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The Altamont
Enterprise
& Albany County Post
No. 31
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
For 126 years Albany County’s independent newspaper
At BCSD, study complete
Clarksville on the line
“Why don’t we just say what it is,”
By Saranac Hale Spencer
CLARKSVILLE — The estimated Tebbano said, referring to the sala$900,000 that the Bethlehem Cen- ries for teachers and administrators.
tral School District would save by As with most districts, salaries and
closing the Clarksville Elementary benefits make up about 75 percent
School would nearly cover the re- of the current year’s budget. Tebmaining $1 million gap it is antici- bano cited the district’s contractual
agreements with its employees and
pating in next year’s budget.
said that, in order to atIn a presentation to
tract talented people, the
the school board last
school has to pay well.
night, district SuperinHe also cited increases
tendent Michael Tebin the cost of living. Costbano sketched out some
of-living adjustments set
of the options available
by the Social Security Adto the board, which had
ministration since 2005
asked him to research
have fluctuated between 2
the impacts of closing
percent and 6 percent.
Clarksville’s elementary “Emotionally
“It is not our motive to
school and the district
charged.”
dishonor or tarnish the
offices.
Clarksville community,”
He outlined five options,
Tebbano said at the beincluding: the closure of
ginning of his presentathe Clarksville school,
tion. “I think Clarksville
either this year or next; reElementary is a wonderdistricting to more evenly
ful school,” he said of the
distribute students to the
rural school located in the
district’s six elementary
town of New Scotland —
schools; making no change
the rest of the district’s
at all; and closing the Elsmere Elementary School, which he facilities are located in Bethlehem.
The total amount the district
researched at the request of district
would save by closing the school,
residents.
At the start of his presentation, Tebbano said, would be $891,970,
Tebbano told the board and the crowd which would include the $3,700
in the nearly-full middle school audi- cost of upkeep while the building
torium that he had received hate mail is “mothballed.” He estimated the
since the idea of closing the school market value of the building at $3.5
had been broached. “This debate in million, but did not recommend
the next few weeks has the potential selling it.
The roughly 200 students who
to be emotionally charged,” he said,
asking people to remember that the attend Clarksville would be split
discussion should focus on children, between the Slingerlands and Eagle
elementary schools, he said.
not “four walls and a roof.”
Making that change would affect
Before Tebbano began, during a
public-comment section, a Clarks- only Clarksville families he said,
ville parent asked how the district’s while redistricting all areas to
budget had ballooned from $65 even out attendance would affect
million in the 2005-06 school year, families around the whole of the
to the projected $90 million for the district. Each of the six elementary
coming school year — a 39 percent schools has class sizes of between
(Continued on page 12)
increase.
The Enterprise — Melissa Hale-Spencer
Languishing under a luscious lavender blossom, Lysander, played by Daniel DuMoulin,
sleeps while Oberon, king of the fairies, played by Clayton Bastiani, casts a spell over him.
Eventually, the four Athenian lovers, sort through the entanglements caused by the fairies,
and end up as two couples in the Altamont Elementry School production of Shakespear’s A
Midsummer Night’s Dream. More on page 9.
After violation, Schaming re-appointed
By Zach Simeone
BERNE — A month after being found guilty
of second-degree harassment, a violation,
Peter Schaming was re-appointed as Berne’s
building administrator at last week’s town
board meeting.
“The conviction didn’t amount to anything
that should cause him to lose his job,” Supervisor George Gebe told The Enterprise after the
meeting. “We’d have to fire everybody, because
most people have a violation. And no one else
came forward against this gentleman,” he said
of Schaming. At the start of the meeting, a
group of Schaming’s friends and neighbors
spoke in support of his re-appointment; several
have also written letters to the Enterprise edi-
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Opinion Page 2
tor in recent weeks in support of Schaming.
Both Schaming, 56, and his wife, Teal
Schaming, 54, were convicted on Tuesday, Jan.
11, of second-degree harassment, a violation,
which took place between Sept. 13, 2008, and
Nov. 29, 2009, according to New Scotland Town
Court records. As a result, they were charged
a $150 fine. Although the Schamings live in
Berne, the case was heard in New Scotland to
avoid the appearance of impropriety, as Peter
Schaming works for the town.
Schaming declined to comment on the record
this week.
“I’m so offended by how so many people
can belittle what actual harassment is,” said
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Community Calendar Page 14
At GCSD, Wiles freezes salary
Citizens complain about
raises for administrators
By Melissa Hale-Spencer
GUILDERLAND — More than three hours into a school board
meeting filled with talk of tough budget choices, Superintendent
Marie Wiles announced she would not take an agreed-upon raise
next year.
Wiles started work at Guilderland on Oct. 1 with an annual salary
of $175,000 and had been slated for a 1-percent raise next year.
“All of this weighs heavily on me,” she said of staff members’ losing
jobs and programs being cut, “and I need to lead as I live.”
The district has hosted several packed sessions as it asks for community response on closing a looming budget gap. Last year, to keep
the tax hike around 4 percent, Guilderland cut 56 jobs and passed an
$87.4 million budget. Keeping the hike at 4 percent next year with a
rollover budget — with the same staff and programs — would entail
cutting about $4 million.
At Tuesday’s meeting, the Guilderland School Board president,
Richard Weisz, recommended checking with the school’s attorney to
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The Altamont Enterprise – Thursday, February 17, 2011
Editorial
Good deeds take wing
C
an a school teach kindness or caring?
A series of small events this week has convinced us it can. Those are
values that may not be measurable in test scores but are the mortar that
builds a society.
On Monday, we received a rather timid call from Dana Bonjolo, the mother of
a 9-year-old. She said that her daughter, Olivia, has been collecting money for
UNICEF. As a student at Pine Bush Elementary School, Olivia got the idea from
the Halloween fund-raiser there.
Dana Bonjolo, who works at Carman Wine and Liquor, said her customers had
commented on Olivia’s hand-crayoned jar on the store counter. “They remembered
collecting for UNICEF as kids,” said Mrs. Bonjolo. “They didn’t know it was still
around. They said I should call The Enterprise.”
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund was created
in 1946 to provide food and health care to children in countries that had been
devastated during World War II. Children in the 1950s here would, at Halloween,
go door-to-door, trick-or-treating not for candy but to collect coins for UNICEF.
The acronym, UNICEF, remains but the program is now called the United
Nations Children’s Funds and it helps mothers and children in developing
countries.
When Olivia Bonjolo got out of school on Monday afternoon, she counted the
dollar bills that had been placed in her UNICEF jar. Altogether, she’s collected
$136.17.
“She has a huge heart,” said her mother.
That same day, we heard from a teacher at Pine Bush Elementary School,
Megan Doak. She has been teaching for two years and serves as the advisor to
the school’s student council.
Ms. Doak called to tell us about “a very special little girl” — fifth-grader Emily
Lynch. Emily had inspired the others in the student council to hold a fund drive
to help a 7-year-old girl, Hannah Hughes, who has leukemia.
Emily’s father and Hannah’s father work together, said Ms.
Doak, and, when Emily found out that Hannah was going
to need a bone marrow transplant, she wanted to help.
The donor is Hannah’s 4-year-old sister, Fiona. The
family will travel to Boston Children’s Hospital
for the grueling procedure.
Pine Bush students have in the past raised
money selling lemonade to help fight childhood cancer. Two-and-a-half years ago,
Pine Bush second-grade teacher Laurie
Haecker told us, “Alex’s Lemonade Stand
is a legacy left by a little girl named Alexandra Scott. She was diagnosed with
cancer. At the age of 4, she had a lemonade
stand to raise money to help her doctors…
She died when she was 8 years old…My
kids felt inspired by her story.”
Ms. Haecker also said the project
“teaches kids to have empathy…It’s children helping children.”
Emily Lynch took that idea and made a
seasonal application. Rather than selling lemonade, which is thirst-quenching in hot weather,
she decided to sell cocoa. Emily came up with the
slogan, “Warm your heart for Hannah,” as she and her
fellow students assembled 300 bags of hot-cocoa mix to sell
during school lunch periods.
Because purple is Hannah’s favorite color, they wore lavender shirts
with a design drawn by Hannah. Emily, who is 11, wrote a poem for Hannah
that goes like this:
She’s a sweet, smart, smiling girl, who loves the color purple.
She’s seven years old and has a sister Fiona who is four.
She loves to color hearts and rainbows, especially when she’s bored.
She’s the kindest girl in the world; she’s brave, amazing and smart.
Hannah has leukemia, and she is doing well.
TEAM HANNAH! We say! TEAM HANNAH! We say!
And she won’t have that cancer for long!
We don’t believe Olivia Bonjolo will save the many, many children starving to
death every day. We don’t believe Emily Lynch’s spirited fund-drive will bring an
end to childhood cancer. What is important, though, is that both girls have, on their
own, at a tender young age, stepped up to make a difference, to help others.
We are reminded of a story that Wangari Maathai is fond of telling. She began
her Green Belt Movement in the 1970s, urging African villagers to plant trees.
Because of her campaign, more than 11 billion trees have been planted, and she
was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her work.
“I like to tell the story of the hummingbird,” Ms. Maathai told the Royal Geographical Society, “because quite often we feel overwhelmed.”
It is the story of a huge and raging forest fire, destroying the homes and lives
of the many animals that lived there.
“They felt powerless,” she said of the animals. “They felt there was nothing
they could do. The problem was too much for them — except the little hummingbird.
“The hummingbird said, ‘I’m going to do something about the fire.’”
So it flew to the nearby stream, and got a tiny beak full of water. Then, it put
a drop of water on the fire and flew back to the stream, repeating this over and
over.
The other animals — like the elephants with big trunks that could have brought
much more water — belittled the hummingbird and its efforts as futile.
“What do you think you are doing?” they asked.
The hummingbird answered, “I’m doing the best I can.”
“For me, and I hope for you, that’s all we can do…” said Ms. Maathai. “Collectively, it can make a difference — so be a hummingbird.”
We salute Olivia and Emily for being like the hummingbird, and we salute
their school for helping them do the best they can. It should inspire us all.
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To the editor
We need to change the funding for financing schools
To the Editor:
I fear the numbers in the news
and in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s
pronouncements are misleading
concerning the state of school
budgets and the ability of school
districts to absorb the state cuts
to education.
Berne-Knox-Westerlo is geographically one of the largest
districts in the state, so cuts to
transportation affect BKW more
than a smaller district.
On average, New York school
districts have 12 percent of their
students with special needs;
BKW has 18 percent. Thus, a
cut to special education hurts
more at BKW.
And we do not have a huge
business base. I would think that
if 74 percent of New York school
districts can handle the cuts, as
Cuomo’s team has determined,
then BKW is one of the 26 percent that cannot.
We need to change the funding
for financing schools. A simple
formula needs to be devised so
that all students of this fair
state and country get a good
education.
I urge everyone to contact their
state legislators and national
representatives to demand a
fairer way to finance education.
Jean Forti
Knox
There is no less outrage this year
about potential cuts to GCSD sports
To the Editor:
I read with great concern the
article in last week’s edition regarding the Guilderland Central
School District budget forum.
[For the full story, go online to
www.altamontenterprise.com
and look under Guilderland archives for Feb. 10, 2011.]
Relative to the potential elimination of modified and freshman
sports programs, the article
reported that, unlike last year
when the topic “packed the
school’s meeting hall as athletes
and sports boosters complained
about the elimination of freshman sports from the budget,”
this year, the article reported,
that such conversation was just
part of the “ebb and flow” of the
discussion.
After many conversations with
parents of young Guilderland
athletes, I can assure you that
there is no less outrage this year
about the potential elimination
of sports programs for our Guilderland youth. Rather, sports
parents were not aware that this
ill-advised idea could possibly be
on the table again.
In addition, we were all unable
to attend the meeting because we
were driving our kids to sports
the night of the meeting and
supporting them as they pursue
their athletic dreams.
The elimination of modified
and freshman sports is a bad
idea of epic proportions. We are
constantly hearing about the
childhood obesity epidemic in
our country, and how does Guilderland respond? By proposing
to eliminate sports programs
for adolescents — a particularly
vulnerable age group.
In addition, not only do sports
teach lifelong lessons about the
value of hard work, sportsmanship, and teamwork, but they
also keep our youth occupied
rather than loitering at the
mall or, even worse, becoming
involved with drugs or alcohol.
We have discussed this issue
with parents from other school
districts and, to the best of our
knowledge, most other districts
are not considering eliminating
their sports programs. Why Guilderland? Our district should take
a lesson from these schools and
consider other options.
We also heard that, unlike
last year, this year we may not
even be given the opportunity
to raise the money ourselves to
allow for the continuation of the
sports programs on the chopping
block. If this is true, we cannot
fathom why this decision could
possibly be made and would urge
in the strongest terms that it be
reconsidered.
Many Guilderland children
have been playing sports since
they were very young in the
hopes that, one day, they might
be able to play on their school’s
team. Our children’s hard work
and dreams should not be discarded so easily.
Kristina Baldwin
Slingerlands
Editor’s note: Guilderland’s
assistant superintendent for
business, Neil Sanders, said, in
response to the idea that sports
boosters may not be allowed to
raise funds as they did to restore
sports this year, “Cuts being what
they are, we would welcome clubs
or booster groups raising funds
like they did this year so children could participate in their
activities.”
Back In Time. . .
1911
100 Years Ago
2011
Altamont Enterprise February 17, 1911
General News Happenings: Hans Brenner of the crew of the
British steamer Amelia had a thrilling experience with a huge
serpent which attacked him in the hold of that vessel. The
Amelia had just sailed from New York Feb. 1 on her present
trip to Jamaica. On the following day orders were given the
crew to clean up the hold. The serpent was in the act of coiling to make a second attack when it was put to death with
shovels. The reptile was eight feet long.
A. H. Kennard, who was reported drowned, fished out of
the Schuylkill river near Reading, Pa., identified by his wife,
buried and who turned up in Reading alive and well, caused
great disappointment in his home by not staying away. When
Mrs. Kennard returned home from a visit to Coatesville her
husband was waiting at the station. She recognized him and
nearly collapsed.
The ban is on “Oh, you kid!” in Brockton, Mass. Mayor
Harry C. Howard has issued orders for the arrest of all who
are heard using the expression on the streets. He intends to
put a stop to all flirting.
****
Crimes and Casualties: Captain Andrew Englund, one of the
best known sea captains on the New England coast, is dead
in Boston as a result of a jab from a hatpin. Captain Englund
went to Boston five weeks ago from his home on Peaks island,
Maine. With his wife he was riding in a crowded trolley car
from the North station when a woman standing beside him
turned her head suddenly and he was jabbed by a pin in the
cheek. His face began to swell. He died of blood poisoning.
When William McCrary of Denver fired a bullet through
his brain because of business and marital troubles he not
only took his own life, but killed a friend and cost the life
of the woman he is supposed to have been in love with. The
bullet passed through McCrary’s head and entered the brain
of Arthur Knowles, who was standing beside him. Knowles
died shortly afterward. When Mrs. Julia Sohn heard of his
act she took carbolic acid. She will die.
****
Berne: Austin Shultes and Ephraim Ball are in Albany on
jury duty.
Charley Bassler is sawing wood at Frank Hart’s, using
an engine.
The body of Merle T., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Durfee, of East Berne, was buried in Woodlawn cemetery
on Tuesday.
About two weeks ago, Seneca Willsey experienced a slight
paralytic shock, affecting his right side and his speech. There
has been little change in his condition and he remains free
from pain and able to sit in his chair most of the day.
School board should calculate
needed salary savings into staff posts as gov has
To the Editor:
Assistant Guilderland School
Superintendent for Business
Neil Sanders, in the The Altamont Enterprise, Feb. 10, 2011,
page 12, spoke about a roll-over
budget – keeping staff and programs as they are now — which
would bring a budget increase
of $5.6 million. And yet, a companion article on page 13 reports
that 10 school administrators
who now receive salaries ranging from $75,000 to $107,463
were awarded a 9-percent salary
increase over 36 months retroactive to July 1, 2010.
Assistant Superintendent for
Human Resources Lin Severance stated that “this is in line
with the other administrative
units.”
If that reasoning is adopted,
then how would the district ever
reduce salary increases if existing contracts dictate all future
contracts, one feeding the other
in a perpetual upward spiral
of labor costs regardless of the
economic times?
Ms. Severance also stated that
the unit [presumably, negotiating unit] waited to see if the
economy would improve adding,
“Unfortunately, it didn’t”; well,
you wouldn’t know that given
the increased salary awarded in
the contract.
Regardless, the Guilderland
School Board approved the contract with a 9-percent increase
and a 1-percent increased contribution by the 10 administrators
for health care costs from 20 to
21 percent.
Now, on to the remaining contracts including the behemoth
costly teacher’s contract.
Again, on page 12, school
board President Richard Weisz
referred to the 1982 Triborough
Amendment to the Taylor Law,
which requires that the terms of
a previous teachers’ contract be
carried over to the new period,
pending a newly-agreed-upon
contract. However, the amendment does not require that the
same number of teachers be retained in the school district.
Needless to say, every responsible organization has promoted
the repeal of this provision of
the Taylor Law. But since it is
on the books, the school board
should calculate the needed salary savings into staff positions
just as the governor has done
with public-sector staff.
The governor has and the
board should advise the unions
to come up with that target of
savings or a specific number of
positions will be eliminated. Like
everyone else, teachers do not
want to join the unemployed.
Qualified administrators
should also be returned to classroom duties. Just as PEF [Public
Employees Federation] and CSEA
[Civil Service Employees Association] must come up with a plan
on the state side, the teachers’
union should, too. After all, the
unions representing many town
of Guilderland employees (except
the police to date) have acted
responsibly and accepted no increases in their new contracts;
why not the teachers?
A reminder to parents: Every
dollar paid for increased salary
and benefits reduces available
funds for instruction. To put it
another way, the gap in costs
between labor and student
programs will grow even larger
than the current approximate
75-to-25-percent ratio.
And by the way, as suggested
by the governor, has the school
board investigated consolidation with neighboring school
districts? Fewer administrators
would result in more funding for
programs for our children. And,
some of the multi-million dollar
expansion of the infrastructure
at the high school to increase
administrative office space would
very likely not have been necessary if districts consolidated and
shared staff and space.
There is no doubt that any
school board has a very difficult
task ahead, requiring much
courage. My hope is that the
Guilderland School Board rises
to the task at hand.
Gerard Houser
Guilderland
Editor’s note: The 75-to 25-percent ratio means that roughly
three-quarters of school budgets
pay for salaries and benefits
of employees. The remaining
quarter goes for such expenses
as building maintenance and
equipment.
Turn the page for more letters on school budgets.
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Why pick on Chuckie?
To the Editor:
In response to stealing from
Westerlo dump, why pick on
Chuckie [transfer station operator Charles Benninger]?
I’ve never seen him put stuff in
his truck. People would give him
stuff; they put it in his truck.
I think most people took stuff
at one time or other.
People set things that are good
but they don’t want off to the side
to let some one else have it. Is
that stealing?
Carolyn Haley
Westerlo/East Berne
Editor’s note: For the full story,
go online to www.altamontenterprise.com and look under Feb. 3,
2011 archives for “Editorial” and
“Hilltowns.”
Garbage-gate is political hype
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter in response to accusations regarding
stealing from the Westerlo transfer station. Forgive me, but I still
call it the “town dump.”
I remember going to the dump
with my dad when I was a youngster. We often had a laugh as we
brought back more than we deposited. It was, and still is, a memorable childhood experience.
I would like to thank Clinton
J. Milner for pointing to the fact
that my dad and I were stealing.
However, Mr. Milner is now trying to correct this great problem
of stealing from the dump. Better
late than never?
As an adult, I feel ashamed
that my attention has now been
focused on crimes such as rape,
terror, murder, grand theft, etc.
These crimes blinded me to the
“garbage-gate” crimes.
I would like to confess that
I have taken a lot of “garbage”
from politicians over the years.
I would like to return this “garbage” as soon as possible. Any
suggestions, Mr. Milner?
William Kowal
Westerlo
Editor’s note: The Enterprise’s
Feb. 3 article (“Stealing Steel from
Westerlo?”) and editorial (“Encourage re-use but stop the theft
of recycled goods”) drew a sharp
distinction between swapping used
goods, which is laudable, and
taking truckloads of scrap metal
that belong to the town to sell for
personal gain. We urged the town
to craft a law that distinguishes
between the two and then enforce
it. As our story pointed out, Westerlo last year got $2,430 for its
scrap metal while the neighboring
town of Knox with a much smaller
population, got about $11,000.
Correction
In last week’s front-page story on Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s budget
discussion, reporting on a possible 4- or 5-percent increase in the
tax levy for next year, we had the wrong figures in the headline.
The district is aiming at 4 to 5 percent, not 5 to 6 percent.
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To the editor
Closing Clarksville Elementary
would be an unfair and short-sighted move
To the Editor:
In the face of a $4.8 million budget deficit and citing a projected
decline of the student population
district-wide, the Bethlehem
Central School District Board of
Education has charged the superintendent with conducting a
feasibility study, examining the
potential closure of Clarksville
Elementary School. The results of
this study were due to be released
in conjunction with the superintendent’s budget on Feb. 16.
In 2003, in order to meet
the needs of a then projected
population growth, the district
began a $93 million dollar capital
construction and improvement
project, which included upgrades
to existing schools, including a
significant investment in Clarksville, but elected to construct a
new elementary school, Eagle Elementary, to provide the classroom
space needed for that growth. The
projected population growth has
not occurred.
By electing to build a new
school instead of modernizing and
expanding existing schools sufficiently to address the projected
population increase and then redistricting students away from
those existing schools to populate the new school, the district
in effect turned away from its
commitment to the five existing
community-based elementary
schools, which had served it well
for decades.
Now, with a new, sixth elementary school in place, Clarksville
has been targeted for closure as
a result.
Built in 1948 and added to
the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, Clarksville
Elementary provides a safe and
community-service oriented learning environment for its students,
which is, in many ways, unique.
Serving the western portions of
the town of Bethlehem and the
areas of the town of New Scotland
located within the district, it is the
only district school located outside
the town of Bethlehem.
The benefits Clarksville Elementary provides its students
are worth making great efforts
to preserve. These benefits are
not readily expressed in terms of
dollars and cents and therefore do
not lend themselves to a simple
cost-versus-benefit analysis.
This school is important to the
community and the impact of its
closure will extend beyond those
families whose children are students there. By paying a higher
tax rate than district residents
from the town of Bethlehem,
town of New Scotland residents
living within the school district do
their part to support the district
financially.
Closing the school will throw
away the investment the district
made to upgrade and modernize
Clarksville during the capital
improvement project.
With the potential for development in the areas served by
Clarksville acknowledged in the
district’s own 2010 Long-Range
Planning Report, any decision
to close the school could prove
to be short-sighted and fiscally
irresponsible should additional
classroom space be required when
future development does occur.
The district’s academic programs are, and must continue to
be, the budget priority. The culture
and environment of each individual school is a critical component of
those academic programs. Closing
any successful and effective school
should be a last resort.
I encourage the board of education and Superintendent [Michael]
Tebbano to avoid placing the burden of the budget deficit unfairly
upon a single school, its students,
and the community it has served
for over 60 years.
Do not allow the negative impact of past decisions to be magnified today. Find savings elsewhere.
Our children and community will
thank you.
James Cable
Clarksville
Editor’s note: To read the Enterprise, “Will Clarksville Elementary
Close?” go online to www.altamontenterprise.com and look under
Feb. 3, 2011 archives.
James Cable has children who
attend Clarksville Elementary
School.
See front page story.
With special education, more does not equal better
To the Editor:
Special-education services
have been a controversial topic
here in the Guilderland Central
School District. This part of our
annual budget has been an area
I have watched grow with increasing concern. The increasing
cost of providing services to our
special-needs students is a very
difficult part of the budget and
we need to move carefully.
Tuesday night’s presentation
by district Superintendent Marie
Wiles, Ph.D. and Special Education Administrator Steve
Hadden did little to clarify
the issues. The administrative model was not complete
and no other areas had been
fleshed out with any real
depth.
The issue seems to be put off
until next year. This, for me, was
a real disappointment and I hope
the issue of entrance and exit
criteria becomes more clear.
