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The AlTAmonT
Enterprise
& Albany County Post
No. 42 Thursday, May 9, 2013
For 127 years Albany County’s independent newspaper
Yellow light: Will big houses sprout in cornfield?
The Enterprise — Tyler Murphy
Homes instead of corn may soon fill this field near the intersection of Picard Road and Route 85A. A proposal to build 12 homes over
31.4 acres is pending after residents convinced the New Scotland Planning Board during a Tuesday hearing to delay a decision over water
drainage concerns.
Westerlo drills for views on fracking
The Enterprise — Marcello Iaia
Report review: Westerlo Town Board member Anthony
Sherman flips through his recently printed copy of a report
compiled by the town’s committee studying hydraulic fracturing. After the town board has reviewed it, Town Board
Member Alfred Field said, the report would be available on
the town website and for anyone who comes to the town hall
with external memory storage, like a flash drive.
InsIde
Opinion Page 2
News Page 7
By Marcello Iaia
WESTERLO — As the state
continues to delay approval
of regulations for hydraulic
fracturing, an Appellate Division court decision earlier this
month has said town bans on
hydrofracking are not preempted by state law.
A year after the Westerlo
discussed a committee to research the process of extracting natural gas, town board
members Tuesday had a report
in their hands meant to be a
reference for the town’s stance
on the issue.
Against this backdrop, the
Westerlo board, which, like
other Helderberg Hilltowns,
is located over Marcellus
shale, had a meeting Tuesday
with second guesses from the
gallery.
Gerard Boone, a member of
the planning board and Gas
Drilling Investigation Committee, said at the town board
meeting Tuesday he didn’t
think the committee was run
properly and three members
never saw the final report.
“No, not after it was all,
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By Tyler Murphy
NEW SCOTLAND — After
listening to residents at a public
hearing Tuesday, the planning
board delayed a decision to approve a project that would add 12
new homes to the intersection of
Picard Road and Route 85A.
Though much of the meeting
was conducted calmly there was
a moment of outburst in the hourand-a-half-long hearing, which
forced planning board Chairman
Charles Voss to interrupt an argument between a board member
and resident, saying, “Hang on
a second, folks. My sense is the
board is not going to take action
tonight and leave the hearing up
for one more month.”
It was the first indication at the
hearing the board would delay a
decision in the application, submitted by MJ Biernacki Builders,
which requests a major subdivision of 31.4 acres of rural land,
mostly cornfields and woodland,
into 12 home lots.
More than 40 residents filled
the town hall’s meeting room, with
many standing or having children
sit on their laps because all the
seats were full.
The project would not construct
any new roads and each house
will have its own septic system.
Five of the proposed homes along
Route 85A would receive municipal water from the village of
Voorheesville and the rest would
dig wells.
Money from town flows
to fix old drainage woes
Runion told The Enterprise yesBy Anne Hayden
GUILDERLAND — Supervisor terday that the Republican Party’s
Kenneth Runion threw a curveball opinion of the original stormwater
at a public hearing on Tuesday, drainage district proposal had no
when he proposed using town bearing on his decision, and that
funds to fix McKownville stormwa- he had no interest in making
ter drainage problems, rather than the matter a political issue. He
letting the residents tax them- said last month he had not yet
decided if he
selves by creatwill run for an
ing a drainage
eighth term in
district.
the fall.
The unex“This is
“I just startpected proposal
ed thinking
came just hours
a great surprise.”
that we have
after neighborstormwater ishood residents
sues in other
had received a
parts of the
robo call, paid
for by the Guilderland Republican town, too, and, if we created one
Party, urging them not to go to the drainage district, we’d have to
public hearing in support of the create others,” said Runion. “I
drainage district, or to go to the know residents are willing to tax
public hearing and speak out in themselves, but I think this is a
better way.”
opposition to the district.
“This is a great surprise,” said
The chairman of the Guilderland Republican Party, Matthew Donald Reeb, president of the
Nelligan, lives in McKownville. McKownville Improvement AsHe wrote a letter to the Enterprise sociation, during the public heareditor on April 18, stating his op- ing. Reeb, a Democrat, has been a
position to the drainage tax. He strong advocate for the district.
The McKownville community
said that the town board, made
up entirely of Democrats, had been has struggled with stormwater
given “carte blanche”, and that the drainage issues — from pooling
“tax grab” was a negative result of water on lawns, to sinkholes, to
their control.
Community Calendar Page 14 Classifieds Page 30
Sports Page 33
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The Altamont Enterprise – Thursday, May 9, 2013
Act now to save a life when you are gone
I
A man newly diagnosed with kidney disease dropped
t is harder to receive than to give.
Sandra Kisselback is someone who does by the sawmill while our reporter was interviewing
both with grace. We’ve known of her for years Kisselback. She gave him the comfort of straightforbecause of notices she’s placed in our paper, raising ward advice. He said later she gave him hope.
Her example inspires us. Her disease and the
funds for the National Kidney Foundation.
And we knew her father, Rudy Stempel, a legend in medical team that treats it has left her grateful, not
the Hilltowns who died last year at 82. We’d talked bitter or resentful.
The shame of it is that advances in medical techto him the year before about his sawmill, how he
couldn’t afford to fix a broken motor and so pressed nology would allow tens of thousands of people to
live full lives, or to survive at all, if we, as a society,
a century-old mill into service.
He wasn’t one to complain or feel sorry for himself. could be more generous as we think of dying. It takes
“This one works better and costs less,” he
said. He made do with what he had. He
found a way.
“Think of other children like Lauren Shields
Stempel was raised in the Helderberg
who are now lying in a coma, dying,
Hilltowns, where he and his wife would
raise their own six children a generation
for want of a heart.”
later. He hadn’t liked the drudgery of his
family’s dairy farm and left at age 21 to
join the Army. That was in the midst of the
some forethought, but the act is simple, as simple as
Korean War, and he was sent to the front lines.
There, he ran a bulldozer, building roads and filling out an online form, consenting to organ and
digging holes for the tanks. He liked the intensity tissue donation.
In the United States, over 100,000 people are on
of the work.
“You didn’t have things to worry about,” he said. a waiting list, in need of an organ. Since there are
“Your only goal was just keeping yourself alive. You only 30,000 transplants each year, over 6,000 people
had your meals and a place to sleep. You took care died for want of a donated organ — an average of
of yourself and made sure not to get hit. You lived 19 people a day.
Americans are not selfish people. Our lack of genor died. That was it.”
If you discard the dross, that pretty well sums erosity stems rather from the systems — a state-bystate patchwork — we have for signing on donors.
up any life.
Practices vary from country to country. Opt-out
We thought about Rudy Stempel this week because
our Hilltown reporter, Marcello Iaia, wrote a profile systems, in which anyone who has not refused is
of his daughter. She works now, with others in her a donor, result in far more donations than opt-in
family, keeping her father’s mill running despite the systems. For example, while Germany and Austria
are similar countries culturally and economically,
tough times.
She has his tenacity, his indomitable spirit. It’s Germany, which uses an opt-in system, has an
been tested over the years by her kidney disease. organ-donation consent rate of 12 percent while
Diagnosed in her thirties, Kisselback is now 55. She Austria, with an opt-out system, has a consent rate
recalled when her brother, Brian, concerned about her of 99.98 percent.
New York State has taken a first, small step with
deteriorating health, offered her one of his kidneys.
“I actually kind of refused him at first, but he was a bill signed into law last year that takes effect this
year. Lauren’s Law, as it is called, adds language
serious,” she said.
She enjoyed being active again; the transplanted to application forms for drivers’ licenses that
kidney lasted until 2006. She’s back on dialysis
now for hours each day — grateful she
can do it at home — and is waiting
for another kidney.
says, “You must fill out the following section: Would
you like to be added to the Donate Life Registry?”
The applicant can then check “yes” or skip to the
next question.
The law is named for Lauren Shields, from Stony
Point, whose enlarged heart could no longer sustain
her. At 11, she was placed in a medically induced
coma as she waited for a new heart. Her six-week
wait ended on March 19, 2009 with a donated heart
and renewed life. The road to recovery was difficult
as she suffered a stroke, underwent kidney dialysis
and physical therapy, and used a wheelchair.
“Now she is back to being healthy and active,” writes Mary-Ellen Rozak for the New
York Organ Donor Network, “and she is an
outspoken advocate for organ donation.”
The statistics for New York State are grim.
Of the 113,000 people on national waiting lists
for organ transplants, 9,700 of them are New
Yorkers. Yet New York ranks near the bottom of
eligible people enrolled in the organ donor program.
Just 20 percent of adult New Yorkers, aged 18 and
over, have enrolled in the New York State Donate Life
Registry as organ, tissue, and eye donors. Nationwide,
the average is 45 percent.
While the new law could help, there is no need to
postpone an act of vital generosity. New Yorkers don’t
need to apply for a driver’s license to sign up. You
can go right to the New York State Health Department’s website — http://www.health.ny.gov/donate
life — and sign up now.
The Donate Life Registry, created in 2006, means
families no longer have to give consent to have a
deceased member’s organs donated. You can decide
for yourself and give legal consent now. It takes but
a few minutes.
Why wait?
Our hearts, our kidneys, our lungs, our eyes, or our
tissue are of no use to us once we are dead. Yet, one
person’s donation could improve 50 people’s lives.
Think of other children like Lauren Shields who
are now lying in a coma, dying, for want of a heart.
Or think of how the everyday life of someone like
Sandra Kisselback could be improved with a transplanted kidney. In the midst of her trials, she has
found ways to help and give hope to others.
Her father said of life in a war zone: “Your only
goal was just keeping yourself alive…You took care
of yourself and made sure not to get hit. You
lived or died. That was it.”
Sometimes, if we’re not in a war
zone or fighting to stay alive,
we get to help others. Let’s
do it now, before it’s too
late.
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To the editor
The desire for the ideal library
obscured the need for realistic solutions
To the Editor:
I read with interest your article
this past week “No candidates for
library board leaves Voorheesville
public with a write-in election.”
According to your reporter, the
library’s director, Gail Sacco, declined to offer an explanation for
the lack of candidates. Allow me to
suggest a few possibilities.
The proposal to build a new
library was rejected by 81 percent
of the district’s voters. Several
concerned citizens, notably Dean
Decker of Voorheesville, expressed
their concern that, during the
public presentations, the library
presenters were immune to the
public’s views. This was proven to
be true at the polls.
Other members of the public,
notably Tim Albright, presented
cogent alternative views for the
library’s future.
Yet, after all this time, where are
we now? The library director and
board president expressed shock
and dismay at the vote. The vote
clearly demonstrated that they are
out of touch with the public.
The time for hand wringing is
over: Take a realistic look at what
the library really needs, and what
the public wants. The building
project is dead. Let’s move on.
We need to take care of what
we have, and plan modestly for
developing needs. The desire for
the ideal library obscured the need
for realistic solutions.
Who would want to leap head
first into this morass? I encourage
independent, practical, problemsolving people to consider write-in
votes. We do not need “more of
the same.”
Justin C. Brusgul
Guilderland
Editor’s note: Justin C. Brusgul
ran for the library board last year.
He lives in the Voorheesville School
District, which the library serves.
It is our responsibility to honor
the military that protects our freedoms
To the Editor:
Ours is a nation where opportunity is limitless, where freedom
is a way of life — and sometimes
we take that for granted. It is our
responsibility to stop and think, if
just for an hour or two, about the
generations of military members
who have left loved ones behind
to protect our freedoms and way
of life.
I am proud of my military service and the fact that, as county
executive, I have worked closely
with elected officials and military
groups in our community to recognize veterans for their service.
Each month, the county holds its
Honor-A-Vet ceremony where we
bestow recognition on a member
of the armed services.
We recently honored former
Governor Hugh Carey, who, in
addition to his long and distinguished record as governor and
a member of Congress, served in
the Army during World War II. The
highlight of that ceremony was
meeting and talking to Governor
Carey’s grandchildren, who carry
on his legacy. Governor Carey
served his country and his state
with honor and dignity.
I continue to be humbled by the
various ways local veterans groups
have stepped up to make sure that
the more than 1,000 local service
members who died in combat are
remembered.
One such effort is “Please Remember Me,” a grassroots effort
led by Joe Pollicino, Gene Loparco,
and Thomas Regan. These men
served their country during the
Vietnam War and wanted to do
something special to show appreciation for veterans. The three
have led an all-volunteer effort to
place 140 American flags along
Route 9 from Albany to Route 155
in Colonie. The campaign begins
on May 18 and will be in place
until after July 4.
This is a tremendous show of pa-
triotism and community spirit and
it comes from the heart. The three
men had friends who paid the ultimate price for their service and
wanted to find a way to show the
community that those who have
died will never be forgotten.
They deserve our support and
gratitude for their effort and for
giving of their time for others. In
addition to the flag display, the
group is raising money to restore
the Albany County Vietnam
Memorial in Academy Park in
Albany.
These men didn’t have to undertake this effort but did so out of a
sense of duty, much like the men
and women who still answer the
call to service their country. That
is what makes Albany County
such a great place to live and work.
People come together to give our
veterans a special memorial and
to protect their memory.
Daniel P. McCoy
Albany County Executive
The Grand Garage Sale
at Hamilton Union Church has heart
To the Editor:
You gotta have heart!
That church on Western Avenue
(the one on the hill) has been
holding an annual “garage sale”
for years. How can it do that? It
doesn’t even have a garage. Isn’t
that a requirement? Maybe not.
Not every “flea market” promises
fleas. Not every “fire sale” follows
a conflagration.
So, what makes a garage sale a
“garage sale?” And, more importantly, what makes it one that you’d
want to attend?
Is it just the quantity, quality,
variety, and cleanliness of bargainpriced merchandise? This garage
sale has all of that (clothing, house
wares, toys, games, books, jewelry, crafts, Christmas decorations,
sporting goods, electronics, CDs,
glassware, home-grown plants
and those “heavenly” home-baked
goodies).
That may be enough for some,
but the “Grand Garage Sale” at
Hamilton Union Church, has
more than that. It may not have
a garage, but this garage sale has
heart.
The Grand Garage Sale is not
just about selling stuff, or even
just about raising money for the
church’s programs. It’s also about
giving.
Neighbors of the church give
their excess goods to support this
event. Some even give their time
and talent to work with church
members to make this a success.
Local merchants and businesses
graciously give permission to advertise the sale in their establishments. The Guilderland Interfaith
Food Pantry alerts its clients to this
opportunity to pick up gently used
clothes and household supplies at
especially friendly prices.
Some of the proceeds of the
sale are given to meet needs in
the community, and remaining
clothes, books, etc. are given to
those in need through community
organizations.
Yes, this huge garage sale is
organized by the church, but the
real heart of this sale involves
melding the giving spirit of both
those in the church and those in
the community to make it a success. The Grand Garage Sale — a
garage sale with heart!
We thank the members of the
community for their continued
support and invite you all to join
us for our 2013 Grand Garage Sale
at: Hamilton Union Presbyterian
Church, 2291 Western Ave., Guilderland, on Saturday, May 18, from
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Peter McKinney
Guilderland
Correction
In a story last week on the proposed $1.1 million budget for the Voorheesville Public Library,
we misstated the tax-levy increase; it is actually a 2.3 percent increase over the current year’s
levy.
The state would have allowed an increase of 2.8 percent with a simple majority of the public
vote but the library board chose to stay under that.
The tax rate for New Scotland residents will increase 2.4 percent to $1.27 per $1,000 of assessed
valuation; it will increase 2.1 percent for Guilderland residents to $1.44; and it will increase 2.2
percent to $1.89 per $1,000 of assessed valuation for Berne residents.
Back In Time. . .
1913
100 Years Ago
2013
Altamont Enterprise May 9, 1913
TRUSTEE Re-elected. At the annual school meeting in
Union Free School District No. 7, Town of Guilderland,
Tuesday evening, the tax budget as submitted by the Board
of Education, asking for $4,641, was adopted.
The three trustees whose terms of office expire with the
school year, were re-elected, as follows: Dr. Jesse Crounse
and John B. Browell for three years and Robert W. Shannon
for one year.
Mr. J. L. Smith presided as chairman and Fred Keenholts
and Millard Pangburn served as tellers.
The harmonious feeling prevalent at the meeting would
indicate that the district is satisfied with the manner in
which the school is conducted.
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Disastrous Fire. Tuesday afternoon fire was discovered
in the barn and wagonhouse on the Wasson farm, just west
of the village. It was well underway and by the time help
arrived the best the bucket brigade could do was to confine
their efforts to keeping it from communicating with the
house and woods nearby.
The buildings were practically empty except some farm
implements stored therein by Henry Whipple, who worked
the farm, and as no one had been around the buildings, its
origin is a mystery.
The misses Wasson have a small insurance. Mr. Whipple’s
policy is said to cover his property contained in his own
buildings.
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The War Fifty Years Ago: The Chancellorsville Campaign
--- General Hooker moves two federal columns across the
Rappahannock near Fredericksburg--- Planned to march
around General Lee’s Confederates on the south bank---Lee
sends “Stonewall” Jackson’s Corps to March around Hooker--desperate battle---Jackson mortally wounded. General John
Sedgwick’s Federal Corps drives Lee’s troops from Marye’s
Hieghts in a sharp fight.
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LOCAL BREVITIES
J. Earl is repainting his house.
The Beeten house on the Mac Cormack road is being
repainted.
E. L. Hier, the grocer, has placed a handsome new sign
over his store.
Chester Long’s wheelright shop at New Scotland was
destroyed by fire at 6 o’clock Tuesday morning. It was insured.
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Opinion
Commentary
My wife’s battle with cancer has made me a caregiver
Cause célèbre: Wild blue lupine, native to the pine barrens of the
Pine Bush Preserve will be celebrated during the annual Lupine
Fest. This year’s event, on Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
is focused on the history of the 25-year-old preserve commission.
Notes from the Pine Bush
Commission celebrates 25 years,
festival focuses on ancient history
that grounded the barrens in sand
By Sara Poggi
Have you ever heard of the
Albany Pine Bush Preserve? Better yet, have you ever visited it?
Walked on the trails? Attended an
educational program?
If you have never heard of the
Pine Bush, I hope to help you
come to know a bit more about it
through this column. If you have
visited before, I hope to point out
something new to you, as I share
what’s currently happening in the
Albany Pine Bush Preserve.
Spring is here, the days are
longer, prairie willow is blooming
in the preserve, and the woodcocks
are displaying. Though this is the
season of new life and new beginnings, I have been thinking a lot
about history lately.
This year is the 25th anniversary of the Albany Pine Bush
Preserve Commission and history
is also the theme of this year’s
Lupine Fest. History, like many
things, is something that is in
hiding almost everywhere once
you start looking.
When people come to the Albany
Pine Bush Preserve, one of the first
things they usually notice is the
sand underneath their feet. The
story of how this sand got here
starts with a large sheet of ice (a
glacier) 20,000 years ago.
The glacier was about a mile
high and covered almost the entire
state of New York. As the earth
warmed, the glacier began to melt,
forming what is known as Glacial
Lake Albany. This lake was about
160 miles long and stretched from
present-day Newburg to Glens
Falls. Rivers flowed into the lake,
bringing sand and other deposits
with them and formed deltas at
the edge of the lake. There are two main theories
as to what happened to the lake.
One theory is that, eventually, the
land rebounded after the pressure
of the glacier was gone and the
lake drained.
The other is that a natural dam
to the south broke and the lake
drained out near Long Island
Sound. The sand was left behind
and the wind blew it into dunes.
This sand is the foundation of the
Pine Bush and the story of how
this sand got here is history.
Today, the Pine Bush Preserve
is a chopped-up patchwork of protected land surrounded by roads
and development. You can hear the
whir of traffic from the New York
State Thruway and other roads
from almost every trail here.
I often explain to visitors that
this was not the first road to go
through the Pine Bush. The Pine
Bush was historically used as a
footpath connecting Fort Orange
(once located where Albany is
today) to the hunting grounds in
present-day Schenectady. This is
history in hiding again.
History helps us to tell the story
of this place, of how it came to look
like it does now. History helps to
connect people to this place by
exploring human relationships
to the natural world in the past
and present.
History is definitely a part of
the Albany Pine Bush Preserve
and a part of all of our programs
though sometimes it may be in
hiding. This year’s Lupine Fest is a
great chance for you to come learn
about and celebrate the history of
the Pine Bush.
This is a free event on Saturday,
May 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
There will be hikes, storytelling,
presentations on falconry and
other historic topics, face-painting,
games, crafts, and much more.
If you want more information
about the Albany Pine Bush
Preserve or the Lupine Fest, feel
free to check the website: www.
AlbanyPineBush.org, give the
commission a call at 456-0655, or
stop into the Discovery Center at
195 New Karner Road in Albany.
and seeing firsthand what nurses
Did I mention that being a
By Frank L. Palmeri
Perhaps you’re a nurse or a do, she many be having a change caregiver is tough?
In just my limited time of being
patient-care assistant, or maybe of heart. I sure hope she decides
you have a disabled family mem- to become a nurse; then someday a caregiver, I’ve seen so much and
learned so much. For example, the
ber, or you might work in a senior she can take care of me.
During my wife’s second hos- person who needs care is often
home. If one of these describes you,
then you know the meaning of the pital stay, we had a floor full of very frustrated because she can’t
nurses and patient-care assistants do what she used to do.
word “caregiver.”
Especially for someone like
I thought I knew what that word who were all nice and unique in
meant, but as my beautiful wife, their own ways. Remember, some my wife, who is type-A and does
Charlotte, battles invasive breast of these people, who you’ve never things non-stop most of the time,
cancer, I’m learning just what be- met before, are often performing to be slowed down by something
some personal and quite intimate you have virtually no control over
ing a caregiver really means.
must be awful. This, of course,
First, let me state right off the procedures on you.
This is why I think it’s fair to causes stress and anger.
bat that I’m glad we live in a time
One night, while she was still in
when medical science has made say, if you really want to do the job
such advances in the treatment well, you need to be a “people per- the hospital, my wife called me at
of aggressive diseases like cancer. son” when dealing with patients. home to apologize for something
If you detect it early, there are Sometimes all it takes is a smile to she’d said earlier in the day. As a
treatment options that give you make someone who’s apprehensive caregiver, you know it’s displaced
or uncomfortable feel better.
anger, but it still hurts anyway.
a fighting chance.
Then again, it helps if the paNow, my wife and I love each
My wife’s cancer was Stage 1
when detected (that’s early), so tient is nice, too; by the time my other very much so we can deal
we’re keeping our fingers crossed. wife left the hospital, I think she with anything, but imagine what
Of course, it helps if you have good had the e-mail addresses of the it’s like for professional caregivers
health-care coverage, and, if you’re whole staff, so that should tell you who are dealing with non-family
members and strangers who may
a guy, a spouse who insists you get how well she was received.
You’d think a bed in a hospital not be very nice or, in fact, be quite
that annual physical. (Women are
smart enough not to need to be, was pretty straightforward, but miserable, on top of their health
pardon the pun, prodded to get not anymore. They have beds now issues?
that are motorized to prevent the
How they do that is amazing. It
checked.)
can’t be easy, to say the least.
When you’re in the health-care patient from getting bedsores.
This is fine, but, when I’d try to
Piles of paperwork
system, you deal with nurses. All
As if being struck with invasive
the nurses my wife has dealt with sit on the edge of the bed to keep
in her seemingly endless doctors’ my wife company, the whole thing breast cancer, or any disease, isn’t
bad enough, there’s
visits and
another aspect of
two hospital
being sick that must
stays have
My wife is normally what
be addressed: manbeen excelI call a “massage sponge”;
aging or attemptlent except
ing to manage the
for one.
she just soaks it up.
staggering amount
When my
But, in this condition,
of paperwork, apwife got out
with her body still so sore from the surgeries,
pointments, phone
of surgery,
calls, and prescripshe was
just one wrong touch or move
tions.
wheeled to
could send her into excruciating pain.
One of my roles
a recovery
as caregiver is to
room. So
help my wife in
she’s lying
there in a drug-induced semi- would start to shimmy; it was like this area; I can assure you, it is a
coma, just trying to get conscious being in a rowboat on a lake when daunting task.
I’m not an entrepreneur but, if I
again, when she hears some beep- a bigger boat passes by.
ing, low at first, then louder and
At one point, my wife needed were, again keeping in mind that
louder.
the bed adjusted in the middle many baby boomers will be in the
All of a sudden, a nurse bursts of the night, and she would be same position as my wife at some
into the room and yells, “Why up five feet in the air with her point, I’d form a company that
didn’t you tell us your I.V. was head lower than her feet — they offers patient-assistant services,
empty?”
had to replace the bed to fix it. like keeping track of everything
Are you kidding me? While ly- There are some things, like the related to the disease, treatment,
ing there trying to recover from Victor mousetrap, that just can’t and follow-up, so that the patient
major surgery, my poor wife had be improved on. Perhaps beds are would just have to worry about
getting better.
no idea the I.V. (an intravenous like that too.
After helping with patient mantube attached to her arm), which
Homecoming
was hanging from a stand behind
When my wife got home from agement for only a short while, I
her so she couldn’t even see it, the hospital, I got my first taste can see how there is a real need
was empty, not to mention what of what being a caregiver really for a service like this.
Hugs deserved
the meaning of all those random involves. Mind you, I had a hard
During visiting hours, when my
beeps were.
act to follow. In the hospital, she
Again, this was the only nurse got meals delivered to her bedside; wife was in the hospital, there
we dealt with in months of visits help with bathing; medications de- was almost always some family
who wasn’t 100-percent top notch, livered on time and in the correct member or friend at her bedside,
professional, and caring. Maybe dosage; and someone available cheering her up and trying to
she was just having a bad day.
24/7 to adjust her bed or provide help in some little way. In fact,
Nursing, beyond needles
some other creature comfort at the her roommate complained that
we visited too often and stayed
Speaking of nurses, I’ve been call of a button.
trying for years to get my youngIn this sense I’m like the car too long.
In talking about this, my wife
est daughter to study nursing as a rental company Avis: I’m number
career. My reasons are threefold: two, but I try harder.
said to me, “Some people have to
— 1. As my generation (the
The first thing I tried to do was do this all on their own.”
baby boomers) continues to move get her comfortable. She’d had maI’ll tell you what, it has to be
through the system, we are going jor surgery, with complications, so awful to be in a big, busy place
to need more and more health she was really weak. Just going to like a hospital with no one there
care and related services, meaning the bathroom was an adventure.
for you. There’s just something
good, skilled nurses are going to
My wife is normally what I call wrong about that.
continue to be in demand. Heck, I a “massage sponge”; she just soaks
Being sick is one thing; with any
could use a nurse right now, and it up. But, in this condition, with luck you can get better. But being
I’m not even sick;
her body still so sore from the sick and lonely? I don’t want to
— 2. Any job is more pleasurable surgeries, just one wrong touch or even think about it.
the busier you are — the day just move could send her into excruciAs I write this, my wife has just
flies by — and working as a nurse ating pain.
started chemotherapy. I hope she’ll
is as busy as it gets; and
I try very hard but I’m basically get through this and be her strong,
— 3. Helping people is so, so a bull-in-a-china-shop kind of guy; energetic self once again really
satisfying, and nobody helps more subtlety is just not my thing. So soon. As for me, the experience of
than nurses.
it was very hard trying to find becoming a caregiver has been eye
My daughter still says she the right balance between trying opening, to say the least. Be sure
“doesn’t like needles” but, after to be helpful and causing more to hug the next caregiver you see.
accompanying us to many visits problems.
