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Southern Saratoga Art Society 24th Annual Autumn Jewels Show SARATOGA COUNTY - The 24th Annual Autumn Jewels Show will be held during October at the Clifton Park Senior Community Center, 6 Clifton Common Blvd. It is sponsored by the Southern Saratoga Art Society and is open to all area artists. Entries will be judged and prizes awarded in both fine arts and photography. Entries must be received by September 20,2021 and mailed to Southern Saratoga Art Society, Attn: Rita Helie, Autumn Jewels Chairperson, 10 Forestbrook Drive., Ballston Lake, NY 12019. A reception for all artists, family and friends will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 25th at the Senior Center. For rules, entry fees and forms, visit the website: southernsaratogaartist.com
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Schools struggling to find bus drivers, staff for upcoming year ByLINE: RACHEL SILBERSTEIN
New York schools are struggling to hire bus drivers and other non-instructional staff as they prepare to reopen at full capacity in early September. More than 40 percent of school districts anticipate a transportation staffing gap between 15 percent and 20 percent, according to a statewide survey conducted in June and July by the New York School Bus Contractors Association. While drivers are often in high demand, “COVID didn’t help the situation,” said Tammy Mortier, the association’s executive director. “Many of the drivers are not returning,
whether it’s due to health issues or concerns or vaccination hesitancy. Many drivers fall into the high-risk category.” Enhanced federal unemployment benefits and the child tax credit are compounding the problem, she said. Candidates are still applying to be drivers, but some of those potential candidates are applying as a means to provide supporting documentation for unemployment benefits. “When unemployment runs out in September, we hope to see some of them coming back, but we need to put the schedules in place now,” Mortier said.
The School Bus Contractors Association, which works with 300 New York school districts, is helping its members to find drivers by supporting their recruitment efforts and helping in communication with state agencies to get new drivers licensed and certified to take the wheel. It can take up to 12 weeks for a new candidate to be able to drive a bus. Schools are actively recruiting drivers through increased advertising, open houses and hiring events, and by raising wages and sign-on bonuses. The Bethlehem school district is going into Please see HIRING 8
Payout near in drug claim Warren County could get up to $356,000 after settlement ByLINE: MIKE GOODWIN
QUEENSBURY - The Warren County Board of Supervisors has settled a legal claim with opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson that could yield the county more than $350,000 in payouts once other counties sign on. The county announced Wednesday that it had settled the claim, which accused the manufacturer of helping to fuel the opioid epidemic. It was one of thousands of municipalities nationwide that sued and among dozens in New York that could receive a portion of up to $230 million as a result of a negotiated settlement announced in June by state Attorney General Letitia James. Warren County is slated to receive anywhere from
$152,544 to $356,000 depending on how many other municipalities opt into the settlement, county spokesperson Don Lehman said. Under terms of the agreement, a majority of the payout must be used to fund opioid addiction, treatment and prevention services. “No amount of money can bring back the lives lost to opioid addiction, or undo the pain suffered by their loved ones,” said Rachel Seeber, chair of the county Board of Supervisors. “But the Warren County Board of Supervisors is committed to using this money to have the biggest impact by increasing funding for addiction programs, including expansion of the network to support
those who need help, and increasing our prevention efforts.” The board will hold public meetings in the future to discuss how exactly to dedicate the funding, the county said, though dates have not yet been set. Warren County has recorded 21 overdoses so far this year, including five that were fatal, according to a new overdose dashboard maintained by the county and city of Glens Falls. Heroin and fentanyl were suspected in most of the cases. New York State Association of Counties Executive Director Stephen Acquario told the Times Union last week that counties around the state were still reviewing terms of
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Corinth National Guard Airman Receives New Rank, New Responsibilities CORINTH - Major General Ray Shields, the Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the recent promotion of members of the New York Air National Guard in recognition of their capability
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GANSEVOORT - St. Therese Chapel in Gansevoort will hold their annual Chicken BBQ on Sunday, Sept 5, from 11:00 – 4:00 PM or Sold Out! Dinners include half a chicken, corn on the cob, baked potato, coleslaw, and a dessert. Dinners $12.00 The Chapel is located at the intersection of RT 32 and Gansevoort-Wilton Rd. For Take outs Call 518792-2276.
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Rotary District 7190 Annual Golf Tournament – Benefits Pediatric Heart Patients CAPITAL DISTRICT - Rotary Clubs from throughout the Capital Region are sponsoring the 23rd annual “Gift of Life International Golf Tournament on Monday, September 20, 2021 at Pinehaven Country Club in Guilderland, NY. The tournament provides funding to bring children from across the globe to Albany Medical Center for necessary pediatric heart surgery which cannot be performed in their home nations. A parent accompanies each child. To register to play or to support the event through sponsorships or program advertising go to www. giftoflife7190.org. Rotary District 7190 includes 41 local clubs and stretches from Albany to Warren Counties to the north and east and west from Rensselaer to Montgomery and Fulton Counties.
