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The Altamont
Enterprise
& Albany County Post
No. 51
Thursday, July 7, 2011
For 126 years Albany County’s independent newspaper
— Photo by Saranac Hale Spencer
The Class of 2011
Marches
On
Inside
Graduation coverage:
BKW Page 6
GCSD Page 10
VCSD Page 14
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The Altamont Enterprise – Thursday, July 7, 2011
Commentary
Get off your high horse and on with your next project — your life
degree in cross-cultural administrative gobbledy-gook, and if you haven’t
By Jo E. Prout
raduates of 2011, take heart: Life as you know it is changing for immersed yourself in it for at least three years, with increasingly-competthe better — sort of. You’ll be out of Mom’s lap, probably, and itive supervisory skills and an ability to make up useless phrases while
living the life of an adult. You will be, that is, if you survive col- hobbling perfectly good English (don’t “impact” a company with your
lege, or trade-school, or an apprenticeship, or the two-month turnover skills; what did that company ever do to you?), then you are not going to
be the successful candidate.
at Starbucks.
So, graduates, make sure you get a master’s degree in something no one
At any rate, you’re “outta there.” Woo-hoo! So, now what?
Educate yourselves. Ideally, you should have figured out how to get else would think to study — filing, or paperclip bending, or something.
where you want to go before now, but there’s still plenty of time if you A job opening at my alma mater landed in my inbox last month, and
applicants were required to submit an internal communications plan,
haven’t, so long as Mom isn’t throwing you out tomorrow.
along with the usual letter, recommendations, blood type,
I’ve made a little hobby of asking people what they do
and résumé.
and how they’ve managed to be doing it. Sometimes, I ask
This plan is not the kind you choose for your smart
because I’m a nosy reporter. Sometimes, I ask because
phone for only $20 per month. This plan — and I know
my kids are around and I like them to know that they
this because I hadn’t a clue, either, and I had to Google
have options.
Here’s an idea
it — is a very basic, ridiculous chart one uses to explain
Last month, I asked the lady at a zoo giving an animal
for each of you:
to a supervisor how you can plot five- and 10-minute
behavior presentation what she studied. Since most of
conversations around the water cooler. If you include a
the audience had gotten up and left while she was still
Take responsibility
column explaining that the purpose of a doughnut-hour
finishing her talk, I think she was flattered that I stuck
meeting every Monday helps you disseminate and faciliaround.
for yourself
tate information, and another column on how you will
“A bachelor’s degree in zoology from University of New
and for
coordinate various data input sessions during random
Hampshire,” she said. Her name was Jamie.
restroom breaks, you’ll be golden.
Jamie looked at my kids and said, “When I went to
whatever needs
If you, graduates, closely followed that last paragraph
SeaWorld, I told my dad to ask the trainers what they
to be done.
and started drooling for more, you might be communistudied. I’m not doing marine biology now, but I like what
cations-major material. If you drooled over the sidewalk
I’m doing. There are three of us from UNH here. Two of
laying, you might be looking at trade school. If you drooled
us were in the same class.”
over the word “pastries,” the possibilities are endless.
There, I told my kids later. A bachelor’s degree. My
Here’s an idea for each of you: Take responsibility for
middle-school-aged son already believes he needs a Ph.D.
to write his name, and 50 Advanced Placement credits for the heck of it. yourself and for whatever needs to be done. Here’s another: Get off your
I suggested the bachelor’s, and maybe a master’s in business administra- high horse. If you’re not on one, don’t pat yourself on the back for not
tion, since he’s drawn to management. (For the record, I’m not calling being on one, or you’ll de-humblify your own humility. Did you do well
in school? Great. Did you score a lot of runs? Nice. Now it’s time to move
him bossy.)
One of my piano students, Sarah, is a brain and a half, and she’s a on to your next project.
What’s the next project? Your life! Being a lawyer, nutritionist, school
workhorse. She took AP physics as a junior. She drives a new-ish Ford
F-150 that she purchased with her own money, earned working at her aid, busboy, cytologist, or floor sweeper is only one aspect of a full, healthy
life. You also need a cause, a dog, a spouse, or some other reason to get
family farm and at a local restaurant.
I asked her where she wants to study, and what she wants to study. She up in the morning.
Don’t forget to be a good adult child and, when the time comes, a good
didn’t know and she isn’t sure she can go right away when she graduates.
Knowing her as I do, I’m pretty sure she could work to pay her own way parent. Educate yourself on these choices, too, so you don’t spin your
while studying at the same time, but that’s a terrible chore when state wheels in physics or on paperclip plans.
On the way to being who you want to be, don’t forget to be yourself.
schools cost $20,000 per year.
In the meantime, she’s stuck in that Advanced Placement physics class,
and a few other APs, too. Why? Engineers and doctors need physics.
Nurses, administrators, and sidewalk-layers don’t. My student enjoyed
her AP history classes for the challenge and the subjects. She didn’t enjoy
the physics at all.
I hope that’s a lesson to students clamoring for APs and parents pushing for them. Maybe we don’t need to push. Smart is as smart does, but
AP without a reason can be overkill.
A lovely local chemistry professor I know named Miriam put it well:
“I can’t lay a sidewalk,” she said at a party. We were chatting over
Indian dessert pastries at a party chock-full of chemists.
I was there primarily for (their) entertainment value, being, most
likely, the dumbest professional present. I had once asked our host,
who has at least one Ph.D. in chemistry (but I believe he has a
second; I missed that nugget once and could never socially get
it back without seeming a complete dunce), about his research.
Even though he spoke flawless and eloquent English, I couldn’t
grasp the basic nuances of his work.
“Ouch, ouch, my brain hurts,” I cried. Well, I didn’t, but I’m
sure the lopsided, googly-eyed look on my face expressed it
for me.
So, here I was, at this party full of vibrant, well-educated
people, and Miriam told me all about sidewalk laying.
Workers laying new concrete at the college where she
teaches had apologized to her for the delay in putting in a
proper walkway. They seemed to be intimidated by her accomplishments and her position.
Miriam, being a tiny grandmother with enormous thinking power, told them, “Nonsense! I can’t lay a sidewalk. I’m
glad you can!”
I told you she’s smart. She values everyone’s different
abilities.
Another little hobby of mine is reading the want ads. I
read them for friends, for myself, for my husband’s retirement in 30 years (“Look, Honey, in 20 years, the young
guy they hire for this now will retire and you can apply
for it!”), for the fun of seeing how outdated I am or where
the job market has swung, and just to see who’s hiring. I
read them on Monster.com, craigslist.org, careerbuilder.
com and even in the newspapers.
My random study has shown me one thing: if you think
you’re qualified, you’re not. If you don’t have a master’s
G
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Commentary
Sheepskins enough to cover a flock
lose their meaning and put families in hock
By Anne Hayden
I’ve had seven graduation
ceremonies, but I hold only one
degree.
That’s seven diplomas, and
seven unflattering pictures of me
wearing seven different mortarboards (OK some were only made
of paper.)
The first time I graduated, I
was 3, and I have no recollection
of it. The second time, I was 4,
and I vaguely remember wearing
a hat with a tassel and making
hand motions to go along with
a silly song. When I was 5, the
ceremony included a full-length
play in addition to the diploma
handouts.
When I was 11, in the sixth
grade, I started to think graduation was a big deal. That was
the first year my diploma came in
its very own fake leather binding,
and I got to do a reading at the
ceremony, too.
In eighth grade, things got
fancy. I had to get a floor-length
dress and have my hair done at
the salon. The ceremony was a
full Mass, plus a class song and a
cake-and-punch reception.
High school and college, those
were legitimate — cap and gown;
leather-bound diploma; “Pomp and
Circumstance”; big gifts from the
family. And, of course, from college,
my degree.
So, what is the ultimate significance of all these graduations?
Personally, I think everything
except the high school and college
ceremonies is a bunch of fluff. It’s
just an excuse for parents to “ooh”
and “ahhh” over how cute their
kids are.
On the other hand, my mom
is concerned with the amount of
attention showered on the young
kids by their families after these
less-than-momentous occasions.
Five-year-olds are getting elaborate parties, expensive gifts, and
even money, just because they
learned the alphabet and played
well with others.
“It fosters the attitude that every little thing they do is worthy
of a party and gifts,” said my mom.
Well, that may be true.
I do recall being slightly
miffed that I didn’t receive ex“It fosters the attitude that
travagant gifts and exorbitant
amounts of money after my
every little thing they do
and eighth-grade graduis worthy of a party and gifts.” sixthations, like my friends did.
Perhaps in the coming years,
we’ll start to see a graduation
square during circle time (sup- ceremony after every year of
posedly I also kissed a boy during school completed. That way, just in
circle time, which was against the case any students had been thinkrules, but thankfully I graduated ing of dropping out, the graduation
(and the money and gifts) would
anyway).
My mom, who taught elemen- entice them to continue on through
tary school for nearly 30 years, at least one more grade.
In the meantime, I’ll hold on
had some thoughts on the topic
of graduation, which, to me, were to my seven diplomas in hopes
surprising. She believes these of adding more to the collection.
graduation milestones are impor- There must be other graduations
in my future, right? After all, I
tant to the kids and the parents.
“It teaches the kids that educa- went through seven in a span of
tion is important, that they are 26 years — that’s more than one
progressing toward something, every four years, on average. If
and working to achieve some- I live to be 86, and continue on
at the same rate, I could gather
thing,” she said.
Well, I don’t remember thinking 10 more.
What’s next for me? Graduate
any such thing, but kindergarten
was 21 years ago, so perhaps that school? Law school? Dog obedigraduation convinced me I did ence class? (If my dog technically
want to finish elementary school, earns the diploma, does that still
and heck, maybe even go to college count?)
someday!
Because really, what else has
been achieved before those early
graduations? Did I graduate from
nursery school because I learned
how to play with my Play-Doh
instead of eat it? Maybe I graduated from pre-school (how does
one even graduate from a school
that comes before school?) because I didn’t color too far outside
the lines. I am pretty sure they
graduated me from kindergarten
because I sat nicely on my carpet
Grown-up Graduation
Back In Time. . .
1911
100 Years Ago
2011
Altamont Enterprise July 7, 1911
Drinking cups to go from New York Public Schools:
Fountains to Replace What Many Believe Are Germ Holders
— It is goodbye to the drinking cup in New York public
schools.
The board of education has decided upon the installation
of hygienic drinking fountains to supplant the tin cup,
which has been universally denounced as a menace to the
health of school children.
As a test 164 of these special fountains are to be installed.
They will be distributed to the schools where the district
superintendents have headquarters. This means fifteen
schools in Manhattan, four in the Bronx, ten in Brooklyn,
seven in Queens and three in Richmond. If accepted as
satisfactory, they will be placed in all of the schools.
The type of fountain agreed upon for the test is a nickeled
fountain arranged with a mouthpiece. The pupil will release
the water, which is at low pressure, by placing thumb tips
upon opposite sides of the rim of the fountain and pressing
downward. The mouthpiece is in the center of the space
between the thumbs.
Opposition to the drinking cups has been led by the medical
societies, parents’ association and other organizations for
years. All of these complaints recognized a danger to health
and a home for germs in the tin cup of the old days.
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Many School Children Are Losing Their Sight: Light
Coming In Through Windows Affects Those Seated Near
Them — In a recent physical examination of the school
children of River Forest, Ill., it was found that 55 per cent
of those in need of medical attention were suffering from
defective vision, says W. L. Nida in the Good Housekeeping
Magazine. A study of conditions in these schools and many
others has disclosed the fact that pupils who are seated at
the rows of desks by the windows are subjected to a flood of
light rays coming direct from the open sky and striking their
faces at such an angle as to cause severe exhaustion.
Their eyes are in danger of being permanently injured,
not only because of the wrong direction of the light, but also
by the undue amount received. These alarming conditions
are known to prevail in almost all schoolrooms in the land,
and open minded investigators may be convinced of the
truth of this by themselves occupying for a few hours seats
which the pupils are required to sit in for ten months of
the year.
Cover story: Jake Nussbaum regards his diploma during
Voorheesville’s graduation ceremony on June 24 at the High
School’s Lydia Tobler Performing Arts Center.
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At BKW graduation
Tom Galvin praises ‘truly good kids with unique talents’...
By Melissa Hale-Spencer
The Class of 2011 came into
seventh grade with a label, said
the commencement speaker,
Thomas Galvin, at the BerneKnox-Westerlo graduation ceremony held on June 25 at The
Egg in Albany.
It was called the “wait till you
get this group” class, said Galvin,
a social studies teacher who had
a friendly style as he teased
many of the 87 graduates, recalling incidents from their years at
Berne-Knox-Westerlo.
Galvin remembered three
boxes that members of the class,
as seventh-graders, presented
him on his birthday. They made
him guess what was in a box
labeled with a florist’s name;
he guessed flowers. They made
him guess what was in a box
that said “Russell Stover.” He
guessed chocolates. Both times,
he was right.
And finally, they made him
guess what was in the carton
Tuesday Bishop handed him. The
carton said “Wine Warehouse.” As
Galvin was preparing to tell the
students he didn’t think it would
be appropriate for him to accept
wine, Bishop asked, “What do you
think it is?”
Galvin sampled the liquid,
oozing out of the box, that had
dripped on his fingers, and
guessed wine.
“No, I got you a kitten,” said
Bishop.
The crowd roared.
On a more serious note, Galvin
described members of the class
as “truly good kids with unique
talents.”
He went on to cite “ridiculous
rumors our school is a low-performing school.” But Galvin said
that was not true and, to prove
it, he reeled off a list of colleges
that members of the class would
be attending in the fall, including
the Albany College of Pharmacy,
RPI, and the Culinary Institute
of America.
The Enterprise — Melissa Hale-Spencer
Moment in the spotlight: As the school band played “Pomp and Circumstance,” pairs of Berne-KnoxWesterlo seniors, dressed in maroon caps and gowns, like Amanda Wager, left, and Jacob Ostrander,
took turns standing at center stage to kick off the start the 77th annual commencement exercises.
Steve Caporizzo’s
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The loudest applause came
when he named students joining the Marine Corps and the
Army.
The threads of a close-knit
community were woven throughout the ceremony.
The program had started
at 10:30 a.m. with a half-hour
video, produced by Jeff Harvey
and Brendan Hogan, that paired
nostalgic music with pictures of
the graduates. Their families and
friends watched — some tearyeyed, others cheering — as the
graduates, wearing maroon caps
and gowns, stood in the back of
the plush auditorium.
Snapshots pictured members
of the Class of 2011 as kids —
in a bowling alley, at a birthday
party, playing sports.
“These are the precious times
we’ll hold in our hearts forever,”
sang the soundtrack.
The montage of old-style
snapshots was replaced with fullscreen pictures of the grads — in
the halls of their school, dressed
for their prom, eating lunch in
the cafeteria.
“We bleed maroon and gold,”
said a sign, referring to the
school colors.
The king and queen danced
at their prom as the soundtrack
sang, “We’ve been conditioned to
not make mistakes but I cannot
live that way.”
