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Giles Wagoner asks for your vote to continue his dedication to Bethlehem by serving on the Town Board

◊ Serves on the Town of Bethlehem Conservation Easement Review Board ◊ Co-author Bethlehem Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan ◊ Veteran who served 24 years and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel ◊ Retired Delta Air Lines 767 Captain ◊ Selkirk Volunteer Fire Company since 1970 Endorsed by the Bethlehem Democratic Committee and Working Families Party Giles Wagoner will protect the character of our town and keep Bethlehem a great place to live, work and play.

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It’s time to get that chimney cleaned, furnace tuned up and schedule your yard clean-up.

While your at it, visit our local restaurants and taste their new fall menu items.

We look forward to seeing all of our friends and neighbors at the Fireworks and TURKEY TROT next month!

Join us at the Twisted Vine in Delmar for Oktoberfest snacks and beverages while you mingle with your Town and County Democratic Candidates, along with U.S. Representative Paul Tonko, Senator Neil Breslin, Assemblywoman Pat Fahy and other elected officials.

We will need your support for our Democrats to win in November!

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This year, Bethlehem begins a new First Night tradition. There will be music, entertainment and Kid's events centered around the Four Corners.

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We suggest attention also be paid to tires, shocks and struts, oil, fluid levels, air filters and headlamps and tail lamps. Regular maintenance is the best preventative for winter breakdowns, but here’s a closer look at the areas experts call out for extra attention: •BLADES – If you’ve ever tried to scrape frost from your windshield by dousing it with washer fluid and running the wipers excessively, you know worn wipers can’t clear your view. Driving through a snowstorm with frosty buildup eroding your visibility is a horrible feeling. Avoid it by replacing your wiper blades before the weather becomes nasty.

•BATTERY – Mopar advises the extreme heat of the summer months can reduce battery life, resulting in batteries that then fail in high-demand winter months. AC Delco tells consumers to watch for corrosion on cables and posts and seek help from a professional if these contact points require cleaning.

•BRAKES – Before winter has you sliding your way through intersections, have your brakes checked and replace the pads as needed.

•BELTS and hoses – These will leave you stranded if they snap or leak. Look for thinning or cracking in belts and check all hoses for imperfections, too.

•Tires – Changing temperatures can alter tire pressure. Make sure all tires are filled to their recommended tire pressure. Also check for tread wear.

•Shocks and Struts – Mopar says shocks and struts are the most overlooked parts on a car but argue that this should not be the case. Shocks and struts do improve vehicle handling, extend tire life and improve ride control a for the driver.

•Oil and other fluids – Top off all fluids that have run low. Windshield washer fluid is used frequently in winter driving, so keep a gallon in your trunk to ensure you will always have a clear view of the road. Check the oil, and change it if the time is right.

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FINANCIAL FOCU$ It’s National

Save for Retirement Week – So Take Action

Congress has dedicated the third week of October as National Save for Retirement Week. Clearly, the government feels the need to urge people to do a better job of preparing for retirement. Are you doing all you can?

Many of your peers aren’t – or at least they think they aren’t. In a recent survey conducted by Bankrate.com, respondents reported that “not saving for retirement early enough” was their biggest financial regret. Other evidence seems to show they have good cause for remorse: 52% of households 55 and older haven’t saved anything for retirement, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, although half of this group reported having a pension.

Obviously, you’ll want to avoid having either financial regrets or major shortfalls in your retirement savings. And that means you may need to consider making moves such as these:

Take advantage of all your opportunities. You may well have access to more than one tax-advantaged retirement plan. Your employer may offer a 401(k) or similar plan, and even if you participate in your employer’s plan, you are probably still eligible to contribute to an IRA. You may not be able to afford to “max out” on both plans, but try to contribute as much as you can afford. At the very least, put in enough to your employer’s plan to earn a matching contribution, if one is offered, and boost your annual contributions every year in which your salary goes up.

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Create an appropriate investment mix. It’s not enough just to invest regularly through your IRA, 401(k) or other retirement plan – you also need to invest wisely.

You can fund your IRA with virtually any investments you choose, while your 401(k) or similar plan likely offers an array of investment accounts. So, between your IRA and 401(k), you can create portfolios that reflect your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon. It’s especially important that your investment mix offers sufficient growth potential to help you make progress toward the retirement lifestyle you’ve envisioned.

