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In this<br />
week’s issue<br />
Cooking<br />
for a cause<br />
Jodie Fitzgerald, food columnist<br />
for Capital District Parent<br />
Pages, explained at the American<br />
Heart Association’s Go Red For<br />
Women luncheon on Thursday,<br />
May 28, a little thought can go a<br />
long way for your child’s health.<br />
See story on Page 3.<br />
He’s a<br />
‘Good Man’<br />
Director Robert Whiteman<br />
puts his stamp on Charles Schulz’s<br />
beloved cast of characters in NYS-<br />
TI ‘s production of “You’re a Good<br />
Man, Charlie Brown.”<br />
See story on Page 16.<br />
Bison beat<br />
Brothers<br />
Luke Walsh wasn’t going<br />
to let the Shaker boys lacrosse<br />
team’s season end in the Section<br />
II, Class A semifi nals.<br />
See story on Page 25.<br />
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See Page 8<br />
<strong>COLONIE</strong><br />
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Volume XX Number <strong>22</strong> 75¢ June 3, 2009<br />
Contractors picket<br />
new Price Chopper<br />
Program allows teens<br />
Chip Kronau and Ron Brock, of Chip Kronau Construction and Equipment, picket at the entrance to the newly<br />
opened Price Chopper on Central Avenue in Colonie. Kronau said his company is owed payment and interest<br />
for work done on the market in October and the beginning of December.<br />
Dan Sabbatino/Spotlight<br />
Protesters say they are<br />
owed more than $646K<br />
for exterior work<br />
done at supermarket<br />
By ARIANA COHN<br />
cohna@spotlightnews.com<br />
More than $646,000 is owed<br />
to contractors who worked for<br />
over a year to ensure the new<br />
Attendees hear personal<br />
stories, research about women<br />
and heart disease<br />
By ARIANA COHN<br />
cohna@spotlightnews.com<br />
More than $125,000 was raised and<br />
nearly 300 people attended the American<br />
Heart Association’s Go Red for Women<br />
luncheon at the Desmond Hotel and Con-<br />
Price Chopper on Central Avenue<br />
would be opened by Monday,<br />
June 1, according to Chip<br />
Kronau, president of Kronau<br />
Construction and Equipment<br />
Inc.<br />
“Help us get OUR green,”<br />
read fl iers being handed out<br />
Monday night by more than a<br />
dozen subcontractors and contractors<br />
who worked to lay concrete,<br />
put in new sidewalks and<br />
install other exterior features at<br />
the Price Chopper in Colonie<br />
Plaza, at 1892 Central Ave.<br />
According to Kronau, WP<br />
Realty, the company that manages<br />
Colonie Plaza, had paid the<br />
contractors for their service up<br />
until September, at which point<br />
contractors did not receive money<br />
for more than three months<br />
of work.<br />
The amount Kronau’s company<br />
is owed amounts to over<br />
■ Picket Page 20<br />
ference Center in Colonie on Thursday,<br />
May 28.<br />
At the event, people had their cholesterol<br />
checked, learned how to prepare<br />
heart-healthy meals, heard victim impact<br />
stories and also learned more about<br />
heart disease, the No. 1 killer of women<br />
in America. WNYT News Channel 13 anchorwoman<br />
Benita Zahn was master of<br />
ceremonies.<br />
“I am very proud to be here,” said Zahn,<br />
■ Red Page 5<br />
Students<br />
gear up<br />
for science<br />
symposium<br />
to share fi ndings from<br />
studies conducted<br />
alongside professional<br />
researchers<br />
By ARIANA COHN<br />
cohna@spotlightnews.com<br />
You may not know what it<br />
means to split an atom, but you<br />
can learn all about it and more if<br />
you attend Shaker High School’s<br />
Science Symposium on Thursday,<br />
June 4.<br />
This year, Shaker High School’s<br />
Science Research Program, a<br />
program that allows high school<br />
students in their sophomore year<br />
and higher to research a topic of<br />
choice in real labs alongside real<br />
researchers, will be holding its<br />
sixth annual symposium from 5:45<br />
to 8:30 p.m. at the high school.<br />
Science research teacher Nate<br />
Covert said the symposium is always<br />
held at the end of the year.<br />
“It’s kind of a way for us to say<br />
goodbye to the seniors,” Covert<br />
said.<br />
The symposium will be broken<br />
down into two sections – something<br />
new to this year’s event.<br />
The fi rst section will allow students<br />
of all grades to display their<br />
research on a poster board. The<br />
second session will be a seniors<br />
session, in which all seniors involved<br />
in the program will show<br />
a PowerPoint presentation of<br />
their work. Covert said there are<br />
about 30 students in the Science<br />
Research Program ranging from<br />
different grades.<br />
■ Students Page 20<br />
Luncheon touts heart-healthy living<br />
Heart disease survivor<br />
Dawn Manogue<br />
speaks to an audience<br />
of more than 300 at<br />
the American Heart<br />
Association’s Go Red<br />
for Women luncheon<br />
on Thursday, May<br />
28, at the Desmond<br />
Hotel and Conference<br />
Center.<br />
Ariana Cohn/<br />
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Saratoga Winners owner indicted on arson charges<br />
Akiva D. Abraham, 43, of<br />
Rexford, the owner of Saratoga<br />
Winners who was arrested last<br />
month in connection with<br />
a fire at the building, was<br />
indicted Monday, June 1, by<br />
a grand jury on charges of<br />
third degree arson, a class<br />
“C” felony, insurance fraud<br />
in the second degree, a class<br />
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endangerment in the first<br />
degree, a class “D” felony.<br />
Abraham was arrested<br />
following an investigation into<br />
the April 30 fi re at 3 a.m. that<br />
burned the former nightclub<br />
and potato chip factory to the<br />
ground. According to District<br />
Attorney David Soares’ offi ce,<br />
Abraham is charged with<br />
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“intentionally setting fi re to<br />
Saratoga Winners using tiki<br />
torch fuel as an accelerant<br />
to completely damage the<br />
building.”<br />
Soares’ office says that<br />
Abraham then fi led a property<br />
loss notice and worked with an<br />
insurance adjuster to obtain<br />
proceeds amounting to more<br />
than $350,000.<br />
If convicted, Abraham could<br />
face up to 15 years in prison.<br />
Other arrests<br />
Anthony Cafarelli, 23,<br />
of Colonie, was arrested<br />
on Saturday, May 30, at<br />
41 Maple Drive on felony<br />
charges of assault with intent<br />
to cause physical injury with<br />
a weapon.<br />
According to police,<br />
Cafarelli, who lives at 41 Maple<br />
Drive, had hosted an underage<br />
drinking party where several<br />
attendees were under the age<br />
of 21.<br />
Upon investigation, several<br />
of the underage drinkers were<br />
issues sobriety tests, which<br />
they failed.<br />
Police said Cafarelli had also<br />
struck a victim intentionally<br />
with the butt end of a BB<br />
gun, causing bruising and<br />
a laceration that required<br />
stitches.<br />
Cafarelli was arrested and<br />
transported to the Colonie<br />
police station. He was<br />
arraigned and sent to the<br />
Albany County Correctional<br />
Facility.<br />
Matthew M. Ford, 25, of<br />
Mechanicville, was arrested<br />
on Tuesday, June 2, at the<br />
intersection of Loudon and<br />
Menands roads on DWI<br />
charges.<br />
According to police, Ford<br />
was operating a blue 1995<br />
BMW and was stopped for<br />
several vehicle and traffic<br />
infractions.<br />
According to police reports,<br />
police smelled alcohol on<br />
Ford’s breath. They also<br />
noticed him having watery,<br />
bloodshot eyes, slurred<br />
speech and impaired motor<br />
coordination.<br />
Ford was arrested and<br />
transported to the Colonie<br />
police station. He was issued<br />
a ticket to appear in court on<br />
Monday, June 8.<br />
Vincent P. Trimarchi, 53,<br />
of Abany, was arrested on<br />
Sunday, May 31, at 950 Loudon<br />
Road on DWI charges.<br />
According to police,<br />
Trimarchi was operating a<br />
2000 Volkswagen and was<br />
stopped for several vehicle<br />
and traffi c violations.<br />
Upon further investigation,<br />
police said they smelled<br />
alcohol on his breath. Police<br />
also said he failed several fi eld<br />
sobriety tests.<br />
Trimarchi was arrested and<br />
transported to the Colonie<br />
police station. He was issued<br />
a ticket to appear in court on<br />
Monday, June 1.<br />
Christopher R. Proctor,<br />
23, of Cohoes, was arrested<br />
on Saturday, May 30, at the<br />
intersection of Loudon and<br />
Troy Schenectady roads on<br />
DWI charges.<br />
According to police, Proctor<br />
was operating a green 1998<br />
Ford Escort in a southbound<br />
direction when he failed to<br />
negotiate the traffi c circle and<br />
crashed into the guard rail.<br />
Upon further investigation,<br />
police said Proctor was<br />
walking outside the vehicle<br />
and they smelled alcohol on<br />
his breath, as well as noticed<br />
him having slurred speech.<br />
Proctor admitted to driving<br />
the vehicle just moments<br />
earlier and police said he failed<br />
several fi eld sobriety tests.<br />
Proctor was arrested and<br />
transported to the Colonie<br />
police station. He was issued<br />
a ticket to appear in court at a<br />
later date.<br />
Matt N. Greenhouse, 49,<br />
of Watervliet, was arrested<br />
on Friday, May 29, at the<br />
intersection of Ulenski Drive<br />
and Wolf Road on DWI<br />
charges.<br />
According to police,<br />
Greenhouse was operating<br />
a gray 2006 Honda and was<br />
stopped for several vehicle and<br />
traffi c violations.<br />
Upon further investigation,<br />
police said they smelled<br />
alcohol on Greenhouse’s<br />
breath, as well as noticed<br />
him having slurred speech,<br />
bloodshot eyes and impaired<br />
motor coordination.<br />
Police also said he failed<br />
several fi eld sobriety tests.<br />
Greenhouse was arrested<br />
and transported to the Colonie<br />
police station. He was issued<br />
at ticket to appear in court on<br />
Monday, June 1.<br />
Brian Dani Shaughnessy,<br />
24, of Albany, was arrested<br />
on Friday, May 29, at 462<br />
Albany Shaker Road on DWI<br />
charges.<br />
According to police,<br />
Shaughnessy was found in his<br />
vehicle at the above address<br />
sleeping with the keys in the<br />
ignition and the power to the<br />
car on.<br />
Upon further investigation,<br />
police said he “appeared to<br />
be under the influence of<br />
alcohol.”<br />
Police also said he was<br />
found to be in possession of<br />
marijuana and a marijuana<br />
smoking pipe with residue.<br />
Shaughnessy was arrested<br />
and transported to the Colonie<br />
police station. He was issued<br />
a ticket to appear in court on<br />
Monday, June 1.<br />
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Really local
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Spotlight Newspapers June 3, 2009 Page 3<br />
Demo inspires<br />
food for thought<br />
Food columnist and<br />
dietitian share ways busy<br />
families can eat healthy<br />
By ARIANA COHN<br />
cohna@spotlightnews.com<br />
When you’re racing between<br />
picking the kids up from school<br />
and dropping them off at ballet or<br />
hustling them to soccer practice,<br />
preparing dinner for the family<br />
can be the last thing on your<br />
mind.<br />
But as Jodie Fitzgerald, food<br />
columnist for Capital District<br />
Parent Pages, explained at the<br />
American Heart Association’s<br />
Go Red For Women luncheon<br />
on Thursday, May 28, a little<br />
forethought can go a long way<br />
for your child’s health.<br />
Fitzgerald whipped up a buffalo<br />
chicken wrap that would satisfy a<br />
child’s craving for junk food, but<br />
she used a whole-wheat wrap to<br />
give the meal a healthy twist.<br />
“A wheat wrap is recommended<br />
for higher sources of fiber,”<br />
Fitzgerald said.<br />
Fitzgerald said it is also<br />
important to maintain portion<br />
control.<br />
“So, you don’t necessarily want<br />
to have a whole wrap for everyone<br />
in your family,” she said.<br />
Fitzgerald recommends<br />
cutting the wraps in half for<br />
smaller appetites.<br />
Still, ensuring fi ber, even if it<br />
is in half a wrap, is important for<br />
kids, according to Lisa Lambert,<br />
Residents’ relatives plead for home’s future<br />
Family members say<br />
nursing facility is vital<br />
to serve a segment<br />
of the population<br />
By ARIANA COHN<br />
cohna@spotlightnews.com<br />
While Albany County<br />
legislators have been mulling<br />
the future of the Albany County<br />
Nursing Home for years, relatives<br />
of the residents say getting rid<br />
of the nursing home is not an<br />
option.<br />
The nursing home was forced<br />
to downsize its number of beds<br />
from nearly 400 to 250 following<br />
recommendations made in 2006 by<br />
the New York State Commission<br />
on Health Care Facilities in the<br />
21st Century, also known as the<br />
Berger Commission.<br />
County officials have called<br />
the current facility “antiquated,”<br />
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a registered dietitian with Capital<br />
Care Medical Group.<br />
“Kids are missing out on<br />
fi ber,” Lambert said, explaining<br />
that fi ber could easily be added<br />
to their diets by adding a few<br />
simple fruits and vegetables<br />
to the meal, such as carrots or<br />
apples as a side.<br />
One audience member asked<br />
Lambert what could be done<br />
to convince kids to eat their<br />
vegetables.<br />
“The parent is the role model,<br />
and when the parent is the role<br />
model to prepare the healthy<br />
meals, the child will follow,” she<br />
said.<br />
Lambert said one thing that<br />
might not be the best to do would<br />
be to punish your kids for not<br />
eating their vegetables because<br />
it shows negative feelings<br />
associated with eating instead of<br />
positive reinforcement.<br />
“After 20 minutes, if it’s<br />
consumed, great. If it’s not,<br />
try something new,” Lambert<br />
said. “It’s probably just not the<br />
vegetable for them.”<br />
Lambert also said another<br />
idea is to hide the vegetables in<br />
the food, for example to puree<br />
the vegetables and put it in the<br />
meatloaf or hide the vegetables<br />
on a homemade pizza.<br />
Hidden or in plain sight, the<br />
nutritional value of the foods<br />
while they are still on the shelves<br />
makes all the difference. But<br />
soon, it will be a lot easier to<br />
decipher what is healthy from<br />
stressing the need for a new one.<br />
In addition, state regulations will<br />
require the nursing home to have<br />
a fully-functional sprinkler system<br />
by the year 2013, something that<br />
would be both costly and diffi cult<br />
for the current facility.<br />
As of now, the county is still<br />
considering what to do with the<br />
nursing home. One option is to<br />
close the current facility, located<br />
at 780 Albany Shaker Road, and<br />
open a new facility at a location<br />
yet to be determined. Another<br />
option is to close the facility and<br />
not open a new one.<br />
The legislature has been<br />
talking about moving the nursing<br />
home to a new location as there<br />
is too much unused space at<br />
the current location due to the<br />
cutting of beds, costing county<br />
taxpayers more money than a<br />
smaller facility would.<br />
In the past year, several possible<br />
locations for the new nursing<br />
home have gained public attention,<br />
including the portion of Heritage<br />
Park Albany County bought from<br />
the Town of Colonie and the former<br />
Tobin Plant Co. meatpacking plant,<br />
located on Exchange Street near<br />
Everett Road.<br />
Gary Domalewicz, Albany<br />
County legislator and chairman<br />
of the Albany County Nursing<br />
Home Facilities Committee, said<br />
the county is still unsure of which<br />
what is not through a new health<br />
grading system called NuVal<br />
that will appear in a number of<br />
grocery stores in the coming<br />
months.<br />
According to Maureen<br />
Murphy, manager of consumer<br />
trends for Price Chopper, NuVal<br />
was a system developed by a<br />
team of medical and nutrition<br />
experts.<br />
“The scoring is actually done<br />
by them,” said Murphy.<br />
Scores range from one to<br />
route it will take with the nursing<br />
home.<br />
“There’s nothing formal at<br />
this point,” he said. “We’re still<br />
moving forward at looking at<br />
fi nancing and other options and<br />
looking at what we want for the<br />
nursing home.”<br />
Domalewicz, D-Albany, said<br />
the committee meets once a<br />
month and plans ways to make<br />
the most of the county nursing<br />
home by providing as many<br />
services to those in need as<br />
possible, as well as researching<br />
ways to have a “greener” facility.<br />
He said he does not know when<br />
the committee will reveal its fi nal<br />
plans for the facility.<br />
In the meantime, those who<br />
have loved ones in the nursing<br />
home want to know their relatives<br />
will have a place to go once the<br />
committee and legislature makes<br />
that decision.<br />
“We want to just let the public<br />
know how important having a<br />
nursing home is,” said Renee<br />
Barchitta, an Albany County<br />
Nursing Home Family Council<br />
member who said she has a<br />
relative in the nursing home.<br />
“Nobody wants, in many cases,<br />
to be put in a nursing home, but<br />
it comes to a point where there<br />
isn’t a whole lot of choice.”<br />
Barchitta praised the efforts of<br />
County Executive Mike Breslin in<br />
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Jodie Fitzgerald, food columnist for Capital District Parent Pages, cooks<br />
up some heart-healthy meals during the American Heart Association’s<br />
Go Red for Women luncheon on Thursday, May 28, at the Desmond Hotel<br />
and Conference Center.<br />
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100, with 100 being the highest<br />
score a food product can receive.<br />
According to Murphy, foods in<br />
their most natural state receive<br />
higher ratings.<br />
Still, Murphy said it is not<br />
encouraged that a person<br />
attempts to eat only foods that<br />
have near-perfect scores.<br />
“It’s really about variety,” said<br />
Murphy.<br />
Murphy said Price Chopper’s<br />
goal is to have all products scored<br />
by the end of the summer.<br />
looking into programs such as the<br />
Program of All-Inclusive Care for<br />
the Elderly, or PACE, which allows<br />
people to stay in their homes and<br />
brings care to them.<br />
Barchitta said the program,<br />
which is already being done in<br />
Schenectady, can also arrange to<br />
have seniors picked up from their<br />
homes and brought to daytime<br />
care facilities while their family<br />
members go to work.<br />
While the program is valuable<br />
to a number of people, Barchitta<br />
said, a nursing home is still<br />
necessary.<br />
“If you’re not nursing home<br />
eligible, you really shouldn’t be<br />
home alone. So, it would actually<br />
be dangerous for the average<br />
person,” said Barchitta.<br />
Eligibility for nursing homes<br />
can also create a problem at<br />
most private nursing homes, but<br />
according to Nancy Layne, also a<br />
Family Council member, one of<br />
the benefi ts of the Albany County<br />
Nursing Home is that it does take<br />
many individuals who are not<br />
accepted at other facilities.<br />
“There’s not enough help out<br />
there for people who need 24/7<br />
care,” Layne said<br />
She has three relatives<br />
currently living in the Albany<br />
County Nursing Home.<br />
Layne said seniors who suffer<br />
from Alzheimer’s and dementia<br />
can be harder to place in local<br />
nursing homes because of their<br />
disorders.<br />
“They’re not as easy to place<br />
because they usually have<br />
behavioral problems that require<br />
IN BRIEF<br />
Art league plans<br />
exhibit at gallery<br />
The Local Color Art Gallery<br />
will hold the exhibit “A rose<br />
by any other name . . .” by the<br />
Colonie Art League through<br />
June 30.<br />
The gallery is at 1138 Troy-<br />
Schenectady Road, Latham. The<br />
exhibit is open to the public<br />
Sundays and Tuesdays, noon to<br />
4 p.m., and Wednesday through<br />
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
For information, call <strong>22</strong>0-<br />
9027.<br />
Women’s club<br />
sponsors luncheon<br />
The New York Capital District<br />
Christian Women’s Club will<br />
sponsor a luncheon at The Evans<br />
Public House, 5180 Western Ave.,<br />
Wednesday, June 10, from 11:30<br />
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.<br />
Special features will include a<br />
presentation of wedding dresses.<br />
Cathy Hopper will share her story<br />
of how she overcame the obstacles<br />
in her life. Grilled chicken with<br />
fruit salsa will be served.<br />
The cost is $13.50 per person,<br />
cash only. To reserve a seat, call<br />
Nancy at 869-0642 or Joyce at 235-<br />
4297 by June 5.<br />
Church to hold<br />
rummage sale<br />
Pine Grove United Methodist<br />
Church will hold a rummage sale<br />
Tuesday, June 9, from 9 a.m. to<br />
5 p.m.<br />
The church is at 1580 Central<br />
Ave. For information, call 869-<br />
6281.<br />
more care,” she said.<br />
Layne’s mother, who suffers<br />
from advanced Alzheimer’s<br />
proved to Layne the diffi culties<br />
residents can face when making<br />
the move to a nursing home.<br />
“My mother spent a month<br />
and a half in the hospital because<br />
no nursing home would take<br />
her,” Layne said. “When a doctor<br />
tells you that she can no longer<br />
go home – it’s dangerous going<br />
home – what do you do?”<br />
Layne said she also had<br />
trouble when it came time to<br />
get care for her father, who was<br />
offered home care for several<br />
hours a week, which did not<br />
cover his needs.<br />
Layne said that she and other<br />
members of the Family Council<br />
have attended nearly every<br />
meeting of the Albany County<br />
Legislature and spoken with<br />
nearly every legislator, urging<br />
them to see the importance<br />
of having a county nursing<br />
home.<br />
Most recently, Layne<br />
participated in a campaign in<br />
which letter writers told the<br />
legislature why the nursing home<br />
is so important.<br />
She said she hopes that Breslin<br />
will soon reach a resolution for<br />
the nursing home instead of just<br />
working on bringing the PACE<br />
program to the county.<br />
“That’s a great addition to<br />
what we have now,” said Layne.<br />
“Still, some of them can go home<br />
at night, but what do you do<br />
with the ones that don’t fi t that<br />
criteria?”
