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Saratoga North Edition | Thursday, March 17, 2022

Spa City marketing firm tests profitability of NFTs Digital pieces of unique artwork have potential to be lucrative, creators say

By SHAYLA COLON

Saratoga County 4-H RoBo Vines Robotics Advancing to World Championship SARATOGA COUNTY - On March 6th, Saratoga County 4-H’s Robovines Robotics team did it again!! The Robovines won the FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) Excelsior Region Championship.

Starting out 4th in the semi-finals, they were able to defeat both the 1st and 2nd seed alliances to become the Winning Alliance Captain. This victory earns them the honor to move on to the FIRST Championship being held in Houston, Texas happening April 20 - 23, 2022.

The RoBovines team is made up of six 4-H members from 3 different school districts: Henry LaBarge and Owen Fleury, Ballston Spa; Ethan Stone and Corin Gordon, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake; and Norah Hoke and Ethan Thomas, Saratoga Springs.

The youth range from 6th to 10th grade. Four of them are rookies on the team. “This is unprecedented for Saratoga County. We are so excited for this group and the opportunity World’s presents” says Greg Stevens, 4-H Issue Leader.

In addition to winning the robot game, The Robovines won 3rd Place

SARATOGA SPRINGS - The opportunity to dive into the NFT business was too attractive to pass up, and now Chris Thompson is all in, consumed by the latest digital moneymaking trend.

NFT stands for non-fungible token. An NFT is typically a digital piece of unique artwork, often cartoon-like, that purchasers can buy online.

Rather than a painting or sculpture, though, the original exists solely online as a unit of data that the owner keeps on a blockchain — a digital ledger that tracks and stores records of transactions in cyberspace. An NFT has a limited number of versions, analogous to limited print editions of an art piece.

Thompson, who operates the Branded AF marketing company, is carving out a niche in helping the creators of NFTs bring their artwork to the virtual marketplace.

“We’re signing three to five clients a month right now for (NFT) projects,” the managing partner said.

“I’m doing five to 12 business development calls per day ... including Saturdays sometimes. And it doesn’t seem to be slowing down.”

In the past year, Thompson has found more and

more NFT creators who want him to handle their websites and other online functions.

While Thompson said Branded AF has been profitable without the NFT action, the serial entrepreneur believed the virtual tokens were too enticing an opportunity to forgo. Client inquiries have grown so much he had to bring on a partner to shoulder some of the work.

“There’s no shortage of creativity when it comes to clients and what they want to do (with NFTs),” Thompson said.

Many NFT artists don’t want to worry about managing the technical aspects of their business, which is why they rely on firms like Branded AF. “They just will focus on the dream, the vision, the art and the creation of it,” Thompson explained.

He likened NFT creation to a startup.

Branded AF doesn’t create art pieces for clients but launches their presence in a blockchain.

After coding a script or software code that duplicates the artwork into a series of 10,000 pieces maximum, Branded AF uploads the collection to a distributed blockchain with a contract connecting buyers to the network to facilitate the purchase and subsequent validation process. When a person buys an NFT, the investment needs to be proofed through a special computer code, or key, to authenti-

cate the ownership.

A single launch can take up to about a month to complete; however, Branded AF is presently turning over four to six launches a month and yielding solid revenue from it in return, according to the firm.

Branded AF charges a base fee for its services on NFT projects and receives a percentage of the client’s primary sales, usually between 20 and 30 percent.

For example, a client may offer a piece of NFT art for sale priced at half an Ethereum, a form of digital currency similar to Bitcoin. Ethereum was worth approximately $2,600 as of Thursday afternoon. If the artist sells 1,000 pieces, he stands to make $260,000, based on the Ethereum rate.

Thompson said NFTs have doubled, if not tripled his company’s profits in 2021. He declined to say how much he is making from his work with NFTs but said he expects greater growth this year.

Yet, Node40 co-founder Perry Woodin doesn’t think NFTs are very profitable for everyone.

Node40 is an Albany-based cryptocurrency accounting and tax firm providing users with independent block-chain audits.

From his standpoint, NFT-makers profit from the business but those who are trading them often don’t because there’s no liquidity backing the tokens. Woodin said to think about NFTs as physical

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Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, made by Chris Thompson and his marketing firm Branded AF in Saratoga Springs.

artwork. And the price of cryptocurrency can vary widely on a given day. That $2,600 Ethereum token could go up or it could drop drastically.

“You have to find a buyer that appreciates that work of art and then you have to agree upon a price,” he said. “So, that’s very different from traditional equities or even traditional cryptocurrencies.”

“It’s a great business.

It’s a lot of fun, (but) it’s not for the faint of heart.

When (the) NFT bubble pops and goes away, which it will someday ... I have the other side of the business, which is just steady.” “ Chris Thompson So-called “gas prices” — trading fees on the network — also make NFTbuying expensive, which can stymie buyers from trading. Thompson agreed. He said the fees can be anywhere from $75 to $150 per transaction in addition to the token’s cost. The NFT connoisseur buys them thinking he’ll sell the art, but sometimes never does.