They deserve it.
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behind them — for the support from Maddie’s Mark Foundation during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on
April 27. The Mustos’ daughter Madeline died on Feb. 8, 2012 of an inoperable brain stem tumor. The
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Maddie is leaving her mark on all of us
To the Editor:
On Saturday, April 20, the
Guilderland YMCA along with
over 60 community volunteers
built a preschool playground in
memory of Madeline Musto. This
project was made possible by grant
funding from the Maddie’s Mark
Foundation and community donors such as Orsini Landscaping,
LLC; HMA Contracting Corporation; MA Schafer Construction;
Empire Wine & Liquor; and the
Barrington Family.
The playground was 100 percent funded by grant money or
donated materials. The volunteer
build took place during National
Volunteer Week, a time dedicated
to recognizing the importance of
pitching in and being active in the
community. We’d like to thank The
Altamont Enterprise for coming to
the playground build and being a
part of the day.
We celebrated the opening of
“Maddie’s Place” at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 27, in conjunction with the YMCA Healthy
Kids Day. It was a beautiful dedication of a space that will provide
our children and community with
many “best days ever”!
The YMCA and Maddie’s Mark
Foundation would like to give an
enormous thank-you to those who
came out to help build, plant, play,
and dedicate the playground, as
well as those who always believed
in this project.
A seed of an idea grew into this
enriching and enjoyable outdoor
environment. Maddie is truly leaving her mark on all of us, and the
community at large.
To learn more about Maddie’s
Story and the Maddie’s Mark
Foundation, please go online to
www.maddiesmark.org.
Kristen Usher
Camp and preschool director
Guilderland YMCA
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Altamont is a (green and clean) treasure
To the Editor:
On behalf of the board of Altamont Community Tradition, I
would like to thank everyone who
participated in our 11th Annual
Green and Clean on April 27. We
weeded, raked, mulched, and generally beautified both Orsini and
Schilling parks.
We are thankful for the direction of Keith Lee and the village
gardeners, Ann and Deb, as well
as the many residents who joined
ACT members in the effort.
When readers drive by the
parks, we hope they will take note
of how wonderful they look, and
appreciate the volunteerism so
evident in this community.
Again it needs to be said: Altamont is a treasure, and we are so
fortunate to live here!
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ACT
Student letters are like shining lights
illuminating dark places in education
To the Editor:
Recently, there have been several letters written to The Enterprise
by students about some curriculum problems in the Guilderland
Central School District.
How refreshing to read about
students who know the true purpose of school and take great
pleasure in improving their
minds and learning as much
as they can on a variety of
subjects.
Can anyone imagine students in Germany, India,
China, or Japan pleading for
classes that provide rigorous
work to meet their needs? Of
course not. These students are
given rigorous academic work
to meet their needs and to prepare
them for further education.
What a joy to read Samantha
Stern’s letter expressing her happiness in learning new subjects.
One can’t help but hope to attend
some of her classes to see the students’ love of learning and their
interaction with each other as they
discuss various subjects.
As to those who think it’s unfair
to just have enrichment for the
above-average kids, how about
the enrichment provided those
above-average in physical educa-
tion — called sports teams? Those
students not good enough to play
aren’t permitted on the teams.
To those educators who refuse
to acknowledge the gifted science
student and to provide the appropriate education to meet his needs,
this student may be the surgeon
Can anyone imagine students
in Germany, India, China,
or Japan pleading for classes
that provide rigorous work
to meet their needs?
who saves your life some day, or
the life of a family member, or he
may be part of a medical-research
team working to develop a cure
for a devastating illness. Think
about it!
Ella Sabatino’s letter stated
quite clearly the importance and
need to study foreign languages
and about other cultures —
something many adults don’t
understand.
Anna-Jay Robert’s and Cassandra Paneginto’s letters express
as eloquently as anyone the need
for music and art in school and in
daily living. As to the importance
of music and art to all people: Can
anyone name any sports figure
who left as lasting an influence on
cultures worldwide as did Michelangelo, Beethoven or Brahms? If
so, who is this person?
What are educators doing
to help these deserving students and others like them?
These students are found in
many schools if educators
care to recognize them. There
seems to be little problem in
recognizing the student who
hits the ball faster (baseball)
than anyone else, but the
student who is first in science is quickly dismissed.
Why is that?
Many thanks go to the dear
students for sharing their thought
about these important subjects.
Your letters are like shining lights
illuminating the dark places in the
educational system.
Unfortunately, your thoughts
were ignored by educators for one
reason or another — that tells
more about what they think about
these issues than they want the
public to know.
Aldona Vaitulis
Guilderland
TOWN of KNOX SURVEY
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as the Town updates the Comprehensive Plan.
Everyone’s input counts.
Please write down your thoughts on your own paper to
answer the following three main questions. Provide as
much detail as you like.
1. What do you appreciate and value about living
in Knox, or what aspects of life here would you
like to be protected?
(If you have any suggestions for protecting them,
please describe.)
2. What issues concern you about living in Knox,
or what problems need to be addressed?
(If you have any ideas for addressing them, please
describe.)
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15 years from now?
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The Silent Approach
Opinion
The Old Men of the Mountain
Thoughts on working in the woods,
ways of drinking a cup of joe,
and waiting for winter to end
By John R. Williams
The end of April and another
cold day. The Old Men of the
Mountain met at the Home Front
Café in Altamont on Tuesday, April
30, to have a hot breakfast and to
warm up.
Jack (you all know Jack — he
is the husband of Cindy, who is
the real boss of the Home Front)
dropped off a gift bag of some of
the gifts he received on his recent
80th birthday. Jack said that the
Old Men could go through and
take what we wanted. (Talk about
re-gifting)!
However, this scribe does not
know if there were any takers on
Jack’s generous offer. The scribe
suspects not because the OFs
don’t want nor do they need any
more junk.
One OF mentioned that, even
over some of the transvaps (septic
systems), the ground is not frozen
at all on the “discharge end.”
Then, one OF said, with the
amount of his oil bills, you couldn’t
prove it by him that it hasn’t been
cold.
Another OF said he can understand that because he had just
received a load of oil and the price
was $3.999 a gallon.
“Wow,” an additional OG answered because he had just received oil also and his price was
$3.769.
The OFs could not understand
how the disparity of equal products could be so different.
“A delivery of oil now,” said an
OF, “requires me to take money
from my savings account to pay
“Have a cup of coffee at Starbucks, then go
purchase a pack of cigarettes and you have
spent as much as I used to make in a day.”
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Making her bid: A woman participates in the silent auction at the 10th anniversary of the Voorheesville Community and School Foundation Gala on Saturday evening at the Albany Country
Club in New Scotland.
...And The More Outgoing
There’s a mystery on our hands: During dinner at the Voorheesville Community and School
Foundation Gala on Saturday evening at the Albany Country Club, members of the Classic Theater Guild performed a short play named Next of Kin. Here, Big Daddy Sugarbaker (played by
Glen Reed), at left, considers which of his kin should inherit his millions as, from left, Scarlet
Sugarbaker (Lauren Darling), Rhett Sugarbaker (Mark David), and Melanie Sugarbaker (Megan
Hurley) listen attentively.
Well, that might not include
all the OFs; the OMOTM do
have a few junk collectors in
their midst. For these few OFs,
their motto is, “If it is free, it is
for me.”
Felling trees
is an art
Over the years, and there have
been a lot of them, the OMOTM
have covered many topics, and
some are beginning to resurface.
The re-worked topic last Tuesday was how, when we were YFs,
we worked. Much of the work was
considered normal and just had
to be done.
Now the OFs realize how hard
and stupid this “work” was in the
way we went about it when we
were younger, but at that time we
didn’t know any better. It was just
how it was done.
The subject on Tuesday morning
related again to felling trees and
cutting them up. We discussed
how many of the OFs were hurt
doing this job, and how many
friends we knew at that time that
never had the chance to become
OFs because of working in the
woods.
The OFs talked about how this
type of work is an art, and people
who know what they are doing
should be doing it.
The OFs also confessed that now
they are a little jealous of the professional tree cutter’s equipment.
Their chain saws start with one
effortless pull. The same saws cut
smooth and straight.
With most of the OFs, the first
fight is to get the dumb saw going,
and next thing is to get it to cut.
One OF said he doesn’t think the
same saws that are in the hardware stores are the same saws the
professionals use even though the
ads say so.
Not so cold
Now that winter is over (we
hope), the OFs mentioned how,
even though it was cold, it hasn’t
been that cold. The OFs can tell
this by how much frost is in the
ground.
In the past couple of years, there
hasn’t seemed to be that much
frost in the ground. The OFs say
they can tell this in a couple of
ways; one is that the snowplows
are digging up more of the lawn
than usual, and then how fast the
frost leaves in the spring.
just the one bill. People do not
have 600 to 700-plus dollars hanging around to pay the oil man.”
At one time, the OFs were discussing how much their power
bills were and that varied also.
However, one OF is on 100-percent
wind power and this OF pays a
premium for that and his power
is much more expensive.
One OF said that going green
is only for the rich — average or
poor people can’t afford it.
Some like it hot
The OFs at this scribe’s table
started talking about drinking coffee, and how much drinkers of this
brew alter the taste of the stuff
by what they put in it. A couple
of OFs at the table drink it black,
and the others just added a little
sugar and half and half.
It is what these OFs see and
know that friends and relatives
add. One OF said some have a
little coffee with their sugar, or
flavor their milk with just a touch
of coffee.
Some insist on regular milk,
not skim, or 2 percent, but the
whole milk. Some won’t drink it
hot, but want it served hot while
others drink it so hot they must
have cast-iron burner plates in
their stomachs.
Now one OF commented that
he is going to watch how everyone drinks his coffee and what
each adds. None of the OFs could
understand Starbucks and paying six or seven dollars for a cup
of coffee.
“Golly,” one OF said, “Have a
cup of coffee at Starbucks, then
go purchase a pack of cigarettes
and you have spent as much as I
used to make in a day.”
Those Old Men of the Mountain
who made it to the Home Front
Café in Altamont and enjoyed
their morning cups of coffee no
matter how they doctored it up
were: Roger Chapman, Roger
Shafer, Harold Grippen, Harold
Guest, Bill Rice, Bill Krause, Jim
Heiser, Jim Rissacher, Henry Witt,
Henry Whipple, Miner Stevens,
Frank Pauli, Don Moser, Dave
Williams, Robie Osterman, Arnold
Geraldsen, John Rossmann, Otis
Lawyer, Mark Traver, Glenn Patterson, Lou Schenck, Mace Porter,
Gary Porter, Jack Norray, Steve
Kelly, Mike Willsey, Ted Willsey,
Elwood Vanderbilt, and me. 7
Figuring on fun and learning, V’ville team on odyssey to World Championships
By Tyler Murphy
VOORHEESVILLE — On May
22, a Voorheesville middle school
Odyssey of the Mind team will be
heading to Michigan State University to compete against 800 groups
from around the globe in the 2013
World Championships.
Following a Voorheesville tradition, a team of seventh grade
girls won competitions at both
the regional and state levels in
March, before moving forward to
the 34th annual Odyssey of the
Mind World Finals.
The Voorheesville Middle School
has several Odyssey of the Mind
teams, including a sixth grade
team that competed in this year’s
state finals and a fifth-grade team
that came in second place at the
regional competition.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program
where students can compete
against their peers, from kindergarten to college, by solving a
series of creative and knowledge
based challenges through performances and by taking part in
specifically presented tasks.
Thousands of teams throughout the United States and 25
other countries participate in the
program and competitors at this
month’s event will include members from Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan,
Lithuania, Malaysia, Poland,
Singapore, and Uzbekistan.
Teams are given a set of challenges to select from when creating a performance, which requires
the demonstration of scientific, literary, social, or other educational
components. The performance is
a significant part of the program.
The students create the five- to
seven-minute skits and act them
out before a panel of judges.
In parts of the competition the
team also enters into timed verbal,
creative, or design collaborations,
scored for originality, teamwork,
and the correctness of responses
or solutions. The challenges vary;
one may require teams to write
poetry while another might ask
to solve an engineering design
problem.
Calculated success
In preparing the skit, the
Voorheesville students selected a
problem asking to be original and
humorous. The challenge required
the performance to have at least
two characters acting naturally,
but in a way that would seem
odd to those around them. The
skit also has to have at least one
scene change and a visual meter
showing the level of strange or
normal behavior during the performance.
The team selected math as a
theme with the characters in the
Laugh Math: The Voorheesville seventh-grade Odyssey of the Mind team will be heading to the World Finals this month to face off against
competitors from across the globe. One of the challenges is to create a skit expressing a set of scientific, social or literary ideas. The team
developed and wrote a short play about the numbers -1 and 1 falling in love despite their differences, or the positive and negative effects
on those around them. Left to right: -6 is performed by Joelle Lisboa; -2 by Isabel Jobin-Davis; -1 by Abby Parker; 5 by Tori Szesnet; 1 by
Emma Hampston, and 7 by Rachel Crawford.
skit being either positive or negative numbers. The main characters, 1 and -1, are acting naturally
in the performance when they fall
in love, despite the negative preferences that they stay on their own
side of the number line. Another
interesting twist, almost all of the
dialogue rhymes.
One of the skit’s first lines goes,
“Welcome to our number line! Add,
subtract, multiply, divide. As you
see, we’re numbers here. Everyone
counts. Isn’t that clear?”
“Our performance is about a
group of numbers. There are positive numbers and negative numbers, All the negatives are also
even numbers (except -1) and all
the positives are odd numbers. The
negative and positive fits in — the
positives have positive attitudes
and the negatives are negative,”
explained student Abby Parker,
who plays -1.
“There’s a lot of math humor,”
her teammate Joelle Lisboa
warns. Like when -2, played by
Isabel Jobin-Davis, comments the
relationship between 1 and -1 will
“never add up to anything.”
“The negative characters considered -1 the odd one among them
because of her positive attitude,”
said Tori Szesnet, who plays 5.
A scene in the skit has all the
numbers getting together on stage
to figure out a way for -1 and 1 to
be together and the team takes the
judges through several rounds of
funny calculations using fractions
and decimals.
The positive numbers are looking for a “positive outcome” to the
relationship while the negatives
are just trying to figure out a way
“to make it add up to something,”
said Parker.
When the positive numbers
5 and 7 jump into the equation
to help add things up, they try
dividing -1 by 571, which comes
to a .002.
“Well, this is pretty pointless,”
comments a skeptical -2 afterward.
When all six characters join
in, dividing -126 by 751, it adds
up to -.2
An unsatisfied -1 comments,
“This is really brining me down.”
In the end, though, the numbers
figure out a clever, yet unconventional, way for things to work
when the two 1s stand next to each
other and make 11, which is higher
than any other number.
“In the end it’s a positive message,” said Emma Hampston, who
plays 1.
Working Together
Rachel Crawford, who plays
lucky number 7, said the team
almost did a skit involving the
ocean and animals instead but
the group choose the math theme
because they thought it would be
more popular with judges, who
they believe tend to favor projects
involving math and science.
Team coach Jean Mackay began
participating in the program eight
years ago after her sons joined.
She said this was the fourth time a
Voorheesville team had traveled to
the world finals. In 2011, an eighth
grade team won the world finals;
in 2009, another Voorheesville
team took third at the finals; and,
in 2008, a team placed ninth.
“The kids did everything, really.
They wrote the script, came up
with dialogue, made the costumes
and the scenery. They use tools,
like a power drill and hammer,
they build it and paint it,” said
Mackay.
She said the teams that often
did the best were the ones with
members who could work closely
together.
Though the teams raise funds
on their own, Mackay said, the
program also benefited greatly
from donations by the Voorheesville Community and Schools
Foundation and the dedication of
volunteers.
The team will compete at the
world finals from May 22 to 25 in
East Lansing, Mich.
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The story of ‘polio pioneers’ propels Visker to National History Day Contest
By Melissa Hale-Spencer
GUILDERLAND — Pride
shone bright at Tuesday’s school
board meeting.
The board started by admiring the work of several students
who had placed in the regional
History Day competition, then
heard that Guilderland High
School was ranked 511th among
the 2,000 best public high schools
in America by Newsweek and The
Daily Beast; and finally learned
that the state’s recently released
School Report Card data, based
on test results from last year,
shows that Guilderland has met
all the progress requirements.
Ashley Visker, another eighthgrader from Farnsworth, stood
before the board with a disc in
her hand.
“I put a lot of work into this
little disc,” she said, noting that
she was “really proud,” because,
after three years of work on History Day projects, she had never
before gotten this far.
Visker earned first place in the
Junior Individual Documentary
category at the state competition,
which was held in Cooperstown
on April 29, and will go on to compete at the National History Day
finals in College Park, Md.
Other Guilderland award win-
“No others would attempt human trials for 20 years.”
Katherine Wallace, an eighthgrader at Farnsworth Middle
School, was intrigued when she
read The Jungle by muckraker
Upton Sinclair. As a reporter
at the turn of the last century
for the socialist newspaper,
Appeal to Reason, Sinclair surreptitiously worked in Chicago
meatpacking plants, gathering
information for his novel on
the life of an immigrant family
trapped by poverty.
“As I began researching, I kept
coming across Harvey Wiley’s
name,” said Wallace, who likes
science. “I found his story to be
extremely interesting.”
This led to her exhibit on “The
Forgotten Father of the Pure
Food and Drug Act of 1906.”
“He was born in 1844 in Indiana and grew up on a farm where
he learned that food was sacred,”
she said. “He’s overlooked nowadays because people take food
safety for granted.”
Wiley faced “unbelievable opposition,” said Wallace, pointing to
newspaper articles and cartoons
from early in the last century, as
he spent 25 years advocating for
the Pure Food Act.
Her exhibit, a triptych, carefully displays period commentary
as well as modern interpretation
of Wiley’s work, describing his
early life, the opposition he faced,
and his legacy.
Wallace, who took second place
in her division at the regional
competition, concludes that
Wiley’s life’s work well fits the
theme for this year’s national
History Day competition: “Turning Points in History.”
Sarah Jones, a high school
student, also displayed her
website, “The City That Kept A
Secret,” which took first place
at the regional competition. And
ners at the state level are: junior
Michelle Kang, who earned
second place for her historical
research paper on the New Deal;
eighth-grader Conor Quinn, who
garnered a second-place special
award in Maritime History for
his documentary on the Cuban
Missile Crisis; and sixth-grader
Nicole Chiang, who earned third
place for her website on Robert
Goddard, which the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration wants to display in its
archives.
Visker’s documentary, “Polio
Trials and Their Effect on Future
Vaccinations,” captured the fear
that gripped the world as people
succumbed to polio.
She used powerful black-andwhite images of stricken children
as she said few things frightened
parents more. Of those who
contracted poliomyelitis, one in
five ended up with irreversible
paralysis and one in 10 died.
Although the vaccine developed by Jonas Salk was a turning
point, Visker said, scientists and
doctors had been trying to find
a cure for centuries before Salk
was born. Her video detailed
failed attempts and featured
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a
polio victim himself, who founded
what would become the March
of Dimes, which raised funds to
support research for a vaccine.
In a clip featuring period
screen idols, Mickey Rooney tells
Judy Garland “how far a dime
will go to help.”
The Depression era “great race
to find a cure” had ended badly
with rushed and sloppy work,
Visker reports in her film. “No
others would attempt human
trials for 20 years,” she said.
In 1954, two million children
from 44 states — dubbed “polio
The Enterprise— Melissa Hale-Spencer
“I put a lot of work into this little disc,” Ashley Visker, a
Guilderland middle-school student, tells the board of her awardwinning film on the development of the polio vaccine. This year’s
theme for the National History Day contest is “Turning Points
in History.” Visker, an eighth-grader, earned first place for her
documentary at the state competition and will now move on to the
National History Day finals in College Park, Md.
Of the top 25 schools nationwide, only one
— University High School in Tucson, Ariz.,
ranked 19th — has open enrollment.
pioneers” — took part in studies
to determine the effectiveness
of Salk’s vaccine; one year later,
the vaccine was pronounced a
success.
Board President Colleen
O’Connell responded to Visker’s
film by underscoring the importance of the vaccine as she
related a story from her mother.
Her mother was playing with
her girlhood best friend one day
before her friend took ill with
polio.
“Three days later, she was at
her funeral,” said O’Connell.
Deb Escobar, the long-time
enrichment teacher at Farnsworth Middle School, thanked
the board for its support. For two
years, the enrichment job has
been proposed among budget cuts
but students and parents have
successfully lobbied to keep it.
Rankings
The high school representative, Erika Feinman, reported
to the board that Guilderland
ranked 511th, up from 591 last
year, in the Newsweek and The
Daily Beast list, released May
6, of the best 2,000 public high
schools in the nation, coming in
third in the Capital Region.
Newsweek merged with the
news and opinion website in 2010
and published its last print edition on Dec. 31 but has continued
with its high-school rankings,
started last year.
According to the Daily Beast
website, it has tweaked its formula for top schools but kept
the original conceit, “to find the
ones that best prepare students
for college.”
A quarter of the score is based
on graduation rates, a quarter
on acceptance into colleges, and
a quarter on participation in
college-level classes.
The remaining quarter is
divided this way: 10 percent
on the average scores for the
SAT and ACT college admission
exams; 10 percent for the scores
on tests for college-level courses
including Advanced Placement,
International Baccalaureate, or
Advanced International Certificate of Education courses; and
5 percent on the percentage of
students enrolled in at least one
of the college-level courses.
Bethlehem ranked first in the
Capital Region, 366th in the nation, with a score of 3.30. It has
a graduation rate of 95 percent
with 98 percent of its students
college-bound, average SAT
scores of 1650, average ACT
scores of 25, and average AP
scores of 3.9 with 22 percent of
its students receiving subsidized
lunches.
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Voorheesville’s Clayton A.
Bouton High School ranked
second in the area, 251st in the
country, with a score of 3.38.
It has a graduation rate of 98
percent with 97 percent of its
students college-bound, average
SAT scores of 1633, average ACT
scores of 26.4, and average AP
scores of 3.4 with 6 percent of
its students receiving subsidized
lunches.
Academy of Math and Science,
is ranked first in the nation with
a Newsweek score of 4.84. All of
its students graduate and 100
percent are bound for college; 15
percent have subsidized lunches.
Its SAT scores average 2070 and
its ACT scores average 32.
School Report Card
Recently released data on
state-required tests taken last
year show that Guilderland has
“He’s overlooked nowadays because
people take food safety for granted.”
Guilderland, at 511 th, third
in the Capital Region, has a
Newsweek score of 3.22. It has
a graduation rate of 99 percent
with 95 percent of its students
bound for college, average SAT
scores of 1619, average ACT
scores of 24, and average ACT
scores of 4 with 11 percent of its
students receiving subsidized
lunches.
The top school in New York
State, among the 194 listed by
Newsweek and The Daily Beast,
is City Honors School in Buffalo,
with a score of 3.92, a 100-percent graduation rate, and 98
percent of its students bound
for college. City Honors ranked
22nd nationwide, and is listed as
a magnet school with selective
enrollment. Surprisingly, unlike the wealthier top-ranked
suburban Capital Region schools,
City Honors has 31 percent of
its students receiving subsidized lunches, an indication of
poverty.
All of the ranked Capital Region schools, which also include
Shenendehowa, Shaker, and
Saratoga Springs, have open
enrollment. Of the top 25 schools
nationwide, only one — University High School in Tucson, Ariz.,
ranked 19th — has open enrollment. All the rest are charter
or magnet schools or are listed
as having selective or lottery
admissions.
In the top 100 high schools,
just three others have open
enrollment — Jericho High
School in Jericho, N.Y., ranked
32nd; Bronxville High School in
Bronxville, N.Y, ranked 42nd; and
Walnut High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, ranked 53rd.
A magnet school with selective
admission from Bowling Green,
Ky., the Carol Martin Gatton
met what the state calls AYP or
“adequate yearly progress” for all
levels, subjects, and subgroups.
The State Education Department gathers information on
students through tests in English and math for third through
12th grades, in science for fourth
through eighth grades, and
graduation rates.
For English and math, 95
percent of students in each accountability group with 40 or
more members must be tested;
in science, 80 percent must be
tested.
Guilderland has enough students to be measured in categories described as Black or
African American, Hispanic or
Latino, Asian or Native Hawaiian, White, Multiracial, Students
with Disabilities, Limited English Proficient, and Economically
Disadvantaged. Guilderland
does not have enough in the
“American Indian or Alaska Native” category to be measured in
a meaningful way.
Participation rates at all levels
were most often 100 percent with
an occasional 99 or 98 percent.
Test scores at various grade
levels in the different groups
show a range of results.
The four-year graduation rate
is calculated at 93 percent for
all Guilderland students (455
graduates out of a cohort of 489
students who entered as a group
four years prior), compared with
a state standard of 80 percent.
The four-year graduation rate
for Guilderland students with
disabilities is 73 percent (57
graduates out of a cohort of 78),
with a progress target of 72
percent.
A full overview of results with
analysis will be presented to the
board on June 18.
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“Crusading Chemist”: Katherine Wallace, an eighth-grader at Farnsworth Middle School, points
to a 1906 news article that exemplifies the opposition Harvey Wiley faced from food companies as he
pushed for passage of the country’s first Pure Food and Drug Act. The story from The Spokane Press is
headlined “Adulterated Food Trust Throws Bricks.” Wallace presented her prize-winning History Day
project to the Guilderland School Board on Tuesday.
GSCD voters decide on $91M budget on May 21
GUILDERLAND — On Tuesday, May 21, Guilderland Central
School
District residents will vote on a
$91 million budget for the 2013-14
school year, a 1.98-percent increase of spending — $1.8 million
— over this year’s budget.
If the budget is
approved by a majority of voters, the tax
levy would increase
3.39 percent, which
is below the state-set
tax cap.
Tax rates are estimated to increase by
the same amount.
Voters will also
decide on a $1 million
bus and equipment
proposition and elect
three members to the school board;
the three incumbents — Barbara
Fraterrigo, Colleen O’Connell, and
Gloria Towle-Hilt — are unchallenged.
Details on the budget and
profiles of the candidates are
available online at www.Altamontenterprise.com under archives.
Information is also available at
the district’s website, www.guilderlandschools.org.
Polls will be open on May 21
from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at all five
district elementary schools. Vot-
Voters will also decide on
a $1 million bus and
equipment proposition and
elect three members
to the school board.
ers must be at least 18 years old,
United States citizens, and residents of the school district for at
least 30 days prior to the vote.
Voter registration is required.
Voters who are registered to vote
in county elections are also regis-
tered to vote in district elections.
Residents may register at any
of the district elementary schools
on May 13 or 14 from 8:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. or at the district office
at 8 School Road in Guilderland
Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
on the same days. Residents may
also register with the
Albany County Board
of Elections during
its normal business
hours.
Absentee ballots are
available upon request. Residents may
contact the district
clerk at 456-6200,
ext. 3125, to request
an absentee ballot application. Completed
applications must be
received by May 14 if the ballot is
to be mailed to the voter, or by May
20 if the ballot is to be given to the
voter in person at the district office. All completed absentee ballots
must be delivered to the district
office by 5 p.m. on May 21.
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Deligiannis pleads guilty
to stabbing man repeatedly
GUILDERLAND — Elias Deligiannis, a 33-year-old Guilderland resident, pleaded guilty to
one count of attempted assault,
for stabbing a man.
Deligiannis, according to a
press release from Albany County
District Attorney David Soares’s
office, stabbed the man repeatedly in the head, torso, and appendages, during the course of an
argument, on March 20, around
12:08 a.m., in Colonie.