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Learning the ‘FACS’ about middle school<br />
.<br />
By ROBIN SHRAGER SUITOR<br />
news@spotlightnews.com<br />
The only thing I understand<br />
about middle school is that I<br />
understand very little about<br />
middle school.<br />
I have learned that “middle<br />
school” should not be referred<br />
to as “junior high.” When my<br />
daughter was still in elementary<br />
school, I would accidentally<br />
commit this error. “Next year,<br />
when you’re in junior high,”<br />
I’d start to say. She’d cut me<br />
off, “Mom, it’s called middle<br />
school.”<br />
I knew that. I really did. It’s<br />
just that when I was a kid, the<br />
place I went after graduating<br />
elementary school was called<br />
junior high. The phrase is in<br />
my long-term memory, so it’s<br />
more likely to resurface, than,<br />
say, anything that has happened<br />
this week or even in the last fi ve<br />
minutes. Luckily, once Rachel got<br />
to middle school, she accepted<br />
the fact that the phrase “junior<br />
high” was likely to keep slipping<br />
from my lips, and it soon garnered<br />
no reaction from her.<br />
It’s possible that “junior high”<br />
and “middle school” have a lot<br />
in common, but I just need to<br />
brush up on the new terminology<br />
in order to recognize the<br />
similarities.<br />
For example, the class names<br />
have changed. Home Economics<br />
(aka Home Ec) is now called<br />
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Thursday, June 4 97°/1919 36°/1947<br />
Friday, June 5 97°/1925 39°/1990<br />
Saturday, June 6 94°/1925 38°/1971<br />
Sunday, June 7 95°/1999 37°/1938<br />
Monday, June 8 93°/1984 38°/1951<br />
Tuesday, June 9 100°/1933 37°/1977<br />
11.05 inches as of Friday, May 29 th<br />
3.77 inches below average<br />
Family and Consumer Sciences<br />
(FACS). It took a while for me<br />
to remember what the acronym<br />
FACS stood for. I’d say, “Family<br />
and Community Service” or<br />
“Family and Contract Studies.”<br />
Finally I gave up and just called<br />
it “the class formerly known as<br />
Home Ec.” I like the new name<br />
FACS, but it’s hard to rewire my<br />
brain to remember it.<br />
Speaking of wiring, the kids<br />
now take “Technology,” which<br />
was called “Shop” in my day, as<br />
in “Wood Shop” or “Metal Shop.”<br />
Yes, when I was in junior high,<br />
girls were allowed to take Shop.<br />
What I remember of Shop was big<br />
tables, power tools and goggles. I<br />
also remember setting type and<br />
making personalized stationery<br />
using a printing press.<br />
In today’s middle schools,<br />
the kids call the class “Tech.”<br />
Every other week, Rachel has to<br />
summarize and present an article<br />
on a new technology. She searches<br />
on-line magazines for interesting<br />
topics. The only restriction is that<br />
“a new computer game” doesn’t<br />
count as “new” technology. The<br />
article doesn’t even have to be<br />
about computers at all. “Mom,<br />
76° 53°<br />
June 9, 1953 The Worcester, MA tornado, still believed<br />
to be the strongest ever to hit New England. Spawned by<br />
a 60,000 ft supercell that moved southeastward, it was at<br />
least an F 4. 90 were killed, over 1000 injured and $52M<br />
damage, then a tornado damage record.<br />
Wednesday 5:19am 8:28pm<br />
Thursday 5:19am 8:29pm<br />
Friday 5:18am 8:29pm<br />
Saturday 5:18am 8:30pm<br />
Sunday 5:18am 8:31pm<br />
Monday 5:17am 8:31pm<br />
Tuesday 5:17am 8:32pm<br />
June 7 th<br />
Full<br />
Typing wasn’t offered when I was in junior high.<br />
I had to wait until high school, where I learned<br />
to “keyboard” on a manual typewriter and was<br />
sometimes lucky enough to use an electric one. If<br />
I made a mistake, I had to use “white out,” which<br />
is known today as “the delete key.”<br />
a pencil is also technology,”<br />
Rachel told me. Did she think<br />
that pencils were invented when<br />
I was her age?<br />
I don’t think my daughter can<br />
imagine a time without pencils or<br />
computers. On the other hand,<br />
I don’t think she’s ever seen a<br />
filmstrip. We watched a lot of<br />
fi lmstrips when I went to school.<br />
We also watched some videos,<br />
but we did not use computers.<br />
Rachel’s been using computers<br />
since preschool. Middle schoolers<br />
take a class called “keyboarding.”<br />
Keyboarding is the modern word<br />
for typing. Typing wasn’t offered<br />
when I was in junior high. I<br />
had to wait until high school,<br />
where I learned to “keyboard”<br />
on a manual typewriter and was<br />
sometimes lucky enough to<br />
use an electric one. If I made a<br />
mistake, I had to use “white out,”<br />
which is known today as “the<br />
delete key.”<br />
Middle school kids today have<br />
fancy scientific calculators to<br />
perform math functions. Parents<br />
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6.3<br />
<strong>22</strong>.3<br />
1816 has been called<br />
the “Year Without a<br />
Summer”. On June 7 th ,<br />
20 inches of snow fell in<br />
Vermont. Boston had<br />
snow flurries. This<br />
worldwide cool down<br />
was caused by an<br />
Indonesian volcano.<br />
fear that these (and other) pricey<br />
electronic devices will be lost. In<br />
my day, the most expensive item<br />
kids brought to school was their<br />
retainers from the orthodontist.<br />
Kids today can take regular<br />
math, advanced math or double<br />
advanced math in middle school.<br />
If you double seventh grade<br />
math (2 x 7), then do you end up<br />
with grade 14 math? And exactly<br />
when do you get to grade 14? Is<br />
it two years after you graduate<br />
high school (grade 12 + 2),<br />
which would fall during your<br />
sophomore year of college? Or<br />
is it after you’ve eaten too much<br />
“pi”?<br />
The answer is “none of the<br />
above.” Seventh graders taking<br />
double advanced math are<br />
actually taking ninth grade<br />
math, also known as algebra.<br />
In middle school, math is not<br />
described by topic area. It’s<br />
called math 7 and math 7y and<br />
math 7z. I’ve heard in high<br />
school, the kids take “Math A”<br />
and “Math B.” It’s quite possible<br />
those terms are secret codes<br />
for geometry and trigonometry.<br />
I admit it’s a lot easier to say<br />
“A” and “B,” though I have to<br />
wonder why the schools use<br />
letters instead of numbers to<br />
describe math.<br />
Some classes have retained<br />
their names in the transition from<br />
junior high to middle school.<br />
These include Social Studies and<br />
English.<br />
Thankfully, the English<br />
teachers still push concepts like<br />
correct spelling and complete<br />
sentences. They even require<br />
the students to write using<br />
complete words, which may be<br />
increasingly challenging for the<br />
“text messaging” generation.<br />
As a learning exercise,<br />
Rachel’s teacher shows the class<br />
17.5<br />
21. 5<br />
7.6<br />
280<br />
214<br />
a sentence or a short paragraph.<br />
The text contains grammar and<br />
spelling errors. The students<br />
take turns pointing out the errors<br />
and offering corrections.<br />
My favorite part of this is that<br />
the teacher uses an overhead<br />
projector to conduct the<br />
exercise. The text is written on a<br />
transparency and projected onto<br />
a screen at the front of the room.<br />
One of the students is selected to<br />
stand at the projector and use a<br />
marker to make the corrections<br />
identifi ed by the class.<br />
Overhead projectors and<br />
grammar lessons -- I had those<br />
in junior high!!<br />
The middle school Social<br />
Studies teachers also promote<br />
writing skills. They assign<br />
projects called Document Based<br />
Questions (DBQs). The students<br />
have to review a set of documents<br />
about a particular topic, answer<br />
a few questions related to each<br />
document and then write an<br />
essay.<br />
I told my daughter that the<br />
skills involved in completing a<br />
DBQ — reading comprehension,<br />
analysis, summarizing<br />
information, drawing and<br />
justifying conclusions — are<br />
skills that she will use throughout<br />
her life.<br />
“I handle DBQs all the time,”<br />
I explained excitedly. “For<br />
example, it could be related to<br />
applying for a grant, justifying a<br />
new hire or developing a program<br />
policy.”<br />
None of this sounded appealing<br />
to Rachel. In fact, the prospect of<br />
DBQ-like assignments following<br />
her as she grows elicited nothing<br />
short of dismay.<br />
I saw that I had taken the<br />
wrong approach. She was not<br />
interested in the long-term<br />
benefi ts of homework. I changed<br />
the subject.<br />
“What’s going on in gym class<br />
these days?” I asked.<br />
She answered, “Mother, it’s<br />
called P.E.”<br />
Clearly, I still have a lot to learn<br />
about middle school. Only by the<br />
time I catch on, my daughter will<br />
be moving on to senior high, er,<br />
I mean high school.<br />
Wednesday 2:12am, 2:31pm 8:47am, 9:02pm<br />
Thursday 3:06am, 3:27pm 9:41am, 9:52pm<br />
Friday 3:56am, 4:18pm 10:33am, 10:41pm<br />
Saturday 4:43am, 5:05pm 11:<strong>22</strong>am, 11:27pm<br />
Sunday 5:27am, 5:49pm ---------- , 12:08pm<br />
Monday 6:09am, 6:31pm 12:12am, 12:53pm<br />
Tuesday 6:48am, 7:10pm 12:56am, 1:37pm<br />
11.7<br />
Levels as of<br />
May 29, 2009
Spotlight Newspapers June 3, 2009 Page 5<br />
Residents celebrate the consecration of Calvary United Methodist Church<br />
in Latham on Sunday, May 31.<br />
Submitted photo<br />
Church fi nishes remodeling<br />
After more than a year of<br />
construction, the Calvary United<br />
Methodist Church in Latham has<br />
completed its reconstruction<br />
project and is ready to use its new<br />
space for activities and outreach<br />
opportunities throughout the<br />
community.<br />
The church was formed<br />
in 19<strong>22</strong>, and, according to<br />
David Lockwood, a minister<br />
at the church, it has not been<br />
remodeled since it moved to<br />
its current location off of Old<br />
Loudon Road.<br />
“We were formed in 19<strong>22</strong> and<br />
moved to the current location<br />
in the 1960s, so this is the fi rst<br />
signifi cant change since the 60s,”<br />
he said.<br />
As the church began to see<br />
a rise in congregants, space<br />
became limited.<br />
So, the church decided to<br />
expand, at the same time making<br />
renovations, including making<br />
the facility more handicapped<br />
accessible. The church also<br />
saw changes to its heating and<br />
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plumbing systems.<br />
Another goal was to make the<br />
church “greener.”<br />
“The things that we had done<br />
basically were for handicapped<br />
accessibility for the building, a lot<br />
more space for group fellowship<br />
meetings, and, as a whole, to<br />
make it more environmentally<br />
sensitive. It was designed to be<br />
more energy effi cient,” Lockwood<br />
said.<br />
Construction on the project<br />
began in June of 2008 and was<br />
completed in May.<br />
The renovations cost about<br />
$2.4 million, said Lockwood.<br />
Lockwood said that about half<br />
of the money was donated by<br />
church congregants. The other<br />
half, he said, came from a loan<br />
from a local bank.<br />
The church celebrated its<br />
consecration on Sunday, May<br />
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“I just did not feel right,”<br />
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after she gave birth to her<br />
daughter, and that her doctors<br />
were constantly telling her she<br />
just had “new mommy anxiety.”<br />
Later, it was discovered that<br />
she had two blood clots in her<br />
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Soon after her daughter was<br />
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“[The doctors] heard a<br />
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Now, both Manogue and her<br />
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She also urged the crowd<br />
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be proactive if they feel that<br />
something is wrong.<br />
“Listen to your intuition and<br />
talk to your doctors if you think<br />
there’s something wrong with<br />
your heart,” she said.<br />
Toomey also encouraged the<br />
crowd to be heart-conscious.<br />
“I am very happy that you<br />
all can open your hearts and<br />
be here,” Toomey read from a<br />
statement she prepared for the<br />
event. “Always keep taking care<br />
of your heart.”<br />
Also at the luncheon, Dr.<br />
Michelle R. Lennartz, professor<br />
at the Center for Cell Biology<br />
and Cancer Research at Albany<br />
Medical Center, spoke to the<br />
crowd about research she is<br />
working on to better predict a<br />
heart attack or stroke before it<br />
happens.<br />
“The hope would be that<br />
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or stroke before it happened,”<br />
Lennartz said after the luncheon<br />
Monday, June 1. “What we’re<br />
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rupture and cause heart attacks<br />
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stable and unstable plaques. The<br />
tissues being studied are taken<br />
from arteries that lead up to the<br />
brain, she said.<br />
Lennartz said she thinks it is<br />
important to note to the people<br />
who attended the luncheon, as<br />
well as other taxpayers, that<br />
funding for this, and other<br />
research is obtained through<br />
federal tax dollars.<br />
“I think that’s important to say,<br />
that our tax dollars go to things<br />
other than bailing out AIG,” she<br />
said.<br />
Lennartz also thinks its<br />
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Good grief!<br />
As this is being written, many New Yorkers are eagerly<br />
waiting by their mailboxes for a decision from their town’s<br />
Board of Assessment Review.<br />
One day a year, usually in late May or early June, any resident<br />
of a municipality can make the claim that the assessed value<br />
of his or her property is too high. If you are one of those,<br />
you have no doubt gone through the wonderful experience<br />
of filing a grievance of<br />
your assessment and<br />
may have even had the<br />
fortune to appear in front Editorial<br />
of the review board for the<br />
allotted 5-minute period<br />
most municipalities allow for a homeowner.<br />
Grievance processes vary somewhat by municipality, but,<br />
for the most part, they consist of a few steps in succession:<br />
a notice of grievance that must be fi led with the assessor’s<br />
offi ce before “grievance day,” a hearing before the Board of<br />
Assessment Review and the resulting decision, usually mailed<br />
after the board reviews your assessment packet some weeks<br />
after the hearing.<br />
If you don’t like the decision, then you are free to litigate<br />
at will.<br />
Like most things involving government in New York, the<br />
process is cryptic, arbitrary, secluded and slow. And, like most<br />
things involving government in New York, there is a great deal<br />
of confl ict involved.<br />
You see, every BAR in every municipality in New York has<br />
one thing in common: they all have a horse in the race.<br />
The BAR consists of three to fi ve members appointed<br />
by the legislative body of the assessing unit. Assessors and<br />
members of their staff are not allowed to be on the BAR,<br />
but they must attend hearings. So, the taxing entity — who<br />
will gain or lose tax revenue based on the BAR’s decision —<br />
appoints people to the BAR. It is hardly impartial, especially<br />
considering that, for the most part, these decisions are<br />
made with the barest of data available — maybe a couple of<br />
pictures of the property, a quick hearing, some comparable<br />
property assessments — and there you go. Your taxes are<br />
set for the next year.<br />
And, what if, after all the time and resources you put into<br />
battling your assessment, the powers-that-be still uphold their<br />
assessment? What if the value, though deemed fair, is too high<br />
for you to afford your taxes?<br />
Well, the state Offi ce of Real Property Services recommends<br />
you take it up with every single taxing entity that affects you.<br />
Form its Web site: “If you feel as though your assessment<br />
accurately refl ects the market value of your property, but<br />
you still feel that your property taxes are rising unfairly, you<br />
may wish to address this matter with the taxing jurisdictions<br />
— school board, county legislature, city council, town board,<br />
fi re district and other special districts — that impose taxes in<br />
your community.”<br />
Good luck with that.<br />
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Health care system needs mending<br />
By JACKIE SHER<br />
sherj@spotlightnews.com<br />
The writer is the Schenectady<br />
County reporter for The<br />
Spotlight.<br />
I had a little accident a few<br />
weekends ago – I burned my<br />
leg. The burn got infected. And<br />
then there were several other<br />
complications from treating the<br />
infection. Since then, I have<br />
gone to the doctor’s offi ce several<br />
times, been prescribed several<br />
medications, and have purchased<br />
countless bandages, tapes and<br />
gauzes. The burn is finally<br />
“healed,” but the scar it’s left<br />
behind is pretty ugly.<br />
Initially, when I was just having<br />
the burn on my leg treated, I<br />
went to the doctor’s offi ce twice.<br />
Those two visits to the doctor<br />
cost me $40, antibiotics another<br />
$30, and all of the dressings have<br />
cost about $60 (who knew gauze<br />
was so pricy!). The personal and<br />
fi nancial impact would have been<br />
far higher if I didn’t have health<br />
insurance. A trip to the doctor<br />
without health insurance would<br />
break my weekly budget. In fact,<br />
I probably wouldn’t have gone<br />
to the doctor (despite signifi cant<br />
pain) until things became much<br />
worse. Whereupon, my infection,<br />
I am told, might have spread<br />
deeper and wider, making it more<br />
diffi cult and expensive to cure.<br />
I have heard tales of uninsured<br />
patients who generate lifelong<br />
indebtedness to belatedly treat<br />
complications caused by delay in<br />
seeking medical treatment.<br />
When my friends and I were<br />
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What would it be like to pay bills?<br />
We worried about finding our<br />
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us would have in fi nding work<br />
in today’s current economic<br />
crisis. Needless to say, it didn’t<br />
even occur to most of us that<br />
we should worry about having<br />
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proper medical coverage. My<br />
peers who lack health insurance<br />
sometimes rationalize that it<br />
isn’t a priority. “We’re young and<br />
healthy,” they say. “How often<br />
do we really need to go to the<br />
doctor? How likely are we to<br />
injure ourselves that badly or to<br />
require non-elective surgery? “<br />
True, many minor ailments<br />
can be treated, or at least relieved,<br />
with a quick trip to the drug<br />
store. Some of us compromise,<br />
insuring only the cost of a highly<br />
unlikely major catastrophe – like<br />
getting hit by a bus — with less<br />
costly insurance that stipulates<br />
huge deductibles.<br />
Getting back to my burn<br />
— thankfully not a major<br />
catastrophe — I question what<br />
I would have done if my injury<br />
required medical intervention<br />
beyond my truly meager means<br />
to pay for it. Would I have sucked<br />
it up and gone to the doctor in a<br />
timely fashion? I’m not sure that<br />
I wouldn’t have tried to wait it out<br />
before letting my family know<br />
that I was getting into trouble.<br />
I’m so grateful that cost was not a<br />
major factor in my decision.<br />
Health coverage is something<br />
that my friends and I are talking<br />
about a lot these days. It is<br />
nearly unattainable for many<br />
of us. I remember countless<br />
arguments with my parents after<br />
I graduated from college because<br />
I was tempted to accept job<br />
offers that didn’t provide health<br />
insurance. After all, how often<br />
did I go to the doctor’s anyway?<br />
My parents wouldn’t hear of it.<br />
Now, two years later, I have<br />
heard tales of peers (who did<br />
not land jobs offering health<br />
insurance or salary adequate to<br />
pay for health insurance) who<br />
suffered unexpected illness or<br />
injury. One friend tripped in his<br />
apartment and badly injured his<br />
face. The stitches and follow-up<br />
were costly. The patient works<br />
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full time, but could not afford<br />
insurance. He could not afford<br />
the hospital’s and surgeon’s<br />
fees, but also could not accept<br />
permanent facial mutilation that<br />
would result from lack of medical<br />
care. Months later, he and the<br />
hospital are still working out<br />
how he is going to pay for his<br />
treatment.<br />
Another friend, a recent<br />
college graduate, was seeking<br />
a full time job. One afternoon,<br />
he suddenly became ill with<br />
acute appendicitis. His college<br />
health insurance had already<br />
terminated. The price of his<br />
day in the emergency room<br />
(consultations, laboratory tests,<br />
a CT scan of his belly), the visit<br />
to the operating room (hospital<br />
fees, anesthesiologist’s fees,<br />
surgeon’s fees), was far more<br />
than he could possibly afford<br />
on his own. Luckily, his family<br />
was able to sign up for COBRA<br />
(Consolidated Omnibus Budget<br />
Reconciliation Act) health<br />
insurance, a temporary extension<br />
of his college policy. The cost of<br />
his care was covered. However,<br />
the COBRA plans cost about $500<br />
a month. His family had seriously<br />
considered not applying for the<br />
COBRA policy, considering its<br />
high cost and the likelihood<br />
that he would find a job with<br />
health insurance before he had a<br />
medical problem. He was lucky<br />
to have been insured, when many<br />
others are not.<br />
As I look at the ugly scar on<br />
my leg – an unsightly reminder<br />
of the trouble I’ve been through<br />
this past month – I feel mighty<br />
lucky. The injury was not major,<br />
though it did require early<br />
medical care. I was fortunate<br />
to have ready access to medical<br />
care, as I have health insurance<br />
provided by my employer. More<br />
and more people are going<br />
without the healthcare coverage<br />
they need but cannot afford,<br />
and many are going to get into<br />
big trouble for something they<br />
have no real control over.<br />
Society had better look at this<br />
problem with new vigor.<br />
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Why bother voting?<br />
Editor, The Spotlight:<br />
In the May 27 editorial<br />
“No one cares anymore,” you<br />
asked why more people didn’t<br />
participate in the budget and<br />
school board votes.<br />
I’ll tell you why: Why<br />
bother?<br />
We never had, and never will<br />
have, children in the Niskayuna<br />
School District. The Niskayuna<br />
school budget always passes<br />
even though we go and vote<br />
“no.”<br />
The contingency budget<br />
was higher than the budget we<br />
would have been voting on.<br />
We bought a house that we<br />
could afford 16 years ago and<br />
now it’s assessed at so much<br />
our taxes are more than our<br />
mortgage.<br />
Our taxes are already hugely<br />
high and there isn’t a damn<br />
thing we can do about it. We’re<br />
just lambs to be fl eeced by every<br />
taxing entity in the state.<br />
I wish I didn’t love my home<br />
— then I could sell it and move<br />
the heck out of New York.<br />
That’s why we didn’t vote.<br />
Linda Briel<br />
Niskayuna<br />
We ignore the right<br />
to vote at our peril<br />
Editor, The Spotlight:<br />
I really liked the editorial, “No<br />
one cares anymore” (May 27).<br />
Here’s my response:<br />
One of my favorite bumper<br />
stickers reads, “Ignore your<br />
rights — they’ll go away.”<br />
The people’s right to vote in<br />
this country is hard-won. The<br />
American Revolution was just<br />
the beginning; suffragettes and<br />
civil rights activists extended and<br />
fulfi lled the Founders’ vision.<br />
The vote is our single most<br />
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It reminds our elected offi cials<br />
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Trans-fat ban doesn’t make sense<br />
Editor, The Spotlight:<br />
In May 2007, prior to my<br />
election, the Albany County<br />
Legislature passed a resolution<br />
to amend the Sanitary Code to<br />
ban trans-fats in foods. After<br />
adoption by the Board of Health<br />
with a 4-3 vote, a two-phase<br />
plan was put in motion.<br />
As of January 1, a ban on<br />
trans-fats in oils, shortenings and<br />
margarines used for frying or in<br />
spreads went into effect. Phase<br />
2 the ban on oils or shortenings<br />
used for deep-frying of yeast<br />
dough or cake batter, will go into<br />
effect July 1.<br />
First, let me say I believe<br />
that the reduction of trans-fats<br />
in one’s diet is probably good<br />
for your health, however, I do<br />
not believe it is the place of<br />
the County Legislature or state<br />
government to micro-manage<br />
what I chose to eat or not eat. It<br />
is our right as free Americans to<br />
make choices, as long as those<br />
choices do not adversely affect<br />
others.<br />
If we legislate what we can<br />
eat, will we soon have legislation<br />
on what we should eat? Maybe<br />
we should legislate broccoli<br />
three times a week and fish<br />
twice a week. Both are good for<br />
your general health. Obviously,<br />
that would not make sense.<br />
Is it then anymore sensible to<br />
ban trans-fats? If we want to<br />
ban things that are harmful,<br />
maybe we should consider<br />
banning cigarettes and alcohol<br />
before we look to trans-fats.<br />
This ban on trans-fats would<br />
have a devastating impact on<br />
the small bakeries in Albany<br />
County.<br />
On Monday, May 11, many<br />
bakery owners appeared before<br />
the Albany County Legislature to<br />
tell us of the problems they are<br />
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having meeting this ban. After<br />
months of experimentation,<br />
collectively they have not<br />
been able to identify a viable<br />
alternative to the oils and<br />
shortenings that contain transfats.<br />
Non trans-fat ingredients<br />
produce an inferior product.<br />
These bakers have been told<br />
by the companies that supply<br />
the oils and shortenings that<br />
there is no good substitute<br />
and while these companies<br />
are pursuing alternatives, they<br />
feel they are two to fi ve years<br />
away from achieving a suitable<br />
replacement.<br />
Unfortunately, while Albany<br />
County bakeries toil under<br />
this ban on trans-fats, their<br />
competition in neighboring<br />
counties and the big-box stores<br />
are not covered by the ban. The<br />
ban only covers Albany County<br />
and the big-box stores are not<br />
covered by the Sanitary Code,<br />
instead they are covered by the<br />
state Department of Agriculture,<br />
which does not have the ban on<br />
trans-fats.<br />
Bakeries in Albany County<br />
will not be able to compete and<br />
will lose business to those who<br />
are not covered by the ban, and<br />