The grads as athletes — shooting baskets, jumping hurdles,
pitching softball — were followed
by the grads signing yearbooks
during a picnic in the park. “We
remember all the times we had
together,” sang the soundtrack.
Finally, a portrait of each of
the 87 graduates flashed on the
screen, as the soundtrack sang,
“I will remember you. Will you
remember me?”
Many of the current portraits
were paired with photos of the
graduates as kids — one in a
metal bathtub with a yellow
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Bates lauds ‘the close-knit community’ at Berne-Knox-Westerlo
(Continued from Page 4)
ducky, another all dressed up in
front of a Christmas tree, and yet
another sitting on a toilet while
wearing a cowboy hat.
“It’s something unpredictable,”
sang the soundtrack, “but in the
end it’s right. I hope you had the
time of your life.”
After the video, the Senior
High Band played “Pomp and
Circumstance” as the seniors
walked to the stage at the front
of the auditorium. Before taking
their seats, they posed, in pairs,
on the apron of the stage as cameras flashed across the darkened
auditorium.
Following the pledge to the flag
and the singing of the national
anthem, Maureen Sikule, the
president of the school board,
welcomed the crowd. She said
that being at commencement was
the most gratifying part of being
on the school board.
“The successes of the past
indicate that this class will
accomplish a great deal in the
future….You should be proud of
yourselves,” said Sikule.
A trip down
Memory Lane
Marian Bates, the class president, spoke next. A petit young
woman, just her eyes were visible above the tall lectern. Bates
quoted from Oliver Wendell Holmes: “To reach a port we must
sail, sometimes with the wind,
and sometimes against it. But we
must not drift or lie at anchor.”
Bates spoke of the challenges
her classmates had taken on,
from taking advanced placement, college-level courses to
playing sports. She said the class
was filled with “multi-talented
people,” from student senators
to artists.
“In elementary school, we were
just going through the motions,”
she said, as no one had realized
their potential.
Bates lauded the “close-knit
community” as she remembered
elementary-school experiences
ranging “huge chessboard pieces
in our class” to PARP — Parents
As Reading Partners.
The big transition to middle
school, she said, meant “going
across the parking lot to high
school.” She recalled the “Nerd
Herd” in middle school, the
Invention Convention, and the
class trip to the Great Escape.
In recent times, as the school
has been under re-construction,
Bates said, “We all ended up
bonding as we griped” about
walking outside. The recent class
trip to the Jersey shore was also
a bonding experience.
Bates told her classmates not
to be afraid to take chance. “Fall
down, make a mess,” she said.
She advised that the way opportunities are used determines
success.
“Always push yourself to your
highest potential,” said Bates.
“Never settle for anything less.”
Taking the plunge
The salutatorian, Marion
White, asked those listening to
her speech to close their eyes.
She then took the crowd to the
beach, her words heightened by
sound effects.
White worked with Cotton Hill
to get the professional sound effects she wanted to intersperse
her speech. She had to take her
case to the school board in order
to get permission to use the special effects.
Seagulls called as White told
the crowd, “You’re resting on a
straw beach chair, a comfortable
one, drinking a cool, refreshing
beverage.”
The slurping noise that followed elicited chuckles.
“You’re enjoying yourself and
life is easy….Everything’s relaxing, like our school years have
been at BKW.”
The sound of a helicopter was
heard as she went on, “All of a
sudden, on the horizon, a helicopter appears. There is a rope
hanging from this helicopter
and it picks you up, brings you
out to sea, and drops you in the
ocean.”
The sound of a scream and a
splash followed as White likened
this to “plunging into the real
world.”
“As we graduate, we are
dropped into the ocean, and each
of us chooses a different method…to travel back to shore,” she
said. Party sounds accompanied
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“Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow,” sing members of BKW Senior
Choir, including David Crevatas, left, and Marisa Henkin. Later in the song, Tiara Conklin belted out
a rousing solo — “Lean on me when you’re not strong!” — inspiring some in the audience to sing and
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...White says ‘Hassle was worth the tassel,’ Forti tells classmates to ‘dream big’
those who chose a cruise ship.
Others choose a little raft, White
said, “while most people choose
a decent row boat.”
The Jaws theme song sounded
as White described some of the
obstacles of getting back to shore.
Besides sharks, there could be
waves or seaweed.
“Our parents, teachers, and
peers provided us with the
rope, tackles, and materials we
needed,” said White.
“A wise person once said, ‘The
tassel was worth the hassle,’”
concluded White. “I believe that
the hassle was worth the tassel.
As we go through many different hassles in life, I’ll be proud
to tell people that I was a part
of the Class of 2011 because we
persevere.”
rant, but one must work hard to
remain stupid.”
Forti advised staying humble
while remembering “our pride.”
She went on, “We have so much
to live for…It’s a waste if we don’t
do all we can with our lives.”
She also urged her classmates
to “make real mistakes.” She
advised the younger siblings in
the crowd that the effort they
put into their schoolwork would
help them.
“So, graduates, look to the
future,” urged Forti. “Have some
goals in mind, but don’t be disappointed if they don’t work out.”
She also urged her classmates to
“dream big.”
Forti concluded, “Here, today,
we are taking our last steps
together as a class. Think of
who you were meant to be and
be it.”
When the warm applause subsided, the Senior Choir sang Bill
Withers’s “Lean on Me.” Tiara
Conklin belted out a rousing
and flawless solo as many in the
crowd clapped in rhythm. Some
even sang along: “I just might
have a problem that you’ll understand. We all need somebody to
lean on. Lean on me when you’re
not strong, and I’ll be your friend;
I’ll help you carry on….”
“Think of who you
were meant to be
and be it.”
“Dream big”
“Today we are here with the
people who care about us,” said
Kathryn Forti, the valedictorian.
“We will always be the BKW
Class of 2011…but just give
us a few years,” she said, naming some of the careers classmates may pursue — veterinary
medicine, engineering, teaching,
construction work, military leadership, “and maybe moms and
dads, too.”
Forti went on, “All of us are
going to succeed in what we do
because we are ready for it.”
She went on to quote Benjamin
Franklin: “We are all born igno-
Happy grad: With her left hand holding her mortarboard, Ciara Harrinton accepts a congratulatory
handshake with her right as school board member Sean O’Connor presents her diploma.
Bounding across the stage, Devin Bryan Busch is eager to get his diploma at Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s 77th annual commencement ceremony, held June 25 at The Egg in Albany.
“Remember when…”
Galvin spoke next, peppering
his patter with reminiscences.
This is the second year in a row
that the popular social studies
teacher has been chosen by the
graduating class to give the commencement address.
Galvin told the crowd that one
of his favorite parts of the yearbook is the “I remember when”
section. This year’s book, Galvin
said, had an entry that said, “I
remember when I passed gas during the Pledge in fifth grade and
blamed Chris who cried.”
Calling it a “Dr. Phil moment,”
Galvin asked who had done
that. When one of the graduates
confessed, Galvin told her to
apologize to Chris, joking that he
had seen Chris crying during the
Pledge earlier in the commencement ceremony.
Galvin then launched into his
own list of memories. “I remember when I bullied Sam Harvey
into playing basketball,” he said,
which worked out well for her.
He also said he remembered
“when Steve and Brittany began dating,” which Galvin said
seemed as long as he’s been
married.
He remembered, too, among
other things, when David Crevetas brought “a little green iPod to
class” and when Brandon Galgay
“wore the same shorts for three
days straight” although Galgay
said he had two pairs that were
the same.
After the hilarity, Galvin closed
his list with a solemn thought: “I
remember Ryan Slingerland…
always seemed to have that
mischievous grin….”
Slingerland was killed on Oct.
1, 2008 in a car accident; he was
a 16-year-old sophomore at BKW
known for his kindness and his
artistic ability.
“He was taken far too young,”
said Galvin, “and is missed by me
and his classmates every day.”
Galvin concluded, “Remember
what you learned at BKW…
Remember where you come
from…It may be small…but it’s
home.”
He concluded with a quote,
which he noted wasn’t from a
typical source for graduation
speeches; it was from Jeff Foxworthy, the comedian: “High
school is a lot like toilet paper
— you only miss it when it’s
gone.”
After the laughter and applause subsided, Principal Thomas McGurl handed out awards,
listed elsewhere in this edition.
One of the awards, in memory
of Eileen Hitter, the late elementary school librarian, was
presented by her sister, Joan
Baron, who said, “She lost her
fight with cancer 10 years ago…
Mrs. Hitter read everything.” The
award went to Mary Viscio, “a
student who also has a love for
literature” and has worked as a
library volunteer, Baron said.
After the many awards were
presented, Superintendent Paul
Dorward stepped to the lectern
for, as he put it, “the moment
we’ve all waited for.” Dorward
read the names of the graduates
as members of the school board
handed out the diplomas.
Once all of the graduates had
their diplomas in hand, Dorward
formally presented them to the
crowd. He then instructed them
to turn their tassles. Many mortarboards flew in the air as the
crowd clapped loud and long.
Outside the theater, 7-year-old
Rosita Guerra, wearing a pretty
party dress, waited with an armful of red roses for her sister,
Marisa Henkin, to emerge from
the auditorium. She was swallowed up in a sea of hugs and
handshakes, tears and laughter.
The Class of 2011 had taken the
plunge.
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Salutatorian at BKW
A black belt and pianist,
White plans future as psychologist
Turning their tassels after receiving their diplomas at the Berne-Knox-Westerlo graduation ceremony
on June 25 are, from left: Victoria Ashley McCormick, Tuesday Ray Bishop, Vincent Michael Pasquini,
and Marian Marjorie Bates.
Valedictorian at BKW
An athlete and scholar, Forti is ready for anything
Dinner-table conversations
When she visited Oneonta, she
“We all knew Katie was going found the college to be beautiful. in the Fortis’ Knox home are
to be valedictorian,” said Marion She visited a lab and talked to inspirational. Katie’s siblings
White, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo biology professors there. “They — 16-year-old Adam and 11-yearsalutatorian, of Kathryn Sierra seemed really interested,” Forti old Marcy —”read so much and
said, continuing, “The students retain all this information,” said
Minnie Forti.
“Marion and I are really seemed great. It just seemed like Forti.
“My brother’s reading Stephen
great friends,” said Forti, ex- a good fit.”
Forti’s future is wide open. “I Hawking about weird physics out
plaining that the climb to the
top wasn’t competitive. “We’ve haven’t ruled anything out,” she in space that I don’t understand,”
she said.
helped each other through
Forti also likes to camp
the years.”
and hunt with her brother,
Forti was valedictorian
to cook ethnic dishes, and
of her class in eighth
to travel to California to
grade, too, and has been
visit family and friends.
at the top ever since.
While at BKW, Forti was
Asked if this was hard on
a member of the varsity
her and caused pressure,
soccer and track teams,
Forti said, “Sometimes,
Key Club, Students Servespecially this year, I was
ing Society, Honor Socifocused on getting good
ety, the chamber singers,
grades. I’d get a bad test
chorus, and band, and
back and say, ‘I have to
was active in high-school
study more.’”
musicals.
Also, she said, classFollowing her mother’s
mates at times would
lead, Forti has worked on a
say, “Go ask Katie; she
lot of volunteer projects.
knows.”
“I’ve grown up with it,”
“Sometimes,” said Forti,
she said. “I really do like
“I didn’t know.”
giving back to the comThe best thing about
munity.”
BKW, she said, is “everyOne of her volunteer
one is really close.” She
activities is helping her
went on, “You walk down
mother lead her sister’s
the halls and recognize
Girl Scout troop, from
everyone. There’s a recrafts to camping trips. “I
ally nice sense of comlove the little girls,” she
munity.”
said.
One change she’d like
Valedictorian Kathryn Forti told her
“She’s the best big sister
to see is more advancedclassmates to “dream big.” She also said
I ever had,” said her sister
placement, college-level
in her valedictory address, “All of us are
in a handwritten release
courses.
going to succeed in what we do because
from Forti.
“I’ve taken six AP
we are ready for it.”
As a Girl Scout herself,
classes,” said Forti. “We
Forti entered an essay concould get further ahead
test when she was 15 that
for college if we had
said. She plans to study biology earned her a trip to Washington,
more.”
Among her favorite subjects at and thinks she might enjoy a D.C. in 2009 to watch Barack
Obama take the oath of office.
BKW were history and calculus. career doing research.
Being a Girl Scout helped her
Directly after college, Forti
“I liked calculus,” said Forti,
“because there were definite thinks she’d like to join the Peace set and reach goals, she said.
Forti has a passion for horseCorps. Her aunt went to Senegal
answers to the problems.”
She liked history because she in western Africa 10 years ago back riding and has been in the
saddle since she was 8.
liked learning about different and found it very rewarding.
“I really, really love it,” she
“Children are dying,” said
cultures. “You learn how so many
said. “I’ve been training a young
other people live and have lived,” Forti. “I want to help them.”
Asked what made her such a horse.” Nikki, now 6, a cross
she said.
Forti loves to read and histori- successful student, Forti said, between a quarter horse and a
“It’s mostly because I do my Thoroughbred, belongs to Forti’s
cal fiction is her favorite genre.
neighbor. “Now, she responds to
She will be studying next year homework.”
She also talked about the the slightest touch. She’ll trust
at the State University of New
positive influence her family has me doing anything,” said Forti.
York College at Oneonta.
Forti applied to 10 colleges had on her learning. Her father, “We do well in horse shows.”
Forti competes in local 4-H
— Geneseo, Binghamton, the Anthony, works for the state’s
University of Vermont, Elmira, health department, detecting the horse shows, drill team, and
Siena, and the University at levels of contaminants in fish, competitive trail rides.
“Horseback riding made Katie
Albany among them — and was and her mother, Jean, works on
a relative’s vegetable farm and is physically strong, and gave her
admitted to all 10.
confidence in difficult situations,”
“Berne is tiny. I wanted some- active in community affairs.
“My parents are very into said her father. “Horses don’t althing bigger, but not huge,”
ways follow the game plan.”
she said of making her choice. learning,” said Forti.
retarded people and it’s always
Marion Rose White, Berne- interested me,” she said of psyKnox-Westerlo’s salutatorian, chology. “At the library, I got this
credits her family for her suc- book on mental illnesses and I was
enthralled by it.”
cess.
White is particularly interested
White is the oldest of five children. “She’s always been a good in criminology and forensic psystudent,” said her mother, Karen chology.
Asked what she liked best about
White. “She’s always worked hard
BKW, White said, “I liked how evat it.”
Marion White agrees. “I’m not re- erybody knew each other. It was a
ally the smartest,” she said. “There familial thing.”
She was active in Masterminds,
are a lot of kids smarter than me.
Key Club, and Honor Society.
I work as hard as I can.”
White, who has a black belt in
Describing her daughter as an
avid reader, Mrs. White said that karate, also taught karate to BKW
Marion particularly liked reading elementary students in an afterancient mythology. “She’s an expert school program. “I enjoyed interactand will tell her teachers if they’re ing with the kids,” she said. White
doesn’t plan to continue karate in
wrong,” said Mrs. White.
