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Twin Bridges Edition | Thursday, June 30, 2022

Town enters nursing home-union fight Bethlehem board responds to staff shortages, conditions

By MASSARAH MIKATI

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CLIFTON PARK - The Senior Services Committee of CAPTAIN CHS has started a Clearinghouse website for senior citizens and their caregivers. Included are informational websites as well as virtual programs and entertainment.

Studies have shown that Seniors are increasingly vulnerable to social isolation (a fact of life during the pandemic), and we have found a large number of programs which can help alleviate the sense of being alone.There are programs listed which can be accessed anytime and programs which are time sensitive which will be updated as appropriate.

Most programs are free, but there are some which charge a fee.

The Clearinghouse can be found at the Care Links Resource Page AT captaincares.org/care-links/ resources.html, or directly atcarelinksgoodstuff. weebly.com.We are always looking for additional resources to post on the page and suggestions may be sent to wljozwiak@gmail.

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BETHLEHEM - After years of turbulence and complaints about poor working conditions at a Delmar nursing home and assisted living facility, the Town Board will be sending a letter next week to the owners of the privately owned business urging them to meet with union members about their concerns.

Employees of the Delmar Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing and the Albany Center Adult Home, located on Rockefeller Road, and representatives of 1199SEIU United Health Care Workers East spoke at a recent Town Board meeting about the dire conditions they say workers have faced even after new owners took over in 2020.

“In all my (25) years as a certified nursing assistant, I’ve never seen a situation as bad as I do today,” one employee of the nursing home said at the meeting. “We simply do not have the staff, and when there are not enough staff we cannot deliver care that we are supposed to.”

Employees who spoke at the meeting said that with the limited staffing, some residents haven’t been able to get showers, nail care or other treatments as they’re supposed to receive. Workers said they have had to take on responsibilities outside of their job descriptions and certifications to ensure residents get as much care as possible.

Employees also said that they are being paid far below market-rate for their jobs. For example, the starting wage for CNAs at the center is $14.50 to $14.80 per hour, compared to starting wages of $16.50 to $19 per hour at other similar facilities in the area, according to the union.

“In our meeting with the managers asking them to increase our wages to fair market wage, they laughed at us,” the certified nursing assistant said at the meeting. “They said they might consider it if we would give up our health benefits.”

Workers at the facilities have dealt with years of turbulent conditions, particularly leading up to the prior owners of the properties seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief in 2020. In 2019, workers lost their health benefits because the previous owners were not making their contractually required payments to the health benefit fund.

But conditions did not improve after new owners took over the nursing home and assisted living facility in 2020, workers have said.

Centers Health Care, a for-profit chain from New York City, was appointed receiver of the facilities by the state health department in 2020

as it pursued ownership of them.

But shortly after, staff said they were being denied vacation time and struggling to manage the workload.

“The sense is that nothing is better,” Tanya Grant, administrative organizer for 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, told the Times Union at the time. “They have not come in and presented a better situation for the workers.”

Two years later, union representatives who spoke to the Town Board last month echoed the same sentiments.

Representatives pushed back on the owners’ claims that there is a labor shortage, saying the facilities would be able to hire and retain more staff if workers were paid fair wages and treated with respect. The average turnover rate at the center is 96 percent, according to union members.

To make up for the staff shortage, the owners have contracted agencies to bring in workers from out-of-state. However, union representatives said those hires have been getting paid more than local staff, despite not being qualified for the work — and union members often end up doing their work for them, they said.

“The staff is spread so thin that we don’t have enough time with the residents, and they get anxious,” Mindy Berman, regional communications director for 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East, said on behalf of another staff member. “You can imagine what that’s like for somebody who’s old and in a nursing home. Our residents are human beings.”

There are currently 120 residents at the facilities, and about 35 to 40 union members working there.

Town Supervisor David VanLuven confirmed that the town’s director of senior services had echoed the same concerns the union members shared about working conditions at the nursing home. The Town Board unanimously voted to send a letter to the owners urging them to meet with union representatives to reach a fair contract.

“We felt it was appropriate because when we were talking to our senior services department, they were underscoring all the problems union members were sharing with us,” he said. “If there’s a way we can help address these challenges, and in the process help residents and improve conditions for the workers there, we need to.”

Delmar Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing could not be reached for comment. A message left with facility’s administrator, Rafi Lehmann, was not immediately returned.