most likely will have to relocate<br />
out of the County or go out of<br />
business. Either way, that would<br />
mean a loss of jobs and a loss of<br />
revenue to Albany County.<br />
Therefore, I have joined<br />
several Republican county<br />
legislators in sponsoring a<br />
resolution that would ask the<br />
Albany County Board of Health<br />
to eliminate a portion of the<br />
Sanitary Code (Phase 2) on<br />
trans-fats on oils and shortening<br />
because of the unfair burden it<br />
places on small businesses in<br />
Albany County and the assault<br />
Priyangika Pathirana, MD,<br />
and Nazia Habib, MD<br />
on our right to freedom of<br />
choice.<br />
I strongly encourage<br />
everyone to make their feeling<br />
on this issue known to your<br />
county legislator who will be<br />
voting on this resolution in<br />
June.<br />
Richard Mendick<br />
Albany County Legislature<br />
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Nonprofi ts take a chance with raffl e rules<br />
Regulations within<br />
the state can be<br />
tricky to interpret<br />
By ARIANA COHN<br />
cohna@spotlightnews.com<br />
Editor’s note: This story is<br />
the first in a four-part series<br />
that will examine the rules and<br />
regulations regarding games of<br />
chance in the Capital District.<br />
In future stories, The Spotlight<br />
will take a closer look at bingo,<br />
some of the greatest prizes ever<br />
raffled and the exceptions that<br />
allow facilities such as the<br />
Saratoga Race Course to bring<br />
legal games of chance to the<br />
Capital District.<br />
As summer nears, local<br />
charities and not-for-profit<br />
organizations are stirring<br />
up ways to raise money by<br />
offering enticing prizes, but<br />
behind every Little League<br />
Nutrition Outreach<br />
& Education Program<br />
raffle, bingo game and drawing<br />
is a set of strictly monitored<br />
rules and regulations. And if<br />
these rules are not followed,<br />
the New York State Racing and<br />
Wagering Board sees to it that<br />
no one walks away a winner.<br />
According to Colonie Town<br />
Clerk Elizabeth DelTorto, the<br />
Town of Colonie follows state<br />
Racing and Wagering Board<br />
regulations when it comes to<br />
games of chance in the town.<br />
She also said that most times,<br />
when people happen to break<br />
the rules, it is not necessarily<br />
on purpose.<br />
“Most people are not<br />
avoiding [the rules] because<br />
they’re trying to break the law,”<br />
she said, explaining that many<br />
people are simply unaware of<br />
the regulations.<br />
There are three categories<br />
that apply to raffles within the<br />
state: the first is for raffles in<br />
which the cumulative proceeds<br />
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total in a calendar year, but<br />
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intended to derive less than<br />
$5,000 in a single raffle, with the<br />
cumulative raffle proceeds in a<br />
year not exceeding $20,000.<br />
The regulations applying<br />
to each of these three raffle<br />
categories are different, said<br />
DelTorto. For instance, for the<br />
first category, a notice of intent<br />
for the sum of money collected<br />
must be filed with the state.<br />
Most regulations are<br />
consistent among all three<br />
raffle categories, such as the<br />
person or persons raffling<br />
the object or amount must<br />
be at least 18 years old, the<br />
organization raffling must be<br />
an “authorized organization,”<br />
and the proceeds from the<br />
raffle must be deposited into<br />
a bank account maintained by<br />
the authorized organization.<br />
An authorized organization,<br />
usually a church or not-forprofit<br />
group, must also license<br />
their raffle with the state and<br />
town in which it is being held.<br />
DelTorto said it would be<br />
nearly impossible to monitor<br />
every single raffle conducted<br />
in the town. Many raffles were<br />
breaking the law, without even<br />
knowing it, she said.<br />
So, about a decade ago, the<br />
New York State Town Clerk’s<br />
Association worked to change<br />
the state law regarding the<br />
threshold in which licenses<br />
needed to be obtained to hold<br />
raffles, DelTorto said.<br />
“If you are going to make<br />
over $10,000, you need to come<br />
to us for a license,” DelTorto<br />
said.<br />
A license is not required if<br />
the amount comes in under<br />
the $10,000 threshold. If the<br />
organization makes more than<br />
$10,000 in the raffle, it can be<br />
asked to give 3 percent to the<br />
town.<br />
At the time a raffle license<br />
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is obtained, DelTorto said,<br />
a background check is<br />
conducted by the Colonie<br />
Police Department to ensure<br />
the organizers conducting the<br />
raffle do not have criminal<br />
records.<br />
“In all the years I’ve been<br />
doing this, there’s never been<br />
someone who came back with<br />
a bad background check,”<br />
DelTorto said.<br />
Other, more general, rules<br />
also apply to games of chance<br />
in the state, including that the<br />
winner of any game of chance<br />
prize does not need to be<br />
present in order to retain their<br />
prize. But looking deeper into<br />
the state regulations, it begins<br />
to get a little hazy what actually<br />
defines a game of chance.<br />
According to Henry<br />
Decotis, an attorney with the<br />
Village of Colonie Attorney’s<br />
Office, a game of chance is<br />
a game in which a number<br />
– not a name – is drawn. If<br />
a name is written on a raffle<br />
ticket, including the person’s<br />
address, it no longer is a game<br />
of chance and many of the<br />
rules no longer apply.<br />
The raffle versus nonraffle<br />
argument came up<br />
recently as the Colonie<br />
Fire Company, a Village of<br />
Colonie-based fire company,<br />
began posting fliers that it<br />
would be selling $20 ticket in<br />
a raffle for an Orange County<br />
Chopper motorcycle valued<br />
at more than $35,000.<br />
“We’re selling less than<br />
4,000 chances,” said Colonie<br />
Fire Company Chief Michael<br />
Powers. “We wanted to limit<br />
the number of tickets at $20<br />
a ticket and that keeps the<br />
odds in favor of those who<br />
participate.”<br />
But $20 tickets exceed the<br />
amount at which the Village<br />
of Colonie Code states raffle<br />
tickets can be sold, which is $5,<br />
according to village code.<br />
According to Decotis, this is<br />
OK because the motorcycle the<br />
fire company is giving away is<br />
not a raffle, due to the names<br />
and addresses participants<br />
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are asked to write on their<br />
tickets.<br />
“On the ticket, pulling a<br />
number – that would be a true<br />
game of chance,” said Decotis.<br />
“But since they will be picking<br />
a name, it is not a game of<br />
chance.”<br />
Another typical village code<br />
regulation that did not apply to<br />
the motorcycle raffle was that<br />
the value of the prize being<br />
given away cannot exceed<br />
$200.<br />
“Because this is not a game<br />
of chance, this doesn’t apply,”<br />
said Decotis.<br />
Another element of village<br />
code states that games of<br />
chance cannot be practiced<br />
on certain religious holidays,<br />
including Christmas, New<br />
Year’s Eve, Rosh Hashanah,<br />
Yom Kippur and Easter.<br />
What does and does not apply<br />
to he motorcycle giveaway was<br />
determined by Colonie Police<br />
Chief Steven Heider.<br />
“Under the state law, the<br />
[games of chance] enforcement<br />
officer is the chief law<br />
enforcement officer of the<br />
municipality that the raffle is to<br />
be conducted in,” said Decotis.<br />
“The Village of Colonie doesn’t<br />
have a police department.”<br />
Since the Village of Colonie uses<br />
the Colonie Police Department,<br />
Heider was to be the one who<br />
would determine the legality<br />
of the Orange County Chopper<br />
give away.<br />
During the time the legality<br />
was looked into, Powers said,<br />
the fire company suspended<br />
its raffle.<br />
“It’s a simple fact, if you read<br />
[the state’s] definition, it talks<br />
about numbers and colors,” said<br />
Heider. The games of chance in<br />
the state regulations involving<br />
colors refer to roulette, said<br />
Heider.<br />
Heider said he examined<br />
the definitions of the state<br />
regulations and found<br />
that the regulations did<br />
not pertain to what the fire<br />
company was doing, thereby<br />
making their game legal,<br />
whether you call it a raffle<br />
or something else.<br />
Heider said the difference<br />
between what the fire company<br />
is doing and other games of<br />
chance is that by asking ticket<br />
buyers to provide their names,<br />
it allows those holding the<br />
game to identify the winner,<br />
which is necessary for the<br />
winner to be taxed on the<br />
prize.<br />
“The way that he<br />
distinguishes it is that because<br />
the ticket that a person buys<br />
has their name and address<br />
on it, it is not a raffle within<br />
the meaning of enforcement<br />
laws regarding raffles,” said<br />
Decotis. “He says that that<br />
position has been supported,<br />
and as long as the chief law<br />
enforcer of our town says<br />
everything is kosher, than we<br />
took it as OK.”<br />
For a complete listing of the<br />
state regulations regarding<br />
games of chance, visit www.<br />
racing.state.ny.us, though be<br />
aware that the rules for bingo<br />
are different. The Spotlight will<br />
take a look at those regulations<br />
in the next installment of this<br />
series.
Spotlight Newspapers June 3, 2009 Page 9<br />
Erin Burke of Shaker High School, center, and Colin Mooney of Colonie Central High School, second from<br />
right, were named “Teenagers of the Year” by the Colonie Elks.<br />
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They’re not just any teens.<br />
They’re the teens of the year.<br />
The Colonie Elks “Teenagers<br />
of the Year” were Erin Burke,<br />
Shaker High School, and Colin<br />
Mooney, Colonie Central High<br />
School, who were honored by<br />
Colonie Town Supervisor Paula<br />
Mahan Thursday, May 28, at<br />
Memorial Town Hall for their<br />
dedication to others through<br />
their volunteer efforts and<br />
Invest<br />
academic excellence. Both teens<br />
participate in extracurricular<br />
activities in addition to achieving<br />
high academic honors.<br />
Both are seniors at their high<br />
schools. Burke has been accepted<br />
to Notre Dame University, and<br />
Mooney has been accepted to<br />
Boston University.<br />
“Both Erin and Colin<br />
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life,” said Mahan.<br />
The two were honored with<br />
a certifi cate of achievement by<br />
Mahan, a representative from<br />
state Assemblyman Robert<br />
Reilly’s office, Colonie Elks<br />
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D.C. held from Monday, May 25, to<br />
Friday, May 29.<br />
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of Loudonville. She will attend<br />
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Brittany Farron is the<br />
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Allen Ferris is the son of<br />
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Latham. He will attend the State<br />
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at Potsdam as a foreign language<br />
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Nicole Foster is the daughter<br />
of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Foster of<br />
Cohoes. She will attend Boston<br />
College as a mathematics major.<br />
Elizabeth Hennessy is the<br />
daughter of Jackie and Jim<br />
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of New York at Buffalo as an<br />
environmental engineering<br />
major.<br />
Michael Hovish is the son<br />
of Leon and Peggy Hovish of<br />
Loudonville. He will attend the<br />
State University of New York at<br />
Albany as a physics major.<br />
Qin Lin Jiang is the son of<br />
Qi Qiang Jiang and Luan Zhen<br />
Jjiang of Latham. He will attend<br />
the State University of New York<br />
at Albany as a pre-med major.<br />
Yiqian Jiang is the daughter<br />
of Qin Jiang and Renhua Song<br />
of Latham. She will attend the<br />
Rhode Island School of Design<br />
as a visual arts major.<br />
Sana Khan is the daughter of<br />
Talat I. Khan of Loudonville. She<br />
will attend the State University<br />
of New York at Albany as a<br />
chemistry major.<br />
Hailey Kopp is the daughter<br />
of John and Susan Kopp of<br />
Loudonville. She will attend<br />
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science major.<br />
Arin Kutey is the daughter<br />
of Paul and Debra Kutey of<br />
Loudonville. She will attend<br />
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a baking and pastry arts major.<br />
Sarah Lee is the daughter of<br />
James and Sophie Lee of Latham.<br />
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Teacher wants to bring ailing mother home<br />
Injury abroad left<br />
Kier Aspin’s mom in coma<br />
By DAN SABBATINO<br />
sabbatinod@spotlightnews.com<br />
Farnsworth Middle School<br />
Teacher Kier Aspin wants<br />
to fly his mother home from<br />
Egypt. The problem is that his<br />
mother is in unstable medical<br />
condition, slipping in and out<br />
of consciousness, and to do so<br />
would run close to $100,000<br />
Aspin’s mother, Mary, and<br />
her husband were traveling to<br />
Egypt on vacation in January, he<br />
said. While at the Cairo museum<br />
on Jan. 13, Mary fell and hit her<br />
head, causing her to slip into a<br />
coma. Kier said the museum is<br />
old and cluttered, and could have<br />
contributed to the accident.<br />
Kier, who taught at the school<br />
for 11 years, said although the<br />
incident is unsettling, he was<br />
comforted that the state-of-theart<br />
medical facility in Cairo is<br />
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Goodman of Menands. He will<br />
attend Tufts University.<br />
Elizabeth Mantey is the<br />
daughter of Paula and David<br />
Mantey of Latham. She will<br />
attend Emerson College as a<br />
fi lm major.<br />
Matthew McNeil is the son of<br />
Christopher and Denise McNeil<br />
of Cohoes. He will attend the<br />
State University of New York<br />
College at Geneseo in the fall.<br />
Adam Morgan is the son<br />
of Mary and Robert Morgan of<br />
Newtonville. Adam will attend<br />
the State University of New York<br />
at Binghamton as an engineering<br />
major.<br />
Sean Ogden is the son of<br />
William and Tammy Ogden<br />
of Cohoes. He will attend<br />
Northeastern University as a<br />
chemical engineering major.<br />
Anjali Puttachi is the daughter<br />
of Anuradha Krishnappa of<br />
Latham. She will attend Boston<br />
University as a pre-med major.<br />
Arielle Ray is the daughter of<br />
Melody Bruce and David Ray of<br />
Menands. She will attend Cornell<br />
University as an English major.<br />
Catherine Richardson is<br />
the daughter of Cheryl and Bill<br />
Richardson of Loudonville. She<br />
will attend Cornell University as<br />
an engineering major.<br />
Kira Rosi-Schumacher is<br />
the daughter of Pamela Rosi of<br />
Troy. She will attend Fordham<br />
one of the best in the world. Mary<br />
is recovering and at the “end of<br />
the coma scale,” but Kier said it’s<br />
time her family be able to spend<br />
time with her.<br />
“It was like Albany [Medical<br />
Center’s] intensive care unit,”<br />
he said of the great care she<br />
received. “We’re at the point now,<br />
[though], where she needs to<br />
come home.”<br />
His father has been traveling<br />
back and forth to take care of<br />
routine matters like bills, and<br />
his sister, as well as family from<br />
England, has gone to visit Mary<br />
in Cairo.<br />
Kier said the matter has been<br />
diffi cult on his family, and the<br />
high price of bringing Mary to the<br />
States is a serious impediment.<br />
“There’s no way she wouldn’t<br />
be on a plane without a breathing<br />
apparatus,” Kier said. He said<br />
the possibility of insurance<br />
reimbursements between $5,000<br />
and $20,000 could help mitigate<br />
the costs, but a significant<br />
University as an international<br />
relations major.<br />
David Rowley is the son of<br />
David C. Rowley of Menands. He<br />
will attend Fordham University as<br />
a history major.<br />
Rotem Rusak is the<br />
daughter of Zvi and Michal<br />
Rusak of Loudonville. He will<br />
attend Columbia University as a<br />
psychology major.<br />
Emily Scampini is the<br />
daughter of Paul and Sue<br />
Scampini of Watervliet. Emily<br />
will attend the State University<br />
of New York College at Geneseo<br />
as an education major.<br />
Matthew Schwenzfeier<br />
is the son of Anne and Kevin<br />
Schwenzfeier of Watervliet. He<br />
will attend the State University<br />
of New York at Buffalo as an<br />
engineering major.<br />
Rose Silberman-Gorn is the<br />
daughter of Cheryl Gorn and<br />
Charles Silberman of Latham.<br />
She will attend Sage College as<br />
an art major.<br />
Melissa Sippel is the daughter<br />
of Deborah and Douglas sippel of<br />
Loudonville. She will attend Bay<br />
Path College as a biology major.<br />
Richa Taneja is the daughter<br />
of Nidhi and Rajesh Taneja of<br />
cohoes. She will attend the<br />
University of Miami honors<br />
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Bethlehem police offi cer alleges racism cover up<br />
13-year vet suspended<br />
from force, says chief<br />
ordered alleged<br />
audio tapes destroyed<br />
By JARRETT CARROLL<br />
carrollj@spotlightnews.com<br />
Bethlehem police officer<br />
Christopher Hughes says he is<br />
being targeted for disciplinary<br />
action after talking to Town<br />
Supervisor Jack Cunningham<br />
about alleged racist remarks made<br />
by Police Chief Louis Corsi.<br />
Hughes said he spoke with<br />
Cunningham at the supervisor’s<br />
home on Sunday, May 17, about a<br />
taped audio conversation in which<br />
Corsi used a racial slur. Hughes<br />
also alleges that Corsi ordered the<br />
recording destroyed.<br />
Days after his conversation<br />
with Cunningham, Hughes said,<br />
he received a “notice of intent<br />
to conduct interrogation” about<br />
the conversation. In a formal<br />
complaint fi led with the Albany<br />
County District Attorney Public<br />
Integrity Unit on May 27, Hughes<br />
said, “Town Attorney Michael<br />
Smith stated the town was seeking<br />
my termination, and I could be<br />
facing possible criminal charges<br />
based on my conversation with<br />
Cunningham.”<br />
District Attorney David Soares<br />
spokeswoman Heather Orth<br />
confi rmed there is an investigation<br />
into the alleged comments and<br />
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“We don’t comment on ongoing<br />
cases in the public integrity unit,”<br />
she told The Spotlight on Saturday,<br />
May 30.<br />
The police department’s deputy<br />
chief, Timothy Beebe, said he, too,<br />
couldn’t comment.<br />
“Because this is being handled<br />
as a personnel matter, all comments<br />
are being directed to our town<br />
attorney,” Beebe said.<br />
Town Attorney James Potter<br />
said the alleged tapes were from<br />
three years ago and that to his<br />
knowledge, no tapes on fi le at the<br />
police department have ever been<br />
purposely erased.<br />
“This alleged tape would be<br />
roughly three years old to the<br />
best of our knowledge,” he said.<br />
“Everyone who had access or<br />
authority over the tapes has been<br />
interviewed.”<br />
The department currently<br />
records over audiotape after 30<br />
days, according to Potter, but<br />
that system “wasn’t in place back<br />
then.”<br />
Under a Civil Rights law, police<br />
personnel records are confi dential<br />
and not privy to Freedom of<br />
Information Law requests.<br />
Hughes is also claiming that<br />
the department brass is targeting<br />
him for suspension and possible<br />
termination for being vocal<br />
about contractual issues, making<br />
complaints about a detective and<br />
for taking sick leave.<br />
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suspension notices, received<br />
within the past month. “I am not<br />
paranoid, I am not a conspiracy<br />
theorist and I can read the writing<br />
on the wall. I’m a thorn in their<br />
side, I’m starting to be vocal and<br />
I’m starting to get agitated.<br />
“What they’re trying to<br />
do is terminate me,” Hughes<br />
concluded.<br />
Cunningham told The Spotlight<br />
during a Friday night telephone<br />
interview that he couldn’t comment<br />
specifi cally on the matter because<br />
it is currently under investigation,<br />
but did confirm he spoke with<br />
Hughes about the matter.<br />
“The content of what we talked<br />
about is consistent,” he said of<br />
an internal police investigation.<br />
“I can confi rm that. ... Until the<br />
investigation is completed, I cannot<br />
comment on it.”<br />
He said he contacted counsel<br />
after speaking with Hughes.<br />
“After I spoke with Officer<br />
Hughes I immediately called our<br />
Town Attorney James Potter,”<br />
Cunningham said. “As soon as I<br />
learned of this, I took action with<br />
the town.”<br />
Cunningham added that the<br />
two town attorneys have been<br />
conducting an investigation for<br />
“some time now,” and that they<br />
could conclude their fi ndings by<br />
next week.<br />
Hughes said he received<br />
the intent of interrogation letter<br />
two days after speaking with<br />
Cunningham and contacted<br />
attorney Steve Coffey.<br />
“Two days later I get a letter<br />
of notice to interrogate me based<br />
on comments that I made to Jack<br />
Cunningham,” Hughes said.<br />
The Spotlight has obtained copies<br />
of the original “notice of intent<br />
to conduct interrogation” sent to<br />
Hughes by Beebe on May 19. The<br />
notice states the police department<br />
wanted to question Hughes “in<br />
relation to its investigation of certain<br />
claims made by you to Supervisor<br />
John Cunningham ... in relation to<br />
the alleged conduct of Chief Corsi<br />
during a phone conversation with<br />
a representative of the Albany<br />
County Sheriff’s Department….<br />
Since this investigation will also<br />
involve an inquiry as to how you<br />
obtained the tape, or how it is<br />
this information came into your<br />
possession, and what town or<br />
other systems were accessed by<br />
you or on your behalf, and your<br />
use of your claimed possession of<br />
this tape during your conversation<br />
with the town supervisor, and<br />
otherwise, your answers and the<br />
conduct which will be the subject<br />
of this investigation may give rise<br />
to disciplinary charges against you<br />
for misconduct.”<br />
“I never threatened him and I<br />
never coerced him.” Hughes said of<br />
his conversation with Cunningham.<br />
He added, “At no time did I ever say<br />
that I had a copy of the tape.”<br />
Hughes then hired Coffey and<br />
did not attend the “interrogation,”<br />
and had his attorney explain to the<br />
town he was not in possession of<br />
the tape.<br />
The conversation in which Corsi<br />
allegedly uses a racial epithet is<br />
said to be taped off the police<br />
department’s main telephone<br />
line, and allegedly records Corsi<br />
describing another administrative<br />
officer as a racial epithet “in<br />
the wood pile,” according to a<br />
compliant sent to District Attorney<br />
David Soares’ offi ce.<br />
Cunningham said he had never<br />
spoken to Hughes before May<br />
17 and he had not heard about<br />
the alleged audiotape before that<br />
conversation. Hughes said he<br />
made his fi rst attempt at using the<br />
chain of command to report Corsi<br />
on April 17.<br />
Hughes also said he handdelivered<br />
five copies of a letter<br />
describing problems within the<br />
police department to Cunningham’s<br />
offi ce — one for each member of<br />
the Town Board — but that those<br />
letters were never disseminated by<br />
the supervisor.<br />
Cunningham acknowledged he<br />
received the letters, saying Friday<br />
night, “On advice of counsel, I did<br />
not distribute the letter to the Town<br />
Board.”<br />
Hughes said he contacted<br />
Councilman Sam Messina to see<br />
if he had received the letter.<br />
“Chris called me, I knew the<br />
name but didn’t know the person,”<br />
Messina said. “He told me he had<br />
submitted a letter to the supervisor<br />
and the Town Board, and I told him<br />
I didn’t believe I had received it.”<br />
Hughes then asked Messina if<br />
he wanted the letter.<br />
“He asked me if I was willing to<br />
receive the documents, and I said to<br />
him that I would never discourage<br />
someone from sending me a letter<br />
as a town offi cial,” Messina said.<br />
“Two days later I went out to my<br />
mailbox and there was a letter<br />
folded up with several attachments.<br />
It wasn’t in an envelope.”<br />
Aside from the letter to the Town<br />
Board concerning strife in the<br />
police department, Messina said,<br />
“Nothing else was discussed.”<br />
The councilman said he isn’t<br />
aware of the allegations against<br />
the chief, but added he understood<br />
the reasoning if Cunningham was<br />
advised not to deliver the letter.<br />
“For personnel matters, we<br />
are not allowed to comment on an<br />
ongoing situation,” Messina said.<br />
“But in this case, I don’t have any<br />
comment because I really don’t<br />
know.”<br />
Hughes said he went to the<br />
supervisor and then the DA’s<br />
offi ce because the regular chain<br />
of command was “getting me<br />
nowhere.”<br />
In June of 2005 the Public<br />
Integrity Unit was established by<br />
the district attorney’s offi ce, and<br />
it is designed to report directly<br />
to the district attorney. It actively<br />
investigates cases and tips from<br />
constituents with information on<br />
possible corruption.<br />
The unit’s mission is “To<br />
ensure that public officials, law<br />
enforcement, white collar criminals,<br />
and cyber criminals are held to the<br />
same standard of justice as any<br />
other.”<br />
“We will have only one system<br />
of justice here in Albany County,”<br />
Soares’ stated at the unit’s inception.<br />
“We will prosecute based on the<br />
evidence, issues of who you are and<br />
who you know will no longer be<br />
factored into the decision-making<br />
process as to who we indict and<br />
eventually who we prosecute.”<br />
Hughes, a 13-year veteran of<br />
the force, has filed grievances<br />
through his union against the<br />
two 30-day suspensions, which he<br />
called “comical.” The suspensions<br />
claim Hughes took unwarranted<br />
sick time and filed false time<br />
records.<br />
The suspensions will be<br />
dropped, Hughes said, because<br />
he was asked to disclose detailed<br />
medical information, which violates<br />
state HIPPA Laws and there are no<br />
grounds for the other claims. He<br />
said the suspensions are indicative<br />
of the many internal problems in<br />
the department, and added that<br />
he isn’t alone in his dissatisfaction<br />
with how things are currently<br />
being run.<br />
“All I want is to be treated fairly,<br />
I don’t have skeletons in my closet,”<br />
Hughes said. “I’m not backing<br />
down from this.”<br />
Corsi did not return numerous<br />
calls for comment on this story.