An issue not discussed Tuesday
night to the increasing budget
has been the number of families
forced to move to the Guilderland School District because of
a perceived lack of services in
their districts. I met a family
this week that is moving from a
neighboring district to Guilderland to obtain more services for
their child.
This is not the first time I have
heard or seen this phenomenon.
Information provided at past
Citizen Budget Advisory Committee sessions showed over 20
students a year move into our
district with an existing Individual Education Program (IEP)
from another district.
The parents of special-needs
children will tell you about
tremendous battles with their
previous school’s special education department. I am genuinely
happy for these families when
they tell me how much better
their student is doing here in
Guilderland.
I have repeatedly mentioned
at various meetings that the refusal of other districts to provide
services should be addressed
beyond the district level. I fear
that we may reach a point where
the quality and quantity of services we can afford to give our
students may be reduced due to
this demand for services.
Additionally, when reading the
special-education study that the
district contracted for we learned
that GCSD is providing a large
quantity of services but the ser-
The report calls for
significant cuts and I agree
with many of them.
vices may not be specific enough
to the needs of a particular child.
Clearly, more does not equal
better. This issue was also not
discussed during Tuesday night’s
presentation.
I am not an expert in providing special-education services
to students. I am expressing my
concerns because I fear that, as
dollars become more scarce, students with special needs are not
going to receive the services they
need, never mind the services the
parents want. As a parent and
a taxpayer, I want to know that
GCSD is going to provide highquality services to our students
that are intended to help with the
specific needs of a student.
Statements made by parents
of special-education students at
school board meetings and the
recent special-education study
put that into question as does the
lack of progress seen in Tuesdays
presentation.
The special-education study
is filled with many accolades for
our staff and administrators who
have a very rich department. The
report covers many important
areas that should be included in
the budget conversation.
The report indicates that, at
times, students are placed in
programs that are not likely to
help their particular issue and
student success is not followed
closely enough. The report also
indicates that the special-education department staffing pattern
is not at appropriate levels.
The report calls for significant
cuts and I agree with many of
them. The department needs
to ensure students are not just
receiving lots of services but
services intended to help them
address or move past their
special needs. The amount
of services is far less important than providing quality
services that the student
needs and will benefit from
receiving.
This is a difficult concept to
accept when quantity has been
emphasized and advertised. The
report specifically cites many
parents as falling into a pattern
of insisting on more services
for their children rather than
appropriate services. Our administration must advocate for
their staff that are making recommendations on best practices
and state law.
As a parent and a taxpayer,
I believe we should be horrified that services are not equal
across the state and that people
have to move to meet the needs
of their children. We need to be
concerned that many services
have been provided to our kids
yet not enough attention has
been focused on outcomes.
Helping our special-needs children achieve as much as possible
is a moral obligation. What is
the district’s plan to correct the
perception that, if a family moves
to Guilderland, the parents can
convince this district to give a
child anything they want as opposed to what the child needs?
Timothy W. Burke
Guilderland
Editor’s note: See related story.
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To the editor
Caregivers’ corner
Friendship blooms for long-time shopping team
By Greg Goutos
Each Friday morning, as two
familiar figures pass through the
supermarket doors, the manager
says, “Hi ladies, what can we do
for you today?”
For nearly four years now,
Billie Dye and Julianne VanPraag have shared their lives, as
Julianne assists Billie with her
weekly grocery shopping through
Community Caregivers.
“She’s my wheels and my eyes,”
says Billie, now aged 94.
They’ll tell you how, once they
became a shopping team, they
quickly became fast friends
because they have much in common. For instance, both have
three sons, and both named their
middle one Christopher.
Before they met, each found
out about Community Caregivers
through a friend. In addition to
shopping with Billie, Julianne
and her husband, Art, both drive
Caregivers’ clients to appointments.
Julianne enjoys helping in this
way because, she said, “I’ve met
so many nice people, and they’re
all so appreciative. It just makes
you feel good!”
According to Billie, what
makes Community Caregivers
so special is the warmth, the
personal contact: “There’s such a
spirit of humanity,” she says.
Much more than a service
provider, Julianne has become
a devoted friend. Billie particularly appreciated the support of
this warm friendship earlier this
winter when Julianne attended
the memorial service for Ernest,
Billie’s husband of 71 years.
Billie says, “I want Julianne
to get all the credit she deserves.
She’s an angel!”
To the Editor:
The annual New Salem Fire
Department Fish Fry Fridays
begin March 11. The department
serves eat-in or take-out meals.
You may call ahead for your takeout order at 765-2244.
Our menu consists of a haddock filet or clam roll and includes home-cut French fries or
a baked potato, coleslaw, and
a beverage. The price is $8, or
$4.50 for a child.
Macaroni and cheese and hot
dogs are also available; they continue to be favorites for the kids.
Our traditional clam chowder is
served at $3 a bowl and we are
aware of any pools or lakes in
Westmere. Maybe you are?
Another meaning is “boundary,” with origins in Norse.
Maybe some linguist named the
hamlet as the Western boundary.
I found all this on an English
place names site: http://www.
nottingham.ac.uk/~aezins//kepn/
results_search.php#.
Best regards,
Don Stauffer
Guilderland
also, once again, serving a variety of desserts by Emma Cleary’s
Café at $2.50 each.
On behalf of the New Salem
Fire Department, we look forward to seeing our neighbors
and numerous volunteers who
venture out to dine with us from
our many surrounding emergency departments.
It’s always so good to see you
and we hope you can join us on
Friday!
Amy Siegfried
Secretary
New Salem
Fire Department
Wallis created smooth schedules
out of chaotic assemblies of teams
Friday shoppers: Julianne VanPraag, left, a volunteer with
Community Caregivers, grocery shops every Friday with Billie
Dye, who is 94. The two have become good friends.
“That would be nice, to have
a halo and wings,” laughs Julianne.
Billie sums it all up when she
says, “I always look forward to
Fridays!”
If you’d like to volunteer, too,
please call Community Caregivers at 456-2898. Ongoing volun-
teer orientations are held both
at our offices at 2113 Western
Ave. in Guilderland, as well as
other community locations. Also,
visit our website, www.communitycaregivers.org, to learn
more about how you can lend a
neighbor a helping hand through
Community Caregivers.
Union with all the blessings that
our country imparts.
It is divisive and righteous
to assume the mantel of being
somehow more real or more true
than anyone else. I am reminded
of Republicans using the phrase
“heartland” to refer to their base
in the Midwest. So what are we
here on the Atlantic? Ankle cartilage? Toenails?
Beware of people selling tea
and drinking Kool-Aid. Anyone
who thinks there is only one
single way to support the promise and greatness of the USA is
lacking in vision and tolerance.
I love my country and my flag
and I honor our servicemen and
women. I read lots of newspapers
and magazines to keep up with
governance and political issues.
I know from traveling elsewhere in the world that this
is the best place in the world.
Please do not infer that my citizenry is somehow false or unreal.
Please do not suspect that you
have a monopoly on any one
great truth.
Lynn Kinlan
Guilderland
Get outside and enjoy this picture-perfect winter
To The Editor:
Guilderland families are
“Hooked On Health!” On Saturday, Feb. 5, the Guilderland
Central School District’s Hooked
On Health Committee, in conjunction with the Town of Guilderland Parks and Recreation
Department, hosted a Winter
Family Fun Event.
Over 150 family members took
advantage of the beautiful snow
conditions and well-groomed
trails at Western Turnpike Golf
Course, for a morning of crosscountry skiing and snowshoeing. For many of our families,
this was their first time trying
cross-country skiing. We are
so fortunate to have the opportunity to be able to ski on
well-maintained, groomed ski
trails.
Some of our families also took
advantage of the snowshoes
available and were able to ex-
To the Editor:
I liked Alice Begley’s interesting piece on Westmere. I think
I have some information on the
name.
“Mere” is a common suffix for
English place names, and it has
two meanings. The usual one
is lake or pool, related to the
French “mer” for sea, marine, etc.
Bridgemere, for example, means
“bird’s pool.”
The problem is that I’m not
Haddock is back on Fridays
Beware of people selling tea and drinking Kool-Aid
To the Editor:
Two weeks ago, someone wrote
a letter inviting people to a Tea
Party meeting, and I have not
been able to get one phrase from
that letter out of my head — it
spoke of Tea Partiers as “true
Americans.” This implies that
anyone who identifies with another party is not a true American.
I didn’t know there were so
many fakes running around.
Even in the midst of the Civil
War, Lincoln believed that our
Southern opponents were true
Americans and belonged in the
How did Westmere get its name?
plore the trails in our beautiful
Tawasentha Park.
Several of our snowshoers
discovered animal tracks and interesting signs of wildlife. What
a great way for kids and parents
to be active together during the
winter months!
All of our skiing families
were most appreciative to the
Guilderland High School CrossCountry Ski Team and Coach
Barb Newton, for their support,
guidance, and encouragement. It
is wonderful to know that high
school athletes care about their
community and are willing to get
up early on a Saturday morning
to assist new skiers.
The GCSD Hooked On Health
Committee members would like
to express our sincere appreciation to Dennis Moore, Linda
Cure, and Casey Childs for their
generosity and support of our
Family Winter Event.
We would also like to thank
all the families who participated
in the event. We hope you will
continue to make active, healthy
lifestyle choices for you and your
family. Don’t forget the ski trails
are open, and both cross-country
ski and snowshoe rentals are
available for a nominal fee.
And, if you haven’t been there
yet, don’t miss the fantastic
sled-riding on the hill located on
Route 146, near the rock barn!
With all these great opportunities right here in our own
backyard, what are you waiting
for? Grab your snow pants, hat,
gloves, and a friend, and get outside! Enjoy this picture perfect
winter. All these snowflakes keep
piling up to help us get “Hooked
On Health!”
Colleen Mickle
GCSD Hooked On Health
chairperson
Mike will be remembered by
To the Editor:
The Guilderland baseball com- many who were involved in Babe
munity has lost a rare individual. Ruth as a dedicated and funMike Wallis passed away on Feb. loving guy that loved baseball.
11 after battling cancer for many He gave so many of our kids the
months. Mike was a long-time, opportunity to participate in
behind-the-scene volunteer for a sport they loved through his
not only Guilderland Babe Ruth, valuable contribution and gifted
but also for Pine Bush Little ability.
He created out of a chaotic
League, Guilderland Youth Soccer, and Pine Bush Girls Softball. assembly of teams and players,
a smooth
Mike also
schedule for
coached his
a season of
d a u g h t e r ’s
play — just
softball team
right for
for many
He had an uncanny ability
kids!
years.
M i k e
His passto see a schedule
was a coring
will
like
a
chess
game.
nerstone of
leave a void
Babe Ruth.
in each of
He provided
these orgasuch depth
nizations
in knowlthat will be
difficult, if not impossible, to edge and experience that most
organizations rarely have the
replace.
Mike was gracious with his opportunity to receive and obtime in creating and managing serve, let alone remain for so
the schedule for seasonal play many years.
Mike did not think of a “legacy”
for each of these organizations.
A huge undertaking for just one that he would leave. He was just
organization, but Mike did it all doing what he knew should be
for each of them and with incred- done for a community with kids
that wanted to play in sports.
ible ease and understanding.
He had an uncanny ability to His legacy will be remembered
see a schedule like a chess game. by only those that knew of his
And he was very successful in dedication, passion, and contribution but felt by literally countseeing it through the season.
In addition to this, he always less thousands and thousands of
looked forward to the draft for players that participated in the
Babe Ruth each year. He was like various youth sport leagues in
a kid in a candy store when this our community.
Thanks, Mike, for all those
event took place in late March.
Mike also served on the Guil- years of service! I will miss you.
derland Babe Ruth Board of
Directors for as long as I can Mark Blaauboer
remember — well over a dozen Guilderland Babe Ruth
years. He stepped aside just about
Editor’ note: An obituary for Mr.
18 months ago, when this illness
Wallis is on page 19.
was beginning to affect him.
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Opinion
With Help From Above
Old Men of the Mountain
Braving bad weather to solve
problems both local and national
By John R. Williams
The weather god must be mad
at the Old Men of the Mountain
because the last couple of Tuesdays the OFs have had to travel
in some miserable weather and
Tuesday, Feb. 8, was no exception.
Some of the OFs made it to the
Chuck Wagon Diner in Princetown and none of those who
made it encountered much traffic
but, going home after breakfast,
the temperature had dropped
about six degrees and the wind
had increased to (an educated
guess by some) 20 to 25 miles
per hour. Oh, well.
It’s like flying. If you’re afraid
to fly in the wind, you won’t go
anywhere, and bad weather is
the same.
As one OF put it, we may have
the experience for driving in bad
weather but the reflexes are a
little on the slow side.
tennis, and archery, but the
discussion Tuesday morning was
on bowling.
The competition among schools
that have bowling squads is just
as tense as any of the others. One
of the OFs has a grandson on the
bowling team at Middleburgh,
and there is quite a rivalry between Middleburgh and Berne.
One OF asked if he could get a
written excuse to be excused from
the breakfast at the Home Front
next Tuesday so he could attend the bowling tournament at
Boulevard Lanes in Schenectady
to watch his grandson compete.
Permission was granted.
Ads too loud
The OFs thought that the FCC
had recently put forth regulations keeping the sound of the
advertisements on TV at the
same volume as the sound on the
shows. The OFs have not heard
this happen. (Pardon the pun).
How can a mattress which is no more than
fabric, wood, screws, wire and a collection
of springs cost thousands of dollars?
“Speak for yourself,” was a
reply, “I am as quick as I always
was.”
To which another OF quipped,
“That is why your nickname was
Snail when you were a kid.”
Mud hooks
In the Feb. 3 of The Enterprise there was an informative
letter from Corky Johnson of
the Altamont Parts Store on
the OFs’ mud-hook dilemma. It
is good to know mud hooks are
still available, and will fit most
car wheels.
The OFs who have ATVs
and use them around the farm
thought it might be a good idea
to get a couple of sets of these
to carry in the ATV’s toolbox.
Thanks, guys.
Library on the move
Some conversation evolved
around (not politics per se) the
Hilltown Seniors’ giving their
building to the town of Berne.
The seniors were given the building by the Grange, and, just like
being the first owner of a farm,
or, in some cases, a home, the
building seems to always carry
that name, and the seniors for
the most part were always mentioned to meet in the old Grange
Hall on Route 443.
Part of the discussion was that
the way the OFs understood it
was that the town wants to move
the library to this site, which to
the OFs did not make much sense
because of how far it is to this
Grange hall from town.
The OFs thought that the
Catholic church would be a much
better location for the library
because it is closer to town, and
it is right across the street from
the school. However, one OF
said that he thought the school
wanted the church so it could
move the school offices out of the
bus garage.
Decisions, decisions. All the
OFs did was talk about it; they
actually did not arrive at any
conclusions.
Bowled over
The OFs also discussed a team
sport that is not mentioned
much. Most hear about basketball, baseball, swimming, and
schools that also have football,
Those OFs who have hearing
devices say that some of the ads
actually pierce the top of their
heads they are so loud. More
political talk and no action.
Prices too high
The OFs continued on in the
TV vein by commenting on the
number of ads on TV. The OFs
were not saying there were too
many or too few; rather, it was
how these spots are dominated
by car and furniture ads.
One OF said, with the furniture ads, the furniture has to
be really over-priced if they can
afford to be on every channel
almost every 20 minutes. The
OFs asked the question of how
a high-end dining-room table
set, which is nothing but wood,
screws, and finish costs as much
as a car.
How can a mattress which is no
more than fabric, wood, screws,
wire, and a collection of springs
cost thousands of dollars? Something is not right here.
One OG said the prices will
stay there as long as people buy
that stuff. To which another OG
said, “Well, I am not going back
to a couple of feather ticks on a
rope-strung bed.”
So another OG said, “That
might not be a bad idea; maybe
it’s all this fancy bedding that is
causing your morning stiffness.
We never heard our parents
complain.”
For those in Washington who
are still on the planet Krypton,
and insist the cost of living has
not gone up, here are some recent
price checks. Propane is now
$4.25 a gallon; heating fuel oil
costs $3.60 a gallon, and three
bags of groceries at my house
recently came to $63.72.
How are people on fixed incomes supposed to handle these
bills? Tain’t right, Magee.
Those who made it to the
Chuck Wagon Diner in Duanesburg were few in number but
they still covered many subjects
were: Gary Porter, Harold Guest,
Frank Pauli, John Rossmann,
Glenn Patterson, Mark Traver,
Ted Willsey, Jim Rissacher, Harold Grippen, Mike Willsey, Gerry
Chartier, and me.
Up to mischief, Puck, played by Jared McCullen, plots his next caper in the Altamont Elementary School production of A Midsummer Nights’ Dream, performed this week.
Winner of regional spelling bee
Mateen Sharif, Farnsworth sixth-grader,
doesn’t plan to lose in national spelling bee
is the second one we’ve had go grader, but, this year, the motivaBy Jo E. Prout
tion came from Sharif, himself.
GUILDERLAND — Mateen in three years.”
“This was something he initiIn 2009, Luxi Peng, then a
Sharif, a sixth-grader at Farnsworth Middle School, out-spelled seventh-grader at Farnsworth, ated. He came home and said he
99 other bright students last earned her trip to D.C. by plac- was in the spelling bee,” Derwesh
week to win the regional spelling ing first in the Greater Capital said.
Sharif will receive the words
Region Spelling Bee, besting
bee held annually in Albany.
Sharif, 11, will compete in the nearly 100 other students by for national competition today,
national spelling bee in Wash- spelling the word “geogenous” Thursday. Escobar said that she
will continue to meet with him.
ington, D.C. during Memorial correctly.
This September, a dozen stu- In addition to the flash-card
Day week.
“I don’t plan to lose,” Sharif dents joined the Farnsworth method used for the first bees,
Sharif will now use a
said this week. His
software application.
parents and brother will
He plans to study on a
accompany him to the
daily basis, he said.
competition.
Sharif said that he
“We are very excited
would not recommend
about the upcoming
competing if a student
trip to Washington, and
“The objective is the learning.
does not like going onabout the commitment
The winning is sort of gravy
stage.
to do the best he can,”
“If you’re someone
said Sharif ’s mother,
on top when it happens.”
who likes competing,
Mary Derwesh.
then I would recomSharif was one of four
mend it,” he said.
middle-school students
“I appreciate all the
from Farnsworth who
support he received
competed in the Albany
from his teachers at
bee. Bill Dong placed
fourth in the regional competi- spelling boot camp, using flash- Guilderland Elementary and
tion. Elena Musteata and Anish cards for 1,500 words, and learn- Farnsworth Middle School,” said
Nayak also competed, finishing ing the phonetic spellings and Derwesh.
At the national competition,
in the top 12, according to enrich- pronunciations of each.
“They need to understand how Derwesh said, the first phase of
ment teacher and spelling coach
it sounds,” Escobar said. “They the bee will be a written exam,
Deborah Escobar.
“It was very exciting,” Escobar all showed tremendous growth. which will whittle the number
said. “The objective is the learn- They all started at different of competitors down from 290
ing. The winning is sort of gravy places. It was a good opportunity to about 50. Two oral competitions will reduce them further
for learning.”
on top when it happens.”
Sharif entered the school spell- to 12 to 15 students for the final
Escobar runs a spelling “boot
camp” once a week for stu- ing bee without being part of the competition.
Sharif is not worried, he
dents through the enrichment boot camp, but, after doing well
program. “We prepare kids for at the school event, he joined Es- said.
“Academically, he’s an A stucompetitions, like Math Counts, cobar and the other students.
“He’s always excelled at spell- dent,” Derwesh said.
the spelling and geography bees,
“He’s a very bright boy, very
National History Day, and Fu- ing,” Derwesh said. She did not
ture Cities,” Escobar said. “This want him to compete as a fifth- hard-working,” Escobar agreed.
7
Board mulls cuts that would affect both struggling and gifted students
By Melissa Hale-Spencer
GUILDERLAND — Programs
for students at both ends of the
learning spectrum were highlighted at Tuesday’s school board
meeting as the district wrestles
with a projected $4 million budget gap for next year.
The board heard a muchanticipated report on special
education services as well as
a plea from the district’s four
enrichment teachers.
To help close the budget gap,
the district is considering ending
enrichment programs in the elementary and middle
schools for a savings
of $277,900.
During the last
school year, according to the enrichment
teachers, 1,800 or 80
percent of all elementary students in the
Guilderland School
District participated
in at least one enrichment activity, while
75 percent participated in two or more.
At Farnsworth Middle
School, 35 percent, or 352 students, participated in at least
one activity and half of those
students participated in two or
more activities.
“In times of peril, we often see
the strength of organizations,”
said Deborah Escobar, an enrichment teacher at Farnsworth
Middle School who spoke for
the group. She said that the
25-year-old enrichment program
at Guilderland had a “profound
effect on the learning climate
and culture of our schools —
supporting all students and
encouraging them to aim for
excellence and achieve at their
own best level.”
She also pointed out that
the per-pupil expenditure at
Guilderland — at $8,326 for the
2007-08 school year, the most
recent year posted — was about
$2,000 less than the state average for public schools.
Later in the meeting, Superintendent Marie Wiles announced
that the Center for American
Progress, in a study on educational productivity, looked at
how well students in districts
across the country were scoring on standardized tests and
compared that to how much each
district spent per student (making adjustments for poverty,
immigrants, and special-needs
students, since those students
cost more to educate); the center
rated Guilderland among “the
best” in the category of “Return
on Educational Investment.”
Escobar told the board that
federal funding might soon be
tied to offering programs for all
students, including the gifted.
She said it would be much more
costly to re-create Guilderland’s
enrichment programs once they
were dismantled.
A four-page handout, entitled
“A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships,”
which the enrichment teachers
gave to board members, states
that many families moved
to the district because of the
enrichment programs. “If the
enrichment program is cut, we
may lose some of our best and
brightest students to private or
charter schools,” it says.
Cutting the enrichment programs, it also says, means
classroom teachers would “have
to absorb the full impact of differentiating for students in need
of a challenge,” which will be
even harder as increased class
sizes are expected.
The handout lists a full page
“In times of peril,
we often see the strength
of organizations.”
of activities that would be lost,
ranging from SAT preparation to
public speaking and technology
workshops. And it also reports
on research showing that enrichment programs result in higher
achievement for gifted learners
as well as other students.
“Much effort and money is
spent bringing students who
struggle up to proficiency — but
remember that the highly able
deserve our attention as well;
81 percent of teachers believe
that highly able students need
special attention,” write the
teachers.
They also write, “Our students
need the opportunity to learn
with their intellectual peers and
to feel like they are not ‘different’ from everyone else. This is
crucial in light of the fact that
many higher ability students
are the targets of bullies.” Additionally, they cite research
that shows gifted students who
are far ahead of their peers in
the classroom can suffer from
boredom and frustration, leading to low achievement and
despondency.
Citing further research, the
teachers state, “Students gain
self-esteem and self-confidence
from mastering work that initially seems slightly beyond
their grasp.”
Special education
Wiles and Stephen Hadden,
administrator for special programs, updated the board on
the work of four task forces responding to a consultant’s report
on special education. Last year,
the district hired, for $40,000,
Futures Education, based in
Springfield, Mass., to evaluate
its programs for students with
disabilities and to make recommendations.
The final report, presented
to the district in July, said that
programs and organizational
structure are “inexorably inter-
twined with district finances.” models and said comparison to forums as candidates for cuts
(For the full story on the Futures “similar schools” raised more were:
— Cutting a special-education
Education report, go online to questions than answers. The
www.altamontenterprise.com task force recommended a dis- administrator for a savings of
and look under Guilderland ar- trict-wide committee to improve $87,830. Currently there is one
and identify components of a administrator at each level —
chives for Aug. 26, 2010.)
elementary, middle, and high
Futures Education recom- successful program.
The task force on out-of- school — with Hadden overseemended re-organizing the administrative staff — central- district placements looked at ing them all. House principals at
izing the committee admitting six actual Guilderland students the middle school along with the
students to special-education who are placed elsewhere, and building principal and Hadden
programs and heading the pro- determined that educating them would take up the duties now
cess with a single point person in-house would save a total of performed by the middle-school
— and also reconfiguring the about $30,542. About 80 stu- special education administrateaching staff — cutting back on dents, or 10 percent of those tor;
— Cutting two social workers
the speech pathologists, the oc- with disabilities, are placed out
for a savings of $138,000. The
cupational therapists, of the district.
