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The AlTAmonT
Enterprise
& Albany County Post
No. 3 Thursday, augusT 8, 2013
For 129 years Albany County’s independent newspaper
No longer a cliffhanger: Future of Helderberg parks takes shape
with the New York State Museum, said
By Melissa Hale-Spencer
NEW SCOTLAND — A geologist who he was “a little mystified” why his advice
works for the state said fracturing in the was ignored in drawing up the plan. He
rock at Thacher Park makes it unwise called the degree of fracturing in the rock
to build a visitors’ center so close to the “a very important issue.”
Ver Sraeten told the packed meeting
edge of the Helderberg escarpment, as
described in a draft of the park’s first hall, which had about 50 people in attendance, that, if the swimming pool had
master plan.
Charles Ver Straeten was one of 17 who not been placed so close to the edge of the
spoke last Thursday during a hearing escarpment, it would have lasted longer.
At the time the pool was closed, Michael
for the plan, which would combine John
Boyd Thacher and Thompson’s Lake state Vincent, who had learned to swim there
parks. The plan also calls for developing and had been in charge of maintaining
the former pool area with a ropes challenge it, told The Enterprise that the pool held
course and hiring a concessionaire to teach 675,000 gallons of water, which came from
rope courses; additionally, it introduces Thompson’s Lake. The biggest problem
rock climbing to the park. (See related with the concrete pool in its later years,
Vincent said, was it lost
story below.)
several thousand gallons
Expanded trails, inof water a day.
cluding those for mounChris Fallon, the mantain bikes, are part of
“Parks are open and
ager at Thacher Park,
the draft as is building
accessible to everybody. said at the time of the
a visitors’ center to enclosing, “It was the genlighten the public about
We’re not going to
eral consensus of the
the park’s assets, expanddiscriminate.”
engineers…that it could
ing the bird conservation
not be repaired and was
areas, and managing
not safe to operate.”
invasive species. (See
Ver Straeten noted
related story.)
Most of the speakers at the hearing that east of Yellow Rock, fractures can
favored the plan overall although a couple be seen from top to bottom and geoloadvocated for the return of the swimming gists don’t know how much farther that
pool, closed in 2006; several who live on reaches.
He declined to comment further after
Thompson’s Lake objected to expanding
the beach there; two equestrians asked the meeting when The Enterprise asked
that horses not be forbidden; and the about his concerns; he noted that, as a
president of a cavers’ group said some state employee, he is limited in what he
of Thacher’s several dozen caves don’t can say to the press.
Ver Straeten’s specialty is sedimentary
require the tours the plan calls for.
A mountain biker representing Saratoga rocks — made of mud, sand, gravel, and
Mountain Bike Association was enthused shells — of the Devonian period, which
the plan includes bike trails, and two ran from 420 million to 360 million years
rock-climbers representing the Thacher ago, precisely describing the Helderberg
Climbing Coalition spoke enthusiastically escarpment.
Karst topography has long been a conabout the proposal allowing climbing on
cern for planning boards in the Helderberg
Thacher Park’s cliffs for the first time.
Ver Straeten, a sedimentary geologist
(Continued on Page10)
The Enterprise — Tyler Murphy
A walk in the park: On Wednesday, Tracy Manning, with her daughter, Aven, on
her back and a friend, Amor, in hand, enjoy a walk at Thompson’s Lake State Park.
The park’s first-ever master plan calls for combining it with John Boyd Thacher
State Park and adding more multi-use trails, including ones joining the two nearby
Helderberg parks.
Stopping invaders is tough
Nice face: Rock climbers may scale vertical rock faces like the one here at Thacher Park next year
if the park’s master plan is implemented.
Rock-climbing on the horizon at Thacher Park
By Jordan J. Michael
THACHER PARK –– For the
first time in its history, there are
plans to have rock climbing at
Thacher Park.
Back in the mid-’70s, climbing
was outlawed in New York State
InsIde
parks after a climbing accident
in western New York. Over the
next few decades, rock-climbing
equipment improved, and the
sport became more popular. In
1997, Minnewaska State Park
implemented rock climbing as a
result of the work of the Access
Fund, a national climbing advocacy group.
Now, the Thacher Climbing
Coalition, a locally managed
not-for-profit group, is working
(Continued on Page 24)
By Tyler Murphy
NEW SCOTLAND — As people
have become more connected in the
last century so, too, have nature’s
once-isolated ecosystems, causing
unprecedented and sometimes
disastrous consequences.
The threat and damage caused
by invasive species has received
more attention in the last decade,
with state, national, and local
governments launching awareness and control campaigns to
stem the tide.
Several times a year, staff at the
John Boyd Thacher and Thompson’s Lake state parks organize
events aimed at eliminating and
controlling invasive species.
In the beginning of July, an
Invasive Species Strike Team
from the New York State Office of
Parks, Recreation and Historical
Preservation visited Thacher Park
to remove a specific plant — the
European buckthorn, which was
pushing out indigenous competitors and blocking the scenic view
of the Helderberg escarpment.
Some of the most damaging
foreign species, and the most difficult to remove, are resilient and
fast-growing invasive plants.
(Continued on Page 9)
Pull-out section: Widen Your World at The Altamont Fair
Honeysuckle shrubbery
is so common in parts of the
New York that many people
don’t realize it’s a damaging invasive species brought
into the country more than
a hundred years ago. Honeysuckle is a limited source
of food for native species
and grows quickly on forest
floors, blocking out the light
that other ground-level, indigenous, woodland plants
need.
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The Altamont Enterprise – Thursday, August 8, 2013
From the Editor
The horn of plenty is trumpeting truth in a new form
W
hen we talk about the press — as Walter Lippmann did when he said, “A free press is not a
privilege but an organic necessity in a great society” —
we mean the mediums that carry news and inform the
public. At the time Lippmann spoke those words, that
included radio and television as well as newspapers and
magazines. It now includes the Internet, too.
We’re mindful of this at The Altamont Enterprise &
Albany County Post as we launch a new website this
week. We believe local news is a necessity, and it’s getting harder to come by.
We hope our new website will make our coverage conveniently available to more readers and will also, after
a free introductory period, bring in more revenues
to support the dedicated staff that ferrets out local
news and writes it thoroughly and fairly.
Our paper is independently owned — not part of
a conglomerate or a large corporation. James and
Wanda Gardner have spent the bulk of their lives
keeping The Enterprise alive and vibrant. Our new
website — at www.AltamontEnterprise.com — is
the latest in a series of technological advances
they have made in their decades of owning The
Enterprise.
The root of the word “press” is, of course, in the
physical imprinting of words on a page.
One-hundred-and-twenty-nine years ago, when
our newspaper was founded because its publisher
believed the local citizens would want to be informed of goings on in their community and were
“ready for a square knockdown with wrong” each
week, The Enterprise was also a print shop.
We still are, and our publisher is a master printer.
Gardner started working in the print shop just after
graduating from Guilderland High School more than a
half-century ago. His son now carries on the tradition.
It is a heritage of which we are proud. And you can
see it symbolized in the icon that centers our nameplate:
The Franklin press.
Benjamin Franklin is best known for his work as a
scientist and an inventor, a diplomat and statesman,
one of the framers of our constitution and shapers of
our new nation.
But he began as a printer, apprenticing with his
brother in Boston at the age of 12 and then
becoming a publisher on his own in Philadelphia.
His role as printer was essential
to his identity. The epitaph he
composed for himself, as a
young man, said:
“The body of
Benjamin
Franklin, Printer (like the cover of an old book, its
contents torn out and stripped of its lettering and gilding), lies here, food for worms; but the work shall not
be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in
a new and more elegant edition, revised and corrected
by the Author.”
With our new website we are mindful of our roots.
Our newspaper continues to be — whether online or in
print — as our first editor wrote in 1884, “Not a visitor
of flesh and blood but a silent speaker of true things
that will each week go to every home where its presence
is welcomed.”
“The body of Benjamin Franklin,
Printer (like the cover of an old book,
its contents torn out and stripped
of its lettering and gilding), lies here,
food for worms; but the work shall not be lost,
for it will (as he believed) appear once more in
a new and more elegant edition,
revised and corrected by the Author.”
We like to think that Benjamin Franklin — a proponent of postal efficiency, who became Philadelphia’s
postmaster in 1737 and eventually became postmaster
general for all the colonies — would be pleased with our
efficient way of now reaching into homes where we’re
welcomed.
Although we have always been and will continue to
be based in the village of Altamont, we have for well
over a century covered the towns of Guilderland, New
Scotland, Berne, Knox, Westerlo, and Rensselaerville.
We believe in-depth regional coverage is important;
citizens from both rural and suburban areas can benefit
by understanding issues that affect each.
Thomas Jefferson, a chief author of the grand experiment of modern democracy, wrote in 1787, “The basis
of our government being the opinion of the people, the
very first object should be to keep that right; and were it
left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without
government, I should not hesitate a moment to
prefer the latter.”
We will continue to publish the opinion of people — local people on local issues — on our website,
and we will continue to
check all the facts before we do. Our website will not
become a free-for-all for unfounded or untrue claims.
The printing press remains a symbol of free and independent publication and will remain our icon. We chose
a font for our online nameplate and standing headers
that reflects our printer’s heritage and is similar to our
19th-Century nameplate — Goudy Bookletter 1911. Its
designer, Barry Schwartz, based the font on Kennerley
Oldstyle, having discovered that Kenneryly fits together
tightly and evenly with almost no kerning. The characters
lock together with a closeness typical of early types.
So, too, our readers will be locked together by sharing
common information.
We will post the same kind of work that has
led to our winning scores of awards from the New
York Press Association over the last 20 years, and
recognition as well for our editorials from the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors.
In an era when television and the Internet allow
us to see instantly what is happening on the other
side of the world, and when much media attention
is given to national and state issues and elections
in our country, it is easy to forget that many of the
decisions that most affect our everyday lives are
made locally.
You will now find online, just as you do on our
printed pages, letters that allow the community
to talk to and inform itself, interviews on issues
for elections that allow voters to make educated
choices, reports on crime and courts in our towns,
investigations on area environmental issues that
affect our health and welfare, news on educational trends
and articles on what is happening in local classrooms,
stories on local athletes and high-school games, features
on people of interest living in our midst, news on local
events and activities, cartoons and illustrations that
lend insight, and advertising highlighting local goods
and services.
In short, we provide news you can’t get anywhere
else.
And we’ll continue to carry out our same mission as
an independent voice for our community, unfettered by
corporate demands. Whether we come into your home
through computer or phone, on our website, or in the ageold way of newsprint, we seek the truth and report it.
— Melissa Hale-Spencer
— Illustration by Carol Coogan
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The Enterprise opinion pages are an open forum for our community.
We encourage readers to express their thoughts about issues that
appear in this newpaper or affect the community. Letters should be
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address, name, and phone number for verification. The editors may
reject letters that have been printed elsewhere. Letters concerning
elections will be cut off one issue before the election
at the editor’s discretion. No unsigned letters.
Deadline for letters is Tuesday at noon.
Opinion
Thanks, Sandy, to you and all your comrades
To the Editor:
Kudos to The Enterprise and
reporter Tyler Murphy on the
engaging story about the Battle of
Iwo Jima and interview with local
resident Marine Second Lieutenant Sandy Berkman. I’ve known Sandy on and off for
the past 40 years or so; in fact, his
catering firm handled our wedding
25 years ago. We’ve always found
Sandy to be a great guy, warm,
with a booming laugh — and ultimately a real gentleman. Funny thing is that, until your
article, we had no idea about his
wartime experience, much less
his battle citations on Iwo Jima. It seems that Mr. Berkman is yet
one more example of the “Greatest Generation” who at one time
risked all for their country, and
then returned home to quietly go
about their business.
Meanwhile, we often learn about
their sacrifice too late to express
our gratitude. At 92 years, better
late than never: Thanks, Sandy, to
you and all your comrades! Ed Rosen
Delmar
In wake of flood, Fort Plain appreciates help
To the Editor:
I am a native of Fort Plain and
happened upon The Altamont
Enterprise at the home of my
girlfriend’s parents. I found a
nice piece by Ellen Zunon about
the recent flooding that hit the
small village on the Otsquago
Creek, 40 minutes northwest of
your village.
I really enjoyed the piece and
appreciate all the people who’ve
been so kind to help out, including my friend Simon, also from
Altamont.
In addition, I will mention that
we’re having a big flood relief fundraiser in downtown Fort Plain’s
Haslett Park this Saturday, Aug.
10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with live
music; excellent food; some really
great drawings including a kayak,
Cannondale bicycle, Carhart work
clothes, and much more, all ben-
efiting those who lost so much in
the devastation.
People can go online to www.
MohawkValleyCollective.com
where they can download a flyer
about the fund-raiser, pre-buy a
chicken barbecue dinner, as well
as get raffle tickets
Tolga Morawski
Fort Plain
Caregivers’ corner
Grant of $2K will help as we expand to Albany
By Mary Neuman
Community Caregivers is
pleased and honored to announce
it has received a $2,000 grant from
Berkshire Bank. The award was
presented to help the organization fulfill several key aspects of
its mission, specifically providing
services to low- and moderateincome individuals and educating
caregivers.
The grant is particularly helpful as Community Caregivers
expands into the city of Albany. The organization’s neighborshelping-neighbors service model
initially served the community
of Altamont. Over the years, its
service area grew to include Berne,
Bethlehem, Guilderland, Knox
and New Scotland. Following a
grant from thestate’s Department
of Health in 2012, Community
Caregivers began providing services in several neighborhoods in
the city of Albany.
“We are very pleased to have
a new community partner, and I
thank Berkshire Bank for their
generosity. The funds will be put
to very good use,” said Tom Tipple,
Executive Director of Community
Caregivers.
Berkshire Bank is also expanding its presence in the Albany
area. Based in Pittsfield, Mass.,
Berkshire Bank now has more
than 20 branches in the Capital
District. Editor’s note: Mary Neumann
is on the Community Caregivers’
Publicity Committee.
DVD available at local libraries
to help parents of children who stutter To the Editor:
Parents eagerly anticipate the
moment when their child first begins to talk. But for some parents,
it is a time of anxiety because their
child struggles to get words out. As many as 5 percent of preschool
children nationwide have repetitions and prolongations of sounds
severe enough to be of concern to
their parents.
A DVD in English and Spanish,
“Stuttering and Your Child: Help
for Parents,” put out by the Stuttering Foundation, helps parents
detect stuttering and take action
toward helping their child and is
available at most public libraries.
Some libraries have an older video
format. These Albany County libraries
have agreed to shelve the DVD:
The Altamont Free Library in Altamont, the Bethlehem Public Library in Delmar, the Guilderland
Public Library in Guilderland, and
the Voorheesville Public Library
in Voorheesville. Produced by the not-for-profit
Stuttering Foundation, the film
describes what kinds of stuttering
young children may exhibit, how
parents can help at home, and
the role of a speech pathologist in
evaluating and treating children
who stutter.
“Stuttering typically begins
between the ages of 2 and 5,” says
Barry Guitar, Ph.D., professor and
chair of Communication Sciences
at the University of Vermont in
Burlington. “It may begin gradually or suddenly, and many of
these children outgrow their
disfluencies naturally. However,
if a child continues to stutter for
several months, or appears to be
frustrated by it, parents should
seek assistance.”
Guitar appears in the DVD
with other nationally recognized experts in stuttering: Peter
Ramig, Ph.D., of the University of
Colorado at Boulder; Diane Hill,
M.A., of Northwestern University;
Patricia Zebrowski, Ph.D., of the
University of Iowa; and Kristin
Chmela, M.A., also of Northwestern University.
These experts address common
concerns that parents have about
their child, such as how to help
the child at home and whether
to seek the advice of a speech
pathologist.
Strategies parents can use to
help reduce stuttering are given
throughout the DVD and include
reducing the number of questions
they ask the child, focusing on
taking turns during conversations,
making time to read or talk with
the child in a relaxed manner,
and accepting a child the way he
or she is.
“Parents are relieved to discover
that they are not alone and that
other parents share their concerns,” says speech pathologist
Kristin Chmela.
Stuttering remains a mystery
to most people. Watching a young
child struggle to speak can be
devastating. This DVD is designed
to reassure parents and families
that many preschoolers stutter,
that they can be helped, and how
parents can play a vital role in
this process.
Books and DVDs produced by
the 66-year-old Stuttering Foundation are available free to any
public library. A library that will
shelve them can contact the Foundation at 1-800-992-9392, e-mail
[email protected], or visit
www.stutteringhelp.org or www.
tartarmudez.org.
Jane Fraser, president
Stuttering Foundation
Memphis, Tenn.
Correction
In a story last week about the Knox Planning Board hearing proposals to build senior housing in
town, we wrote that one of the people making such a proposal, Linda Carman, lives in Berne. Actually, although she was born and raised in Berne, she now lives in Knox.
Back In Time. . .
1913
100 Years Ago
2013
Altamont Enterprise August 1, 1913
ALBANY COUNTY FAIR: Entries Promise a Large Exhibit,
Good Racing and a Successful Fair — Secretary at Office.
Millard Frink, the secretary of Albany Co. Fair, is kept busy
these days taking in the entries for the coming Fair, which
holds a Altamont, Aug. 19, 20, 21, and 22.
Entries for racing close August 9th, and for premiums Aug.
11th.
Tuesday will be devoted to entry of stock and arrangement
of exhibits.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, will each be a big day.
Two races each afternoon with band concerts, free special
attractions, including Hunter’s daring celebrated Roman
Chariot Races.
You will want to meet all your friends at the Fair — everything to amuse and interest.
On and after Saturday noon the Secretary will be found
at his office in the Enterprise building up to the opening of
the Fair.
The Enterprise will have an office on the grounds as usual
and will be pleased to receive a call from all friends. Come
and get a fan.
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Fairs To Be Held.
Altamont, Aug. 19-22. Afton, Sept. 9-12. Ballston Spa., Aug.
26-29. Binghamton Exposition, Sept. 30-Oct. 3. Cambridge,
Aug. 18-22. Cobleskill, Sept. 22-26. Cooperstown, Sept. 8-11.
Hudson Falls, Aug. 26-29. Oneonta, Sept. 15-18. Schoharie,
Sept. 16-18. Schenevus, Aug. 12-14. Troy, Aug. 26-29.
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CHAUFFEUR DROWNED: At Thompson’s Lake Friday
Evening — $250 Reward for Recovery of Body — Canoe Tips
Over.
Early last Friday evening, Charles Schumacker, chauffeur for
Theodore Waterman of Albany, who is stopping at the Lakeside
Hotel, Thompson’s Lake, was drowned by the upsetting of a canoe.
Mr. Schumacker had just come in with his car from the city,
and after running it in the garage went down to the lake and
seating himself in a canoe pushed out from the shore. The man
in charge of the boats started to row from the dock with two
lady passengers at about the same time. They had proceeded
but a short distance before the ladies exclaimed that the man
in the canoe had upset, and he immediately rowed to the scene.
Others soon after arrived but the body did not come to the
surface nor has it been recovered up to this time.
Schumacker was highly thought of by Mr. Waterman and
he has extended every energy for the recovery of the body and
n o w o f f e r s a r e wa r d o f $ 2 5 0 f o r i t s r e c o v e r y.
This is the first case of drowning in this lake in many years
and the community is much stirred over the event.
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Opinion
Hilltown Vets
The Old Men of the Mountain
Names leave a lasting mark on character and personality
The Enterprise –– Michael Koff
Preparing old glory to go up the flagpole on Sunday, July 28,
veteran Joe Golden, Marines, right, works with Robert Dietz, Army.
Congressmen Paul Tonko provided the new flag. The ceremony was
attended by a 10 veterans, and a score of supporters.
Raise The Colors
The Enterprise –– Michael Koff
Flying in the mountain air: Military veterans, from left, Robert
Dietz, Joe Golden, Milton Hart, Clyde Wilsey, and Warren Wilsey
stand around Berne’s new flag as its flies at half staff on Sunday
afternoon at the Town Park. Stacey Wright played Taps at the
event.
Then there are nicknames.
parents, and, when he went to
By John R. Williams
One OG said, “For the most part,
The day of July 30, the Old Men school, the teacher called him
of the Mountain met at the Blue by his real name and he did not we have no control over that. The
Star Café in Schoharie. It might answer because he thought it was use of initials is something else we
be the weather, but many of the somebody else. After all the names have no control over.”
TJ, and BJ, and JB, are some
OFs are getting up earlier, and were called he told the teacher she
friends of his and now this OF has
didn’t call him.
earlier.
The teacher then asked him, to think hard to remember what
As mentioned before, the origitheir real names are. It is a wonder
nal meeting time was 9 a.m. or so. “What is your name?”
He told her the name he went by anyone can keep track of us.
Then, as the group grew larger,
Now one practical OG had to
more of the OFs had things to do and was used to; the teacher put
other than lay in bed and go to eat two and two together and never chime in, “No matter what we call
in the middle of the morning, so called him by his real name again. ourselves, or what other people
call us, the IRS will find us no
some OGs started coming earlier Good for her.
Another group of OFs were talk- matter what we are called.”
so they could get things done.
Fair time
Now it almost seems that some ing about the exploits of a common
It is fair time, and the OFs were
should have keys to the restau- friend and it was assumed that
rants so they can open it up and maybe they were talking about talking about the fairs in the area
two different people. However, — like the Sunshine Fair going
at least get the coffee ready.
once the conversation was sorted on right now in Cobleskill. The
This is a good thing!
problem is that this
It shows the OFs
fair and the Saratoga
are out and about with
fair are a little early
projects to get done,
This man said he changed his name as
for produce to be shown
and not rocking-chair
soon as he was legally able to do so.
because much of it isn’t
bound. However, some
ready yet.
of the OFs do show up
The OFs say the term
not shaven, and look
“country” has gone out
like they just tumbled
out of bed, met their ride, and out, it turned out they were talk- of a few of the fairs. Cobleskill is
made it to the breakfast. This ing about the same person after the closest fair that still caters to
scribe wonders how many of the all. The person in question had farmers.
It is the opinion of the OFs the
OFs are going to crawl back in one name that was given as a
bed when they get home from the first name, but he went by his Altamont fair, located in Albany
County, is definitely not farm
second name.
breakfast.
Yet another OF has a relative friendly. The OFs feel that those
What’s in a name?
Many parents agonize over what that has the real name of “Hugh,” in charge seem to want to turn all
to name their kids. The parents, but no one used that name; they the land in the county into housing
and their grandparents interfere; used his middle name. When this developments, and they are doing
friends make suggestions. The young lad went to school, again their best to make it hard on farmnew parents purchase books on the teacher called him by his ers who will eventually give up
given name “Hugh,” and at first and leave the farm and then the
names.
Some parents make sure the ini- the young man did not know who developers can take over.
Many of the OFs now go to
tials don’t come up with something she was talking to. (Similar to the
the fair to eat grease. Fair time
really screwy, or obscene. Most of above scenario.)
But this teacher continued to equates to the stomach growling
the OFs have gone through this (as
did their parents for them), trying call him Hugh, enough so that and rumbling to the beat of “feed
the kid was not too happy about me grease, feed me grease,” and it
to get the name right.
One OF mentioned that names going to school. When the mother keeps doing this until it is satisfied
can affect a person into adulthood noticed this reluctance to go to with a fair-made sausage and pepper sandwich, followed with fried
and beyond; some names are a school, she asked him why.
The little boy said, “That teach- dough and a Coke.
hindrance for getting ahead in life
One OF said he goes and spends
no matter how smart or talented er won’t call me by my name she
a ton of money to get into the fair,
the kid is. Then there is always the keeps calling me ‘Few’.”
So his Mom went and had a talk and then he spends twice as much
pressure to name them after Uncle
with the teacher, but by that time on a sausage-and-pepper sandwich
Charlie, or Aunt Sarah.
One OF said he has two friends the kid had decided that “Few” was (which has grease running out of
that changed their names for just OK and when his mother told him it and down his elbows) as it is
that reason. The parents of these she had a talk with the teacher, worth, and then asks himself, “Am
two tried to be too cute and hung he told her, “That’s OK, because I I having fun now?” He answers
a moniker on one of them that told the teacher it was OK to call himself, “Well, now it is a habit,
but 10 years ago it would have
me “Few” if she wanted to.” plagued him all through school.
One OG said, “How about been loads of fun, and back then I
This man said he changed his
name as soon as he was legally people with only one name? Look wouldn’t need the Prevacid.”
Those OFs who made it to the
able to do so. To get away from at Liberace or Cher, and a whole
Blue Star Café in Schoharie, and
these memories, he joined the wagonload of others.”
This prompted the scribe to look not eating sausage and peppers for
military. Now that his name was
legally changed, everything had these two up, and with a name breakfast, were: Dave Williams,
his new name on it and that is like Wladziu Valentino Liberace Bill Bartholomew, (and me) with
how everyone knew him. His life or Cherilyn Sarkisian, the scribe our guests ( Art Williams, Hugh
changed immediately and for the might also have decided to go with Williams, Jarrett Williams), Mark
Traver, Jim Heiser, Roger Chaponly one name.
better.
One OG mentioned that, when man, Roger Shafer, Steve Kelly,
One OF mentioned that he
was in the third grade before he he was younger, he didn’t mind Glenn Paterson, Otis Lawyer,
knew his name was John, and being called Johnny, but, when John Rossmann, Frank Pauli,
he got older and in the service, Harold Guest, Miner Stevens,
not Jack.
The names reported on the he hated being called Johnny, and Robie Osterman, George Washburn, Jay Taylor, Art Frament,
bottom of this little report carries wanted to be called John.
Another OF said that happens Bob Benac, Herb Swabota, Bill
some OFs’ names that, if you went
to look them up in the phone book a lot — Ron and Ronnie, Sam Krause, Ken Hughes, Don Moby the name listed, you would and Sammy, Ted and Teddy. To ser, Lou Schenck, Gary Porter,
never find them, but that is the this OF, a “y” sound at the end of Mace Porter, Jack Norray, Don
name they go by and people know your name sounds like people are Woods, Duncan Bellinger, Duane
Wagenbaugh, Bob Lassome, Rich
calling the cat.
them.