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Page 14 June 3, 2009 Spotlight Newspapers<br />
Guilderland students bring history to life<br />
Students portray famous<br />
historical fi gures<br />
for fi nal project<br />
By DAN SABBATINO<br />
sabbatinod@spotlightnews.com<br />
Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle<br />
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27, in the New Gym. The students<br />
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characters that impacted American<br />
culture.<br />
ABOVE: Juniors Matt Wyland, left,<br />
and Christian O’Brien represent<br />
New York Yankees Mickey Mantle<br />
and Roger Maris.<br />
LEFT: Junior Rebecca Vega<br />
represents the “King of Pop,”<br />
Michael Jackson.<br />
current pop singers.<br />
Kim Wyland, Matt’s mom,<br />
who was working as a volunteer<br />
at the event, said she supports<br />
the 11X program and the living<br />
museum because it allows the<br />
students to take a hands-on<br />
approach to learning.<br />
“It’s a great educational<br />
opportunity for the students<br />
to learn not only about the<br />
person they are portraying or<br />
studying, but the others in the<br />
exhibit as well,” she said.<br />
Video Plus Coxsackie<br />
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Spotlight Newspapers June 3, 2009 Page 15<br />
This McGuffey Lane home in Delmar was one of over a dozen homes hit in a vandalism spree over Memorial<br />
Day weekend. Red spray paint was used to draw offensive language and symbols, including homosexual<br />
slurs and German swastikas, on personal property in the area, as well as the nearby Hamagrael Elementary<br />
School. Bethlehem Police are investigating the incidents.<br />
Jarrett Carroll/Spotlight<br />
Vandals draw hate messages in Delmar<br />
Several buildings,<br />
vehicles defaced<br />
By JARRETT CARROLL<br />
carrollj@spotlightnews.com<br />
Bethlehem police are<br />
investigating a spree of offensive<br />
vandalism that occurred<br />
overnight Friday, May <strong>22</strong>, into<br />
the early morning of Saturday,<br />
May 23.<br />
Well over a dozen homes<br />
surrounding the Hamagrael<br />
Elementary School building, and<br />
the school itself, on McGuffey<br />
Lane and Wisconsin Avenue<br />
were found spray-painted with<br />
hateful messages, expletives,<br />
penises and swastikas.<br />
Police told The Spotlight on<br />
Friday, May 29, that the case<br />
is under investigation. It isn’t<br />
being treated as a hate crime,<br />
but that could change. Police<br />
say they are handing the matter<br />
seriously.<br />
The vandals face charges<br />
of felony fourth-degree grand<br />
larceny, because the property<br />
damage exceeds $1,000; fourthdegree<br />
criminal mischief, a<br />
misdemeanor; possession<br />
of a graffiti instrument, a<br />
misdemeanor; and trespassing,<br />
a violation. More charges may<br />
follow as the case progresses.<br />
One home had “[expletive]<br />
U” sprayed on its left-side garage<br />
door and a red line across the<br />
right-side door, the report states.<br />
The vehicle parked outside of<br />
the home also had an expletive<br />
written on its front windshield.<br />
A few houses down, a a garage<br />
door had “supercalifragilistic-<br />
expialodotious,” sprayed onto<br />
it. At the end of the driveway, a<br />
German swastika was sprayed<br />
Capital District<br />
Soap Box Derby<br />
onto a landscaping rock near the<br />
mailbox.<br />
A home on Wisconsin Avenue<br />
had a vehicle in the driveway<br />
sprayed with an “X” on its rear<br />
windshield. Police said the<br />
owner told them he hadn’t heard<br />
anything during the night but<br />
that his Sirius car radio had been<br />
taken from the vehicle.<br />
Another McGuffey home had<br />
“No gays” and a homosexual<br />
slur sprayed onto the building<br />
and offi cers discovered a beer<br />
bottle on the front lawn, which<br />
they secured as evidence for<br />
possible fi ngerprints. The owner<br />
told offi cers that the bottle had<br />
not been on the lawn the day<br />
before.<br />
One vehicle had its driver’s<br />
side door window “completely<br />
painted over” with red spray<br />
paint, the report states. There<br />
were also license plates that were<br />
sprayed painted over in red at<br />
some of the homes.<br />
Although some of the<br />
messages were more innocuous,<br />
such as the smiley face and<br />
“MO” spray-painted onto one<br />
McGuffey home, one home<br />
had a message written on its<br />
garage door that read “You are<br />
a [expletive].” On the side of<br />
the same home, a homosexual<br />
slur was spray painted next<br />
to another German swastika.<br />
A penis was drawn across the<br />
garage doors of another nearby<br />
home, according to police<br />
reports.<br />
Bethlehem police said they<br />
found a number of penises<br />
drawn onto the elementary<br />
school along with the word<br />
“Giles” on the side of the<br />
building. With the assistance<br />
of a school maintenance worker,<br />
offi cers also discovered a can of<br />
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red spray paint on the roof of<br />
the school, which they believe<br />
was used in the crimes.<br />
Property damage estimates are<br />
still coming in from homeowners<br />
in the area, according to police,<br />
but they have listed a preliminary<br />
damage report of $2,900. The<br />
Bethlehem Police Department<br />
has its youth bureau working<br />
on the investigation and is<br />
working with the Bethlehem<br />
School District and its resource<br />
offi cers.<br />
Police are asking anyone<br />
with information regarding the<br />
vandalism to call 439-9973.<br />
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to Benefit the<br />
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100% of the proceeds will go<br />
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The drawing is July 3rd at 3pm and<br />
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Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.<br />
Please stop by to help support the<br />
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Capital District Transportation Committee<br />
BUSINESS MEETING<br />
June 4, 2009 10:00 a.m.<br />
CROWNE PLAZA<br />
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CDTC is the Metropolitan Planning Organization for<br />
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State museum<br />
plans programs<br />
The New York state museum<br />
has the following programs<br />
planned for this weekend, June<br />
5 and 6.<br />
Furry Tales and<br />
Touchables<br />
Saturday, June 6<br />
Meet at Discovery Place at 11<br />
a.m. Free.<br />
Recommended for children 4<br />
to 6 years of age<br />
Stories come to life as<br />
youngsters touch real animal<br />
skins, bones, plants and other<br />
objects while listening to a<br />
storybook reading.<br />
The Stars of 1609<br />
Saturday, June 6, 2 p.m. and 3<br />
p.m., Huxley Theater. Free.<br />
Participants will look through<br />
the ages to see the night sky as<br />
it looked to Henry Hudson<br />
and his crew in 1609. They’ll<br />
also talk about the navigational<br />
techniques of European<br />
explorers, their tools and<br />
equipment, and 17th-century<br />
astronomy. Admission is free<br />
and tickets are located at the<br />
Main Lobby Desk.<br />
Trash to Treasures<br />
Sunday, June 7, 1-3 p.m.,<br />
Adirondack Hall. Free.<br />
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Trash to Treasures features an<br />
art project using manufacturing<br />
mistakes and materials destined<br />
for the landfi ll.<br />
Lake George hike<br />
to benefi t AFSP<br />
More than 200 people from<br />
throughout the Capital District<br />
and North Country are expected<br />
to participate in the fi rst Hike for<br />
Hope – Cody’s Climb on Prospect<br />
Mountain on Sunday, June 14.<br />
The fundraising hike benefi ts<br />
the American Foundation for<br />
Suicide Prevention by helping<br />
to support local and national<br />
suicide prevention and awareness<br />
programs. The goal is raise<br />
$10,000 for AFSP.<br />
Scheduled speakers include<br />
Sen. Betty Little, David and<br />
Kate Miller (who lost their son<br />
Cody to suicide) and Deena<br />
McCullough (who lost her son<br />
Sean to suicide).<br />
Registration will be held at the<br />
base of the mountain at 8 a.m.<br />
The hike will begin at 9:15 a.m. A<br />
ceremony of hope and inspiration<br />
led by Little will take place at the<br />
summit following the hike.<br />
To register, donate or to learn<br />
more, log on to www.afsp.org/<br />
capitalregionny or mhanys.org/<br />
afsp_hike.htm<br />
518-434-4077<br />
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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Page 16 June 3, 2009 Spotlight Newspapers<br />
By JACQUELINE M. DOMIN<br />
dominj@spotlightnews.com Snoopy, played by Michael<br />
At fi rst glance, the New<br />
York State Theatre Institute’s<br />
version of “You’re<br />
a Good Man, Charlie Brown”<br />
doesn’t seem like a typical play.<br />
There’s no central story line.<br />
Characters are essentially acting<br />
out strips from the beloved Peanuts<br />
comic strip, instead of following a<br />
plot with a clear beginning, climax<br />
and end.<br />
But “You’re a Good Man, Charlie<br />
Brown” packs more into those<br />
vignettes than it might appear at<br />
fi rst glance, several of the people<br />
involved with the show say.<br />
“It’s very cleverly put together,”<br />
director Robert Whiteman said. “It<br />
gives each character an arc.”<br />
Take Charlie Brown. At the<br />
outset, the character is “a misfi t,<br />
an outsider,” said Brian Sheldon,<br />
who plays the title character. But<br />
by show’s end, Charlie Brown is<br />
warmly accepted by the rest of the<br />
gang.<br />
“He comes full circle,” Sheldon<br />
said.<br />
Julia Franklin, who plays Lucy<br />
VanPelt, sees her character<br />
undergo a transformation, too — although<br />
in Lucy’s case, it’s a little For Franklin, a senior at the Acad-<br />
more humbling.<br />
emy of the Holy Names, those ap-<br />
“Lucy learns about herself a lot,” pearances usually come with other<br />
Franklin said. “She learns she has members of her family. Franklin<br />
some fl aws.”<br />
and her siblings and parents have<br />
Whiteman believes the depth of performed in more than 30 local<br />
a story is a testament to Peanuts productions together.<br />
creator Charles Schulz, whose It’s a little strange to be the only<br />
strips were about a lot more than Franklin appearing in “You’re a<br />
cute kids and sassy dogs. White- Good Man, Charlie Brown,” she<br />
man calls himself a “huge fan” of said.<br />
the Peanuts, and he’s been intent “It’s very diffi cult to not be able to<br />
on making sure the young cast come home and talk to them,” she<br />
members of “You’re a Good Man, said.<br />
Charlie Brown” have an idea of just But like Sheldon, she’s had a lot<br />
how much Schulz poured into the of fun with her castmates. In fact, of<br />
strip.<br />
the six leads, she knew all of them<br />
To that end, Whiteman looked for before rehearsals started, so she’s<br />
strips that captured the essence of still among familiar faces.<br />
each character. He assembled<br />
them into “research packets”<br />
that he handed out to the actors.<br />
He encouraged them to bring<br />
their own persona to the role,<br />
but “when in doubt, we would<br />
refer to the original,” he said.<br />
Or, as Sheldon described it,<br />
“It’s got a lot of Brian in there,<br />
and then I put of lot of Charlie<br />
Brown in.”<br />
Sheldon said he was somewhat<br />
of a natural fi t for the part.<br />
“I have a round head, and I’m a<br />
bigger actor,” he said.<br />
Unlike Charlie Brown, though,<br />
Sheldon has a niche. “I kind of<br />
just have been the funny guy all<br />
the time,” he said.<br />
That led him to give acting a<br />
try, and today he is a student<br />
in Russell Sage College’s Male<br />
Actor Apprentice Program. He’s<br />
Lucy (Julia Franklin) tries to draw her little<br />
the oldest cast member in the<br />
brother, Linus (Aaron Marquise) into her<br />
show, with everyone else still in<br />
dreams of glory.<br />
high school.<br />
One of her fellow actors, Michael<br />
“It’s been a lot of fun,” he said. Whitney, who plays Snoopy, is<br />
“They’re very funny kids.” Franklin’s classmate at NYSTI,<br />
Despite the actors’ youth, it’s a where both are serving as interns.<br />
very accomplished group, White- The experience exposes them to<br />
man said.<br />
several facets of the theater. Frank-<br />
“This cast — it’s just incredible,” lin, for instance, has worked in the<br />
he said. “They are superstars.” costume shop and helped create<br />
That’s a credit to time they’re study guides for some NYSTI<br />
willing to spend learning their lines shows.<br />
and parts, as well as their experi- “It was great to deal in other<br />
ence, he said.<br />
aspects of the theater,” she said, but<br />
“They’ve performed with every the internship also cemented for<br />
group in the Capital District,” he her that she’s happiest when she’s<br />
said.<br />
on stage.<br />
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK<br />
Whitney, turns suppertime into<br />
a song and dance in “You’re<br />
A Good Man, Charlie Brown.”<br />
Brian Sheldon, left, plays<br />
Charlie Brown.<br />
in the<br />
Entertainment Spotlight<br />
Good time charlie<br />
NYSTI presents musical inspired by ‘Peanuts’<br />
“It makes an actor feel very lucky<br />
to be an actor,” she said.<br />
Whitney, a senior at Niskayuna<br />
High School, agreed. A few years<br />
ago, he was more apt to be described<br />
as an athlete than an actor.<br />
He had always thought it would<br />
be fun to act, but he was busy with<br />
baseball, football and track. Then<br />
he hurt his arm, and he had a<br />
chance to try acting.<br />
“It just fell into place for me,” he<br />
said.<br />
Since then, he’s been in plays at<br />
his high school and with Schenectady<br />
Light Opera.<br />
But “You’re a Good Man, Charlie<br />
Brown” marks the fi rst time he’s<br />
done what he calls “real theater.”<br />
He laughs as soon as the<br />
words are out of his mouth,<br />
acknowledging that the concept<br />
of the show “is not at all high<br />
brow.”<br />
But it’s a challenge to tackle<br />
a role that doesn’t stick to the<br />
standard storytelling method.<br />
“There’s no through line,” he<br />
said. “It’s nice for me to try<br />
something different.”<br />
He’s grateful to the internship<br />
program for providing<br />
such an opportunity. He said<br />
he felt he’d gotten all he could<br />
out of high school productions,<br />
and he’s in awe that through<br />
NYSTI, he’s working with veteran<br />
actors and being exposed<br />
to so many aspects of theater.<br />
“It’s the best thing I could<br />
have done,” he said.<br />
Whiteman was a NYSTI intern<br />
himself back in 1985. Just<br />
like Charlie Brown, you could<br />
say he has come full circle. He<br />
spent his early years as a director<br />
before getting a chance to merge<br />
his loves of theater and teaching,<br />
starting a theater program at Doane<br />
Stuart. Today, he is a teacher<br />
at Westmere Elementary School in<br />
Guilderland in addition to serving<br />
in several capacities with NYSTI.<br />
As director of “You’re a Good<br />
Man, Charlie Brown,” he strives to<br />
stay true to Schulz’s vision for the<br />
Peanuts characters, but he also<br />
took some liberties with costumes<br />
and props to “make it relatable.”<br />
For instance, “one character<br />
uses a cell phone, and one uses a<br />
laptop,” he said.<br />
He thinks the modifi cations will<br />
keep the show “refreshing and<br />
new,” while still offering plenty of<br />
laughs that are characteristic of the<br />
comic strip.<br />
He and others encouraged people<br />
to come out if they want a good time.<br />
“It’s such a great show,” Sheldon<br />
said. “It’s so iconic. You know who<br />
these kids are.”<br />
“You’re a Good Man, Charlie<br />
Brown” opens on Friday, June 5, at<br />
8 p.m., running for one weekend<br />
only. The Sunday, June 7, show is<br />
sold out. All performances will be<br />
held at the James L. Meader Little<br />
Theatre, 5 Division St., on the campus<br />
of Russell Sage College in Troy<br />
June 3 to 15. Tickets are $15 for<br />
adults, $12 for senior citizens and<br />
students and $7.50 for children to<br />
age 12. For tickets, call the NYSTI<br />
box offi ce at 274-3256 or visit www.<br />
nysti.org.<br />
www.brownschool.org<br />
Charlie Brown<br />
(Brian Sheldon)<br />
seeks advice and<br />
support from Lucy<br />
(Julia Franklin).<br />
OPEN HOUSE<br />
Nursery - PreK - Kindergarten<br />
Monday - June 8th - 6:30-7:30 PM<br />
Brown School offers an enriched Open House experience<br />
for children 2,3,4 and 5 years old. This hour long<br />
program features classroom adventures for your child<br />
and an opportunity for you to speak to our early<br />
childhood professionals! We offer small classes and<br />
hands-on learning where every child’s work is play!<br />
Nursery through Grade 8<br />
150 Corlaer Ave. Schenectady - 518-370-0366
Spotlight Newspapers June 3, 2009 Page 17<br />
Arts & Entertainment<br />
Theater<br />
HIGH SOCIETY<br />
Old-time musical favorite, presented by<br />
Mac-Haydn Theatre, 1925 Route 203,<br />
Chatham, through June 7, Wednesdays<br />
through Sundays, $26-$28. Information,<br />
392-9292.<br />
SHEAR MADNESS<br />
Wacky whodunit set in a hairstyling salon<br />
and where the audience helps solve the<br />
mystery, presented by Capital Repertory<br />
Theatre, 111 North Pearl St., Albany, June<br />
5-28. Information, 445-7469.<br />
TAMING THE WILD, WILD WEST<br />
IN A DRESS<br />
Billy St. John western comedy, presented<br />
by the Footlighters, Jean DeLollo Theater,<br />
Calvary United Methodist Church, 15<br />
Ridge Place, Latham, June 5-6 and 12-13,<br />
advance tickets adults $8, children under<br />
12 $5; door prices adults $9, children under<br />
12 $6. Information, 339-8241.<br />
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN,<br />
CHARLIE BROWN<br />
Musical based on the famous “Peanuts”<br />
comic strip characters, presented by New<br />
York State Theatre Institute Students,<br />
James L. Meader Little Theatre, Russell<br />
Sage College, 5 Division St., Troy, through<br />
June 15, adults $15, students/seniors $12,<br />
children 12 and under $7.50. Information,<br />
274-3256.<br />
Music<br />
BROOKSIDE MUSEUM BENEFIT<br />
Featuring local Celtic favorites Hair of<br />
the Dog, June 5, 7 p.m., 6 Charlton St.,<br />
Balllston Spa, advance tickets $15, door<br />
tickets $18, children under 12 free. Information,<br />
885-4000.<br />
NAT PHIPPS<br />
Veteran big band jazz artist, June 5, 7 p.m.,<br />
Stockade Inn, 1 North Church St., Schenectady,<br />
free Information, 346-3400.<br />
PADDY KEENAN WITH JOHN WALSH<br />
King of the uillean pipes teams up with<br />
Irish guitarist/singer, June 5, 8 p.m., Caffe<br />
Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, $15<br />
caffe members, $18 general public. Information,<br />
583-00<strong>22</strong>.<br />
PAUL RISHELL AND ANNIE RAINES<br />
Blues guitarist and his harmonica-playing<br />
partner, June 6, 8 p.m., Caffe Lena,<br />
47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, $12 caffe<br />
members, $15 general public. Information,<br />
583-00<strong>22</strong>.<br />
RIVERVIEW RAMBLERS<br />
Popular area bluegrass band performing<br />
fi rst show in “Howlin’ at the Moon” concert<br />
series, June 7, 6:30 p.m., Mabee Farm<br />
Historic Site, Route 5S, Rotterdam Junction,<br />
free. Information, 887-5073.<br />
LUCY KAPLANSKY<br />
Alt-country/roots rock singer-songwriter,<br />
June 7, 7 p.m., Caffe Lena, 47 Phila St.,<br />
Saratoga Springs, $20 caffe members, $<strong>22</strong><br />
general public. Information, 583-00<strong>22</strong>.<br />
BRIAN PATNEAUDE QUARTET<br />
Weekly jazz show, June 7, 9 p.m., Justin’s,<br />
301 Lark St., Albany, $3. Information, 436-<br />
7008.<br />
<strong>COLONIE</strong> TOWN BAND<br />
Performing classical pieces, show tunes<br />
and Sousa marches, June 8, 7 p.m., Pruyn<br />
House, 207 Old Niskayuna Road, Latham,<br />
free. Information, www.colonietownband.<br />
org.<br />
Visual Arts<br />
ARTS CENTER<br />
OF THE CAPITAL REGION<br />
“Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures<br />
1960-Now,” through June 5; “Explorations<br />
in Art,” through June 5; 265 River<br />
St., Troy. Information, 273-0052.<br />
NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM<br />
“Beneath the City: An Archeological Perspective<br />
of Albany,” ongoing; plus permanent<br />
collections on the 9/11 recovery<br />
effort, New York state history and geography,<br />
Empire State Plaza, Madison Avenue.<br />
Information, 474-5877.<br />
ALBANY INSTITUTE OF ART<br />
“Hudson Valley: Spanning the Banks,”<br />
photographs by Harry Wilks, through June<br />
7; “Hudson River Panorama: 400 Years of<br />
History, Art and Culture,” through Jan. 3,<br />
2010; plus “The Folk Spirit of Albany: Folk<br />
Art from the Colletcion of the Albany Institute<br />
of History and Art” and exhibits on<br />
Hudson River School painting, American<br />
sculpture and the history of Albany, 125<br />
Washington Ave. Information, 463-4478.<br />
SCHENECTADY MUSEUM<br />
Spirit of Schenectady, collection highlights<br />