The task force also created district currently employs 11
and the teaching assistants — in conjunc- a “decision-making template,” social workers; and
— Reducing the hours of
tion with a “bring structured like a pyramid with
back” and “keep in” services that apply broadly to special-education teaching asinitiative, bringing many students at its base and sistants at the high school
some out-of-district more individualized services for a savings of $52,000. This
would involve redesigning the
students back to Guil- on top.
The task force on professional special-education self-contained
derland.
This “will result in development was to plan both alternative learning program at
substantive savings immediate and sustained train- the high school into a co-taught
while maintaining the ing for implementing special- program.
district’s well-deserved education services. The group
Several board members at
track record for educa- recommended more collabora- Tuesday’s meeting also stressed
tional excellence,” the tive teaching and “response to the need to have clear entrance
intervention,” which is under- and exit criteria in place.
report said.
Guilderland’s special-edu- way at the elementary level Hadden said that goals are
cation population has grown 9 and needs to be started at the established each year for every
percent in the last five years, secondary level. Wiles described student who is identified as
the report said, while the growth response to intervention as having special needs and, as
at similar districts has been 2.5 “trying every strategy to make the state requires, students are
percent; the report speculated students successful in a general- re-evaluated every three years
this might be because Guilder- education setting.”
to see if they are eligible.
The task force recommended
land lacks “precise quantitative
“We de-classify about 25 stuworkshops on Education Law, dents every year, which is low,”
parameters.”
Guilderland currently has and training based on best Hadden said. “More students
about 760 students receiving practices for general-education tend to come in than go out.”
special-education services, said teachers.
He added that, since student
Some school board members enrollment has leveled off, entry
Hadden.
In reviewing the consultant’s said they were disappointed has, too. He also said he hoped
report, the task forces focused on not to have specific recommen- that response to intervention,
four areas — entrance and exit dations for next year’s budget. putting the right supports in
criteria for service, organiza- “We just did not have enough place, would mean fewer stutional structure, out-of-district time,” said Wiles. She also said dents would be identified for
placements, and professional the committee found “a lot of special education.
disconnects across the district”
development.
Board member Colleen
The first task force found that, and it would be an “added chal- O’Connell said that having clear
while criteria are in
exit and entrance criplace for speech and
teria is critical for “not
language and for ockeeping children in the
cupational and physiprocess forever.”
cal therapy, work is
Board member Deneeded on criteria for
nise Eisele agreed:
social work, academic
“It’s terribly important
“We can’t take this entire department
support, and adult
to have very, very clear
off the table because a lot of committees
support — when onecriteria,” she said.
on-one is needed.
“Do we know the exit
have to consider a lot of things.”
“We’re pretty good
strategy when we first
at getting students
identify a student?”
into a program…
asked board member
We’re less focused on
Allan Simpson.
how to get them out,”
“Currently, no,” resaid Wiles. She also
plied Hadden. He said
said of establishing meaningful lenge” to look at every post from an annual goal is set. “Everycriteria that is shared with both top to bottom before adopting a thing…comes down to academic
special education and regular- spending plan.
performance,” said Hadden,
“We can’t take this entire de- adding that parents need time
education teachers, “We’re all
in this together…This is a tre- partment off the table because to process what they are initially
mendous project. We needed to a lot of committees have to being told about their child.
consider a lot of things,” said
probably start yesterday.”
Simpson asked if it wouldn’t
The task force on organiza- board Vice President Catherine be better to be “upfront and
tional structure determined the Barber. She added that it is not transparent at the front end.”
goal should be to “develop an feasible to wait another year.
Speaking of special education
School board President Rich- and regular education, board
optimal organizational structure that supports effective ard Weisz said he would like to member Gloria Towle-Hilt said,
and efficient delivery of pupil see the “overall structure” by “There has been a parting of the
the March 1 presentation of the ways.” Using the language in
personnel services.”
“They’re looking at the whole superintendent’s budget.
the report and the words used
A m o n g i t e m s r e l a t i n g t o by Wiles, she urged coming toshebang,” said Hadden.
The group found little em- special education that were gether to serve “our children.”
pirical data regarding specific discussed at recent community
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The Enterprise — Michael Koff
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Elementary School, sells a packet of cocoa to a schoolmate
during her lunch period on Tuesday. Lynch is spearheading
a fund drive to raise money for 7-year-old Hannah Hughes,
of Ballston Spa, who is battling leukemia. See editorial on
page 2.
Every dollar counts: Olivia Bonjolo, 9, counts the money
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…Citizens complain about raises
The federal, state and town of year’s budget development pro(Continued from page 1)
set up a template in case oth- Guilderand governments all un- cess, the 10 members of the Aders wanted to follow Wiles’s derstand the need to hold down ministrators’ Association agreed
wages, he said. “The board just to pay 25-percent of their healthexample.
insurance costs this year.
Wiles told The Enterprise after didn’t get it,” said Nagle.
Under the contract, for the
Nancy Shulman, the mother of
the meeting that she wanted to
“lead by example.” Asked if she a Westmere Elementary student second and third years, the assothought others would follow her and a Farnsworth Middle School ciation members agreed to pay 21
lead, she said, “Concessions have student, said, when comparing percent of their health-insurance
to come from individuals. Some her sixth-grader’s education to her costs while the district pays 79
individuals have already ap- third-grader’s, she could see how percent. And they’ve agreed to
proached me about making some budget cuts have had “a concrete begin the next contract with a
and negative effect on her educa- 22-78 split.
kind of concession.”
“With any agreement, there
Wiles’s Tuesday announcement tional experience.”
Shulman, too, listed the ad- has to be trust…” said Weisz. “If
came the day after Governor Anministrators at the you don’t have the trust…you’re
drew Cuomo, who is
high school, adding not going to negotiate.”
calling for across-theWiesz said that Guilderland
in department suboard cuts to close the
pervisors, and said generally doesn’t use outside
state’s deficit, issued
their salaries totaled negotiators, but rather district
a press release apmore than a million administrators, which saves
plauding the neighbor“That
dollars. “It just blows money.
ing Bethlehem School
“We’re very sensitive to the
me away,” she said,
District because its top
ratification
comparing Guilder- frustration you’ve heard tonight,”
administrators are voldoes not
land to her larger he said.
untarily freezing their
The school board meets, as
high school on Long
wages.
bode well.”
Island, which had the law allows, in closed session
“This is a responfewer administra- to discuss contract negotiations.
sible and sensible first
“When we meet in executive
tors.
step that recognizes
Shulman urged a session, we have a pretty direct
the state’s current
“thorough analysis discussion,” said Weisz. “First,
fiscal condition and I
encourage school districts across of every function,” advocating “nip the board works out a number…
It goes back and forth…there is
New York to find ways to reduce and tuck” over “amputation.”
“Giving administrators a raise no pre-ordained number.”
costs and put children first,”
Recent negotiations, he said,
Cuomo said in his statement, this year is just ludicrous,” said
echoing points he made during Timothy Burke, stating that the have included a “tremendous
raises come at the expense of amount of clean-up” or clarifying
his budget presentation.
of the language. Once a contract
He proposed an overall reduc- lay-offs.
He lamented watching pro- is ratified, Weisz said, it will be
tion in school aid of 7.3 percent
— from $20.9 billion to $19.4 grams being dismantled so people posted on the school district’s
website.
billion. If his plan were adopted, can retire with higher pensions.
On why the school board voted
“My 2-year-old is not going to
Guilderland would lose $2.1
million, down from this year’s get the same services your chil- at the same meeting that the
$22.9 million to $20.8 million. dren got,” Burke told the board ratification first appeared on its
During Tuesday’s meeting, members. “A big part of that is agenda rather than at the folWiles reported that, in the ex- salaries…That’s the biggest nut lowing meeting, Weisz said that
the decision to ratify is typically
ecutive budget, Guilderland was here.”
He urged making sacrifices to reached at 11:30 at night. “Do we
recognized for its “administracome back two weeks later?” he
tive efficiency” by receiving back hold on to jobs.
asked, referring to the next meetWeisz responds
$191,392 in state aid. Guilderland
“We still have some work to ing date. “Our practice has been
had been targeted to lose $4.2
million through the gap elimina- do, educating the public on legal to vote that night as a sign of
tion adjustment but, said Wiles, restraints with collective bar- respect to the bargaining unit.”
Guilderland contracts do not
“Because our cost of central gaining,” said Weisz. Bargaining,
administration compared to our he said, means that each side traditionally include job-protectotal expenditures was among the sometimes gets some of what tion language, Weisz went on, as
lowest in the state, the district was it wants and some of what it staffing needs change depending
on class sizes. Losing people, he
doesn’t want.
granted additional aid.”
As he had at a Feb. 7 commu- said, is “a sad thing.” A ratificaComplaints on raises
Tuesday’s meeting started with nity budget forum, Weisz cited tion doesn’t mean everybody has
several citizens giving their views the 1982 Triborough Amend- a job, he said.
Making a final point, about
on next year’s budget and making ment to the Taylor Law, which
some points about administra- requires that the terms of a the possibility of re-opening contracts, Weisz said, “I
tors. Later in the meeting, Weisz contract continue if a
believe, when you cut
went on at length, explaining the new one hasn’t been
a deal, you cut a deal
board’s position in negotiating agreed upon, so, for
for better or worse.”
a three-year contract with 10 example, if a contract
T h e N e w Yo r k
administrators who received a specifies a certain
“Why can’t
State School Boards
retroactive raise of 3.5 percent annual raise, that
we freeze
Association released
and then two annual raises of 2.6 raise will continue
results of a poll this
until a new contract
percent.
wages?
week that showed
Before the 3.5-percent was add- is in place. They can’t
Because
an “overwhelming
ed, annual salaries for the admin- strike, said Weisz,
majority” of school
istrators ranged from $75,000 to and we can’t change
it’s against
board members be$107,263. The Enterprise broke their compensation
the law.”
lieve their districts
the story last week. (For the full until we have a new
should ask unions to
story, go online to www.altamon- contract.
re-open contracts to
“Why can’t we
tenterprise.com and look under
freeze wages or make
Guilderland archives for Feb. 10, freeze wages?” Weisz
health-care concesasked, answering
2011.)
Steve Nagle urged the board on himself, “Because it is against sions as Cuomo proposed.
In December, Guilderland was
Tuesday to “engage in true zero- the law.”
The school board, he went on, in the midst of or on the cusp of
based budgeting,” and to analyze
negotiating with half of its 12
the “true educational benefits” has no role in setting pensions.
Since health-insurance costs bargaining units, including the
of having three house principals
and a building principal at the are growing at a rate that, Weisz two largest ones — the Guildermiddle school, and three assistant said, “is not sustainable,” the land Teachers’ Association with
principals, a principal, and a dean board has decided to move from 494 members and the Guilderthe current model, in which land Employees’ Association with
at the high school.
He suggested not replacing the Guilderland employees pay 20 208 members.
“We understand we’re in a difhigh school principal, Brian Mc- percent of their health-insurance
Cann, who is retiring on June 30; costs and the district pays 80 per- ficult situation,” said Weisz.
He noted that, with computthe board accepted his resignation cent, to a model where employees
on Tuesday as part of its “consent pay 25 percent and the district ers, the state requires districts
to develop and report all sorts of
pays 75 percent.
agenda.”
Some school districts pay information. “Do we have teachWith contracts up for negotiation, Nagle urged the board to 100 percent, he said, and the ers come out of the classrooms
“re-think and re-formulate” even governor is trying to get a 17- to do it?” he asked, explaining
that, when administrators do
the school day. “Take bold steps 83 split.
About $10 million of Guilder- such work, teachers are free to
to improve the district and not
continue with business as usual,” land’s roughly $90 million budget teach.
“We like to think we’re striking
goes for health-insurance costs,
he said.
a fair balance,” said Weisz.
He questioned the “same-day said Weisz.
He also said that “administra“So how do you approach your
vote” the board had on the contract for the Guilderland School staff when you can’t make them tor” had become a nasty word
Administrators’ Association and take a cut?” he asked. “The an- and concluded, “We’re all in this
together.”
said, “That ratification does not swer is, you bargain.”
As a concession during last
bode well.”
9
In the midst of churlish winter
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“Everything is never as it seems,” sings Clayton Bastiani with
his fifth-grade classmates at the close of the Altamont Elementary
School production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s
Dream. The play was presented during the school day on Tuesday
and in the evening on Wednesday.
A look of horror on his face, Haydn Elmore, playing the weaver Nick Bottom, recalls what it was
like to have a donkey’s ears. For Elizabethans, midsummer madness was thought to descend after great
summer heat, leading to a readiness to believe in the delusions of the imagination.
The rude mechanicals perform a play within a play to entertain
at the royal wedding that closes A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Gules Ciafardo holds a glowing lantern as Dylan Mell — dressed
as a girl in true Shakespearean fashion — smiles. Altamont Elementary School has a longstanding tradition of putting on Shakespearean plays, complete with elaborate sets and costumes.
Wearing diaphanous yellow dresses, as bright as sunlight, fairies, played by Stephanie Ruland,
left, and Julia Glass, scratch the ears of Nick Bottom, who has been transformed into a donkey as part
of the madness in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed this week by Altamont Elementary School
fifth-graders. Hunter Harris plays Nick Bottom, the transformed weaver.
10
Come and Get It!
Free coffee: RaeLee Robinson, left, pours a cup of Joe for Diane Michaels on Wednesday
morning at the Café on the Corner. The number of diners has been dwindling with the cold
weather and organizers hope more people will attend. The café is in Knox, near the Berne town
line, and features free hot and cold breakfast entrées every Wednesday from 7 to 9 a.m. at the
Rock Road Chapel at 96 Rock Road. For more information, call 872-2810.
Sales-tax revenues up
Knox buys truck, licenses dogs
transferred to the highway capiBy Zach Simeone
KNOX — The town has re- tal reserve fund, authorized the
ceived its annual check from purchase of a new 2011 Chevrolet
county sales tax distribution, 3500 heavy-duty one-ton truck,
which amounted to $203,491.26. with a stainless steel sander and
This, and other revenues, balance stainless steel plow, for $57,000.
out the different payments made The truck will be purchased on
at the board’s monthly meeting state contract, and will likely be
last week, during which the delivered in close to four months,
board voted to purchase a new Hammond said;
— Authorized a payment of
$57,000 truck, made its final payments on the recently completed $24,192 to renew its contract
town hall re-construction, and with the Altamont Rescue Squad
adopted the now-required dog- for 2011, and a payment of
$25,500 to renew its contract
licensing law.
“We’ve got an upward trend with Helderberg Ambulance for
for the third time in a row here,” 2011. Knox does not have a resSupervisor Michael Hammond cue squad of its own;
said this week of the increase
in county sales tax revenue. $45,076 to renew its contract
These funds are distributed to with the town of Guilderland
municipalities based on popula- for advanced life support (ALS)
tion. Knox also received $29,226 services;
from distribution of county mort$6,000 to the Altamont Free Ligage tax.
Knox’s new dog-licensing law, brary, and a payment of $1,500
which it was required to adopt to the Berne library. Knox does
after the New York State Depart- not have its own library, and
ment of Agriculture and Markets residents use both Berne and
abandoned its statewide licens- Altamont’s libraries;
— Authoing database,
rized the repassed unaninewal of the
mously and estown’s contract
tablished the
with the city of
following rates:
Albany for use
It will now cost
“We’ve got an upward
of its landfill,
$5 to license a
trend for the third
at a rate of $52
spayed or neua ton;
tered dog, and
time in a row here.”
— Received
$13 to license
a payment of
an unaltered
$16,638.83
dog. This is a
from Time
$2.50 increase
Warner Cable
from the town’s
previous dog-licensing fee, Ham- for its franchising fee;
— Received $13,543.62 in revmond said.
“One thing we paid attention enue from AT&T for use of the
to was the fact that the model cell tower in town;
— Received $16,530 in revenue
law sent out through the association of towns suggested that from Verizon for use of the cell
all licensing start on the first of tower in town;
— Received $2,695 through
year,” said Hammond. “In other
words, if you were to get your li- a New York State snowmobile
cense in November, it would have grant;
— Received $697 through a
only been good for one month.
Instead, licenses that were paid New York State archives grant,
for in November are good till this which was paid to K Sickler
November…Say you picked up a Murphy for its assistance with
license in March; you’d be good records management at Town
Hall. A total of $6,963 has been
till the end of February.”
paid to K Sickler Murphy for its
Other business
In other business at its Feb. 8 services, and this was the final
payment; and
meeting, the town board:
— Agreed to begin selling
— Authorized a final payment
to Sacco and McKinney Archi- the town’s paper recyclables to
tects, the firm that oversaw the Green Fiber, which reimburses
town hall re-construction, in the municipalities for its materials
at a given rate per ton.
amount of $5,703;
But, according to Highway
— Authorized a final payment
to Eckert Mechanical Services Superintendent Gary Salisbury,
Corporation in the amount of the company has not yet estab$17,228. This was the last re- lished a particular rate that
maining payment to be made in the town will be paid for the
the town hall re-construction, recyclables.
“How I understand it is, it
which is now complete;
— Approved a transfer of depends on how much tonnage
$50,000 from the town’s highway you generate,” Salisbury said.
fund to the highway capital re- “So we’re not going to have a real
solid price from them till they
serve fund;
— Drawing on the $50,000 start taking stuff from us.
Time to plan for Envirothon
Breakfast chef: John Miner prepares a deluxe, free breakfast this Wednesday and every
Wednesday from 7 to 9 at the Café on the Corner. Everyone is welcome. The café is at the Rock
Road Chapel at 96 Rock Road in Knox. “We had been praying for a café in the new church,”
John’s wife, Susan Miner, said with a laugh, “and so we initiated the breakfast in July.”
Now is the time to start planning for the upcoming Capital
Regional Envirothon, according
to the Albany County Soil and
Water Conservation District.
Regional Envirothons are organized by local Soil and Water
Conservation Districts in partnership with school teachers. The
Capital Region Envirothon includes teams from Albany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Schenectady,
and Schoharie counties.
Local Envirothons are held
across New York State each
spring. The winning team from
each county then has the opportunity to go on to the New
York State Envirothon which, in
turn, determines the team that
will represent New York in the
National Envirothon.
At the outdoor competition,
students rotate between five sta-
tions and answer questions as a
team. This scholastic competition
tests students’ knowledge on
soils, aquatics, forestry, wildlife,
and current environmental issues. The activities are designed
to help students become actionoriented, environmentally conscious adults.
For the Capital Region Envirothon, each high school can bring
two teams made up of three to
five students in grades nine to 12
as well as a junior team made up
of middle-school students. This
year’s event will be held at the
New York State Power Authority’s Visitor Center at Lansing
Manor in Gilboa.
Contact the Albany County
SWCD by phone at 765-7923 or
e-mail susan.lewis@ny.nacdnet.
net to receive a registration and
information packet.
11
Exploring Lincoln, in image and words, at the Guilderland library
By Anne Hayden
GUILDERLAND — Familiar images of Abraham
Lincoln — craggy face under a tall, black top hat;
young man with ax in one hand, law book in the
other — have come to the Guilderland Public
Library in an exhibit that is traveling throughout the country.
The exhibit also captures Lincoln’s words
— most famously in the Emancipation Proclamation and his Gettysburg Address.
“My key interests have always been
words and images, and I was always interested in how Lincoln promulgated his
own image and pushed it,” says Harold
Holzer. His first book was about prints
and sculptures that Lincoln sat for.
Holzer has gone on to write or edit
three dozen more books about Lincoln
and the Civil War. He’ll be speaking at
the Guilderland library on April 1 as this
year’s Carol J. Hamblin Notable Authors
Speaker.
“I’m fascinated by how people use images to win elections and celebrate political heroes,” said Holzer, who has spent a
good part of his own life helping New York
politicians — Congresswoman Bella Abzug
and Governor Mario Cuomo — get elected.
Of all the things Holzer appreciates about
Lincoln, he said he is most impressed with
The Enterprise — Anne Hayden
Lincoln’s writing, and his determination
Notes
by
Abraham
Lincoln:
Images
and
words
written by and used
as a skillful lawyer and politician, with
to describe Lincoln, upon the 150th anniversary of his inauguration,
little education.
are displayed through the month of February at the Guilderland Public
“I think if any modern president
Library. The exhibit is provided by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of Amerihad dared to use the kind of powers
can History, and Guilderland is one of only 40 locations in the country
Lincoln invoked during the Civil War
to host it this year.
he would have been thrown out of
the office,” said Holzer.
For his talk at the Guilderland
Public Library, Holzer said he would
people, according to Curiale.
“I believe our library was chosen bediscuss Lincoln’s history in the
Other programs include photos
cause the organization recognized that
Albany area. He will address what
of Lincoln’s funeral, on Feb. 17, at
we are much more than books and movLincoln said as he traveled down the
7 p.m.; a community conversation
ies; we are an active location and hold lots
Hudson River toward New York
with families about Martin
City, and what it was like for Lincoln
Luther King Jr., on Feb. 22
to enter New York State.
at 6:30 p.m.; a presentation
“If any modern president
“This is my high season. This is
about resources for finding out
Lincoln’s birthday,” said Holzer.
about soldiers who served in
had dared to use the kind of powers
“A Man For All Times”
the Civil War, on Feb. 24 at 7
Lincoln invoked during the Civil War
The Guilderland library has the
p.m.; and a Lincoln Log Club,
current exhibit all month in honor
on Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m.
he would have been thrown
of Lincoln’s Feb. 12 birthday and in
Lifetime passion
out of the office.”
honor of the sesquicentennial of the
Holzer’s April 1 talk will be
start of the Civil War.
the culmination of the series.
The exhibit, titled “Abraham
Holzer told The Enterprise
Lincoln: A Man of His Time, A Man for
that his fascination with Lincoln
of educational programs,” Curiale said.
All Times,” is organized by the Gilder Lehbegan when he was 12 years old.
In addition to the exhibit, which disrman Institute of American History, and
“I had a public school teacher,
plays speeches, letters, and images of
is provided to the library in part through
in Queens, who was interested in
Lincoln, the library is holding a series
a grant dedicated to expanding American
promoting our interest in history;
of programs about Lincoln throughout
understanding of human experience and
we had a day when we all picked
the month of February and into the folcultural heritage.
names out of her hat for a report
lowing months.
“We are extremely fortunate to be one of only
subject, and I was lucky enough to
Two of the events that already oc40 locations the exhibit is traveling to this year,”
pick Lincoln. That was it; I was off
curred, a history of the Underground
said Mark Curiale, public information officer for
to the races,” Holzer said.
Railroad and a performance of Civil Warthe library. He said the library applied to receive
That was around the same time
era Irish songs, were very well-attended;
the exhibit.
that the Civil War centennial was
each program drew in between 50 and 80
being celebrated, he said.
“I found it very engaging, even
though the celebration was sort of
co-opted by segregationists. I was
blissfully unaware of that, I was just
happy reading all the books being
re-printed and watching battle scene
re-creations,” he said.
Despite his interest in Lincoln
and the Civil War, Holzer did not
pursue history as a career. He
wanted to work in newspapers, he
said, and he did so for three years
directly after graduating from the
City University of New York. He was
then appointed as Congresswoman
Bella Abzug’s press secretary; Abzug
was a leading feminist and anti-war
activist.
After serving Abzug during her
campaign, Holzer became press secretary for Governor Mario Cuomo.
From there, he went to work for
public television, as a public affairs
director. He went back to work for
Cuomo’s administration for several
years, before settling at his current job, senior vice president for
external affairs at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
“All through that time, I was
writing books about Lincoln,” said
Holzer. He said he wasn’t sure how
he found the time. He began writing
articles for small journals in 1975,
The Enterprise — Anne Hayden
and wrote his first book for publicaSesquicentennial: 150 years after Abraham Lincoln took office and the Civil War began, the Guilderland Public Library hosts a
tion in 1984.
traveling exhibit of the president’s life. The library will also hold a series of related events, including a talk by author and editor of
“I don’t know,” he concluded. “I’m
37 books about Lincoln and the war, Harold Holzer.
just crazy, I guess.”
