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by Andrew MarshallSaratoga TODAY
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Proof Positive
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Haveyou ever sat and wondered what goesinto making jewelry? Consider allthose small pieces and all of the intri-cate designs that have to be just rightto satisfy the pickiest of clientele. Itrequires an attention to detail thatsome of us simply don’t possess - notto mention a steady hand, and a boat-
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by Yael GoldmanSaratoga TODAY
Malta businesses begin to flourish
Foodies Delight
BALLSTON SPA – Local food-ies have a full plate of excitingevents to sample in the comingweeks, and it all begins Monday,March 12 with the first-everBallston Spa Dishcrawl. The thirdannual Saratoga County RestaurantWeek follows right on its tail,beginning Friday, March 16.
“This is the first time an eventlike [the Ballston Spa Dishcrawl]
has been done in the state of NewYork,” said Kathleen Lucey, vicepresident of community develop-ment for the Saratoga CountyChamber of Commerce.
Inspired by similar events startedon the West Coast, the chamber andthe Ballston Spa Business andProfessional Association haveteamed up for the area’s firstdishcrawl event – which combinesgreat food, great company and a
B’Spa Dishcrawl, Saratoga County Restaurant Week Begins
MALTA – As the staff atGlobalFoundries grows, so does theteam at Bentley’s Tavern on DunningStreet, where business has increased20 percent in the past 18 months –and restaurant owner Wayne T. Bealeknows exactly why.
“The whole concept ofGlobalFoundries is trickling down toother businesses and it has indeedtrickled down to us,” said Beale. “I
have had to hire additional front endstaff and put more people in thekitchen. It’s been great.”
Beale isn’t alone. Malta businessowners and residents, evenGlobalFoundries employees, are rec-ognizing the signature signs of eco-nomic growth. Restaurants are filledto the brim at lunch hour, hair salonsare busier than ever, local banks arethriving, new development is under-way, and GlobalFoundries represen-
See GlobalFoundries page 8
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The Sterling Archer
SARATOGA
TODAYFriday, March 9, 20122
Since March is recognized as Colorectal Cancer
Awareness month, a kickoff event was held March 2 at
Lillian’s for the Cancer Services Program of Saratoga
County’s “Main Streets Go Blue” campaign. Before a
buffet dinner and music by the Audiostars, the event’s
coordinator Tasha Ostapczuk introduced a few speak-
ers, including gastroenterologist John DeFrancisco of
Saratoga Hospital.
“Main Streets Go Blue” Kickoff Fundraiser
SPEAKING OUT - Outreach andRecruitment Coord. Tasha Ostapczuk(top left) and Dr. Mary Jo Laposta(bottom left) spoke during the eventand Dr. John DeFrancisco (above)emphasized the importance of beingproactive in your health by gettingscreened early.
SARATOGA
TODAY Friday, March 9, 2012 BLOTTERRichard M. French, 61, of
Budget Inn, Room 6, 1287 Route 9,Gansevoort, pleaded guilty to acharge of driving while intoxicated,a class-E felony. French was arrest-ed July 2 in Saratoga Springs andwas sentenced to five years of pro-bation and ignition interlock device.
Joseph J. Rising, 31, of 91Rensselaer Ave., 2nd Floor,Cohoes, pleaded guilty to a chargeof driving while intoxicated, aclass-E felony. Rising was arrestedOctober 30 in Malta and is was sen-tenced to five days in SaratogaCounty Jail, five years of probationand ignition interlock device.
Jennifer B. Fisher, 39, of 110Jack Halloran Rd., Stillwater,pleaded guilty to a charge of sec-ond-degree vehicular assault, aclass-E felony. Fisher was arrestedMay 20 in Stillwater and was sen-tenced to five years of probationand ignition interlock device.
Laurie A. Fletcher, 36, of 82Stewart Bridge Rd., Hadley, plead-ed guilty to charges of driving whileintoxicated, a class-E felony andresisting arrest, a misdemeanor.Fletcher was arrested July 30 inHadley for an incident that occurredJuly 29 and was sentenced to 30days in Saratoga County Jail, fiveyears of probation and ignitioninterlock device.
William D. Gailor, 53, of 40Staffords Bridge Rd., SaratogaSprings, pleaded guilty to a chargeof driving while intoxicated, aclass-E felony. Gailor was arrestedSeptember 3 in Saratoga Springsand was sentenced to five days inSaratoga County Jail, five years of
probation and ignition interlockdevice.
Kim J. Hein, 37, of 16 MeehanRd., Mechanicville, pleaded guiltyto a charge of driving while intoxi-cated, a class-E felony. Hein wasarrested November 4 inMechanicville and was sentenced tofive days in Saratoga County Jail,five years of probation and ignitioninterlock device.
Michael T. McHale, 32, of 15Jacob Dr., Clifton Park, pleadedguilty to a charge of aggravateddriving while intoxicated with achild in the vehicle, a class-Efelony. McHale was arrestedAugust 28 in Clifton Park and wassentenced to time served, five yearsof probation and ignition interlockdevice.
Brian C. Samoranski, 28, of2804 Foxwood Drive South,Clifton Park, pleaded guilty to acharge of driving while intoxicated,a class-E felony. Samoranski wasarrested August 18 in Clifton Parkand was sentenced to five days inSaratoga County Jail, five years ofprobation and ignition interlockdevice.
David G. Bourdeau, 36, of 362nd Ave., Hadley, pleaded guilty toa charge of driving while intoxicat-ed, a class-E felony. Bourdeau wasarrested August 7 in Hadley andwas sentenced to five years of pro-bation and ignition interlock device.
Randall A. Hait, 39, of 145 3rdAve., 2nd Floor, Mechanicville,pleaded guilty to a charge of drivingwhile intoxicated, a class-E felony.Hait was arrested December 9 in
Mechanicville and was sentenced tofive years of probation and ignitioninterlock device.
Mary F. Fascia, 52, of 6 HillAve., East Greenbush, pleadedguilty to a charge of driving whileintoxicated, a class-E felony. Fasciawas arrested August 12 in Maltaand was sentenced to five years ofprobation and ignition interlockdevice.
Michael E. Lawless, 28, of 112Pine Ridge II, Clifton Park, pleadedguilty to a charge of first-degreecriminal contempt, a class-E felony.Lawless was arrested September 11in Halfmoon and was sentenced tosix months in Saratoga County Jailand five years of probation.
Angel L. Ortiz, 38, of 506 FirstAve., New Hyde Park, pleadedguilty to a charge of fifth-degreeattempted criminal possession of acontrolled substance, a class-Efelony. Ortiz was arrested August29 in Saratoga Springs and was sen-tenced to six months in SaratogaCounty Jail and five years of probation.
Jayson C. Carey, 35, of 314Louden Rd., Lot 71, SaratogaSprings, pleaded guilty to a charge
of third-degree attempted criminalsale of a controlled substance, aclass-C felony. Carey was arrestedOctober 25 in Wilton and is sched-uled to return to court for sentenc-ing April 27.
Geraldine R. Bridges, 37, ofHollandale Apartments, Apt. 14H,Clifton Park, pleaded guilty to acharge of third-degree attemptedcriminal sale of a controlled sub-stance, a class-C felony. Bridgeswas arrested January 5 in CliftonPark for an incident that occurredDecember 16 and was sentenced tosix months in Saratoga County Jailand five years of probation.
George L. Sperow, 55, of 3901Lewis Rd., Apt. 99, Milton, pleadedguilty to a charge of driving whileintoxicated, a class-E felony.Sperow was arrested August 28 in
Milton and was sentenced to 15days in Saratoga County Jail, fiveyears of probation and ignitioninterlock device.
Jay A. Lapier, 20, of 3513 StateRoute 196, Fort Edward, pleadedguilty to a charge of fourth-degreegrand larceny, a class-E felony.Lapier was arrested June 25 inMoreau for an incident thatoccurred June 24 and was sen-tenced to one to three years in stateprison with Washington Countyviolation of probation.
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SARATOGA
TODAYFriday, March 9, 20124 WEEK IN REVIEWMan Arrested AfterMaking Threats AgainstPresident, schoolchildren
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Thecity resident that allegedly madeterroristic threats of violence overthe Internet against PresidentBarack Obama and young chil-dren was arrested March 2 at theSaratoga Springs Public Library.Brent G. Dickinson, 33, is allegedto have posted a threatening mes-sage to Barack Obama on theWhite House’s online messageboard February 17.
Dickinson is alleged to havemade the first threat at a computerinside the Skidmore College cam-pus library. The second threat wasalso allegedly sent from a publiccomputer, this time in the morninghours of March 2 at the SaratogaSprings Public Library. TheMarch 2 email is alleged to havecontained threats of entering anelementary school and takingchildren hostage and killing them.The emails were not said to havetargeted any specific school,though area school districts werenotified by police after learning ofthe threats.
Dickinson was arrested lessthan 30 minutes after sending thesecond message when The U.S.
Secret Service intercepted theemail and notified local authori-ties. The Secret Service wasinvolved as threats against thepresident fall under federal jurisdiction.
When leaving the city’s courthouse on March 6, Dickinsonattempted to downplay the inci-dent, saying that the situation wasbeing “blown out of proportion.”
Dickinson will have his caseheard by a grand jury on March21, according to Saratoga CountyDistrict Attorney James A.Murphy III. Dickinson is beingheld at Saratoga County Jail on$50,000 cash or $100,000 bond.
GlobalFoundries SeversExclusive Ties with AMD
MALTA – GlobalFoundriesannounced its independence fromAdvanced Micro Devices (AMD)early this week, officially endingwhat began as a partnershipbetween the two companies andallowing AMD to produce itsnanochips at other facilities.
The separation will cost AMD$703 million (to be paid over twoyears) and force AMD to forfeitits 8.8 percent stake in the compa-ny. AMD, which began as a muchlarger partner in the organization,has slowly phased out their
involvement withGlobalFoundries – to the pointthat AMD no longer had enoughof a stake in the company toappoint representatives to theboard of directors as of late lastyear.
AMD has renegotiated the pric-ing of chips to still be made atGlobalFoundries, and thereforewill not have to pay $430 million(of the $703 million) in 2012.
Drug Testing Rules To BeIntroduced For firemen,police
SARATOGA SPRINGS - It wasannounced at the March 5Saratoga Springs City Councilmeeting that all new hires for thecity’s fire department will be sub-ject to a drug screening duringtheir medical evaluation. PublicSafety Commissioner ChrisMathiesen says that from thispoint forward, baseline testingwill be in place for new firerecruits. Along with the new rulesfor the city’s fire department,Saratoga Springs police officerswill be subject to random drugscreening. The commissionersays a similar program will benegotiated for the fire departmentwhen it comes time to renew their
contract. The city police depart-ment already screens new recruitsand accepted a program for ran-dom drug testing during their2008 PBA negotiations. The pro-gram, however, was never initiat-ed. Mathiesen says the city islooking into companies that couldconduct the tests.
Help the City Improve ItsWebsite
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Inother city council news,Commissioner of FinanceMichele Madigan announced thata survey will be going up on thecity’s official website, looking forways they can improve it. Somehave suggested features thatwould allow for paying taxes orcity utility bills online, creating amobile application for the site,and creating a text message alertsystem which would allow thePublic Works or Public Safetydepartments to reach residentsconcerning emergencies. Madigansaid the survey should be postedin the coming days.
Wilton Town Board Recap
WILTON – The Wilton TownBoard met for its monthly meetingThursday, March 1 to discuss zon-ing, ethics and highway equip-ment.
The board approved an amend-ment to modify a property line forthe Paddocks apartment complex.The complex inadvertently builtover the setback line, set at 50feet. The town amended the set-back requirement to 46.5 feet sothe complex would meet code.
Supervisor Arthur Johnsonappointed newly elected council-men John Lant and Steve
Streicher to a subcommittee thatwill study and recommendchanges to Wilton’s ethics laws.The ethics laws were brought tothe forefront following an ethicsinvestigation of CouncilmanRobert Pulsifer early last year, forwhich Pulsifer was cleared ofcharges. Still, Pulsifer objected tothe ethic’s board handling of theinvestigation, prompting the townto re-examine the current laws inplay.
Because of the mild winter,Councilman Pulsifer suggestedany savings in the highwaydepartment from unused salt andsnow removal equipment shouldbe used to help update and replacesome of the equipment in thehighway department. HighwaySuperintendent Kirklin Woodcockindicated his department isapproximately three years behindtheir replacement schedule due toa lack of funding.
Fire Destroys BallstonHome
BALLSTON – Firefightersfrom Union Avenue and Eagle-Matt Lee fire companies respond-ed to a fire in an apartment build-ing that has displaced at least onefamily. The March 7 blazedestroyed a unit of theBridgewater Apartments Complexon Brookline Road. No one wasreported injured at the scene, andthe building was evacuated as firecrews worked to contain the fire.The cause of the fire is still yet tobe determined.The Red Cross wason hand to assist with those whocould not return home. Reliefdonations are being accepted atthe Bridgewater Apartment office.
Retired Lt. Col. Everette Crumpler IIIMilan, Tenn. – Retired Lt. Col.
Everette Crumpler III, 65, passed
away Monday, January 20, 2012,
after a short but courageous battle
with pancreatic cancer.
Born December 2, 1946, in Fort
Bragg, NC, he was the son of the
late Everette B. Jr. and Francis N.
Crumpler.
C r u m p l e r
was com-
mander of the
Milan arsenal from 1992-94 and
was a decorated soldier over his 22-
year career in the U.S. Army, earn-
ing numerous medals and honors.
Everette is survived by his wife,
Linda; children, Everette IV and
Lauren (Shawn) Biggs; and one
grandson, Ryan.
In lieu of flowers, donations can
be made in Everette’s name to the
Make-A-Wish Foundation or the
United Way.
June E. WhitleySaratoga Springs, NY- June E.
Whitley, 89, died Wednesday, February
29, 2012, after a brief illness.
Mrs. Whitley was born February 18,
1923, in New York City. She was the
daughter of the late George Granville
and Rose Convey Granville.
In addition to her parents, June was
predeceased by her husband, Lee H.
Whitley; brothers, George and Warren
Granville; and sister, Dorothy Farrell.
Survivors include her daughter,
Linda (William) Schmidt; grandchildren, Alexander
(Lisa) Schmidt and Andrew Schmidt; great-grandchil-
dren, Maggie and Lucy; sisters-in-law, Jane Honeycutt
and Faye Dailey; brothers in-law,
Baxter Honeycutt and Vernon Hatley;
as well as several nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held
Monday, March 5, 2012.
June will be buried with her husband,
Lee, at Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga
National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY.
Memorial donations can be made in
June’s memory to Community Hospice
of Saratoga 179 Lawrence St., Saratoga
Springs, NY 12866.
Online remembrances can be made at www.tunison-
funeralhome.com.
To view the full-text version of the obituaries printed on this page, visit the archive section ofSaratogaTodayNewspaper.com. It is the policy of Saratoga TODAY to publish obituaries as a service to
our readers. Please send your obituaries to Christina James at [email protected].
Saratoga Springs, NY - Isabella
Palmer Pilkey passed away Wednesday,
February 29, 2012.
Isabella was born July 24, 1913, in
Peterhead, Scotland, and immigrated to
Ames, Iowa, in 1916.
She was predeceased by her husband,
Thomas A. Pilkey.
Isabella is survived by her children,
George (Melissa) Pilkey and Rita Sciallo;
grandchildren, David Pilkey, Peter
Sciallo, Bruce Pilkey, Matthew Sciallo,
Jennifer Hendricks and Cameron Pilkey;
15 great-grandchildren; and a niece, Margaret
Magruder.
A celebration of Isabella’s life will be
held at a future date to be announced.
Donations in Isabella’s memory may
be made to Calvary Presbyterian
Church, 909 Castleton Ave., West New
Brighton, Staten Island, NY 10310 or to
The Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park,
80 Scout Rd., Gansevoort, NY 12831.
Arrangements are under the direction
of the William J. Burke &
Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral
Homes, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga
Springs, (518) 584-5373.
Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefu-
neralhome.com.
Norma K. NallSaratoga Springs,
NY - Norma K. Nall,
97, passed away
Saturday, March 3,
2012.
Born July 27, 1914,
in Ogdensburg, NY,
Norma was daughter to
the late Fred H. and
Grace Baxter Klock.
In addition to her
parents, Norma was predeceased by
her husband, Darl O. Nall.
Survivors include her daughter,
Mary (Dennis Herlihy) Cobb;
grandchildren, Matthew and
Elizabeth Cobb; stepson, David
(Lois) Nall; and niece, Judith (Ann
Rendall) Gilliland.
A family memorial service will
take place at a later date.
Memorial dona-
tions may be made
to the Presbyterian-
New England
Congregat ional
Church, 24 Circular
St., Saratoga
Springs, NY or to
F r a n k l i n
Community Center,
10 Franklin St.,
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
Arrangements are under the
direction of the William J. Burke &
Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral
Homes, 628 North Broadway,
Saratoga Springs, (518) 584-5373.
Online remembrances may be
made at
www.burkefuneralhome.com.
Alvin SkipsnaSaratoga Springs, NY - Alvin
Skipsna, 87, died Tuesday, March
6, 2012.
A native of Riga, Latvia, Alvin
lived most of his life in Saratoga
Springs, working for 22 years as
librarian for Skidmore College and
then as a contract interpreter for the
U.S. Department of State. In the
latter capacity, he traveled widely
in the United States and abroad,
also serving as an interpreter for
President Clinton.
Survivors include his daughter,
Lelde Sandra (Karlis) Skipsna
Muehlenbachs; grandchildren, Atis
(Clare Gilbert), Lucija (Stefan
Staubli) and Emils; and great-
granddaughter, Flora
Muehlenbachs.
A memorial service will be held
Saturday, March 10, 2012, from 6-
8 p.m. at the William J. Burke &
Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral
Homes, 628 North Broadway,
Saratoga Springs, (518) 584-5373.
He will be laid to rest with his
beloved wife, Aina (Abols), near
his ancestral home in Latvia.
Online remembrances may be
made at
www.burkefuneralhome.com.
Anna Rita (Corsale) LindauWilton, NY - Anna Rita (Corsale) Lindau passed away
Friday, March 2, 2012.
Born April 12, 1926, in Glens Falls, she was the
daughter of the late Joseph N. Corsale Sr.
In addition to her parents, Anna was predeceased by a
son, Eric Peter Lindau; and brothers, Francis E. Corsale
and Dennis J. Corsale.
She is survived by her devoted husband of 62 years,
Eric G. Lindau; daughter, Diane G. Lindau; grandson,
Nicholas C. (Elizabeth) Michetti; brothers, Eugene J.
(Barbara) Corsale and Joseph N. (Barbara) Corsale, Jr.;
sisters-in-law, Nancy and Marie B. Corsale; brother-in-
law, Richard H. Lindau (Jackie); and several cousins,
nieces and nephews.
There will be no public calling hours and services will
be held at the convenience of the family.
Private burial will be in St. Peter’s Cemetery, Saratoga
Springs.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations
be made in Anna’s name to the American Heart
Association, 440 New Karner Rd., Albany, NY 12205.
Arrangements are under the direction of the William J.
Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628
North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, (518) 584-5373.
Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefu-
neralhome.com.
Isabella Palmer Pilkey
Greenfield, NY- Mark Anthony
Woodcock, 13, passed away
Monday, February 13, 2012, at
Albany Medical Center Hospital
following a courageous battle with
leukemia.
Born May 19, 1998, at West
Point, NY, he was the son of
Kenneth J. and Sheila R. (Minton)
Woodcock Jr.
He is survived by his loving par-
ents; brother, Kenneth Woodcock,
III; grandparents, Kenneth and Joanne Woodcock Sr.
and Franklin and Claudia Minton; aunts and uncles,
Deborah and Jay Wright, Kimberly and David Kimball
and Melissa and Eric Groff; as well as six cousins and
four second cousins.
A celebration of Mark’s life
was held Saturday, February 18,
2012.
Burial will be at North Milton
Cemetery, Milton.
Memorial donations may be
made in Mark’s memory to
Adirondack Trust Community
Fund, 31 Church St., Saratoga
Springs, NY 12866 or to
Saratoga Youth Hockey (SYHI)
with 'Woodcock Support' in the
memo field and mailed to P.O. Box 247, Saratoga
Springs, NY 12866 or dropped at the snack bar at the
Weibel Ave. rink weeknights between 6-9 p.m.
Online condolences and remembrances may be made
at www.compassionatefuneralcare.com.
Mark Anthony Woodcock
See page 14 for Reverend Canon Thomas Taylor Parke’s Obituary
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by Andrew MarshallSaratoga TODAY
Dance Marathon Breaks Own Record
SOUTH GLENS FALLS – If it felt a littlewarmer in South Glens Falls this past week-end, it may have had something to do withhundreds of high school students burningup the dance floor in the name of somegood causes. The annual South HighMarathon Dance has been raising moneyfor dozens of local causes since its inceptionin 1978. The 2012 version began March 2and saw students dancing for 26 straighthours. By the end of the marathon, the stu-dent-run function had raised $395,392.This broke the school’s previous record of$326,000 by almost $70,000. The record-breaking total from the 2012 MarathonDance has pushed the grand total of moneyraised to over $3.15 million.
While the event is overseen by faculty,the event is coordinated entirely by stu-dents. Student advisor to the South High
MALTA – Malta officials voted4-1 to approve the nine-times-revised amended noise ordinanceduring the Monday, March 5, townboard meeting, but business ownersand residents aren’t convinced theamended law is appropriate orenforceable.
Under the amended law, con-struction activity is still permittedMonday through Saturday betweenthe hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., butis only permitted between 9 a.m.and 6 p.m. on Sunday. The previ-ous law, which was enacted in1985, allowed constructionbetween 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. sevendays per week. While the reducedSunday hours offer residents a littlemore relief, those at Monday’s pub-lic hearing expressed their desire toprohibit activity on the weekendsentirely.
In addition, the noise ordinancelimits all noise levels – construc-tion and non-construction-related –to 60 decibels or less during the dayand no more than 50 at night,which some say places undue hard-ship on residents and businessowners.
A leaf blower, wood chipper oreven small backyard get-togetherwould surpass the allowable deci-bel limits. In these cases, theamended ordinance provides
waivers or exceptions as long as ahomeowner receives and submitsto the town written permissionfrom their neighbors.
The noise ordinance was origi-nally brought to the drawing boardlast year, when residents came for-ward with complaints about relent-less construction activity disruptingtheir quality of life. The majority ofcomplaints came from homeown-ers on May Apple Way, in theLuther Forest neighborhood thatabuts ongoing construction ofEllsworth Commons, a residential-commercial project nearing com-pletion this spring.
“Please reconsider – make thischange stronger,” said PattyHeidelmark, a homeowner on MayApple Way. Heidelmark, who hasbeen outspoken about the construc-tion-related noise problem in herneighborhood, said the amendedordinance should prohibit all con-struction activity on the weekends.
Barb Fenton, another May AppleWay homeowner, said the construc-tion has been so disruptive that shehas had to remove all paintingsfrom the walls on two sides of herhome.
Other concerned residents com-mented that the amended ordinancewill introduce new hardships toMalta homeowners. If residentialactivity exceeds the allowablenoise limits within 500 feet of anoccupied dwelling, homeownerswill have to receive written permis-
Town of Malta Approves Noise Ordinanceby Yael GoldmanSaratoga TODAY
sion from their neighbors.One resident said the allowable
decibel limits “basically rule out”playing your radio in on you backpatio.
Dick Zaidel, a Malta resident andbusiness owner, said that althoughhe understands the concerns of res-idents, he relies on his weekends tomaintain his home and the newordinance will restrict his ability todo so.
“Many times you don’t know inadvance,” he said. “I built a raisedgarden last year. I probably exceed-ed the noise levels.”