Still another OG said, “That’s Donnelly, Elwood Vanderbilt,
Another OF said that, when he
was young, all he knew was the not so bad. How about Johnny Car- Harold Grippen, Mike Willsey,
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Interior design is like chili powder —
you can only take so much
By Frank L. Palmeri
One time, when we’d been married about 10 years, my lovely wife
and I were in a store looking for
window treatments. At one point,
my wife asked me if a certain
colored curtain would match well
with our bedspread.
I looked at her, and, in all honestly, told her I had no idea what
color our bedspread was. Her
response was succinct and to the
point: “You’re pathetic.”
I know, you’d think I should
have known something so obvious,
but my male mind just doesn’t
register some things like it should,
I guess.
I bring this up because, factotum that
I am, I’ve again been
forced to deal with window treatments on a
grand scale. My son and
parents both moved into
apartments recently and
I’ve been tasked with
doing all the windowtreatment installations. As taxing
as that sounds, in many ways it’s
the easy part. The hard part is
picking out and buying them in
the first place.
My wife has really gone above
and beyond in this regard, which is
totally amazing when you consider
she’s on a chemotherapy regimen
for breast cancer. She’s supposed
to be taking it easy between treatments, and she does have good
and bad days, but the work she’s
done for my son and parents has
been phenomenal. If you’ve ever
shopped for window treatments
you know what I mean.
Shopping for window treatments
is quite a bit like shopping for cars.
You have low end, high end, and
everything in between. You can
even buy used (think Craigslist),
and sometimes a home or apartment’s prior residents will leave
them behind. Mostly though, buying window treatments involves
lots of visits to lots of stores and
a lot of standing around talking
to helpful employees with a pad
of measurements (and you hope
you measured right!).
Picture a sunny summer Sunday afternoon. What you really
want to be doing is pre-heating
the grill and getting the drinks
iced and the burgers made.
Instead, you’re standing in a
packed, narrow aisle under bright
fluorescent lights, looking at all
manner of shades (wood, vinyl,
and more), curtains (tall, short,
simple, fancy), and related sundry
items like valences, rods, and
drapes, in a seemingly unending
assortment of sizes, shapes, styles,
colors, and patterns.
Here’s where I have to give
my wife credit — you look at her
standing there deep in thought
and imagine the almost infinite
combinations taking shape in her
head, jugging the various permutations of style, color, and cost,
while I’m standing there thinking
of where the best place to watch
opening day of football this year
would be.
I just don’t have the interest,
ability, or desire to work out all
the possibilities — what matches
what, what’s better for this room,
room darkening versus roomlightening, etc. I get tired and
bored just thinking about it. When
you drive around a college housing area and see newspapers and
sheets inside of windows, don’t be
surprised.
Interior design is like chili powder. You can only take so much.
“How did I get here?”
When you finally find something
you like, you have to then order
them. Many times, this will involve custom cutting or sizing.
You really, really better have
measured the windows correctly,
because, if you don’t, you’ll wind
up with an expensive mistake for
sure (though if you order them too
wide they can usually be shortened without too much trouble).
Ordering window treatments
correctly requires concentration
and fortitude.
They should make it an Olympic
event, with judging and everything. You know, “The thrill of
victory and the agony of defeat”
— window treatment shopping
has all that in spades.
Once the products have been
purchased, it’s always my job to
install them. Since I’ve done many
of these, I know what tools to
bring — tape measure, drill, etc.
The goal is to bring just enough
tools to get the job done but not
so much that you’re breaking your
back and then have a lot to put
away later.
I thought I’d had it covered until
I went to install the first bracket.
Sometimes you’re installing these
brackets in the space above the
window, which is usually just
painted drywall. When you install
anything into drywall, unless
you’re lucky and happen to have
a wood stud right at that location,
you have to use some kind of drywall anchor for the screws.
If you don’t, the screw will simply pull out of the drywall the first
time you put any pressure on it,
like when you pull the shade open.
Always in the past, the manufacturer has included several of these
little plastic thingies, often extras,
too, just to be safe.
This time, there were none! Is
the economy really that bad that
they can’t just for the heck of it
include these little plastic anchors,
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So now it’s drop everything and
run home to get some drywall
anchors. That’s the problem with
doing anything like this on an occasional or part-time basis.
A “good man” would have some
anchors with him in his tool belt,
tool box, or, at worst, out in the
van. Sigh. At least both of these
apartments aren’t too far from
my house.
When I finally got these huge
patio-door sliding blinds installed,
I ran into another
problem: The provided brackets were
not long enough, such
that, when you tried
to open the slats perpendicular to the door,
to let the most light in,
they would rub on the
door casing.
There was no adjustment possible; the brackets
were at the maximum length.
What’s needed is to get those
brackets further out from the
wall.
The store agreed to provide
some wood, but, even with that,
now we’re into making custom
bracket extensions will all the
attendant measuring, cutting, fitting, and, yes, swearing. I mean,
first they don’t provide the wall
anchors, and then the brackets
are too short? I don’t know what
gives, but I sure know I’ve had
enough of it.
The window blinds we purchased came with this little plastic
thing that’s supposed to act as the
pull. The thing is, it’s split in the
middle, and the only thing holding
it together is a tiny plastic hook.
You’re supposed to insert the
three separate cords into this
thing in such a way that it stays
closed when you pull. Of course,
it’s so poorly made that it often
splits open when you pull the
cord.
Again, it would be easy to either
purchase a proper pull, or fashion
one out of wood, but why should
you have to? It’s tough enough
dealing with this often-flimsy
hardware in the first place; when
the design is inferior, it makes it
even worse.
Buying and installing window
treatments is one of the times in
a married man’s life when that
Talking Heads song with the lyric
“How did I get here?” comes to
mind, like when you’re waiting
endlessly outside a ladies’ room, or
holding your wife’s purse while she
tries something on, or trying desperately to keep your mind from
drifting during a “chick flick.”
It just comes with the territory,
I suppose. I have to admit, though,
that, when you’re finished, the
windows do look nice, so there
you go.
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Outward Bound (Abbr.)
Across
1. Fiesta Bowl site
6. Part of an act
11. Game standout,
briefly
14. Regard with
contempt
15. Moses' brother
16. Texas tea
17. "The Road Not
Taken" poet
19. Fancy neckwear
20. Suzanne of "Three's
Company"
21. Stirs
23. A drinker
26. Mass confusion
27. Mets' ace Dwight
28. Remove cargo
30. Ear part
31. Pig's nose
32. Letter before omega
35. Mythical monster
36. Millionaire producer
38. Conned
39. Not 'neath
40. Dr. Alzheimer
41. Tipper of note
42. Temper, as metal
44. Biologist's studies
46. Storage areas
48. Reason to complain
49. Cry of surrender
50. Like some British
sardines
52. Quote from Homer
53. Maine lunch,
perhaps
58. "Lord, is ___?":
Matthew
59. TV studio sign
60. The "Velvet Fog"
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61. Vietnamese New
Year
62. To the point
63. Devote, as time
Down
1. Pitch
2. Prefix with friendly
3. Unruly crowd
4. Chairs do it
5. Put something on
6. "60 Minutes"
correspondent
7. Singer Vikki
8. Love god
9. Dissenting votes
10. Petition
11. Cell
12. Quartet member
54
13. Proto or ecto end
18. Some Feds
22. Uneven
23. Ice house
24. Bond player
25. Poor clerk of
literature
26. Picture problem
28. Up to
29. Denials
31. Greek portico
33. Kind of wrap
34. Latin clarifier
36. Sir Galahad's father
37. Bullfight cheers
41. Sugary tidbit
43. Lacking value
44. Judge's decision
45. Red flags
55
46. Taxing ordeal?
47. IRA investment
option
48. Cavern, in poetry
50. Skier's transport
51. Horned goddess
54. Start for step or stop
55. Pay dirt
56. K-O connection
57. Conducted
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At A Night Out
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Saving a life: Guilderland paramedic Bonnie-Jean Johnson, left,
shows 9-year-old Alexandra Vandenburgh the proper technique
for chest compressions on this practice dummy during the Annual
Guilderland Night Out at Tawasentha Park in Guilderland.
...Officer Drops In
Gliding down from the bucket of Guilderland Fire Department’s
Truck 29 is Officer Scott Mullen with the state’s Department of
Corrections, as he demonstrates to the crowd how members of his
team would save a life by rappelling down to someone stranded
on a cliff. The dramatic display on Tuesday was part of the annual
Guilderland Night Out at Tawasentha Park.
Read all about
The Altamont Fair...
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The Enterprise.
Full Slate
Dems run “most established candidates in years”
By Anne Hayden
GUILDERLAND — As Election
Day in November inches closer,
the Democratic candidates for
town office are hitting the pavement to begin their campaigning, with the slogan, “Working
together works.”
“The people in our group are
working as a team, going door-todoor together, and talking about
their experience,” said David
Bosworth, the chairman of the
Guilderland Democratic Party.
“We’re running a positive campaign based on the qualifications
of the candidates.”
They are running against a
full slate of Republicans. (For the
story, go online to www.altamontenterprise.com and look under
“Archives” for May 30, 2013.)
Many of the candidates are
incumbents — Kenneth Runion
for supervisor, Paul Pastore and
Patricia Slavick for town board,
and Denise Randall for town
justice — with two newcomers, Richard Sherwood for town
justice, and Lynn Buchanan for
receiver of taxes, and one switch
of positions, with current receiver
of taxes, Jean Cataldo, running for
town clerk.
Runion, an attorney, is running
for his eighth two-year term, and
will face Republican Mark Grimm,
who was a member of the town
board from 2008 to 2012. The supervisor said he decided he would
run for another term because he
has some ongoing projects he
would like to see completed, including sidewalks on Route 146,
installing new playground equipment in Tawasentha Park, solving
drainage issues in McKownville,
and re-drafting the town’s zoning
laws.
“I want to make sure those
things get done and see that everything is on track for the future,”
Runion told The Enterprise. “I
have a long history with the town,
and I think it’s important to follow
through on things.”
He said he plans to run a “really positive” campaign, focusing
on the things he has done and the
things he wants to accomplish.
“I have a long record of accomplishing things for the residents,”
said Runion.
He spoke particularly of how he
handled the town’s budget during
the recession.
“I think the worst is behind us
and we’ve seen improvements in
sales tax and mortgage tax revenues,” he said. “We have a lot
of building activity going on this
year, and our fund balances have
increased, so I think keeping the
budget stable is something I’ll
continue to do.”
Patricia Slavick, a current town
board member, is running for her
fourth term. She said her incentive
was how much she enjoyed working with the residents. She works
for the state in finances.
“I’ve lived in this town for 27
years,” said Slavick. “I really enjoy
giving back.”
She, like Runion, mentioned
wanting to complete the projects
the town board had worked on for
the past several years.
Paul Pastore, a lawyer, also an
incumbent councilman, said he
feels lucky to have had the “honor
and privilege” of being a public
servant for so many years.
“We’ve accomplished a lot, but
we have more to accomplish,” said
Pastore. “I believe I possess the
requisite experience to keep the
town moving forward.”
He said he recognizes and appreciates the diversity of the town
and the people in it, and knows
how to balance the interest and
need for development with the
necessity for smart growth.
This year, there are two town
justice positions open, because
the town has added a third judge’s
position to the court, in an at-
tempt to reduce overcrowding. The
Guilderland Town Court has been
ranked as the third busiest court
in Albany County.
“I was elected in 2005, and at
that time I was the first female
judge in the town’s history,”
said Randall, the incumbent. “I
am running again because I’d
like to continue the good work
we’ve started in the Guilderland
Court.”
Randall said she and John Bailey, the other current town justice,
another Democrat, have managed
to reduce some of the backlog by
devoting extra hours to the job.
“It’s been overwhelming; it’s a
lot of work, but we’re staying on
top of it,” she said.
Randall said they have also
increased judicial supervision
and “diversion to treatment” for
young, non-violent offenders, and
some domestic violence cases, as
well as improved things on the
administrative side, by allowing
people to pay fines by credit or
debit card, increasing the use of
pleas by mail, and allowing people
to pay tickets online.
“We have a very good track record, and fewer repeat offenders,”
she said. “We want to make the
court accessible to the people.”
Richard Sherwood, no stranger
to the town, having worked in
town court as a prosecutor for the
past six years, is making his first
run for office for the position of
the third town justice.
“I have seen how things work
and how crowded the court is,” he
said. “There is certainly the need
for the third judge.”
Sherwood says he has been very
involved with the community for
as long as he’s been a resident of
Guilderland, as a coach for youth
sports, on the board of the YMCA,
and as the town attorney.
“It’s just in my nature to be
involved in the community,” he
said.
He believes a third judge will
make a big difference in reducing
court crowding, and that cases
will be dealt with much more
quickly.
Jean Cataldo has worked as the
receiver of taxes for 12 years, and,
in the upcoming election, she will
run for town clerk. The current
town clerk, Democrat Rosemary
Centi, announced her retirement
earlier this year.
“It was a surprise to me that
Rosemary decided to retire,” said
Cataldo. “I was asked if I had
any interest in the position, and
I thought it might be nice to make
the run for town clerk again.”
Cataldo ran for town clerk in
1999, against the Republican
incumbent, and came close to winning, but fell shy. It was after the
election that Runion asked her if
she would be interested in working
in the tax office; she started as the
deputy receiver of taxes, and was
appointed as receiver of taxes a
short time later.
“My background is very suited
to a town clerk position,” Cataldo
said. “I have a customer service
and secretarial background.”
One of the main responsibilities of the clerk, she said, is to be
the recording officer for the town
board, and she noted that she had
experience taking the minutes as
the secretary for Friends Organized for Responsible Community
Expansion. Another of the main
clerk tasks is organizing all of
the records, and, also as a secretary, she said, she was in charge
of correspondence and filing for
numerous years.
“Knowing that, over these past
years, people are turning over
their hard-earned money to pay
their taxes, it’s not easy being the
one to handle that,” said Cataldo.
“I think the town clerk’s office is
more positive things.”
Lynne Buchanan, who worked
as the deputy receiver of taxes under Cataldo for a number of years,
but recently transferred into the
town comptroller’s office, is running for the receiver of taxes.
“I worked for three-and-a-half
years as the deputy, so it made perfect sense to make this a smooth
transition,” Buchanan said.
She said she has worked in financial capacities for most of her
life, including running a family
business in Altamont for many
years.
Having worked with Cataldo
for so long, she said she is “very
comfortable” explaining taxes to
residents, and said she has spent
“hours, and hours, weeks, days,
months, years” at the customerservice window.
“I’d be very comfortable moving
into this position,” Buchanan said.
“As far as a breaking in or training
period, there wouldn’t be one.”
“Obviously the candidates have
a very sound record to run on,”
said Bosworth.
He stressed the candidates work
in the area of prudent financial
management, pursuit of the principles of smart and responsible
growth, and record of transparency and accountability.
“This is the most established set
of candidates we’ve had in years,”
Bosworth said.
He emphasized that the Democrats would be running a very positive campaign, and said it would
be an expensive one, too.
“Any dollar people give me, I’m
going to spend it to get our candidates elected,” he concluded.”
Feeling the love: Guilderland Police Department’s German
shepherd, Rocky, gets some affection and attention from two little
girls as his handler Officer Don Jones talks to bystanders during
the Guilderland Night Out at Tawasentha Park.
7
History Very Much Alive
Antique heritage: Bill Valosin of Stillwater holds a piece
of tin while he talks about the history of tinsmithing during
Revolutionary War times during the day-long Heritage Day in
Clarksville.
Perfect for Lilliput: Dennis Fancher of Westerlo places hay into his model of a stationary bailer
on Saturday morning during Heritage Day in Clarksville.
Senior News
Altamont
By Linda Cure
Last autumn on a Saturday in
October, Donald Hyman found
himself onstage busy at the Cutler
Majestic Theater in Boston for the
taping of a PBS special. As a first
place winner in dance for the 2012
National Veterans Creative Arts
Festival, he spent a week living,
eating and singing with talented
vets from around the country. Hyman has his own weekly
cable TV show on Channel Albany
-Channel 18 “Albany Tempo Spectrum”. His guests have included
musicians, actors, writers, and
other creative and innovative
people in the Capital Region. Two
people in Altamont made a guest
appearance on the show, including
Judith Wines from the Altamont
Free Library. He sent a special
thank you out to Mayor Gaughan
and all the wonderful seniors of
Altamont. Each year the day after his performance for the Altamont Seniors
Hyman says he begins finding a
new way to share the wealth of
his songs. His house, he says,
could double as a record, CD, rock
and roll museum and has music
from classic to pop. If it sings its
probably somewhere in his collection. This is where he found the
inspiration for this year’s annual
performance of “Goodies Plus” for
the Altamont Seniors. This is an assortment of Goodies by Bobby Darin, The Four
Seasons, Cab Calloway, Tony
Orlando and Dawn. In addition,
he includes a song from Johnny
Rivers to round it out.
Donald “The Soul Man” Hyman
will be performing for the Altamont Seniors at their Tuesday
luncheon at St. Lucy/St. Bernadette Parish Center on Tuesday,
Aug. 20.
Guilderland
The Guilderland Senior Services
is offering the following activities
the week of Aug. 12. Call the senior
office at 356-1980, ext. 1048 for
any questions or information.
Monday: Exercise class registration, scheduled shopping,
aerobics at 9 a.m., senior fitness
at 10:30 a.m., Strong Bones Plus
at 10:30 a.m., and Strong Bones
Plus at 1:30 p.m.;
Tuesday: Exercise class registration, Strong Bones Plus at
9 a.m., luncheon of a meatball
sandwich or cold plate at 11:30
a.m., food pantry drawing at noon,
and bingo, games, and billiards at
12:30 p.m.;
Wednesday: Exercise class
registration, scheduled shopping, 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: Exercise class registration, scheduled shopping,
Strong Bones Plus at 9 a.m.,
scheduled legal, Food Stamp and
Medicaid appointments from 9:30
to 11 a.m., trip to Mac-Hayden
Theater at 11 a.m., Mahjongg
at 12:30 p.m., and Pinochle at 1
p.m.; and
Friday: Exercise class registration, scheduled shopping, painting
at 10 a.m., Bridge at 10 a.m., and
quilting at 1 p.m.
Transportation service
The town of Guilderland provides transportation service to
medical appointments, grocery
stores, pharmacies, and area shopping centers such as Wal-Mart.
Bus service is also given to those
who attend the Tuesday Luncheon
Program, special events, and
selected trips. To register, please
make an appointment with the
Senior Office.
Out & About
Luncheon program
Every Tuesday at 11:30 a.m.,
over 50 seniors gather to have
lunch together in our town hall
boardroom. Participants may order the featured hot meal, listed
on the calendar, or opt for a cold
tuna salad plate or cold fruit plate.
Orders must be placed with our
office by 10:30 a.m., the day before
the luncheon and the suggested
donation is only $3. Some decide
to bring their own lunch, which
is also fine. Following the lunch,
many seniors play bingo, other
board games, shoot a game of pool,
or simply converse with friends
Movie of the month
On Thursday, Aug. 29, at 10:30
a.m., in the town hall courtroom
there will be a showing of Billy
Elliot.”
This movie is rated PG13.
Please sign up by Aug. 22.
Helderberg
The menu being served by the
Helderberg Senior Services at
the Hiawatha Grange at 94 Silver Creek Road in Westerlo next
week is:
Monday: Eggplant Parmesan
with penne pasta, apple juice, zucchini with tomatoes and onions,
bread, and fruit crisp;
Tuesday: Barbecue spareribs,
baked sweet potato, peas, bread,
and peaches;
Wednesday: Meatballs and
spaghetti, romaine salad with
carrots and dressing, grape juice,
bread, and applesauce;
Thursday: Chicken and biscuit,
pineapple juice, mixed vegetables,
and Mandarin oranges; and
Friday: Baked fish with tartar sauce, vegetable soup, oven
roasted potatoes, broccoli, bread,
and brownie.
Call ahead at 797-3652 for
reservations.
Altamont Reformed celebrates
125 years with music, ice cream
ALTAMONT — Musicians
will perform during Altamont
Reformed Church’s neighborhood
ice-cream social celebrating 125
years on Lincoln Avenue.
Free ice cream sundaes will be
served from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10.
Guests will be invited to take
a self-guided tour of the historical church building and to listen
to musicians performing in the
sanctuary:
— At 6:30 p.m.: Diane Kingsland, ARC’s Minister of Church
Music, will play the sanctuary
pipe organ installed circa 1900
and rebuilt in 1952. She is an accomplished organist and popular
music teacher in the village;
— At 7 p.m.: Betty Ketcham and
Susan St. Amour will play pianoviolin duets. Ketcham is ARC’s
regular pianist and St. Amour has
performed in many venues across
the Capital District as a member
of the Albany Symphony; and
— At 7:30 p.m.: David Luidens
will play four movements of a marimba piece entitled “Reflections
on the Nature of Water” by Jacob
Druckman.
He is the son of Rev. Bob and
Dr. Mary Luidens and graduated
from Guilderland High School in
2009. He completed his bachelor’s
degree in May at the Boston Conservatory, where he majored in
percussion performance. This fall,
he will begin a master’s degree
program in orchestral percussion
at the New England Conservatory
as a student of Will Hudgins, assistant principal percussionist for the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
DEC seeks turkey watchers
The state’s Department of
Environmental Conservation is
seeking local citizen scientists
to participate in surveys of wild
turkey.
Since 1996, the DEC has conducted the Summer Wild Turkey
Sighting Survey to estimate the
number of wild turkey poults
(young of the year) per hen statewide. Weather, predation, and
habitat conditions during the
breeding and brood-rearing seasons can all significantly impact
nest success, hen survival, and
poult survival. This index allows
the DEC to gauge reproductive
success and predict fall hunting
potential.
During the month of August,
survey participants will record
the sex and age composition of
all flocks of wild turkeys observed
during normal travel. Individuals
interested in participating may
download a Summer Wild Turkey
Sighting Survey form from the
DEC website at http://www.dec.
ny.gov/animals/48732.html. Detailed instructions can be found
with the data sheet. Survey cards
may also be obtained by contacting the regional DEC office, by
calling 402-8886, or by e-mailing
[email protected] (type
“Turkey Survey” in the subject
line).
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Engagement
Lindsey M. Swint and Justin L. Zimmer
Swint, Zimmer to marry
BERNE — Giles and Karen Swint of Berne are pleased to announce
the engagement of their daughter Lindsey M. Swint to Justin L. Zimmer, the son of Howard and Kristine Zimmer of Knox.
The couple currently lives in Albany and has planned a November
2013 wedding at the New York State Museum.
Engagement
James Hallenbeck Jr. and Rupsa Dey
Dey, Hallenbeck marry
Rupsa (Rimi) Dey, daughter of Amitav and Banani Dey of Ranchi,
India married James Hallenbeck Jr., son of James Sr. and Ann Hallenbeck of Voorheesville on June 21, 2013 in Albany.
The bride is a graduate of the University at Albany and is employed
by General Electric Global Research. The groom is also a graduate of
the University of Albany and is employed by Albany Medical Center.
The couple lives in Albany.
Grand OpeninG
New elementary principal
Roettgers, ‘wildly excited,’ comes to BKW
By Marcello Iaia
BERNE — “Roettgers” is pronounced like the university.
Audrey Roettgers, nearly two
weeks into her post as BerneKnox-Westerlo’s elementary school
principal, said she has spent her
life in schools and loves them.
“I could probably name every
teacher I had that was a possible
influence, and I would probably be
omitting only two or three names,”
Roettgers said Wednesday of her
time in public schools growing up
in Rockland County, near New
York City.
She didn’t attend Rutgers, a
New Jersey state university, but
Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, where she studied English.
She has a master’s degree from the
Teachers College at Columbia University and a sixth-year diploma in
Educational Administration from
the University of Connecticut.
Some of the first students
Roettgers taught in Chinatown,
in New York City, she said are
still in contact with her. She’s
known since the age of 4 that she
wanted to work with children,
but, she said, she didn’t know in
what way until she was accepted
to medical school, on her way to
becoming a pediatrician. Roettgers
decided that she wanted to be a
figure with whom kids would feel
comfortable.
As a student, Roettgers spent all
day in school. She was in numerous clubs, musicals, and student
senate. She played tennis in the
fall and spring seasons.
“I was the person that wrote
any teacher-related article for the
school paper because I had the
relationships built,” said Roettgers, who described such bonds as
nurturing her forward from when
she was in kindergarten.
Roettgers said she has been
meeting with BKW administrators and staff individually to talk
about the district, and their needs
and visions. They have a collective
enthusiasm, she says, but understand the difficulty of taking on
a large amount of changes, with
the state’s Common Core learning
standards, and a new method of
moderating behavior in school.
Roettgers told of when she
asked one BKW teacher about the
math and English curricula.
“As she goes through and lists
all the things that are going on
within the school and the district
— she has been involved with everything, and that is a theme I‘ve
heard echoed with every teacher,”
said Roettgers.
BKW last hired a new elementary school principal at the end of
2012, when Regina Yeo was lauded
for her previous experience on a
steering committee for Annual
Professional Performance Review,
and for her work with Common
Core math and English.
The state’s new APPR requires
teachers be evaluated in part on
their students’ performance, measured by tests.
Yeo resigned in June around the
same time as Paul Dorward, then
the superintendent. Each went
on to superintendent positions in
separate districts. Roettgers said
High School Principal Brian Corey
spoke to her about how the staff
is going to appreciate consistency
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stay the course to lead teachers,”
said Roettgers, who is currently
living outside of the district, in
Delmar. The school board unanimously appointed her to follow
Yeo in the permanent, three-year
position, earning $76,000 a year.
