point, as schools continue to spend
huge sums on secure entrances, surveillance cameras, locked-door systems, and the like, we urge
school leaders to consider these statistics from
the federal Department of Justice crime report:
71 percent of United States teenagers between the
ages of 14 and 17 have been assaulted, 32 percent
have been maltreated, and 28 percent were sexually victimized at some point in their lifetime. At
the same time, mass shooting incidents — killing
four or more people — caused fewer than 90 deaths
out of about 12,000 homicides in the United States
during 2012.
We need to spend our money and efforts where
the need is greatest.
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To the editor
How can anyone put human life second to a view?
To the Editor:
Embarrassed — that’s how I
feel whenever anyone brings up
the town of Rensselaerville and
an emergency-use cell tower in
the same sentence or thought.
Why embarrassed? I am stunned
and shocked that some of the
citizens within our township feel
so passionate about a “view” that
it takes precedence over lives and
property of our residents.
On Feb. 15, a home in the town
(in the hamlet of Potter Hollow)
was destroyed by fire. Maybe
available cell service to call 911
would have made no difference;
but we just won’t know.
What we do know is that, as
desperately as the town is trying
to erect a tower for emergency
use, a small group of residents is
wasting town resources, forcing
the Town to defend a lawsuit that
attempts to prohibit the erection
of the tower because it might
harm the viewshed.
It is difficult to understand
how anyone can put human life
(the tower is for emergency services ) second to a “view,” but that
is exactly what they are doing.
The group defies the findings of
Albany County engineers and
insists that their experts know
better places for the tower. They
just want the town to move the
location.
In the meantime, more houses
will burn, and, God forbid, more
ambulances will be delayed and
perhaps even criminals will go
unapprehended because a small
group of residents (who already
have cell service) want the town
to move the site, in their minds,
to a less obvious spot.
It is a senseless waste of Town
money and time defending themselves from such a selfish lawsuit
that is so embarrassing and sad.
Linda Mormile
Preston Hollow
Life was a great adventure with Joe Merli
To the Editor:
I want to thank all of our “shop
family” for their help and support
through a most difficult time,
and all the many, many of Joe’s
friends who came to pay their
respects on Saturday.
Joe always said he would
rather have friends at his funeral
than money in the bank, a testament to his generous spirit and
the way he treated his friends
and people in general. He was
a gentle, kind soul with a great
sense of humor and was almost
always upbeat and looking forward.
Life has been a great adventure tagging along with Joe. I
only regret that it has come to
an end so soon. He had many
more adventures on his mind.
He would say that his “little
Oldsmobile” opened up a lot of op-
portunities, but it was his great
talent to build that Oldsmobile
in the first place, that opened
many of those doors.
Joe leaves a big hole in the
hearts of many, we will all miss
him terribly. I deeply appreciate
the support and help offered now
and in the future.
Thank you all.
Marilyn Miles
Clarksville
How can we comment on next year’s budget
if we don’t know what the long-term goal is?
To the Editor:
Earlier this month, the Guilderland Central School District
launched a website and survey
to gauge the public opinion on
the upcoming budget season for
the district. Four options are
presented:
— A. Make reductions to existing programs;
— B. Deny increases requested
by program leaders;
— C. Dip into fund balance to
cover additional expenses; and
— D. Consider challenging the
tax levy threshold.
The options are presented
along with a sub-heading to paint
each option as unsavory:
— A. We have just begun to
recover after five years of major
cuts;
— B. Therefore fall short in
meeting the needs of students/
mandates;
— C. We just restored fund
balances to an acceptable level
per the New York State Comptroller; and
— D. Poor statewide record of
success.
Woven into the website is the
fashionable griping about the
calculation of the state tax cap
and the eight-year-old tradition
of complaining about budget cuts
still hanging around from Governor David A. Paterson’s era.
One could get the impression,
at least from the district’s website, that, with all these external
factors, it is impossible to create
a budget that still well serves the
students of Guilderland.
Johny Srouji — the Apple executive in charge of the electronics inside the iPhone and iPad
— said once: “My rule of thumb
is if it’s not gated by physics that
means it’s hard but doable.”
In my opinion, it is hard to
create at budget in today’s fiscal
climate, but not impossible. First, the district needs to get
out of the pre-2008 mentality
where the state doled out more
and more money every year, and
they could levy taxes without
much concern for it getting voted
down. Those days are gone and
the district needs to accept that.
They need to stop coming into
the budget focusing on how the
climate today is so much different than years past. Instead, they
should see it as an opportunity
to reinvent the educational program based in these new fiscal
realities.
Second, the administration
and board of education should
think more about what the
district will look like in five to
10 years. Not just in terms of
enrollment or fund balances
but in terms of the educational
program.
Will Guilderland be known for
ensuring all students are well
versed in the most up-to-date
technology? Or will Guilderland
take pride in graduating the
most culturally competent students in the area? Or perhaps
will Guilderland set itself apart
with its integration of special
education students?
Without asking and answering
these questions, we have no idea
where the district is going. How
can we comment on next year’s
budget if we don’t know what the
long-term goal is? What might
seem like an easy and low impact
cut this year could actually be
a step backwards when we look
long term. And again, we live in
a world where we can’t do everything well — there just isn’t the
money for it.
So which of the four options
should the district go for? All
of them, and none of them,
because there’s nothing saying
the district can pursue only one
option. Cut in some places, add
some programs, dip a little into
reserves if needed, and very carefully consider challenging the tax
cap limit.
The operative word is “carefully.” Guilderland residents are
smart; they’re tired of taxes going
up more and more every year, but
they also care about education.
If the board and the administration has thoroughly reflected
and built a budget that serves
the students well and sets the
district up for success for years
to come, and they honestly cannot operate without exceeding
the tax cap, then they should
present that to the public. If an
honest, comprehensive plan is
presented — again honest and
comprehensive — I think that the
voters will respect and support
the budget with a supermajority.
In my mind, that’s the purpose
of the tax cap and the override
clause. If the district truly cannot operate within the cap, and
they can explain the reasons to
exceed the cap to the public, then
the voters can choose to allow a
levy above the limit.
And yes, we might not get the
peanuts handed out at the end of
the year in the form of a “rebate
check” but no one I’ve spoken
to has been blown away and
impressed by these nuggets of
our own money given back to us.
In the end, though, I get the
feeling that Guilderland is not at
the point where they can ask for a
levy above the tax cap. It does not
seem like all other options have
been exhausted. Instead, they
should explore the remaining
three options (until those options
are exhausted) and really think
about what Guilderland Central
Schools will look like in five to
10 years. I hope the residents of
Guilderland stay engaged with
the school district budget process
and continue to provide feedback
to the board of education.
Nicholas Fahrenkopf
Altamont
Editor’s note: Nicholas Fahrenkopf served on the task force
that looked at alternative uses for
excess classroom space, and made
a bid last May for a seat on the
Guilderland School Board. He is
an Altamont village trustee.
Back In Time. . .
1916
100 Years Ago
2016
Altamont Enterprise, February 25, 1916
Pay-Up Week.
This is National Pay Up Week. It began on the 21st and
will end on the 26th. A number of our friends, in making
their rounds and squaring their accounts, have forgotten
the editor. But there is still time.
Why Pick On Pie?
There is a tendency on the part of some highbrows to
sneer at pie and to pretend a fine scorn for pie-biters. Evidently they don’t know as much about pie as they pretend.
We have made a study of the subject and are proud in our
possession of knowledge of that peerless pearl of products
— the perfect pie.
The so-called highbrows do not know, perhaps, that Emerson ate pie until the day he died and that his system of
philosophy was founded upon custard pie. They are ignorant
of the fact that Carlisle never ate a pie in his life — and
lived and died a grouch. We’ll bet four dollars that they do
not even suspect that Dr. Samuel Johnson ate pie all his
life until one fatal Good Friday, when he switched to a hotcross bun. He never smiled again, Boswell says …
Tell Us the News.
If anything happens at your house, tell us.
If you have a friend visiting you, tell us.
If you are going away on business, tell us.
If you or any of your family are going away on a visit, a
vacation or any kind of trip, tell us.
If any of the folks are ill, tell us.
When they get well again, tell us.
When you return home after a trip, tell us.
If you hear of a birth, tell us.
If you hear of an engagement, tell us.
If you hear of a wedding, tell us.
If you hear of a death, tell us.
If you hear of a new family moving to town, tell us.
With your help we can publish a good newspaper. Without your help — well, we are only human and we can be in
but one place at once. So, if you don’t help, don’t find fault.
From “A Retrospect in History.”
Reproduced from The Enterprise Files.
Twenty Years Ago.
(Feb. 23, 1896.)
(Guilderland) A sleigh load of people from Rotterdam
became snowbound here Wednesday night and were entertained at the home of Simeon Westfall.
Published continuously since July 26, 1884
“We seek the truth and print it”
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for our community. We encourage readers to
express their thoughts about issues that appear
in this newspaper or affect the community.
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To the
editor
Help us as we sell old books
to support Voorheesville library
To the Editor:
For the past several years,
the Voorheesville Friends of the
Library has held an extremely
successful used book sale. We
are very thankful to the community for their full support of this
large event as it is our primary
fundraising activity beyond our
membership drive.
Amazon.com will also donate
to us each time you order. The
funds raised go directly to pay for
numerous adult and children’s
programs held at our own library.
Each year, the sale has grown
to the point that it is now held
outdoors, using our shed and several canopies. Please mark your
calendars now for the 2016 sale
to be held Sept. 16 to 18.
With excitement, we are planning a new venture. That plan
is to open the used book shed to
the public a few times each week
throughout the late spring and
summer. From here on, the shed
will be named Encore!
A schedule has not yet been
devised as we are just beginning the process of recruiting
volunteers to staff the shed in
two- to three-hour shifts. We
hope to have a shift at least one
weekday morning, one weekday
afternoon, and one weekday evening. In addition, possibly one or
two Saturday shifts per month
can be worked in.
This will be quite a quite a
unique undertaking and hopefully the beginning of a long run.
Please consider being a part of
this venture by volunteering
to work a shift each week or
assist with the many behindthe-scenes tasks that need to be
completed in order for us to open
as planned.
These next three months promise to be busy as we prepare for
the grand opening! Our team is
just being built. There are slots
for those with talents of all kinds.
Encore! welcomes you! Please
contact me should you want more
information or are ready to join
us as a volunteer.
Pat Miller
FOL Book Shed Coordinator
New Scotland
Clarifications
In a story last week on claims of harassment at the New
Scotland Highway Department, we reported on James Bess,
a former town department worker, telling the town board
that an employee smelled of alcohol and nothing was done
about it by the superintendent. Bess also had a photograph
of a town truck that tipped over on Indian Ledge Road.
The tipped-over truck, one of three truck incidents by the
same driver — the others were on Cass Hill and Weisenburn — was not related to alcohol, Bess said this week; the
allegations about alcohol applied to a different worker.
****
In a story last week on the spread of white-nose syndrome
in bats, we wrote that bats started dying from the disease,
discovered in Hailes Cave in Thacher Park, in 2007. The
Enterprise had detailed the deaths, breaking the news in an
April 2007 story, and covered the subsequent investigation
by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation
— the cave had roughly 7,000 hibernating bats in the winter
of 2006-07 rather than the usual 27,000.
The Enterprise received a call after last week’s story ran
saying that the disease was discovered in Howes Cave not
Hailes Cave. According to background in a national plan
developed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
“White-nose syndrome was first observed in four caves
centered roughly 30 km west of Albany, New York, in the
winter of 2006/2007. Photographs subsequently emerged of
apparently affected bats in nearby Howes Cave, New York,
taken during the previous winter, providing the earliest
evidence of the disease.”
According to Thomas Engle, who co-manages Balls (formerly Gage) Cave, the four caves where the disease was first
observed in the winter of 2006-07 were: Hailes Cave, Knox
Cave, Schoharie Cave, and Balls Cave.
“The first verified time they saw the bats dying was at
Hailes Cave,” said Engle.
Correction
In a story last week on Laura Ten Eyck being appointed
to the New Scotland Town Board, we stated that the Republicans had wanted Craig A. Shufelt named to the post since
he had come so close to winning a seat in the November
2015 election. We had the wrong number for the difference
between the vote tallies for Shufelt and Adam Greenberg
who won the seat.
According to official results from the Albany County Board
of Elections, Greenberg garnered 929 votes on the Democratic
line, 152 on the Conservative line, and 141 on the Independence Party line for a total of 1,222. Shufelt got 1,084 votes
on the Republican line and 84 on the Reform Party line for
a total of 1,168. So the difference was actually 54.
Ta-da! Erica Kirchhof and Dalton Futia display the many homemade blankets they have collected to
give to children in need.
Kind and caring people have helped
us gather blankets for children in need
To the Editor:
I am a sophomore at Guilderland High School. My classmate
Dalton Futia and I are in Ms.
Brenna Autrey’s Honors English
class. Our teacher challenged the
students to get involved in running a community service project.
Dalton and I chose to help the
Project Linus Organization. Project Linus is a National Organization that provides homemade
blankets and quilts to children
in need. The blankets are made
by adults and children from all
walks of life
Dalton and I reached out to our
community and were astounded
at the response to our request to
help these children. We collected
116 homemade blankets and are
still having blankets dropped
off to us! We will be delivering
the blankets to the local Project
Linus Chapter. They will then be
distributed among local children
in need. We would like to take this
opportunity to thank our wonderful supporters — the lovely
folks from Q.U.I.L.T. — Quilters
United in Learning Together,
Guilderland Girl Scouts, Mrs.
Cheryl Futia’s 10th-grade religious education class from St.
Madeleine Sophie Church, the
students in Ms. Denae Hughes
class from Mohonasen High
School, and students from Farnsworth Middle School who gave
up their time to remain after
school to make blankets.
Our project would not have
been so successful without the
support of these kind and caring people. On behalf of Dalton,
myself, and, most importantly,
the children who receive these
blankets, thank you for giving
of your time, talent, and your
incredible generosity!
Erica Kirchhof and
Dalton Futia
Guilderland High School
Grateful to many for a successful library gala
To the Editor:
It has been three weeks since
the Altamont Free Library’s
ninth annual gala and auction
were held. Compiling the list
of all who donated and helped
is a gratifying task. There is a
lengthy list of individuals and
businesses that planned, did
the legwork for, donated to, and
attended the gala. This year it
was very special to honor Jim and
Wanda Gardner and kick off the
library’s 100th year in the same
evening.
As board president and general chairperson of the event,
I will mention a few groups of
people who made the evening
run smoothly. First of all, none
of the events we do would be
possible without our dedicated
hands-on board of trustees and
our director, Joe Burke; they are
the energy behind it all.
We can always count on our
village office staff, public works
department, the police department and Mayor James Gaughan
and the trustees to help us in
any way needed. As those who
attend will attest to, our meal
is certainly not regular banquet
fare thanks to our own Elegant
Touch Caterers, and our volunteer friends who provide appetizers and the delicious desserts.
The ambiance and special
bookmark favors were donated
and created by Linda Waldbillig
with help from Home Essence in
Saratoga and Diana Green from
Bella Fleur. And of course our
auction would not be successful
without donations from wonderful businesses and creative individuals who put forth so many
interesting items to bid on.
Please visit the library or
check out our website to see a
comprehensive list of those who
have supported our gala, and see
pictures of this delightful event.
To take some words from Jim
Gardner when he spoke about
the library at the gala: You as a
community made this happen.
We are grateful and hope you
will join us throughout the year
as we continue to celebrate our
100th year.
Yvette Terplak, president
Altamont Free Library Board
of Trustees
It’s amazing how little acts
of kindness go such a long way
To the Editor:
No words can begin to express
our gratitude of the outpouring
help and concern for our missing
horse, Deuce. It was amazing to
see a community come together
and help search for him for three
full days!
We met up with so many people
in cars, on foot, on horseback
and ATVs, people we’ve never
met (some people left work early
to join the search). Truly every
car we met up with was on the
lookout. Everyone was extremely
helpful and so concerned for
his safety. We’d like to thank
our local law enforcement, local
postal drivers, UPS, and FedEx
for keeping an eye out.
We learned Facebook can be
a valuable tool to get a message
out fast. Steve Caporizzo’s Pet
Connection FB page had over
100,000 views! Capital District
HorseSource also had a large
number of views. Numerous
news channels and reporters
reached out and also posted our
story. The New York State Horse
Council reached out. Pet locator
Shirley Merrill tried to assist.
Dave Harrington with Specialized K-9 Detection Services out
of Glenmont heard the news and
rushed right over to join in the
search with his Labrador retriever, Willy; they donated hours
of their time. There were talks
of Saratoga Skydiving willing to
search by air.
So many of our close friends
gave up days of their lives to
help: Mark and Rose Wehneu;
Renee Calkins; Marc Hockenberry; Linda and Bella Crusan;
Heather and Tom Mallette; Pam
and Jim Shannon; Matt Vedder;
Neil and Rachael Farnum; Wayne
Thompson; Dani VanderveerKeller; Darleen Pettite; Sallie
Poltynski; Stephanie Burroughs;
George Pratt; and Kelly Greene
Tymchyn and her daughters who
rode out of his farm and searched
for hours; our son-in-law, Eric
Messineo, and his parents, Pat
and Patty Messineo, who took our
grandchildren so our daughter
Sandy could assist, just to name
a few.
And ultimately Scott Carroll
from Altamont who saw the FB
story and took an ATV ride on a
“hunch” he might find him! It’s
amazing how little acts of kindness go such a long way.
We’d also like to thank Renee
Calkins for setting up a Go Fund
to help assist. We named the
fund “Deuce’s Pay It Forward”
fund. All donations will go directly to Steve Caporizzo’s Pet
Connection and the Specialized
K-9 Unit. We’d like to see something good come out of all this,
let’s help animals in need and the
training of dogs to help search
for lost animals. To donate, go
to: https://www.gofundme.com/
HelpDeuce.
And finally, we’d like to thank
Alex Sondhof, DVM for rushing to
our farm to examine Deuce and
Upstate Equine Medical Center
in Schuylerville for nursing
Deuce back to health! Deuce is a
part of our family and we thank
you all immensely for bringing
him home!
John and Debbie Hickey
Kytewind Farm
Duanesburg
Editor’s note: See related story.
5
Dee Centi-Jones
What is the Westerlo Town Board’s
attachment to the old town hall building?
To the Editor:
The Westerlo Town Board
has entered into a mysteriously
unhealthy relationship with the
current town hall. In spite of
protests and the residents voting
down a referendum to eradicate
the asbestos and remodel the
town hall at taxpayers’ expense,
most members of the board cling
to what they feel is a historical
and sentimental building worth
spending thousands of dollars
to repair.
The town hall is not historical.
Of sentimental value? Maybe.
For a building to be historic, it
needs to be in its original state
and most importantly have been
studied by historians. If the
building has sentimental value,
it is rapidly losing that status in
view of the substantial price tag
to make it useable.
A newer member of the board
did extensive research on the
real possibility of the construction of a building to be built in
the town park. The presentation
was met with a resounding “no”
by the other board members
even though the proposed building would cost a fraction of the
renovation project, coming in at
or around $400,000 to $500,000.
It was about $472,000.
What is this attachment to this
current town hall? Some have
likened it to a Trojan horse. It is
actually remarkable how much
the current $2 million proposal
resembles the old Greek story.
In modern times, metaphorically, a “Trojan Horse” has come
to mean “any trick or stratagem
that causes a target to invite a
foe into a securely protected bastion or place.” In this case, the foe
is the town board’s relationship
with not only the town hall but
Delaware Engineering as well.
This engineering company has
now put forth two outrageously
expensive options to renovate the
building and is just waiting to get
its next monetary installment
before it proceeds. Delaware
Engineering has already been
paid approximately $30,000 for
a collection of sketches that do
not include the interior fixtures
and the actual finishing of the
buildings.
In keeping with the Trojan
horse theme, we the taxpayers
are the target.
In addition, and probably
the most important, let us not
forget the imminent problem at
hand: There still has not been a
definitive price tag placed on the
eradication of the asbestos in the
town hall building. Without the
removal of asbestos (it is now
known that, in addition to the
heater, the plaster walls also
contain asbestos), no project big
or small can proceed. What will
that cost?
What about the water damage
and related damage that would
have resulted from an old roof
leak? Part of the hard wood floor
is now removed with plywood in
its place. What about the peeling
paint on the trim outside? Does
that contain asbestos too? Lots
of unanswered questions. Once again, what is the town
board’s attachment to this old
building? Whatever it is, it is
unhealthy. There are many unanswered questions.
Please come to the town hall
meeting on March 1 at 7:30 p.m.
and voice your opinion. Make
yourself heard.
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Westerlo Town Board should enroll public support
To the Editor:
There is asbestos in the plaster
walls of the Westerlo Town Hall.
Town Attorney Aline Galgay
says this is a non-issue and
“no big deal,” pointing out ways
around the problem. I wonder
if the construction work in the
clerk’s office involved removing
or disturbing existing walls, and,
if so, were asbestos containment
procedures in place? Were workers, either those who did the
renovation or those who used
the building during that time,
exposed to airborne asbestos?
Were we?
Would the Board of Health
agree? The Department of Environmental Conservation? What
if some unsuspecting soul cuts a
hole in the plaster in the future
or bangs the corner of a table and
breaks through the wall? What
if the walls are crumbling from
the inside out because of the ice
dams that buckled the floors or
because of roof leaks?
You know the expression “Don’t
look a gift horse in the mouth”?
When the building that is
now the town hall was acquired,
through a grant at no initial cost
to taxpayers, some residents
warned the community, asking
about the asbestos, and about the
$500,000 renovation estimate.
Problems were minimized and
the people were told, “We’ve got
plenty of money.”
Many signed on to the referendum for a deal that was too good
to be true. Councilman William
Bichteman and Ms. Galgay trot
this out over and over, as if by
repetition we will forget we were
sold on a fairy tale. But they
turn around and say the recent
referendum, denying the $2.75
million plan by a vote of more
than 2 to 1, was the result of “a
misunderstanding” on the part
of the public.
We misunderstand nothing.
The gift horse also known as
Westerlo Town Hall has a belly
full of problems that just keep
coming.
Those in charge didn’t listen
then and aren’t listening now.
Except for one.
At the Feb. 16 Building Committee meeting, Councilwoman
Amie Burnside began to read
a short, well written statement
that she had prepared, describing some alternatives for the
committee to consider, including:
An example of what a town of
similar size is planning for its
town hall/justice court building. This new, energy efficient,
code compliant construction
has a bill of $472,000, with the
town supplying the foundation.
Councilman Bichteman and town
Attorney Galgay didn’t even allow her the courtesy of finishing
her statement before jumping
all over it.
Another option she brought up:
Could the town park be used as
an alternative building site? Or
perhaps the land behind the town
hall? Mr. Bichteman seems to be
reserving the town hall property
behind the town hall for a future
firehouse.
Ms. Burnside added that she
had spoken with Knox Supervisor Vas Lefkaditis, who advised
her they would be willing to
share services, such as justice
court, and also of the potential
for grants available for such an
arrangement. Another loud and
lengthy rebuttal from Ms. Galgay. Another knee jerk no.
Isn’t this worth investigating?
Is it possible the town of Berne
might also be interested in such
an arrangement? Or Rensselaerville? If we work together with
another town, we may be able to
have an independent and highly
functional courtroom that is safe
for the justices and the public.
Get the picture? If there is a
playbook on how to kill brainstorming and the innovations
and unexpected solutions that
come with it, the tag team of
Bichteman and Galgay, who
dominated at least 75 percent
of the discussion, are experts
in its execution. The rest of the
crew, mostly silent as usual,
went along with it. Not that the
courteous Ms. Burnside needs
their help, however — she seems
quite capable of holding her own.
The Building Committee decided to “recommend” to itself,
when it plays the role of town
board on March 1, the adoption
of a resolution for a $100,000
Bond Anticipation Note (BAN)
to fund asbestos removal. Some
of that cost, $55,000, may be
reimbursed by the remainder of
the grant that originally funded
the purchase.