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Old fault lines close as town chooses committee
to build a Target-anchored shop- bid for a seat on the town board
By Saranac Hale Spencer
NEW SCOTLAND — A five- ping center on the former Bender in the last election, was first to
member committee chosen by the melon farm. NS4SED, which address the board. He said that
town board will join half-a-dozen advocated against large-scale a study on something as controrepresentatives from various commercial development, played versial as land-use planning in
transportation and planning a pivotal role in the November the commercial zone should have
agencies to work on a hamlet 2009 election that brought the necessarily included those who
master plan for New Scotland’s candidates it supported to the own large tracts of land in the
commercial zone near the inter- town board, including Daniel area. Those landowners should
Mackay, who had been a founding have been sent a letter alertsection of routes 85 and 85A.
ing them to the process so they
The Capital District Transpor- member of the organization.
The first group of names con- wouldn’t feel shut out, he said.
tation Committee awarded the
Roselyn Robinson, who ran
town a $50,000 grant to conduct sidered by the town board at its
the study last year — it came Jan. 26 meeting included Olsen, in 2009 on a ticket with Stanton and also lost her bid for
soon after a heated town
a seat on the town board,
election that turned on issues
echoed his concern, pointing
related to the development of
out that Supervisor Thomas
that area.
Dolin and councilmen DougLast week, the town board
“It is time for New Scotland
las LaGrange and Mackay
unanimously named Maura
to
move
forward
on
this
issue.”
had run a campaign calling
Mottolese, Jim Olsen, Katy
for transparency in governO’Rourke, Kathy Macri, and
ment. Robinson made clear
Liz Kormos to represent New
that she had no problem
Scotland on the committee.
Mottolese is the lawyer who O’Rourke, Macri, Kormos, Mac- with the names on the final comrepresents the owners of the old kay, and Charles Voss, the plan- mittee list, but that it was the
Bender melon farm, which is the ning board chairman. During process for choosing them that
largest single piece of land in the discussion at that meeting, bothered her.
“It is time for New Scotland to
the commercial zone, and she is Mackay recommended soliciting
the daughter of one of the own- some of the large landowners in move forward on this issue,” Macers; Olsen owns a nursery and the commercial zone to sit on kay said of the divisive developproperty in the area; O’Rourke the committee, and Councilman ment issue. The work of NS4SED
and her husband own land in the Richard Reilly suggested that could easily be characterized as
commercial zone that they plan Mackay and Voss, as town offi- “a lot of work to say, ‘No,’ to someto develop; Macri is a resident of cials, could serve as non-voting, thing,” Mackay said, referring to
the town with planning creden- or ex-officio, members of the com- the Target plans. “The next nine
months are about saying, ‘Yes,’”
tials; and Kormos is a resident mittee to free up spaces.
Several residents attended last he said, regarding the grant to
who works in real estate.
Both O’Rourke and Kormos week’s town board meeting to ex- study land-use planning in the
were instrumental in securing press concern about the method commercial zone.
He later announced that he
the grant and both were active by which the town board had
in the citizens’ group called New chosen those it would name to would soon present a draft law
Scotlanders 4 Sound Economic the committee. Timothy Stanton, limiting the allowable size of
Development that formed in 2008 who ran on a platform calling for retail development, which was
in response to plans from Cazen- a laissez-faire approach to com- a major plank in his platform
ovia-based Sphere Development mercial development and lost his during the last election.
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Donna Hanlon on Tuesday;
Hanlon, who lives next to the
Schamings, was one of the victims
who brought the case against
Schaming; the other was David
Martin, with whom she lives.
“If you went through years of
harassment, you wouldn’t think of
it as just a parking violation,” said
Hanlon. “Sometimes, the law isn’t
fair. But…years of being harassed,
when it takes a personal toll on
you, is a heck of a lot different
than a fine.”
Arresting officer Tracy Henry of
the Albany County Sheriff ’s Department wrote in her statement
to the court that the Schamings,
“with intent to harass, annoy, and
alarm Donna Burkins-Hanlon
and David Martin, did engage in
repeated conduct that served no
legitimate purpose. Actions by the
defendant include, but are not
limited to, hanging of offensive
material along a dividing fence
line (including dead animals and
animal skulls), playing loud music
whenever the complainants are
outside, and allowing garbage
to blow onto the complainants’
property.”
According to the incident report, the Schamings were playing
“the same song on a constant loop”
when the victims were outside of
their home. The report goes on to
say that the victims “feel that this
ongoing behavior is a retaliation
against them because they had
gone to the Berne animal control
officer about a barking dog complaint a few years ago.”
The New Scotland Court Decision was handed down by Judge
David Wukitsch on Jan. 11.
The next day, the Berne Town
Board held its re-organizational
meeting, and did not officially
re-appoint Schaming, though
he remained in the post, as the
town is legally required to have
a building administrator, and
the board had not appointed
anyone else.
Other business
In other business at its Feb. 9
meeting, the town board:
— Heard from Planning Board
Chairman Gerard Chartier that
the town’s wind-power moratorium will need to be renewed in
April, as the planning board is
still working towards developing
an ordinance regulating the construction and use of wind turbines
in town.
The planning board, Chartier
went on, has been discussing the
comments made by the public at
the hearing in October, and will
continue to do so at its Feb. 17 and
March 17 meetings. By April, he
hopes the board will have drafted
a law to submit to the town board
for action; and
— Heard from Councilman
Peter Vance that the town’s
sewer project, which has been in
the planning stages for decades,
may go to bid by the end of July,
meaning construction could begin as early as September. The
planned sewer system would be
the first municipal system in
town, and was required by the
state because sewage from private septic systems was seeping
into the Foxenkill.
…Clarksville Elementary on the line
(Continued from page 1)
20 and 25 students, according
to a chart Tebbano showed last
night. Clarksville, which has
the smallest student population
of the schools, has the smallest
class sizes. Tebbano asked why
one school should have an advantage with fewer students.
The redistricting option Tebbano
outlined would cost $40,000, since
the district would need to hire a
consultant. Redistricting would
offer no budgetary savings.
Closing Elsmere, which is
located on Delaware Avenue
in Delmar, would result in approximately the same amount
of savings as closing Clarksville,
but would require redistricting,
Tebbano said.
The district expanded its facilities with additions to existing
schools, including Clarksville,
and the construction of a new
elementary school after voters
approved a $93 million bond
issue in 2003. At the time,
said Tebbano, who was not yet
superintendent, the district
was expecting more residential
development and higher enrollment in the schools. That didn’t
come to pass.
Since enrollment has stagnated and there is no sign of
an increase, said a Feura Bush
resident who is a bus driver for
the district, the board should
consider selling the school building it will close, so it should also
consider which building would be
most marketable. He pointed out
that both Elsmere and Glenmont
elementary schools are located in
business districts.
During the public-comment
section following the presentation, school board President
James Dering said, “We’re hearing that this is a done deal —
nothing could be further from
the truth.”
The feasibility report that Tebbano summarized at last night’s
meeting is available on the
district’s website and there are
forums to discuss it scheduled for
March 7 and March 21 at 7 p.m.
at the middle school. The board
plans to make a decision by its
March 30 meeting.
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Public to have its say on Berne’s blueprint for a vibrant rural future
By Zach Simeone
BERNE — A town’s comprehensive land-use plan serves as a
guide for its growth towards the
shared vision of its residents.
Berne’s comprehensive plan,
first written in 1992, has been
re-tooled in recent years by a comprehensive planning committee,
which began meeting in August
of 2008 to carefully examine the
plan and debate over which aspects needed to be modified, and
what key points were missing.
“We did compromise, and that’s
how you get through anything
like this,” said James Cooke, who
chaired the committee, though he
joined a few months into the process. “I’m appreciative of the committee members I worked with.
They volunteered their time, and
they came in on these cold winter nights to do their part, and I
think that’s commendable.”
Cooke served on the committee that developed the original
master plan nearly 20 years ago,
though he was not the chairman
at that time.
Now, the revision process is
complete, and the town board will
hold two public hearings on the
plan, the first on Thursday, Feb.
24, and the second on Monday,
March 21. Each hearing will be an
opportunity for residents to speak
their minds on the proposed revisions, ask questions, and offer
suggestions; the hearings will
not necessarily differ in terms of
what topics are discussed.
Following the Feb. 24 hearing,
there will be a two-week period
during which residents can submit their comments on the plan at
Town Hall, and those comments
will be considered before the final
adoption of the revised plan.
The plan lists seven core
goals:
— 1. Preserve and enhance
Berne’s community character and
small town rural quality;
— 2. Conserve and maintain
the town’s open spaces and natural resources;
— 3. Maintain farmlands and
promote agricultural activities;
— 4. Provide for community
infrastructure and transportation facilities and services, and
the systems to support them;
— 5. Provide for affordable
housing opportunities;
— 6. Protect Berne’s historical
resources and provide for cultural
and recreational opportunities for
all ages; and
— 7. Encourage job growth
through the establishment of
new small and agri-businesses
that are consistent with the
community-character, environmental, and other goals.
Nan Stolzenburg, founder of
Community Planning and Environmental Associates, was hired
by the town as a consultant to
help facilitate and develop the
comprehensive plan. Next week’s
public hearing will begin with a
presentation by Stolzenburg on
what the comp plan is and
how it was developed, and
will provide a brief explanation of its components.
“The plan is the purpose
and the rationale for the
land-use regulations that
a community has,” Stolzenburg said Wednesday, “so
there’s consistency between
what you’re trying to accomplish,
which is what’s laid out in the
plan, and how you’re going to
get there, which is laid out in the
regulations of the town.”
Speaking generally, Stolzenburg provided for The Enterprise
some examples of how and when
a comprehensive land-use plan
might be used.
“Whenever there’s a decision
that the town board makes,
they can refer to the plan to see
whether that decision brings
them closer to meeting the goals
and vision established in the
plan,” she began. “It’s used when
any kind of grant writing or
funding is sought, to explain why
they need funding and to show
that planning has been done to
support that.”
She went on, “It’s used by the
planning board because it’s the
planning board’s responsibility
to ensure that the things they
approve are consistent with the
comprehensive plan, so they
should be looking at the maps,
and the vision, and the goals
and strategies to give them the
direction behind their decisions.
It’s used by government agencies
when there’s a capital project
like a road or a bridge; it’s used
to make sure those plans are
consistent with the community’s
plans.”
Goals and objectives
The 120-page plan is available
at Town Hall, and online at www.
BerneNY.org/ComprehensivePlan/ComprehensivePlan.htm;
also available on the website are
maps of town roads and property
boundaries; topography; slopes;
water features; property class;
farmland; agriculture; resources;
and zoning.
What is key in the plan is how
its seven goals interconnect,
Cooke said.
“Agriculture, the third goal,
is certainly interrelated to the
second goal of keeping the open
spaces and the natural habitat
for our wildlife and on and on,”
said Cooke. “Certainly, the rural
character of Berne depends on
Enterprise file photo — Saranac Hale Spencer
These Dexter cows, at their home on Timothy Lippert’s farm
in Berne, are grass fed. The comprehensive plan, which looks to
preserve open space and strategize the use of farmland down
the road, looks to make sure these cows keep eating.
Enterprise file photo
The water that runs down these falls in the Fox Creek is both a natural and aesthetic resource
for town residents, and just one an example of what the comprehensive land-use plan looks to
protect.
“We did compromise, and that’s how you get through anything like this.”
the farms’ continuing to exist.”
Each goal is broken down into
a series of objectives, and each
objective is followed by a list of
actions that will move the town
towards achieving each objective,
and eventually accomplishing
each goal.
For example: The first goal, preserving and enhancing Berne’s
community character, lists its
first objective as developing and
supporting community activities
and citizen participation, which
will be accomplished by estab-
lishing a community-activities
committee; providing financial
and other support to this committee and similar organizations;
and recognizing volunteers that
aid in the process.
Immediately following these
actions is the second objective:
encouraging development in the
areas of town where natural resources and elements of Berne’s
rural character are less vulnerable to damage.
This, according to the draft
plan, can be accomplished by:
Incorporating the conservation
subdivision technique into landuse regulations, which would
encourage or even require that
all subdivisions of over four lots
be designed to preserve 50 percent of the parcel as open space;
and by providing incentive zoning, which “offers a housing lot
bonus above the level allowed
in the zoning if the landowner
offers an amenity in return to
the town.”
“Every action in all seven
goals is interrelated,” said Cooke.
“Once any particular action is
acted upon, it serves to benefit
and implement other actions
under other goals.”
Cooke expressed a particular
interest in the seventh goal, encouraging job growth through establishing new small businesses
and agricultural businesses; an
important part of that, Cooke
said, is deciding what kinds
of businesses people want in
Berne.
“The public input showed that
large industry and large-scale
businesses were opposed, not
small-scale industry or commercial businesses,” said Cooke. “I
think that we’re no longer the
town that sustained itself with
farming 60 or 70 years ago. Farming has changed. The world has
changed. But Berne has a lot of
great natural resources it can
use, and the younger farmers are
creative and coming up with ideas
and trying to implement them.”
One resource, Cooke went on,
is Berne’s water supply.
“It’s a clean water supply, and
if we don’t protect that from unplanned development — certainly, that’s an extremely important
factor in the plan,” said Cooke.
“Preventing contamination can
be controversial, because it costs
people money…Then you go to
housing, Goal 5; certainly that
has a lot to do with water, sewage,
maintaining the rural character,
and open spaces.”
Cooke went on to say that he is
a strong supporter of improving
Internet access in town; the issue
of Internet access is addressed in
both goals 3 and 4.
“To have a successful business nowadays — or successful
anything — you need a good
hardwire connection to the Internet,” said Cooke. “Achieving
that action would go a long way
towards achieving other objectives, because now you have good
communications…Implementing
that will be difficult because you
have to go to government structures above you.”
Stolzenburg concurred that
identifying and analyzing the
town’s resources was a “major
thrust” in the planning process.
“When you have a goal to
promote farming and farming activities, the planning activity you
can go through is to say, ‘Where
are our farmlands? What kinds
of farming are taking place? And
are there particular areas that
are more important to our farming base than others?’” she said.
“The process the committee went
through was to define farmlands
and try and identify which areas
in the town form the critical
mass of farmland; it’s the critical
farmlands we need to maintain
farming as a viable activity. So,
the committee defined what
would be an important piece of
land for farming, and created a
map that identifies critical pieces
of farmland.”
The entire plan, including
the farmland maps, as well
as the committee’s meeting minutes, are available
for review, and the coming
weeks will determine how
the town will grow from
here.
“I think the plan naturally creates order, and I
think that is important because
it’s a realistic thing what we’re
talking about,” Cooke said.
“We’re talking about growth in
Berne — it’s going to happen.
What kind of growth do Berne
citizens want to see happen? It
will be something that occurs
over a longer period of time, and
this is really a starting point, but
it’s an orderly starting point. And
it provides the Berne citizens
and government with the guidance necessary to orchestrate an
orderly growth.”
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Bethlehem Historical Association
presents “Beautiful South Africa:
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news,” with Lois Dillon. The meeting
is at 2 p.m. at the Cedar Hill Schoolhouse, 1003 River Road, Selkirk.
Save Energy, Save Dollars workshop at the Altamont Free Library,
105 Park St., at 7 p.m. Cornell
Cooperative Extension is offering
the free two-hour workshop, which
provides low-cost and no-cost ways
to save energy and reduce energy
bills. Workshop participants will
receive a free energy kit, with outlet and light switch gaskets, outlet
caps, rope, caulk, a CFL light bulb,
shrink fit window insulation kit,
and a refrigerator thermometer.
Advanced registration is required;
call 765-3559.
Dr. John J. Brennan, DVM, Guilderland veterinarian and author of
This Vet Has Tales, will be speaking
about his experiences as a veterinarian and as an author at a meeting of
the Guilderland Historical Society.
The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.,
at the Mynderse-Frederick House,
451 Route 146, Guilderland Center,
and the public is invited to attend.
Refreshments and a social hour will
follow the meeting. For information,
call 861-8582.
Friday, February 18
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all students, in kindergarten through 12th grade.
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The Leipzig String Quartet will perform with New York jazz saxophonist Steve Wilson and
pianist Pete Malinverni in an Ash Wednesday concert at The College of Saint Rose on March
9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kathleen McManus Picotte Recital Hall, Massry Center for the Arts, 1002
Madison Ave. in Albany. The concert will feature Joseph Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of
Christ” with improvised interludes of Duke Ellington’s work. Tickets may be purchased for
$20 online at www.strose.edu/concerts. For more information, contact Sal Prizio at 337-4871
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All you can eat breakfast at the
Medusa Fire Company from 7 to 9
a.m. A free will offering will be accepted. All are welcome.
Full Moon Outing at Five Rivers
at 56 Game Farm Road, Delmar, at
7 p.m. At this family-friendly study,
center naturalists will conduct an
indoor show-and-tell briefing on
the unique ways various creatures
are adapted to life in the dark. Afterward, staff will lead a walk along
gentle trails, looking and listening
for common creatures of the night,
such as the great horned owl,
eastern coyote, and opossum. The
program is open to the public and
free of charge. For more information,
call 475-0291.
Family Fun Night at the Guilderland YMCA, from 6 to 8 p.m. Bouncy
bounces, arts and crafts, carnival
games, and face-painting are just a
few of the activities that will be available for your family to enjoy. Family fun night is open to the general
public. Concessions will be open for
sale, and all proceeds will benefit the
Capital District YMCA’s Reach Out
for the Youth Scholarship.
Great Backyard Bird Count at
Five Rivers, 56 Game Farm Road,
Delmar, from 9 to 10 a.m. Bird
experts from Five Rivers and the
Capital Region Audubon Society will
conduct a survey of birds at Five Rivers’ bird feeders from the comfort of
the bird-viewing lounge. The survey
is one of thousands of Great Backyard Bird Counts being conducted
by volunteers of all birding levels in
backyards and local parks across
North America this weekend. The
program is open to the public and
free of charge.
Snow Birds, a hike through the
Pine Bush to discover what birds
are active here in the winter and
the resources they rely on to make
it through this challenging time of
year. Conclude with a simple bird
feeder craft to take home. The program starts at 10 a.m. at the Pine
Bush Discovery Center, 195 New
Karner Road. The cost is $3 per person or $5 per family and registration
is required. Call 456-0655.
Sunday, February 20
Discovery Hike at 2 p.m. at the
Pine Bush Blueberry Hill West, trailhead number 5. Join us on a 2-hour
journey through the preserve. The
cost is $3 per person or $5 per person. Call 456-0655 for directions
and more information.
Monday, February 21
Clearwater Chapter of T rout
Unlimited at the Best Western Sovereign Hotel on Western Avenue, at
6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be
Mike Walchko, the chapter president, with a show on fly-fishing in
Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
The guest fly-tier will be Bill Donato.
The meeting is open to the public,
with free admission.
GPS Adventure at the Pine Bush
Discovery Center, 195 New Karner
Road, at 1 p.m. Search for hidden
objects using a 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 back back to places
you’ve been. GPS units are provided.
The trail is approximately one mile
long. The fee is $3 per person or
$5 per family, and registration is
required. Call 456-0655.
Tuesday, February 22
Climate Changes in the Adirondacks, a lecture by ecologist and
author Jerry Jenkins, at SUNY
Empire State College, 2 Union Ave.,
Saratoga Springs, at 6:30 p.m. Come
learn about critical issues affecting
our region, and what local groups
and institutions are doing to work
toward solutions. The event free and
open to the public.
Five Rivers Snowshoe Outing at
56 Game Farm Road, Delmar, at
2 p.m. A “how-to” introduction to
snowshoeing will be conducted on
Thursday, and repeated on Saturday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. During
these indoor and outdoor programs,
center naturalists will demonstrate
basic snowshoeing techniques indoors, then lead snowshoers along
trails for some wholesome aerobic
exercise, looking for animal tracks,
chewed cones, dens, and other signs
of winter wildlife along the way. The
programs are open to the public and
free of charge. For information, call
475-0291.
Guilderland AARP Chapter 980
will meet at 1 p.m. at Christ the
King Church, Sumpter Avenue, in
Guilderland. Mary Freeman, AARP
volunteer, will introduce OASIS, an
educational program held at the
library. Erin Mitchell, assistant director of community outreach, will
also speak. Please bring items for
the food pantry.
The Scoop on Poop, a program
at the Albany Pine Bush Discovery
Center, 195 New Karner Road, Albany, at 1 p.m. Scat, also known as
poop, can tell us a great deal about
an animal, including what kind of
animal it was that left the scat, and
what that animal ate. Join us as we
explore the preserve in search of scat
and discover what animals live here
in the Pine Bush. The cost is $3 per
person or $5 per family and registration is required. Call 456-0655.
Wednesday, February 23
Dog Day Program for area youth,
at the Albany Obedience Club, 535
Wemple Road, Glenmont, from 12:30
to 3:30 p.m. Cornell Cooperative
Extension of Albany and Rensselaer
Counties is hosting the program,
which includes dog agility exercises,
games, and a “Dog Bowl,” where
youth can test their knowledge of
canine care and general health.
The cost is $10 for youth with dogs,
and $5 for youth attending without
dogs; call 765-3500 or 272-4210 to
register by Feb. 18.
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Calendar
Wednesday, February 23
Christ the King screens Amish Grace
Café on the Corner will be open
from 7 to 9 a.m. every Wednesday at
the Rock Road Chapel, 96 Rock Road
in Berne. Free continental breakfast.
All ages welcome. For more information, call 872-2810.
CSI Pinebush: Critter Scene Investigation in the Pine Bush, at the
Pine Bush Discovery Center, 195
New Karner Road, Albany, at 10 a.m.
Do you have what it takes to be on a
team of nature investigators, solving
Pine Bush mysteries, by examining
evidence? Join us for a 30-minute
indoor introduction, followed by a
60-minute outdoor trek to look for
clues and evidence of what lives in
the Pine Bush. The cost is $3 per
person or $5 per family and registration is required. Call 456-0655.
GUILDERLAND — The movie
Amish Grace will be shown at
7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17, at
Christ the King Church at 20
Sumter Ave. “This movie shows
The Eighth Annual Nature Art
Exhibit will be on display at the
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature
Center from Saturday, March 12,
to Saturday, March 26.
The exhibit showcases artwork
with the theme of nature. Artists
may submit up to three pieces of
artwork for consideration. Original artwork in any medium will
be considered. All submissions
Winter break movie “Despicable
Me” at 11 a.m. at the Wyman Osterhout Community Center, Old
New Salem Road, Voorheesville.
Free admission. Juice and snack
will be served. For information, call
475-0385.
Movie Day: Horton Hears a Who,
at 1 p.m. at the Pine Bush Discovery Center, 195 New Karner Road,
Albany. Free and open to the public;
call 456-0655 to register.
Cross-Country Ski Tour with Save
the Pine Bush, 195 New Karner
Road, Albany, beginning at 9:30
a.m. Ski with us as we hopefully
continue to have a very snowy winter; snow shoers are welcome too.
The ski trip is free and open to the
public. For more information, call
465-8930.
Snowshoe adventure in the Pine
Bush, at 11 a.m. at the Pine Bush
Discovery Center, 195 New Karner
Road, Albany. Snowshoe one to two
miles over sand dunes and among
the pines of the Albany Pine Bush.
The cost is $3 per person or $5 per
family, and registration is required.
Call 456-0655.
Sunday, February 27
Pancake breakfast at the Berne
Masonic Lodge, 2163 Helderberg
Trail, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., to benefit Berne Knox Westerlo Boy Scout
Troop 79. The cost for adults is $7;
seniors are $6; children are $5.
Sunday Four Open Poetry Mic at
3 p.m. at the Old Songs Community
Arts Center, 37 South Main St.,
Voorheesville. Hosted by Dennis Sullivan, Mike Burke, and Edie Adams.
Featuring Joe Krausman.
Movie Day: Free Willy at the Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center, 195
New Karner Road, Albany, at 1 p.m.
Free and open to the public. Call
456-0655 for more information.
All you can eat pancake breakfast
at the Clarksville Fire House from
7:30 to 10:30 a.m., sponsored by the
Onesquethaw Fire Company. The
cost is $7 for adults, $4 for children,
and children under 5 eat free.
The deadline to submit listings
for the Community Calendar is
Monday at 1 p.m. Make sure to
include a brief description, location,
event dates/times and applicable
admission fees. Please mail
them to The Enterprise, Box 654,
Altamont, NY 12009, fax them
to 861-5105, or e-mail them to
altamontenterprise@csdslnet. All
events are open to the public and
free, unless otherwise noted.
must be nature-inspired or created using natural material.