She will oversee roughly 450
students in kindergarten through
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“The issue of security is one
we’ve been talking about recently,”
said Roettgers of administrators,
adding that they are going to
create an “inventory of needs” in
the school.
After an elementary-school
shooting in Connecticut shook the
nation this past December, parents
and community members filled the
gallery during BKW School Board
meetings, many calling for more
safety measures in the schools.
Door-buzzer systems, with cameras, have been installed at the
two main school buildings, and
more than $70,000 — with around
$40,000 eligible for BOCES aid
— was marked for unspecified
security measures in the 2013-14
budget.
Before the fall, Roettgers said,
she plans to assemble groups of
teachers by grade level to identify
trends in the numbers taken from
regular testing in the school, not
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of the year.
She stressed that attention
needs to be given to struggling
learners in a “seamless” way.
“If somebody’s working with a
child on extra skills…I don’t want
to see that pulled out of the curriculum, I want that to be part of
what they’re learning otherwise,”
said Roettgers.
The new principal most recently
“I was the person that wrote
any teacher-related article for the school paper
because I had the relationships built.”
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English. Roettgers has also held
positions as interim assistant
principal at Vail Farm Elementary
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Arlington Central School District
in Dutchess County.
On top of BKW’s adoption of
Positive Behavioral Interventions
and Supports, which aims to affect
the entire school environment this
fall, Roettgers said she wants to
support the teachers in BKW with
professional development.
Yeo and Susan Casper, BKW’s
special education director, were
to lead PBIS in kindergarten
through eighth grades. Roettgers
said she has had PBIS training,
but doesn’t have certification.
“We’re going to make BKW a
wildly exciting and successful
place for all of us,” said Roettgers.
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...Invasive species at Thompson’s Lake and Thacher Park part of a bigger problem
(Continued from Page 1)
buckthorn by the roots from trails weed, become less prevalent.
“The really bad thing invasive
“New Research indicates they and cliffs but the park, like much
have more of an ecological impact,” of the eastern United States, re- species do is destroy biological
diversity,” said Tormey Cole.
said backyard habitat specialist mains largely overrun by it.
Since animals, insects, and
Both buckthorn and honeyLaurel Tormey Cole comparing
invasive plants to other inva- suckle were brought to North plants in one region have evolved
sive species, such as insects and America more than a hundred together for several thousands, if
wildlife. Tormey Cole works at years ago, when they were often not millions, of years, those life
Thompson’s Lake State Park were used as decorations and planted forms develop an intricate web of
she helps coordinate and control as shrubbery. They have since dependent relationships with each
spread to several states, includ- other, like the monarch butterfly
invasive species.
“Invasive plants have a pretty ing New York, and have become and milkweed, explained Tormey
Cole. The caterpillars’
big impact. It’s been
biology is unaccustomed
going on a long time,”
to the foreign black
added Nancy Engel,
swallow wort, meaning
the nature center’s dithey are unable to eat it
rector.
“The really bad thing invasive species
and survive.
“Buckthorn and hondo is destroy biological diversity.”
No checks
eysuckle are the bigInvasive species also
gest problems. They’ll
tend to have few natural
fill in any space and
predators or competitors
squeeze out other life
to keep them in check.
and they’re not edible,”
“Where this thing is from origipredominant in many locations. she said.
As with many invasive species, nally — there is an environment,
The two species of plants have
overwhelmed the Albany area neglectful or ignorant human ac- or animals, or insects that kept
and relentlessly intruded into tivity spreads them and the dam- it in check. Those aren’t here,”
Thacher and Thompson’s Lake age they cause is often associated explained Tormey Cole.
Citing recent work by entomoloparks. Buckthorn is a small tree with their replacement of native
bearing darkened berries while life, which other local species also gist Douglas W. Tallamy, Tormey
Cole said native plants could
Honeysuckle is a shrub bearing red depended on.
As an example, Tormey Cole support four times more insects
berries. Both plants cause similar
damage by quickly growing below pointed to another local invasive than invasive plants. To say it
the treetops of forests, blocking species, the black swallow wort. another way: A location overrun
out the light that ground-level, The stalk plant likes to grow in by invasive plants would see an
indigenous, woodland, plants need open areas. The plant’s ideal en- average 75-percent drop in the
to survive. The invasive plants are vironment directly competes with area’s insect biomass.
Insects are a staple of most
much less edible to local insects the native milkweed, which is the
and wildlife, and they take over main source of food for monarch ecosystems and larger creatures,
an ecological niche once filled by caterpillars. As black swallow wort such as birds, depend on them as
local growths that provided better becomes more prevalent in an a nutritious and plentiful source
area, monarch butterflies, and any of food. Baby birds are especially
food and shelter.
The team at Thacher removed other animal’s relying on the milk- vulnerable to a loss of insects,
Zebra mussels are one of the most prevalent and well-known
invasive species in the Capitol Region. The striped mussels have
infiltrated most lakes by clinging to the bottom of boats that negligent owners transport from contaminated waters. They are in
Thompson’s Lake and officials have a limited number of options
to slow their growth once they’ve adapted to an area.
Buckthorn is a small invasive tree that grows so quickly it often blocks out the sunlight other native
plants need to survive. A campaign to remove the Buckthron brush from the John Boyd Thacher State
Park was recently completed. Teams removed the plant from the edge of the Helderberg escarpment,
where it was obstructing the park’s iconic cliff-top view of the valley below.
noted Tormey Cole.
Even the presence of invasive
species can cause damage, by
putting more pressure on native
plants and animals to sustain
their own ecosystems. Tormey
Cole said it was not uncommon to
find native plants being overrun
by native insects because they are
more fiercely competing for the
remaining indigenous growths.
Solutions
A success story at Thompson’s
Lake was the removal of the invasive Purple loosestrife, a flowering
wetland plant that grows in shallow water. The invasive plant competes with the native cattail plant.
Unlike the purple loosestrife the
cattail has a heavier stalk, which
supports more weight, such as a
red-winged blackbird’s nest.
Besides depriving native animals of shelter, the purple loosetrife also decomposes more slowly
in water, causing it to alter the
precious balance of chemicals in
lakes and ponds. If enough of the
invasive plants were to die and
decompose, it could change the
water quality and cause more
hardships for aquatic life.
With the help of volunteers and
the release of a non-native beetle
to help eat and destroy the purple
loosestrife, it was eradicated from
the shores of Thompson’s Lake.
Another species being removed
from the parks is garlic mustard.
The green plant is common and
out-competes several species of
native wildflowers.
“A few years ago, we started
clearing out the Indian Ladder
Trail and volunteers would come
back with like 10 bags full of the
stuff,” recalled Tormey Cole. “Not
anymore though. We still go out
every year but the bags are fewer,
Last time, someone came back
with just one bag full. And you can
see the wildflowers coming back in
along the trail now,” she said.
Though there are some success stories, as a whole, the fight
against most invasive species is
bleak, admits Tormey Cole.
While both Tormey Cole and
Engel said park staff, environmentalists, and eco-friendly community members could probably
keep certain types of species out
of focused areas, the notion of
eliminating them completely or
finding a permanent solution to
the problem, seemed optimistically daunting, if not impossible.
In some cases, removing the invasive species causes more harm
than good. Others are so common
their presence has practically been
accepted, like the honeysuckle and
buckthorn. Engel also noted Japanese
barberry as an example of a very
difficult invasive plant to remove,
because it often survives unless its
roots are completely dug out. She
said barberry, like other invasive
plants, often requires herbicide
to eliminate.
“Barberry is very difficult to
remove. First it’s covered with
thorns and it has a huge root
network,” said Engel. “Every piece
of it can break off and it’s a new
plant.”
One invasive pest at Thompson’s Lake, zebra mussels, are
likely to only get worse, since
there’s no practical way to remove them. The fast multiplying
mussels often cling to the bottom
of boats, or any other item submerged for a period of time, and
are transported to other bodies
of water.
“They’re in the lake and you
can’t get rid of them,” said Engel.
“Pretty much, there’s nothing to
do about it.”
Besides threatening water ecosystems the mussels’ shells are
also sharp enough to cut bathers’
and boaters’ skin.
“It breaks my heart to know
that there’s really nothing we can
do about it. It’ll only get worse in
the next few years,” said Tormey
Cole. “The best way — the only
way — to avoid the impact of
invasive species is to make sure
people never introduce them in
the first place.”
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10
...No longer a cliffhanger: Future of Helderberg parks takes shape
Lake issues
Michael Reilly, whose family
Hilltowns since crevices in the
limestone can carry materials, has had a camp on Thompson’s
like sewage or oil run-off from Lake for 80 years, said most of
cars, long distances, polluting the plan’s recommendations were
“great improvements,” but he
water.
According to the draft, the new was worried about the proposed
visitors’ center would be built at expansion of the beach. He also
the Indian Ladder Picnic Area; it said the limit on boats is never
would include space for exhibits followed, stating there were five
of park geology, for meetings, for motorboats at the state campground last week.
park offices, and for restrooms.
George Christian has had a
Alane Ball Chinian, the director of the Saratoga-Capital Dis- camp on the eastern shore of the
trict Region for the state’s Office lake for 24 years and is president
of Parks, Recreation and Historic of the Thompson’s Lake ImprovePreservation, responded this ment Association. He also chairs
week to Ver Straeten’s concerns. Berne’s zoning board. Christian
“If you look at the preliminary expressed concern about zebra
plan, the building is quite a ways mussels, an invasive species.
He also said the environmental
from the edge,” she said.
Of Ver Straeten’s concerns be- impact statement could be iming ignored, she said, “I’m sorry proved by stronger statements
on educating
he characterized
patrons, noting
it that way. He’s
that some bring
close to the park.
invasive species
He’s married to
“If you look at
from other bodthe woman who
the preliminary plan,
ies of water.
runs the nature
Christian
c e n t e r, ” B a l l
the building is quite a
recommended
Chinian said, reways from the edge.”
working with
ferring to Nancy
the state’s DeEngel. “We really
partment of
respect his opinEnvironmental
ion…He’ll help
Conservation to add signs about
developing geologic exhibits.”
She went on, “Chuck has been the need to clean boats so as not
opposed to rock-climbing…That’s to continue the spread of zebra
where he may be feeling ignored.” mussels.
He also said the campsite had
She added that the hearing was
the first she had heard concerns been on the lake since 1963 and
about geology making the build- sand was regularly added to
the beach. Christian expressed
ing unsafe.
About the deterioration of the concerns about the sand on an
Thacher pool, Ball Chinian said, expanded beach migrating to the
“That was a Moses-era pool”; she lake bottom and affecting water
was referring to Robert Moses quality.
He expressed concerns, too,
who shaped New York State
through public authorities. Ball about the visitors’ center affectChinian said many state parks ing the “dark sky” and recomhad 1960s-era pools that dete- mended lighting there as well
riorated. The “geological footing” as at the campsite be installed
may have been one of the reasons in such a way that it minimizes
for the demise of Thacher’s pool, the effect on the dark sky.
Finally, he said that Canada
she said.
Ball Chinian concluded, “The geese can leave a pound of feces
building has not been fully de- per goose per day and such resident species were not addressed
signed.”
The Enterprise — Melissa Hale-Spencer
Concerned about fracturing in the rock at Thacher Park, Charles Ver Straeten stands before
a map of the park at an Aug. 1 hearing as he expresses doubts about building a visitors’ center, as
planned, at the Indian Ladder Picnic Area. Alane Ball Chinian, the director of the Saratoga-Capital
District Region for the state’s Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, said this week that
was the first she heard about geology possibly making building unsafe.
Packed house: Over 50 people attended the hearing at New Scotland’s town hall last Thursday on the
first-ever master plan for Thacher Park. Seventeen people spoke, most of whom liked the plan although
several pointed out problems or concerns.
in the plan. He said, too, association members are ready to work
on milfoil control.
Eileen Newell-Criscione, whose
family has a camp on Thompson’s
Lake, said there was a scare a
couple of years ago about sewage
in the lake. She asked if land
for expansion would be taken
through eminent domain. She
also said the zebra mussels are
very bad, “cutting our feet” and
that the algae blooms create “big,
green globules.”
She concluded, “I’m all for milfoil control. We can barely swim
in the lake.”
Ball Chinian said this week
that the concerns raised about
the sand being brought to the
Thompson’s Lake beach and migrating into the lake was “a very
valid point.” She said she’d like
to “better understand” its effect
on the environment.
Trail use
Marilyn Miles, an equestrian,
said she enjoys hiking and snowshoeing in the park as well as
horseback riding in its northern
section. She said trails for horses
were “conspicuously absent”
from the draft and hoped it would
not be forbidden.
Marietta Velvis said she wants
to make sure the “multi-use
trails” include equestrians. She
noted there are many places in
New York State where those
who hike, bike, ride all-terrain
vehicles, or snowmobile share
the same trails.
A cross-country skier said the
difference between snowshoers
and cross-country skiers is like
that between sheep and cattle
ranchers. He hopes snowshoe
and cross-country trails will be
separated. He also opposed hir-
ing private contractors to teach
rope courses. “It should be a state
institution,” he said.
Christopher Morris, the southern vice president of the Saratoga Mountain Bike Association,
called the draft “a great plan,”
stating there is “potential for cycling in the area that is definitely
needed.” He also said his group
would organize local volunteers
to help Thacher Park make
mountain bike trails a reality.
Woodruff Carroll with the
Thacher Climbing Coalition
supported the “radical step” of
including rock climbers. Another
member of the coalition, Justin
Minder, of Albany, said he was
excited about the plan and that
with climbers would work “harmoniously” with the many other
users that enjoy the park.
Ball Chinian said that the staff
of the Minnewaska State Park on
a Shawangunk Mountain ridge,
which allows rock-climbing, was
“helping us think through the
issue” for Thacher. It is important to develop stable routes, to
keep rock from breaking off, she
said, both for the safety of the
climbers and the preservation
of the cliff.
“We want to open the cliff to
safe climbing,” she said, “and
are working with the climbing
community.”
Asked if horses would be
forbidden on the park trails,
Ball Chinian said, “We want
to make sure we designate for
the most common uses.” She
said she’d have to “regroup”
and work with the team to address that issue. She concluded,
“Parks are open and accessible
to everybody. We’re not going to
discriminate.”
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Environmental impact is minimized because most changes proposed for Thacher and Thompson’s
Lake state parks are in areas that are already developed, says Senior Planner Salim Chishti in giving
an overview of the plan at an Aug. 1 public hearing.
...Concerns about caves, lake, and trails
Cave concerns
Thom Engel said there should
be more about access to caves
in the plan and stated all but
two in the park are beginners’
caves, and elsewhere they would
be used.
He also noted there are a
number of historic roads in the
park and said they “should be
maintained as roads” rather than
made into narrower trails.
Bob Addis, the president of
the Northeastern Cave Conservancy, said he was concerned
about “sanctioned and permitted
guided tours” mentioned in the
plan. “We don’t know what that
means,” he said, adding, for example, that Hailes Cave, one of
several dozen caves in the park,
would not require visitors to have
a guided tour. Addis also said
that a cave management plan
should be written. His organization would volunteer its skills
and experience, he said, noting
members agree with the closure
of caves from October through
May to protect bats.
Pool boosters
Another speaker said the
Thompson’s Lake beach holds
only 117 people, and hundreds
more are looking to use a beach
on a 95-degree day. “I would like
to see you bring back the pool,”
he said. He said, if the ground
is stable enough for rock climbing, it should be stable enough
for a pool.
A woman identifying herself
as a New Scotland resident and
a teacher by profession said she
would “implore” the planners to
include a swimming pool, which
gives kids the “lifelong gift of
learning to swim.” She also noted
that the pool provided a “diverse
environment.”
“We did a thorough analysis of
the pool,” Ball Chinian responded
through The Enterprise. “First of
all, you need to look at demand.”
She spoke of the “proliferation of
community pools in the vicinity
of Thacher” and also said many
backyard pools had been built in
recent decades. “Since the sixties, more municipalities have
developed pools,” she said.
None of the Helderberg Hilltowns have municipal pools
although the suburban areas
nearby — the towns of Guilderland and Bethlehem, and the
school in Voorheesville — do
have pools.
Ball Chinian said that building
“Since the sixties,
more municipalities
have developed pools.”
a pool at Thacher could cost $4
million to $8 million or more.
“We want to develop more
sustainable infrastructure in
our parks,” she concluded. In
New York City, she said, large
numbers of children can be bused
from schools and other programs
for learn-to-swim programs at
state parks. “We didn’t feel the
demand was there,” she said of
Thacher.
“Comforting
and wonderful”
Several spoke enthusiastically
about the plan. Jim McNaughton
said his 6-year-old son is in love
with the Nature Center and that
his family, which enjoys cycling,
likes the plans.
Another speaker asked for
more guidance on how trails
are to be used. She said it was
“comforting and wonderful” to
see all that went into the draft
environmental impact statement
to protect things going forward.
And, while she said she was
looking forward to welcoming
“the climbing community,” she
“would plead for caution.”
Edie Abrams, a New Scotland
resident, noted the local population is declining and getting
older and suggested trails for
handicapped and elderly.
Abrams also advocated making
the park an attraction for people
beyond the local area. “This could
be a moneymaker for the towns
around here,” she said, mentioning such business as restaurants
and bed-and-breakfast inns.
Overall, Ball Chinian said, she
was “delighted” with last week’s
public hearing and “thrilled” that
so many people came out.
She was especially pleased
to have representatives from
three organizations speak about
the plan — Saratoga Mountain
Bike Association, the Thompson’s
Lake Improvement Association,
and the Northeastern Cave Conservancy.
“I love those kinds of partnerships, where we can work with
groups that have expertise,”
she said.
The response at the hearing,
Ball Chinian said, made her feel
“confident we are headed in a
good direction.”
People may provide comments
on the plan through Aug. 23, by email to thacher-thompson.plan@
parksny.gov, or by postal mail to
either Alane Ball Chinian, regional director, Saratoga-Capital
District Region, NYS OPRHP, 19
Roosevelt Dr., Saratoga Springs,
NY 12866 or to M. Pamela Otis,
director, Environmental Management Bureau, NYS OPRHP,
Albany NY 12238.
The draft may be read online
at the State Office of Parks’
website and at the public libraries in Berne, Guilderland, and
Voorheesville.
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Rosenheck heads Hebrew Academy,
wants to radically transform education
Good food and fun around the corner: Last Thursday morning, workers used a cherry picker
to put up the sign for the new restaurant Dave and Buster’s at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland.
The 30,000-square-foot eatery, featuring high-definition televisions and games, is scheduled to
open on Aug. 24.
Rhonda Rosenheck, the new
Head of School for the Hebrew
Academy of the Capital District,
is planning big changes.
A native of Long Island, she
most recently served as principal of Paul Penna Downtown
Jewish Day School in Toronto,
Canada, where she developed
innovative curriculum, increased
student enrollment, and fostered
a cohesive faculty collaboration
program, according to a release
from the academy.
“Since accepting this position,
I’ve thought a lot about transformation. Simply put, the current
state of education in this country
needs to evolve more quickly and
more efficiently. To compete nationally and globally, we all have
to make changes now to meet the
educational needs of tomorrow.
I’ve been looking for a context of
people willing to engage in that
kind of change – and I have found
that at Hebrew Academy,” said
Rosenheck in the release. “The
teachers here already focus on allowing their students to become
collaborative, divergent thinkers.
We’re going to bring that to the
next level.”
Rosenheck plans to restructure
the traditional classroom into a
multi-age learning environment
where students will work within
group settings while adhering to
the state-required Common Core
Standards. The school’s Judaic
studies program will follow the
same approach. In conjunction,
the school will incorporate highly
differentiated learning that allows students to work together
while achieving their individual
goals.
“Too often, the kids at all points
on the educational spectrum
don’t get what they need: higher
Rhonda Rosenheck
achievers become bored, those
on the lower end struggle to
catch up, those in the middle get
ignored because they seemingly
don’t need the extra attention,”
said Rosenheck. “We won’t let
that happen here. Every student
will get exactly what he or she
needs, and our graduates will be
ready to take their education and
go full steam ahead into their
futures, with solid educational
and life skills.”
Rosenheck’s additional experience includes leadership educational positions at several schools
across the country, including
co-founding a student-centered
high school in Teaneck, N.J.,
which she considers among her
greatest achievements. The faculty remains in close contact with
graduates, all of who have gone
on to have successful careers in
various fields — ranging from
medicine to fashion. “It’s not
often that we get real evidence
that we taught kids how to be
leaders,” she said. “This is a
very profound sort of work to
do and I am privileged to be a
part of it.”
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at The Altamont Fair
August 13 to 18
Altamont Enterprise Special Section
— Photos by Tyler Murphy
2B Altamont Fair Special Section
Hobnobbing with Hollywood stars, Manager McMillen puts fair first
By Melissa Hale-Spencer
ALTAMONT — Marie McMillen got a different perspective
on the Altamont Fair — her life’s
work — when she saw it on the
big screen.
The fair’s manager, she went
this spring to see the premier of
The Place Beyond the Pines. The
critically acclaimed crime drama
takes its name from the Mohawk
for “Schenectady,” the city where
it was set.
“It was exciting,” said McMillen,
now in the midst of organizing the
2013 edition of the 120-year-old
fair. “It was strange to see the
entertainment playing back to
you when you’re always behind
this book.”
She hefted a loose-leaf binder,
one of a dozen she keeps, this
one with 120 contracts for musicians.
“I went to the after party and
got to meet Bradley Cooper,” she
said with a wide smile.
Hobnobbing with Hollywood
stars was a first for McMillen,
who has spent decades working at
the fair, beginning when she was
a girl in 4-H.
She loves to put on a show and
used to show off her sewing and
cooking skills as a youth at the
fair. In 1979, when her oldest
daughter was in the horse and
pony shows, McMillen became
even more involved.
“It doesn’t get old,” she has said.
“I love the fair.”
She is so devoted to the fair that
last year, despite the death of her
husband just before Fair Week, she
continued to manage the fair.
“It’s always been constant in
my life,” said McMillen. “The fair
is a very wholesome entertainment. It takes us back in time in
some ways, and is progressive in
others.”
McMillen said she’s long loved
planning parties. “I like creating
activity,” she said.
Still, the activity around the
filming of The Place Beyond the
Pines was of a different order.
And, through it, McMillen, forever
looking out for the fair, ended up
booking a new circus, the Coronas
of Hollywood Circus.
Few people knew that pivotal
scenes of The Place Beyond the
Pines were filmed during Fair
Week.
“They thought with Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper being
such Hollywood heartthrobs,
they would have been deluged,”
she said. “So we had to keep it
quiet.”
The Enterprise — Marcello Iaia
Marie McMillen, manager of the Altamont Fair, holds a notebook
filled with contracts for entertainers at this year’s fair, which runs
from Aug. 13 to 18, carrying on a tradition that is more than a
century old for residents of Albany, Schenectady, and Greene
counties.
Also, she said, “Eva Mendez
was concerned about stalkers and
wanted protection.”
Gosling’s character, a daredevil
motorcycle rider, had met the Mendez character while playing the
fair. He doesn’t find out that she
is pregnant with his child until he
returns to the fair the following
year. The multi-generational story
unfolds from there.
McMillen recalled of the filming of Gosling during Fair Week,
“They taped him coming through
the midway from the 1954 trailer
they brought on the grounds.
People stood there till three o’clock
in the morning, hoping to be in
the film.”
She said this week that the cast
“had a ball” at the fairgrounds.
McMillen was asked if she wanted to be a stand-in. Her response?
“Doing a movie is like watching
paint dry. I had work to do. I do
my work behind the scenes.”
Part of her behind-the-scenes
work came in answering a call
from Las Vegas. The moviemakers
had contacted the Hollywood Circus
to use its motorcycles-in-the-globe
act. When McMillen took the call,
she remembered, “I said, ‘If you’re
up this way, stop by my office.’”
Serge Coronas did just that.
“I told him, ‘I’m looking for a good
circus,’” McMillen recalled. “He said,
‘Let’s look around.’ We paced out the
space he needs — it takes a large
foot print.”
The space was adequate — the
Farmers and 4-H youth from
Hollywood Circus tent is 150 by Albany, Schenectady, and Greene
150 feet, holding 1,200 people — counties will be displaying their
and the venue turned out to be ponies, cattle, sheep, goats, poultry,
more than adequate. “The tent was rabbits, and horses throughout
packed at every show,” said McMil- Fair Week.
len of last August’s circus, the first
For the third year, Sanchia Calfor Coronas in Altamont.
lender and Julie Husek will be
“It’s a dying breed. There are hosting a Meet the Animals Tent
not many circuses out there any- so visitors can get an up-close look
more,” McMillen said. “Elephants at farm animals and learn about
and tigers are being phased out them. (See related story.)
For example, they’ll be able to
everywhere.” Society “frowns on”
feel the warmth of freshly laid eggs
displaying them, she said.
The Hollywood Circus has an or try to milk a goat.
“I’ve observed people sticking
80-foot square petting-zoo tent,
which includes zebras, wallabies, their heads in the cow barn and
they don’t know
sheep, zebu, and
whether they
kangaroos, and a
should come in,”
giraffe (pictured
said McMillen.
on our front cover).
“Or, in the ridThe circus also
“It was strange to
ing ring, unless
features clowning,
acrobatics, and see the entertainment you understand
playing back to you the judging, it just
motorcycle stunts,
as well as hosting
when you’re always looks like horses
going around.”
the ever-popular
behind this book.”
Featured in the
racing pigs.
tent, at various
“He’s bringing
times, will be bees
in seven semis,”
and honey, a draft
said McMillen of
horse, oxen, goats,
Coronas. “They’re
truly animal lovers. They treat chickens, and cows. Little prizes
will be given out for good answers
them like babies.”
“We work for the crowd,” Serge to questions about animals.