Sale grows reach of CSX Rail freight provider acquires Pan Am Railways, allowing service expansion

By RICK KARLIN

MECHANICVILLE - CSX Corporation has completed its long-sought purchase of Pan Am Railways, which serves parts of eastern New York and New England and has a railyard in Halfmoon.

“We are excited to welcome Pan Am’s experienced railroaders into the CSX family and look forward to the improvements

we will make together to this important rail network,” CSX CEO James Foote said in a prepared statement.

The price of the sale, which was approved by the federal Surface Transportation Board in April, wasn’t disclosed. Trains magazine, however, has previously reported that the price was estimated at $700 million.

Publicly traded CSX is based in Jacksonville, Fla., and is one of the nation’s largest rail freight providers. They operate a large railyard in Selkirk.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the purchase would

impact operations in either of those locations.

Pan Am, based in North Billerica, Mass., is privately held, with financier Timothy Mellon as majority owner.

It runs a 1,200-mile network throughout New England and has a joint venture with Norfolk Southern for an additional 600 miles of track, known as the Patriot Corridor, between Mechanicville and Ayer, Mass.

Through the Patriot Corridor, CSX will be in a joint venture with the rival Norfolk Southern line.

The deal allows CSX to expand its service

area into Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, as well as to Saint John, New Brunswick.

Trains running through the Halfmoon railyard have been a source of complaints, with some of them backing up along West Street in Stillwater for long periods of time.

Residents have complained of the idling and odor from some of the trains that haul residential and commercial trash on its way to landfills in South Carolina.

Stillwater Supervisor Ed Kinowski said things have improved on that front, but the trains still

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DiCarlo’s Gentlemen’s Club, one of the region’s most venerable strip bars, will close temporarily after business on Saturday, according to a note posted Thursday on its Face-book page.

Losing the lawsuit, filed in January 2020 in U.S. District Court in Syracuse, prompted the bar’s insurance carrier to decline to renew its coverage, and it has been unable to find a new provider, according to the note, which says, “for right now we can not operate as an uninsured entity.”

DiCarlo’s owner, Larry Davis, a local entrepreneur who has holdings in varied fields including hospitality and communications software, said Thursday that he is legally precluded from discussing the conclusion of the suit. The club’s founder, Sal DiCarlo, who died in 2012, was a decades-long friend of Davis. DiCarlo’s estate sold him the club

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He noted that he’s been talking with all three lines, CSX, Pan Am and Norfolk Southern, and they are working through the steps needed to keep the idling trains away from the neighborhood.

“It’s being worked on,” Kinowski said.

“They’ve been very cordial but it’s a bit of struggle in that it’s a big organization,” he said of CSX. “There are so many engineers involved that have to know the situation.” rkarlin@timesunion.com — 518-454-5758 — @RickKarlinTU

property, at 1165 Central Ave., and a building next door with ground-floor retail space and upstairs apartments.

Davis said he is willing to consider selling DiCarlo’s.

When he took over, in 2014, the operators of DiCarlo’s were announced as Tess Collins, whom Davis also backed in McGeary’s Pub in downtown Albany, and Shahila Abbasi, then the head chef at McGeary’s. Their involvement made DiCarlo’s one of only a handful of strip clubs in the country owned and operated by women. Abbasi, who is no longer involved, has left McGeary’s. Collins, initially named in the lawsuit, had its claims against her dismissed by a judge. She said Thursday she has ended her affiliation with DiCarlo’s.

A potential reopening date for DiCarlo’s was unclear. According to the Facebook note, “We will be working on the situation, and upgrading the club in the meantime.” The note said the final three days of business for now are Thursday through Saturday this week. Still feeling the effects of the pandemic, DiCarlo’s recent hours have been limited to 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday to Saturday.

The note seemed to acknowledge misappropriating the images of Electra and her co-plaintiffs, Lucy Pinder and Irina Voronina, for use in racy ads on social media.

“We made the mistake of using the likeness of a famous actress in one picture on our website,” the note says, adding, “She and a group of Please see DICARLO’S 8

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Captain Community Human Services Kicks Off Free Summer Meals Program MECHANICIVILLE - CAPTAIN Community Human Services (CHS) and its partners are kicking off this year’s Free Summer Meals Program at 11:00am on Tuesday, July 5th, at the Park Avenue Playground in Mechanicville (711 Park Avenue, Mechanicville, NY 12118).

“The hunger crisis in our community hits kids the hardest,” said CAPTAIN CHS Executive Director Andy Gilpin.