Marion White was home-schooled college but will keep up with playuntil the fifth grade, and then, after ing the piano, which she enjoys.
that, was home-schooled again Her favorite composer is Beethoven
followed by Tchaikovsky.
until eighth grade.
“Being the oldest, there’s
a lot of responsibility,” said
Marion White. “That’s part
of the reason I tried to get
good grades.”
Citing her research on
the effect birth order has
on personality, White said,
“The oldest child is more
in touch with the real
world.”
Describing her family,
White said her father, Jeffrey, works with computer
programming for the Department of Motor Vehicles
and her mother works with
people who are mentally
retarded.
M r s. W h i t e h o m e schooled her children. “My
dad’s a genius at math,”
said Marion White, so he
helped with that.
When her mother had
Salutatorian Marion White
health issues, Marion startcreated a convincing extended
ed at the elementary school
metaphor in her commencement
in Berne. “The first day was
address. She used sound effects as
a disaster,” she said. “I’m not
she likened high school years to a
a fan of change. I actually
day on the beach and graduation as
cried quite a bit that day.
the moment when students take the
But I got to like it — the
plunge into the real world.
social interaction and having a routine every day.”
The subjects she liked best in
Still, she missed home schooling,
and, with her mother recovered high school were English and
after gall-bladder surgery, Marion psychology. Among her favorite
decided to go back to home school- teachers were Jim Lemire, who
taught an advanced-placement,
ing for sixth and seventh grades.
She’s oldest at 17, followed by college-level course in psychology;
Lillian, 16; Anna, 14; Emelia, 12; Philip Matthews, who taught AP
English; and French teacher Sally
and Joshua, 11.
“We also have a lot of animals,” Baker.
White also appreciated the help
Marion said, including many chickens and turkeys as well as five cats, English teacher Greg Speck gave
and a cow expected as a Father’s her with her commencement address. Speck was giving examples
Day present.
Marion White, herself, is partial of introductions, like asking a
to reptiles. “They’re quiet and not question, telling a story, or setting
messy,” she said. She had a ball an imaginary scene.
“I thought, ‘Oh, my God, I
python that died on Christmas two
years ago. White named her python could do a beach scene,’” recalled
Nehebkau, which, she said, is a White. She developed the idea
into an extended metaphor of
snake-headed Egyptian god.
White likes the study of ancient life at high school, even adding
Egypt so much that she originally sound effects to the beach scene.
wanted to be an Egyptologist but White had to appeal to the school
board in order to get permisdecided that was impractical.
She will attend the University sion to use the special effects
at Albany in the fall where she at the June 25 commencement
plans to major in psychology with ceremony.
The speech was a success.
the goal of eventually earning a
White smiled as the crowd
doctorate degree.
“My mom works with mentally warmly applauded.
Sneakers among the high heels: Practical footwear peaks out
beneath the gown of this graduate as she goes to get her diploma
at Berne-Knox-Westerlo commencement exercises on June 25.
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BKW Class of 2011
is awarded many honors
Hats off for the graduates! The BKW grads standing in the front row on the Egg stage — from left,
Cassandra Willsey, Victoria Ashley McCormick, Tuesday Ray Bishop, and Vincent Michael Pasquini
— maintain their mortarboards and their composure as some of their classmates fling their caps in
glee at the close of graduation exercises on June 25.
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Seniors at Berne-Knox-Westerlo earned these awards:
— Geoffrey Bentley, the
Albany Bowling Association Lee
Bolduc Memorial Scholarship;
— Brandon Kallner, the Albany City Lodge 540 Knights of
Pythias Scholastic Achievement
Award;
— Kathyrn Forti and Victoria
Kocsis, the Albany County 4-H
Leaders Association Scholarship;
— Jessie Birdsall, the Albert
J. Leombruno Memorial Award;
— Victoria Kocsis and Nena
Ruiz, the Anthony Earl Hill
Memorial Scholarship;
— Nicholas McSpedon, the
Arlene B. Lendrum Memorial
Award;
— Marian Bates, the Arlene
B. Lendrum Athletic Award;
— Kathryn Forti, the Bausch
and Lomb Award;
— Vincent Pasquini, the
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Administrators Award;
— Alisa Raymond, the BerneKnox-Westerlo Alumni Association Service Award;
— Kathryn Forti, BerneKnox-Westerlo Board of Education Academic Achievement
Award;
— Marian Bates, the BerneKnox-Westerlo Board of Education Extracurricular Activities
Award;
— Mary Viscio, the BerneKnox-Westerlo Faculty Eileen
H. Hitter Scholarship;
— Geoffrey Bentley and
Giena Mendez, the BerneKnox-Westerlo Faculty and Staff
Scholarship Award;
— Joe Bodganowicz and
Cassandra Willsey, the BerneKnox-Westerlo PTA Academic
Improvement Award;
— Meghan Britton, the
Berne-Knox-Westerlo PRA Perseverance Award;
— Geoffrey Bentley and
Christopher White, the BerneKnox-Westerlo Sports Booster
Club Award;
— Trisa Sluti, the BerneKnox-Westerlo PTA Volunteer
Service Award;
—Michael Casullo, the Career and Technical School Highest Average Award;
Daughters of the American Revolution History Award;
— Akeem Stewart and Alon
Willing, the Drama Award;
— Nathan Hayduke, the Dr.
Margery Smith Award;
— Joseph Kalina, the E.
Douglas Taft Memorial Award;
— Kathryn Forti, the Esther
and Bob Conklin Music Memorial
Award;
— Alon Willing, the Esther
and Bob Conklin Sports Memorial Award;
— Marisa Henkin, the Frontier Sno Riders, Inc. Award;
— Brandon Kallner, the Garrett Barton Memorial Award;
— Alisa Raymond, the George
and Emma Hannay Memorial
Award in Art;
— Kathryn Forti, the George
Award in Band;
— Marion White, the George
Award in Choir;
— Michael Casullo, the
George and Emma Hannay
Memorial Award for Career and
Technical School;
George Martin Memorial Sports
Award;
— Mary Viscio, the Harold
H. Murphy Memorial Scholarship Award;
— Kathyrn Forti, the Haverly Language Award;
Honor Society Award;
— Tiara Conklin and Alon
Willing, the John D. Foster Memorial Drama Award;
— Hali Clayton, the Julia
O. Wells Memorial Education
Scholarship;
— Giena Mendez, the Justin
Todd Shafer Memorial Award;
— Tuesday Bishop and Victoria Kocsis, Key Club Award;
— Alisa Raymond, the Kiwanis of the Helderbergs Award;
— Kelsey Renko, the Linda
Bunzey Memorial Art Award;
— Samantha Van Iderstine,
the Maryellen Hamilton Theatrical Award;
— Mary Viscio, the Matthew
G. Grippen Memorial Award;
— Mary Viscio and Alon
Willing, the Music Awards
— Victoria McCormick and
Akeem Stewart, the Musical
Theater Troupe Award;
National Association of Secondary Principals’ Leadership
Award;
— Victoria Kocsis, the New
York State Comptroller Achievement Award;
— Marian Bates, Tuesday
Bishop, Kathryn Forti, Brandon Galgay, Joseph Kalina,
Victoria Kocsis, Victoria
McCormick, Nicholas McSpedon, Vincent Pasquini, Mary
Viscio, and Marion White, the
Presidential Academic Excellence Awards;
— Whitney Aveyard, Jessie Birdsall, Joshua Burgher, Devin Busch, Tiara
Conklin, Samantha Harvey,
Megan Hoffman, Melissa
McSweeney, Brittany Pironi,
Alisa Raymond, Nena Ruiz,
Trisa Sluti, Akeem Stewart,
Amanda Wager, Blake Whitbeck, and Theodore Wiederhold the Presidential Academic
Achievement Awards;
— Ethan Sharp, the Raye
Cooke Saddlemire Memorial
Award;
— Brandon Galgay, the Robert Bishop Athletic Award;
— Nena Ruiz, the Robert
Morey Athletic Memorial Scholarship Award;
— Jordan Gonyea, the Robert B. Whipple Memorial Scholarship Award;
— Nena Ruiz, the Ryan T.
Slingerland Memorial Award;
— Kathryn Forti and
Marion White, the Schoharie
Area School Boards Association
Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Award;
— Nena Ruiz, the Schoharie
County Counselor’s Association
Awards;
— Joshua DeNyse, Kathyrn Forti, Marion White,
and Nicholas McSpedon,
the Scholarships for Academic
Excellence;
— Elijah Crawford, the
School Systems Federal Credit Union Community Service
Award;
— Samantha Harvey, the
Shirley Salsburg Memorial
Sportsmanship Award;
— Devin Busch and Joseph
Kalina, the Student Senate
Achievement Awards;
— Victoria Kocsis, the Student Senate Social Studies
Award;
— Whitney Aveyard, Marian
Bates, Tuesday Bishop, Kathyrn Forti, and Mary Viscio,
the University in High School
Calculus Certificates;
— Marisa Henkin, the University in High School Foreign
Language Certificates;
— Ethan Sharp and Trisa
Sluti, the Warner’s Lake Improvement Association Award;
— Gloria Keal and Mary
Viscio, the Writing Award.
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Congratulations and Good Luck
To The
2011 Berne-Knox-Westerlo Graduates
Rebecca G. Amedio
Chelsea Argiris
Whitney Marie Aveyard
Marian Marjorie Bates ●♠
Lacey Catherine Becker
Emily Sue Bello
Geoffrey A. Bentley
Jessie Lynn Birdsall
Tuesday Ray Bishop ●♠
Joe Bogdanowicz
Meghan Marie Britton
Joshua Burgher
Devin Bryan Busch
Allison Bushnell
Joseph Dominick Capuano
Michael J. Casullo
Ian Tyler Chamberlain
Hali Ann Clayton
Tiara Taylor Conklin
Elijah James Crawford
David Alexander Crevatas
Joshua Paul DeNyse ♦
Ronald Lee Edwards III
Dana Jeanae Erickson
Brett Patrick Flansburg
Kathryn Sierra Minnie Forti
Callie Francis
Morgan C. Fronk
Brandon Vincent Galgay ♦●♠
Jordan D. Gonyea
Jessica Grove
Matthew Halterman
Ciara L. Harrington
Corbin Repscher
Samantha Joyce Harvey ♠
Nathan T. Hayduke ♦
Marisa May Henkin
Megan Lee Hoffmann
Elizabeth Marie Huether
Samantha Junco
Joseph Brent Kalina ●♠
Brandon Kallner
Gloria Lynn Keal
Robert J. Kelly
Patrick Van Keppler Jr.
Samantha J. Kiegle
Christy Janis Koban
Victoria Kocsis ♦●♠
Amyjane Laplante
Brittany Paige Larghe
Emily Catherine Mahoney
Amanda Taylor Masterson
Victoria Ashley McCormick ●♠
Steven A. McIntyre
Nicholas Joseph McSpedon ♦●♠
Melissa R. McSweeney
Giena Marie Mendez
George B. Moller
Aderia Crawford Nunn
Jacob Ostrander
Vincent Michael Pasquini ●♠
Kaitlin Sue Peck
Brittany Ann Pironi
Ashley Elizabeth Porter
Rachel Sarah Raiti
Alisa Nicole Raymond
Kelsey Anne Renko
♦ ●♠
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Nena Lynne Ruiz
Ethan Hollis Sharp
Mike Skinner
Trisa Lynn Sluti
Megan Ashley Sprung
Akeem Quaree Stewart
Adam J. VanAlphen
Samantha Nicole VanIderstine
Devin Joseph Vinehout
Mary T. Viscio
●♠
Amanda Marie Wager
Edward Allen Weidman Jr.
Blake C. Whitbeck
Christopher White
Marion Rose White
♦ ●♠
Theodore J. Wiederhold
Alon G. Willing
Cassandra Willsey
♠
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Guilderland Commencement
Grads and principal say farewell, Secret Service leader gives advice for life
By Zach Simeone
GUILDERLAND — Members
of Guilderland’s Class of 2011
threw their caps into the air on
June 25, and they were accompanied by retiring Principal Brian
McCann in their big ‘goodbye’ to
high school.
The graduates filled row after
row of chairs on the floor of the
SEFCU Arena at the University
at Albany, as the school band
played through the music of John
Williams, and the traditional
“Pomp and Circumstance.” Senior Hannah Miele beamed as
she approached the podium and
sang “The Star Spangled Banner,” which she belted across the
arena to a wave of applause.
Superintendent Marie Wiles,
marking her first Guilderland
graduation, congratulated the
487 young men and women moving on to the next stages in their
lives. This transition, she said, is
an exciting, but scary time.
“I’m guessing we’re feeling a
lot of emotions,” Wiles told the
field of grads. But, she urged
them to have courage, and went
on to recount the error last year
by a baseball umpire as an allegory for learning to admit
when you make mistakes, and
move on.
On June 2, 2010, Detroit
Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was primed to become the
third pitcher within a month
to throw a perfect game — and
the 21st ever. But umpire Jim
Joyce’s blunder of calling Jason
Donald safe at first base denied
Galaragga’s entry into the book
of perfect games.
However, it’s what came next
that mattered most, Wiles said:
The next day, Joyce approached
Galarraga on the mound, shook
his hand, and handed him the
lineup card for the impending
game.
“In spite of a crushing disappointment, and anger and frustration all around him, Armando
Singing with a smile:
Hannah Miele, a Guilderland senior, sings the national anthem at the start of
her graduation ceremony.
Galarraga went back to the
mound,” Wiles said.
Student wisdom
Guilderland does not name
a valedictorian and salutatorian. Rather, the highest honors
graduates sit on the stage and
addresses are given by students
who have submitted speeches for
selection.
Elisabeth Gioia took the podium to welcome her fellow
graduates, urging them to appreciate the role of the “strong
but simple” support systems that
their families played throughout school, and echoing Wiles’s
statements about learning how
to move on.
“On this day, we celebrate the
past and look forward to the
new beginnings we are about to
face,” Gioia told her class. “All
we can do is live life to its full
potential.”
Upon taking the stage next,
class co-president Alexandra
Dedicated special agent: Barbara Riggs, who grew up in Guilderland and was among the first women to join the Secret Service,
rising to be the highest-ranking woman in Homeland Security,
speaks at graduation exercises on June 25. Riggs told the graduates about the meaning of the five points on a Secret Service badge
and how to live by that.
Martini asked her classmates to
look around them.
“Who was your first friend?”
she asked. “Look at how much
they have grown, not only in
height, but also in character.”
She looked around and saw
musicians, actors, athletes, and
math Olympians.
“We are so close to freedom,
but what does this freedom entail?” she asked her friends. “As
we become independent, we will
take these moments that have
inspired us to be who we are,
and use them.”
She remembers the big game
against Shenendehowa, and the
awards her classmates won at
the National Heritage Music
Festival — “It’s in these moments
that our hard work pays off,” said
Martini.