In addition, members of the localbusiness community spoke outagainst the ordinance, includingKevin Harkins, the new presidentof the MBPA; Todd Shimkus, pres-ident of the Saratoga CountyChamber of Commerce; and PeteBardunias, president of theChamber of Southern SaratogaCounty.
Shimkus emphasized that, for asmall business trying to completeexterior work, there are manyopportunities to violate the ordi-nance. The penalty is a $100- $500fine or up to 15 days in jail.
It seems both sides of the argu-ment differentiate residential andconstruction noise. As many speak-ers explained, neighbors are usual-ly understanding of one anotherand have no problem discussingindividual complaints – it’s thenon-stop, weekend-long construc-
tion activity that brought originalcause for complaint.
“I’m a project manager for alarge contractor […] and we get ourwork done in five days a week. Ithink that’s reasonable,” said CarolHenry, Malta resident and chair ofthe Luther Forest TechnologyCampus Citizens Response Board.“They don’t have to work sevendays a week.”
The following items were alsodiscussed at the Monday evening,March 5, town board meeting:
Flooding in Saratoga Lakeneighborhood
The town board will host a work-shop about the ongoing floodingand drainage program at RileyCove, Lakeside Acres and SilverBeach Road, following a number ofcomplaints from residents. Thegroup is concerned that proposeddevelopment in their area will onlyincrease the stress on the land.
“The water has nowhere to go,”said Linda Bablin, vice president ofthe Saratoga Lakeside AcresAssociation.
Residents sought a moratoriumon construction until the drainageproblem has been addressed. Thetown board will hold a workshopon the matter.
Town OKs GlobalFoundriesSettlement
Following a vote at Monday’s
meeting, the long legal debate overGlobalFoundries’ tax assessment isone step closer to settlement. Theboard voted to approve a tentativeagreement that the challengedvalue of GlobalFoundries’ chipmanufacturing facility in Malta(Fab 8) will remain the same, pend-ing concurrence of several otherparties, including the town ofStillwater and Ballston Spa andStillwater central school districts.
According to the settlementterms, the company’s propertyvalue in 2010 will remain at $160million and at $400 million in2011. In addition, GlobalFoundries“unconditionally waives andreleases all refunds sought” in its2010 and 2011 petition. The pro-posal also sets an assessment for-mula to determine the value of theproperty through the year 2059,when the company will pay $125million.
The parties have been in litiga-tion since 2010, whenGlobalFoundries filed complaintwith the Saratoga County SupremeCourt that its $160 million assess-ment for 2010 should have been$56 million, and filed again in2011, arguing that its $400 millionassessment should have been $210million.
Fab 8, which will reach full pro-duction capacity in 2013, is expect-ed to cost GlobalFoundries $4.6billion.
Dance Marathon, Jody Sheldon, has beeninvolved with the event for over 14 years. Infact, Sheldon is a graduate of South GlensFalls herself, and she participated back whenshe was a student.
“Back when I did it, there were about 100-150 dancers, and this year we had 731dancers.”
The level of involvement from the studentsduring the Dance Marathon is one of theevent’s most remarkable features.
“The students were so wonderful, so well-behaved,” said Sheldon. “To have 731teenagers all in one spot for 28 hours and nothave any problems, that right there is a feat initself.”
Community residents and students raisethat money in a variety of ways. Each of the800 participating students is required to col-lect a minimum of $125. Local businessesdonate goods or services to be auctioned offduring the dance marathon event itself. There
is an annual 50/50 raffle that gives partic-ipants a chance to take home a prize.Donations are accepted throughout theweekend from community members look-ing to contribute. Some events take place inthe week leading up to the event, such asSt. Michael’s Church Breakfast, or the Read-a-Thon at Moreau Elementary school. Thisyear there were 35 selected recipients rang-ing from students that require special care,to organizations that assist communitymembers in need.
Recipients are determined by the stu-dent-run committee that organizes theevent. This year they received about 60 for-mal requests and began the selectionprocess once all requests were received.
“Meeting the recipients is always a high-light,” said Sheldon. “To get to know them,and see their reaction when they realizehow much support they have from the com-munity, is really special.”
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“That was almost bigger than thegold medal, for me,” Jimmy said witha laugh.
Jimmy spent the better part of thenext decade traveling all over theworld to events in Cuba, China,Venezuela, France, Dubai and othersas a member of the U.S. team. In2008, Butts was named the NFAA’s“Shooter of the Year,” though theymade sure he earned it. Jimmy andanother archer had finished the entireyear in a dead heat for the award. TheNFAA decides things the old fash-ioned way – a four arrow shoot-offfor the crown.
“We were tied in points, so we eachshot four times from 70 feet, and Iended up winning this huge trophyand made the cover of their monthlymagazine,” said Jimmy.
Jimmy knows his personality onlyserves to help when he’s competing.
“When you’re trying to shoot a tar-get that is literally the size of a dime,you can practically see your heart-
beat. You can’t be a high-strung per-son. You might not even be able tohold onto the bow,” he joked.
His attitude while competing,along with his tremendous ability, hasearned him the respect of his peersthroughout the archery world.
“Jimmy’s been a top guy for anumber of years,” said Diane Watsonof USA Archery. “He’s always beensomeone to be reckoned with, and hisshooting speaks for itself. He’s a greatguy, both on and off the range.”
As successful and as well-traveledas Jimmy is, you might wonder whatit is that led him to call SaratogaSprings home. Turns out the SpaCity’s proximity to a number ofranges and tournaments allowsJimmy to keep his game sharp.
“One of the reasons I moved uphere is that this area is saturated witharchery ranges. Most of the profes-sional archers I shoot with live in theNortheast,” explained Jimmy. “If Iwanted to shoot a tournament, thereare two or three within driving
distance every weekend.”Jimmy is currently ranked ninth in
the entire world, and recently compet-ed in another world championshipevent, losing a very close gold medalmatch with fellow U.S. teammateReo Wilde.
As for Jimmy’s immediate future,it seems to include a little time off.Jimmy says he doesn’t anticipatecompeting as an archer again untilMay. As a jeweler, however, he wasrecently selected to compete in a jew-elry building competition to decidethe “Ultimate Bench Jeweler” againstthree other master jewelers fromacross the country. The event isscheduled for Chicago sometime inApril. To go along with being a mas-ter jeweler and a professional archer,he’s also recently been recognized asa master gunsmith. With a little timeoff, who knows what the future couldhold for Jimmy Butts, but his pastsuggests he’s very likely to hit hismark.
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Former World Champion Archer Calls Saratoga Homeload of patience. While those traitsare almost a requirement to be a suc-cessful jeweler, this particular skill setcould come in handy during a numberof other activities or sports.
Jimmy Butts of n. Fox Jewelers onBroadway is not only a master jewel-er, he’s also a professional archer.Speaking with Jimmy reveals a com-forting slight Louisiana-drawl thatgoes hand in hand with his calm,jovial demeanor. Once you begin tolearn of his growing list of accom-plishments as an archer, it doesn’ttake long to see that his skill and pre-cision could only stand to benefitfrom being so outwardly laid-back.His competitive side, however,reveals a focus and determination thathas propelled him to the very top ofhis sport.
Jimmy is a three-time member ofthe United States archery team and aformer world champion. He wasnamed the 2008 “Shooter of the Year”by the National Field ArcheryAssociation (NFAA) and has compet-ed all over the world against the verybest the sport has had to offer. Formost jewelers, archery would be ahobby. For Jimmy, it’s close to beingthe other way around.
“Archery is not that difficult, it’s agame of exact repetition,” saidJimmy. “There’s a lot of problemsolving in archery. You have to knowwhy you missed so you can correct it.It’s the same thing with jewelry, justattention to detail and knowing exact-ly what you need to do to get the jobdone.”
To tell the story about how Jimmygot started in archery is to go all theway back to 1997. Jimmy was 29years-old living in Colorado and hismother had come for a visit. She
wanted to see him shoot, and thatweekend happened to be the statechampionships. What happened nextis the stuff legends are made of.
Jimmy, competing on a whim, shota perfect score to win the Coloradochampionship. He wouldn’t pick upthe bow again until about a year later,when, while bored, he decided to goshoot at the local archery range.Jimmy’s first night at league archerylead to him shooting another perfectscore.
“The woman working at the rangeput two and two together and askedme if I was the one who had shot per-fect at states,” recalled Jimmy. “Shewanted to know why they never real-ly saw me. I said it was because I liketo travel and move around a lot, andshe mentioned that if I made the U.S.team, I’d travel to wherever they werecompeting.”
Jumping at the chance to see someof the world, Jimmy made his waythrough the various channelsinvolved with qualifying for the U.S.Team. The last leg of his journeywould lead him to Houston, Texas,where he managed to qualify aheadof the defending world champion. In1998, Jimmy Butts won a worldchampionship in his very first tourna-ment. He turned professional in 1999,and in April of that year was featuredin Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in theCrowd” section, which announcedhis world championship performanceas well as his role in securing a teamtitle for the United States. Jimmy tieda world record at the event, scoring598 of a possible 600 points for oneround. The U.S. Olympic Committeewould honor Jimmy as its “MaleAthlete of the Month,” edging outprofessional golfer Jim Courier in theprocess.
SARATOGA
TODAYFriday, March 9, 20128GlobalFoundries’ Impact Reaches Hometatives say this is just the “tip of theiceberg.”
Fab 8 currently has 1,200 employ-ees on-site, about half of which werelocal hires, and the company expectsto reach 1,600 by the end of this year.In addition, ancillary businesses andkey semiconductor suppliers havealready moved into the area, bringingwith them hundreds of new jobs.
“We are starting to see the tell-talesigns of [the] clustering effect indica-tive of our industry and it’s havingpositive impacts throughout upstate
New York,” said Jessica Kerley,GlobalFoundries representative.
What this all boils down to isopportunity at the hometown level,an increased demand for the goodsand everyday services that our localbusinesses provide.
Just up the street from Bentley’s,Cristina and William Connelly, own-ers of Beauty Society Salon, havealso experienced significant growth.They’ve welcomed dozens of newcustomers that work forGlobalFoundries and M+W Group(the construction company buildingFab 8), and have hired two part-time
employees in the past six months – anassistant and a stylist.
“It’s a really exciting time for localbusinesses,” Cristina said. “We cansee it for ourselves; we can see it dur-ing lunchtime when people are com-ing to Dunning Street to get pizza andChinese food; we see people runningto the dry cleaners and to the bank.”
The Adirondack Trust Companybranch at the intersection of routes 9and 67 (Dunning Street), has alsoexperienced a steady increase indemand for services, which Presidentand CEO Charles V. Wait said is adirect result of the GlobalFoundriesproject.
But this isn’t just a workday phe-nomenon. Many of the employeesthat head downtown on their lunchbreak live in Malta and neighboringcommunities. As their town continuesto offer more goods and services sowill their ability to keep more localdollars local.
That couldn’t be truer for ReganBouleris, a registered nurse, whomoved to Malta seven years ago andhas been witnessing change eversince. Last year, the 1992Queensbury High School graduategave up her 45-minute commute toAlbany, when she was hired atGlobalFoundries as an occupationalnurse. Bouleris, who received her RNfrom SUNY Adirondack, said thatworking three miles away from homehas greatly improved her quality oflife. She spends less cash at the gaspump, does all of her grocery shop-
ping locally at the Price Chopper onRoute 9, and comfortably spends themajority of her time and money inMalta.
“My car doesn’t leave the area veryoften. The farthest I probably travel isover to Ballston Spa to drop my kidsoff at day care, and then it’s back towork,” she said.
Scott Courtright, 28, a marine, is ina similar situation. The 2003Schenectady High School grad worksat GlobalFoundries as a principaltechnician, a job that finally broughthim back to the Capital Region andhis family after 10 years living out ofstate.
“I had been waiting and watchingpatiently since 2006,” he said.“Coming home to a job was nice.”
Courtright said he was pleasantlysurprised to see so much growth uponreturning to the area for his job inter-view. Both he and Bouleris remembera time when the Malta Drive-In wasone of a few draws to the small town.
Now, a year-and-a-half after his
first day of work, Courtright is takingadvantage of all the new amenitiesMalta has to offer.
“I eat out quite often – everyrestaurant around here gets my busi-ness,” he said, giving a nod toBentley’s Tavern, his favorite.
Courtright currently lives inSaratoga Springs with his wife, butthey’re planning to buy a house inMalta. He predicts the town will con-tinue to grow, and said the move is agreat investment.
“There’s going to be a lot moregrowth,” he said.
From restaurant jobs to high-techcareers, these signs of growth point toa much bigger picture:
“The project was never solelyabout GlobalFoundries,” said JimAngus, vice president of SaratogaEconomic DevelopmentCorporation. “It has always beenabout the opportunity for not onlySaratoga County but the entireCapital Region to grow jobs, to growopportunities.”
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MarkBolles.com • Saratoga TODAYGlobalFoundries employees Regan Bouleris and Scott Cartright
Inaugural “Steeplechase Festival at Saratoga” AnnouncedSARATOGA SPRINGS - The inaugural
Steeplechase Festival at Saratoga, a day ofracing and spirited activities, is set forSaturday, September 15, 2012. Proceedsfrom the first annual Steeplechase Festivalwill benefit both local and equine charities.
The Steeplechase Festival at Saratoga willpresent at least five races, four of them overhurdles and carrying purses totaling$100,000. The feature race will be the$50,000 Saratoga Steeplechase Cup.
What’s more, the famed infield will beaccessible for the first time in over 30 years,for sponsor and entertainment activitiesunder corporate tents providing an exclusive,intimate view of the races.
Other festivities will include music, equineexhibitions & shows, 5k walk/run on thefamous Saratoga Race Course, celebrities, anauthentic barbeque along with other foodselections, special carriage rides on the dirtrace track, vendor village, and much more!As is the tradition at the Spa, a free giveawayis planned for all paid admissions.
For more information, contact BarryPotoker at (518) 366-0936 [email protected].
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touch of mystery into one enticingand tasty package. Up to 40 par-ticipants will have an opportunityto tour some of Ballston Spa’sfavorite restaurants, althoughwhich restaurants foodies will bevisiting remains a closely guardedsecret.
“It’s part of the allure,” saidLucey. “It makes it a little bit of amystery and adds some intrigue,which is fun.”
Participants will receiveinstructions from the chamberlater in the day Friday on where tomeet for the Monday event. Fromthere, they’ll visit a total of fourrestaurants in Ballston Spa at theall-inclusive price of $50.
“We’ve worked with the chefsand owners of the four restaurantsin the village and scheduled theagenda so that folks will get anappetizer, some entrees and endwith dessert,” said Lucey. “All ofthat is taken care of for them.”
At each of the stops, ownersand chefs will be on hand to fieldquestions from diners about theirbest dish and how it was created.
“In our strategic planning, thechamber wanted to help giveexposure to all the various com-munities in Saratoga County. Wepicked Ballston Spa as the firstone, but we’re hoping this will bereally successful, and then we cancarry it forward to some of theother communities in SaratogaCounty,” said Lucey.
If all goes well, the chamberhopes to hold similar dishcrawlevents in places like Malta,Schuylerville, Clifton Park,Saratoga Lake and more.
“We want to tailor each event toshowcase whatever communityand municipality in the best waypossible,” said Lucey. “If this firstdishcrawl is successful, we’d liketo do another one soon, maybe ina few months.”
While the Ballston SpaDishcrawl is just around the cor-ner, speedy individuals may stillhave time to pick up one last tick-et or two before Monday’s eventby calling the Saratoga CountyChamber of Commerce at (518)584-3255, or online at the cham-ber website, www.saratoga.org.But for those who miss out on theinaugural event – stay tuned! Withany luck, another SaratogaCounty dishcrawl event is on itsway to a table near you.
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Food FestivitiesBegin Saratoga County Restaurant Week Begins March 16
by Daniel SchechtmanSaratoga TODAY
• Bentley’s Tavern, Malta• Bookmakers Restaurant at Holiday Inn,
Saratoga Springs• Chianti Il Ristorante, Saratoga Springs• Cliff’s Country Inn, Malta • Fifty South, Ballston Spa• Gaffney’s, Saratoga Springs• Hattie’s, Saratoga Springs• Il Forno Bistro, Saratoga Springs• Jacob & Anthony’s American Grille,
Saratoga Springs• Lake Ridge Restaurant, Round Lake• Leon’s Mexican Restaurant,
Saratoga Springs• Lillian’s Restaurant, Saratoga Springs• Limoncello Ristorante,
Saratoga Springs• Longfellows, Saratoga Springs• Maestro’s, Saratoga Springs• Matt’s Cape House, Clifton Park• Max London’s Restaurant
& Bar, Saratoga Springs • Nove Italian Restaurant, Wilton• Olde Bryan Inn, Saratoga Springs• One Caroline Street Bistro,
Saratoga Springs• Pasta Pane, Clifton Park• Phila Fusion, Saratoga Springs• Power’s Irish Pub, Clifton Park• Prime at Saratoga National,
Saratoga Springs • Putnam’s at The Gideon Putnam,
Saratoga Springs• Ravenous, Saratoga Springs• Sabina’s Wood Fired Restaurant,
Saratoga Springs• Salty’s Pub & Bistro, Halfmoon• Scallions Restaurant, Saratoga Springs• Sushi Thai at the Park, Clifton Park• Sushi Thai Garden Restaurant,
Saratoga Springs• The Jonesville Store, Clifton Park• The Parting Glass, Saratoga Springs
sonable cost of $20.12 for threecourses,” said Fran Dingeman, gen-eral manager of the Anastos MediaGroup.
This year’s event has grownexponentially over previous outings,with 15 additional restaurants andestablishments ranging from casualto elegant fair joining the culinarycelebration.
Several participating restaurantswill be giving interviews on Star101.3 FM about the food they planto serve and what people can expectto see when they visit their establishments.
Interested parties are directed tovisit www.star1013.com/RestaurantWeek12 for a full list ofparticipating restaurants, as well as
to view links to the menu items theywill be offering for the $20.12Restaurant Week price.
“This is a great opportunity toenjoy your favorites as well as trysome new restaurants,” saidDingeman.
SARATOGA COUNTY – Just intime for St. Patrick’s Day, Star 101.3FM presents the third annualSaratoga County Restaurant Week,beginning Friday, March 16 andrunning through Sunday, March 25.
A total of 40 restaurants acrossSaratoga County have signed up topartake in the event, with restau-rants as far north as Wilton’s NoveItalian Restaurant and as far south asHalfmoon’s Salty’s Pub and Bistrooffering specially priced meals dur-ing the 10-day stretch.
“It’s an opportunity to dine insome of the area’s finest restaurantsin Saratoga County for the very rea-
• The Ripe Tomato, Ballston Spa• The Springs at the Saratoga Hilton,
Saratoga Springs• The Wine Bar, Saratoga Springs• Tiznow Restaurant, Saratoga Springs • Twenty 8 Tables, Saratoga Springs• Wheatfields Bistro & Wine Bar,
Clifton Park • Wheatfields Restaurant & Bar,
Saratoga Springs
Participating Restaurants:
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TODAYFriday, March 9, 201210 BUSINESS
by Yael GoldmanSaratoga TODAY
The Village Sweet Shoppe: What a Treat!
BALLSTON SPA – Every townneeds a candy store. FortunatelyBallston Spa has its very own VillageSweet Shoppe.
Joie Smith runs the 24 Low Streetstorefront in the center of her home-town, and she couldn’t think of any-thing sweeter. With the help of hersister, Kate Mayer, Smith has turnedthe Village Sweet Shoppe into acandy destination, where locals andtourists can pick up homemadechocolate delights, “scoop-your-own” and penny candies, and nostal-gic treats.
Smith purchased the store in July2011, and has since been working toredesign the atmosphere, incorporat-ing pinks and browns to create a bub-bly and welcoming environment. Anew pink awning, installed out frontin December, will soon be comple-mented by a fresh layer of pink trimto welcome guests for spring. Smithenvisions a comfortable outdoor sit-ting area, where customers young andold will relax the views of the vil-lage’s growing downtown.
“We’re in the perfect location,”Smith said.
With the new look, Smith hopes tospark a return to the “hometown”candy shop that older generationsenjoyed, the kind of shop she said
every town needs.“Candy just makes you happy,” she
said.And for this local business owner,
there’s nothing more satisfying thanputting a smile on a customer’s face.
There’s something for every sweettooth at the Village Sweet Shoppe.Smith said the colorful containers of“scoop-your-own” are a favoriteamong the younger crowd, while onthe other side of the store shelves ofnostalgic candies spark fond memo-ries for adults.
Smith’s sister is in charge of thechocolates – she makes everythingfrom chocolate covered strawberriesto truffles.
“She’s already famous for herpeanut butter cups; we just can’t seemto keep those in stock,” Smith said.
The Village Sweet Shoppe evenstocks sugar-free and gluten-free can-dies, which is always a shock to cus-tomers who stop in as an accompliceand realize they too can have a treat.Smith also offers event catering withcandy buffets and chocolate fountains.
“Candy buffets are the new rage,”Smith said. “Instead of giving favorsat a wedding, you can set up differentcandies and let [guests] pick whatthey like.”
As a small business owner, Smithfinds she can personally connect witheach customer and go out of her wayto meet their needs, whether by stay-
ing open late or coming in early toprepare a special order.
“That’s the part of being a smallbusiness – I can always accommo-date,” she said. “Plus, it works bothways: I’m a cancer survivor; I alwayshave doctor appointments, and mycustomers are very understandingwhen I have to [step out].”
Smith said she enjoys being a partof the downtown, especially duringspecial occasions like First Fridays orthe annual winter holiday parade. Sheloves to see downtown Ballston Spabusy and vibrant, and is alwayspleased to greet groups of youngstersthat head to the store on their wayhome from school. It gives them aplace to go.
“My sister and I are very happy tobe a part of this community, to offer aplace in town that people can walkto,” she said. “We feel like we are giv-ing something back.”
As the weather warms up, Smith islooking forward to sunny days andwarm nights when the downtowntruly comes to life and her doors arealways wide open. A one-yearanniversary celebration is in theworks, and Smith also plans to intro-duce nostalgic ice creams, like cream-sicles and bomb pops, for a refreshingsummer treat.
For more information about theVillage Sweet Shoppe, visit www.vil-lagesweetshoppe.com or call (518)885-4165.
Sotheby’s International Realty Wins National AwardSARATOGA SPRINGS –
Sotheby’s International RealtyAffiliates LLC announced thisweek that it won FranchiseBusiness Review’s Best inCategory for Real EstateFranchisee Satisfaction award forthe fifth year in a row.
The Sotheby’s InternationalRealty network currently has near-ly 12,000 sales associates locatedin approximately 590 offices in 44countries and territories world-wide, including a successful fran-chise at 270 Broadway, Suite 103,in Saratoga Springs.
"It was with great pride that weacquired and launched the SelectSotheby's International Realtyfranchise 4.5 years ago in upstateNew York,” said John Burke,owner and CEO of the Saratogabranch. “The best in [category]award was received five years ina row by Sotheby's InternationalRealty and validates our decisionto align with the most progres-sive and dominant real estatecompany in the world.”
The Best in Category awardmeasures franchisee satisfactionwith their franchisors and is partof the annual FranchiseeSatisfaction Awards presented byFranchise Business Review. Inaddition to its real estate ranking,the brand also came in secondoverall among the Top 50 LargeFranchise Systems, which is aranking of all franchise systemswith more than 200 units acrossall categories.
MarkBolles.com • Saratoga TODAYJoie Smith serves up sweet treats for all ages at her popularBallston Spa candy store.
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2012 Showcase of Homes Details Revealed!