“The Free Summer Meals program is one of the tools we use to get food to those kids that need it the most.”

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Senior July Dining Events at Colonie Senior Service Centers COLONIE - Please note, you must have all three vaccinations to sit in our dining room. Thank you for doing your part to keep everyone safe by getting your vaccination and wearing a mask!

Join us for a hot meal at The Beltrone Living Center Monday – Friday at noon. This program is funded in part by the Albany County Dept. for Aging, NYS Office for the Aging, Administration for Community Living, Town of Colonie and participant contributions.

This program is an equal opportunity provider. Suggested donation of $3, and registration and reservations are required.

Call 518-459-2857 x 303.

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through funding from, the USDA, along with supplemental funding from our local United Way of the Greater Capital Region, the Free Summer Meals program provides meals to qualified youth ages 18 and under at locations throughout Saratoga County. For the past two years, the USDA has issued a waiver to allow the program to serve all youth.

That waiver expires on June 30th.

“While we remain proud to offer Free Summer Meals this year as we have in the past, we’re disappointed that the federal USDA waiver will not remain in place to ensure all kids have access to free lunch throughout the difficult summer months,” continued Gilpin. “We saw a near 60% increase in the number of meals served during the pandemic years and I expect many more

kids will struggle without universal access like we’ve been able to offer the past two years.”

The nutrition waivers provided by the USDA allowed programs such as CAPTAIN CHS to offer meal pick-up and the opportunity for families to pick-up multiple meals at once, ensuring the most flexibility and allowing those kids who cannot access sites to receive the food they need. Without the waiver, youth must visit the meal site in-person and consume the food on-site. This can be a real challenge for working families, and those without access to transportation.

“The waivers didn’t just allow more kids to access food,” continued Gilpin. “They also allowed funds to make up for rising food and delivery prices – something that our organization must find

other ways to afford now that Congress has failed to act.”

On average, Free Summer Meals programs have the funding and reach to support just 16% of the kids in need according to No Kid Hungry, a national nonprofit focused on eliminating child hunger.

According to data from Feeding America, over 18,000 Saratogians are food insecure – many of them children.

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Come find out how you can be part of the cause. Lunch will be beef tips with gravy, egg noodles, sauteed spinach, fruit and vanilla cake.

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AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY Update For Brooks BBQs at Newtonville United Methodist Church NEWTONVILLE - Newtonville United Methodist Church is happy to announce its Brooks Barbecue dates for 2022.

NUMC is located at the corner of Rt. 9 & Maxwell Rd. near Siena College.

Our dates for 2022 are: Thursday, August 4; Thursday, September 15; and Thursday, October 6. We offer a chicken dinner for $12. Dinners include a baked potato, roll, applesauce and a homemade brownie. We also offer the option of just meat-a half chicken for $9.

WE REGRET THAT DUE TO A SUPPLY ISSUE, RIBS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR. The doors will open at 3:30 PM and we will serve from 4:00 PM until we sell out. Please see our church website, NUMC.net for the current COVID protocol.

All Saints on the Hudson Parish Thrift Shop Christmas In July Sale MECHANICVILLE - 52 William St, Mechanicville.

Seventh annual Christmas in July Sale July 5 - July 28, Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday 10am-2pm. Start your Christmas shopping early.

The American Red Cross Blood Drive MECHANICVILLE The American Red Cross will hold a Blood Drive at St. Luke’s on the Hill on Friday, July 8th from 1 pm to 6 pm. You can make an appointment by visiting:

redcrossblood.org (use sponsor code STLUKES).

You can also register by calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Every two seconds someone in the United States requires blood. Someday you or a family member may be in need. Please donate now to prevent a shortage. Thank you! Location: 40 McBride Road, off Pruyn Hill Road in the Town of Halfmoon.

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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 6th Annual Berry Festival

LOUDONVILLE Good shepherd Lutheran Church 510 Albany Shaker Road Loudonville will be having our Sixteenth Annual Berry Festival on Saturday July 9th from 4:00 pm to 6::00 pm.

Strawberries, raspberries. and blueberries will be served on biscuits or ice cream. A free will donation will be accepted and proceeds will go to the ministries of Good Shepherd and RISSE ( Refugee & Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus, Inc.). For more information please call (518) 458-1562.