“That’s prohibitively expensive for the majority of people,” he emphasized.

“For collectors like myself, it’s the cost of doing business.”

Moreover, the intrinsic artistic quality of most

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Chris Thompson is managing partner of the Saratoga Springs company Branded AF.

NFTs isn’t very high, according to Woodin. Many look like crude digital cartoons, but what drives the market is their advertising and promise of exclusivity.

“It’s really these personalities who can talk up what they’re doing, and you want to be connected with them,” Woodin said.

Recently an NFT of an image of Paul McCartney’s handwritten notes for “Hey Jude” sold for more than $76,000.

Since Thompson’s whole operation is hinged on marketing, he may find himself on the lucrative end of the NFT business.

But, even he acknowledged that an NFT’s popularity heavily depends on how it is presented to the world.

Thompson is launching

Luther Forest project pulled Scannell blames zoning hurdle for halting potential Amazon warehouse plan

By LARRY RULISON

MALTA - Scannell Properties is giving up on its attempt to develop land at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in Saratoga County that was eyed as a potential location for an Amazon warehouse.

Scannell’s plan faced significant obstacles because the company, Please see 4-H 8 based in Indiana, needed the town to modify the zoning regulations governing the tech park, which is home to the headquarters for chipmaker GlobalFoundries and its Fab 8 factory.

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Scannell had hoped that some of the land could have been set aside for other types of industries, although it never revealed its plans.

The company is well known in the Capital Region and elsewhere for developing sites for Amazon, including an Amazon warehouse built in Schodack. Scannell has an option agreement to buy the Stadium Golf Club, which straddles Schenectady and Rotterdam. The company says it has no firm plans for the land but people living in the mostly residential area have raised concerns about the traffic a major project could bring.

Scannell has been typically very guarded about its projects, especially those for Amazon due to the online retailer’s desire for secrecy.

Scannell had an option to buy nearly 250 acres at the Luther Forest site, but decided to walk away recently due to the existing zoning at Luther Forest, which requires companies at the park to make certain disclosures to the town if they are located there.

Peter Struzzi, a broker and executive managing director with Pyramid Brokerage Co., the company that was marketing the site for Scannell, said none of the companies he talked to were comfortable with the zoning for Luther Forest, which sets strict controls on tractor-trailer traffic and requires “economic and environmental audits” of tenants by the towns of Malta and Stillwater where the park is located in.

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History Center Hold Awards Ceremony

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BALLSTON SPA - On the evening of March 8, 2022, the Saratoga County History Center hosted a gala at Brookside Museum to celebrate the inaugural winners of the Saratoga County Public History Award: Carol Godette and James Richmond.

About fifty guests, including History Center trustees and staff, gathered in the “Long Room” at Brookside Museum to learn about the new award, hear testimonials about the work and careers of Godette and Richmond, and revel in scholarly camaraderie. Presided over by History Center trustee and Public Relations Manager Michael Landis, the guest list featured local historians, journalists, and dignitaries from the greater Saratoga County area.

After brief remarks by Landis and History Center president Field Horne, Karen Staulters, Historian of the Town of Milton, introduced James Richmond with an emotional review of his many publications and services to the community. Richmond, in turn, reminded the assemblage that public history is a cooperative effort and that none of his achievements would be possible without the help of others. Next, Chad Beatty, publisher of Saratoga TODAY, spoke about the challenges of finding good writers before handing over the lectern to Carol Godette, who shared her deep love of local history that stemmed from her childhood experiences in Saratoga. Both Richmond and Godette have published widely on Saratoga County history, with Richmond specializing in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Godette on the 20th century and the recent past.

The Saratoga County Public History Award is an annual recognition of the critical, yet often overlooked, work of local historians, teachers, authors, and archivists. Winners are selected by a committee comprised of History Center trustees, educators, and community leaders. Please contact Michael Landis for more information: mlandis@brooksidemuseum.org.

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Living Life in Balance: Creating the Life You Desire Class CAPITAL DISTRICT 9 Tuesdays, beginning March 22, 6:30-8 p.m.

This 9-week class in practical spirituality explores how to create balance in nine different life areas so that you can live the life you desire. Through experiential exercises, reading, meditation, prayer, and discussion, participants explore the power of focused attention in manifesting, abundance, love, health, and peace, among other topics. This class is based on the book Being in Balance: 9 Principles for Creating Habits to Match Your Desires by Wayne Dyer. Free student workbook provided; students must supply their own textbook. Suggested donation: $20 per class session.

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Tri-Town Seniors Meeting Rescheduled CORINTH - (Corinth, Lake Luzerne, Hadley, Day). Due to the storm on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 our meeting was cancelled to keep everyone safe.

I have rescheduled the meeting for Wednesday, March 23,2022 at the Corinth Grange. It will be the same as previously scheduled with snacks from 4 to 5 and meeting at 5PM. Dues of $10 per person will be collected at the meeting. Also, we will have sign up for our first trip which is scheduled for Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at a cost of $35 per person.

MAY 3, 2022 Trip is to VILLA ROMA, Callicoon, NY to hear the Jersey Boys Tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

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The bus arrives at the Corinth Fire House, 16 Saratoga Ave, Corinth, NY at 6:15 and will be leaving at 6:30. We will have a stop along the way.