The hanging fee for the exhibit
is $10 per artist.
An opening reception for the
exhibit will be held on March 12,
from 1 to 4 p.m.
Please call 872-1237 for additional information and an
application.
Hilltowns Players happenings
Friday, February 25
Saturday, February 26
forgiveness transcending tragedy. It is a true story of our day,”
according to event organizers.
All are welcome. Refreshments
will be served.
Call for artists in nature exhibit
Thursday, February 24
American Red Cross Babysitting
Course for ages 11 and up at the
Town of New Scotland Hall, 2029
New Scotland Road, Slingerlands.
The cost is $63 and participants
must pre-register. Call 475-0385.
Pups on Snowshoes: Snowshoeing for Lil’ Ones at 11 a.m. at the
Pine Bush Discovery Center, 195
New Karner Road, Albany. Bring
your 4-8 year olds for a slow-paced
snowshoeing exploration. Snowhoes
will be provided for everyone. Registration is required for children only.
The cost is $3 per person or $5 per
family. Call 456-0655.
Out & About
Hands-on science: The Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche
Planetarium offers activities for kids over the February school
break — from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 19 and 20 and Feb. 26
and 27; and noon to 5 p.m. on Feb. 24 and 25. The planetarium will offer three shows each day at 1, 2, and 3 p.m.
Lab activities are free with museum admission; add $4 for the
planetarium show. The museum is at 15 Nott Terrace Heights
in Schenectady.
Senior News
Altamont
By Eileen McKenney
After the unusual warm weather on Monday, it was back to the
very cold Tuesday. It’s hard to
cope with such abrupt changes.
Our attendance at Altamont
Seniors was fine, needing five
tables, for a total of 35 seniors
and five Angels. Returning from
several weeks’ absence were Rose
Cargill, Marie Shank, and myself.
It was good to see everyone again.
Rose attended to announcements
before lunch was served.
The turkey dinner was nice,
ample servings, hot and enjoyed.
A delicious dessert of white cake
with coconut on white frosting
was substitute volunteer Barbara Doyle’s contribution, served
with ice cream. “Happy Birthday”
was sung to Mary Boucher.
Sing-along
Our program was a sing-along
brought by Judith Wines, director of the Altamont Free Library.
A group of Sinatra songs, appropriate for the Valentine holiday
Monday, made up the list of
choices, provided partly by taped
music and some a capella.
Joining in for a few were Esther Bustard, Anna Marie Seiz,
and Rose Cargill. It was fun.
Coming up
Planned for next week, Feb. 22,
will be lunch provided by the volunteers. The program will be the
popular Fairview Avenue Band
for an outstanding performance
of bluegrass!
Before lunch is served, the
monthly 50-50 drawing will be
held.
Reminders to Seniors: When
arriving at St. Lucy’s Parish
Center, there is a sign-in sheet
calling for your signature, and a
sheet for you to check whether or
not you will attend next week.
Till next week, peace.
Guilderland
The Guilderland Senior Services
is offering the following activities
the week of Feb. 21.
Monday: Town Hall closed for
President’s Day ;
Tuesday: OsteoBusters at 9
a.m., luncheon of beef tips or
cold plate at 11:30 a.m., bingo,
and games, and billards at 12:30
a.m.;
Wednesday: Scheduled shopping, line dancing at 9 a.m., OsteoBusters at 10:30 a.m., senior
fitness at 10:30 a.m., needlecraft
at 1 p.m., OsteoBusters at 1:30
p.m.;
Thursday: Scheduled shopping, OsteoBusters at 9 a.m., aerobics at 9 a.m., a movie Aviator at
10:30 a.m., please sign up ahead,
Pinochle/Mahjongg at 1 p.m.,
Friday: Scheduled shopping,
painting at 10 a.m., bridge at 10:30
a.m., and quilting at 1 p.m.
Helderberg
The menu being served by
the Helderberg Senior Services
at the Hiawatha Grange on
Route 32 in Dormansville next
week is:
Monday: Shrimp scampi over
pasta, tomato juice, tossed salad
with dressing, and ice cream;
Tuesday: Roast chicken with
gravy, parsley potato, broccoli,
and fruited Jell-O;
Wednesday: Pork chops, vegetable soup. baked potato, beets,
and apple pie;
Thursday: Stuffed peppers,
mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, and canned pears;
Friday: Roast beef, mashed
potatoes, carrots and peas, and
citrus sections.
All meals will be served at
noon. Call ahead at 797-3652 for
reservations.
By Penny Shaw
The Hilltowns Players held
auditions for the annual spring
dinner theatre comedy, Murder
Me, Murder Me Not on Feb. 15
and 16 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
the Thompson’s Lake Reformed
Church hall.
Performances will be taken
on the road to local venues on
weekends between mid-April and
mid-May. For more information,
feel free to call the director, Jeff
VanIderstine, at 810-3669.
Combined show
For those who have been asking, we are postponing our annual Entertainment Showcase
for this year and are making
plans to combine our two talent
shows into one big show for next
year 2012, so be watching for it!
It’s going to be fun!
Mourning Maryellen
A moment of silence was held
at our January meeting in honor
and memory of our fellow member, Maryellen Hamilton, who
passed away on Sunday, Nov.
28, 2010.
Maryellen was a dear friend
to us and was involved in our
group for many years. She will be
greatly missed. Our prayers continually go out to her family.
Play selection
We will be voting for our
fall show at our next meeting,
which is scheduled for Monday,
Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Berne Reformed Church hall.
The three plays that are up for
vote are: Little Shop of Horrors,
Once Upon a Mattress, and White
Christmas.
At this time we are taking
suggestions/volunteers for stage,
music, orchestra, and choreography directors, so if you are
interested or know of anyone who
may be, please contact us!
As always, we welcome new
members. If you’d like to know
more about us, feel free to call
us for more information at 8729455.
Coogan to teach workshop
on keeping a nature journal
On Sunday, March 20, from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Thacher
Nature Center will offer a workshop for anyone interested in
beginning his or her own nature
journal.
Instructor Carol Coogan, will
share the benefits of and tips,
and insights for keeping a nature
journal, as well as teaching techniques that she uses in her own
nature journal. During the class,
participants will take time to
explore and question the natural
world around us.
No drawing skills are required
to take this class. All that is
required is a curious mind and
willingness to record nature in
words or drawings.
Participants should bring
something to write with, such
as a fine-line marker or sharpened drawing pencils and should
wear clothing suitable for the
outdoors.
In case of inclement weather,
the workshop will be given indoors. The fee of $25 includes a
starter journal. Registration is
suggested due to limited class
size. Call 872-1237 to register or
for additional information.
Elliott House Thrift Shop
opens for the season in March
The Elliott House Thrift Shop
on Route 81 in Norton Hill will
be open for the 2011 season beginning Wednesday, March 2, at
its new location.
The hours at the thrift shop are
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday. Saturday
hours are from 10 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.
Donations to the shop are being accepted in the back of the
new store, which is next to the
Methodist Church on Route 81.
Items should be clean and in
working condition. There is no
space for large items.
Clothing and small decorative household items are on
sale at very reasonable prices.
Volunteers run this shop and all
proceeds benefit the programs of
the United Methodist Church of
Greenville and Norton Hill.
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Library Notes
Berne
Tiny tots
On Tuesdays, March 8 through
Apr. 12, at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.
join us for story times for children
up to 35 months accompanied by
a parent or caregiver.
On my own
On Tuesdays and Wednesdays,
March 8 through Apr. 13 at 1:30
p.m. the library will have stories
and more for children ages 3 to 5
with parents or caregivers close
by at the lobby café tables.
Kilimanjaro adventure
On Tuesday, March 8, at 7
p.m. Linda and David Burtis
present a slide show of their
trek up Kilimanjaro with tennis
star Martina Navratilova. This
program is part of the library’s
Russell memorial travel series.
Tiny tots
On Wednesdays and Thursdays from March 9 through Apr.
14 at 9:30 a.m. the library has
story times for children up to 35
months of age accompanied by a
parent or caregiver.
By Judy Petrosillo
Whether you are interested in
the Super Bowl, Daytona 500 or
the Westminster Kennel Show,
there are many events that occur in February to help escape
the winter blues. This includes
events at the Berne Public Library. Help escape
the winter blues.
Story time On Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 11
a.m., Kathy will be talking about
winter sports during story time.
Children and their caretakers
are invited for stories and a craft.
Enjoy a paper snowball fight
where you won’t have to worry
about injury or the cold!
Family movie A family movie will be shown
on Friday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. Will
Ferrell lends his voice to the animated film, Megamind. This is a
PG rated film where Megamind
must switch from being evil to
saving the day. Refreshments
will be served.
Book talk Teen and tweens should plan
on attending the book talk on
Saturday, Feb. 26. The group
will be talking to Erin Hunter
from England using Skype. Ms.
Hunter is the author of the Warrior Cat series. The group will
be discussing her novel, Into the
Wild, starting at 1 p.m. Don’t
miss this special opportunity to
talk to an author.
If you aren’t able to escape
to a warmer climate during this
vacation week, come visit the
library instead. Chase away the
winter blues with a great novel
or entertaining movie. No money
is required, just a free library
card.
Rensselaerville
By Kimberly Graff
On Saturday, Feb. 19, at 10:30
a.m. the Rensselaerville Library
will have story time. The theme
is winter wonderland.
Board meeting
The next library board meeting is on Monday, Feb. 21, at 7
p.m. This meeting is open to the
public.
Story telling
A Sense of Place - Story Telling is the second in a series of
three at Conkling Hall located
at 8 Methodist Hill, in Rensselaerville. Rensselaerville is an
area rich in stories, and in recent
years the art of storytelling has
re-emerged as a way to gather
and hear stories of the past. All
people come from a heritage of
storytelling, but many have forgotten its power and beauty.
The library is excited to bring
local professional storytellers to
Conkling Hall this winter. Nancy
Marie Payne will join us on Feb.
26, from 7 to 9 p.m. Nancy will be
telling stories about the Orphan
Trains that brought children
from New York City up into the
country, and also stories from
local families about their lives
and experiences living in the
hilltowns.
Bairbre McCarthy will wrap up
the series on March 26 from 7 to
9 p.m. Coffee and dessert will be
available.
Tickets are $10 per person
and proceeds benefit the library.
Visit www.rensselaervillelibrary.
org for more information on the
events and the storytellers.
— Photo submitted buy Judy Petrosillo
W.O.W.: Words of Wisdom puppets present a puppet show on friendship Tuesday to the story-time kids
at the Berne library. Three sixth-graders from the Helderberg Christian School performed with their
advisor, Leslie Wray.
Voorheesville
By Barbara Vink
That dreaded February school
vacation is coming up. If you are
not taking the family and heading for warmer climates for the
week, you might want to sign the
kids up for some fun time at the
Bethlehem Public Library:
— On Tuesday, Feb. 22 from
10:30 a.m. to noon, all ages are
welcome to drop in for Red, White
and Blue Crafts. We’ll be working on patriotic art activities
in honor of our first president.
No signup is necessary for this
one.
— Signup is definitely needed
for flippin’ the flapjacks on
Wednesday, Feb. 23 from 10:15
to 11:30 a.m. so we stock enough
butter and syrup for everyone.
“Pancakes for Breakfast” involves breakfast stories, pancake
stories and lots of eating fun.
Please note this allergy alert: We
use milk, eggs, and flour. For kids
age 4 to second grade;
— Shrek is starring in our
movie matinee on Thursday, Feb.
24 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The film
is Shrek Forever After: The Final
Chapter rated: PG. The popcorn
is free and all ages are invited.
— Paws for Reading appointments are being scheduled for
Sunday, Feb. 20. If your child
needs reading encouragement
and would like to read stories to
Duke, our therapy dog, call Gail
Brown at 765-2791.
Visit the VPL website at www.
voorheesvillelibrary.org.
Middleburg
By Anne LaMont
On Feb. 22, at 10:30 a.m., dropin story time at the Middleburg
Library is a fun, interactive
program that is designed for
active children up to age five
and their caregivers. We’ll read
books, sing songs, play games,
and watch a short film based on
a weekly theme. No registration
is required.
Reading with Indy
On Feb. 22, at 3:30 p.m., this
library program is designed to
allow kids the chance to read to
a non-judgmental listener, one
who will accept the story exactly
as they read it. Indy handler is
Karen VanDyke.
Drop in story time
On Feb. 23, at 10:30 a.m., dropin story time with Doreen McCoy
is back with a once a month story
time for children up to age five
and their caregivers. She’ll read
stories, sing songs, and do a craft
based on a theme for that month.
No registration is required.
Wednesday matinee
On Feb. 23, at 1 p.m. Gems of
2010, The Ghost Writer rated PG13 will be shown at the library.
A ghostwriter hired to complete
the memoirs of a former British prime minister uncovers
secrets that put his own life in
jeopardy.
Knitting Circle
On Feb. 24, at 7 p.m., if you like
to knit or crochet or participate in
other fiber arts bring your project
and join your neighbors for some
creativity and conversation. No
registration is required.
Concert
On March 3, at 7 p.m., come to
the library for a Mad Agnes concert. Like a crazy three-headed
alchemist, Mad Agnes combines
the elements of classical and folk
music, then crosses the poignancy of the singer and songwriter
with street-theater smarts.
Health insurance help
On March 7, from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. come to the library
for Children’s Health Insurance
Program Assistance. Bassett
Healthcare Network recently
introduced the CHIP program,
funded by a two-year grant under
President Obama. The goal of the
program is to enroll uninsured
children and teens up to age 19
in low-or-no-cost health insurance through Medicaid and Child
Health Plus. An outreach worker
will be available at the library to
answer your questions and give
you free personal assistance. No
appointments are necessary.
Crock pot cook-off
On March 12 from 11:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. come savor the delectable delights prepared by the
best cooks in Middleburgh at the
second annual Crock Pot Cook
Off for chili and soups. Tickets
are $10 for adults and $5 for
children for unlimited tastings
of chili and soup. Dessert and
beverages are also included.
Your vote counts, so bring your
taste buds. Proceeds benefit the
Library Program Fund.
Bethlehem
By Louise Grieco
On Wednesday Feb. 23, at 2:30
p.m., come to the Bethlehem Public Library’s Rainbow Fairies Ball.
There will be dancing and crafts.
Dress as your favorite fairy. For
kids ages five to 10 with their family. Call 439-9314 to register.
Pokemon, Bakugan
and more
On Thursday Feb. 24 at 10:30
a.m. bring your cards and action
figures; meet and greet other
fans. For kids in kindergarten
through grade 12.
Pet first aid
On Thursday Feb. 24, at 7 p.m.,
Tara Estra, doctor of veterinary
medicine will talk about how
to be better prepared for a pet
medical emergency.
Movie morning
On Friday Feb. 25, at 11 a.m.
come to the library to see Ramona and Beezus rated G.
Author talk
On Sunday Feb. 27, at 2:30
p.m. meet Jackie Morse Kessler,
a paranormal and fantasy writer.
She will read from and talk about
her young-adult novel Hunger.
A question and answer session
will follow.
Pajama Rama
On Monday, Feb. 28, at 6:30
p.m. the library will have stories,
songs and dancing — wear your
PJs! This program is for children
up to age 6 and their families.
E-book open house
On Wednesday, March 2, from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m., drop into the
library anytime and learn how
to download free books from the
library’s e-book database.
Bring your e-reader (Sony,
Nook or Kobo) and a laptop if you
have one. If you don’t have an ereader, come and try one.
Teen Time
On Friday, March 4 from 3 to
4:30 p.m. the Bethlehem Public
Library will have teen time. Enjoy,
Guitar Hero, DDR, Wii, and games
for kids in grade 6 and up.
Pajama Rama… Again
On Monday, March 7, at 6:30
p.m. the library will offer stories,
songs and dancing; wear your
PJs. For children up to age 6 and
their families.
Monday night movie
On Monday, March 7, at 7 p.m.
the library will show Salt rated
PG-13.
Altamont
By David Warner
Oh, what a night it was! The
fourth annual I Love My Library
Dinner and Auction was a grand
success.
Attendees dressed to the nines
(whatever that means), enjoying
a wonderful dinner, enjoying
each others’ company; so very
enthusiastic, even eager about
raising money for the Altamont
Free Library’s ongoing effort to
move to the train station across
the park.
To all who played a role in creating the evening — thank you!
Upcoming events
Read the paper, read it on
Thursday afternoon, and read it
quickly. Then hurry on over to
the library for a program called
“Save Energy, Save Dollars,” on
Thursday, Feb. 17, starting at 6
p.m. It’s a Cornell Cooperative
Extension workshop that will
provide low-cost and no-cost
ways to save energy and reduce
energy bills.
Participants will be introduced
to programs that provide energyefficient improvements with
subsidies, low-interest loans,
or free services to qualifying
households. They will also receive a free energy kit, including
weather stripping, shrink window insulation, faucet aerator,
outlet and light switch gaskets,
and more.
Book clubs
Book club meetings approach.
The Adult Fiction group will
discuss Tom Rachman’s The
Imperfectionists on Monday, Feb.
21, at 7 p.m. On the same day,
the Kindergarten through Third
grade group will grapple with A
Mouse Called Wolf by Dick KingSmith at 4 p.m. Mockingbird by
Kathleen Erskine is the book
for the Grades Four through Six
club, gathering on Wednesday,
Feb. 23, at 4 p.m.
Juice and Jammies is scheduled for Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. Join
up for a once-a-month evening
story time for older book lovers,
ages 5 through 8.
The family movie Despicable
Me will air on Sunday, Feb. 27,
at the library, starting at 3 p.m.
Looking for something fun for the
whole family to do together? You
just found it.
Genealogy
The library is happy to announce that we now have on-site
access to Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest online.
Want to learn how to use them?
Call the library to schedule an
appointment
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A Night To Remember
Does Guilderland need
another facility for memory care?
By Anne Hayden
GUILDERLAND — An existing facility at Mill Hill for patients with memory loss doesn’t
want a new memory-care center
built there. Atria asserts there is
no need, while Crestmoore says
there is.
This conflict dominated a
public hearing at Tuesday’s town
board meeting.
The hearing was extended to
March 1 so the Albany County
Planning Board can weigh in.
Crestmoore Community Corporation wants to build a 142bed assisted living facility, with
memory care, as part of Mill Hill’s
undeveloped fourth phase.
In 1993, when the Planned
Unit Development, or PUD, was
issued, the fourth phase was slated to include a 160-bed “skilled
nursing care” facility. The town
board will decide whether or not
to change the law to accommodate Crestmoore’s plans.
“If Atria had known another
assisted living facility would be
built, it wouldn’t have made such
a substantial investment,” Lane
concluded in front of the board
on Tuesday.
Stephen Bowman, president of
Peregrine Health Management
Company, which would manage
the new facility in Mill Hill, disagreed with Lane’s assessment of
the current market.
“I know the market, I know
the area, and I know the need,”
Bowman said. Peregrine Health
manages over a dozen facilities,
including assisted living, nursing
and rehabilitation, and memorycare centers, in New York and
several other states.
“The state and federal governments are cutting Medicaid like
crazy, and we want to create a
more dignified, residential environment free from the fetters of
Medicaid,” said Bowman. Nursing homes funded by the state
“The state and federal governments are cutting
Medicaid like crazy, and we want to create
a more dignified, residential environment
free from the fetters of Medicaid.”
— Photo by Ronald Ginsburg
The grand gesture: Master of Ceremonies Greg Giorgio dressed for the role at the fourth
annual I Love My Library Dinner and Auction on Saturday. The event raised money to restore
the historic train station in the center of the village, which will be the Altamont Free Library’s
new home. Community members contributed scrumptious desserts.
— Photo by Ronald Ginsburg
Terresa Bakner, attorney and
owner of the property, said there
is no longer a demand for a nursing home in the area.
“The state doesn’t want more
nursing homes,” she said.
The issue was also debated at a
town planning board meeting in
January, during which the board
members voted 5-to-2 to give the
town board a positive recommendation for changing the PUD; one
of the dissenters, Terry Coburn,
said she thought the board should
look further into the demand for
nursing homes.
At the town board meeting
on Tuesday, Atria Guilderland
indicated that another assisted
living facility in the town would
not be viable.
“Data indicates that the market
is saturated,” said James Lane,
a representative of Atria Senior
Living. Atria has three assisted
living facilities in the Capital Region, which provide over 170 beds
and employ over 140 people; the
Guilderland facility is licensed as
Life Guidance Memory Care.
“If the Phase 4 application for
Mill Hill is granted, the town will
be duplicating what is already
here, without offering a higher
level of care and a wider range
of options,” said Lane. He said he
believed the original intent of the
PUD was for the town to offer a
“continuum of care.” A nursing
home would provide the next step
for individuals needing to move out
of assisted living into a facility with
greater medical care, he said.
accept Medicaid, but private assisted living facilities do not.
“This would be a for-profit
facility that pays taxes to the
town,” Bakner said.
David Luntz, an attorney
representing Atria, said that,
the change, if granted, would be
contrary to the PUD.
“It undermines the planning
process,” said Luntz.
If the local law that established the PUD is changed, it
will be the fifth amendment to
the law since its inception. In the
first Mill Hill phase, a Stewart’s
shop was constructed, and the
second and third phases will
include the development of 74
senior townhouse units.
“The intent of the law is not
so inflexible that it is incapable
of evolving. The purpose was
to provide appropriate assisted
living, and that would still be
happening,” concluded Bakner.
“Competition provides more
choices.”
Town Supervisor Kenneth
Runion told The Enterprise
yesterday that, despite the arguments from both sides, the board
must consider what the best use
for the property is.
“The likelihood of a nursing
home going in is slim at best
considering what is happening
with funding in the state and
county,” said Runion.
— Jo E. Prout contributed
information from the January
Guilderland Planning Board
meeting
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Obituaries
Margaret Elizabeth Knaggs
GUILDERLAND — Margaret Elizabeth Knaggs, most recently of Columbia, Mo., died on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, at the University Hospital
in Columbia, Mo. She was 79.
Miss Knaggs was born on Dec. 21, 1931 in Guilderland to the late
George and Lavina Grant Knaggs.
“Margaret labored in the work of the gospel from September 1953 until
the day of her death in the states of New York, New England, Indiana,
Arkansas, and Missouri,” wrote her family in a tribute.
Miss Knaggs is survived by her brother, Albert Knaggs, of Brockport,
Pa., and her sister, Edith Keys, and her husband, Ray, of Altamont as
well as 11 nephews and nieces.
Her sister Ruth Radzewicz died before her as did her brothers Robert,
Arthur, and Oscar Knaggs.
A memorial service was held on Saturday, Feb. 12, at the DeMarcoStone Funeral Home at 5216 Western Turnpike in Guilderland.
A funeral service was held on Saturday, Feb. 5, in Columbia, Mo., with
interment in the Old Lamine Cemetery on Lodge Road in Lamine, Mo., about
30 miles west of Columbia and just a few miles from Blackwater, Mo.
Charles F. Wolfe
VOORHEESVILLE — Charles F. Wolfe, a Marine who loved to fly,
died on Feb. 11, 2011. He was 80.
“As the hawk soared and broke the surly bonds of earth, I reached
out my hand and touched the face of God,” was the first line of his
memoir, said his son, David Wolfe, reciting a J. G. MaGee verse. “He
loved being in the air,” David Wolfe said of his father, who learned to
fly when he was in the Marines in the late 1940s.
Mr. Wolfe had grown up during the Depression, watching autogyros,
dreaming of flight. He’d sweep out hangars and wash the planes to get
flying time while he was in the service, his son said.
“Like the kid who watches the birds fly and wanted wings, too — that
was my dad,” David Wolfe said.
Growing up, Charles Wolfe’s father held a number of jobs, once for
a dairy and, for a time, as a bootlegger for Al Capone, David Wolfe
said, explaining that Capone looked out for people who owned trucks.
“If he wanted you to do it, you did it,” he concluded.
Both of Mr. Wolfe’s parents were musical — his father played the
violin and fiddle and his mother sang, which she did in church after
having learned in vaudeville.
As a young man, Mr. Wolfe went to church in uniform one Sunday
and a woman sitting in the balcony singing with the choir told the
girl next to her she’d marry him someday. Charles and Mary Wolfe
married in 1951.