The 3rd Annual Patriot Golf Tournament MECHANICVILLE The event will be held at the Fairways of Halfmoon, 17 Johnson Rd. Mechanicville N.Y. Saturday July 23rd. Registration will be 8:00 a.m. in the clubhouse, shotgun start 9:00 a.m., 4-person scramble, $440 per team/$110 per individual which includes 18 holes with cart, continental breakfast, lunch at

CLIFTON PARK - To Love A Child announces it’s Second Annual Nine and Dine Golf Scramble on Friday, July 22, 2022 at the Fairways of Halfmoon Golf Course to benefit two special programs. The Thyme to Thrive Educational Program in the Capital Region, which focuses on slowly transitioning individuals of all ages into a healthier lifestyle thru mini camps and workshops for kids and teens. The second program is Food Forests & Clean Water in Zimbabwe where we will be planting indigenous trees, vegetable gardens, and fruit bearing bushes to enhance the country’s health, food sources, and maintain the natural balance of life between animals, plants, fungi, and micro-organisms.

Golfers are welcome to sign up for golf and non-golfers are encouraged to join us for dinner.

Advance registration is a must as limited spots are available. $85 per person includes 9 holes of golf with cart, prizes and a delicious dinner. Dinner only attendees are $45 per person with cocktails and dinner at 6:15 pm.

Sponsor opportunities are available: Dinner Sponsor $500, $250 Cocktail Sponsor, Contest and Prize Sponsors, Golf favor bag in-kind donations are available.

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Visit www.toloveachild.net for more detailed information on this fun filled event and for registration and sponsor forms. Send sponsor donations and golfer registration forms to PO Box 165, Clifton Park, NY 12065.

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A portion of the proceeds are forwarded to the “NE Regional Food Bank”, “The Patriot Flight”, for our Veterans and the “HH Hole in the Wall Ranch” for our Challenged children. No Preregistration. Cash only, General Info: Phil (518) 429-0203, Vendors info: Bill (518) 377-5168, Membership; Pete (518) 496-9017.

Christ Our Light RC Church Liturgy LOUNDONVILLE - 1 Maria Dr.,Loudonville, NY Date: Wednesday July 13th, 2022; Time: 7:00 pm Prayer and Praise 7:30 pm Liturgy, Healing Prayer to follow.

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Southern Saratoga Art Society SARATOGA COUNTY - Artists and members of SSAS are exhibiting throughout the area.

During July in the Town of Clifton Park Lobby, 1 Town Hall Plaza, Tel.#: 518-3716651, Ext. 240, photographer Mede Rigatti will show her artwork.

The Clifton Park Senior Community Center Gallery, 6 Clifton Common Blvd., Tel.#:518-383-1343, will be hosting for the months of June and July two SSAS artists painting in several mediums, Barbara Buckley and Karen Zimmers.

The Mechanicville Library, 190 N. Main Street, Tel.#:518-664-4646, will

feature artist Kristine Kelly for the months of July and August. Visit these venues and enjoy the artwork of these various artists. For more information about SSAS visit our website: southernsaratogaartist.com

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Lunch Program SCOTIA - 103 S. Reynolds Street, Scotia, The chruch will be offering free lunches to the community again this year on Fridays from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. These lunches include sandwiches on a rotating schedule, veggies, fruit, deserts, and simple beverages like ice tea or lemonade. The Friday Family Lunch Program will begin June 24th and continue throughout the summer until September 2nd. In addition to the lunches, served in our air-conditioned Fellowship Hall, there will be take home bags for the children. These bags include several snacks and juice boxes. If you have any questions, please contact Janice Walz at 518-346-8081.

Christmas In July ALBANY - Love to sing Holiday songs? Love Harmony? Come join Capitaland Chorus for Christmas in July Open House.

Capitaland Chorus will be joining the Tri-City Valley Cats for Christmas in July at Joe Bruno Stadium on Sunday July 24, 2022. We are welcoming singers to join us as we prepare and are offering YOU the opportunity to SING WITH US AT THE JOE!!!

Gusts will learn some holiday songs, the basics of barbershop harmony and,

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WHEN: 7:00 P.M. on July 5, July 12 & July 19, 2022 WHERE: Pine Grove United Methodist Church 1580 Central Avenue, Albany NY 12205 Contact: capitalandchrs@ gmail.com Our entire chorus is fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Guests must provide proof of vaccination or wear a mask at all times during our rehearsals.