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Don’t “raid” your retirement accounts early. If you start withdrawing from your traditional IRA before you turn 59½, you may have to pay a 10% tax penalty in addition to normal income taxes due. (If you have a Roth IRA and start taking withdrawals before you are 59½, the earnings will be taxed and may be subject to a 10% penalty – but contributions can be withdrawn without any tax and penalty consequences.) As for your 401(k) or similar plan, you may be able to take out a loan, but you’ll have to pay yourself back to avoid any tax or penalty consequences. (Also, not all plans offer a loan option.) More importantly, any money you take out early is money that no longer has a chance to grow to help you meet your goals.

Try to do everything you can, then, to keep your retirement plans intact until you actually do retire.

One suggestion: Build an emergency fund containing three to six months’ worth of living expenses, kept in a liquid, low-risk vehicle outside your IRA or 401(k).

National Save for Retirement Week reminds us that we all must act to help ourselves retire comfortably. By making the moves described above, you can do your part.

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Elm Estates and the Garrett Van Allen Farm

By Susan E. Leath

Bethlehem’s many subdivisions can usually trace their origins back to someone’s farmstead. This article looks at Elm Estates, known as Skycrest at the time it was developed in the 1970s. The land is the former farm of Garrett and Ellen Van Allen.

The Van Allen family is one with a long history in Bethlehem that can be traced back at least to 1717 when William Van Allen was listed as an owner of a farm in Bethlehem. Today we know that farm as the Nicoll-Sill House on Dinmore Road in Cedar Hill. William’s life was centered in Albany. He married Maria Van Patten 1695 and their eight children were baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church there between 1695 and 1709.

Remember at this time, what was to become the town of Bethlehem was a sparsely settled area, practically still wilderness.

Another early reference to the Van Allen family in Bethlehem is found on the 1767 Bleeker map of the Manor of Rensselaerwick. Gerritt Van Allen is listed as #118 on the map. The Van Allen family name turns up often in old Bethlehem records including a reference to a road through the lands of William Van Allen in 1796 and the marriage of John Haswell to Maria Van Allen in 1823. Two entries are found in the Record of Slaves for Van Allen’s. On November 12, 1820 Garret A. Van Allen manumitted and set free his slave Tom and on May 4, 1824 John Van Allen did the same for Mink. Brothers Jacob and Charles Van Allen both died while serving the United States during the Civil War. Jacob died of typhoid fever at Camp Reno in 1862; Charles at the notorious Andersonville prison in 1864.

Garrett Van Allen and Ellen Becker Van Allen came into their Elm Avenue farm as early as 1854.

That’s when a deed was recorded between Van Allen and Stephen and Harriett Van Rensselaer covering two parcels. One was originally part of an indenture made in 1814 between Stephen Van Rensselaer and John Van Allen containing 51 acres and another first described in an indenture between Van Rensselaer and Samuel Elmendorf dated 1805 which contained 64 acres.

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Ronald Van Allen, shown as a boy in this photo, remembers when his father took down the front porch on the family’s

Garrett and Ellen had three sons that we know of.

Two died tragically young and were buried in the family plot on the farm: John at age 19 in 1866 and Garrit G. in 1859 at age 18. Their son, James Van Allen and his wife Margaret Creble raised three children on the Elm Avenue property: Frank, Nellie and James. James married Dora Hallenbeck and they in turn continued the family farm and life in the

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Houck’s Corners area. The Altamont Enterprise often noted their doings with reports like this one from October 12, 1894 when Mrs. James Van Allen “entertained a few ladies to a five o’clock tea” and another dated January 25, 1885 (when “harvesting ice was the order of the day”) which reported that “Mrs. Ezra Hallenbeck of Athens was visiting her daughter Mrs. James Van Allen.”

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Now known as Elm Estates, the development continues to be a vibrant community and your town historian has been pleased to call it her home since 1995.

The water tank on Elm Avenue is seen here from Peel Street in August 1979.

The farm remained in the Van Allen family until it was sold to Alfred and Rose Williams in 1946.

According to their son Ronald, Alfred and Rose tried their hand at farming the property including dairy farming and an orchard. Alfred also worked driving a delivery truck for the Tobin Packing Company. The Williams sold the 70-acre property to developers in 1969 for $80,000.