You will have to pick an Entree of Roast Loin of Pork, Chicken Parmigiana over Linguini, or Flounder Francese at the time of sign up.

Hope to see you all on March 23, 2022 for the meeting. If you have any questions you may call Linda at 518-654-2506.

Auditions For’ The Rockin’ Tale Of Snow White’ MALTA - Town of Malta Spotlighter’s Theatre Troupe announces AUDITIONS for the JUNE 11 &

Saratoga Springs Public Library and Sustainable Saratoga Are Excited To Host Our 7th Repair Café SARATOGA SPRINGS - Saturday, March 19 from 1 until 4pm at the Saratoga Springs Public Library. This event will be different than previous Cafés due to the ongoing pandemic. This event is free, but registration is required.

In order to make this a safe event for our volunteer coaches and community, the following guidelines will be in place: - Appointments are required. To register, please call Jennifer Ferriss 518-584-7860 x242 or visit https://www.sspl.org/contact/form/jferriss/.

12 musical production of ‘The Rockin’ Tale of Snow White’. Auditions will take place at the Malta Community Center, One Bayberry Drive, Malta, NY, on Sunday March 27 and Monday March 28, by appointment only.

Audition to be a part of this twisted fairytale with tongue-in-cheek humor.

Cast of characters include Snow White, the Evil Queen, the Huntsman, Hip Hop singing Magic Mirror, Prince Charming and 7 Dwarfs, a young Snow White & Queen, a group of singing Ladies-in-Waiting, Huntsman’s good conscience (Angel) and his bad conscience (Devil). There are also roles for Combat Heroes, DNR Rep, King, a family (as part of a story within a story), lots of Dwarf Villagers, dancing Bats, singing Forest Animals and many more!

Dozens of acting, singing, and dancing roles available for kids (age 7 & up), teens, and adults! To schedule your audition appointment contact Spotlighter’s Artistic Director, Elyse Young, at theater@ malta-town.org or (518) 899-4411 x305.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Adirondack Thunder Night of Fun! WARRENSBURG – Cornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County will be taking over the Cool Insuring Arena as we are the “Non-Profit of the Night” at the Adirondack Thunder Vs. Reading Royals hockey game. Join us Friday, April 15th at 7:00pm. Tickets can be purchased for $15.00 per person. Please call Cornell Cooperative Extension at 518-623-3291 or stop by our office 377 Schroon River Road, Warrensburg.

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Award Winning Historian and Author Speaking The Battle of Valcour Island SARATOGA - March 19, 2:00PM – The Battle of Valcour Island – Award winning historian and author of the recently published “Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty,” Jack Kelly shares the wild and suspenseful story of the scrappy American navy under Benedict Arnold that stalled the British invasion of upstate NY in the opening year of the American Revolution. NYS Military Museum. 61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs.

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Old Stone Church BALLSTON SPA - The Old Stone Church is having its curb side pickup only chicken and biscuit dinner on Saturday, March 26th, 2022 from 4 p.m.

- 7 p.m. Dinners Include Chicken and Biscuit with Green Beans, Carrots, Peas, Gravy, Cranberry Sauce and a choice of a slice of pumpkin, apple, or fudge pecan pie all for $12.00. To reserve your dinner call 518-522-4482 or 518-583-1002. Be sure to include the number of dinners, your choice of pie and time of pick up. For more information call Ann @ 518-885-4034. We look Forward to seeing you there.

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AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY Holy Mother & Child Church Rectory Estate Sale LAKE LUZERNE - 323 Lake Ave, (Rt. 9N)), Lake Luzerne. Sale - Saturday, April 2, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Dishes, furniture, stacking chairs, lamps, pictures, music items and hymnals, misc. items.

Cash and Carry (eveything must go on day of sale).

Buildings and property also for sale. Inquires: 518-654-2113

Research Study at Skidmore College For Pre-Diabetes or Type 2 Diabetes SARATOGA - DO YOU HAVE PRE-DIABETES OR TYPE 2 DIABETES? And Want to Improve Your Health and Get Paid $50?

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Provide Socks for the Children in the Hadley/Luzerne Elementary School LAKE LUZERNE - St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Lake Luzerne invites the community to participate in a ministry to provide socks to the children in the Hadley/Luzerne Elementary School from March 1st to April 3rd.

If you are interested, you can purchase socks for boys or girls. Sizes range from children’s sizes; (S) 7–8.5, (M) 8–9.5, (L) 9-11, and boys (XL) 10-12.

Drop offs can be made at St. Mary’s Church before 9:30am or after 11:45am on Sundays, Wednesdays 10:30am – noon or 6 – 7pm, and during morning office hours in the Rectory on Tuesdays. For questions call Cathy at 518-480-2465 or Fr. Lou at 518-6963030.

CAPTAIN CHS Announces 2nd Annual Swing Into Action Golf Tournament CAPITAL DISTRICT Play winter golf to support kids, families, and seniors in the community.