A cheerful look back: Lexxi
Martini gives the Graduate
Address at Guilderland
commencement exercises on
the evening of June 25.
“We have the potential to do so
much,” she said. “Maybe success
is not just the physical outcome.
Maybe it’s the journey we take
to get there.”
She concluded her speech with
a challenge for the class of 2011:
“Dream big,” Martini said, “because the sky’s the limit.”
Carli Barbarotto and Rachel
Weston shared the podium for
the class message, bouncing back
and forth with remembrances
of Trick-or-Treat Street, the rap
contest, the senior trip to Six
Flags, wanting to do nothing
besides drive after getting their
licenses, and the morning announcements — “Good morning,
Guilderland students,” they said
in booming low voices, which
elicited roaring laughter from
the class.
Second to none
Brian McCann addressed the
Class of 2011 at his 20th and
final GHS graduation — he had
been the school’s principal the
last two years, after 18 years as
assistant principal.
“From the classroom, to the
athletic fields, to the auditorium
stage, Guilderland students’
achievements are second to
none,” McCann assured the
crowd. One last time, he thanked
the students who had perfect
attendance.
“What makes this opportunity
such a unique undertaking is the
duality of the nature of standing
before you as a principal, wanting to impart to you words of
wisdom, but feeling the compulsion that every parent sitting
here feels — and that is wanting
to say so much more,” McCann
said. “Believe me, guys, all of
the adults in your life want so
much to let you know how much
we care, how much good we
want for you, and how much we
wish we could impart to you the
wisdom that comes from having
already gone through the journey
on which you are all about to
embark.”
No matter what the future may
hold, we should never undermine
the experience of our elders, he
went on.
“My dad always used to say,
you may just be smarter than me,
but I know a lot more than you,”
McCann said. “Your parents are
not trying to butt into your lives
because they have nothing better
to do. Holding you accountable
is not a controlling thing; it’s a
loving thing.”
tance of cultural exploration this
weekend.
Riggs graduated from St. Agnes School in Loudonville, and
went on to Cornell’s College of
Arts and Sciences, majoring in
International Studies and Spanish. During her Constitutional
law class as an undergrad, she
sat next to a Secret Service agent
who was getting a master’s de-
“Holding you accountable is not
a controlling thing; it’s a loving thing.”
What is most important, he
said, is that we strive to leave
the world a better place than it
was when we got here. And, in
closing, he told the grads, “Let
them shoot.”
“Life is going to come at you
in ways you can’t believe,” he
said. “Sometimes, you will find
yourself in a situation when
people try to knock you down.
People who don’t know anything
about you…Stand tall, and let
them shoot.”
McCann concluded his final
graduation address with one
message: “It’s never too late to
be what you want to be.”
Endless possibilities
Senior James Alexander Sands
introduced this year ’s commencement speaker, 31-year
Secret Service veteran Barbara
Riggs. She grew up in Guilderland where her mother taught
“I got to see the Governator, well, before he was,”
says James Sands as he
talks about seeing Arnold
Schwarzenegger when, as a
youngster, he got VIP treatment from commencement
speaker Barbara Riggs at a
presidential inauguration.
at Westmere Elementary and
Farnsworth Middle School; her
father was a lawyer.
“Take a deep breath and absorb
this moment in time,” Riggs said.
“This is the day when your past,
your experience, and the sum of
who you are intersect with your
wide-open future — a future with
endless possibilities.”
Among the first 10 women to
enter the Secret Service, Riggs
became the agency’s second in
commend in 2004, making her the
highest-ranking woman in law
enforcement within the Department of Homeland Security.
Riggs told The Enterprise in
2004 that she attributes her success to the fact that her parents
gave her and her siblings “a lot
of independence.” When she was
17, she got a crash course in appreciating other cultures when
she traveled South America by
herself; she impressed upon the
Guilderland grads the impor-
gree in public administration.
She was recruited in her junior
year, joining the agency in 1975.
During her tenure as an agent,
she protected presidents Gerald
Ford; Jimmy Carter; Ronald
Reagan; George H.W. Bush; Bill
Clinton; and George W. Bush.
She told the crowd that, while
in the Secret Service, she saw
human nature at its finest. Drawing on her memories of being an
agent, she urged the students to
take risks.
“Because I was loyal to myself,
I enjoyed a successful career,”
Riggs told the graduates, imploring that they remain optimistic.
Riggs closed with a story Ronald Reagan was fond of telling.
As a Secret Service agent, Riggs
used to ride with Reagan at his
Rancho del Cielo in California.
He rode every day while at the
ranch, she said, and three days
a week when in Washington.
Riggs rode with him from 1981
to 1986.
Riggs said of the duty in 1997,
“You’re in a protective mode, but
more relaxed than at official
functions in the White House…
He was conversational,” she said
of Reagan.
One of his favorite stories was
about two boys, one an incurable pessimist, and the other an
equally incurable optimist. They
were taken by their parents to a
psychologist for treatment.
The pessimist was placed in a
room full of shiny new toys, but
cried and did not play with them
for fear they would break.
The optimist was placed in a
room full of horse manure. He
cheerfully shoveled, digging and
digging, thinking, “There’s got to
be a pony in here somewhere.”
Riggs concluded by telling the
graduates, “Go find that pony.”
Commencement greetings:
Elisabeth Gioia gives the
student welcoming address
to her classmates, teachers,
and parents during Saturday’s graduating ceremony
at the SEFCU arena.
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Scholarships and prizes are awarded to Guilderland High School graduates
GUILDERLAND — These
Guilderland High School graduates were awarded prizes and
scholarships:
— Gregory Barber, the
Altamont High School Alumni
Award;
— Kyungduk Rho, the Alton
U. Farnsworth Memorial Scholar
Athlete Award;
— Joana Lule and Jenna
Witzleben, the American Legion
Auxiliary, Helderberg Unit No.
977 & GCHS Foreign Language
Award;
— Kristin Scally, the Benjamin J. Watsky Community
Service Award;
— Brianna Reed, the Business and Marketing Educators’
Association Student of the Year
Award;
— Kristin Scally, the Catherine Patten, the Community
Service Award;
— Zoe King, the Charles J.
Ciaccio Scholarship Award;
— Jasmin Butler, Amber
Hedjazi, Kevin Lo and Dana
McLaughlin, the Class of 1970
Scholarship Award;
— Devon Gingrich, the C-Z
Antos Memorial Scholarship;
— Nicole LaFreniere and
Kathryn Wood, the Dale Westcott Award;
Happy times all around: This Guilderland graduate is ready to shake hands as he receives his
diploma from the school board’s vice president, Catherine Barber, right, who is retiring this week. Her
Dartmouth-bound son, Gregory, was among the 487 graduates. Superintendent Marie Wiles, center,
looks on with a smile.
“And we’re out of here,” says retiring Guilderland High School Principal Brian McCann during
graduation exercises as Superintendent Marie Wiles listens.
— Tess Dube, the D.A.R. Citizenship Award-Old Hellebergh
Chapter;
— Mark Ciccarelli, the Dr.
Sydna Stern Weiss Memorial
Award;
— Benjamin Pontillo, the
Eric Fenton Scholarship-Guilderland Rotary;
— Kelsey Evans, the Eric
Grimsted Memorial;
— Andres Roma, the Ewald &
Sheryll Krey Memorial Award;
— Yves Nazon, the Faith
Schullstrom Award;
— Daniel Golderman, the
First Niagara Bank and Trust
Company Award;
— Ryan Cardiff and Matthew Cattell, the Focus Parent
Group Award;
— Jonathan Bintz and
John Patrick Henry, the Fort
Hunter Volunteer Fire Co. Ladies
Auxiliary;
— Dannielle Bratt, the Fred
Heitkamp Guilderland Players
Alumni Award;
— Hannah Rosen, the GFD
Ladies Auxiliary Community
Service Scholarship ;
— Jacob Polfleit, the Gifford
Grange 1549 Award ;
— Brendan Doak and Danielle Martin, the Gregory J.
Aidala Scholarship Fund;
— Meghan Bodo and Dustin
Maguire, the Guilderland Elks
No. 2480 Scholarship
— Kaitlyn Butler and Nolan
Kehn, the Guilderland Employees Association;
— Alexandra Martini, the
Guilderland High School PTSA
Stanley Marcus Youth Humanitarian Award;
— Brian Reed and Jennifer
Robbiano, the Guilderland High
School World Languages and
Cultures Award;
— Daniel Ainspan, Stephanie
Lasselle, Hannah Miele, Joshua
Palagyi, Scott Rubin and Paul
Travers, the Guilderland Music
Parents and Friends Award;
— Samuel Burgasser, Tess
Dube, Theresa Graffeo, Michael Marcantonio, Benjamin
Pontillo, Ashley Rosano, Michael Schildt, Paul Travers
and Katherine Williamson,
the Guilderland Parent Teacher
Association Council Awards;
— Alexander Dvorscak, the
D.A.R. American History Award
- Old Hellebergh Chapter;
— Andrew Genovese, the
Guilderland Police Benevolent
Association Award;
— Stephanie Lasselle, the
Guilderland Teachers Association Memorial Scholarship
– Award;
— Emily Nagle, the Guilderland Youth Soccer Association
Scholarship;
— Andrew Coy, the Guilderland Youth Soccer Association
Referee Scholarship;
— Ved Tanavde, the Henry
Weiss Memorial Award;
— Noah Rubin and Kathryn
Zuchowski, the Howard Ogsbury Memorial Scholarship;
— Heidi Pikcilingis, the
Hudson Valley Book Award;
— Leah Nelson and Leah
Wassermann, the Jenny Wasson
Memorial Award;
— Matthew Walsh, the John
P. Dornbush Memorial Scholarship;
— Scott Rubin, the John
Philip Sousa Band Award;
— Elisabeth Gioia, Beatrice
Malsky and Michael Marcantonio, the Journal Alumni
Award;
— Kelsey Wood, the Julia
Wells Nursing Scholarship;
— Tess Dube and Haejin
Hwang, the Kathy Seaton
Award;
— Katie Silva, the Kenneth C.
LeVine Memorial Scholarship;
— Alexander Dvorscak, the
Knights of Pythias Scholastic
Achievement Award;
— Stephanie Lasselle, the
Kristen Paradiso Ricci Music
Award;
— Elisabeth Gioia, the Lesley
Grapka Memorial Scholarship;
— Jonathan Bintz, the Louis
Armstrong Jazz Award;
— James Clum Dolan, the
Media Award;
— Katherine Bickmore, the
Micki Nevett Literature Scholarship;
— Katherine Bierman and
Lindsey Johnson, the Nancy
E. Davis Memorial Art Scholarship;
— Carli Barbarotto and Jasmine Day, the National Honor
Society Award;
— Noah Rubin, Ved Tanavde
and Kathryn Zuchowski, the
National Merit $2,500 Scholarship Awards;
— Ashley Rosano, the National Merit RPI Scholarship;
— Beatrice Malsky, the University of Chicago Scholarship;
— Joshua Palagyi, the National School Choral Award;
— Gregory Barber, the National School Orchestra Award;
— Meghan Bodo, the New
York State Comptroller Achievement Certificate;
— Armane Robinson, the
Noah Lodge No. 754 of Free and
Accepted Masons Howard F. Ogsbury Memorial Scholarship;
— Kristin Scally, the President’s Volunteer Service Award;
— Meghan Bodo, the Principal’s Leadership Award;
— Lanxi Xing, the PTSA
Award;
— Noah Rubin, the PTSA
Special Award;
— Jordan Duke and Chrystie
Koottumkal, the PTSA Special
Award;
— Alexa Reilly, the Robert J.
Hilt Memorial Scholarship;
— Sean O’Brien, the Scholarship for Boys presented by the
Kiwanis Club of Guilderland;
— Lauren Morse, the Scholarship for Girls presented by the
Kiwanis Club of Guilderland;
— Renee LaFreniere, the
School Systems Federal Credit Union Community Service
Award;
— Paul Travers, the Semper
Fidelis Bandsman Scholarship;
— Brian Reed and Emma
Sarachan, the Society of Mayflower Descendants Award;
— Simone Goldslager, the
Stacy Ann Zounes Memorial
Scholarship;
— Benjamin Pontillo, the
Student Government Scholarship;
— Justine Aloise, the Thomas
P. Farrelly Memorial Scholarship;
— Ryan Smith and Elizabeth Tapler, the United States
Army Reserve National Scholar/
Athlete Award Program;
— Kaitlin Trimboli, the V.
Dalton (Duff) Bambury Award;
— Nicole LaFreniere, the
VanWormer Award;
— Colin Clarke, the Woody
Herman Jazz Award;
Next stop, college: Kelsey Wood, left, lets the world know she is
going to LeMoyne, where she will study nursing. Her twin sister,
Kathryn, is equally proud of going to Oneonta.
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Freshly minted diploma in hand, Caitlin Abelseth walks across the stage as she turns the tassel on
her mortarboard at Voorheesville’s high school during the June 24 graduation ceremony.
“Keep it short, Baz,” was the advice Nadine Bassler got from all
corners of the Voorheesville community, she reported at the start of
her address to the Class of 2011. In her humorous remarks, she
advised the graduates to pursue their strengths.
Voorheesville commencement
Grads ready to take the wheel
By Saranac Hale Spencer
VOORHEESVILLE — With
the 95 graduates poised to
start steering their own lives,
the sheer potential in the high
school auditorium was palpable,
lightening the auditorium’s thick
summer air last Friday.
A slideshow featuring each
graduate’s senior portrait followed by a childhood picture —
some sweet and some silly, but
all clearly doted upon — played
while family and friends awaited
the processional.
The Class of 2011 chose its
advisor, long-time physical education teacher Nadine Bassler,
to give the address.
She urged her students to find
what they are good at and pursue
it, to find their “destination.”
Bassler built towards her point
by first explaining her “wheel
theory of parenting,” which
starts with the parents steering
the wheel of the ship and slowly
ceding control to the child, who
first cannot speak, then starts
to ask, “Why?” before beginning
to assert his or her own opinion.
Eventually, the child reaches up
and takes the wheel entirely.
She then told the story of
Simon Birch, who was always
smaller than his peers, but had
a strong faith in God. He was
also gifted at holding his breath,
a skill that he honed through
practice.
The 1998 film Simon Birch
was based very loosely on John
Irving’s novel A prayer for Owen
Meany.
When his school bus crashed
into a body of water, she told the
graduates, Simon was able to
save each child on the bus. She
urged them, as they take their
ships to sea, to find their gifts
and hone them.
“We are born with a destination,” she said, telling the graduates to find theirs.
Ellen Wagner, the salutatorian, asked her classmates to
express compassion. Inspired
by Winston Churchill’s famous
sentiment, that history is written
by the victors, she acknowledged
the successes and opportunities
that she and her classmates have
had and urged them to turn the
spotlight off of themselves and
show compassion.
“Compassion also helps us to
focus,” she said.
“Part of our history is written
here,” she concluded, “but the
rest is yet to be discovered.”