The victim suffered a punctured lung and multiple stab
wounds that required surgery,
according to the release.
Deligiannis pleaded guilty to
the charge of first-degree attempted assault, a class C violent
felony, in front of Judge Peter J.
Lynch, in Albany County Court,
on May 2.
He remains in custody, and
will receive between eight and 10
years in state prison, followed by
five years of post-release supervision, when he is sentenced on
Elias Deligiannis
June 13, the release said.
Assistant District Attorney
Matthew Hauf, of the Major
Crimes Unit, handled the prosecution of this case.
— Anne Hayden
Sheriff will train civilians
how to respond to a shooter
ALBANY COUNTY — The
sheriff ’s office is offering any
business or organization in Albany County a two-hour course
in civilian response to an active
shooter.
Deputies will provide training in what to expect during an
incident and how to respond to
law enforcement officers.
The sheriff ’s office has trained
over 300 civilian employees at
various county installations and
is extending the training due to
demand. This May, the training
unit will conduct a course for 200
members of the Department of
Youth and Families Services.
Any organization interested
in receiving this training, conducted on the requesting business’s premises, should contact
First Sergeant Gennaro Appell
by phone at 694-3621 or by e-mail
at [email protected].
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Business Corner
Aid Beyond The Ambulance
A host of international shops
to open at Crossgates Mall
By Anne Hayden
GUILDERLAND — Crossgates Mall will welcome more
than a dozen new stores over the
next few months, continuing its
goal to “bring in tenants that are
unique to the Capital Region,”
according to General Manager
Joseph Castaldo.
Castaldo said the mall, owned
by the Pyramid Management
Group, has over 80 stores that
can’t be found anywhere else
within a two- or three-hour driving radius of Albany.
“We are very aggressive in our
leasing,” said Castaldo.
Pyramid is parterning with the
Retail Group of American to open
10 international-brand stores in
the mall this year.
The mall isn’t trying to target
a new demographic with the new
shops. Rather, said Castaldo, “We
are everything to everybody.”
Along with the new stores will
come at least 75 job opportunities, he said.
The shops include, according
to press releases:
— Accessorize, a brand based
in the United Kingdom, devoted
to designing eclectic, globallysourced, well-priced accessories
for women;
— Cortefiel, a clothing brand
with classic charm, elegance,
comfort, and functionality, for
both men and women;
— Jennyfer, established in
Paris, offering a fun and chic
shopping experience for girls,
from dresses to cozy knitwear;
— Promod, an affordable
French clothing brand, artfully
blending timeless basics with
cutting-edge pieces;
— Suiteblanco, a Spanish
brand, designing clothing for urban young men and women with
an uninhibited spirit; and,
— Zippy, a Portugal-based children’s clothing brand, with an
emphasis on design, innovation,
and value for money.
Independently joining the mall
will be Great American Cookies, the largest baking company
nationwide.
At the commons
Across Washington Avenue
Extension, at Crossgates Commons, a Sears Hometown and
Outlet will hold a soft opening
on May 16, with a grand opening scheduled for June. The store
will feature appliances, clothing,
and bedroom furnishings, at a
discount.
Fastrax Raceway Indoor Karting Center will also open in
the commons in June, featuring a one-quarter mile indoor
racetrack and electric-powered
racing carts.
“Getting all the rental spaces
filled up would be a dream come
true for me,” said Castaldo.
“But, I don’t think there’s a mall
anywhere in the world that can
claim that.”
Piecing together Valley
with puzzle of businesses
the association’s board of directors,
By Marcello Iaia
SCHOHARIE — Pieces of a said the start of the puzzle collecpuzzle displaying Schoharie Valley tion this weekend will coincide
can be found at businesses this with its Rise and Shine Festival
weekend, as part of an effort to to celebrate the start of planting,
raise money for rebuilding homes which leads to the full harvest.
in the valley devastated by flood- Hand-painted roosters, the symbol
of the Schoharie Valley, will be
ing almost two years ago.
The 30 participating Schoharie displayed in association member
Valley Association businesses will businesses near and along Route
each have a piece of the 10-by- 30.
For the last weekend of collect13-inch puzzle for visitors with
special tote bags, obtained with ing puzzle pieces, Columbus Day,
an event
a suggested
will be held
donation of
at the Old
$5.
Stone Fort.
The asso“ We ’ r e
ciation has
“We’re partnering with SALT
partnerorganized
ing with
the event,
for that event, to focus on
SALT for
which starts
the history of flooding in
that event,
this Saturthe valley and how it actually
to focus on
day, May 11
the history
and runs
hasn’t hurt the harvest.”
of flooding
through
in the valthe Oct. 14
ley and how
weekend,
it actually
and hopes
hasn’t hurt
to raise
more than $10,000 for Schoharie the harvest, and it has helped the
Area Long Term (SALT), an orga- harvest,” said Kirby, who is mannization channeling skilled labor, aging director at The Apple Barrel
donations, and grants to meet Country Store and Café.
A listing of the businesses will
needs left by tropical storms Irene
be included with each tote bag
and Lee in August 2011.
Around 60 properties still need and online at the Schoharie Valto be totally rebuilt and as many ley Association and Schoharie
as 300 homeowners in the county Area Long Term websites. Puzzle
are are not complete rebuilding, collection bags can be found at
said SALT volunteer director Jer- The Apple Barrel Country Store,
rine Corallo. The reasons behind Barber’s Farm, Century 21 (Route
homeowners’ difficulty are often 7), Century 21 (Main Street), The
complicated, she said, but some Conglomerate, Generations Anrun out of money working by tiques and Gifts, Little Italy, NBT
Bank Middleburgh, NBT Bank
themselves.
“We’re hoping to complete about Schoharie, SALT Office, Studio
15 equivalents of a total rebuild for Art & Craft, and Schoharie
Valley Farms.
over the summer,” said Corallo.
Each business participating in
Since the not-for-profit incorporated in January 2012, SALT has the puzzle collection has contribraised almost $1 million towards uted $220, Kirby said, with a total
cost of around $6,000 to create
its goal of $3 million.
Jessica Loden Kirby, who sits on the event.
Cans for Cooper: On Saturday morning, members of the Altamont Rescue Squad gave a check
to the Lare family for $500 dollars for toddler Cooper Lare’s cancer treatment. Green trash bins
will be placed on the SEFCU and Altamont Rescue Squad’s property for anyone who wants to
donate glass, plastic, or cans to help raise more money for. Pictured, from left, in front is squad
member Lillian Quinn, left, with the Lare family — Addison, Josh, Cristen, and Cooper. In back
are squad members Maureen Ramirez, Bob Trottier, Tyler Reinemann, Jack Conway, Rich Perras,
and Chris Scholer.
LifeSavers
for
Pets
Faced
with
Fire
The right fit: First responders will administer oxygen to a
pet when there is fire or health-related call by using one of
three different-sized masks. Here, a pet mask, right, which
was donated on Sunday afternoon to Westmere Fire Department and North Bethlehem Fire Department, sits next to a
firefighters’ mask that Westmere volunteers had previously
used to save pets.
Thinking about the pets: After a recent house fire in Westmere where three dogs were rescued,
both the North Bethlehem and Westmere fire departments will be carrying oxygen masks to fit pets,
donated by Invisible Fence. Here, Westmere Fire Department Chief David Szary, right, holding his
puppy, Gotti, and North Bethlehem Assistant Chief Paul Furino accept the donations from Kim
Bellizzi of Invisible Fence of the Tri-Cities in Hudson Valley.
12
Yellow light: Residents raise concern about Biernacki project
(Continued from page 1)
New Scotland Building Inspector
Jeremy Cramer said the contractor had reported the sale of the
homes would start at the “upper
$300,000 range,” Depending on
each lots specific acreage and
home design.
Engineer Joseph J. Bianchine
gave about a 30-minute presentation on the project before he and
the board responded to more than
an hour of questioning by local
residents.
The contractor developing the
site, Michael Biernacki, attended
the meeting with the former property owner Jeanne Picard-Fish.
The two spoke with a number
of concerned citizens following
the hearing in the hallways and
parking lot.
“I’m a very small company and
I live here, too,” said Biernacki,
a New Scotland resident for the
last 25 years and a Voorheesville
graduate. “There are bigger water
problems in New Scotland than
my project,” he said.
Biernacki also said he was excited about the project. Picard-Fish
said she was a “little surprised”
by the response from residents,
noting her family had lived on
the farmland for the past 100
years and that some of its land
had been up for sale for the last
seven years.
Drainage concerns
Many residents raised issue
with how water flow and drainage at the site might affect those
in the neighborhood, which many
said was already prone to flooding
due to bad management.
Shane Goyen, who lives near
the area along Route 85A, said
a stream of water flowed within
a foot of his house during some
storms and wondered if the new
project might divert or intensify
the torrent enough to damage
his home. He held his hands
apart, showing board members
the distance the water was from
his home.
“If the water moves just one
foot, my house is kaput. So, if this
is approved, who’s responsible if
my house does fall? The town of
New Scotland?” he asked, “Is that
who I sue?”
“You shouldn’t roll dice; you’re
messing with people’s lives here,”
Goyen cautioned.
At several points during the
hearing, both Voss and Bianchine
cited New York State Department
of Conservation regulations that
came into effect last year requiring
all drainage from new construction to equally or better manage
the natural water flow that was in
place before anything was built.
“Now it’s a cornfield — you
get more runoff now with what
you have than you will in the
future with a grassy area,” said
Bianchine. He asserted the development would actually “significantly reduce,” the amount of
water leaving the area.
“It will be below what is there
now; we are reducing it,” he said
to a question about drainage.
When Goyen reasserted, “So
you’re telling me, if it’s never
flooded before, it’ll never be flooded
again?”
“Not from this project,” replied
Voss.
In preparing the application
over the last few months Voss said
the developer had experts from
the Army Corps of Engineers; the
DEC; an independently hired firm;
and New Scotland’s engineering
firm, Stantec, review and sign off
on the design plans for proper
drainage.
“We’re going with our professional engineers’ opinions,” said
Voss.
Asking the board to further
explain how drainage at the site
worked and who had certified it,
resident David Gibson surmised,
“Well, there may be liability
incurred as a result of that deci-
Seeking approval for a 12-home development project across 31.4 acres in New Scotland, engineer Joesph J. Bianchine gives a presentation during Tuesday’s planning board hearing. Many of the residents at the hearing were concerned over water management. Bianchine
said state regulations compelled contractors to leave sites better managed than they were before development. He claimed the project would
actually reduce the drainage effect on nearby properties when completed.
More time to hear: The New Scotland Planning Board delayed
a decision to rule on an application presented by MJ Biernacki
Builders to establish a 12-lot subdivision near the intersection of
Picard Road and Route 85A, so members and the public could
further review the project. More than 40 residents attended the
meeting and some, such as Valerie Glover, left, raised concern with
members of the board, like Jo Ann Davies, right.
sion.”
“I appreciate the concern. but I
think there needs to be even more
concern, “ said Jon McClement, a
resident living near the project
along Route 85A.
Having suffered damage to
his house during the last major
storm, he told the board flood that
insurance covered only structural
damage, and nothing inside the
home or on the property.
“We just moved up to a Class A
flood zone, at one point we were
a Class C,” he said of his insurance.
Despite the reassurances, some
residents remained skeptical.
Resident Valerie Glover asked
the board to define what a swale
was in reference to drainage, as
Bianchine and some board members referred to swales as mechanisms that would limit drainage
problems.
“It’s a shallow ditch,” said
Board Member Kurt Anderson;
he motioned his two hands in a
half-circle, about 18 inches apart
and 10 inches deep, “It’s that,”
he said.
The crowd responded audibly
at the explanation with Glover
saying, “What I don’t understand
is how a swale can divert water
from 12 homes.”
Bianchine had also previously mentioned residents buying
the homes would maintain the
swales.
“So, tell me again, what’s going
to stop this torrent of water — a
shallow ditch some homeowner
has to maintain, with people
throwing grass clippings in there
and all that, that’s what you’re
telling me?” asked Glover.
She also submitted four pages
of questions and displayed photographs of the property when it was
flooded for the board to review.
Glover said a storm drain outside of the boundary and passing
under Route 85A often suffered
problems during storms, adding to
the issue. Several other residents
also cited the drain as a source of
contention and wanted to ensure
the proposed project would not
worsen the problem just down
the road.
Some residents presented letters they had written to the state’s
Department of Transportation
asking them to address the problem, but no one had contacted
them. One resident said a woman
told him over the phone that the
state was too strapped for cash
to solve minor issues in a timely
manner and suggested they get
help from the town or pay to fix
it themselves.
Another resident, Gary Cooper,
noted the project would fail in the
case of a 100-year flood, which has
technically occurred three times in
the area in the last decade.
“When you have a 100-year
system, like Irene, everybody’s
will fail,” Voss pointed out, “Major
storms, like Irene, there’s nothing
you can do.”
Water Issues
Another resident, Doug Allen,
said the area had struggled with
getting adequate water infrastructure and wondered if other
problems might arise.
“I don’t know a lot about wells
but there’s not infinite water in
the ground. I’m thinking many
years and pools and things from
now, will it change access to my
water table?” he said. He asked
if the contractor might be able to
extend the Voorheesville water
line to include all the homes.
Bianchine said the cost of
extending the line would add
between $25,000 and $30,000
to each home’s cost, making the
prices unreasonable. Voss added
that the board had also considered
the costs of having the contractor
extend the lines but determined it
was “indeed cost prohibitive.”
Another public hearing on the
proposed project is scheduled for 7
p.m. on June 4, at the town hall.
Voss invited residents to visit
the town’s building department to
meet with engineers and review
any documents related to the
project. He also said he would welcome any third-party reviews of
the project if they were submitted
by an engineer, or an appropriate
professional.
Claremont two
Following the public hearing
on Biernacki’s application, the
planning board reviewed another
proposed development project
that would add 15 homes within
the village of Voorheesville, but
is technically located in a New
Scotland zoning district and on
the town’s tax map.
The Claremont subdivision,
section two, would build an extension onto Claremont Drive, about
doubling the number of homes
along the street. Catherine Froman, of Trinity Properties, owns
the site. She worked to create the
first Claremont development, section one, about a decade ago and
this new development is related
to the first.
“Clearly, the intent here was to
have Claremont Two constructed,”
said Voss, in reference to the first
development.
Voss said concerns about the
new development resonated from
residents who had bought homes
in the first development, with
some reporting water and drainage problems, flooded basements
and even flooded streets during
bad weather.
Mary and Steve Bjork bought a
home on Claremont Drive in section one, eight years ago.
The couple reported their home’s
basement and driveway had been
routinely flooded.
“The situation is already untenable,” said Mary Bjork, “I’m told
Kate has to fix it. She hasn’t fixed
it and she’s here asking for more,”
she said, referring to Froman.
When the couple inquired into
the enforcement powers of the
planning board in correcting the
situation Mary Bjork, who is an
attorney, asked the planning board
attorney’s Jeffrey Baker, “Who’s
ultimately responsible? Explain
it to me, lawyer to lawyer.”
In addressing her potential
flooding problem Baker responded,
in-part, “You’re not going to like
my answer,” — He was cut off by
Bjork’s response, “You’re going to
tell me to sue her, I don’t want to
do that.”
The presentation by Trinity
Properties was not a public hearing, nor was the board scheduled
to take any action. Voss said the
presentation was a courtesy information exchange for the board
and public to learn more about
the project. No hearing date to
approve the development’s application has been scheduled yet.
Residents raising concern over
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Westerlo meeting adjourned
mid-sentence after talk of process
and cons to having strict rules
By Marcello Iaia
WESTERLO — Supervisor of order, and continuous public
Richard Rapp smacked the wooden comment can distract the board’s
gavel twice to adjourn Tuesday’s progress during a meeting.
“We thought what we were gotown board meeting as a speaker
from the gallery continued about ing to talk about back there really
Constitutional rights. Dawn Jor- wouldn’t take that long, we’d come
dan, vice president of the Helder- back, it’d be over, and we’d get to
berg Hilltowns Association, hadn’t a few things on the long list of
topics that stand in front of the
yet spoken.
“I had called and asked to be put town currently. It didn’t work that
on the agenda. Apparently, they way. If there’s an apology in order,
forgot to,” said Jordan, a Berne I offer it,” said Bichteman.
The reason given Tuesday by
resident who was there to speak
about her association’s plans and board members for entering into
programs. She also asked during executive session was to discuss
the May 7 Westerlo meeting to “personnel.” No such topic is listed
speak at the end of public discus- in the state’s Open Meetings Law
sion, where board responses to as a reason a board is allowed to
people in attendance took varied meet in closed session. After the
meeting, board member Theodore
forms.
Patrick Kosorek, a resident Lounsbury told The Enterprise
of Greenville, inquired about a they were discussing the position
“Second Amendment Preserva- of assistant to the supervisor.
Resident Eution Ordinance”
gene McGrath
he submitted to
asked whether
the town board
they had checked
and Town Attor“The entire meeting with Galgay to
ney Aline Galgay
make sure executo review.
is held up
tive session during
“Aline said it
for semantics.”
a work meeting
was illegal to do,”
was legal. Bichsaid Councilman
teman said they
Alfred Field. Kohad.
sorek contested
In a 1993 advisory opinion,
this for several minutes, citing
board members’ oaths, Constitu- Robert Freeman, director of the
tional amendments, the definition Committee on Open Government,
wrote, “Since the Open Meetings
of “infringe,” and court cases.
The ordinance he gave the board Law applies equally to work
was originally written by a Penn- sessions and regular meetings,
sylvania police chief, Kosorek said. confusion might be eliminated by
It is meant to declare as invalid referring to each as ‘meetings,’
any laws that infringe on the right rather than distinguishing them
to bear arms, and to establish the in a manner that is artificial.”
Entering into executive session,
town’s duty to enact laws preventhe noted, requires a majority vote
ing their enforcement.
Board members tried to inter- and a motion identifying the relrupt Kosorek, Bichteman mo- evant subjects of discussion listed
tioned to adjourn, and Kosorek in the law.
At the beginning of Tuesday’s
continued through the sound of
town board meeting, Helena Kothe gavel.
“Sorry — he’s going to go all sorek asked that meeting minutes
from April be amended. The title
night,” Field said to Jordan.
Jordan was planning to in- of the Gas Drilling Investigation
troduce the association and its Committee could mislead resicurrent work, which was formed dents, she said, and should include
to support local farms and busi- the word “hydrofracking.”
Bichteman said he was not opnesses. “It’s not a big deal, we’ll
just come back next month,” posed to a motion to change the
she said after the meeting was committee’s name for the future,
but the words used at the meeting
adjourned.
The board voted in April to appear in the minutes and that is
hold “workshop” meetings twice the name of the committee.
“The entire meeting is held up
a month, separate from regular
for semantics,” said Bichteman.
meetings.
Other business
Anita Marrone, a resident who
In other business, the town
speaks frequently during board
meetings, said she was at the board:
— Heard from Supervisor Rapp
town board’s workshop meeting
on April 16 with about eight other that 22 applications had been reresidents. The board’s first motion ceived for the position of superviwas to enter into executive ses- sor’s assistant;
— Appointed John Sefcik a
sion. Members went into another
room, came back an hour later, and member of the zoning board of
appeals;
adjourned the meeting.
— Appointed Virginia Mangold
“I thought that was quite inconsiderate, rude, and not very as chair of the zoning board of
cooperative towards the audience appeals;
— Voted to repeal the law estabwho is not supposed to interject,”
lishing the town’s board of ethics.
said Marrone.
She said she was impressed Bichteman said the board had
on a recent visit to a town board spoken to the town attorney and
meeting in Rensselaerville, where the seats of the committee have
meetings are recorded on tape and remained vacant; and
— Voted, 4 to 1, to establish
video, and town officials speak
at a podium to give department The Altamont Enterprise as the
reports. The audience comments town’s official newspaper. Board
member Anthony Sherman was
freely, she said.
The Rensselaerville Town Board opposed. At its February meeting,
often holds work meetings sepa- the board had voted to replace The
rate from its regular monthly Enterprise with the Times Union
as its official newspaper.
meetings.
Bichteman said there are pros
...Claremont two
the proposal asked the board to
link the first development, Claremont, section one, to the second, so
the board could compel the developers to correct some of the issues
involving the original project.
Voss said he was willing to
consider the suggestion but didn’t
know if the town’s planning board
could link the two since one was
completed several years ago on a
separate application, which was
filed in the Village of Voorheesville. The first development fell
inside the village’s jurisdiction,
he explained.
“That’s something we’ll have to
take a look at, though,” he said,
motioning to the town attorney.
Going forward: William Bichteman, a Westerlo Town Board member, addresses the gallery during the
May 7 meeting. Board member Alfred Field, right, chaired the committee that produced a report now
being reviewed by the town board on the gas-drilling process of hydraulic fracturing. Residents asked
when the public would be able to review and comment on the report. Field said the 151-page report
would be available after the board accepts it. “If you’re going to have a referendum, you have to define
it. That part is the public hearing,” Bichteman said. “The public is not going to edit that document.”
...Westerlo drills for views on fracking
shall we say, organized, but, all
the information, everybody saw,”
said Alfred Field, a town board
member.
Field, who is also the committee’s chairman, said Boone had
resigned.
“I don’t recall that,” Boone responded. He has said at past board
meetings that he understood
the committee’s purpose was to
recommend how the town should
address hydrofracking. The word
is often used to refer to horizontal
drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing, a controversial
process that uses large amounts
of water, mixed with sand and
chemicals, to access natural gas
in tight shale formations.
Field has said at board meetings
that the committee was not to
make a recommendation, but collect information and submit it for
board members to review. He has
said a final decision would be made
by a public vote in November, but
details about the referendum have
yet to be determined by the town’s
attorney, Aline Galgay.
When Diane Sefcik pointed out
the board had not made a decision
to put the issue to public referendum, Field said, “There will be.”
She and her husband, John Sefcik,
have questioned the committee’s
process.
Sefcik, who opposes hydrofracking, presented a letter with her
concerns about the committee in
February. Field said then that the
committee was in its final stages
of editing the report.
Boone said the committee had
not met after that point. “I couldn’t
honestly answer that. I have no
idea,” Field said, when The Enterprise asked after the board meeting whether the committee had
met in the last three months.
During Tuesday’s public discussion, Sefcik described a recent
“And I suggest popcorn.
I think it’s going to be a
long night.”
court decision that upheld bans
on the process by the towns of
Dryden in Tompkins County and
Middlefield in Otsego County.
The Appellate Division, Third
Judicial Department, ruled on
May 2 that the state’s Oil, Gas
and Solution Mining Law does
not preempt bans in the towns’
zoning ordinances. The town could
not invalidate permits issued by
other local or state agencies, the
court said.
Lower-level State Supreme
courts previously ruled in favor
of both towns. The prosecution is
expected to appeal to the Court
of Appeals, the state’s highest
court.
The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation has
delayed final approval of regulations for high-volume hydraulic
fracturing to give time for a review
from the state’s Department of
Health.
During the Tuesday meeting,
the Westerlo board voted to delete
a sentence in its April 2 meeting
minutes stating the public would
vote on the issue in November. It
stopped short of amending minutes to change the name of the
committee, after Helena Kosorek
said leaving the word “hydrofracking” from the committee’s name
was misleading.
In April of 2012, the board
discussed a committee, chaired
by Field, to study hydrofracking.
Minutes for the board’s June
meeting show that the board
resolved to adopt a “Hydrofracking Committee formed to gather
information only and report to the
Town Board their findings.” Other
meeting minutes, however, refer
to a “Gas Drilling Investigation
Committee.”
The law establishing a 2012
moratorium on the process in the
town describes a citizens’ committee developed to recommend
to the board how to “regulate” gas
drilling and hydrofracking. The
law says the board will make a
final determination.
At Tuesday’s meeting, town
board members William Bichteman and Anthony Sherman
agreed that a public hearing
should be held, but no motion
was made.
“What we should do is give you
this, and then any proposed language for a referendum, and then
have a public hearing to go over
the entire thing,” said Sherman,
the report in his hands. “And I
suggest popcorn. I think it’s going
to be a long night.”
Serious head injury after motorcyclist lost control
By Marcello Iaia
RENSSELAERVILLE — A
motorcyclist lost control turning
a curve on County Route 357 on
May 3. He was airlifted to Albany
Medical Center with a serious
head injury.
Blake Backlund, 35, of Delmar
hit a guard rail after he “failed to
negotiate” the turn near Gifford
Lane, said Capitan James Goss
of the Albany County Sheriff ’s
Office. He said Backlund did not
own the Harley Davidson he was
riding, and friends were following behind. The weather was fair
on Friday.
“I don’t think it had anything
to do with the people behind him
and I don’t think it had anything
“I don’t think it had
anything to do with the
people behind him
and I don’t think it had
anything to do with speed.
I think he didn’t have
experience, or experience
on that particular bike.”
to do with speed,” said Goss. “I
think he didn’t have experience,
or experience on that particular
bike.”
According to Goss, the friends
called 911 around 4 p.m. Friday,
and Backlund had a hand injury
and possible internal injuries. He
was in fair condition on Wednesday, according to Albany Medical
Center. That means, “Vital signs
are stable and within normal
limits. Patient is conscious, but
may be uncomfortable. Indicators
are favorable,” according to the
American Hospital Association.
“The speed limit on that road
is 55 and there was no indication from the investigation at
this time that excessive speed
was a factor,” said Goss. He also
said alcohol did not appear to be
a factor and he is not aware of
any history of incidents in that
section of the road.
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Community Calendar
Fiver Rivers Sets Healthy
Lawn Program: A program on
promoting healthy lawns and
gardens through the use of nonchemical means will be conducted
at 10 a.m. at 56 Game Farm Road,
Delmar. Early May is a great time
to green up the landscape. At this
indoor presentation, center naturalists will discuss several alternatives to conventional pesticides
that will help reduce pest infestations, while keeping chemicals out
of ground and surface waters. The
program is open to the public and
free of charge; call 475-0291 for
more information.
Thursday, May 9
THE CHOOSING — A Rabbi’s
Journey from Silent Nights to
High Holy Days: The Sidney
Albert Albany Jewish Community
Center kicks off the 2013 Jules
and Paula Stein Live and Learn
Lecture and Meal Series at 11 a.m.
in the Albany JCC’s auditorium,
340 Whitehall Road. A book sale
and signing follows the talk.
Friday, May 10
Search for Snipe at Five
Rivers: An outdoor search for the
common snipe will be conducted at
7:30 p.m. at 56 Game Farm Road,
Delmar. The courtship flight of the
snipe is one of the most elusive
and eerie spectacles of spring, and
the “snipe hunt” one of American’s
most celebrated forays into futility.
So, to many, the name “common
snipe” is a contradiction in terms.
On this tour through twilight,
center naturalists will scour field
and fen for a rumor of snipe, a
whisper of woodcock, and other
things that go bump in the night.
The program is open to the public
free of charge. Call 475-0291 for
more information.
Flower and Bake Sale: The
Preston Hollow Beautification
Committee will sell flats of flowers and flower baskets for spring
planting and Mother’s Day gifts.
The sale will be an opportunity to
meet and chat with people from
the community and to procure
Mother’s Day gifts and some of
the best home baked goods in the
area. It will be held at Jimmy
Walker’s Greenhouse on Route 145
in Preston Hollow, on Friday, from
3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, from
9 a.m. to noon.