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Adirondack Balloon Festival Returns this September - Reinvented with Brand-New Events
QUEENSBURY - The nationally-known event, the Adirondack Balloon Festival, is back this September for its 48th year, with a brand-new format, expanding to include a new event at East Field in Glens Falls, multiple launch sites throughout Warren and Washington counties, a drive-through moonglow, and more. “This will not be the same-old, same-old Adirondack Balloon Festival you know from years past,” says Mark Donahue, President of the organization’s Board of Directors. “Due to COVID, we had to totally reinvent the festival this year. We are excited to bring back the joy and wonder of the mass ascensions, while keeping safe and still having fun. Our group of volunteer organizers has been working around the clock to make this happen, as we know how much it means to the community.” The 48th annual Adirondack Balloon Festival takes place Thursday to Sunday, September 23 to 26, 2021, in multiple locations. As always, the event is 100% free for the community. Festival Merchandise, one of the event’s biggest fundraisers, will be for sale at select events, with a smaller selection than in previous years. The Adirondack Balloon Festival’s launches are subject to weather conditions. The balloons cannot fly for safety reasons if it is too windy or if there is inclement weather. Contact the Adirondack Balloon Festival, a registered 501(c)3, to sponsor this free event for the community and make a tax-deductible contribution to keep the festival going. For more information, visit www.adirondackballoonfest.org or follow @adirondackballoonfest on Facebook for breaking updates.
Porter Corners United Methodist Church Yard Sale PORTER CORNERS The Porter Corners United Methodist Church will participate in the Town of Greenfield Yard Sale on September 10 & 11 - 9am to 4pm. We are inviting other area residents to take advantage of our large yard and parking area to set up their sale FREE. The Rocking Table Restaurant will have many lunch items and beverages available for sale. We are still accepting donations of items in good condition to sell to support our mission work. No clothing accepted. For information call Jane Decoteau 518-893-2289
Capital Region Social Happenings September Concert Series Announced CAPITAL DISTRICT - Email: CapRegSocialHappenings@gmail. com - Facebook: Capital Region Social Happenings -- @CapitalRegionSocial Open to the public at large. CDC & COVID compliant. Masks required on everyone. Inside seating is limited; outside seating is unlimited. $12 pp and that includes beverages and snacks. Plenty of free parking. Handicap accessible. Call 518-452-6883 for more information. Location in Colonie: 435 New Karner Road (Hanover Square Offices and Apts.) at “Hill” door. Friday Night, September 3: MICK MAHONEY, new to our stage, will perform starting at 7 pm. Mick is a vocalist and guitarist and performs a variety of songs for your listening pleasure. --- This will be a toe-tapping evening. Performance starts at 7 pm. Friday Night – September 10: DON “THE SOUL MAN” HYMAN returns to our stage to entertain us with music and stories of the original music. This is guaranteed to be a fun and participation evening. Performance starts at 7 pm. Friday Night – September 24: EDD T. “The
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AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY 2021 Events in Hadley & Lake Luzerne HADLEY/LAKE LUZERNE - Now through Sept 5: Lake Luzerne Heritage District welcomes visitors to four historic sites along Main St Downtown Lake Luzerne. Thursdays-Saturdays 11-3PM Sundays 123PM Rockwell-Harmon
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Adirondack Folk School Schedule for September 2021 LAKE LUZERNE - 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846. (518) 696-2400 - www.adirondackfolkschool.org - All classes are held at the Adirondack Folk School unless otherwise noted. Fridays September 3, 10, 17 & 24 - The Introduction to Weaving on a Floor Loom with Teri Dvorak. #1775-0903. 4 evenings. 5:30pm-8:30pm. Tuition $210. Member Tuition $170. Materials fee $15. Thursday September 9 - AFS Sewing Circle
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Time to Sing – Saratoga Voices CAPITAL DISTRICT – Saratoga Voices, formerly known as the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, invites all singers to join them for their first performance of the 2021-22 season. The opening concert is Handel’s Judas Maccabeus, to be performed on November 19, 2021, 7:30pm at the newly renovated Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs. To take advantage of the hall’s unique theater in the round, the performance will have an interesting twist - a semi-staged concert version of this wellknown choral masterpiece. Rehearsals are held Tuesday nights, 7pm, at the O’Rourke Middle School in Burnt Hills and start September 7. Singers are asked to complete a vocal placement interview beforehand and must be vaccinated. Go to the saratogavoices.org website and click on the “Participate” menu for more details and to sign up for a vocal placement interview. Further questions email info@ saratogavoices.org or call 518-416-4060.