Drop Off For Worn Flags at Waterford Farmers Market WATERFORD - The Waterford Harbor Farmers Market will once again accept torn or worn American Flags for transport to the Saratoga County Veterans Agency for proper disposal. The market is open every Sunday (now until mid-October) from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and is located at the Hurst Harbor Visitor Center, One Tugboat Alley in Waterford. According to the U.S. Flag Code, “The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way….” and the Veterans Agency regularly arranges a flag disposition ceremony. Flags can be dropped off at the Farmer’s Market information table.

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LIBRARY EVENTS WATERFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY WATERFORD - The Waterford Library has added a Nintendo Switch to its collections! Patrons can check out the Switch along with some games with their library card.

Please speak to Liz at the library for more information.

The Waterford Library’s current hours of service are as follows : Monday and Wednesday 10am-5pm, Tuesday and Thursday 10am-6pm, Friday and Saturday 10am2pm. The library’s hours of service remain the same for the summer months.

Our digital platforms are always available with a valid library card. Please visit our webpage at http:// waterfordlibrary.net for the most up to date information about the library.

The library will be offering a in-person Summer Reading Program beginning the week of July 11th.

Registration for individual programs will begin on June 13th. Please contact Liz Albanetti at 518-2370891 for complete information.

The library has added Hoopla to its digital content platforms. A wealth of content is available, including audiobooks, e-books, movies, music and more. All available with your library card. For more information please visit the library’s webpage at http://waterfordlibrary. net Don’t forget that the Waterford Library has a puzzle collection! Stop by and check out a puzzle to work on at your leisure, or help complete the community puzzle here at the library.

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MECHANICVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY MECHANICVILLE Mechanicville District Public Library 190 N. Main St. Mechanicville, NY 12118 518-664-4646 Registration for all programs is available at meclib.sals. edu My Community Monday & Wednesday 11am – 8pm; Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 11am – 6pm; Saturday 11am – 3pm; Sunday Closed.

Oceans of Possibilities Story Time & Craft for babies, toddlers, and younger children: Tuesdays @11:30am Friday, July 1 @12pm: Drop-In Ocean Bingo Tuesday, July 5 @1pm: Telling stories through movement & dance.

Wednesday, July 6 @5pm: Finding Nemo Movie Night Thursday, July 7 @1:30pm: Learn about the underwater ecosystem.

Friday, July 8 @12pm: Ocean Cornhole, Checkers Monday, July 11 @5:30pm: Teen Yoga, Meditation, Calming Sand Tuesday, July 12 @1pm: Children’s Yoga of the sea Wednesay, July 13 @4:30pm: Build-an-Ocean Friend (1 per child) Wednesday, July 13 @5pm: Dolphin Tale Movie Night Wednesday, July 13@ 6pm: Digital Photo Club - New members welcome!

Thursday, July 14 @4pm: Virtual visit with Magic Tree House Series Author Friday, July 15 @12pm: Story Time with Valley Cat’s South Paw, or play Ocean Memory

Monday, July 18@ 5:30pm: Ocean Health, DIY Bath Bomb, Water Testing Tuesday, July 19 @ 2pm: Camp Ocean - Live Theater Production Wednesday, July 20 @ 5pm: Disney Nature Oceans Movie Night Thursday, July 21 @1pm: USS Slater Museum Visit History, STEAM Friday, July 22 @ 12pm: Ocean Cards, Hopscotch & Trivia Monday, July 25 @3pm: Teen Paint & Sip! Create Room Decor Tuesday, July 26 @ 1pm: The Little Mermaid - Live Theater Production Wednesday, July 27 @5pm: The Little Mermaid Movie Night Thursday, July 28 @1pm: Learn all about Scuba Diving!

Friday, July 29 @12pm: Come play fish games!

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Summer Reading 2022 Clifton Park, NY – July and August Please join us for a summer filled with reading challenges, fun programs, and exciting prizes!

Stop by the Library to pick up your Summer Reading challenge cards and a calendar listing our action-packed summer events. Children’s Summer Reading packets are available in the Children’s Library and information about Teen and Adult Summer Reading is at the Ask Desk. 518-371-8622. www.cphlibrary.org Guess the Ocean Animal of the Week!