Q.U.I.L.T. Inc. will meet on
Friday, at 9:45 a.m., at the Delmar
Reformed Church, 386 Delaware
Ave., Delmar. It is a general meeting, with a lecture and trunk
show called “Yesterday, Today
& Tomorrow,” with Nancy Bills.
Also, a wrap-up of the Quilt Show
will be presented along with the
presentation of the silent auction
proceeds to Camp Erin. There is
a $5 visitor’s donation.
Bethlehem Children’s School
Open House for community
members and prospective students, from 4 to 7 p.m., at 12 Fisher
Boulevard, Slingerlands. The
Bethlehem Children’s School, the
not-for-profit organization devoted
to educating children grades K-8
in a stress-free, test-free environment, through multi-age learning,
is holding an open house for community residents to come and see
what the school is all about. The
event will feature a barbecue dinner, a homemade baked goods sale,
a drawing, and a tuition credit to
any family who completes an application. Admission to the open
house and dinner are free.
A Spring Wildflower Walk, led by naturalist Chris Schiralli,
will be held on Saturday, May 11, from 10 to 11 a.m. The walkers
will meet at the Eldridge Research Center at 284 Pond Hill Rd. in
Rensselaerville. The event is free of charge and open to all.
Dinner and Comedy: St.
Lucy/St. Bernadette Church and
the Hilltowns Players are teaming up to present an evening of
dining and entertainment at the
parish center on Grand Street in
Altamont. On the entertainment
menu is the play “Showtime at
First Baptist,” written by Ron
Osborne and produced by special
arrangement with Samuel French,
Inc. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.
and dinner will be served at 6 p.m.
The menu includes a first course of
fresh antipasto salad, followed by
baked ziti with meatballs, bread,
beverage, and dessert. The dessert
will be served between the two acts
of the play. The cost for the evening
is $25 per person. Call 861-8770
to make reservations.
Saturday, May 11
Spring Wildflower Walk:
Spring is finally here and with
it comes warm weather, gentle
breezes, and spring’s natural beauties — wildflowers! Join us for the
first in this year’s wildflower series
on a walk highlighting the flowering gems of the Huyck Preserve.
Led by naturalist Chris Schiralli,
who will guide us through wildflower identification and point out
the best places to find flowers in
bloom at the preserve. This will be
an hour-long walk on one of our
popular trails. The event is free
of charge and open to all. Meet at
the Eldridge Research Center, 284
Pond Hill Road, Rensselaerville,
at 10 a.m.
Wednesday,
May 22
8 am - 4 pm
Albany Marriott
* informative workshops
* over 50 exhibitors
keynote speaker
Dean Hartley, PhD
Alzheimer’s Association Director of Science
Initiatives, Medical and Science Relations
$30 for family caregivers
$85 for professional care providers
scholarships and free respite available. For
more information, call 518-867-4999, ext. 200
presenting sponsors
and the Leon J. Goldberg Foundation
register by May 17
at www.alz.org/northeasternny
International Migratory
Bird Day: The Albany Pine Bush
Discovery Center will co-host International Migratory Bird Day
with the Audubon Society of the
Capital Region from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. Stop by the Discovery Center
and celebrate migratory birds and
the journey they undertake each
spring and fall through exhibits,
bird banding demonstrations,
interactive games, and a presentation on Studying Bird Migration
in the 21st Century, by Dr. Jeremy
Kirchman, at 11 a.m. The event is
free and open to the public.
Community Barn Dance to
Benefit Schoharie Area Long
Term Recovery Efforts: Live
fiddle music by Tamarack, easyto-learn dances called by Paul
Rosenberg. The dance will take
place at the Octagon Barn, 588
Middle Road, Knox. The cost is a
donation at the door. Call 872-2245
for more information.
17th Annual Blood Drive in
loving memory of Kenneth Rivers, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 435
Main St., Guilderland Center. Call
the church office, at 861-8031, for
an appointment; walk-ins are also
welcome.
The Helderview Garden
Club will host its annual plant
sale from 9 a.m. to noon in the
Smith Tavern parking lot, rain or
shine. Call 813-495-2654 for more
information.
Sunday, May 12
K of C Mother’s Day Brunch:
Treat mom on her special day!
Breakfast will run from 8:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, 328 Troy Schenectady Road,
Latham. The menu includes juice,
coffee, tea, or hot chocolate, a fruit
cup, scrambled eggs, pancakes
and hot syrup, French toast, home
fries, corned beef hash, bacon and
sausage, cereal and banana, assorted breads and Danishes, and
an omelet station. The breakfast
is all-you-can-eat for $8, $4 for
children, and free for mom. Come
relax and let us do the cooking.
Wildflower Walk: Come walk
with us to explore summer flowers
of the Albany Pine Bush. We will
be hiking one mile over rolling
topography. Please remember to
wear sturdy walking shoes, long
pants, and bring drinking water.
Meet at the Albany Pine Bush
Discovery Center, 195 New Karner
Road. The fee is $3 per person or
$5 per family and registration is
required; call 456-0655.
Monday, May 13
Spring Concert presented
by the Delmar Community Orchestra, under the direction of
Vincent Bonafede, at 7:30 p.m.
at the Bethlehem Town Hall, 445
Delaware Ave. The concert is free
and open to the public, and will
include classical selections, pop,
show tunes, and movie music.
Monday Meals for Takeout:
The menu includes meatloaf with
potatoes, vegetables, and a homemade dessert. The pickup times, at
the Voorheesville United Methodist Church, are from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
The cost is $8. Call 765-2895 or
765-4206 for more information.
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Tuesday, May 14
Camp Nassau Open House:
Guilderland YMCA Adventure
Camp is proud of its over 60 years
of history and continues to provide
a traditional day camp experience
to all campers ages 3 to 15. The
open house will run from 5 to 7
p.m. on Tuesday, and from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 18.
YMCA Adventure Camp is located
on Route 155 in Guilderland. Call
456-3634 for more information.
May
APPETIZERS
“Featuring Local Product” Pork Ribs with Sugar & Spice sweet sauce.
Served with a Sugar & Spice spicy Bean Salad. $10.95
Piña Colada Clams - One dozen steamed in Sweet Coconut Milk with crushed Pinapple. $10.95
One Dozen Steamed Clams $8.95
PIZZA
White pizza with Peppadews, Prosciutto, and a five Cheese blend.
Small $11.00 Large: $15.00
SANDWICH
Black Bean Wrap with marinated Steak, Lettuce, Tomato, Red Onion, house Guacamole,
and Pepper Cheese. With a side of Salsa and choice of side. $10.95
Hiawatha Visitation at the
Hiawatha Grange: You are
invited to a sing-a-long with
George Kendall, at 7:30 p.m.,
at the corners of Route 32 and
Silver Creek Road, Dormansville.
Refreshments to follow.
ENTREES
Your choice of soup or salad
Wasabi Pea Crusted Salmon - Served with a Confetti Rice
and a house Pomegranate Vinaigrette. $18.95
Wednesday, May 15
Vegetarian Lasagna Dinner with Save the Pine Bush:
Beverly Bardequez will give a
short update on the challenges
to the historic Rapp Road Community and then there will be a
screening of the short film The
Throwaways. The dinner will take
place at 7 p.m. at the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, 85 Chestnut
Street. The cost is $12 for adults,
$6 for students, and $2 for children. Dinner includes lasagna,
garden salad, garlic bread, and
homemade pies.
May “Pamper Yourself ”
Luncheon, sponsored by the New
York Capital District Christian
Women’s Club, at 11:30 a.m. at
The Guilderland Elks Lodge, 3867
Route 146. Featuring Lorraine
and Patty, owners of the Vittorio
Adamo Spa, giving us some ideas
on how to give ourselves the pampering we busy ladies need at their
spa; Mickey and Tom Hobson,
entertaining us with their lovely
music; and Bev Richards, telling
us how to be fulfilled in spite of
unfulfilled dreams. The cost is $15
and includes a beef sirloin lunch.
Reservations are necessary; call
869-0642 or 235-4297.
Specials
Pasta Primavera - Tagliolini with Asparagus, Cherry Tomatoes, Mushrooms,
and Yellow Squash in a Roasted Yellow Pepper cream sauce. $17.95
Add Chicken: $3.75 • Add Shrimp: $5.75 • Add Both: $5.75
Teriyaki Marinated Rib Eye - 12 oz Rib Eye with Yuca Mashed, mixed vegetables
and a Shitake Demi. $19.95
HOMEMADE DESSERTS
Pineapple Chess Pie topped with Vanilla Ice Cream $5.25
Rice Pudding $5.25
Banana Walnut Tortoni $4.25
**GLUTEN FREE**
Choice of soup or salad and side.
Rice breaded Chicken Parmesan $12.95
Rice breaded Chicken Marsala $15.95
Eggplant Parmesan $12.95
Louisiana Fudge Cake $4.50
*Ask your server for today’s gluten-free pasta*
**All pasta entrees on our menu can be made Gluten Free. **
Sacred Sites Open House Weekend will include Capital Region churches like the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Palentine Bridge. The gable-roofed Federal building on Route
10, originally constructed in 1791, was redesigned in 1882 in the
Italianate style. For a complete list of sacred sites participating
in the May 18 and 19 Landmarks Conservancy’s Open House
Weekend, go online to www.nylandmarks.org.
Thursday, May 16
Albany County’s Historic
Hilltowns, illustrated with vintage photographs, will be John
Elberfeld and Jane McLean’s
program at the Guilderland Historical Society’s meeting at 7:30
p.m. at the Mynderse-Frederick
House, 451 Route 146, Guilderland
Center. Parking is available next
door at the church. Refreshments
and a social hour will follow the
program, and all are invited.
Blood Drive at the Altamont Village Hall, 115 Main St., from 1 to
6 p.m. Contact 1-800-RED-CROSS
to schedule an appointment.
Greenville Meet the BOE
Candidates: The Greenville
PTA and PTSA is committed to
helping parents make informed
decisions about issues affecting
their children. With that goal, we
are sponsoring a “Meet the Board
of Education Candidates Night,”
from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Greenville
High School auditorium. The event
will consist of a moderated discussion with all candidates having the
opportunity to answer questions.
While most of the questions will
be pre-selected, the public will
be able to submit questions for
consideration.
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Hours: Tues - Sat 4 p.m. - ? • Sun 3 p.m. - ?
The Home Front Café
Join Us for Breakfast on Mother’s Day!
7 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Offering our regular menu in addition to
Mother's Day Specials
Main Street,
Altamont
861-6452
Tuesdays
Burger Night
5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Mon.— Th., Sat. — 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday — 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Open Sundays — 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Hofbrau Restaurant
Now open and accepting
Mother’s Day Reservations
Friday, May 17
The Little Foxes: Theater
Voices culminates its 25th season
celebration with a new production
of its inaugural show, The Little
Foxes, Hellman’s 1939 drama
about greed, selfishness, and
violence, and the women who are
trapped by them. Set in the early
20th Century American South, the
play portrays the Hubbard family
— exemplified by the glamorous
Regina — and their attempts to
become wealthy at the expense of
their relationships with one another. The play will be performed
on Friday, at 8 p.m., Saturday at
3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday
at 3 p.m., at the Steamer No. 10
Theatre, 500 Western Ave. Free
admission.
The Juried Show: 22st Annual Regional Juried High School Art
Exhibition is on display at The Hyde Collection at 161 Warren
Street in Glens Falls through May 25, featuring 100 works selected
from more than 1,114 entries by area high school art students,
including Alice Havens’s “Time to Sew,” which won Best In Show.
Havens is a junior at Argyle Central School. An Awards Ceremony
will be held for the students and their families on May 19 from 2
to 4 p.m. Students and their families will be admitted free.
Mainstream Level Square
Dance: The Schoharie Valley
Hayshakers will hold a Hawaiin
night covered-dish dinner and
western square dance at the
Middleburgh Elementary School
cafeteria; dinner will be served at
6:30 p.m. and dancing will begin
at 7:30 p.m. the callers are Chuck
and Gerry Hardy and the cuer is
Dolores Randall. Please wear softsoled shoes.
Mother’s Day Menu - $29.99
Includes choice of appetizer, entrée, and dessert
Appetizers
Caesar Salad
Fresh Mozzarella with Tomato and Basil
Manhattan Seafood Chowder
Entrées
The Eggplant Stack
Chicken Parmesan
Sauerbraten
Broiled Haddock
Desserts
Red Velvet Cake
Strawberry Cheesecake
Wines - $5
White Zinfandel - $4
Seatings 12noon-2pm-4pm-6pm-8pm
The
Hofbrau
on Warners Lake
In the shadows of the Helderbergs
Open
Mon. - Thur. ~ 3 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Fri. & Sat. ~ 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Sunday ~ Noon - 9 p.m.
141 Warners Lake Rd., East Berne, NY
Call for reservations
518-872-1016
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Giffy’s Chicken Barbecue
Tuesday, May 14th
4 to 6 p.m.
New Covenant Presbyterian Church
916 Western Ave., Albany NY 12203
Tickets $11 (Take-out Only)
Includes: 1/2 Chicken, potato, coleslaw,
roll/butter, cookie and beverage.
Call 482-8063 for additional information or to pre-order
Calendar
Saturday, May 18
Pancake Breakfast: Allyou-can-eat breakfast at the
Onesquethaw Reformed Church,
11 Groesbeck Road, Feura Bush,
from 8 to 11:30 a.m. The menu
includes regular and blueberry
pancakes, sausage, homemade
sausage gravy, biscuits, eggs,
applesauce, juice, coffee, tea, and
milk. The cost is a donation. All
proceeds will benefit the Senior
Youth Group Mission Trip to Blue
Knob, Penn., and the Camp Fowler
Scholarship Fund.
Seventh Annual Lupine Fest
— Living History: The Albany
Pine Bush Discovery Center will
host the seventh annual Lupine
Fest from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to celebrating the wild blue
lupine and its importance to the
endangered Karner blue butterfly,
this year’s theme celebrates the
Pine Bush’s history and the 25th
anniversary of the Albany Pine
Bush Preserve Commission. A full
day of programs is planned, including presentations, demonstrations, music, games, face painting,
crafts, guided hikes, food vendors,
and more. The festival is free and
will be held rain or shine.
Walk in the Woods at Five
Rivers: A family-oriented investigation of forests and forest ecology
will be conducted at 10 a.m. at
56 Game Farm Road, Delmar. In
celebration of National Walk in the
Woods Day, Five Rivers naturalists will conduct an introductory
study of different kinds of trees
and the animals that depend upon
them. Staff will lead participants
on a short outdoor “tour de forest”
to gather some interesting objects
related to trees. Afterwards, participants will do an indoor craft
project to learn more about these
giants of the plan world. The program is open to the public free of
charge, but space is limited; call
475-0291 to register.
restaurant and tavern
Mother’s Day specials
sunday, May 12th
open 1 pm - 8 pm
Make Your Reservations Now!
entrees:
› chicken tortellini soup or house salad
› pork tenderloin stuffed with roasted garlic and
mushrooms with rosemary demi
› chicken Victoria topped with asparagus, cheddar and Mornay sauce
› Whole lobster steamed with butter
› haddock chantillione with crab meat, baby shrimp
and a rich Port cream sauce
› Grilled Delmonico steak with sauteed mushrooms and garlic butter
Reservations Recommended
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Grand Garage Sale at the
Hamilton Union Presbyterian
Church, 2291 Western Ave., from
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. It’s back, the
one you look forward to all year.
Everything you expect and more!
Approximately 94,671 great treasures. Clothes, jewelry, CDs, toys,
games, small appliances, housewares, crafts, Christmas decorations, house plants, books, puzzles,
electronics, sporting goods, etc.
Garden Education Day/Plant
Sale/Garage Sale: Join us rain or
shine for the Cornell Cooperative
Extension Albany County Master
Garderners’ annual plant sale, featuring perennials dug from their
gardens and vegetable transplants
grown by Master Gardeners to
offer the public the best disease
resistant varieties. In addition,
there will be annuals from a local
grower, herbs, trees and shrubs
for sale. This event will include
a huge garage sale, refreshments
and homemade baked goods, as
well as tours of the Memorial
Garden. There is a special event
offer of one free soil test for pH per
family with a $3 charge for each
additional test.
Michele Riggi, an animal lover and philanthropist, will be
featured at the Animal Protective Foundation’s third annual
“Tails by Twilight” gala on Thursday, May 9, at 6 p.m. at the Glen
Sanders Mansion in Scotia. This year’s theme is “An Evening in
Paris.” Tickets are $95. Tickets that include a private reception
with Riggi are $175. To learn about purchasing tickets, placing
an ad in the event program, or making a donation to the auction,
call 374-3944, ext. 113.
Beef Producers Field Day
with Cornell Cooperative
Extension: The morning session
of this field day, at Westendlock
Farm, 515 West End Road, Hillsdale, at 10 a.m., will provide indepth training for the Beef Quality
Assurance Program. The Beef
Quality Assurance Program is a
national program that provides
training for beef cattle producers in food safety, proper cattle
handling, injection sites, record
keeping, and the proper handling
of animal health products. Each
producer will work through a
chute site training where they
will learn how to give an injection
using the proper techniques. Each
person who completes the full
training and submits the written
test will receive their official BQA
certificate. During the afternoon
session there will be a clinic on
how to body condition score and
grade cattle. The afternoon will
wrap up with a discussion on
how to choose the right bull for
your farm and the use of a new
season long worming product.
The cost of this program is $15
per person, which includes lunch.
If you wish to receive your BQA
certification you must order a
manual in advance for $10. Only
one manual is required per farm.
To register and order your manual,
call 765-3500.
Bird-watching Walk: Meet at
the Pine Bush Discovery Center,
195 New Karner Road, at 8 a.m.
Leader Neal Reilly is an expert
birder and can spot most any bird
around, tell a lot about it, and draw
most any bird to a closer view. Bird
fanciers will enjoy meeting Neal
and exchanging bird lore with him.
We invite you to this enjoyable and
informative event. Bring cameras
and binoculars.
Donation Baked Ham Dinner: There will be a donation
baked ham dinner at the Trinity
United Methodist Church, Route
143, Coeymans Hollow, serving
from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Take-outs will
be available. The menu will include baked ham, potatoes, green
beans, Harvard beets, rolls, beverages and cake. This is a free-will
offering dinner. Call 756-2629 for
more information.
Sunday, May 19
Let’s Play Cards: Play cards at
the Wyman Osterhout Community
Center in New Salem from 2 to 4
p.m. Play canasta, pinochle, blink,
gin rummy, cribbage, and whist.
Prizes to be awarded. Free and
open to the public. The exhibit “Entertainment Before 1950 and TV”
will also be open for viewing.
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Out & About
Friends Of The Environment
Four more chances to see
Springtime at First Baptist
By Penny Shaw
The Hilltowns Players have
four remaining performances
over the next two weeks of its
spring comedy Springtime at
First Baptist, written by Ron
Osborne.
We will be at the following
locations
— Friday, May 10, at 7:30
p.m. at the Guilderland YMCA
to benefit “Circle of Champs” for
children with life-threatening
illnesses ($10; call 872-9455); —
Saturday, May 11, at the Westerlo Community Center ($10; call
210-1296); — Friday, May 17, at
7:30 p.m. at Camp Pinnacle to
raise money for the Janet Truax
Camp Scholarship Fund ($10;
call 872-9100); and
— Saturday, May 18, at St.
Lucy’s / St. Bernadette’s in Altamont (reserved tickets $25,
dinner at 6 and show at 7 p.m.;
call 861-8770 by May 15 for reservations).
About the show
The year is 1970 and change
is in the air! In the wake of a
disaster, key women from First
Baptist Church of Ivy Gap,
Tenn. challenge institutions as
well as each other as these six
diverse women gather to try to
put things back together. As they
make plans for a fund-raising
show (of which the all-male conservative board of deacons most
likely will not approve!) there
are good-natured jokes aplenty,
laughs to be shared, battles to
be fought, losses to be grieved,
love to be won, relationships to
be mended.
This is a warm story about six
good women and how they come
together despite times that are
“a’changing”; it’s a serious play
and a delightful comedy.
Editor’s note: Penny Shaw is
the president of the Hilltowns
Players.
Authors will speak on Hilltown history
By Mary Ellen Johnson
GUILERLAND CENTER —
The Guilderland Historical Society’s Thursday, May 16, meeting
will spotlight Albany County’s
Hilltowns in a program given
by authors John Elberfeld and
Jane McLean, based on their
Arcadia Press book Helderberg
Hilltowns.
Using vintage photographs of
Berne, Knox, Rensselaerville,
and Westerlo, their PowerPoint
presentation will illustrate that
area’s history and heritage. Jane
McLean will personalize the story
with the tales of four Hilltown
women of different eras meeting
the challenges of their lives.
Very rural with rugged terrain,
the Hilltowns cover 40 percent
of the western section of Albany
County, yet contain only 4 percent
of its inhabitants.
John Elberfeld and Jane
McLean, having researched Hilltown families and history for many
years, are well equipped to tell
you why the area is so sparsely
populated and the special circumstances these people have faced
during their history.
Everyone is invited to attend the
Guilderland Historical Society’s
May 16 meeting, which begins
at 7:30 p.m. at the MynderseFrederick House at 451 Route
146 in Guilderland Center. Parking is available next door at the
church.
Refreshments and a social hour
will follow the program, giving you
the opportunity to chat with our
speakers who will have copies of
Helderberg Hilltowns for sale.
Editor’s note: Mary Ellen Johnson is a long-time member of the
Guilderland Historical Society.
‘Guilderland Sings’ as Warner conducts
GUILDERLAND — A May 14
concert, entitled “Guilderland
Sings,” will culminate a threeday residency with guest conductor and clinician Diane Warner.
The concert is free and open to
the public.
Warner will hold clinics and
workshops with students and
teachers in the choral ensembles
at Farnsworth Middle School and
Guilderland High School in the
days before the concert.
More than 800 vocalists, students in fourth through 12th
grades, will sing at 7 p.m. in
the high school gym with their
grade-level ensembles before
combining together for a massed
finale, conducted by Guilderland
vocal staff and Warner.
The Capital District Youth
Chorale, a community choir com-
prised of singers from throughout
the region, will also perform.
Warner founded the group 30
years ago. Her choirs earned 63
Superior ratings over 22 years at
state, national, and international
festivals.
Warner directed five choirs and
was arts resource teacher for
Schenectady High School before
moving to the Shenendehowa
District. She retired as director
of music for the Shenendehowa
Central School District in 2007. “We are very excited to bring
renowned conductor and clinician Diane Warner to Guilderland, to work with our students
and teachers, and look forward
to this inspiring musical experience,” said District Music Supervisor Lori Hershenhart in a
release from the district.
St. John’s schedule for Sunday
St. John’s Lutheran Church at
140 Maple Ave. in Altamont has
the following schedule for Sunday,
May 12:
— 8:30 a.m. there will be an informal worship including modern
and ethnic hymns plus participatory scripture study;
— 9:45 a.m. there will be Sunday school for preschool through
high school children. There will
also be an adult discussion; and
— 11 a.m. there will be a traditional worship with traditional
pipe organ accompaniment.
The preacher is Rev. Gregory
Zajac who will present a sermon at
the 11 a.m. service, A Lasting Legacy: A Sermon for Mother’s Day
based on First John 2:15-17.
For more information contact
the church at 861-8862 or check
out the website at www.stjohnsaltamont.org.
Environmental Achievement Award winners pose in the great outdoors after receiving their
awards on Friday evening at the Albany Country Club in New Scotland. The Friends of Five Rivers hosted the second annual event to honor, from left: Asieh Shayegani, accepting the Volunteer
Instructor award posthumously for the late Carolyn Miller; John Lawrence, Volunteer Instructor award; Eileen McGraw, Young Environmentalist award; and Al, Helene, and Tom Lindsay,
recognized for their years of community service.
To help handicapped
Therapeutic Riding Center seeks volunteers, sells tickets
NEW SCOTLAND — The Albany Therapeutic Riding Center,
which helps people with disabilities through horseback riding, is
seeking more volunteers.
The program, founded and run
by Chris Lehman off of Picard
Road in New Scotland, at the
base of the Helderberg escarpment, provides training for its
volunteers. Lehman has run the
program for 32 years.
Volunteers must commit longterm to one hour every week or
every other week.
“We’re trying to add students,”
said Lehman, noting volunteers
must be at least 14 years old.
“It gives them a good feeling
about helping others,” said Lehman of young volunteers. “One
of our volunteers said she got
comfortable talking to individuals with handicaps.”
For more information about
volunteering, call Linda Masullo
at 355-8650.
“It gives them a
good feeling about
helping others.”
Fund-raiser
The riding center is currently
selling tickets to The Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom
in Lake George as part of the
Coasters for a Cause program.
Tickets, which cost $25, cover
unlimited rides, shows, and attractions on these dates: May 18
and 19, May 24 to 27, May 30 to
June 2, June 6 to 9, and June
13 to 16.
For an additional $29.99 plus
tax, tickets may be upgraded to
a season’s pass.
Each ticket earns $5 for the
not-for-profit riding center. The
last day to order tickets is June
14.
To order, send checks, payable to the Albany Therapeutic
riding Center, to 182 Martin
Road Extension, Voorheesville,
NY 12186.
Tickets will be mailed within
the week.
For more information, call
765-2764.
Delmar orchestra premiers
“Orchestral Sketch” and “Phantasmagoria”
BETHLEHEM — The Delmar
Community Orchestra will premiere two pieces written specifically for it at its Spring Concert.
Vincent Bonafede, who directs
the orchestra, has written “Orchestral Sketch,” and Christian
K. Martin has composed “Phantasmagoria.”
The May 13 concert starts at
7:30 p.m. at the Bethlehem Town
Hall at 445 Delaware Ave. in
Delmar.
The concert is free and open to
the public, and will also include
classical selections, popular songs,
show tunes, and movie music.
Martin’s vita
Martin, a native of Saratoga,
began his musical studies with
his performance work on double
bass at Schenectady County Community College’s School of Music
while in his senior year of high
school in Ballston Spa. His interests in composing and conducting were sparked while studying
music theory and conducting with
Christian M. K. Martin
composer and conductor Brett L.
Wery.
As he continued his studies at
The College of Saint Rose, Martin
continued to explore his own voice
as a composer while studying
composition and orchestration
with Dr. Bruce Craig Roter. He
also nurtured his interest in conducting under the independent
tutelage of Dr. David Bebe. He
received his bachelor’s degree in
music education, cum laude, from
Saint Rose in December 2011. Martin maintains an active
teaching schedule with private
strings lessons and as a substitute
conductor for various middle and
high school bands and orchestras
around New York’s Capital Region.
He is currently the head of the
bowed strings department at the
Performance School of the Arts in
Clifton Park.
He continues his own studies
of the strings with Christopher
Neubert, a teacher he says is a
great mentor and source of his
extensive knowledge of string
pedagogy. An active performer,
Martin freelances with regional
musical groups and holds the
principal double bass chair in the
University at Albany’s Symphony
Orchestra.
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C lea n i ng
Ou t
a nd
C lea n i ng
up
O
ut with the old, in
with the new: Saturday saw a record
turnout for the annual village-wide sale hosted by the
Altamont Elementary PTA
as a boy, top right, coveted
a new toy at one of over 100
yard troves and a girl and her
mother, bottom left, admired
jewelry together at the Lutheran church.
At the same time, volunteers were busy at Thacher
Park, at top left and bottom
right, sprucing up as part of a
statewide parks cleanup.