The couple lived together in Buffalo where they had four children,
and Mr. Wolfe worked at the airport. There he got his mechanic’s
license and joined the Naval Reserve, where he was one of 26 men in
the Flying Chiefs, which flew transport helicopters.
“It was everything to him,” David Wolfe said of his father’s passion
for flight. “Flying was his first love.”
He was an Erie County Sheriff for a time before being hired to work
in the conservation department, which moved his family to Voorheesville, David Wolfe said. He started as a mechanic and retired as the
captain and chief of maintenance in the state’s conservation department, his son said. Mr. Wolfe served under four governors, starting
with Nelson Rockefeller, and was the recipient of the Charles B. Taylor
Master Mechanic award.
After working there for 20 years, on Jan. 2, 1981, Mr. Wolfe used a
helicopter rescued two hikers who were stuck on Baldface Mountain
in the Adirondack Park when it was 40 degrees below zero, his son
said, adding, “If someone needed help… he’d do it.”
One of those two hikers recently got in touch with the family, David
Wolfe said, and told them that he had become a doctor to “pay it forward” and return the good deed given him by Mr. Wolfe.
He lived in Voorheesville for 15 years, mentoring his sons through
scouts and as an active member of the Voorheesville First United
Methodist Church. He was also a Mason and a 57-year member of
Altamont’s Noah Lodge.
“The term, ‘Once a Marine, always a Marine,’ epitomized my father,”
said David Wolfe, who spent more than 20 years in the Marines himself.
Growing up folding his socks and underwear, he said his father always
told him and his siblings, “This is the way we did it in the Marines.”
Mr. Wolfe had gotten permission from his parents when he was 17
to join up, said his son, who ended up achieving a rank higher than
his father. “He always called me Gunner; that was my rank,” David
Wolfe said.
Along with the respect for the military he instilled in his children,
Mr. Wolfe also instilled a love of music. Through his battle with cancer,
Mr. Wolfe would still play his trombone. “We’d play as long as he had
breath,” David Wolfe said.
They played Big Band music, Dixieland, and old show tunes, he said,
adding that it was “what we call the real music.”
Mr. Wolfe always had a smile and a kind word for people, even when
he was down himself, his son said, concluding, “He was compassionate
toward his fellow man.”
****
Mr. Wolfe is survived by his wife, Mary L. Wolfe, of Wilton, and his
children: Charles Wolfe and his wife, Barbara, of Guilderland; David
Wolfe and his wife, Caretha, of Krum, Texas; Mary Hastings and her
husband, David, of Southfield, Mass.; and Cheryl Wolfe of Beverly
Hills, Fla. He is also survived by his sister, Jackie Jeacock, and her
husband, Don, of Maryville, Tenn., as well as many nieces and nephews,
10 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
His parents, John and Gwendolyn Wolfe, died before him, as did his
sister, Barbara Lynch.
Mr. Wolfe has donated his remains to Albany Medical College to
be used for the education of young doctors and nurses. His cremated
remains will later be interred at the Saratoga National Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Hans Funeral Home in Guilderland.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, or Trinity United Methodist
Church.
— Saranac Hale Spencer
Michael P.
Wallis
Michael P. Wallis, a loving father
and grandfather, and a baseball
fanatic, died on Friday, Feb. 11,
2011, at his home, with his love,
Selma Friedman, at his side. He
was 59.
Mr. Wallis was born on June 4,
1951, in Brooklyn. He was the son
of Paul M. and Sandy Wallis, and
the late Muriel (Bleicher) Wallis.
He graduated from high school in
1969 and received his bachelor’s
degree from the University at
Albany in 1973.
He taught at Albany High School
for two years, and then went to
work for the state as a systems
analyst for the Office of Temporary
and Disability Assistance.
“Many will miss his annual
football pool!” wrote his family in
a tribute.
Mr. Wallis coached and did the
schedules for Guilderland Babe
Ruth, Pine Bush Little League,
Guilderland Youth Soccer League
and Pine Bush Softball. He was
often seen on the fields and courts
in his orange Converse sneakers,
his family wrote. He even played
himself, in the Over 55 Softball
League.
Mike Blaauboer wrote a letter
to the editor this week and said of
Mr. Wallis, “His passing will leave a
void in each of these organizations
that will be difficult, if not impossible, to replace.”
In addition to sports, Mr. Wallis
enjoyed crossword puzzles, Scrabble, bridge, comics, and watching
Major League baseball.
“His greatest joy was watching
his children grow up,” his family
wrote.
Mr. Wallis is survived by his
father and stepmother, Paul
and Sandy Wallis; his longtime
companion, Selma Friedman; his
children, Martin, Liz, and Caralyn
Wallis.
He is also survived by his siblings and their partners, Claudia
Wallis and Hugh Osborn; Susan
Wallis and Kent Davis; JoAnne and
Scott Whitmore; Eric Uhlberg and
Marti Awad; Kenneth and Monique
Uhlberg; and Robin Radharani.
He is also survived by many
aunts, uncles, cousins, and nieces
and nephews.
A memorial service was held on
Feb. 12 at New Comer Funeral
Home.
To leave a special message for
the family online, visit www.NewcomerAlbany.com.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Guilderland Babe Ruth,
Post Office Box 179, Guilderland,
NY 12084.
Janet M. Furman
CLARKSVILLE — A homemaker who loved decorating her own
home and advising others on theirs, Janet Furman died on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, in the Albany County Nursing Home in Colonie.
She was 78.
She was born in Rensselaerville on Oct. 13, 1932, the daughter of the late Raymond and Lena
(Wood) Tanner Sr.
Devoted to her family, she did
not complete high school because
she stayed home to care for her
younger siblings.
She married Clyde C. Furman
in the Trinity Episcopal Church
in Rensselaerville where her
mother had married, and, later,
where some of her children would
marry, too. She devoted herself to
keeping their home and raising
their four children.
“She loved to cook. She would
use all of her mother’s recipes,”
Janet M. Furman
said her daughter, Brenda Welter. One of her family’s favorites were her cinnamon buns. Mrs.
Welter’s husband, James, especially liked her apple dumplings.
“She loved to cook.
She would use all of her mother’s recipes.”
Mrs. Furman also enjoyed handiwork, both crocheting afghans
and sewing quilts. “Everyone in the family has at least one afghan
she crocheted,” said Mrs. Welter. “She made an extra long one for
my husband; he’s tall.” Mrs. Furman crocheted with very fine doily
yarn an entire bedspread for her daughter, Wendy.
“She did it to relax,” said Mrs. Welter. “Her finger actually had a
gouge where the crochet hook rubbed.”
When her children were older — Mrs. Welter was in middle school
— Mrs. Furman took correspondence courses through the mail to
learn to be an interior decorator. “She really liked it and did very,
very well at it,” said Mrs. Welter.
Upon completing her coursework, Mrs. Furman worked for Roger
Smith, who had a paint and wallpaper store in Delmar.
“Her favorite color was green,” said her daughter. “We all laughed
about that because it was everywhere.”
Later, when her children had children, she was a grandmother
“big time,” said her daughter. “She took care of the oldest ones
after school.”
****
Janet M. Furman is survived by her husband of 59 years, Clyde
C. Furman of Clarksville; her four children, Kenneth Furman of
Staatsburg, N.Y., Wendy Furman of Rensselaer, Charles Furman and
Amy Ludik of Delmar, and Brenda Welter and her husband, James, of
Westerlo; her five grandchildren, Danielle Antonelli and her husband,
Chris, Ryan Sweeney, Emma, Charles and Anne Furman; and her
two great-grandchildren, Taylor and Isabella Antonelli.
She is also survived by her two brothers, Gardner and William
Tanner, and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents died before her, as did five brothers — Charles, Niles,
Raymond, Roland, and Robert Tanner — and two sisters, Bernice
Waldron and Eleanor Layman.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 11 a.m.
at the Cunningham Funeral Home at 4898 Route 81 in Greenville.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, Feb. 18, from 4 to
8 p.m. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Colonie.
Mourners may light a candle at ajcunninghamfh.com.
Memorial contributions may be made to either the Onesquethaw
Rescue Squad or the Rensselaerville Rescue Squad.
— Melissa Hale-Spencer
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onto the floor, and we let out a the purchase herself. During the
startled shriek! No, this was not following weeks, Cindy babysat,
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to clear a path and get out of the good! The important decision we
way of this menacing shopping- have is in making good choices
cart driver — at least those who from the lessons we learn. We
could see disaster approaching. all have the opportunity to make
Others were bumped, pushed, good choices. When we make
choices that are not good, we
and ordered out of the way.
This episode was distressing will have consequences to pay
enough but it seemed to follow a for those decisions.
One of our family’s favorite
pattern. Earlier in the day, when
in the parking lot, there was an- authors is Shel Silverstein. He
other car backing out of a space. has written two books that our
When we stopped to let the car daughters grew up reading and
turn without being crowded, the still read today. One is, Where the
Sidewalk Ends and the other is,
car behind us beeped its horn!
Then, when we looked to see A Light in the Attic.
Both books are filled with
what the hurry was, the driver
raised his middle finger (either wonderful short stories that will
as a salutation or to indicate his make children just laugh and
mental age). Then he zoomed giggle as you read them. (Adults
around us, squeezed by the back- like them also!) One of the stoing car, and left nothing but dust ries that we were reminded of is
behind him as he rounded the titled, Ladies First. You should
get the book and read the full
corner of the parking lot.
We could not help but wonder: story but we will paraphrase it
What had happened to common to deliver a picture.
There was a cute little girl
courtesy? Are people more impatient? Is there more of a feeling who always wore cute little
dresses and was happy to be a
of entitlement than before?
We are reminded of a com- girl because she was told that
mercial that has been playing whatever happened it is “Ladies
recently. The words remind us of first!” When they went to school,
some people we have seen. You the bus arrived and the driver
may have seen some of them also. asked the children to get in. The
The words are few, simple, and little girl pushed to the front of
the line and said, “Ladies first,
powerful.
The ad starts, “We want it all, Ladies first,” and she was!
At school ,the teacher was aswe want it all, we want it all, and
we want it now!” Fortunately, signing seats and the little girl
we don’t remember the rest of pushed to the front of the class
advertisement or what they are and said, “Ladies First, Ladies
selling. We turned off our hearing First”, and she was!
As the school year went on,
after this selfish barrage.
An acquaintance was always whenever the class did anything
complaining about not having the little girl always pushed to
enough money to pay her bills. the front and said, “Ladies first,
She said that all of her credit Ladies first,” and she was!
As good fortune would have it, the
cards were at their max and she
class was able to take a trip to Afjust made minimum payments.
We knew that she was a shop- rica. While there, they had to cross
per. She would go to the store for a river and the little girl pushed
a quart of milk and come home to the front and said, “Ladies first,
with a new outfit and a couple of Ladies first,” and she was!
While in the jungle, a big lion
toys for her son.
When we questioned her about jumped in front of the class and
this practice, she just said, “We declared that he was going to
deserve nice things just as much eat them. The little girl had
been near the rear of the line
as the next person.”
Any suggestion that she could and pushed her way forward and
not afford the items just made said, “Ladies first, Ladies first,”
her angry. She felt that she and she was.
Please join us in trying to make
was “entitled” to everything she
wanted. She also felt that the good choices!
Altamont
Story time
Children are invited to attend
the Altamont Free Library’s story
times on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Children will
also have the opportunity to do
crafts.
Energy savers
A workshop on how to save
energy is being held this evening,
Thursday, February 17, at 6 p.m.
at the Altamont library. This is
a Cornell Cooperative Extension
workshop, providing information
on ways to save energy and how
to reduce bills.
People who want to attend
this workshop must sign up at
the library. This is a reminder to
those who have already signed
up to attend this worthwhile
program.
Adult book club
Kate Morgan’s The Forgotten
Garden will be discussed at the
book club’s gathering at the
Altamont Free Library on Monday, Feb. 21. The Book Club will
gather at 7 p.m.
Hat Day
Students at the Altamont Elementary School are reminded
that they can wear a hat to school
on Friday, Feb. 18.
Winter vacation
The schools in the Guilderland
district will be closed Monday
through Friday, Feb. 21 to 25.
AES supports food pantry
Boxes located in the front hall
of the Altamont Elementary
School are being filled with food
items donated by students and
their families. The collected
items will be donated on to the
Altamont Food Pantry located
at St. Lucy’s Parish Center on
Friday, Feb. 18.
Students, by grade, have been
asked to donate foods or goods
by the following categories. Kindergarten: mayonnaise, ketchup,
mustard, and paper towels; first
grade: peanut butter, jelly and
Kleenex; second grade: cereal
and toilet paper; third grade:
canned stew, soups, dish detergent; fourth grade: canned fruit
and laundry detergent; and
fifth grade: spaghetti sauce and
pasta.
Reminder: Any family can
donate any item.
Writing contest
Students in third, fourth, and
fifth grades in the Guilderland or
Voorheesville school districts are
reminded that the entry deadline
for a Masonic writing contest is
Friday, Feb. 18. Essays should
deal with George Washington
and how his accomplishments
are still important to America
today.
Students can also write a fable
after reading George Washington
and The Cherry tree; George
Washington , the Athlete or
George Washington and The
Apple Orchard.
Writing entries can be emailed to ndsg02@yahoo.com or
sent to Noah Lodge, Post Office
Box 594, Altamont, NY.
This writing contest is sponsored by Noah Lodge 754, a
Masonic group that meets in
Altamont.
School banking
Parents and students are
reminded that banking at the
Altamont Elementary School is
Friday, Feb. 18.
Volleyball
The Guilderland girls’ volley
ball teams are sponsoring “Free
G-land Volleyball” at Farnsworth
Middle School on Saturdays
March 5, 12, 19, and 26. Guilderland students in fourth through
eighth grades are welcome to
attend.
Participants can attend all
dates or selected dates, and can
come for one, two or three hours.
from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
For additional information,
contact Coach Allen at allenj@
guilderlandschools.org.
Chicken and biscuits
A Chicken-and-Biscuit Dinner
will be held on Friday, Feb. 18,
at the Oriental Shriners’ Hall, 73
Water Plant Rd., Troy, NY from
5 to 7 p.m.
Proceeds of this event will
benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand,
a New York State Order of the
Eastern Star project. Reservations are not required.
Birthdays
Happy-birthday wishes are
extended to:
— Pearl Kelly on Feb. 18;
— Genevieve Anderson, Bridget Carman, Lois Ginsburg, Alexa
Olivia Johnson, and KristenMarie Thatcher on Feb. 19;
— Nancy Barkley and Peter
Ramo on Feb. 20;
— Kiyomi Barkley and Kelli
LeClair on Feb. 21;
— Janet Farrand on Feb. 22;
— Amy Buess, Michelle (Delaney) Romano, Colin Schager,
Kierra Schager, and Greg Smith
on Feb. 23; and
— Allison Ciupek, Jeremy
Hookkamp, and Jack McClintock
on Feb. 24.
Thompsons Lake
By
Lora
Ricketts
872-1691
On Saturday, Feb. 12, my
daughter, Marcia Pangburn;
granddaughter, Kyra Swan; and
I attended a going-away party
for Ethan Timothy Schager as
guests of Gerald Schager. Ethan
is the son of Gerald Schager and
Chesley Schager.
Ethan left on Wednesday, Feb.
16, to start basic training with
the Air Force at Lackland Air
Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
After basic training, Ethan
will start technical training at
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Veterans of Foreign Wars
There were more than 70
people attending the party at the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
in Altamont hosted by Chesley
Schager. Food was abundant.
It started with a table of appetizers, like chips and dips, cheese
and crackers, and a delicious
punch. Following this were hugs
subs, tossed salad, macaroni
salad, chicken, lasagna, and cocktail hot dogs. And, to top it all off,
there was a tasty cake.
Music was provided for many
hours by Into the Groove 518
DJ Service, which is owned and
operated by Paul Hurlburt.
Ethan is very talented at working on engines. We wish him the
best as he takes this trade to
our military. We will miss him
delivering firewood to us with
his Dad.
Movie Night
On Saturday evening, Feb. 12,
the Thompson’s Lake Reformed
Church hosted a Family Movie
Night. Many brought pillows and
blankets, and some even dressed
in their pajamas.
The first movie shown was Toy
Story 3, which was really enjoyed
by the young children as well as
older adults. Popcorn and soft
drinks were served.
The movies and night out were
a free event.
The second movie shown was
Despicable Me, and was geared
for children age 7 and older.
A brief intermission was held
between movies in case some
parents wanted to take younger
children home.
The first movie started at 6
p.m. to make it an early evening for families. All family and
friends were welcome.
It is a way to have an enjoyable evening without spending
money in these hard economic
times. It is also a way to overcome cabin fever in what has
been a very cold and snowy,
icy winter.
Church service
If you feel like attending a
church service, try the small
friendly Thompson’s Lake Reformed Church at 1212 Thacher
Park Road in East Berne.
The service is at 9 a.m. on Sundays. There will be a fellowship
hour held on Sunday, Feb. 27,
following the worship service.
Come and enjoy the food and
the fellowship!
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of ISB
VENTURES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on
10/12/10. Office location: Albany
County. SSNY is designated as
agent of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to: 2424 E. 70th
St., Brooklyn, NY 11234. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
(8-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION GAN
31 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 process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail a copy of
process to the LLC, 1495 E 31st St
Brooklyn, NY 11234. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(22-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Rockaway
Grill LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Secy. of State (SSNY) on 1/4/11.
Office location: Albany County.
SSNY is designated as agent of
LLC upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: 2729 Healy Ave., Far
Rockaway, NY 11691. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(11-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of MAOZ
8TH AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org.
filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY)
on 8/12/10. Office location: Albany
shall mail process to: 213 W. 40th
St., New York, NY 10018. Purpose:
(2-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
Please be advised that the Town
of Westerlo Town Board will hold a
PUBLIC HEARING on the 1st day
of March, 2011 in the Westerlo Town
Hall at 7:30 p.m. regarding LOCAL
Law #1 -2011, which will amend the
Town of Westerlo Solid Waste Law.
DATED: February 1, 2011
BY ORDER OF THE
TOWN OF WESTERLO
TOWN BOARD
Gertrude A. Smith
Town Clerk
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LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Valleyside
Gardens LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 390 Berry St.,
lawful activity.
(8-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
E r i c h Av i a t i o n I n s u r a n c e
Services LLC filed ar ticles of
organization on 12/28/2010 in
Albany County, Secretary of state
has been designated as agent
for the LLC and process may be
served to 657 Renaissance Avenue
Fairfield, CA 94534. Purpose: any
lawful purpose.
(9-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation
of Limited Liability Company
Pursuant to Section 203
of the New York Limited Liability
Law.
a. The name of the limited liability
company is Albany Video Services,
LLC.
b. The Articles of Organization were
filed with the Secretary of State on
January 11, 2011.
c. The office of the Limited Liability
company will be located in Albany
County.
d. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the Limited
Liability Company upon whom
process against it may be served.
The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of
any process against the Limited
Liability Company served upon
him or her is:
Albany Video Services, LLC
c/o Girvin & Ferlazzo, P.C.
20 Corporate Woods Blvd.
Albany, New York 12211
e. The Limited Liability Company
is formed for any lawful business
purpose or purposes.
(19-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Highbridge Apartments Equities LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of
State (SSNY) on 1/20/11. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY is
designated as agent of LLC upon
served. SSNY shall mail process
to: 2753 Broadway, Suite 377, New
York, NY 10025. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(6-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Hunts
Point Associates Equities LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of
to: 2753 Broadway, Suite 377, New
York, NY 10025. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(7-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the
Village of Altamont Board of Trustees
will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 7:45 p.m., 115
Main Street, Altamont, New York,
State of New York, Albany County
as required prior to bond resolution
to borrow an estimated $3,510,000
capital cost, subject to permissive
referendum, for Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements Project.
Dated: February 15, 2011
BY ORDER OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VILLAGE OF ALTAMONT
Patty Blackwood
Village Clerk
(16-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Village of Altamont Board of Trustees
will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 7:45 p.m., 115
Main Street, Altamont, New York,
State of New York, Albany County,
subject to permissive referendum, to
consider authorization to expend up
to $12,000 from Water Project Reserve Fund for emergency repair of
Well Number One on Brandle Road.
BY ORDER OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VILLAGE OF ALTAMONT
Patty Blackwood
Village Clerk
(17-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Village of Altamont will have a meeting for purpose of conducting Budget
Workshops in Village Hall, 115 Main
Street, Altamont, State of New York,
Albany County, on March 3, 2011 &
March 22, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. prior to
the filing of the 2011-2012 Village
Budget.
BY ORDER OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VILLAGE OF ALTAMONT
Patty Blackwood
Village Clerk
(18-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Please take notice that a public
hearing will be held by the Town of
Guilderland Town Board on March
1, 2011 at 7:30 PM at the Town Hall,
5209 Western Turnpike, Guilderland,
N.Y. for the purpose of considering
a proposed initial franchise agreement for cable television service in
the Town of Guilderland with Verizon
New York Inc. Copies of the franchise
application and of the proposed franchise agreement are on file at the
Town of Guilderland Town Hall and
may be viewed during normal business hours, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Mon. - Fri. All interested persons will
have the opportunity to be heard during the public hearing.
By Order of the Town Board
of the Town of Guilderland
Rosemary Centi
Town Clerk
(21-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of LLC.
Name: Bureaus Investment Group
Portfolio No. 3 LLC. Authority filed
with Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 10/08/2010. Office location: Albany County. LLC formed
in Illinois (IL) on 01/19/2000. SSNY
to the LLC: Bureaus Investment
Group Portfolio No. 3 LLC, 111
Eighth Avenue, New York, New
York, 10011. IL address of LLC:
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL
60201. Articles of Organization
filed with IL Secretary of State,
Department of Business Services,
501 S. 2nd St., Rm. 350, Springfield, IL 62756. Purpose of LLC:
Any lawful activity.
(24-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A
DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY (LLC)
The name of the LLC is 112527 BARRETT STREET LLC. The
Articles of Organization of the LLC
were filed with the Secretary of
State on October 28, 2010. The
office of the LLC is to be located
in the Town of Guilderland, Albany
County. The street address of such
office is to be located at 2390 Western Avenue, Guilderland, New York
12084. The Secretary of State is
designed as agent of the LLC upon
served. The address to which the
Secretary of State shall mail a copy
of any process against the LLC is
The LLC, 2390 Western Avenue,
Guilderland, New York 12084.
The member of this corporation is
Anthony D’Adamo. The inclusion of
the name of a person in this notice
does not necessarily indicate that
such person is personally liable
for debts, obligations or liabilities
of the limited liability company and
such person’s liability, if any, under
applicable law is neither increased
nor decreased by reason of this
notice. The purpose of the LLC
is to engage in any lawful act or
activity.
(12-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Section of Law 206
WR-2 Realty LLC. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 1/19/11. Ofc in Albany
Cty. SSNY designated agent of
process to C/O Usacorp Inc., PO
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(10-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION
FOR RAM ORTHOTICS
& PROSTHETICS LAB, LLC
The Articles of Organization for
RAM ORTHOTICS & PROSTHETICS LAB, LLC., were filed with the
Secretary of State on December
31, 2010. The office of the Company is located in Schenectady
County. The Secretary of State
has been designated as the agent
upon whom process against it
may be served. The address to
which the Secretary of State shall
mail any process against the LLC
is 1201 Nott Street, Schenectady,
NY 12308. The LLC’s purpose is
to conduct any lawful business or
activity as permitted by applicable
law.
Thomas J. Gabiels, Esq.
99 Pine Street
Albany, NY 12207
(2-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Please be advised that a Public Hearing on the proposed Town
of Berne Comprehensive Plan has
been scheduled for Thursday, February 24 at 7:00 PM at the Senior
Citizens Building located at 1360
Helderberg Trail; and, that at such
hearing any person may be heard
in favor or against any item or items
therein contained.
And be further advised that the
regularly scheduled meeting of the
Berne Comprehensive Plan Review
Committee on February 21, 2011 will
not be held.
Dated 2/12/2011
Patricia M. Favreau
Town Clerk, Town of Berne
(9-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Town Board of the Town of Berne
invites sealed bids for the furnishing
of washed crushed stone as follows:
1A, 1ST, 1, 2, 3, #1A/1ST 50-50
blend; Crusher Run; Item 4; Screenings; Railroad Ballast; Light, Medium
& Heavy Stone Fill; Gabion Stone;
and Stone Blend Mix for use by the
Highway Department of the Town of
Berne during the year 2011 if, as,
and when required. Successful bidder must guarantee to supply materials for the entire 2011 season.