Voorheesville’s education has
helped to shape each graduate,
Superintendent Teresa Thayer
Snyder said, paraphrasing John
Dewey, who said, “Education is
not a preparation for life; education is life itself.” She concluded
that life itself is an education
and advised the graduates to
remember on bad days that rainbows come after the storm and
on good days that they should
be savored.
Traditionally a humorous
speech or group routine, this
year’s “Class Sentiment” was a
home video featuring a handful
of the graduating seniors reminiscing on a front porch.
“Since we grew up in the age
of technology, we decided to make
a video,” said Alexander Kundel
as he introduced the home movie
with classmates Andrea Bollentin, Nicholas Brockley, and
Shadma Khan.
In her valedictory address, Michaela Conway expressed gratitude to her family and the school.
To emphasize the influence of the
Voorheesville community in the
school district, she quoted the
Dave Matthews Band, saying,
“Are you looking for answers to
questions under the stars? Well,
if along the way you are grown
weary, you can rest with me until
a brighter day and you’re okay.”
Caps aloft, Voorheesville graduates celebrate at the end of their commencement ceremony in June.
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Voorheesville valedictorian
Conway to lend a helping hand
VOORHEESVILLE — Michaela Conway credits Voorheesville
with providing academic and
athletic opportunities to herself
and her classmates.
This year’s valedictorian was
captain of the girls’ varsity soccer team as well as serving as
Conway became interested
in science at Voorheesville.
Facing the crowded Lydia Tobler Performing Arts Center,
Michaela Conway gives her valedictory address during the Voorheesville graduation ceremony.
president of Natural Helpers and
treasurer of the student government. She was also a member of
the wind ensemble and concert
band and participated in the
Mode United Nations, Key Club,
and Cystic Fibrosis Walk.
Conway became interested in
science at Voorheesville, especially biology, which she plans to
pursue next fall at Dartmouth
College.
The depth of the field appeals
to her. “It’s always changing,” she
said and it offers a “way to help
people.” Conway is considering
medical school after finishing her
undergraduate degree.
Ninety-five graduates received diplomas during Voorheesville’s commencement ceremony in June. Here, a graduate crosses
the stage in the Lydia Tobler Performing Arts Center.
Voorheesville salutatorian
Wagner sets out for Michigan
to pursue physics and film
Urging compassion, salutatorian Ellen Wagner addresses her classmates during Voorheesville’s
graduation ceremony.
VOORHEESVILLE — Ellen
Wagner is eager to explore.
Voorheesville’s salutatorian
plans to pursue physics and
film — she is interested in the
complexity of each.
Wagner likes the math in
physics and she’s curious about
the universe. All of the unknowns among the stars are
“so fascinating to think about,”
she said.
The classes in which she had
the most fun during high school
were film and communications,
she said.
Wagner is interested in the
intricate layers that go into
making a film.
Tassels turned as graduates like this one collected their diplomas during Voorheesville’s graduation ceremony on June 24.
Accomplished at playing the
harp, Wagner has volunteered
to play locally, including at St.
Matthews Church and senior
citizens’ centers.
She was the president of the
high school’s chapter of Students
Against Destructive Decisions
and a co-captain of the varsity
volleyball team, which won the
Colonial Council title and was a
semi-finalist at the state tournament this year.
She will attend the University
of Michigan as a member of the
honors program in the fall.
Of Voorheesville, Wagner said,
“The community is so much a
part of the school.”
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VOORHEESVILLE — Students at Clayton A. Bouton High
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Award;
— Alan Aleschus, Karie Jean
Hammond Memorial Scholarship;
— Joseph Keenan, Katherine Petit, Kidz Korner Scholarship;
— Joseph Barone, Kiwanis
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— Michaela Conway, Salvatore Loccisano, Kiwanis Memorial Com Service Scholarship;
— Kirsten Carroll, Kiwanis
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— Matthew Pelletier, Lobel
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—Colton Parrott, Lydia
Tobler Instrumental Music
Scholarship;
— Justina Miranda, Margaret Dorgan Vocal Music Scholarship;
— Alexandra Fasulo, Margaret T. Kearns Scholarship
Award;
— M o r g a n Va n d e r v o r t ,
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Award;
— Joshua Gibbons, Matthew
Farrell Memorial Award;
— Allison Daley, Matthew
Odell Key Club Award;
— Gregory Frering, Matthew
Odell Memorial Scholarship;
— Colton Parrott, National
School Choral Award;
— Olin McDonald III, Noah
Lodge Masonic Scholarship;
— Brittanie Denman, Pete
Douglas Memorial Scholarship
Award;
— Caitlin Ableseth, Victoria Beestle, Joseph Cillis II,
Michaela Conway, Andrew
Cunningham, Alexandra Fasulo, Robert Feeney, Gregory
Frering, Joshua Gibbons,
Zachary Jones, Salvatore
Loccisano, Marisa Macri,
Brianna O’Keefe, Michael
Parker, Katharine Petit, Jane
Pritchard, Kelly Ryan, Jolie
Siegel, Ellen Wagner, Brianna
Zell, President’s Award for Academic Excellence;
— Kathleen Wolford, Principal’s Collection Art Award;
— Kelly Ryan, Martha-Mary
Lane, Salvatore Genovesi,
Andrea Bollentin, Principal’s
School Service Award;
— Zachary Clark, Micahela Conway, James Currier,
Colin Kelly, Joseph Keenan,
Salvatore Loccisano, Jake
Nussbaum, Jolie Siegel, Ellen
Wagner, PTA Scholarship;
— Ryan Duncan, The Ray
A. Kroc Youth Achievement
Award;
— Gregory Frering, Robert
Striefer Scholarship;
— Duncan Gentner, School
Systems Federal Credit Union
Community Service Award;
— Alexis Hargrave, Smitty’s Pizza Community Service
Award;
— Jane Pritchard, Maxwell
Schuster, Sports Foundation
Scholar Athlete Award;
— Mitchell Relyea, United
Employees of Voorheesville
Scholarship Award;
— Brittanie Denman, Rachel Dykstra, Martha-Mary
Lane, Joseph Barone, Andrew
Cunningham, Ryan Duncan,
Voorheesville Community &
School Foundation Book Award;
— Salvatore Loccisano,
Matthew Pelletier, William
Smith, Voorheesville Fire Department Community Service
Award;
— Gregory Frering, Salvatore Genovesi, Salvatore Loccisano, Voorheesville Friends of
Music Scholarship;
— Justina Miranda, Kathleen Wolford, VTA Education
Award;
— Maxwell Schuster, VTA
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— Michaela Conway, Walter
M. Sheehan Memorial Scholarship Award;
— Brian Katchman, Morgan Vandervort, Albany MultiMedicine Distinguished Athlete
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— Zachary Clark, American
Legion Donald Rivenburg Memorial Scholarship;
— Zachary Jones, Ellen
Wagner, Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award;
— Jane Pritchard, Atlas
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— Brittany Fahd, Benjamin
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— Jolie Siegel, Bill Shrader
Sr. Memorial Scholarship;
— Katherine Petit, Blackbird Review Poster Award;
— Joshua Gibbons, Blackbird Review Senior Writing
Award;
— Maxwell Schuster, Business Education Award;
— Brittanie Denman, Business & Prof. Women’s FBLA
Award;
— Martha-Mary Lane,
Justina Miranda, Chester
Award;
— Caitlin Abelseth, Clark
Family Community Athletic
Award;
— Brian Katchman, Kyle
Russell, Colonial Council Principals’ Award;
— Caitlin Abelseth, Ryan
Duncan, Colonial Council
Scholar Athletes Award;
— Jane Pritchard, Daughters of the American Revolution;
— Nicholas Kaloyeros,
David McCartney Scholarship
Award;
— Ellen Wagner, Dobris
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— Joseph Barone, MacKenzie Blake, Joseph Cillis II,
Michaela Conway, Andrew
Cunningham, James Currier,
Rachel Dykstra, Gregory Frering, Alexis Hargrave, Colin
Kelly, Salvatore Loccisano,
Jake Nussbaum, Brianna
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Ellen Wagner, Dollars For
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— Zachary Jones, DFS Carrow Award;
— Jane Pritchard, Jolie Siegel, DFS Class of 1960 Award;
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— Michaela Conway, DFS
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— Michaela Conway, Foreign
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Christian Kyle Johnston, Undecided
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O P E N 7 D AY S • 1 1 A . M .
Pet Adoption Clinic
Saturday, July 9th
9:00 a.m. to noon
at Guilderland
Animal Hospital
Featuring dogs, cats and small animals from
the Animal Protective Foundation
Call 518-355-0260 for more information
or visit www.gahvets.com
Serving the community since 1955.
restaurant and tavern
WeDneSDay SPeCiaLS
4-7 p.m.
Mussels - $4.95 & Beer specials
CLOSED
Mondays & Tu
esdays
thursday dinner special
Buy 1 dinner entrée and get
2nd dinner entrée at 1/2 price! (equal or lesser value)
(Wed./Thurs. Specials not applicable on Holidays)
menu and daily specials
available on-line: www.HighlandsRestaurant.com
clOsed MOndays & tuesdays
Serving Dinner:
872-1938
Wed. - Thurs. • 4 p.m. ~ 9 p.m.
1670 Berne Altamont Road
Fri. & Sat.
• 4 p.m. ~ 10 p.m.
(Route 156), Altamont, NY
Sunday
• 2 p.m. ~ 8 p.m.
Whimsical Wildflower Walk:
Come walk with us to explore
summer flowers of the Albany Pine
Bush. We will be hiking one mile
over rolling topography. Please
remember to wear sturdy walking
shoes, long pants, and bring drinking water. Meet at 1 p.m. at the
Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center, 195 New Karner Road, Albany.
The fee is $3 per person or $5 per
family and registration is required;
call 456-0655 to register.
Preserving the Bounty: The
Cornell Cooperative Extension of
Albany County will be hosting its
first home food preservation class
of the season, from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. at the extension office, 24
Martin Road, Voorheesville. Participants will learn how to make
spiced blueberry jam, and take
a jar home. All materials will be
provided. The program fee is $15;
call 765-3547 to register.
Saturday, July 9
Insect Investigators: They
fly, they wiggle, they crawl,
and they leap. It’s the amazing
world of insects! This is a family
friendly hike to investigate the
different types of insects that live
here in the Pine Bush. There will
be opportunities for hands on activities and exploration. We will
be hiking one mile over rolling
sand dunes. Please remember to
wear sturdy walking shoes, long
pants, and bring drinking water.
Meet at 11 a.m. the Albany Pine
Bush Discovery Center, 195 New
Karner Road, Albany. The fee is
$3 per person or $5 per family
and registration is required; call
456-0655.
Shaker Site Craft Fair: July
9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
on Heritage Lane by the Albany
airport. 75 quality artisans, with
Native American craft demonstrations, and visitors can also
participate in hands-on craft
activities. Free pony rides on
Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. The fee
for the fair is $4 per person.
Rensselaerville Regatta:
Kayak, canoe, and sail boat races
with prizes. From 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. at Lake Myosotis, Pond Hill
Road, Rensselaerville. The entry
fee is $10 for adults, and $5 for
youth 14 years old and younger.
All participants are required to
wear life jackets.
Program on Beavers at
Five Rivers: A program on the
natural and cultural history of
beaver will be conducted at Five
Rivers, 56 Game Farm Road,
Delmar, at 2 p.m. Five Rivers
staff will present a brief overview of the cultural importance
of the beaver, then lead a tour of
prime beaver habitat, searching
for tell-tale signs of seasonal
activity such as freshly chewed
tree stumps, gnawed sticks, and
new dam and lodge building. This
program is open to the public and
free of charge; call 475-0291 for
information.
Schoharie River Day: The
Schoharie River Center will host
a Schoharie River Day. There will
be a fishing derby starting at 6
a.m., and a pancake breakfast
from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Burtonsville Fire Hall. The festival will
take place at the Schoharie River
Center’s new building, 2025 Burtonville Road, Esperance, from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be
local artisans, music, food, and
activities for all ages. The day
will end with a chicken barbeque
sponsored by the Burtonsville
Fire Department from 3 to 7
p.m. This fund-raiser will help
add a full environmental biology
laboratory to SRC’s new environmental center, and help make the
facility handicap accessible.
Native Plant Sale at Thacher Park: Native plants
attract birds and butterflies to
your gardens and are easy to
grow. Our selection includes
perennials, ferns, shrubs, and
trees adapted for conditions from
wet to dry, sun to shade, and a
range of soil types. The sale will
feature plants with high food
value for both people and wildlife
and many hard to find species.
The sale will run from noon to
4 p.m. at 87 Nature Center Way,
Voorheesville. Call 872-0800 for
more information.
Using Star Maps: Program
presented by the Dudley Observatory at 8 p.m., rain or
shine, with star party to follow,
weather permitting, at the Octagon Barn at 588 Middle Road
in Knox. Amateur astronomers
and families are invited to bring
binoculars and telescopes. All are
welcome. Free admission and
refreshments. Call 872-1879 for
more information.
Search for Birds at Five
Rivers: A field study of the birds
of grasslands and brushlands
will be conducted at Five Rivers,
56 Game Farm Road, Delmar, at
9 a.m. In celebration of the birthday of Henry David Thoreau,
center naturalists will lead a
search for at-risk species such as
bobolink, meadowlark, and Thoreau’s “huckleberry bird” — the
field sparrow. Of the top 20 birds
showing the steepest decline in
New York, half are grassland and
brushland species. Management
of these critical areas, including
landowner incentive programs,
will be discussed. This program
is open to the public and free of
charge; call 457-0291.
Sunday, July 10
Colorful Music Across the
Ages: Presented from the porch
of the Saddlemire Homestead
from 2 to 4 p.m. Bring a chair
and enjoy the many songs with
colors in their titles! Also browse
the exhibits of yesteryear in the
Pillbox Capital of the world. The
Saddlemire Homestead is located
at 2190 Berne-Altamont Road in
Knox. For more information call
439-7236. Colorful refreshments
will be served!
Life Enhancement through
Activities and Programs invites you to join us in welcoming
Pet Senn, CHA certified coach
of Root Farm Vaulters, at 1 p.m.
at the EBC Therapy Center, 251
Cole Hill Road, East Berne. It
will be a fun-filled afternoon of
adaptive vaulting demonstrations and audience participation. If you like gymnastics and
horses, you’ll love vaulting — it
teaches focus, balance, confidence, and strength. The cost
is $10 per person or $30 for a
family of four.
Jr. Birder’s Club “Rubythroated rendezvous”: Observe these fascinating and
beautiful birds at the nature
center’s feeders, look at a hummingbird nest, view feathers in
the microscope, and play The
Great Hummingbird Nectar
Game. Make your own hummingbird feeder and nectar to fill it.
Bring your birder’s journal and
record your observations. Meet at
1 p.m. at 87 Nature Center Way,
Voorheesville; call 872-0800 to
pre-register.