But this is just the beginning. The town board wants to
continue with the same $2.75
million project that was voted
down. The new twist is that the
board could do it with repayment
over fewer years by taking out
one-year BANs, as needed, and
then converting them to five-year
bond loans.
This is a way to avoid a public
vote and possible disapproval by
permissive referendum. So, if
it’s the same project financed by
fewer payments, residents will
pay more than the average $100
per $1,400 assessed value per
year that was already rejected.
When a resident asked the board
at a previous meeting to take any
such action that avoids public
approval off the table, Mr. Bichteman said no.
The Altamont Enterprise
editorial last week suggested
adding citizens with construction or financial knowledge to
the committee. I think people
with no specialized knowledge
should also be included. The common sense and valid questions
of the public should be part of
the process. Take this example,
from [Synectics] “Five Ways to
Kill An Idea”:
Killer #5: Regarding yourself
as the authority. Pure arrogance prevents many marketers
from considering ideas offered
by nonexperts; however, many
great ideas come from “ignorant” sources. The idea for the
first Polaroid camera came not
from a scientist in Edwin Land’s
laboratory but rather from his
3-year-old daughter. On holiday
at the Grand Canyon in 1943,
she asked why she couldn’t see
the picture he had just taken.
His light bulb went off.
If the town board wants the
best possible outcome, and support of the public, it needs to actively enroll citizen participation
and put fresh eyes and minds on
the problem. What they seem to
want is the exact opposite, for
the public to disappear, except,
maybe, for the minority who
agree with them.
Dianne Sefcik
Westerlo
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Thinking about things
Shirts that suit me to a tee proliferate
By Frank L. Palmeri
Here’s how it starts: You finish a 5K run and they hand you
a commemorative event T-shirt.
Then you go to the motorcycle
store and see a great new T-shirt
design that you just have to have.
Soon after, there’s an open
house at the local hardware store
where you get yet another Tshirt. Of course a popular reward
for volunteering for anything is a
T-shirt. The next thing you know,
your drawers and cabinets are so
full the back or bottom is ready to
burst. T-shirt overload has set in.
This happened to me recently,
and it was so bad I had to finally
take action to cull the herd. My
lovely wife let me know of a family in need due to a devastating
fire.
So I sorted out all my tees and
selected 50 I no longer wanted.
These would go to some folks who
could really use them, so that
was good. Even with this many
removed, I still have all my drawers, cabinets, and closet shelves
full, believe it or not.
Yes, I really did have a lot of Tshirts. They seem to be attracted
to me just like mosquitoes.
The funny thing is, even
though I’m very selective about
bringing a new tee home — I
have to really like the design
or organization behind it — I’m
the exact opposite when deciding
which ones to wear at any given
time. Most often, I just reach into
the drawer and grab the first one
I get my hands on.
This of course leads to some
awkward situations — like wearing the BMW shirt to the Harley
Davidson dealer and vice-versa.
But it is what it is. Heck, it’s only
a T-shirt.
Sometimes the sheer happenstance in my T-shirt wearing selection process is a good
thing. One time I had one of my
many Norton (a long-gone but
sorely missed British motorcycle
marque) tees on in a museum,
and a guy stopped me. We had
a very long and enjoyable conversation that happened only
because I was wearing that shirt.
So that was good.
But, after wearing my bright
red “I don’t need Viagra, I’m Italian” T-shirt to my kid’s school
open house one time, I now at
least try to make sure I’m not
wearing anything odd or embarrassing to certain events. I must
be getting older.
T-shirts are like bumper stickers for people. For every wild
and outrageous bumper sticker,
there is a T-shirt to match. I like
funny ones for sure, but I have no
desire to say anything political
or controversial on my T-shirt.
Having said that, if they can
sell you a T-shirt, then they
should let you wear it, not turn
around and have your arrested
like what happened at Crossgates Mall a few years ago. That’s
just ridiculous. My two favorite T-shirts were
purchased in Manhattan many,
many years ago. The first one
was short-sleeved and blue, with
the saying, “Frankly Scallop, I
don’t give a Clam” on the front.
At the time, I just found that so
funny and clever, I had to have
it. I wore that thing for a long
time but I don’t know whatever
happened to it.
The other one was a longsleeved ZZ Top concert tee that
I bought on the street outside of
Madison Square Garden after
one of ZZ Top’s concerts. I wore
that thing until it was literally a
rag, and I still use parts of it to
polish my bikes and cars. I really
loved that one.
I’ve gone to a lot of quilt shops
with my wife. She does some
quilting when she has time, and
it’s fun to look at the often exquisite designs skilled quilters can
produce. We’ve been in stores and
shops where you have to put on
white gloves before they’ll even
let you look at them.
What I’d like to do is have my
wife take some of my favorite
old T-shirts and make some really nice quilts out of them. She
could do one on motorcycles, one
on music, etc. I doubt she’ll have
time any time soon to even start
one but it’s nice to dream about.
As I get older, I don’t wear Tshirts as much as I used to (which
was all the time). These days, I
prefer flannel shirts with pockets
in the front. Those pockets are
so handy for eyeglasses, Lotto
tickets, etc., and I like having
sleeves much of the time as well.
Still, if I go to an event or shop
and see a new T-shirt I like I’ll
often buy it out of force of habit.
Some of them are really nice,
like ones with exploded views of
engines and things like that. I
can’t resist those.
I’ve seen places on the Internet
where you can get T-shirts made
up in bulk for as little as $2 to $3
per shirt. That is so cheap that,
if I were a small-business owner,
I’d get a ton of them made up and
just give them away. What better
way to spend your advertising
dollars?
People love anything free and
that T-shirt you just gave away
can give you free advertising
all over the country and even
the world. I know for a fact
I’ve learned about new shops,
products, and places to go from
reading other peoples T-shirts.
What a great way to advertise.
The only thing I don’t love
about T-shirts is how fast they
tend to accumulate. Maybe I
should practice my woodworking
skills and build another cabinet
or put up more shelves to hold the
new ones. That’s always fun, and
I can even wear a T-shirt while
doing the building. Of course, I
could just stop buying T-shirts,
entering races, and volunteering,
but what fun would that be?
Flower Power
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Ready for spring? Last weekend, the New York State Museum in Albany held its annual New York in Bloom event.
Craig Waltz from the Guilderland Garden Club shows off
an artwork decked with roses, corylus avellana, heather,
and horsetail.
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7
If we do not preserve our history, we threaten
our very identity and disrespect our ancestors
To the Editor:
My wife and I attended a public
hearing at New Scotland Town
Hall on Feb. 17, hosted by Albany
County leaders on the subject of
saving the Hilton-LeVie Barn on
Route 85A and moving it across
the street, a short distance, to
the Albany County Rail Trail.
The meeting was honored by a
full house of community leaders
and citizens who had only praise
for this project.
The positive oration given
by all who spoke and the large
number of those who attended
is proof that the people of this
area overwhelmingly support
preservation of the town of New
Scotland’s historic sites. We must
all strive to retain our historical identity through continued
acknowledgement of the people
and places that built this community we call home.
Local developers like Senator
George Amedore of Amedore
homes are capitalizing on the
wonderful assets of community
and asking people to come live
here. These new families making their home here in the town
of New Scotland will thank our
leaders one day for the community identity our forefathers
and mothers have left for us
to physically see and experience firsthand. If you have ever
stood in the Hilton-LeVie Barn,
you, too, would recognize the
significance of this early form of
farming architecture that was
so much a part of America and
country life.
It is Awesome!
Many of our early American
barns have been allowed to fall
down or be torn down and while
the Hilton-LeVie Barn is more
recently from the late 19th Century it holds a special place in
the memory of many who have
recognized it daily going to and
from our town.
If we do not preserve our history, we threaten our very identity
and disrespect the contributions
of our ancestors.
These icons of our past and the
appeal of our landscapes are the
very things that draw newcomers to want to live here. I hope
the developers recognize that.
I’m sure they do whether they
realize it or not.
I would like to acknowledge
and commend our town of New
Scotland leaders; previous town
supervisor, Tom Dolin; past board
member and current town supervisor, Doug LaGrange; town
board members Bill Hennessy,
Pat Snyder, and Adam Greenberg; also the work of our town
attorney, Mike Naughton. Many
thanks to our county legislator,
Mike Mackey; our assemblywoman, Pat Fahy; and county
leaders.
Mark King and the Mohawk
Hudson Land Conservancy are
to be applauded for their efforts
to secure the land on which the
barn will finally rest, as well as
Jennifer Hilton the landowner
who generously agreed to cooperate with the conservancy.
And not to go unnoticed, a
great big thank-you to town of
New Scotland Highway Supervisor Ken Guyer and all the
hard-working men and women
on his staff. The work they have
done clearing the land, to make
a path for the barn to travel to
its new home, is an example of
the hard work that continues to
make New Scotland great.
Keep up the good work, everyone, and know in your hearts
you have done a service to your
community!
Timothy J. Albright
Meadowdale
Editor’s note: Tim Albright is
the Historic Sites Chairperson of
Town of New Scotland historical
Association. See related story.
The Old Men of the Mountain
Remembering when stained glass was leaded
and tractors ran with blown batteries
By John R. Williams
It looks like one of our biggest
concerns is coming true — this is
going to be a year where the bad
weather will fall on a Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Feb. 16, the Old
Men of the Mountain met at the
Your Way Café in Schoharie and
the roads were not in great shape.
One OF thought there was a
temperature inversion, because
the temperature on the Hill was
in the 40s, and the temperature
in the valley at 6:45 a.m. was 27
degrees.
The parking lot at the restaurant was solid ice and very
slippery. The OFs hung on to
each other as they did their Tim
Conway shuffle to the restaurant.
The plows were out doing their
thing, so the OFs were pretty
sure that, when they left the Your
Way Café, the roads (like the
week before) would be in better
shape. (Scribe’s note, at least for
those in our vehicle, the roads
were better.)
Stained-glass reverie
The OFs touched on an unusual
topic for them; it was stainedglass windows. The real old-fashioned stained-glass windows cost
and arm and a leg, plus maybe a
scalp, an ear, and an eye to have
cleaned and repaired.
Of course, this is depending on
the size of the window. The cost,
which may be understandable,
is prohibitive in many cases and
small churches simply cannot
afford to have this done.
What many churches are doing is covering the stained glass
window with clear glass, or storm
windows, in order to protect the
stained-glass window. The way
the OFs understand it, the new
stained glass windows are regular
colored glass, which is generally
applied over a pane of regular
glass, not like the old-fashioned
stained-glass window that was
cut and then leaded to separate
the colors that were fitted like a
jigsaw puzzle.
The OFs thought the oldfashioned way must have been
painstakingly slow and meticulous. First, a sketch to fit the opening; then, locating or making the
colored glass; then, cutting; and
now it is time to make the window.
Red-winged scouts
Two OFs have reported seeing
red-winged blackbirds in our
area already. One OF saw the
birds in Colonie, and another
right in the town of Knox. This
is a little early for these birds to
make a showing.
Those birds may have had a
few scouts in Punxsutawney,
Pennsylvania and reported back
that the fury rodent said spring
would be early this year. Now
they are hauling butt back north
to take advantage of the seeds
that should be on the ground
from last fall.
The OFs know that, when the
birds first show up, they attack
the backyard feeders by the
drove. It is only mid-winter and
we could get a ton of snow between now and April, but maybe
these birds know something we
don’t.
The better half wins out
Most of the OFs who are still
married are easy-going types.
These OFs acquiesce to their
partners on many occasions.
More often than not it costs the
OF time or money.
One OF reported that recently
he picked out tiles for under their
woodstove that were effective,
would do the trick, and looked
good. These tiles were 12-by-12
inches and only 97 cents each.
The OF and his wife piled in
the truck and headed to the one
of the big-box stores that have
everything for the home DIY, OF.
They were ready to purchase the
tiles when a salesman suggested
a different tile to the wife that
he thought might work better.
Then he went on to show them
other decorative tiles. The original selection the OF and the better half decided on when they left
the house were 12-by-12 inches
and 97 cents each; the fancy ones
they came home with were 6-by-6
inches and $7.37 each.
A simple little job that would
have cost about 16 or so dollars,
wound up costing the OF over
$450. You gals are lucky to have
these OFs to lean on. We acquiesce to prevent days of whines
and pouts.
No throw-away culture
Our normal patter about old
stuff generally pops in the conversation at one time or another
at every breakfast. Tuesday’s
breakfast was no different.
The OFs compared old tractor
engines, and engines in general,
to the newer ones. This topic
was geared to how good the international engines were in the
Farmall tractors. (These tractors
are the red ones).
One OF mentioned that he
was using his Farmall cub tractor when he heard a loud bang.
The OF said nothing looked out
of place, the tires were fine, and
tractor ran great so he had no
idea what it was.
The OF told us he used the
tractor for three days around
his place and it started and
worked as it should. Then the
other day he walked by it and
noticed that the whole top of
the battery had blown off, but
the cables were still connected.
If that had happened on one of
the newer tractors or in your
vehicle, there would probably be
one heck of a fire.
Back in the day, there was a
product most every farm kept
on hand which was like tar in a
can. This product was used to repair cracks in batteries, and this
scribe can attest to this invention
because on our farm we had an
old GP John Deere tractor that
had a patched battery and it was
the only battery that tractor ever
had that this scribe can recall.
The OFs remember filling the
batteries with distilled water at
times and even adding battery
acid. Today, changing batteries
is rather routine, and they are
not cheap, Magee, just part of
our current throw-away culture.
Those OFs who made it to the
Your Way Café in Schoharie, and
sat at their tables without falling
down on the ice, were: Bill Lichliter, Robie Osterman, George
Washburn, Roger Chapman,
Roger Shafer, Glenn Patterson,
Mark Traver, John Rossmann,
Gerry Irwin, Jay Francis, Mace
Porter, Jack Norray, Lou Schenck,
Wayne Gaul, Jim Rissacher, Ted
Willsey, and me.
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editor
Read the fine print before signing
with Cypress Creek Renewables
To the Editor: An organization from Santa
Monica California, with offices in
Gilbert, Arizona and several other
locations, with the name Cypress
Creek Renewables recently sent
out a mailing to many local landowners inviting them to enter into
an agreement to lease their land
for use as a solar farm. The “premium price” of $1,500 per acre
per year is offered for 20 acres,
plus property taxes, if the land
is acceptable after further review. After doing a little research, I
believe that Cypress Creek Renewables is speculating on land
that could be in high demand
soon. These mailings seem to
have been sent out without consideration of the real probability
of using the land for solar development.
For example, proximity of land
to three phase power lines is
important, but these mailings
seem not to be taking this into
consideration. It looks like the
aim of these mailings is to sign
up landowners and land so that,
if another developer is interested
in putting up a solar array, this
developer will have to bargain
with Cypress Creek Renewables
for use of the land.
Be wary if you are offered a
small fee ($250 or so) in return
for the option to use your land,
as this would limit your ability
to consider other offers at little
benefit to you. Also, it is important
to read the fine print to determine
if some other unintended consequences are involved, for example,
access to mineral rights.
I believe it is advisable for landowners to carefully consider the
credentials of any company making an offer before signing over
the rights to their land. There
are a number of reputable solar
energy developers in our area that
have proven track records and
happy customers to recommend
their work. Russ Pokorny
Knox
Editor’s note: Russ Pokorny is
the president of Helderberg Community Energy, a citizens group
encouraging the use of renewable
energy, and working to sponsor a
Community Net Metering Solar
Array in the Hilltowns.
He is also the Knox town assessor.
See related story on page one.
Friends of Five Rivers worried
and watchful of development
To the Editor:
Preserving open land and protecting streams around the Five
Rivers Environmental Education
Center has been a continuing
labor of love in the face of intense
and inevitable development in
the towns of Bethlehem and
whose waters flow through Five
Rivers. The Vlomankill serves
as the basis for stream-based
habitat instruction in the environmental education programs
at Five Rivers. The sensitive life
in these streams is threatened by
construction and residential run-
It calls on the largesse, public spirit, and love of
the natural world of landowners and developers.
New Scotland. It has demanded
close collaboration on the part
of the town planning boards, the
New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation,
the Open Space Institute, the
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy, and others.
It calls on the largesse, public
spirit, and love of the natural
world of landowners and developers. It calls for vigilance
on the part of citizens’ groups
like the Friends of Five Rivers.
DEC’s Five Rivers has a history
of land acquisition and land
donations that represents hard
work, a willingness to overcome
obstacles, and great generosity
on the part of local landowners. As evidenced by the intended
development of Phillipin Kill
Manor, the preservation work
continues. Our collective attention is also demanded by
development in the town of New
Scotland.
The “creeks” in the proposed
Creekside development are the
Vlomankill and the Phillipinkill,
off. Imagine schoolchildren and
families trolling the streams for
specimens and coming up with
nothing. We of the Friends of Five Rivers are worried and watchful of
the prospect of even more development projects bordering this
natural treasure and the effect
they will have on its educational
mission. We will continue to raise
public awareness concerning
projects in the approval process
and to participate in public
hearings in the hope that the
impact of these projects can be
mitigated.
We can join with the DEC and
others to encourage preservation
with tools such as the incorporation of buffer zones and conservation easements, but ultimately
it is public awareness and the
generosity of landowners that
will make the difference. Maggie Moehringer,
president
Friends of Five Rivers
8
A Boy’s Best Friend
Candle causes fire
in UAlbany dorm room
By Elizabeth Floyd Mair
GUILDERLAND — The call
came in at 12:34 a.m. on Tuesday, said McKownville Fire Chief
Russ Becker, who responded to a
fire in a dormitory on the University at Albany campus on Feb. 23.
in the affected suite, and said
that other water damage must
have been from seepage through
ceilings.
Becker said that the only water damage in the dorm came
from the one sprinkler that was
“A large volume of water had been discharged
and affected all four floors.”
“Thanks for saving my brother,” said Michael Fosmire, 7, center, to McKownville Assistant
Chief Michael Costabile and North Bethlehem firefighter Cam Becker who saved the two. Later at
Sunday’s fundraiser, Michael watches as his little brother, Giovanni Felix, 3 1/2, communes with
Sparky the fire dog while their mother, Amanda Sawyer, kneeling behind the two, smiles. Westmere and McKownville fire departments raised over $3,500 for the families whose home burned.
A Community Rallies
The fire was in a third-floor
suite in Oneida Hall in Indian
Quad, said the university’s director of media relations, Karl
Luntta.
According to Becker, when
he first arrived on campus and
learned from plant staff that
smoke was present and that
the sprinkler system had been
activated, he sent out a call for
other area departments to respond as well.
When the first engine arrived
and Becker sent in a crew to
investigate, they were able to
locate the source of the fire,
but the sprinklers had already
“done their job and mostly put
the fire out.”
The cause of the fire was determined to be an unattended
candle, said Luntta.
“A large volume of water had
been discharged and affected all
four floors” of the dorm, Becker
said.
Firefighters went from room
to room, making sure that all
residents had evacuated, “just
in case the situation should get
worse,” he said.
The university had people on
scene to get residents to an alternative shelter, Becker said. “I
think they were directing them
to lounge areas and spaces like
that.”
Later that same day, students
were allowed back into their
rooms in Oneida Hall, after water
damage had been cleaned up,
Luntta said. The three or four
young women in the suite where
the fire started had not yet been
allowed back into the suite as of
Tuesday night. The university
was providing them with different accommodations on campus,
Luntta said.
Luntta specified that the only
sprinklers that went off were
activated. “We did not flow any
water into the building,” he said
of the firefighters.
Asked if he is happy to see
sprinkler systems when he
arrives at a fire, Becker said,
“Absolutely. They imply water
damage, but they generally do a
good job of preventing the spread
of fire. If fire had spread into
other rooms, it could have been
a very different outcome.”
Becker added that the dorms
on the uptown campus — some
in the city of Albany and some in
the town of Guilderland — are
more than 40 years old, but that
the university has done a “good
job” of retrofitting them with
better alarms and with sprinkler
systems.
Luntta said that every university residence hall has sprinklers. Newer halls and those that
have already been renovated
have them in every individual
bedroom, as well as in common
spaces. Those that have not yet
been renovated — the university,
like all the schools in the state
system, is on a schedule for doing them gradually — have them
only in common spaces. Oneida
Hall is one of those that has
already been renovated, he said.
He added that, in all University at Albany residence halls,
“We have upgraded to modern
and fully addressable heat and
smoke detectors in every room,
with both audible and visible
indicators.”
Luntta said that damage to
residents’ possessions caused by
fire is not the responsibility of
the university. He said that the
university strongly encourages
students to purchase renter’s
insurance or check that items
in their rooms are covered under their parents’ homeowner’s
insurance.
Zahavi reveals a surprising history of G.E.
Lines went out the door during Sunday morning’s breakfast fundraiser at the Westmere firehouse to help raise money for the Morrissey and Sawyer families, who lost their house to a fire on
Jan. 26. Here, Westmere firefighter Sean Maguire, Westmere Ladies’ Auxiliary members Heather
Rowe and Joanne Majkut, McKownville firefighter Mary Sweeney, and North Bethlehem firefighter
Quinn Malone serve up food to the 286 people that attended.
Police say Ayre Drive fire was ‘completely accidental’
GUILDERLAND — Careless
cooking.
That, according to Captain
Daniel McNally of the Guilderland Police, was the cause of
the Jan. 24 fire — now ruled
accidental — at 7 Ayre Dr. in
McKownville that destroyed the
home of a family of seven, and
that led to the hospitalization of
six family members.
One family member, Christine
Sawyer, 51, remained hospital-
ized in fair condition on Feb.19
in the Clark Burn Center of State
University of New York Upstate
Medical University in Syracuse.
The other five family members
have been released from hospital
care. Tyler and Aidan Morrissey,
ages 5 and 6, were hospitalized
briefly at Albany Medical Center,
but released after just a few days.
Tyler and Aidan Morrissey’s father, Daniel Morrissey, 40, and
Sawyer’s grandsons, Michael
Fosmire, 6, and Giovanni Felix,
4, were all hospitalized at Clark
Burn Center in critical condition,
but have since been released.
McNally told The Enterprise
that Daniel Morrissey had been
cooking chicken wings late at
night. Morrissey does not know
how the fire started, McNally
said Thursday, but told police
that, when he went back toward
the kitchen later, the room was
heavily involved.
The fire was “completely accidental,” McNally said.
By Alan S. Kowlowitz
NEW SCOTLAND — On Tuesday, March 1, the New Scotland
Historical Association will host
a program by Dr. Gerald Zahavi entitled “Documenting the
History of the General Electric
Company Through Aural and
Visual Records.” The program
will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will
be held at the Wyman Osterhout
Community Center on Route 85
in New Salem.
Dr. Zahavi is a historian of
business and labor as well as a
documentary media producer.
He often searches for visual and
oral sources that might reveal
and bring the past to life and
has actively created some of
those sources in the form of oral
histories
Dr. Zahavi has amassed and
created a variety of such sources
in the course of more than 20
years of researching the history
of the General Electric Company. These collected visual and
aural records include company
songs, photographs, films, and
first-hand accounts of managers,
shop floor workers, engineers and
scientists. He will use some of
these materials to reveal aspects
of G.E.’s history that are rarely
explored, painting a sometimes
surprising historical portrait of
this iconic corporation and its
employees.
Dr. Zahavi is a history professor and director of the Documentary Studies Program and
the Public History Program at
the University at Albany, where
he has been since 1985. He has
degrees from Cornell and Syracuse universities. Dr. Zahavi has
published extensively and produced many documentaries on a
wide range of topics with a focus
on labor, radicals, business, and
social history.
Editor’s note: Alan S. Kowlowitz is the vice president of and
program chairman for the New
Scotland Historical Association.
9
After social media blitz
Motocross racer follows his hunch to find runaway horse
Deuce is a family horse who
became locally famous this week
after he got lost last Monday.