The Dis-Connected K9’s, dogs
Coronas told The Enterprise last
August. He is a fourth-generation trained in the acrobatics of catchentertainer of the Coronas family, ing Frisbees, will perform again at
which came from Czechoslovakia, this year’s fair. And the Two By
now the Czech Republic. “We have Two Zoo is also returning with
to make the crowd like the show…. its menagerie of unusual animals,
It’s the last entertainment left for including a hare that confounds
the entire family because we still the fable by hanging out with a
tortoise.
have the menagerie.”
Rural roots are literally evident
His son and namesake is carrying on the family tradition as in the fruits, vegetables, and
one of the Globe of Death riders. other farm produce that will be
Coronas Jr., who said falling in a on display.
There are also competitions for
steel cage is like falling on concrete, concluded, “Thrilling people flower arrangements and fine arts
is the best part. They’re holding on as well as creative arts and crafts
and cooking
to their seats.”
The Blue Ribbon Cooking CenMotorcycles will appear in other
forms at the fair, too. (See related ter will offer a new competition
story.) Satan Cycles of Ravena for all things chocolate as well
will build a tricked-out motorcycle as the old standbys like canning
on site during Fair Week. FMX and cooking competitions. (See
driver Tim Dyson will perform, related story.)
The Miss Altamont Fair pageant
and there will be a motorcycle
takes place on opening day and the
safety display.
winners will be on hand, wearing
Rural roots
Some of the thrills at the fair their tiaras and sashes throughout
are of a more traditional nature, Fair Week.
Variety worth noting
rooted in agriculture. For more
“We have a real mixture of music
than a century, crowds have come
to the fair to see farm animals this year,” said McMillen.
compete.
The line-up opening day in“We’re bringing back the oxen cludes Bobby Stillwell hosting kapull and the horse pulls this raoke in the beer hall, and Jonny
year,” McMillen said. “People love Hirsch from New York City.
them.”
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Hirsch told The Enterprise last
August. He describes the band’s
repertoire as new-age blues-rock.
Wednesday, Aug. 14, is Senior
Day, when people over 65 are
admitted for free until 4 p.m.,
and courtesy carts are provided
with drivers for those who want
a lift. It is also Grange Day and
Grange members are admitted
for free, too.
McMillen has chosen the music
accordingly with Squeeze Play,
featuring Peggy Hart on the accordion; Cryin’ Out Loud with
Gregg Simmons; and Nick Coluccio singing Frank Sinatra songs.
“You’d really think it was him,”
said McMillen.
Thursday is Armed Services
Day when military personnel are
admitted for free. The opening
ceremony at noon on the Grove
Stage will kick off with Patriot
Guard Riders, on motorcycles
bearing flags.
The keynote speaker is John J.
McKenna III, whose son, Captain
John J. McKenna IV, a Marine
Corps platoon commander from
Clifton Park, was killed in Iraq on
Aug. 16, 2006. He was 30.
Local armed-service organizations and government officials will
participate. And a re-creation of a
World War II era broadcast, “Until
It’s Over Over There: The Road to
Victory,” will be played, featuring
Glenn Miller music.
“Then we’ll liven it up in the afternoon,” said McMillen, with the
Fulton Chain Gang playing 1980s
music. In the evening, Grand Central Station will play rock-and-roll
and country music.
On Friday, Scott Apicelli will
play jazz, and Hair of the Dog,
a Celtic folk-rock band, will perform.
Joey Pucci, a Voorheesville resident, will play with The American
Longboards on Saturday. “He plays
all over the world and is a fantastic
drummer,” said McMillen.
The Jonathan Newell Band
from Hudson Falls will play 1980s
covers and the Nite Train Band,
with Ken Briggs, will sound “highvoltage horns,” said McMillen.
Sunday will bring the Pro Tones,
paying tribute to the Everly Brothers, to the fairgrounds, followed
by J Collins performing country
rock.
Finally, the popular local country band, Skeeter Creek, will
perform, followed by the grand
finale — fireworks.
Labors of love
Away from the stage, visitors
can enjoy rides and games on the
Reithoffer midway or learn from
the many free museums.
The Firemen’s Museum will
feature safety and police demonstrations. The Farmhouse Museum has displays from various
historical societies, and fair-goers
can go back in time by visiting
a chapel on site or a one-room
schoolhouse.
The Farm Machinery Building
this year will have a windmill,
once used for farm irrigation,
and a shingle-maker. (See related
story.) Fairgoers can watch the
process from log to roof-ready, and
take home a free shingle.
New this year, an Adirondack
museum will be housed in the
Dutch barn. “Stuffed wildlife will
be on display and there will be
DEC people, too,” said McMillan
of the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation.
The 1890s Carriage Museum
has a new roof and entrance,
inspired by a challenge from Donald Miller and his wife, Bette, in
honor of his father, Walt Miller, a
long-time treasurer for the fair.
“Don made the first donation and
challenged others to do the same.
A bunch of members followed suit,”
said McMillen, estimating the
total project cost $40,000.
The fair has 62 members who
have risen from the ranks of a few
hundred associates, who volunteer
in the various barns and buildings.
“Then you qualify to be a director,”
said McMillen; there are 14 such
officers.
Enterprise file photo — Tyler Murphy
“Eeek!” cries Marla Bishop of Latham as the baby alligator at
the Altamont Fair’s petting zoo last August shifts in her hands
while her grandson appears a good deal more stalwart. The Two
by Two Zoo will be back again this year.
“Thrilling people is the best part.
They’re holding on to their seats.”
Enterprise file photo — Jordan J. Michael
Still singing: This sewing machine was part of the gadgets display last August at the Altamont Fair’s
Grange Building. Mary Shaw, who owns the machine, which won a blue ribbon, said Singer made the
“best, easiest” machines to operate. The Grange Building will demonstrate old-time gadgets again this
year, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, from 1 to 5 p.m.
There are also junior associates, children volunteers who get
free passes in exchange for their
work.
Besides McMillen, there is only
one paid post, for a part-time
bookkeeper, which is new this
year. Martha Nock, a retired math
teacher, had volunteered as a
bookkeeper, serving for 20 years.
The fair staff is in new offices
on the grounds, and property on
Brandle Road has been purchased,
bordering the fair’s entrance, to
house a grounds superintendent.
“We’ll improve that land for additional parking,” said McMillen.
The superintendent oversees
130 acres year-round, said McMillen, with events going on from
April through October, including
some large events like the Old
Songs Festival and the upcoming Freedompalooza, as well as
smaller events like pony and goat
shows, the Color Me Rad 5K Run,
or weddings.
Last year, 85,000 people attended the fair over its six-day run.
While attendance is up at
the fair, some of the traditional
mainstays like the Grange and
4-H are waning in membership,
McMillen said.
“There’s less farming in our
communities, “ said McMillen.
“All of these groups are suffering.
It’s a shame; a lot of the programs
have lost attendance. It’s all video
games or sports now.”
Still, the Grange Building has
posted a full schedule of events for
Fair Week. Daily craft demonstrations feature such disappearing
arts as making soap or bee skeps,
quilting, and weaving.
And baking demonstrations, at
11 a.m. each day, will feature the
fine art of creating treats from
cinnamon buns to chocolate-chip
cookies. The culinary fare, along
with crafts, may be purchased at
the building.
“You can’t beat their strawberry
shortcake,” said McMillen of the
Grange bakers.
****
The Altamont Fair runs from
Aug. 13 to 18 at the fairgrounds off
of Route 146 in Guilderland.
Tickets for Tuesday through
Thursday will cost $15 and for
Friday through Sunday will cost
$17 at the gate. Tickets purchased
online at the fair’s website cost $15
for any day. The single admission
fee covers parking, midway rides,
the circus, and all the exhibits.
Children under 36 inches tall
are admitted to the fair for free but
are not permitted on the rides.
Gate 2 opens at 7 a.m. every day;
the other gates open at 10 a.m. Exhibits and vendors open at 11 a.m.,
and the midway opens at noon
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By Marcello Iaia
ALTAMONT— Slowly, intermittently, and a quart at a
time, the silver windmill in the
far corner of the Altamont fairgrounds now operates a pump
after decades of disrepair.
When the wind picks up, Andrew Tinning says, the windmill
can deliver two gallons of water
per minute, used on farms in decades past for animals to drink or
for people to wash and drink.
The firetruck-red Myers pump
now spits groundwater into what
Tinning, a retired mechanic and
provisional tour guide for the
Farm Machinery Museum, says
is the windmill’s original wooden
trough. He guesses it was built
between 1916 and 1933 — the
manufacturing dates of the rotor on top.
Tinning is one of a pack of men
that has worked regularly at
the museum for the last several
years to restore equipment of
the agricultural past displayed
during the Altamont Fair.
During that time, the Farm
Machinery Museum has won
grand prize three times.
The reconditioned rotor, Aermoter Model 602, replaces its
predecessor, which was inoperable for over 30 years. Its
insides were rusted and the oil
missing.
Alton Mattice, who helps with
museum restorations, pulls a
red metal shaft down from the
angle-iron side beam of the
windmill and points up to the
rotor where the tail has made a
90-degree angle.
“It locks a drum brake on the
rotor assembly to be able to stop
your windmill,” Mattice said, as
a dark-gray ring of sweat formed
Shingle shaver: The hand of Andrew Tinning rests on a Lane
shingle mill that volunteers, like Tinning, at the Farm Machinery
Museum are working to restore. They will demonstrate the machine
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on his Altamont Fair T-shirt.
Mattice rebuilt the pump with
a coupling made by Joseph Merli,
the superintendent of the Carraige Museum.
Rick Miller, Tinning, and Mattice decided, after the fair last
year, that the time had come to
fix the windmill, which sat inoperable in other years as they
attended to other machines.
When they discovered the worn
state of the old rotor, the men
presented their need for sponsorship at a November associates’
meeting, Tinning said. John Van
Wormer offered to sponsor their
project.
The Farm Machinery Museum
houses a collection of equipment
rarely found on modern farms.
A corn chopper, as Tinning calls
it, separates the kernels from
the cob.
Along the inside of the museum, Tinning pointed out each
piece of equipment, many of
them threshing machines that
would process the grain in to
its component parts. To power
these machines, the museum
has wooden treadmills connected
to pulleys once used to harness
dog- or horse-power.
Tinning stopped next to a
grinder and reached down to
grab a handful of cornmeal on
the dirt floor.
“The girls in the Farmhouse
museum come over and get this
and they make us corn bread,”
he said.
At one end of the museum, yetto-be-fixed plows used in the past
two centuries sit outside next to
a sign that reads, “Restoration
Lane.”
Next to them is a hay loader,
used to gather loose-cut hay in
the field, before the mechanized
baler Tinning mentions several
times altered or replaced the jobs
of many machines housed at the
museum.
When asked why he and the
other volunteers at the museum
toil on these outdated machines,
Tinning said, “Just reliving the
past.”
A picture hangs on the wall
of their farm garage, with a
dozen adults and kids. Tinning
points to his grandfather, Abram
Eaton, who is a smiling face in
the threshing crew whose members look sun-baked and lively
as they pose in front of a full
wagon of hay.
Rotor restored: From left, Alton Mattice, Rick Miller, and Andrew
Tinning, stand with a reconditioned rotor for the windmill they’ve
been working to restore for the past year. A donation from John Van
Wormer paid for the rotor. The windmill is now operating.
The linchpin: Alton Mattice operates the red brake installed on a windmill at the Altamont fairgrounds
this year along with a new rotor. The previous rotor, he said, was badly damaged because it had no functioning brake to keep the rotor from spinning when violent winds came. “It ran wild,” Mattice said.
Taut: A look from the inside of the windmill shows the tight cables
that had to be aligned and tightened to make the structure stand
straight in the wind, part of an effort by volunteers at the Farm
Machinery Museum to restore the old windmill this year.
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ALTAMONT — Food-loving fairgoers will discover new treats in
Altamont this year, from contests
featuring all things chocolate, to a
locally-famous food truck serving
nothing but breakfast.
The Altamont Fair will welcome
Gwenie’s Breakfast Wagon, a
relatively new Schenectady-based
food truck, as one of its vendors
this year. The truck will serve
breakfast all day, every day at the
fair; the menu covers the basics,
like pancakes, French toast, and
egg sandwiches, but also includes
specialty items, like eggs, ham,
and cheese served as a sandwich
on French toast.
Gwenie’s gained some recognition this summer after being
chosen to compete in a food-truck
cook-off on the daytime talk show
Kelly & Michael on WRGB. The
breakfast truck made it into the
top 10 as a semi-finalist in the
competition. A winner has not yet
been chosen.
A new candy vendor, Kelly’s
Country Store, from Grand Island,
will bring old-fashioned candy
— licorice, root beer barrels, peach
stones, and snaps — and gourmet
milk and dark chocolates to the
fairgrounds.
Not new, but improved, said fair
manager Marie McMillen, is the
fair’s giant ice cream sundae. On
Wednesday, at 2 p.m. in front of the
Farmhouse Museum, volunteers
will create an ice cream sundae,
in a children’s plastic swimming
pool, large enough to feed more
than 600 people. Last year, said
McMillen, the sundae served
about 400 people, and she wanted
to go bigger this year.
Stewart’s Shops is sponsoring
the sundae-building, and McMillen said it would probably use
more than 10 cases of ice cream.
The fair also received donations
of different kinds of Hershey’s
toppings.
After the sundae is finished, the
volunteers will dish it up, free of
charge, to serve to visitors.
The Blue Ribbon Cooking Center, under the direction of Monica
Bush, will hold the usual contests,
particularly the canned-goods
competition, titled “Bring Out
Your Best,” with awards from Ball
and Kerr Home Canning. There
are both adult and youth levels,
for canned foods in categories such
as vegetables, fruits, condiments,
jams, and jellies. Canned foods are
judged on characteristics like color,
clarity of liquid, size and shape of
Enterprise file photo — Mike Seinberg
A beacon in the night, drawing a look from a passing band of
boys, this is one of the many food vendors along the midway offering a variety of fair fare; a booth next door sells the quintessential
fair cuisine, cotton candy.
fruit can be canned, dried, or
the food, and use of space.
The baked-goods competition, fresh, and multiple fruits may be
with entries ranging from pas- used. The cakes will be judged on
tries to bread, will be another old flavor, texture, appearance, and
creativity, and awards will be gift
stand-by.
Special competitions this year certificates from the sponsors.
Another new competition is
include a cupcake challenge, in
which participants bring three called “Anything Chocolate” and
cupcakes decorated with their pretty much “anything goes,” said
interpretation of an “All-Amer- Bush, as long as it is homemade
ican” theme. The cupcake com- and contains chocolate. It could be
cookies, cake,
petition will
pie, candy, or
be a “people’s
even somechoice” contest,
thing savory,
said Bush; fair
like chili with
attendees passAltamont Orchards and
cocoa powder,
ing through the
said Bush. The
Blue Ribbon
Indian Ladder Farms
chocolate foods
Cooking Center
are co-sponsoring a cake
will be judged
can cast votes
for their favor- contest, asking participants on taste and
i t e c u p c a k e,
to bake a cake with a fruit. presentation,
and the winand the votes
ners will be
will be tallied
awarded Herat the end of
shey products.
the day. ParParticipants
ticipants must
arrive at the fair gate, with the must arrive at the fair gate, with
cupcakes, by 6 p.m. on Thursday. the chocolate treats, by 6 p.m. on
Altamont Orchards and Indian Friday.
Not new, but always popular,
Ladder Farms are co-sponsoring a
cake contest, asking participants is the King Arthur Flour Baking
to bake a cake with a fruit. The Contest, featuring chocolate-chip
cookies. The cookies —each contestant must provide at least six
— are to be baked from scratch,
and participants have to bring
either the open bag of King Arthur
brand flour, or the UPC label from
the bag. Cookies will be judged on
taste, creativity, and texture. Winners will be awarded with either
a gift certificate, or a cookbook.
The entry deadline for cookies is
Saturday, at 6:45 p.m.
A food challenge that doesn’t
involve cooking is the egg-flipping
competition. Any fair attendee
can enter, free of charge, to flip
as many eggs as possible, using
only a frying pan, without breaking the yolk. Serious flippers can
bring their own frying pans. Winners will be awarded with a gift
certificate to the Home Front Café
or the Chuck Wagon Diner.
Other activities taking place
in the Blue Ribbon Cooking
Center are a “Juicing for Health
Demonstration,” by Jim Haas, on
Tuesday evening; a wine tasting
on Wednesday night; cookiedecorating on Friday afternoon;
cupcake decorating on Saturday
afternoon, with the Altamont
Fair princesses; and a canning
demonstration, by Sandra Varno,
from the Cornell Cooperative Extension, on Sunday.
Motorcycles: Fly with them, build them, and be safe on them at the fair
riding, and then everyone started
son who needs a fix,” said Bagley.
By Jordan J. Michael
“Every bike has a story and every
ALTAMONT –– There may be pushing each other,” said Dyson,
story has a tale.”
more black, tattoos, and beards who got his first gig 15 years ago
at the Altamont Fair this year. after a promoter saw him land a
Bagley started building bikes
This is just an assumption, but trick. “We found a way to make a
with his uncles, and now runs a
motorcycle art and culture does living, and it can be stressful like
shop with his wife, daughter, and
any other job.”
have its style.
two sons.
Despite a fractured vertebra in
Next week, the fair will have
Nothing satanic about that.
at least three motorcycle themed his neck, Dyson continued with his
“It’s just a name,” Bagley said.
FMX career,
events – – a
“If we win bike shows, the money
and now owns
freestyle mogoes back to the shop. It’s about
his own tourtocross (FMX)
family, biker art, and the culture.
ing stunt show.
stunt show, a
That’s how it should be.”
He also owns a
custom bikeMotorcycle safety
clothing line,
building showWith all the dangerous mid-air
Braaap Clothcase, and a mostunts and classy custom-built
torcycle safety
ing, which he
bikes at the fair this year, motor“After that horrible
simulator.
says has “takcyclists shouldn’t lose grasp on the
year of treatment,
The fair has
en off” in the
proper way to ride in traffic.
never had an
last
two
years.
Stereotypically, motorbike ridI wanted to buckle
FMX show
He has no wife
ers aren’t thought of as the most
down and ride.
before. Tim
or kids because
law-abiding motorists on the road.
Dyson, one of
he’s so investMotorcycles are fast, and small
I’m thankful for every
the best FMX
ed in FMX and
enough to maneuver out of tight
day that I get to ride.”
riders in the
being on the
situations. Jim Halvorsen, of the
country, will
road.
Motorcycle Safety Foundation,
be displaying
Some may
says that these stereotypes are
his high-flying
say that Dyson
everywhere across the board.
tricks alongside
is married to
“It depends on who you ask,”
two other ridhis motorbike.
Halvorsen said this week. “Most
ers.
“I always
motorcyclists drive a car, too, so,
Dyson, 38,
loved riding
if they’re reckless on a bike, then
battled cancer when he was a and doing tricks, and it was
they’re reckless in a car, too.”
young man –– nothing much my goal to make some money,”
Under a grant from the New
scared him after that. He was said Dyson, who fixes and sets
York State Governor’s Traffic
No fear: With 13 years of professional freestyle motocross (FMX)
diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. up everything in his show with
Safety Committee, the Motorcycle
riding, performing dangerous tricks is second nature for Tim
Dyson did a year of chemotherapy whatever crew is in tow. “I’m too
Safety Foundation will educate
Dyson, who will be displaying his stunts at the fair next week.
in Boston.
far into this to quit.”
motorists at the fair on how to be
Dyson has had his own show for five years, and is on the road for
“After that horrible year of
more cognizant of traffic safety.
nine months out of the year.
treatment, I wanted to buckle
There will be a traffic simulator
a roof, breaking his pelvis. Upon that takes the appearance of
down and ride,” he said. “I’m
recovering from his injury, Bagley a motorcycle, and participants
thankful for every day that I get
decided to turn custom motor- will negotiate traffic situations
to ride.”
cycles and parts into a business.
“It’s going to be a good time,”
while getting feedback from an
“Years ago, everyone would hang instructor as well as the computer
Dyson said of his Altamont show,
around the garage on a Sunday itself.
speaking from a kids’ camp in
and build stuff,” said Bagley. “We
Monticello this week. His show
The simulation has no cost, and
build with our friends, so every- the MSF will be handing out free
is on the road for nine months
body is involved.”
every year. “It’s all the tricks you
lawn signs and bumper stickers.
These days, Bagley says that
see on TV, but it’s way different in
“It’s really eye-opening, like,
the “chopper craze” is over. Real- ‘Wow, I didn’t realize this sort of
person,” he said. “Things can get
ity television shows like American situation,’” said Halvorsen, who
pretty difficult.”
Chopper and shops like West Coast rides a motorcycle. “For example,
Dyson and his fellow riding
Choppers, which is now closed, if you follow too close, then you
mates will be launching their dirt
fueled the “chopper craze.”
bikes off of 70-foot gaps, getting as
can’t be seen sometimes.”
“Nobody is interested in that
high as four stories in the air.
The goal of the traffic simulator
stuff anymore,” Bagley said. “No is to raise awareness. Safe driving
“Everyone should come see this
one has ever seen our bikes be- is a responsibility for everyone,
because we’ve never disappointed
cause we build our own parts. We whether on a motorcycle or in
a crowd,” said Dyson, who has been
don’t have millions of dollars; we a car.
a professional for 13 years. “We’ve
do it old school, like headlights
never heard anyone say, ‘You suck,’
“I think drivers need to pay
made out of blowtorches. It’s all more attention,” Halvorsen said.
and we’ll hang out after the show
original.”
until everyone’s gone. We’re here
“Motorcyclists can get a bad rap,
Satan Cycles will take some- but car drivers need to do what
for the fans.”
thing that’s bad, and make it they can to see bikers. It’s a twoFreestyle motocross is an altergood.
native to the sport motocross in
way street, so let’s do our best to
“It’s about helping that next per- look out for each other.”
which riders attempt tricks and
Custom hog: Brian Bagley sits on a bike he calls Phoenix, which
stunts to amaze judges. Many of
Satan Cycles constructed in 2010 at a build-off in the Catskills.
the tricks pulled in FMX today
It’s a 1979 Sportster made from old raw materials, including the
were first performed on BMX
headlight, which is made from an old blowtorch.
bikes. For instance, the back flip,
which was first executed on a mothe Satan Cycles team builds the
tocross bike by Bob Kohl in 1993.
Building bikes
Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
Kohl had previously landed back
The name is Satan Cycles, but bike, and also gaze at a half dozen
flips on a BMX bike.
Brian Bagley claims that his custom motorcycles that have
Dyson told The Enterprise that custom motorcycle shop is not already been constructed.
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“You have to have your head in the community,” said Bagley this
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Dyson of pulling a back flip. “You
Based out of Ravena, Satan of original motorcycle artists,” he
lean back on the seat, give the bike Cycles will be stationed at the said. “We strive for originality, and
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By Marcello Iaia
ALTAMONT — With the wave
of a flag, slender racecars roared.
On narrow wheels, their lightweight, castor-oil engines blasted
down a half-mile clay track at
the Altamont fairgrounds, spewing dust clouds and mud behind
them around the bend.
“They couldn’t accelerate on
the curves, but, when they got
just so far on the curves, you
would hear the exhaust blast
again,” Everett Rau, 94, said,
recalling his view from the
grandstand as a teenager in the
1930s. “And, when they got past
the grandstand again, they were
pumping like crazy on this little
reciprocating pump, which built
up the fuel pressure for them.”
Dirt racing was a main draw at
the village fairgrounds throughout the summer months in the
first half of the 20th Century.
The cars with no mufflers could
be heard for miles.
Marijo Dougherty, curator of
the village archives and museum,
has displayed an auto-racing
poster for the upcoming Fair
Week, as well as reproduced
pictures of Lee Wallard, a famed
dirt track racer who won the
1951 Indianapolis 500, setting
a new speed record and breaking four hours on the 500-mile
course for the first time. Wallard, who honed his racing skills
at the fairgrounds, grew up in
Schenectady and eventually
settled in Altamont.
Just a few days after he won
first place in Indianapolis, Wallard was racing a borrowed car
in Reading, Penn.
“A defective carburetor sprayed
highly flammable alcohol over
the car interior, and over him,”
Dr. H.F. Benjamin, an Altamont
doctor from 1950 to 1980, wrote
in a memoir kept by the village
archives. “He drove until he
could come to a place where he
thought he would not endanger
spectators, at which time the car
burst into flames and his clothing
caught fire.”
Ads from the past: Cindy Pollard, left, and her husband, Jack Pollard, hold a poster made to promote car races at the Altamont fairgrounds. They have donated three posters with various early 20th
century dates to the Village of Altamont Archives and Museum, one of which will be on display at the
Farmhouse Museum during the Altamont Fair.
Wallard continued to drive, but
did not race competitively, badly
scarred by third-degree burns.
He retired to St. Petersburg, Fla.
and died in 1963, according to
his obituary.
Car racing is still the largest
spectator sport in the country,
Dougherty noted on Monday,
but fairgoers today won’t see its
presence as they once did.
The bright red- and bluelettered poster, displayed for fair
week, is considered ephemera,
material that presents some
of the greatest challenges for
preservation.
“These are made to be hung
out and thrown away,” said
Dougherty, looking into the glass
display in the Farmhouse Museum. She guessed the posters
were made from a type of strong
rag paper. She lined their folds
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FMX Bike Show (Grandstand)
Utopia Percherons
(Main Horse Ring)
Old Time Gadgets
(Grange Bldg)
Fleece Judging
(Sheep & Goat Ring)
Circus Hollywood (Infield)
Sherman’s Lumberjack Show (Village & Carriage Museum)
S.K.A.T.E (Northrup Stage)
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Hollywood Racing Pigs
(Gate 3)
4-H- Dog Show (TBA)
Jonny Hirsch Band
(Northrup Stage)
Utopia Percherons
(Main Horse Ring)
Rock Road Chapel (Chapel)
Danielle Parente (Grand Stand)
Science Fair Judging
(Ag & Science Bldg)
Native & Traditional Stories – Eric Marczak
(Gazebo near Gate 4)
Jim Haas – Juicing for Health (Blue Ribbon Cooking Ctr)
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“These are made to be hung
out and thrown away,”
With the large corner display
of the Farmhouse Museum,
Dougherty said she had the opportunity to show such a broad
poster, which she cannot do in the
village space. She hopes to draw
recognition for the importance of
the village archives. A group of
volunteers is using the archives
to research a book, Under the
Hellebergs, a history of the village, to be published by Arcadia
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Some posters were first uncovered as the linoleum flooring
was being removed from a house
on Main Street more than two
decades ago. “It’s ironic, because
that’s what preserved it,” Dougherty said.