Photo provided“Everybody is very excited, as you can see from our smiling faces,”Potoker said. Pictured from left to right: The 2012 SaratogaShowcase of Homes Committee: Barry Potoker (co-chair), JesseBoucher, Michelle Larkin, Pam Stott, Samantha Bosshart, TammyDiCara, Janet Besheer, JR George, Rilla Schulte, Lisa Licata-Stoll (co-chair), Michele Ahl and John Witt. Left inset photo: Sam Palazzole.
SARATOGA SPRINGS –The2012 Saratoga Showcase of HomesCommittee is thrilled to announcethe schedule for the 17th annualhome tour. Save the date!
Sponsored by the SaratogaBuilder’s Association (SBA), The2012 Showcase of Homes will fea-ture the region’s finest builders overthree spectacular fall weekends:September 15-16, 22-23 and 29-30.The popular Chef’s “SaratogaStyle” event returns this year fortwo Fridays during the showcase.Tickets are still only $20.
Last year’s showcase featured 19magnificent homes across SaratogaCounty, drawing a record crowd. Sofar, the committee has selected 10properties with more to follow inthe next month.
This year’s event brings a newtwist! For the first time in the histo-ry of the showcase, the committee isaccepting entries for newly con-structed rental apartments and reno-vated homes, which must be at least50 percent changed to meet thequalifications. Stay tuned for moredetails.
“The showcase is so successfulbecause it’s a community event,”said Barry Potoker, committee co-chair and SBA executive director.“People can spend a couple of after-
noons looking at new homes, gettingideas, meeting friends. It’s verysocial, plus it’s all for charity.”
Now celebrating its 17th year, thisannual community event has con-tributed over $725,000 to local char-ities. This year, proceeds from theShowcase of Homes will once againbenefit Rebuilding TogetherSaratoga County and Habitat forHumanity of Northern Saratoga,Warren and Washington Counties.
To submit a property for inclusion
in the 2012 home tour, contact BarryPotoker at (518) 366-0946 or [email protected].
For additional details and updateson the 2012 Saratoga Showcase ofHomes, visit www.saratogashow-caseofhomes.com. For more infor-mation about Rebuilding TogetherSaratoga County, visit www.rebuild-ingtogethersaratoga.org. For moreinformation about Habitat forHumanity, visit www.glensfallshabi-tat.org.
Saratoga Casino and RacewayHonors Outstanding Employees
SARATOGA SPRINGS –Saratoga Casino and Racewayrecently recognized four staff mem-bers for their superior performancein 2011 during the company’s annu-al team member and supervisor ofthe year dinner Tuesday, February28 at Vapor Night Club.
Each winner received a $2,500check along with a glass trophy, pre-sented by Skip Carlson, vice presi-dent of external affairs and signatureservice, and Rita Cox, senior vicepresident of marketing and externalaffairs.
Each year, Saratoga Casino andRaceway honors a supervisor andteam member from the front andback of the house.
Robert Tabone, buyer, and DonnaO’Neil, food and beverage shiftsupervisor, were recognized assupervisors of the year. JohnHensler, electrician, and Virginia
Tennant, security guard, were recog-nized as team members of the year.
The casino added a new traditionthis year, honoring employees whohave been working for 30 years ormore. Fourteen team membersreceived this new recognition,including Inez Tillman, FredCorcoran and Charlie Hoffman,who have been on the Casino andRaceway team for more than 45years.
Saratoga Casino and Racewayselects two team members monthlyfor the team member of the monthaward, and two supervisors areselected quarterly to create a pool of32 candidates for the final honor.The team members and supervisorsof the Year are selected by the exec-utive team of the casino and theteam member of the month committee.
Photo providedPictured left to right: Robert Tabone, Virginia Tennant, DonnaO’Neil and John Hensler.
Hospital Cancer Program Earns AccreditationGLENS FALLS – The
Commission on Cancer (CoC) of theAmerican College of Surgeons(ACoS) has granted three-yearaccreditation with commendation tothe cancer program at the C.R. WoodCancer Center at Glens FallsHospital. Only one in four hospital-based cancer programs in the UnitedStates earn this special accreditation.
The hospital earned the accredita-tion following an on-site evaluationby a physician surveyor during whichthe facility demonstrated a commen-dation level of compliance with oneor more standards representing thefull scope of the cancer program.
To be eligible, Glens Falls Hospitalunderwent a thorough on-site evalua-tion, during which a physician sur-veyor examined the cancer programat all levels – cancer committee lead-ership, cancer data management, clin-
ical services, research, communityoutreach, and quality improvement.
“Receiving care at a Commissionon Cancer-accredited ComprehensiveProgram ensures the community thata patient will have access to compre-hensive care, a multispecialty teamapproach to coordinating best treat-ment options, and cancer-relatedinformation, education and support,including information about ongoingclinical trials and new treatmentoptions,” said Robert Sponzo, MD,Medical Director, C.R. Wood CancerCenter. “The Cancer Program at theC.R. Wood Cancer Center at GlensFalls Hospital is proud to say that wenot only meet these requirements, weexceed them.”
For more information, visit www.www.glensfallshospital.org.
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Summer Camp Directory
Horses, horses, horses!
That’s what you get at North
Country Horses Summer
Horsemanship Camp.
North Country Horses offers a
full-day summer camp program for
children ages 6-16. Pre and post-
camp care is available for working
parents to ensure that children are
in a safe, fun-filled environment
before and after the camp’s regular
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. hours.
From the first feeding in the
morning until it’s time to go home
in the afternoon, the focus is on
horses. Campers will enjoy riding
time, group and individual lessons,
and many other horse related activ-
ities. They will be introduced to all
aspects of horse care and handling.
Our 2012 camp dates are the
weeks of July 16 -July 20, July 23
- July 27, July 30 - August 3,
August 6 - August 10, and August
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Spots are limited and filling quick-
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(518)-441-5959.
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Send your education stories to
Daniel Schechtman atreporter@saratogapub-
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EDUCATION 13
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Linda
G. Toohey, a mainstay of the
Saratoga community for more than
30 years and a member of the
Skidmore College Board of Trustees
since 2001, has been named chair-
elect. She will succeed Janet Lucas
Whitman, who will step down in
May after serving 18 years on the
board and four as chair.
Toohey was executive vice presi-
dent of the Saratoga County
Chamber of Commerce from 1980
until she semi-retired in June 2005,
serving as vice president of its
Leadership Saratoga
Program, which she founded in
1985. She also coordinated tourism,
the Saratoga Film Commission,
publications and special events. She
will retire fully from the chamber in
mid-June.
Vice chair of the Skidmore board
since 2008, Toohey chairs the
Infrastructure Committee and is a
member of the Budget and Finance,
Executive, Special Programs,
Strategic Planning and Trusteeship
Committees.
“Given her long experience in the
nonprofit world, her knowledge of
the Saratoga community, and her
understanding of Skidmore, Linda
Toohey is uniquely qualified to help
steer the college forward at this
time,” said Whitman.
An expert on board governance
and time management who often
lectures on those subjects, Toohey is
widely regarded as one of
Saratoga’s most engaged and com-
mitted volunteers. She is a member
of the board of Saratoga Performing
Arts Center and served as chair of
the Saratoga Hospital board for two
of the nine years she was on its
board. A member of Emma Willard
School’s board for 12 years, she
served as its president for six.
“Linda Toohey is an experienced
and dynamic leader,” said Skidmore
President Philip A. Glotzbach. “She
has demonstrated her commitment
to Skidmore through many years of
dedicated service as a trustee. I wel-
come the opportunity to work with
Linda Toohey Named Chair-Elect of Skidmore College Boardher in this new capacity.”
Toohey co-chaired the Saratoga
YMCA Capital Campaign, was a
vice chairwoman of the most recent-
ly completed $12 million Saratoga
Hospital Capital Campaign, and was
a member of Emma Willard
School’s $75 million Capital
Campaign Executive Committee.
She served as a member of the
Steering Committee of the
Workforce Housing Partnership of
Saratoga County. She also served as
a member of the Executive
Committee and Board of Trustees of
the National Museum of Racing for
15 years.
She was a patient/family volun-
teer for Community Hospice for 12
years, chaired the Saratoga Friends
of Hospice and served on the
Community Hospice Foundation
Board for a number of years.
The Rotary Club of Saratoga
Springs honored Toohey in 2003,
and Business & Professional
Women Tech Valley honored her as
Woman of the Year in 2004. In
2006, NYS Senate Majority Leader
Joseph Bruno named her one of
New York State’s Women of
Distinction, and in the same year,
the YMCA of Saratoga named
Linda and her husband, Michael, as
two of their Volunteers of the Year.
Saratoga TODAY newspaper select-
ed her as one of 10 Women of
Influence in their inaugural year of
presenting the award. In 2009, the
Saratoga Economic Opportunity
Council honored her as its person of
the year.
Toohey has a bachelor’s degree in
religion and master’s degree in jour-
nalism from the University of Iowa.
She received the university’s
Distinguished Young Alumni Award
in 1979.
photo provided
Linda Toohey
BALLSTON SPA - Following the innaugural sucess of last
year’s Scottie’s Closet Sale, the Ballston Spa Middle School will
once again be hosting Scottie's Closet this Saturday, March 10
from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the middle school cafeteria. The free com-
munity event, grounded in financial literacy and service learning,
will offer individuals and families the opportunity to "shop" for
free gently-used clothing, shoes, books and sports equipment.
Partial funding from State Farm Insurance will be used to support
the community-wide event.
In addition, a kickoff for the middle school's Scottie's Dollar
and Cents Student Branch of TCT Federal Credit Union will
occur that day as well. To celebrate, Froggy 107.1 will be per-
forming a live remote broadcast from the middle school between
10 a.m. - noon. The TCT Federal Credit Union will be on hand to
provide financial information as well as an opportunity for dis-
trict residents to open an account.
For more information, contact Courtney Lamport, coordinator
of development for the Ballston Spa Central School District at
(518) 884-7195, ext.1369 or [email protected], or contact Irv
Hilts, community relations for TCT Federal Credit Union, at
(518) 281-7179 or [email protected].
Ballston Spa Middle School Hosts Scottie's Closet andCredit Union Student Branch Kickoff Event
Taryn K. Fox Memorial Trust Accepting Applications forScholarship
SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Taryn K. Fox Memorial Trust is
accepting applications from Saratoga Springs High School sen-
iors for their annual scholarship program. This scholarship is
available to a Saratoga Springs senior who will be graduating in
June 2012 and will be attending college in the fall.
The memorial fund annually grants a scholarship of between
$2,000 and $3,000 to a student who has persevered with courage
in the face of adversity.
The entry deadline is March 31, 2012, and the scholarship is
awarded at the senior graduation ceremony in June. Complete
details are available in the school’s guidance office.
BALLSTON SPA - Construction of the new elementary school
building in the Ballston Spa School District began March 5. The dis-
trict seeks to replace the current Milton Terrace South Elementary
School, and site development at the Wood Road complex is starting
ahead of schedule based on the current mild winter conditions.
The district will coordinate a groundbreaking ceremony for the new
Milton Terrace South Elementary School March 24, 2012, at 9 a.m.
behind the current school building. An exhibit coordinated by
Brookside Museum and student displays will also be a part of the
morning. Additional information will be made availbe as the ground-
breaking ceremony approaches.
New Elementary School Construction Begins
SARATOGA
TODAYFriday, March 9, 201214
by Andrew MarshallSaratoga TODAY
Remembering Father Parke
Saratoga Springs, NY – The Reverend CanonThomas Taylor Parke, Rector of Bethesda EpiscopalChurch for 44 years, passed away Monday, March 5,2012.
Born July 27, 1939, in Cooperstown, NY, FatherParke was son to the late Reverend Nelson F. Parkeand Emily Taylor, and the nephew of the late VeryReverend Cuthbert Simpson.
Survivors include his wife, Allison (Vassallo); her
daughter, Kassandra Frua de Angeli; mother-in-law,Mickey M. Vassallo; children from his first marriage toBarbara (Fisher), Jonathan (Tracy) Parke and Emily(Daniel) Crawford; grandchildren, Jackson TaylorCrawford and Penelope Anne Crawford; as well asseveral cousins.
A vigil will be held at Bethesda Episcopal Church atthe corner of Broadway and Washington Street inSaratoga Springs, from 5-8 p.m., Friday, March 9,2012, for family and friends. A Solemn RequiemEucharist will be held the Saturday, March 10, 2012,at 10 a.m. at Bethesda Episcopal Church.
Monetary donations can be made to the ThomasT. Parke Memorial Music Fund, c/o Bethesda Church,41 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
Arrangements are under the direction of theWilliam J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff FuneralHomes, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs (518)584-5373.
Online remembrances may be made atwww.burkefuneralhome.com.
SARATOGA SPRINGS –Community members were sad-dened to learn of the passing ofReverend Thomas Parke, 72, ofBethesda Episcopal Church onWashington Street. Rev. Parke,who had served his congregationfor 44 years, died March 5 after about with cancer. A requiem Massfor Parke is scheduled for 10 a.m.March 10. The requiem was organ-ized and arranged by Parke himselfin the days prior to his passing.Parke personally selected the scrip-ture readings, the music, and theparticipants for the Mass. Parke
had also served at St. George’sEpiscopal Church in Schenectadyprior to joining Bethesda.
“I’ve known Rev. Parke since Ijoined the dioceses of Albany in1987,” recalls Reverend MarshallVang. “He served as the curate ofSt. George’s Episcopal inSchenectady following FatherKirby.”
Rev. Vang became the new rec-tor of Bethesda Episcopal Churcheight weeks ago following Rev.Parke’s retirement. He had previ-ously served as Dean of theCathedral of All Saints in Albany.While they met as colleaguesthrough the church, Vang andParke would develop a friendshipthat would last until Parke’s death.Vang was asked to performParke’s Last Rites of Churchbefore his passing. Parke hadwished for his Last Rites to be per-formed while he was still con-scious and could participate in theproceedings.
“I always found Rev. Parke to bea convivial, joyous and fun person.He was a real father figure as apriest, a very good friend and verydedicated to his work,” said Vang.
A lover of music and song, Rev.Parke was an active leader andparticipant in the church’s musicprogram.
“He was a lover of goodAnglican church music,” said Rev.Vang. “He has allowed the musicprogram to become a very stable
and necessary part of our worshiplife here at the church.” Rev. Vangalso credits Parke for finding thechurch’s current music director,expanding the church’s pipeorgans, and organizing the choirthat sings each Sunday morning.
Reverend Parke’s impact on thecommunity could never truly bemeasured, but records show hebaptized 1026 babies, children andadults in his 44 years with thechurch. He also married 426 cou-ples, and oversaw the funeral pro-cessions for 814 people. The admi-ration the community had forParke was never more prominentthan when 200 friends, familymembers and church officialsturned out during his last fullMasses at Bethesda before hisretirement.
Parke was an avid outdoorsman,and loved nature and working theland. His hobbies included hamradio, Lionel model trains, andworking on his home in NovaScotia, Canada where his motherhad been born. His commitment tothe church wasn’t limited to hisspoken word, as you could oftentimes find him mowing thechurch’s lawn or removing snow.He was a man who wasn’t afraid toget to work.
Reverend Thomas Parke is sur-vived by his wife, Allison; his son,Jonathon; and a daughter, EmilyCrawford.
The Reverend Canon Thomas Taylor ParkeOBITUARY
SARATOGA
TODAY Friday, March 9, 201215
The Teenage YearsEffective Tools for Helping the Teens in Your Life Prosper and Grow!
March madness seems worse than
ever this year. In the past month I
have been contacted by a zillion par-
ents who are at a loss to help their
struggling teenager. Parenting your
teenager can be a frustrating, diffi-
cult and sometimes hopeless
process. Your own life can be taken
over by the needs and emotional
highs and lows of your precious
teen. Knowing a few key principles
and applying them to your relation-
ship with your teen can help steer
you clear of spending every waking
moment worrying about your teen
or counting the days until the nest is
empty!
Listen!
The number one thing I hear over
and over again from teenagers is
that they feel their parents do not lis-
ten to them or understand what it is
like to be a teenager in “these times”
(as opposed to the days when you
grew up with no electricity, running
water or Facebook). Listening is one
of the simplest and most effective
ways to connect to your teen and
help them see you as a supportive
confidante in their life, rather than a
nagging know it all.
The next time your teen comes
home and informs you they have
been dumped, locked out of the
clique or failed their typing quiz,
take a deep breath, pull up a chair
and let them talk. Try to do this
without interrupting before you
respond. Hit the pause button on
your reaction and give them your
full attention. Hitting the pause but-
ton helps you stay calm and lets
your teen know you care.
I know it’s tempting to offer a
solution to them immediately as you
love your teen and want to help
them escape the emotional pain they
are experiencing. This is the protec-
tive parent in you and is well-inten-
tioned. Remember, however, that
pain is a part of every human
being’s experience on this earth. If
you immediately attempt to fix the
problem you strip your budding
adult of the tools needed to cope and
be resilient in life. Before you offer
a fix, validate and attempt to under-
stand their feelings. Let them know
you too know what it is like to go
through the trials and tribulations of
being a teen (even if you had a black
and white TV and lived without a
hair straightener). Validation and
understanding are key ingredients to
helping your teen feel heard and
respected.
Explore Options
Once you have tuned in and
attempted to understand where your
teen is coming from, you are ready
to explore the options that will lead
to effectively solving the presenting
problem.
If the issue is a failing grade, it is
tempting to immediately put forth
consequences and shut down the
process of exploring options that
lead to resolving the problem
effectively.
Seek to understand your teen. Are
they failing because they don’t
understand the material or they
don’t really care about grades?
What is the emotional root of the
problem? Drug use? A learning dis-
ability? Trouble at home? Attention-
seeking behavior? Whatever is
going on with your teen, this is your
chance to investigate. Ask questions
and get the facts you need to be clear
about the problem. Let your teen
know that as long as you know what
the root of the behavior is you can
help them solve the problem. If you
have a teenager who will not com-
municate with you at all, ask for
help. Enlist the help of a close fam-
ily member, coach, therapist or any-
one you can think of that will be
effective at helping your teen open
up.
Do not allow avoidance or silence
to dictate the interaction you have
with your teenager. Seek the wis-
dom and help of a support team as
soon as the silence becomes greater
than the communication.
Teens WANT to connect with the
loving adults in their life; if they are
not communicating with you, take
steps immediately to resolve
whether it is a parental issue, deeper
issue with your teen, or both.
Who’s got the Power?
Take this quick survey while you
drink your coffee and get ready for
the day.
Who is in charge at your house?
A. Parents
B. Teenagers
C. The Pets
D. Not sure (If this is your answer
either drink more coffee or call me
ASAP.)
If your teen is dictating whether
the day will go peacefully or end up
a disaster that rivals the Titanic, you
gave up your power.
Teens with passive parents suffer
extreme anxiety and bouts of
depression. They are more likely to
have poor grades, abuse drugs,
engage in risk-taking behavior and
fail to take responsibility for their
actions.
Your teen needs YOU to be in
charge so that they can grow and
learn boundaries and consequences.
Take back your power and be
clear and firm about the rules in
your home. If you don’t have rules
and boundaries then your teen is
sure to be in charge and taking
advantage of your passivity. This
only leads to a home full of chaos
and emotional drama. If you need
help in creating boundaries, rules
and consequences, get the help you
need sooner rather than later!
It is our responsibility to give the
future leaders of our community the
tools they need to grow into amaz-
ing individuals who use their gifts
and talents to prosper their families,
communities and world at large.
God knows we can all relate to
the teenage years of angst and
uncertainty, but with the love, guid-
ance, support, acceptance and
boundaries of loving adults, we can
give our teenagers the tools they
need to be the STARS they were
meant to be!
Wishing you encouragement and
hope today and always!
Ms. Lemery is a psychotherapistpracticing in Glens Falls andSaratoga Springs. She regularlyholds GIRLPOWER workshops toempower and enhance the self-esteem of teenage girls. To pur-chase her first novel, “Please Passthe Barbie Shoes,” or for more information, visit meghanlemery.com
Meghan D. Lemery
LCSW-R
The Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Council ofSaratoga County
The Prevention Council is a nonprofit, community-based organiza-
tion. Their mission is to provide education, information and referral
services on the subjects of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and violence
prevention to individuals and local communities, thereby enhancing
the quality of life for all citizens by diminishing the adverse effects of
substance abuse and violence.
During the month of March, the council is hosting the
following events:
• Prevention Council 30th Birthday Open House
Prevention Council Offices, 36 Phila St., Saratoga SpringsOn Tuesday, March 20 from 3:30-6 p.m. the public is welcome to
attend the launch of the Prevention Council’s new logo and a birthday
open house. There'll be hors d'oeurvres catered by Black Diamond, a
birthday cake, and at short program at 4:30 p.m. to unveil the brand-
new logo. Be the first to see their new look as the council continues to
evolve and address the new and changing needs of adolescents, teens
and families. This event is free to attend.
• “Race to Nowhere” Film Viewing
Saratoga Springs High SchoolA special film showing, also on March 20, will begin at 7 p.m. “Race
to Nowhere” is a documentary that “takes viewers inside the lives of
the students, parents and teachers struggling to cope with an education
system dominated by standardized tests and unrelenting pressure on
students to perform and compete. It also asks tough questions and pro-
vides real solutions for the problems plaguing the education system in
America.” A moderated discussion will follow. The public is welcome
to attend this free event.
• Growing up Unheard: Human Service ProvidersTraining
Saratoga Springs Library, 49 Henry St.A training session for human service providers is taking place
Thursday, March 22, from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. This day-long work-
shop will cover the characteristics common to people who’ve been
raised in a home with chemical dependency. Participants can earn six
hours of CASAC/CPP/CPS credit. Cost is $25. Snacks, coffee and
soda will be provided. To register, call (518) 581-1230 or email
• Welcome to the Teenage Brain
Maple Avenue Middle School AuditoriumWednesday, March 28 at 7 p.m. the great mystery that is the teenage
brain will be explored. Teen brains are wired to take risks, but today's
kids live in a new age of risk-taking: synthetic marijuana, prescription
drugs, sexting and cyberbullying. Nationally-renowned speaker Mike
Nerney will entertain and guide participants on a tour of teen moods
and emotions, risky and impulsive behavior, and how to protect them
from abusing alcohol and other drugs. Parents, teachers and coaches
are welcome to attend.
For more information about the Alcohol and Substance AbusePrevention Council of Saratoga County, visitwww.preventioncouncil.org.
A Resource for Teens and Parents
SARATOGA
TODAYFriday, March 9, 201216
by James Markwica, MS PTfor Saratoga TODAY
Coping with Physical Stress
With the stresses of daily lifeprogressively increasing each day,it is no wonder that we are findingstress more difficult to manage.Although we are readily equippedwith the ability to deal with nor-mal stresses of the day, we some-times encounter a stressful situa-tion that is overwhelming. Anoccurrence that can better be char-acterized as creating distress.
Distress is typically our reac-tion to a stressful situation that isoverwhelming or lasting a pro-longed period of time creating anoverreaction to the situation. Thismay be different for everyone inregards to what overwhelms you,and what distresses me.Nonetheless, oftentimes thesestresses can manifest themselvesphysically in the form of pains inspecific areas of the body orthroughout the entire body. Stressand distress can additionally befelt via actual physical insult suchas an accident, injury or surgicalprocedure.
A poor diet may also place the
body in a state of physical stressand weaken the immune system.As a result, the person can bemore likely to get infections andless efficient in healing. A poordiet can mean unhealthy foodchoices, not eating enough, or noteating on a normal schedule.
Lack of physical activity canput the body in a stressful state asphysical activity has many bene-fits. A regular physical activityprogram can help decrease stressand depression if it exists.Exercise will not only improveyour general health; it also helpsto relax tense muscles, helpingyou to sleep.