Thanks to social media postings
and re-sharings, numerous people were actively looking for him.
On the Facebook page of Channel 10 meteorologist and animal
rescuer Steve Caporizzo — the
page is called Steve Caporizzo’s
Pet Connection — posts about
Deuce were viewed more than
100,000 times.
Deuce is a 12-year-old tan
gelding owned by John and Debbie Hickey of Kytewind Farm
at 1153 Schoharie Turnpike in
Duanesburg.
Turns out that Deuce, according to the owners’ daughter
Sandy Hickey Messineo, is terrified of mini ponies, as are all
the 18 other horses on Kytewind
Farms. There is a miniature
horse among the horses living
next door.
The temperatures on Monday
warmed up considerably after
being below zero for three days
straight, and the horses on both
farms were excitable after being
cooped up in their stalls.
The miniature horse broke
through its own fences that
morning and began running
through the Hickeys’ pasture,
Messineo said.
It’s common for horses to be
spooked by these not-quite-horse
creatures, she explained. “They
know it’s not a dog, but they don’t
know what it is,” Messineo said.
“They think it’s a monster coming
after them.”
The Hickeys’ horses ran wild,
taking down all of the farm’s
fences, including some that were
electrified. They probably didn’t
feel the electricity, Messineo said,
because of their fear and the winter blankets they were wearing.
Two of the horses went through
the fences, Messineo said. One
came back, and Deuce did not.
Horses get out all the time,
Messineo said — they get out of
their fenced pastures or they’re
being ridden and a rider falls off
— but they don’t usually run far,
she said. They usually run about
200 feet and then stop.
But she had a bad feeling
—Photo courtesy of Scott Carroll
Selfie with horse: Scott Carroll of Altamont recorded on his cell
phone the moment he located Deuce.
—Photo from Scott Carroll’s Facebook page
Flying high: Guilderland native Scott Carroll, who went out on a four-wheeler to find Deuce, races
motocross when he is not working at the Guilderland Highway Department.
—Photo by Mike Boettcher, Desdelan Photography, courtesy of Sandy Messineo
Deuce and his owner John Hickey pass along a mountain trail in Grafton. Every year, said Hickey’s
daughter Sandy Messineo, the family takes part in the 25-mile Grafton Over-the-Mountain fall ride.
about Deuce, who is accustomed
to traveling long distances. The
family often takes him on vacation to places including the Adirondacks and goes for rides of
about 20 miles. He is a “traveling
horse,” she said, but completely
unfamiliar with the area around
their farm.
Her father, John Hickey, said
that Deuce is a Kentucky Natural Gaited horse, a type that is
very popular as a trail horse because “it can cover a lot of ground
and not get tired.” Hickey said
that Deuce has gone on “a lot of
rides with me for 10 or 12 miles.”
Many people went out to
search for Deuce throughout
the Duanesburg, Altamont, and
Guilderland areas, said Messineo
and Hickey. They went on foot, on
horseback, and in cars, Messineo
said. Most of them learned about
Deuce from Steve Caporizzo’s
Facebook page, which serves as
a community information clearinghouse, with posts about lost
and found animals being shared
and reshared numerous times.
That Facebook page noted
that tracks had been seen at the
corner of Settles Hill Road and
Gray Road, and that the horse
was spotted at 1 p.m. on Monday
on Bond Road, and that trackers were out on Westfall, and
that Deuce was believed to have
gone as far as Bond and Westfall.
Messineo told The Enterprise
that a woman on horseback had
also seen his tracks on Lainhart
Road.
One of those who saw the
posts was Scott Carroll, 28,
of Altamont. He grew up on
Dunnsville Road in Guilderland
and now works for that town’s
highway department; he’s also
a four-wheeler enthusiast and
motocross racer.
He saw the postings on the
Steve Caporizzo’s Pet Connection
Facebook page and just “had a
hunch” that the horse “would be
up there in the orchard somewhere.” Carroll told The Enterprise
he wasn’t out there more than
an hour when he saw Deuce, his
blanket straps tangled in some
fencing. “Once he saw me from
a distance I think he was pretty
happy to see somebody. Once
I grabbed him by the halter, I
think he was excited. He was
ready to walk wherever I wanted
to take him.”
Steve Caporizzo told The Enterprise that Deuce is extremely
lucky someone found him in that
large orchard, in an area not visible from the road.
Altamont Orchards owner Jim
Abbruzzese said that that old,
unused orchard is 140 acres in
size.
Carroll said that, after locating
Deuce, he looked at Caporizzo’s
page, got the owners’ telephone
number and called them before
walking Deuce the mile or so out
to Lainhart Road.
If Deuce did go to Settles
Hill Road first and then on to
Lainhart Road, it would mean
that he traveled at least about
four-and-a-half miles.
Messineo said she was very
grateful to everyone who
searched, including Dave Harrington — the owner of Specialized K9 Detection Service
in Glenmont — and his dog,
Willy, for donating their time and
“searching for hours.”
The horse had an injury to his
leg, a deep gash he got somewhere along the way.
The Hickeys immediately
called their vet, Axel F. Sondhof of Saratoga, who was there
in “probably an hour and 10
minutes,” said John Hickey. “He
dropped everything.”
Deuce was treated by Sondhof
and then went on to spend a
week at Upstate Equine Medical
Center in Schuylerville, where,
said Messineo, they pumped
intravenous antibiotics into the
source of Deuce’s cut. Messineo
also noted that it was “incredible” that Deuce had not had any
tendon damage.
John Hickey told The Enterprise that, if Deuce had not been
found, he’s not sure how long he
would have lasted, particularly
since he was injured and caught
in a fence.
Deuce was released from
the hospital and was back at
Kytewind Farm on Wednesday.
Messineo said simply, “Scott
saved his life.”
10
Phillips Hardware plans to build headquarters on the outskirts of Altamont
GUILDERLAND — Phillips
Hardware has big plans for its
Altamont location, which include
a 10,000-square-foot store and
corporate offices building and a
5,000-square-foot convenience
store with gas station. It even
hopes to have a drive-through
fast-food restaurant.
The store intends to begin the
process of seeking town approval
for its plans shortly, said Owner/
President Jonathan Phillips.
Phillips, who lives in and is
raising his children in Guilderland, said that the family started
out as gas fitters and locksmiths
in downtown Albany in 1886.
He is the fifth generation from
his family to lead the business,
which now has hardware stores
at six locations.
This will mark the first time
the company has had a “groundup” building. “We’ve always
bought existing stores. We’ve
never stuck a shovel in the
ground and started building,”
he said.
The current store on the
outskirts of Altamont, at the
corner of routes 146 and 158, is
6,000 square feet, Phillips said.
He hopes to build the new store
building next to the current
building, move into it, and then
tear down the current store and
make that the site of the convenience store–gas station.
Phillips has been partnering
with Red Kap, a local petroleum/
gas distributor on the plans for
expansion into the new areas of
business, he said.
The Altamont store would
remain open throughout construction.
Corporate offices are currently
housed in the Colonie store, but
that store is closing soon. It
is currently under contract to
be sold, and Phillips hopes for
a closing in about the second
week of March. The company’s
offices will move temporarily to
Voorheesville until construction
is finished on the new Altamont
store.
The Colonie location that
will be closing included a store,
offices, a warehouse, and apartments, Phillips said. That site
will be leveled and redeveloped.
The local company — which
currently also has stores in Voorheesville, Schenectady, Delmar,
and Waterford — thrives and
survives by “trying to do what
others don’t do, or going further
than anybody else,” Phillips said.
He cited Phillips’s decisions
to offer propane fill stations, a
window repair service, smallengine repair, and Carhatt work
apparel among the things that
distinguish the company from
larger stores. He also said that
they have always been happy to
fill hard-to-find or special-order
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Big changes ahead: The Phillips Hardware Store at the intersection of routes 146 and 158 is slated
to become a convenience store with gas station while a new store and company headquarters, twice the
size, will be built nearby.
items for customers.
Phillips said that he will soon
be announcing other changes,
including in “the way we operate
the company.” He said that the
ability to change and grow has
kept the company strong over the
“multiple chapters” of its history.
Phillips has been influenced
in his decisions about the future
direction of the company by his
participation in an organization
called Albany Entrepreneur
Organization, which he called a
peer-to-peer sharing group for
leaders of companies that do
“a million [dollars] or more in
business a year.” He is currently
president of the local chapter of
this global organization.
He is “coming up with a threeto five-year plan for the company”
that will involve “rebranding and
remarketing and evolving.”
At the Altamont site, the company is currently working with
site engineers, doing soil testing,
and beginning site surveying.
Phillips plans to get paperwork
to the town soon, he said.
Town Planner Jan Weston said
that she had heard rumors but
not received any application yet,
and so had no comment on the
project.
Phillips, who has been president of the Guilderland Little
League for 16 years, has five
children, “so there may well be a
sixth generation,” he said.
The reason for all these changes, he concluded, is “to guarantee
that we’ll be around for a sixth
generation in the Capital District.”
...California company solicits leases for solar farms in the Helderbergs
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we can tell you what we are offering, we cannot comment on
market dynamics or competitive
aspects of solar development. We
do believe we are making very
competitive offers, and we operate on a first-come, first serve
basis.” Robert Price, chairman of the
Knox Planning Board, said that
the town’s current zoning ordinance would allow a large solar
array only in the town’s business
district, which is in the hamlet of
Knox. “There is only one parcel
of land in Business District 1,”
Price said, that would work for
a solar farm.
“The planning board is working on trying to change that,”
he said.
Currently, though, if Cypress
Creek were to want to build solar farms in Knox, the company
would need to apply for a variance, which Price described as “a
long drawn-out affair.”
Price also noted that the Public Service Commission has said
solar arrays cannot be larger
than two megawatts, which he
said would cover eight acres
of land. Unlike wind turbines,
Price said, “Solar arrays totally
occupy the land.” For example,
he said, cows could graze on land
with wind turbines, but not with
solar panels.
“They are visually significant,”
Price said of the large arrays. He
said, too, there might be problems putting steel poles into the
ground since Helderberg land often has rock close to the surface.
“On the good side,” he said,
“there’s no noise and they don’t
kill bats and birds.”
Three-phase power lines run
along routes 146 and 156 in the
Helderbergs, but some of the
property owners who received
mailers from Cypress Creek Renewables do not have land near
these power lines. Asked about
this, McKay said, “The proximity
to a power-line is a big plus, but
it does not need to be in close
proximity to a power line.”
Price, who has volunteered his
services as project engineer for
Helderberg Community Energy,
a not-for-profit grassroots group
that plans to build a cooperative
solar array in Knox, said that an
application fee to National Grid
“just to get in the cue” costs $7,400
and could take three to seven
months. The cost to hook the solar
array to a power line could cost
from $1,500 to $700,000, he said,
depending on the distance from
the three-phase line.
Price said that interest in solar
power in New York exploded after
the PSC in July 2015 created the
Community Distributed Generation Program, which reduced
the risks of the former system
of power-purchase agreements.
This was coupled with the federal
government extending tax credits
for solar energy until 2020.
“It made everybody go berserk,”
said Price. He gave the example
of a single two-megawatt power
array, which costs $5 million,
with the tax credit of 30 percent,
now costing $3.5 million. “It’s
eminently marketable,” he said.
Asked if Cypress Creek would
sell its leases to other companies
or would develop the properties
solely itself, McKay said, “We
have no plans of selling the leases. Our goal is to develop and also
be the operator of each of these
projects. I’m not aware of any
other companies trying to buy
leases in this area.”
Cypress Creek’s website says
the company, founded less than
two years ago, has raised well
over $1 billion and its local solar farms produce energy at or
below market costs. Asked about
this, McKay responded, “Cypress
Creek Renewables has a company
mission to develop, finance, and
operate an extensive portfolio of
solar power assets based in the
United States. Cypress manages
an operating portfolio of more
than 330 MW [megawatts] and
has a pipeline in excess of 2 GW
[gigawatt, equal to 1 billion watts
or 1,000 megawatts] in over 9
states.
“Cypress Creek is moving rapidly to commission operational
ground-mount projects from 2-20
MW in capacity. Cypress has
leveraged management experience with over 100 operational
projects to create a standardized
approach, allowing us to develop
at scale with speed and efficiency.”
Helderberg Community
Energy
Russell Pokorny is cautioning
Hilltown residents to be wary of
overtures from Cypress Creek
Renewables seeking to lease
their undeveloped land. (See his
letter to the editor on the opinion
pages.)
Pokorny is president of Helderberg Community Energy and is
sell and Amy Pokorny, Knox’s
deputy supervisor. The couple
use renewable energy to power
their own home.
“Wind didn’t turn out to be
economically feasible. We were
competing with wholesale prices
and had loud opposition,” said
Russell Pokorny. “With solar,
we’re competing on a retail level
so it’s feasible.”
“Big developers put resources into big arrays
for big companies, rather than a community array.”
also the Knox assessor. He has
recently heard from half a dozen
residents who have received
notices from Cypress Creek Renewables.
Price added his own words
of caution. “Anybody who gets
that package needs to read it
extremely carefully. If you read
the fine print, the $1,500 is tempered — they need to evaluate
your property.”
Helderberg Community Energy has investigated several
pieces of land for its cooperative
solar array with one landowner
“ready to sign up,” said Pokorny.
“We need to get a financer, developer and have co-op members
ready,” he said.
The land is across from the
Albany County Highway Department building on Route 146 in
Knox, said Pokorny.
He has not heard that Cypress
Creek has an interest in that
property, he said, so Helderberg
Community Energy is not in
competition with the California
company.
“I’m for anybody who can put
these up and produce green energy,” said Pokorny. “I don’t want
to put up a roadblock.”
Helderberg Community Energy formed a decade ago and was
first centered on wind energy. A
tower was erected to measure
wind on property owned by Rus-
In 2014, the group started
lobbying state legislators and
went to the Public Service Commission, too, in hopes the state
would allow cooperative solar
projects, which it has.
The group’s goal is to sign
up individuals and businesses
in Albany County to use solar
energy from a shared solar
farm to power their homes and
offices. He and his wife make
presentations on the project.
On Wednesday, they talked to
the Voorheesville village board
of trustees.
“We’ve joined forces with
Solarize Albany,” said Pokorny.
“Solarize Albany looks for people
to put solar panels on homes.
When they find people without
[appropriate] roofs or yards, they
could join our community array.”
Solarize Albany and Helderberg Community Energy worked
together to write two requests for
proposals for a solar developer
that have been given to the New
York State Energy Research and
Development Authority.
The state requires that a certain number of people with low
or moderate incomes be included,
who, Pokorny said, could be served
with the community solar array;
renters as well as homeowners can
be part of the cooperative.
The group has been awarded
a $5,000 grant from NYSERDA
to publicize the program, said
Pokorny.
He went over the timeline that
Helderberg Community Energy
hopes will allow it to have a solar array installed by the end of
2016. On Feb. 15, RFPs were to
be released. Questions are to be
submitted by Feb. 29 and answers
given a week later.
“Complete RFPs are to be in
our hands by March 14 and we
do interviews the week of March
27, and select by April 11,” said
Pokorny.
“I just checked my email,” Pokorny said on Tuesday; he found
no RFPs.
He went on, “We were hoping to
build something to get people onto
it by the end of the year.” Pokorny
outlined several obstacles that
stand in the way.
For one, National Grid has to
certify the line to attach it to.
Three-phase power lines, required
to transmit the solar power, already run along Route 146, said
Pokorny.
Another obstacle, said Pokorny
is “part of our RFP is to explain
how to manage accounting and
billing co-op members rather than
National Grid; a computer system
has to be developed.”
Pokorny went on, “As a society,
we use a lot of electricity. The
easiest way to conserve fossil fuels is as a big company.” He gave
the example of Positive Energy
building a big array “for just one
customer” — Stewart’s.
“Big developers put resources
into big arrays for big companies,
rather than a community array,”
Pokorny said.
He explained the dilemma,
“Let’s say we have 200 people”
in the co-op. “You have to get 200
people to pay their bills.”
The Enterprise asked McKay
if his company’s operation in
the Hilltowns would infringe on
the not-for-profit endeavors of
Helderberg Community Energy.
He responded, “We are engaged
local stakeholders, who work with
municipalities and civic organizations across dozens of counties and
are excited about the opportunity
to work with organizations like
them across the state.”
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On exhibit in April: Objects ‘Given in Trust’ tell village history, more welcomed
ALTAMONT — The Altamont
Archives and Museum will host
an exhibit beginning in about
April that will highlight several
important recent gifts to the
collection.
The exhibit is to be called
“Given in Trust: Recent Gifts to
the Museum Collections.”
Among the gifts featured will
be one from Pam Crounse Jones,
of documents from the house on
Brandle Road that was in the
Crounse family for 175 years
until it was sold following the
death in January 2015 of her
brother Fred Crounse.
“It was hard going through
the house, let me tell you,” Jones
said.
The Crounse documents include some “written in Old
German on beautiful handmade
paper that didn’t, thank God, disintegrate,” said village archivist
Marijo Dougherty. One of them,
she said, conclusively settles
the question of where the family
originally came from, because
it lists the old village and the
names of all the children and
their birthdates.
The exhibit will also include a
memorial appreciation to Joseph
Merli (1951–2016), for the gifts
that he created for an archives
exhibit held several years ago,
called “Altamont’s Early Inventors.”
When Dougherty was planning that exhibit, she had a
handful of patent drawings for
local inventions, but no examples
of the objects themselves. She
showed the drawings to Merli,
who scrutinized them and said,
“I can make these!” He was able,
she said, to envision the threedimensional objects solely on
the basis of the one-dimensional
drawings.
Several of the objects he made
will be included, with the drawings. These will include, for instance, a guardrail invented by
P. Edelman.
Dougherty told The Enterprise
that P. Edelman used to sit in his
train-station office, in what is
now the Altamont Free Library,
and watch the railroad cars attempt to turn around to make
the trip back to Albany. Often
they would wind up jumping the
track. He invented the guardrail
to prevent this.
Although he was an experienced railroad man, Edelman
was killed when he walked
between two trains and did
not see the oncoming one, said
Dougherty.
The exhibit will also include
newer gifts such as a money clip/
calendar from Altamont Hardware, donated by Vall Pulliam.
Dougherty added that she
hopes to receive still more documents or artifacts for possible
inclusion in the exhibit. These
should be items, she said, that
are clearly identified as being
from Altamont — or Knowersville, as the village was originally
called — and that add to the historical understanding of the area.
— Enterprise file photo
A beloved contemporary Altamont inventor: Marijo Dougherty and Joe Merli at the exhibit, several
years ago, “Altamont’s Early Inventors.” Altamont Mayor James Gaughan recently called Merli “truly
a Renaissance man who will be sorely missed.” Merli died on Feb. 13.
P. Edelman’s patent drawing for the guardrail that he invented
to prevent trains from jumping the tracks when they turned. Joe
Merli created a modern model of the guardrail for a village hall
exhibit.
New Scotland prepares to move historic Hilton LeVie barn on March 15
By Jo E. Prout
NEW SCOTLAND — The
Hilton LeVie barn, a historic
hand-built structure previously
slated for demolition, is slated
to be moved to its new site along
the Albany County rail trail on
March 15.
Town officials approved resolutions for insurance, grants, and
moving equipment costs at the
town board’s February meeting.
The project is expected to cost
$200,000 to cover a new foundation, site preparation, and the
land it will stand on, recently
negotiated across from the barn’s
current location on Route 85A.
The massive barn, built in
1898, is 120 feet long and 60 feet
high. Joseph Hilton had Frank
Osterhout build the bar on his
farm; it was most recently used by
the LeVies who ran a farmstand
there. It is on land now owned
by a developer who planned to
tear it down. Hilton heirs agreed
to sell an acre across Route 85A
from where the barn stands now.
Town attorney Michael Naughton told the board that, if the
board approved a contract with
Wolfe House and Building Movers
for $121,600 — and other charges
for “mobilization” — by Feb. 12,
Wolfe would meet the March 15
deadline. Remobilization fees of
$12,400 and rental charges for
barn storage on Wolfe’s cribbing, if
needed before the new foundation
is complete, could also be charged,
Naughton said.
The company offered “insurance mechanisms” to get $80,000
back if the barn collapsed during
the move, he said.
Highway Superintendent Kenneth Guyer said that the town
obtained bids to clear the land.
He estimated that the clearing
would take about a day and a half,
and that the town could consider
selling some of the lumber from
the site.
Councilman William C. Hennessy Jr. said that the town expected to pay for the project with
a $125,000 state grant, a $50,000
county grant, and $25,000 from
the town’s parks fund, which is
funded by fees by developers.
“We’re ahead of schedule, which
is encouraging,” he said.
Other costs approved by the
board include a $225 design fee
plus up to $5,000 to Verizon, and
up to $5,000 to Time Warner
cable for costs related to moving
the barn; up to $950 for asbestos sampling; up to $3,600 to
architectural firm Lacey, Thaler,
Reilly, Wilson Architecture and
Preservation, which, Hennessy
said, has previously provided pro
bono work through local resident
Steve Reilly; and up to $28,000 to
National Grid to improve the utility system for moving the barn.
Zoning board member Edith
Abrams suggested that the town
prepare for a crowd of viewers
when the movers begin.
“A lot of people would like to see
the barn move,” she said.
Councilwoman Patricia Snyder
said that the Voorheesville Com-
munity School Foundation, a
not-for-profit organization, will
accept donations for the project.
— Dietrich Gehring
The massive Hilton LeVie barn, built in 1898, is 120 feet long and 60 feet high and still stands on
Route 85A. Insurance, in case the structure crumbles when it is moved, and asbestos screening will be
done before it is relocated across the road.
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Robert L. Anderson
Obituaries
Anne Fass
inghouse in Buffalo in a business
A Brooklyn girl who could go
office, which was a segue into her
from camping to diamonds with
career, managing her husband’s
equal class, Anne Fass managed
dental office in Altamont for 35
her husband’s dental practice
years.
in Altamont for 35 years while
“My dental office is blessed
remaining devoted to her family.
with staff we’ve had for many
On Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, she
years in large part because of
died peacefully at home surAnne being the office manager,”
rounded by her family. She
Dr. Fass said. When Mrs. Fass
was 63.
became ill a year-and-a-half ago,
“She loved life, she loved do“It only took three people to do
ing things, she loved being with
her job,” said Dr. Fass.
people,” said her husband, Dr.
Mrs. Fass worked for a lot
Stuart Fass. “The two of us were
of organizations. “We always
a real pair.”
volunteered together,” said her
“Most of all she enjoyed enhusband. Mrs. Fass did volunteer
couraging and supporting her
work for the Guilderland Lions
children and later her grandClub, Achilles Figure Skating
children,” her family wrote in
Club, and Kadima youth group
a tribute. “Through it all, she
at her synagogue occupied some
maintained an inseparable reof her time.
lationship with her husband of
She was also a devoted trustee
42 years.”
at the Darrow School in New
Born in 1952 to the late MilLebanon, New York for 13 years.
dred (née Kessler) and Harold
Anne Fass
The couple’s third child attended
Goodman, she was a proud
the school and flourished there,
native of Brooklyn. Her father
had a television repair business and her mother Dr. Fass said. Describing the Shaker community
worked for Federated Department Stores, which site where the boarding school is located, Dr. Fass
said, “His dorm was from the late 1700s.” The
became Macy’s.
“She was very active, very bright,” said Dr. Fass, school’s “hands to work” credo — where students
describing his wife in her youth. “She got along volunteered for community causes — fit Mrs. Fass’s
life’s philosophy.
great with her brother.”
“Anne had an incredible ability to judge people,”
The family moved to Queens — Howard Beach
— when she was 11. “She went to a tough high said Dr. Fass “She swayed the board to hire the
school,” said Dr. Fass, graduating from John Ad- school’s first female headmistress.”