and planetarium, Nott Terrace Heights. Information,<br />
382-7890.<br />
ALBANY AIRPORT GALLERY<br />
“Repetitive Nature,” in Concourse A gallery;<br />
“Air Craft,” photos by Jeffrey Milstein;<br />
plus site-specifi c installations by<br />
Larry Kagan and Cara Nigro, as well as<br />
installations by Anthony Garner, Baris<br />
Karayazgan, Paul Katz, Nancy Klepsch and<br />
Victoria Palermo. Information, 242-<strong>22</strong>43.<br />
ALBANY CENTER GALLERY<br />
“Works on Paper: Gabe Brown, Ingrid<br />
Ludt and Yvonne Welch,” through July<br />
3, 39 Columbia St., Albany. Information,<br />
462-4775.<br />
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DANCE<br />
Ballet Russes exhibit, “On Broadway,”<br />
chronicling the progression of dance on<br />
Broadway, and ongoing exhibits, 99 South<br />
Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Information,<br />
584-<strong>22</strong>25.<br />
SARATOGA AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM<br />
“The Syracuse Mile,” featuring two of the<br />
central New York’s famous stock cars, plus<br />
ongoing exhbits including "East of Detroit"<br />
and New York racing, 110 Avenue of the<br />
Pines, Saratoga Springs. Information,<br />
587-1935, ext. 20.<br />
BROOKSIDE MUSEUM<br />
“Greg Klein Art Exhibit,” featuring paintings<br />
of the Saratoga County countryside<br />
and familiar landmarks, through the end of<br />
June; plus “A Few Lines to Let You Know:<br />
Letters of the Civil War,” through Sept. 4,<br />
6 Charlton St., Ballston Spa. Information,<br />
885-4000.<br />
TANG TEACHING MUSEUM<br />
AND GALLERY<br />
“Oliver Herring: Me Us Them,” through<br />
June 14; “Elevator Music 14: Lucky Dragons,”<br />
through July 12; “Tim Rollinsand<br />
K.O.S.: A History,” through Aug. 30; Skidmore<br />
College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga<br />
Springs. Information, 580-8080.<br />
CLARK ART INSTITUTE<br />
“Second Empire Paris: History and Modernity,”<br />
through June 21; <strong>22</strong>5 South St.,<br />
Williamstown, Mass. Information, (413)<br />
458-9545.<br />
THE HYDE COLLECTION<br />
“Old Master Prints from the Sparling<br />
Family Collection,” through June 21; 161<br />
North Warren St., Glens Falls. Information,<br />
792-1761.<br />
ARKELL MUSEUM<br />
“Arkell’s Inspiration: the Marketing of<br />
Beech-Nut and Art for the People,” ongoing;<br />
Canajoharie. Information, 673-2314.<br />
Call for Artists<br />
SARATOGA COUNTY FAIR<br />
Seeking singers, dancers, comedians,<br />
jugglers and more performers for “Who’s<br />
Got Talent?” competition July 14-16. Information,<br />
885-5604.<br />
SARATOGA ARTS<br />
Seeking local artists and fi ne crafters to<br />
display their works at its downtown gallery<br />
shop. Information, Adrianna Flax 584-<br />
4132 or afl ax@saratoga-arts.org.<br />
UPPER UNION STREET BID<br />
Seeking artists for its annual Strawberry<br />
Fest & Art Show June 20. Information,<br />
Jane Rothfi eld 5<strong>22</strong>-7445 or janerothfi<br />
eld@nycap.rr.com.<br />
MOP AND BUCKET COMPANY<br />
Holding auditions for a substitute accompanist<br />
to provide music for its improvised<br />
comedy shows. Information, contact Michael<br />
Burns at michaelburns@mopco.org<br />
or Kat Koppett at katkoppet@mopco.org.<br />
CAPITALAND CHORUS<br />
Openings for all voice parts for women<br />
who love to sing and perform, rehearsals<br />
are at 7 p.m. Thursdays at New Covenant<br />
Presbyterian Church, corner of Orlanso<br />
and Western avenues, Albany. Information,<br />
785-3567.<br />
ALBANY CIVIC THEATER<br />
Seeking original works for its July Playwrights<br />
Showcase, no fi lm scripts, monologues,<br />
musicals or children’s plays. Mail<br />
a copy of the text to Albany Civic Theater,<br />
P.O. Box 6172, Albany 1<strong>22</strong>06.<br />
TANGO FUSION DANCE COMPANY<br />
Auditioning professional dancers by appointment<br />
at Arthur Murray Dance Studio,<br />
75 Woodlawn Ave., Saratoga Springs. Information,<br />
306-4173.<br />
ADIRONDACK PASTEL SOCIETY<br />
Seeking artists working in soft pastels for<br />
regional juried exhibition that opens on<br />
May <strong>22</strong> at Tom Myott Gallery, deadline for<br />
entries is April 1 . Also seeking new artists<br />
that work in pastels, meetings are the fi rst<br />
Tuesday of every month at the Dave Francis<br />
Gallery, the Shirt Factory, Glens Falls.<br />
Programs, artist demonstrations and exhibitions<br />
are planned throughout the year.<br />
Information, 793-9309 or 793-9350.<br />
DELMAR COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA<br />
Openings in the string, horn and percussion<br />
sections. Information, 439-7749.<br />
<strong>COLONIE</strong> TOWN BAND<br />
Several openings, rehearsals on Mondays<br />
at 7:30 p.m. at town hall, Route 9, Newtonville.<br />
Information, 783-2760.<br />
<strong>COLONIE</strong> CENTENNIAL<br />
BRASS CHOIR<br />
Openings for brass players, rehearsals<br />
on fi rst Thursday and third Tuesday of the<br />
month, at 7:15 p.m., town hall, Route 9,<br />
Newtonville. Information, 783-2760.<br />
SUBURBAN SOUNDS<br />
COMMUNITY CHORUS<br />
Openings in mixed chorus, rehearsals<br />
Sundays at 7 p.m. at Lynnwood Reformed<br />
Church, Route 146, Guilderland. Information,<br />
861-8000.<br />
FRIENDSHIP SINGERS<br />
Openings in women’s singing group, focusing<br />
on old favorites and show tunes,<br />
Weekly<br />
rehearsals Tuesday mornings at Delmar<br />
Reformed Church, Delaware Avenue, Delmar.<br />
Information, 439-2360.<br />
A CAPPELLA<br />
New, informal, coed a cappella group in<br />
Delmar, for adults and teens 16 and older.<br />
Information, 439-0130.<br />
SIENA CHAMBER<br />
ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR<br />
Rehearsals Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. for orchestra,<br />
Wednesdays at 6 p.m. for choir,<br />
Siena College, Route 9, Loudonville. Information,<br />
783-2325.<br />
THE ORCHESTRA ON THE COMMON<br />
Openings in the string section, also need<br />
hurls his body<br />
headlong from<br />
the trusses under<br />
the bridge<br />
strikes the pigeon<br />
with his talons<br />
plucks its soft body<br />
from the air<br />
on<br />
poetry<br />
This month’s column is sponsored by NGC<br />
Publishing, now offering “Fables by jambbal,”<br />
an inspirational collection of simple stories for<br />
complex people...and children. To order, visit<br />
www.fablesbyjambbal.com<br />
Dunn Memorial Falcon<br />
by Marion Menna<br />
French horn, trombone, fl ute and bass<br />
drum players, rehearsals Friday at 9 a.m.,<br />
Shenendehowa Senior Center, Clifton<br />
Common, Clifton Park. Information, 372-<br />
5146.<br />
ELECTRIC CITY CHORUS<br />
Male singing group, training provided, rehearsals<br />
at Faith United Methodist Church,<br />
Brandywine Avenue and Eastern Parkway,<br />
Schenectady, Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. Information,<br />
399-1846.<br />
RIVER VALLEY CHORUS<br />
Sweet Adelines group based in Niskayuna<br />
is looking for women to join group. Information,<br />
346-5349.<br />
wheels and wings<br />
to the nest box<br />
where three chicks<br />
now asleep<br />
will be fed<br />
with delicate care<br />
This month our featured poet is Marion Menna, a<br />
retired special education teacher who volunteers at the<br />
Five Rivers Environmental Center.<br />
Her poems are often grounded in the natural world,<br />
as in this poem. Notice her use of alliteration and the<br />
surprising last line.<br />
Marion’s chapbook, An Unknown Country, is due<br />
out this summer. If you’d like to order a copy, go to the<br />
publisher’s Web site at www.fi nishinglinepress.com.<br />
Crossword
Page 18 June 3, 2009 Spotlight Newspapers<br />
Calendar of Events Spotlight<br />
in the<br />
Wednesday, June 3<br />
<strong>COLONIE</strong> COALITION OF<br />
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS<br />
town hall, Route 9, Newtonville, 7:15 p.m.<br />
Information, 786-1256.<br />
OSTEOPOROSIS<br />
PREVENTION CLASS<br />
sponsored by Colonie Senior Service<br />
Centers, Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners<br />
Circle, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Information,<br />
459-2857.<br />
TOPS CLUB<br />
weight loss support group, Colonie town<br />
hall, Route 9, 11:45 a.m. Information call<br />
465-7894, 1-800-932-8677 or visit www.<br />
tops.org.<br />
LOUDONVILLE ARTS AND CRAFTS<br />
St. Francis de Sales Church hall, 1 Maria<br />
Drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Information,<br />
459-<strong>22</strong>37.<br />
SENIOR WALKING CLUB<br />
meet at Colonie Center at 9 a.m. in the food<br />
court on the second fl oor, exercise class at<br />
9:45. Information, 459-2857.<br />
LISHAKILL SENIORS<br />
1653 Central Ave., 10 a.m.<br />
<strong>COLONIE</strong>-GUILDERLAND<br />
ROTARY CLUB<br />
Western Turnpike Golf Course, Washington<br />
Avenue Extension, 12:15 p.m. Information,<br />
869-6417.<br />
HART SOCIAL CENTER<br />
bridge, Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners<br />
Circle, 1 p.m.<br />
HERBERT B. KUHN SENIOR<br />
CITIZENS CENTER<br />
square dancing and cards at 10, lunch by<br />
reservation at noon, beginners’ square<br />
dancing at 12:30 p.m., 2 Thunder Road.<br />
Information, 869-7172.<br />
AA MEETING<br />
Newtonville Methodist Church, Route 9 and<br />
Maxwell Road, 6 p.m.<br />
Thursday, June 4<br />
ZONING BOARD<br />
OF APPEALS<br />
Public Operations Center, 347 Old<br />
Niskayuna Road, 7 p.m. Information,<br />
783-2706.<br />
OSTEOPOROSIS<br />
PREVENTION CLASS<br />
sponsored by Colonie Senior Service<br />
Centers, Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners<br />
Circle, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Information,<br />
459-2857.<br />
BINGO<br />
Blessed Virgin Mary of Czestochowa Polish<br />
National Catholic Church, 250 Maxwell<br />
Road, 7:15 p.m. Call 453-<strong>22</strong>58 for more<br />
information.<br />
TOPS CLUB<br />
weight loss support group, Pine Grove<br />
United Methodist Church, 1580 Central<br />
Ave., and First Presbyterian Church of<br />
Watervliet, 819 23rd St., 7 p.m. Information,<br />
456-5099 and 785-9585.<br />
112 STEP PROGRAM<br />
dealing with co-dependence and addictions,<br />
Our Savior’s School, 63 Mountain View<br />
Ave., 7 p.m. Information, 459-<strong>22</strong>48.<br />
HERBERT B. KUHN<br />
SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER<br />
tai chi and cards at 9:30 a.m., German class<br />
at 10, sewing at 12:30 p.m., 2 Thunder Road.<br />
Information, 869-7172.<br />
AA MEETINGS<br />
St. Ambrose School Library, Old Loudon<br />
Road, Latham, 7:30 p.m.; Siena College,<br />
chaplain’s offi ce, Route 9, Loudonville,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Friday, June 5<br />
SENIOR WALKING CLUB<br />
meet at Colonie Center at 8:15 a.m. in the<br />
food court on the second fl oor, exercise<br />
class at 8:45. Information, 459-2857.<br />
MENANDS ROTARY CLUB<br />
Schuyler Inn, Broadway, 12:15 p.m. Information,<br />
463-3740.<br />
HART SOCIAL CENTER<br />
swimming at the State University at Albany,<br />
bus departs from 18 Wilson Ave., 1 p.m.<br />
BINGO<br />
Zaloga American Legion Post, 4 Everett<br />
Road Ext., 7:30 p.m.<br />
HERBERT B. KUHN<br />
SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER<br />
exercise at 9:30 a.m., cards at 10, singing at<br />
10:30, line dancing at 12:30 p.m., 2 Thunder<br />
Road. Information, 869-7172.<br />
AA MEETINGS<br />
Pine Grove United Methodist Church, 1580<br />
Central Ave., 9 p.m.; Clinical Services<br />
and Consultation, 636 New Loudon Road,<br />
Latham, 7 a.m.; St. Matthew’s Episcopal<br />
Church, 129 Old Loudon Road, Latham,<br />
noon.<br />
AL-ANON MEETING<br />
Community Reformed Church, Route 155<br />
and Sand Creek Road, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Saturday, June 6<br />
FARMERS’ MARKET (SUMMER ONLY)<br />
St. Ambrose Church, Old Loudon Road,<br />
Latham, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
AA MEETINGS<br />
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 129 Old<br />
Loudon Road, Latham, 7:30 p.m.; Calvary<br />
Methodist Church, Belle Avenue and Ridge<br />
Place, Latham, noon.<br />
Sunday, June 7<br />
AA MEETINGS<br />
St Peter’s Addiction Recovery Center, 636<br />
New Loudon Road, Latham, 9 and 10:30<br />
a.m.; Calvary Methodist Church, Belle<br />
Avenue and Ridge Place, Latham, 8 p.m.;<br />
Siena College, Siena Hall Room 119,<br />
Route 9, Loudonville, 6:30 p.m.; Bethany<br />
Presbyterian Church, Lyons Avenue,<br />
Menands, 7:30 p.m.<br />
AL-ANON PARENTS MEETING<br />
Pine Grove United Methodist Church, 1580<br />
Central Ave., 7:30 p.m.<br />
Monday, June 8<br />
MENANDS VILLAGE BOARD<br />
village Hall, 250 Broadway, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Information, 434-29<strong>22</strong>.<br />
LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS<br />
by appointment only, Beltrone Living<br />
Center, 6 Winners Circle, 10 a.m. to noon.<br />
Information, 459-5051.<br />
OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION CLASS<br />
sponsored by Colonie Senior Service<br />
Centers, Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners<br />
Circle, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Information,<br />
459-2857.<br />
PROGRESSIVE LINE DANCING<br />
Colonie Community Center, 1653 Central<br />
Ave., 7 to 10 p.m., beginner and new dances,<br />
$6. Information, 783-9399.<br />
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES<br />
SENIOR CITIZENS<br />
cards, bingo, crafts and line dancing, St.<br />
Francis de Sales Church, 1 Maria Drive, 10<br />
a.m. to 3 p.m. Information, 459-4272.<br />
BINGO<br />
Colonie Elks Lodge, Elks Lane, Latham,<br />
7:15 p.m.<br />
<strong>COLONIE</strong> FIRE CO. AUXILIARY<br />
Colonie fi rehouse, 1631 Central Ave., 8<br />
p.m. Information, 869-8289.<br />
HERBERT B. KUHN<br />
SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER<br />
bingo and cards at 9:30 a.m., yoga and<br />
quilting at 10, line dancing at 12:30 p.m., 2<br />
Thunder Road. Information, 869-7172.<br />
AA MEETINGS<br />
St. Francis de Sales Church, 15 Exchange<br />
St., noon; St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church,<br />
129 Old Loudon Road, Latham, 7 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, June 9<br />
PLANNING BOARD<br />
Public Operations Center, 347 Old Niskayuna<br />
Road, 7 p.m. Agenda information,<br />
783-1511.<br />
SOUTH <strong>COLONIE</strong> SCHOOL BOARD<br />
district offi ce, Loralee Drive, 7 p.m. Information,<br />
869-3576.<br />
<strong>COLONIE</strong> VILLAGE PLANNING<br />
COMMISSION<br />
village hall, 2 Thunder Road, 6:30 p.m.<br />
MENANDS ROTARY CLUB<br />
Corner Well Pub, 698 North Pearl St.,<br />
Menands, 12:15 p.m. Information, 449-<br />
8711.<br />
HART SOCIAL CENTER<br />
bowling at Sunset Lanes, 1 p.m.<br />
LATHAM ROTARY CLUB<br />
Beltrone Living Center, Lakeview Dining<br />
Area, Six Winners Circle, Colonie, 6:30<br />
p.m. Information, 464-0475.<br />
HERBERT B. KUHN<br />
SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER<br />
business meeting at 10 a.m., followed by<br />
bingo and cards, beginners’ line dancing<br />
at 12:30 p.m., 2 Thunder Road. Information,<br />
869-7172.<br />
www.spotlightnews.com<br />
AA MEETINGS<br />
Pine Grove United Methodist Church, 1580<br />
Central Ave., noon; St. Pius X Church,<br />
Crumitie Road, 5:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, June 10<br />
OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION CLASS<br />
sponsored by Colonie Senior Service<br />
Centers, Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners<br />
Circle, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Information,<br />
459-2857.<br />
SENIOR WALKING CLUB<br />
meet at Colonie Center at 9 a.m. in the food<br />
court on the second fl oor, exercise class at<br />
9:45. Information, 459-2857.<br />
TOPS CLUB<br />
weight loss support group, Colonie town<br />
hall, Route 9, 11:45 a.m. Information call<br />
465-7894, 1-800-932-8677 or visit www.<br />
tops.org.<br />
LISHAKILL SENIORS<br />
1653 Central Ave., 10 a.m.<br />
<strong>COLONIE</strong>-GUILDERLAND<br />
ROTARY CLUB<br />
Western Turnpike Golf Course, Washington<br />
Avenue Extension, 12:15 p.m. Information,<br />
869-6417.<br />
HART SOCIAL CENTER<br />
bridge, Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners<br />
Circle, 1 p.m.<br />
HERBERT B. KUHN<br />
SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER<br />
square dancing and cards at 10, lunch by<br />
reservation at noon, beginners’ square<br />
dancing at 12:30 p.m., 2 Thunder Road.<br />
Information, 869-7172.<br />
AA MEETING<br />
Newtonville Methodist Church, Route 9 and<br />
Maxwell Road, 6 p.m.<br />
LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
NOTICE OF FILING OF<br />
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZA-<br />
TION OF LEON’S CENTRE<br />
OF <strong>COLONIE</strong>, LLC 1. The<br />
name of the Limited Liability<br />
Company is: Leon’s Centre<br />
of Colonie, LLC. 2. The<br />
Articles of Organization of<br />
the Company were filed<br />
with the Secretary of State<br />
on September 20, 2002.<br />
3. The County within New<br />
York State which the office<br />
of the Company is to<br />
be located is Albany. 4.<br />
The Secretary of State has<br />
been designated as agent of<br />
the limited liability company<br />
upon whom process against<br />
the Company may be served<br />
and the post offi ce address<br />
within this state to which<br />
the Secretary of State shall<br />
mail a copy of any process<br />
against the Company served<br />
upon it is: 1116 Altamont<br />
Avenue Schenectady, New<br />
York 12303<br />
5. The registered agent of<br />
the limited liability company<br />
upon whom process against<br />
the liability company can be<br />
served is: Leon’s Centre of<br />
Colonie, LLC, 116 Altamont<br />
Avenue, Schenectady, New<br />
York 12303. 6. The character<br />
of the business is to<br />
conduct any lawful business<br />
activity for profi t that is not<br />
otherwise prohibited by the<br />
laws of the State of New<br />
York.<br />
LC-20947<br />
(June 3, 2009)<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
Notice of Formation of<br />
THE SAILE GROUP LLC,<br />
a domestic LLC. Arts. of<br />
Org. fi led with the SSNY on<br />
02/17/09. Office location:<br />
Albany County amended to<br />
read Schenectady County<br />
on 03/30/09 . SSNY has<br />
been designated as agent<br />
upon whom process against<br />
the LLC may be served.<br />
SSNY shall mail a copy of<br />
process to: Anne Saile, 114<br />
Killarney Dr, Niskayuna, NY<br />
12308. Purpose: Any Lawful<br />
Purpose.<br />
LC-20996<br />
(June 3, 2009)<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
Notice of Formation of DPK<br />
APPRAISAL SERVICE, LLC,<br />
a domestic LLC. Arts. of<br />
Org. fi led with the SSNY on<br />
04/03/09. Office location:<br />
Albany County. SSNY has<br />
been designated as agent<br />
upon whom process against<br />
the LLC may be served.<br />
SSNY shall mail a copy of<br />
process to: The LLC, 236<br />
Point of Woods Drive, Albany,<br />
NY 1<strong>22</strong>03. Purpose:<br />
Any Lawful Purpose.<br />
LC-20997<br />
(June 3, 2009)<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
Notice of Formation of 950<br />
New Loudon Road, LLC.<br />
Articles of organization fi led<br />
with the Secretary of State<br />
of NY (SSNY) on May 8,<br />
2009. Offi ce location: Albany<br />
County. SSNY designated<br />
as agent of LLC upon whom<br />
process against it may be<br />
served. SSNY shall mail<br />
process to: The LLC, P. O,<br />
Box 669, Latham, NY 12110.<br />
Purpose: any lawful activities.<br />
LC-21047<br />
(June 3, 2009)<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
Notice of Formation of 881<br />
New Loudon Road, LLC.<br />
Articles of organization fi led<br />
with the Secretary of State<br />
of NY (SSNY) on May 8,<br />
2009. Offi ce location: Albany<br />
County. SSNY designated<br />
as agent of LLC upon whom<br />
process against it may be<br />
served. SSNY shall mail<br />
process to: The LLC, P. O,<br />
Box 669, Latham, NY 12110.<br />
Purpose: any lawful activities.<br />
LC-21048<br />
(June 3, 2009)<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
Cogen Power Technologies<br />
LLC articles of organization<br />
fi led with the Secretary<br />
of State of NY (SSNY) on<br />
4/7/09. Offi ce located in Albany<br />
County at <strong>22</strong> Century<br />
Hill Dr. #201, Latham, NY<br />
12110. The SSNY has been<br />
designated as agent of the<br />
LLC upon whom service may<br />
be made and SSNY shall<br />
mail a copy of such service<br />
to the offi ce location. The<br />
character of the LLC is any<br />
lawful activity.<br />
LC-21068<br />
(June 3, 2009)<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEAR-<br />
ING VARIANCE APPLICA-<br />
TION (ROSENBERG STAN-<br />
DARD) TELECOMMUNI-<br />
CATIONS TOWER AND<br />
RELATED FACILITIES<br />
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby<br />
given in accordance with the<br />
Land Use Law for the Town of<br />
Colonie and other applicable<br />
law that a public hearing will<br />
be held by the Zoning Board<br />
of Appeals of the Town of<br />
Colonie on June 18, 2009<br />
at 7:00 p.m. at the Colonie<br />
Public Operations Center,<br />
347 Old Niskayuna Road,<br />
Latham, New York 12110,<br />
on the application of Cellco<br />
Partnership d/b/a Verizon<br />
Wireless (“Verizon Wireless”)<br />