Most experts recommend doing20 minutes of aerobic activitythree times per week. It is impor-tant to schedule a specific time,type, amount and level of physicalactivity for your exercise routine.Increase your chances of successby finding a buddy to exercisewith. And make no mistake, youdo not have to join a gym if thatisn’t your thing, 20 minutes ofbrisk walking inside or out will doit.
Exercise is valuable because itimproves blood flow to your
brain, providing additional sugarsand oxygen (which may be need-ed when you are thinking intense-ly) while at the same time remov-ing waste products. Exercise caus-es the release of chemicals calledendorphins into your bloodstream. These give you a feelingof happiness and well-being.
Diaphragmatic breathing isanother helpful tool in both relax-ation and the management ofphysical stress and distress. Tryexpanding your belly when youinhale. This flattens thediaphragm, pulling the lungsdownward and increasing theamount of air available to yourlungs and body. Pulling your bellyin when you exhale causes thediaphragm to plush the air out ofyour lungs, allowing a more fully-exhaled breath. If you focus, youcan change your breathing patterns.
Progressive MuscularRelaxation (PMR) is a physicaltechnique for relaxing your bodywhen muscles are tense fromstress. By voluntarily tensing agroup of muscles so that they areas tightly contracted as possiblefor a few seconds, then relaxing
them, you can consciously takecontrol of your tension. Try this ina single area, like your forearm, orthroughout your whole body. Withsome practice, you may gain theability to relax muscles as muchas needed without the initial ten-sion. Always be sure to breathewhile tightening.
While neck and back pain areamong the most common physicalmanifestations of stress and dis-tress, symptoms can often mimicother causes of pain. These caninclude structural changes likedegenerative disc disease, hernia-tion, arthritis, or traumatic strainslike in a motor vehicle accident.
Gentle stretches from side toside, forward, back or turning sideto side is advised to reduce tight-ness and pain throughout thespine. Be sure to move slowly andsafely within a limited motion toeliminate overdoing it. Hold yourstretches for 10-30 seconds each.You should never be in more painas a result of gentle stretching. Ifyou are, you have overstretched.
Prevention of further damagemay be achieved by taking breaksand moving yourself out of a pos-ture which you may regularly
hold. Adjust your chairs and desksto maintain the ‘rule of 90s,’ensuring all elbows and legs arebent at 90 degrees. Finally, stretchgently even when not in pain. Youmay eliminate your pain beforeeven experiencing it.
If you or someone you knowsuffers from pain due to or result-ing in stress, it is ill-advised tobegin a new exercise programwithout consulting first with yourphysician, physical therapist, cer-tified athletic trainer, physiatrist,dietitian, psychotherapist or otherspecialist who regularly treatspain or stress-related pain. It isimportant to first get an accuratediagnosis for the cause of stress orpain, as the specific exercises rec-ommended will depend on thecause. Pain, if left untreated, maybecome a much more serious con-dition, so be sure to take goodcare of it immediately.
James Markwica MS PT is aNew York State licensed physicaltherapist at LaMarco PhysicalTherapy, 417 Geyser Rd., inBallston Spa. For questions, con-tact James at (518) 587-3256 oronline at www.lamarcopt.com.
by Andrew P. WilsonSaratoga TODAY
Ask the Financial Advisor
If the stock market isas volatile in 2012 as itwas in 2011, whatshould an investor do?
When the stock marketdrops a long-terminvestor should seeopportunity.
Andrew P. Wilson, CFAThe writer is a Research Analyst
at Fenimore Asset Management inCobleskill, NY.
How you handle volatility is afunction of your temperament andperspective. If you are patient andknow the value of what you own (orwant to own), then downside volatil-ity presents opportunity. Everyoneknows the old maxim “buy low –
sell high.” Missing from that, how-ever, is how to know what’s “low”and what’s “high.” As a long-termvalue investor, my approach is toestimate the intrinsic value of thebusiness which becomes my bench-mark for determining whether thestock price is low or high (one of themost important tenets of valueinvesting is that price is separate anddistinct from value). A focus on theeconomic value of individual com-panies and a long-term orientation ismy ballast when the stock marketgets caught in the riptide of news.
Let’s look at the stock market in2011. On November 9, 2011,LCH.Clearnet.SA raised the initialmargin requirements on Italianbonds erasing $3.7 billion – nearly2.5 percent – of Coca Cola’s marketvalue. Who is LCH.Clearnet? And,what do their Italian debt policies
have to do with the world’s desirefor a cool, refreshing Coke? Truth is,not much. Coca Cola shareholderswere left understandably dazed andconfused. Overall, 2011 left manyequity investors dazed and confused.Similar to Coca Cola, most of theextreme declines in stock prices hadlittle to do with the underlying eco-nomic value of the businesses theyrepresent.
The S&P 500 Index was certainlynot immune to volatility last year.Those who owned securities tied tothe S&P experienced a wild ride tonowhere. The number of days theS&P moved up or down by morethan 2 percent in 2011 was amongthe highest in the last two decades –yet the index finished nearly whereit started. Several things contributedto the fluctuations including a down-grade of U.S. credit ratings and
acute political dysfunction inWashington; but more often thannot, equity markets reacted toEuropean headlines.
The eurozone faces serious issuesthat impact the global economy, soit’s rational that prices of somefinancial assets respond to the eventsunfolding there. However, the indis-criminate buying and selling ofentire asset classes – such as U.S.stocks – is clearly irrational. Thisherd-like movement in-and-out ofthe market was so prevalent thatpundits labeled each trading day as“Risk On” (market moves up) or“Risk Off” (market moves down).It’s possible that this volatility willcontinue in 2012 as the eurozonestruggles and global economicuncertainty continues, and as wecycle through our presidential election.
For value investors like me, pricedrops can present opportunity.Equity markets tend to be efficient,meaning businesses sell for what
they’re worth and bargains arescarce. But on days when theheadlines frighten investorsand they sell stocks, the high-quality, well-managed compa-nies that I seek get “thrown outwith the bath water.” I believeopportunity favors the pre-pared mind so I work diligent-ly to build an inventory ofideas to be ready whenever andwherever bargains surface.Remember – when the marketdeclines because the crowd“runs for the hills,” this is whenlong-term investment opportu-nities can abound.
Fenimore AssetManagement (Fenimore) isan independent investmentadvisory firm located inCobleskill, NY, and has beenhand-selecting investmentsfor almost four decades.Fenimore manages individualand institutional portfoliosand mutual funds ─ FAMFunds.
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TODAY Friday, March 9, 201217
Spring 2012 Fashion Trends in Eyewear
With warmer weather just around
the corner, even the eyewear indus-
try springs to life as frame designers
prepare to launch their latest
designs, styles and new color palatte
recommendations for 2012. It is a
much anticipated annual event for
the industry as last year’s products
are retired and new frame products
arrive.
New frames are typically avail-
able beginning in late March and
most offices are fully stocked with
new product by mid-April. This
year’s designer frames seem to be
taking their cue from many of the
clothing lines also introduced in
March and April.
Splashy patterns in bright, bold
colors are very popular among
ladies’ plastics and clear frames are
everywhere! La Font Paris has
launched several new styles with
multiple colored layering and ani-
mal prints are always hot. Kate
Spade introduces classics and retro
designs but with her flair for femi-
nine. Christian Dior introduces
shapes that are softer and more fem-
inine with upturned corners that cre-
ate a dramatic uplift for most faces,
and many designs have added a bit
of “bling” for an updated sophisti-
cated look. Newly-introduced Boss
Orange pairs muted colors with
retro looks that are hip and young
and bold. At the opposite end of the
spectrum are the very lightweight,
minimalist titanium frameless
designs in soft, muted pastels and
blend-in coloring to disappear
against one’s skin tone. Austrian-
based Silhouette Eyewear has added
wider temples to their “frameless
titanium frames” to create a more
dramatic European look, and the
colors range from soft pinks to
vibrant reds. The ladies’ models are
available with Swarovski crystal
adornments.
Sunglasses are bigger than ever
with large oversized “Jackie-O”
styles still leading the market.
Classic blacks and au naturale
wood-grained browns are still
strong, but this year vibrant colors
are everywhere—candy apple red,
canary yellow, lime green, crystal
clear and even creamy whites.
Smaller plastics for petite frames are
available in a wider variety of
designer brands than ever before—
ranging from Paris-based La Font to
Italian made Kate Spade and Nine
West. Maui Jim has also released
several new styles for sporty beach
wear as did Austrian-based Adidas
eyewear. The Adidas line comes
with interchangeable lenses so that
the athletic patient can switch easily
from dark to yellow depending upon
visibility and weather conditions.
Men can expect very bold rectan-
gular shapes in strong earth tone col-
ors of green, gray and brown. Men’s
designer eyewear from Paris by
Face a Face and La Font is often
enhanced with an unexpected splash
of bright color, such as red or lime
green against matte silver or matte
copper. For a more serious profes-
sional men’s look, plastics in black
and gray by Boss and Takumi are
also making a comeback. Still very
popular for men are the titanium
frames and memory metal frames
known for their durability and light
weight. New shapes and bolder col-
ors have been introduced to this
year’s frameless design for men as
well. Temples are now wider and
taper behind the ear for a bolder
more European look. Very bold,
geometric styles from OGI are very
different from the prevailing styles.
Professional men’s sunglasses are
a return to the classic shapes of the
70s, with aviators and large rectan-
gles leading the trend for 2012.
Even Bolle and Maui Jim have
come out with very classic men’s
designs in basic black, gold and
gunmetal. These frames work very
well for bigger guys who have been
typically harder to find glasses for.
Smith frames and sunglasses are
very popular for active young men
and women-large, sporty and trendy
in clear, black, browns.
Children’s frames are more
diverse than ever with products
ranging in size and availability for
infants to teens. From X-Games to
Pez, younger children are happier to
wear glasses that are branded with
names they know. Vera Bradley has
introduced several new styles for
girls and teens called “The
Girlfriends Line” which offers a
beautiful selection of bright, color-
ful plastics and metals with her
trademark patterns adorning the
temples. For younger girls, Julbo
has several new adorable, durable
styles that offer bright colors like
cotton candy or candy apple red and
attach little crystal hearts or other
fun embellishments to their frames.
New product for boys from
Xgames offer earth tones and blues,
reds, green and oranges along with
flexon memory metal durability
standards. Adidas has a very geo-
metric angular shaped line of stain-
less steel eyewear and is available in
green, blue, steel, brown, silver and
gunmetal. Older boys and teens will
especially appreciate the newer
trendier shapes offered by Adidas
and OGI this year.
Not to be left out of the spring
launching of eyewear product, Julbo
Junior has several new styles of
lightweight, durable sunglasses for
kids and teens at a very inexpensive
price point. Julbo manufactures
sunglasses with 100 percent UVA
and UVB protection for infants to
teens. The lenses are made from the
safest most impact-resistant materi-
als available. They come with an
adjustable sport strap and hard shell
case. Starting at on $30.00 they are
as important to your child as sun-
screen!
So be sure to check in with your
eye care provider to find out when
they will have their new frames in
Angel Food Ministry• Trinity United Methodist Church,
155 Ballard Rd., Wilton. •www.angelfoodministries.com• Tami Stahler (518) 798-2016• Offers balanced nutrition and variety
with enough food to assist in feeding a family of four for a week for only $31.
Stepmother SupportGroup: SaratogaStepmoms
• Virgil's House, 86 Henry St. • [email protected]• Every third Tuesday of the month
at 6:30 p.m.• A support group for women with men
who have children from a previousrelationship.
Caregiver support group• Evergreen Adult Day Services,
357 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa• Trudi Cholewinski, (518) 691-1516• Last Tuesday of each month, 3-4 p.m. • This group is designed for caregivers,
families and friends of people with dementia.
Parkinson's SupportGroup
• Woodlawn Commons, Saratoga Springs
• Third Monday, at 2 p.m. • Joyce Garlock, (518) 885-6427• This meeting is open to anyone with
Parkinson's disease, family membersand friends.
Parents Without Partners •Shenedehowa Adult Community
Center, at Clifton Commons• (518) 348-2062
• www.meetup.com/PWP796.• Single parents are invited to
meet other single parents in a fun,supportive, social environment.
Glens Falls Area Celiac-Sprue Support Group
• Glens Falls Hospital Auditorium A• Jean McLellan, (518) 584-6702 •[email protected]
or 584-6702.
TOPS (Take Off PoundsSensibly)
• Annual membership is $26 with monthly dues of $5.
• For those looking for support in losingweight in a sensible manner.
• Wesley Health Care Center, DayActivity Room, 133 Lawrence St,Saratoga Springs
• Every Thursday at 7 p.m., with weigh-ins from 5:45-6:45.
• Trinity United Methodist Church, 155 Ballard Rd. Wilton
• Every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., with weigh-in from 5:30-6:30.
Saratoga FibromyalgiaFriends
• Saratoga Spring Public Library, 49 Henry St., Sussman Room
• Second Tuesday, 3 – 4:30 p.m.• Dawn, (518) 470-4918
Saratoga Springs DebtorsAnonymous
• United Methodist Church• Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m.• [email protected].• There are no dues or fees; the only
requirement for membership is adesire to stop incurring unsecured
debt.
Health and Support Groups
Susan Halstead
ABOC, FNAO
stock and then stop in to review this
year’s exciting collections. After all,
your eyewear is typically the first
thing people will notice about you—
make a “stand-out” impression!
Susan E. Halstead, ABOC, FNAO
is a NYS and nationally licensedoptician at Family Vision CareCenter, 205 Lake Avenue inSaratoga Springs. Susan may bereached for comments or questionsat www.saratogasight.com.
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TODAYFriday, March 9, 201218
Nursing Homes – Just the Thought of It!
How many of you grew up with a
negative perception of nursing
homes? Do you know someone who
is presently residing in one? Do you
one day look forward to living in
one? I’m guessing your answer to
my last question is a big NO
THANKS…
Well, if any of you follow my
columns you would know that my
dad spent the last three years of his
life in a nursing home. Initially,
when we were told that a nursing
home was his only option, my fami-
ly was devastated by the thought of
our father moving into one. Most of
us immediately got an image in our
heads of “institution” because of
how we were introduced to the idea.
On a positive note, one thing my
brothers and I did feel was a sense of
relief just knowing his needs would
be met at a level which we were
unable to provide for him at home. I
will say this: “God Bless the staff
members who devote their careers
to caring for our loved ones, they
truly are angels on earth.” My father
and what came to be our extended
family of residents on the third floor
were treated with love, compassion
and dignity. The staff members, car-
ing individuals faced with unpleas-
ant conditions throughout their daily
shifts, go about their work like the
true caregivers they are. A big thank
you goes out to all of them for their
hard work, which at many times
goes unappreciated. With all that
being said, I would have still wished
for our father and the other resi-
dents, a homier, warmer, more fam-
ily-like setting to live out their last
years along with the level of care
they required.
The long-term care industry is
growing by leaps and bounds, and in
some states they are developing a
different model of long-term care
residences. “household model,”
consisting of 16-resident “neighbor-
hoods” arranged in self-contained
pods, is the first of its kind in
Springfield and one of only a hand-
ful of examples statewide.
The model is part of the “Pioneer
Movement” that has taken hold in
the nursing-home industry over the
past five to 10 years and is focused
on concepts called “person-centered
care” and “culture change.”
The newest model is part of the
“Pioneer Movement” which has
taken hold in the nursing home
industry over the past five to 10
years and is focused on concepts
called “person-centered care” and
“culture change.” These center
household models consist of 12-16
person “neighborhoods” in self-con-
tained pods. These pods are
designed with a light and airy
atmosphere and an efficient flow to
the floor model similar to a ranch-
style home with a center-based com-
mon area and bedrooms off to the
sides. These pods are staffed with a
higher staff to resident ratio, in other
words, a more one-on-one care
approach. Also, residents do not
need to stick to a strict sleeping and
eating routine; they can eat at the
kitchen table with other residents
(and staff members who sometimes
assist them during meal times) and
order their favorite foods. Not
everyone has to be in bed by 7 p.m.
If the resident feels like sitting in the
living room and knitting, reading or
watching a movie, so be it.
Households “pods” also have
household coordinators or home-
makers and there is a lot of cross-
training, so, there is no such thing as
“it’s not my job.” There are usually
two certified nursing assistants on
staff at all times, as well as a
licensed practical nurse or registered
nurse.
Of course this model is expensive
and not usually offered to folks on
Medicaid. In other words, you enter
on private monies, typically ranging
from about $210-$270 per day. Or if
you are someone who has long-term
care insurance, this is a great option
when skilled nursing care is
required.
For some, this new model is the
answer to many prayers, for others it
is still a far cry away due to their
budgets or care plans. What I can
say is the long-term care industry is
redeveloping itself; it has taken cre-
ativity and ingenuity and is now
becoming a brighter reality. It can
only get better from here. If you are
interested in learning more about the
senior living options available in
this area, call (518) 424-2527.
Clare Colamaria is the founder of
A Senior’s Choice, a service
designed to assist families in deter-
mining the proper resources for
aging loved ones. For more infor-
mation, visit www.ase-
niorschoiceonline.com or email
Clare ColamariaOur Elders, Our Actions
Fifth Annual Tools for Caregivers EventResources You Can Use When a Senior Relies on You
The fifth annual “Tools for Caregivers” day will beheld at Hudson Valley Community College’s BulmerCommunications Center in Troy on Saturday, April 21,starting at 8 a.m.
Sponsored by the Capital Region Caregiver Coalition, this event is
designed to educate and offer support to family caregivers – individu-
als who provide assistance to senior relatives, friends, significant oth-
ers and neighbors who are elderly, ill or disabled.
Participants will choose from a variety of workshops presented by
area professionals. In addition, informational tables will be staffed by
dozens of local agencies.
Schedule:8 a.m. – registration and vendor fair
8:45 a.m. – welcome
9 a.m. – choice of workshop: managing behaviors, accepting help
panel, preparing for doctor visit/communicating, medical
concerns
10 a.m. – vendor fair
10:30 a.m. – choice of workshop: making care-giving easier,
accepting help panel, medications that treat
dementia
11:30 a.m. – wrap up, evaluations and raffles
Can’t get away because you’re caring for a loved one? Respite care
is available at Eddy DayBreak free of charge during the event, but you
must reserve a space for your loved one in advance. To sign up, con-
tact Marci at (518) 271-5941.
The program is free, but registration is required. Please call (518)
269-3976 after March 12 to register. Spanish translation may be avail-
able in some workshops.
For more information about this event or the Capital RegionCaregiver Coalition, visit www.capitalregioncaregiver.com.
Beacon Pointe to Host Open HouseCLIFTON PARK - Beacon Pointe Memory Care Community, located
at 1 Emma Lane in Clifton Park, will host an open house Tuesday, April
3 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. At the event, Beacon Point will provide tours and
information about its exceptional services. In addition, the staff will honor
all outside care providers, including Weston Paxxon of Senior Rehab
Services, LLC, who will receive a warm welcome to his new onsite loca-
tion. Refreshments will be served.
Those interested in attending should RSVP before April 2 by calling
Lauren Jacobi at (518) 371-2200 or emailing her at ljacobi@peregrine-
companies.com. For more information about Beacon Pointe Memory
Care Community, visit www.beaconpointememorycare.com.
A.L.L. Presents Lyme Disease ProgramSARATOGA SPRINGS - The Academy for Lifelong Learning at
Saratoga Springs (A.L.L.) will present a special program, “Lyme Disease:
A Public Health Crisis” Wednesday, March 14, at 1 p.m. at SUNY Empire
State College, room 126, 2 Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs.
Barbara Floryshak, A.L.L. member and chronic Lyme disease sufferer,
will moderate the program. Holly Ahern, an associate professor of micro-
biology at SUNY Adirondack, will discuss the microbiology and epi-
demiology of infections leading to symptoms typical of Lyme disease.
She will also discuss the latest studies on the chronic disease and offer
possible explanations for the current epidemic of Lyme-associated dis-
eases that are afflicting many people in upstate New York. A PowerPoint
presentation and question-answer period will conclude the discussion.
This program is free and open to the public. No registration is necessary.
A.L.L. is sponsored by SUNY Empire State College. For additional
information on this program, or other programs offered by A.L.L., includ-
ing the spring 2012 term, visit www.esc.edu/ALL or call (518) 587-2100,
ext. 2415.
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Local Activities and Events for SeniorsThe Senior Citizens Centerof Saratoga Springs
5 Williams Street, Saratoga Springs(518) 584-1621
www.saratogaseniorcenter.org
Upcoming Trips andAdventures:
(Call the center for additional
information or to sign up)
-Washington DC: March 23-26.
$419/double and includes bus trans-
portation, lodging and six meals
plus museum and National Mall
tours.
-Turning Stone: April 30. $25
includes bus transportation, $20-$25
player “bucks” and a $5 coupon
toward lunch. Leave at 8 a.m. and
return at 7 p.m.
- California Wine Country:
September 14-20. Early signup:
$2,999/double includes airfare,
lodging, 11 meals with visits to San
Francisco and numerous vineyards.
Sign up for an informational slide
show on March 12 at 1:30 p.m. at
the center.
-Beijing, China: October29-
November 6. Early sign-up:
$1,999/double. Leaves from JFK
Airport and includes airfare, lodg-
ing, 15 meals and tours of Beijing
Zoo, Tiananmen Square, The Great
Wall and more. Sign up for an infor-
mational slide show on March 12 at
2:30 p.m. at the center.
Upcoming Events
Irish Celebration!
Held at the center on Thursday,
March 15 from 4-5:30 p.m. Get
your green on and enjoy Irish music
performed live by Tim Wechgelaer
and Jeff Walton. The program also
includes costumed Irish step
dancers, raffle prizes and refresh-
ments. Tickets are $3 for members
and $5 for non-members.
Foster Grandparent and Senior
Corps Programs
If you are a senior interested in
nurturing children, then this infor-
mation session is not one to miss.
Meredith Mertzlufft will be at the
center Tuesday, March 20 at 1 p.m.
to explain the requirements and
opportunities in programs offered
through the Foster Grandparent and
Senior Corps. Senior volunteers
help children in supervised school
and family community centers.
Compensation may be available to
those who qualify.
Movie Showing
The winner of this year’s “Best
Picture” award, “The Artist,” will be
shown at the center March 28 at 3
p.m. This silent, black and white
movie is about a star that fears his
career will fade with the popularity
of talking films. Members can see
this delightful film for only $2 (non-
members $4). Snacks provided.
Please sign up in advance.
Tai Chi for Arthritis
Classes will be taught by Roland
Lavine at the center every
Wednesday from 4-5 p.m. This
ancient Chinese exercise involves
slow and steady movements
designed to gently strengthen the
body and develop balance. Wear
loose clothing and soft soled shoes.
The cost is $10 per month. Please
sign up in advance.
Wilton Seniors Plan April Bus TripThe Wilton Seniors will head to Mt. Haven in Milford, Penn., Wednesday, April 25. The bus will depart from the Lillian Worth Senior Center at 6:45 a.m. and stop en route to pick up trav-
elers at the Senior Citizens Center of Saratoga Springs. At Mt. Haven, the group will enjoy an all-you-can-
eat breakfast buffet, followed by a movie and bingo in the lounge. Later in the day, the group will watch
a variety show and enjoy an open bar of liquor, draft beer, wine, mixed drinks and soda, followed by an
all-you-can-eat dinner buffet. The group is expected to return to Wilton at 8 p.m. The cost to participate is
$38 for members and $48 for non-members. To sign up, call the Wilton Seniors any Tuesday between 10
a.m. and 3 p.m. at (518) 587-6363.
Send your seniorsevent listings to
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TODAYFriday, March 9, 201220
This too Shall Pass
One of my biggest nightmares is
not getting enough sleep.