CAPTAIN Community and Human Services is proud to present the 2nd Annual Swing Into Action Golf Tournament, taking place on Friday, March 18th at TopTracer Range at Northway Golf Center.

Three flights are available: 12-2pm, 2-4pm, 4-6pm. Tickets are $100 per golfer, or $375 for a foursome. Sponsorships are available. Awards will be given for: Low Gross;

Low Net; Longest Drive; Closest to the Pin; and Best Dressed Foursome.

TopTracer’s incredible technology can dramatically help improve your shot. Virtual golf revolutionizes play with high-quality graphics on a large, in-bay screen. As soon as the ball is hit onto the range, the trajectory, distance, and speed are shown in vivid detail.

Plus, you can experience world-renown courses at your fingertips.

“Ultimately, this event is about supporting the over thirty programs and services that CAPTAIN CHS offers,” continued Gilpin. “As we continue to have record-level-setting demands, the support of our community and participants and sponsors of our events is critical to meeting that need.”

For more information, please visit our website at captaincares.org/golf, or contact Ava Martin at 518-399-4624.

Saratoga County Seeks Volunteers To Deliver Meals To Homebound Seniors BALLSTON SPA Immediate Need - The Saratoga County Department of Aging and Youth Services is seeking volunteers to deliver meals to homebound seniors in the following areas: Ballston Spa, South Glens Falls, Wilton, Hadley, Schuylerville, and Greenfield.

This important program helps many seniors, age 60 and older, remain independent in their homes by providing them with a nutritious ready-to-eat lunch each weekday.

Meals are picked up at 11AM and delivered until 1PM. Volunteers’ sched-

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ules are flexible to meet their availability.

To become a volunteer, individuals must submit paperwork, including references, to the Saratoga County Department of Aging and Youth Services.

Volunteers must have a valid driver license and their own vehicle. Training and orientation are provided to all volunteers.

Being a volunteer for this program is a gratifying experience as seniors look forward to seeing a friendly face with their meals.

Those interested in becoming a volunteer may call Carly at The Department of Aging and Youth Services at 518-363-4020 for details.

to the BSHS guidance office or can be scanned and emailed directly to the BSBPA at info@ballston. org, or mailed to: BSBPA Scholarship, PO Box 386, Ballston Spa, NY 12020.

Submission deadline is Friday, March 18, 2022.

If you are a Ballston Spa area business that has a BSHS senior working for you who fits the bill, please encourage them to apply for the scholarship.

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BALLSTON SPA - The Ballston Spa Business & Professional Association (BSBPA) is once again offering a $500 scholarship to a Ballston Spa High School graduating senior.

High school students who hold jobs in the community, while maintaining good standards in their schoolwork and deportment, should be recognized for their diligence and responsibility.

The Ballston Spa Business and Professional Association Scholarship shall be awarded to a graduating senior who has demonstrated professionalism in his/her place of employment and responsibility in their school community.

Students can pick up the application information sheet at the Ballston Spa High School guidance office. A printable version is also available on the BSBPA website, www.ballston.org. Completed applications can be submitted

GLENVILLE - Saturday, March 19, 2022 from 8:30 am – 10:30 am; Featuring: “Ski birds: Adventures of the Raven Gang” The Empire State Aerosciences Museum will hold its monthly Fly-In Breakfast on Saturday, March 19, 2022 from 8:30 am – 10:30 am at 250 Rudy Chase Drive, Glenville, NY 12302 (off Route 50). Enjoy an assortment of pancakes, french toast, eggs, sausage, potatoes, juice, coffee, tea, fruit and more.

The breakfast is open to the public.

At 10 am, retired Lt. Col. Joseph Hathaway will discuss his book: “Ski Birds: The Adventures of the Raven Gang”. Lt. Col. Hathaway joined the Air Force in 1984 and retired in 2018. Hathaway has flown all over the world including Turkey, Kenya and Somalia. He joined the NY Air National Guard

in 1996 flying missions to Greenland and the Antarctic icecap and various missions in Afghanistan, Iraq and throughout the Middle East. He also flew missions into Colombia and other South and Central American countries supporting the drug war.

Hathaway will be signing and selling his book after the presentation.

The Museum is open Friday, Saturday and Sundays from 10 am – 4 pm.

Gallery II and our Airpark (with over 20 planes) is presently open. Gallery I is closed for renovations.

Fly-In if you would like.

Pilots: Tower Frequency 121.3; Ground 121.9. Land at Schenectady County Airport and taxi to Richmor Aviation North.

Tell them you are going to ESAM. Pat Barrot, Empire State Aerosciences Museum, 250 Rudy Chase Drive, Glenville, NY 12302.

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Stillwater United Church Brooks’ Chicken BBQ Takeout STILLWATER - 747 HUDSON AVE, SStillwater United Church, 747 Hudson Avenue, is holding a Drive-through/Takeout Brooks’ Chicken BBQ dinner on Saturday, March 19th from 4:00-6:00. Pre-order dinners and schedule a pick-up time by calling 518-664-7984. Price $14 for half-chicken, potato, coleslaw, roll and cake.