The family was renovating
their home and called Cindy
Pollard, who had been the Farmhouse Museum superintendent
and used to gather locals’ stories.
Fair promoters exchanged passes
for the posters. Estel Van Auken,
the previous owner of the house,
gave posters to Pollard years
before that, three of which she
donated to the archives recently
as she was “weeding out” her collection of historic items from the
last century.
She and her husband, Jack, sat
in their Home Front Café, where
the walls and tables are covered
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9:00 am Pony Show (Main Horse Ring)
9:30 am 4-H Rabbit Show (Cattle Barn)
11:00 am Squeeze Play
(Northrup Stage)
11:00 am Free Make & Take Craft Projects (Arts & Crafts Bldg)
11:00 am Peach Shortcake
(Grange Bldg)
11:30 am Hollywood Racing Pigs
(Gate 3)
12:00 pm Reithoffer Midway open
12:00 pm Meet and Greet Dick Wood (Northrup Stage)
12:00 pm Needle Felting with Eileen Testo (Wool Nook-Sheep & Goat Barn)
12:00 pm Open Sheep Show – Meat & Wool (Sheep & Goat Barn)
12:30 pm Disc-Connected K9’s (Infield)
1:00 pm FMX Bike Show (Grandstand)
1:00 pm Bee Skeps (Grange Bldg)
1:00 pm Oxen Pulls (Pulling Ring)
1:00 pm Utopia Percherons
(Main Horse Ring)
1:30 pm Circus Hollywood (Infield)
1:30 pm Sherman’s Lumberjack Show (Village & Carriage Museum)
2:00 pm Ice Cream Sundae sponsored by Stewart’s Shops
(Farmhouse Museum)
2:00 pm Poet’s Corner
(Village & Carriage Museum)
3:00 pm Cryin’ Out Loud
(Northrup Stage)
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with binding tape, as she does
for newspapers kept in plastic
sleeves to trap the damaging
fumes of their acidic paper.
with World War II-era newspaper clippings, photographs, and
clothing. The Pollards assumed
the racing posters were under
the floor as insulation. Orrin
Packard, known as “Packy,” Mr.
Pollard said, lived at Van Auken’s
house. Packard sold refreshments on the fairgrounds and on
the corner of Thatcher Drive.
One of Wallard’s relatives,
Cindy Pollard said, gave her Wallard’s pea coat and cap from when
he was in the Navy, working at
an Alaskan shipyard. Pollard donated the items to the Saratoga
Military Museum.
Jack Pollard was a boy in the
1930s, he said, when he first
met Wallard, who worked with
his father driving snowplows
for the Rotterdam Highway Department.
“He never raced the high-class
cars,” Pollard said of Wallard.
“In fact, he won Indianapolis on
a dirt-track car, which wasn’t
supposed to be able to win the
race, but he outlasted all the
other cars.”
Benjamin wrote of the early
racing days, when the raceway
was like a bull-fighting arena
for the village, the drivers were
risk-taking celebrities, and speed
was the primary aim.
Cindy Pollard was among a
group of volunteers interviewing
local residents to preserve village
history when she met Benjamin.
His stories were so interesting,
she said, but he was uncomfortable being recorded. So Pollard
encouraged him to write his
stories down, which became the
memoirs now in the archives.
“What Wallard did was to alter
‘the groove’ or the line that cars
tend to adhere to, in making their
way around the surface,” Benjamin wrote. “He stayed close to the
outside wall on the straightaway
and drove farther into the turns
before actually turning down the
incline toward the center of the
raceway. Thus, he maintained
a greater overall rate of speed
throughout…”
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Poet’s Corner
(Village & Carriage Museum)
(Gate 3)
Goat Photo Contest –
Judging (Sheep & Goat Ring)
Free Make & Take Craft Projects (Arts & Crafts Bldg)
The Battle of the Teen Bands
(Grandstand)
Utopia Percherons
(Main Horse Ring)
Grace Baptist Church (Chapel)
Squeeze Play Accordion Band (Grange Bldg)
Nick Coluccio
(Northrup Stage)
Native & Traditional Stories – Eric Marczak
Wine Tasting – sponsored by Greg Giorgio
(Blue Ribbon Cooking Ctr)
(Gate 3)
Pony Show (Main Horse Ring)
Exhibits Close
9:00 am
4-H Dairy Goat Show
(Sheep & Goat Ring)
10:00 am Pony Show (Main Horse Ring)
11:00 am Free Make & Take Craft Projects (Arts & Crafts Bldg)
11:00 am Cinnamon Buns Baking
Demonstration (Grange Bldg)
11:30 am Hollywood Racing Pigs
(Gate 3)
12:00 pm Armed Services Special
Program — In the Grove
12:00 pm Reithoffer Midway open
12:00 pm Spinning Angora with Erika Adams (Wool Nook-Sheep & Goat Barn)
12:00 pm Spinning Wool into Yarn (Wool Nook-Sheep & Goat Barn)
1:00 pm 4-H Sheep Show
(Sheep & Goat Ring)
1:00 pm Weaving & Shirrett
(Grange Bldg)
1:00 pm Armed Forces Radio Show
– WWII Re-enactment (Northrup Stage)
(Main Horse Ring)
2:00 pm Horse Pulls (Pulling Ring)
2:30 pm Fulton Chain Gang
(Northrup Stage)
2:30 pm 4-H Dairy Cattle Show
(Cattle Show Ring)
sponsored by Quick Response
3:00 pm Free Make & Take Craft Projects (Arts & Crafts Bldg)
4:00 pm Hollywood Racing Pigs
(Gate 3)
5:00 pm 4-H Public Presentation
(4-H Bldg)
5:30 pm Horse Pulls (Pulling Ring)
6:00 pm Grand Central Station (Northrup Stage)
6:00 pm Gallupville Gospel Church (Chapel)
(Main Horse Ring)
6:00 pm Dairy Show (Cattle Barn)
6:30 pm Native & Traditional Stories – Eric Marczak
6:45pm Cupcake challenge sponsored by Patti Manuli
7:00 pm Hollywood Racing Pigs (Gate 3)
7:00 pm J Collins (Grandstand)
7:00 pm Over the Hill Fitting and Showmanship Contest
(Sheep & Goat Ring)
7:30 pm Squeaky Wheels Spinners (Wool Nook-Sheep & Goat Barn)
8:00 pm Grand Central Station (Northrup Stage)
10:00 pm Exhibits Close
The Enterprise
Made Fresh Weekly
Just For You!
City kids, and suburbanites come face to face with the source of their food
By Tyler Murphy
ALTAMONT —Though the
Altamont Fair has long been a
place to showcase agricultural
achievements, more and more
it’s also where people share their
intimate connections to the living
world with others.
The tri-county fair will be open
for its 120th year from Aug. 8 to
13 at its grounds in the village
of Altamont.
Coordinators have been making a concerted effort in recent
years to promote environmental
and agricultural education, in
tribute to the event’s core values
and historical roots.
Last year, planners designated
a “Green” theme and this year
they are hoping to encourage
more first-person interactions
among animals, farmers, and
visitors through such events as
“Meet the Animals,” which features demonstrations under the
Agricultural Tent.
Like nearly all other rural
fairs, the Altamont Fair was
founded on the idea of promoting
and encouraging better agriculture. Fairs offered local farmers
a prestigious community event to
show off their best crops, stock,
and equipment. The Capital
Region in 1893, when the first
Altamont Fair was held, was a
community familiar with, and
rooted in, agricultural. Nationwide at the time, far more people
lived in rural settings than in
cities.
“We can go out and hire more
entertainment but we don’t need
Enterprise file photo — Saranac Hale Spencer
Lean on me: A girl and her goat take comfort in each other’s
company during a 4-H competition at the Altamont Fair. Kids
can get a close look at farm animals, which may be unfamiliar to
them, in the Meet the Animals tent, where they’ll feel still-warm
freshly laid eggs and get a chance to milk goats.
Enterprise file photo — Saranac Hale Spencer
Who’s got your goat? Suburbanites and city dwellers flock to the
fair barns to see the animals that have become a rarity. All week
long, farmers and 4-H kids will be showcasing their best.
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Though these agricultural traditions have remained a steady
part of the fair over the decades,
a lot of other things have changed.
To newer generations, the fair
has different meaning. Most
Americans now live in cities or
suburbs, and many people have
limited access and knowledge
about daily farming practices
and animals, far less than their
historical predecessors.
Some rural growers worry this
lack of modern knowledge may lead
to a lack of appreciation or understanding of how farming works.
to be Great Escape; we can’t. We
need to keep in mind is we’re still
an agricultural fair,” said Marie
McMillen, the fair’s manager.
She explained that one of the
Altamont Fair’s first buildings,
constructed in 1893, was the
Fine Arts and Applied Science
Building.
At the time, farmers used the
building to showcase their best
producing cows and livestock,
their newest developed seed
varieties and the fruits of their
harvest. They compared wooden
tools and equipment to the newer,
more expensive, steel ones. The
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impressions of farming may be
skewed. Some might think the
animals are mistreated but it’s
anything but the truth. Farmers
are stewards of animals,” said
Altamont Fair board director,
Tom Della Rocco. “Farmers know
that happy stock— well cared for
stock, will be healthier, easier to
handle, and they produce more.”
“Only about two percent of
today’s population live on farms,”
said Della Rocco. “A lot of Americans that don’t have animals don’t
know how they’re maintained and
cared for, but everybody who eats
eggs or drinks milk is connected
to it.”
In modern context fairs have
become a place where many people are introduced to agriculture
and to animals and those who
care for them.
Some of the Meet the Animals
programming includes: poultry
housing, dog agility shows, Goat
Promotion, Guess the Animal
Weights, The Buzz About Bees,
Best Fleece on a Hoof, Learn to
Milk a Goat, Veggie Races, Crowing Contests, Meet the Oxen, and
Meet the Alpacas.
The Agricultural Tent will have
demonstrations from 12:30 to at
least 6 p.m., most days, with new
and different shows occurring
every half or full hour.
“When polled, I think the most
common reason families gave for
going to the fair was to “see the
animals,” said Della Rocco.
Many of the shows involve
demonstrations with interesting
facts and have animals present
for the visitors to meet.
“We started the event a few
years ago as an Ag awareness
tent. Now as Meet the Animals,
it has proved very popular,” said
Della Rocco.
One of the fair’s most popular
agricultural events, Guess the
Animal Weights will take place
beneath the tent, said McMillen.
“People and kids just love it; it’s
a lot of fun,” she said.
“There are all kinds of animals,
from pigs to horses; there’s a
bunch of different livestock variety. It’s hard for some to imagine.
We get people guessing the threepound rooster weighs 15 pounds,”
recalled Della Rocco.
Della Rocco has been coming
to the fair since he was a kid and
performs The Buzz About Bees
show. He’s kept bees since he was
a teenager, picking up the hobby
from his grandfather.
“As a bee keeper, basically, I
try to provide the visitors with a
little bit of information and how
important the honey bee is for
agriculture– they pollinate 25
percent of all plants we use for
agriculture. We also get honey
and beeswax from them,” said
Della Rocco. “You talk about how
many bees live in a hive and all
different aspects of honey bees,
how they are beneficial to agriculture, and everything like that.
It’s a fascinating thing.”
Though visitors can’t put
their hands on the bees, they
can examine their hives and
the equipment beekeepers use.
Della Rocco used to bring a glass
container of bees to the show, but
high temperatures in recent years
have made the display deadly to
the insects.
Though Della Rocco’s presentation may focus on bees, he
said other demonstration would
involve cows, horses, sheep, rabbits, chickens, hogs, and other
animals and would be presented
by people very enthusiastic about
their animals.
“A lot of these programs give a
visitor a first experience, a firsthand knowledge not only with the
animal but how they are cared
for,” said Della Rocco.
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Library Notes
Berne
By Judy Petrosillo
The first fair at the Altamont
Fairgrounds was 120 years ago
in 1893 according to the website
www.altamontfair.com. In 1945, it
became the only fair in New York
State to represent three counties:
Albany, Schenectady, and Greene
counties. Be sure to be part of this
long standing tradition by attending the Altamont Fair from Aug.
13 through 18.
The beginning of the fair also
represents the end of the summer
reading program at the Berne
Public Library. The SRP grand
finale for ages 1 through 18 is this
Saturday, Aug. 10 at the Hilltown
Senior Center, 1360 Helderberg
Trail. Meet Kathy at 3:30 p.m.
for to receive certificates and prize
bags, participate in activities, and
enjoying refreshments. Thanks to
all those youth who participated
in the program or helped by volunteering.
The adult SRP continues
through August and ends on Sept.
8. For the remainder of the summer, the book topic is gardening
or sustainable farming. Dig into a
wide range of titles set aside at the
library or pick a book on your own.
The adult finale will be on Sunday,
Sept. 8, at 6 p.m., and includes a
program on sustainable farming
presented by Sarah Gordon.
Story time
Regular story time for preschool
children and their caregivers resumes on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Learn
about all the things you can see at
the fair. Join Kathy at 11 a.m., for
stories, activities, and a craft.
Music in the Park
Wednesday, Aug. 14, is the final
Music in the Park concert for the
summer. Attend this event at the
Berne town park and be entertained by a double billing of Chuck
Wagon and Two’s Company. The
fun begins at 6:30 p.m. and the
admission is free. Refreshments
will be available for purchase from
the Friends of the Berne Library.
Bethlehem
By Louise Grieco
On Monday, Aug. 12, at 10 a.m.,
come to the Bethlehem Public
Library and play the traditional
game Rock Paper, Scissors and
some modern variations. Sign in
when you arrive for a place in the
competition. For kids in grades 1
through 7.
Board meets
On Monday, Aug. 12, at 6:30 p.m.
the board will meet. This meeting
is open to the public.
MU-V-Chat
On Monday, Aug. 12, at 6:30
p.m., come to the library and
choose a movie and text your
comments as you watch. The comments will appear on the screen.
Standard message rates apply. For
kids in grades 6 through 12.
Lego Club
On Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 2 p.m.,
the library will supply the Legos;
you supply the imagination. Try
Lego challenges and build friendships, too. For kids and their
families.
Bones
On Wednesday, Aug. 14, at
10:30 a.m., environmental educator George Steele will be at the
library to show how human bones
compare to some real-life animal
bones. Call 439-9314 to sign up.
For kids in grades 2 through 5.
Native plants
On Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 2
p.m., learn about plants and trees
of this region from a Thacher Nature Center educator. For kids in
grade 1 and up.
Knitting Circle
On Aug. 15, at 7 p.m. the ladies
(men are welcome, but we have not
seen any yet!) knit and crochet,
embroider and quilt, and more.
You can learn a new skill here,
share your own special talents
with others, or just craft in the
company of friends. Drop in anytime! No registration is required.
For more information, see our
website at www.middleburghlibrary.info.
Westerlo
By Sue Hoadley
Libraries are cool! We already
knew that, but you may not have
known that Albany County public
libraries are official cooling stations during heat advisories. If
you find you can’t stand the heat,
beat a path to your local public
library to enjoy the AC – or a book
or a magazine.
Display case
For the month of August the
Westerlo Public Library is displaying Lila Hollister Smith’s textile
art. Smith is a self-taught artist,
inspired by the juxtaposition of
fabric, nature, dreams and other
arts. Most often she creates wall
Altamont
Most often she
creates wall art or
wearable art coats. art or wearable art coats. On display are several examples of her
original wall art, also known as art
quilts. Smith’s work has been exhibited widely at local quilt shows
and her judged entries have won
numerous awards including Best
Art Quilt and Best of Show.
She is a founding member of
the Capital District Textile Artists
group and a long-time member
of Quilters United in Learning
Together. She also teaches, gives
trunk show talks and exhibits in
art galleries. Are you interested in joining a
quilting group in Westerlo? If so,
please contact the library.
Back-to-school supply drive
Your donations of school supplies will help kids start the new
school year ready to learn. Donations will be accepted at the library
during our regular business hours
for the Hilltowns Community
Resource Center Back-to-School
Supply drive. Trustee meeting
The board of library trustees
will meet on Monday, Aug. 12, at 7
p.m., at the library. This meeting
is open to the public.
Children’s programs
Dig Into Reading! with our
summer reading program every
Thursday, at 6:30 p.m. through
Aug. 29. Weekly activities include
stories, music, crafts and more
for readers of all ages. Copies
of our full calendar of events are
available on our website and at
the library.
Also toddler and preschool story
time 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, handson 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.
Library info
All library programming is free
unless otherwise noted and open
to the public. For more information, contact the library during
business hours at 797-3415, visit
westerlolibrary.org or find us on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/
westerlolibrary
“Dig Into Reading” with Tom Sieling at the Guilderland Public
Library on Friday, Aug. 9, at 2 p.m.
Guilderland
By Mark Curiale
Widely acclaimed singer, guitarist, and banjoist, and a hit with
kids of all ages, Tom Sieling will
perform at the Guilderland Public
Library’s Dig Into Reading concert
at 2 p.m., on Friday, Aug. 9.
Tom’s show invites and inspires
audience participation. He knows
how to connect with children, and
is “sure to raise even the most reticent out of their seats! We ‘howled
at the moon, sang a wild tune,’ and
wanted even more!” in the words
of Nicole Carner, director of the
Pember Library and Museum in
Granville, NY.
No registration is required for
this concert, but early arrival is
encouraged.
Reading records due
Attention Summer Reading
Club members: Your reading
records are due to the library on
or before Friday, Aug. 9. So read
those final pages, log your reading,
and make sure you get credit for
all the wonderful reading you’ve
done this summer.
Here’s an idea: drop your reading record off when you come to
the Dig Into Reading concert that
same day. You’ll have a great time,
and guarantee that your reading
will be rewarded at the Summer
Reading Club grand finale on
Thursday, Aug.15.
Photo restoration
How do you restore a digital
photograph to its original condition? Find out at the Digital Photo
Forum on Thursday, Aug.t 15, at
7 p.m.
Forum member Herb Brown will
show the work he did to digitally
restore a photograph. His simple
yet effective technique is one you
can probably put to good use.
Area photographers gather to
discuss work they are doing and
to share information about how
to improve their work. This is an
open forum, with occasional special guest photographers. You’re
invited to bring your work to share
and your questions. Bring work
on memory cards, USB drives, or
CDs. The group meets the third
Thursday of each month.
Library info
For more information about
the library, call the library at
456-2400, or e-mail us at info@
guilpl.org. Middleburgh
By Judy Petrosillo
On Aug. 9, at 5:30 p.m., the
Middleburgh Library is showing
The Hobbit rated PG-13. We’ll
uncover one of the greatest stories ever written as we watch the
movie The Hobbit. The library
will provide pizza and drinks
and you bring a dessert to share. Something Middle Earth related
perhaps? This program is part
of our Beneath the Surface Teen
Summer Reading Program. For
kids going into grades 6 and up.
Registration is required. NBT Bank
On Aug. 12, at 6 p.m., the library
will have a program by NBT Bank
on financial literacy for teens in
the community room.
Family film
On Aug. 13, at 6:45 p.m., the
library will show The Pirates Band
of Misfits rated PG. After years of
humiliation and failed attempts to
win the Pirate of the Year Award,
Pirate Captain and his oddball
crew go on a race to pillage the
most booty. No registration is necessary and the popcorn is free.
Silent library
On Aug. 14, at 1 p.m., we’ll be
playing our version of MTV’s Silent
Library. You’ll have to complete
bizarre tasks while remaining
completely silent, you are in the
library after all! This program is
part of our Beneath the Surface
Summer Reading Program. For
kids going into sixth grade and up.
Registration is required. Teen matinee
On Aug. 15, at 1 p.m., join us
at the library for Jack the Giant
Slayer rated PG-13. Sent to the
market by his uncle to sell their
horse and buy thatch for their roof,
Jack meets the beautiful Princess
Isabelle whom he rescues from
ruffians. He returns home only
with a handful of beans given to
him by a monk who claimed they
were sacred but that does little to
impress his uncle who tosses them
away. Soon the beans take root
with a giant stalk carrying away
the princess and Jack’s house.
He soon sets off on an adventure
with the king’s guards to rescue
the princess only to find that a
mythical land filled with giants
really exists. No registration is
required.
By David Warner
You could make the case that
summer was a richer, busier, more
closely compacted time than winter. More goes on. There are more
choices. More opportunities.
The Altamont Free Library
bears this out. There will be so
much to do in the coming summer
days and evenings.
Walk the Walk
Pictures of long ago Egyptians
carved on their terms make it look
like they’re walking in a special
way all their own. Part of it might
be the headdresses. On Tuesday,
Aug. 13, at 10:30 a.m., kids of all
ages will be making their own
versions of these headdresses.
The makers will then show off
their products, and stroll in style:
Egyptian style.
Neck and neck
The jewelry we choose helps to
show who we are. It’s unique, and
most often carefully picked out.
Kids 10 and older are invited to
a special event at the library on
Friday, Aug. 9, at 3:30 p.m. We’ll be
making glass pendant necklaces.
We hope they turn out as special
and one of a kind as the people
that make them.
The jewelry we choose
helps to show who we are.
Dig this place
On Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 3:30
p.m., library goers will be checking out the sort of fun that can be
had with a metal detector. We’ll
see what we can find. And we’ll
ask and speculate about what our
findings tell us about Altamont,
perhaps, if we’re lucky, an earlier
Altamont.
Garden tour
Enjoy a few of the more interesting, more colorful, more
experimental summer gardens in
the village. The date is Tuesday,
Aug. 20. Meet at the library at
7 p.m.
Reading celebration
Local kids have been enjoying
books for many weeks, participating with fervor in the annual summer reading program. Now it’s
prize and pay-off time. Jackie the
Magician will host a grand party,
doing a fabulous mix of magic,
stand-up comedy, ventriloquism
and juggling. That’s on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 3:30 p.m., at the
village offices on Main Street. It’s
bound to be fun, almost as fun as
reading itself.
Lyme disease
The news seems to be getting
worse. All the more reason to learn
all you can about this summertime
sickness; how it’s transmitted,
where you might be exposed to
ticks, and how to properly remove
one, and more. The program is
scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 22,
starting at 7 p.m. Call the library
at 861-7239 to sign up. A minimum of 8 sign-ups are necessary.
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Community Calendar
Thursday, August 8
Brooks Chicken and Rib
Barbecue at the Hamilton Union
Presbyterian Church, 2291 Western Ave., from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The
cost is $10 for a chicken dinner
and $11 for a rib dinner. Drivethrough only. Call 456-5410 for
more information.
Tent-A-Thon 2013: Tent-AThon started 20 years ago as a
humble fund-raiser for Capital
District Habitat for Humanity.
It has grown into a communitywide event anticipated annually.
Tent-A-Thon is a fun-filled, familyfriendly camping adventure that
will raise money for the 11 th
Praise House built by the United
Methodist Churches in our area.
Participants in this unique event
camp out in tents in Tawasentha
Park from Aug. 8 through Aug. 12.
Interested participants can call
482-4872 to register or for more
information.
Friday, August 9
Dudley Observatory Star
Party and Program: “Discovering Planets Around Other Suns”
with Dr. Harry Ringermacher, at 8
p.m. in the Octagon Barn. Stargazing to follow, weather permitting.
All are welcome. Amateur astronomers and families are encouraged
to bring binoculars or telescopes.
Free refreshments. Call 618-5376
for more information.
Fitness Friday: Get down
and give me 20! No, we won’t be
doing calisthenics, but we will be
doing a three-mile cardiovascular
hike over rolling terrain, whether
rain or shine. What a great way
to exercise while enjoying beautiful scenery and fresh air! Please
wear long pants, a long-sleeved
shirt, sturdy walking shoes, and
bring a drink. This program is
not meant for young children.
Meet at the Pine Bush Discovery
Center, 195 New Karner Road, at
9 a.m. The fee is $3 per person or
$5 per family and registration is
required; call 456-0655.
Guilderland Central High
School Class of 1968 Reunion
will be held on Friday and Saturday. A meet and greet and
“Dutch treat” gathering will be
held on Friday, at the Inn Town
Restaurant, 5180 Western Ave.,
at 7 p.m. Members of the GCHS
class of 1967 are also invited to
this Friday night activity. The
Saturday activity will run from 5
to 10 p.m. and is strictly for members of the class of 1968 and their
guests. This event will include a
three-entrée buffet at the Orchard
Creek Golf Course Club House,
6700 Dunnsville Road, Altamont.
The cost of the dinner is $40 per
person. Call 472-2911 or 355-3468
for more information.
Saturday, August 10
Celebrate Smokey Bear’s
Birthday at Five Rivers: An interactive family-oriented program
celebrating Smokey Bear’s birthday will be conducted at 56 Game
Farm Road, Delmar, at 10 a.m.
What better way to commemorate
Smokey Bear’s birthday than to
try your hand at being a forest
ranger? You’ll get to operate an
Indian fire pump, see how modern
forest ranger trucks are specially
equipped for the work rangers do,
and learn fire prevention skills
from a DEC forest ranger. Plus,
meet a special guest. Families are
encouraged to bring a camera. The
program is open to the public free
of charge. Parents and children
must accompany each other. Call
475-0291 to register.
Ice Cream Social and Open
House: Come celebrate the 125th
anniversary of the Altamont Reformed Church, 129 Lincoln Ave.,
at 6 p.m. with an ice cream social.