I’m not kidding—I’ve always
been one of those people who can
take a four-hour midday nap and
still fall asleep at my regular bed-
time and sleep soundly all night.
The possibility of not being able to
sleep when I feel I need to has
always made me feel like panick-
ing, like I can’t breathe.
“Then why on earth do you have
so many children?” you might ask,
and I’ll tell you: it’s definitely
NOT because of the sleepless
nights and full mind-and-body
exhaustion that increases the
younger your children are.
And when the kids are sick? Oh
my goodness. Not only does my
nightmare of little-to-no sleep
become a reality, but it’s amplified
to nearly unendurable proportions
by beds that need to be stripped of
pukey sheets or breathing treat-
ments via nebulizer or loud crying
children that threaten to wake up
all the others, all in the dark hours
of the night, when even the relief
of sunrise is tempered by the sure
knowledge of a long, tired, cranky
day ahead. (Though a full pot of
freshly-brewed coffee first thing in
the morning perks me up like noth-
ing else.)
I’ve had many such nights since
becoming a mom, but none so
numerous and concentrated in such
a short time span and involving so
many people—adults and children
both—as the two weeks we’ve just
emerged from. During that time I
made four separate trips to the
pediatrician, with different combi-
nations of the kids each time,
resulting in one diagnosis of pneu-
monia, one diagnosis of strep
throat, one ear infection, and a case
of bronchiolitis which landed poor
Baby Taddy in the hospital
overnight. There were also 13
cumulative missed days of school
between our three school-goers,
and so many different medications
that I assigned a plate to each
child, which I kept by the kitchen
sink, with the necessary droppers
or medicine cups and dosing direc-
tions on each one.
I was already feeling stretched to
the limit and exhausted in that way
that only lack of sleep coupled
with worry can cause, when we
were delivered what felt like the
death blow: a horrendous stomach
bug which raced through every
single member of our family all at
the same time, the effects of which
we’re still feeling even now as I
write, a week and a day after it first
appeared at our door. (Or more
correctly, on our kitchen floor, as
that’s where Xave was when he,
the first of the pukers, threw up for
the first time.)
Now that we’re all on the mend,
and our recent warmish weather
(despite the snow) has allowed me
to have the windows open often,
and I’ve caught up on sleep a bit,
I’m clear-headed and back to my
generally cheerful self enough to
see silver linings and blessings in
disguise when it comes to being a
mom of sick little ones. I made this
list, for the next time we’re all so
miserable, to remind myself that
it’s not the end of the world:
love, such frequent failure tends
to get me down. So I always
resolve to do it better next
time—and when it comes to
small children being sick, there
will always be a next time.
• I can get by on a lot less sleep
than I think: This one took a long
time for me to realize, but it’s so
true. Interrupted nights and nap-
less days, even several in succes-
sion, do not actually cause this
mother to pffth into dust and
blow away. Too many without
any relief or hope can definitely
poke holes in my sanity, but gen-
erally, for me, a shower, a cup of
coffee, some fresh air, and adult
company (even just saying hello
to the other parents at school
pickup, or being out and about at
the grocery store, or a good chat
with my mom, or dinner alone
with my husband after the kids
are in bed) can make otherwise
really difficult, tired days
bearable.
But then, perhaps you’re not at
all interested in whether or not per-
sonal growth happens when you
and your family are tired, and sick,
and miserable? Perhaps you’re
totally rolling your eyes or gagging
at my thoughts from the bright
side? Fair enough, my Pollyanna
points would not have been wel-
come at my sickbed either. My
final ray of hope, then, when all
else fails, is to trust that “this too
shall pass.” That journal entry I
mentioned above, written five
years ago, also revealed that
Thomas had been diagnosed with
pneumonia two days earlier—
something I’d completely forgot-
ten, even with his recent diagnosis
of pneumonia. I had no memory of
it until reading that, and yet, I’m
sure that when I wrote it, I felt
shadowed by the cloud of “Will
this never end?” But it did. It
ended, it passed, it was even for-
gotten. Hope springs eternal, and
I’m hoping spring is sunny and
sick-free, for us and for all of you.
Kate Towne Sherwin is a stay-at-home mom (SAHM) living inSaratoga Springs with her hus-band, Steve, and their sonsThomas (7), Gabriel (5), JohnDominic (3), Xavier (2), andThaddeus (9 weeks). She can bereached [email protected].
Kate Towne Sherwin
Saratoga SAHM
• I am often my best self when
the kids are sick: Five years ago,
when 2-year-old Thomas and 8
month-old Gabe were sick, I
wrote in a journal entry, “When
they’re sick, I stop everything
else and focus completely on
them. I hug them and hold them.
I respond immediately to every
whimper and request. I finally
feel like I am mothering them
the way I should.” I remember
being struck by and grateful for
the way I’m forced to focus on
the kids when they’re sick; when
all of the “me” things have to be
put aside. It’s nice to feel like
I’m doing something right, like
I’m the person (patient, kind,
generous) I am always striving
(and often failing) to be.
• I’ll have another chance to do it
better: Despite the previous bul-
let point, I’m not always my best
self when the kids are sick, and
my failure rate increases the
more children that are sick,
and/or the longer the sickness
goes on, and/or if I am also sick,
and/or the more tired I am.
That’s a lot of “and/or” scenar-
ios! And given that my most sin-
cere objective in life is to be the
best, most loving person I can be
to those in my care, to those I
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TODAY Friday, March 9, 201221
by Jodie Fitz
for Saratoga TODAY
Sometimes Simple is the Best Baking Equation
I started making mint chocolate
chip brownies a very long time ago
as part of my classroom treat shar-
ing fun around St. Patrick’s Day.
This recipe quickly became one of
my second son’s favorites and he
LOVED them so much that they
became touted as ‘one of my best
recipes ever’! When people would
ask for the recipe I thought…I
couldn’t possibly share this
recipe…I was almost embarrassed;
it’s just a little tweaking on a box
mix?! And, then I realized a “sim-
ple + easy = fabulous” recipe is
sometimes just what everyone
needs. So, in the spirit of an easy,
but crowd-pleasing equation,
here’s my not so top secret mint
chocolate chip brownie box fun
that makes baking easy for
everyone.
Mint Chocolate Chip Brownies
This recipe is super easy but
absolutely delicious…
Ingredients:
1 box brownie mix
3 cups white chocolate morsels
½ cup all purpose flour
¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
Green food coloring
Directions: Mix the brownie
mix as directed on the package;
typically with two eggs, 2/3 cups
oil and 1/4 cup water. Add in the
flour and peppermint extract.
Blend thoroughly. Stir in two cups
of the white chocolate chips. Bake
in a pre-greased, 13x9 baking dish
as directed on the package.
Remember to make certain the
brownies are fully baked by insert-
ing a cake tester or knife into the
center. If it comes out without bat-
ter, they are ready to remove from
the oven and let cool. If not, put
them back in for five-minute inter-
vals and continue to re-check their
readiness.
Once the brownies have cooled,
cut them into squares. Place the
brownies on to a waxed paper sur-
face so that they are separated and
not touching. Place the remaining
cup of white chocolate morsels into
a glass bowl and heat in the
microwave on high for one minute.
The morsels will not look full melt-
ed until you stir them together, but
they will melt. If you need to melt
them further, reheat at 30 second
intervals stirring in between. Once
the white chocolate has melted add
in 5 – 7 drops of green food color-
ing and stir until the color is thor-
oughly mixed through out. Drizzle
the chocolate over the tops of the
brownies. Let the chocolate harden
and serve.
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TODAYFriday, March 9, 201222
by Leisha ArbogastSaratoga TODAY
“GO BLUE” It’s Colon Cancer Awareness Month
As Dr. Moreau hung our “GoBlue” banner in support of ColonCancer Awareness month, I realizedthis is really going to make peoplewonder as they passed our dentaloffice, “What does colon cancerhave to do with dentistry?” Themore I thought about the banner, themore I realized it was going to bringawareness, awareness that it isimportant for everyone to knowtheir risks of colon cancer. As healthcare professionals, we continuallyare educating our patients on theimportance of their overall well-being.
Dental health continues to cometo the forefront of many diseases.The role of good dental health mayalso play an important role in goodcolon health. In a recent study,researchers at Dana-Faber CancerInstitute and the Broad Institute ofAmerica found an unusually highamount of the bacteria associatedwith periodontal disease in nine col-orectal tumors.
Periodontal disease is a disease ofthe supporting structures of yourteeth. Our mouths are a wonderfulenvironment for bacteria to grow; itis a moist, dark area with providednourishment for bacteria growth. Anindicator of disease is bleedinggums, which can be dismissed bypatients. Bleeding is a sign of
inflammation, and as we all know-that is not a good sign anywhere inour bodies. Periodontal disease isalso the easiest of all diseases to pre-vent. The recommendations ofbrushing, flossing and regular dentalcheckups are the three most impor-tant things we can do to preventperiodontal disease.
In the world of health care, theimportance of dental care continuesto become a very important factor inoverall well-being. Patients are con-tinually telling me their physician isnow making comments of what theysee in their mouth. “All this timethey only looked at my throat; nowmy teeth are important to my physi-cian.” We need to remember thatdigestion begins in the mouth andends in the colon. I think there defi-nitely is a connection. “GO BLUE!”
Written by Leisha Arbogast,R.D.H. at Smile Sanctuary, ownedby Dr Mark Moreau in . Leisha hasbeen a dental hygienist for 31 yearsspecializing in oral health evalua-tions and educating her patients toobtain optimal dental and overallhealth.
What are the Tests?
For starters, colorectal can-cer screenings are recom-mended for men and womenbeginning at age 50. The U.S.Preventive Services TaskForce (USPSTF) guidelinesfor screenings include the fol-lowing tests:
• Colonoscopy (once every 10 years)
• High-sensitivity fecal occult blood test, alsoknown as a stool test (once a year)
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy(every five years)
Each test yields its own ben-efits and risks, so be sure todiscuss the methods with yourdoctor to determine which testis best for you. It is also a goodidea to check with your insur-ance provider to find outwhich tests are covered byyour plan and how much youwill have to pay.
What to ask Your Doctor:
• Do I need to get a screening test for colorectal cancer?
• What screening test(s) do you recommend for me?
• How do I prepare?
• Do I need to change my diet or my usual medication schedule?
• What’s involved in the test? Will it be uncomfortable or painful?
• Is there any risk involved?
• When and from whom will I get results?
If you’re having acolonoscopy
or sigmoidoscopy, you willwant to ask:
• Who will do the exam?
• Will I need someone with me?
What are the Symptoms?
Tell your doctor if you haveany of these symptoms:
• Blood in or on your stool (bowel movement)
• Stomach pain, aches, or cramps that do not go away
• Losing weight and you don’t know why
These symptoms may becaused by something other thancancer, but the only way to knowwhat is causing them is to speakwith your doctor about them.
Are You at Risk?
Some people are at anincreased risk of developing col-orectal cancer because they haveinflammatory bowel disease, apersonal or family history of col-orectal polyps or colorectal can-
cer, or genetic syndromes likefamilial adenomatous polypo-sis (FAP) or hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer(also known as Lynch syn-drome). These people mayneed to start screening earlierthan age 50. If you believe youare at increased risk, ask yourdoctor if you should beginscreening earlier than age 50.
How to Reduce Your Risk:
The risk of getting colorec-tal cancer increases with age.More than 90 percent of casesoccur in people who are 50years old or older. Colorectalcancer screenings save lives,but many people are not beingscreened according to nationalguidelines.
If you’re 50 years old orolder, getting a screening testfor colorectal cancer couldsave your life. Here’s how:
Colorectal cancer screeningtests can find precancerouspolyps so they can be removedbefore they turn into cancer. Inthis way, colorectal cancer is prevented.
Screening tests also can findcolorectal cancer early, whentreatment often leads to a cure.
For more information aboutpreventing colorectal cancer,visit the Center for Disease Control website:w w w. c d c . g o v / f e a t u re s /colorectalawareness/.
Know the FactsMarch is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, but that doesn’t mean you can’t lookfor the signs or schedule a visit with your doctor any time of year. According to theNew York State Cancer Consortium, colon cancer is the second leading cause ofcancer-related deaths in the United States, but it is also preventable, treatable andbeatable when found early. Colon cancer screening can find cancer and pre-can-cerous polyps at this early stage. However, only half of insured adults aged 50-75are up-to-date with colon cancer screening. Among the uninsured, even fewer arescreened. This month, spread the word and help raise awareness about colorectalcancer prevention.
The Center for Disease Control website (www.cdc.gov) offers some helpful tips:
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TODAY Friday, March 9, 201223
Empowering Seniors: OrganizationKeeps the Aging PopulationAutonomousby Christina James
Saratoga TODAY
Home Instead Senior Care is an
organization that was developed
with your favorite senior’s best
interests in mind.
With a broadening network of
franchise offices, Home Instead
operates with the main goal of keep-
ing your aging loved one active and
at their home, instead of a nursing
home.
“Home Instead Senior Care pro-
vides non-medical in-home servic-
es, including companion care, home
helper and respite care to seniors
who aren’t necessarily ready to
leave their homes but need assis-
tance to continue to live independ-
ently,” explained Maria Geizer,
director of community relations at
Home Instead.
“We serve seniors throughout
Saratoga, Warren and Washington
counties. Our goal for every single
one of our clients is to keep them
safely at home, independently, for
as long as possible.”
But Home Instead does a lot
more than just provide attentive
aides to aging seniors. They are an
incredible resource for seniors, fam-
ily members and caregivers
throughout the community.
Providing free public education on a
variety of aging-related issues,
Home Instead sponsors Alzheimer’s
training for caregivers at Saratoga
Public Library, and offers free webi-
nars for families and professionals
on topics like managing medica-
tions, senior cognitive issues, nutri-
tion and financial advice.
“Home Instead Senior Care has
been well-known both nationally
and locally for its exemplary direct
care to seniors in their homes, but
we also want to make people aware
of how we can be an excellent
resource in the community,” said
Geizer.
The organization is so committed
to bettering the community that, in
2003, Home Instead founders Lori
and Paul Hogan established The
Home Instead Senior Care
Foundation to go above and beyond
the Home Instead Senior Care mis-
sion. Generating funds for nonprof-
it organizations, the foundation
seeks to assist those who daily
change the lives of seniors and their
community.
“[The foundation has] areas of
grant-making interest including
age-related research and develop-
ment; scholarships; advocacy for
the health and well-being of older
adults; and programs that promote
community inclusion for seniors,
especially those facing the problem
of isolation,” said Geizer.
Senior isolation is a real concern
at Home Instead, and getting sen-
iors actively involved in their com-
munities is a top priority.
“Seniors who volunteer have any
easier time managing their own
physical and emotional health; they
say putting someone else’s needs
before their own is a good distrac-
tion, particularly when they suffer
from chronic conditions like dia-
betes or arthritis, and it also keeps
them physically active,” said
Geizer.
In fact, Home Instead encourages
senior volunteerism so much so that
they initiated Salute to Senior
Service, a program that recognizes
senior volunteers for the contribu-
tions they make to their communi-
ties. But the program isn’t just a
program- it’s a contest- a search for
the most outstanding senior volun-
teer in each state culminating with
the selection of a national winner
during Older Americans Month in
May.
“We are encouraging friends, co-
workers and family members to
nominate deserving seniors for pos-
sible state and national honors
through March 15,” said Geizer.
“Fifty state winners and one
national winner will be introduced
in May and $5,000 will be donated
to the national winner’s charity of
choice.”
State winners will receive
plaques, and their stories will be
posted on the Salute to Senior
Service website.
Nominees must be 65 years of
age or older and volunteer at least
15 hours a month. If you know a
local senior whose community
involvement is worth saluting, take
a minute and nominate them at
www.SalutetoSeniorService.com.
“By sponsoring programs like
Salute to Senior Service, we are
helping to change the face of
aging,” said Geizer.
For more information about thelocal franchise of In Home CareServices, visitwww.homeinstead.com/341/Pages/HomeInsteadSeniorCare.aspx.
Grandparents and Relatives Raising Kin Have new Local Support
The National Committee of Grandparents for Children’s Rights (NCGCR) announced the start of monthly sup-
port groups for grandparents and relatives raising kin in Saratoga Springs. The groups will meet the first
Wednesday of every month at Lake Avenue Elementary School, 126 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs and run from
6-7 p.m. The groups are free and open to the public.
“In Saratoga County alone, there are over 1,000 grandparents raising their grandchildren, and that’s not count-
ing the many other relatives taking responsibility for children,” said NCGCR Executive Director Jerry Wallace.
“These support groups will provide the most basic of support for kinship families – a forum to openly and com-
fortably discuss concerns and share stories.”
In addition to the new support groups, NCGCR is holding a forum for grandparents raising grandchildren at
the Shenendehowa High School, West Building Room 68, 970 Route 146, Clifton Park on March 13. The forum
will take place from 6-7 p.m. and is free to attend.
The forum, titled “Clifton Park Grandparents & Relatives Caring for Children” will provide local grandpar-
ents and other relatives raising children with information on financial assistance, grandparent and relative rights,
caring for children, respite care, special resources and more.
For more information on the support groups and upcoming forums, contact Kimberly Yerdon by calling (518)
833-0215 or by emailing [email protected].
The National Committee of Grandparents for Children’s Rights is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated
to building a brighter future for the 2.9 million children nationwide being raised by their grandparents, includ-
ing the 20,000 children right here in New York’s Capital District. More information can be found online at
www.grandparentsforchildren.org/events.
Upcoming Blood Drives
American Legion Post 7034 West Ave., Saratoga SpringsFriday, March 9, from 1-6 p.m.
* Daily raffle for a $50 Red Cross
voucher
First United MethodistChurch
243 Main St., Corinth Monday, March 12, from 1:30-
6:30 p.m.
*Please call (518) 654-7486 for
an appointment
Clifton Park Center BaptistChurch
713 Clifton Park Center Rd., Clifton ParkSaturday, March 10, from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
*Daily raffle for a $50 Red Cross
voucher
Wilton Fire Department270 Ballard Rd., GansevoortFriday, March 9, from 1-6 p.m.
*Daily raffle for a $50 Red Cross
voucher
Rottie RescueBaskets of CheerFundraiser &Adoption Clinic
Benson’s Pet Center, 12 Fire Rd.,Clifton Park
Baskets containing wine, liquor
and other treats will be raffled off
Saturday, April 15 to raise money
for the veterinary cost of canines in
the Rottie Empire Rescue program.
In the mean time, Rottie Rescue
is seeking donations of wine and/or
liquor to be included in baskets.
Advance purchase of tickets ($2
each or 3 for $5) and donations are
being collected this Saturday,
March 10, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. dur-
ing a pet adoption clinic.
Area residents can also contact
arrange donation pick up or ticket
purchase.
SARATOGA
TODAYFriday, March 9, 201224 RELIGIONAdirondack ChristianFellowship
8 Mountain Ledge,Wilton587-0623;
acfsaratoga.com
Services: Sunday 8 a.m.
& 10 a.m.
Adirondack FriendsMeeting
27 Saratoga Ave., S.Glens Falls793-3755,
AdirondackFM@
nycap.rr.com;
www.adirondack-
friendsmeeting.org
Regina Baird Haag, pas-
toral minister
Services: 10:30 a.m.
Sunday
The Alliance Church257 Rowland St.,Ballston Spa885-6524
Services: Morning
Worship 10:30 a.m.
Assembly of God FaithChapel
6 Burgoyne St.,Schuylerville695-6069Rev. Jason Proctor
Services: Sunday 10:45
a.m.
Assembly of God Saratoga118 Woodlawn Ave.,Saratoga Springs584-6081
Services: Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., coffee
served at 9:45 a.m.
Bacon Hill ReformedChurch
560 Route 32N, BaconHill695-3074
Rev. Janet Vincent
Services: Worship serv-
ice 10 a.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m.
All are welcome.
Handicapped
accessible
Baha’i Community ofSaratoga Springs
584-9679; 692-7694;
usbnc.org.
Ballston Center AssociateReformed PresbyterianChurch
58 Charlton Road,Ballston Spa885-7312;
ballstoncenter-
arpchurch.org
Services: Sunday
Worship Service, 10:30
a.m.
Ballston Spa United Methodist Church
101 Milton Ave.885-6886
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
Bethesda EpiscopalChurch
41 Washington St., Saratoga Springs584-5980
Services: Sunday 6:30,
8 & 10 a.m.
Church of Christ at Clifton Park
7 Old Route 146371-6611; clifton-
parkchurch
ofchrist.com
Services: Sunday 10:30
a.m.
Christ Community Reformed Church
1010 Route 146, Clifton Park371-7654; ccrc-
cpny.org.
Services: Sundays
10 a.m.
Christ Episcopal ChurchRoutes 50 & 67, Ballston Spa 885-1031
Services: Sunday
8 & 10 a.m.
Congregation ShaaraTfille
84 Weibel Avenue, Saratoga Springs
584-2370;
saratogasynagogue.org
Services: Saturday 9:30
a.m., Monday &
Thursday 7:30 a.m.,
third Friday each month
7:30 p.m. Handicapped
Accessible
Corinth Free Methodist Church
20 Hamilton Ave.654-9255; 792-0271
Services: Sunday at 10
a.m.
Corinth UnitedMethodist Church
243 Main Street654-2521; cfumc@cny-
connect.net
Services: Sunday 10:30
a.m.
Cornerstone Community Church
Malta Commons 899-7001;
mycornerstonechurch.or
g
Associate Pastor Paul
Shepherd
Services: Sundays at
10:30 a.m.
Corpus Christi RomanCatholic Community
2001 Route 9 RoundLake 877-8506,
Services: Saturday 4
p.m.; Sunday 8:30 &
10:30 a.m.; Weekday
Masses: Monday-Friday
9 a.m.
Eastern Orthodox - Christ the Savior
349 Eastline Road,Ballston Spa786-3100;
Services: Sunday: 9:15
a.m.
First Baptist Church ofSaratoga Springs
45 Washington St.584-6301
Services: Sunday: 11
a.m.
First Baptist Church ofBallston Spa
202 Milton Ave. (Rt. 50)885-8361; fbcballston-
spa.org
Services: 10:15 a.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Ballston Spa
22 West High St.885-5583
Services: Sunday at 10
a.m.
Full Gospel Tabernacle207 Redmond Road,Gansevoort793-2739
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.; Bible Study:
Thursday
6:30 p.m.
Grace Brethren Church137 W. Milton Rd., Ballston Spa587-0649
Rev. Dan Pierce
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
Handicapped accessible.
Grace Community Church of Malta
Services: Wednesday
7:30 p.m.-Good Times
Restaurant, Lake Rd.,
2nd Floor; Friday 7:30
p.m.-Saratoga Chapel,
Eastline & Lake Rds.;
Sunday 10 a.m.-Comfort
Suites, Clifton Park
Greater Grace Community Church
43 Round Lake Rd.Ballston Lake (MaltaMall)899-7777; .ggcc-
malta.org
Pastor David Moore
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
Highway TabernacleChurch
90 River Rd.,Mechanicville
664-4442
Services: Sunday 10:30
a.m.
Hope Church206 Greenfield Ave.,Ballston Spa885-7442
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
Jonesville UnitedMethodist
963 Main St., CliftonPark 877-7332
Services: Sunday 8:30
a.m. & 10:30 a.m.;
Sunday School 9:30
a.m.
Living Springs Community Church
59 Pine Rd., Saratoga Springs584-9112
Services: Sunday 10:30
a.m.
Living Waters Church ofGod
4330 State Rt. 50, Saratoga Springs587-0484; livingwater-
scog.us
Services: Sundays 10
a.m.
Malta PresbyterianChurch
Dunning Street, Malta899-5992
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
Malta Ridge United Methodist Church
729 Malta Ave., Ext.581-0210
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
Middle Grove UnitedMethodist Church
581-2973
Pastor Bonnie Bates
Services: Sunday 9 a.m.