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Saratoga County Office for the Aging Senior Picnic Changed to DriveThrough Event BALLSTON SPA – Saratoga County officials announced its Office for the Aging’s Annual Senior Picnic has been changed to a drive-through, “car-hop” event. The change is being made to help protect the health and safety of Saratoga County seniors amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The date, time, and location remain the same. EVENT DETAILS: The 2021 Annual Senior Drive-Through Picnic will be held on Thursday, September 9th from 11AM to 3PM at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds. The car-hop style event will include the following menu: cheeseburger, macaroni salad, coleslaw, potato chips, beverage, and dessert. The event is $4 per person and an advanced meal ticket is required. All Saratoga County seniors age 60 and older are invited to attend. CDC guidelines will be followed at this event. IMPORTANT UPDATES FOR ATTENDEES: 11AM: Gates Open – Please do not arrive prior to this time to prevent traffic build up. Use Gate 1 for Entrance. Use Gate 6 for Exit. Lunch will be served as guests arrive from 11AM to 1PM (guests can arrive at their leisure). Staff and volunteers will direct traffic and parking. Attendees may bring a lawn chair, eat in in their vehicle or take to food to go. Unfortunately, there will be no seating at the picnic tables under the pavilion for all attendees’ safety. There will be access to public restrooms and golf carts to assist in transportation. Saratoga County Seniors may call (518) 884-4100 for
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Battenkill Chorale Presents a Pop-Up Concert SARATOGA SPRINGS/ CAMBRIDGE - After months of practicing individually in their homes, singers with the Battenkill Chorale have been meeting for in-person rehearsals since early August, in preparation for 2 performances of a Pop-Up Concert on September 11 and 12, 2021. Both concerts are free and open to the public. Attendees should bring their own chairs, practice distancing, and wear a mask. The hour-long program includes beautiful works by composers Lauridsen, Gjeilo, Mendelssohn, Fedak, Forrest and others. Noah Palmer will conduct, with accompanist Erich Borden on keyboard. The first Pop-Up performance will be at 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 11 at High Rock Park in downtown Saratoga Springs. We will be set up in the small pavilion at the south end of the park. That day is also the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and we encourage attendees to visit the 9/11 memorial at the other end of the park before or after the performance. The second Pop-Up performance will be on Sunday, September 12, at 4 pm, in the barn at Beloved
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Saratoga Christian Women’s Connection “Summer’s End” Luncheon WILTON - You are invited to our “Summer’s End” luncheon on Tuesday, September 14th, from noon to 2 pm. $20.00 cash, inclusive. Circa’21 Restaurant at McGregor Country Club, 359 Northern Pines Rd., Wilton, NY. Our Special Feature is Kathy Handy, our favorite retired IT teacher from Saratoga Library who will speak on the “other 90% of the fun and useful things our cell phones provide that we do not know how
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WILTON - Monarch butterflies is the theme for Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park’s September preschool discovery program. Taking place on Monday, September 13th at 10:30 am, the program will begin by going for a brief nature walk through the meadow of Camp Saratoga North. Participants will learn about the life cycle of the majestic Monarch butterfly. Following the walk the children will also be able to participate in a short nature craft. Adults are expected to attend with their child. This is an outdoor program so please come dressed for the weather. Registration is required by September 9th. Space is limited. Taking place on a Monday every month at 10:30 am Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park holds a Pre-K Nature Hour at Camp Saratoga. This monthly program is for children ages 3-6 years old. Children’s love of nature is used to teach simple concepts like counting, colors, textures, and opposites. The next program
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League of Women Voters of Saratoga County SARATOGA COUNTY The League of Women Voters of Saratoga County will be offering Voter Registration tables in September at the Saratoga Farmers Market, 112 High Rock Road. Saratoga Springs. Residents can learn where to find information about polling places, information about registration, early voting, absentee voting , information on the five ballot resolutions, and pick up absentee voting applications and voter registration forms. The LWV tables will be available (weather permitting) on: Saturday, Sept. 11th, 9-1; Wednesday, Sept. 15th, 3-6; Saturday, Sept 25th, 9-1; Wednesday, Sept 29th, 3-6.