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CAPITAL DISTRICT - Saturday, March 19th at 1 PM, Heritage Hunters will present a Zoom program on the Marshall family of Schuylerville and the historic Marshall House. Elaine Gardella of Worcester, Massachusetts, a direct descendant of the Marshalls, will be the speaker. She will share information on the early Colonial Marshalls and the Marshall Cemetery, including three Revolutionary War patriots of the Saratoga Campaign. Her presentation will include a review of the guidelines to apply for membership in the DAR. HH members will receive the Zoom link by email. Non-members can contact Ginny Humphrey 518-885-9309 for the Zoom link.

SARATOGA - The Saratoga Automobile Museum will be selling freshly made Brooks’ Chicken barbecue dinners “to go” on Tuesday, April 5 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

All dinners include your choice of chicken, baked potato, cole-slaw, and a roll.

Prices: Chicken dinners are $15 Brooks BBQ, chicken or spiedie sauce are available to preorder, $5 each.

Please consider purchasing additional chicken dinners for the Franklin Community Center and Shelters of Saratoga to support their important missions.

These fresh dinners will be delivered to Franklin Community Center and Shelters of Saratoga the evening of the event.

HADLEY / LUZERNE - Here is the church schedule for Lenten Lunches in the Hadley - Luzerne area for the first weeks of Lent. An updated schedule will be listed in the weeks to follow.

The theme is Lament in Uncertain Times. Lunch is from 12 - 1pm on Mondays. A Lenten Lunch consists of soup, bread, and dessert. Please join us for lunch!

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Diabetes Classes Online CAPITAL DISTRICT - Dining with Diabetes, a program for people with diabetes or prediabetes and their family members, is being offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension Saratoga County. Wednesdays, March 30, April 6, 13, 20 at 1 pm. Fee: $15, financial assistance available upon request. To register call 518-885-8995. 50 West High Street, Ballston Spa, NY Presented by Diane Whitten, Cornell Cooperative Extension. Participants will learn how to fit carbohydrates into a healthy menu, effectively use food labels, choose meals at a restaurant and adopt other healthy habits to help manage diabetes through healthy eating. Recipe ideas provided. Time provided for Q&A. For program details email Diane at dwhitten@cornell.edu.

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History Center Spring Offerings BALLSTON SPA – The Saratoga County History is pleased to announce two major events this spring featuring prominent local scholars: “Supporting the Poor in Saratoga County” with Lauren Roberts on March 24; and “The Deepest Devotion,” with Ben

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Kemp, who will portray Frederick Grant, the eldest son of Ulysses Grant, on April 6.

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Saratoga’s “poorhouse.”

Estab-lished in 1827 as an alms house for “the victims of misfortune,” the institution grew along with the county. The Poor House complex included a large-scale farm, schoolhouse, imposing brick resi-dence, and an infirmary.

Over the decades, laws changed the way indigents were cared for, and, finally, in 1961, the poorhouse was demolished. Though the building no longer exists, this institu-tion played a significant role in the care of county residents for well over a century.

“Many people may not realize that County Farm Road in the Town of Milton once led to an actual farm that was operated by people who lived in the county poor house” Roberts explains. “This 112-acre parcel was home to thousands of county residents over its 130year history and operated almost self-sufficiently.

Some of the people who were cared for there stayed only a few days, while

others were there for much of their lives.”

Free tickets to attend this event in person are available at https://brooksidemuseum.networkforgood.com/ events/39903-supporting-the-poor-in-saratogacounty The program will also be broadcast on Facebook Live on the Saratoga County History Center Facebook page.

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OPINION What Putin Knew

By Rich Lowry

There are forgivable intellectual and policy errors, and then there's the self-delusion that has driven the West into its dependence on Vladimir Putin's oil and gas.

Russia has long been a major supplier of energy to Europe. The depletion of European natural gas reserves has played a role in Russia's increased significance. Moscow has also benefited, though, from a deliberate choice by Europe to attempt a great leap forward into a green-energy future, especially in a Germany that turned its back on both nuclear and coal.

In taking this route, Europe made a holiday-from-history decision to forget the incredible power of oil, gas and coal -- the most reliable and efficient sources of energy the world has ever known -- and ignore the inevitable centrality of energy to geopolitics.

Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate activist who has been elevated into an oracle of all that is good and true, demanded nothing less.

No matter what you've heard, the world hasn't embraced fossil fuels out of hatred of the planet, rather because they are so incredibly useful. If they didn't already exist -- thanks to sunlight and plants that lived millions of years ago -- we would have to invent them and wouldn't be able to.

Oil is a miracle fuel. Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress writes that it is "almost eerily engineered by natural processes, not just for cheapness, not just for reliability, not just for scalability, but also for another characteristic crucial to a functional civilization: portability." It powers cars, trucks and jets, without which the modern world as we know it wouldn't exist.

Coal, too, Epstein notes, is affordable, abundant and easy to extract and transport. There is a reason that developing nations invariably use it to power their economic advancement.

So, it's not surprising that fossil fuels are still the leading source of global electricity, with coal accounting for 36.7% and gas 23.5%.