Handicapped accessible
SARATOGA
TODAY Friday, March 9, 2012 RELIGION 25
New Horizon Church150 Perry Road, Saratoga Springs587-0711
Services: Sunday 9:30
a.m.
New Life Fellowship51 Old Gick Rd., Saratoga Springs580-1810;
newlifeinsaratoga.org.
Services: Sunday
10:30 a.m.-noon
Childcare is available at
all services.
NorthStar ChurchShenendehowa HighSchoolWest Auditorium, Clifton Park371-2811; north-
starchurch.com
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
Old Saratoga Reformed Church
48 Pearl St.,Schuylervilleoldsaratogareformed
church.org
Services: Sunday 10:30
a.m.
Handicapped accessible.
Old Stone Church(American Baptist)
159 Stone Church Rd., Ballston Spa 583-1002
Services: Sunday: 9 a.m.
Adult Sunday School;
10:30 a.m. Service;
11:45 a.m. Coffee &
Fellowship in Living
Stone Hall;
Wednesday: noon
potluck luncheon;
1 p.m. choir rehearsal; 2
p.m. Bible Study Group
Presbyterian-NECongregational Church
24 Circular St., Saratoga Springs584-6091; pnecc.org
Services: Sunday 10:45
a.m.
Quaker Springs UnitedMethodist Church
466 Route 32 South695-3101; qsumc.com
Pastor Jim Knapp
Services: Sunday 9 a.m.
Handicapped accessible.
River of Hope Fellowship100 Saratoga VillageBlvd.Malta Cmns., Ste. 3,Malta881-1505; riverofhope-
fellowship.com
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter
241 Broadway, Saratoga Springs584-2375
Services: Eucharistic
Celebrations: Saturday
5 p.m.; Sunday 7:30,
9 & 11 a.m.
St. Clement’s Roman Catholic Church
231 Lake Ave., Saratoga SpringsContact: 584-6122.
Services: Saturday 4
p.m.; Sunday 8, 9:30,
11:15 a.m. & 5 p.m.
St. George's EpiscopalChurch
912 Route 146, CliftonPark371-6351;
Services: Saturday 4:30
p.m.; Sunday 8 & 9:30
a.m.
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
3159 Route 9N, Greenfield Center893-7680;
rcda.org/churches/
St.JosephsChurch
Services: Saturday 4
p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Handicapped accessible
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
167 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa885-7411;
stmarysbsta.org
Services: Saturday 4
p.m., Sunday 8:30 a.m.,
10:30 a.m., noon.
Handicapped accessible
St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church
771 Route 29, Rock City Falls893-7680;
rcda.org/churches/
St. Paul’s EvangelicalLutheran Church
149 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs 584-0904
Services: Saturday 5
p.m. with Holy
Communion. Sundays
8:30 & 11 a.m. with
Holy Communion.
St. Peter Lutheran Church2776 Route 9, Malta583-4153
Services: Sunday morn-
ings 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.
St. Thomas of Canterbury242 Grooms Rd.,Halfmoonst-thomas-of-canter-
bury.org
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
Saratoga Abundant Life Church
2325 Route 50 South,Saratoga Springs885-5456;
saratogaabundantlife.org
Services: Sunday 9:30
a.m.
Saratoga Chabad130 Circular St., Saratoga Springs526-0773;
saratogachabad.com
Saratoga Friends Meeting(Quaker)
Rts. 32 and 71, Quaker Springs587-7477; 399-5013
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
Saratoga United Methodist Church
Henning Rd., Saratoga Springs 584-3720; sarato-
gaumc.com.
Services: Sunday 9 &
10:45 a.m. Handicapped
accessible.
Saratoga Seventh-DayAdventist Church
399 Union Ave.,Saratoga Springs882-
9384;saratogasda.org
Services: Sabbath
School: 10 a.m. Worship
Service: 11:30 a.m.
Shenendehowa UnitedMethodist
971 Route 146, CliftonPark371-7964
Services: Sunday 7:45,
9 & 10:45 a.m.; Acts II
Contempory 10:45 a.m.
Simpson United Methodist Church
Rock City Rd., Rock City Falls885-4794
Services: Sunday 10:45
a.m.
Soul Saving Station forEvery Nation ChristCrusaders of America
62 Henry St., Saratoga Springs584-3122
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
& 6:30 p.m.
Temple Sinai509 Broadway, Saratoga Springs584-8730
Services: Friday 8 p.m.
Handicapped accessible
The Salvation ArmyWorship, Service &Community Center
27 Woodlawn Ave., Saratoga Springs584-1640;
Mail-P.O. Box 652
Captain Aaron A.
Boone, Sr.
Captain Amber S.
Boone
Commanding
Officers/Ministers
Services: Sunday School
10 a.m.; Praise &
Worship 11 a.m.;
Trinity United Methodist Church
155 Ballard Rd.,Gansevoort584-9107;
tumcwilton.com
Rev. Gail Falsetti-Pastor
Services: Sunday 10
a.m.
Unitarian UniversalistCongregation of Saratoga Springs
624 North Broadway584-1555; saratoga-
uu.org
Services: 10 a.m.
Religious education and
nursery care at the 10
a.m. service each
Sunday.
Unity Church in Albany21 King Ave.453-3603:
Services: Sunday 9 a.m.
& 11 a.m.
West Charlton UnitedPresbyterian Church
1331 Sacandaga Rd.882-9874; westcharl-
tonupc.org
Rev. Thomas Gregg,
Pastor
Services: Sunday 10:30
a.m.
Wilton Baptist Church755 Saratoga Rd, Wilton583-2736; wiltonbap-
wiltonbaptistchurch.com
Services: Sunday
Service 11 a.m.
SARATOGA
TODAYFriday, March 9, 201226
Spring Break Basketball Camp
The Malta Community Center is
offering a week-long basketball
camp with skills, games, contests
and T-shirts for boys and girls ages
8-15, during the April spring break.
The session is April 9- 13, 9 a.m.-
noon for ages 8-11, and 1-4 p.m. for
ages 12-15. Camp costs $110 for
Malta Residents and $121 for non-
residents. Space is limited so regis-
ter today. Call the center for more
information at (518) 899-4411.
Registration is needed by April 2.
Help Support the Knox TrailHonor Walk
What is the Knox Trail Honor
Walk? During the winter of
1775–1776, Colonel Henry Knox
left Boston, marched to New York’s
Fort Ticonderoga, and—with a team
of men and oxen—hauled more than
50 tons of cannons and other arms
back to Boston’s Dorchester
Heights. The threat of these cannons
firing on British ships in Boston
Harbor led to the British evacuation
of Boston, a major victory for the
fledging Continental Army. In 1926,
commemorative markers were
installed that traced the “Knox
Trail.” In April of 2012, staff mem-
bers of Patriots of the American
Revolution Magazine will walk the
Knox Trail to raise awareness of and
promote the Knox Trail as a unique
American historical route, and to
help the American Revolution
Association raise needed money for
history-based museums and parks
with connections to Henry Knox
and the Knox Trail.
Donations received from corpora-
tions and private individuals will be
collected by the American
Revolution Association and distrib-
uted directly and equally to the fol-
lowing four museums and parks:
Fort Ticonderoga; New York State
Military Museum; Boston National
Historical Park; and Montpelier,
The General Henry Knox Museum.
Please help honor Henry Knox,
make the public aware of the Knox
Trail, and raise funds for these valu-
able institutions. Checks can be
made out to the American
Revolution Association and sent to:
Knox Trail Honor Walk, P.O. Box
838, Yellow Springs, OH 45387.
Visit www.patriotsar.com for more
information.
New York’s Maple Weekend
New York State will celebrate its
17th annual Maple Weekend March
17-18 and March 24-25 at more
than 140 locations across the state.
From 10 a.m.-4 p.m. each day,
maple syrup producers invite the
public to learn about the syrup-mak-
ing process. At this free-admission
event, organized by the New York
State Maple Producers Association
visitors will also have the opportuni-
ty to taste and purchase maple prod-
ucts. In conjunction with Maple
Weekend, several locations will host
all-you-can-eat pancake breakfasts
and a variety of other family-orient-
ed activities. For more information,
visit www.nysmaple.com or
www.mapleweekend.com.
Freihofer’s Run for WomenSecond Annual TrainingChallenge
Capital Region women eager to
get in shape, make new friends and
participate in the 34th annual
Freihofer’s Run for Women on
Saturday, June 2, in downtown
Albany are invited to take part in the
Freihofer’s Training Challenge set
to begin Monday, March 19 at The
Crossings of Colonie. The 10-week
training program offers a beginner’s
portion for those new to running and
an intermediate course for those
who completed last year’s challenge
or want a more advanced workout.
For more information or to register,
visit www.freihofersrun.com or call
(518) 273-5552.
Join the Rotary Club ofBallston Spa
Are you looking for ways to share
your management skills with the
local community? Do you have an
interest in supporting international
projects? Would you like to help
today’s youth develop leadership
skills? The Ballston Spa Rotary
Club now meets for breakfast
Wednesday mornings at 7:15 a.m. at
the D-Line Pub. The first few meet-
ings will be educational and will
focus on explaining what Rotary is.
The club will also continue to meet
at The Factory restaurant at 12:15
p.m. on Tuesdays. All meetings last
about an hour, feature a speaker and
include a meal. For more
information, email ballstonspa
Saratoga County RestaurantWeek
The third annual Saratoga County
Restaurant Week is taking place
March 16-25 with 40 restaurants
offering three-course fixed-priced
dinners for $20.12. Participating
Restaurants include: Bentley’s
Tavern, Bookmakers Restaurant at
Holiday Inn, Chianti Il Ristorante,
Cliff’s Country Inn, Fifty South,
Gaffney’s, Hattie’s, Il Forno Bistro,
Jacob & Anthony’s American Grille,
Lake Ridge Restaurant, Leon’s
Mexican Restaurant, Lillian’s
Restaurant, Limoncello Ristorante,
Longfellows, Maestro’s, Matt’s
Cape House, Max London’s
Restaurant & Bar, Nove Italian
Restaurant, Olde Bryan Inn, One
Caroline Street Bistro, Pasta Pane,
Phila Fusion, Power’s Irish Pub,
Prime at Saratoga National,
Putnam’s at The Gideon Putnam,
Ravenous, Sabina’s Wood Fired
Restaurant, Salty’s Pub & Bistro,
Scallions Restaurant, Sushi Thai at
the Park, Sushi Thai Garden
Restaurant, The Jonesville Store,
The Parting Glass, The Ripe
Tomato, The Springs at the Saratoga
Hilton, The Wine Bar, Tiznow
Restaurant, Twenty 8 Tables,
Wheatfields Bistro & Wine Bar and
Wheatfields Restaurant & Bar. The
$20.12 menus are available at
www.star1013.com.
Malta’s Spotlighter’sTheater Troupe Auditions
Spotlighter’s Theatre Troupe is
producing “Wagon Wheels West”
with performances slated for June 8
and 10. Auditions are scheduled for
March 25 and 26, and are by
appointment only. For additional
information, contact Elyse Young, at
(518) 899-4411, ext.305 or at the-
NYCB Children’s Auditions
National Museum of Dance, 99 S.Broadway, Saratoga Springs
New York City Ballet (NYCB)
will conduct auditions for children’s
roles in the ballets “Firebird” and
“Romeo & Juliet” Sunday, March
18. The auditions will commence at
2 p.m. A copy of the
application is available at
www.dancemuseum.org. Any ques-
tions about the auditions must be
asked on the day of the audition.
Children are needed for the follow-
ing roles: five boys for “Romeo &
Juliet” with at least three years bal-
let experience as well as 14 girls, six
flag bearers, and two little cape
bearers with one to two years of bal-
let experience for “Firebird.” Visit
www.spac.org for ticket information
and performance dates.
Town of Ballston:Ballston Town Hall 323 Charlton Road 885-8502www.townofballstonny.org3/14: Jenkins Park AdvisoryBoard, 7 p.m.
Village of Ballston Spa:66 Front Street885-5711www.ballstonspany.org3/12: Village Board, 7:30 p.m.3/14: Planning Board, 7:30 p.m.
Town of Greenfield:7 Wilton Road893-7432www.townofgreenfield.com3/13: Planning Board, 7 p.m.
Town of Malta:2540 Route 9899-2818www.malta-town.org
Town of Milton:503 Geyser Road885-9220www.townofmiltonny.org3/14: Planning Board, 7 p.m.
City of Saratoga Springs:474 Broadway587-3550www.saratoga-springs.org3/14: Planning Board, 7 p.m.
Town of Saratoga:12 Spring Street, Schuylerville695-3644www.townofsaratoga.com
Village of Schuylerville:35 Spring Street695-3881www.villageofschuylerville.org3/14: Board of Trustees, 7 p.m.
Town of Stillwater:66 East St., RiversideMechanicville, NYwww.stillwaterny.org3/15: Town Board, 7 p.m.
Town of Wilton:22 Traver Road587-1939www.townofwilton.com
Saratoga County Board ofSupervisors:
40 McMaster St., # 1Ballston Spa, NY(518) 885-2240www.saratogacountyny.gov3/9: Water Authority, 3 p.m.3/12: Buildings & Grounds, 3 p.m.3/12: Public Health, 4 p.m.3/13: Public Safety, 3 p.m.3/13: Social Programs, 3:30 p.m.3/13: Public Works, 4 p.m.3/13: County Lands Auction, 6 p.m.3/14: Economic Development, 3 p.m.3/14: Law & Finance, 4 p.m.3/14: Agenda meeting, 5 p.m.3/15: InterCounty meeting, 10:30 a.m.
upcoming town meetings
LOCAL briefs
A.L.L. Lyme DiseasePresentation
SUNY Empire, 2 Union Ave.,Room 126, Saratoga Springs
The Academy for Lifelong
Learning (A.L.L.) will present
“Lyme Disease: A Public Health
Crisis” on Wednesday, March 14, at
1 p.m. Barbara Floryshak, A.L.L.
member and chronic Lyme disease
sufferer, will moderate this program.
Holly Ahern, an associate professor
of microbiology, will discuss the
microbiology of Lyme disease, the
latest research studies, and offer
possible explanations for the current
upstate epidemic. A PowerPoint
presentation and question and
answer period will conclude the dis-
cussion. This program is free and
open to the public, and no registra-
tion is necessary. For more informa-
tion, visit www.esc.edu/ALL or call
(518) 587-2100, ext. 2415.
Southwest NeighborhoodAssociation of SaratogaSprings Meeting
Saratoga Eagle CommunityRoom, 45 Duplainville Rd.
A meeting of the Southwest
Neighborhood Association will take
place Tuesday, March 13, from 7-
8:30 p.m. Neighborhoods include
Geyser Crest, Rowland Hollow
East, The Springs, Evergreen
Pointe, Emerald Forest, Casino
Drive and the Grande Industrial
Park. All interested residents are
welcome. Regular agenda items will
include a report from the
Neighborhood Watch and the
Saratoga Springs Police
Department. Guest speakers for the
meeting will be Milton Town
Supervisor Dan Lewza who will
discuss plans for the Milton Town
Center and Geyser Road improve-
ments. For more information, call
(518) 587-8134.
SSHS Class of 1952 Reunion
The 1952 class of Saratoga
Springs High School is planning its
60th reunion celebration for
September 28-30, 2012. The three-
day homecoming events begin at the
welcome home party on Friday, at
the home of Elio and Lois Del Sette.
Friends and relatives of the class are
also invited to this gathering. On
Saturday, the Grand Banquet will be
in a relaxed and casual site at the
VFW hall with a delicious menu. A
memorial service and lass meeting
will follow dinner. On Sunday there
will be a farewell breakfast.
Classmates and friends of the class
can call Diane Duval for informa-
tion at (518) 584-1953 or email her
Send your local briefs toChristina James at
[email protected] Monday at 5 p.m. for
Friday publication
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Saturday &SundayAdirondack Sports &Fitness Summer ExpoSaratoga Springs City Center, 522 BroadwayCapital Region residents eager toget into shape, save money onclothing and gear, and find every-thing they need for summer sportsare invited to attend the seventhannual Adirondack Sports &Fitness Summer Expo. The exporuns Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.and Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.and admission is free.
Winter Raptor FestGallup Ridge Farm, Fort EdwardRaptors and those who love themwill once again flock to the secondannual Winter Raptor Fest. Closeencounters with at-risk birds, pre-sentations from some of the area’sbird experts, guided snowshoewalks, horse-drawn sleigh rides,kids’ activities, exhibitors and foodvendors round out the weekend.The event runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.both days and is open to the pub-lic. A small fee for certain programsand sleigh rides does apply. Visitwww.winterraptorfest.com formore information.
Saturday, March 10Scottie’s Closet and CreditUnion Student BranchKickoff EventBallston Spa Middle School
CafeteriaThe middle school is hostinganother Scottie’s Closet from 9a.m.-1 p.m. The free communityevent will offer individuals andfamilies the opportunity to “shop”for free gently-used clothing,shoes, books and sports equip-ment. In addition, a kickoff for themiddle school’s Scottie’s Dollar andCents Student Branch of TCTFederal Credit Union will occur aswell. Froggy 107.1 will be perform-ing a live remote broadcast fromthe middle school between 10a.m.-noon. For more information,call (518) 884-7195, ext. 1369.
Library BabiesSaratoga Springs Public Library, 49Henry St., Crawshaw Story RoomThis is an informal playgroup forbabies under the age of 24months with their parent or care-giver that takes place from 10-11a.m. During the program, a chil-dren’s librarian will start the pro-gram with 15 minutes of finger-plays, rhymes, songs and simplebooks. Registration is not required.For more information, call (518)584-7860, option 3.
CAPTAIN’s Sail into Spring EventHilton Garden Inn, 30 CliftonCountry Rd., Clifton ParkTo celebrate 35 years of helpingthe community, CAPTAIN is host-ing Sail Into Spring, an event filledwith fun, food and prizes, from6:30 p.m.-midnight. Tickets are $60per person and $110 per coupleand are available online or byphone. For more information, call(518) 371-1185.
Passion for a CureArthritis BallHall of Springs, Saratoga SpringsRelieve your cabin fever by attend-ing the Passion for a Cure ArthritisBall from 7 p.m.-midnight. Theevening will include hors d’oeu-vres, cocktails, a formal dinner,silent and live auctions, entertain-ment by the Audiostars and more!Tickets are $150 for ages 35 andup and $100 for younger than 35.Contact the Arthritis Foundation at(518) 456-1203 for tickets andmore information, or visithttp://arthritisball2012.kintera.org/
Corned Beef & Cabbage DinnerTrinity United Methodist Church,Ballard Rd., WiltonEnjoy potatoes, vegetables, cornedbeef, cabbage and more from3:30-6:30 p.m. Cost is by donationand takeouts are available.
Free Soup & Sandwich LunchMalta Ridge United Methodistchurch, 729 Malta Ave. Ext.Enjoy a free lunch from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., weather permitting.There will be two homemadesoups, sandwiches, beverages anddesserts available.
Tang Museum Family Day Tang Museum, Skidmore CollegeChildren ages 5 and up with anadult can enjoy a brief tour of acurrent Tang exhibition followedby a hands-on art activity. Free andopen to the public from 2-3:30p.m. For reservations and informa-tion, call (518) 580-8080.
Monday, March 12Storytelling Open Mic Caffe Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga SpringsEnjoy a wonderful evening as sto-rytellers from Saratoga and theCapital District share contempo-rary, personal and traditional sto-ries at 7 p.m. Featured teller, KentBusman, tells stories for young andold, weaving tales around thethemes of caring for each otherand the world. New storytellers arealways welcome. Sign-ups for sto-rytellers is at 6:45 p.m. Admissionis $3. For more information, call(518) 587-4536.
Thorofan MeetingThe Turf Club, corner of Union andNelson, Saratoga Springs Thorofan, the organization forhorseracing fans, is holding itsmonthly meeting at 6 p.m. Thepublic is welcome to attend anddesserts are on the house. Call(518) 226-0546 for more informa-tion.
Quaker Springs Seniors MeetingQuaker Springs FirehouseThe Quaker Springs Seniors willmeet for a potluck lunch andmeeting at noon. Guests are wel-come to attend.
Tuesday, March 13Daughters of theAmerican RevolutionMonthly Meeting RSVPHoliday Inn, Broadway, Saratoga SpringsThe monthly meeting will be heldTuesday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m.The program titled “PhotographerF.W. Ingmire captures Lincoln’sSpringfield and his Funeral” featur-ing speaker Lance Ingmire willbegin at 7:15 p.m. If you plan toattend, call Corinne at (518) 584-3468.
Adirondack TechnologyShowcase SUNY Adirondack Scoville Learning CenterThe annual AdirondackTechnology Showcase will be heldfrom 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Admission isfree and the public is invited.Student and teacher representa-tives from 14 area school districtswill have displays demonstratingthe technology they are using toenhance learning in their class-rooms. A number of industry lead-ers, including an Apple iOS Appsdeveloper, will lead presenta-tions. For more information, callCindy Stoner at (518) 743-2200,ext. 2348.
Wednesday,March 14Corned Beef Dinner 1 Elks Lane, Route 9, Saratoga SpringsFrom 4:30-7 p.m. enjoy a completecorned beef and cabbage dinner,potato soup, entrée, dessert andcoffee/tea. Cash bar available.Adults $9, children 5-12 $5, under5 free, seniors and military with ID$8, takeouts $10.
2012 Relay for LifeMeetingResidence Inn, Excelsior Ave.,Saratoga SpringsPeople are needed to start plan-ning the June 2012 AmericanCancer Society Relay in Saratoga.Food will be served at 6 p.m. andthe meeting will start at 6:30. Thisis a great time to come and learnabout the relay and what we hopeto accomplish and help us makesome new plans. For more infor-mation or to RSVP, call Marcy at(518) 893-0671.
Thursday, March 15“Grease”St. Peter’s Parish Center, 64 Hamilton St., Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Central Catholic HighSchool Drama Troupe Presents therockin’ and rollin’ musical “Grease”at 7 p.m. March 15, 16 and 17.Admission is $7 for students andseniors and $10 for adults. Formore information, contact PatDouglass at (518) 573-4346.
Friday, March 16All-You-Can-Eat Dinner13 Oak St., Saratoga SpringsThe Principessa Elena Society atwill have its monthlyfundraising all-you-can-eat din-ner from 5-7 p.m. Seniors$8, adults $9, children 5-12$5 and takeouts $10. For informa-tion, call (518) 584-4163.
UpcomingHeritage HuntersMeetingSaratoga Town Hall, Rt. 4,SchuylervilleHeritage Hunters of SaratogaCounty will meet Saturday, March17, at 1 p.m. Program speaker willbe Chuck D’Imperio discussing hisbook “Great Graves of UpstateNew York.” The public is welcome.For information, call (518) 587-2978.