In her spare time, Mrs. Fass enjoyed knitting,
ams High School in Queens. Mrs. Fass went on to
earn a bachelor of arts degree in English with a painting, and interior decorating. She originally
teaching certificate from the University at Albany. planned to knit an afghan for each of her seven
It was here that she met her future husband. grandchildren to give them as they left home to
She moved to Buffalo, New York to join him as he go to college. “Once they were old enough to know
their favorite color, she knitted them a full-size
pursued his graduate training in dentistry.
The Fasses were married in December of 1973 afghan in that color in different patterns,” said Dr.
and returned to the Albany area in 1976. They Fass. She gave the afghans to her grandchildren
settled in Altamont in 1978, and relocated to the week before she died.
“She was working on number six and was almost
Glenville in 2014.
“Everyone is telling me we had the marriage done. It will get finished,” said her husband.
Mrs. Fass faced her impending death “with inthey looked up to,” said Dr. Fass. “Our house on
Maple Avenue — everyone’s kids ended up there.” credible strength and the same class she handled
The Fass family was close-knit and took va- everything with,” said her husband.
Dr. Fass concluded through tears, “It was a twocations together, often camping as they visited
amusement parks. “She went from camping to way marriage. We always talked about things right
diamonds seamlessly,” said Dr. Fass of his wife. The to the end. We always were on the same page, doing
Fasses were members of ACE — American Coaster things together.”
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Enthusiasts — and relished riding roller coasters.
Anne Fass is survived by her husband, Stuart
“We visited five theme parks in nine days,” said
Fass; her son Adam Fass and his wife, Megan, of
Dr. Fass of one family trip.
Mrs. Fass would often be the “hat holder” as her Bothell, Washington; her daughter, Tracy McKhusband and kids rode the roller coasters. “She nerney, and her husband, Chris, of Medway, Maswas not a screamer. She liked the thrill of being sachusetts; her son Jonathan Fass and his wife,
Christine, of Glenville, New York; her brother, Alan
with family,” said Dr. Fass.
He described his wife as “the ideal mom” — some- Goodman, and his wife, Linda; her adored grandone who advocated for and supported her children. children, Benjamin, Nathan, Gabrielle, Sophia,
Many times, after returning from roughing it, the Tucker, Kira, and Oliver; her niece Dara Goodman,
Fasses would go out dancing at the Benedicts dance nephew Andrew Fass, and niece Lisa Zucker.
Services were held at Congregation Olav Shalom
club in Schenectady. They also enjoyed dancing at
the annual firemen’s ball in Altamont. “She’d put in Albany on Feb. 23 with interment following in
on her full-length gown and I’d put on my tux,” Dr. Olav Shalom Cemetery on Church Road in GuilFass recalled. He also said, “She dressed me. I’m derland. Arrangments are by the Levine Memorial
Chapel in Albany.
not a fashion person.”
Memorial contributions may be made to CongreMrs. Fass worked in retail through undergraduate school and had a flair for window design and gation Ohav Shalom’s Capital Campaign Fund or
merchandising that translated to unique decorat- to the Darrow School.
— Melissa Hale-Spencer
ing in her homes later on. She worked for West-
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ROTTERDAM — Robert L. Anderson, a loving father who enjoyed the
outdoors, died on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, after a brief illness. He was 63.
Mr. Anderson, known as “Bob” to his friends, was born to Perry and
Eva Mae (née Bunzey) Anderson.
He graduated from Berne-KnoxWesterlo High School, and Texas
A&M University, where he studied
heavy construction. Mr. Anderson
later joined the United States
Army.
“Bob enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, and attending car shows with his pick-up
truck,” his family wrote in a tribute.
Mr. Anderson worked as a security monitor for Mohonasen High
School.
“He was vigilant about keeping
the kids safe, and everyone enjoyed
his smile,” his family wrote.
“He also leaves behind many loving family members and friends,”
they wrote.
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Mr. Anderson is survived by
Robert L. Anderson
his brothers, Richard Anderson,
and his wife Gabby; and Donald
Anderson; his son, Jason Anderson, and his family; and his daughter,
Laura Stevens, and her family.
Calling hours will be held Sunday, Feb. 28, from noon to 3 p.m. at New
Comer Funeral Home, 343 New Karner Rd., Albany. A memorial service
will follow at 3 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of choice in honor
of Robert Anderson.
Donald Basil Boyden
Donald Basil Boyden, who grew up in Berne, was a quiet man with
a strong faith who loved the simple things like dinners at home and
outings with family. He died on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Vermont,
where he had married and raised
a family. He was 75.
“He wasn’t a bragger or a big
talker,” said his sister Belva Boyden.
“He was kind of quiet but a real
hard worker, a strong work ethic.
He took good care of his family,”
said son D. Brian Boyden.
As a young man, Mr. Boyden
served in the Air Force from 1960 to
1964 and was stationed in Hawaii
for much of that time. His son said
that his father recalled those as
some of the best years of his life,
“traveling and being in the Air
Force, and seeing Japan and the
Philippines.” His sister recalled
that while in the military he regularly sent gifts to both her and their
mother, including muumuus from
Hawaii and kimonos from Japan.
Mr. Boyden returned to Berne
regularly to care for the little house
where he had grown up and where
his mother still lived. He would
Donald Basil Boyden
put up storm windows in the fall
and take them down in spring, and
plant a garden for her each Memorial Day, his son said.
“He probably only moved from Berne because he met my mom, who
was from here, and her parents gave them some land, and they built a
house on the land,” said his son.
Mr. Boyden was born in Albany on June 2, 1940, the son of Donald
Hatch Boyden and Margaret Ethel (née Hemmett) Boyden. He attended
Berne-Knox-Westerlo schools and served as a firefighter, like his own
father, during high school.
He married Myrtle Lois Chatfield on Dec. 28, 1969. They built a home
in Johnson, Vermont, where they went on to raise a family.
For more than 20 years, Mr. Boyden lovingly attended to the needs of
patients at the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury, until his retirement.
He was a member of the Lamoille Valley Church of the Nazarene “as
long as I can remember,” said his son, “probably 40 years or more” —
participating regularly in a small group Bible study that he also led for
several years.
One of his greatest pleasures, said his son, was vacationing with
family. Mr. Boyden and his wife had a timeshare on Cape Cod, and the
family went there every year. They often went to see family in Berne and
Voorheesville and visited Thacher Park, Howe Caverns, Cooperstown,
and other sites in the Capital District and surrounding area.
“It was important to him that everybody was all set, all of us kids
and whatnot,” said his son. “He always was worried about other people’s
needs.”
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Donald Basil Boyden is survived by his children and grandchildren:
D. Brian Boyden and his wife, Michelle (née Simpson) Boyden and their
four children, Joel, Jesse, Jamie, and Joanna; Julene Boyden and her
daughter, Ebony McDonald; and Russell “Rusty” Boyden.
He is also survived by his sister Belva Boyden of Berne; his sister Barbara Boyden Spence and her husband, Ken Spence, and their children,
Matt and Tim.
His dear wife Myrtle died just 10 months before him. And a fourth
child, the Boydens’ daughter, Mystelle “Misty” Alise, died at four months
of age in 1982. The family takes comfort in knowing that Mr. Boyden is
reunited with them.
Funeral services were held Sunday, Feb. 21, at Lamoille Valley Church
of the Nazarene in Johnson. Faith Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Online condolences may be made by visiting their website, at
www.faithfh.net.
Memorial contributions may be made to Lamoille Home Health and
Hospice, 54 Farr Avenue, Morrisville, VT 05661.
—Elizabeth Floyd Mair
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... On the second push, VCSD board grants veterans a tax break
“Agreed,” one audience member
called out.
Referring to neighboring districts that authorized the exemption in 2013 when it was first
offered, Blow said, “The commercial percentage [of tax revenue]
in Guilderland and Bethlehem
is significantly changed from
Voorheesville.” He added that the
exemption in Voorheesville will
shift the burden of taxes from
one segment of the community
to another.
“It will impact, and impact
negatively,” he said. “There is no
income limit.” Blow said that a
millionaire veteran can shift the
tax burden onto a senior citizen.
“To me, that’s just wrong,”
Blow said. “It’s not the way it
should be.”
Since the exemption became
available in 2013, school districts
across the state have tackled the
question of passing the cost of
veterans’ taxes onto other taxpayers. Of the six school districts
in the town of New Scotland,
Guilderland, Bethlehem, BerneKnox-Westerlo, and Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk had previously
adopted resolutions to grant the
exemption, but Greenville and
Voorheesville had not.
“It’s important as an example
to children, and to the young
men and women who may serve
in the future,” said local resident
Timothy Albright, who urged the
board to adopt the tax exemption.
The Alternative Veterans’ Exemption is available on a veteran’s primary residence, according
to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.
Voorheesville had previously
held out on adopting the measure, as neighboring districts
— some with larger commercial
bases — passed the exemptions.
Like Bethlehem and RavenaCoeymans-Selkirk, Voorheesville
adopted the lowest level exemption.
Wartime veterans are now eligible for a $6,000 exemption limit
on taxes; combat zone veterans
are eligible for an additional
$4,000 exemption, for a total of
$10,000; and disabled veterans
are eligible for an additional
$20,000.
According to the state Department of Taxation, veterans
are eligible for the exemption if
they served in the Persian Gulf
conflict, from 1990 to the present;
the Vietnam War, from 1961 to
1975; the Korean War, from 1950
to 1955; or World War II, from
1941 to 1946.
Vetarans are also eligible if
they received an Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal, a Navy,
Marine Corps, or Global War on
Terrorism Expeditionary Medal;
if they served in World War II
in the United States Merchant
Marine; if they served as a civilian during World War II in the
American Field Service under
U. S. Armies and the U.S. Army
Groups; or as a flight crew and
aviation ground support employee of Pan American Airlines’
contract with the Air Transport
Command; or if they are a member of the reserve component of
the Armed Forces who received
an honorable discharge from active duty, but are still a member
of the reserves.
James Franchini, Voorheesville’s assistant superintendent
for finance and operations, said
that 274 of the 2203 parcels in
the town of New Scotland within
the Voorheesville district are
eligible for the exemption. For a
home with an assessed value of
$250,000, the increase to those
residents not receiving the exemption would be $18.71 per
year for school taxes, and $1.21
per year for library taxes.
Residential properties owned
by veterans would see tax exemptions of 15 percent for wartime
veterans, and additional 10 percent for those who saw combat,
and 33 percent for veterans who
became disabled during their
service.
Savings for district veterans,
based on a $250,000 home assessment, will be $116 for wartime
service, $193 for combat service,
or a range for disabled veterans
of $329 to $327, Franchini said.
One audience member asked
The Enterprise — Jo E. Prout
Veterans and their supporters listen intently to Voorheesville school district officials discuss the
levels of tax exemption the school board can offer local vets. The school board adopted a resolution on
Monday to offer the lowest level of tax exemption to veterans, based on concerns that the tax burden
would shift to the elderly and needy in New Scotland.
continue to help the public after laid out in war,” Coffin said.
they return from service, volun- “With this particular grant, it
teering in the community with really isn’t going to impact the
fire and rescue squads, Scouts, district cash…When we give
these grants, that money has to
and other service positions.
“I feel uneasy for taking some- be replaced. It’s being replaced.
thing,” said veteran Kevin Kro- There are many others in the
encke. He said that disabled vet- community that are having many
difficulties.
erans should
“It’s difreceive an exficult for seemption, but
niors,” Coffin
that veterans
continued.
like himself,
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who served at
be spread over
the end of the
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Saia said
member Doreen Saia clarified that veterans that she was “torn,” regarding
may choose to sign up for a tax how to vote.
“You’ve done something very
exemption; they are not required
honorable,” she told the veterto.
Many veterans at the public ans. “I worry about people in our
hearing thanked the board, school district who are struggling
before it voted, for considering financially.
“The New Scotland food pantry
adopting the exemption.
“The only way to open it up for sits out there as a resource,” she
people who need it is to open it continued about the organizaup for everybody,” said another tion centered at St. Matthew’s
Church. Saia said that residents
veteran.
“I would propose the lower ex- using the pantry do not need to
emption,” said board member C. show paperwork to receive items.
“It’s completely confidential,”
James Coffin. “My concern is…I
support the vets. I was never Saia said. “If $20 or $50 on a tax
in the military. I lost two good bill is too much for you to bear,
friends in the Vietnam War, and that resource sits there for you
The Enterprise — Jo E. Prout
to use as little or as much as
another friend in that war.”
Dr. James Franchini, Voorheesville’s assistant superintendent for finance and operations, explains the
His relatives served in World you need.”
proposed Veterans’ Alternate Exemption options the school board considered at a hearing and special
According to the district, veterWar II, he said.
board meeting on Monday at the district’s Performing Arts Center. Behind Franchini are, from left, school
“I remember the details they ans must file for the tax exempboard members Cynthia Monaghan, President Timothy Blow, Cheryl Dozier, and Michael Canfora.
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Elble, who is 35, graduated from
Berne-Knox-Westerlo in 1999
and would like to see the school
once again offer the sort of diverse classes that he considered
so valuable.
He works as a union electrician
and found his way to his career,
in part, because of technical
classes he took at BKW.
Elble and his wife, Carli, live in
Knox and have three children —
Natalie, who is in third-grade at
BKW; twins Charlotte and Eden,
both in first grade; and Mason
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race for two Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board seats. Nathan
Elble had two votes more.
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his chief allegiance would be to
the students. “The whole reason
we’re here is for the students. The
school is for students,” He said.
On the budget, Elble said, “We
have to maintain the status quo.”
He would not advocate raising
taxes or challenging the stateset levy cap. “We have a lot of
working-class people,” Elble said
of district residents. “Taxing
people a lot pushes them to the
very edge.”
“I’m really excited,” Elble said
when The Enterprise reached
him at home by phone with
the election results on Tuesday
night. “It’s big news for us and
the school...It speaks to where
we want to go....We want to put
the kids first.”
Asked if he had any specific
goals as a new board member,
Elble said he’d like to see a
community garden in place by
spring. He also said, “I have a
lot of homework to do.”
Tedeschi, who is 43, graduated
from BKW in 1990. His wife, Maria, works for the district. Their
two daughters, Courtney and
Alexandria, who were standouts
in track at BKW, are currently
attending and competing for
Division 1 schools.
Still, Tedeschi said during his
campaign he believes there are
ways BKW could better serve
its students and, further, that
his expertise as a partner in an
insurance agency — a profession
he’s been in for 20 years — would
allow him to help the district.
“I’ve served on the Budget
Advisory Committee and was
involved in the search for the
new superintendent,” said Tedeschi. “I feel we have finally got
the school district pointed in the
right direction...We’ve had a lot
of turnover; that’s been one of
the biggest problems in trying
to establish a game plan for the
future.”
He also said, “A lot of people
say kids from Berne don’t have
a lot of opportunities. I believe
the school does have a lot to offer.
We have to offer them more as
the world changes.” He also said,
“Budget cuts affected both of my
daughters. They didn’t have all
the classes they wanted.”
Tedeschi added, “It’s not necessarily about going to college. A
lot of students want to be farmers or mechanics. It’s important
to keep that in mind, what the
children want.”
“We want to put
the kids first.”
Asked to which constituency
his primary allegiance would be,
Tedeschi said, “I don’t think you
can pick one. You have to balance
the needs of everyone; there’s
compromise involved. You have to
give kids the best opportunities
with what the residents of the
community can afford.”
On whether BKW should challenge the tax cap, Tedeschi said,
“I know the community would
have a hard time supporting a
budget increase. I don’t think
that’s feasible. I believe you
can accomplish the needs of the
students and administration
without challenging the cap.”
After the election results were
announced Tuesday night, Tedeschi said, “I’m excited. I’d like to
thank the folks that came out
and voted.”
The board’s clerk, Denise
Robinson, read the vote tallies
after the polls closed Tuesday,
including the absentee votes, she
said. Still, the vote counts won’t
be official until they are reviewed
by the Albany County Board of
Elections. The unofficial tallies
for the remaining candidates are:
— Maryellen Gillis received 104
votes. She waited in the school
auditorium Tuesday night with
her husband and granddaughter,
Abigail Pasquini, 9.
Gillis has lived in Knox for 35
years and taught at BKW for 18
years before becoming an elementary school principal for a decade
in Schoharie. Her three children
graduated from BKW and she
believes were well prepared for
careers and for life. Gillis, at
58, wanted to be sure the good
education continues at BKW for
her grandchildren and for the
children of her former students.
“I’m not a politician; I’m an
educator,” she said of making her
first run for school board. “My
talents are understanding kids,
teachers, administrators.”
On Tuesday, after the results
were announced, Gillis said running for the board had been “a
good experience” and she would
“think about” running again;
— Ed Ackroyd received 104
votes. He left BKW in 1968 to join
the United States Army. Ackroyd
said during the campaign that
he believes a school should be
run like a business and, as a
businessman, he said he had the
experience to guide the district.
As a Vietnam War veteran, Ackroyd also believes that decisions
should be made efficiently, he
said, and not dragged out over
many meetings.
Ackroyd, 65, served one threeyear term on the school board a
decade ago and he has served on
the Budget Advisory Committee
since retiring from the board.
“The school district financially
has money but spends it in the
wrong places,” said Ackroyd. “I
could help them straighten out
their budgets.”
On Tuesday night, after the
results were announced, Ackroyd
said he’d be willing to serve on
the Budget Advisory Committee
again if the board decides to go
that route. He said he was disappointed in the elections results
but congratulated the winners.
Ackroyd said he wasn’t sure if he
would run again. “We’ll see what
happens in the next three months
with the budget,” he said.
— Amy Damin received 75
votes. During the campaign, she
said her 20-year career with the
State Assembly would help her in
advocating for the Berne-KnoxWesterlo schools.
She and her husband, Peter,
both grew up in small towns and
moved to Westerlo, she said, because they wanted “to give that
opportunity to” their children.
“I know a lot of parents who
grew up here and they tell me how
different it is now,” said Damin,
who is 40. “I want to see the school
district live to its full potential.”
Superintendent Timothy Mundell said on Election Night, “We
had five great candidates.”
He also said it would be good
to have a full five-member board.
“They’ll be busy,” he said. “We’re
getting into the budget season.”
Mundell was pleased that 40
people had turned out for a candidates’ forum on Monday night
hosted by the Parent-Teacher
Association. Candidates spoke for
a minute-and-a-half each on nine
questions that had been emailed
in, he said. “They generated a lot
of positive ideas,” he said.
“I’m thrilled the community
is engaged,” concluded Mundell.
Elble recalled, “Matt and I sat
next to each other at the forum. I
made a joke that he was reading
off my notes because we used the
exact same words.”
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p.m., or until sold out. Helderberg
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BREADED VEAL CUTLET with andouille sausage, white beans
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COCONUT CREAM PIE $5.95
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The Schoharie Central School
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host a Community Budget Forum
from 7 to 9 p.m. in the elementary
school cafeteria and encourages all
district residents to participate.
The forum offers an opportunity
for residents to learn more about
Schoharie’s 2016-17 school-year
budget as it is developed, to ask
questions and to provide input.
Past forums have provided district
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contact info and relationship with
SCS (parent of current or former
student, alum, student, district
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(518) 295-6679.
Friday, February 26
Friday Fish Dinners: The
Latham Colonie Knights of Columbus will have fish dinners every friday through Lent from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. The menu includes a baked
fish dinner served with twice baked
potato, tossed salad or coleslaw, corn
cobette, roll & butter with a cost of
$11. A fish fry or clam roll dinner
served with french fries or onion
rings and tossed salad or coleslaw
with a cost of $9. Fish fry or clam
roll only, $7. All served with coffee,
tea or hot chocolate and dessert.
Special children’s menu for ages 5
to 10, fish sticks, french fries or onion rings, applesauce, juice or milk
with a cost of $4. Children under
5, free. Latham Colonie Knights of
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“Fish Fry Fridays”: New Salem
Volunteer Fire Department will
be hosting their annual “Fish Fry
Fridays” during Lent every Friday,
694 New Salem Road. It will go from
4:30 to 7 p.m. Plenty of parking.
Fresh haddock fish, fresh homemade clam strips and fried shrimp.
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Lenten Fish Fry: Guilderland
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6 to 8 p.m. All are welcome! 3867
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Saturday, February 27
Black Bears at Thacher Nature Center: Winter is a season of
sleep for many animals, including
the black bear. We’ll learn how bears
survive this long period of time
without eating or drinking water!
See how you ‘measure up’ to a bear,
find out about their diet and make
your own bear dinner plate to take
home. Starts at 10 a.m. Please call
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Cajun Dance with Krewe de
la Rue, 7 p.m. lesson, dancing 8 to
11 p.m., at Old Songs Community
Center, 37 S. Main St, Voorheesville,
NY, sponsored by Dance Flurry
Org., $15 ($12 DFO members).
Spaghetti Dinner: Guilderland Youth Group will be hosting
a spaghetti dinner fundraiser 6 to
8 p.m. at the McKownville United
Methodist Church, 1565 Western
Avenue, Albany (1/4 mile east of
the Crossgates Mall entrance).
Dinner will include Spaghetti with
Marinara Sauce, Meatballs, Garlic
Bread, Tossed Salad & Dessert Cost
is $10 at the door. Proceeds are for
World Vision.
Native American Winter
Games and Sports at Ganondagan: Friends of Ganondagan
brings traditional Seneca and
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) ways of
enjoying the season to the public
in this year’s 13th annual Native
American Winter Games and Sports
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All activities,
including admission to the Seneca
Art & Culture Center exhibits, are
free, with a suggested donation of
$10 per family. Activities take place
with or without snow, throughout
Ganondagan State Historic Site and
at the Seneca Art & Culture Center,
7000 County Road 41, Victor. Parking is available at the Center. The
gift shop also will be open during
Winter Games. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/1PIBs9Z.
An extraordinary journey
into the Albany Pine Bush, the best
remaining example in the world of
an inland pine barrens. Our experts
will guide you through this 0.9 mile
hike over rolling sand dunes where
you will discover Pine Bush natural history, seasonal surprises and
transformations. Starts at 1 p.m.
All ages, free! Albany Pine Bush
Discovery Center, 195 New Karner
Road. Registration required. Please
sign up by calling 518-456-0655 or
visit AlbanyPineBush.org and click
on “Events Calendar”.
Sunday, February 28
Winter Greenery Snowshoe
Walk at Thacher Nature Center: Join us for a snowshoe (or
winter walk) through the woods
enjoying the evergreen of hemlocks, cedars, and pines as we
look for signs of wildlife and listen
for early migratory birds. Warm
up afterwards with hot cocoa.
Starts at 10 a.m. Call 872-0800
to register.
Harvesting for Habitat: Why
are the pine trees being cut down
in the Madison Avenue Pinelands
region of the Preserve? Come find
out why at this program! We will
hike approximately one mile to
view the habitat restoration work.
We will meet at the Madison Avenue Pinelands trailhead (#7) at 1
p.m.. Ages 15 and up, Free! Please
sign up by calling 518-456-0655
or visit AlbanyPineBush.org and
click on “Events Calendar”.
Tuesday March 1
Knox Historical Society:
The regular meeting of the Knox
Historical Society will be held at
7 p.m. at Town Hall. We will continue work on our summer 2016
schedule of events. New members
are always welcome, and can join
for half-price now through April!
Refreshments will be served. For
more information, call 860-7861.
Bethlehem Toastmasters Offers “Speechcraft” Workshop
Classes: Have you conquered the
fear of public speaking? Are you
interested in honing your communication skills? Let Toastmasters
help! Every Tuesday in March, a
member from the award-winning
Bethlehem Toastmasters Club
will run Speechcraft workshops on
topics such as: public speaking, listening, thinking, and evaluating/
giving feedback. Such skills are
vital to almost any profession in
today’s world. Space is limited to
6 attendees; seize this opportunity
and register today! Bethlehem Lutheran Church (Parish Building),
85 Elm Ave, Delmar.
History of the General Electric Company: New Scotland
Historical Association (NSHA)
will host a program by Dr. Gerald
Zahavi entitled Documenting the
History of the General Electric
Company Through Aural and
Visual Records. The program
will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will
be held at the Wyman Osterhout
Community Center on Route 85
in New Salem.