Photographs by Michael Koff
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W
illiam Christman was a
Helderberg farmer and
a well-known poet in his
era. His son, Lansing, who was the
editor of The Altamont Enterprise
in the 1930s and a poet in his own
right, left his father’s land to The
Nature Conservancy.
Walking the paths of the well-known
Christman Preserve today is very
much the same as when Lansing
Christman used to visit it. You can
find animals, such as bullfrogs, garter snakes, and chipmunks rustling
through the forest floor and the signs
of life, such as a bird’s nest, are unavoidable.
Photographs by Tyler Murphy
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Library Notes
Voorheesville
By Lynn Kohler
On Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m.,
students from Albany Law School
will give a free presentation regarding legal resources important
to senior citizens, family members
of seniors, caregivers and elder
Legal resources important
to senior citizens.
care professional sat the Voorheesville Public Library. Presenters are
trained to supply information and
answer general questions in the
areas of advanced planning, consumer rights, family law, housing
and public benefits. Presentation
topics include wills, health care
proxies, executors and an overview
of legal issues affecting seniors.
The Rural Law Center of New
York, Inc. has provided several
print materials with questions
and answers in these areas for
distribution at presentations
Budget hearing and vote
The voters of the Voorheesville
Central School District are invited
to attend a public budget hearing
on May 20, at 7 p.m., in the library
community room. The board of
trustees will be answering questions about the proposed 2013-14
library budget. Please plan to
attend.
The budget vote will be held
on May 21, from 2 to 9 p.m., at
the Voorheesville Central Middle
School.
Book discussions
On Friday, May 31, at 7 p.m., the
2nd and 3rd grade book discussion
group will discuss Lunch Lady and
the League of Librarians by Jarret
J. Krosoczka.
On Friday, June 7, at 7 p.m., the
4th and 5th grade book discussion group will discuss Listen! by
Stephanie Tolan.
Babygarten
Babygarten , our story times for
babies under two years and their
caregivers, meets on the first and
third Thursday every month. The
next Babygarten will be May 16,
at 10:15 a.m.
In the library
Overdrive is the library’s collection of ebooks and audiobooks
for you to download to your home
computer or onto many portable
devices. Just click the “downloadables” link on the front page
of our website.
Collection Nooks
The library currently has 7 collections on Nook. They are: fiction,
romance/ science fiction/fantasy,
young adult, mystery/thriller, nonfiction, kids and picture books/
easy readers. Stop by and check
them out.
re
CompaRate
Our
Preserving history: The Altamont Free Library train station renovation was honored at the Historic Albany Foundation annual preservation award ceremony on May 7 with the Preservation Merit Award for Restoration and Adaptive Reuse. Preservation Merit Awardees
have acted as examples of best practices for local preservation. Attending the ceremony in Albany were, from left: Tony Kossmann, holding
the award; Pat Spohr; Library Director Judith Wines, holding a picture of the library; and Linda Cure. Sally Dague, the president of the
Altamont Free Library Board, also attended. Other honorees included Overit Media, which hosted the event, as well as the Albany Housing
Authority, the Independent Benevolent Society of Fuller Road, the New York State Capital Senate Staircase and Hall of Governors, and
three residential restorations in Albany.
Mango languages
This online language program,
has 48 different foreign languages.
Mango languages also has 15
English as a Second Language
courses. All language programs
are free through the library.
DVD collection
Everytime I see someone putting a credit card in the Redbox
at Hannaford, I want to remind
them their library has hundreds
of titles to choose from, and the
only card needed is a library card.
Shelves and shelves of dvd’s, cd’s
and audiobooks are available for
your use. Want a new release?
Don’t waste your gas running
around town. Go online and
request it, we’ll give you a call
when it’s your turn. Did you miss
any new releases, come on in and
look through the collection. For
more ideas go to http://voorheesvillelibrary.org/new_materials.asp,
click on DVD.
PROPANE
Altamont
By David Warner
Altamont Free Library patrons
may enjoy an armful of enjoyable
activities this month.
May we?
Yes, you may!
Start with an author visit from
Diane Cameron, who will read
from and discuss her new book
Looking For Signs. Cameron is the
former director of the Community
Caregivers and current development director for Unity House in
Troy. She has been described as
a “public person who writes about
her private life with courage, compassion and humor.”
Cameron will be here on Wednesday, May 15, at 7 p.m.
Brother Outsider
This year, 2013, marks the
50th anniversary of the March
on Washington, the site of Martin
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Outsider focuses on the little
known role of Bayard Rustin in
both the peace movement and the
struggle against racism.
The date and time of this program is Thursday, May 16, at 7
p.m.
Click and learn
Want to try a Massive Online
Open Course? Take a free online
class, History of Rock and Roll
with the Eastman School of Music Professor John Covach, and
come to the library once a week
to discuss.
Bethlehem
By Louise Grieco
On Monday, May 13, at 1:30
p.m., the Daybooks group will
discuss Perla by Michael Carolina
DeRobertis. New members are
welcome. Copies are available at
the information desk. Audio copies
may also be available.
Stay healthy
a.m., the library will have Scrubby
stories, Glo-Germs, and The
Scrubby Bear Handwashing Song.
They will all help you learn about
staying healthy; this program is
presented by the American Red
Cross. Call 439-9314 to sign up.
For children up to age 6 with family or friends.
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Library Notes
Westerlo
Guilderland
By Mark Curiale
Historical novelist Anne Easter
Smith will read from her novel,
Royal Mistress, at the Guilderland
Public Library on Wednesday, May
15, at 7 p.m. If you haven’t heard
Anne speak before, don’t miss this
opportunity. She writes about the
period of the War of the Roses, in
which the Tudor and York cousins
fought for supremacy in the 15th
Century. Smith is an expert at finding a
woman about whom not too much
is known at the time, but who had
access to the historical figures of
the day. She creates scenarios that
allow that person to move among
the royals and illuminate the historic events of their days. Literary garden
Are you looking for a quiet,
outdoor space where you can read
quietly, unbothered by the cares
of the world? Then come to the
library’s Community Literary
Garden, which is open whenever
the weather is fair.
Comfortable seats in both shade
and sun give you the opportunity
to enjoy some fresh air and good
reading. Library info
For more information about
the library, call the library at
456-2400, or e-mail us at info@
guilpl.org. The library is located
at 2228 Western Ave., Guilderland. Visit the library’s website
at www.guilpl.org. Check out the
“unofficial” library stuff at facebook.com/Guilderland.Library,
follow the library on Twitter @
GuilderlandLib, and get music
information and free downloads
on the library’s Freegal page. It
all starts at guilpl.org.
Bethlehem
By Louise Grieco
p.m., the Bethlehem library board
will meet. This meeting is open
to the public. Public presentation
of the proposed 2013-14 library
budget precedes the meeting at
6 p.m.
Balloon Decathlon
On Wednesday, May 15, at 6:30
p.m., come to the library and use
your brain and body to complete
all ten challenges in the Balloon
Decathlon. This program is for
all ages including family and
friends.
— Photo from Judy Petrosillo
Avid readers: Saturday, May 4, was Free Comic Book Day at the Berne Library. Each person who
came to the library was able to choose a free comic book.
Berne
By Judy Petrosillo
Mother’s Day is this Sunday,
May 12. Writer Robert Brault
said, “A mom reads you like a book,
and wherever she goes, people
read you like a glowing book
review.” This weekend is a great
time to show your appreciation to
all the mothers in your life. Game night
If mom enjoys playing board
games, bring her to Game Night
at the Berne Public Library on
Sunday, May 12, at 7 p.m. She
may take to it like a duck to water. This monthly program is open
to all adults at no charge.
Story time
Story time is on Tuesday, May
14, at 11 a.m. During the program,
children develop literacy skills in a
fun and relaxed atmosphere. This
week join Kathy for stories about
ducklings, participate in activities,
and make a craft. a
Duckling parade
The picture book, Make Way for
Ducklings, by Robert McClosekey
won the 1942 Caldecott Medal
for McCloskey’s illustrations.
The story takes place in Boston,
Mass. Each year on Mother’s Day,
children dress as their favorite
characters from the story and
Each year on Mother’s Day,
children dress as their
favorite characters from
the story and march in the
Duckling Day parade.
march in the Duckling Day parade
from the Boston Common to the
Public Garden. A bronze statue
of the mother duck and her eight
ducklings was created by Nancy
Schön and is on display in the
garden. Lego League
If you like creating statues out
of Legos, the library has a program
for you. Lego League meets on
Saturday, May 18, at 11 a.m. The
library supplies the Legos for
the participants. Creations are
displayed in the library until the
following month when they are
disassembled and reused. This
free program is designed for youth
in grades 2 to 8.
Book club
One of the best gifts to give
a mother is quiet time to read.
Perhaps she would like to read
the novel A Superior Death by
Nevada Barr. This book will be
discussed at the next meeting of
the book club on June 2. Reserve
a copy soon if you would like to
participate in our entertaining
book talk.
Ducklings and goslings will soon
be attempting to cross the roads
in Berne. Please drive carefully on
Mother’s Day and every day.
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Antibiotics And ArtificiAl Joints
It seems that we are seeing more people
with joint replacements. Prosthetic hips,
knees, and shoulders have become quite
commonplace today in all age groups. As
we are living longer generally, it seems
that replacing body parts will become
more routine.
One of the risks of joint replacements
has to do with infection of the new joints
after they are placed. Bacteria in the blood
stream can find their way to the joint and
begin to grow. This can compromise the
attachment of the implant to the bone and
surrounding tissue and can eventually
cause the implant to fail. How do the
bacteria get there? Any break in the skin
can allow bacteria in. In the mouth, any
procedure that causes bleeding of the
gums may also allow bacteria to enter
the blood stream (called “Bacteremia”).
This can be worsened with gum disease
present. So any dental procedure, fillings,
cleanings, or any work around the gum line
can cause this short term bacteremia.
The simple solution is to have some
antibiotic already in the bloodstream
when the bacteria enter. The protocol
has changed dramatically from long ago.
Stuart F. Fass,
D.D.S.
Now just a single dose of medication one
hour before the appointment is all that is
needed for protection. This is a pretty
simple regimen and is very effective. Some
patients question how long this is required.
The answer depends on your individual
circumstances and your orthopedic
surgeon. While current evidence suggests
that the antibiotic may not be necessary
after 2 years, the facts are not conclusive.
Many doctors want their patients to
continue on after the 2 years, and some
even suggest the protocol for life.
Talk to your dental team and your
orthopedist for their recommendations.
For more information on this and
other topics, visit our web site at www.
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By Sue Hoadley
Treat Mom to something sweet
on her special day. The Westerlo
Public Library’s annual bake sale
will be held this Saturday, May 11,
the day before Mother’s Day, from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the library. Donations of baked goods will be
accepted through Friday. Board meets
The board of library trustees
will meet on Monday, May 13, at
7p.m., at the library. This meeting
is open to the public.
Book group
The library’s Book Discussion
Group will meet on Thursday,
May 16, at 7 p.m., at the library. We will continue our discussion
of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team
of Rivals, The Political Genius of
Abraham Lincoln. Please join us. New members are welcomed.
Display case
For the month of May the
library is displaying eight-yearold Angelina Rufa’s Calico Critters. Built around the traditional
values of family, friends and community, Calico Critters encourage
little girls to use their imagination
and share their own experiences
as they play. Angelina’s collection includes the Pickleweeds
Hedgehog Family, the Norwood
Mouse Family, the Hopscotch
Rabbit Family, all living harmoniously in a beautifully appointed
townhouse.
Children’s programs
Toddler and preschool story
time now meets on Wednesday at
10 a.m. Join Miss Lee for stories,
songs, games and movement activities designed for children ages
two to five years old. In addition
to developing pre-reading skills,
singing, moving to music, and
playing instruments 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.
Technology
walk-in Wednesday
Do you 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,
hands-on instruction on how to
work the mouse, navigate the Internet, set up an e-mail account,
use office automation programs,
and more. If Wednesday mornings
are not convenient, please contact
us to schedule an appointment.
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Senior News
New Scotland
By Joe Williams
On May 1, the New Scotland
Senior Citizens held its meeting at
the Wyman Osterhout Community
Center. Any senior 62 and older
in the town of New Scotland is
eligible to join us. Please spread
the word, we have a lot of fun.
Volunteers needed
I am looking for drivers who are
able and willing to drive one of the
vans to events all within an hour
drive of town hall. A lot of these
events happen on evenings and
weekends as well as during the
weekdays.
Meeting notes
The meeting was called to order
by President Barbara Sullivan
with 38 members in attendance.
— Old business: 46 members
attended the installation luncheon
at Maggie’s on Western Ave. with
Brother Anthony entertaining us
on the accordion. Barbara, Mary,
Martha, and Pat were sworn in by
Albany County Legislator Herb
Reilly.
— New business: The annual
picnic will be held this year at the
town of New Scotland Swift Road
Park, on August 21. The committee for the picnic is Pat and Herb
Leichman, Linda Pietropaoli, Barbara Sullivan, and Gwen Libby.
More information will follow.
The Dormansville meal site at
Hiawatha Grange Hall is up and
running again. It was decided that
a donation of $50 should be sent
to help with their reopening. We
wish them well.
I sent pictures of the installation dinner to the New Scotland
Historical Society.
A reminder to anyone attending
the May 15 meeting that a bus will
be available to pick you up. Below
are the providers you will be able
to speak with.
Please bring donations for St
Margaret’s Center to the meeting
on May 15.
May 24 will be the last of day
of bingo until the fall. Come and
enjoy the fun and laughter. Hot
dogs will be available if anyone is
interested.
The refreshments for the June 5
business meeting will be provided
by Ann Carson, Lois Crounse, and
Alice Lemieux.
At the May 15 meeting our potluck lunch starts at 12:30 p.m., so
bring a dish to pass if you would
like to join us for lunch. The
meeting starts at 1 p.m., where
after lunch, several providers
will come and give us valuable
information. The community is
invited to attend. Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage,
the NYS drug plan, Albany Senior
Services, the Health Insurance
Information Counseling and Assistance counselor will be there,
this is someone you should meet
with once a year after the age
of 65 if you are paying for your
own health insurance. Also Eddy
Visiting Nurse Association, Eddy
Lifeline, Armistead Caregiver
Services, Eddy Day Break Adult
Day Services, and National Grid.
These are people who can answer
many questions you might have as
seniors aging in the community.
Please come and bring anyone who
might be interested. If you would
like to attend and don’t have a
ride please call 439-9038 and the
Yellow Bus will pick you up.
Join us
Are you 62 years young and living in the town of New Scotland?
If so, you are considered a senior
and thus entitled to use the senior
services. This includes our Yellow
Bus, joining the New Scotland
Senior Citizens, and attending
the meetings held at the Wyman
Osterhout Community Center to
enjoy the fun and games, food,
entertainment, and friendship.
We would like to invite any and
all seniors (60-plus is the age for
a club member) in the area to
join us. We are a good group of
seniors and would love to have
new members.
There are three types of meetings:
— 1. Business meeting: On the
first Wednesday of every month at
1 p.m., most times with entertainment and refreshments, cards, and
games to follow;
— 2. A covered-dish (bring
something to pass) or other meal:
On the third Wednesday of every
month at 12:30 p.m., you should
bring your own place serving
(plate, knife, fork, and spoon,.
and
— 3. Fun and games on the
second and fourth Wednesday of
every month at 1 p.m.
Need a ride
Are you a senior 62 and older
an need a ride for a medical, le-
— Photo from Krystie Wray Atria Engage Life program director
Ta-da! Showing off the healthy treats they created at the kitchen in the Atria Guilderland Assisted
Living facility are, from left, Rosemary Hart, Hope Griffiths, Esther Allen, and Christine Abelseth.
gal, hair, friendly visits or more,
call 439-9038 to set it up. Rides
are available Monday through
Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The
program is run on a donation basis
so consider what the ride is worth
to you and donate if you can. Our
suggested donation is $5 each way
for out of town trips and a couple
of dollars each way in town. We
will go up to 15 miles from New
Scotland town hall.
Yellow Bus
In our Yellow Buses we had
dozens of trips with hundreds of
seniors out having fun in the past
few months, we wish more of you
in the town would join in getting
out and socializing, it is good to
make new friends.
Anyone 62 and older can join
us on our adventures. Sheets
are available at town hall, the
Voorheesville Public Library, or
online at www.townofnewscotland.
com. Click on Departments, then
Senior Outreach, and scroll down
to the Yellow Bus, then click either
in PDF or DOC. If you would like
to be added to the e-mail list, call
439-9083.
Call Susan Kidder to reserve
a seat on the bus for you and a
friend. We have 14 seats, so first
come, first served. If possible
two buses will be used with a
minimum of six persons on the
bus locally and minimum of 8 for
out of town trips.
Come on and join us.
Every Tuesday and Thursday
we offer an Osteobuster’s class at
10 a.m. at the Wyman Osterhout
Community Center. The class is
free.
Every first and third Wednesday
there is a senior citizens meeting
at the community center. There is
a potluck at 12:30 p.m. followed by
a business meeting at 1 p.m.
For all prepaid events make
checks out to the specified venue
or Town of New Scotland with
event name and date in the memo
section.
If you are signed up for a trip
and it is no longer listed, it means
the trip is full.
You will be called with time and
place of pick-up a day or so before
an event. If you can’t go, please
call 439-9038 and cancel as soon
as possible.
Future trips
Upcoming Yellow Bus trips for
seniors are as follows:
— May 13, at 10:30 a.m., we will
leave the area for a ride through
Washington Park to see the tulips
and stop to wander and take pictures. First stop is Gus’s Hot Dogs.
The cost is on the senior;
— May 16, Dormansville for
a menu of baked ham and au
gratin potatoes, brussel sprouts,
and pineapple. A $4 donation is
suggested;
— May 19, Schenectady Green
Market Outdoors Food vendors
and lunch. The cost is on the senior. We will leave the area around
10 a.m.;
Spreading sunshine: The Guilderland High School Chamber Choir performed for the Altamont Seniors after their Tuesday luncheon.
Rae Jean Teeter led the group with classics such as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “The Way You Looked Tonight.” The group also
choreographed and danced to “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” which delighted the seniors. The choir then invited the seniors to join them in
singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” “As the seniors were leaving, they all raved about the students’ wonderful blend of beautiful voices
and what nice kids they were,” said Linda Cure, program coordinator. “Thanks to all for taking time out of this gorgeous day to visit the
Altamont Seniors.”
— May 20, Rensselaer Senior
Center for Veal Pattie with peppers and onions, noodles, Italian
Vegtables, and sherbet. A $2.75
donation is suggested;
— May 21, Saratoga Casino
“Club 55 Day” buffet lunch for
$4.95 and chances to win a grand
prize for the day with your Club 55
card. We will depart around 9:30
a.m. and leave around 3:15 p.m.,
suggested bus donation is $5 each
way, a $20 voucher is available for
anyone arriving with the bus;
Center Gary Ferris USO show
with a lunch of baked chicken with
orange glaze, mashed potatoes,
green beans, strawberry and pineapple shortcake. $2.75 donation is
suggested;
— May 24, Bingo at the community center from noon to 2:30
p.m. the cost is $2. Hot dogs are
available before bingo for $1.50;
Center for Salisbury steak with
gravy, mashed potatoes, butternut
squash, and fruited yogurt. $2.75
— May 29, Cherry Hill Mansion
a behind the scenes restoration
tour that lasts 45 minutes. Stair
climbing to see entire restoration
process is not handicapped accessable. The tour is at 1 p.m., and
the is cost $3 for 11 or more if less
than 11 the cost is $5;
— May 29, Memorial Concert at
Shaker High School. This concert
is free with donations accepted. It
starts at 7:30 p.m.;
—May 30, Rensselaer Senior
Center for the Donny Elvis Tribute for Mother’s Day. The lunch
menu is zita with Italian style
meat sauce and Parmesan cheese,
California blend vegetables, and
fresh fruit in season. A $2.75 donation is suggested;
— June 1, Sharon Springs Festival with dozens of vendors, shops,
yard sales, food and entertainment. This trip is free and leaves
the area at 9:30 a.m.;
— June 3, Dormansville for
a menu of shrimp scampi over
pasta, apple juice, romaine salad
with dressing, and ice cream. A $4
— June 7, a matinee movie at
the Spectrum from 3 to 4 p.m.,
followed by dinner at the Western
Diner;
— June 18, Saratoga Casino
“Club 55 Day” buffet lunch for
$4.95 and chances to win a grand
prize for the day with your Club
55 card. We will depart around
9:30 a.m. and leave around 3:15
p.m., suggested bus donation is $5
each way, a $20 voucher is available for anyone arriving with the
bus; and
— June 23, the Mac-Haydn
Theatre to see La Cage Aux Follies.
This is a 2 p.m., matinee. The cost
is $25. The check should be made
out to Mac-Haydn Theatre and
given to Susan Kidder no later
than June 5, to reserve a seat.
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Can You Dig It?
Senior News
Guilderland
The Guilderland Senior Services is offering the following
activities the week of May 13.
Call the senior office at 356-1980,
ext. 1048 for any questions or
information.
Monday: Scheduled shopping,
aerobics at 9 a.m., defensive
driving at the Guilderland Public Library at 9:30 a.m., Strong
Bones Plus at 10:30 a.m., senior
fitness at 10:30 a.m., and Strong
Bones Plus at 1:30 p.m.;
Tuesday: Strong Bones Plus
at 9 a.m., fashion show luncheon
at Orchard Creek Restaurant
at noon;
Wednesday: Scheduled shopping, cardio circuit at 9 a.m.,
defensive driving at the Guilderland Public Library at 9:30
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, Strong Bones Plus at 9
a.m., scheduled Medicaid and
legal appointments from 9:30
to 11:30 a.m., scheduled Food
Stamp appointments from 10
a.m. to noon, Mahjongg at 12:30
p.m., and Pinochle at 1 p.m.;
and
Friday: Scheduled shopping,
painting at 10 a.m., Bridge at 10
a.m., quilting at 1 p.m
Artists League
The town of Guilderland Senior
Artists League will be exhibiting
their work at the Guilderland
Public Library during the month
of June. You are cordially invited
to the opening reception of the
exhibit on Sunday, June 2, from 2
to 4 p.m. at the library located at
2228 Western Ave. Refreshments
will add to the festivity.
Current events
A volunteer is willing to hold
a current events group for seniors who would like to discuss
newsworthy topics on a weekly
basis. Please call us if you are
interested.
Movie of the month
This month’s movie is Big Night
rated R. It will be shown on
Thursday, May 30, at 10:30 a.m.,
sign up by May 23.
Summer trips
The following are the trips
planned for this summer:
— Tuesday, May 21, A Lobster
Feast: A Buddy Holly Tribute, at
the Log Cabin Banquet House.
The cost for lunch, show, and
the bus is $ 64. Departure is 10
a.m. and we will return at approximately 5:30 p.m. Barbecue
chicken and ribs will be served,
for non-lobster eaters.
— Wednesday, July 10, we
will see Singin’ in the Rain at
the Mac-Haydn Theater, with a
buffet lunch first at the White
Stone Cafe. The lunch, show,
and bus cost is $ 55. Departure
is 11 a.m. and we will return at
approximately 5:30 p.m.
— Tuesday, Aug. 6, Tanglewood
on Parade with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops,
and the Tanglewood Orchestra.
The program includes Borodin
Polovetsian Dances from Prince
Igor. The bus and show cost $
45. Departure is 6 p.m., and we
will return at approximately
11:30 p.m.
— Thursday, Sept. 19, Moonlight and Magnolias, a comedydrama, at the Lake George Dinner Theater. The lunch, show,
and bus cost is $65. Departure
is 10 a.m. and we will return at
approximately 4:30 p.m.
Call the senior office at 3561980, ext. 1048 for any questions
or information.
Duanesburg
The Duanesburg Seniors have
planned a trip for Monday, July
22, to Burlington, Vt. The bus
will leave Wade Tours at 7 a.m.
and then leave the Duanesburg
firehouse at 7:30 a.m.
After the cruise we
board the bus and head to
The Vermont Teddy Bear
Company.
We will arrive at 11 a.m., at the
Burlington waterfront with some
time to walk around before we
board the Spirit of Ethan Allen
III at 11:30 a.m. for an hour and
a half luncheon cruise on scenic
Lake Champlain.
The buffet lunch consists of hot
and cold items, dessert, coffee,
tea, and ice tea.
After the cruise we board the
bus and head to The Vermont
Teddy Bear Company for a 2:45
p.m. tour and visit to the gift
shop. The Vermont Teddy Bear
Company is one of the largest
producers of teddy bears and
the largest seller of teddy bears
by mail order and Internet. The
company handcrafts each of its
teddy bears and produces almost
500,000 teddy bears each year. These are great gifts for family
or friends.
We will board the bus at 3:45
p.m. to visit Dakin Farms. The
farm features gift samplers,
cheeses, maple syrup, and much
more. It’s what Vermont tastes
like! The same family has owned,
operated, and loved the farm for
the past 50 years, and they still
perform many tasks in time-honored ways such as slow smoking
meats over smoldering corncobs,
and collecting sweet maple sap
just before spring arrives.
We will board the bus for home
at 5 p.m. and arrive at approximately 9 p.m.
The price of this trip for members is $51 and for nonmembers
is $61. The payment is jue by
July 10. Checks should be made
payable to: Duanesburg Seniors
Travel Account and mailed to
Barbara L. Page, 8 Wall St.,
Clifton Park, NY 12065. For more
information, contact Barbara
Page, at 356-3230.
Ground has broken: The long-awaited Berne sewer district is manifest in broken ground and
reflective yellow vests throughout the hamlet. Since late April, construction has begun on the
main collection system. Two-inch pipe has been put underground across from Town Hall for the
forced main. Across from the town highway department, above, eight-inch, gravity-fed pipe will
connect to a manhole.
Yes, I can!
A bore chore: A horizontal directional bore is used to make a path underground and minimize
disturbed land along Helderberg Trail. Construction on the Berne sewer collection system began
last week, after almost two decades of planning. During the May 8 town board meeting, Supervisor Kevin Crosier said the May 27 Memorial Day Parade would go on without interruption.
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development.
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A Fresh Look
Correspondents
Altamont
By
Rosemary
Caruso
861-6569
— Photos from Cindy Quay
Spring is in full bloom at the Knox Nursery School where
the children have been very busy crafting signs of spring. The
2-year-olds turned colorful handprints into flowers while
the 3-year-olds decorated a wall with handmade posies and
high-flying kites, and the 4-year-olds crafted butterflies —
with pipe-cleaner antennae, cardboard rolls for bodies, and
crayon-colorful wings.
TOWN OF NEW SCOTLAND
ANNUAL SPRING BRUSH AND
LAWN DEBRIS CLEAN-UP
April 22nd - May 24th
LAWN AND YARD DEBRIS: must be bagged in bio-degradable
bags and placed at the curb. Bags can be purchased at local grocery
and department stores.
BRUSH AND TREE LIMBS: Must be stacked neatly at the curb
with cut ends facing the road. Limbs no longer have to be cut into
four foot lengths. Our chipper will accept longer and larger limbs
than in the past. Please be sure to stack brush and limbs as neatly
as possible with cut ends facing road so that our crew can work
in a safe and efficient manner.
QUESTIONS? CALL 475-0385
Highway Department
Did you know that America had
an official creed?
Very soon we will be celebrating a great American holiday the
Fourth of July. But do we Americans truly understand what we
are celebrating, and why it so
important?
An Englishman once wrote,
“America is the only nation in the
world that is founded on a creed.”
Think about that for a moment.