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Discover the Pine Bush: An
extraordinary journey into the Albany Pine Bush, the best remaining example in the world of an
inland pine barrens. Our experts
will guide you through this one
mile hike over rolling sand dunes
where you will discover Pine Bush
natural history, seasonal surprises
and transformations. Please remember to wear sturdy walking shoes, long pants and bring
drinking water. Meet at 1 p.m. at
the Albany Pine Bush Discovery
Center, 195 New Karner Road,
Albany. The fee is $3 per person
or $5 per family, and registration
is required; call 456-0655.
July 12
Program on Wildlife of
the Evening at Five Rivers:
A family-friendly program on
crepuscular creatures — wildlife
commonly active at dusk — will
be conducted at Five Rivers, 56
Game Farm Road, Delmar, at
7 p.m. Center naturalists will
conduct a show-and-tell presentation on the various creatures
which are most active in the evening. Afterward, weather permitting, center staff will lead a walk
along gentle trails, searching for
animals such as beaver, muskrat,
tree frogs, and bats. This program is open to the public and
free of charge. Call 475-0291 for
more information.
Wednesday, July 13
Thursday, July 14
Reading, Writing, and
Rhyming with WGNA: Join
“Rhymin’ Richie Phillips” of
WGNA’s Sean and Richie show at
the Albany Pine Bush Preserve
for a morning of Reading, Writing, and Rhyming, Pine Bush
style! Started 15 years ago, each
week “Rhymin’ Richie Phillips”
brings his portable piano into
a Capital Region classroom
and writes a little ditty about
whatever subject suits the kids’
fancy. This program teaches kids
writing and rhyming skills, creating music and much more. The
program has been sponsored by
Hannaford Supermarkets, and
they make it possible to offer
this exciting program to Capital
Region classrooms and summer
camps. Meet at 11 a.m. at the
Albany Pine Bush Discovery
Center, 195 New Karner Road,
Albany. The fee is $3 per person
or $5 per family, and registration
is required; call 456-0655.
Friday, July 15
Feline Fund-raiser Garage
Sale: July 15, 16, and 17, at 836
Meadowdale Road, Altamont,
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. all days.
Huge selection of items including: furniture, Christmas trees,
seasonal items, electronics,
household items, a huge collection of cookie jars and salt and
Saturday, July 16
Karner Blue Butterfly
Walk: Don’t miss this chance to
join Albany Pine Bush staff on
a hike in the Pine Bush Preseve
to see the Karner blue butterfly.
Once common in the glacial
Lake Albany sand belt, the
Karner blue has plummeted in
numbers over the past 40 years
and is now listed as a federally
endangered species. Come learn
about the natural history of the
Karner blue and what efforts are
underway to rescue this species
from the brink of extinction.
Bring along your camera, sturdy
walking shoes and drinking
water. Please register early, this
program fills up quickly. Meet
at 11 a.m. at the Albany Pine
Bush Discovery Center, 195 New
Karner Road, Albany. The fee is
$3 per person or $5 per family
and registration is required; call
456-0655.
Small-scale Woodlot and
Sugarbush Management
Workshop: Presented by the
Cornell Cooperative Extension
of Albany County, the workshop
will emphasize three subjects:
safety, silviculture, and woodland assessment techniques.
Participants will learn about
the principles of tree growth,
measuring trees, assessing tree
quality to select cut versus leave
trees, inspecting equipment and
tools, utilizing safe practices,
basic silvicultural principles,
and making appropriate tree
selection choices for multiple
ownership objectives. The class
will be held at 9 a.m. at 1676
Berne-Altamont Road; the cost
is $15 per person and registration is required. Call 765-3500
to register.
Family Picnic at Tawasentha Park: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
meet and greet the GOP fall
candidates and enjoy great food
and drinks, and games for the
whole family. The cost is $30 per
person or $50 per family.
Bethlehem Community
Cleanup: Meet at Bethlehem
Town Hall at 9 a.m. and a representative will be present to
answer questions and distribute cleanup supplies, included
safety vests, rubber gloves, trash
bags, and pick-up sticks.
Birds of Prey Program at
Five Rivers: A family-friendly
program on birds of prey will
be conducted at Five Rivers, 56
Game Farm Road, Delmar, at
10 a.m. Center naturalists will
conduct a show-and-tell presentation about the special adaptations which make hawks, owls,
and other raptors the remarkable
predators they are. Afterwards,
weather permitting, center staff
will lead a walk along gentle
trails, scanning the skies for
local hawks, kestrels, and other
day-time raptors. This program
is open to the public and free of
charge. Call 475-0291 for information.
Program on Skunks at
Five Rivers: A family-friendly
program on skunks will be conducted at Five Rivers, 56 Game
Farm Road, Delmar, at 2 p.m.
Center naturalists will present
a brief overview of the natural
history of skunks and their
relatives in the mustelid family.
Afterward, weather permitting,
center staff will lead an outdoor
search for signs of these fascinating creatures. This program
is open to the public and free
of charge. Call 475-0291 for
information.
Berne
By Judy Petrosillo
We are all over the world this
week at the Berne Public Library.
We have some great travel deals; all
of our imaginary trips are free.
Teens start off on Friday,
July 8, with a trip to Japan to
draw Manga designs which can
be transferred on to T-shirts.
Please bring your own shirt.
Then try drawing henna tattoos
on your skin, an art form from
India. Don’t worry, the tattoos
are temporary. The excitement
starts at 7 p.m.
Adult book club
The Adult Book Club meets
Sunday, July 10, at 7 p.m., to
discuss My Name is Mary Sutter
by Robin Oliveira. All interested
adults are invited to attend.
When picking a Summer Reading Program book for this week,
focus on a book set in Russia or
Eastern Europe.
Youth programs
This week the youth programs
are going to the land down under. Wee Read Story Time is on
Tuesday, July 12. Join us at 11
a.m. for a “travel” to Australia to
see boomers (kangaroos).
The One World Program will
also focus on the Aussies and
how they make their boomerangs
come back. Meet at 11 a.m., on
Thursday, July 14.
Mate, youse should join us.
She’ll be dandy.
Middleburgh
By Anne LaMont
On July 5, at 10:30 a.m.,
the Middleburgh Library’s has
itsdrop-in story time’s fun,
interactive program, designed
for active children up to age 5
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.
Family fun
On July 5, at 7 p.m., the library
will show Brother Bear rated G.
A young Native American boy’s
father is killed by a mother bear
protecting her cubs. With revenge
on his mind, Kenoia sets out into
the woods only to find himself
magically transformed into the
creature he hates most, a bear.
Crazy book day
has a Crazy Book Day – Harry
Potter. Join us for an hour of fun,
centered around your favorite
series. We’ll have crafts and activities available, and plenty of copies
of the featured books to check out.
This is part of our One World,
Many Stories Summer Reading
Program. It is appropriate for
kids going into grades 3 and up.
Registration is required.
Family movie
On July 6, at 11 a.m., come
to the library for a showing of
Arctic Tale rated G. Follow Nanu
the polar bear cub and Seela the
walrus pup through exciting and
often dangerous struggles for
survival. Feel free to bring your
lunch and picnic while you watch
the movie.
Graphic novel
On July 6, at p.m., you can do
a graphic novel. Don’t worry if
you think you can’t draw. Barbara Slate is a cartoonist who
has written, drawn, and created
over 300 stories. She will teach
you how to develop characters,
plot stories, and offer tips on the
creative process. Bring your work!
This is part of our Teen Summer
Reading Program, You Are Here. It
is appropriate for kids going into
grade 6 and up.
Jousting tournament
will have a Peep Jousting Tournament. What happens when marshmallow meets microwave? Join
the Marshmallow Peep Jousting
Tournament and find out!
Senior News
Guilderland
The Guilderland Senior Services is offering the following
activities the week of July 11.
Monday: Scheduled shopping,
aerobics at 9 a.m., defensive driving at the library at 9:30 a.m.,
OsteoBusters at 10:30 a.m., and
Senior Fitness at 10:30 a.m.;
Tuesday: OsteoBusters at 9
a.m., luncheon of chicken teriyaki or cold plate at 11:30 a.m.,
bingo, games and billiards at
12:30 p.m.;
Wednesday: Scheduled shopping, line dancing at 9 a.m., defensive driving at the library at
9:30 a.m., Trip to the Log Cabin
Banquet House at 10 a.m., OsteoBusters at 10:30 a.m., senior
fitness at 10:30 a.m., needlecraft
at 1 p.m., and OsteoBusters at
1:30 p.m.;
Thursday: Scheduled shopping, OsteoBusters at 9 a.m., no
aerobics at 9 a.m., Mahjongg at 1
p.m., and Pinochle at 1:15 p.m.;
Friday: Scheduled shopping,
painting at 10 a.m., Bridge at
10:30 a.m., quilting at 1 p.m.
Call the senior office at 356-1980,
ext. 1048 for any questions or
information.
Movie of the Month
On Thursday, July 28, at 10:30
a.m., in the town hall courtroom
Just Go with It, starring Adam
Sandler and Jennifer Aniston,
will be screened.
The film portrays a weekend
trip to Hawaii, during which a
plastic surgeon convinces his
loyal assistant to pose as his
soon-to-be divorced wife in order
to cover up a careless lie he told
to his much younger girlfriend.
Please call ahead to signup at
356-1980, ext. 1094.
Donations needed
Many volunteers are in need
of yarn and cloth material for
projects such as making afghans
for homebound Guilderland
residents.
Helderberg
The menu being served by
the Helderberg Senior Services
at the Hiawatha Grange on
Route 32 in Dormansville next
week is:
Monday: Liver with onins and
mushrooms, mashed potatoes,
green beans, and applesauce;
Tuesday: Tuna salad, macaroni salad, lettuce and tomato,
carrot and raisin salad, orange
juice, and Jell-O with peaches;
We d n e s d a y : Po r k c h o p ,
mashed potato, creamed spinach,
applesauce, and lemon pie;
Thursday: Shrimp scampi
over pasta, spinach salad with
Italian dressing, carrots, apple
juice, ice cream;
Friday: Roast beef, mashed potato, California blend vegetables,
strawberry shortcake.
All meals will be served at
noon. Call ahead at 797-3652 for
reservations.
Funding is provided by the
Albany County Department for
the Aging and the New York Office for Aging.
Voorheesville
By Barbara Vink
We are happy to welcome
Mark Gamsjager and The Lustre
Kings to kickoff the Voorheesville Public Library’s Together
at Twilight concerts on July 13,
at 6:30 p.m. The powerhouse
Albany combo has wowed crowds
here and abroad.
The group’s debut album,
“Mark Gamsjager Rocks & The
Lustre Kings Roll”, was a travelogue of great American rock and
roll. “Way Out There” is their
fourth full-length platter and
will be available for purchase at
the concert. So, join us for a great
lawn party. Bring your dancing
shoes, lawn chairs or blankets.
Some chairs are available if you
call ahead. We’ll move indoors
if it rains.
Summer reading program
One World, Many Stories
Summer Reading 2011 begins
meeting next week. Children
in kindergarten through grade
2 will be entertained with
“Trickster Tales” on Monday
at 2 p.m.; Club 1-2-3 will meet
on Wednesday, at 10:30 a.m.,
for “Let’s Eat Rice”; Team and
grades 4-5-6 will have “Dewey’s
Amazing Race” on Thursday at 2
p.m. If you haven’t signed up yet,
do it online at www.voorheesvillelibrary.org. You don’t have
to attend any meetings – just
attend when you want to and
have fun keeping track of your
reading online.
Special events
Pajama Stories with Story
Teens at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday
and WII Guitar Hero Tournament on Friday. The tournament
will be conducted at two levels:
grades 2 to 5 at 1 p.m. and grades
6 and up beginning at 3 p.m.
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July “Jewel of a” Luncheon:
Sponsored by the New York Capital District Christian Women’s
Club, the luncheon will feature
Cathy Blanch demonstrating
what’s new and exciting in the
Lia Sophia jewelry line. Blanch,
who is also a singer and songwriter will provide entertainment. Penny Keen, from Black
River, will tell about how, in losing control, she found peace. The
menu includes grilled chicken
salad. The cost is $14. Call 8690642 or 235-4297.
Walk in the Woods at Thacher Park: Meet at Paint Mine
Picnic Shelter at 9 a.m. Enjoy the
view along a hike over the Indian
Ladder Trail, Escarpment Trail,
and portions of the Long Path.
Approximate time will be from 9
to 10:30 a.m. Easy to moderate.
Call 872-1237 for information.
pepper shakers, sporting goods,
tools, glassware and stemware,
trains, cameras, videos, display
racks, comforters, and more.
Come support cat and kitten
rescue efforts.
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Sunday, July 10
Library Notes
PIZZA
GRAM
PLUS
Pizzeria
Restaurant
464-4726
Tuesday nIGHT
specIal
16 oz NY Strip Steak, w/ 20 oz Draft
Beer, served w/soup or salad
and pasta or potato
$12.95
In-House ONLY
wednesday nIGHT
specIals
Chicken Parm, Eggplant Parm, Haddock
Parm, Stuffed Shells or Manicotti.
Served w/ Soup or Salad & Pasta
$7.95
In-House ONLY
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Notice of Formation of Delstar
USA LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with
Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on
2/17/11. Office location: Albany
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to: 99
Washington Ave., Ste. 1008,
Albany, NY 12260. Registered
Agent upon whom process may
be served: 99 Washington Ave.,
Ste. 1008, Albany, NY 12260.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
(19-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Artisan
Chocolates, LLC. Arts Of Org.
filed with Secy. Of State of NY
(SSNY) on 5/19/11. Office location: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be served.
Agent upon whom process may
be served: 99 Washington Ave.,
Ste. 1008, Albany, NY 12260.
(20-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Tenth
Avenue Highline Holdings LLC.
Arts Of Org. filed with Secy. Of
State of NY (SSNY) on 5/25/11.
Office location: Albany County.
SSNY designated as agent of
LLC upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: 99 Washington
Ave., Ste. 1008, Albany, NY
12260. Registered Agent upon
whom process may be served:
99 Washington Ave., Ste. 1008,
Albany, NY 12260. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(21-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Manhattan Garden LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY)
on 4/8/11. Office location: Albany
County. SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: 99 Washington Ave.,
Ste. 1008, Albany, NY 12260. Registered Agent upon whom process
may be served: 99 Washington
Ave., Ste. 1008, Albany, NY 12260.
(22-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Cabco
Holding, LLC. Arts Of Org.
fi l e d w i th S e c y. Of S ta t e o f
NY (SSNY) on 5/3/11. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
mail process to: 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 1008, Albany, NY
lawful activity.
23-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Better Accounting Solutions, LLC.
Arts Of Org. filed with Secy. Of
mail process to: 99 Washington
Ave., Ste. 1008, Albany, NY
lawful activity.
(24-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Romantic
Pretty Things LLC. Articles of
Org. filed with NY Secretary of
State (SSNY) on 5/27/2011. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY is
designated as agent of LLC upon
whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail service of process
(SOP) to Northwest Registered
Agent LLC at 90 State St. STE 700
Office 40. Northwest Registered
Agent LLC is designated as agent
for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700
Office 40. Purpose is any lawful
activity.