requesting municipal approval<br />
to construct, maintain and<br />
operate a camoufl age public<br />
utility / personal wireless<br />
service facility on a proposed<br />
new Church bell tower on a<br />
portion of lands n/f owned<br />
by Loudonville Presbyterian<br />
Church, located at <strong>22</strong><br />
Old Niskayuna Road in the<br />
Town of Colonie, County of<br />
Albany, State of New York<br />
(Tax Map Parcel No. 43.03-3-<br />
81) (the “premises”). Verizon<br />
Wireless’ communications<br />
facility will consist of the<br />
following general components:<br />
a 60± camouflage<br />
(“stealth”) Church bell tower;<br />
one unmanned 12± ft. x 30±<br />
ft. (360± sq. ft.) prefabricated<br />
equipment shelter;<br />
twelve (12) panel antennas<br />
mounted behind camoufl<br />
age screening at the top of<br />
the Church bell tower; one<br />
GPS antenna installation;<br />
utility services (power and<br />
landline telephone) and all<br />
associated fi xtures and appurtenances.<br />
The Church<br />
bell tower, equipment shelter<br />
and associated improvements<br />
will be located inside<br />
a 35± ft. x 65± ft. (2,275± sq.<br />
ft.) section of the premises.<br />
The existing driveway will<br />
be extended to the Church<br />
bell tower site and improved<br />
with gravel and crushed<br />
stone base to a width of<br />
approximately 12 ft. Utilities<br />
will be installed underground<br />
in an area running from the<br />
nearest existing service point<br />
at Old Niskayuna Road, a<br />
public (County) highway.<br />
The proposed facility is<br />
unmanned, equipped with<br />
backup emergency power<br />
and will be visited for routine<br />
maintenance purposes approximately<br />
1 - 3 times per<br />
month. As such, the project<br />
will not have any impact on<br />
existing water and sewage<br />
services. In addition, neither<br />
pedestrian nor vehicular<br />
access will be signifi cantly<br />
impacted. A copy of the<br />
Application Package is available<br />
for public inspection at<br />
the Town of Colonie Building<br />
Department, Public Operations<br />
Center, 347 Old Niskayuna<br />
Road, Latham, New<br />
York 12110. Questions concerning<br />
this proposed facility<br />
can also be directed to the<br />
Applicant’s representative,<br />
Michael E. Cusack, Esq.,<br />
who can be reached at (518) 9:00 a.m. on the 17th day of<br />
469-7770 or cusacklaw@ June 2009, at the Adminis-<br />
verizon.net. Dated: May tration Building in Latham,<br />
27, 2009<br />
New York, at which time and<br />
LC-21150<br />
place all bids will be publicly<br />
(June 3, 2009)<br />
opened. Specifi cations and<br />
bid forms may be obtained at<br />
the same offi ce.<br />
LEGAL NOTICE Board of Education North<br />
Colonie Central School Dis-<br />
North Colonie Central trict Town of Colonie County<br />
School District 91 Fiddlers of Albany Latham, New York<br />
Lane Latham, New York 12110 By: Steven B. Zaut-<br />
12110-5349<br />
ner Purchasing Agent<br />
NOTICE TO BIDDERS LC-21189<br />
The North Colonie Cen- (June 3, 2009)<br />
tral School District, Town<br />
of Colonie, Latham, New<br />
York 12110, invites the sub- LEGAL NOTICE<br />
mission of sealed bids on<br />
XGA Projectors for use in TOWN OF <strong>COLONIE</strong><br />
the North Colonie Central NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEAR-<br />
School District. Bids will be ING IN CONNECTION WITH<br />
received until 11:00 a.m. on A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW<br />
the 9th day of June 2009 at AMENDING THE CODE OF<br />
the Administration Building in TOWN OF <strong>COLONIE</strong> CHAP-<br />
Latham, New York, at which TER 135 THERETO, ENTItime<br />
and place all bids will be TLED “TOWN OF <strong>COLONIE</strong><br />
publicly opened. Specifi ca- NOISE CONTROL” PLEASE<br />
tions and bid forms may be TAKE NOTICE, that a public<br />
obtained at the same offi ce. hearing will be held in con-<br />
Board of Education North nection with a proposed local<br />
Colonie Central School Dis- law amending the Code of<br />
trict Town of Colonie County the Town of Colonie Chapter<br />
of Albany Latham, New York 135 entitled “Town of Colo-<br />
12110 By: Steven B. Zautnie Noise Control”, whose<br />
ner Purchasing Agent purpose will be to amend<br />
LC-21188<br />
Section 135-2 “Declaration<br />
(June 3, 2009)<br />
of Policy”; Section 135-4<br />
“Definitions and word usage”,<br />
Section 135-5 “Unrea-<br />
LEGAL NOTICE sonable noise prohibited”;<br />
Section 135-8 “Exceptions<br />
North Colonie Central to prohibited noises”; and<br />
School District 91 Fiddlers Section 135-9 “Enforcement<br />
Lane Latham, New York offi cers; appearance tickets”<br />
12110-5349<br />
and adding Section 135-18<br />
NOTICE TO BIDDERS The “Severability”.<br />
North Colonie Central School Said public hearing will be<br />
District, Town of Colonie, held at Memorial Town Hall,<br />
Latham, New York 12110, Newtonville, NY on the 11th<br />
invites the submission of day of June, 2009 at 7:00 PM<br />
sealed bids on:<br />
at which time and place an<br />
Bread & Bread Products opportunity will be given to<br />
Milk and Dairy Prod- those in favor of the enactucts<br />
Miscellaneous ment thereof, and to those<br />
Groceries & Meats<br />
opposed to the enactment<br />
thereof to be heard.<br />
Fresh Bagels<br />
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN<br />
BOARD OF THE TOWN OF<br />
Bids will be received until <strong>COLONIE</strong>, NEW YORK<br />
ELIZABETH A. DEL TOR-<br />
TO<br />
TOWN CLERK Dated:<br />
June 3, 2009<br />
LC-21190<br />
(June 3, 2009)<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
TOWN OF <strong>COLONIE</strong><br />
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEAR-<br />
ING IN CONNECTION WITH<br />
A PROPOSED LOCAL<br />
LAW<br />
AMENDING CHAPTER 181<br />
OF THE CODE OF THE<br />
TOWN OF <strong>COLONIE</strong> EN-<br />
TITLED “VEHICLE & TRAF-<br />
FIC CODIFICATION”.<br />
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that<br />
a public hearing will be held<br />
in connection with a proposed<br />
local law amending<br />
Chapter 181 of the Code of<br />
the Town of Colonie entitled<br />
“Vehicle & Traffi c Codifi cation”<br />
to amend: Schedule<br />
IX entitled “No Parking Anytime”-<br />
by adding no parking<br />
signs on both sides of<br />
Belmar Parkway, from its<br />
intersection with Loudon<br />
Road in an easterly direction<br />
to the dead end; Schedule VI<br />
entitled “Yield Intersections”by<br />
deleting yield signs at the<br />
intersection of Reber Street<br />
in a northerly direction and<br />
Schedule V entitled “Stop<br />
Intersections” - by adding<br />
a stop sign at Campbell<br />
Drive at the intersection of<br />
Reber Street in a northerly<br />
direction.<br />
The public hearing will be<br />
held at Memorial Town Hall,<br />
Newtonville, NY on the 11th<br />
day of June, 2009 at 7:00<br />
PM at which time and place<br />
an opportunity will be given<br />
to all persons, in favor and<br />
opposed to the enactment<br />
thereof, to be heard.<br />
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN<br />
BOARD OF THE TOWN OF<br />
<strong>COLONIE</strong>, NEW YORK<br />
ELIZABETH A. DEL TOR-<br />
TO TOWN CLERK Dated:<br />
June 3, 2009<br />
LC-21191<br />
(June 3, 2009)
Spotlight Newspapers June 3, 2009 Page 19<br />
Jessica and Alessandro Troiano<br />
Marsh, Troiano marry<br />
Jessica Marsh, daughter of<br />
Robert and Annmarie Marsh of<br />
Selkirk, and Alessandro Troiano,<br />
son of Antonio and Angela Maria<br />
Troiano of Latham, were married<br />
Jan. 1.<br />
The Rev. David V. Berberian<br />
officiated the ceremony at St.<br />
Thomas the Apostle in Delmar.<br />
A reception followed at the Glen<br />
Sanders Mansion in Scotia.<br />
Luigia Taccone, sister of<br />
the groom, was the matron of<br />
honor. Alissa Sims, friend of the<br />
bride, was a bridal attendant, and<br />
Fortunata Paglialonga, cousin of<br />
the groom, was a bridesmaid.<br />
Vincenzo Migliore, cousin of<br />
Christopher Wallace<br />
and Vanessa Graf<br />
Graf, Wallace<br />
to marry<br />
Frederick and Linda Graf<br />
of Delmar are pleased to<br />
announce the engagement and<br />
forthcoming marriage of their<br />
daughter, Vanessa Lorraine Graf,<br />
to Christopher Michael Wallace,<br />
son of Tony and Sandra Wallace<br />
of Rector, Ark.<br />
Vanessa is a 2001 graduate of<br />
Bethlehem Central High School<br />
and earned a B.A. in political<br />
science from the University of<br />
Buffalo in 2005. She is a human<br />
capital specialist at the U.S.<br />
Government Printing Office in<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
Christopher is a 1996 graduate<br />
of Clay County Central High<br />
School. He earned a B.A. in<br />
political science from the<br />
University of Central Arkansas<br />
in 2000 and an MPA from the<br />
University of Arkansas-Little Rock<br />
in 2004. He is legislative director<br />
for U.S. Rep. Marion Berry in<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
A summer wedding in<br />
Washington, D.C., is planned.<br />
the groom, was the best man.<br />
Groomsmen were Jared, Jonathan<br />
and Evan Marsh, brothers of the<br />
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The bride is a graduate of<br />
Bethlehem Central High School,<br />
Siena College and the University<br />
at Albany, where she received a<br />
master’s degree. She works in the<br />
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in Albany.<br />
The groom is a graduate of<br />
Watervliet High School. He<br />
works at Silhouette Optical in<br />
Green Island.<br />
After a honeymoon trip to<br />
Hawaii, the couple lives in<br />
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Nichole Schlund, friend of<br />
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and Sierra Gordon, sister of the<br />
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Robert McCurdy, father of<br />
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Groomsmen were Steve Shifl ett,<br />
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The bride is a graduate of<br />
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Beach, Coastal Carolina University<br />
and Webster University, where he<br />
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■ Students<br />
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As for their research, Covert<br />
said, it can cover many different<br />
topics.<br />
“There is a lot of cancer research,<br />
cardiac research, mostly<br />
for heart disease,” said Covert.<br />
“There are a lot of students doing<br />
stem cell research, we have<br />
some doing bio-defense.”<br />
One student, Covert said,<br />
is working with Ricin, a highly<br />
potent toxin, which Covert described<br />
as the second-most toxic<br />
chemical in the world. Covert<br />
said the student is working on<br />
neutralizing the toxin with a vaccine.<br />
Covert said the symposium<br />
is a nice way to display what the<br />
students have learned during<br />
their time in the program.<br />
“It’s a three-year intensive program,<br />
and we do lots of literature<br />
for other people’s research,” he<br />
said. “And then the second part<br />
of that is that after the students<br />
fi nd all those articles, they dissect<br />
them and present them to<br />
their peers. It’s a lot of presentation<br />
work.”<br />
Students said it can be an extremely<br />
rewarding opportunity.<br />
Zunaira Malik, 18, said she<br />
was 16 years old when she fi rst<br />
began the Science Research<br />
Program, and her age at the<br />
time restricted her from doing<br />
research.<br />
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This year, Malik will be a student<br />
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■ Picket<br />
(From Page 1)<br />
$646,000, he said. In turn, Kronau<br />
said he owes more than<br />
$500,000 to the subcontractors<br />
he hired to complete the job.<br />
In consulting with his attorney,<br />
Kronau said, he had<br />
learned that while WP Realty<br />
had pledged to pay the contractors,<br />
early on in the project, perhaps<br />
even before the contractors<br />
broke ground, the company had<br />
run out of fi nancing for the project<br />
but let the work proceed.<br />
Kronau said WP Realty told<br />
the contractors they could sue<br />
them, if they wanted.<br />
“We’re left with no choice,”<br />
Kronau said.<br />
Representatives from WP<br />
Realty were unavailable for comment.<br />
Pickets were still standing<br />
outside Price Chopper as<br />
of Tuesday afternoon, June 2.<br />
Marc Micare, a subcontractor<br />
who worked on the project, said<br />
the goal of the picket is to pressure<br />
Price Chopper into pressuring<br />
WP Realty to compensate<br />
the workers.<br />
“We do a lot of work for the<br />
Town of Colonie,” Micare said,<br />
of the disappointment he has<br />
with the way this situation has<br />
been handled.<br />
Tuesday morning, Kronau<br />
told The Spotlight that aside<br />
from what is owed by WP Realty,<br />
Price Chopper owed him about<br />
$320,000, which he said it had<br />
hinted it would not pay as long<br />
as the pickets continued. Price<br />
Chopper had hired the contractors<br />
separately to fi nish exterior<br />
work more quickly in order<br />
to ensure the store could open<br />
June 1.<br />
“They kind of hinted that<br />
there will be problems getting<br />
the check if we’re out here,” he<br />
said.<br />
Vice President of Public Relations<br />
and Consumer Services<br />
Mona Golub said Tuesday<br />
morning that allegation was<br />
completely false.<br />
“That is not my understanding<br />
at all,” she said. “We have<br />
paid all of our contractors that<br />
we have working inside the<br />
store. We don’t owe a single contractor<br />
money.”<br />
Golub said Price Chopper is<br />
aware of the contractor’s concerns<br />
and that Price Chopper<br />
had offered to help, although<br />
she stressed that the issue has<br />
nothing to do with the supermarket.<br />
“It’s an issue between the<br />
landlord, the fi nancer, and to my<br />
understanding, the contractor,”<br />
she said. “We offered to try and<br />
help yesterday, but [we] wish that<br />
the contractor had tried to reach<br />
out to us before yesterday.”<br />
When asked if Price Chopper<br />
had been in contact with WP Realty,<br />
Golub said she did not know,<br />
but that, “I’m sure our construction<br />
and engineering folks have<br />
that situation handled.”<br />
Hours later, as The Spotlight<br />
was heading to press, Kronau<br />
called to say Price Chopper has<br />
paid him the money owed to his<br />
company.<br />
The Spotlight followed up<br />
with Golub, who said the reason<br />
she had previously said the com-<br />
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A contractor protests the the grand opening of the Price Chopper on<br />
Central Avenue in Colonie on Monday, June 1.<br />
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pany did not owe any contractor<br />
money was because the date<br />
by which Price Chopper had to<br />
pay the contractors by had not<br />
come.<br />
“There’s no contract that we<br />
made that had a due date that<br />
was past,” Golub said. “We happened<br />
to cut a check for this<br />
gentleman earlier than it was<br />
due.”<br />
Kronau said that despite the<br />
payment from Price Chopper,<br />
the contractors intend to keep<br />
picketing as long as they can afford<br />
to or until WP Realty pays<br />
the money that the contractors<br />
are owed.<br />
“We’d like to have some sort<br />
of presence out there,” Kronau<br />
said.<br />
Contractors broke ground on<br />
the new Price Chopper, which<br />
took the place of the old Price<br />
Chopper at Colonie Plaza, about<br />
a year ago. It is touted for being<br />
Leadership in Energy and Environmental<br />
Design, or LEED,<br />
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Light Dozer – clearing & grading<br />
Rototilling & Brush Mowing<br />
Post Hole Digging – fences, pole barns<br />
Backhoe Work – drain, water &<br />
electrical lines<br />
Much more!<br />
518-872-2078<br />
Wally Francis<br />
Fully Insured<br />
Free Estimates<br />
EXCAVATING<br />
Gary Carl Excavating<br />
Fully Insured • 20 years Experience<br />
Sewer Lines & Water Lines<br />
Land Clearings & Drainage<br />
Tree & Stump Removal • Ponds<br />
Gary Carl (518) 496-3317<br />
Andrew Gudz (518) 928-4509<br />
FLOORING<br />
Charlie Stehlin Wood Floors<br />
• Sanding<br />
• Refinishing<br />
• Installation<br />
~ Free Estimates ~<br />
596-2333<br />
Family business for over 50 years<br />
• Custom Work<br />
• Insured<br />
• Work Guaranteed<br />
Call to<br />
place your ad today!<br />
BUSINESS DIRECTORY<br />
439-4949<br />
GUTTERS<br />
EMPIRE<br />
Seamless Gutters<br />
Free Estimates/Fully Insured<br />
• Heavy Gauge Aluminum<br />
• Quality Workmanship<br />
• Guaranteed Leak-free<br />
Senior Citizen Discount<br />
Call 577-8311 (cell)<br />
or 732-2761<br />
Servicing Capital District<br />
“ASK ABOUT LEAF RELIEF”<br />
Never clean your<br />
gutters again!<br />
EMPIRE Seamless, LLC<br />
Heavy Gauge Aluminum • Quality Workmanship<br />
Guaranteed Leak-Free • Senior Citizen Discount<br />
Servicing Capital District • Family-Owned<br />
Call 635-4068<br />
Free<br />
Estimates<br />
Never clean your<br />
gutters again!<br />
Fully<br />
Insured<br />
HOME IMPROVEMENT<br />
ARMSTRONG<br />
Renovations and<br />
Painting<br />
Additions • Carpentry<br />
Ceramic Tile • Painting<br />
Remodeling • Decks<br />
Fully Insured<br />
(518)424-2136<br />
“No Sub-Contracting”<br />
Helderberg Siding Co., Inc.<br />
Premium Vinyl Siding, Vinyl Replacement Windows<br />
Insulated Entry Doors, Vinyl Accent Products,<br />
Basement Windows Replaced, Aluminum Trim Work<br />
Fully<br />
Family Owned<br />
Insured (518)768-2429 Since 1951<br />
Free Estimates • Ins. Certifi cates • References<br />
Torres<br />
Contracting<br />
Free Estimates • Fully Insured<br />
• Roofi ng • Siding<br />
• Pressure Washing<br />
• Painting • Remodeling<br />
• Decks • Masonry<br />
• Replacement Windows<br />
• Replacement Doors<br />
(518)631-0572<br />
c:(518)<strong>22</strong>9-4720 / (518)701-0573<br />
HOME IMPROVEMENT<br />
Stephen E. Colfels<br />
Carpentry<br />
Remodeling<br />
Kitchens &<br />
Bathrooms<br />
Painting<br />
Masonry<br />
No Job Too Small<br />
Fully Insured Ceramic Tile<br />
469-1973 or 732-3302<br />
VINYL SIDING<br />
PROFESSIONALS<br />
Improve the Value<br />
of Your Home<br />
Call the Professionals Today<br />
Seriving the Entire<br />
Capital District<br />
Free Estimates<br />
Over 30 Years Experience<br />
Senior Discount/<br />
HYDROSEEDING<br />
TRI-CITY HYDROSEEDING<br />
Family Business 25 Years<br />
Fully Insured • Free Estimates<br />
Let Us Color You GREEN<br />
518-265-8649<br />
INTERIOR DESIGN<br />
Window Treatments<br />
Slip Covers & Cushions<br />
Alterations<br />
Johan Interiors<br />
785-1576<br />
10% off<br />
with this ad<br />
We Return All Calls<br />
(518) 423-3653<br />
Custom Sewing<br />
25 yrs experience 100% guaranteed<br />
LANDSCAPING<br />
HORTICULTURE<br />
UNLIMITED<br />
LANDSCAPING<br />
PROFESSIONAL<br />
LANDSCAPE DESIGN<br />
& INSTALLATION<br />
Since 1977<br />
For Ideas Check Out Our Website<br />
www.hortunlimited.com<br />
“WE DO THINGS RIGHT”<br />
767-2004<br />
Nursery Hours By Appointment<br />
MASONRY<br />
Silvano Attura<br />
Quality Masonry • General Repair<br />
Concrete Block, Brick, Stonework<br />
Limestone, Chimney<br />
Will Repair/Rebuild • Old/New<br />
50 Years Exp.<br />
(518)465-3102<br />
CAPITOL<br />
CHIMNEYS,<br />
FOUNDATIONS<br />
WALKS, PATIOS, ETC.<br />
Repair/ New<br />
Demo/ Removal<br />
Stone-Concrete, Brick-Block<br />
Glass Block, Basement Windows<br />
BEST PRICE • BETTER JOB<br />
439-6897<br />
SLINGERLANDS<br />
MASONRY<br />
HERI TAGE<br />
Specializing in:<br />
■ Jahn ® M A S O N R Y<br />
certified restorations<br />
■ Home foundation and<br />
structural repairs<br />
■ Decorative concrete pavers and<br />
retaining wall installations<br />
■ Concrete flatwork<br />
■ Stucco application and repair<br />
768-8018 or 441-8018<br />
References Available<br />
PAINTING<br />
3 Teachers (Retired)<br />
Painting & Staining<br />
• Decks •<br />
Interior/Exterior<br />
Fully Insured 393-2035 Free Estimates<br />
Awesome Colours<br />
PAINTING<br />
awesomecolours@yahoo.com<br />
Ruth or Perry (518)377-5102<br />
Painting, Residential, Commercial, Faux Finishing,<br />
Wall Papering, Staining & Exterior<br />
Fully Insured, Free Estimates • 30/60 Day Payment Option<br />
Mention this ad & Receive 10% OFF — 3/09 - 4/09<br />
LLESHI PAINTING<br />
“No Job Too Small”<br />
Dede Lleshi<br />
Fully Insured<br />
Interior & Exterior<br />
(518) 728-9579 Power Wash / Deck<br />
DedeLleshi@yahoo.com Free Estimates<br />
Commercial • Residential<br />
Good , Clean, Responible<br />
Michael Mooney<br />
Fine Painting & Restoration<br />
• Residential & Commercial<br />
• Carpentry & Masonry Repairs<br />
• Faux Finishes • Free Estimate<br />
• Fully Insured<br />
Call 482-8106<br />
Mike’s Painting<br />
& Home Repairs<br />
Interior/Exterior<br />
Residential & Commercial<br />
Fully Insured/Free Estimates • Senior Discount<br />
372-3609<br />
VOGEL<br />
Painting Contractor<br />
Free Estimates<br />
• RESIDENTIAL SPECIALIST<br />
• WALLPAPER APPLIED<br />
Interior — Exterior INSURED<br />
439-79<strong>22</strong> 439-79<strong>22</strong><br />
439-79<strong>22</strong><br />