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For children of all ages, with an adult. Registration required. 518-371-8622. www.cphlibrary.org Tai Chi – Meditation in Motion Clifton Park, NY – Wednesday, July 6 at 9:30 am Join us as we learn an ancient Chinese tradition consisting of slow, graceful, and rhythmic movements. Instructed

by Bonnie Furlong in the Reading Garden. Registration required. 518-3718622. www.cphlibrary.org Wacky Wednesday: Minute to Win It Clifton Park, NY – Wednesday, July 6 at 10 am Join us for “Minute to Win It” challenges on the Library’s Back Lawn. See how many you can do and who goes home with the bragging rights! For ages 3-12, with an adult. 518371-8622. www.cphlibrary. org Teen Time: Minute to Win It Clifton Park, NY – Wednesday, July 6 at 2 pm Join us on the Library’s Back Lawn to compete in

silly challenges and win bragging rights! For teens entering grades 6-12. 518371-8622. www.cphlibrary. org WebEx Hybrid: Journaling for Adults Clifton Park, NY – Wednesday, July 6 at 6:30 pm Whether it’s in a notebook, blog, or sketchpad, journaling can help you lead a fulfilling life and keep track of goals, life activities, and dreams.

Local author Janine De Tillio Cammarata will share the many ways to express yourself through writing. Attend in person at the Library or at home via WebEx. Registration required. 518-371-8622. www.cphlibrary.org Parachute Play!

Clifton Park, NY – Friday, July 8 at 10 am Songs, games, and fun with a parachute! This is a very active class and requires adult participation.

Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a water bottle. For ages 3-5, with an adult. Registration required. 518-371-8622. www.cphlibrary.org Outdoor Animal Scavenger Hunt Clifton Park, NY – All month long Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet at the Ask Desk or Children’s Library Desk. Then go outside to the Reading Garden and search for hidden pictures of animals. For all ages.

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Trustee packets are now available. Interested candidates may pick up a packet in person, or download one from the Library website: www.cphlibrary. org.

The Library Board consists of 11 trustees; seven representing Clifton Park and four representing Halfmoon.

Trustees attend monthly board meetings, serve on assigned committees, and contribute their expertise to benefit the Library and the served community.

Clifton ParkHalfmoon Library Seeking Volunteer To Manage Social Media CLIFTON PARK - The Friends of the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library need well-functioning social media to increase our visibility in the community, promote our programs, and engage with potential members and library supporters. Our Facebook account is alive and well (although it could use improvement), but our Twitter and Instagram accounts need resuscitation.

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The Friends are looking for a dedicated, qualified volunteer who can help us manage our social media accounts.This is an unpaid volunteer position. If you have the time and the skill set and would like to help us help the Library, contact us to discuss our social media goals and your interest in becoming our social media coordinator.

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Shen Rowing Honors Long-time Coach CLIFTON PARK - Scott first began rowing at F.D. Roosevelt High School in Hyde Park, NY. Coached by the legendary Scott Sanford, he learned to row on the Hudson River. The same river captured in the national championship race in the book “The Boys in the Boat.”

Scott continued his rowing career at Marist College and remains in contact with many of his teammates who closely follow the progress of his crews. During high school and college Scott raced in many of the iconic East Coast regattas including the SchoolBoy, Stotesbury, Head of the Charles, and the Dad Vales.

Coach Scott holds degrees in Environmental Science from Marist College and Mechanical Engineering from SUNY Buffalo and has worked in the renewable energy field for over 20 years.

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THE CENTER at Colonie Senior Service Centers Announces July Classes & Events COLONIE - THE CENTER at Colonie Senior Service Centers announces July classes and events. THE CENTER is a place for individuals 55 years of age or older to learn, grow, exercise and be creative. Best of all, it’s a place to have fun! Prices are listed as member and not-yet-member. Price listed are member/non-member. Please note, proof of vaccination is required for all events.

July Art and Special Events include: Clay Handbuilding Workshop, 7/18 & 25, $26/$36 Rubber Stamping Art, 7/20, $10/$15 Handmade Paper Butterfly Decorations, 7/22, $12/$15 Journaling to Memoir Writing, 7/28 – 8/18, $80/$90 Teen Tech Connect, 7/7 – 8/25, Free for members July Travel Events include: Hidden Albany Artwalk, 7/11, $10/$20 NYC Ballet at SPAC, 7/14, $49/$59 Wiawaka Women’s Retreat and lunch, 7/19, $40/$50 Peebles Island Bird and Nature Walk, 7/21, $10/$20 Grafton Lakes Geology Walk, 7/26, $15/$25 July Fitness Events include (classes are prorated for latecomers): Bowling Club, Fridays, $5/$10 Tai Chi for Good Health, 7/11 – 9/19, $50/$60 Tap with a Rockette, 7/7 – 8/4, 9/22, 9/29, $35/$45 Jazz Dance, 7/7 – 8/4, 9/22, 9/29, $35/$45 Meet ups include book club, writer’s group, open studio, and a kitting group.