Wednesday March 2
Benefit Noah Roman: Five
Guys and TCBYs in the Capital
Region (most locations) will be
holding a fundraiser to benefit
Noah Roman, the surviving child
of the Colonie tragic murdersuicide involving his family from
4 to 9 p.m. For more information,
contact Lindsey Kral of TCBY at
[email protected].
Hay School: Cornell Cooperative Extension is holding a series
of Hay Schools in early March. The
classes will run from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. During the first week of the
two meeting series, Kevin Ganoe,
Regional Field Crop Specialist for
Cornell Cooperative Extension
will discuss how to maintain, renovate and establish hay fields. Week
two Aaron Gabriel, Agronomy
Educator for the Cornell Cooperative Extension Capital Area Agriculture and Horticulture Program
will talk about how to make high
quality hay and baleage and how
to store it to maintain that quality.
Pre-registration is required and
must be completed no later than
February 26, 2016. Registration
is $20 per person and $10 for additional people from the same farm
(one set of handouts per group).
You can register online by credit
card at http://cnydfc.cce.cornell.
edu or call 315.866.7920 or email
[email protected].
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Turkey Vulture at Thacher Park, by John R. Williams, will be among the works displayed at the 13th
Annual Nature Art Exhibit at the Thacher Nature Center from March 5 to 25. An opening reception
will be held on March 5 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Thursday March 3
Hay School: Cornell Cooperative Extension is holding a series
of Hay Schools in early March. The
classes will run from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. During the first week of the
two meeting series, Kevin Ganoe,
Regional Field Crop Specialist for
Cornell Cooperative Extension will
discuss how to maintain, renovate
and establish hay fields. Week two
Aaron Gabriel, Agronomy Educator
for the Cornell Cooperative Extension Capital Area Agriculture and
Horticulture Program will talk
about how to make high quality
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completed no later than February
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person and $10 for additional people
from same farm (one set of handouts
per group). You can register online
by credit card at http://cnydfc.cce.
cornell.edu or call 315.866.7920 or
email [email protected].
Huge Book Sale: If it’s time
to restock your bookshelf mark on
your calendar the huge book sale
and mini-rummage sale at Grace
United Methodist Church located at
16 Hillcrest Drive in Ravena. Come
join us from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6
to 8 p.m. Fiction to non-fiction, you
want it we have it. There are over
35,000 titles to choose from. If you
should clean out your bookshelves
before the sale, we would welcome
your donation. For more information call 518-731-8076 (Joy) or
518-756-6688 (church) and leave
a message.
Friday March 4
United Methodist Church located at
16 Hillcrest Drive in Ravena. Come
join us from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. and 6
to 8 p.m. Fiction to non-fiction, you
want it we have it. There are over
35,000 titles to choose from. If you
should clean out your bookshelves
before the sale, we would welcome
your donation. For more information call 518-731-8076 (Joy) or
518-756-6688 (church) and leave
a message.
5th Grade Celebrates America: Come join us for a night of
fun from 6 to 8 p.m. at Altamont
Elementary. Food, games, fun, drawings and lots of prizes!
Matuto is a full time touring
collective built around the core of
Clay Ross (guitar) and Rob Curto
(accordion). With an honest love
for roots music, genuine Brazilian
styles, and improvisational experimentation, Matuto creates a unique
and inspired sound from the heart
of New York City’s diverse musical
culture. Starts at 7:30 p.m. at OldSongs, and tickets are $23. For more
information and to purchase tickets
please visit oldsongs.org.
Friday Fish Dinners: The
Latham Colonie Knights of Columbus will have fish dinners every Friday through Lent from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. The menu includes a baked
fish dinner served with twice baked
potato, tossed salad or coleslaw, corn
cobette, roll & butter with a cost of
$11. A fish fry or clam roll dinner
served with french fries or onion
rings and tossed salad or coleslaw
with a cost of $9. Fish fry or clam
roll only, $7. All served with coffee,
tea or hot chocolate and dessert.
Special children’s menu for ages 5
to 10, fish sticks, french fries or onion rings, applesauce, juice or milk
with a cost of $4. Children under
5, free. Latham Colonie Knights of
Columbus, 328 Troy Schenectady
Rd. Latham. Please call 518-7830572 with any questions.
“Fish Fry Fridays”: New Salem
Volunteer Fire Department will
be hosting their annual “Fish Fry
Fridays” during Lent every Friday,
694 New Salem Road. It will go from
4:30 to 7 p.m. Plenty of parking.
Fresh haddock fish, fresh homemade clam strips and fried shrimp.
The dinner includes homemade
coleslaw, a baked potato or French
fries and coffee, tea or lemonade.
Also, you can order homemade
New England or Manhattan clam
chowder and dessert. If you prefer
takeout call 765-2244.
Lenten Fish Fry: Guilderland Elks Lodge #2480 will have
a Lenten Fish Fry every Friday
during the Lenten season. Serving
from 6-8 p.m. All are welcome! 3867
Carman Rd, Schenectady.
Saturday March 5
Rummage Sale: The UCC
Church in Medusa, will have a
rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. There will be lots of new items
including Easter.
United Methodist Church located
at 16 Hillcrest Drive in Ravena.
Come join us from 9 to 3 p.m.
Fiction to non-fiction, you want it
we have it. There are over 35,000
titles to choose from. If you should
clean out your bookshelves before
the sale, we would welcome your
donation. For more information
call 518-731-8076 (Joy) or 518-7566688 (church) and leave a message.
Thacher’s 13th Annual Nature Art Exhibit will be on display at Emma Treadwell Thacher
Nature Center. Opening day reception is 1 to 4 p.m The work of 50
local artists and artisans will be
featured in this exhibit. The focus
of the exhibit is work inspired by
nature or created with natural
materials. The artwork is a vibrant
and inviting mixture of artistic
ideas and creativity, brought to life
in works of watercolor, oil, acrylic,
pen and ink, pastel, photography,
clay, wood, fiber, natural materials
and mixed media. Patrons will have
an opportunity to meet artists, look
at beautiful artwork, cast People’s
Choice votes, sample the refreshments and enjoy the festivities with
old and new friends. Please contact
the park office at 518-872-1237 or
the Nature Center at 1-518-8720800 for additional information.
Visit the park website at www.
nysparks.com for additional information on parks programs.
Spring Ice Show: The Albany
Figure Skating Club will hold its
annual Spring Ice Show at the
Bethlehem YMCA, 900 Delaware
Ave., Delmar, from 1 p.m. to 3
p.m. This event will feature young
figure skaters from all over the
Capital District in solo and group
performances, as well as skaters
from the Albany Figure Skating
Club’s Basic Skills program. The
Albany Figure Skating Club’s
synchronized skating teams will
also perform. Admission is $5 per
person, $3 for seniors and students,
and free for children 5 years old
and under. A bake sale will also
be held. All proceeds will support
the Albany Figure Skating Club’s
activities and programs. For more
information about the Spring Ice
Show, please contact Elissa Baker
at (518) 441-7978 or albanyfsc@
gmail.com, or visit the Club’s website at www.albanyfsc.org.
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Senior News
Hilltowns
Helderberg
By Linda Carman
I was surprised to see so many
seniors out and about to our
Feb. 13 meeting. That just goes
to show who is the strongest
generation. We started the meeting early because a speaker was
coming that is very entertaining
and full of information.
By Phyllis Johnson
I know that every profession
has its own vernacular and its own
perspective on things. Is something
“collectible,” or just old and used?
Are exposed beams an architectural
feature, or just in need of a ceiling?
Sometimes, the language is so
twisted that nothing is what it
sounds like. I refer, of course, to real
estate. Maybe it’s a result of trying
to mix advertising with information;
anything can mean anything, or its
complete opposite.
We all know that cozy means that
the house is so small that the mice
are deformed, and starter home
means that it will take at least
$100,000 to make it habitable. But
that sword cuts both ways. And
nothing is what you think it is.
An appraiser came to look at
my house recently. I spent the
requisite three days beforehand
cleaning and fluffing, and working
to remove the three inches of paper
and piles of books and magazines
from every flat surface, and then
trying to eliminate the bodies of all
the insects that have quietly died in
various corners.
I had finally achieved some
degree of socially acceptable normalcy, or at least neatness, when
the gentleman arrived. Now, I love
my little house; it has privacy, and
comfort, and a lot of features of
which I am very fond.
But this appraiser was also a
realtor. As he looked around, I
mentioned that my property has
two ponds, one of which is stocked
with bass, catfish, and minnows.
“Well, that’s all very nice,” he says,
“but nobody’s going to buy a house
just to get a pond.”
There is also a little iris-bordered
“thinking pond,” down below in
a hollow, where you can sit on a
hunk of bluestone and contemplate
nature.
“Hmmm, how often does it have to
be dredged out?” he wants to know.
The master bedroom, which I use
as a workroom, is upstairs, and has
an attached walk-in closet.
“Only two bedrooms? My paperwork says there should be four,”
he says.
I mention my highly efficient,
leased solar panel system on the
roof, which has given me National
Grid bills of zero for most of the
winter.“Some people don’t want
to be locked into a contract that
somebody else made, and might
be worried about having to clean
them,” he says.
I note the privacy, and the wildlife you can see right outside the
windows, and he wants to know
how often the driveway has to be
plowed, and how much it costs He
explains to me that what I think is
a positive is probably a negative;
black is white and white is black. So
I shouldn’t get my hopes up too high.
So tell me: Is my property a
delightful, private, mid-sized,
environmentally-friendly gem set
amidst wooded acres and serene
ponds, or a tiny, inaccessible, hightech anomaly with water problems?
I guess it all depends on how you
look at it.
Free smoke alarms
Berne, East Berne, and Knox
If you die in an elevator,
don’t forget to push
the “up button.”
Maurice Padula of the state
attorney general's office talked
about ways seniors can protect
themselves against common
scams, Internet security, identity
theft, elder abuse, and taking
care of your health and finances.
We thank him and his office for
all the work they do to protect
the public.
Birthday greetings were sung
to Jean Wright, Barbara Hindenlang, and Alyce Gibbs, who
is celebrating the big 70.
Anniversaries are being celebrated by Mike and Sharon
Vincent, who have been married
49 years, Bill and me at 50 years;
and John and Millie Rossman at
58 years.
Shirley Slingerland reported
on some trips for 2016. She is still
gathering information as some of
the places of interest aren't open
until spring.
Dawn Jordan, from the Berne
town board talked to us about
the use of the senior bus. We
are unable to use it unless it is
sponsored by the Department of
Aging. Otherwise the bus would
be classified as public transportation and they don't have a
rider on their insurance for this.
Further discussion will continue
with the board.
Phyllis Johnson, a member of
the Berne Fire District, told us
that, in two or three weeks, the
district is going to have free fire
alarms for seniors over 60. They
will also put them up for you at
no expense. She was asked if this
program is just for the town of
Berne. She will report back to us,
If you are interested call Phyllis
at 872-9370.
Senior Services of Albany
has cat and dog food available
for those in need. It was also
reported by Linda Hodges that
Albany Senior Services is doing
the lunch at the senior center.
The March meeting will be
held at the Maple on the Lake.
Corned beef and cabbage with all
the trimmings will be served. The
cost is $20 for non-members, and
$10 for members. Call Rosemary
Porter at 785-0726 for reservations. She has to have your payment before March 3, or you will
miss out. There will be no money
taken at the door.
We had several readings for
Valentine’s Day. Did you know
that a billion cards are sold and
85 percent are bought by women?
Come on, men, you can do better
than that.
Remember: If you die in an
elevator, don't forget to push the
"up button."
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Library Notes
seniors, pay attention. You can get
free smoke alarms through your
fire companies. These are 10-year
alarms, so there are no batteries
to change.
They will be installed free of
charge, and wherever you need
them, by firefighters from the
Berne and Knox fire districts.
There are no qualifications other
than being 60 or older.
Call Scott Duncan, the East
Berne chief, at 779-9520, or me at
872-9370 if you live in Berne or
East Berne. For Knox, call Charlotte Fuss, senior coordinator, at
861-8960. Leave your name, address, and telephone number; we
will call you back in a couple of
weeks, when the alarms arrive.
Menu
We also have the lunchtime
menu for next week at the Hilltown
Senior Center. Swap tales with
friends, and enjoy a lunch that you
don’t have to cook. Doors open at 11
a.m., and lunch is served promptly
at noon. As always, we have games
and cards on Monday and Tuesday,
and our own Nancy Frueh playing
old favorites on Fridays.
— Monday, Feb. 29: baked Ziti,
tossed salad with romaine, wholewheat bread, milk, and applesauce;
— Tuesday, March 1: open face
turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes,
butternut squash, whole-wheat
stuffing, milk, and vanilla pudding; and
— Friday, March 4: chicken
Florentine, brown rice, California
blend vegetables, pineapple juice,
whole-wheat bread, milk, and oatmeal cookie.
Please call Linda Hodges 24
hours in advance at 872-0940 to
reserve lunch, or sign up when
you come in. Tell us how many
are coming, your name, and your
telephone number. If you’d just like
to come and help out, give Mary
Moller a call at 861-6253, or email
her at helderbergseniormeals@aol.
com, and put “volunteer” in the
subject line.
Guilderland
The Guilderland Senior Services
is offering the following activities
the week of Feb. 29. Call the senior
office at 356-1980, ext. 1048 with
any questions or for information.
— Monday: Scheduled shopping, aerobics at 9 a.m., Strong
Bones Plus and senior fitness at
10:30 a.m., and Strong Bones Plus
at 1:30 p.m.;
— Tuesday: Strong Bones Plus
at 9 a.m., luncheon of sweet and
sour chicken or cold plate at 11:30
a.m., and bingo/Rummikub at
12:30 p.m.;
— Wednesday: Scheduled
shopping, 20-20-20 Fitness at 9
a.m., Strong Bones Plus at 10:30
a.m., senior fitness at 10:30 a.m.,
needlecraft at 1 p.m., and Strong
Bones Plus at 1:30 p.m.;
— Thursday: Scheduled shopping, Silver Sneakers and Strong
Bones Plus at 9 a.m., and Mahjongg
and Pinochle at 12:30 p.m.; and
— Friday: Scheduled shopping,
painting and Bridge at 10 a.m.,
quilting and intermediate Bridge
at 1 p.m.
By Joe Burke
It’s a Leap Day potluck. Please
join us at the Altamont Free Library at 6 p.m., on Monday, Feb. 29,
for another in our series of fantastic
Eat Around the World Potluck sup-
Tax
pers, this month focusing on the
food and drinks of Portugal and
the Azore Islands.
Don’t know where the Azores
are? Neither did I, but we’ve got
some good friends returning home
from a vacation there and hopefully
they’ll bring some photos and stories from their trip to share. Don’t
forget to bring a dish to share, and
if you don’t already have a favorite
Portuguese or Azorian recipe, you
can always pick up a cookbook here.
Global art project
Every two years, children around
the world participate in a wonderful event known as the Global Art
Project for Peace. Please join us on
Saturday, March 5, from 10 a.m. to
noon to help craft our contribution.
Once we’ve made our art, we will
display it here at the library and
then pack it up and ship it off to
children in another country, and
we will receive their artwork for
us to display here.
This year we’ll be making a
collage of photographs taken by
kids that show what life is like
here in Altamont. We’ve even got
some digital cameras (really iPod
Touch’s) that kids can borrow to
take photos in advance of our
crafting session on March 5. Kids
of all ages can participate in this
extraordinary cultural exchange,
so if you’d like to participate, please
sign up at the library or give us a
call at 861-7239.
Book discussion
On Monday, March 7, at noon
the First Monday Book Club will
meet to discuss "The Elephant’s
Journey" by Jose Saramago. Based
on the true story of an elephant’s
trip from Portugal across Europe
to Austria in 1551 to be given as a
present for the wedding of the Holy
Roman Emperor, this delightful
and short novel was widely praised
on its publication in 2008. Please
join us.
Social Security
planning workshop
Have you been thinking about
retirement? Are you unsure of
how to maximize your income in
your golden years? Do you have
questions about Social Security?
If so, please join us at 6:30 p.m.,
on Tuesday, March 8, for a free
public information workshop called
“Savvy Social Security Planning.”
This workshop is designed to
help people better understand
their Social Security retirement
benefits and what they may be
entitled to. Our presenter, Carol
VanValkenburgh, is a representative of Foresters Financial and
has extensive experience in shepherding folks through the Social
Security process. Please register
in advance at the library or give
us a call at 861-7239.
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at the Nimblefingers open house
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strations, speak with fellow crafters, and enjoy the cozy atmosphere
and scrumptious snacks created
by this group of lovely ladies.
Sherry Burgoon, President of
the Friends of the Library, was on
hand to draw the winning ticket
for the quilt drawing. The handmade quilt, generously donated
to the Friends of the Library by
Nimblefingers, was won by Anna
Wolfe. Congratulations Anna!
Thanks to all who purchased tickets and helped support the FOL.
The Nimblefingers display will be
up until the end of February, so if
you haven’t seen it yet, you only
have a few days left to enjoy.
Starting seedlings indoors
Are you interested in growing
some of your own fruits and vegetables this summer? The library
is partnering with some local
master gardeners to bring you
all the information you will need
to start and grow your own vegetable garden. The first program
in this series is Starting Seedlings
Indoors.
Drop in on Saturday, Feb. 27
at 2 p.m., to learn when to start
different kinds of vegetable seeds
indoors and about indoor lighting
and heating equipment that you
can use to start your garden. Explore seeds from the library's seed
collection. Roundtable discussion
led by Cornell Cooperative Extension Service master gardeners,
and local gardener Sharon Miller.
Watch for another upcoming program, Planning your Vegetable
Garden, coming to the library in
April.
From mindless
to mindful eating
Join us on March 1, at 6 p.m.,
for the first in a series of healthy
lifestyles programs. Most of us
often eat mindlessly, or out of
stress or boredom when we aren’t
really hungry. Surprisingly, people
find they enjoy food more and
actually eat better when they pay
more attention to the experience
of eating. This fun, interactive
workshop will get you started, and
also provide strategies to reduce
mindless eating
Online registration is requested
or stop by the library to sign up
in person. The library will be hosting a series of programs designed
to help you make some healthy
choices. Just a few of the upcoming
healthy lifestyles programs are:
Healthy Habits for a Healthier
You; From Garden to Table; and
Back to School Lunches. Watch
here for more information, or
check our events calendar online.
Personal digital archiving
Our photo albums, letters, and
paper documents are a vital link
to the past. Personal information
we create today has the same
value. The only difference is that
much of it is now digital. Chances
are that you want to keep some
digital photos, e-mail and other
files so that you and your family
can look at them in the future. But
preserving digital information is
a new concept that most people
have little experience with. On
Saturday, March 5, at 10 a.m., you
are invited to learn some tips to
help make your personal digital
information last. Registration is
requested.
.
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Library Notes
Guilderland
Westerlo
Berne
By Mark Curiale
Spring is rumored to be just
around the corner, so it’s time
to “think gardens.” With that in
mind, two garden-focused events
are coming up at the Guilderland
Public Library.
The first, is a discussion of rain
gardens led by Sue Pezzolla, a
horticulture educator from Cornell Cooperative Extension, will
be held on Saturday, Feb. 27, at
10:30 a.m. Rain gardens are small,
shallow depressions that collect
storm water run-off, allowing the
water to be cleaned as it filters
down through the soil to the local
aquifer. These gardens use native
plants that can withstand the
extremes of drought and excess
water, and work well with our local environment, offering food for
birds and pollinators.
Then on the following Saturday,
March 5, at 10:30 a.m., organic
vegetable gardening is the focus of
discussion. Ms. Pezzolla will give
you all you need to know to get
started growing vegetables. This
class will also be a good review
for seasoned gardeners who want
guidance on the best approach to
growing great vegetables organically. Following that, there’s “The
Nitty Gritty of Soil: Beyond the
pH,” with CCE master gardener
Mary Carol White, on Saturday,
March 12, at 10:30 a.m. All are
fascinating programs, full of practical guidance and information.
These classes are registered
events: Please call 456-2400, ext.
2 to let us know you’re attending.
Celebrate Dr. Seuss'
birthday
Kids, come to GPL to help
celebrate Dr. Seuss’s special day
with crafts and games and lots
of fun on Wednesday, March 2, at
6:30 p.m. (By the way, Dr. Seuss
was born in 1904, so this would’ve
been his 112th Birthday! Imagine
the candles!)
Born Theodor Seuss Geisel, the
American Poet Laureate of Nonsense wrote and illustrated more
than 40 books, each one a delightful tour through imagination and
a stepping-stone to millions upon
millions of children learning to
read.
By Sue Hoadley
The Westerlo Library quilting
group will meet on Saturday,
Feb. 27, at 11 a.m., at the library.
Members show and share techniques, gadgets, projects ,and
ideas or you may get help with
problems or inspiration. Bring
any fabric or fiber (knit, crochet,
weaving, etc.) project to show.
We would love to see what you
can do.
Led by Lila Hollister Smith,
the group is open to all crafters
who use fibers and textiles at all
skill levels. The group meets the
second and fourth Saturday of
each month and new members
are welcome.
Story time
Check out our new time on
Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to
noon. Miss Lee presents stories,
songs, and movement activities
designed for infants to children
up to 5 years old. In addition to
developing pre-reading skills,
singing, moving to music, and
playing instruments, the activites all help foster a sense of
rhythm and timing that are essential elements in developing
the part of a child’s brain that
shapes math skills.
Story times are also a great opportunity to meet other parents
of small children in Westerlo.
After school
at the library
Join Miss Lee on Monday
afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30
By Judy Petrosillo
"How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before its June.
My goodness how the time has
flewn. How did it get so late so
soon?" wrote Dr. Seuss.
The National Education Association celebrates Read Across
America on Wednesday, March 2,
which is the birth date of Theodor
Seuss Geisel.
Photo contest
The time has come to reveal
the winners of the photo contest.
The Photography contest reception is at 11 a.m., on Saturday,
Feb. 27. Come and see the winners of the people's choice in
addition to those chosen by the
judges. Thank you to Colleen
Skiff, Agnes Zellin, and Paul
Tick for volunteering to judge
the entrees. It was a difficult task
because of the superb quality of
the 53 pictures.
Game night
Game Night is at 7 p.m., on
Sunday, Feb. 28. This is a fun
time for adults to play board
games. If you would like to hone
your skills before playing with
others, games may be borrowed
from the library between game
nights.
Clock discussion
If the sands of time move
too quickly for you, perhaps
your clocks need adjusting. Jim
Burghart is discussing the history and mechanics of clocks
during the antique clock program
on Monday, Feb. 29. He will show
how to maintain antique clocks
and dispel some clock myths.
Bring a friend, but not your clock,
to this special program at 7 p.m.
Dr. Seuss story time
People often asked Dr. Seuss
where he got his ideas. According to his biography by Judith
and Neil Morgan, he once said
he went to a small hamlet called
Uber Gletch on the fourth of
August each summer to get his
cuckoo clock repaired. While the
cuckoo was in the hospital, he
would wander around and get
ideas from the strange people in
the streets. Of course, he tended
to invent answers.
Dr. Seuss was childless but he
invented a fictional daughter,
Chrysanthemum-Pearl, who did
astonishing things. The books of
Dr. Seuss will be the theme for
story time on Tuesday, March 1.
Children ages 1 to 5 and their
caregivers are invited to be in
the right place at the right time.
Join Ms. Kathy at 10:30 a.m., in
the community room for stories,
activities, and a craft.
Friends meet
While families are reading
across America on Wednesday,
March 2, the Friends of the Berne
Library will be meeting at 7:00
p.m. to discuss funding library
needs. If you have the time to
help, it would be greatly appreciated. The next fund-raiser is the
book, movie, jewelry, and scarf
sale on March 19 and 20, at the
Hilltown Senior Center. Donated
items may be brought to the
center at 1360 Helderberg Trail
on Saturday, March 12, from 9
a.m. to noon.