Shortly after the sale, Skycrest Construction Co. initiated a change in the zoning of the former Van Allen farm to a planned residential development which was granted in 1970. In 1972 new owners Joseph Kalichman and Izak Giwerc presented plans for a subdivision called Skycrest. Approval of Section No. 1 of the project was finalized in March 1975. It had 67 single-family dwellings and included Fairlawn Drive, Peel Street, University Street, Sherbrook Drive and Rigi Court. The fact that Giwerc lived on University Avenue, in Bronx, N.Y. probably contributed to the use of the University Street name. Kalichman lived on Marsdale Street in Albany and a later section of the Elm Avenue development included Marsdale Court. Bronco Development, Ltd. developed the property in sections with work on single family homes ending in the early 1980s. Development of the townhouses, Skycrest sections 5 and 6, began in the early 1980s.

Susan E. Leath presently serves as Bethlehem’s Town Historian.

She is the author of Historic Tales of Bethlehem, New York. The book is

available for sale at the Town Clerk’s office at Town Hall, I Love Books in Delmar, Tattered Pages in Glenmont, and many other retailers including online.

Visit her blog at: BethlehemNYHistory.blogspot.com.

Susan welcomes your suggestions for future Then and Now articles.

She can be reached at sleath@townofbethlehem.org

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•Carry a spare Halloween bag—in case yours breaks or you fill your original one.

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CALENDAR Or the ant and the grasshopper? Enjoy Aesop’s tales as told by a troupe of talented puppeteers, 2-3 p.m. Part of the Ann Seegal Memorial Storytelling Series. For all ages.

Monday, October 3 TAI CHI FOR HEALTH Practice the ancient Chinese art that promotes health and wellness while focusing on the core movements in the Tai Chi for Diabetes form, 4 p.m. All ages and abilities welcome.

Monday, October 10 LET’S DRUM Join Jonathan Duda and play musical games using structured traditional rhythms and improvisation. All musical abilities are welcome, 10-11 a.m. For age 5 and up with caregiver.

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Monday, October 3 FUN AND GAMES FOR GROWNUPS An adults-only gathering where you can play games, color and socialize, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Snacks will be served!

Monday, October 10 TAI CHI FOR HEALTH Practice the ancient Chinese art that promotes health and wellness while focusing on the core movements in the Tai Chi for Diabetes form, 4 p.m. All ages and abilities welcome.

Monday, October 3 OPEN SEWING - The library’s sewing machines will be Monday, October 10 available for independent projects. Bring your own supplies, DAYBOOKS Discuss “Mycroft Holmes” by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

6-8 p.m. Sign up for one or more two-hour sessions.

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Tuesday, October 4 CHESS CLUB = Sign up for one or all sessions and try your hand at chess with our teen volunteers, 6:30-7:30 p.m. All Tuesday, October 11 LIBRARY BOARD MEETS - The library’s board of trustees experience levels welcome. For kids in grade K-5. meets; public is welcome, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, October 4 PAJAMA-RAMA - Wear your PJs and bring a stuffed friend Tuesday, October 11 to enjoy some fun and stories before bedtime. Up to age 6 AFTERDINNER TOO - Discuss “The Life We Bury” by Allen Eskens. Copies are available at the information desk. Audio with family and friends, 7 p.m. and downloadable copies may be available. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 5 Wednesday, October 12 SPOOKY STORIES: GOOD BEGINNINGS Brainstorm some good ways to begin a spooky story to get LEGO WEDO & MECHANISMS your creative juices flowing for the Spooky Stories Contest, Make your Lego projects come to life in this workshop.

Beginners and experienced builders will use engineering 4 p.m. For kids in grade 1-6. and computer programming skills to put it all together, 6 p.m. For families.

Wednesday, October 5 UNDERSTANDING ALZHEIMER’S: THE BASICS An overview of what you need to know about memory loss Thursday, October 13 and the difference between age-related memory loss and PAWS TO READ - Bring a book and read to a gentle dog who Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, 6-7 p.m. Sign up loves stories, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Grade 1-5. online or call.

Friday, October 14 COSTUME SWAP Thursday, October 6 THURSDAY CINEMA: JOY - (Fox, PG-13, 124 min.) Showtime Bring your gently used costumes to the library beginning October 1 and receive a ticket to pick out a new-to-you at 2 p.m. costume on the day of the swap, 5-8:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 6 TRIVIA NIGHT - Sign up alone or as a team and match wits Sunday, October 16 with others in the written format popular with past players, SUNDAY CINEMA: ME BEFORE YOU (MGM, PG-13, 110 min.) Showtime at 2 p.m.