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Pinder, 36, a British model and actor who competed on “Celebrity Big Brother” and once appeared in a movie called “Strippers vs Werewolves,” was depicted in multiple ads for DiCarlo’s. Voronina, who was Playboy magazine’s Miss January 2001 and was the first St. Pauli Girl to ring the New York Stock Exchange closing bell for the beer company, has had roles in “Reno 911!: The Movie,” “Balls of Fury,” “Piranha 3DD” and “Killing Hasselhoff.” Images of both were used in DiCarlo’s ads on social media without permission or compensation, according to the suit, and neither ever worked there or agreed to endorse it.

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Many Americans have family members who were members of the Order of the Eastern Star or were Masonic lodge members. Many well-known Americas were members of the Order or were Masonic lodge members as well.

Among our projects is the highly rated Eastern Star Home and Campus in Oriskany, NY. The Home offers multiple levels of care including independent senior living, a New York State certified Enriched Housing Program and a Licensed Skilled Nursing Facility providing a full array of long-term services as well as short term rehabilitation.

Locally, Palestine-Star Chapter #167, Troy, NY offers membership in the Order of the Eastern Star. Palestine-Star Chapter meets bimonthly at the Oriental Shrine Center on Water Plant Road.

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HOUSE OF THE WEEK 148 Vunk Road, Broadalbin

PHOTOS BY KEVIN FACTEAU / HOMMATI

The home, near Great Sacandaga Lake, is a modern-contemporary style built in 1988.

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his week’s house is a private spread near Great Sacandaga Lake. Built in 1988 as a gift from a previous owner to his family, the home is ready for outdoor parties with a big in-ground pool, pool house with a bathroom and outdoor bar.

Inside the modern contemporarystyle home are four bedrooms (including a bedroom with an entrance to the pool area) and three and a half bathrooms.

There is 3,338 square LEIGH feet of living space, a HORNBECK woodstove and a threeHOUSE OF car garage. An in-law THE WEEK apartment includes a bedroom, full kitchen and bathroom and an outside entrance. The house is on just shy of two and a half acres. A 10-foot lake access permit will be transferred with the sale. Broadalbin-Perth schools.

Taxes: $11,617. List price: $750,000.

Contact listing agent Marion TaylorPaolucci with ReMax Solutions at 518-588-9438.

Clockwise from top right; One of four bedrooms; the kitchen; the entryway; a backyard entertainment area includes a pool.

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Volunteer to Be Part of a Pictorial/Oral History Exhibit COLONIE - Colonie Senior Service Centers, Inc. was recently awarded a grant to implement a wonderfully timely project entitled “A Moment in Time – What are you looking forward to?”

This basis for the proposed pictorial exhibit is simple. Realizing how detrimental and isolating the COVID-19 pandemic has been to everyone throughout the Capital Region, this project, with a committed team of photographers, oral historians and makeup artists, along with CSSC staff, is intended to capture and highlight the insight and hope from our seniors for the future.

We believe that those who participate in this project as well as those who view the exhibit will be inspired.

We are looking for volunteer seniors from the community who will allow to be photographed and briefly interviewed so that we may capture that moment in time. The question that will be poised in the interview is “What are you looking forward to” From these interviews, an exhibit will be created and displayed both hardcopy as well as electronically.

CSSC plans on scheduling approximately ten sessions over the next several months at different locations throughout the Capital Region at such locations as churches, senior centers, historic sites and libraries to photograph and interview participants. If you or your group is interested in learning more about this project, please call Diane at 518459-2857 ext. 305.

This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Pro-

gram, a recent program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of The Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The Arts Center of the Capital Region.

Bingo at THE CENTER COLONIE - Have fun and win cash. Wednesdays at 1 p.m.No registration required. (With Viola!). 518-459-2857 x 327, cbarrett@colonieseniors.org

Book Club at THE CENTER COLONIE - Whether you are an avid reader or need a little nudge to pick one up, this book club is welcoming to all. We’ll meet the third Tuesday of each month to discuss the chosen book. 518-4592857 x 327, cbarrett@ colonieseniors.org

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