Bids are to be submitted with
price quoted on a per ton basis FOB
at plant and delivered to the Town of
Berne. Price quoted should include
the furnishing of hauling, placing and
rolling crusher run. Bids shall be received until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday,
March 8, 2011 at which time said
bids will be opened and read at the
Town Hall, Berne, New York.
Bids shall be in sealed envelopes
which shall bear the face thereof, the
name and address of the bidder and
the subject of the bid. In cases where
two or more bidders submit identical
bids as to price, the Town Board may
award the contract to either of such
bidders. Such bids shall have attached a non-collusive bidding certificate and should be submitted to
the Town Clerk, P.O. Box 57, Berne,
NY 12023.
The Town Board reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
DATE: February 10, 2011
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN
BOARD OF THE TOWN OF BERNE
PATRICIA M. FAVREAU
TOWN CLERK
(8-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
of Asphalt Concrete and fiber winter
mix – Dura Patch or equal for the use
by the Highway Department of the
Town of Berne during the year 2011
if, as, and when required. Successful
bidder must guarantee to supply materials for the entire 2011 season.
price quoted on a per ton basis FOB
at plant and delivered to the Town of
Berne. Bids shall be received until
10:00 AM on Tuesday, March
8,
2011 at which time said bids will be
opened and read at the Berne Town
Hall, Berne, New York.
which shall bear on the face thereof,
the name and address of the bidder
and the subject of the bid. In cases
where two or more bidders submit
identical bids as to price, the Town
Board may award the contract to
either of such bidders. Such bids
shall have attached a non-collusive
bidding certificate and should be
submitted to the Town Clerk, P.O.
Box 57, Berne, NY 12023.
PATRICIA M. FAVREAU
TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF BERNE
(6-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Public Notice of Hearing
The Town of New Scotland
Planning Board
Notice is hereby given that the
Planning Board or Town of New
Scotland, New York will hold a public
hearing pursuant to Article III, Section 164-21 of the Subdivision Law
on the following proposition:
A Public Hearing for Subdivision
#494
Minor Subdivision Application
#494: Application submitted by Jeffrey and Kathleen Nasner for a four
lot subdivision. The parcel is owned
by Jeffrey and Kathleen Nanser,
consists of 101.60 acres, is located
within the RA district on Clipp Road
and is Identified as New Scotland
Tax parcel id # 94.0-01-47.11. This
application is made pursuant to Article II, section 164-12 of the subdivision law.
Said hearing will take place on
Mach 1, 2011 at the New Scotland
Town Hall beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Charles Voss
Chairman, Planning Board
The Town of New Scotland is an equal
opportunity provider and employer.
(15-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
KNOX FIRE DISTRICT
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to a resolution of the Board of
Fire Commissioners of the Knox Fire
District, in the Town of Knox, Albany
County, New York, sealed bids for
a number of automatic and manual
truck valves, adapters and a ground
monitor device for firefighting purposes will be received by the Board
of Fire Commissioners at the Fire
Commissioners meeting room at
the Knox Fire Station #1, located at
2198 Berne Altamont Road (Route
156), Knox New York, in the town of
Knox, Albany County, New York until
8:00 p.m. on March 8, 2011, at which
time they will be publicly opened and
read aloud.
Bids shall be submitted in a
sealed
envelope,
appropriately
marked “Sealed Bid” on the front,
and mailed to Attention: Frank Fuss,
Knox Fire District, PO Box 3, Knox,
New York 12107 and shall bear on
the face thereof the name and address of the bidder.
The items to be bid shall comply
with both the number and the specifications adopted by the Board of Fire
Commissioners. Detailed specifications are available to any interested
party by contacting the Secretary of
the Knox Fire District, Frank Fuss, at
(518)861-8960 or at ffuss@nycap.
rr.com.
The contract for purchase where
two or more responsible bidders submit the identical bid as to total price
can be awarded to either bidder by
the Board of Fire Commissioners.
The Board of Fire Commissioners
reserves the right, however, to reject
any and all bids or to accept any bid
deemed by them to be in the best
interest of the Knox Fire District.
All bids should contain such statements, resolutions, affidavits, certificates and other assurances as are
or may be required under the laws of
the State of New York affecting fire
district purchases, including the noncollusion certificate required by the
General Municipal Law.
KNOX FIRE DISTRICT
BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS
(14-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Autopragmatic, LLC: Articles of Org. filed
with NY Secretary of State (NS)
on Jan 28, 2011; 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.
(12-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of IT Services 24x7 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
shall mail process to: PO Box 675,
New York, NY 10033. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(13-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Chai
Properties LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 2 W. 46th St.,
Suite 900, New York, NY 10036.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
(5-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Berfin
LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY
process to: 780 Riverside Dr.,
#10G, New York, NY 10032. Purpose: any lawful activity.
4-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of BRICK
FLEX CAPITAL LLC. Arts. of Org.
shall mail process to: 381 Park
Ave. South, Suite 1001, New York,
NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
(1-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Brick
Avenue Capital LLC. Arts. of Org.
Ave. South, Suite 1001, New York,
activity.
(2-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 223 Troutman LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY
process to: 199 Lee Ave. #323,
lawful activity.
(3-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Guy Equities LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY
process to: 664 Chestnut Ridge Rd,
Spring Valley, NY 10977. Purpose:
(4-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Planning Board of the Town of Berne
will hold a public hearing pursuant
to article 276 of the Town Law, on
the Lot Line Adjustment of the lands
now or previously owned by Robert
and Ida Motschmann, 1217 Ravine
Road, Town of Berne, consisting of
122+/-acres, Parcel Id. No. 89.-2-13.
The applicant wishes to annex
2.74 acres to Matthew Motschmann,
1203 Ravine Road, Parcel Id. No.
89.-2-12 consisting of 0.99 acres
creating a 3.73 acre parcel. No new
lots will be created.
Said hearing will be held on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at the Berne
Town Hall, Helderberg Trail, Berne,
New York at 7:00 p.m., at which time
all interested persons will be given
an opportunity to be heard.
BY ORDER OF THE
PLANNING BOARD
Gerard Chartier, Chairman
(11-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Code
26 Mgmt LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 40 Pool Dr.,
Roslyn, NY 11576. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(2-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of BLACKBURN AVIATION LLC. Arts. of Org.
shall mail process to: 20 Corporate
Cir., Albany, NY 12203. Purpose:
(15-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Yankee
167 Realty Equities LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with NY Secy. of State
(SSNY) on 1/20/11. Office location:
Albany County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom
SSNY shall mail process to: 2753
Broadway, Suite 377, New York,
activity.
(9-29-34)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of filing of Articles of
Organization of a Domestic Limited
Liability Company: Candy’s Organics, LLC. Articles of Organization
filed: 01/12/2011. County: Albany,
N.Y. Secretary of State, (“SS”), is
agent upon whom process against
it may be served. SS shall mail copy
of process to the authorized officer,
Candida Motisko at 440 E. 88 St.,
Apt. 1A, New York, N.Y. 10128.
Character of business: Beauty
Product Manufacturer.
(1-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Far Rockaway Pizza LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with NY Secy. of State (SSNY)
shall mail process to: 2729 Healy
Ave., Far Rockaway, NY 11691.
(4-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Portfolio No. 10, LLC. Authority
filed with Secretary of State of NY
Group Portfolio No. 10, LLC, 111
(30-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION of
Law Offices of Daniel Mizrahi,
PLLC. Articles of Org. filed with
Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on
County. SSNY designated as
agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to: c/o
Northwest Registered Agent, LLC,
90 State Street, Ste. 700, Office
40, Albany, NY 12207, registered
agent upon whom process may
be served. Purpose: practice the
profession of law.
(20-31-36)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of RDJ
Capital LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
(14-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Marilyn
Adler LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with
NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on
Ave. #8A, New York, NY 10075.
(5-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Linden
Martense Equities LLC. Arts. of
Broadway, Suite 604, Brooklyn,
activity.
(3-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Silvershore Properties 7 LLC. Arts. of
Broadway, Suite 707, New York,
activity.
(5-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Radin Real
Estate LLC. Arts. Of Org filed with NY
Sec of State (SSNY) on 1/4/11. Office location; Albany County. SSNY
is designated as agent of LLC upon
served. SSNY shall mail process to:
32565B Golden Lantern St. Ste 140,
Dana Point, CA 92629. Purpose:
(10-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Section of Law 206
Genium Partners LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 2/1/11. Ofc in Albany
process to C/O Usacorp Inc., PO
Box 10873, Albany, NY 12201.
Purpose: General.
(14-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of JG Fulton
process to: 1425 51st St., Suite F3,
lawful activity.
(4-30-35)
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LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
(26-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
(27-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
(28-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of qualification of Selene
Enterprises, LLC d/b/a MyUSAcorporation.com. App. for Authority
filed with NY Secretary of State
(NS) on Jan. 5, 2011, office location: Albany County, NS is designated as agent upon whom process
may be served, NS shall mail
service of process (SOP) to Selene
Enterprises, LLC, 911 Central Ave
#268, Albany, NY, 12206. Purpose
is any lawful purpose.
(1-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 560A
Quincy LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
(3-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION of ADKINS CONSTRUCTION LLC under Section 203 of the
Limited Liability Company Law.
The purpose for which the Company was formed on JANUARY
1, 2011 in Albany County is to
engage in any lawful act or activity under the LLCL of the State of
New York. The Secretary of State
is designated at the agent of the
LLC upon whom process against it
may be served and the address of
the company is 76 WHIPPET LA,
ALTAMONT, NY 12009.
(16-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 164
St. Johns LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with NY Secy. of State (SSNY)
shall mail process to: 164 St. Johns
Pl., Brooklyn, NY 11217. Purpose:
(2-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 577 Warren LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY
process to: 2 W. 45th St., Rm 1704,
lawful activity.
(3-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Good
Karma Group, LLC. Articles of Org.
(NS) on January 5, 2011 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 @ 1773
Western Ave Albany NY 12203,
NW Registered Agent LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 1773
Western Ave Albany NY 12203,
purpose is any lawful purpose.
(6-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Bergen
Royal LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with
NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on
shall mail process to: POB 180075,
lawful activity.
(5-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
(25-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of GACC
Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 5726 1st Ave.,
lawful activity.
(6-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 1619
Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 1619 58th
(13-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
FOR THE PURCHASE OF
HIGHWAY MATERIALS
TOWN OF NEW SCOTLAND
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that
pursuant to resolution of the Town
Board, of the Town of New Scotland,
Albany County, New York sealed
bids for the purchase of the following
items: New and Used Guiderail and
Posts and their installation, Winter
Sand or Screenings, Crushed Stone,
#2 Fuel Oil, Gravel (Run of Bank and
processed), Bituminous Pavement,
Galvanized Corrugated Culvert Pipe
will be received at the office of the
Town Clerk at Town Hall, Town of
New Scotland, County of Albany,
2029 New Scotland Road, Slingerlands, NY 12159, until 10.10 A.M.
on the 4th day of March, 2011 at
which time they will be opened and
read aloud. Bids will be submitted in
duplicate in sealed envelopes which
shall bear on the face thereof the
title, “Bid for (Item you are bidding
on)”. Detailed specifications and bid
forms are available at the office of
the Highway Superintendent located
at Town Hall, 2029 New Scotland
Road, Slingerlands, NY 12159.
The contract for purchase of the
above items will be awarded by the
Town Board to the lowest responsible bidder. In case where two or
more responsible bidders submit
identical bids as to price, the Town
Board may reject any or all bids at
its discretion.
right to waive any informality in or to
reject any or all bids.
All bids must be accompanied by
Non-Collusion Bidding Certificate
required by Section 103-d of the
General Law.
BY ORDER OF THE
TOWN BOARD OF THE
Diane Deschesnes
Town Clerk
(5-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION
OF
Helderberg Property
Company LLC
Under Section 203 of the
Limited Liability Company Law
FIRST: The name of the limited
liability company is Helderberg
Property Company, LLC.
SECOND: The county within
this state in which the limited liability company is to be located
is Albany.
THIRD: The secretary of state is
designated as agent of the limited
liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The
address within of without this state
to which the Secretary of State
shall mail a copy of any process
accepted on behalf of the limited
liability company served upon him
or her is: 261 Creble Road, Selkirk,
New York 12158.
FOURTH: The name and street
address in this state of the registered agent upon whom and at
which process against the limited
liability company may be served is:
Daniel Raymond, 261 Creble Road,
Selkirk, New York 12158.
(20-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Section of Law 206
Traditional Enterprise LLC. Arts.
of Org. filed with Secy. of State of
NY (SSNY) on 6/1/10. Ofc in Albany
process to PO Box 10873, Albany,
NY 12201. Purpose: General.
(18-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
(22-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
(23-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
(36-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
(29-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF
ACCORD PARTNERS LLC. Arts.
of Org. was filed with SSNY on
County. SSNY designated as agent
of LLC whom process against
may be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Robert S. Bennett,
1404 3rd Avenue, Suite 3S, New
York, NY 10075. Purpose: all lawful
activities.
(12-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of SE Opportunity Fund, L.P. Cert. of Limited
Partnership filed with NY Secy. of
designated as agent of LP upon
to: 6 York Ct., New City, NY 10956.
Purpose: any lawful activity. Last
date to dissolve is 12/31/2100.
(8-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF
UNISON HOLDINGS LLC. Arts.
of Org. was filed with SSNY on
of LLC whom process against
may be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Robert S. Bennett,
1404 3rd Avenue, Suite 3S, New
York, NY 10075. Purpose: all lawful
activities.
(13-30-35)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Red Marble Enterprises LLC. Arts. of Org.
shall mail process to: 20 Robert
Pitt Dr. Ste 214, Monsey, NY 10952.
(6-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of TATI
BUILDERS GROUP LLC. Arts.
of Org. filed with NY Secy. of
to: 255 W. 36th St., Suite 1101,
lawful activity.
(7-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of JEZEBEL
& TOFF, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 20 Anchor
Rd, Sag Harbor, NY 11963. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(7-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
(34-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
(35-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Section of Law 802
Notice of Qualification of Duvera
Billing Services, LLC. Auth. filed with
Sec of State NY (SSNY): 11/23/10.
Ofc in Albany Cty. Organized in
CA: 5/18/2001. SSNY designated
against it may be served & shall
mail process to: 1910 Palomar
Point Way Ste 101, Carlsbad, CA
92008. CA address 1910 Palomar
Point Way, Ste 101, Carlsbad,
CA 92008. Arts. of Org. filed with
California Sec of State, 1500
11th St, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Purpose: General.
(17-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
NYCLLC Section 206 Notice
Articles of Organization of Cornish Currency and Coin LLC were
filed with the NYS Secretary of
State (SSNY) December 27, 2010;
LLC office is located in Albany
upon whom process against the
LLC may be served and shall mail
a copy of such process to 108 Kelly
Circle, Altamont, NY 12009-4940.
The purpose of the LLC is any
lawful activity.
(7-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of BBUS
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: 1465 E. 35th St.,
lawful activity.
(4-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Central
State Funding LLC. Arts. of Org.
shall mail process to: 381 Park Ave.
S., Ste 1001, New York, NY 10016.
(5-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Brick
Fulton Capital LLC. Arts. of Org.
Ave South, Suite 1001, New York,
activity.
(3-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
(SSNY) on 09/16/2010. Office location: Albany County. LLC formed in
Illinois (IL) on 09/19/2006. SSNY
filed with IL Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, 501
S. 2nd St., Rm. 350, Springfield,
IL 62756. Purpose of LLC: Any
lawful activity.
(31-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
(SSNY) on 09/16/2010. Office location: Albany County. LLC formed in
Illinois (IL) on 10/22/2007. SSNY
filed with IL Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, 501
S. 2nd St., Rm. 350, Springfield,
IL 62756. Purpose of LLC: Any
lawful activity.
(32-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Limited
Liability Company. Articles of Organization filed 11/16/2010. The name
of the limited liability company is
DJB Ventures, LLC. The county
within this state in which the office
of the limited liability company is to
be located is Albany. The Secretary
of State is designated as agent of
the limited liability company upon
served. The address to which the
Secretary of State shall mail copy
of any process against the limited liability company is 2453 Loft Avenue
Baldwin, New York 11510. Purpose:
Any lawful purpose.
(2-28-33)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
of SANDING MATERIALS for use by
the Highway Department of the Town
of Berne during the year 2011 if, as,
and when required. Successful bidder must guarantee to supply materials for the entire 2011 season.
price quoted on a per ton basis delivered to the Town of Berne HIGHWAY
Garage. Bids shall be received until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8,
2011 at which time said bids will be
opened and read at the Town Hall,
Berne, New York.
which shall bear the face thereof, the
the subject of the bid. In cases where
two or more bidders submit identical bids as to price, the Town Board
may award the contract to either of
such bidders. Such bids shall have
attached a non-collusive bidding certificate and should be submitted to
the Town Clerk, P.O. Box 57, Berne,
NY 12023.
PATRICIA M. FAVREAU
TOWN CLERK
(7-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Longevity
Fund Partners LLC. Arts. of Org.
(12-27-32)
LEGAL NOTICE
(33-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 711 Enterprises Group LLC. Arts. of Org.
St. Apt 1906, New York, NY 10065.
(9-26-31)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Limited
Liability Company. Name : GALATIA GROUP, LLC. Articles of Org.
(NYSS) on February 01, 2011,
office location: Albany County,
NYSS is designated as agent upon
whom process may be served,
NYSS shall mail service of process
(SOP) to NW Registered Agent
LLC @ 1773 Western Ave Albany
NY 12203, NW Registered Agent
LLC is designated as agent for
SOP at 1773 Western Ave Albany
NY 12203, purpose is any lawful
purpose.
(17-30-35)
The deadline
for legal ads is
Wednesday at noon.
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$15.00 First 20 words or less
35¢ for each additional word over 20.
$9.50 each consecutive Repeat
35¢ for each additional word over 20.
Deadline: Wednesday, Noon – Firm
Ad copy may be e-mailed, faxed or mailed along with payment to:
The Altamont Enterprise, P.O. Box 654, Altamont, NY 12009. In case there is a
question, please include a daytime phone number. Ads may also be brought
in to the office at 123 Maple Avenue. All ads must be paid in advance by cash,
check, money order or Visa and Mastercard. No ads will be taken over the
phone, but credit card payment may be made by phone at 861-6641.
All ads also appear on our website www.altamontenterprise.com
FOR SALE
HELP WANTED
ARMSTRONG FURNITURE
bedroom sets solid wood, roller
drawer glides. Chest, $179; dresser,
$259; headboards $79. Over 2,000
pieces of furniture on display, also
custom-made oak, pine, cherry,
maple Amish furniture, twig rockers, $150. 872-0369 31-1t
SECRETARY-BOOKEEPERLIGHT ACCOUNTING Business and Offices in Altamont.
Immediate opening for large and
expanding businesses. Salary/
hourly, must be experienced and
professional, computer and Internet savvy. Ph. 378-8533 anytime.
31-2t
RUG LIQUIDATION SALE!
75% Off Every Rug. FREE SHIPPING/BUY NOW. 200,000 Rugs
Must Go. www.eSaleRugs.com
1-866-647-3965 (NYSCAN)
SERVICES AVAILABLE
BECKER’S TSPC COMPUTER
SERVICES: Setup, Maintenance,
Upgrade and Repair. Free Diagnostic, Reasonable Prices, Satisfaction Guaranteed. For Service
Call (518) 649-3931 31-1t
SJS CONTRACTING — Remodeling/Repairs from Roof to
Basement. CONSULTATION/
ESTIMATES — 518-256-3856
TIP — BE SMART — Avoid
costly problems, roof top snow
loads and ice dams removed,
professional and insured. Call Ed
with C & C Contractors 872-0288
28-tf
INCOME TAX PREPARED
25+ years’ experience. E-File.
Specializing in individual and
Schedule C Business. Please call
Wilma Warner EA @ 872-0541.
Apr. 14, 2011
M P R E X C AVAT I O N, L L C.
Drainage, septic, and water installed. Land clearing and cleanup. Pumping out and cleaning of
ponds. Concrete break out and
removal. Driveways installed,
foundations dug, and grading of
land. Demolition of old barns and
homes. Call the office at 895-5341
17-tf
THE MAINTENANCE DEPT.
expert lawn tractor and snowblower repair. Over 35 years experience. Full line of new and used
parts. Call Bill 872-0393. 14-tf
VINNICK CONSTRUCTION:
New construction, additions, remodeling, kitchens, bathrooms,
replacement windows, fully insured. FREE ESTIMATES. Call
861-8688.
19-tf
J.C. LOCK SERVICE. Residential, commercial, rekeying, lost keys,
safe opening, locks, dead bolts. Ph:
366-2337.
(June 30)
PROFESSIONAL PIANO TUNING AND REPAIR. Michael T.
Lamkin, Registered Piano Technician, Piano Technicians Guild.
427-1903.
27-tf
BUSINESS LOANS- Bank Lines
of Credit. Let us finance your
contract with your client. GREAT
leases new/used equipment. SBA
Loans 130% LTV. LEARN MORE:
1-888-906-4545 www.turnkeylenders.com (NYSCAN)
HAS YOUR BUILDING
SHIFTED OR SETTLED? Contact Woodford Brothers Inc, for
straightening, leveling, foundation and wood frame repairs at
1-800-OLD-BARN. www.woodfordbros.com. “Not applicable in
Queens County” (NYSCAN)
TOWN OF BERNE is seeking
persons interested in serving on
the Youth Council. To obtain further information, those interested
should contact the Berne Town
Clerk at 872-1448 31-1t
CUSTODIAN/NIGHT SHIFT:
Voorheesville Middle/High School.
12-month position. Regular hours
are 3:00 P.M.-11:30 P.M. Monday
– Friday. Salary: $11.47 - $12.17
based on experience. Excellent benefits. Materials must be received by
or postmarked 02/22/11. A District
application is available at www.
vcsdk12.org and completed applications should be sent to: Deborah
Baron, Administrative Assistant II,
Voorheesville CSD, P.O. Box 498,
Voorheesville, NY 12186 30-2t
SEEKING MATURE WOMAN
to assist elderly couple with ADL’s/
lite housekeeping/companionship.
2-3x wk 441-0342 30-2t
TRUCK DRIVERS WANTED!
2011 PAY RAISE! UP TO $.52
PER MILE! HOME WEEKENDS!
EXCELLENT BENEFITS! NEW
EQUIPMENT! HEARTLAND
EXPRESS 1-800-441-4953 www.
heartlandexpress.com (NYSCAN)
Classified ads updated weekly
www.atlamontenterprise.com
Miscellaneous
AUTOS
PETS
PREGNANT? Why answer only
one adoption ad... Forever Families Through Adoption offers you
many different families/ option to
consider. Call Joy: 866-922-3678.
Financial assistance available.
(NYSCAN)
1996 FORD TAURUS WAGON
150,000, runs good, trans soft in
overdrive. Good transportation,
$850. 518-861-5367 M-F 9 to 5
30-2t
HORSE BOARDING: Reserve
for Spring good pasture, outdoor
shelter/box stall. Experienced,
loving caregiver 24/7. Wodensfeld
Farm, Knox, call Bonnie 872-2151
30-2t
ADOPTION: Happily married,
professional couple wishes to
start family. Can offer child lots of
love and stability. Expenses paid.
Please call Maria and Michael.
1-800-513-4914 (NYSCAN)
ADOPTION: Fun, healthy, financially-secure couple seeks
newborn to adopt. Will provide
loving home, quality education,
strong family connections. Call
1-866-944-HUGS(4847). Expenses
Paid. www.adoption-is-love.com
(NYSCAN)
ADOPTION: A young, financially secure couple will give your
baby the best in life. Exp. paid,
Debi & Kevin, 1-888-449-0803
(NYSCAN)
ADOPTION: A truly happy couple
with so much love to share hopes
to give your precious newborn
a lifetime of happiness. Michael
and Eileen 1-877-955-8355 babyformichaelandeileen@gmail.com
(NYSCAN)
Oil Change
Brakes • Exhaust
Tires & More
Mark’s
Auto Repair
Joe Marks
excavating
Driveways, Septics
Trucking - Stone and Sand
and more.