Other nations were founded on
the basis of race or by the power
of kings or emperors, but America
was and is to this day different. It
was founded on a shared belief,
or as the Englishman said, on a
creed.
And what is that creed that
sets us apart? It is the eloquent,
profound, and simple statement
penned by Thomas Jefferson in
the Declaration of Independence:
“We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalien-
Wow! This time of year is so
spectacular! As you enter the village and pass the Altamont Fair
sign you can’t help but admire the
planning and care that has gone
into the beautiful flowering trees
lined up for all to admire.
Further down Main St. and
elsewhere throughout the village
white blossoms on some of the
trees are coming to life. They are
mixed in with the green and red
budding trees giving a hint of
beauty where, just a few
days before, sat a dull
lifeless tree waiting for
just the right amount
of sun and warmth to
“America is the only nation in the
spring back to life.
that is founded on a creed.”
Azalea bushes and
forsythias add some
reds and yellows to the
parade of color as the
plants in the village
turn from dreary to beautiful
able rights, that among these are
almost overnight. Even the pesky
life, liberty and the pursuit of hapyellow dandelions look pretty.
piness.” The wording of the Creed
Many of our residents love garused passages and phrases from
dening and have become masters
the Declaration of Independence,
with the soil. Fortunately, they
the Preamble to the Constitution,
have also volunteered some of
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and
their precious time to help others
Daniel Webster’s reply to Robert Y.
who do not have a green thumb.
Hayne in the Senate in 1830.
All of their hard work is noticed
This Creed is why people have
and appreciated. I am one of those
given their life and fortune to
not able to make things grow.
America. It is what makes us
When my mother-in-law was
different than any other country
alive she would give me a few
in the world. It is what makes us
plants to take home each time we
strong in adversity. It is the very
visited with her. In return, I would
reason people all over the world
give her a few small plants that
envy our freedom.
were in need of life support. Mom
If you have not read the Ameriwould patiently nurse those plants
can Creed before then we hope
back to good health and give them
you enjoy reading it today. And
back on another visit.
we hope that you will recite it
As we work our gardens, or at
often just as you do the Pledge of
least enjoy the labors of our neighAllegiance to our flag.
bors work, we also enter a time
American’s Creed
of year for remembering our war
“I believe in the United States
heroes and those men and women
of America as a Government of
who have fought for our country.
the people by the people, for the
Just around the corner will be
people, whose just powers are
parades celebrating Memorial Day
derived from the consent of the
and the Fourth of July. As I was
governed; a democracy in a Rethinking about the essay contest
public; a sovereign Nation of many
that is usually sponsored by the
sovereign States; a perfect Union,
VFW, I ran across something that
one and inseparable; established
touched a soft spot in my heart.
upon those principals of freedom,
In 1918 a nationwide contest
equality, justice, and humanity
was conducted for writing a Nafor which American patriots sactional Creed. The contest was the
rificed their lives and fortunes. I
idea of Henry Stering Chapin who
therefore believe it is my duty to
was the Commissioner of Educamy Country to love it; to support
tion of New York State at the
its Constitution; to obey its laws;
time. He was looking for a brief
to respect its flag, and to defend
summary of the American political
it against all enemies.”
faith containing the fundamentals
Adult education
in American history and tradition.
Registration for the Guilderland
The winner of the contest was
Continuing Education programs
William Tyler Page. His entry
runs
through May 10. Classes will
embodied all of the principles that
were sought and topped the 3,000 begin the week of May 20.
Burn ban
other entries.
Residents of the village of AltaOn April 3, 1918 James H.
Preston, the mayor of Baltimore, mont are reminded that the Burn
presented an award to Page in Ban is in effect through May 14.
Bus trip
the House of Representatives.
The next Altamont Senior bus
Patriotic sentiments were very
much in vogue at the time because trip will be on Tuesday, May
it was only a little over a year 22. Members and their friends
since the United States had been will be traveling to turning Stone
Bingo and Casino.
a participant in World War I. The
The bus will leave St. Lucy’s
Speaker of the House of Represenparish center at 9 a.m. Please be
tatives and the Commissioner of
Education of the State of New York at the center at 8:45 a.m., and
accepted the Creed for the United we will return to Altamont at apStates, and the proceedings relat- proximately 6 p.m.
The group will travel on a new
ing to the award were printed in
35-passenger coach, each person
the Congressional Record of April
will receive a $25 casino play or
13, 1918.
$20 bingo bucks as well as a $5
meal ticket
The cost is $40 per person. To
make reservations or to obtain
information call Kathy at 8616258. Reservations and fee should
be sent to the Altamont Seniors,
Post Office Box 227, Altamont,
NY or dropped them off at the
village office for Kathy Adams. Reservations need to be made by
May 15.
Invitation
The members and staff of St.
Lucy/St. Bernadette Church in
Altamont invite their neighbors
and friends to join them for this
year’s dinner theater. This year’s
event will be held on Saturday,
May 18, in the parish center on
Grand St. Dinner (guaranteed to
be delicious) will be served Italian
style complete with antipasto and
dessert at 6 p.m. The show At first
Baptist will follow at 7 p.m. This
show is a comedy, written by Ron
Osborne.
Tickets are $25 per person
and reservations can
be made by calling the
church office at 8618770.
The community in
world and around Altamont
is invited to enjoy this
special event. Ask your
family and friends to
join you for this special
event. Track team
The Booster Club supporting
the girl’s outdoor track team at
the Guilderland High School are
selling tickets for a drawing at $1
each. The members are trying to
raise funds for the purchase of a
new tent for the team to use at
meets. Their current tent is falling apart. Your support will be
appreciated. Team members are
currently selling the tickets.
Thank you
Appreciation is extended to all
of the participants of the Altamont
PTA’s annual village-wide garage
sale. And thanks also to the general public who supported this
annual event. DDGM visit
Patricia Pelton, District Deputy
Grand Matron of the Albany,
Rensselaer, Schenectady District,
Order of the Eastern Star will
make her official visit to Ella
Nicholson Fort Orange, Albany
Chapter on May 13. Grand officers meeting
The Grand Officers Association of the Albany, Rensselaer,
Schenectady District, Order of
Eastern Star, will be held on Sunday, May 19, at Palestine Chapter
167 in Troy, NY. The meeting will
be held at 3 p.m. followed by a
covered dish supper. Those planning to attend
are asked to make their reservations with their chapter representative.
Birthdays
Happy Birthday wishes are
extended to:
— Kayla Anne DeHart, Mary
Ann Heller Keeler, and Caroline
Jane Keyes on May 19;
— Barbara Greenwald, Brenda
Preville, Karen Richmond, and
Fred Wagner on May 11;
— Kevin Greene, Christopher
Lindell, and Charlotte Tomajer
on May 12;
— Karen Lynch, Randy Munroe,
Darcie Pathen, Jeff Perlee, Kyle
James Tassone, and Kim Warner
on May 13;
— Patti Percoski, and Eileen
Sebast on May 14;
— Stephanie Connor, Jeremy
McClintock, and William Vojnar
on May 5;
— Daniella Alterwisher, Jim
Burns, John Ciaccio, and Melissa
Lynch on May 16 and
— William s. Vojnar who will be
91 years old on May 15. 25
Correspondents
Lining Up With The Law
Danielle received many of the
needed items and some of the specialty items on her wish list. The
shower was held at the Thompson’s Lake Church Hall and it gave
us plenty of space to all be in one
By
room. Pink adorned all the tables,
Lora
even the tableware. It spread the
message that it’s a girl!
Ricketts
Danielle was given another
shower hosted by her mother,
872-1691
Desiree Wagner, and Samantha
Parrella on April 28 at Desiree’s
home in Feura Bush. This shower
was attended by many girlfriends,
relatives on her mom’s side, and
My weekend was one filled with relatives of Matthew Badcock.
family, especially children. On Fri- Danielle should be all set now to
day, my grandson Brandon Clark start motherhood.
and I picked up Iain Bullis at the
Morning show
after school program and headed
On May11, I attended the
for Schoharie to pick up his chil- Berne-Knox-Westerlo morning
dren, Samson and Nichole.
show honoring students for acaJenn Smith had packed drinks demic excellence. Jenn Smith’s
and snacks for the children and son, Iain Bullis, who is in the first
they dove right into them.
grade, was chosen to be one of the
Samson had Little League Students of the Month.
practice in Richmondville and that
Bible study
lasted until 7:30 p.m.
Are you interested in learning
On Saturday, May 4, we had more about God and his love? Ata big event.
tend the adult
a shower for
Bible study
Danielle Rickled by the
“Pink adorned all the
etts, hosted by
Rev. Bob Hofftables,
even
the
tableware.
Kassi Neal,
man, pastor
It spread the message
Melissa Pangof the Berne
burn, Jenn
Reformed
that it’s a girl!”
Smith, Nichole
Church. The
Clark and me.
group meets at
Her baby is due June 12.
the Knox Reformed Church in the
More than 25 ladies attended church hall. The next meeting is
and we enjoyed a lunch of Me- on Thursday, May 16, at 7 p.m.
lissa’s taco salad, Jenn’s special
Roast beef supper
chicken dip, pasta salad, fruit
The annual roast beef supper
salad, vegetable tray and fruit tray at Thompson’s Lake Reformed
and more followed by a beautiful Church is on Saturday, May 18,
Winnie the Pooh cake baked by from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The menu
Donna Blanchard, our cousin. The consists of top round roast beef,
guests included Betty and Chuck garlic mashed potatoes, green
Bates, and Norma Ayers. Some beans, candied baby carrots, desof Danielle’s father’s friends from sert and beverages. Take-outs
UPS came, Stephanie, Lisa and are available. Tickets are $10 for
Katlyn, plus Aunt Linda Richard- adults and $5 for children. For
son and cousin Teri Barton.
more information call 872-0432.
Guilderland’s finest: Altamont Daisy Troop 1555, made up of 5- and 6-year-old Girl Scouts,
recently visited the Guilderland Police Department. “Altamont resident Matt Hanzalik provided
a great tour to the girls and they even got to meet Rocky, the K-9 dog,” said Kelly Abbruzzese who
leads the troop with Hailey Peterson.
Thompsons Lake
Bill Frueh’s legacy
Uncle Billy’s Balladeers perform
‘Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier’
WESTERLO — Recently, the
Westerlo Historical Society hosted
Uncle Billy’s Balladeers, a local
Civil War-period theater and music
troupe that has been performing
since 2008, first at the 1872 Gallupville House.
Since that time, the balladeers
have performed at many historic
sites and for organizations locally
and around the Northeast, offering
a variety of programs that range
from simple Civil War-period music performances to what founder
Rick Sherman calls “interactive
theater,” where members of the
audience participate in the program.
That evening, the balladeers
presented “Johnny Has Gone for a
Soldier,” created by local historicmusic legend Bill Frueh, who died
on Feb. 9. Nancy Frueh, his widow;
Roger Shafer; and Sherman took
the audience back to 1860 through
documents, artifacts, narrations,
and songs of the North, the South,
and the slaves.
The adventure brought the audience forward to January 1863 and
the enacting of the Emancipation
Proclamation.
“We are honored to have UBB
selected by Mrs. Frueh to carry
on this program. We stuck very
close to the script on this one; we
didn’t want to alter it in any way,”
said Sherman.
— Photo by Kelly Abbruzzese
‘No trail to follow’
Troop 50 climbs in Catskills
to find the sites of two crashed planes
By Sam Dikeman
GUILDERLAND — On Saturday, April 13, seven Scouts
from St. Madeleine Sophie’s Troop
50 journeyed to the Catskills.
Their goal was to hike to the
top of Van Wyck Mountain and
find two plane-crash sites along
the way.
It was known that the planes
had crashed along a particular
ridge that led to the base of the
mountain. After finding a good
place to park on Peekamoose
Road in Sundown, N.Y., the
Scouts had to load tents, food,
and camp gear into their packs. This particular trip was different in that there was no trail
to follow. The Scouts used a
topographical map and compass
to determine where they were
located along the way, and to
ensure the correct direction was
maintained.
After hiking nearly two miles
with an ascent of 1,300 feet, they
found the first plane. It was an
old military jet that had crashed
many years ago. The tail, engine,
and fuselage were still quite visible and the Scouts enjoyed looking at the many parts that still
remained in the debris field.
After a quick snack, the Scouts
continued along the ridge, looking for the other plane. It was
found in short order but the crash
site was more of a subdued event. The names of the five people who
perished in that crash had been
preserved on a nearby tree.
The trip continued for another half-mile until the Scouts
reached the base of the mountain. They unpacked their gear, set up
camp, and took a quick rest to get
ready for the final climb.
The Scouts were able to determine we only had another
1,000 feet to go, but it included
a 500-foot ascent that required
climbing on all fours to make
it up the face. At the top, they
were able to enjoy great views
of Peekamoose Mountain, Table
Mountain, and the surrounding
valleys.
After a much faster trip back to
camp, the Scouts enjoyed a great
hot dinner and fire to complete
the day. The next morning, it was
time to pack, eat breakfast, and
again work the compass to find
our way back to the cars. The
seven scouts included: Senior
Patrol Leader Matt Cortelyou,
Eric Motler, Kyle Dikeman,
Joe Reluzco, Brian Chew, Jack
Streeter, Jason Streeter, and
Scout leaders Bob Mitchell and
myself.
Troop 50 operates out of St.
Madeleine Sophie Church located at 3500 Carman Road.
We meet weekly on Wednesday
evenings from 7 to 8. Parents of
boys age 11 to 17 interested in
learning more about scouting
and Troop 50 are encouraged to
stop by the parish center located
at the rear of the parking lot or
to contact Larry Vincent at 3566674 (evenings) 641-4061 (days)
or e-mail at larryvincent12303@
yahoo.com.
Editor’s note: Sam Dikeman is
the assistant scoutmaster of Boy
Scout Troop 50 in Guilderland.
Bethlehem Chamber of
Commerce holds Restaurant Week
DELMAR — The Bethlehem
Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with local restaurants
to present Restaurant Week,
Monday, May 13, through Sunday, May 19. Participating
restaurants will offer a special
three-course dinner for $20.13
per person. Fourteen restaurants will
participate including, Bellini’s
Italian Eatery, in Slingerlands;
Gold Coin Restaurant, also in
Slingerlands; Grille One Six
Five Restaurant at the Normanside Country Club, in Delmar;
Jake Moon Restaurant Café, in
Clarksville; Manama Grille, in
Delmar, and Mangia, in Slingerlands.
Also, Milestone Restaurant,
in Glenmont; Nicole’s Restaurant, in Albany; Sam’s Italian
American Restaurant, in Albany;
Shalimar, in Delmar; Shogun
Sushi and Saki Bar, in Delmar;
The Hidden Café, in Delmar; The
Rustic Gourmet, in Delmar; and
Yanni’s Too, in Coeymans.
For more information and to
view Restaurant Week menus,
visit www.bestofbethlehem.
com. Restaurant Week is organized
in order to let restaurants showcase their menus for a lower price
to bring in new customers.
For information on this and all
Bethlehem Chamber events, visit
www.bethlehemchamber.com or
contact the Bethlehem Chamber
office at 439-0512.
Successful in their search: The Scouts in Guilderland’s Troop 50 — from left: Jack Streeter, Jason
Streeter, Matt Cortelyou, Eric Motler, Joe Reluzco, Brian Chew, and Kyle Dikeman — pose next to a
crashed plane they found by using maps and compasses in the Catskills. They went on to climb to the
top of Van Wyck Mountain.
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Carol T. Moore
BERNE — The bees wouldn’t
bother Carol Moore. As a keeper of
many pets, she had taken in strays
since she was a child and looked
after people in need, too.
She was a member of the Boyd
Hilton Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies’ Auxiliary in Altamont
and helped prepare meals for
the elderly. Friends, neighbors
and family knew her as “Mom” or
“Grandma.”
Her own grandchildren were
idealized in her eyes, her daughters said.
“She didn’t want us crying.
She wanted smiles, no tears,” her
daughter, Sylvia Moore, said of her
mother during a May 2 hospital
visit from her grandchildren.
Mrs. Moore died on Friday, May
Carol T. Moore
3, 2013, at St. Peter’s Hospital,
“in the embrace of her loving
daughters and granddaughter,” and returns departments at Trans
her family wrote in a tribute. She World Entertainment Corp. in
Albany. She and her best friend,
was 70.
At Mrs. Moore’s request, she Delia “Barney” Palombo, read
saw her grandchildren that Thurs- books and went to seniors’ events
day. She told them to pray, finish together. They sometimes shared
school, and to always make care- a meal together at the Township
ful decisions. Her daughter Holly Tavern, where they first met.
Mrs. Moore worked in the 1980s
Moore said her mother was at her
as
a bartender when the tavern
happiest then, when she was with
was owned by Mrs. Palombo,
her family.
“She wrote down on a piece of almost 30 years her senior, and
paper for us. ‘I love you, love Mom,’ her husband, Harry Palombo. Mr.
so we can get the tattoos,
and she did the same
for her granddaughter,”
“She didn’t want us crying.
said her daughter, Sylvia
Moore.
She wanted smiles, no tears.”
Carol Moore was born
on Aug. 19, 1942, in Albany, to the late Oscar
and Sylvia Dober. She had an Palombo was a founding member
affection for animals at a young of the Plank Roaders charity
age, when she would rescue stray group in which Mr. Moore was
once involved.
dogs and cats.
The two friends attended St.
“She said she had a happy childhood, even though her parents Lucy’s Church Roman Catholic
were separated,” Holly Moore Church in Altamont together.
Mrs. Moore’s favorite romance
said of Mrs. Moore, who stayed
and
mystery novels were by
in contact with her father and
took care of him when his health Danielle Steele and Stephen King
and she loyally watched television
worsened.
After Mrs. Moore graduated programs, like Wheel of Fortune,
from Albany High School, she Let’s Make a Deal, and Little
worked bartending and house House on the Prairie. She listened
cleaning. She moved to the Hill- to Elvis Presley, whose figurines
towns when she married Richard and photographs were displayed
T. Moore in her late twenties. They in her home.
Her daughters remembered
lived in Knox, Delanson, and AltaMrs.
Moore for her resilience, almont, but Mrs. Moore’s daughters
said they were known throughout ways with a hug and a smile for
any time or creature.
the Hilltown community.
“She was a snuggler,” said Sylvia
The Moores took trips together
Moore.
“She’d always say, ‘It’s goto New York City, to see aircraft
carriers, and to air shows and ing to be OK.’”
Despite a poor prognosis, docgame farms. Sylvia Moore said
her father lived for his wife. They tors noticed Mrs. Moore’s upbeat
would go to Jumpin’ Jacks in demeanor, Holly Moore said.
“She’d jokingly raise her cane,
Schenectady, Mrs. Moore’s favorite
‘I’m
only using this as a weapon,’”
place to have a hamburger.
Mr. Moore died of cancer in said Sylvia Moore. She described
her mother’s humor, making
2004.
“My mom had to tell my father people laugh even recently while
she’d be OK in order for him to go,” in the hospital.
Like her husband, Holly Moore
said Holly Moore. “He was waiting
said,
Mrs. Moore would help any
for her to say it was OK.”
After her husband’s death, Mrs. way she could. She took in animals
Moore retired from the shipping throughout her life, often spaying
or neutering them and keeping
them as pets.
“She would go without so others
could have,” wrote her family.
The Moores looked after a neighbor’s bull named Curly. They had
dogs — St. Bernards were their
favored breed — ducks, cats, rabbits, birds, fish, “Wish” the pony,
and a ball python named Ozzy.
Arrow, her black cat always at
her side, now sits in the window
and looks outside, Holly Moore
said. Mrs. Moore enjoyed gardening and once had a large production of vegetables. She preferred
her green beans, fresh, raw, and
crunchy, said her daughter. Rose
bushes purchased for her return
home aren’t planted, but her lilac
bushes at home are starting to
show their purple flowers.
“In fact, when we were writing
the obit, you could smell lilacs,
even though there’s no flowers on
them yet, and that was our Mom,”
said Holly Moore.
****
Carol T. Moore is survived by her
children, Dorothy F. Gibbs and her
husband, Barry Gibbs, of Berne,
Holly M. Moore of Berne, Sylvia
L. Moore and her husband, John
A. Wright, of Greenville, Betty Ann
Jackson and her husband, Barry
Jackson, of Albany, and Richard T. Moore Jr. and his
wife, Christina Amell, of
Schenectady.
She is also survived by
her grandchildren, Michelle J. Curtis and her
husband, Matthew Brink,
of Durham, Nicholas David Jesse Bell of Berne, Payton
B.D. Gibbs of Berne, Thomas J.
Kearney of Berne, Austin J.M.
Wright of Greenville, Joseph R.A.
Wright of Greenville, Richard
Retos of Schenectady, Sabrina
Moore of Schenectady, Sean Amell,
Austin Amell, Shane Amell, and
Daniel Amell of Schenectady, Anne
M. Jackson of Albany, and Barry
W. Jackson of Albany.
She is survived, too, by her greatgrandsons, Braden M. Brink of
Durham and Jackson Mathews of
Guilderland; her dearest and best
friend, Delia “Barney” Palombo of
Altamont; and many nieces and
nephews.
Her husband, Richard T. Moore
Sr., died before her, as did her
grandson, David Michael Floeser
Jr.
“Many blessings to the nurses
and techs that cared for our mom
in her final days,” the family
wrote.
Family and friends are invited
to celebrate Mrs. Moore’s life on
Sunday, May 12, from noon to 5
p.m. at the Knox Town Park.
Arrangements are by the Fredendall Funeral Home in Altamont.
Mourners may go online to fredendallfuneralhome.com
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It’s time.
We are always thinking of you.
Some days more.
The road is lonely without you.
Gone but not forgotten.
Love,
In MeMorIaM Us
In Memory of
Anna Willsey (Mom)
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The first Mother’s Day without you,
We cried when you passed away.
We still cry today.
You know how much we miss you.
We wished you could stay,
But your loving heart stopped beating.
Your busy hands stopped working.
You were such a special person,
When God took you away.
Wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day.
Be happy with Dad.
Love from
William and Sandy
Obituraries
René M. Girodias
KNOX — An engineer and a family man, René M. Girodias was
always thoughtful of others.
“One thing about him, he was very, very polite, even up until the
end, when he was in pain,” said his
daughter, Susan Von Haugg. “He
would always, always say ‘thank
you’ and ‘please’ and ‘God bless
you.’ My mother said that was the
French culture.”
“He was a good husband and
father, a good provider. He took
care of us,” said his wife, Barbara
Girodias.
Mr. Girodias died on Wednesday,
May 1, 2013. He was 87.
“He went peacefully at home
with his family around him,” said
Mrs. VonHaugg. May 1 was her
daughter Tarah’s birthday. “She’s a
strong person, only 10. She usually
won’t cry. My sister-in-law told her,
it’s OK to cry. She did,” said Mrs.
Von Haugg. “It was like everything
fell into place.”
René Giordias
Mr. Girodias, an only child, was
born in New York City on June 1,
1925. He grew up in the Bronx,
and attended City College of New York.
He was drafted in 1943, and served in Europe and was on the way
to the Far East to prepare for the invasion of Japan when the first
atomic bomb was dropped. He served out the rest of the war in the
Philippine Islands.
“He did his time and that was it,” said Mrs. VonHaugg of her father’s
service during World War II. “He never really spoke about it.”
His grandson Matthew VonHaugg is now serving in the military.
“He hopes to make his grandfather proud,” said Mrs. VonHaugg, Matthew’s mother.
Mr. Girodias returned from service in 1946 to resume college, obtaining a master’s degree in engineering.
He met the woman who would become his wife when they both
worked at Sperry Gyroscope, which is now a portion of Unisys. They
married in 1954 and their union ended only with his death. After they
married, the couple lived in Garden City on Long Island, where they
raised a son and a daughter.
Mr. Girodias spent his entire career working at Unisys and part of
his work was building submarines, his daughter said. He retired in
1982 to Knox where his wife’s family had a farm that had been in the
family since the Revolutionary War. “I spent my summers up here,”
said Mrs. Girodias. Her husband enjoyed the outdoors and raising
vegetables on the farm.
“Susan lives right here,” she said of their daughter. “He enjoyed the
kids and liked seeing them,” she said of their grandchildren.
Mr. Girodias became involved in the antiques business, and enjoyed
refinishing and repairing old furniture. “He was into that, big time,”
said his wife.
“He had a little shop here and would spend hours in there, working
on a trunk or a dresser, or a picture frame,” said his daughter.
“For the last five or 10 years, we didn’t go out much,” Mrs. Girodias
said. Mr. Girodias was sick for a long time with kidney failure, his
daughter said, and also suffered back pain after a car accident.
He took great pleasure in everyday things, like eating. “He loved
seafood — mussels and lobster,” said his daughter. “He always liked it
when the Highlands had specials,” she said of a local eatery.
Mr. Girodias also liked preparing his own food. “He was fantastic
at cooking London broil,” said Mrs. VonHaugg. “He would never use a
gas grill. He said they cooked too fast,” she recalled. He preferred to
grill over charcoal.
“He would just sit there and watch it and spray it,” she said of the
London broil. “They were delicious.”
“He loved the quiet life here,” Mrs. Girodias concluded of her husband
who could be both outgoing and reserved.
“He was easygoing. He took one day at a time and enjoyed life the
best he could under the circumstances,” said his daughter. “He always
smiled.”
****
In addition to his wife, Barbara Giordias, and his daughter, Susan
VonHaugg, René Girodias is survived by his son, Ken Giordias, and his
six grandchildren, Benjamin and Ellen Girodias, and Matthew, Joshua,
Marleana, and Tarah VonHaugg.
A funeral was held at the Knox Reform Church on Tuesday, May
7, with arrangements by the Fredendall Funeral Home of Altamont.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Northeast Kidney Foundation, 501 New Karner Road, Albany, NY 12205 or to St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, attention Tribute Program, Post Office Box 1000,
Department 142, Memphis, TN 38148.
— Melissa Hale-Spencer
Marion Gibbs
ALTAMONT — A memorial service for Marion Gibbs will be held
at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, at St. John’s Lutheran Church at
140 Maple Ave. in Altamont.
She grew up in Altamont and graduated from Altamont High
School. After she married Francis Gibbs, she became a farmwife
and homemaker, raising two children.
Before spending her last four years at the Guilderland Center
Nursing Home, Mrs. Gibbs was active volunteering at the village
museum and also in collecting the history of St. John’s Church.
She died one week short of her 93rd birthday on Feb. 7, 2013.
Her family invites all who knew her to join in a celebration of
her life on May 25.
After the service, she will join her late husband at Prospect Hill
Cemetery in Guilderland.
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Recognized For Good Works And Community Service
Honored for service: The Guilderland and Bethlehem YMCAs recognized 15
students and three teachers at a breakfast recently at the Appel Inn in Guilderland
Center. From left are: James Crowley, a lifeguard who swims with the Guilderland
Cyclones and teaches children with autism to swim; Guilderland special-education
teacher Michelle Martin, who created the Best Buddies program at the high school,
pairing mainstream students with students who have disabilities; Courtland
“Cody” Ingraham, who has helped at the Farnsworth Middle School Butterfly
Station and Organic Garden, volunteers at the Guilderland library’s Summer
Reading Program, and, as a junior, mentors freshmen; Julie Dean, who volunteers
at Albany Medical Center in day care, nursing, physical therapy, and at the pharmacy; Mackenzie Lozano, who has volunteered at Relay for Life, the Altamont 5K
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of A-Z AUTOCARE & BODY, LLC. Articles
of Org. filed with NY Secretary of
State (NS) on February 15th, 2013,
office location: Albany County, NS
is designated as agent upon whom
process may be served, NS shall
mail service of process (SOP) to
Murray LLP, 305 Broadway, 14Fl,
New York, NY10007, purpose is any
lawful purpose.