The total fossil fuel contribution, at 63.3%, is down only slightly from two decades ago.

In terms of overall energy, fossil fuels are an even larger proportion, 84.3%.

For its part, green energy -- wind, solar and other renewables -account for around 10% of global electricity, and even less of total energy.

Vladimir Putin knew this and understood the power it gave him, even if European policymakers couldn't be bothered to think a tiny bit strategically.

Did they not notice that coal was the mainstay of Britain's rise to global power in the 19th century?

Did they forget the role of oil in World War I and World War II, let alone subsequent 20th-century history?

Petroleum wasn't particularly useful prior to World War I and, by the end of it, had become a pillar of national power. It fueled the motorized vehicles and airplanes that transformed warfare. British foreign minister Lord Curzon famously said at the war's conclusion that the Allies had "floated to victory upon a wave of oil."

In World War II, the Japanese attacked the United States in part for fear that the American de facto oil embargo would starve its war machine, and one reason the Nazis were defeated was that they ran out of fuel.

Of course, the strategic significance of the Middle East owed almost entirely to its vast oil reserves. The phrase "war for oil" is a cliche and usually a smear, but it is certainly true that no one has ever fought a war for wind.

In light of all of this, Europe still choose to subjugate itself to an anti-Western authoritarian and, even as Russian opera stars are getting canceled, it hasn't ceased purchases of Russian oil and gas.

Some perspective is necessary. While climate change may indeed prove a serious long-term challenge, it is not reducing parts of European cities to rubble or a threat to use a tactical nuclear weapon.

If this horrifying episode hasn't scared the West straight on energy, nothing will.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

How the Supreme Court's Gerrymandering Ruling Vindicated the Wisdom of John Roberts

By Jason Willick

(c) 2022, The Washington Post Where does Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. go to get his apology? His 2019 opinion that federal courts should stay out of partisan state gerrymandering battles was denounced at the time as an "abdication" (Justice Elena Kagan) and a sop to "big Republican donor interests" (Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic senator from Rhode Island).

More recently, President Joe Biden's Supreme Court commission cited Roberts's ruling as evidence for the view that the court's conservative majority is "complicit in and partially responsible for the 'degradation of American democracy' writ large."

But as the first redistricting cycle after Rucho v. Common Cause comes to a close, it's apparent that the critics were mostly wrong about the decision's effects. New district lines are making the House of Representatives more progressive. "In 2020 the median district was biased against Joe Biden by two points," the Economist reported last month. "But in 2022 . . . this bias is almost certain to be much closer to zero."

Rucho is one of the reasons. With federal courts' power over redistricting curtailed, three divided state supreme courts in the past year jumped in to overrule GOP gerrymanders - in Ohio (with a total of 15 seats), Pennsylvania (17 seats) and North Carolina (14 seats). Republicans in state legislatures objected, but on Monday, March 7th the U.S. Supreme Court closed the book on the issue, at least for the 2022 election, by refusing to hear an appeal from the North Carolina GOP. Meanwhile, state supreme courts have so far not struck down aggressive Democratic gerrymanders in deep-blue states such as Oregon (six seats), Illinois (17 seats) or New York (26 seats).

And because of Rucho's holding that partisan gerrymandering is a non justiciable "political question," Republicans in those states have little recourse in the federal courts.

So much for the big donor interests. Republicans were expected to dominate the redistricting process because they fully control 24 state legislatures to the Democrats' 14 - but that calculus didn't take into account the way judicial politics on state courts could net Democrats about a half-dozen House seats.

This reversal of partisan fortunes may be surprising to the law professors and activists who were certain that Rucho was a Republican power grab. But it's probably less surprising to the chief justice. Roberts was clear in the ruling that despite the Supreme Court's hands-off approach, the legislative temptation to gerrymander could be constrained. State constitutions, for example, "can provide standards and guidance for state courts to apply" in reviewing district lines, Roberts wrote. Now, a handful of state courts have done just that.

Put aside the wisdom of individual state court

gerrymandering decisions this cycle, which have had a clear Democratic bias. The fact that state courts are increasingly at the center of a contest over the democratic process is significant, and it could be a model for depolarizing America's political system.

State supreme courts have faded in significance in recent decades, and the justices in Washington correspondingly loom larger and larger. As federal appellate judge Jeffrey Sutton wrote in his 2018 book "51 Imperfect Solutions," we now live "in a top-down constitutional world, in which the U.S. Supreme Court announces a ruling, and the state supreme courts move in lockstep" to follow. The democratic distortions created by the high court's aggrandizement are well known.

Yet the Supreme Court's Rucho decision was an exception. It wisely walled off the justices from the politically explosive gerrymandering wars. That separation created more room for state courts to arrive at their own conclusions about what limits state constitutions place on partisan redistricting. Instead of holding life tenure, state supreme court justices are usually elected, so if voters don't like their gerrymandering decisions, they can throw the judges out (as might happen in North Carolina this year).