Ag Drive-In Movie Night with Charlotte’s Web and Farmland SARATOGA COUNTY - The Saratoga County Agricultural Promotion Committee presents Ag Drive-In Movie Night hosted at the Malta DriveIn. On Sunday September 12th the public is invited to enjoy one of two movies; Charlotte’s Web for the families and Farmland a documentary for the more mature crowd. Gates will open at 6:00 PM and the films will be shown simultaneously at approximately 7:20PM. Entrance to the drive-in is $15 per carload and can be purchased in advance by calling 518885-8995 or at the venue
on the day of the event. All proceeds will go to the Agricultural Promotion Committee Scholarship Fund. Since 2013, the committee has given out over $10,000 in scholarships to many deserving and committed young people. The committee remains committed to highlighting the importance of farmland protection, food security, and the local economic activity generated by farming. The classic rendition of EB White’s Charlotte’s Web and the groundbreaking documentary Farmland are the perfect way to share the message with both the younger and older members of the Saratoga County Community. You won’t want to miss this first-time-ever event! It is sure to sell out and be a great time. Call the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County for tickets 518-885-8995 or email Nicolina Foti for more information nvf5@ cornell.edu.
Saratoga County History Roundtable Presentation SARATOGA COUNTY - The Saratoga County History Roundtable will offer a presentation by Russ VanDervoort, Waterford Town Historian, at Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa on Thursday September 16 at 7:00 PM. Russ will tell the story of a 150 year old murder for hire plot that a newspaper called “The Most Damnable Murder Plot ever Ventilated!”, an event that unfolded in 1870-1871 that involved participants from throughout Saratoga County. Preregistration required for the presentation at the Museum by email to Jim Richmond at saratogacohisotryroundtable@gmail.com. The program will also be available LIVE at 7:15 PM on the Saratoga County History Center Facebook page https://www.facebook. com/brooksidemuseum/
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GLENMONT - A few months ago, as Ryan Venter's 40th birthday loomed, he decided he wanted to do something that would make a difference and have longterm impact instead of just having a party. Venter, an athletics director at the College of Saint Rose and a runner, chose to train to run 1 mile to commemorate each year of his life -- more than a marathon and a half in one day -- while also raising donations for the Capital Region YMCA's Circle of Champs program. The program provides free co-curricular, athletic and summer programs to children battling illness.
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Venter has been training for his 40-mile run since March. The College of Saint Rose athletics director has been ramping up to run 40 miles on his 40th birthday to commemorate each year of his life and raise money for the Capital Region YMCA’s Circle of Champs program.
Venter's aim was to raise $40 each from 100 people, ultimately donating $4,000 for the program. "I thought this would be a challenge for myself to see if I can run 40 miles, because I've never run this far," he said. "(The) longest I've ever run is 26.2 miles, a marathon, and I wanted to challenge myself and also give something back to the community, to this program at the YMCA. I thought it was kind of a perfect match to do both." Venter has been associated with the Capital Region YMCA for a long time, having spent four years as its executive director and continuing as a volunteer when he can. "I saw the amazing things that the program does in terms of allowing children who are facing lifethreatening illness and their families to go to the YMCA," he said. "To have memberships, to have monthly programming, to do something fun, and to forget about everything. It's a great part of the YMCA that not a lot of people know about." Venter began training in March with a local running coach, Matt Nark, who has trained a number of local marathon runners. He then set up a website, talking about his journey and blogging every few days with updates from his training sessions. "Every Sunday, (Nark) gives me my schedule for the week. So it's typically 4 to 5 days a week that I'm running," said Venter. "The past couple weeks have been my longest weeks in terms of the number of miles. I probably ran around 45 or 45 to 50 miles a week, and my actual run will be this week," on Sept 4. Venter has been practicing in and around his hometown of Bethlehem, where he lives. One of his most favored trails is the Albany County Hudson-Helderberg Rail Trail from Voorheesville to Albany. The journey has been hard, but he knows to pace himself and not push his limits unhealthily. Preparation and consistency, he said, have been key on this journey. "I'll actually go out before my run and put one or two Gatorade bottles along the course that I'm running," he said. "Last week, it was a really hot morning, and I had my phone with me and I texted my wife: 'I need some water.
Can you meet me here at this road?' And she came and dropped me off water and helped me get through. So you do have to prepare as much as possible, especially in the heat."
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Ryan Venter after running the Upstate Classic Marathon in November 2020.
This is what Venter plans to do on his birthday and the day of the run. His trail is mapped out to pass near the homes of family and friends, which will serve as milestones. Some will join him brief ly as running companions, some to provide reinforcements, and all will be there for support. With two weeks to go, he has surpassed his fundraising goal by $1,000 and is optimistic about raising more. As for what he plans to do after the big run, Venter hopes to enjoy his birthday with family and friends and get some rest. He does believe that this will be the longest run of his life. He said, "Well, I'm not running 50 miles when I turn 50." To learn more about Venter's journey, visit ryanventer.com. To donate, visit justgiving.com/fundraising/ryan-venter.