(29-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
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 IV & V of the Zoning Law
on the following proposition:
Variance Request No. 4386
Request of Katlyn Trestick for a
Variance of the regulations under
the Zoning Law to permit: the placement of an 8’ x 12’ storage shed in
a side yard.
Per Articles IV & V Sections 28034 and 280-51 respectively
For property owned by Kyle J
Trestick
Situated as follows: 10 VanWormer Drive Guilderland Center,
NY 12085
Tax Map # 38.20-3-21 Zoned:
R15
Plans open for public inspection
at the Building Department during
normal business hours. Said hearing will take place on the 15th of
May, 2013 at the Guilderland Town
Hall beginning at 7:30pm.
Dated: May 8, 2013
Jacqueline M. Siudy
Acting Zoning Administrator
(33-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Water District Extension No. 81
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that
the following resolution has been
adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Guilderland, and that a
Public Hearing will be held upon
the establishment of Extension No.
81 to the Guilderland Water District
at the Town Hall, McCormack’s
Corners, Guilderland, New York on
the 21st day of May, 2013, at 7:30
o’clock p.m., local time.
Water District Extension No. 81
At a Meeting of the Town Board of
the Town of Guilderland, held at the
Town Hall, McCormack’s Corners,
Guilderland, New York on the 7th
day of May 2013 at 7:30 o’clock,
p.m. Local Time.
The meeting was called to order
by Supervisor Runion and upon roll
being called, there Were:
PRESENT:
Supervisor Kenneth Runion
Councilman Brian Forte
Councilman Allen Maikels
Councilman Paul Pastore
Councilwoman
Patricia Slavick
ABSENT: None
The following resolution was
offered by Councilman Allen Maikels who moved for its adoption
and seconded by Councilwoman
Patricia Slavick to wit:
RESOLUTION DATED MAY 7
2013
A RESOLUTION CALLING A
PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO
THE TOWN LAW OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK IN RELATION
TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
GUILDERLAND WATER DISTRICT,
EXTENSION NO. 81
WHEREAS, a petition for the
establishment of Extension No. 81
to the Guilderland Water District
was filed with the Town Board of
the Town of Guilderland, Albany
County, New York; and
WHEREAS, a proposed district
is bounded and described as set
forth in Appendix “A”, annexed
hereto; and
WHEREAS, the proposed improvements are installation of
water mains, water laterals, hydrants and all other appurtenances
necessary for the establishment of
Extension No. 81 in the Guilderland
Water District as outlined in a
map, plan and report prepared by
Joseph J. Bianchi, P.E., competent
engineer, licensed by the State of
New York; and
WHEREAS, the maximum
amount proposed to be expended
as stated in the petition is the sum
of Thirteen Thousand Dollars and
00/100 cents ($13,000.00);and
WHEREAS, the first year cost
including hook up charges for the
equivalent of a one-family home
and a two-family home will not
exceed the amount of Six Hundred
Eighty-Five ($685.00) Dollars for
the first full year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Board of
Guilderland, Albany County, New
York as follows:
Section 1. A meeting of the
Town Board of the Town of Guilderland, Albany County, New York
will be held at the Town Hall, McCormack’s Corners, Guilderland,
New York, on the 21st day of May,
2013, at 7:30 o’clock p. m. for the
purpose of conducting a public
hearing on the aforesaid report,
map, plan and estimate of cost
at which time and place the said
Town Board will hear all persons
interested in the subject matter
thereof.
Section 2. The Town Clerk is
hereby authorized and directed to
cause a notice of said public hearing to be given by publishing and
posting a copy of this resolution in
the manner provided by the Town
Law of the State of New York.
Section 3. This resolution shall
take effect immediately.
The question of the adoption
of the foregoing resolution was
duly put to vote on roll call, which
resulted as follows:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
DATED: May 7, 2013
STATE OF NEW YORK )
Race, and the Guilderland High School Trick or Treat Street, donated 10 inches
of her hair to Locks of Love, and started a bottle drive to benefit the Rodino family, stricken with Huntington’s disease; and Morgan Olson, who is active in the
Best Buddies Club and International Club and trains dogs to be therapy dogs as
well as helping residents with dementia an Alzheimer’s at Teresian House. All the
students are from Guilderland except Dean, who is a Berne-Knox-Westerlo junior.
The other BKW student chosen for the honor, junior Samuel Gerardi, was at class
during the breakfast; Gerardi volunteers with retreat groups at Camp Pinnacle
and is the camp photographer. Also honored but absent was Voorheesville science
teacher Theodore Simons who helps with chaperoning, and supervising for the
Senior Overnight, and is an advocate for intellectual pursuits.
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
COUNTY OF ALBANY )SS.:
I, the undersigned Clerk of
the Town of Guilderland, Albany
County, New York, D0 HEREBY
CERTIFY:
That I have compared the foregoing copy of the minutes of the
meeting of the Town Board of said
Town, including the resolution
contained therein, held on the 7th
day of May, 2013, with the original
thereof on file in my office, and
that the same is a true and correct
copy of said original and of the
whole of said original so far as the
same related to the subject matters
therein referred to.
I FURTHER CERTIFY, that all
members of said Board had due
notice of said meeting and that,
pursuant to Section 94 of the
Public Officers Law (Open Meeting
Law), said meeting was open to
the general public and that I duly
caused a public notice of the time
and place of said meeting to be
given to the foregoing newspapers
and/or news media as follows:
Newspapers and/or other News
Media
Altamont Enterprise
Date Given
1/1/13
And that further notice of the
time and place of such meeting
was given to the public by posting
such notice in the foregoing place
on the following dates and by giving such other notice as follows:
Location of Posted Notice
Town Clerk’s Bulletin Board
Other Method of Giving Notice
Posting
Date Given
1/1/13
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Town this 7th day
of May, 2013.
S/Rosemary Centi
TOWN CLERK
Schedule A
SUGGESTED DESCRIPTION
Guilderland Water District Extension #81
Lands N/F Seus and Mayhew
All that parcel of Land situate in
the Town of Guilderland, County
of Albany, State of New York being more particularly bounded and
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point located
on the southerly boundary of
Sheffield Avenue at its intersection with the division line between
Lands now or formerly Obwald
(L.2611, P384] on the west and
Lands now or formerly Seus on the
east, said point also being on the
southeasterly boundary of Water
District Extension #27; thence
South 46°-46’-35” East along said
Sheffield Avenue and Water District
boundary, a distance of 212.58 feet
to a point located at its intersection
with the division line between said
Lands now or formerly Seus on
the west and Lands now formerly
Georgetown Square Homeowners
Association, Inc. (L2365, P.53 2) on
the east; thence along said boundary the following three (3) courses
and distances:
1. South 51°-00’-38” West, a
distance of 85.28 feet to a point;
2. South 11°-57’-08” West, a
distance of 900.00 feet to a point;
3. South 11°-57’-11” West, a
distance of 127.07 feet to a point
located at its intersection with the
division line between said Lands
now or formerly Seus on the northeast and Lands now or formerly
Traditional Builders, Ltd. (L.2392,
P.783) on the southwest;
thence North 35°-48’-30” West
along said division line, a distance
of 712.17 feet to a point located
at its intersection with the first
mentioned division line; thence
North 40°-47’-5 8” East along said
division line and along the easterly
boundary of Water District Extension #27, a distance of 827.60 feet
to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Containing 8.35+ acres more or
less.
Subject to any easements,
restriction and/ or covenants of
record, if any.
(34-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
INVITATION TO BID
Ford Transit Connect \/an
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Town Board of the Town of
Guilderland, Albany County New
York invites and will receive sealed
bids at the Guilderland Town Hall,
5209 Westem Tumpike, Guilderland NY, at or before the hour of
1:00PM, prevailing local time,
on May 20, 2013, for the town’s
purchase of a 2013 or newer Ford
Transit Connect van for its Animal
Control Unit. Sealed bids will be
received and recorded by the Town
Clerk. Sealed bids must include
Non-Collusive Agreement, Any
bid received after 1:00PM on May
20, 2013 will be retumed to the
point of origin unopened. Bidders
assume all risks for timely, properly
submitted deliveries. E-mall bid
submissions are not acceptable
and will not be considered.
Bid specifications may be obtained by the following:
In-person from the Town Clerk‘s
Oflioe during the hours of 9:00AM
to 4:30PM Monday through Friday,
except holidays.
The Town of Guilderland reserves the right to reject any and all
bids that substantially or materially
deviate from the specifications and
other required bid documents, and
further reserves the right to waive
minor irregularities and immaterial variances and formalities in
the bids.
Receipt of these bid documents
does not indicate that the Town of
Guilderland has pre-determined
your company’s qualifications to
receive a contract award. Such
determination will be made after the bid opening and will be
based on our evaluation of your
bid submission compared to the
specific requirements and qualifications contained in these bid
documents.
Failure to denote “SEALED BID
ON FORD TRANSIT CONNECT
VAN” on the bid envelope and/or
package will result in the opening
of said material and will result in the
disqualification of sealed bid.
All bids will be opened at 1:00PM
on May 20, 2013 in the Town Hall
located at 5209 Western Turnpike.
All bidders or their authorized
agents are invited to be present
when the bids are opened and read
publicly, All bids may be inspected
at this time. No bid may be withdrawn after the specined opening
time and date. Once opened, all
bids become the property of the
Town of Guilderland and will not
be returned to the bidders.
DATED: 05/07/13
By order of the Town Board
of the Town of Guilderland
Rosemary Centi, RMC
Town Clerk
Town of Guilderland
(31-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF GUILDERLAND
The case of the Troy Miller will
be heard on VVednesday, May
22, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Guilderland Town Hall, Route 20,
Guilderland, New York 12084, for
the purpose of obtaining preliminary plat approval for a subdivision
known as Bozenkill Estates.
Such subdivision is proposed as
10 lots cut from 52 acres.
The general location of the site
is on the north side of Bozenkill
Rd., between Dunnsville Road and
Maple Avenue extension.
The property is zoned: RA-5.
Tax Map # 37.00-1-12.1
Plans are open for inspection,
by appointment, at the Planning
Department during normal business hours.
Dated: May 8, 2013
Stephen Feeney
Chairman
Planning Board
(32-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING
BEFORE THE PLANNING
BOARD
Planning Board of the Village of
Altamont, New York, will hold a
public hearing pursuant to Article
VI Section, 355-52 of the Zoning
Law on the following proposition:
Request of Amanda Scalzo for
a Special Use Permit under the
Zoning Law to permit:
the installation of a 4’ high
Privacy fence in a front yard along
Lark Street and the installation of a
5’ high privacy fence in a front yard
along Fairview Avenue.
Per Article IV Section 355-24
For property owned by Amanda
M. Scalzo
Situated as follows: 119 Lark
Street Altamont, NY 12009
Tax Map #37.18-7-33
Zoned: R10
Plans open for public inspection
at the Village Offices during normal
business hours. Said hearing will
take place on Monday, May 20,
2013 at the Altamont Village Hall
beginning at 7:00 pm.
Dated: May 3, 2013
James Greene
Planning Board
Chairman
(30-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
THE ROBERT AND DEBORAH
KOPP FAMILY FOUNDATION, INC.
annual report of the above named
foundation for its fiscal year ended
December 31, 2012 is available
at its principal office, 29 British
American Boulevard, Latham,
New York 12110, for inspection
during regular business hours, for
a period of 180 days from the date
of publication of this notice.
(27-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
The Town of Rensselaerville is
seeking proposals for engineering
services for a Dry Hydrant in the
Catskill Creek, located on State
Route 145 in Preston Hollow,
NY (Latitude 42.432; Longitude
-74.203).
The project will be completed
with the assistance of USDANRCS and Albany County Soil and
Water Conservation District.
The project summary is as
follows:
Town of Rensselaerville Dry Hydrant Catskill Creek-A-TR-05
A Dry hydrant access road along
State Route 145 was completely
washed out during the Hurricane
Irene/Lee storms. The access point
is lost. Fire trucks are unable to fill
tanks with water to fight fire. FEMA
will rebuild access road,
Proposed approximately a 9’
high 400 LF sloped rock stream
bank armor the entire reach of
replaced road. This is necessary
to prevent the Catskill Creek from
washing out the road and hindering access.
NYS DEC permits are obtained
for this project.
Proposals should be sent to
Town of Rensselaerville Town
Clerk, 87 Barger Road, Medusa,
NY 12120.
Proposals must be received by
12:00pm on May 31, 2013 and
will be opened at 7:15PM on June
11, 2013. The proposal will be
awarded thereafter.
Questions regarding the project
may be directed to the Town Clerk
at (518) 797-3798.
May 1, 2013
BY ORDER of the Town Board
Kathleen Hallenbeck, Town Clerk
(1-42)
The deadline for
legal ads is
Wednesday
at noon.
The legals are
updated every
Friday
on the web,
at 2:00 p.m.
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Notice of qualification of Eight
Seven Capital, LLC.
Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (NS) on 6/12/2012,
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.
(5-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification of SmartComp, L.L.C. Articles of Org. filed
with NY Secretary of State (NS)
on 1/4/2013, 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.
(6-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Out Of The Box Marketing LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 4/17/13. Office in
Albany County. SSNY designated
agent of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to c/o Usacorp
Inc., PO Box 10873, Albany, NY
12201. Purpose: General.
(7-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
165 West 26 LLC. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 4/18/13. Office in Albany
County. SSNY designated agent of
LLC upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall mail
process to c/o Usacorp Inc., PO
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(8-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Petlife Protection LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY
process to c/o Usacorp Inc., P.O.
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(9-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Driving Force Club, LLC. Arts.
of Org. filed with Secy. of State of
NY (SSNY) on 1/22/13. Office in
shall mail process to 190 72nd
St. Ste. 198, Brooklyn, NY 11209.
Purpose: General.
(10-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
4217 13 Ave LLC. Arts. of Org.
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(11-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
SDD Brand Holdings LLC. Arts.
(12-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Beach 117 LLC. Arts. of Org.
process to PO Box 10873, Albany,
NY 12201. Purpose: General.
(13-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
58A Vernon LLC. Arts. of Org.
(14-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 154
Engert Avenue, LLC. Arts of Org.
filed with New York Secy of State
(SSNY) on 4/4/13. Office location:
Albany County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to: 515
Rockaway Ave, Valley Stream,
NY 11581. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
(17-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Realty LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
New York Secy of State (SSNY) on
4/22/13. Office location: Albany
County. SSNY is designated as
shall mail process to: 26-13 21st
St, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(18-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Linden Blvd Partners LLC. Arts
of Org. filed with New York Secy
of State (SSNY) on 2/5/13. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY is
designated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail process
to: 65 E. 55th St, 34th Fl., New
York, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(19-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 321 RT 59
LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York
Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/9/13. Office location: Albany County. SSNY
is designated as agent of LLC upon
served. SSNY shall mail process to:
1 Ashel Lane, Monsey, NY 10952.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
(20-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 37 Angels
Healthy Out Company, LLC. Arts
to: 200 W. 26th St, Ste 8H, New
(21-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 387 Gates
Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/16/13.
Office location: Albany County.
SSNY is designated as agent of
process to: 119-16 Jamaica Ave,
Jamaica, NY 11428. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(22-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Ace
Fenimore LLC. Arts of Org. filed
with New York Secy of State (SSNY)
on 11/5/10. Office location: Albany
shall mail process to: 266 Broadway, Ste 604, Brooklyn, NY 11211.
(23-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Alon
Livine LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
New York Secy of State (SSNY)
shall mail process to: 260 Madison
Ave, Ste 204, New York, NY 10016.
(24-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Bedford
Equities 101 LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 142-58 Rockaway Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11436.
(25-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Brick
Eagle Capital LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 381 Park
Ave South, Ste 1001, New York,
activity.
(26-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Golani
Construction Company LLC. Arts
to: 220 Riverside Blvd, Apt 27E,
New York, NY 10069. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(27-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
NAME: WWKS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY)
County. SSNY has been designated
as agent of the LLC upon whom
SSNY shall mail a copy of process
to the LLC, c/o The LLC, 42 Freeman Road, Albany, NY. Purpose:
For any lawful purpose.
(39-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Icec LLC.
Arts of Org. filed with New York
process to: 15 W. 47th St, New
York, NY 10036. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(28-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of In My City
Records LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
shall mail process to: 98 5th Ave,
Brooklyn, NY 11217. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(29-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of KC Angel
Company, LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 200 W. 26th
St, Ste 8H, New York, NY 10001.
(30-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of M&M H
Partners Group LLC. Arts of Org.
SSNY shall mail process to: 845 3rd
Ave, 6th Fl., New York, NY 10022.
(31-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of PR 341
West 30 LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
St, New York, NY 10011. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
(32-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of R Prasad
process to: 1 Lincoln Plaza, Apt 39P,
lawful activity.
(33-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of RAL
Equities LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
shall mail process to: 7 Antoinette
Court, Suffern, NY 10901. Purpose:
(34-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Sunshine
Daycare Of East Harlem II LLC. Arts
of Org. filed with New York Secy of
State (SSNY) on 2/19/13. Office
1330 5th Ave, New York, NY 10026.
(35-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Sunshine
Daycare Of Harlem LLC. Arts of
Org. filed with New York Secy of
1330 5th Ave, New York, NY 10026.
(36-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of The Goldman Network LLC. Arts of Org. filed
St, Ste 500, New York, NY 10001.
(37-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Sevinc
Wine & Cheese LLC. Arts of Org.
(SSNY) on 4/19/13. Office location: Albany County. SSNY is
to: 61 Broadway, Ste 3000, New
lawful activity.
(38-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of CHAOS
HOUSE PRODUCTIONS LLC.
Emigdio Marabotto, 85 8th Ave.,
#2S, New York, NY 10011, purpose
is any lawful purpose.
(40-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Brookside Cemetery Association
Annual Meeting May 16th, 2013
7:30 PM at Preston Hollow Baptist
Church
(46-41-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Archaix
Laboratories LLC. Articles of Org.
filed with NY Secretary of State (NS)
on April 17, 2013, 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
700 Office 40, Albany, NY 12207,
purpose is any lawful purpose.
(48-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification [foreign] of
PINQ Brands LLC. Articles of Org.
filed with NY Secretary of State
(NS) on 4/4/2013, office location:
Office 40, NW Registered Agent
LLC is designated as agent for SOP
at 90 State St STE 700 Office 40,
(2-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of KBLM
PROPERTIES, LLC, a domestic
Limited Liability Company (LLC).
Articles of Organization filed with
the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY)
on 04/09/13. NY Office location:
ALBANY County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process
against the LLC may be served.
SSNY shall mail a copy of any
process against the LLC served
upon him/her C/O THE LLC, 911
CENTRAL AVE #188 ALBANY, NY
12206 Purpose: Any lawful act or
activity.
(3-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation [domestic]/
qualification [foreign] of On Q Court
Reporting LLC. Articles of Org. filed
on 03/18/2013, office location:
(4-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of 113 Reade
Street LLC Articles of Org. filed
on 04/02/2013 office location:
Office 40, Albany, NY 12207, NW
(5-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Auyrveda
Products LLC. Articles of Org.
filed with NY Secretary of State
(NS) on 4/18/13, office location:
(6-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Nebraska Equities LLC. Arts. of
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(17-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Tristate Property Management Experts, LLC. Articles of Organization
filed with the Secretary of State of
NY (SSNY) on 1/30/2013. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY has
been designated as agent upon
served. The Post Office address to
which the SSNY shall mail a copy
of any process against the LLC
served upon him/her is: Northwest
Registered Agent, LLC. 90 State
Street STE 700 Office 40 Albany,
New York 12207 Albany County.
The principal business address of
the LLC is: 60-12 77 Street, Middle
Village, NY 11379 Purpose: any
lawful act or activity.
(7-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Limited
Liability Company Name: Better
Health & Home Care LLC. Articles
of organization were filed with
the Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on March 21, 2013
Office Location: 1190 Sumner
Avenue Schenectady, NY 12309
Schenectady County SSNY has
been designated as agent of the
a copy of the process to the LLC
to: Better Health & Home Care LLC
1190 Sumner Avenue Schenectady,
NY 12309 Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
(8-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
AA RE FUND V, LLC Art. Of
Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY
04/23/2013. Off. Loc.:Albany Co.
SSNY designated as agent upon
served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 331 W 57th St.,
Suite 301, New York, NY 10019.
Purpose:Any lawful act or activity.
(9-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Juniper
Hill Records LLC. Articles of Org.
(10-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of West
Lake Fund Services LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with the Sect’y of State
of NY (SSNY) on 04/26/13. Office
location, County of Albany. SSNY
has been designated as agent
of the LLC upon whom process
shall mail process to: West Lake
Fund Services LLC, c/o NORTHWEST REGISTERED AGENT LLC,
90 State Street, STE 700, Office
40, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose:
any lawful act.
(11-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION: ALBANY PROJECT INVESTORS LLC.
Arts of Org. were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY)
to the LLC, C/O Kenneth Horowitz
Esq. 360 Lexington Avenue, 12th
Floor New York, NY 10017. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(12-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Floral
Scapes LLC. Articles of Org. filed
(13-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
53 Penn Street LLC. Arts. of
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(14-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Bezell Group LLC. Arts. of Org.
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(15-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
1168 Putnam Ave LLC. Arts. of
process to 5904 18th Ave Apt 69,
Brooklyn, NY 11204. Purpose:
General.
(16-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Bedford Park NYC LLC. Arts. of
(18-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 5-15 W 91
process to: 2125 Center Ave, Ste
505, Fort Lee, NJ 07024. Purpose:
(19-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Eighth Ave LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 1919 Post
Oak Park Dr., #3101, Houston,
TX 77027. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
(20-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 2058 LLC.
process to: 5599 San Felipe, Ste
911, Houston, TX 77056. Purpose:
(21-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Westchester Square, LLC. Arts
to: POB 213, Bronx, NY 10461.
(22-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Westchester Square, LLC. Arts
to: POB 213, Bronx, NY 10461.
(23-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Absolute
L & M Holdings, LLC. Arts of Org.
SSNY shall mail process to: 105 E.
198th St, Ste B, Bronx, NY 10468.
(24-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Gold House Buyers, LLC. Arts. of
(15-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Lorimer Mews LLC. Arts. of
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(16-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Shelbourne V.C. Partners, LLC. Arts of
2362 Nostrand Ave, #7, Brooklyn,
activity.
(25-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
NAME: KELLY SHEPPARD PROPERTIES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY) on
to the LLC, 20 Simmons Ave., Cohoes, NY 12047. Purpose: For any
lawful purpose.
(26-42-47)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of TRADABLE RESOURCES, LLC. Articles
State (NS) on February 4th, 2013,
Murray LLP, 305 Broadway, 14Fl,
New York, NY10007, purpose is any
lawful purpose.
(28-42-47)
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LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification of Broad
Street Wealth Management, LLC.
Articles of Org. filed with NY
Secretary of State (NS) on February 28th, 2013, office location:
(5-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Rabadi,
LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY)
on 1/28/2013. Office Location:
against it may be served. Purpose:
General.
(9-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Kerrisdale
Bushwick One, L.P. Cert. of Limited
Partnership filed with NY Secy of
designated as agent of LP upon
1212 Ave of the Americas, 3rd Fl.,
lawful activity. Last date to dissolve
is 12/31/2100.
(16-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Silvershore Properties 39 LLC. Arts of
to: 1220 Broadway, Suite 707, New
(17-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 5-19
Borden 4A LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 40 Waterside
Plaza, 25A, New York, NY 10010.
(1-38-43)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION of
Pearl Rising LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary
of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/8/2013.
SSNY is designated agent of LLC
for service of process. SSNY shall
mail process to: the LLC, 1971
Western Ave. #227, Albany, NY
12203. Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
(2-38-43)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of a Limited
Liability Company (LLC): Name:
ICC 4 WEST MAIN, LLC, Articles
of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY)
on 03/07/2013. 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: C/O ICC 4
WEST MAIN, LLC, 915 Broadway,
Suite 2, Albany, 12207. Purpose:
Any lawful Purpose. Latest date
upon which LLC is to dissolve: No
specific date.
(3-38-43)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Evatix LLC.
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
Albany, NY 12207, purpose is any
lawful purpose.
(4-38-43)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification [foreign] of
Better Mattress Bureau LLC.
purpose.
(5-38-43)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Jubilee
Restaurant Group LLC. Arts of
948 1st Ave, New York, NY 10022.
(6-38-43)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Betafish
Labs, LLC. Articles of Org. filed
on 01/14/2013, office location:
(4-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of Ironton
Global Networks, LLC. .
purpose.
(5-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
NAME: NATHAN PELOW LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with
the Secretary of State of New York
upon whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail a copy
of process to the LLC: 82 Clipp
Road, Delmar, New York 12054.
Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
(6-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
NAME: WENDY HAMILTON LLC.
Articles of Organization were filed
with the Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 3/8/13. Office location: Albany County. SSNY has
been designated as agent of the
a copy of process to the LLC: 82
Clipp Road, Delmar, New York
12054. Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
(7-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of a domestic LLC of Buffalo Greens, LLC.
mail serviee of process (SOP) to
Veil Corporate, LLC @ 911 Central
Ave #188 Albanly, NY 12206, Veil
Corporate, LLC is designated as
agent for SUP at 911 Central Ave
#188 Albany, purpose is any lawful
purpose.
(8-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Kerrisdale Bushwick Two LLC. Arts
to: 1212 Ave of the Americas, 3rd
Fl., New York, NY 10036. Purpose:
(9-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of MW 86th
Street, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
shall mail process to: 10205 Collins Ave, Apt 807, Bal Harbour,
FL 33154. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
(10-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
limited liability company (LLC).
Name: 595 MYRTLE REALTY LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with
Secretary of State of NY (SSNY)
County. SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process against
copy of process to: 45 Broadway,
Suite 3010, New York, NY, 10006
Purpose: any lawful purpose.
(1-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
limited liability company (LLC).
Name: 1075 DEKALB LLC Articles
of Organization filed with Secretary
of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/13/12.
SSNY designated as agent of LLC
be served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to: 1264 43rd Street
Brooklyn, New York, 11219 Purpose: any lawful purpose.
(2-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of limited
liability company name: Plummer
& Associates, LLC. Application for
Authority was filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY)
on 08/20/2008. Office location:
be served. SSNY shall mail a copy
of process to the LLC, 111 Washington Avenue, Suite 602, Albany,
New York 12210. Purpose: for any
lawful purpose
(3-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Sobretabla LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
New York Secy of State (SSNY)
shall mail process to: 159 President
St., Apt 7, Brooklyn, NY 11231.
(11-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Mason’s Deals LLC. Arts. of
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(12-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Hatro Equities V, LLC. Arts. of
(13-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
A1 Products USA LLC. Arts. of
(14-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
MDW Trading LLC. Arts. of Org.
(15-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
JJL Leonard Street LLC. Arts. of
process to 101 Warren St. #2810,
NY, NY 10007. Purpose: General.
(16-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
MYM Walworth Realty LLC. Arts.