7 p.m. *Prizes donated by the Friends.

Friday, October 7 COFFEE AND CONVERSATION: BRIAN PATNEAUDE DUO A mixture of classic jazz standards and modern compositions featuring the tenor saxophone and piano, 1-3 p.m.

Monday, October 17 TAI CHI FOR HEALTH Practice the ancient Chinese art that promotes health and wellness while focusing on the core movements in the Tai Chi for Diabetes form, 4 p.m. All ages and abilities welcome.

Sunday, October 9 Monday, October 17 THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE Do you remember the story about the tortoise racing the FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY MEET hare? How about the one with the mouse and the lion? New members are welcome, 6:30 p.m.

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Monday, October 17 PAPER CIRCUITS & POP-UP CARDS Make cool illuminated pop-up cards with easy electrical circuits using LED lights and copper tape, 7 p.m. For grade 6-12. Sign up online or call.

Monday, October 24 TAI CHI FOR HEALTH Practice the ancient Chinese art that promotes health and wellness while focusing on the core movements in the Tai Chi for Diabetes form, 4 p.m. All ages and abilities welcome.

Tuesday, October 18 CHESS CLUB Sign up for one or all sessions and try your hand at chess with our teen volunteers, 6:30-7:30 p.m. All experience levels welcome. For kids in grade K-5.

Monday, October 24 OPEN SEWING The library’s sewing machines will be available for independent projects. Bring your own supplies, 6-8 p.m.

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Wednesday, October 19 ABOVE IT ALL Alan Via returns for a slide show celebrating the spectacular mountain scenery and more that can be found in the national parks, 7-8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, October 25 CHESS CLUB Sign up for one or all sessions and try your hand at chess with our teen volunteers, 6:30-7:30 p.m. All experience levels welcome. For kids in grade K-5.

Thursday, October 20 3DOODLER EIFFEL TOWER Compete with your friends to build a model of the Eiffel Tower with the 3Doodler 3D pen and a template, 3-4 p.m.

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Wednesday, October 26 MAKE A GREAT PUMPKIN You bring the pumpkin; we’ll provide the decorating supplies. Then watch the Charles Schulz classic, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” 4 p.m. For age 3 and up and families.

Thursday, October 20 LISTENING PARTIES : POST-BREAKUP BEATLES Hear their best solo work, 7 p.m.

Friday, October 21 MUSIC & MOVEMENT Combining songs, instruments, dancing, learning and fun!

Children age 3-6 attend by themselves in the Story Room, while babies and toddlers attend with a caregiver in the community room, 10 a.m.

Friday, October 21 COFFEE AND CONVERSATION: STEINMETZ THE ELECTRICAL WIZARD Photographs and tales from the Traveling Museum about Charles Steinmetz — Schenectady community leader, mathematician, immigrant and family man, 1-3 p.m.

Friday, October 21 LEGO CLUB We supply the Legos; you supply the imagination. Try out our WeDo and Mechanisms kits or just free build, 4 p.m.

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Saturday, October 22 PARACHUTE PLAY Enjoy songs and games with a parachute for some up, down and turn-around fun, 3-3:30 p.m. For children in grade 1-5.

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Sunday, October 23 ZENTANGLE AND CREATIVE COLORING Relax and improve your focus with coloring or Zentangle, a tranquil drawing technique that uses patterns to create beautiful images, 2-3:30 p.m. Sign up online or call.

Monday, October 24 TOPICS IN MICROSOFT EXCEL For those already familiar with the basics, learn how to sort and filter your data, merge an address list onto labels or envelopes and more, 10 a.m.-noon. Sign up online or call.

Monday, October 24 DAYWRITERS Spend an hour writing with the final half hour for optional sharing and feedback. Open to anyone interested in writing; all genres and abilities are welcome, 1:30-3 p.m.

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Wednesday, October 26 UNDERSTANDING ALZHEIMER’S: COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES Learn how to understand the verbal and behavioral messages of someone with Alzheimer’s and identify strategies that may help you connect and communicate, 6-7 p.m. Sign up online or call.