(27-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of West
74 Street Holdings, LLC. Arts Of
Org. filed with Secy. Of State of
whom process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail process
to: 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 1008,
Agent upon whom process may be
served: 99 Washington Ave., Ste.
1008, Albany, NY 12260. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
(14-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice: Formation of Image
Think, LLC (LLC). Arts. of Org. filed
with NY Secy. of State (NYSS)
County. Agent for service of process: NYSS. NYSS shall mail process to 90 State St. Ste700 Office
(8-49-2)
LEGAL NOTICE
N O T I C E O F F O R M AT I O N
of Lindsay Key Interiors LLC, a
Limited Liability Company. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on 04/18/11.
Office loc.: Albany County. SSNY
designated as agent upon whom
process may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to: c/o Lindsay
Key, 110 Lafayette Ave., #2F,
Brooklyn, NY 11217. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
(1-49-2)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT:
ALBANY COUNTY.
MERS as nominee of
Tribeca Lending Corporation,
Pltf., v. Javan E. Owens, Jr.,
et al, Defts.
Index #8173-07.
Pursuant to judgement of foreclosure and sale entered February 21, 2008, I will sell at public
auction at the First Floor Lobby
of the Albany County Courthouse
at 16 Eagle Street, Albany, New
York 12207, on July 26, 2011 at
9:30 A.M. prem. k/a 5 Rapp Road,
Albany, New York 12203 (Section
52.6 Block 2, Lot 18) Approx amt.
of judgement is $141,569.95, plus
costs and interests. Sold subject
to terms and conditions of filed
jdgment and terms of sale.
KELLY CURRO, ESQ.
Referee.
Jeffrey S. Greene,
P.C. Atty’s for Pltf.
1 Barker Avenue,
White Plains, NY 10601,
(914) 686-5091
(1-50-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING
BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD
Notice is hereby given that the
Planning Board of the Village of Altamont, New York, will hold a public
hearing pursuant to Article VII Section
51 of the Zoning Law on the following
proposition:
Request of Danielle Jahne for a
Special Use Permit/Site Plan Review
under the Zoning Law to permit leasing a portion of St. John’s Church for
the purpose of operating a part time
preschool.
Per Article VII Section 51
For Property owned by St. Johns’
Lutheran Church
The property is situated at 140
Maple Avenue, Altamont, New York,
12009.
Tax Map Number 37.18-4-34 and
is zoned R-10.
Plans are open for pubic inspection
at the Village Offices during normal
business hours. Said hearing will
take place on the 25th of July 2011
at the Altamont Village Hall beginning
at 7:30 pm.
Dated: June 14, 2011
Jan Weston, AICP
Town Planner
(1-51)
LEGAL NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICe that
pursuant to the Election Law of the
State of New York and the Rules
of the Albany County Republican
Committee, Republican Town
Caucus will be held at THE TOWN
HALL IN KNOX on the 21st day of
July, 2011, at 7 o’clock pm, for the
purpose of selecting candidates
as follows:
Town Supervisor - 2 yr. Term
Member of Town Council (2) 4 yr. Term
Town Clerk - 2 yr. Term
Town Justice - 4 yr. Term
Tax Collector - 2 yr. Term
Superintendent of Highways 2 yr. Term.
Patrica A. Gage
Chairman
Kimberly D. Swain
Secretary
(2-51-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the
Zoning Board of the Town of Berne
will hold a public hearing pursuant to
Section VIII of the Zoning Ordinance,
on the application for an Area Variance for Randy Bashwinger.
The applicant wishes to obtain an
area variance for the extension of a
porch in the front and side yard, lining up with the existing front façade
of the house, at property located at
1650 Helderberg Trail, in the Town
of Berne, noted as Parcel Id. No.
79.1-1-10.
Said hearing will be held on
Wednesday, July 20, 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.
Dated: July 7, 2011
BY ORDER OF THE ZONING
BOARD OF APPEALS
James Fallon, Chairman
(3-51)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Copper
Realty, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with
process to: 99 Washington Ave., Ste.
1008, Albany, NY 12260. Registered
(42-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Limited
Liability Company: MARTINI’S DELI,
LLC. Articles of Organization filed
with the Secretary of State of New
York (“SSNY”) on 6/6/11. Office location: 145 Vly Road, Schenectady,
NY 12309. SSNY is designated as
agent of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. SSNY
may mail a copy of any process to
the LLC at: 4 Hunters Run, Ballston
Lake, NY 12019. No reported agent.
Latest date of dissolution of LLC:
None. Purpose: To engage in any
lawful activity.
(5-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Avex Technologies LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 5/25/11. Office in Albany
County. SSNY designated agent of
LLC upon whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 187 Wolf Rd Ste 101, Albany,
NY 12205. Purpose: General.
(12-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
143-22 94th Avenue LLC. Arts.
of Org. filed with Secy. of State of
NY (SSNY) on 2/22/11. Office in
Albany County. SSNY designated
against it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to Vincent N Amato,
Esq, 275 No. Middleton Rd Ste 1C,
Pearl River, NY 10965. Purpose:
General.
(13-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Rainbow
Radiology, PLLC. Arts of Org. filed
with Ny Secy. Of State (NS) on
2/14/11, office location: Albany
County, NS is designated as agent
of PLLC upon whom process may
be served, NS shall mail service of
process to the PLLC, 240 E 82nd St
(12A), New York, NY 10028, purpose
is Profession of Medicine.
(20-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 60-15
LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy
of State (SSNY) on 5/13/11. Office
served. SSNY shall mail process to:
85 Maujer St., Brooklyn, NY 11206.
(21-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 612 Grand
St., LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY
Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/13/11. Office location: Albany County. SSNY
is designated as agent of LLC upon
85 Maujer St., Brooklyn, NY 11206.
(22-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Brick 1590
Capital LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY
Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/6/11. Office location: Albany County. SSNY
381 Park Ave. South, Suite 1001,
New York, NY 10016. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(23-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Silvershore
Properties 12 LLC. Arts of Org. filed
with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on
County. SSNY is designated as
mail process to: 1220 Broadway,
Suite 707, New York, NY 10001.
(26-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of MCS Sales
& Service LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(27-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of El Aguila III,
LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with Secy. Of
State of NY (SSNY) on 4/15/11. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to: 99 Washington
Registered Agent upon whom process may be served: 99 Washington
(28-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Dippolito
Realty LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with
(30-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 238 Annex,
State of NY (SSNY) on 4/18/11. Office location: Albany County. SSNY
Albany, NY 12260. Registered Agent
upon whom process may be served:
lawful activity.
(31-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 47th DDC
Japan LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with
(32-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of May 2011
State of NY (SSNY) on 6/6/11. Office
location: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to: 99 Washington
Registered Agent upon whom process may be served: 99 Washington
(33-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Travlete,
State of NY (SSNY) on 3/10/11. Office location: Albany County. SSNY
lawful activity.
(34-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Elco Trading LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with Secy.
Of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/19/10.
SSNY designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail process
lawful activity.
(35-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO
TOWN OF BERNE RESIDENTS
DOG ENUMERATION
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT
the Town of Berne will be conducting a dog enumeration (census) beginning July 15, 2011. As
required by Article 7 of New York
State Agriculture and Markets Law,
any dog 4 months of age or older
must be licensed in the local Town
where they are being harbored. All
dog(s) should be licensed at the
Town Clerk’s Office (872-1448)
or remit by mail to PO Box 57,
Berne, NY 12023 and include the
following:
Rabies certification from the
veterinarian
Spay or neuter certificate
Check payable to Town of Berne
Town Clerk
The fees prior to enumeration
per dog are as follows:
Neutered/Spayed $5.00
Unneutered/Unspayed $13.00
Once the enumeration begins,
an additional enumeration fee of
$25.00 for any unlicensed dog will
be charged.
Dated: 6/22/11
By Order of the Berne Town
Board.
Patricia M. Favreau,
Town Clerk
(7-50-51)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of ODC
Group, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(36-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Startech
Energy, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(37-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Bebemazen, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
on 6/20/11. Office location: Albany County. SSNY designated as
shall mail process to: 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 1008, Albany,
NY 12260. Registered Agent upon
lawful activity.
(38-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Wanderlust Fashion, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(39-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Putnam
East Management, LLC. Arts Of
(40-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of MD & T
Consulting LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
lawful activity.
(41-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
NORTHWOODS HOLDING
GROUP LLC
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Articles of Organization filed
with Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on June 7, 2011. Office location: Albany county. SSNY
is designated as agent of the LLC
upon whom process against it
may be served. SSNY may mail
a copy of any process to the LLC
to Morris Freedman, PO Box 8,
Watervliet, New York 12189. No
registered agent.
Latest date to dissolve is
12/31/2061. Purpose: for all legal
purposes.
(2-49-2)
LEGAL NOTICE
LLC American Natural Gas, LLC,
filed Articles of Organization with
the New York Secretary of State
(SSNY) on 06/08/11. Its office is
located in Albany County. SSNY
has been designated as agent
upon whom process may be
served and shall mail a copy of
any process served on him or
her to the LLC, at 677 Broadway,
8th Floor, Albany, NY 12207. The
street address of the principal
business location is 677 Broadway, 8th Floor, Albany, NY 12207.
Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
TU 6t (525959)
(3-49-2)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of domestic
LLC of CANARM LLC. Articles of
Org. filed with NY Secretary of
State (NS) on 2/25/2011, office
location: Albany County, NS is
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.
(4-49-2)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of SilvaBradshaw LLC. Articles of Org.
filed with NY Secretary of State
(NS) on 5/16/2011, office location: Albany County. NS is
process may be served, NS
shall mail service of process
(SOP) to NW Registered Agent
LLC @ 90 State St STE 700
Office 40, NW Registered Agent
LLC is designated as agent for
SOP at 90 State St STE 700
Office 40, purpose is any lawful
purpose.
(6-49-2)
LEGAL NOTICE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Name: ORENDA HEALING
ARTS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY) on
April 6, 2011. Office location:
Albany County. SSNY has been
designated as agent of the LLC
upon whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail a copy of process to the
LLC at PO Box 93, Knox, NY
12107. Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
(12-49-2)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Async
Ventures LLC. Articles of Org. filed
with NY Secretary of State (NS) on
03/25/2011, 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.
(8-46-51)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Enterprise
62nd Parking LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 200 E. 69th
St., New York, NY 10021. Purpose:
(24-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Joseph
Septimus IRA, LLC. Arts of Org.
filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY)
mail process to: 1031 E. 26th St.,
Brooklyn, NY 11210. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(25-50-3)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of Keeptree, LLC. Authority filed with Secy.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 2/16/11.
LLC Formed in (DE) on 2/14/11. Office location: Albany County. SSNY
Albany, NY 12260: Registered Agent
Albany, NY 12260. DE address of
LLC: 32 Loockerman St., Ste. 201,
Dover, DE 19904. Arts. Of Org. filed
with DE Secy. Of State, PO Box
898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(29-50-3)
Beautiful Color Copies, Flyers, Postcards, Notepads
Photo Prints - Digital and Film
123 Maple Ave.
d Altamont Enterprise d
861-6641
21
LEGAL NOTICE
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LEGAL NOTICE
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LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Limited
Liability Company (LLC), Name: Saginaw Bay Lumber LLC. Articles of Organization filed with
the Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 3/01/2011. Office
location: Albany County, SSNY
has been designated as agent
of the LLC upon whom process
shall mail a copy of process to the
LLC, 391 Broadway, Menands, NY
12204. Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
(37-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Lavender Manor LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 199 Lee
Ave. #1000, Brooklyn, NY 11211.
(6-46-51)
LEGAL NOTICE
Tristate Business Services
LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/23/11.
Office in Albany County. SSNY
designated agent of LLC upon
to PO Box 10873, Albany, NY
12201. Purpose: General.
(12-46-51)
LEGAL NOTICE
LIABILITY COMPANY PURSUANT TO NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW
SECTION 203
1. The name of the limited liability company is Park Place Interactive Entertainment, LLC.
2. The date of filing of the
Articles of Organization with the
Secretary of State was May 24,
2011.
3. The County in New York in
which the office of the company is
located is Albany County.
4. The Secretary of State has
been designated as the agent of
the Company upon whom process
may be served, and the Secretary
of State shall mail a copy of any
process against the company
served upon him or her to: PO Box
815, Altamont, New York 12009.
5. The business purpose of the
company is to engage in any and all
business activities permitted under
the laws of the State of New York.
(1-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 653-657
9 Brook Lane, Brookville, NY 11545.
(2-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 9302 Ridge
to: 38 Bassett Ave., Brooklyn, NY
11234. Purpose: any lawful activity.
(33-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Anne
Dean, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with NY Secy. of State (SSNY)
on 4/19/11. Office location: Albany Cty. SSNY is designated as
shall mail process to: 209 W 102
St., Ste. 4D, New York, NY 10025.
(6-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 1091
Willoughby Ave LLC. Arts of Org.
filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY)
shall mail process to: 107 Clymer
St., Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose:
(32-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
NAME: AAA HUDSON VALLEY
INSURANCE AGENCY LLC.
Articles of Organization was
filed with Secretary of State of
N.Y. (SSNY) on 5/26/2011. Office
to: The LLC, 618 Delaware Avenue, Albany, NY 12209. Purpose:
(7-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
NAME: HFP & B HOLDINGS,
LLC. Articles of Organization was
filed with Secretary of State of
N.Y. (SSNY) on 5/4/2011. Office
to: The LLC, 15 River Road, Suite
235, Wilton, CT 06897. Purpose:
(8-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Night
of the Long Knives LLC. Articles
of Org. filed with NY Secretary
of State (NS) on 2/24/11, office
location: Albany County, NS is
process may be served, NS shall
mail service of process (SOP) to
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.
(9-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Center for Psychological and
Interpersonal development, LLC.
Arts of Org. filed with Secy. Of
Ofc. in Albany County, NS is
process may be served, SSNY
shall mail service of process to
Western Ave Albany NY 12203.
Purpose: General.
(3-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of NW
General Partners LLC. Cert. of
Conversion filed with NY Secy of
State (SSNY) on 6/7/11 . Office
to: 95-04 Delancey St., New York,
NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
(5-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Rapid
Realty South Beach S.I. LLC. Arts
Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State
of NY (SSNY) on 5/16/11. Office
(23-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION
FOR
CHESTNUT LANE REALTY
LLC.
The Articles of Organization for
CHESTNUT LANE REALTY LLC.,
were filed with the Secretary of
State on May 24, 2011. 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 36 Chesnut
Lane, Niskayuna, NY 12309. The
LLC’s purpose is to conduct any
lawful business or activity as permitted by applicable law.
(4-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of NY Imperial Property LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(11-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Wilson
Park Properties LLC. Arts Of
(12-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Upstate Cleaning 2011 LLC. Arts
(13-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Lev Management, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/7/11.