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COPS, COURT AND FIRE CALLS Assault alleged State Police in Queensbury said they charged a 28-year-old Schenectady man with felony assault and criminal weapon possession after a 3 a.m. Friday altercation at DJ's Nite Club in Lake George. A man was found with a small cut after he was slashed. Troopers located the suspect in the area, chased him on foot and took him into custody. The victim was hospitalized, troopers said. The suspect was jailed on $5,000 bail.
Robbery charged A Delmar man, 23, was arrested for attacking a 74-year-old Delmar man Aug. 22 in the rear of Delaware Plaza, Bethlehem police said Friday. The suspect and victim had a verbal exchange and the
suspect threatened to steal the victim's bicycle, police said. The victim refused to give up the bike and the suspect pushed him to the ground. The victim continued to Delaware Plaza and as he was walking through the plaza he encountered the suspect again. The suspect pushed the victim to the ground and stole his water bottle. This time the victim was seriously injured and had to be taken to a hospital, officers said. The suspect was charged with robbery and assault, arraigned and jailed on $1,000 bail and is due back in court Sept. 21.
Child porn sentence Jonathan L. Morgan, 32, of Gloversville was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, according
to the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI. Morgan admitted he distributed videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children via a phone-based application connected to the internet, from March 11 to March 12, 2020, and to having child pornography on two phones, federal officials said. He also sought videos of parents abusing their children, and provided instructions to an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a parent as to how to abuse her daughter while filming it and admitted to inappropriately touching a child on several occasions, authorities said.
Slashing admitted Albany County District Attorney David Soares office said last week that Arnique Rowlett, 33, of
Albany, pleaded guilty to felony assault for stabbing a man in May 2019 on Central Avenue, Albany. Rowlett slashed the man on the wrist with a knife and the victim required medical treatment, prosecutors said. Sentencing will be Oct. 28.
Attempted murder charged in Schenectady SCHENECTADY -- A 23-year-old city man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting Thursday afternoon on Van Vranken Avenue that sent a teenager to the hospital, according to court papers. The criminal complaint also shows that Ishon Mackey-Stokes faces one count of criminal possession of a weapon. He
allegedly shot the 17-yearold in the arm shortly before 2 p.m. near Van Vranken Avenue and Lang Street in the Goose Hill neighborhood. The victim, who police described as non-cooperative, was taken to Ellis Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Mackey-Stokes was arraigned Friday morning in Schenectady City Court and sent to the county jail on $100,000 bail. He’s due back in court Tuesday.
Gun seized An 18-year-old Kingston man was jailed on $20,000 bail after a traffic stop on Flatbush Avenue in the city and a search yielded a .380 caliber Bersa Thunder handgun, State Police in Middletown said Satur-
day. He was charged with criminal weapon possession and stolen property possession because the gun was reported stolen to the Myrsa Police Department in Georgia, troopers said.
Motorcycle crash kills 33-year-old NEW BALTIMORE -- A motorcyclist is dead after crashing into a truck on Route 9W on Tuesday, State Police said. Tyler Lane, 33, lost control of his 2006 Harley Davidson while traveling north at about 8:45 p.m. and struck a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado, troopers said. Lane was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The Silverado driver was taken to Albany Medical Center for minor injuries. The investigation is ongoing.