WM H. ROTHER<br />
PAINTING<br />
INTERIOR - EXTERIOR<br />
Fine Quality Workmanship<br />
INSURED • REFERENCES • FREE ESTIMATES<br />
381-6618 364-2007<br />
MURRAY PAINTING<br />
Free Estimates<br />
Interior & Exterior<br />
Residential • Commercial • Industrial<br />
If you count on quality count on us<br />
439-4466<br />
All Calls Returned • Fully Insured<br />
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439-4940<br />
PAVING<br />
QUALITY PAVERS<br />
Selkirk, NY 12158<br />
Commercial & Residential<br />
Free Estimates/ Fully Insured<br />
Offi ce: 767-9118<br />
767-2488<br />
Owner: Hazel Lambert<br />
PAVING THE WAY INTO<br />
OUR 4 TH GENERATION<br />
PET CARE<br />
TAMI’S PET SITTING SERVICE<br />
Keep them home, Keep them safe<br />
Weekends, Vacations,<br />
Multiple Pet Discount<br />
Tami Sherry<br />
489-3102<br />
Do you want to<br />
advertise with us?<br />
Call:<br />
439-4940<br />
POOL SERVICE<br />
openings<br />
repairs<br />
maintenance<br />
Over a decade<br />
experience<br />
961-6060<br />
www.bigsplashpoolservice.com<br />
PRESSURE WASHING<br />
Bob’s Elite<br />
Power Wash Service<br />
Don’t forget to include your house<br />
when Spring Cleaning this year!<br />
Treat your house to a detailed<br />
brushing & power rinse<br />
• Houses • Decks • Concrete<br />
Clean cut & personable<br />
w/ the lowest prices<br />
(Don’t be shy - Give it a try)<br />
Call for Free Estimates<br />
857-4728<br />
REMODELING<br />
OTTERBECK<br />
BUILDERS INC.<br />
Remodeling &<br />
Renovations<br />
Serving the<br />
Capital Region<br />
since 1988<br />
• Additions, Dormers<br />
• Kitchens, Baths<br />
• Decks, Sunrooms<br />
• Windows/Siding<br />
• Basement Remodeling<br />
518-477-1438<br />
www.otterbeckbuilders.com<br />
ROOFING<br />
We Perform Repairs<br />
to all Roof Types<br />
as well as Full Roof<br />
Replacement<br />
518.449.34<strong>22</strong><br />
TREE SERVICE<br />
ALL CUT TREE SERVICE<br />
“One Call Cuts It All”<br />
No Tree Too Small or Too Large<br />
Complete Tree Removal<br />
Emergency Service<br />
• Serving The Capital Region<br />
• Over 25 25Years Years Experience • Fully Insured<br />
• Free Estimates • Senior Discounts<br />
• Ask About Our Winter Rates<br />
• Lot Clearing • Stump Grinding<br />
• Residential/Commercial<br />
“We Return All Calls”<br />
Delmar 518-466-8438<br />
20% Discount with this ad<br />
TREE SERVICE<br />
Harmony<br />
Tree Service<br />
• 19 YEARS EXPERIENCE •<br />
Tree Care Specialists<br />
Light pruning to the Heaviest Removals.<br />
Hazardous & hard to get to removals.<br />
Clean reliable service.<br />
100 ft. Crane Service<br />
Mechanically<br />
Supported<br />
Tree Service<br />
Offi ce 518-355-4700<br />
Dave 518-469-7419<br />
Trevor 518-496-4975<br />
HASLAM<br />
TREE<br />
SERVICE Inc.<br />
25 YEARS EXPERIENCE<br />
• Complete Tree Removal<br />
• Pruning<br />
• Cabling<br />
• Feeding<br />
• Land Clearing<br />
• Stump Removal<br />
• Storm Damage Repair<br />
• 100 ft. Crane Service<br />
• 55 ft. Bucket Truck Service<br />
FREE Estimates<br />
Fully Insured<br />
Jim Haslam<br />
Owner<br />
439-9702<br />
Tree Removal / Trimming<br />
Stump Grinding<br />
Firewood & Brush Clearing<br />
125ft Crane Service<br />
Gutters Cleaned<br />
P: 295-8985<br />
C: 253-1789<br />
Free Estimates<br />
Fully Insured<br />
STUMP REMOVAL<br />
Free Estimates/Insured<br />
Reliable Service<br />
Pick it up...<br />
or Click it up!<br />
439-8707<br />
Fully Insured<br />
Free Estimates<br />
STEWARTS TREE SERVICE<br />
• Removal • Trimming<br />
• Land Clearing • Stump Grinding<br />
• Emergency Service<br />
Owner Established 1995<br />
Fully Insured<br />
Free Estimates 843-3403<br />
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Mention this ad and save 10%<br />
Tri-City/Capital Area
Page <strong>22</strong> June 3, 2009 Spotlight Newspapers<br />
Spotlight Classifieds<br />
ADOPTION<br />
ADOPT: Childless loving<br />
woman (teacher) wishes<br />
to adopt a newborn. Financially<br />
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dential. Expenses<br />
paid. Please call Denise: 1-<br />
866-201-4602Pin#01960<br />
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Adopt a Child. Loving<br />
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& a Lifetime of Happiness<br />
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Medical Expenses Paid.<br />
Peggy 1-888-327-5060<br />
ANNOUNCEMENTS<br />
CAPITAL DISTRICT PET BIRD<br />
CLUB June 15 6:30pm.<br />
Niskayuna Branch Library<br />
2400 Nott St Ext. Book/<br />
Animal intelligence discus-<br />
Super Crossword Answers<br />
Place your<br />
sion.Alex & Me. by Irene<br />
Pepperberg. All welcome.<br />
Free. 374-5470<br />
AUTOMOTIVE FOR SALE<br />
1996 Ford F150 Sport. 5.0<br />
V8, automatic. 137k miles.<br />
4 New Tires. 2 studded<br />
now. Nice interior. Needs<br />
new gas tank and lines.<br />
Still runs and looks GREAT.<br />
best offer. Must see. Call<br />
813-5813 or 269-1818.<br />
AUTOS WANTED<br />
$100 + Up for Junk Cars,<br />
Trucks, Vans. Free Pickup.<br />
365-3368<br />
DONATE VEHICLE: RECEIVE<br />
$1000 GROCERY COUPON.<br />
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113,400 Readers<br />
ING, TAX DEDUCTIBLE,<br />
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BOAT FOR SALE<br />
‘06 Maxum open bow 18’<br />
boat. 135HP. In/out<br />
board Mercury motor. Many<br />
features, immaculate. 518-<br />
421-5494<br />
BOOK SALE<br />
HUGE BOOK SALE: 5000+<br />
Volumes, Friday/Sat, June<br />
5/6. 9-3pm. Grace United<br />
Methodist Church, Hillcrest<br />
Drive, Ravena. For more information<br />
731-8076.<br />
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES<br />
ALL CASH VENDING. Do you<br />
earn $800 in a day? Your<br />
own local candy route.<br />
Includes 25 Machines and<br />
Candy. All for $9,995. 888-<br />
771-3496<br />
CHILD CARE SERVICES<br />
PROVIDED<br />
Precious Moments Forever<br />
Daycare has immediate<br />
openings. FT/PT. Summertime.<br />
Please call Erin 470-<br />
4771. RCSSD-NYSLIC<br />
Professional Nanny: References,<br />
your home. Call<br />
374-4083<br />
COLLECTIBLES FOR SALE<br />
Various custom HO-scale<br />
model railroad locomotives<br />
and rolling stock. All are<br />
priced to move. Please call<br />
Rich at 785-8751 & leave<br />
message or email me at<br />
rweriksen@verizon.net<br />
ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES<br />
PROVIDED<br />
DJ or Karaoke; call Caraoke<br />
Cazz for a great rate for<br />
your Holiday party, birthday,<br />
graduation, etc. 542-<br />
6599<br />
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FIREWOOD FOR SALE<br />
MIXED HARDWOODS: Full<br />
cords, $200. Face cords,<br />
$90. Jim Haslam, 439-<br />
9702.<br />
FOR SALE<br />
Baby Grand Piano $350.<br />
George Steck. Call 439-<br />
3245<br />
Honda 2000 Generator:<br />
Like new- used once. $800<br />
439-<strong>22</strong>10<br />
TWIN BEDFRAMES ATTACHED<br />
TO KING SIZED DREXEL<br />
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$200.00 482-0997<br />
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ESTATE SALES<br />
ESTATE SALE- GLENMONT<br />
14 WEISER ST. JUNE 5+6<br />
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+ GARAGE CONTENTS. FUR-<br />
NITURE, ANTIQUES, COL-<br />
LECTIBLES, QUILTS, TOOLS,<br />
HOUSEHOLD, LINENS, RE-<br />
CORDS, ALBANY POT BELLY<br />
STOVE, HUNTING + FISH-<br />
ING. PJ+PJ<br />
GARAGE SALES<br />
12 Bedell Avenue, Delmar:<br />
Sat. June 6, 9am-2pm.<br />
(raindate, June 13). Collectibles,<br />
housewares, toys<br />
and more<br />
Clifton Park Neighborhood<br />
Sale Fairway Woods,<br />
Route 146A: Fri. 6/5- Sun.<br />
6/7 9am-?. Large variety<br />
of items- tools, furniture,<br />
baby/kids, household,<br />
electronics<br />
Estate and Multi-Family<br />
Sale: Antiques, housewares,<br />
glassware, furniture, toys.<br />
Classifi ed Category:<br />
All Must Go! June 5,6,7<br />
8:30am-5pm 12 Connifer<br />
Drive, Burnt Hills<br />
Evergreen Estates: off Moe<br />
Road (Clifton Park). June<br />
4,5,6 9am-6pm Neighborhood<br />
Sale. Antiques, Furniture,<br />
Collectibles, Tools,<br />
Toys, Misc.<br />
Highbridge 7th Annual Garage<br />
Sale June 5,6,7 9am-<br />
3pm. Rain or shine. Exit 8<br />
off I-890.<br />
Huge. Household, clothes,<br />
baby, collectibles. Sat.<br />
June 6, 9-2. 7 Normanside<br />
Ave, Elsmere.<br />
Neighborhood Garage Sale-<br />
Eileen Lane (off Wemple<br />
Rd.) and Brightonwood,<br />
Glenmont, June 6, 9am-<br />
1pm.<br />
Neighborhood Garage Sale.<br />
June 6th & 7th Saratoga<br />
Glen neighborhood. Rt9p<br />
to Lake Rd. take right on<br />
Whitney Rd South. Many<br />
families throughout the<br />
neighborhood.<br />
NO EARLY BIRDS: 19 Asprion<br />
Rd, Glenmont (across<br />
from TACS Body Shop).<br />
Children’s clothing sizes<br />
newborn-14, Boys/Girls.<br />
Toys & miscellaneous items.<br />
Sat. 6/6 8:00am-2pm.<br />
HOME IMPROVEMENT<br />
SERVICES PROVIDED<br />
GUTTERS REPLACED, RE-<br />
PAIRED, Cleaned and<br />
Screened. 5î, 6î, 7î and<br />
Half Round Gutters. Copper<br />
Gutters Available. Lic#WC-<br />
21568-H09. CC Accepted.<br />
1-800-719-1299.<br />
LAND GROOMING<br />
Residential Welcome. Light<br />
Excavating. Pier & posthole<br />
digging/post extraction.<br />
Materials repositioning.<br />
Brush mowing. Prompt<br />
+ Reliable. 518-424-6834<br />
MEDICAL SUPPLIES<br />
GET YOUR NEW POWER<br />
WHEELCHAIRS, POWER<br />
SCOOTERS AND HOSPITAL<br />
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IFY!! FASTEST DELIVERY<br />
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MISCELLANEOUS<br />
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Train for high paying Aviation<br />
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Financial aid if qualifi ed-<br />
Job placement assistance.<br />
Aviation Institute of Maintenance<br />
(888)349-5387<br />
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from home. *Medical,<br />
*Business, *Paralegal,<br />
*Computers, *Criminal Justice.<br />
Job placement assistance.<br />
Computer available.<br />
Financial Aid if qualifi ed.<br />
Call 866-858-2121 www.<br />
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MISC. FOR SALE<br />
Assorted toys for boys toddler<br />
to age 6. Action Figures,<br />
Spiderman, etc.... Call<br />
for info 885-2637.<br />
CHERRY BEDROOM SET. Solid<br />
Wood, never used, brand<br />
new in factory boxes. English<br />
Dovetail. Original cost<br />
$4500. Sell for $795. Can<br />
deliver. 917-731-0425<br />
DISNEY CHARACTER Music<br />
Boxes. Best offer. 885-<br />
2637.<br />
ITALIAN LEATHER LIV-<br />
ING ROOM SET in original<br />
plastic, never used. Original<br />
price $3,000, sacrifi ce<br />
$975. Bill 347-328-0651<br />
PARTY CANOPY RENTALS<br />
Will deliver and set-up party<br />
tents. Tables and chairs<br />
available. Call Jay at 518-<br />
424-0792<br />
PET SERVICES<br />
Mature Pet Lover interested<br />
in pet sitting and pet walking.<br />
765-3368<br />
Order Form<br />
PORTFOLIO PREPARATION<br />
Sculpture, drawing, painting,<br />
fi ne arts, 3D modeling,<br />
mold making and casting.<br />
Pratt Institute Graduate.<br />
813-9711<br />
PIANO TUNING<br />
Specializing in Fine Tuning:<br />
25 years experience.<br />
I’ll make your piano happy.<br />
Call Roger 281-0276.<br />
PIANO TUNING & REPAIR<br />
SERVICES PROVIDED<br />
PROFESSIONAL TUNING<br />
and REPAIR, Michael T.<br />
Lamkin, Registered Piano<br />
Technician, Piano Technicians<br />
Guild. Over 25<br />
years. 427-1903.<br />
POOL SERVICES PROVIDED<br />
BIG SPLASH Pool Service<br />
- Openings, repairs, maintenance.<br />
Over a decade experience.<br />
961-6060 www.<br />
bigsplashpoolservice.com<br />
SUMMER TUTORING<br />
PROVIDED<br />
SUMMER MATH TUTORING<br />
PROGRAM: Experienced NYS<br />
certifi ed Math and Elementary<br />
Education teacher offering<br />
summer tutoring sessions<br />
for students K- Grade<br />
9. Individually paced NYS<br />
Standards based tutoring<br />
using hands-on learning<br />
to make understanding<br />
math FUN! Call Ellen at<br />
361-3488 to schedule your<br />
child’s program.<br />
WANTED<br />
BUYING: All Old Costume<br />
and Better Jewelry. Call<br />
439-6129.<br />
Dr R. MALEBRANCHE (ret).<br />
WOULD THANK YOU FOR A<br />
CHANCE AT BUYING YOUR<br />
OLD WATCHES (POCKET<br />
AND WRIST) AND CLOCKS.<br />
MOVEMENTS, PARTS, LARGE<br />
COLLECTIONS ARE WEL-<br />
COME. 518 882-1507.<br />
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W. Leonard Goddard<br />
DELMAR – W. Leonard<br />
Goddard, 91, died at his home<br />
on Thursday, May <strong>22</strong>, 2009.<br />
He was born on September<br />
21, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY. He<br />
served his country in the Pacifi c<br />
during WWII as part of the<br />
U.S. Army Air Corps. Len<br />
had a long career in the oil<br />
industry. Upon retirement, he<br />
enjoyed gardening and was a<br />
member of the National Arbor<br />
Day Foundation. He planted<br />
trees as saplings that have now<br />
grown to over 40 feet tall.<br />
Len is survived by his<br />
daughter, Susan, and<br />
her husband, John; his<br />
granddaughter, Anna, and her<br />
husband, Scott, and their two<br />
children, Katie and Thomas.<br />
Services were under the<br />
direction of the Applebee<br />
Funeral Home, 403 Kenwood<br />
Ave., Delmar and held at the<br />
First United Methodist Church<br />
of Delmar. Those who wish<br />
may send a remembrance in<br />
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DELMAR – Jerry Paul<br />
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unexpectedly on May 26, 2009,<br />
at his beloved home on Lake<br />
Champlain in Milton, VT.<br />
Born in Slovakia, formerly<br />
Czechoslovakia, on February<br />
20, 1934, he immigrated with<br />
his parents to Montreal at the<br />
age of four, eventually settling<br />
in Corinth, NY.<br />
After his teenage<br />
adventures as<br />
a lumberjack,<br />
he attended<br />
Farmingdale<br />
Tech. College,<br />
School of<br />
Horticulture,<br />
studying landscape architecture.<br />
After graduation, he moved to<br />
Albany and eventually Bethlehem,<br />
where he nurtured a very<br />
successful business, The Garden<br />
Shoppe and J.P. Jonas Landscape<br />
Design and where he and his wife<br />
raised a family. He retired in 1998<br />
and rebuilt his camp into a haven<br />
on the lake where he found great<br />
enjoyment and fulfi llment with<br />
family and friends. His greatest<br />
joy may have been watching any<br />
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one of his grandchildren pulling<br />
a fish from the lake and then<br />
conducting a seminar on how to<br />
clean it.<br />
His many contributions to<br />
the community included his<br />
involvement with Bethlehem<br />
Lutheran Church, where he<br />
had served as Sunday school<br />
teacher, President of the<br />
congregation, as a member<br />
of the Board of Trustees and<br />
on the planning committee for<br />
the construction of the church<br />
so that it may be enjoyed<br />
by so many. He also served<br />
for many years on the Board<br />
of Cooperative Extension for<br />
Cornell University. He was<br />
awarded the Delmar Business<br />
Man of the Year award in 1998.<br />
Jerry will always be<br />
remembered as a generous<br />
man with a playful spirit and a<br />
twinkle in his eye when a joke<br />
was afoot. He had a deep love for<br />
learning; both through books<br />
and the people he met. He was<br />
very inquisitive and was always<br />
interested in what you had to say.<br />
He touched many lives in quiet<br />
but very meaningful ways. He<br />
had a very strong commitment<br />
to honoring his heritage and<br />
cultivating relationships with<br />
many family members remaining<br />
in Slovakia, as he hosted many<br />
family members here in the<br />
U.S.<br />
He was a loving father and<br />
grandfather. He is survived by<br />
his daughters, Laura Jonas-Bates<br />
(Randy) of Medusa, NY, Kathleen<br />
Jonas-Papile (Tony) of Delmar,<br />
Susan Godell (Glenn) of East<br />
Greenbush and Carolyn Jonas-<br />
Accardi (John) of Atlanta, GA,<br />
and his longtime companion,<br />
Jean Kass of Glenmont. He<br />
was blessed with seven loving<br />
grandchildren, Matthew Bolduc,<br />
Theresa Bates, Anna Papile, Jonas<br />
Godell, Michaela Godell, Olivia<br />
Godell, Ananda Accardi and was<br />
predeceased by his parents, Paul<br />
and Anna Jonas.<br />
Services were held at the<br />
Bethlehem Lutheran Church<br />
followed by interment in<br />
Bethlehem Cemetery. In honor<br />
of the memory of Jerry, donations<br />
may be made to the Bethlehem<br />
Lutheran Church, 85 Elm Ave.,<br />
Delmar, NY 12054. Arrangements<br />
were under the direction of the<br />
Applebee Funeral Home, 403<br />
Kenwood Ave., Delmar.<br />
Mark P. Dentinger,<br />
M.D.<br />
<strong>COLONIE</strong> – Dr. Mark P.<br />
Dentinger, age 63, passed away<br />
peacefully on Monday, May 25,<br />
2009 at his home. Mark was<br />
a loving husband, proud and<br />
supportive father with a strong<br />
devotion to family. He was a<br />
compassionate physician and a<br />
beloved professor of neurology<br />
at Albany Medical College.<br />
He was predeceased by his<br />
wife, Nancy T.<br />
Dentinger; he<br />
will be missed<br />
dearly by his<br />
children, son,<br />
Adam (Julie)<br />
Dentinger, son,<br />
Aaron (Jennifer)<br />
Dentinger;<br />
daughter, Kelleen (Dan) Guariglia;<br />
family and friends; colleagues and<br />
students; and will forever be<br />
cherished by his grandchildren,<br />
Maria, A.J., Lauren, Daniel,<br />
Rachel, Samantha, Lindsay, and<br />
Danny.<br />
Mark was born on June<br />
<strong>22</strong>, 1945 to John and Mary<br />
Dentinger in Rochester, NY.<br />
He is also survived by his<br />
sister, Diane (Tom) Blum of<br />
Canandaigua, NY, sister, Jane<br />
Dentinger of New York, NY,<br />
and was predeceased by his<br />
brother, James Dentinger; also<br />
survived by several nieces and<br />
nephews.<br />
Mark was a graduate of<br />
Aquinas Catholic High School in<br />
Rochester, NY; graduated magna<br />
cum laude with his Bachelor of<br />
Arts in Chemistry from St. John<br />
Fisher College in Rochester, NY;<br />
graduated cum laude with his<br />
Doctor of Medicine from Albany<br />
Medical College in Albany, NY;<br />
and completed his residency in<br />
Neurology at Albany Medical<br />
Center.<br />
Mark was a doctor of<br />
neurology for over 30 years<br />
between the Veterans Affairs<br />
Medical Center and Albany<br />
Medical Center in Albany, NY<br />
where he brought his compassion<br />
to patients and families as a<br />
physician of clinical neurology<br />
and improved the quality of life<br />
for many of his patients. His<br />
devotion to the medical students<br />
at Albany Medical College as<br />
Professor and Assistant Dean<br />
of Academic Affairs has had a<br />
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Throughout his life,<br />
Mark enjoyed coaching his<br />
children’s sports teams,<br />
playing cards with family and<br />
friends, racquetball, golfing,<br />
hunting, fishing, gardening<br />
and traveling with his wife.<br />
Most recently, in retirement,<br />
Mark had dedicated his time,<br />
love and compassion to his<br />
eight grandchildren.<br />
A memorial mass will be<br />
celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Saturday,<br />
May 30, 2009 at St. Ambrose<br />
Church, 347 Old Loudon Road,<br />
Latham, NY 12110. Relatives and<br />
friends are also invited to call<br />
Friday 4 to 7 p.m. at the Lasak<br />
and Gigliotti Funeral Home,<br />
8 Dudley heights (Northern<br />
Blvd.) Albany.<br />
In lieu of fl owers, relatives and<br />
friends are asked to kindly make<br />
contributions to Albany Medical<br />
College for a student award<br />
established in his memory.<br />
Contributions can be made to<br />
the Department of Neurology –<br />
Dentinger Fund, MC 70, Albany<br />
Medical College, Albany, NY<br />
1<strong>22</strong>08.<br />
James M. Spencer<br />
DELMAR: James M. Spencer,<br />
a resident of Delmar since 1954,<br />
died Sunday afternoon, May 17,<br />
2009 at his home surrounded by<br />
his loving daughters. Mr. Spencer<br />
was predeceased by his beloved<br />
wife of 55 years, the late Ollie<br />
Spencer.<br />
He is survived by his three<br />
daughters, Marilyn Spencer of<br />
Delmar, Nancy Spencer Thomas<br />
(John) of Slingerlands, and Kim<br />
Spencer of Saratoga; a son, James<br />
Spencer III of Washington, and<br />
a niece, Thelma Henry of Palm<br />
City, FL.<br />
Mr. Spencer attended Siena<br />
College. He was a Vice President<br />
and mortgage officer for the<br />
former Dime Savings Bank in<br />
Albany, retiring in 1984.<br />
He proudly served his country<br />
in the Navy during World War<br />
II and was a 50 year member of<br />
the American Legion Blanchard<br />
Post #1040.<br />
He was a faithful member of<br />
the Delmar Reformed Church for<br />
over 50 years and served on the<br />
Consistory as a Deacon.<br />
An avid golfer who loved the<br />
sport, he was a member of the<br />
Two by Fore Association for 30<br />
years and served as president for<br />
two years.<br />
Private services will be<br />
held at the Applebee Funeral<br />
Home, Delmar. Burial will be in<br />
Bethlehem Cemetery, Delmar.<br />
Contributions may be sent to<br />
the Disabled American Veterans,<br />
PO Box 14301, Cincinnati, Ohio<br />
45250-0301.<br />
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‘Do not disturb’ sign<br />