SSNY is designated as agent of
process to: 419 Linden St., West
Hempstead, NY 11552. Purpose:
(30-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Fitness
Target, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(15-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 187
Victory Boulevard LLC. Arts Of
(16-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Leilanie
Martin LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with
(17-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Brothers
Hardware, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(18-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of 737 Park
Avenue Acquisition LLC. Authority filed with Secy. Of State of N.Y.
(SSNY) on 5/6/11. LLC Formed in
(DE) on 4/28/11. Office location:
as agent of LLC upon whom process
mail process to: 99 Washington Ave.,
Ste. 1008, Albany, NY 12260. Registered Agent upon whom process may
be served: 99 Washington Ave., Ste.
1008, Albany, NY 12260. DE address
of LLC: 32 W. Loockerman St., Ste.
201, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. Of Org.
filed with DE Secy. Of State, PO Box
898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(19-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of New Northside VIP LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(20-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Northside
Executive LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(21-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Denim
Dealz, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with
(22-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Kooman &
Dimond Music LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(24-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Sukkah
Rentals, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
any lawful activity
(25-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
The name of the company is New
Scotland Fence, LLC. The date of
filing of the Articles of Organization
with the NY Department of State is
5/11/2011. The county in which the
office of the company is located is
Albany County. The NY Secretary
of State is designated as agent of
the 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 company is: 5 Dale St.,
Voorheesville, NY 12186. The purpose of the company is to engage
in all lawful activities.
(1-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of EDIS EQUITIES LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
process to: 664 Chestnut Ridge
Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977.
(7-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Thames Porter LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 5/13/11. Office in Albany
County. SSNY designated agent of
process to c/o Usacorp Inc., PO Box
General.
(11-46-51)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of a Limited
Partnership (LP): Name: KCIG Properties, L.P. Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 5/12/2011. Office
Location: Albany County. SSNY has
been designated as agent of the L.P.
be served. SSNY shall mail a copy
of process to KCIG Properties, L.P.,
One Commerce Plaza, Suite 805-A,
Albany, NY 12210-2822. Purpose:
Any Lawful Purpose. Latest date
upon which LP is to dissolve: No
Specific Date.
(5-46-51)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Prospect
Residence LLC. Arts of Org. filed with
Office location: Albany County. SSNY
1465 Broadway, Hewlett, NY 11557.
(7-46-51)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of IZEYT
LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY
Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/5/11.
mail process to: 280 Ocean Pkwy,
Brooklyn, NY 11218. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(34-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION
FOR
1060 COUNTY HIGHWAY LLC
The Articles of Organization for
1060 COUNTY HIGHWAY LLC.,
were filed with the Secretary of State
on May 24, 2011. The office of the
Company is located in Schenectady
County. The Secretary of State has
been designated as the agent upon
served. The address in which the
Secretary of State shall mail any process against the LLC is 36 Chesnut
Lane, Niskayuna, NY 12309. The
LLC’s purpose is to conduct any lawful business or activcity as permitted
by applicable law.
(3-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of the formation of SmartBIM, LLC. Articles of Organization
filed with the Secretary of State of
New York on May 23, 2011. Office
location: Albany County. Corporation Service Company is designated
as agent of LLC whom process
against may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: 80 State Street,
Albany, NY 12207. Purpose. Any
lawful activity.
(4-46-51)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of PetroLith,
LLC. Articles of Organization filed
with NY Secretary of State (NYSS)
on 05/26/11. 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 @ 90 State
St. Ste. 700 Office 40 Albany NY
12207, NW Registered Agent LLC
is designated as agent for SOP
at 90 State St. Ste. 700 Office 40
Albany NY 12207. Purpose: any
lawful purpose.
(31-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Harvard
Enterprises LLC. Arts of Org. filed
shall mail process to: 25 Robert Pitt Dr. Suite 204, Monsey,
activity.
(8-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of CDE
Realty, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with
(26-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of WF
Liberty, LLC. Arts of Org. filed
with NY Secy of State (SSNY)
agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
Lexington Ave., 12th Floor, New
York, NY 10017. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
(9-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Milestones Mental Health Counseling
PLLC. Arts Of Org. filed with Secy.
PLLC upon whom process against
Purpose: Profession of Mental
Health Counseling.
(10-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION:
DEEPLY ROOTED LLC. Arts.
of Org. filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY) on
5/27/11. Office: Albany County.
SSNY has been designated as
agent of the LLC upon whom
process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to:
Deeply Rooted LLC, 184 Kent
Avenue, Apt D-206, Brooklyn,
activity.
(5-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Vanessa J. Anton Health Information
Services LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
lawful activity.
(28-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Corona
On The Park LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(10-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of M&E
Equities, LLC. Arts of Org. filed
with NY Secy of State (SSNY)
shall mail process to: 664 Chestnut Ridge Rd, Chestnut Ridge,
activity.
(6-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 103 Seeley Realty, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(27-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Art Leasing & Capital LLC. Arts Of Org.
(SSNY) on 5/16/11. Office location: Albany County. SSNY
(29-47-52)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 212 Appraisals, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
lawful activity.
(11-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Bainbridge East Management, LLC. Arts
(12-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of DZGI,
LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with Secy.
(13-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Ed’s
Springfield Holdings LLC. Arts
(14-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of 3 Harmony Drive, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed
(15-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of SFDS
LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with Secy.
(16-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of White
Plains Motorcar LLC. Arts Of Org.
(SSNY) on 1/10/11. Office location:
as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
Washington Ave., Ste. 1008, Albany, NY 12260. Registered Agent
lawful activity.
(17-48-1)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of Living
Jade LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with
Ste. 1008, Albany, NY 12260.
Registered Agent upon whom
process may be served: 99
lawful activity.
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...In review
(Continued from page 24)
“That was a huge hole for us
to dig,” Denman said. “Having
Jen on the floor would have
helped.”
Either way, Voorheesville had
a fun playoff run and the fans
came out in droves because all
the games were played at Hudson
Valley Community College.
“The community completely
got behind us,” Denman remembers. “Everyone supported us.”
Individuals
The BKW boys’ track and
field team won the Class CC
championship this spring, but it
was the individual efforts from
area athletes that really stood
out. Remember these names:
Catalena Diamente, Brandon
Kallner, Caitlin Abelseth, and
Vinny Saccocio.
Diamente, now a senior at
Guilderland, was the sectional
champion in both triple jump and
high jump. She won every triple
jump competition this season and
she holds Guilderland records for
triple jump (38 feet, 2 inches) and
long jump (16 feet, 11 inches).
According to BKW Head Coach
Fred Marcil, Kallner is one of the
best athletes in BKW history.
He has now graduated, but he
left an infinite mark in events
such as 110-meter hurdles, long
jump, high jump, and pentathlon. At the state meet this year,
Kallner finished first in the
110-meter hurdles portion of the
pentathlon.
Abelseth, who graduated from
Voorheesville, finished sixth at
the state meet in the 400-meter
with a personal-best time of
58.13. She’ll run for Division I
Providence College next fall.
Saccocio, now a senior at Voorheesville, got attention with his
pole-vaulting skills this spring.
He won a Colonial Council title, a
Section II title, and also finished
first at the esteemed William F.
Eddy Meet. Saccocio didn’t have
the best showing at states, but
he’ll most definitely get another
try next year.
Memorable moments
Some moments shore bright in
a rainy spring and cold winter
season while others were clouded
with frustration.
–– The Guilderland boys’ tennis team won a Class AA championship after being the runner-up
six different times since 2004;
–– After getting to the Class
C finals in 2010, the BKW girls’
basketball team brought back
the same roster, but couldn’t
get past Cambridge in the semifinals. Regardless, Tom Galvin
has a solid club up there on the
Hill. Liz Harvey, who was among
the top five in Section II scoring, still has two years of high
school left;
–– Lack of snowfall frustrated
the cross-country ski team from
Guilderland;
–– The BKW boys’ basketball
team underachieved, again.
“We’re trying to hold our heads
above water,” Head Coach Andy
Wright said after two consecutive 30-point losses during the
season. “But, it’s not looking
good;”
–– The Guilderland gymnastics team had an excellent
showing at sectionals, but lost
to Saratoga once again;
–– Guilderland joined forces
with Mohonasen for the hockey
season. It ended with an 11-to-0
loss to Saratoga in the quarterfinal round;
–– BKW wrestling had its best
season in 2011 since forming
a team in 2004. The Bulldogs
finished third in a loaded Class
D field and had four wrestlers
place in the top eight of the state
qualifiers; and
–– Guilderland’s Kevin Bates,
now a graduate, wrestled his
way to a Class A championship
at 119-pounds.
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The curl: Tim Stewart of Voorheesville makes a high jump attempt
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SPORTS
Year in review: A mixed bag for the winter and spring seasons
By Jordan J. Michael
Rain. So much rain.
This spring, upstate New York
seemed like Seattle.
Numerous baseball and softball games were postponed.
Teams piled on games in the
last week of the regular season
in hopes of being able to finish
an entire season. Area athletes
who didn’t swing a bat or pitch
rejoiced because they got to compete –– on time.
Guilderland, Voorheesville,
and Berne-Knox-Westerlo got all
the regular-season games in with
a mad dash, but promptly lost in
the early rounds of the baseball
and softball playoffs.
The Voorheesville baseball
team, a radical bunch with high
hopes, lost to Cambridge, 2 to
1, in the first round. The Birds
came in with a 14-5 record.
Something went terribly wrong
and Voorheesville couldn’t score.
To Cambridge’s credit, it won the
Class CC title, but who saw that
coming?
Guilderland returned to the
baseball playoffs after being the
state runner-up in Class AA last
year. Coincidentally, the Dutch
came in with an identical 11-9
record, but the results were far
different from 2010. Troy’s Jesse
Twiss pitched lights out in the
first round and Guilderland was
sent packing on its home field.
There was a sense of bewilderment after the 2-to-0 loss. The
Dutchmen expected to defend
their Class AA championship.
Senior Harry Brodsky summed
up the situation perfectly: “Nothing is worse than this. It sucks
to lose.”
Another first-round victim was
BKW, which drove all the way
to Lake George, only to lose by
Reaching out: The Berne-Knox-Westerlo girls’ basketball team
continued its winning habits in 2010-11, getting to the Class C
semifinals. Here, Sam Harvey, now a graduate, reaches out to save
the ball from going out of bounds during a Dec. 28 game against
Bishop Gibbons.
one run (6-5). Head Coach Jeff
Teats said that his team had the
lead, but gave it up in the later
innings. The Bulldogs finished
with a 14-6 record.
So, promising regular seasons
didn’t calculate to playoff success. Baseball is a funny game.
As far as softball goes, Guilderland and Voorheesville each
managed to win a game in the
postseason. Self-motivated pitchers, who could also bat very well,
led both teams.
Junior Amanda Gatt broke two
Voorheesville records by striking out 245 batters and batting
.406 at the plate. She started
all 19 games for the Lady Birds
and she’s spending her summer
playing in an elite league. Gatt is
serious about softball and, with
two years remaining, she might
break her own records.
Cori Hilt, who just graduated,
led Guilderland. Every time
The Enterprise covered a game,
she was on the mound, wearing
dark sunglasses. Hilt pitched
very well in a quarterfinal loss
to Shenendehowa, which was an
especially skilled team. She’ll
continue to play softball at
Covenant College in Lookout,
Ga. while studying biology as a
pre-med student.
“One of my greatest passions
has been playing softball,” Hilt
wrote in a program that was
handed out on Senior Day. “I love
working together with my team,
as a team, to win games. I’ve had
a lot of great memories on many
different teams, with so many
great girls and teammates.”
Unseated
One of the most stunning stories of the last 10 months came
on May 25 when the Lady Dutch
lacrosse team lost its Class A title
to Niskayuna in a sectional final
for the ages. Guilderland was
champion four years in a row
and hadn’t lost to a Section II
opponent in 79 games.
The 80th game was a classic. The Dutch and the Silver
Warriors went back and forth,
matching goal for goal. Foreseeing a winner was impossible until
the last minute when Niskayuna
played keep away, running out
the clock. The final score was
15 to 14.
It was as entertaining as a
lacrosse game could be: Talented
scoring maneuvers, speed, big
saves, intensity, loud fans, and
drama. It was under the lights,
too, which always adds to the
effect.
Spectators could sense that
Guilderland was in trouble when
Niskayuna scored the first two
goals. However, the Dutch ended
up with a 6-to-3 lead. Still, the
Silver Warriors caught up and
made it an unforgettable game.
Erin Mossop, who scored five
goals on May 25 and about 150
over the last three years, said
this week that the confidence
level may have been different
Boxed in: The Lady Dutch lacrosse team went for its fifth consecutive Class A title in 2011, but came up one goal short in a
stellar game against Niskayuna. Here, Kendall Cietek (behind)
puts a check on Shaker’s Julia Enright during a regular season
contest.
than in the past. “We knew we
had to step up against Niskayuna,” she said. “We had a lot
of new players.”
Some of those new players were
starting. For example, freshman
Morgan Hardt, who took draws
against Kayla Treanor, one of the
best draw controllers in the area.
Treanor won 75 percent, if not
more, of the draws that night.
“I wanted my senior year
to end on a good point, but it
“We went out there
and did it for her.”
was still a great season,” said
Mossop, who will attend Robert
Morris University in the fall to
study nursing and play Division
I lacrosse.
Gary Chatnik, who has nurtured many Guilderland star
players, coached Mossop. A
handful of Lady Dutch have gone
on to play Division I lacrosse in
college. “Gary is a great coach
and he’s prepared me for a lot,”
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Mossop said. “He’s tough, but in
the right kind of way.”
Spirited run
The Voorheesville girls’ basketball team brought excitement to
its community with its playoff
run to the state semifinals in
March. The team’s spirit was
galvanized when Jennifer Cillis
injured her knee late in season.
Cillis was the leading scorer
for the Lady Birds until she
went down with a torn anterior
cruciate ligament. She missed
the rest of the season, but her
nine teammates picked up the
slack. Cillis cheered them on
from the bench.
Brittanie Denman, who will attend Siena College next fall, told
The Enterprise this week that it
was an “awakening” when Cillis
went down with her injury. “We
really had to pick it up,” Denman
said. “We didn’t want her injury
to be a negative pull on the team,
so we went out there and did it
for her.”
In a highly contested victory
over Cambridge for the Class C
title, Denman made six threepointers –– each one at huge
moments in the game. Denman
said that her team was full of
“adrenaline” and out to “prove
people wrong.” Denman felt good
about her shot that day, so she
just kept putting it up.
“Jen was a huge part of our
team,” said Denman. “She really
wanted to play, but she couldn’t.
We never wanted to give up on
her.”
Voorheesville got to the state
semifinals with a 45-to-31 win
over Madrid-Waddington of Section X. In the next game, The
Lady Birds were beaten by eventual state champion Gananda.
The Panthers got out to a 17-to-2
lead and never looked back.
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