Family movie night
Once upon a time, dinosaurs
roamed the earth. Although they
are extinct, they hit the big time
in the movies. Family Movie
Night at the library is Friday,
March 5. The animated film being shown is rated PG and begins
at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free
and refreshments are provided.
This is an inexpensive way to
have a good time on the hill.
As Dr. Seuss said, "Today was
good. Today was fun. Tomorrow
is another one." Make time to
visit the library this week.
— Photo from Paulette Simpson
Creating a masterpiece: Lena Thomas participates in the Junior
Chef Challenge at the Berne Public Library on Feb. 18. The challenge was to decorate one cupcake as an animal and the other for a
holiday. The judges were Becky Waldenmaier and Sharon Tiernan.
“There is no one alive
who is you-er than you!”
What’s your favorite? “The Cat
in the Hat”? “Fox in Sox”? How
about “Green Eggs and Ham”? Or
something else? We want to know,
so be sure to tell us when you come
to the party. And remember: “Today you are you! That is truer than
true! There is no one alive who is
you-er than you!” – Dr. Seuss
GPL Pops Up at the Y!
GPL comes to you, this time
at the Guilderland YMCA on
Wednesday, March 2, from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m., so stop by the Y. You'll
be able to get a library card, borrow books and DVDs, download
the latest eBooks, and register
for programs.
The history of tea
Join Matthew, of Short and
Stout Tea Room, at GPL on
Thursday, March 3, at 7 p.m., as
he shares anecdotes and tips from
the world of tea with us. Tasting
included. Please register by calling 456-2400, ext. 2.
Teen Legos
GPL’s Tween and Teen Lego
Club is a great place for tweens
and teens to show off creations
from home, or to work on a great
project with friends and fellow
Lego fans. The next meeting, it’s
not really a club:, is on Monday,
Feb. 29, at 6:30 p.m.
— Photo by Kristen Roberts
Dressed like Minnie Mouse, a girl looks lost in thought as instructor Janine Murphy, not pictured,
leads participants through a series of poses in Bethlehem library’s Family Yoga program on Wednesday, Feb. 17.
p.m. for homework help, games,
crafts, puzzles, music, and a lot
more. Programs will also include
storytelling, hands-on demonstrations, and visits from special
guests. Lee is also available on
Thursdays from 3 to 8 p.m. for
homework help.
Technology walk-in Wednesday
Do you have a new Kindle
or Nook but don’t know how to
download books? Need to brush
up on your computer skills or
obtain basic skills? See Amy on
Wednesdays between 10 a.m.
and 1 p.m., for free, personalized,
one-on-one instruction.
Library info
All library programming is
free, unless otherwise noted,
and open to the public. For more
information, contact the library
during business hours at 7973415, visit westerlolibrary.org,
or find us on Facebook at www.
facebook.com/westerlolibrary.
Bethlehem
By Kristen Roberts
If you’ve heard all about the
Bethlehem Public Library’s MakerBot 3D printer and are curious
to see it in action, we’ve got an upcoming demonstration that could
help demystify the cutting-edge
technology. Join us on Saturday,
Feb. 27, from 11 a.m. to noon, and
learn how the printer works and
what can be created with it. Signup is required: Click on “events”
at www.bethlehempubliclibrary.
org or call 439-9314.
Once you’ve seen how the MakerBot works, you might just be
ready to take your 3D printing
knowledge to the next level. If
that’s the case, drop by the information desk to schedule a one-onone orientation that will allow you
to print independently. Anyone
with a card from a library within
the Upper Hudson Library System
is welcome to use the MakerBot.
Museum passes
In need of a little culture? We’d
like to remind you that the library
has a fantastic selection of museum passes that can be borrowed
for three days at a time.
Thanks to our Library Friends,
patrons can visit a number of
area museums for free, including the Eric Carle Museum of
Picture Book Art, MASS MoCA,
the Albany Institute of History
& Art, Museum of Innovation
and Science (miSci), Children’s
Museum at Saratoga, and more.
Recently added to the collection
is a pass to the INTREPID Sea,
Air & Space Museum Complex in
New York City.
Passes are available first-come,
first-served; no renewals or requests. You’ll find the complete
list of museums at www.bethlehempubliclibrary.org; click on
the “museum passes” quick link.
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...Old Marines swap stories on 71st anniversary of Iwo Jima flag-rising
flag-raising took place, our total
troops had suffered about 13,000
casualties, including over 3,000
dead.”
The battle to win Iwo Jima lasted
36 days. “Before the island was
secure,” Smith wrote, “we would
suffer another 11,000 casualties
and we would take the lives of
almost all of the enemy. Over 6,000
of our men lost their lives fighting
on Iwo.”
Smith said as he held a fork over
his plate of eggs and potatoes, “It
was a living hell.”
He wrote in his book, “The enemy
troops were not inexperienced. We
were fighting some of Japan’s best
warriors, battle tested and sworn
to defend their homeland and give
their lives for the emperor.”
He also wrote, “I believe just
about everyone on Iwo Jima and
many of the ships at sea could see
the flag raising on Suribachi on
February 23, 1945. It was a good
feeling and a great moment of pride
for us to see the Stars and Stripes
go up and fly over the island.
“Up to this point, the battle was
really tough and the worst fighting
we had ever encountered and I still
wonder how any of us got off the
beach alive. The Lord was good!”
Lucky in hell
Dick Varone was a forward
observer with the Fifth Division
of Marines. “They’d send me up to
the front. I was a radioman. When
a machine-gun nest held us up,
I would radio back so the flamethrowers could burn them out.”
Varone said that the anniversary
of the flag-raising “just reminds me
how lucky I was to get through it
and go home.”
“You never forget it.”
He returned home to a father
who expected him to run the family’s hotel and restaurant. “I tried
it and didn’t like it,” said Varone.
Instead, he had a 30-year career
working for General Electric
Silicone.
“You never forget it,” Varone
said of the fierce fighting on Iwo
Jima. Referring to his priest, he
said, “Father Patterson would talk
about purgatory and hell. I’d tell
him ‘I’ve already been there. I was
at Iwo Jima.’”
Tom Lemmon spent 13 days in
the front lines without knowing
most of his company — Company G,
“You didn’t dare raise your head,” says Tom Lemmon, describing the need to stay low in foxholes
at Iwo Jima. When Marines first landed on the island’s beaches, they couldn’t use foxholes because ash
from volcanoes would fill in the hole almost as soon as it was dug.
Wearing Purple Hearts around their necks, Tom Smith, left, and Dick Varone enjoy breakfast at the
Home Front Café in Altamont. They belong to a Capital Region group of Iwo Jima survivors — only
four of the original 12 are left — who gather for food and camaraderie. Anyone who would like to join
may call Mark Yingling at (518) 265-5972 or email [email protected].
St. John’s
St. John’s Lutheran Church at
140 Maple Avenue in Altamont
has an informal Sunday worship service at 8:30 a.m. and a
traditional service at 11 a.m. On
Feb. 28.
Sunday school starts at 9:45
a.m.
At the 11 a.m. service, the
theme will be “Who Is to Blame,”
based on Luke 13:1-9.
Choir anthem is "Jesus Walked
this Lonesome Valley," by Theron
Kirk.
2nd Battalion, 25th Marines — was
killed. Pointing from his seat at the
back of the café the 30 or so feet to
the front windows, he said, “I was
that far away and I never realized
my company was wiped out. I was
always down in the foxhole. You
didn’t dare raise your head.” One
time, he said, “I raised my head to
fire and a bullet came by my head.”
Lemmon went on, “One night,
three of us dug a foxhole.” The
three men took turns, with one on
watch for an hour while the other
two slept. It was Lemmon’s turn to
sleep when, he recalled, “A hand
grenade went off. I heard it with
my eyes shut,” said Lemmon. “The
kid on watch got killed.”
It wasn’t just wounds from the
grenade that hurt the watchman. Lemmon explained that the
watchman had yelled, “There’s a
Jap.” Lemmon said, “Someone in
the next foxhole shot him.” That
soldier, said Lemmon, “When he
realized he hit the kid on watch,
he cracked; he cracked.”
Lemmon returned home to his
family and its business of running food markets. He managed a
store at Lake and State streets in
Albany for 40-odd years. Then he
got interested in archery and sold
archery equipment.
Famularo was 19, a rifleman,
when he got shot on Iwo Jima. “I
got shot in the leg and had shrapnel
wounds all over,” he said. He lifted
up his shirtsleeve to show one of the
scars on his upper arm. “My friends
said to me, ‘Sal, don’t drink water.
It will leak out all over.’”
After the war, Famularo worked
as a bartender “in the better places
and restaurants,” he said.
He says he feels “very privileged”
to be part of the Iwo Jima Survivors
group. “We all have something in
common,” he said. “We were in the
most elite branch of the service
there ever was. The Army has
its mules, but the Navy’s got its
Marines.”
The anniversary of the flagraising means a lot to him, said
Famularo. “When I landed at Iwo,
I was a snotty-nosed kid,” he said.
Famularo got wounded four days
after the flag-raising, on Feb. 27,
1945. “I was picked up by a tank.
It went right over me, dropped an
escape hatch, and picked me up.
They took me to the beach. I was
lying on the beach, waiting for a
LCVP to take me out to a hospital
ship,” he said of a Landing Craft,
Vehicle, Personnel.
He was taken to a hospital on
Guam where he started his five
months of recovery and was “tickled to death” when he was flown
home.
But it didn’t erase his memory
of lying on the beach, wounded —
waiting.
“On the beach, as far as your eye
could see, there were hundreds,
and hundreds, and hundreds, and
hundreds of wounded and dead
Marines waiting to be put aboard
the Higgins boat.
“Guys were screaming — calling
for their mothers, calling for their
wives. How I managed to stay not
off my rocker, I’ll never know...I just
wanted to get home.”
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purpose.
(1-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification of SHB
Advisors, LLC.
Articles of Org. filed with NY
Secretary of State (NS) on January 7, 2016, office location: Albany
County, NS is designated as agent
upon whom process may be
served, NS shall mail service of process (SOP) to NW Registered Agent
LLC @ 90 State St STE 700 Office
40, Albany, NY 12207, NW Registered Agent LLC is designated as
agent for SOP at 90 State St STE
700 Office 40, Albany, NY 12207,
purpose is any lawful purpose.
(2-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Sounds
Crazy Games, LLC.
Articles of Org. filed with
NY Secretary of State (NS) on
12/21/15, office location: Albany
served, NS shall mail service of
process (SOP) to NW Registered
Agent LLC @ 90 State St STE 700
Office 40, NW Registered Agent
LLC is designated as agent for
SOP at 90 State St STE 700 Office
40, purpose is any lawful purpose.
(3-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Realest
Society LLC.
Secretary of State (NS) on November 12, 2015, office location:
Albany County, NS is designated
as agent upon whom process may
be served, NS shall mail service of
process (SOP) to CORPORATION
SERVICE COMPANY @ 80 STATE
ST. ALBANY, NY 12207, CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY is
designated as agent for SOP at
80 STATE ST. ALBANY, NY 12207,
(4-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Articles of organization of K & D
Auto Parts, LLC under section 203
of the Limited Liability Company
Law were filed on November
30, 2015. First: The name of the
limited liability company is: K & D
Auto Parts, LLC.
Second:
the county within this state in
which the office of the limited
liability company is to be located
is Albany. Third: Secretary of State
is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom
process against it may be served.
The address within or without
this state to which the Secretary
of State shall mail a copy of any
process against the limited liability
company served upon him or her
is: 975 Brook Avenue Bronx, NY
10451.
(5-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Anchor
Groupe LLC. Articles of Org. filed
with NY Secretary of State (NS) on
January 7, 2016, office location:
as agent upon whom process
may be served, NS shall mail
service of process (SOP) to NW
Registered Agent LLC @ 90 State
St STE 700 Office 40, Albany, NY
12207, NW Registered Agent LLC
is designated as agent for SOP at
90 State St STE 700 Office 40,
Albany, NY 12207, purpose is any
lawful purpose.
(6-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF
DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY. Name: DAZ Real Estate Development LLC. Articles of
Organization were filed with the
Secretary of State of New York
(SSNY) on January 7, 2016. Office
Location: Albany County. Purpose:
for any lawful purpose. SSNY has
been designated as agent of the
LLC upon which process against
it may be served. SSNY shall mail
a copy of any process to the LLC
at 512 Covington Pl, Slingerlands,
NY 12159.
(7-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of TATKO
LAW FIRM, PLLC. Articles of
Formation filed with Secretary of
State of NY (SSNY) on 11/10/2015.
Office location and principal business: 90 State St., Ste. 700, Albany, NY 12207; Albany County.
SSNY designated as agent of
PLLC upon whom process against
a copy of process to 90 State St.,
Ste. 700, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: profession of law.
(8-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION of limited liability company (LLC). Name:
DECATUR APTS LLC. Articles of
Organization filed with Secretary
of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/7/2016.
Office location: Albany County.
SSNY designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail copy of
process to: THE LLC PO BOX 993,
LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701. Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
(9-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION of
limited liability company (LLC).
Name: 1325 53 LLC. Articles of
process to: THE LLC 5014 16TH
AVENUE SUITE 132, BROOKLYN,
NY 11204. Purpose: any lawful
purpose.
(10-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of David
Perrott & Associates LLC.
(11-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
NAME: Addison Cooper Consulting, LLC. Articles of Organization
were filed with the Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY) on
12/11/2015. Office location: Albany
County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail a copy of
process to the LLC, 2390 Western Ave Guilderland, NY 12084.
Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
(12-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation domestic/
qualification of Kensil Portfolio
LLC.
Secretary of State (NS) on [December 09, 2015], office location:
(13-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qual. of Sunnova AP5A, LLC filed with Sec of State NY
(SSNY): 10/14/15 in Albany Co.
Formed in DE: 10/09/15. SSNY
desig. agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be served
& shall mail process to: Corporation Service Company, 80 State St,
Albany, NY 12207-2453. Foreign
add: 2711 Centerville Rd, Ste 400,
Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy of State Corp
Service Co, 2711 Centerville Rd
Ste 400, Wilmington, DE 19808.
Purpose: General
(14-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qual. of Sunnova AP5
Conduit, LLC filed with Sec of State
NY (SSNY): 10/5/15 in Albany Co.
process against it may be served
& shall mail process to: Corporation Service Company, 80 State St,
Albany, NY 12207-2453. Foreign
add: 2711 Centerville Rd, Ste 400,
Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy of State Corp
Service Co, 2711 Centerville Rd
Ste 400, Wilmington, DE 19808.
Purpose: General
(14b-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Luque
PLLC, a New York professional
service limited liability company
(“Luque”) filed its Application of
Authority with the Secretary of
State of New York (“SSNY”) on
December 30, 2015. Luque’s office
location is in Albany County. SSNY
has been designated as agent of
the PLLC upon whom process
against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail a copy of process to: 90
State Street, Suite 700, Albany,
NY 12207. The general purpose is
to practice the profession of law.
(15-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
115 WEST 78 LLC. Arts. of Org.
was filed with SSNY on 11/25/05.
LLC whom process against may
be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Robert S. Bennett, 1404
3rd Avenue, Suite 3S, New York,
NY 10075. Purpose: all lawful
activities.
(16-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC).
Name: REMEDIES WINE AND
SPIRITS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Secretary of
State, January 12, 2016. Purpose:
to engage in any lawful act or activity. Office: in Albany County. Secretary of State is agent for process
against LLC and shall mail copy to
182 Main St., Altamont, NY 12009.
(17-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
MJK Farms, LLC filed with
secretary of state of NY (SSNY) on
12/3/15. Office location is Albany
county. SSNY is designated as
agent of LLC upon whom process
shall mail process to: 6732 Dunnsville RD, Altamont, NY 12009. Any
lawful purpose.
(18-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Empresa
Noronha LLC.
Secretary of State (NS) on 9/24/15,
office location: Albany County, NS
is designated as agent upon whom
process may be served, NS shall
mail service of process (SOP) to
NW Registered Agent LLC @ 90
State St STE 700 Office 40, NW
Registered Agent LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State
St STE 700 Office 40, purpose is
any lawful purpose.
(19-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qual. of Jaygray, LLC
filed with Sec of State NY (SSNY):
12/10/15 in Albany Co. Formed in
DE: 11/18/15. SSNY desig. agent
of LLC upon whom process against
it may be served & shall mail
process to : 111 Eighth Ave, New
York, NY 10011. Foreign add: 150
Greentree Dr Ste 101, Dover, DE
19904. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy
Of State, 401 Federal St Ste 4,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: General
(20-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Aco Ventures II LLC Arts of
Org filed with Secy. of State of
NY (SSNY) on 10/28/15. Office in
Albany Co. SSNY desig. agent of
LLC upon whom process against
it may be served & shall mail process to PO Box 10873, Albany, NY
12201. Purpose: General.
(21-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
CCFC ASSOCIATES, LLC Arts
of Org filed with Secy. of State of
(22-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
725 Park Ave LLC Arts of Org
filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 10/26/15. Office in Albany Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC
be served & shall mail process to
Po Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(23-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
18 Spencer LLC Arts of Org filed
with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)
on 12/24/15. Office in Albany Co.
SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon
served & shall mail process to Po
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(24-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
180 Bay 8 Realty LLC Arts of
it may be served & shall mail process to Po Box 10873, Albany, NY
(25-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
265 East 4th St LLC Arts of
(26-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Chaim Vtov LLC Arts of Org filed
with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on
9/1/15. Office in Albany Co. SSNY
process against it may be served &
shall mail process to Chaim Mauskopf, 217 Spencer St, Brooklyn,
NY 11206. Purpose: General.
(27-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Rav Brucha LLC Arts of Org filed
served & shall mail process to
Joseph Mauskopf, 217 Spencer
St, Brooklyn, NY 11205. Purpose:
General.
(28-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Simon Brucha LLC Arts of Org
(SSNY) on 9/3/15. Office in Albany
Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC
Joseph Mauskopf, 217 Spencer
St, Brooklyn, NY 11205. Purpose:
General.
(29-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
4520 Realty LLC Arts of Org filed
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(30-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
227 Pearl St LLC Arts of Org filed
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(31-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
ECYYM Brothers, LLC Arts of
LLC upon whom process against it
may be served & shall mail process
to PO BOX 10873, Albany, NY
(32-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
FreshBakedNY LLC Arts of
(33-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Bodsem Properties LLC Arts
(34-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
DSK Winthrop Realty LLC Arts
(35-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Berlando Design LLC Arts of
(36-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Rolls Flatbush LLC Arts of Org
Purpose: General.
(37-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Jessie Blu LLC Arts of Org filed
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(38-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Happy Family Dental, PLLC Arts
12201. Purpose: Dentistry.
(39-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Parkview Builders LLC Arts of
(40-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Lev Holdings NY LLC Arts of
(41-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
1148 Nostrand Realty LLC Arts
(42-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qual. of Zen Anchor
Digital LLC filed with Sec of State
NY (SSNY): 12/28/15 in Albany Co.
process against it may be served &
shall mail process to : 100 Stuyvesant Place Apt N3, Staten Island, NY
10301. Foreign add: Corp Service
Co, 2711 Centerville Rd Ste 400,
Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secy. Of State Of De Div
Of Corp, 401 Federal St, Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: General
(43-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Midtown Bushwick LLC Arts
(44-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
The World Changers LLC Arts
(45-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
The Business Card Shoppe LLC
Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 11/12/15. Office in
(46-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
EBCO Development LLC Arts
(47-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
42 Carman Avenue LLC Arts
(48-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
170 East 87th Street Apartment
East 8d LLC Arts of Org filed with
Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/10/15. Office in Albany Co.
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(49-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
AK Partners Group NY LLC Arts
(50-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Aco Ventures LLC Arts of Org
PO Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(51-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
2175 Quarry Rd, LLC Arts of
Org filed with Secy. of State of NY
Purpose: General.
(52-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Pulaskishi LLC Arts of Org filed
served & shall mail process to PO
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(53-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Chai Shulem LLC Arts of Org
(SSNY) on 12/29/15. Office in
to 683 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY
(54-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
19 West 183rd LLC Arts of Org
Purpose: General.
(55-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Realty Pulaski LLC Arts of Org
Purpose: General.
(56-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
731 Montauk Court Holding LLC
(57-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
238 Pulaski Street LLC Arts of
(58-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Lott Consulting LLC Arts of
(59-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Multinational Consulting Group,
LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of
Office in Albany Co. SSNY desig.
against it may be served & shall
mail process to 90 Adams Pl, Delmar, NY 12054. Purpose: General.
(60-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Rogers Equities NY LLC Arts
(61-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
JOTO LLC Arts of Org filed
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(62-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Real Success Management LLC
(63-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
174 Knickerbocker LLC Arts
(64-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Cut Above On 7th, LLC Arts of
PO BOX 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(65-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Bedford 2584 LLC Arts of Org
Purpose: General.
(66-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Wyckoff Advisors LLC Arts of
(67-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Lewis Hart Holdings LLC Arts
(68-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
2220 12th Street, LLC Arts of
to C/O Adam Sanders, 169 South
Main St Ste 379, New City, NY
(69-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
2170 East 9th Street Holding
mail process to Po Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201. Purpose: General.
(70-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of HomeFix, LLC. Articles of Organization
filed with the Secretary of State of
New York (SSNY) on 11/12/2015.
SSNY has been designated as
agent of the LLC upon whom
Address: HomeFix, LLC, 1071
Madison Ave, 2, Albany, 12208.
Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.
Latest date upon which LLC is
dissolve: No specific date.
(71-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation domestic of
EMBODIED STATE OF MIND LLC.
Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (NS) on 10/5/2015,
any lawful purpose.
(72-27-32)
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LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of foreign qualification of
FIFi Properties, LLC. Articles of Org.
filed with NY Secretary of State (NS)
on August 28, 2015 office location:
be served; NS shall mail service of
Agent LLC@90 State Street Suite
NW Registered Agent LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State
Street Suite 700 Office 40, Albany,
NY 12207, purpose is any lawful
purpose.
(73-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION, Disaster Medical Technologies,
LLC. Articles of Organization
Filed with Secretary of State of
New York (SSNY) on December
7, 2015. Office location: Albany.
SSNY designated for service of
process. SSNY shall mail copies
of any process served against the
LLC to The LLC at: P.O. Box 1531,
Auburn, AL 36831. Purpose: any
lawful Purpose or activity.
(1-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
905 STERLING EQUITY LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with
Secretary of State of NY (SSNY)
on 7/28/2015. Office location: Albany County. SSNY designated as
shall mail copy of process to: THE
LLC 232 BROADWAY, STE 400,
BROOKLYN, NY 11211. Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
(2-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of 178
Osborne Ter.LLC .Articles of Org.
filed with NY Secretary of State
(NS) on 9/25/15, office location:
be served, NS shall mail service
of process (SOP) to Registered
Agents Inc. @ 90 State St STE 700
Office 40, Registered Agents Inc.
is designated as agent for SOP
at 90 State St STE 700 Office 40,
(3-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Metro
College Consulting LLC. Articles
of Org. filed with NY Secretary of
State (NS) on December 7, 2015,
any lawful purpose.
(4-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation HATCH
GLOBAL COMMERCE LLC. Art. of
Org. filed with SSNY on 01/12/16.
SSNY is designated as agent upon
whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail service of process
to NW Registered Agent LLC @ 90
State Street Suite 700 Office 40,
Albany, NY 12207. NW Registered
Agent LLC is designated as agent
for SOP at 90 State Street Suite
700 Office 40, Albany, NY 12207.
Purpose: any lawful purpose.
(5-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of B L Breslin Consulting, LLC. Articles of
on 01/14/2016. Office location:
Albany County. SSNY has been
designated as agent of the LLC
be served. SSNY shall mail process
served to: Suite 210, 25 Doorstone
Dr S, Latham, NY 12110 Purpose:
any lawful act.
(6-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
CEDARVALE MARKETING, LLC.
Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on
12/30/15. Office: Albany. SSNY
process to Jonathan Hernandez, 7
Peter Cooper Road, Apt 1C, New
York, NY 10010. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
(8-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). Name: IngenuityCubed, LLC. Articles of Organization
filed with NY Secretary of State,
November 2nd, 2015. Purpose: To
engage in any lawful act or activity
under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. Registered Office: in Albany County. Northwest
Registered Agent, LLC. has been
designated as agent for process
against LLC and copy may be
mailed to 90 STATE STREET SUITE
700, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12207.
(9-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Darowhyte, LLC, a domestic
LLC filed with the Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY) on
01/06/2016. Office: Albany County.
SSNY designated as agent of the
copy of process to 257 1st street,
Albany, NY 12206. Purpose: General purpose.
(10-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY (LLC) JKS CAPITAL,
LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the
SSNY on 12/28/15. Office: Albany
County. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. SSNY is designated agent
of the LLC upon whom process
shall mail copy of process to the
LLC. C/O Michael Dunn, 2 Beekman Court, Loudonville, NY 12211.
(11-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of domestic formation of
Tawni Bannister Studios LLC
Secretary of State (NS) January 19,
Registered Agents Inc. @ 90 State
St STE 700 Office 40, Registered
Agents Inc. is designated as agent
for SOP at 90 State St STE 700
Office 40, purpose is any lawful
purpose.
(12-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
DG 1076 DEAN LLC. Articles of
Organization filed with Secretary of
copy of process to: THE LLC 7520 VLEIGH PLACE, FLUSHING,
purpose.
(13-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Name: LINDEN HOLDER LLC.
Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on
County. SSNY designated as agent
copy of process to: THE LLC C/O
BUSHBURG PROPERTIES INC.
3611 14TH AVENUE SUITE 400,
any lawful purpose.
(14-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Name: JH LINDEN LLC. Articles of
BUSHBURG PROPERTIES INC.
any lawful purpose.
(15-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
HANDL, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed
Sec. of State of NY 10/16/2015.
Off. Loc.:Albany Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process
against it may be served. SSNY to
mail copy of process to The Limited Liability Company, 179 Prince
Street, Apt. 3, New York, NY 10013.
Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.
(16-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
BHAGWAT PSYCHOLOGICAL
SERVICES LLC. Art. of Org. filed
with the SSNY on 03/13/15. Office:
Albany County. SSNY designated
as agent of the LLC upon whom
SSNY shall mail copy of process to
the LLC, c/o Ranjit Bhagwat, 952
Troy-Schenectady Road, Ste 123,
Latham, NY 12110. Purpose: Any
lawful purpose.
(17-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Spaceton, LLC.
Spaceton, LLC. Art. of Org.
(NS) on 09-Dec-2015. Office:
Albany County. NS is designated
Agent LLC @ 90 State Street, STE
700, Office 40, Albany, New York
12207 Registered Agent LLC is
designated as agent for SOP at
90 State St STE 700 Office 40,
(18-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of GEMANU, LLC. Articles of Org. filed
with NY Secretary of State (NS)
on 1/12/2016, Office location:
purpose.
(19-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION of Kuhar Family Farm LLC (DOM. LLC).
Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on
1/13/16, Office: Albany County.
copy of process to the LLC, c/o
Micah Kuhar, 419 CR 361, Rensselaerville, NY 12147. Purpose: any
lawful activities.
(20-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Behutet
LLC. Articles of Org. filed with
LEGAL NOTICE
14.01.2016 Albany County, NS is
designated as agent upon whom
mail service of process (SOP)to Veil
Corporate, LLC @ 911 Central Ave
#188 Albany, NY 12206. Veil Corporate, LLC is designated as agent
for SOP at 911 Central Ave #188,
(21-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Articles of Organization of Scisci
Art, LLC (the “LLC”) were filed with
the Secretary of State of New York
(“SSNY”) on November 12, 2015,
effective upon the date of filing.
Office Location: Albany County.
SSNY has been designated as
SSNY may mail a copy of any
process to the LLC c/o Jessica Luberda, 556 Kenwood Ave Delmar,
New York. The purpose for which
the LLC is formed is any lawful act.
(22-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Emulsion
Pictures, LLC. Articles of Org. filed
on 11/12/2015, office location:
Agent LLC @ 90 State Street Suite
NW Registered Agent LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90
lawful purpose.
(1-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Main Street LLC. Articles of Org.
of process (SOP) to Northwest
St. STE 700 office 40, Northwest
St. STE 700 office 40, purpose is
any lawful purpose.
(2-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation: True Translations LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of
New York (SSNY) on 1/4/16. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC upon
served. SSNY shall mail process
to the LLC: 71 Hilton Road, Slingerlands, NY 12159. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(3-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Collection 26 LLC Articles of
Org. filed with NY Secretary of
State (NS) on 20th January 2016.
purpose.
(4-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation [domestic]
of The Cr3w Ent.
Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (NS) on 1/25/2016
purpose.
(5-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Crowded
Outlet, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
on 11/10/15, office location: Albany County, NS is designated as
agent upon whom process may
(6-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of TopRidge
Partners, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on
process to 7 Cloverfield Dr, Loudonville, NY 12211. Purpose: any
lawful activities.
(7-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Windrose
Power and Gas, LLC. Articles of
State (NS) on 12-10-2015, office
location: Albany County, NS is
for SOP at 90 State St STE 700 Office 40, Albany, NY 12207, purpose
is any lawful purpose.
(8-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of LAMBO
NYSEA LLC.
any lawful purpose.
(10-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification of LOUDOUN INSURANCE GROUP,LLC
App. for Auth. filed with NY
Secretary of State (NS) on 1/26/1
6. Office location: Albany County.
LLC formed in VA on 12/8/2004.
NYS fictitious name: LOUDOUN
GROUP, LLC. Address for service
of process (SOP) in VA is 5 WIRT
STREET SW STE 300, L
EESBURG.
NS is designated as agent for SOP,
NS shall mail SOP to REGISTERED
AGENTS INC @ 90 State St STE
700 Office 40, REGISTERED
AGENTS INC is designated as
agent for SOP at 90 State St STE
700 Office 40, purpose is any lawful purpose.
(11-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Oscar
Worthy Productions, LLC. Articles
of Organization filed with New
York Secretary of State (NS) on
October 16, 2015, office location:
Agents, Inc., at 90 State Street,
Suite 700, Office 40, Registered
Agents is designated as agent for
SOP at 90 State Street, Suite 700,
purpose.
(12-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of 1981 LLC.
(13-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Blummer Productions LLC
purpose.
(14-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Rose
Global Holdings, LLC. Articles of
Organization filed with the Secy. of
State (SSNY) on 01/05/16. Office
SSNY shall mail process to: Registered Agents Inc., 90 State Street,
Suite 700, Office 40, Albany, NY
12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
(15-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Cognosity
Consulting, LLC.
(16-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
COMPANY (LLC)
The name of the LLC is Prime
Lake Avenue LLC. The Articles of
Organization of the LLC were filed
with the NY Secretary of State on
January 28, 2016. The purpose of
the LLC is to engage in any lawful
act or activity. The office of the
LLC is to be located in Albany
County. The Secretary of State is
designated as the agent of the LLC
upon whom process against the
LLC may be served. The address
to which the Secretary of State
against the LLC is c/o Dean DeVito,
621 Columbia Street, Cohoes, New
York 12047.
(17-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of domestic
limited liability company: CertRebel, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY) on
October 19, 2015. Office location:
Albany County. Registered Agents,
Inc is designated as agent upon
whom process may be served, 90
Albany, NY 12207. SSNY shall also
mail a copy of process to Gregory
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Jaskowiak, 23-41 31st Drive, Apt
2R, Astoria, NY 11106. Purpose:
For any lawful purpose.
(18-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of limited
liability company Roselawn Estates, LLC. Articles of Org. filed
on 1/25/2016, office location:
of process to the LLC at: 311
Partridgeberry Ct, Schenectady,
purpose.
(19-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
NAME: Mont Sky Real Estate
LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY
Secretary of State (NS) on 1/28/16.
Office location: Albany County, NS
purpose.
(20-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of JAEM
Assets LLC.
(21-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
DARA INTERNATIONAL TRADING LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the
SSNY on 11/18/15. Office: Albany
shall mail copy of process to the
LLC, c/o United States Corporation
Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue,
Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.
Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
(22-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Transportation Advisory Group
LLC, filed with the SSNY 10/23/15.
Office location: Albany County,
Latham NY. SSNY is designated as
agent upon whom process against
the LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to the LLC, PO
Box 268, Latham, NY 12110.
(1-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Limited
Liability Company. Name: The
Beverwijck Group, LLC. Art. of
Org. filed with Sec. of State 1/7/16.
Office Location: Albany County.
Sec. of State designated agent of
it may be served. The address to
which the Sec. of State shall mail
a copy of any process is P.O. Box
11415, Albany, NY 12211. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
(2-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Opulent
Master Properties, LLC
Secretary of State (NS) on September 18, 2015, office location:
process (SOP) to Veil Corporate,
LLC @ 911 Central Ave # 188
Albany, NY 12206, Veil Corporate,
LLC is designated as agent for SOP
at 911 Central Ave # 188 Albany,
(3-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation: My Little
Stars Daycare LLC Articles of
process to Northwest Registered
Agent, LLC: 90 State Street STE
700 Office 40 Albany, New York
12207 Purpose: any lawful activity.
(4-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation [domestic]
of Fametoll Group LLC.
purpose.
(5-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Buddhist
Insights LLC.
purpose.
(6-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC).
Name: CM FOX COMMERCIAL
REAL ESTATE, LLC. Articles of
Organization filed with NY Secretary of State, February 1, 2016.
Purpose: to engage in any lawful
act or activity. Office: in Albany
County. Secretary of State is agent
for process against LLC and shall
mail copy to 2390 Western Ave.,
Guilderland, NY 12084.
(7-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Limited
Liability Company. Name: Beverwijck Realty, LLC. Art. of Org. filed
with Sec. of State 1/29/16. Office
Location: Albany County. Sec. of
State designated agent of LLC
be served. The address to which
the Sec. of State shall mail a copy
of any process is P.O. Box 11415,
Albany, NY 12211. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
(8-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
NAME: Watsky Aviation, LLC.
Articles of Organization were filed
with the Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 01/26/2016. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY has
a copy of process to the LLC,
DuCharme, Clark & Sovern, LLP,
10 Maxwell Drive, Suite 205, Clifton
Park, New York 12065. Purpose:
For any lawful purpose.
(9-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Media LLC. Articles of Org. filed
January 28, 2016, office location:
(10-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of New York
City Residentials LLC. Articles of
State (NS) on 11/12/2015, office
State St STE 700 Office 40, Albany
NY 12207, NW Registered Agent
Albany NY 12207 purpose is any
lawful purpose.
(11-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
MOON BROOK HILL LLC.
Arts. of Org. Filed w/SSNY on
01/25/16. Office: Albany Co. SSNY
designated as agent for process
& shall mail to: 20 Aspinwall Rd.,
Loudonville, NY 12211. Purpose:
all lawful.
(12-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
JACOBS CAPITAL LLC. Articles of
be served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to: THE LLC 1725 AVENUE M, BROOKLYN, NY 11230.
(13-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
CT +Associates, LLC, Art. of
Org. filed with SSNY Dec. 14, 2015.
Amended Jan. 12, 2016. Office:
Albany County. LLC formed in
Rhode Island 08/03/2000. SSNY
designated as agent for serving
process, by US mail to 86 Thomas
Leighton Blvd. Cumberland, RI
02864. Lawful purpose: consulting.
(14-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Opal &
Ash, LLC. Articles of Org. filed
on 1/11/16. Office location: Albany County. NS is designated
may be served. NS shall mail
12207. NW Registered Agent LLC
Albany, NY 12207. Purpose is any
lawful purpose.
(15-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of domestic formation of
Brooklyn Day LLC. Articles of Org.
(16-30-35)
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Notice of formation of SMG
Entertainment LLC, a domestic
Limited Liability Company (“LLC”)
under Sec. 203 of the New York
LLC Law. Articles of Organization
filed with New York Secy. of State
(“NYSS”) on 2/3/2016. Located in
Albany County. NYSS designated
as agent of LLC upon whom process against LLC may be served.
NYSS shall mail a copy of such
process to LLC at 16 Witte Rd.
Albany, NY 12203 Purpose: any
lawful act.
(17-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification of STAR
MOUNTAIN ADVISORS, LLC. Application for Authority filed with
Agent LLC @ 90 State Street Suite
NW Registered Agent LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90
lawful purpose.
(18-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation (domestic)
of Kristen Frances Taylor, LLC.
St. STE 700 Office 40 purpose is
any lawful purpose.
(19-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION
DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY (LLC). Name: PARK
PLACE AT BROOK EDGE LLC.
NY Secretary of State, February 3,
2016. Purpose: to engage in any
lawful act or activity. Office: in
Albany County. Secretary of State
is agent for process against LLC
and shall mail copy to 50 State
St., 6th Floor, Albany, NY 12207.
(20-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Limited
Liability Company: 135-10 35TH
AVE, LLC.
Articles of Organization of
135-10 35TH AVE, LLC (“LLC”)
filed with the Secretary of State
of New York (“SSNY”) on November 13,2015, effective on the
date of filing. Office Location:
Albany County. SSNY has been
may be served. SSNY may mail a
copy of any process to the LLC at
335 Westwoods Ct Schenectady
NY 12303. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose.
(21-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Divercity
College Consulting LLC.
Secretary of State (NS) on January 13, 2016, office location:
lawful purpose.
(22-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Pursuant to the Limited Liability
Company Law of the State of New
York, notice is hereby given that
the limited liability company with
the name “PREMIER RENTAL
PROPERTIES, LLC,” has been
formed. The Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of New York
(SSSNY) on January 21, 2016. The
office of the LLC is to be located
in Albany County, New York. The
SSSNY has been designated as
The post office address to which
the SSSNY shall mail a copy of
any process served is: PREMIER
RENTAL PROPERTIES, LLC, 17
Conrad Street, Colonie, New York
12205. The nature of the business of the LLC is to engage in
any lawful act or activity for which
limited liability companies may
be organized under the Limited
Liability Company Law.
(23-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
York, notice is hereby given that the
limited liability company with the
name “TA WAGNER WERKS, LLC,”
has been formed. The Articles of
Secretary of State of the State of
New York (SSSNY) on January 21,
2016. The office of the LLC is to
be located in Rensselaer County,
New York. The SSSNY has been
may be served. The post office
address to which the SSSNY shall
mail a copy of any process served
is: TA WAGNER WERKS, LLC, 66
Weyrick Road, Troy, New York
12180. The nature of the business of the LLC is to engage in
any lawful act or activity for which
limited liability companies may
be organized under the Limited
Liability Company Law.
(24-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
123 LINDEN HOLDINGS LLC.
copy of process to: THE LLC CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY
80 STATE ST., ALBANY, NY 12207.
(26-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
THRYVE CAPITAL FUNDING LLC.
copy of process to: THE LLC PO
BOX 296, NEW YORK, NY 10038.
(27-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
York, notice is hereby given that
the limited liability company with
the name “40 WINNERS, LLC,”
has been formed. The Articles of
Secretary of State of the State of
New York (SSSNY) on January 21,
2016. The office of the LLC is to
be located in Albany County, New
York. The SSSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon
served. The post office address
to which the SSSNY shall mail a
copy of any process served is: 40
Vly Road, Albany, New York 12205.
The nature of the business of the
LLC is to engage in any lawful
act or activity for which limited
liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability
Company Law.
(28-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
TCPRNC Real Estate LLC Arts
(29-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
741-743 Hunts Point Avenue
mail process to 266 Broadway Ste
602, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose:
General.
(30-30-35))
LEGAL NOTICE
311 East 193rd Street LLC Arts
to 266 Broadway Ste 602, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: General.
(31-30-35))
LEGAL NOTICE
(32-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
(33-30-35))
LEGAL NOTICE
214 East 168th Street LLC Arts
(34-30-35))
LEGAL NOTICE
Access Auto Sales And Service,
mail process to 68 Fuller Rd, Albany, NY 12205. Purpose: General.
(35-30-35))
LEGAL NOTICE
ARPM LLC Arts of Org filed
Box 21079 27 W 60th St, New
York, NY 10023. Purpose: General.
(36-30-35))
LEGAL NOTICE
Mid America Construction &
Design, LLC Arts of Org filed with
12/15/15. Office in Albany Co.
served & shall mail process to 4408
S May Ave, Norman, OK 73972.
Purpose: General.
(37-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Gifted Athletes, LLC Arts of
to C/O John Scott, 607 Myrtle
Ave, Albany, NY 12208. Purpose:
General.
(38-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Doreen Zarfati Psychiatry PLLC
it may be served & shall mail process to Abe M. Rychik Esq., Katz
& Rychik P.c., 30 Broad St 8th Fl,
New York, NY 10004. Purpose:
Medicine.
(39-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Mondus Enterprises LLC Arts of
Purpose: General.
40-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
HarmonyMTM Pharmaceutical
Care Practice PLLC Arts of Org
Purpose: Pharmacy.
(41-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Andrew Schoneweis LLC Arts
it may be served & shall mail process to C/O Northwest Registered
Agent LLC, 90 State St Ste 700
OFFICE 40, Albany, NY 12207.
Purpose: General.
(42-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
1184 Walton Avenue LLC Arts
(43-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Nulife Of Prospect LLC Arts of
Chirag Shah, 46 Curtis Ct, Kendall
Park, NJ 08824. Purpose: General.
(44-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Helmsford, LLC Arts of Org filed
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(45-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
SLC VENTURES NY LLC Arts
of Org filed with Secy. of State
ALBANY Co. SSNY desig. agent of
it may be served & shall mail process to 1003 West Kennedy Blvd,
Lakewood, NJ 08701. Purpose:
General.
(46-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
The Yellow Basket LLC Arts of
Purpose: General.
(47-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Siblings Home Care Services
mail process to Po Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201. Purpose: General.
(48-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Speeedway Rentals LLC Arts
(49-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Z.F.L. INTERNATIONAL LLC Arts
(50-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
620 Wilson LLC Arts of Org filed
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(51-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Music Future LLC Arts of Org
Purpose: General.
(52-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Pacific USA LLC Arts of Org filed
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(53-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
1258 54 Street LLC Arts of Org
1107 55th St, Brooklyn, NY 11219.
Purpose: General.
(54-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
JMC Marketing Group LLC Arts
NY (SSNY) on 1/4/16. Office in Albany Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC
Purpose: General.
(55-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
to Usacorp Inc., P.o. Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201. Purpose: General.
(56-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
627 East 141st Street LLC Arts
(57-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
(58-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
(59-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
(60-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
2654 Marion Avenue LLC Arts
(61-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
(62-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
2705 - 2707 Morris Avenue LLC
(63-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
2224 Lyon Avenue LLC Arts
64-30-35
LEGAL NOTICE
2150 Crotona Parkway LLC Arts
to 266 Broadway Ste 602, Brook-
lyn, NY 11211. Purpose: General.
(65-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
810 Ritter Place LLC Arts of
(66-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
801 Freeman Street LLC Arts
(67-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
773 Melrose Avenue LLC Arts
(68-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
(69-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
769 Bryant Avenue LLC Arts
(70-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
1071 Franklin Avenue LLC Arts
(71-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
1134 West Farms Road LLC Arts
(72-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
620 Manida Avenue LLC Arts
(73-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
320 Beekman Ave LLC Arts of
(74-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
232 Cypress Avenue LLC Arts
(75-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
(76-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
4589 Park Avenue LLC Arts of
(77-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
4585 Park Avenue LLC Arts of
(78-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
3038 Holland Avenue LLC Arts
(79-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
(80-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
2120 Crotona Avenue LLC Arts
(81-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
1235 Morris Avenue LLC Arts
(82-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
1202 Spofford Avenue LLC Arts
(83-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
758 Willoughby LLC Arts of
Purpose: General.
(84-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
1473-1479 Fulton Avenue LLC
(85-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of Booper Chat LLC. Authority filed with
County. LLC formed in Delaware
(DE) on 01/11/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon
served. SSNY shall mail process
to: 911 Central Ave. #344, Albany,
NY 12206. Address in DE: 8 The
Green STE A, Dover, Delaware
19901. Cert. of Form. filed with
Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. Ste.
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(1-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Sassinating Salon and Spa LLC,
Articles of Organization were filed
with the Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 9/23/2015. Business
Filings Incorporated has been
may be served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of process to the LLC, Sassinating Salon and Spa, 3031 NY
Hghwy 43, Averill Park, NY 12018.
Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
(2-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Unique Learning System LLC
Appl. for Authority filed with Secy.
Articles of Org. filed with Ohio
Secy. of State 5/8/08. Location
is Albany County, NY. SSNY des.
as LLC’s agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to LLC,
909 University Dr. South, Huron,
OH 44839. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose.
(3-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of COLORADO BENEFITS ADMINISTRATORS, LLC Authority filed with
on DECEMBER 11, 2015 Office
Located 2015 Ayrsley Town Boulevard, Suite 202, Charlotte, NC
28273 in the County of Albany
SSNY designed as agent of LLC
may be served SSNY shall mail
process 5990 Greenwood Plaza
Blvd Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Purpose : Non Resident Insurance
Agency
(4-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of The VSS
Group, LLC. Articles of Org. filed
October 23, 2015, office location:
(5-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION (PURSUANT TO SECTION 1203 OF
THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW)NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF: VIP PHYSICAL THERAPY,
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, AND
SPEECH THERAPY, PLLC, office in Albany County; Articles
of Organization filed with SSNY
on 2/4/2016. SSNY designated
may be served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of process to: the company,
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10133 Sherrill Blvd., Suite 200,
Knoxville TN 37932. Purpose:
practice of the profession of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy
and Speech-Language Pathology.
(6-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION (PURSUANT TO SECTION 203 OF THE
LAW) NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF: Bricks by Ian, LLC, office
in Albany County; Articles of
Organization filed with SSNY on
2/4/2016. SSNY designated agent
of LLC upon whom process may
be served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of process to: the company,
c/o O’Connell and Aronowitz, 54
State Street, Albany, NY 12207.
Purpose: any lawful acts or activities for which limited liability
companies may be organized.
(7-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification of Delightful Eats, LLC. Articles of Org.
(NS) on 10/20/2015 office location:
Agent LLC @ 90 State Street
Suite 700 Office 40, Albany, NY
is designated as agent for SOP at
90 State Street Suite 700 Office 40,
lawful purpose.
(8-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of
Kreativnost LLC: Articles of Org.
filed with NY Sec. of State (NS) on
September 21, 2015; Office location: Albany Cnty; NS is designated
be served.; NS shall mail service
of process; (SOP) to Northwest
St. STE 700 office 40; Northwest
St. STE 700 office 40; Purpose is
any lawful purpose
(9-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Scrybersecurity LLC. Date of filing
Articles of Org.: 02/09/16. Office
location in NY: Albany County. NS
Albany, NY 12207. NW Registered
Agent LLC is designated as agent
for SOP @ 90 State Street Suite
Purpose is to engage in any lawful
act or activity.
(10-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation: What Is
Hip-Hop, LLC. Arts of org. filed
with New York Secy of State (NS)
on 02/05/16. Office location: Albany County. NS is desig. as agent of
the LLC upon whom process may
be served. NS shall mail process
to: Kushnirsky Gerber PLLC, 115
W. 18th St., Fl. 2, New York, NY
10011. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(11-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Papyrus
Ventures, LLC. Articles of Org.
(12-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Ingenious
Services LLC.
11/13/2015, office location: Albany County, NS is designated as
(13-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Fiat Lux
Energy Solutions LLC. Articles of
State (NS) on November 5, 2015,
purpose.
(14-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification of Seville Wright Technology Solutions
LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY
office location: Albany County, LLC
formed in Connecticut (CT). NS is
purpose.