Make your own free sundae with
delicious ice cream and toppings
from Stewart’s Shops, take a tour
of our historic building and learn
about the history of our church,
and enjoy musical performances
every half hour. Free and open to
the community.
“New Works: Meditations on the Environment” will be on view through Sept. 1 at the Barbara
Prey Gallery in Williamstown, Mass. This “Family Portrait” with vivid red Adirondack chairs is among
the more than 40 watercolors, dry brush, and oil paintings by Prey on exhibit. The gallery, located at
71 Spring Street, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and by appointment. For more information,
call 413-884-6184 or see www.barbaraprey.com.
Stream Study Set at Five
Rivers: A family-oriented exploration of the ecology of the
Vlomankill will be conducted at
2 p.m. at 56 Game Farm Road,
Delmar. During this interactive
study, center naturalists will lead
an in-depth investigation of the
aquatic insects and other fauna
of the Vlomankill, a picturesque
wooded stream which bisects the
center property as it flows to the
Hudson River. Special attention
will be paid to indicator species,
such as mayflies and caddisflies,
whose presence indicates high
water quality. This program is
open to the public free of charge.
Parents and children must accompany each other. Call 475-0291 to
register.
Annual Hosta Sale: The
Upstate New York Hosta Society
will be holding its annual sale at
Faddegon’s Nursery, 1140 Troy
Schenectady Road, Latham,
from 9 a.m. to noon. Proceeds
from the sale are used to provide
educational programs for society
members and the general public.
Applications for membership will
be available at the sale.
Town-wide Garage Sale: The
Women’s Auxiliary to the Knox
Volunteer Fire Department is
getting ready for its second townwide garage sale. This year the
proceeds will go to the Knox Town
Cemetery. We are striving to support our town’s needs in any way
we can. The sale will be held from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Refreshments and
maps will be available at the Knox
Fire Station starting at 8:30 a.m.
There will be a barbecue at 741
Pleasant Valley Road, beginning
at 3:30 p.m. to support the BKW
soccer team.
Standing Strong — A River
Through Time: A fund-raiser
to support Otsquago Creek flood
victims will be held from 10 a.m.
to 5 pm. At Haslett Park and Unity
Hall in Fort Plain and the West
Hill School and Arkell Museum
parking lot in Canajoharie. Featuring $1500 in drawing prizes,
$250 in prizes for a geocaching
scavenger hunt, chicken barbecues and ice cream socials, tours of
the Underground Railroad and canal architecture, and antique and
craft fair, and live performances
from local musicians.
Quickstep, with John Kirk, Ed Lowman, and Trish Miller, will entertain with fiddle tunes and folksongs during Schenectady Day Nursery’s 13th Annual Steak and Lobster Fest on Thursday, Aug. 15,
from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Picnic Pavilion in Schenectady’s Central Park. Ticket holders may opt to drive
through and take out their lobster or steak dinners or attend a festive summer party in the pavilion. A
cash beer and wine bar will be staffed by members of Rotterdam Sunrise Rotary. The menu is a choice
of a 14-ounce steak or a 1 ¼ pound lobster, potato, coleslaw, corn, roll and dessert for $45. Hearty eaters can order the ‘Surf ‘n Turf’ option for $75. A special hot dog dinner including chips and dessert
is available for children. A discounted price for groups of 10 or more may contact Karen D’Ascoli at
598-6240. Further information is available online at www.schenectadydaynursery.org. or by calling
374-3092. While a limited amount of tickets will be available at the entrance on August 15, advance
reservations are highly recommended.
Happy Cat Rescue, Inc.
Holds Adoption Clinic: An
adoption clinic will be held from
noon to 5 p.m. at 836 Meadowdale
Road, Altamont. All cats are
spayed or neutered and up-to-date
with age-appropriate shots. There
is a nice variety of colors and ages.
All are very friendly.
Sunday, August 11
The Annual Commemorative
Service of the Huntersland
Christian Church will be held
at 10 a.m. at the church, on Huntersland Road at the Schoharie Albany County line. An open house
with refreshments will follow.
GPS Adventure: Search for
hidden objects using a handheld
GPS unit that will help you
navigate the trails. Learn which
buttons do what, how to locate
your position on Earth, and how
to find your way back to places
you’ve been. GPS units are provided. The trail is approximately
one mile long. Please wear long
pants, a long-sleeved shirt, and
sturdy walking shoes. Meet at
the Albany Pine Bush Discovery
1 p.m. The fee is $3 per person or
Paperlove! Making and Marbling: Learn to make textured
“Joomchi” paper, which is a traditional Korean technique that
fuses together layers of tissue
paper. We will also be making
traditional marbled paper, and
exploring innovative ideas to use
these papers in your next art
project. The workshop will take
place at the Arts Center of the
Capital Region, 265 River Street,
Troy, from 12:20 to 3:30 p.m., on
Aug. 11, 18, and 25.
Monday, August 12
State of the County Tour:
Albany County Executive Daniel
P. McCoy’s second “State of the
County” tour, which will provide
an opportunity for him to talk with
residents in area municipalities
about issues that are impacting
them, will be at the Rensselaerville offices, 87 Barger Road,
Medusa, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion on
Expanding Small Grains Market: The market for small grains
is expanding across New York
State. But what are the hurdles
and opportunities for production
of these grains in the Albany
County Hilltowns? This will be
the topic of discussion with local
farmers and landowners at the
Carey Center For Global Good,
63 Huyck Road, Rensselaerville,
at 6:45 p.m. For more information
call (518) 797-5100.
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Tuesday, August 13
OCD Adult Support Group
at the Guilderland Public Library,
beginning at 7 p.m. This group
meets to discuss ways to live a
healthy lifestyle in spite of having
OCD. New members are always
welcome. Call 281-8177 for more
information.
Program on Beaver and
Pond Life at Five Rivers: A
program on beavers and other
pond life will be conducted at 56
Game Farm Road, Delmar, at 7
p.m. On this indoor/outdoor study,
Five Rivers staff will present a
brief overview of the beaver and
then lead a tour of prime beaver
habitat, searching for tell-tale
signs of seasonal activity, such
as freshly chewed tree stumps,
gnawed sticks, and new dam-andlodge building. Our official state
mammal, the American beaver,
played a pivotal role in the exploration and settlement of New York
State in the mid-1600s. Albany,
then known as Beverwyck, was
the center of a burgeoning beaver
trade. This program is open to the
public free of charge. Participants
are urged to dress for outdoor
activity. Call 475-0291 for more
information.
Pine Bush Pups — Avian
Antics: How does a bird attract
a mate, find food, or fly? Come
and find out this and more as we
learn some amazing attributes of
birds through hands-on activities.
(Level Pre-K.) Please note there is
now a fee charged for Pine Bush
Pups programs. Register children,
not adults. Meet at the Albany
Pine Bush Discovery Center, 195
New Karner Road, at 10 a.m. The
fee is $3 per child or $5 per family
and registration is required; call
456-0655.
Wednesday, August 14
Community Block Party:
The Lynnwood Reformed Church
will be hosting a free block party
from 5 to 9 p.m., with music for
dancing and listening provided by
UpStage. There will be games, a
bouncy-bounce, and food and beverages will be provided. Attendees
are asked to bring their own lawn
chairs. All are welcome.
The Half Moon Button Club
will meet at 11 a.m. at the Bethlehem Library, 451 Delaware
Avenue, Delmar. Social time
starts at 11 a.m. and the business
meeting starts at noon, followed
by our program, which will be a
show-and-tell. Bring your favorite
buttons or button projects to show
the group. Also bring a brown-bag
lunch. Dessert will be provided.
Call 393-356 or 869-8125 for more
information.
Pine Bush Pups — Avian
Antics: How does a bird attract
a mate, find food, or fly? Come
and find out this and more as we
learn some amazing attributes of
birds through hands-on activities.
(Level Pre-K.) Please note there is
now a fee charged for Pine Bush
Pups programs. Register children,
not adults. Meet at the Albany
Pine Bush Discovery Center, 195
New Karner Road, at 10 a.m. The
fee is $3 per child or $5 per family
and registration is required; call
456-0655.
Voorheesville Farmer’s Market, 68 Maple Ave., from 3:30
to 6:30 p.m., featuring My Bliss
paper crafts.
Lyme Disease Expert Dr.
Steven Bock Answers Questions: Dr. Steven Bock will be
the featured guest at the Capital
Region Chapter of the Empire
State Lyme Disease Association’s
August meeting, at the Guilderland Public Library, 2228 Western
Ave., Guilderland, at 6:30 p.m.
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high resolution digital prints
from our
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Restaurant and Tavern
Closed for Vacation
Aug. 12-20, 2013
The Altamont Enterprise
(Fair Week)
Photo Shop
1670 Berne Altamont Rd., Altamont
www.HighlandsRestaurant.com
Sunday
Broiled
Scrod
or Fried
Haddock.
Complete
dinner
State of the County Tour:
Albany County Executive Daniel
P. McCoy’s second “State of the
County” tour, which will provide
an opportunity for him to talk with
residents in area municipalities
about issues that are impacting
them, will be at New Scotland
Town Hall, 2029 New Scotland
Road, at 7 p.m.
August “Oh You Beautiful
Doll” Luncheon, at The Guilderland Elks Lodge, 3867 Route
146, Guilderland, at 11:30 a.m.
Featuring Margo Taylor, showing some of her extensive doll
collection and sharing some of
the stories behind them; Peter
Hilmer entertaining with songs;
and Peggy Craven talking about
how to realize dreams when life
falls apart at the seams. The cost is
$15 and includes a turkey wrap for
lunch. Call 869-0642 or 235-4297
to make reservations.
Thursday, August 15
Berne Alzheimer’s Association presents a workshop in the
basics of Alzheimer’s and dementia, at the Helderberg Lutheran
Church, 1728 Helderberg Trail,
at 6:30 p.m.
Rensselaerville Festival of
Writers: Mark your calendars
for the 2013 Rensselaerville
Festival of Writers. This year’s
celebration of arts and literature
will take place from Aug. 15 to
18 in several venues throughout
the historic Helderberg hamlet of
Rensselaerville.
Friday, August 16
BKW Class of 1978 Reunion:
Berne-Knox-Westerlo alumni,
alumnae, and teachers of 1978
will meet again during the weekend of Aug. 16 to 18. Activities
include a dinner and pep rally at
the Altamont Veterans of Foreign
Wars post, open to the public after
8 p.m., a golf tournament, and
a brunch at the BKW cafeteria
open to the public. The weekend
coincides with the Altamont Fair.
For more information, call 904347-1117.
Fitness Friday: Get down
and give me 20! No, we won’t be
doing calisthenics, but we will be
doing a three-mile cardiovascular
hike over rolling terrain, whether
rain or shine. What a great way
to exercise while enjoying beautiful scenery and fresh air! Please
wear long pants, a long-sleeved
shirt, sturdy walking shoes, and
bring a drink. This program is
not meant for young children.
Meet at the Pine Bush Discovery
9 a.m. The fee is $3 per person or
Saturday, August 17
Wildflower Hike: Free hike in
the Pine Bush, beginning at 9 a.m.
in the Discovery Center parking
lot, 195 New Karner Road. Amy
Reilly will lead the hike, and discuss wildflowers and birds of the
area. Bring your binoculars. Call
465-8930 for more information.
North Loop Trail Walk at
Five Rivers: A naturalist’s tour
of the North Loop Trail will be
conducted at 56 Game Farm
Road, Delmar, at 2 p.m. Join us
for a high-summer hike on the
North Loop Trail which, at just
short of two-and-a-half miles, is
Five Rivers’ longest trail. We’ll
take the road less traveled on a
search for giant oak trees, pileated
woodpeckers, and other deep
forest specialties. Please bring
drinking water and wear comfortable and closed-toe footwear. This
program is open to the public free
of charge. Call 475-0291 for more
information.
Family Program on Wildlife
at Five Rivers: A family-oriented
program on wildlife camouflage
will be conducted at 56 Game
Farm Road, Delmar, at 10 a.m.
Good camouflage is hard to find,
and many wildlife species benefit
by blending in with their surroundings. At this indoor/outdoor
exploration, center naturalists
will present an overview of creatures which use camouflage as a
defense mechanism. Afterwards,
participants will search field and
fend for animals that hide in plain
sight.
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Grazing workshop: On Aug. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the
Hudson Mohawk Resource Conservation and Development Council and the Albany County Soil and Water Conservation District
are hosting a workshop at the Helder-Herdwyck Farm, 450 Long
Road, East Berne, where Ray and Erin Bradt are breeding rare
Herdwick sheep. Troy Bishopp, grazing specialist for the Madison
County Soil and Water Conservation District, will be leading the
workshop session along with Joseph Slezak, field manager for
the Albany County Soil and Water Conservation District. The
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ny.nacdnet.net.
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while passing it on to the cooks.
Within minutes the order is ready
and you are on your way to a table
to devour the feast they prepared
for you.
Their secret, in addition to the
good food and good prices, is the
fact that they are ready for a crowd
and move people in and out fast
while not pushing you.
Jim had an all meat lobster roll
and clam chowder, New England
style. I had the seaman’s platter
and we all shared a bag of clam
cakes. Harvey and Di ordered the
same and grabbed a picnic table
inside where we could enjoy eating
and talking about what we were
going to do next.
Just as an aside, we always talk
to the owners and their family
members who are there when we
are. They know all about my ties
to Fairhaven and we have watched
their children grow up over the
past 45 years, when we travel back
to my homestead.
The men in the family are also
Masons and Shriners and the
women are members of Eastern
Star so we do have that connection with them also. We found out
about their membership because
they have a container designated
for people to deposit their soda
Due to the large lunch we had
at Gene’s, we just had a quick
snack and spent the rest of the
evening talking. It was early to
bed so that we were refreshed and
ready for the main part of our trip
By
the next day.
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80th surprise
Harvey Levin of Friar Tuck Rd.
in Guilderland was treated to a
surprise birthday party this past
Sunday in celebration of his 80th
Every once in a while you
birthday. The party was given by
may see a re-run clip of a young
Jen and Tim Gerber, his daughter
voluptuous blonde, dressed in a
and son-in law and Paul and Heidi
bikini running on a beach. As she
Levin, his son and daughter-in
splashes through the edge of the
law.
surf, music from Ravel’s ‘Bolero”
The party was held at the Gerbuilds to an exciting crescendo fillber’s home in Saratoga Springs.
ing the screen with excitement.
Many relatives including his
Well, I’m not blonde and I don’t
three grandchildren, Sam, Nate,
wear a bikini, but put my feet in
and Abby, and his brother Melthe water on a beach, with the
vin, Carol, his sister-in-law, her
spray from the ocean on my face
husband and niece were present
and the heat from the summer sun
for the celebration.
bathing my body and I feel just as
Other friends traveled from Alcarefree as a bathing beauty in
tamont, Guilderland, Schenectady,
the movie 10!
and Schuylerville as well as Fred
Some of you may wonder what
Gerber, his daughter’s father-inbrought on this smile while othlaw who traveled from St. James,
ers have already picked up on
Long Island to be with Harvey for
the signs. They all add up to one
this special event.
thing another road trip. And just
The weather was perfect for the
like many of our trips in
outdoor party with a wide
the past, we started by
variety of delicious foods.
picking up our friends,
Happy Birthday Harvey
Well, I’m not blonde and I don’t wear a
Harvey and Di Levin,
and may you have many
and traveling all the way
bikini, but put my feet in the water on a
more.
to the Burger King that
beach, with the spray from the ocean on
School supplies
is about six blocks from
St. Lucy/St. Bernadette
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face...and
I
feel
just
as
carefree
as
a
their house. Obviously, we
Church in Altamont is
bathing beauty in the movie 10!
did not want to dirty our
collecting school supplies
kitchen on the first day of
for the children in the
a short vacation.
Hilltowns, food pantry
The simile was also
can tabs. They use the tabs for the recipients and Circles of Mercy
prompted by our decision to go to
children in the Shriner’s Hospital (a program for women and chilthe seashore for this vacation. In
dren) sponsored by the Sisters
in Boston.
the spring, the four of us talked
After filling our stomachs, we of Mercy.
about where we wanted to go this
Items such as 3-ring binders,
decided to take a short tour of West
summer for a short get-away. We
Island in Bristol, Mass.
3 ring hole filler paper, composihave been to many local places and
West Island is connected to tion notebooks, index cards, high
wanted to try a new location.
Sconticut Neck in Fairhaven by lighters, pencil cases, pink erasers,
A couple of years ago we went
a causeway so it can be reached rulers are needed. The items can
on a cruise to Canada and New
by wheels and feet. The gardens, be left in the gathering space at
England, stopping at Newport,
waterfront cottages, lighthouse, the church.
RI; Boston, Mass.; Bar Harbor,
Appreciation
sailboats, sea gulls all are picMe.; and Halifax, Nova Scotia. All
The community of Altamont
turesque. It is a place you would
were familiar to us because we
expect an artist to be sitting on and surrounding area extends
had traveled to each city by car
every lawn trying to capture the its appreciation to the Altamont
in the past.
Free Library for its summer conpeaceful look of this community.
Coming into each city’s port is a
From Sconticut Neck we drove cert series that ended this past
very unique experience. The views
down the coast for a short distance Tuesday.
are different and the lifestyle is
The series was made possible
and wound up on the waterfront at
different. We also took some tours
Horseneck Beach. Once again, we through Community Arts grants,
that gave us a new perspective of
were overwhelmed by the peaceful a program funded by the Arts
the history and life of the early
feeling you get standing on the Center of the Capital Region
residents.
shore with waves splashing up through the State and Local
While musing over our past
over the rocks. Bikes, motorcycles, Partnership Program of the New
travels we realized that there is
and cars rolled along the causeway York State Council on the Arts, a
one place we have not been to
while young people hopped in and State Agency. Additional funding
that would make a fun trip. My
out of the water trying to beat the was provided by the Altamont
husband, Jim, went to work on the
rolling waves and laughing when Free Library and the village
computer and tailored the plans to
they slipped and fell into the cold of Altamont.
create a fun vacation that would
A warm thank you to all of the
water.
fit our time schedule. We did not
As the day started to draw to musicians and volunteers for the
want to wind up running all over
a close, we decided to head back wonderful summer programs.
the place and come home more
Anniversaries
to our motel and get ready for
tired than when we started.
Happy-anniversary wishes are
another busy day. On the way
Actually, the breakfast at Burgback we were sidetracked by a gift extended to:
er King was part of the timing
— Lisa and Gregory Peck who
shop that really caught our eyes.
because our first stop was in my
There is never a shortage of places will celebrate their special day on
hometown of Fairhaven, Mass.
to shop and spend your money August 10; and
Although Fairhaven has a very
— Sherry and John Ciupek
on the Cape, but this place was
rich history tied to the growth of
a little bit different and shouted celebrating on Aug. 12.
our country and to the fishing and
Birthdays
stop to us.
whaling industry, it has something
Happy-birthday wishes are
Once inside we knew that it
that is very important to the four
would be dangerous for us to extended to:
of us today. It has Gene’s Famous
— Elena Toscano and Karen
stay too long. What a shop. They
Seafood Restaurant!
had souvenirs, gifts, clothes, toys, Grimm on Aug. 9;
Gene’s is one of those local res— Wallie Best, Dianne (Culebooks and a unique snack shop in
taurants where you can eat-in or
the event you got hungry or tired lla) Booth, and Don Filkins on
out. Although they are not on the
and needed to refresh yourself Aug. 10;
waterfront, they do just as much
— Susan Mudgett on Aug. 11;
while shopping. Either fortunately
business because they have good
— Larry Adams Sr. and Dorothy
or unfortunately, the men stayed
food and good prices. A family
outside and enjoyed the fresh air Crupe on Aug. 12;
owned business, Gene’s now has
— Harold Grant, and Kate
so Di and I decided not to stay
their third generation cooking,
long. We did manage to find a few Kowalski on Aug. 14;
bussing and cleaning tables get— Cindy (Caruso) Kaczmarek,
things that we could add to our
ting ready to carry on the family
luggage for the trip home. How- and Ben Pickering on Aug. 15;
tradition.
ever, prudence prevailed and we and
The atmosphere is very casual.
— Betty Friebel and Pamela
were underway before we spent
When you walk in the door, you
Frondy on Aug. 16.
our total vacation allotment.
Altamont
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Thompsons Lake
By
Lora
Ricketts
872-1691
This has been one of those eating from the garden weeks. We
have enjoyed green beans, zucchini, green peppers and tomatoes.
We also have eggplant.
You just feel better when eating fresh foods grown as you
watched.
I also enjoyed a lunch that
was different on Wednesday. My
daughter, Kathy, picked me up
and we drove to the Yellow Café in
Norton Hill. It is very unique. The
interior is very rustic with tables
and benches made of parts of trees.
The menu is foods prepared on site
and fresh.
We each had a cup of butternut
squash soup with cubes of cheese
in it. Then we shared a sandwich
of roast beef and pastrami but
included fresh vegetables such
as peppers, onions and tomatoes
served on a freshly baked onion
roll. We also shared a fig brownie
with tea. It was a relaxing and
unusual experience.
On Wednesday, my grandson,
Brandon Clark, took his children
to the Schoharie County Fair in
Cobleskill. They enjoyed the food
and rides.
Then on Thursday, Aug. 1, I
joined Iain Bullis, his mother Jenn
Smith, and my grandson Brandon
at the Maple Inn to celebrate Iain’s
actual birthday. He is 7 and will
go into the second grade.
On Saturday, my granddaughter, Danielle Ricketts and my
great-granddaughter Joey came to
spend the afternoon with me.
Sunday was a great event. My
niece Sondra Weigand, had a
gathering at her house in Voorheesville so we could visit with
my niece Cassy Brackett and her
3 children, Gami, Ahna, and Coco,
who are visiting from Littleton,
Colorado.
Cassy is the daughter of David
and Wendy Richardson of Fort
Plain and my brother, Leonard
Richardson’s granddaughter.
We enjoyed a great menu and
were joined by my sister Pat
Sykala, Veronica Weigand and her
daughter Jenna Pleines, Wendy
Richardson and her daughter,
Kristy plus Danielle Ricketts
and Zoey.
Bible school
This year’s vacation Bible School
will begin on Monday, Aug. 12, at
the Knox Reformed Church. The
school concludes with a program
for the VBS families on Friday,
Aug. 16. For more information
call the Rev. Tim Van Heest at
872-0432.
Music in the Park
On Wednesday, Aug. 14, the last
performance of this program will
be held at the Berne town park
on Route 443, at 6:30 p.m. The
bands Chuck Wagon and Two’s
Company will perform. There is
no charge for the music. Hotdogs,
drinks, and more will be available
for purchase from the Friends of
the Berne Library.
35th reunion
The Class of 1978 has finalized
their plans for the weekend of Aug.
16 through 18.
If you need any information you
can contact Diane at dianeez@
nycap.rr.com or call at 366-7357.
You can also contact Carrie at
[email protected] or call
her at 904-347-1117.
On Friday, Aug. 16, a reservation
is not needed for The Hofbrau at
5 p.m. to meet and greet, and get
something to eat.
Deadline for primaries is August 16
New Yorkers may register online to vote
The deadline for New Yorkers
to register to vote in the upcoming September primary elections
is Aug. 16.
More than 200,000 New Yorkers
have used the state’s new online
MyDMV, and automated systems
to register, or update, their voter
registration since its launch last
year, according to a release from
the governor’s office.
The new online registration initiative was announced last August
and marked the first time that
New Yorkers were able to apply
to complete the voter registration
process online. Since the program
began, 73,210 individuals have
registered online — 25,344 of
which were first-time voters. An
additional 164,091 have registered, or updated their voter information, using electronic devices in
DMV offices. Of them, 59,710 were
first time registrants.
On Sunday
St. John’s schedule
The summer worship schedule
at St. John’s Lutheran Church at
140 Maple Ave., in Altamont on
Sunday, Aug. 11, is as follows:
— 9:30 a.m., traditional worship. The theme for this service
is “Stay Focused,” based on Luke
12:32-40 by the pastor Gregory
Zajac.
For more information contact
the church at 861-8862 or check
out the website at www.stjohnsaltamont.org.
In order to apply to register to
vote online at http://dmv.ny.gov/,
a person must have a valid New
York State license or identification
card and establish a MyDMV account. MyDMV requires users to
create a secure online account that
is validated through the verification of personal information, such
as date of birth, social security
number, address and license document number.
More information on the Governor’s efforts to increase access
to the voter registration process
can be found here: http://www.
governor.ny.gov/press/08162012voter-registration-reform. Additional information specifically on
online registrations is available
here: http://www.governor.ny.gov/
press/08272012online-voter-registration.
BCS accepting
students for the fall
SLINGERLANDS — The Bethlehem Children’s School, teaching
children aged 3 through 8 in a
test-free multi-age environment,
still has openings available for the
2013-14 school year.
Founded in 1995, the school is
located on a wooded, four-acre
property at 12 Fisher Blvd. in
Slingerlands.
Call the school’s director, Ralph
Fahnestock, at 478-0224, or write
him at [email protected] for
further details and to set up a
personal visit.
Nelson honored as salutatorian of Albany Academy Class
On June 11, Joshua Nelson
of Knox was honored as the salutatorian of Albany Academy’s
bicentennial class.
He will be leaving soon for
Philadelphia where he will attend
the University of Pennsylvania to
study mathematics, continue to
pursue community service, and
study abroad.
At the graduation ceremony, he
received the J. Cameron Brown
Class of 1942 Community Service
Award, given to a student who
exemplifies the ideals of Albany
Academy through the performance
of community service. As an upperclassman, Nelson volunteered at
the St. Paul’s Center in Rensselaer,
and taught math to elementary
school students in Grenada, Nicaragua, entirely in Spanish.