should be on bench<br />
There used to be a time when<br />
reporters could ask for comments<br />
from a coach only before or after<br />
a game. Asking for comments<br />
during a game was taboo.<br />
That was before television<br />
introduced sideline reporters to<br />
the mix.<br />
Watch any NHL or Major<br />
League Baseball game these<br />
days, and you can fi nd out exactly<br />
what a coach thinks moments<br />
after something happens on the<br />
ice or on the fi eld.<br />
I’ve been watching the Stanley<br />
Cup Finals (probably one of only<br />
100 people in the Capital District<br />
doing so), and I’m amazed at the<br />
access these TV guys get. NBC’s<br />
Pierre McGuire interviewed<br />
Detroit Red Wings coach Mike<br />
Babcock in the middle of the<br />
fi rst period and caught up with<br />
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan<br />
Bylsma in the second period.<br />
Right in the middle of the game.<br />
Is that really the best time to<br />
be asking a coach questions?<br />
Shouldn’t Babcock and Bylsma<br />
be kicking McGuire off their<br />
benches and saying, “I’ve got<br />
more pressing matters to attend<br />
to,” instead of standing there<br />
and holding a press conference?<br />
I’d be telling McG uire, “Excuse<br />
me, but we’re in the middle of a<br />
championship game here. I’ll talk<br />
to you after the fi nal buzzer. Now,<br />
please leave before I give you a<br />
hockey check.”<br />
(Side note: I actually do give<br />
hockey checks. In my world,<br />
it’s usually a polite bump to the<br />
shoulder as a form of greeting<br />
a friend. But I would actually<br />
give a full-fl edged hockey check<br />
to anyone interviewing me if I<br />
was in the middle of something<br />
From the<br />
ports<br />
S Desk<br />
Rob Jonas<br />
important, like coaching a team<br />
in the Stanley Cup Finals.)<br />
(Managing editor Bill DeVoe’s<br />
side note: Rob Jonas’ hockey<br />
checks are a bit more than “a<br />
polite bump to the shoulder,” as<br />
he describes. In fact, we have<br />
had to send two advertising<br />
representatives and a reporter<br />
to the hospital as a result of his<br />
“friendly” greeting style. And that<br />
was only yesterday.)<br />
This annoying practice of<br />
interviewing coaches during<br />
games started with national Major<br />
League Baseball broadcasts a<br />
couple of years ago. I’m not<br />
certain which network head came<br />
up with the “brilliant” idea of<br />
getting the manager or a coach to<br />
don a headset and take questions<br />
from the broadcast booth during<br />
an inning, but it’s one of the least<br />
interesting things about watching<br />
a game on TV. What insight are<br />
we going to get?<br />
“Our pitcher is walking too<br />
many batters.”<br />
“We need to start getting<br />
clutch hits.”<br />
“Hank Steinbrenner is making<br />
funny faces at me.” (That quote<br />
could either come from Yankees<br />
manager Joe Girardi or Red<br />
Sox skipper Terry Francona,<br />
depending on how badly the Red<br />
Sox are beating the Yanks.)<br />
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lifts Shaker<br />
becoming the fi rst non-Suburban<br />
Council team to reach the<br />
Sectional fi nals in Class A. The<br />
into Sectional fi nal<br />
Brothers grabbed a 6-4 lead<br />
with less than four minutes left<br />
By ROB JONAS<br />
jonasr@spotlightnews.com<br />
the third quarter before Shaker<br />
rallied to tie the game.<br />
“We had our opportunities.<br />
Shaker goaltender Kenny O’Connor, center, smothers the ball during last Saturday’s Section Ii, Class AA<br />
semifi nal game against Christian Brothers Academy at Siena College. Rob Jonas/Spotlight<br />
Luke Walsh wasn’t going to let<br />
the Shaker boys lacrosse team’s<br />
season end in the Section II, Class<br />
A semifi nals.<br />
Walsh scored three goals,<br />
including the game winner in<br />
double overtime, to lift the Blue<br />
Bison to an 8-7 victory over<br />
Christian Brothers Academy last<br />
Saturday at Siena College.<br />
The win propels Shaker (13-<br />
5) into the Sectional finals for<br />
the second year in a row. The<br />
Blue Bison meet top-seeded<br />
Guilderland Wednesday at the<br />
University at Albany.<br />
“I think being there (last year)<br />
inspired them to go back this<br />
year,” said Shaker coach Shawn<br />
Hennessey. “The experience<br />
and desire to win has helped us<br />
pull off some come-from-behind<br />
victories that we didn’t get last<br />
year.”<br />
CBA (14-6) came close to<br />
We just didn’t take advantage<br />
of them,” said CBA coach Tom<br />
Schwan.<br />
The first half went the way<br />
Shaker wanted it to go. The Blue<br />
Bison defense kept CBA’s offense<br />
in check through the first 24<br />
minutes, and Shaker’s offense<br />
patiently worked the ball around<br />
for open shots as it built a 4-2<br />
halftime lead.<br />
“We start from the bottom up,”<br />
said Hennessey. “We build from<br />
the goalie and the defense up to<br />
the midfi eld and the attack.”<br />
CBA seized the momentum<br />
at the start of the third quarter,<br />
though. Four quick goals<br />
– including tallies from Nick<br />
DeThomasis and Andrew Vivian<br />
– helped the Brothers turn a twogoal<br />
defi cit into a two-goal lead.<br />
“They have two excellent<br />
players who can put the ball in<br />
■ Bison Page 27<br />
Shaker’s Bryan Letourneau, left, is among the leaders of his heat in the 200-meter dash at last Thursday’s<br />
Section II, Class A meet in Guilderland. Rob Jonas/Spotlight<br />
Shaker wins A title<br />
Pentathletes help<br />
Blue Bison edge<br />
Shenendehowa<br />
It took until the final event<br />
of the day for the Shaker boys<br />
track and fi eld team to secure the<br />
Section II, Class A title.<br />
Led by Brian Gallagher’s fi rstplace<br />
fi nish, the Blue Bison took<br />
two of the top four places in the<br />
pentathlon to earn enough points<br />
to edge Shenendehowa for the<br />
team title at last Thursday’s<br />
rain-soaked meet in Guilderland.<br />
Shaker fi nished with 134.5 points,<br />
while Shen placed second with<br />
131 points.<br />
Gallagher was one of four<br />
individuals to win their events for<br />
Shaker. Oluebebe Abara edged<br />
teammate Jaquell Chandler at the<br />
fi nish line to win the 110-meter<br />
high hurdles with a time of 15.3<br />
seconds. Chandler returned<br />
the favor by edging Abara for<br />
first place in the 400-meter<br />
intermediate hurdles with a time<br />
of 55.6 seconds, and Prince Abban<br />
fi nished fi rst in the triple jump<br />
with a distance of 45 feet, 3.75<br />
inches.<br />
Shaker also claimed a Section II<br />
title in the 3,200-meter relay. The<br />
team of Craig Weiss, Christian<br />
Delago, Chris Vanzetta and Mike<br />
Libruk took fi rst place in a time<br />
of 8:08.9, less than one second<br />
ahead of runner-up Bethlehem.<br />
Shen’s strengths were the longdistance<br />
races and the throwing<br />
■ Shaker Page 27
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Shen girls track wins A meet<br />
Lenge, Coles lead<br />
Colonie girls<br />
to third place<br />
Saratoga Springs’ Madalayne<br />
Smith was the top individual<br />
performer, but Shenendehowa was<br />
the top team at last Wednesday’s<br />
Section II, Class A girls track and<br />
fi eld meet at Queensbury High<br />
School.<br />
The Plainswomen finished<br />
with 177 points to end Saratoga’s<br />
six-year run of Sectional team<br />
titles. The Blue Streaks placed<br />
second with 139.5 points, well<br />
ahead of third-place Colonie (65<br />
points).<br />
Smith won four individual<br />
titles equally balanced between<br />
the track and the fi eld. She took<br />
fi rst place in the 100-meter high<br />
hurdles in a time of 14.9 seconds,<br />
and she won the 100-meter dash<br />
with a time of 12.4 seconds. Smith<br />
also claimed the long jump crown<br />
with a leap of 17 feet, 10.25 inches<br />
and added the triple jump title<br />
with a distance of 34 feet, 9.75<br />
inches.<br />
Shen’s Michelle Quimby had a<br />
productive day, as well. The senior<br />
won the high jump by clearing 5<br />
feet, 2 inches and fi nished fi rst in<br />
the pole vault by clearing 9 feet,<br />
6 inches in fewer attempts than<br />
teammate Maddesen Weekes.<br />
Quimby also placed second in the<br />
long and triple jumps.<br />
Shen’s Kathleen Klein and<br />
Danika Simonson contributed<br />
victories in track events. Klein<br />
won the 400-meter dash in a time<br />
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21 st annual Community Walk<br />
accompanied the race with 700<br />
participants, and the <strong>22</strong> nd annual<br />
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of 58.7 seconds, one-tenth of a<br />
second ahead of Bethlehem’s<br />
Alyssa Knaack and Columbia’s<br />
Anna Boughtwood, while<br />
Simonson claimed the 1,500-meter<br />
title with a winning time of 4:35.5.<br />
Lizzie Predmore fi nished fi rst in<br />
the 2,000-meter steeplechase with<br />
a time of 7:06.7.<br />
Saratoga’s Keelin Hollowood<br />
and Amanda Borroughs earned<br />
individual victories for the Blue<br />
Streaks. Hollowood won the 3,000meter<br />
race with a time of 10:00.9,<br />
and Borroughs claimed the 400meter<br />
intermediate hurdles title<br />
with a time of 1:06.9.<br />
Colonie’s Krisrtina Lenge was<br />
the only non Saratoga County<br />
athlete to win an individual track<br />
event. Lenge fi nished fi rst in the<br />
200-meter dash with a time of 25.8<br />
seconds, six-tenths of a second<br />
ahead of Schenectady’s Dahni<br />
Anderson.<br />
cancer survivors, the growth of<br />
our Sportwalker’s Club and the<br />
number of corporate, neighborhood<br />
and<br />
organization<br />
(i.e.<br />
YMCA)<br />
“Couch<br />
to 5K”<br />
programs<br />
and decided<br />
that a rewrite was necessary.<br />
Within the last year, almost<br />
without exception, the attendance<br />
Colonie’s Tehresa Coles swept<br />
the throwing events in the fi eld<br />
competition. Coles won the shot<br />
put with a distance of 37 feet, 8/25<br />
inches, and she fi nished fi rst in<br />
the shot put with a throw of 112<br />
feet, 2 inches – one inch ahead of<br />
Guilderland’s Briana Del Bene.<br />
In the relays, Shen took fi rst in<br />
the 1,600- and 3,200-meter events,<br />
while Ballston Spa sprinted to<br />
the 400-meter title. Klein, Kelly<br />
Preston, Alex Burtnick and Anna<br />
Suriano led Shen’s 1,600-meter<br />
relay team to a fi rst-place fi nish<br />
in a time of 4:03.2, while the Shen<br />
quartet of Burtnick, Predmore,<br />
Nicole Irving and Gina Stalica<br />
won the 3,200-meter relay in a<br />
time of 9:21.2.<br />
Ballston Spa’s 400-meter relay<br />
team of Alex Kambourelis, Carrie<br />
Mansir, Jennifer Stodgell and<br />
Julie Loewenstein won with a time<br />
of 50.8 seconds.<br />
Brothers oust Garnet Raiders<br />
The Christian Brothers<br />
Academy baseball team rallied<br />
for three runs in the bottom of the<br />
seventh inning to edge Colonie 7-6<br />
in last Saturday’s Section II, Class<br />
AA quarterfi nal in Colonie.<br />
The Garnet Raiders were<br />
within an out of advancing to<br />
the semifi nals when Chris Sand<br />
belted a ground rule double to put<br />
runners on second and third. T.J.<br />
Lane plated one run by beating<br />
out an infi eld hit, and Sand scored<br />
on a wild pitch to tie the game.<br />
Bredndan Dal Col then plated<br />
the game-winning run with a<br />
double to the right-center fi eld<br />
gap for the Brothers.<br />
Sand and Josh Lewyckyj each<br />
drove in two runs for CBA, which<br />
plays Bethlehem in Wednesday’s<br />
Sectional semifi nal at Joe Bruno<br />
Stadium in Troy. Bethlehem<br />
upended Suburban Council North<br />
Division champion Shenendehowa<br />
10-4 in another quarterfi nal<br />
game.<br />
Colin Mooney drove in three<br />
runs with a bases-loaded double<br />
for Colonie.<br />
at area road races and walks is up.<br />
Freihofer’s just had their largest<br />
fi eld ever, and that is a common<br />
occurrence<br />
in our area.<br />
Much of<br />
this growth<br />
is being<br />
driven by<br />
fi rst-timers.<br />
T i m e<br />
and again over the Freihofer’s<br />
weekend, we heard people tell<br />
us, “This is my first race.” It<br />
Aug. 1 — Silks & Satins 5K, Saratoga Springs<br />
Aug. 2 — Indian Ladder Trail Run, Voorheesville<br />
Aug. 8 — Jailhouse Rock 5K, Ballston Spa<br />
Sept. 13 — Bruegger’s Bagel Run 5K, Albany<br />
Sept. 25 — Arsenal City Run 5K, Watervliet<br />
Sept. 27 — Falling Leaves 14K, Utica<br />
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■ Sign<br />
(From Page 25)<br />
Seriously, baseball managers<br />
and coaches have about as much<br />
control over the outcome of a<br />
game as I have over the weather.<br />
I’d like to have no rainouts during<br />
Sectional playoff time in the<br />
spring, but all I can do is watch as<br />
rain wipe out a full day of baseball<br />
and softball contests.<br />
At least, the NBA and NFL<br />
have strict rules about when<br />
sideline reporters can ask a coach<br />
or a player questions on camera<br />
during a game. It’s always at<br />
halftime, just before the teams<br />
head to their locker rooms or<br />
just after they get back to the<br />
court or the fi eld. It has to be that<br />
way. Otherwise, these sideline<br />
reporters might fi nd themselves<br />
in personal danger, especially on<br />
a football fi eld. Can you imagine<br />
what would happen if a sideline<br />
reporter tried to ask Bill Belichick<br />
a question during a New England<br />
Patriots game?<br />
Reporter: “Bill, what did you<br />
think of that last play when Tom<br />
Brady threw that interception?”<br />
Belichick: “Get that microphone<br />
out of my face before I hockey<br />
check you.”<br />
(Side note: Belichick would<br />
probably say something far more<br />
vulgar, but this is a family column.<br />
Thus, another hockey check<br />
reference.)<br />
Frankly, I don’t know why<br />
would be interesting to know<br />
what the percentage of fi rst-time<br />
participants was to the entire fi eld.<br />
We know a number of our No<br />
Boundaries folks registered and<br />
were successful; it was thrilling<br />
to hear the results.<br />
The point is this: Many of these<br />
folks would not have considered<br />
entering just a few weeks ago.<br />
They had a thought that they<br />
would like to become more active,<br />
but were unable or unwilling to<br />
commit to a program; or they<br />
coaches put up with this. They<br />
should tell the networks, “I’m all<br />
for telling people what I think, but<br />
not in the middle of a game. I’m<br />
trying to win, and I don’t need<br />
some unathletic dweeb from<br />
journalism school asking me<br />
questions about a mistake one of<br />
my players just made. Let them<br />
try to do my job, and I’ll ask them<br />
questions about a miscue. Let’s<br />
see how they like it.”<br />
Sadly, coaches do have to put<br />
up with these added distractions<br />
because the networks believe<br />
sports fans really do want to<br />
know what they think seconds<br />
after something happens. But,<br />
do sports fans really want that<br />
kind of access? Aren’t they<br />
more interested in the game<br />
itself than what the coaches are<br />
thinking? Remember, the average<br />
sports fan makes derogatory<br />
jokes at color commentators for<br />
their observations just because<br />
the comments are so obvious.<br />
Imagine what the average sports<br />
fan thinks when he or she hears a<br />
baseball coach yap about a pitcher<br />
allowing a three-run homer.<br />
Coach: “That defi nitely hurt<br />
us, but we still have four innings<br />
to come back from it.”<br />
Fan: “Duh!”<br />
So, consider this a modest<br />
proposal to the networks. Keep<br />
your sideline reporters away<br />
from the coaches during a game,<br />
and I won’t have to hockey check<br />
you. And believe me, it won’t be a<br />
friendly hockey check, either.<br />
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had the desire but didn’t know of<br />
a program that could help them.<br />
Finally, many of these folks hadn’t<br />
experienced the energy and<br />
power of a group to accomplish<br />
their goals.<br />
I’m truly inspired on a weekly<br />
basis by the positive work being<br />
done by our No Boundaries<br />
group. This Father’s Day, another<br />
230 people in our community will<br />
be participating in their fi rst 5k<br />
race. For many of them, it will be<br />
a dream come true. It will be a<br />
powerful, emotional day.<br />
If you are active and know<br />
someone who needs a boost, try<br />
to become a mentor to them. If you<br />
are looking for direction, contact<br />
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one of the area running clubs<br />
(Hudson Mohawk Road Runners,<br />
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Christian Brothers Academy’s Dan Sipperly, center, takes a leaping shot during last Saturday’s Section II,<br />
Class A semifi nal against Shaker at Siena College. Rob Jonas/Spotlight<br />
■ Shaker<br />
(From Page 25)<br />
events. Alex Leuchanka fi nished<br />
fi rst in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter<br />
races with respective time of<br />
4:16.1 and 9:331.5, while Evan<br />
Palmer swept the shot put and<br />
discus events with respective<br />
throws of 56 feet, 4.5, inches and<br />
161 feet, 7 inches. Jamie Glover<br />
contributed a victory in the 3,000meter<br />
steeplechase in a time of<br />
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9:45.5, and Brian Campoli added<br />
a first-place finish in the 400meter<br />
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The next five places in the<br />
team standings were tightly<br />
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Kahnle earns MVP honors<br />
Shaker High School graduate<br />
Thomas Kahnle was named the<br />
most valuable player of the NCAA<br />
Division II World Series after<br />
helping his Lynn University baseball<br />
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Kahnle, a freshman pitcher,<br />
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Kahnle retired 21 of the <strong>22</strong><br />
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Bethlehem’s Jake Platel and<br />
Sam Smith successfully defended<br />
their Class A titles. Platel won<br />
the pole vault by clearing 14 feet,<br />
while Smith fi nished fi rst in the<br />
high jump by clearing the bar at<br />
6 feet, 4 inches.<br />
Saratoga’s Alex King took<br />
fi rst place in the long jump with<br />
a leap of 21 feet, 8 inches, and<br />
Niskayuna’s Louis Serafi ni won<br />
the 800-meter race with a time<br />
of 1:56.5.<br />
■ Bison<br />
(From Page 25)<br />
the net, so we knew they were<br />
going to make a push at us,” said<br />
Hennessey.<br />
The momentum turned back<br />
in Shaker’s favor a short time<br />
later, though. Goaltender Ken<br />
O’Connor made a clutch save at<br />
one end of the fi eld and started<br />
a fast break that culminated in a<br />
goal by Walsh that cut CBA’s lead<br />
to 6-5. Joe Shields then tallied to<br />
tie the game at 6 at the end of the<br />
third quarter.<br />
“Once they got up, we knew<br />
we had to take a step back, relax<br />
and do one thing right,” said<br />
Hennessey.<br />
“The Shaker goalie made what<br />
I thought was a really big save<br />
because that could have made<br />
the score 7-4, and that could<br />
have been the difference,” said<br />
Schwan. “I thought they did a<br />
nice job of seizing the momentum<br />
after that.”<br />
Doug Swezey scored midway<br />
through the fourth quarter to put<br />
Shaker ahead 7-6, but CBA didn’t<br />
back down. Dan Sipperly tallied<br />
for the third time in the game<br />
with less than two minutes left in<br />
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regulation to knot the score at 7.<br />
Following a scoreless fi rst fourminute<br />
overtime period, Shaker<br />
got the break it was looking for<br />
when CBA was called for a penalty<br />
early in the second extra period.<br />
Mike Battaglia started the key<br />
sequence by gathering a ground<br />
ball and rushing into the Brothers’<br />
half of the fi eld. Battaglia passed<br />
to Walsh, who fi red a bouncing<br />
shot past CBA goaltender Shane<br />
Hans to give the Blue Bison their<br />
one-goal win.<br />
“They set up their man-up unit<br />
perfectly,” said Schwan. “Mike<br />
Battaglia got the play started by<br />
getting the ground ball, and Luke<br />
Walsh made a great shot.”<br />
Jimmy O’Brien contributed two<br />
goals, Parker Armsby chipped<br />
in a goal and two assists and<br />
O’Connor stopped 13 of the 20<br />
shots he faced to help Shaker earn<br />
its second overtime victory over<br />
CBA this season. The Blue Bison<br />
edged the Brothers 7-6 on May<br />
20, 10 days before their rematch<br />
in the Sectional semifi nals.<br />
“Shaker beat us twice in<br />
overtime, so they are the better<br />
team,” said Schwan.<br />
Sipperly led the Brothers with<br />
a hat trick and two assists. Vivian<br />
and DeThomasis each scored two<br />
goals, and Hans had eight saves.<br />
Spotlight Newspapers welcomes articles on community<br />
sports events and updates on athletes in college.<br />
Articles must be submitted by 5 p.m. Friday the week before<br />
publication, and they are published space permitting.<br />
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