FULLY INSURED
FREE ESTIMATES
“Quality Service at a Fair Price”
Snow Plowing
(518) 872-0731
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Mark Dibble Sr.
872-0645
2915 Berne Altamont Rd.
Berne, NY 12023
MOBILE HOMES
MFG HOME, PINE MOBILE
HOME PARK, BERNE, BerneKnox-Westerlo schools, VGC 1998,
14x80, four bedrooms, two full
baths, 1120 sq. ft., washer and
dryer, dishwasher, on a concrete
pad. Cable TV, front deck. Site
rent $275. Financing available
with GOOD credit. $26,500. Call
LV Mess. 872-0656 31-3t
GREEN ACRES, EAST BERNE.
3 bedrooms, 1 bath,. End lot with
deck. Addition with extra room
and attached garage. New furnace.
Good shape. $7,000 or best offer.
Call 986-2361 or 872-7055 30-2t
SUNY Certified
Fully Insured
Your local Plumber
Bill Frisbee
P l u m b i n g
In
Since 1986
1986
In Business
Business Since
861-8060
HELP WANTED
RobeRt building
& excavation
Home Heating Oil
Delivery Driver,
Part-time, 2-3 days weekly.
Hazmat, Air Brakes,
Clean Class B License,
Knowledge of
Hilltowns Helpful.
Driveways New & Resurfaced
Underground Water, Sewer
Shale, Stone, Crusher Run
Land Clearing, Site Development,
Grading, Drainage, Septic Systems,
Ponds, Foundations Dug & Repaired,
Camp & House Leveling.
518-768-8300
DONATE VEHICLE: Receive
$1000 grocery coupon. Noah’s arc
support no kill shelters, research
to advance veterinary treatments
free towing, tax deductible, nonrunners accepted 1-866-912-give
(NYSCAN)
New Foundations
Under Old Houses
Insured
Berne Tax Service
TAX SEASON HOURS:
Mon. - Sat. 9 am - 9 pm, Sun. 10 am - 4 pm
Call
Email:
Richard@bernetax.com
PAID
for your
junk cars, trucks
and scrap metal
Bob • (518) 365-7777
• (518) 872-9321
Attics, cellars, barns, old
junk or wood or full house
clean outs.
Reasonable rates.
Fully insured.
(518) 365-7777
(518) 872-9321
Vern Price, Owner
Household Repairs & Remodeling
Interior/Exterior • Decks/Screened Porches
Painting/Carpet/Tile
Plumbing/Sewer Cleaning/Electric
Pressure Washing/Gutters
Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate Member - The Town
is seeking a town resident to fill a vacancy on its Zoning
Board of Appeals. Annual salary for the Alternate is $ 940.67.
Please submit your resume for either board position by
4:00 p.m. Thursday, March 3rd by e-mail to: skavanaugh@
townofnewscotland.com or in person to: Supervisor, 2029
New Scotland Rd., Slingerlands, NY 12159.
CLEAN OUTS
VP Handyman Services
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Planning Board Member - The Town is seeking a town
resident to fill a vacancy on its Planning Board. Annual
salary for the position is $ 2,145.76.
1674 Helderberg Trail (Rte. 443)
Berne, NY 12023
$$ CASH $$
872-9693
Office Cleaning Services for our Town Hall and Community Center buildings. Proposals from individuals or
businesses should be forwarded no later than 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 24, 2011 to skavanaugh@townofnewscotland.com or mailed to Supervisor’s Office, Town of
New Scotland, 2029 New Scotland Rd., Slingerlands, NY
12159. Interested candidates may obtain cleaning specifications by request via the above noted e-mail or by stopping
at the Supervisor’s office at Town Hall.
872-1477 for Appt.
Income Taxes prepared - Personal & Business returns
(Individual - Corporate - Partnership - Nonprofit - Trusts)
Payroll, Accounting, and Bookkeeping Services
Call For Free Estimate
29 Years Experience
Fully Insured
(518)369-0190
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Guilderland, NY 12084
Pollard disposal Service, Inc.
Locally owned and operated family business
Now Available: 12 yard construction dumpster
for household clean-outs.
• Weekly Service • Commercial or Residential
• Low monthly rates
861-6452
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instruction
REAL ESTATE
for rent
Kearney Brown Realty 223 ALTAMONT RD (RT. 156) two bedroom home with hardwood floors,
attached two-car garage with
views of Helderbergs - $149,000.
Call Mike Brown, 482-5000.
31-4t
EAST BERNE 2 bedroom duplex, no pets, large yard, basement. $800 plus utilities & security. 872 2563 31-3t
GUILDERLAND N.Y. Single
family house, 3045 East Old State
Rd., 2/3 bedroom, 1 ½ baths, 1000
square feet. Natural gas heat/
central AC, fireplace, public water
and sewer. Vinyl sided, interior
mostly gutted, nice project house.
75’ x 175’ lot, no cellar, no garage,
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Dutch and Blackbird wrestlers stopped at Glens Falls
The Enterprise –– Michael Koff
Locked up: Quinn Treadgold of Voorheesville gets his head locked by Brendan Miller of Granville
during a 130-pound quarterfinal match at Friday’s Division II state qualifiers in Glens Falls. Treadgold
lost the quarterfinal, 9 to 2, but won a few wrestle-back matches, including a pin of Fonda-Fultonville’s
Michael Guiffre.
Calm stare: Dutchmen wrestler Kevin Bates holds his position
against Codey Mosley of Averill Park on Saturday in Glens Falls
during the semi-finals of the Division I state qualifiers. Bates, the
119-pound Class A champion, lost to Mosley, 2 to 0.
Casullo gets third place,
Holoday gets coaching award
By Jordan J. Michael
BERNE — The Berne-KnoxWesterlo wrestling season ended
with some good news.
Junior Matt Casullo, after losing in the 152-pound quarterfinals to Mike Green of Cobleskill,
won four matches in a row to
take third place in the Section
II state qualifiers on Saturday
in Glens Falls.
Casullo finished the year
with a 29-10 overall record and
now has 77 career wins for the
Bulldogs. By placing third on
Saturday, Casullo scored extra
points for next season.
“He wrestled back really hard
because he wasn’t going to accept
anything less,” Head Coach Jeff
Vogel said this week. “He had a
few pins in there. It was a dominating performance.”
Vogel’s assistant, Rich Holoday, was named Junior Varsity
Coach of the Year this week.
Vogel said that Holoday brought
another perspective to the program, something it needed.
“It gives the kids another
personality to relate with,” said
Vogel. “He’s a young guy, so he
can wrestle with the kids. It’s a
nice lift.”
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2004. The Bulldogs finished third
in a loaded Class D field and had
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26
Holy Names’ offense
too much for Voorheesville
The Enterprise –– Jordan J. Michael
Running angles: Senior Jane Pritchard dribbles down the home court on Friday for Voorheesville
while being chased by Holy Names’ Bernadette Jordan. Holy Names won, 66 to 48, and Pritchard
scored six points.
VOORHEESVILLE — The
girls from Holy Names, all
sporting identical bright pink
sneakers, came to Voorheesville
on Friday night with a 14-game
winning streak. The team left
with another win after sinking
many types of shots from all over
the floor.
The Lady Birds couldn’t keep
pace with Holy Names’ offensive
waves, losing 66 to 48. It was by
far the most points Voorheesville
had given up to a Colonial Council opponent this season.
“When they get a look, they
sink it,” Blackbird Head Coach
Bob Baron said of Holy Names
after the game. “Finishing is
their strength.”
Voorheesville had plenty of
looks at the basket as well, but
many fewer shots went through.
“We didn’t finish our shots tonight,” said Baron.
After being down 12 points
at halftime, Brittanie Denman
made a three-pointer to get the
Birds within six points at 39 to
33, but Holy Names went on a 10to-2 run to close out the quarter.
Bernadette Jordan capped off the
run by stealing the ball at midcourt and racing the other way to
make a lay-up at the buzzer.
“They made a lot of shots,”
said Jane Pritchard, who had
six points for Voorheesville. “I’ll
never question our effort though.
We played as hard as we could.
Shots just weren’t falling.”
Holy Names and Voorheesville
used to play against each other
twice per season, but the Colonial
Council split into two divisions
after Fonda and Ichabod Crane
joined this year. Friday was the
only meeting between the neighboring schools.
“Their one of the best teams
around,” Pritchard said of Holy
Names. “It’s better to beat a quality team like them.”
The game got off to a quick
start and remained a quick affair,
but the Lady Birds were already
shorthanded coming into Friday.
Junior Jennifer Cillis, who usually starts each game, suffered
a season-ending knee injury
in a win against Schalmont on
Feb. 8.
“When you lose a player like
Jen, it’s so different,” said Denman, who scored nine points on
Friday. “She’s so dedicated, and
losing her just made this a lot
tougher. We lost some chemistry.”
Baron told The Enterprise that
he had to use a different rotation
with Cillis out, and that made
some tasks hard for Voorheesville. “She works extremely hard
and usually sets the pace,” Baron
said of Cillis. “We count on her, so
her absence hurts the team.”
The praise for Cillis continued:
“She’s an amazing teammate,”
said Pritchard. “It’s hard missing
the lift that she brings.”
With Cillis on the bench, Anna
Feller and Sarah Madden combined for a nice one-two punch
of scoring. Feller finished with
13 points and Madden had 11,
and often the two players would
assist each other. However, Holy
Names’ Sarah Agan, Mary Kate
Murray, and Chrsitina Spicer
pooled for 52 points. Agan led all
scorers with 21 points.
“We have a great offensive
system,” Pritchard said. “We’re
always getting open shots, but
we have to finish them off.”
“A lot of drama tonight, but
we’re ready to move on,” said
Denman, after the game.
On Tuesday, the Lady Birds
hosted Cohoes in the final game
of the regular season, winning
51 to 46. Denman had 17 points,
including five three-pointers.
Voorheesville is 11-7 as it waits
for a Class C sectional seed.
“This team always plays hard,
but sometimes not so smart,”
said Baron on Friday. “We have
to get back in sync and be able
to finish. We’ll be very dangerous
if we can.”
At Division I Championships
Dutch girls finish fifth,
boys are eighth in indoor track
Swimming on hardwood: Senior Brittanie Denman (middle) of Voorheesville fights two Holy Names
opponents for possession of the ball during a game on Friday night. Denman scored nine points, but
the Lady Birds suffered a big loss, 66 to 48.
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GUILDERLAND –– The Guilderland indoor track team competed in the Division I Championships at the University at
Albany on Friday. The girls’ side
came in fifth place out of eight
teams with 35 overall points and
the boys scored 18 points to finish
eighth out of 10 teams.
The big winner for the Lady
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Diamente, who placed first in
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long jump. Diamente traveled
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jump, and 16 feet, 7 inches in
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Senior Anthony Toffenetti
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— Nico Turek, sixth place,
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— Michael Davis, sixth place,
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— Michelle Fish, seventh
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— Sara Buckley, seventh place,
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— Ramy Houcine, 15th place,
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— Dejana Harris, 18th place,
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Raptors and Junior B teams win, Cyclones lose in GBC action
The Biddy B Raptors played
its final regular season game
against a tough St.Clare’s team.
With St.Clare’s packing the lane
in a zone defense, the Raptors
had a hard time getting its offense on track while St.Clare’s
began to score at will.
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commanding lead, the Raptors
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on the board. As the first half
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and Caitlyn Gagan prevented
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reach. When the first half buzzer
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11 to 4.
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Weston, and Liz Tapler, the Raptors came out ready to try and
dismantle the St.Clare’s defense.
Two quick baskets by Hanna
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spark back in the Guilderland
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play, protecting the ball and effectively becoming the glue that
got the ball to a scorer, while
also adding to the foul shot total.
Eileen Seery continued this week
to work very hard at becoming
a offensive threat and was able
to take advantage of her ability
to see the court and worked the
lanes, making connections for
some beautiful assists.
Regular season play ends
Colonie at Shaker High School
this past Saturday afternoon.
In what became a closely officiated game, guard Caitlin
Corbett(13 points) opened the
scoring as she has for many of the
games this season with a quick
basket, and from that point, the
Attack never lost its lead.
All season, coaches Brian
Corbett and Paul Loucks have
patiently worked with the girls
on the skills needed for ‘going
to the hoop’ when they have
possession of the ball: so much
good can come from that determined effort. Today, those lessons
paid off as much of the scoring
came from opportunities created
when the girls drove up through
traffic-nearly every teammate
was able to take advantage of
scoring opportunities in the form
of foul shots.
Led by Caity and Sunny Edwards (eight points), other foul
shot opportunities were created
by point guards Julia Smith (five
points), Meg Dunn (three points)
and Talia Segal (three points).
Dayna Poskanzer was once again
highly effective on the post, pulling down rebound after rebound
while also cashing in on a sweet
foul shot of her own.
Eden Alin added to the excite-
Biddy A
The Biddy A Cyclones had
two non-league games this past
weekend. First, it played a fast
breaking team from Cohoes.
Guilderland went out quick,
taking a 4 to 0 lead led by Olivia Bauman (nine points, six
rebounds) and Kerry Gerety. But
unfortunately, its lead was not to
last long. Led by its outstanding
post player, Cohoes went on a 12
to 0 burst and literally ran away
from the Cyclones.
Guilderland found itself trailing at halftime, 18 to 8, not being
able to solve its opponents fast
breaking offense. With some
defensive adjustments during
the break, the Biddy A’s fought
to get back in the game, led by
Claire Thompson (five points,
five steals) and Callie Floyd
(four points, eight rebounds),
cutting Cohoes’ lead to 22 to 14
six minutes into the second half,
but some costly turnovers and
poor shooting by Guilderland
down the stretch saw Cohoes
take firm control of the game
and the Cyclones went on to lose,
35 to 20.
In the second game of the
weekend, the Cyclones traveled to
neighboring Voorheesville to face
an upstart St. Matthews team.
The game started out closely
contested as both teams exchanged baskets and there was
multiple lead changes. Then
trailing 12 to 8, the Cyclones
went on one of its best surges of
the season, going on an 11 to 0
run to take a 19 to 12 lead. The
spurt was led by the outstanding
play of Olivia Baumann who recorded a triple double (19 points,
10 rebounds, 10 steals) as well as
the great effort of Claire Thompson (10 points, four assists).
But, St. Matts had an answer
of its own with terrific play from
its excellent point guard and cut
Guilderland’s lead to 21 to 17 as
the teams went into halftime.
As the second half began, the
two evenly matched teams continued to battle each other. Guilderland got additional strong
play from Emma Runko, Kerry
Gerety, Samantha Stuto , Callie
Floyd, and Maddie Dunson. The
Cyclones continued to hold a
small lead as the final minutes
were ticking off the clock.
Foul trouble for Guilderland
down the stretch and good foul
shooting by St. Matts saw the
Biddy A’s go down to a hard
fought 34 to 31 defeat.
Junior B
The Guilderland Junior B
team completed its season of
league play Saturday with another win beating a tough North
Colonie team, 39 to 32. It was a
fast paced game right from the
start with Guilderland playing
very tough defense, pressing
the entire game, resulting in a
number of steals that helped
cinch the win.
Alex Coppinger put on the
pressure, allowing Kayla Herbst
(seven points) to steal the ball
throughout the press. Alex Benjamin had a great steal resulting in a fast break where she
was fouled scoring; followed by
a jumper from Lindsey Garrant
to keep the momentum going in
the first half.
Teddi Palmer led a charge
going into halftime, grabbing
rebounds and seeing the floor and
moving the ball to make great
assists. Guilderland kept North
Colonie to 17 points going into
the break.
During the second half, Liliya
Warner cleaned up the boards,
putting the ball back up and
getting fouled. Julia Nagle (four
points) and Megan Bruni (six
points) were on from the outside,
making their jump shots. Madison Harrigan was driving to the
basket to net eight points. Krista
Forbes (eight points) took control
at the end of the game, grabbing
steals and driving to the basket
to finish the game strong. The
Junior B team finished the season at 9 – 3.
To Compete Again
American star Nakamura wins big tournament
By Peter Henner
Hikaru Nakamura continued
his run of strong tournament
performances in top level Grand
Master tournaments by winning the prestigious Tata Steel
International Tournament with
a score of 9-4, ahead of World
Champion V. Anand (8½ - 4½);
the world highest-rated player,
M. Carlson (8-5); L. Aronian (8-5);
and 10 other players, including
former world champion V. Kramnik (7½ - 5½).
Although Nakamura missed
the qualifying tournaments for
the current world championship,
he will obviously be a strong contender for the world championship cycle beginning in 2012.
When Nakamura was a National Master, Saratoga player
Gary Farrell held him to a lastround draw, depriving Nakamura
of a tie for second place in the
1998 New York State Championship.
Protest response
The Turkish Chess Federation,
which hosted the 2010 Women’s
World Championship, responded
to the serious allegations made
by the majority of women who
competed, regarding poor playing conditions and overcharging
competitors for food and lodging.
Although the response claims to
refute the allegations, the Turkish Chess Federation effectively
confirmed the allegations, and
admitted that tournament games
were played in noisy conditions,
and attempted to rationalize the
overcharging of players.
An organization that hosts
a top level competitive event
should make sure that the competitors are properly housed and
fed, and ensure that the conditions are optimum for top level
competition, and, apparently,
this was not done. The response
by the Turkish Chess Federation
is available on Grand Master
Susan Polgar’s blog at http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2011/02/
factual-response-from-turkishchess.html.
Local player versus
computer
Grand Master Lev Alburt published a game between Richard
Moody, a Berne resident who is
one of the more creative chess
players in the Capital District,
against a top computer program,
with commentary, in his column
“Back to Basics” in Chess Life, the
magazine of the United States
Chess Federation.
Moody commented, “Many
players would agree that I
should have won.” G.M. Alburt
noted that the game was typical of games against computers:
“human gets positional plus,
computer complicates, human
blunders, then loses.”
Albany championship
Play has now been completed
in both preliminary sections of
the Albany Club Championship,
with ties for first place in both
sections.
Gordon Magat won his playoff game after tying with Tim
Wright for first place in Section 1.
In section 2, I defeated Jonathan
Lack in his last game, to tie for
first with Dean Howard with a
score of 4-1.
Howard and I will have a onegame playoff to determine who
will play Magat in a two-game
match for the club championship
Schenectady championship
Six players have commenced
play in the Schenectady Club
Championship final.
High-school student Dilap
Aaron, the younger brother of
high-school phenom Deepak
Aaron, got his place in the finals
when Richard Moody was unable
to play, and then won his first-
round game against Bill Little,
rated 350 points higher.
In other games, Phil Sells
defeated Patrick Chu, and John
Phillips defeated Alan LeCours.
Capital District
Chess League begins play
The 2011 Capital District
Chess League began play this
week, with the Albany B team
(last year’s Guilderland team)
playing against Troy’s Uncle
Sam Club.
Phil Thomas, former New York
State Quick Chess Champion,
won on first board against Albany’s John Morse, but Albany
prevailed on boards two and
three, with me defeating Elihu
Hill and Art Alowitz winning
against Sylvester Canty, which,
together with a forfeit win on
board four, resulted in a 3-1 victory for Albany.
Free-throw champs: In the 2011 edition of the annual
Knights of Columbus free-throw competition, held at Christ
the King Parish Gym on Jan. 8, six winners will compete regionally on Feb. 26 at noon at Catholic Central High School
in hopes of moving on to the state competition at West Point.
From left, standing, are: Grand Knight George Cavanaugh of
the Guilderland Knights of Columbus Council 3357, which
sponsored the event; Julie Nichols, winner of the 11-year-old
girls’ division; Michele McCormack, winner for 14-yearold girls; and Alison Wehner, winner for 10-year-old girls.
Kneeling, from left: Christian Clifford, a runner-up; Jared
Schwartz, winner of the 11-year-old boys’ division; Mitch
McCormack, 10-year-old boys’ champ; and Kevin Wehner,
12-year-old boys’ winner.
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Anderssen-Dufresne, 1852
White to move and mate in 4
Steinitz, World Champion
from 1886 to 1894, described
this game as “the blossom
in former World Champion
Anderssen’s wreath of laurel.”
Although this is a mate in
four, the last two moves are
obvious once you have found
the surprising first move.
Solution on page 18.
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SPORTS
11-0 final score
Dutch Warriors routed
by Blue Streaks in quarterfinals
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The
Guilderland-Mohonasen hockey
team went from an ultimate high
to a definitive low in a matter of
24 hours.
After beating South Glens Falls 8
to 0 in the first round of the Capital
District High School Hockey League
playoffs on Monday, the Dutch Warriors traveled to Saratoga Springs
on Tuesday night, getting severely
blanked, 11 to 0.
“We were on the end of two
different spectrums,” said Head
Coach John DeRubertis after
the game, not looking too mis-
“This was tough,” said senior
co-captain Conor Hurley. “I have
no idea how this happened, but
we never quit. Saratoga is a great
team.”
Hurley was pleased with
Monday’s win, saying, “We came
together in the end.”
The Blue Streaks continued its
onslaught in the second period,
scoring seven more goals. Going
and Layman each got a hat trick
(three goals) as the game turned
into a ridiculous affair.
The third period was almost
meaningless, but GuilderlandMohonasen went out on the ice
“Tough way to end things…”
erable. “That goes to show the
different levels of experience in
this league. There’s a huge gap
between top and bottom.”
Saratoga Springs was the
number-two seed and a stateranked team. The Dutch Warriors had lost to the Blue Streaks,
4 to 0, in the only other match-up
of the season. DeRubertis had
hoped before the game that his
team could “scrap this out” and
maybe be within one goal heading into the third period.
A harsh reality hit GuilderlandMohonasen with about four minutes left in the first period.
Senior Dan Going scored for
Saratoga, breaking the zero-to-zero tie, as he dove across the crease.
Shortly after, Mike Layman skated
into the zone and put a wrist shot
past Mike Alsante to give the Blue
Streaks a 2-to-0 lead.
The Dutch Warriors held
strong for the first 11 minutes,
but then the wheels came completely off. “I felt our bench
deflate after the second goal,”
DeRubertis said. “We haven’t really been able to come back from
two goals down.”
Jamie Bartoszek and Layman
added goals before the first period
ended, increasing Saratoga’s advantage to 4 to 0. Layman’s goal
actually came with only one second remaining on the clock. It felt
like the game was already over.
in hopes of scoring at least one
goal. It didn’t come.
“Tough way to end things, for sure,”
said DeRubertis. “The guys were feeling quite down in the third, but they
didn’t give up another goal.”
Alsante, a senior, was pulled
during the second period, but
DeRubertis put him back in for
the third period so he could have
his final 15 minutes in goal with
the team. Alsante got the Dutch
Warriors through the thick and
the thin this season.
“As good a goalie as there is,”
DeRubertis said. “He faced a
lot of open shots this year and
brought the load. You could stick
him on any team, but we’re glad
he was with us.”
Guilderland-Mohonasen’s 6-15
record and 111 goals against
won’t stand out in memories
of the 2010-11 season, but the
thought of one teammate, senior
Dan Golderman, will.
Golderman was the back-up
goaltender last year, but he came
to DeRubertis in the off-season
and told the coach that he wanted
to skate as a forward. DeRubertis
was all for the change, he said.
“He developed into a skater and
competed every night,” said DeRubertis. “He ended up getting a lot
of minutes and it was all really
positive. He scored a goal and the
team all rallied around him. It was
the highlight of our season.”
Straight skates: A Dutch Warrior hockey player races for the puck during Tuesday’s quarterfinal playoff
match up in Saratoga Springs. Guilderland-Mohonasen lost, 11 to 0, bringing its season to an end.
Spring sports sign-up underway at GCHS
Spring sport sign-ups are now
underway at Guilderland High
School.
Are you interested in playing
a sport this spring at Guilderland High School? If so, now
is the time to sign up. Spring
sports include: boys and girls
track and field, softball, boys
and girls lacrosse, baseball, and
boy’s tennis.
Students interested in playing
a spring sport should pick up a
sport sign-up packet from the
nurses’ office and return the completed packet to the nurses’ office
as soon as possible, but no later
than Monday, Feb. 28. The sport
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the School and Sport Physical
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— Thursday, Feb. 17,. from 4
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Physicals are also open to all
students for working papers,
tenth grade physicals, and new
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office at 861-8591, ext. 3030.
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