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How to create a sunroom As fall inches closer to winter, it’s not uncommon for people to look to the coming cold with a degree of lament. Spring, summer and fall provide ample opportunities to enjoy the great outdoors, but such chances are few and far between once the winter freeze settles in. Though winter might compel the masses to huddle up inside, there’s still a way to take in the great outdoors on cold winter days and nights. It might not prove an exact substitute for summer nights around the firepit, but a sunroom affords homeowners a chance to marvel at snowy winter landscapes without venturing out into the cold. Sometimes referred to as “all-season rooms,” sunrooms can make for a great retreat on quiet summer mornings or crisp autumn afternoons. Sunrooms can be treated as blank canvasses, which makes decorating them more fun. But a few tricks of the trade can help homeowners turn their blank canvasses into welcoming spaces to take in all that nature has to offer throughout the year. • Define the purpose. The experts at Better Homes & Gardens recommend homeowners decide how they want to use the sunroom before they begin decorating it. When the weather gets too chilly to dine outside, will the sunroom serve as an alternative dining space in the same way patios and decks do during the warm weather? Or do homeowners want to turn their sunrooms into reading rooms? Though it’s possible to make sunrooms multipurpose spac-
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Does America Still Work? Victor Davis Hanson, Tribune Content Agency
For nearly two years, Americans have engaged in a great woke experiment of cannibalizing themselves. American civilization has invested massive labor, capital and time in an effort to constantly flagellate itself for not being perfect. Yet America's resilience and its resources are not infinite. We are now beginning to see the consequences of what happens when premodern tribalism absorbs Americans. There are repercussions when ideology governs policy or when we take for granted the basics of life to pursue its trappings. Who cares whether the blowdried media is woke if it cannot report the truth and keep politicians honest? Once journalists became progressive poodles rather than the watchdogs of government, the Biden administration had no fear of audit. It took for granted that its disasters, from the southern border to the chaos in Afghanistan, would be excused by toady reporters. G o v e r n m e nt- e n g i n e e r e d "equity" has replaced the goal
Saratoga/Wilton Elks Seeking Entertainment Acts for Patriot Day Parade SARATOGA/WILTON On Saturday, September 11, 2021, Saratoga-Wilton Elks Lodge No. 161 will be sponsoring a Patriot Day Parade commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy. The parade’s theme will be “Honoring Our Community Heroes”. The Elks plan to honor not only our brave local first respond-
of equal opportunity. But such utopianism births popular anger when personal initiative, excellence and performance do not count as much as virtue-signaling groupthink. The United States just suffered a terrible and shameful defeat in Afghanistan. The catastrophe reminds us that the Biden administration had its politicized military and bureaucracy mostly fixate on diversity, equity and inclusion, and to root out supposed internal enemies. So, our top brass and functionaries talked of redirecting the military to every possible woke agenda -- except ensuring military superiority and the safety of the United States. The result is the horrific mess of a premodern Taliban army routing the most sophisticated military in the history of civilization. We shudder when America begs premodern tribes not to murder our citizens whom we abandoned in full retreat. Airline CEOs virtue-signal their wokeness by damning voter ID laws -- though such identification is required to board their airplanes. The new normal for
ers who went to New York City to assist with search and rescue efforts after the Twin Towers fell, but also our community’s first responders, essential workers and community service providers who have been at the forefront of the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Elks are looking for musical acts, color guards, and marching bands to march in and provide entertainment during the parade. If your group is interested in performing, please email the Lodge Secretary at saratogawiltonelks161@albany.twcbc.
U.S. airlines is woke delays, woke cancellations, and woke anarchy in the skies. Some universities now subject their admissions, their hiring and their research to race and gender directives. There is less concern about the collective student debt of $1.7 trillion. College students may graduate woke, but they do so with far less impressive reading and writing skills than their less politically correct predecessors a half-century ago. Are college administrators really so virtuous when they boast of improving diversity, equity and inclusion? Why, then, do they ignore indebted and poorly educated graduates -- veritable serfs who cannot afford homes, put off raising families and prolong their adolescence rather than becoming autonomous citizens? We k now f r om c ent u r ie s past which policies ensure public safety and which guarantee crime. All laws must be enforced equally. Yet now, suicidal legal and critical race theories sometimes govern which laws are enforced and which are ignored. If a state attorney prosecutes
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crimes -- or chooses not to prosecute them -- on the basis of ideology and race rather than on questions of impartial law, then who would obey, much less honor any of them? The police must not just be monitored, but respected and supported. Today they are defamed and defunded. If those who commit crimes do not expect to be arrested and punished, then crime pays. And so we get more of it. Cries to empty the jails and prisons and pull back on police might sound neat on Twitter. But lots of innocent Americans will suffer the deadly consequences of someone else's virtue-signaling. Before a country can conduct cancer research, explore outer space or defeat its enemies thousands of miles away, its citizens must have access to affordable fuel, food and shelter. But ideologues now restrict irrigation water, gasoline supplies, power generation and timber production. They may seem woke and enlightened to each other, but they are indifferent to the exorbitant cost of living, the
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growing shortages of necessities, and the hundreds of thousands of homeless living amid filth, excrement and disease on the nation's urban sidewalks. Social media fights, the cancel culture wars between celebrities and elites, the virtue-signaling of academics and actors -- all of it means nothing if Americans do not have safe roads; viable travel; affordable gas, food and housing; and safety in their homes. Increasingly, they do not have these things. Woke leaders are losing the ability to do the hard and essential work of civilization, largely because they are obsessed with the dispensable. We live in a world of cellphones, Skype and Zoom. But high tech has become a mere veneer pasted over medieval urban streets and Depression-era highways. It is more dangerous to walk the nighttime streets of Chicago than those of war-torn Kabul. Until our officials can ensure a humane and sustainable standard of living, we have no business lecturing others abroad, much less conducting endless witch hunts of our own at home.