He also received the Gannon
Philosophical Award, the Bausch
and Lomb Honorary Science
Joshua Nelson, of Knox,
gives the salutatory address
at the Albany Academy.
Award, the Albany YMCA Outstanding Student Award, and the
Albany Academy Alumni Scholar
Award. In the fall of 2012, Nelson
was inducted into the Cum Laude
Society, a national organization
that recognizes academic achievement in secondary schools for the
purpose of promoting excellence,
justice, and honor. While at Academy, Nelson served as prefect of
Gates House.
Nelson was a starting midfielder
on Academy’s soccer team, and a
scoring member on the track team
in distance events. He also played
hockey and squash at Academy.
He placed fifth in Section II in the
mile at the track-and-field finals
this spring in Johnstown.
For the past two summers, he
has worked in the Science and
Engineering Apprenticeship Program at the U.S. Naval Undersea
Warfare Center in Newport, R.I.
Open Administration
“It’s my favorite fair,” said Senator Cecelia Tkaczyk Tuesday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for
new administrative office at the Altamont Fair. Also on hand were, from left: Mary Rozak from
the Albany County Executive’s Office; Willard Schultz, vice president of the fair board; Altamont
Mayor James Gaughan; Marie McMillen, the fair’s manager; Guilderland Supervisor Kenneth
Runion; Bob Santorelli, president of the fair board; Tkaczyk; and Terry Freeman, on the board of
the Guilderland Chamber of Commerce.
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Diabetes, a systemic condition in which
the natural ability to regulate blood sugar
levels is impaired, can cause far reaching
effects throughout the body. In some
cases, the nervous system, kidneys, eyes,
and circulatory system can be adversely
affected. In the dental office, we sometimes
see diabetic patients with advanced levels
of periodontal disease. Diabetes does
not cause gum disease, but research and
experience have shown that periodontitis
in diabetic patients can progress more
rapidly and cause more damage to the
dentition in a shorter period of time than
in non-diabetics. It is therefore especially
important that a regimen of proper home
care techniques (brushing and flossing)
and regular periodic dental cleanings and
check-ups be followed.
Periodontal disease, the leading cause of
tooth loss in adults, occurs when bacterial
plaque accumulates and hardens below the
gumline. This irritates the gum tissue and
leads to the formation of pockets, where
the ensuing infection can worsen. If not
properly treated, this will lead to destruction
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of bone support , and eventual tooth loss.
In diabetic patients, this situation can be
exacerbated by the fact that the diabetes
may decrease the host resistance to
infection, leading to acceleration of the
periodontal disease. Furthermore, the
presence of rampant periodontal disease
may interfere with proper control of the
diabetes itself, leading to a worsening
of the diabetic condition. Therefore, it is
very important to see your dentist on a
regular basis.
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Obituaries
Emily E. Chase
EAST BERNE — Emily E. (née Haluska) Chase,
a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother,
died on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. She was 82.
Born on Feb. 18, 1931 in Berne, she was the
daughter of the late John and Mary Haluska.
She is survived by her six children, William
Chase, Laura Chase, Karin Remmers, Stephen
Chase, Marie Chase, and Rosemary Schunk; eight
grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Her husband, William Chase, died before her.
Calling hours and a funeral were held on Monday,
Aug. 5, at Fredendall Funeral Home in Altamont
with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. Online
condolences may be made at www.fredendallfuneralhome.com.
Michael Andrew Zemanek
information assurance and was
A Vermont deputy sheriff raised
working on his master’s degree
in Voorheesville, Michael Andrew
in the same discipline at the
Zemanek was a straight arrow — a
university
hardworking young man rememHis memberships included the
bered in his hometown for both his
Corps of Cadets at Norwich Unikindness and his energy.
versity, the Upsilon Pi Epsilon
He was a volunteer firefighter in
Honor Society for computing and
the Voorheesville Fire Department
information disciplines.
and had been an Eagle Scout and,
“He was really smart,” said
his family wrote in a tribute, he
Mrs. Gorka. “He had a variety of
will always be remembered as a
friends….He was just one of those
“Squared Away Hard Charger.”
unassuming, understated kids
He died on Thursday, Aug. 1,
who was a friend to many.”
due to a catastrophic medical
He worked at Hannaford suevent while driving on Route 89
permarket while he was in high
in Waterbury, Vt. He was 22.
The wake in Barre on Tuesday
school, she said, and, despite his
night was “packed with people”
many achievements, “He wasn’t
Michael Zemanek
said Fran Gorka, whose son,
arrogant; he was just one of those
Noah, was a close friend of Mr.
likeable kids.
Zemanek. “It was an outpouring
In May of this year, he gradufrom the community and indicaated from the Vermont Police
tive of who Mike was and how that
Academy in Pittsford, Vt. and won
community embraced him,” said
the highest award for academic
Mrs. Gorka. Many of the mournachievement.
ers were in law enforcement, she
In August of 2012, he became
said; Mr. Zamenek had worked
a deputy sheriff for the Orange
as a deputy sheriff in Vermont’s
County Sheriff’s Department in
Orange County.
Chelsea, Vt. He also was a partBorn on Dec. 6, 1990, in Stamtime police officer in Northfield,
ford, Conn., he was the son of
Vt. and had been a part-time
Mary Anne (née Pratte) Zemanek
police officer in Barre City, Vt.
McGreevy and Glenn Zemanek.
“Police work, community ser“He came from a wonderful famvice, and swimming were very
ily,” said Mrs. Gorka.
important to Michael,” his family
Ray Ginter, who knew Mr. Zewrote.
manek from the time he joined
“He was earnest; he was genuthe Voorheesville Boy Scout troop
ine,” concluded Mrs. Gorka. “He
at the age of 10 until he was 18,
had a fine character.”
said, “If I had to sum Michael up
“Everything Michael did, he
in one word, that word would be
gave it his all,” said Mr. Ginter. “He
‘character.’ He made his character
was the straightest of arrows.”
count with everything he did.”
****
— Photo from Ray Ginter
Mr. Ginter recalled the young
Mr. Zemanek’s first camp-out after
Michael Andrew Zemanek is
fifth grade. “The kid back then was full of spirit and survived by his beloved mother and stepfather, Mary
energy. He showed up with an old Army rucksack Anne and Gerard McGreevy of Voorheesville; his
that looked about three times his size. He had the brother, Daniel R. Zemanek, of Guilderland; his father,
energy and determination to stay up with the big Warrant Officer Glenn Zemanek of the United States
boys. Nothing slowed him down.”
Army and his stepmother, Anastasia; his paternal
The Scout troop, Mr. Ginter said, had always been grandparents, John and Connie Zemanek of Nutley,
“a boy-run organization.” Mr. Ginter went on, “Mi- N.J.; numerous uncles, aunts, and cousins as well as
chael took a leadership position. He was one of my his beloved godfather, Roderick Walters, of Port Chesbest senior patrol leaders that I could have ever had… ter, N.Y.; and two stepsisters, Jennifer Randall and her
He was honest; he was outgoing; he was friendly.”
family of Castleton, N.Y. and Susan Koller and her
Mrs. Gorka, too, spoke of his energy and pas- family in Albany; and his special friends John Houle
sion. “He was
and Abby Prea true athlete,”
vost of Barre,
she said. “His
Vt.
passion was
His maternal
swimming but
grandparents,
he was an amazRaymond and
ing runner, too,”
Helena Pratte,
she said.
died before
She recalled
him.
“He had the energy and determination
how her son
His Mass of
to stay up with the big boys.
would grab the
Christian buricar keys at 11
al was celebratNothing slowed him down.”
at night and say,
ed on Wednes“I’m going runday morning,
ning.” She didn’t
Aug. 7, at St.
worry because
Monica Cathohe was with Mr.
lic Church in
Zemanek. “He
Barre, Vt., folwasn’t a parlowed by the
tier,” she said.
Service of Re“Noah and Mike
membrance
would go runand Life Celning through the village.”
ebration in the White Chapel at Norwich University
She went on, “In anticipation of going to Norwich in Northfield, Vt.
University, he wanted to get in good shape.”
There will be a memorial service to be held at St.
After graduating from Clayton A. Bouton High Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church in Voorheesville
School in Voorheesville in 2008, Mr. Zemanek did, at the convenience of his family
indeed, go on to excel at Norwich, in Northfield, Vt.
Arrangements are by the Hooker and Whitcomb
In both high school and college, he captained the Funeral Home at 7 Academy Street in Barre, Vt.
swimming and diving team. He was awarded the
Memorial contributions may be made to The VerNorwich University Garrity Award for his achieve- mont Law Enforcement Memorial Fund in care of
ment in academics and athletics.
the Vermont Police Association, Post Office Box 467
He was a magna cum laude graduate from Nor- Hardwick, VT 05643.
wich University, majoring in computer security and
— Melissa Hale-Spencer
Carolyn Elizabeth Marcy
EAST BERNE — Starting as an operator for the New York Telephone Company, Carolyn Marcy rose through the ranks of an industry
for three decades as it underwent major technological changes.
“She broke some ground in that regard as a woman in the ’50s and
’60s on the management side,” said her grandson, Edward Marcy.
Carolyn Elizabeth (née Young) Marcy died, after a brief illness,
on Friday, July 12, 2013. She was 95.
Mr. Marcy remembered his grandmother as an animal lover, having grown up in a rural area near Catskill, N.Y.
Born in Albany on Nov. 4, 1917, Mrs. Marcy was the daughter of
the late Frederick L. and Carolyn E. Haver Young.
Her husband, William A. Marcy, grew up in Albany. They kept
many domestic and wild animals, each with a name.
“I think they had 17 cats and three dogs,” Mr. Marcy said. “Largely,
they were all adopted strays. She couldn’t not take care of an animal
when it showed up,” he said, adding that his grandfather, who died
of lung cancer in the 1980s, was known to pick up cats he found on
the street and bring them home.
Mrs. Marcy had served in the Women’s Army Corps during World
War II.
She was reticent during veterans’ services, he noted, but the
Honor Flight Network organized a trip a few years ago that honored
Mrs. Marcy and her good friend, Harold Heikkila, along with other
World War II veterans. They were taken to visit the war’s memorial
in Washington, D.C.
During the war, as a WAC volunteer, she worked in South Carolina
where paratroopers trained, Mr. Marcy said.
“One of the jobs she talked about was to go out and take care of
the ones whose ‘chutes didn’t open,” said Mr. Marcy, adding that he
“She couldn’t not take care of
an animal when it showed up.”
believed she had a driving responsibility, as her formal title in the
Corps was “chauffeur.”
Of how his grandparents met, Mr. Marcy wasn’t sure, but said they
ran in the same circles: “She was married to John Signer, who was the
son of Pop Signer, who was a good friend of my great-grandmother,
the mother of my grandfather, and they were all politically connected
Democrats in the city of Albany, when that mattered.”
She and her husband lived in East Berne for more than 30 years.
They built a home on Warners Lake.
Mr. Marcy said his grandparents went to the Albany dump to find
lumber and parts for their home left over from the construction of
the South Mall, or the Empire State Plaza in Albany. He described
Mrs. Marcy, “Walking around the dump in her high heels, carrying a
two-by-four, fighting with people who were doing the same thing.”
As a general manager for the telephone company, Mrs. Marcy
oversaw the implementation of computers in the company’s upstate
phone networks, decades after she started manually switching wires
at a large board in the 1940s.
“The phones at one time had more mechanical switches, so every
little town had its own little exchange,” said Mr. Marcy. The hardware and software used to route phone calls came later, with the
advent of computers.
Mrs. Marcy was a proud member of the Telephone Pioneers of
America after she retired in 1982. The Marcys would take all of
their animals along in a Winnebago on trips to Florida.
She lived at The Villages in Florida for the past several years.
“She did love the Helderberg area,” Mr. Marcy said of his grandmother. “She was up there for 30-some years. They went to all the
local turkey dinners and spaghetti dinners.”
****
Carolyn Elizabeth Marcy is survived by her sister, Mary L. (née
Young) Garrett of The Villages, Florida; her son, Joseph A. Marcy of
Castleton, N.Y.; and her grandchildren, Jacob and Jed Signer of Colorado, Edward A. and Patrick J. Marcy, and Katherine E. (née Marcy)
Seymour. She is survived, too, by many great-grandchildren, cousins,
nieces, and nephews.
Her husband, William A. Marcy, died before her, as did her son, John
A. Signer II of Colorado, her brothers, Frederick L. Young, Jr. and Alfred
R. Young, her grandson, Joseph A. Marcy, Jr., her granddaughter, Mary
Frances Marcy, and several cousins, nieces, and nephews. Harold Heikkila, her good friend over the last 20 years, died before her, as did her
parents, Frederick L. and Carolyn E. Haver Young.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, Aug. 12, at 10 a.m. at
Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery in Glenmont. Relatives and
friends are invited and may call at Dreis Funeral Home, 208 North
Allen Street, Albany, from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 11.
As Carolyn was a lifelong animal lover and activist, contributions
may be made to Whiskers, PO Box 11190, Albany, NY 12211, or the
Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, 3 Oakland Ave, Menands, NY 12204,
or another animal rescue organization.
— Marcello Iaia
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at www.altamontenterprise.com
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3-2t
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for sALE
Picnic tables 8ft or 6ft, 4X4
legs – normally $199 on sale $75.
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8-1t
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2261 Western Turnpike, Duanesburg, NY
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Final estate sale. Lots of unseen
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Friday and Saturday 8/10 and
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3-1t
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78 Turner Rd. Berne, NY.
3-1t
Fri 8/9 – Sun 8/11, 64 Witter
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clothes, crafts, Xmas, and a whole
lot more, fill my bag $5
3-1t
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sale. Udell Road Westerlo. Lots
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3-1t
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Hunting Equip. and much much
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August 9th and 10th, 9:00-4:00.
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3-1t
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East Berne, August 9&10, 8-4. 3
immaculate hoarders ready to sell
years of accumulation, cheap.
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123 Maple Avenue • Altamont
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LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Cabin
Four Services LLC. Articles of Org.
filed with NY Secretary of State
(NS) on 6/5/2013, 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.
(1-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation [domestic] of
TK Design & Fabrication, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary
of State (NS) on January 23, 2013,
office location: Albany County, NS
is designated as agent upon whom
process may be served, NS shall
mail service of process (SOP) to
Registered Agents Inc. @ 90 State
St STE 700 Office 40, Registered
Agents Inc. is designated as agent
for SOP at 90 State St STE 700
Office 40, purpose is any lawful
purpose.
(2-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of RTT Enterprises LLC. Articles of Org. filed
with NY Secretary of State (NYSS)
on 3/26/13. Office location: Albany
County. NYSS is designated as
agent of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. NYSS
shall mail process to: One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Ave.
Suite 805-A, Albany, NY 12210.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
(3-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Limited
Liability Company. Name: Wandering Waffle LLC. Articles of Org.
(4-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Trifecta
Capital Group, LLC. Articles of Org.
filed with NY Secretary of State (NS)
on June 19, 2013 office location:
Office 40, Albany, NY 12207, NW
Registered Agent LLC is designated
as agent for SOP at 90 State St STE
700 Office 40, Albany, NY 12207,
(5-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of DND &
SONS LLC. Articles of Org. filed
with NY Secretary of State (NS) on
January 17th 2012, office location:
(6-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Didon
& Company LLC. Articles of Org.
(NS) on December 14th 2012, office location: Albany County, NS is
designated as agent upon whom
NW Registered Agent LLC @ 90
State St STE 700 Office 40, NW
700 Office 40, purpose is any lawful
purpose.
(7-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 1800
MLK, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
New York Secy of State (SSNY)
County. SSNY is designated as
against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to: POB 268,
Pomona, NY 10970. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(8-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Parlour
Espresso LLC. Arts of Org. filed
with New York Secy of State (SSNY)
shall mail process to: 527 Lincoln
Pl., Apt 503, Brooklyn, NY 11238.
(9-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Cre8iv
Branding, LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 404 E 79th
St, Ste 27H, New York, NY 10075.
(10-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
2769 Coney Island Avenue Holding LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with
Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on
5/10/13. Office in Albany County.
SSNY designated agent of LLC
upon whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall mail
process to PO Box 10873, Albany,
NY 12201. Purpose: General.
(11-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
1004-06 Gates Avenue LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of
State of NY (SSNY) on 5/22/13.
Office in Albany County. SSNY
designated agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail process to
PO Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(15-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Social Circle Network LLC. Arts.
of Org. filed with Secy. of State of
NY (SSNY) on 5/22/13. Office in
Albany County. SSNY designated
shall mail process to PO Box
10873, Albany, NY 12201. Purpose:
General.
(16-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Social Circle; Bushwick LLC.
Purpose: General.
(17-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
26 Mews LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on
(18-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
M. Woods YMJ LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 5/22/13. Office in Albany
County. SSNY designated agent of
LLC upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall mail
(19-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Harman Realty NY LLC. Arts. of
(21-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
1112 Avenue R, Brooklyn NY
LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/15/13.
Office in Albany County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to PO Box
General.
(22-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
3 CLG Rd LLC. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secy. of State of NY
(23-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
845-855 Dean Realty, LLC. Arts.
shall mail process to c/o Usacorp
Inc., PO Box 10873, Albany, NY
12201. Purpose: General.
(12-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Besttendollar Advertisement
SSNY shall mail process to 497
Livingston Ave, Albany, NY 12206.
Purpose: General.
(13-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
241 Franklin LLC. Arts. of Org.
process to c/o Usacorp Inc., PO
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(14-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qual. of Meridianrx,
LLC. filed with Sec of State NY
(SSNY): 4/17/13. Office in Albany
County. Formed in: MI. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be served
& shall mail process to its foreign
address: Attn: General Counsel,
1001 Woodward Ave Ste 700, Detroit, MI 48226. Arts. of Org. filed
with Steve Atwood, Director, MI
Dept of Licensing and Regulatory
Affairs, P.O. Box 30004, Lansing,
MI 48909. Purpose: General.
(20-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE PURSUANT TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW
§206 (1) The name of the Limited
Liability Company is: All in 1 Realty
Services, LLC. (2) The Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on March 7, 2011.
(3) The limited liability company
is located in Albany County. 3)(a)
The street address of the principal
business location is: 6 Booth Street,
Albany, New York 12205. (4) The
Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process
against it may be served and the
following is the post office address
to which the Secretary of State shall
mail a copy of any process against
it served upon him or her: 6 Booth
Street, Albany, New York 12205. (5)
The character and/or purpose of
the limited liability company is to
provide commercial and residential
real estate services.
(24-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of O. Bryant
Enterprises, LLC Articles of Organization filed with NYS Dept. of State
Division of Corporations, State
Records and Uniform Commercial Code on June 19, 2013. One
Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington
Ave Albany, NY 12231. O. Bryant
managing member of O. Bryant
Enterprises, LLC 607 Myrtle Ave
Albany NY 12208.
(25-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of VJBH
Sanctuary, LLC. Arts of org. filed
shall mail process to: 151 Diamond
Street, Brooklyn, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(26-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of LLC.
Articles of Organization for M&M
ACRES LLC were filed with the
Secretary of State of New York
on June 10, 2013. Office Located
in Albany County. The Secretary
of State has been designated as
agent upon whom process may be
served and a copy shall be mailed
by the Secretary of State to the
LLC at 1451 Berne Altamont Rd,
Altamont, NY 12009. Purpose: for
any lawful activity for which limited
liability companies may be formed
under the law.
(27-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Bespoke
Pizza LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
shall mail process to: 225 W. 39th
St, New York, NY 10018. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
(28-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Metric
Records, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
New York Secy of State (SSNY) on
4/22/13. Office location: Albany
shall mail process to: 1 York St.,
New York, NY 10013. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(29-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of TW East
Associates, LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 350 E. 201st
St, Bronx, NY 10458. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(30-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation GLASSUP
LLC. Articles of Org. filed with
NY Secretary of State (NS) on
APRIL 10, 2013. Office location:
AlbanyCounty, NS is designated
Agent LLC at 90 State St STE 700
(47-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Limited
Liability Company. Name: SLATER.
COM,LLC. Articles of organization were filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY) on
County. SSNY has been designated
as agent of the LLC upon whom
SSNY shall mail a copy of process
to the LLC, SLATER.COM,LLC c/o
Northwest Registered Agent 90
State Street STE 700, Office 40,
Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: For
any lawful purpose.
(1-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION of
College Zipline LLC. Articles of
Organization were filed with the
Secretary of State of NY (SSNY)
on 4/16/2013. Office location:
Albany County. 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:
To publish consumer information
about colleges, in the form of paper
or electronic guides, for use by
families and individuals who wish
to evaluate colleges. (a) Nothing
herein shall authorize the corporation to operate, maintain or manage
a charter school, a nursery school,
an elementary school, a secondary
school, a college, university or to
advertise or offer credit-bearing
courses or degrees in New York
State. (b) Nothing herein shall authorize the corporation to operate or
maintain a library, museum, archive
or historical society or to own or
hold collections. (c) Except as
authorized by Title VIII or other applicable statute, nothing herein shall
authorize the corporation to engage
in the practice of any profession in
New York, engage in the training of
any profession in New York or to use
a professional title or term of any
profession in New York in violation
of Title VIII of the Education Law.
(d) The corporation will restrict the
provision of counseling services
to instruction, advice, support,
encouragement or information to
individuals, families, and relational
groups, provided that this shall not
include the diagnosis or treatment
of mental, emotional, nervous, or
behavioral disorders.
(46-51-4)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of LLC.
Name: BLUEPRINT REAL ESTATE
ADVISORS, LLC. Authority filed
with Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 05/16/2013. Office location: Albany County. LLC formed
in Utah (UT) on 02/01/2012. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC upon
the LLC: BLUEPRINT REAL ESTATE
ADVISORS, LLC, P.O. BOX 981654,
Park City, UT 84098. UT address
of LLC: 8909 Jeremy Point Court,
Park City, UT 84098. Articles of
Organization filed with Utah Dept.
of Commerce, Div. of Corporations
& Commercial Code, 160 East 300
South, 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT
84114-6705. Purpose of LLC: Any
lawful activity.
(2-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of ACRA
Member Services, LLC. Articles of
Organization filed with Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY) on June
21, 2013. Office Location: Albany
agent of LLC for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy to 240
Washington Ave. Ext., Suite 501,
Albany, NY 12203-0305. Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
(3-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of JFJ Holdings, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with the
Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) pursuant to NY LLC law section 206 on
shall mail process served to: c/o
the LLC, P.O. Box N, Sanford,
ME 04073. Purpose: any lawful
purpose.
(4-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of MUNTU
PARTNERS CAPITAL, LLC. Articles
of Org. filed with NY Secretary of
State (NS) on July 1st, 2013, office location: Albany County, NS is
mail service of process to Murray
LLP, 305 Broadway, 14Fl, New York,
NY10007, purpose is any lawful
purpose.
(6-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Wickham
4400 Associates, LLC. Arts of Org.
filed with New York Secy of State
(SSNY) on 6/27/13. Office location:
Albany County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom
SSNY shall mail process to: 2392
Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210.
(7-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Nest
Vintage Home Furnishings LLC,
Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on
County. SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process against
process served to: Nest Vintage
Home Furnishings LLC, 70 Third
Ave., Albany, NY 12202. Purpose:
(8-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
440 Lexington Realty LLC. Arts.
General.
(9-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
1090 Bedford Realty LLC. Arts. of
(10-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
49 Cedar LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
(11-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Advam Property Holdings LLC.
Po Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(12-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
69 Stockholm Realty LLC. Arts.
General.
(13-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
New York 308 LLC. Arts. of
(14-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
6255 Riverdale LLC. Arts. of
(15-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Panacea Equities LLC. Arts. of
(16-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
576 Marcy LLC. Arts. of Org.
(17-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
PD Shver LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)
on 5/6/13. Office in Albany County.
(18-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
General Pack, LLC. Arts. of
(19-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
NAME: DERADS Consulting Services LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY
Secretary of State (NS) on 07/2/13,
purpose.
(21-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
East 1st LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
shall mail process to: 2219 Ocean
Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11223. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(22-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 2420 OP
LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York
Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/2/13.
Office location: Albany County.
SSNY is designated as agent of
process to: 2219 Ocean Pkwy,
Brooklyn, NY 11223. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(23-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Elle Snag
LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York
Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/16/13.
SSNY is designated as agent of
process to: 16346 Vintage Oaks
Lane, Delray Beach, FL 33484.
(30-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Good
Holdings LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
Broadway, Suite 200, New York,
NY 10025. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
(31-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Monimus LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
shall mail process to: 4522 18th
Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11204. Purpose:
(32-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of MTG
Lending LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to: 21554 Jamaica Ave, Queens Village,
NY 11428. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
(33-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of W 173
Group LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
shall mail process to: 554 W. 173rd
St., New York, NY 10032. Purpose:
(34-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION: KINYAN 1641 PACIFIC LLC. Arts of
Org. were filed with the Secretary
to the LLC, 401 East 34th Street
Suite S.33C New York, NY 10016.
(35-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
HOLL – New York LLC. Articles of
Org. filed with NY Secretary of State
(NS) on July 1, 2013, office location:
LLC is designated as agent for
SOP at 90 State St STE 700 Office
40, purpose is any lawful purpose.
(41-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 332 Realty Holdings LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 5014-16th
Ave. Ste #188, Brooklyn, NY 11204.
(24-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Gold
Pawnbrokers LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 3300 3rd
Ave., Bronx, NY 10456. Purpose:
(5-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 47064708 13th Ave LLC. Arts of Org.
filed with New York Secy of State
(SSNY) on 6/27/13. Office location:
Albany County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom
E. 19th St., Brooklyn, NY 11219.
(25-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New
York Secy of State (SSNY) on
shall mail process to: 4706 Beach
47th St., Brooklyn, NY 11224. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(26-52-5)
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NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ALBANY
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL
TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE
FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS
CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2007-NC1
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007NC1, Plaintiff(s), Against NANCY
A. RATHBURN, TIMOTHY S. RATHBURN; et al, Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered
6/17/2013, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at Albany County Courthouse, 16 Eagle
Street, Albany, NY on 8/20/2013 at
9:30 a.m premises known as 318
Craven Road Knox, NY 12023.