Inc, PO Box 10873, Albany, NY
(17-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Mavin Properties LLC. Arts. of
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(18-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qual. of O1 Communications East, LLC. filed with Sec of
State NY (SSNY): 3/13/13. Office
in Albany County. Formed in DE:
3/2/2011. SSNY designated agent
of LLC upon whom process against
it may be served & shall mail process to: 5190 Golden Foothill Pkwy.,
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. Foreign
add: Corporation Trust Center,
1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE
19801. Arts. of Org. filed with DE
Sec. of State, Div. of Corps., John
G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St.
Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
General.
(19-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 100 West
143rd Street LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 174 5th Ave,
#301, New York, NY 10010. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(24-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of GJD
Restaurant LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 1356 Kearney
Ave, Bronx, NY 10465. Purpose:
(25-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of The
Hartstein Associates Group LLC.
process to: 1474 E 17th St, Apt. 2B,
Brooklyn, NY 11230. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(26-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of WEST
OLD STATE LLC. Arts of Org. filed
with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on
shall mail process to: 2202 W. Old
State Rd. Altamont, NY 12009.
(22-39-44)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Renata
Levine Photography, LLC. Articles
State (NYSS) on 4/10/13. Office
location: Albany County. NYSS is
served. NYSS shall mail process
to: 1 Irving Place, #V21C, New
lawful activity.
(13-40-45)
LEGAL NOTICE
Capital Area Housekeeping LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 2/25/13. Office in
shall mail process to c/o National
Registered Agents, Inc., 111 Eighth
Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, New
York, 10011. Purpose: General.
(14-40-45)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of BuzzClass
LLC. Articles of Org. filed with
NY Secretary of State (NS) on
10/17/2012, 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
(3-40-45)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation domestic
qualification of Maria Temilda
Gonzalez, PLLC. Articles of Org.
on March 1, 2013, office location:
LLC is designated as agent for
SOP at 90 State St STE 700 Office
40, purpose is any lawful purpose.
(4-40-45)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of
MensRm Clothing LLC.
Secretary of State (NS) on 29
March, 2013, office location: Albany County, NS is designated as
agent upon whom process may
(5-40-45)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Limited
Liability Company. Name: Left Edge
Naturals, LLC. Articles of organization were filed with the Secretary
3/25/2013. Purpose: any lawful
purpose. Office location: Albany
as an agent for process against
the LLC and shall mail copy to
415 Helderview Dr, Altamont, NY
12009.
(6-40-45)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of BEYOND
AMERICA LLC Articles of Org. filed
with NY Secretary of State (NS) on
APRIL 12, 2013, office location:
(7-40-45)
LEGAL NOTICE
255 Prospect Realty LLC. Arts.
(8-40-45)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation [domestic]/
qualification [foreign] of Limitless
Renovations, LLC.
Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (NS) on 04/22/2013
lawful purpose.
(3-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of PROJECT
PAWN LLC.
Secretary of State (NS) on 1/2/2013,
lawful purpose.
(4-41-46)
LEGAL NOTICE
NAME: Genius Creations LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with
the Secretary of State of New York
(SSNY) on 03/18/2013. Office location: Schenectady County. SSNY
has been designated as agent
of the LLC upon whom process
shall mail a copy of process to the
LLC, 54 Balboa Drive, Latham, New
York 12110. Purpose: For any lawful
purpose. TU 6t (3662451)
(6-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Sutter Holdings LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State of
shall mail process to Usacorp Inc,
PO Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(7-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Global Business Solutions &
Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on
3/20/13. Office in Albany County.
SSNY designated agent of LLC
(8-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
(10-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Webster Avenue Estates LLC. Arts of
POB 191024, Brooklyn, NY 11219.
(11-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Five Star
Premium LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
St, New York, NY 10001. Purpose:
(12-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Webster Realty LLC. Arts of Org.
SSNY shall mail process to: POB
191024, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(13-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Decatur
Group LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
St, 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10018.
(14-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of HFIV LLC.
process to: 1945 7th Ave, Ste 4S,
lawful activity.
(15-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
(18-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of ZRCF
Properties, LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 1451 E. 13th
St, Brooklyn, NY 11230. Purpose:
(19-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Hudson
Mohawk Press LLC. Arts. of Org.
filed with Sect’y of State of NY
(SSNY) on 3/21/2013. Office location: Albany County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process
shall mail process served to: William
F. Shannon, 595 New Loudon Road
#138, Latham, NY 12110. Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
(20-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation Matt’s Mowing & Property Maintenance, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of
State (SSNY) 3/15/2013. Office in
Albany Co. SSNY desig. Agent of
LLC upon whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy of
process to 13 Wilkins Ave., Albany,
NY 12205. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose.
(21-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
CRM WRECKER AND EQUIPMENT SALES, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed
Sec. of State of NY 12/19/2012.
Off. Loc.:Albany Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process
against it may be served. SSNY to
mail copy of process to The LLC,
809 Broadway, Watervliet, NY
12189. Purpose: Any lawful act
or activity.
(22-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
FIFTY TWO SEVEN LLC Art.
Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY
02/15/2013. Off. Loc.:Albany Co.
SSNY designated as agent upon
served. SSNY to mail copy of
process to The LLC C/O, Lusthaus
& Lusthaus PLLC, 330 Seventh
Avenue, New York, NY 10001. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.
(23-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of BRAYMAN PRECAST, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 03/08/13. Office location: Albany County. LLC formed
in Pennsylvania (PA) on 08/30/11.
SSNY designated as agent of LLC
be served. SSNY shall mail process
to Michael K. Bechtold, 1000 John
Roebling Way, Saxonburg, PA
16056. PA address of LLC: 2900
South Noah Drive, Saxonburg, PA
16056. Art. of Org. filed with the PA
Dept. of State, 401 North Street,
Room 206, Harrisburg, PA 17120.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
(24-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification of Innovative Surgical Solutions, LLC. Articles
of Organization filed with Secretary
County, SSNY has been designated
be served, SSNY shall mail service
of process (SOP) to Corporation
Service Company, 80 State Street,
Albany, New York 12207-2543,
Corporation Service Company is
designated as agent for SOP at
80 State Street, Albany, New York
12207-2543, purpose is any lawful
purpose.
(25-37-42)
LEGAL NOTICE
178th St. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on
4/10/13. Office in Albany County.
SSNY designated agent of LLC
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(9-40-45)
LEGAL NOTICE
848 Madison St LLC. Arts. of
process to c/o Usacorp Inc, PO Box
General.
(10-40-45)
LEGAL NOTICE
1077 Teller Realty LLC. Arts. of
process to c/o Usacorp Inc, PO Box
General.
(11-40-45)
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...Guilderland town funds flow to fix long-term drainage woes
severe basement flooding that
caused walls to collapse — for
decades, and, throughout the
last year, the neighbors banded
together to suggest creating a
separate, taxable stormwater
drainage district for the area.
Reeb spearheaded a movement
to get residents to sign a petition
in support of the district, which
was then submitted to the town
board, along with the association’s
rough map of where the district’s
lines should be drawn. Reeb and
other association members managed to get 400 signatures on the
petition.
Long-time water woes
One of the problems with the
sewers in McKownville is that
they are not owned by the town,
which is unusual. Most sewers
in Guilderland are owned by the
town, and therefore maintained
by the highway department, but
the sewers in McKownville are
under the responsibility of each
individual property owner.
Property owners are expected to
maintain and clean their sewers.
Sometimes, the self-maintained
systems are neglected, and, since
the self-maintained and townmaintained sewers are interconnected, when they aren’t cleaned,
it leads to blockages throughout
the district.
The other part of the equation
is a dilapidated state stormwater
system that runs through the area
and along Route 20. The pipes are
40 years old, and made of clay, district to the residential area
which has deteriorated over time, north of Western Avenue, and
breaking off into chunks, creating some commercial properties south
of Western Avenue.
narrow pipes and blockages.
When Runion and the town
A study in 2009, by Delaware
Engineering, concluded that, to board were considering creating
fix or replace the entire storm- the drainage district, the superwater drainage system would cost visor said, “The amount collected
$6.7 million. At the time, Runion for the drainage district tax would
discussed applying for grants to not be enough to pay for the total
repair, but it
help fund the
would be used
project. The
to start buildtown received
ing up a fund,
$500,000
and to pay
through the
“This town-wide issue
for repairs as
state Departshouldn’t be
needed.”
ment of TransThe monportation’s
a political football.”
ey collected
Multi-Modal
through the
program,
drainage-diswhich is still
trict tax would
available for
have equated
some of the
to roughly $35 per household per
repairs.
The McKownville residents, year, or $50,000 annually.
Misleading call
eager to start relieving their floodReeb said that the robo call
ing problems, were willing to tax
themselves at a rate of 26 cents per sent out by the Guilderland Re$1,000 of assessed valuation for publican Party misconstrued the
purpose of the tax, and implied
each household in the district.
After the residents presented that the money raised would not
their plan to the town, the board be sufficient to rebuild the system.
opted to hire Delaware Engineer- The point, said Reeb, was not to
ing again, in December 2012, this use the tax to rebuild the system,
time to draw up a formal map and but to make critical repairs while
recommendation for the district.
the town applied for grant money
The engineering company’s map to eventually do the complete
did not include as many properties overhaul.
as the map drawn up by the McKNelligan echoed the call’s mesownville Improvement Associa- sage to The Enterprise yesterday.
tion. The Delaware Engineering
“The drainage district would
map recommended limiting the raise about $50,000 per year; the
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“You might see a fixed system in
124 years. Promising to fix the system would be a false promise.”
The Guilderland Republican
Party, said Nelligan, strongly opposed the formation of a drainage
district, because raising taxes
in this economy would be “inappropriate.”
Immediate relief
There will be no tax hike for
McKownville residents now, since
Runion decided the town could
afford to put $100,000 per year
into a special fund for stormwater
repairs and maintenance throughout the town.
Runion said, at Tuesday’s meeting, that he had been reviewing
the finances of the town after the
fiscal year ended, and realized
that all of the fund balances had
increased from 2011 to 2012, and
he expected the same in 2013.
“As a result of revenue-stream
loss during the recession, we
streamlined town services, and
it has paid off,” said Runion. “I
thought to myself, we are at a
point where we have a critical
need; I want to see our residential
areas strive and thrive, and this
is a good first step.”
“There are two big benefits to
McKownville,” said Reeb, of Runion’s decision. “The first is that
we don’t have to pay the special
tax, and the second is that it is
immediate.”
The town board voted unani-
mously, at Tuesday’s meeting, to
transfer the first $100,000 to the
highway department.
There are some issues that still
need to be worked out, such as
easements. Since residents own
property under which the pipes
run, easements are needed so
highway department employees
won’t need special permission
to do repairs, but Runion said
he didn’t anticipate that being a
problem.
“The idea that this would now
be town-funded is a great boon
to the residents,” said Reeb. “Mr.
Runion and the town board have
such a reputation for frugality
that, if he says the money is there,
I believe him.”
Nelligan, too, views the decision
as a success for the residents; he
also views it as a win for the Republican Party.
“I’m glad that we were a part of
getting the message out that this
was a bad idea,” he said. “We will
keep raising these issues as they
come up.”
Runion, however, maintains
that his last-minute proposal had
nothing to do with politics.
“This town-wide issue shouldn’t
be a political football,” the supervisor said. “It should be something
we all work toward together.”
“It doesn’t seem like a strategic
thing to do,” said Reeb, of the robo
call. “He just irritated at least 400
people over a small tax hike that
would have affected 40 people.”
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Dutchmen fend off Spartans
for sixth straight lacrosse win
By Jordan J. Michael
GUILDERLAND –– After an
April 20 loss to Ballston Spa, the
Guilderland lacrosse team decided
to not lose any more games. Monday’s 11-to-8 home victory over
Burnt Hills made it six wins in a
row for the Dutchmen.
Before that Ballston Spa loss,
Guilderland had lost four straight
games –– to Christian Brothers
Academy, Shenendehowa, Niskayuna, and Shaker, which are
some of the best lacrosse teams
in Section 2.
ling face-offs and wing play, but
Guilderland has improved on that
“tremendously,” he said.
On Monday, the Dutchmen controlled most aspects of the game
–– offense, defense, clearing, riding, and transition –– except for
a stretch in the second quarter
when Burnt Hills had jurisdiction on face-offs, turning that into
points. The Spartans scored four
straight goals to get the game
close, 7 to 5.
“That changed the entire game,”
Dyer said of Burnt Hills’ push.
“We’re not losing the
games we should win.
Actually, I think we should
win every game.”
Game plan: The Guilderland lacrosse team won its sixth game in a row on Monday, beating Burnt
Hills, 11 to 8, at home. Here, Head Coach Sean McConaghy, right, gives Jacob Smith, left, and Kevin
Dyer some direction during a time-out in the fourth quarter. The Dutch are 7-4 (8-5) in the Suburban
Council.
“We stepped it up and never
looked back,” said senior Cody
Dyer, who had five goals and an
assist against the Spartans on
Monday. “We needed to turn our
season around.”
During the Dutch winning
streak, the team has outscored its
opponents, 69 to 41. On Monday,
Guilderland jumped out to a 7-to-1
lead early in the second quarter.
Jake Smith scored two quick
goals, and then senior Steve
Polsinelli used his quickness to
blow by defenders for two more
goals. Bradley Johnston picked up
a ground ball in the middle of the
action and turned it into a goal to
put Guilderland ahead, 5 to 0.
“I’m happy that we’re getting
better every day,” said Dutch Head
Coach Sean McConaghy. “We’re
not losing the games we should
win. Actually, I think we should
win every game.”
Guilderland had a tough stretch
of games to begin the 2013 season.
McConaghy said that opponents
were beating the Dutch by control-
“That really hurt us. Their transition scoring was an issue.”
The Spartans’ cause was further
helped by senior goalie Lucas
Carter, who made 18 saves. Carter
stoned Dyer on the doorstep in the
second quarter, and then denied
Guilderland a handful of goals
thereafter.
“They’ve got some ball players,”
McConaghy said of Burnt Hills.
“Their goalie probably made more
saves than any goalie we’ve faced
this year. He had some quality
stops.”
The Dutchmen also hit four
or five posts during the game.
Carter’s weakness was the high
shot.
“You have to change plays and
levels,” Smith said. “High to low,
and then low to high.”
Carter kept Burnt Hills in the
game. The Spartans trailed by
only two goals with three minutes
left in regulation play.
“He played really well,” Dyer
said of Carter. “We scrimmaged
them before, and knew he was
good, but he was better than we
thought. You just have to try and
get into his head. The more goals
you score, the more down he’ll get,
so you have to keep up the pressure and keep shooting.”
Dyer’s fifth goal put the game
out of reach. Guilderland held
possession to close it out, and
to maintain its current winning
streak.
“They’ve been great all year,”
McConaghy said of his players.
“They work hard, don’t complain,
and do their best. They’ve known
their roles since day one.”
The Dutch hosted Columbia on
Wednesday and have a rematch
with Shaker next week. How
long can Guilderland (7-4, 8-5) go
without a loss?
“We should be able to win the
next three games,” Dyer said.
“We’re trying to make a run to
the finals.”
The Dutchmen haven’t made
the Class A finals since winning
the title in 2009.
Catching his breath while serving a penalty is Guilderland
senior Stephen Jill, who got called for a personal foul in the third
quarter of Monday’s home game against Burnt Hills. The Dutch
were ahead, 9 to 5, at the time, and went on to win, 11 to 8, for its
sixth straight victory.
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Voorheesville left alone on the track, Cannoneers lack athletes for events
VOORHEESVILLE –– Tuesday’s track-and-field meet at
Voorheesville wasn’t much of a
competition. Watervliet lost the
meet, and left before the event
was over.
As Voorheesville lined up for
the 3,200-meter run, Watervliet’s
bus pulled out of the parking
lot. The Cannoneers didn’t have
any athletes for the 3,200-meter,
3,000-meter, or 4 X 400 relay, so
why would they stay?
For Voorheesville Head Coach
Steve Relyea, Watervliet’s early
exit was the root of a bigger prob-
With no 4 X 400 relay competition from Watervliet, Relyea
decided to have his athletes race
against each other. Both the boys’
and girls’ races turned out to be
fairly close, and the kids were
having fun with it.
“Events are going unfilled,”
Relyea said. “It’s not the best for
the kids because they don’t want to
race each other; they want to race
kids from other schools. This isn’t
a meet, it’s more like a workout,”
he said.
Watervliet didn’t have a girls’ 4
X 100 relay team, so the Voorheesville girls lined up with the boys.
“I don’t like the smaller meets
because no one is really racing.”
lem facing the Colonial Council.
The league used to have three
schools compete against each
other at once, known as a doubledual meet, but now only two teams
face each other during a meet.
Schools, faced with cuts in state
aid and a tax-levy cap, have cut
back on sports funding.
“I don’t like the smaller meets
because no one is really racing,”
Relyea said. The Colonial Council
expanded to 13 teams –– adding
Fonda and Ichabod Crane –– two
years ago for budget reasons. “With
three teams at a meet, there’s better competition across the board,”
he said. “Now, the league is split
into two divisions.”
However, the Blackbirds’ boys’
team false started, so the team
was disqualified. In high school
track and field, girls don’t usually
race against boys.
Voorheesville senior Joe Becker
barely broke a sweat during the
800-meter run, finishing way
ahead with a time of 2:11.8. It was
a beautiful day, and a good time
to find the fourth leg for the Birds’
4 X 800 relay team, Becker said.
The team is trying to qualify for
the Eddy Meet.
“It’s really hard to run against
no one,” Becker said of Tuesday’s
800-meter race. “I mean, we
pushed it today, and got some good
times for the team.”
Over and out: The boys’ and girls’ Voorheesville track and field teams beat Watervliet by a combined
score of 217 to 49 at home on Tuesday. Here, sophomore Faith Cunningham, left, flies over a hurdle
during the girls’ 400-meter hurdles race. Cunningham won the event with a time of 1:25.6.
Anthony Crisafulli had maybe
the only real sign of emotion all
day after finishing second in the
200-meter dash; his shoelace came
...BKW Bulldogs get bit in late innings
(Continued from Page 36)
“It was a hell of a game,” said
Gibbs, who hit a two-run home
run in the first inning, then followed that up with two doubles.
“You can’t base the entire game
on how it ends. If you make an
error at the beginning, it can affect the end. It’s the whole game
that counts.”
The Bulldogs tried to get something going in the seventh inning,
but Logan Largeteau doubled up
Jake Hurst at first base after
catching Trevor Haack’s line
drive. There was a sense that
some wind had left BKW’s sails,
which wouldn’t bode well once
Duanesburg came up to bat.
Elijah Casper popped a fly ball
to Andrew Bub at second base,
but Bub dropped the ball. The
BKW fans let out a collective
sigh, and most of them shook
Downward dog: The Berne-Knox-Westerlo baseball team had a
6-to-2 lead at Duanesburg last Friday heading into the bottom of
the sixth inning, but lost, 7 to 6. Here, senior Kyle Gibbs throws
one of his 130 pitches for the Bulldogs. Gibbs also hit a two-run
homerun and two doubles in the game.
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into their hands. It was an awful error.
“They know the situation,”
BKW Head Coach Matt Goebel
said. “They do the best that
they can.”
After Bub’s drop, Jason Cramer walked and Logan Largeteau
grounded to Collin Peragine at
third base, forcing Casper out.
With Cramer at second base,
Baum singled to right field, but
the throw relay was too slow, and
Duanesburg won the game.
As the Eagles bench and fan
base exploded with joy, O’Connor
slammed the baseball into the
ground. BKW could have had a
closer play at home plate, but
there didn’t seem to be much
urgency from the players.
O’Connor told The Enterprise
that mental errors were to blame.
“You got to make plays in the
field,” he said. “We’re up, but the
game could be blown.”
BKW had beaten Duanesburg
(9-3) in a close game two weeks
prior. In the first three games of
the Bulldogs’ season, the team
had leads late in each contest,
but ended up losing.
“This is baseball, and they
came back to win the game,”
Goebel said of Duanesburg last
Friday. “I’m not taking anything
away from them, but we have
to learn how to play the game.
We’re a young team. We have
to take each game, win or loss,
learn from it, and get better for
the next game.”
Duanesburg’s Baum, who
batted in three runs with three
singles in the game, said that his
winning hit came off of a fastball
down the middle. “I knew it was
going somewhere,” he said. “It
felt really good.”
With the loss, BKW’s playoff
chances are bleak. For a team to
make sectionals, it needs a .500
record or better. The Bulldogs
went on to lose to Johnstown on
Saturday and Middleburgh on
Monday.
Gibbs said that the postseason
would be “a bonus” for BKW
(3-11).
“We just have to go after the
win,” Goebel added.
untied during the race. Otherwise,
most of the athletes seemed distracted or unfocused.
“Double-dual meets were better,
and I miss the teams we don’t see
anymore,” Relyea said. “It’s nice to
have three teams at once, but we
can’t have that anymore.”
Allegra “Legs” Fasulo, who won
the 400-meter with a time of 1:04.4
and made up some serious ground
during the 4 X 400 relay race,
said she likes dual meets because
there’s a better chance to win.
“Mentally, it’s easier to handle,”
she said. “It’s only two hours,
compared to an invitational, which
lasts all day.”
“Being at my track is the best
thing for me because it’s so comfortable,” Fasulo added. “I’m not
as anxious.”
On Tuesday, some athletes
may have been eager for more
competition, but no one seemed
bothered.
“This is closer,” Fasulo said.
“More central.”
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...Blackbirds race each other
Results
Here are the boys’ results from
Tuesday:
–– Voorheesville, 100; Watervliet, 29;
–– 4 X 800-meter relay, Voorheesville, 9:05;
–– 110-meter hurdles, Voorheesville, Christian Keenan, 20.8;
–– 100-meter, Watervliet, Corey
Welsh, 11.6;
–– 1,600-meter, Watervliet,
Ricky Swinney, 5:22;
–– 4 X 100, Watervliet, 48.3;
–– 400-meter, Voorheesville,
Richard Decker, 55.9;
–– 400-meter hurdles, Voorheesville, Christian Keenan, 1:09.5;
–– 800-meter, Voorheesville, Joe
Becker, 2:11.8;
–– 200-meter, Watervliet, Corey
Welsh, 23.9;
–– 3,200-meter, Voorheesville,
Brian Hotop, 12:26;
–– 4 X 400-meter relay, Voorheesville, 3:55.7;
–– Long jump; Voorheesville;
Richard Decker; 18 feet, 2 inches;
–– Triple jump, Voorheesville;
Christian Keenan; 35 feet, 3
inches;
–– High jump; Watervliet; Yafay
Towles; 5 feet, 4 inches;
–– Pole vault; Voorheesville;
Andrew Waldbilling; 10 feet, 6
inches;
–– Shot put; Voorheesville; Joe
Dollard; 28 feet, 9 inches; and
–– Discus; Voorheesville; Dollard; 96 feet, 1 inch.
Here are the girls’ results from
Tuesday:
–– Voorheesville, 117; Watervliet, 20;
–– 4 X 800-meter relay, Voorheesville, 13:37;
–– 100-meter hurdles, Voorheesville, Stephanie Keenan, 19.2;
Sam Hunter, 13.3;
–– 1,500-meter, Watervliet,
Sarah Luce, 5:31;
–– 4 X 100, Voorheesville,
1:01.4;
Allegra Fasulo, 1:04.4;
–– 400-meter hurdles, Voorheesville, Faith Cunningham, 1:25.6;
Abby Goldfarb, 2:47.4;
Sam Hunter, 27.4;
–– 3,000-meter, Voorheesville,
Stephanie Erickson, 12:50;
–– 4 X 400-meter relay, Voorheesville, 4:33.4;
–– Long jump; Voorheesville;
Faith Cunningham; 12 feet, 9.5
inches;
–– Triple jump, Voorheesville;
Libby Bjork; 28 feet, 8.5 inches;
–– High jump; Voorheesville;
Ashley Bates; 4 feet, 4 inches;
–– Pole vault, Voorheesville,
Libby Bjork, 6 feet;
–– Shot put, Watervliet, Tabatha Bennett, 27 feet; and
–– Discus; Voorheesville; Alexandra Cunningham; 48 feet, 9.5
inches.
Soaring Bird: The Voorheesville track-and-field team hosted a meet against Watervliet on Tuesday, but
Watervliet left before the meet was over because the team had no runners in the 3,200-meter, 3,000-meter, or 4 X 400-meter relay. Here, sophomore Olivia Sheppard attempts a long jump for the Blackbirds.
Faith Cunningham won the event with 12 feet, 9.5 inches for Voorheesville.
Incoming! Sophomore Ian Kundel makes a long jump of 17 feet,
1 inch for Voorheesville during its home meet against Watervliet
on Tuesday afternoon. Kundel extended his distance to 17 feet, 11
inches on his next attempt. Voorheesville’s Richard Decker won
the event with a jump of 18 feet, 2 inches.
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SPORTS
Game after game, Bulldogs have scrappy start but get bit in late innings
DUANESBURG –– As the
sun started to fade behind the
trees in Duanesburg last Friday,
everything began heading south
for the Berne-Knox-Westerlo
baseball team.
The Bulldogs had built a 6-to2 lead with timely hitting and
strong pitching by senior Kyle
Gibbs, who threw 130 pitches.
However, this game was far
from over.
Shane Barberis scored Duanesburg’s third run in the bottom of
the sixth inning as Logan Largeteau was caught in a pickle
for the second out. After that,
the Eagles strung together four
hits and a walk to tie the game
at 6 to 6.
BKW’s lead had vanished and
Maclin Norray had to come in to
relieve Gibbs for the final out of
the sixth inning. The once rambunctious Bulldog dugout was
now silent with disbelief.
“We had it in our hands, again,
and let it go,” said BKW catcher
T.O. O’Connor. “Finishing games
has definitely been an issue for
us this season.”
Duanesburg had gotten singles
in the sixth inning from Kyle
Baum, Sean McGarry, Henry
Holmes, and Cody Largeteau.
Gibbs had pitched out of a basesloaded jam in the fourth inning,
but he just didn’t have enough
to survive the sixth.
(Continued on Page 34)
Blast from the past: Jack Hurst hits a single for Berne-Knox-Westerlo during the first inning of last Friday’s baseball game at Duanesburg.
The Bulldogs scored three runs in that inning, and eventually went ahead, 6 to 2, but the Eagles won, 7 to 6, in the bottom of the seventh
inning. Hurst drove in two runs in the fifth inning.
DeZalia earns
All-NEAC
team honors
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The North Eastern Athletic
Conference (NEAC) announced
this week that State University
of New York at Cobleskill women’s
softball junior shortstop/second
baseman Kelsey DeZalia, of Voorheesville, earned a place on the
All-NEAC North Division team.
Three of DeZalia’s teammates
–– Madeline DeMilio, Julia Lull,
and Erin Wdsworth –– were also
honored by the NEAC.
DeZalia
made her second consecutive North Division Second
Team appearance after being among the
league leaders
in batting average at .384,
Kelsey
on-base perDeZalia
centage with
a .440 mark, and slugging percentage at .515. DeZalia had 38
hits and 10 walks this year, with
13 doubles, 20 runs scored, and
21 RBI.
The four players selected to the
All-NEAC Team represents the
most selections for Cobleskill in a
given year after the team posted
the most wins in program history
with an 18-16 overall record, to
date, while amassing the best
single-season NEAC record in
program history at 12-8.
The Fighting Tigers made its
first NEAC Softball Championship Tournament appearance last
Friday, traveling to the campus
of Penn State Berks in Reading,
Pa. to face the Phoenix of Wilson
College.
Good sports read
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