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Open Mics:•Tue. w/Pete Pashoukos
@ gaffney’s - 587.7359
•Wed. Open Mic@ putnam den - 584.8066
•Thur. Open Mic, 7 pm@ caffè lena - 583.0022
•Thur. Open Mic, 10 pm@ circus café - 583.1106
•Hair of the Dog, 7 & 9:30 pm@ parting glass - 583.1916
•Royal Khaoz, 9pm@ primelive ultra lounge - 583.4563
•Melvin Seals & JGB w/Stone Revival, 9 pm@ putnam den - 584.8066
•TS Ensemble Fan Appreciation, 8:30 pm@ van dyck - 348.7999
•DJ Playground & DVDJ Biggie, 9 pm@ vapor - 581.5772
•Lake George Sax Quart., 9 pm@ wallabee’s jazz bar - 792.8282
Sunday, 3.11:•Al Parrish, 7 pm
@ caffè lena - 583.0022
•Anniversary Celebration, Noon@ parting glass - 583.1916
•Melvin Seals & JGB w/ High Peaks, 9 pm@ putnam den - 584.8066
Thursday, 3.15:•The Play Doughs
@ gaffney’s - 587.7359
•Chris Dollard, 7:30 pm@ primelive ultra lounge - 583.4563
•YC the Cynic & more, 9 pm@ putnam den - 584.8066
•Brent Haviland & Bryan Mull, 9 pm@ wallabee’s jazz bar - 792.8282
Friday, 3.16:•Jeremy Gold Quart., 9 pm
@ 9 maple avenue - 587.7759
•Mike LaPoint, 9 pm@ bailey’s - 583.6060
Friday, 3.9:•Jonathan Lorentz Quartet, 9 pm
@ 9 maple avenue - 587.7759
•Ryan Jenson, 9 pm@ bailey’s - 583.6060
•Yellow Dog, 9 pm@ bentley’s - 899.4300
•Brother Sun, 8 pm@ caffè lena - 583.0022
•Frankie Lessard Duo@ gaffney’s - 587.7359
•Pat Kane Band, 8:30 pm@ irish times - 583.0003
•The Bodells, 6 pm@ jp bruno’s - 745.1180
•Nate, 9 pm@ the mill - 899.5253
•Rat Pack, 6:30 & 8:30 pm@ primelive ultra lounge - 583.4563
•Skeletons in the Piano, 9 pm@ putnam den - 584.8066
•New York Players, 8 pm@ vapor - 581.5772
•Tony Jenkins Jazz Trip, 8:30 pm@ wallabee’s jazz bar - 792.8282
Saturday, 3.10:•Pat Attanasio Quartet, 9 pm
@ 9 maple avenue - 587.7759
•Ryan Jenson, 9 pm@ bailey’s - 583.6060
•Frankie’s Theory, 9 pm@ bentley’s - 899.4300
•Grainbelt, 8 pm@ caffè lena - 583.0022
•Nouveau Jazz Beat, 10 pm@ circus café - 583.1106
•Rich Ortiz@ gaffney’s - 587.7359
•Kitchen Party, 9:30 pm@ irish times - 583.0003
•The Bodells, 6 pm@ jp bruno’s - 745.1180
•Tom Harding, 9 pm@ the mill - 899.5253
Check out Jason Marsalis of the famed Marsalis family at the Van DyckFriday, March 16, performing with the Jason Marsalis Vibes Band. Marsaliswill play two shows, one at 7 p.m. and one at 9:30 p.m. Call (518)-348-7999to reserve your tickets now!
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by Daniel Schechtman
Saratoga TODAY
Oompa-Loompas on the Loose!
Humor Project Celebrates 35th Anniversarywith 55th International Conference
SCHUYLERVILLE - Oompa-
Loompas, everlasting gourmet
gobstoppers, chocolate rivers and
- of course - golden tickets,
Wonka Bars and lots of pure
imagination will be on tap as
Schuylerville Jr-Sr. High
School’s Drama Club presents
Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka.”
Performances will take place at 7
p.m. Friday-Saturday, March 9-
10, in the Schuylerville Jr.-Sr.
High School auditorium, located
at 14 Spring Street in
Schuylerville. Tickets are $8 for
adults and $5 for students.
The musical is Roald Dahl's
stage adaption of “Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory,” the
timeless story of the world
famous candy man Willy
Wonka and his quest to find an
heir. More than 30 talented
Schuylerville students will rep-
resent the memorable characters
in this classic story, including
the enormous eater Augustus
Gloop, gum-chewing Violet
Beauregarde, reporter Phineous
Trout and the likeable, down-
on-his luck Charlie Bucket.
For more information on
the performances, contact
Elyse Young via email at
Pictured left: Schuylerville 12th-grader Jacob Martin (far right)portrays Willy Wonka as he over-sees a production line of Oompa-Loompas during SchuylervilleDrama Club’s performance of WillyWonka.
photo provided
photo provided
Joel Goodman, founder of the Humor Project
LAKE GEORGE - Laughter, it’s
been said, makes the world go
‘round. But for Joel Goodman,
founder of the Humor Project,
laughter has actually driven him to
all four corners of the globe, having
taken his message about the positive
power of humor to all seven conti-
nents and all 50 states.
Goodman, who founded the
Humor Project in Saratoga Springs
35 years ago, became one of only
two people in the world to hold con-
ferences on all seven continents -
including Antarctica - and all 50
states late last fall after speaking in
Hawaii about the positive effects of
laughter and humor.
“I’ve always had that as one of
my bucket list goals, to speak on all
seven continents,” said Goodman,
who will be bringing his message
back to upstate New York in Lake
George at the beginning of June for
the Humor Project’s 55th interna-
tional conference.
With the Humor Project celebrat-
ing its 35th anniversary as an organ-
ization, Goodman admits that he
never expected the project to last as
long as it has.
“In fact,” said Goodman, “I called
it the ‘Humor Project’ because in
my mind at the time, I thought it
was going to be just a project. I
thought I’d work on it and then
move on to something else. But 35
years later,” said Goodman, “Well,
you know, here we are.”
Although Goodman focuses on
the power of humor in his many
conferences, speaking engage-
ments, writings and more, the proj-
ect actually began after a rather
somber family affair.
“It all started when they discov-
ered my father had an aneurism in
his aorta,” said Goodman. “It was
literally a matter of life and death.”
Unsure whether or not his father
would survive a surgical procedure,
Goodman and his family flew down
to Houston, Texas, to meet with a
world renowned medical expert.
Goodman remembers the drive
from the hotel to the hospital that
morning, both he and the rest of his
family feeling anxious, scared,
stressed and no small amount of
terror.
And then, out of the blue, came
Alvin.
“The hotel had one of these shut-
tle vans that ran back and forth to
the hospital, and the guy who drove
the van was named Alvin,” said
Goodman. “Alvin was an angel, or a
magician in human clothing. In the
short four minutes that it took us to
go from the hotel to the hospital, he
magically transformed these terror-
ized people into people that were
able to laugh and chuckle and let go
of some of that tension. His magic
trick was essentially humor - this
wonderful, playful, spontaneous,
child-like, gentle, kidding sense of
humor.”
Goodman’s father survived the
surgery, and Goodman himself
never forgot the gift that Alvin had
bestowed upon he and his family.
“I began to wonder out loud, if
humor has such good effects and
side effects, why do we have to wait
for the Alvins of the world to come
into our lives? If humor is so good
for us, couldn’t we and shouldn’t
we make sense of humor and serve
it to ourselves, our family, friends
and our coworkers when we need it
most?”
And so, the Humor Project was
born.
The project has grown in leaps
and bounds over its 35 year history,
enlisting the help of Goodman’s
wife, Margie, along with 100 other
speakers. The project holds numer-
ous conferences and seminars every
year and boasts a robust store of
over 600 humor books, DVDs,
props and materials that have spread
to over 75,000 customers through-
out the world.
Registration for the upcoming
55th international conference at the
Silver Bay YMCA in Lake George
is already underway, and folks who
register before March 14 will bene-
fit from a reduced price of admis-
sion. This year’s conference will
feature sessions on using humor in
education, health care, business, for
personal growth and more. Special
guests include Peter Funt, son of
Allen Funt, founder of the TV clas-
sic “Candid Camera,” along with
Congresswoman Gabrielle
Giffords, who will be presented the
“Survive and Thrive” award at the
conference.
To learn more about the Humor
Project or to register for the upcom-
ing conference, visit www.humor-
project.com or call (518) 587-8770.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS - Capital
Region residents eager to get into
shape, save money on clothing and
gear, and find everything one needs
for summer sports are invited to
attend the seventh annual
Adirondack Sports and Fitness
Summer Expo this weekend, March
10-11 at the Saratoga Springs City
Center.
Set for Saturday and Sunday, the
show is free to attend and will fea-
ture summer fun activities and
equipment for running, cycling,
Be Fit for Life at the Adirondack Summer Expo
triathlons, paddling, hiking, healthy
living and travel. Over 100
exhibitors will be on hand for the
expo, boasting great sales on gear,
clothing and footwear. Many ven-
dors will also hold demonstrations
at the expo, including paddling
demos, a 25-foot rock climbing
wall, seminars, clinics and fun fam-
ily activities.
New this year, attendees can try
scuba diving in the heated expo pool
with free scuba diving instruction
from certified diving instructors.
Visitors 10 and older can dive into
the 4-foot deep, 15,000-gallon pool
and explore some fun underwater
features. All necessary equipment is
provided – even hair dryers, but
bring a swimsuit and a towel to par-
ticipate. The new demonstration is
sponsored by Rich Morin’s
Professional Scuba Center in Glens
Falls. To reserve a spot for the
demonstration, call (518) 761-0533.
Also new to this year’s show are
$5,000 in prizes and giveaways for
attendees from races, events, prod-
ucts and services. Prizes include
entries to 5Ks, half-marathon and
marathon runs; half-century and
century rides; sprint, intermediate
and half-Ironman triathlons; hiking,
paddling and outdoor gift baskets
and certificates; lodging packages;
scuba diving courses; and much
more.
The cabin fever timing of the
Summer Expo is perfect for outdoor
lovers, competitive athletes, week-
end warriors and newbies to pick up
gear, information and motivation to
plan their summer adventures.
Representatives from the
Freihofer’s Run for Women,
Adirondack Mountain Club,
Mohawk Hudson River Marathon,
Adirondack Museum, Tinman
Triathlon, Wild Center, Centurion
Cycling and many more events and
destinations will be on hand to share
their information.
The show will include great sales
with a nice mix of retailers and
organizations selling and marketing
their products and services, includ-
ing Mountainman Outdoors, The
Mountain Goat, Lake George
Kayak, Steiner’s Ski & Bike,
Hornbeck Boats, Fountain Square
Outfitters, Tomhannock Bicycles,
High Peaks Cyclery and Placid
Boatworks. Most major outdoor
sports and recreation clubs in the
area will be represented, including
Adirondack Mountain Club, Capital
District Triathlon Club, Hudson
Mohawk Road Runners Club,
Mohawk-Hudson Cycling Club and
more.
In addition to scuba demonstra-
tions, on-water paddle demos and
open water/triathlon swimming
clinics will take place in the
20x32x4-foot heated pool, featuring
kayaking, canoeing and the growing
sport of stand up paddle-boarding
(SUP). The paddling clinics, led by
Adirondack Mountain Club mem-
bers and local experts, include cap-
size recovery, rescue and rolling,
and a free kids’ try-it paddling
session.
A variety of seminars will be led
by Adirondack Sports & Fitness
magazine contributing writers, as
well as regional experts. Topics will
include running for efficiency and
fewer injuries; “PR” this triathlon
season; bike fit for performance and
comfort; bicycle touring across the
USA; what’s new in paddling and
SUP; family-friendly hiking and
exploration; and more.
Attendees can support the
Regional Food Bank of
Northeastern New York, who will
be conducting a food and money
drive at the show. The food bank
provides 20 million pounds of food
annually to 1,000 agencies in 23
counties, from Plattsburgh to
Newburgh since 1982. Attendees
who make donations will receive
extra tickets to increase their chance
of winning prizes.
The Summer Expo takes place
Saturday, March 10 from 10 a.m. - 5
p.m. and Sunday, March 11 from 10
a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Saratoga Springs
City Center on 522 Broadway in
Saratoga Springs. Admission is free.
For more information, visit
www.adksports.com or call (518)
877-8788.
photo provided
Come to the Summer Expo and take part in a free scuba diving demon-stration - featuring a heated pool!
photo provided
Hundreds of vendors will be on hand selling their wares and holding demonstrations at the Adirondack Sportsand Fitness Summer Expo March 10 - 11.
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Shelters of Saratoga Gives TheirRegards to Broadway at
Second Annual Gala
Swing Dance Series to Celebrate 9thAnniversary with Award Winning Big Band
SARATOGA SPRINGS -Shelters of Saratoga (SOS) hascome a long way over its 21-yearhistory, from small beginnings ina church basement to its 18 bedfacility reaching hundreds ofindividuals in need of support atits current location at 14Walworth Street in SaratogaSprings. But the organization’sgrowth didn’t happen overnight,and it didn’t happen alone.
With SOS’s Second AnnualGala slated for March 29 atLongfellows Restaurant, SOS istaking the time to thank the manybusinesses, organizations andindividuals who have helpedmake it a success during its“Give Our Regards toBroadway” fundraising event.
“[We wanted to] offer a specialthank you to all our friends andbusinesses who have consistentlyand generously supported themission of SOS over the years,”said John Brueggemann, SOSboard member and developmentcommittee chairman.
“After 21 years here, it’s timeto say ‘thank you’ to Broadway,”added Peter Whitten, director ofSOS.
The gala is one of the principalfundraising endeavors for SOS,which works to support individu-als working toward self-suffi-ciency by providing shelter, foodand advocacy services. As thearea’s only emergency men’s andwomen’s homeless shelter inSaratoga, Warren andWashington counties, SOS reliesprimarily on support from thecommunity to meet the complexneeds of the hundreds of localhomeless people it serves yearafter year.
“Most nonprofits are subjectedto the same kinds of pressures as
SARATOGA SPRINGS - TheDiamond Dance is holding itsninth Anniversary DanceSaturday, March 17 from 7:30-11:30 p.m. at the SaratogaMusic Hall. The event will fea-ture the music of the award-winning Joey Thomas BigBand. The Diamond Danceseries features swing dancingand big bands every thirdSaturday of the month and hasgrown to be the most attendedin the Northeast.
The Diamond Dance is one ofthe most popular regular eventsat the Saratoga Music Hall. In2009, the Dance FlurryOrganization recognized the
Diamond Dance's mission of pro-moting traditional dance and history.
"We are proud to have grownand to feature one of our flagshipbands, the Joey Thomas BigBand. Incorporating big bands inour band rotation makes our con-cert/dance series unique and sosuccessful," said Dave Wolf, theevent coordinator. "I think thesuccess of the event is also thatwe do not merely focus on danc-ing but instead on the wholeexperience of the event."
The Anniversary Dance willoffer seating, tables, food anddrink by Raya's Artisan Catering.Intermission will feature DJ
SAVOY, a special video/slideshow, an impromptu SwingJam circle and more. The eventopens its doors at 7:30 p.m.,and a dance lesson and theband will take the stage at 8p.m. Admission is $15 for thethree hours-plus event.
For more information, con-tact the Saratoga SAVOY at:The Saratoga SAVOY, 7 WellsSt., Saratoga Springs, NY12866. You can also find moreinformation online atwww.saratogasavoy.com, bycalling (518) 587-5132, or text"DiamondDance" to 99000 fortext updates.
we are, and that is that theirsources of public funding aredrying up,” said Whitten. “Thesefunds [raised at the gala] will beused to support the operation ofthe core services we provide atthe shelter.”
This year’s event, which runsfrom 6 - 10 p.m. March 29, willfeature an evening of dancing,music, dining and more atSaratoga’s LongfellowsRestaurant. The Garland NelsonEnsemble and MaryLeigh and theFauves will provide musicalentertainment at the event, andHonorary Chairman TravisBullard of Global Foundries willbe on hand to oversee the festivi-ties. The company InternetMarketing Ninjas is the titlesponsor of the event, and joins agrowing list of 15 other corporatesponsors who support SOS.
“There are noble, moral rea-sons for helping the most vulner-able people in our communityduring their most fragilemoments,” said Brueggemann.“SOS is proud to be a part of thiscommunity and to help its resi-dents in their time of need.”
Individuals and corporationscan still sign up to attend the galaand support SOS. To learn moreabout the organization, or to sign up for the gala, visitwww.shel tersofsara toga .org ,email Cindy Harrington at [email protected] call (518) 581-1097.
by Daniel SchechtmanSaratoga TODAY
SARATOGA
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Tooth fairy
The tooth fairy club is
sponsored by:
659 Saratoga Rd.
Gansevoort, NY 12831
(518) 226-6010
the
clubTake a look at this week’s
new club members
Ella
Olivia
Nicole Beer Named toDean’s List
Kristin King Graduates fromMilitary Intelligence Training
Saratoga Sponsor-A-ScholarLaunches Baking Business
Junior NaTara Mount has launched
her own baking buisness, Sissy's
Cakes and Cupcakes. NaTara has been
a passionate baker for several years,
and last year she had the opportunity
to study cake decorating with her men-
tor, Danielle Caporale, at the Culinary
Institute of America. NaTara plans to
go to college for culinary arts. She will
also create the cupcakes for the schol-
ar’s graduation party, as she did last
year. To learn more about her ambi-
tious endeavor or to place an order,
email [email protected]. Good
luck, NaTara!
Saratoga Springs High School
graduate Nicole Lynn Beer was
recently acknowledged for her
exceptional academic accomplish-
ments by being placed on Champlain
College’s dean’s list for the fall
semester. Beer is a preclinical psy-
chology major at Champlain and the
daughter of Lori and Bryan Beer.
Congratulations, Nicole!
Friends Forever- AlreadyLogged 70 Years
Joan Gailor and Peg Jeram, both of Saratoga Springs, have been friends
through it all- for over 70 years- and with Peg recently turning 80, they
couldn’t help but reflect on the
one thing that has remained
constant for as long as they
could remember: each other.
Sharing each other’s joy
through the births of children
and grandchildren, marriages,
getaways and the everyday, and
supporting one another through
tragedy, loosing their spouses
and change, these two remark-
able women know exactly how
lucky they are to have found a
true best friend. Here’s to a fun-
filled and fulfilling future
(together of course) to both of
you!
PV2 Kristin King Army National Guard 42ndID Troy, NY, returned
home recently after graduating from military ontelligence training at Fort
Huachuca, Ariz. Kristin, a 2010 graduate of Saratoga Springs High
School, attended HVCC for a year before joining the National Guard. She
completed her associate degree with a 4.0 GPA. Kristin is the daughter of
Virginia (Sam) Jones and Keith King.
Vote for Jodi Johnson andHelp Albany Medical!
Saratoga Springs
beauty and military wife
Jodi Johnson is hoping
to do some community
good while fulfilling her
personal dreams.
Johnson, 26, has entered
an online modeling
competition with the
popular chain Maurice’s
and has hopes of paying
her success forward to
Albany Medical
Children’s Hospital.
Twelve women will be
selected from the nationwide search, and each will receive a photo shoot at an
iconic American location, a $1,500 Maurice’s gift card, and a $7,500 charita-
ble makeover that will go directly to the charity of the contestant’s choice.
Johnson selected Albany Medical Children’s Hospital because her young son
has been treated there on multiple occasions and she truly appreciated the care
that he received. To help her represent the Saratoga community and Albany
Medical Children’s Hospital, register to vote online at www.mauricesmain-
streetmodel.com/3027/jodi-johnson/vote. Registered voters are also entered to
win Maurice’s prizes-including a $1,000 gift card.
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The Farmers’ MarketSecond Annual Cookie Bake-off Winners
The second annual cookie bake-
off contest at the farmers’ market
was held last Saturday and lots of
yummy tastings took place. The
contest is a fun time and has no
restrictions, other than at least two
ingredients in the submissions
must be from the market. The pub-
lic gets its chance to vote for “pop-
ular vote” and we also have three
judges who pick the formal win-
ners. This year our baker-judge
was Sue Harrington, former
baker/owner of Effie’s Bakery, our
grandmother-judge was Carol
Puglasi of Burnt Hills and our
male-student-judge was Gordon
MacPhearson, a senior at
Skidmore College. (We chose
these three categories for our for-
mal judges, as they represent all
the best in cookie making and
eating.)
The submissions this year
ranged from double chocolate
cookies to ginger almond cookies.
We had entries that used home-
made butter (created from
Battenkill cream), Kilpatrick Farm
beets, Saratoga Peanut Butter,
free-range eggs, local maple
syrup, Argyle Cheese yogurt and
quark cheese as well as local
apples and fresh ground ginger!
The one common denominator
was they all tasted incredible!
The “Public Choice” and the
“Taste Winner,” as decreed by the
formal judges and the public, were
one and the same: Apple Rugelach
Cookies, made by Skidmore
College Junior, Sondra Lipshets.
The winner for “Best Use of
Market Ingredients” was the
Cocoa Peanut Butter with
Raspberry Jam Cookies, made by
resident, Elaine Lavasseur.
Runner-ups were Double
Chocolate Cookies, submitted by
Kilpatrick Family Farm; Ginger
Almond Cookies, submitted by
student Caitlin Allen; and Maple
Yogurt Sugar Cookies, submitted
by Beth Trattel of Something’s
Brewing. We greatly appreciate all
who baked, judged, tasted and
voted. It was a great, tasty time.
Here are the recipes for the two
winning entries:
Apple Rugelach CookiesBy Sondra Lipshets
Ingredients
1 cup quark cheese
(Argyle Cheese Factory)
2 sticks butter
2 cups flour
½ tsp salt
1 cup walnuts
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup brown sugar
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
1 egg beaten (M&A Farm) with
1 tbs milk (Battenkill Creamery)
4 apples (Saratoga Apple),
skinned, cored and finely
chopped
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
and line cookie sheets with parch-
ment paper. Using a mixer, mix
half the butter and quark cheese
until creamy. Gradually add flour
and salt until mixture forms a ball.
Divide the dough and roll dough
into 12-inch circles. Chill dough
circles in the refrigerator for at
least an hour.
Melt 1/4 cup butter or margarine
in a large skillet; add apples and
brown sugar. Cook, stirring con-
stantly, 5-7 minutes or until mix-
ture is thick and golden. Beat egg
with milk.
Add remaining butter, walnuts,
granulated sugar,
cinnamon, milk/egg mixture,
vanilla and heat until butter melts,
stirring continuously.
Spread the walnut mixture over
the dough circles evenly. Roll up
the wedges and form crescent
shapes. Place dough point side
down and bake for at least 35 min-
utes or until cookie is browned.
Put the rest of the sugar in a bowl
and dip the tops of the cookies in
the sugar.
Cocoa Peanut Butter withRaspberry Jam Cookies By Elaine Lavassuer
Ingredients
(yields approx. three dozen)
2 cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
powder
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
2 sticks unsalted butter,
room temperature
1 ½ cups peanut butter
(Saratoga Peanut Butter)
1 ½ cups sugar, plus ½ cup
for rolling dough balls
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 eggs (M&A Farm)
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
½ cup raspberry jam
(Anna Mae’s Homemade Jam)
¼ cup honey (Ballston Lake
Apiaries)
Heavy cream (Battenkill
Valley Creamery)
Semi-sweet chocolate chips
themselves from others as a result of
their patented chemical process that
produces ultra-sharp cutting edges.
They are so much better than their
competition that my customers come
in and don’t even use the word grater
or zester they just ask if I have any
Microplanes!
Microplane zesters were originally
designed as a woodworking tool,
which is why this best-seller grates
even the hardest Parmesan Reggiano
as well as other hard cheeses into fine
lacy wisps ideal for topping your
favorite spaghetti and meatballs or a
Caesar salad.
This tool is also wonderful for
effortless citrus zesting to add natural
flavors to a lemon crème brulee or a
basic vinaigrette.
Graters are used by the finest chefs
and moms and dads everywhere. I
can remember my daughter Aubrey’s
first experience with a grater.
She had just come home
from gymnastics practice at
the YMCA. Her coach told
her that she has to concen-
trate and focus when she is
on the beam. Well when
coach talked Aubrey lis-
tened, and so when my
wife asked her to help
with the cooking she was
very excited to practice
focusing. Paula asked her
to grate some cheese for
supper and gave her the
grater and about 3 pounds
of Romano cheese. The phone
John ReardonCompliments to the Chef
Suzanne Voigt
Farmers’ Market
Hello, my foodie friends. Smile
and say cheese!