ALL that certain plot piece or
parcel of land, with the buildings
and improvements thereon erected,
situate, lying and being in the Town
of Knox, County of Albany and
State of New York.
Section 35 Block 2 Lot 3
Approximate amount of lien
$150,109.73 plus interest and
costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment
Index # 994/2012
If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall
be entitled only to a return of the
deposit paid. The Purchaser shall
have to further recourse against the
Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the
Mortgagees attorney.
William Andrews, Esq., Referee
Leopold & Associates, PLLC,
80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110,
Armonk, NY 10504
Dated: 6/26/2013
File Number: 71629646
MNH
(36-52-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Silvershore Properties 43 LLC. Arts of
Org. filed with New York Secy of
State (SSNY) on 7/11/13. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY is
served. SSNY shall mail process
to: 1220 Broadway, Suite 707, New
York, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(7-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
(8-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of The Burger Professor LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 68-10 Dartmouth St., Forest Hills, NY 11375.
(9-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
957 Bedford LLC. Arts. of Org.
process to c/o Usacorp Inc., PO
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(12-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
1577 Pitkin Avenue Holding
SSNY shall mail process to PO Box
General.
(13-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Metropol Holdings LLC. Arts. of
(14-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Lending Solutions LLC. Arts. of
(15-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Cal E. Martin LLC. Arts. of Org.
(16-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
The CC Family LLC. Arts. of
(17-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
NY Green Holding LLC. Arts. of
(18-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
AVM Design, LLC. Arts. of Org.
(19-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
176 Jackson LLC. Arts. of Org.
(20-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Network Solution IPA LLC. Arts.
General.
(21-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
972 NY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
(22-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Ainslie Estates LLC. Arts. of
(23-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
1558 Park Place LLC. Arts. of
(24-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Central Bushwick LLC. Arts. of
(25-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
88 Schermerhorn LLC. Arts. of
(26-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
M&M 613, LLC. Arts. of Org.
(27-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Fashion 4 Less, LLC. Arts. of
(28-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Ivog LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with
Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on
(29-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Jolie Enfant LLC. Arts. of Org.
(30-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
531 Lafayette LLC. Arts. of Org.
(31-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
133-135 Leonard LLC. Arts. of
(32-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Abe Deals LLC. Arts. of Org.
(33-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
20 Morgan LLC. Arts. of Org.
process to 543 Bedford Avenue
PMB 184, Brooklyn, NY 11211.
Purpose: General.
(34-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
305 Grand LLC. Arts. of Org.
(35-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Follow
Us LLC. Articles of Org. filed with
5/21/2013, office location: Albany County, NS is designated as
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.
(42-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qual. of Deal Raven,
LLC. filed with Sec of State NY
(SSNY): 6/21/13. Office in Albany
County. Formed in WY: 5/31/13.
upon whom process against it may
be served & shall mail process to
its foreign address: 60 E Simpson
Ave. Box 2869, Jackson, WY
83001. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State, 200 W 24th St Rm 110,
Cheyenne, WY 82002. Purpose:
General.
(36-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
JNB Foods, LLC
LLC
JNB Foods, LLC Art. Of Org.
Filed with NYS Dept. of State 7/11/
2013. Office location: Albany Co.
SSNY is designated as agent upon
whom process against LLC may
be served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to JNB Foods, LLC, 60
Lawnridge Ave., Albany NY 12208.
Any lawful purpose.
(37-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
SHUGAV LLC Art. Of Org. Filed
Sec. Of State of NY 07/12/2013.
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,
3526 32 STREET #2 ASTORIA NY
11106. Purpose: Any lawful act or
activity.
(38-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
NAME: OCIP Holdings LLC. Articles
of Org. filed with NY Secretary
of State (NS) on 07/17/13, office
location: Albany County, NS is
mail service of process (SOP) to NW
Registered Agent LLC @ 90 State
St STE 700 Office 40.
(1-2-7)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of gpan LLC.
Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (NS) on June 24, 2013,
purpose.
(2-2-7)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION:
ARVERNE REALTY INVESTORS
LLC. Arts of Org. were filed with
the Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 12/19/12. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY
has been designated as agent
of the LLC upon whom process
shall mail a copy of process to the
LLC, C/O Kenneth Horowitz Esq.
360 Lexington Avenue, 12th Floor
lawful activity.
(3-2-7)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of (foreign)
1727 Properties LLC. Articles of
Org. filed with NY Secretary of
State ( NS ) on 4th. Of June
2013,office location: Albany County, NS is designated as agent upon
whom process may be served,
NS shall mail service of process
(SOP) to Veil Corporate, LLC @ 911
Central Ave # 188, NY 12206. Veil
Corporate, LLC is designated as
agent for SOP at 911 Central Ave
# 188, NY 12206. Purpose is any
lawful purpose.
(4-2-7)
LEGAL NOTICE
1. REGENCY OF B.P. LLC Legal
Notice:
NOTICE OF FORMATION of limited liability company (LLC). Name:
REGENCY OF B.P. LLC. Articles of
Organization filed with Secretary of
SSNY designated as agent of LLC
be served. SSNY shall mail copy of
process to: THE LLC 1 Prospect
Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
Purpose: any lawful purpose.
(5-2-7)
LEGAL NOTICE
The Berne Fire Commissioners’
Monthly meeting will be held at
the Berne Fire House on August
20 at 7:30 instead of August 13.
Thank you. Please send the bill to
the treasurer, Mark Resnick. If you
have any questions please call me
at 872-0297. Thanks, Millie Zuk,
Secretary
(1-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of LLC Articles of Organization for TRESS
CAPITOL ADVISORS LLC were
filed with the Secretary of State of
New York on June 21, 2013. Office
Located in Albany County. The
Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon which process
may be served and a copy shall be
mailed by the Secretary of State
to the LLC at 75 Mosher Road,
Glenmont, NY 12077. Purpose: for
any lawful activity for which limited
liability companies may be formed
under the law.
(6-2-7)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Termes
Ventures LLC. Articles of Org. filed
with NY Secretary of State (NS)
on 06/26/2013, office location:
(7-2-7)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification of Mike’s
Fuels, LLC. Articles of Org. filed
on 7/1/13, office location: Albany County, NS is designated as
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
(8-2-7)
LEGAL NOTICE
NAME: PeyBills LLC. Articles of
Organization were filed with the
(SSNY) on 07/16/13. Office location: Albany County. SSNY has
been designated as agent of the
LLC upon whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of process to the LLC, at 645
State St, Albany NY12203 for any
lawful purpose.
(9-2-7)
LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT – COUNTY
OF ALBANY
ONEWEST BANK, FSB, Plaintiff
against
LEANDRO RODRIGUEZ, et al
Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of
Foreclosure and Sale entered on
June 26, 2013.
I, the undersigned Referee will
sell at public auction at the Albany County Courthouse, 16 Eagle
Street, Albany, N.Y. on the 5th day
of September, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.
Said premises known as 55 Lincoln Avenue, Cohoes, N.Y. 12047.
Tax account number:
SBL # : 20.8-3-27.
Approximate amount of lien
$ 130,608.56 plus interest and
costs.
Premises will be sold subject to
provisions of filed judgment and
terms of sale.
Index No. 7614-11. Budrawi
Alan Bazzari, Esq., Referee.
Fein Such & Crane, LLP
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
1800 First Federal Plaza
Rochester, N.Y. 14614
(10-2-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
JEM Associates NY, LLC
LLC
JEM Associates NY, LLC Art. Of
Org. Filed with NYS Dept. of State
Co. SSNY is designated as agent
upon whom process against LLC
copy of process to: The LLC, 224
Euclid Ave., Albany, NY12208. Any
lawful purpose.
(14-2-7)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of BLUENORT LLC. Articles of Org. filed
(17-2-7)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF REPUBLICAN
PARTY CAUCUS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that
pursuant to the Election Law of the
State of New York and the Rules
of the Albany County Republican
Committee, a Republican Party
Caucus for the Town of Knox will be
held on Thursday, August 15, 2013
at 7:00pm at the Knox Town Hall,
2192 Beme-Altamont Rd, Knox, NY
All duly enrolled Republicans in the
Town of Knox are eligible to vote at
the caucus and are invited to attend. The caucus is being held for
the purpose of selecting candidates
for the positions listed below to be
voted for at the General Election to
be held on, November 5, 201 3.
Town Supervisor - 2 year term
Town Councilmember (2) - 4
year term
Town Clerk - 2 year term
Town Justice - 4 year term
Town Highway Superintendent
- 2 year term
Town Tax Collector - 2 year
term
Patricia Gage
Chair of the Knox
Republican Committee
(13-2-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
File Number#2013-338
PROBATE CITATION
S U R R O G AT E S C O U R TSCHENECTADY COUNTY
SUPPLEMENTAL CITATION
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF
GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT
TO: the unknown heirs at law,
next of kin and distributees of Anna
DiCocco, a/k/a Anna M. DiCocco,
deceased, if living and if any of
them be dead, to their heirs at law,
next of kin and distributees whose
names and places of residence are
unknown and especially to the unknown heirs at law, next to kin and
distributees of Jessica Kennedy,
Sandra Wagoner, Patricia Martin,
Deborah Popolizio and Christine
Popolizio, if living and if any of them
be dead, to their heirs at law, next
of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees,
and successors in interest whose
names are unknown and cannot be
ascertained after due diligence AND
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
A petition having been duly
filed by Eleanor Cioccke, who is
domiciled at 1558 Belmont Avenue,
Schenectady, NY 12309
YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO
SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Schenectady County,
at the Court House, 612 State
Street, Schenectady, New York, on
September 11, 2013 at ten o’clock
in the forenoon of that day, why a
decree should not be made in the
estate of Anna DiCocco a/k/a Anna
M. DiCocco lately domiciled at 2337
1st Street, Schenectady, NY 12303
in the County of Schenectady
admitting to probate a Will dated
March 14, 2006, a copy of which
is attached, as the will of Anna
DiCocco, a/k/a Anna M. DiCocco,
deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that
[X] Letters Testamentary be issued
to: Eleanor Cioccke
Dated, Attested and Sealed,
July 22, 2013
(L.S.)
Hon. Vincent W. Versaci
Surrogate,
County of Schenectady /s/
Paula B. Miller,
Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court
Attorney: Name of Attorney:
Kevin G. Caslin, Esq.
Telephone number: (518)3716125
Address of Attorney: 1745 Route
9 Clifton Park, New York 12065
[Note: This citation is served
upon you as required by law. You
are not required to appear in person. You have a right to have an
attorney appear for you. If you fail
to appear, it will be assumed you do
not object to the relief requested.]
(19-2-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 736 OP
LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New
York Secy of State (SSNY) on
shall mail process to: 1439 E. 19th
St., Brooklyn, NY 11219. Purpose:
(27-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Corner 54
Tower LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
shall mail process to: 199 Lee Ave.
Ste 735, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(28-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Double
Dip, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
shall mail process to: 45 Spring St.,
lawful activity.
(29-52-5)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of MADELAINE TARULLO, LLC. Articles of
Organization filed with the Secretary
6/18/2013, Office location: Albany
to the LLC, 9 Woodridge Ct, Albany,
NY 12203. Purpose is any lawful
purpose.
(2-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Kolstad & Fiess, LLC filed Articles
of Organization with the New York
State Department of State on JUNE
14, 2013. lts office is to be located
agent of the company upon whom
process against it may be served,
and a copy of any process shall be
mailed to 30 Kraft Avenue, Albany,
New York 12205. The purpose ofthe
company is any lawful business.
(3-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
NAME: GOTHAM BREWING COMPANY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary
to the LLC, c/o Brian W. Craine, 40
River Road, Apartment 6E, New
York, New York 10044. Purpose:
For any lawful purpose.
(4-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
(6-1-6)
LEGAL NOTICE
NAME: ARCON Services LLC.
Articles of Organization were filed
with the Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 07/24/13. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY has
a copy of process to the LLC, 8
Railroad Ave, Albany, NY 12205.
Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
(3-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
Acharya Services, LLC. Articles of
Org. filed with NY Secretary of State
(NS) on May 9, 2006, office location:
(4-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
USA Excelsior, LLC. Articles of Org.
filed with NY Secretary of State (NS)
on June 21, 2013, office location:
(5-3-8)
The deadline for legal
ads is
Wednesday at noon.
23
Giordano sentenced to eight years
By Marcello Iaia
Robert Giordano of Greene County was sentenced to eight years
in state prison, following a guilty
plea that Albany County District
Attorney David Soares announced
Friday would satisfy charges for a
string of robberies in Westerlo and
Coeymans.
Giordano, 24, pleaded in June
to one count of second-degree burglary, a class C felony, according
to Soares’s office. Judge Roger D.
McDonough of Albany County Supreme Court sentenced Giordano,
a second felony offender, including
five years of post release supervision.
Giordano broke into residences
through a glass door or window and
stole common items, like jewelry,
cash, or electronics, according to
Cecilia Logue, a spokeswoman for
Soares’s office. This is Giordano’s
second felony offense in the last
10 years, she said.
Steven Sharp, Albany County
assistant district attorney of the
Legal Affairs Bureau, prosecuted
the case.
Giordano was arrested by State
Police in April, police said, when
he was found with a stolen vehicle
on Route 22 in Durham, in Greene
County. He had stolen items with
Blotters
Robert Giordano
him, said police, including electronics, jewelry, and firearms.
Giordano was charged in April
with first-degree criminal possession of a weapon, three counts
of second-degree burglary, and
third-degree criminal possession
of stolen property — all felonies.
He was also charged with three
misdemeanors: seventh-degree
criminal possession of a controlled
substance, possession of burglar’s
tools, and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia.
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Notice of formation of Praxitek
Group, LLC. Articles of Org. filed
(6-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF:
NON STOP MUSIC DJ LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with the Secretary of State
of NY (SSNY) on 06/17/2013. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY has
a copy of process to the LLC, c/o
Vinny Commisso, 30 Glynn St,
Albany, New York 12203. Purpose:
Any Lawful act.
(7-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
DAVID GREENWALD, LLC Art.
Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY
08/26/2010. Off. Loc.: Albany Co.
SSNY designated as agent upon
served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 101 West 23rd
Street, #4Q, New York, NY 10011.
Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.
(8-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
Articles of Organization for WILDBIRD LAND LLC were filed with the
on July 18, 2013. Office Located
agent upon which process may be
served and a copy shall be mailed
by the Secretary of State to the LLC
at 157 Dumbarton Drive, Delmar,
NY 12054. Purpose: for any lawful
activity for which limited liability
companies may be formed under
the law.
(9-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
AUTHORITY OF LLC HEALTHCARE INTELLIGENCE PARTNERS,
LLC, filed an Application for Authority with the New York Secretary of
State on 07/16/13. The jurisdiction
of organization of the LLC is Maryland. Its office is located in Albany
County. The Secretary of State has
been designated as agent upon
whom process may be served and
shall mail a copy of any process
served on him or her to the LLC,
at HEALTHCARE INTELLIGENCE
PARTNERS, LLC, c/o Registered
Agents, INC, 90 State St. Ste 700
Office 40, Albany, NY 12207. The
street address of the principal
business location is HEALTHCARE
INTELLIGENCE PARTNERS, LLC,
110 E. End Avenue, Suite 10C, New
York, NY 10028.
(10-3-8)
agent for SOP @ 911 Central Ave
#188 Albany, N.Y. purpose is any
lawful purpose.
(11-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of domestic formation of
H&N Yellow Barn, LLC. Articles of
Organization filed with NY Secretary of State(NS) on June 2013,office location: Albany County. NS is
process may be served. NS shall
mail service of process(SOP) to
Veil Corporate, LLC @ 911 Central
Ave #188 Albany, N.Y. 12206. Veil
agent for SOP at 911 Central Ave
#188 Albany, N.Y. 12206 purpose
(12-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of domestic formation
of Sonshine Properties 47,LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with
NY Secretary of State(NS) on
June 2013, office location: Albany County. NS is designated as
agent upon whom process may
be served. NS shall mail service
of process(SOP) to Veil Corporate,
LLC @ 911 Central Ave #188 Albany, N.Y. 12206. Veil Corporate,
LLC is designated as agent for
SOP at 911 Central Ave #188
Albany, N.Y. 12206 purpose is any
lawful purpose.
(13-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of domestic formation of Sonshine Properties 49,
LLC. Articles of Organization filed
with NY Secretary of State(NS)
on June 2013. Office location is
Albany County. NS is designated
as agent upon whom process
may be served. NS shall mail
service of process (SOP) to Veil
Corporate, LLC @ 911 Central
Ave#188 Albany, N.Y. 12206 Veil
agent for SOP @ 911 Central Ave
#188 Albany, purpose is any lawful
purpose.
(14-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
Wow Wireless, LLC. Arts. of
(19-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of LAV
NYC LLC. Authority filed with
NY Secretary of State (SSNY) on
7/22/2013.Office location: Albany
County.LLC formed in Delaware
(DE) on 04/05/2013.SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon
served.SSNY shall mail process
to NorthWest Registered Agent
LLC, 90 State St STE 700 Office
40,Albany,NY 12207.DE address
of LLC: c/o United States Corporation Agents Inc,1521 Concord Pike
#301,Wilmington DE 19803. Arts. of
org. filed with DE Secy. of State,401
Federal Street,Dover DE 19901.
Purpose:any lawful activity.
(15-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLICATION NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The name of the
LLC is AMY SALINGER LLC. The
Art. of Org. were filed with New
York’s Secretary of State (“NYSS”)
on 06/25/2013. The office is to
be located in Albany County. The
principal business location is 1203
Jackson Ave., 2A, Long Island City,
NY 11101. The NYSS is designated
be served. The NYSS shall mail a
copy of any process to the registered agent: INCORP SERVICES
INC., One Commerce Plaza, 99
Washington Ave. Ste. 805-A, Albany NY 12207. The purpose of
the business of the Company is any
lawful activity.
(16-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Application of Authority
of Reba Aviation Insurance LLC. Authority filed with the Secy. of State
NY (SSNY) on 5/14/13. Office location: Albany County. LLC formed
in Pennsylvania on 12/7/11 with
Pennsylvania Department of State,
210 N. office Bldg. Harrisburg, PA,
17120 . SSNY designated as agent
be served. SSNY shall mail process
to: The LLC, 206 Elmhurst Circle,
Cranberry Twp. PA 16066. Purpose
of LLC: Any lawful activity
(17-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Inspiring
Wellness Solutions, LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with the Secy. of State of
NY (SSNY) on 7/12/13. Office location, County of Albany. SSNY has
process to: 100 N. Mohawk Street,
Cohoes, New York 12047. Purpose:
Any lawful act.
(18-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
FH Enterprises NY, LLC. Arts. of
(20-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
3415 Colden LLC. Arts. of Org.
(21-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
New York 307 LLC. Arts. of
(22-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
NY Bid Management, LLC. Arts.
General.
(23-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
Home Vision Realty, LLC. Arts. of
(24-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF INFORMATION
OF LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME:
CWR CONSULTING, LLC. Articles
of Organization were filed with the
Secretary of the State of New York
(SSNY) on 06/06/13. The latest date
of the dissolution is 12/31/2050. Office location: Albany County. SSNY
has been designated as agent
of the LLC upon whom process
shall mail a copy of process to the
LLC, 101 Avenue U, Brooklyn, New
York 11223. Purpose: For any lawful
purpose. TU 6t (688274)
(33-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of ALYSS
LLC Articles of Org. filed with
04/24/2013 office location: Albany County, NS is designated as
agent upon whom process may
(34-3-8)
LEGAL NOTICE
ROBERT A. HUNTER LLC Art.
Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY
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COUNTY OF ALBANY
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Building, 432 New Salem Road,
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013, for:
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Contracts will be awarded per
stated specifications. The Board
reserves the right to reject any and
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DATED 07/31/2013
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VOORHEESVILLE,
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
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located in the Clayton A. Bouton
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SPORTS
...Tenacious climbers clamber for Thacher access, now on the horizon
with NYS Parks to make John
Boyd Thacher State Park the next
rock-climbing destination in New
York. The activity is included in
the park’s new master plan.
“There’s no real green light
until the fall,” said Bob Kuhn, an
assistant regional director for the
state’s Office of Parks, Recreation,
and Historic Preservation that is
leading the rock-climbing effort
with help from the TCC. “This is
all part of a lengthy master plan
that needs to be digested by the
public. We’re engaged and moving
forward, but we’re not finished.”
The TCC is very excited about
the possibility of climbing at Thacher Park, said its vice president,
Mike Whelan.
“Besides just climbing, the
plan has many positive features,
which will revive the park and its
usefulness to the public,” Whelan
said in a statement he prepared in
response to Enterprise questions.
“It is important for NYS Parks
to be flexible and responsive to
the changing world of recreation.
Mountain biking and rock climbing have become more popular in
the last few decades.”
Thacher Park’s draft of the master plan says that rock-climbing
will be opened in selected areas,
and will be by permit only. The
activity will be managed by the
park in cooperation with the
TCC. Details will be developed
in a climbing management plan,
focused around three main factors
–– endangered species, accessibility, and rock-face stability.
“There’s no real disagreements
with rock-climbing, but there are
safety issues, and some areas of
the escarpment might be off limits,” said Kuhn, who attended the
first public hearing on the master
plan last Thursday. “There’s no
controversy with climbing, but
issues need to be resolved with
some internal leg work.”
For example, rock climbers can’t
be above hiking trails.
The master plan is not explicit
about climbing management, but
the TCC could move plans further
by working with the Access Fund
and State Parks to make a specific
plan based on models elsewhere.
Minnewaska State Park would
be a good example to follow and,
Scale the sediment: Thacher Park has included rock-climbing in
its master plan, but climbers won’t be able to do the activity above
hiking trails, like this one. The state’s Office of Parks, Recreation
and Historic Preservation has been working with the Thacher
Climbing Coalition, a locally managed not-for-profit group.
On the edge: Rock climbers may get the chance to ascend tricky rock faces like this at Thacher Park if
the park passes its master plan. The sport used to be banned in all New York State parks.
Whelan said, the TCC is prepar- and studies prove that climbing be for beginners. It could attract
has become safer. I mean, hiking serious climbers from around the
ing to do so.
“There’s a lot of behind-the- has more accidents because people country who want the challenge
scenes work to be done, so we’ll are unprepared. Climbing has a of a new climb.
“It would have a tremendous
be starting small,” said Whelan. controlled environment.”
Whelan said that rock-climbing benefit to the park and the sur“Thacher used to be anti-anything,
but they’ve come a long way and mishaps almost always happen rounding community,” said Kuhn.
been very responsive. It’s been due to human error; equipment “It could become a serious destigreat. The park asks us for infor- failure is rare. The sport has its nation.”
The TCC has been critical in
mation, and we’re able to provide share of “famous soloists,” who
climb rock faces without anchors rock-climbing plans for Thacher
and help them.”
Whelan, who splits his time or rope, but Whelan says they Park, Kuhn said. “This would
between Voorheesville and Colo- account for only a fraction of a have never come up without
rado, has been rock climbing for 14 percent of the climbing commu- them because they have all the
years. He’s never been in any dan- nity. Climbers usually participate expertise and experience,” he said.
“They wanted to climb here, so
gerous situations while climbing, in teams of two or more.
“The bureaucracy is very rigid, they stepped forward. There’s a
and says that the national rockbut they should be aware of the demand for the sport.”
climbing accident rate is low.
Rock-climbing is a quiet sport;
From Alaska to Mexico, rock- new trends in sport,” Whelan
climbing has an average of 24 said. “There’s all different types no ruckus. Some people see it
deaths per year; this can be com- of rocks, but climbing equipment as more of an art form than a
pared to snowmobiling, which has drastically improved. There’s sport.
“It’s a different thing for differonce accounted for 84 deaths in better anchors and better rope.”
ent people,” Whelan
one single Canadian
said. “We’re like little
province over one winmosquitoes, who are
ter season, Whelan
“Mountain biking and rock climbing
all about balance,
said.
endurance, strength,
As rock climbing
have become more popular
and embrace. It’s a
becomes more popuin the last few decades.”
delicate thing, and
lar, the amount of
the views are great.
injuries increases. In
You enjoy nature
a Jan. 2013 report by
Rock climbers in the 1960s used while testing your abilities at the
the National Electronic Injury
Surveillance System, rock climb- steel equipment, but the engineer- same time.”
With so many cracks and holes
ing accounted for 1,258 injuries ing wasn’t up to par. Now, a good
set of anchors and rope can hold in the rock faces, climbing is like
annually.
solving a problem.
According to a study released up to 2,200 pounds.
“Everybody has their own style,”
“The problems aren’t the same,”
by the Canadian Institute for
said Whelan. “You have to pull
Health Information, 70 percent said Whelan.
The Albany County Sheriff ’s your head in.”
of snowmobile driver deaths are
The master plan process is close
alcohol related. Whelan says that Office Search and Rescue team
rock-climbers are never drunk has 12 trained professionals, so to the end, Kuhn said. With the
because climbing difficult rock the rescue infrastructure is solid proper agreement, initiatives, and
faces requires knowledge and if there ever was a disaster on Th- budget, the escarpment could be
acher’s escarpment. The team has open to rock climbers in the sumdeep focus.
mer season of 2014.
“I’m not trying to pick on snow- trained on the cliffs since 1994.
“It’s tough to put a time on it,
Kuhn said that rock climbmobiling, but that’s an activity
that is very dangerous, but has ing at Thacher Park could rival but next year is in the back of
been acceptable for a long time,” some of the best scaling on the our minds,” Kuhn said, adding,
said Whelan. “Parks have to be East Coast. The escarpment has “But, the devil is always in the
conscious of what people want, a shear, vertical face, and won’t details.”
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