It is possible this balance won't last through the next redistricting cycle - and if it doesn't, it will likely be conservatives who upset their own achievement. In the North Carolina case this week, Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr., Neil M. Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas wrote in a dissent that they would likely hold that the Constitution also bars state courts from reviewing a legislature's map.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the question merited consideration in the future, and a 2014 redistricting opinion by the chief justice has led to speculation about Roberts's views. Stripping state courts of their power to apply state constitutions to the gerrymandering problem altogether would quash an experiment in state-court pluralism.

There's a lot of loose talk about the Supreme Court's "legitimacy," but that legitimacy is tested most when the justices are called to pass judgment on the most sensitive machinery of democracy - elections. The aftermath of the 2020 election showed the importance of the federal courts as a backstop against subversion. By leaving gerrymandering to state courts and commissions, Rucho fortified the justices' credibility to intervene in the electoral process when no other institution has the authority to do so.

The liberal justices in Rucho (and Democrats in Congress) want to create a federal standard for redistricting, which would marginalize state courts. Now, some conservatives, out of frustration with state-court activism, are tempted to compel all states to comply with a nationwide rule of their own. Let's hope the chief justice finds support on the court for his much-maligned but democratically sound middle way.

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Veterans To Be Honored SARATOGA - Vietnam War and Vietnam Era veterans will be honored for their military service at 7 p.m. March 29 at the Saratoga-Wilton Elks Lodge at 1 Elks Lane in Saratoga Springs.

Veterans of all military branches - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard - during the period of Nov. 1, 1955 through May 15, 1975 and have time on active duty even if only for training will be honored for their service.

The Friends of the New York State Military Museum, in conjunction

with the Capital District of New York Chapter of the Association of the United States Army will conduct the 50th Vietnam War Commemoration ceremony.

Veterans are encouraged to register in advance.

Each veteran will receive a Vietnam War Era lapel pin issued by the U.S. Department of Defense.

The ceremony is part of its 50th Anniversary Vietnam War Commemoration, a multi-year program to thank and honor Vietnam Era veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice.

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of the nation’s thanks” is now proudly worn by more than 2 million previously unheralded patriots, according to retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bob Van Pelt.

A surviving spouse pin will also be issued to the spouse of a deceased veteran who served on active duty in the United States Armed Forces at any time during the Vietnam War Era regardless of location.

Veterans and surviving spouses may register for the event by contacting retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bob Van Pelt at (518) 2102868 or email at bvpcsm@ aol.com. Registration must be completed no later than

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March 25. Please provide your name, dates of service and name of spouse/family/guest you will bring.

Each individual Vietnam War Era Veteran will be recognized and presented with the lapel pin and have an opportunity to say a few words.

Refreshments will be served. Prior pin awardees are welcome to attend and make remarks. Everyone must be prepared to show proof of vaccination prior to entry.

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Ballston Area Senior Citizens Activities BALLSTON/MILTON If you are 55+ a resident of Saratoga County. Looking to meet active seniors check out the Ballston Area Senior Citizens (BASC). Resident from surrounding communities

are welcome to join.

Activities and programs include Festive Dinners, dances with live band, bus trips, weekly luncheons, exercise classes, chorus, crafts, pickin’ sessions.

Stop in the Milton Community Center any Thursday 10:00 am11:45am and join us for lunch. Yearly membership fee is $ 10.00. You can either call Membership-Sue Heimburg at 518-885-8037 for information or e-mail sheim381@gmail.com for an application join.

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Soul Shop for Youth Workers Training the First to be Held in Upstate New York SARATOGA COUNTY -- The Saratoga County Suicide Prevention Coalition is partnering with The Church at Newtown Road to offer suicide prevention training to the community.

Two unique trainings will be offered in March. They are open to the public and registration is required for each.

The Soul Shop for Youth Workers training focuses on faith-based and youth-specific suicide prevention techniques and is the first of such training to be held in upstate New York. The Community Awareness Skills Training (CAST) is a community conversation to address how we think and talk about suicide.

Michael S. Prezioso, Ph.D., Commissioner of the Saratoga County Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services said, “Sadly, suicide rates are climbing in New York State. While many people can and do overcome the crisis through connections with others and intervention strategies, everyone can play a role in preventing suicide by learning the warning signs and reaching out to someone they’re concerned about.

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This evening will be held in honor of Maura and James Pickett, long-time Home Made Theater volunteers and supporters.

Tickets are $75 per person, or $150 to be on the Honorary Committee.

Honorary Committee members receive program recognition, VIP seating for the entertainment, and a special gift bag.

For the continued safety of everyone, patrons must provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test. Covid tests will be available. Masks are optional.

To purchase tickets, call Home Made Theater at 518-587-4427, or visit the website, www.homemadetheater.org. The deadline to purchase tickets is March 25th.

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his own brand of virtual skateboard characters called Bit Street NFTs. Branded AF design director Joe Arcuri started creating the art in Thompson’s NFT collections several months ago and has watched as the space started “exploding

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Arcuri boiled down NFTs’ popularity to a “collector’s kind of mentality.” He said what makes NFTs unique is the process behind their creation, asserting they’re like trading cards. An NFT is composed of multiple layers, traits if you will, that the maker creates and are randomly assembled

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“Having certain NFTs from certain designers

is a really big deal,” he said, pointing out how the National Basketball Association (NBA) has started working with them for marketing campaigns.