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OPINION
The Media's Finest Hour By Rich Lowry
Poor Ron Klain. It's not a good sign when a White House chief of staff to a Democratic president wants to re-tweet favorable news coverage and all he can find is the least credible and most slavishly loyal commentators on the internet. The Afghanistan fiasco has created that most disorienting and discomfiting experience for a progressive administration -- a serious bout of critical media coverage immune to White House spin and determined to tell the unvarnished story of an ongoing debacle. The White House and its allies have lashed out at what they are portraying as an insular, pro-war media ignoring its many successes in the Afghan evacuation. This, like Ron Klain's tweeting, is a sign of desperation and of a feeling of outraged betrayal that usually dependable allies have, on this story, switched sides. Say it's not so, CNN. The White House is unfamiliar with what it's like to be on the receiving end of the kind of media feeding frenzy that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis experiences every other day (almost always involving spurious storylines). But on Afghanistan, Joe Biden in effect set out to test how much shameless incompetence and dishonesty the media would accept. The answer? Not nearly enough. The press is blatantly biased and has become even more so over time, repeatedly propagating false narratives that have shredded its credibility. Still, there are limits beyond which even it can't be pushed. Biden said that the Afghan withdrawal wouldn't be another Saigon within weeks of Saigon-like scenes of a hasty evacuation of the U.S. embassy, of terrified Afghans clinging to a U.S. transport plane, of desperate Afghans passing their infants over the barbed wire to Western soldiers guarding the Kabul airport. There is no number of look-onthe-bright-side briefings that are going to overcome these indelible images, and even a journalist who tilted heavily toward Biden in 2020 and supports his agenda was going to be hard-pressed to look away.
The contradiction in Biden's case for withdrawal was also too stark to ignore. He originally justified his pullout because the Afghan government and military were capable of defending the country without us, then he justified his exit because the government and military collapsed so quickly. Which was it? Much of what Biden has said in his remarks and press conferences has been vulnerable to instant fact checks. When he said that Americans weren't having trouble getting through to the airport, reporters could immediately attest that it wasn't true. W ho was everyone supposed to believe? Biden's misleading assurance, or CNN reporter Clarissa Ward's compelling report from outside the Kabul airport that she was threatened with a whip for not covering her face and her producer nearly pistol whipped? Ward said it was "mayhem" and "a miracle that more people haven't been very, very seriously hurt." The plaints from the administration and its most committed journalistic supporters that the coverage has been unfair and the product of a press biased toward interventionism ring hollow. It is certainly true that the East Coast media has more cosmopolitan attitudes than the rest of the country, but it's hardly full of committed foreign policy hawks. The press didn't notably dissent from President Barack Obama's pullout from Iraq in 2011 or his nuclear deal with Iran. It has steadfastly favored the so-called peace process in the Middle East. It's not as though only the American media has noticed Biden's ineptitude, either. If anything, our foreign allies have been harsher about the humiliating mess Biden has stumbled into (former British prime minister Tony Blair called it "imbecilic") than journalists here at home. Since he won the Democratic nomination last year, Biden has been the subject of relentless favorable press coverage forgiving his lapses and enthusiastic about his alleged accomplishments. It was hard to see what he could do to lose media support, even for a time, and then he botched his withdrawal.
Will GOP Go Back To Heeding Its Voters On Foreign Policy?
Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
President Biden's inept execution of his -- and his predecessor's -- policy of withdrawal from Afghanistan was a political gift to the GOP. It has made foreign policy, at least temporarily, a unifying issue on the right. For conservatives, whether you supported or opposed withdrawal, Biden's shambolic implementation has something for everybody to attack. But there is a real divide on the right about foreign policy. It splits party leaders and right-wing pundits from rank-and-file voters, who are significantly more coherent and unified on foreign policy. This fact has been obscured by the overriding imperative to support Donald Trump among conservative elites. Trump has been a passionate advocate of bugging out of Afghanistan and the Middle East generally, in and out of office. But as Dina Smeltz of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Jordan Tama of American University noted in May, when it came to "America's largest military deployments of recent years, Afghanistan and Iraq, there's no sign that Trump substantially influenced Republican attitudes." In fact, the belief that the Iraq and A fghanistan efforts were worth the costs not only increased during Trump's presidency, it's actually strongest among proTrump Republicans. Some 55% of "strong Republicans" said the wars were worth it compared with only 43% of less committed Republicans. The same Chicago Council on Global Affairs poll found that durable majorities of Republicans favored "long-term U.S. military bases in A fghanistan (61%), Iraq (69%) and Kuwait (71%)." But given a choice of sup-
porting Trump or supporting the policies preferred by Republican voters, elected Republicans and many proTrump pundits opted for the former. Even if Trump's influence shrinks over time, the GOP's foreign policy approach is unlikely to return to that of the Bush era. Presidential partisanship often overpowers foreign policy attitudes. One need only remember how many anti-interventionist Democrats did a 180 in favor of military action in Libya under President Obama to understand that. If a Republican is elected president in 2024, we'll likely see the party faithful rally to whatever foreign policy he or she pursues. That said, what constitutes "conservative foreign policy" among elites is a more open question these days (beyond a unifying commitment to checking China's ambitions). This, too, has a lot to do with Trump. People can debate whether Trump's version of "America first" was meaningfully isolationist, but what's clear is that it had little in common with the "America First" movement of the late 1930s or the non-interventionist tradition going back to George Washington's warning about foreign entanglements in his farewell address. The old isolationism (on the left and the right), as f lawed as it was, was premised on t wo ideas: that America was too special to lower itself into the muck of European politics, and that foreign wars would erode democracy and cherished liberties here at home. "Nothing is more likely than that the United States would go fascist through the very process of organizing to defeat the fascist nations," the New Republic editorialized in 1937. World War II and the Cold War effectively killed the
second argument. As for the first? It's complicated. Trump viewed our foreign alliances in an entirely transactional way, believing we were "suckers" to support NATO, to protect South Korea or, if reports are true, even to fight in World War I. But very few advocates of a new nationalist or America-first foreign policy (the labels are all in flux) talk this way. Rather, as with so many issues during the Trump era, champions of a "new" conservative approach to foreign policy try to graft the populism on the right to their own ideology or partisan agenda. That's why Biden's stumble is so useful. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), for instance, supported Trump's withdrawal policy but now has a free hand to attack its implementation. For others, Afghanistan's implosion has become a stand-in for anti-immigration extremism or simply one more example of American decline. With the exception of partisan attacks on Biden, which are well deserved, these ideas don't have much purchase in mainstream politics. That's because most conservative voters may like the adornments of old-fashioned nationalist politics -- everything from calls to support the troops to military f lyovers at football games after the national anthem -- and they certainly like to praise Tr ump. But tr ue conservatives still have a deeper commitment to American national security and America's role as the leader of the free world. That commitment may too often take a back seat to partisan politics, but it survived the Trump presidency. Let's hope it will endure going forward as well.
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Week Of September 5, 2021 get-together with friends. ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, this week you can share some secrets that have been troublesome. A trusted confidante may offer advice or be willing to serve as a supportive sounding board. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, a welcoming aura is drawing others to you in the days ahead. Open yourself to new friendships and look for ways to foster these budding relationships. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, consider what you are going to aim for next and don’t be afraid to take whatever steps necessary to put you on a path to success. Your confidence will compel you. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 News about investment and career possibilities could be brought to your attention this week, Cancer. Give these situations a lot of attention over the next few days. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 You are inclined to spend time with others in the coming days, Leo. Take advantage of opportunities to socialize, or
VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you have a drive like no other. This can come in handy as you actively seek change. A career change could be in the cards in due time. LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, keep aiming to fulfill your ambitions, even if your approach requires a little revision. This is an amazing period of growth for you, and you’ll learn a lot. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Embark on opportunities that will break you out of your comfort zone, Scorpio. These can provide some opportunities for growth and present chances to meet new people. SAGITTARIUS Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, your often positive attitude may be challenged in the days to come as you are faced with a few situations you aren’t sure how to handle. Take a deep breath and forge ahead. CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, if you find yourself in the spotlight, remember to
put your best foot forward at all times. This is especially true in professional settings. AQUARIUS Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, your work ethic has been unrivaled in recent weeks. The summer vacation season has ended and you have gotten back to business. A big change is on the horizon. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Focus on romance and sensuality this week Pisces. Take the time to spend moments with a spouse or significant other as much as possible. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS SEPTEMBER 5 Michael Keaton, Actor (70) SEPTEMBER 6 Idris Elba, Actor (49) SEPTEMBER 7 Kevin Love, Athlete (33) SEPTEMBER 8 Pink, Singer (42) SEPTEMBER 9 Hunter Hayes, Singer (30) SEPTEMBER 10 Coco Rocha, Model (33) SEPTEMBER 11 Taraji P. Henson, Actress (51)
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HOUSE OF THE WEEK 217 Jay Street, Albany
PHOTOS BY MEGAN ROBINSON
This three-level home at 217 Jay St., Albany, was built in 1857 and includes lovely details.
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From top: Kitchen, dining room, and bedroom. At left: the home’s living space which reflects its unique character with a view of the wood stove in the next room.
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