Thursday, October 27 PAWS TO READ Bring a book and read to a gentle dog who loves stories, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Grade 1-5.

Friday, October 28 COFFEE AND CONVERSATION: LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON Learn about the dramatic landscapes, rich Buddhist culture and local cuisine of Bhutan through the photographs and stories of Delmar couple Jerry Andritz and Carole Nemore, 1-3 p.m.

Sunday, October 30 KNIT ONE, PURL ONE If you’re an experienced knitter, bring your current project.

If you’re a beginner, bring size 8 knitting needles; we’ll provide yarn and get you started, 2-3 p.m. For adults, teens and kids age 9 and up.

Monday, October 31 TAI CHI FOR HEALTH Practice the ancient Chinese art that promotes health and wellness while focusing on the core movements in the Tai Chi for Diabetes form, 4 p.m. All ages and abilities welcome.

Monday, October 31 HALLOWEEN PARADE It’s time for our annual Halloween trick-or-treat parade!

Start with a craft and short Halloween cartoon before trick-or-treating your way through the library. Costumes optional. Up to age 6 and families. Parades at 10:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

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Do you suffer from cryophobia? Four in 10 people have this affliction.* Maybe it’s time to seek professional help at the Bethlehem YMCA. In fact, the Bethlehem Y is one of only four YMCA’s in the country that offers treatment for cryophobia in the form of our Spooky Skate on Saturday, October 29th from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m.

Kids can wear their costumes to the Y ice rink and enjoy skating, treats, music and more at our popular, annual Halloween extravaganza on ice, and, in the process, overcome any fear of frozen objects. (* indicates that I made up that statistic).

YMCA MISSION OUTREACH: OPERATION SANDWICH

The YMCA’s Togetherhood Committee is the very embodiment of the Y’s mission to build a stronger community through unique outreach efforts. Last month, the committee, along with Bethlehem YMCA summer campers and Participation in Government volunteers from Bethlehem High School, worked together to assembly 600 sandwiches and 300 bagged lunches that were delivered to the Capital City Mission in Albany. The Mission provides more than 250,000 meals to the hungry and needy each year.

The lunches were made from sandwich and snack supplies donated by Bethlehem YMCA members. The lunches were handed out to men, women and children who access the Capital City Mission for their meals.

Thank you to the Y’s Shawn St. James who oversees the Togetherhood Committee program, to everyone who made donations, and to all the young people who participated in this tremendous effort to reach out beyond the walls of the YMCA to help people in need in our area.

an Olympic gold medal winning basketball player. The YMCA has the opportunity to join our travel basketball league and play against teams from other Ys in the Capital District. There are 10 regular season games plus playoffs, all on Saturdays with practices beginning in November. Volunteer coaches are needed. Please contact Rusty Decker at the Bethlehem Y for more information.

YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT

YMCA Youth in Government is a national program of the Y that involves thousands of high school students nationwide in state-organized, model-government programs. Teens will meet once a week in their local groups throughout the year to discuss and debate issues that affect citizens of New York State and to propose legislation.

Participants conduct extensive research on their issue and write a document based on their findings. Local attorneys and government officials are consulted during this process. After the documents have been presented at the District conference, they are sent to the New York State Youth & Government Model Legislative Program.

Each spring, participants travel to Albany to implement the Youth in Government program events in the State Capitol, the Legislative Office Building and the Judicial Building. For more information about joining the Y’s Youth in Government program, contact Rusty Decker at rdecker@cdymca.org.

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The Bethlehem YMCA helped more than 80 children from low-income families start the school year right by providing them with new back packs and school supplies. It’s an annual event that does so much to lift their spirits and get them set for learning and it was made possible by YMCA staff and volunteers, including people from the Bethlehem Town Hall Senior Services. The Y also received tremendous support from Cap Com Federal Credit Union. Thanks to everyone involved for their efforts.

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Dear Constant Readers,

In my last article, I had prefaced that I would be heading to God’s country…my personal retreat, Lake Sebec, Maine, where Eldridges have resided since early 1800s. We brought our 9 year old granddaughter Trinity, who many have met here at Tattered Pages over the last 10 years, with us. She had asked, “What will we do every day up at the lake?” My response, “I don’t know. But it will be the most incredible time of your life!” I told her that we can never know what the day will bring until we see the day.