Thompson’s collection was completed in the fall, although he put the launch on hold because he didn’t know how to market it.

Twitter is home to a wealth of NFT enthusi-

asts but the platform bars traditional advertising for the tokens because it’s considered a financial instrument. Thompson has had to resort to Instagram ads that will move traffic toward his website.

He and his partners are building the community to market the art with hopes of having an official mint day in May, at which point he’ll start selling his NFTs.

HOROSCOPE Week Of March 20, 2022

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Spending time alone could be good for you this week, Aries. While working toward your goals, you also are enjoying some much-needed peace and quiet.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Your friends may be pushing you to move forward since you seem to be stuck in the past, Taurus. Don’t stay stagnant for too long or you may lose motivation for change.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 A collaboration with someone close to you yields surprising results, Gemini. You may have been looking for inspiration for some time and finally found it.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, a longing for adventure points you in all sorts of different directions over the next few days. You have to try on a few different hats to find the right fit.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, a fantastic investment opportunity comes your way but there is a lot of red tape that could get in the way if you let it. Work through all angles to make things happen.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, idolizing someone can have its plusses and minuses. You may have a picture of a person that is impossible to live up to. Temper your expectations.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, a rigid schedule may work for some, but not everyone. Incorporate a little flexibility into your life and others may be flocking to your laid-back style.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Talk to someone about a

creative idea that you have had, Scorpio. This person may offer valuable feedback that can guide you as you try to flesh out your idea into something tangible.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you may be interested in having a lot of fun, but someone keeps throwing a wet blanket on your ideas.

Don’t let it derail your plans.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 It’s easy to give opinions and pick sides, but don’t get pinned down to a particular position until you’ve tried several different options, Capricorn. Then you’ll have a good idea.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Others may not understand the way you manage money, Aquarius. But you have a clear understanding of your particular brand of logic.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, friends are a strong presence in your life right now and you are very grateful for all that they provide you.

Let them know.

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“It’s a great business.

It’s a lot of fun, (but) it’s not for the faint of heart,” Thompson said. And he conceded that NFTs have all the making of a classic marketing fad or bubble.

“When (the) NFT bubble pops and goes away, which it will someday ... I have the other side of the business, which is just steady,” he added.

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Inspire Award. The Inspire Award is given to the team that best embodies all the FIRST values. In a competition that hosted 28 of the best teams in New York State (not including NYC and Long Island), this is a very high honor. The team works hard to connect with their community and they are proud to be recognized for that.

Robovines is now in fundraising mode to pay for the five-day FIRST Championship being held in Houston.

There are many ways to support them. On April 2nd, at the Saratoga County 4-H Training Center, there will be a full day of fundraising currently including a bottle drive, pancake breakfast, garage sale and spaghetti dinner.

Please watch for more details on their website – www. funding.robovines.org or Facebook page- https://www. facebook.com/robovines. The team is also accepting donations through GoFundMe at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robovines-get-to-the-worlds-celebration?qid=10d3e475d25a4e1037259248c6d5103b FIRST Tech Challenge teams are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a headto-head challenge in an alliance format. They work with each other and their mentors to CAD, build and program their 18” by 18” robots. They also reach out to the community in many different outreach opportunities FIRST Championship is a culminating, international event for our youth robotics competition season and an annual celebration of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for our community as we prepare young people for the future.

The Malta Community Center Earth Day Spring Break Celebration MALTA - Friday, April 22 - Jumpin Jamie will have a live performance playing upbeat fun music for kids to get dancing. Jumpin’ Jamie plays “kindie rock” for all ages.

10-11am R $10 and NR $12. Preregistration required. join us for a free Upcycle craft hour 11am-12pm. All the supplies will be included. Conclude the day with free open gym time where kids can get active in the gym 11:30am1pm. Children need to be accompanied by an adult for all programs. For additional information call 518-899-4411

HOUSE OF THE WEEK 1139 Middleline Road, Milton

Clockwise from Top: Living room; the largest of four bedrooms, featuring two walk-in closets.

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The home was built into a hillside and incorporates natural elements including stone and water.

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his week’s house was built into a hillside, which created a beautiful view from the deck and single-story living at the same time. Natural elements were blended into design details including a bridge over a water feature at the front door, a stone wall in the entry foyer and another water feature in the sun-room. The house has four bedrooms and four bathrooms — one bedroom and bathroom are part of an in-law suite.

The house has an open layout, a heated, threeLEIGH car garage, two fireplaces HORNBECK and sits on a 14-acre-lot.

HOUSE OF Built in 1991, the house THE WEEK has 4,239 square feet of living space. Ballston Spa schools. Taxes: Approximately $8,000. List price: $975,000.

Contact listing agent Karan Murray with Roohan Realty at 518-312-0723.

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you have seen or own a particularly interesting home for sale to feature, send the address to lhornbeck@timesunion.com

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A view of the one-level, open layout; the kitchen; the large deck with a view of the home’s 14 acres; the entryway.

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