I bet you’re reading this and
wondering what grate subject
we’re talking about this week –
are we gouda talk about funny
people like Ray Romano, who has
a zest for food?
Well, sort of.
Americans love cheese, we put
it in and on everything. And what
gadget do all of us cheese lovers
need? The grater!
And, oh, by the way, the finest
graters on the planet are made
right here in the good old USA.
They are made by a company
called Microplane. It was started
by brothers Richard and Jeff
Grace at their jointly-owned con-
tract manufacturing facility,
Grace Manufacturing Inc., in
Russellville, Arkansas, USA.
Cheese graters have become an
essential tool in a gourmet
kitchen, especially Microplane
graters, which have distinguished
Cheese Graters!rang and Aubrey, who was 6 years
old at the time, was left to concen-
trate and focus on her task. Oh no,
that was a mistake. Aubrey went
to town on that block until there
was nothing but a nub. There was
cheese everywhere and our dog
looked like she had dandruff.
Thankfully, we got to Aubrey
before she got to her knuckles!
Aubrey is good now, but we try
not to leave her alone with a
Microplane and a brick of cheese.
So, if you are looking for a
grater, come in and see me. This
grate gadget is near and dear to
my heart.
Remember: “Life Happens inthe Kitchen.”
Take Care,John
Directions
Preheat oven to 375°F. In a
medium bowl, mix flour, cocoa
powder, baking soda and salt; set
aside dough.
In the bowl of a heavy-duty
mixer, beat together butter, peanut
butter, 1 ½ cups of sugar, light
brown sugar and honey on medi-
um speed. (The dough is stiff, so a
hand-held mixer will struggle.)
Add eggs one at a time until well
incorporated. Add vanilla extract.
Lower mixer speed to low and add
flour mixture little by little until
completely mixed.
Roll dough into small balls,
approximately the size of a ping
pong ball. Roll each dough ball
into a bowl with the remaining ½
cup of sugar until completely
covered and place approximately
1.5 inches apart on parchment
lined baking sheet. Make a small
hole in the center of the dough
going ¾ of the way deep. Using
the end of a wooden spoon is the
easiest way to do this. Spoon a
small amount of raspberry jam
into the hole until completely
filled.
Bake for 12-15 minutes until the
dough has spread and flattened.
Let it cool.
To make ganache drizzle: In a
double boiler, melt the chocolate
chips. As the chocolate chips melt,
add heavy cream tablespoon by
tablespoon until the consistency is
loose enough to drizzle over cook-
ies. Drizzle over cooled cookies
and let chocolate set.
SARATOGA
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Gasoline Alley
Is there progress to be made in depicting the war on terror in film?What if you depict events in that war starring the brave individualswho are actually fighting it? Crazy, right? But crazy enough to work?
The film opens with a voice-over of a man reading the alwaysheart-wrenching last letter. Later we’re introduced to two CIA oper-atives deep inside an organization with ties to terrorists. Lisa Morales(played by Roselyn Sanchez) and Walter Ross (played by NestorSerrano) are acting as aid workers in a small town in Mexico whileinvestigating the town’s benefactor, commonly referred to asChristo. Christo (played by Alex Veadov) is a smuggler with ties to
a Muslim extremist by the name of Abu Shabal (played by Jason Cottle). When Morales andRoss (Sanchez and Serrano) are discovered, Ross is killed and Morales is kidnapped andheld hostage so that she can be tortured for information. Once those in authority discoversigns of a struggle in Morales’ residence, a crew of Navy SEALs is called in to perform arescue mission. Revealing any additional details would give away too much of the story.
Now, having only seen the film once, character names and story arcs are kind of a blur.
Movie Review
At The MoviesWith
Trey Roohan
ACROSS1 Spiced tea5 Nerdy guy in "Meatballs"9 Center of Florida?
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Act of ValorAlso, as the names of the lead “actors” in this film are being withheld for security reasons, any praiseor criticism of any particular cast member is pointless. Of course, these men are not actors. Then again,I’ve seen plenty of highly-paid actors star in films that weren’t half as interesting. Every action scenewas a thrill-a-minute and those moments in-between were a welcomed relief. I urge all of-age actionfans to see this movie at their earliest possible convenience. (7.2/10) For comments and questions,contact me at [email protected].
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Community Sports Bulletin
School graduate and 2012
Olympic hopeful Nick
Delpopolo (73-kilogram)
was outstanding for the
United States squad as he
went 3-0 on the day giving
them a leg up in each bout
and boosting the team’s
overall chance at victory.
Bolen provided a big boost
for Team USA as well,
going 2-1 and included
wins over Canada and
France using his trademark
submission choke.
defeating Team Canada and Team
France, winning both matchups by
the score of 3-2. Team USA then
faced Team Germany in a rematch
of last year’s final which saw
Germany escape victorious. It came
down to the last fight of the day,
with the score tied 2-2, which saw
Vashkulat losing a heartbreaker in
+90-kilogram division by the small-
est of margins after he received a
questionable stalling penalty with
30 seconds remaining.
The crowd was electric during the
final match in NYAC's famed gym,
breaking out many times in chants
of "USA...USA!" Burnt Hills High
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Team USA walked away with
a silver medal at the NY Open
Team Judo Championships at
the fabled New York Athletic
Club (NYAC) March 4. The
U.S. team included three players
from the Jason Morris Judo
Center (JMJC), Brad Bolen,
Nick Delpopolo and Kyle
Vashkulat. The team was
coached by JMJC's owner,
Jason Morris.
Teams consisted of five play-
ers in the 66-kilogram, 73-kilo-
gram, 81-kilogram, 90-kilogram
and +90-kilogram categories.
Team USA made the finals
Jason Morris Coaches Team USA To Silver Medal
Nick Delpopolo (red & blue) sweeps his opponent’s leg during a 73kgmatch during the NY Open Championships in Manhattan.
Brad Bolen (red &blue) locks in a chokehold during a 66kg Judo match
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by Glenn MottauSaratoga TODAY
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Five
newcomers and five returning
finalists comprise the National
Museum of Racing’s 2012 Hall of
Fame ballot. The first-time final-
ists are trainer Roger Attfield and
Thoroughbreds Ashado,
Ghostzapper, Housebuster and
Xtra Heat. They join jockeys
Calvin Borel, Garrett Gomez,
Alex Solis, John Velazquez and
trainer Robert Wheeler, all of
whom were finalists in 2011.
Hall of Fame voters may select
as many candidates as they
believe are worthy of induction to
the Hall of Fame. The four candi-
dates with the highest vote totals
will be elected.
The finalists were selected by
the Hall of Fame’s 16-member
Nominating Committee from a
total of 82 candidates suggested
throughout the year by turf jour-
nalists, Thoroughbred industry
participants, and racing fans. To
be eligible, trainers must have
been active for 25 years, and
jockeys must have been active for
20 years. Thoroughbreds must
have been retired for five years.
All candidates must have been
active within the past 25 years. A
separate Historic Review
Committee is assigned to consid-
er candidates whose careers were
completed more than 25 years
ago.
The results of the voting on
contemporary candidates will be
announced April 23. The induc-
tion ceremony will be held at the
Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in
Saratoga Springs August 10 at
10:30 a.m. The ceremony is free
and open to the public.
Attfield has saddled the winner
of 1,727 races, including 369
stakes, and has purse earnings of
more than $88 million. He won
his first Breeders’ Cup race in
2011 when Perfect Shirl took the
Filly and Mare Turf.
Ashado won 12 of her 21 career
starts with purse earnings of
$3,931,440. She was named
Champion 3-Year-Old Female in
2004 and Champion Older
Female in 2005. Trained by Todd
Pletcher, Ashado won the
Spinaway Stakes, Schuylerville
Stakes, and Demoiselle Stakes at
2. At 3, she won the Kentucky
Oaks, Breeders’ Cup Distaff,
Coaching Club American Oaks,
Fair Grounds Oaks, and Cotillion
Handicap.
Ghostzapper won 9 of 11 career
starts and earned $3,446,120. He
was named Horse of the Year and
Champion Older Male in 2004
when he posted a 4-for-4 record.
Trained by Hall of Famer Bobby
Frankel, Ghostzapper won the
2004 Breeders’ Cup Classic in
stakes-record time.
Housebuster won 15 times in
22 starts and earned $1,229,696.
He was named Champion
Sprinter in 1990 and 1991.
Trained by Hall of Famer Warren
A. Croll Jr., Housebuster won the
Jerome Handicap, King’s Bishop,
Spectacular Bid, Swale,
Hutcheson, Withers, Lafayette,
and Derby Trial in 1990 at age 3
en route to an 8-for-10 campaign.
A winner of eight consecutive
races at one point in his career, 11
of his 15 wins were in graded
stakes races.
Xtra Heat won 26 times and
finished out of the money only
twice in 35 career starts en route
to earning $2,389,635. Trained by
John Salzman Sr., Xtra Heat was
named Champion 3-Year-Old
Filly in 2001. She won 10 stakes
races, including the Grade 1
Prioress.
Borel has won 4,932 races,
including 278 stakes, and has
earned more than $117 million in
purses. He is the only jockey to
win the Kentucky Derby three
times in a four-year span, accom-
plishing the feat with Street Sense
(2007), Mine That Bird (2009),
and Super Saver (2010). His three
victories in the Run for the Roses
are surpassed only by Hall of
Famers Eddie Arcaro and Bill
Hartack with five each and Hall
of Famer Bill Shoemaker, who
has four Derby wins. Borel, one
of only two riders with more than
1,000 wins at Churchill Downs,
won the Preakness, Woodward,
Haskell, Mother Goose, and
Kentucky Oaks with 2009 Horse
of the Year Rachel Alexandra.
Gomez has won 3,569 races,
including 530 stakes, and has
earned more than $188 million in
his career. He won the Eclipse
Award for Outstanding Jockey in
2007 and 2008 and led all North
American riders in earnings from
2006 through 2009. He won a
record 76 stakes races in 2007
and has 12 Breeders’ Cup wins to
his credit.
Solis has won 4,921 races,
including 618 stakes, and has
earned more than $228 million.
The recipient of the 1997 George
Woolf Memorial Jockey Award,
Solis has won three Breeders’
Cup races, including the 2003
Classic with Pleasantly Perfect.
He has also won the Preakness
and multiple editions of the Santa
Anita Derby and Florida Derby.
Velazquez has won 4,771 races,
including 733 stakes, and has
earned more than $267 million.
He won the Eclipse Award for
Outstanding Jockey in 2004 and
2005 and led all North American
riders in earnings during those
years. He led all New York jock-
eys in wins from 2001 through
2004 and set a record with 65
wins at Saratoga in 2004.
Velazquez has won 22 riding
titles at New York Racing
Association tracks and has nine
Breeders’ Cup wins. He posted 50
Grade 1 wins from 2006 through
2011. Velazquez won the
Kentucky Derby in 2011 with
Animal Kingdom and the
Belmont Stakes in 2007 with
Rags to Riches.
Wheeler, whose career spanned
from 1938 through 1994, won
1,336 races and trained for promi-
nent owners such as C.V.
Whitney, J. Rukin Jelks,
Greentree Stable, and Nelson
Bunker Hunt. He conditioned 56
stakes-winning horses, including
the 1982 Champion Older
Female, Track Robbery. The
majority of his career predates the
grading of races, but from 1976
on he won 18 of the 69 (26 per-
cent) graded stakes his horses ran
in and 44 of his 175 (25 percent)
overall stakes attempts.
National Racing Museum Announces 2012 HOF Finalists
After 12 inches of snow blanket-
ed my lawn at Stratton Mountain
October 29, I started gearing up
for a record-breaking snowy win-
ter. Much to my amazement, as
the days shortened, and more
leaves fell from the maple trees,
the temperatures continued to stay
above freezing. There was plenty
of moisture, just not snow. This
will be my 48th year of skiing and
I’ve seen this pattern before.
Could it be one of those years, I
asked myself?
Well, it’s been one of those
years!
I think back to 1998 when I’d
had enough! I was sitting in my
Jeep in January and it was 28
degrees outside and the pouring
rain had leaked through the soft
top. I was done with these warm
winters, and knew it was time for a
change. I decided to move to
Colorado, and I stayed there 10
years.
To me, a ski season is never
complete without a few powder
days. This year, again, I wasn’t
getting any. Snow wasn’t happen-
ing! I waited… and waited, but we
were stuck in this horrible pattern
again. It would warm up; it would
rain; and it would cool down, and
then repeat.
If I wanted to experience winter,
the way I like it, now was the time
to think of my years of experience.
“The Rockies!” How about Utah?
Colorado? Montana? They haven’t
had much of a start to their season
either. To find the cold and snow, I
figured my only option was to go
further north.
After a few conversations with
some Canadian friends, we had a
plan. We decided to go to Red
Mountain in British Columbia in
Canada.
Keeping an eye on the snowfall
history for the resort throughout
January, I resigned myself to
another washout year, even in
Canada. With only 90 centimeters
of snowfall in January, and 32 cen-
timeters for the first two weeks of
February, I hoped Red Mt. had
good food and bars.
Well, wouldn’t you know, it
started a few days before I arrived
and it just stopped last week, well
after I’d left. Although the base
depth at that time was only about a
meter deep, most of the hazards
were covered.
Red Mt. is located about two and
a half hours north of Spokane in
Rossland, BC. It has the feel of a
skier’s mountain: no glitz, lots of
locals with tele-skis and back-
packs. Since it continued to snow,
some of my best runs of the day
were around 3 p.m. We had over
4,200 acres of skiable terrain to
choose from. The summit eleva-
tion is 6,800 feet, so it’s not that
hard to breathe at that distance
above sea level.
We spent most of our days ski-
ing Granite peak. This peak gave
us the most vertical, steepest lines
with the choice of skiing, glades,
snowfields or very tight shoots. If
you become exhausted during the
run as I did toward the end of the
day, you could easily access a
groomer, take a break, and then
hop back into the woods for some
more blacks to complete the run.
My only reservations were the
lifts. No detachable high-speed
chairs and only six lifts to choose
from. Since I’m from the east, I
prefer lots of runs and lots of ver-
tical when I go west. As far as I
can tell it’s impossible to get a lot
of vertical here, especially this
year.
Our plan was to be in Rossland
for five days. It’s hard for me to
ski any one resort for five consec-
utive days without getting bored,
so here’s how we planned to break
up the week. Monday, Tuesday,
we’d go to Red Mt. Wednesday off
unless it’s a powder day. Well a
powder day is exactly what we got,
so it was off to Red Mt. once
again. That night for my Birthday
dinner Idgie’s came highly recom-
mended to us. Just great, no need
to say more.
On day during my trip, my son
Kieran and I went snowcat skiing
with Big Red Cats skiing compa-
ny. With over eight mountains and
19,000 skiable acres, 40 percent
expert, this is considered to be the
best glade skiing in the world. Just
don’t hit a tree! With the elevation
being about 1,000 feet higher than
Red Mt., the snow was lighter,
more consistent and deeper. It was
epic in every sense and very worth
the $430 a day.
Unfortunately for us, some
unforeseen circumstances arose
and we had to call our five-day ski
excursion short by a day. By the
end of my trip I was exhausted, but
what a great four days of skiing in
Canada! The snow in the
Kootenay region is spectacular.
Believe it or not, when I returned
to Stratton there was – finally -
another foot of snow on my lawn.
Searching for Winter: One Man’s Quest to Ski
SARATOGA
TODAYFriday, March 9, 201238 SPORTS
Damian Fantauzzi
There is a basketball story thatwas brought to my attention by afriend of mind, Phil Pallozzi,from Waterford. It’s an amazingtale of what could have been,compared to what actually hap-pened. In years past, there werestories about small-town schoolsin Indiana that went on to win thehigh school state basketball tour-nament. Such an exampleinspired the 1986 movie“Hoosiers,” which is based on thetrue story of Milan High School.In 1954, Milan came out ofnowhere to win the Indiana Statehigh school basketball tourna-ment. At that time, Indiana didn’thave any type of class distinctionlike we have here in New York(Class AA to Class D.) Therefore,the Hoosier state only crownedone, bona fide, state champion.Indiana has since created separateclasses.
This tale is about the caliber ofthe players who were from the lit-tle town of Waterford with a pop-ulation just under 8,500 people.There is a long list of athletesfrom Waterford that went to otherschools in the immediate area ofthe Capital District, where someof these athletes played their col-lege basketball.
Let me begin with some of theboys who crossed the HudsonRiver to go to school in Troy.Armond Reo, who played hishigh school career at CatholicCentral of Troy, played during thelate 1950s with teammate JoeGeiger. Both were around 6’6”tall and both from Waterford.
Catholic High was unbeaten duringtheir tenure. Reo went on to play atNorte Dame on a full basketballscholarship and set the career scor-ing record for Notre Dame. Geigerwent to Xavier University by alsoearning a full-ride where he was aprolific scorer and rebounder. Aftergraduation, Geiger had a tryout withthe Cincinnati Royals of the NBA.
Just a few years before Reo andGeiger there was another Waterfordplayer who was an outstandingswingman during the mid-1950s.He played for Troy Catholic and hisname was Ron Gillespie. Ron hadan athletic scholarship to Syracuseand happened to play basketballwith All-American football playerJim Brown. Gillespie averaged dou-ble figures in his career as anOrangeman.
In the early sixties, there was JohnAnderson, who transferred fromWaterford during his junior year toAlbany Academy. While there heaveraged over 20 points per gameand set a record that still stands with42 points in a single game. Johnwent on to Wake Forest in the mid-sixties to play for Billy Packer.
In 1965, the best high school bas-ketball team in the country was TroyHigh School (22-0). The teamwould send six players to D1 pro-grams. Brothers Jerry and SteveGuter from Waterford played withTroy High during 1963-65 seasons.In 1964-65 Troy was a team thatwon by an average of 25.2 pointsper game. The Brothers Guter wereclearly a part of the reason for theteam’s success, winning 42 of 44games with a 22-0 season in 1965.
Jerry was recruited by famedcoach Adolph Rupp of KentuckyUniversity and Steve was recruitedby Bobby Knight, who at that timewas the head coach at West Point.Steve later transferred to EastStroudsburg State in Pennsylvania,a D2 school. Steve graduated fromTroy a year before Jerry and whilehe was not a member of that unde-feated team, Troy won the Class Atitle during his senior year. In total,
the Flying Horses of Troy Highhad won two Class A league titlesand two Class A sectional titles inconsecutive years.
The Waterford players don’tstop there. Eddie Osterhout playedfor LaSalle Institute of Troy andwent to D3 Drew University inNew Jersey. Mark Dufort, a 6’ 3”guard who played at Siena, was atTroy Catholic during the late-70s.Joe Bova, a CBA graduate, playedD1 basketball at ColumbiaUniversity.
Some Waterford players stayedhome to play for the “Fordians.”Ronnie Bova (Joe’s brother), Daveand Pete Campoli and Paul Yattawall were good high school playerswho went on to play college bas-ketball. Then there was FredShear, from the class of 1969 andformerly the all-time scoringleader and rebounder in Siena bas-ketball history, a two-time AllAmerican whose records werebroken only a few years ago.
It makes one realize how a play-er or two can make the differencein a successful basketball pro-gram. A big part of the story has todo with a physical educationteacher by the name of FredMorris, who passed away a fewyears ago. He was behind the suc-cess of many of these players dur-ing their youth. The teacher, thestudents, the game and its funda-mentals are the ingredients that arenecessary in the development of abasketball player. For many, hewas their inspiration and mentor;he planted the seed that nurtured alove for the game of basketball.
If this small town wasn’t soclose to the Capital District, whatkind of high school basketball his-tory would this town have? Itmight have been our own Hoosierstory about the most successfulhigh school basketball program inthe history of New York. Whoknows what kind of run the inher-ent Waterford Fordians could havehad.
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by Andrew MarshallSaratoga TODAY
SARATOGA SPRINGS –Perhaps the third time will be thecharm for Saratoga Springs. TheBlue Streaks varsity ice hockeyteam defeated a tough MassenaRed Raiders team 2-1 at theWeibel Avenue Rink March 3 intheir quarterfinal matchup. Thewin qualified Saratoga for a tripto the New York State HighSchool Hockey CoachesAssociation (NYSHSHCA)championship tournament at TheUtica Memorial Auditorium for athird consecutive year. This is thefirst time in the school’s historythat they have qualified for threestraight years. The team is aimingfor their first state championshipsince the 1999 season.
In order to get to Utica, theywould have to take care of busi-ness at home against Massenafirst. It was a fired-up crowd onhand for the New York Stateregional game, hoping to cheerSaratoga on to another berth inthe state’s final four. While theywere able to strike quickly intheir Section II final againstShenendehowa, Saratoga would
not score a goal in the opening peri-od. Fortunately, neither wouldMassena. The Blue Streaks shiftedtheir focus to the defensive end,forcing Massena players to takelong distance shots from the blueline, and effectively clearing outrebounds to decrease Massena’sscoring chances.
During the second period, theBlue Streaks would find them-selves playing from behind for thefirst time since their sectional gameagainst Christian BrothersAcademy. Cullen Baines wouldtake advantage of a turnover in theSaratoga zone and bury the puckpast goaltender Ryan Bourgeois togive Massena a 1-0 lead.
However, The Red Raiders cele-bration would not last for verylong. Less than three minutes afterthe Massena goal, Saratoga’s JamieBartoszek would send a gorgeouspass up the ice to a streaking KylePaton before he ripped a shot pastMassena goaltender Connor Paquinto tie the game 1-1.
The next Saratoga goal camewhen Mike Layman attempted toplay a puck off the boards and sendit behind the Massena net. Thepuck would take a strange bounceand end up right back on Layman’sstick. With the Massena defenders
out of place, Layman would feedthe puck in front of the net to awaiting Tom Naples, who wouldscore easily to take a 2-1 lead.
With the offense doing their partto regain the upper hand, it was upto the defense and goalie RyanBourgeois to nail down the victory.Saratoga continued to forceMassena into taking long-distanceshots on net, if they could takethem at all. Massena would onlymanage four shots on net in totalduring the third period, all butsecuring the win for Saratoga.Massena’s best chance came in ashot from point-blank range thanwould be stopped by Bourgeois. Hewould finish the game with 17saves on 18 shots. Massena goal-tender Paquin would finish with 22saves on 24 shots.
With the win comes another tripto “The Aud” for the Blue Streaks.Saratoga Springs has advanced tothe championship final in both pre-vious trips to Utica but had to settlefor second place both times. In2011, it was a 3-2 loss toWilliamsville North, and in 2010they were shutout by West Genesee3-0. While Saratoga hasn’t won astate championship since 1999, butthey aren’t alone in their champi-onship struggles. Since 1980,
Section II representa-tives are a dismal 2-7 inNew York State champi-onship games, with thelast win being Saratogain 1999.
The NYSHSHCAbegins March 10 at theMemorial Auditorium inUtica, with semifinalaction featuring SaratogaSprings taking onPittsford at 12:30 p.m.Saratoga and Pittsfordwill have the luxury ofknowing who their oppo-nent might be beforethey even step onto theice that afternoon. Top-seeded Suffern will faceWest Genesee in theirsemifinal game at 10a.m. The winners of thetwo games March 10 willplay for the New YorkState championshipMarch 11 at noon.
Blue Streaks Bound for Utica...Again!Saratoga Springs defeats Massena 2-1, will face Pittsford in semifinals of state tournament.
BULLARD BARRAGE - SaratogaSprings forward Tyler Bullard in actionduring the March 3 game againstMassena at Weibel Avenue Rink
Photo by MarkBolles.com
DYNAMIC DUO - Saratoga Springs’ Kyle Paton (6) and Alex Luse (2) turn theirattention to the goaltender after catching Massena defenders out of place.
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