(15-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of domestic formation:
Decibel New York LLC. Articles
of Org. filed with NY Secretary
of State (NS) on 12/28/15, office
purpose.
(16-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Shadetree Landscaping, LLC
Notice of Formation of the
above Limited Liability Company
(“LLC”). Articles of Organization
(DOM LLC) filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (“SSNY”) on
December 22, 2015. Office location, County of Albany. SSNY has
a copy of any such process served
to: The LLC, 242 Knox Cave Road,
Altamont, NY 12009. Purpose:
Any lawful act.
(17-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Alvey Olesen Real Estate Services, LLC
Notice of Formation of the
above Limited Liability Company
(“LLC”). Articles of Organization
(DOM LLC) filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (“SSNY”) on
December 1, 2015. Office location, County of Albany. SSNY has
a copy of any such process served
to: The LLC, 1702 Central Avenue,
Albany, NY 12205. Purpose: Any
lawful act.
(18-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE: The name
of the Foreign Limited Liability
Company is: Benefits Technologies, LLC. App. for Authority filed
with the Dept. of State of NY on
01.29.16. Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
and the date of its organization is:
02.25.04. Office location in New
York: Albany County. The Sect’y of
State of NY (SSNY) is designated
SSNY shall mail process to: c/o
URS Agents Inc., One Commerce
Plaza, 99 Washington Ave., Ste.
805A, Albany, New York 12210. Address maintained in its jurisdiction
is: 1200 E. Taft Ave., Sapulpa, OK
74066-6032. The authorized officer
in its jurisdiction of organization
where a copy of its Certificate of
Formation can be obtained is: OK
Secretary of State, State Capitol,
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd, Rm 101,
Oklahoma City, OK 73105. Purpose: any lawful act.
(19-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Siddiq Sons LLC Art. Of org.
filed on 2/8/16. Office: Albany
copy of process to the LLC, c/o
Naeem Ahmed, 3 Andover Dr,
Loudonville, NY 12211 Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
(1-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of TUBB
LLC.
Secretary of State (NS) on November 17 2015 office location:
(2-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Funclub,
LLC. Articles of Org. filed with
December 7, 2015, office location:
Office 40, Registered Agents Inc. is
designated as agent for SOP at 90
State St STE 700 Office 40, purpose
is any lawful purpose.
(3-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Cloudworks Consulting LLC. Articles
of Org. filed with NY Secretary of
State (NS) on January 12, 2016,
Registered Agent LLC is designated
as agent for SOP at 90 State St
STE 700 Office 40, purpose is any
lawful purpose.
(4-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
168 Third St LLC Arts of Org filed
served & shall mail process to Lu
Jia, 15 Champagne Ct, Watervliet,
(5-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Up Solutions LLC Arts of Org
Purpose: General.
(6-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
5 Boro Reality LLC Arts of Org
Purpose: General.
(7-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
1 Vincent Rd LLC Arts of Org
Purpose: General.
(8-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
G. K. Artist LLC Arts of Org filed
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(9-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
S & N Iron Works LLC Arts of
Purpose: General.
(10-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Sam Jacobs LLC Arts of Org
Purpose: General.
(11-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
SLCV GP LLC Arts of Org filed
West Kennedy Blvd, Lakewood, NJ
(12-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Narangi Capital LLC Arts of
to 39 Mcguinness Blvd, Brooklyn,
(13-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Cubico LLC Arts of Org filed
served & shall mail process to PO
BOX 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(14-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
203 Wyckoff Holdings LLC Arts
(15-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Beyond The Peak, Design &
Marketing, LLC Arts of Org filed
Shelbourne Dr, Loudonville, NY
(16-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Entourage Realty LLC Arts of
Purpose: General.
(17-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
114 Autumn LLC Arts of Org
P.o. Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(18-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
First Power Systems LLC Arts
it may be served & shall mail
process to Jambu Jambunathan,
5023 Coons Rd, Schenectady, NY
(19-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Division Suites LLC Arts of Org
Purpose: General.
(20-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Encore Alliace Realty LLC Arts
NY (SSNY) on 1/7/16. Office in Albany Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC
Purpose: General.
(21-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Abe Jones LLC Arts of Org filed
served & shall mail process to
PoB 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(22-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Cash Lawless, LLC.
11/30/2015 , office location: Albany County, NS is designated as
(23-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
COMPANY (LLC)
The name of the LLC is Pavilion
Plaza Saratoga LLC. The Articles
of Organization of the LLC were
filed with the NY Secretary of
State on February 17, 2016. The
purpose of the LLC is to engage
in any lawful act or activity. The
office of the LLC is to be located
in Albany County. The Secretary
of State is designated as the agent
against the LLC may be served.
The address to which the Secretary
of State shall mail a copy of any
process against the LLC is Attn:
Dean DeVito, 621 Columbia Street,
Cohoes, New York 12047.
(24-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Black
Mesa Partners, LLC. Articles
of Org. filed with NY Secretary
of State (NS) 2/12/2016, office
Registered Agents Inc. at 90 State
purpose.
(25-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
TRUPIN CONSERVATION SERVICES, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with
the SSNY on 01/19/16. Office:
Albany County. SSNY designated
SSNY shall mail copy of process
to the LLC, 6 Holmes Ct, Albany,
NY 12209. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose. (26-32-337)
LEGAL NOTICE
Littleton, LLC. Articles of Org.
(27-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Limited
Liability Company Name: Adirondack Lake, LLC filed with the SSNY
on 02/05/16. Office Albany County.
copy of process to the LLC, PO
Box 556, Voorheesville, NY .12186
Purpose: Any lawful purpose
(28-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of TRIBRO
EQUITIES, LLC.
Secretary of State (NS) on February 19, 2016 office location:
lawful purpose.
(29-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of a Limited
Liability Company (LLC). The name
of the LLC is: Briggs Bail Bond
Services LLC. The LLC Articles of
Secretary of State of New York
(SSNY) office on: September 30,
2015. The County in which the
Office is to be located is: Schenectady. The SSNY is designated
process may be served. The SSNY
against the LLC is: 1629 Lenox
Road, Schenectady, NY 12308.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
(30-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Name: MARMION REALTY 19671971 LLC. Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 2/11/2016. Office location: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom
SSNY shall mail copy of process to:
THE LLC 2990 JEROME AVENUE,
BRONX, NY 10468. Purpose: any
lawful purpose.
(31-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
BRONX PARK 181 LLC. Articles of
STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11219.
(32-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
CROSS STATE BUILDERS LLC.
copy of process to: THE LLC
6260 99 STREET, REGO PARK,
purpose.
(33-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
NSK EQUITIES LLC. Articles of
STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11219.
(34-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Name: EAST 117 VENTURES LLC.
copy of process to: THE LLC
any lawful purpose.
(35-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
DB COLLABORATION LLC
State St STE 700 Office 40, Albany,
NY 12207, NW Registered Agent
lawful purpose.
(36-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
FBE 228 WALTON AVENUE LLC
Notice of Application for Authority
of a foreign limited liability company (LLC). Application for Authority filed with Secretary of State of
New York (SSNY) on 11/23/2015.
be served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to: THE LLC c/o 111
BROADWAY 20TH FLOOR NEW
YORK, NY, 10006. Office address
in jurisdiction of organization: c/o
National Registered Agents, Inc.,
160 GREENTREE DRIVE, SUITE
101, DOVER, DE 19904. Copy
of Articles of Organization on file
with Secy. Of State of Delaware
401 FEDERAL STREET, SUITE 3,
DOVER, DE 19901.
(37-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
MP 404 LLC Notice of Application for Authority of a foreign limited
liability company (LLC). Name: MP
404 LLC. Application for Authority
filed with Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 12/01/2015. Office
served. SSNY shall mail copy of
process to: THE LLC PLATINUM
AGENT SERVICES LLC, 3023
AVENUE J, BROOKLYN, NEW
YORK, 11210. Office address in
jurisdiction of organization: 28
OLD RUDNICK LANE, DOVER,
DE 19901. Copy of Articles of
Organization on file with Secy. Of
State of Delaware LOOCKERMAN
& FEDERAL STREET, DOVER,
DELAWARE 19901.
(38-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
FBE 404 PINE STREET LLC
Notice of Application for Authority of a foreign limited liability
company (LLC). Name: FBE 404
PINE STREET LLC. Application
for Authority filed with Secretary
111 BROADWAY 20TH FL NEW
YORK, NEW YORK, 10006. Office
address in jurisdiction of organization: c/o National Registered
Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Drive,
Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904. Copy
of Articles of Organization on file
with Secy. Of State of Delaware,
Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St.,
Suite 3, Dover, DE 19901
(39-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Name: WITHERSPOON & PRATT
LLC. Articles of Organization filed
with Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 2/8/2016. Office location: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom
SSNY shall mail copy of process
to: THE LLC 580 5TH AVENUE,
NEW YORK, NY 10036. Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
(40-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Grisby Hospitality, LLC Arts. Of
Org. filed with Secy. Of State of
Albany Co. SSNY design. Agent of
process to Thomas Grisby, 1917
Guilderland Avenue, Schenectady,
(41-32-37)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Maddoxx LLC.
Secretary of State (NS) on November 19th, 2015, office location:
(41b-32-37)
LOCAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF NEW SCOTLAND
Special Town Board Meeting
A special meeting of the Town
Board of the Town of New Scotland is scheduled for Wednesday,
March 9, 2016, at 6:45 PM at the
New Scotland Town Hall, 2029
New Scotland Road, Slingerlands,
NY. The meeting is Proposed Local
Law A of 2016, a local law amending the Planning Board and Zoning
Board term limits.
Patricia A. Barber
New Scotland Deputy Town
Clerk
The Town of New Scotland is
an equal opportunity provider and
employer.
(42-32-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Town of Westerlo Town
Board will hold a Workshop Meeting on Tuesday, March 15, 2016
at 7:00 PM at the Town Hall – 933
County Route 401, Westerlo, NY
and immediately followed by a
Town Board Building Committee
Meeting the purpose to discuss
proposed renovations and or
replacement to the following
structures Town Hall, located at
933 County Route 401, Westerlo
and the Town Highway Garage,
located at 671 County Route 401,
Westerlo.
By Order of the Town Board,
Dated 2/16/2016.
Kathleen Spinnato,
Town Clerk
(43-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW #1
FOR 2016
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that
Local Law #1 of 2016 has been
introduced by the Town Board of
the Town of Berne. This Local Law
is entitled “Town of Berne Hydraulic
Fracturing and/or Hydrofracking
Law”.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing on
proposed Local Law #1 for 2016
will be held at the Berne Town Hall,
Berne, New York at 7:30 PM on the
9th day of March, 2016 and that an
opportunity to be heard in regard
thereto will then and there be given
to those favoring passage of such
proposed Local Law and also to
those opposed thereto.
DATED: February 25, 2016
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN
BOARD OF THE TOWN OF BERNE
ANITA C. CLAYTON
TOWN CLERK
(44-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Board of Fire Commissioners of
26
New members on board
Heather Dolin named to ZBA,
Leinung accepts planning post
By Jo E. Prout
NEW SCO TLAND — The
town board recently appointed
longtime resident Heather Dolin
to the town’s zoning board, and
newcomer Daniel Leinung to the
planning board.
“I care about the town of New
Scotland, the future, and the
quality of life in the town,” Dolin
told The Enterprise.
Dolin’s father, Thomas Dolin,
retired as town supervisor in December. Heather Dolin refrained
from entering local politics while
he was in office, she said.
“It would have looked like
nepotism,” she said.
Dolin grew up in Voorheesville
and is self-employed in public
relations and media. She previously worked in public affairs
for the New York State Office of
General Services. She returned
to New Scotland from Los Angeles 11 years ago, she said, when
her two boys entered school.
“I moved back because I wanted to raise my kids in a rural
setting,” Dolin said, “where they
could run outside and be safe.”
Dolin served on the board of
the Voorheesville Community
and School Foundation for 10
years, she said. Her children
are now a senior and a junior in
high school.
Dolin has also been an Albany
County Democratic committeeperson for 10 years, she said.
“There are a bunch of us,” she
said. “The town of New Scotland
has many committee people.”
Dolin said that she has experience as a business manager.
“I feel like my judgment will
serve me well,” she said.
The zoning board has five
members who each serve a fiveyear term. Dolin replaced Robert
Prentiss, whose term expired.
The post pays $1,971.31 annually.
“I grew up watching my father
The original Since 1974
as local servant,” Dolin said.
Asked if she thought her father
had done a good job as supervisor,
Dolin said, “I do, especially over
the last few years.”
Dolin said that her father had
worked to keep big-box development out of New Scotland.
“He’s been very responsive to
what the community wants, and
helping shape our community,”
she said.
Newcomer
Daniel Leinung, 31, is an attorney for the New York State
Senate. He and his wife, Kelly,
moved to New Scotland a couple
of years ago, he told The Enterprise. They have a 1-year-old son,
Benjamin.
The couple purchased a home
near a farm on Indian Fields
Road in Feura Bush.
“We really liked the atmosphere,” Leinung said. “We
wanted that lifestyle.”
He looked for ways to become
involved in New Scotland, he
said, and saw a notice on the
town website for a planning
board opening.
Leinung replaced longtime
planning board member Robert
Stapf. The post pays $2,248.36
per year.
“I wanted to maintain the
character of the town,” he said.
Leinung has not held public
office before.
“I’m a member of the New
Scotland Democratic Committee,” he said.
Leinung previously worked for
the state’s attorney general’s office in the environmental protection bureau.
“I am familiar with the issues
that come before the planning
board, especially environmental
concerns,” he said.
Leinung joined the planning
board, he said, “to know what’s
going on in the town…and have
a say in that.”
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Top scholars: Seven Guilderland High School seniors learned on Feb. 10 that they have been named
finalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Competition, placing them in a group representing
less than 1 percent of United States high school seniors. They are, from left: Joseph Petitti, Sarah Jones,
Catherine Seita, Jeremy Collison, William Wang, Michael Zhu, and William Dong.
Student News
Dean’s list
These local students were
named to the dean’s list or received a similar honor from their
college or university for the fall
2015 semester:
— Nicholas Titolo, the son of
Susan and Vincent Titola and a
Guilderland High School graduate, at Marist College in Poughkeepsie where he is a junior majoring in information technology
and information systems;
— David Corey of Guilderland at the State University of
New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in
Syracuse;
— Adam N. Bailey of Voorheesville, a senior majoring in
civil engineering a Presidential
Scholar at Clarksville University;
— Bradley Kenneth Bettinger of Delmar, a freshman
majoring in engineering and
management as a Presidential
Scholar at Clarksville University;
— G r e g B r i a n L a n g of
Delmar, a senior majoring in
computer science as a Presidential Scholar at Clarksville
University;
— David Thurleu Lasselle of
East Berne, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering a
Presidential Scholar at Clarksville University;
— Bradley R. Johnston, son
of Robert and Shelly Johnston
of Altamont, a sophomore pursuing a bachelor of arts degree
in criminal justice at the State
University of New York at Plattsburgh He is also a member of the
men's lacrosse team;
— Rachel M. Armony, daughter of Joe and Bea Armony of
Altamont, a sophomore pursuing
a bachelor degree in biology at
the State University of New York
at Plattsburgh;
— Theresa Bonanno of Delmar at Quinnipiac University in
Connecticut;
— Casey Briscoe of Delmar
at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut;
— Robert Wildermuth of
Delmar at Quinnipiac University
in Connecticut;
— Afsha Kasam of Guilderland at Quinnipiac University
in Connecticut;
— Christopher Sour of Guilderland at Quinnipiac University
in Connecticut;
— Carlee Nussbaum of Slingerlands at Quinnipiac University
in Connecticut;
— Jacob Sturn of Slingerlands at Quinnipiac University
in Connecticut;
— Elizabeth O'Brien of Altamont at Quinnipiac University
in Connecticut;
— Rachel Garbo, of Delmar
at the University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh;
— Kathleen Sarah Brandt
of Altamont at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln where she is a
first-year forensic science major
at the College of Agricultural
Sciences and Natural Resources;
— Zachary A. Kronick at
McDaniel College in Maryland;
— Elena Kleinhenz from
Delmar, on the president's list
at the State University of New
York College at Geneseo;
— David Clarkson from
Slingerlands on the president's
list at the State University of
New York College at Geneseo;
— Elizabeth Childs of Voorheesville at Wilkes University in
Pennsylvania;
— Scott Warren a senior accountancy major from Voorheesville at Culver-Stockton College
in Missouri;
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LOCAL NOTICE
LOCAL NOTICE
LOCAL NOTICE
LOCAL NOTICE
LOCAL NOTICE
a resolution at a regularly scheduled meeting on February 15th,
2016 to transfer a sum of money
not to exceed $475,000.00 from
its Equipment Reserve Fund to its
operating account to be used for
the purchase of a new Pierce triple
combination pumper to be used in
the prevention and suppression of
fire within the area protected by
the Guilderland Center Fire District. Said resolution was adopted
subject to a permissive referendum
pursuant to Section 6-g of the
General Municipal Law.
(45-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the
Town Board of the Town of Rensselaerville will hold a final Public
Hearing on March 8, 2016 at 6:45
PM at the Town of Rensselaerville
Town Hall, 87 Barger Road, Medusa, NY on the proposed Zoning
Law. All those wishing to comment will be provided with the full
opportunity to be heard at such
time and place. Communications
in writing in relation thereto may
be filed with the Town Clerk’s Office or at such hearing. A copy
of the proposed Law is available
for inspection in the Town Clerk’s
Office or may be viewed online at
www.rensselaerville.com.
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN
BOARD
Dated: February 11, 2016
Victoria H. Kraker
Town Clerk
(46-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF GUILDERLAND
PUBLIC NOTICE
OF HEARING BEFORE
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Notice is hereby given that the
Zoning Board of Appeals of the
Town of Guilderland, New York, will
hold a public hearing pursuant to
Articles III & V of the Zoning Law
on the following proposition:
Special Use Permit Request
No. 4565
Request of Michael Arduini for a
Special Use Permit under the Zoning Law to permit: the construction
of a 14’ x 23’ seasonal deck to
accommodate seating for 24. The
existing restaurant provides seating for 72. A total of 96 seats are
proposed. Currently there exist
37 parking spaces. No parking
spaces will be eliminated.
Per Articles III &V Sections 28021 & 280-52 respectively
For property owned by MAAREA, LLC
Situated as follows: 1238
Western Avenue Albany, NY 12203
Tax Map # 63.08-3-33 Zoned:
GB
Plans open for public inspection
at the Building Department during normal business hours. Said
hearing will take place on the 2nd
of March, 2016 at the Guilderland
Town Hall beginning at 7:30pm.
Jacqueline M. Coons
Building & Zoning Inspector
(47-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the
Town of Rensselaerville’s Board
of Ethics will hold a meeting on
March 3, 2016 at 7:00 PM for the
purpose of reviewing the procurements. The meeting will be held at
the Town of Rensselaerville Town
Hall, 87 Barger Road, Medusa, NY.
Victoria H. Kraker
Town Clerk
(48-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
the Zoning Board of Appeals of
the Village of Voorheesville will
hold a Public Hearing to review
an Area Variance request from
Shane Gonyea for relief from the
minimum road frontage requirement for a proposed business to
be located at Countryside Lane (off
School Road). The hearing will be
held on Thursday, March 3, 2016
at 7:00 PM at the Voorheesville
Fire House, 12 Altamont Road,
Voorheesville, NY.
BY ORDER OF THE ZONING
BOARD OF APPEALS
(49-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
the Planning Board of the Town of
Berne has received an application
from the Albany County Sheriff’s
Office for a Public Safety Telecommunications Facility.
The Applicant is requesting to construct
a 180’ tower at 28 Jansen Lane,
Berne, NY 12023, Tax Map No.
79.00-3-1. The Berne Planning
Board has scheduled a Public
Information meeting on Thursday,
March 17, 2016 at 7:00PM at the
Town of Berne Offices located at
1656 Helderberg Trail, all public
comments will be accepted.
Documents in support of this
application are available for inspection at the Berne Town Offices
located at 1656 Helderberg Trail,
Berne, NY 12023.
Communications in writing in
relation thereto may be filed with
the Planning Board.
(50-32-33
LEGAL NOTICE
The resolution, a summary of
which is published herewith, has
been adopted on the February 23,
2016, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution
may be hereafter contested only if
such obligations were authorized
for an object or purpose for which
the Guilderland Central School District, in the County of Albany, New
York, is not authorized to expend
money or if the provisions of law
which should have been complied
with as of the date of publication of
this Notice were not substantially
complied with, and an action, suit
or proceeding contesting such
validity is commenced within
twenty days after the publication
of this Notice, or such obligations
were authorized in violation of the
provisions of the constitution.
Linda Livingston
District Clerk
REFUNDING BOND RESOLUTION OF THE GUILDERLAND
CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT,
NEW YORK, ADOPTED FEBRUARY 23, 2016, AUTHORIZING
THE REFUNDING OF ALL OR
A PORTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING SERIAL BONDS OF
SAID DISTRICT, STATING THE
PLAN OF REFUNDING, APPROPRIATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO
LOCAL NOTICE
EXCEED $12,600,000 THEREFOR,
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE
OF NOT TO EXCEED $12,600,000
REFUNDING SERIAL BONDS OF
THE DISTRICT TO FINANCE SAID
APPROPRIATION, AND MAKING
CERTAIN OTHER DETERMINATIONS ALL RELATIVE THERETO.
Object or purpose: refunding
of all or a portion of $14,870,000
outstanding serial bonds originally
issued in 2010.
Period of probable usefulness:
thirty (30) years, commencing on
the date of original issuance of the
first note or bond issued for the
purposes for which the outstanding
bonds were issued.
Amount of obligations to be
issued: not to exceed $12,600,000
A complete copy of the refunding bond resolution summarized
above shall be available for public
inspection during normal business
hours at the office of the District
Clerk, Guilderland Central School
District, 8 School Road, Guilderland Center, New York.
Guilderland Center, New York
(51-32)
27
B
oys’ sectional basketball quarterfinals heated up last
Friday evening at Hudson Valley Community College in
Troy for the Voorheesville Blackbirds and the Berne-KnoxWesterlo Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs were on the court first. Taking charge on the floor,
below, BKW’s Slade Pulliam dribbles in the frontcourt, making plays
for his team during the first half of the Class C sectional quarterfinal, which the Bulldogs won, 49 to 46, over Mayfield. Pulliam had
16 points in the game. Driving hard and getting contact, at left,
BKW’s Justin Houck gets two of his team-high 18 points in the win.
The Bulldogs season ended with a squeaker in the semifinals at the
Glens Falls Civic Center on Monday. Lake George scored in the last
nine seconds to eek out a one-point win, 55 to 54.
Next up on the hardwood Friday at Hudson Valley Community
College were the Blackbirds against Hudson. Looking to makes the
correct pass to a teammate, below right, Voorheesville’s Matthew
Bernhard dribbles up the court in the first half. The Blackbirds
fell in the Class B sectional quarterfinal by the score of 65 to 60.
Fighting hard for the Birds was Sean Nolan, below left, as he scores
two of his 13 points. Scott Glasheen led the team with 21 points.
Photographs by Michael Koff
28
G
uilderland Varsity Cheerleaders were back in
top form last Saturday at the Section 2 championships at Guilderland High School, smiling for the
judges, at top, to win in the co-ed division and the grand
championship with 108 points. It took precision and teamwork, below right, to hold a teammate so she could pose like
a ballerina on one leg in the air.
In 2014, the state’s Board of Regents recognized competitive cheerleading as a varsity sport for the first time. Taking
their stunts to the air, bottom left, and on the floor, bottom
right, the Guilderland cheerleaders showed off what they
been successful before as National Champions.
Team members and their coach, Patty Palmer, pose with
their sectional championship plaque. They are now preparing
for the state championship at Onondaga Community College
just outside Syracuse on Saturday, March 5.
Photographs by Michael Koff

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