She thought I was saying that to cover that I was going to do schoolwork with her in preparation of Fifth grade! Yes, I was a 5th grade teacher most of my teaching career, and I was going to cleverly work “my magic” while there, but notice I said cleverly! After a few days there, of perfect weather we had: early morning hikes where we studied the eco-system with its mushrooms, moss, low lying shade based plant life, babbling brook and muddied paths with deer prints; long swims (where she didn’t need any floating device to assist her) where we discovered where the creek enters the lake, watched loons fish, witnessed 24 ducks having territory battles and watched a mother bald eagle teach her eaglet how to fish! We studied 6” copper colored dragonflies that landed on my visor, darning needles in their brilliant cobalt blue brilliance, skimmers darting near the shady shoreline, and sunnies coming up to our toes!

We found our cove on the map, calculated the distances of our swims and learned how to find just the right stones for skipping. She managed 5 skips on a very placid day.

The lake presented placid, clear, calm days and rough days with waves similar to the ocean surf! We collected stones and then separated them into groups. Trinity made the hummingbird water and then discovered that bees like the nectar as well. We used our Audobon book to discover info about each lake bird that we encountered. We read directions in cookbooks and created cupcakes, pancakes, waffles and soup from scratch. We colored and drew. We played waitress, where she created the menus, tallied the bills and made change.

A big part of my lake experience is the time available to read, and I was concerned that I wouldn’t have the time to read the books that I brought. I didn’t. But, I had one of the best reading experiences ever! Trinity looked at the dustjacket of the book that I had just started, “The Ocean at the End of the Lane” by sci-fi/fantasy writer Neil Gaiman. “Nana, that book jacket looks intriguing, could you read it out loud to me?” Although it is an adult/young adult book, I said that I would love to, I could resurrect my 5th grade teacher dramatic reading voice! This book involves the memories of our narrator back to an influential time when he was 7 and lived in rural England. He recalls his encounters with an 11 year old girl, her mother and Granny.

They own a farm with a mystical duck pond and a mystery as old as time! Being that we were on a lake under a star filled night sky where the Northern Lights danced purple & green after sunset, the imagery of this story came alive!

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would take book breaks to swim and discuss the chapters.

Even my husband would jump into our discussions…this reading experience is one I hadn’t anticipated and all of will cherish forever! We didn’t want the book to end…and her final words on the book were, “Nana, this would make a great movie!” Similar to “A Wrinkle in Time” or “The Never Ending Story” it is certainly a book that has appeal for all ages! I have sold several copies to people since I shared my love of the book, and they have loved it as well!

The very adult book that I read after that one was Ursula Hegi’s 1997 book, “Stones from the River”. I have intentionally avoided this book because (and I was so wrong) I thought that the material would be too grim, sad & unpleasant! It is the story of Trudy, a young dwarf born during the beginning of Hitler’s regime in a small town in Germany, across the river from Dusseldorf. It is through the life, involvement & eyes of Trudy that we experience the life of citizens during this tragic time in Germany.

We not only get Trudy’s perspective of those historic events, but the life of a young, highly intelligent girl who is dealing daily with living her life as someone outside the “norm”, especially the Aryan perception of a good German.

I cannot adequately put into words how much I loved this story! Perhaps the water element of the lake created a bond with me to the importance of the river in this story.

Also, Trudy and her father own a pay-library, and their role in the lives of the villagers with their books connected to me very deeply. If you have not read this book, I do have copies at Tattered Pages!

I also strongly recommend this wonderful book, 2013s “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” by Rachel Joyce, which was recommended to me by my friend Helen.

(Oprah called it : A gorgeously poignant novel of hope and transformation!) Similar in tone to “A Man Called Ove”, it involves a recent retired Harold Fry who receives a letter from a friend whom he hasn’t seen in 20 years. She shares tragic news and Harold sets out to walk to her in response.

The thing is, she lives on the Scottish border of England and he lives in the south of England! He is ill prepared for such an endeavor of over 600 miles in his yachting shoes…but each step confirms that it is the journey, not the destination that is important. His life’s reflection is unveiled and we are with him every step of the way!

As many of my loyal customers know, Tattered Pages will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary in October.

It was in 2006 that the shop opened its doors as Tea & Tattered Pages. 3 owners later, the shop still offers a great selection, service and value! Great place to Holiday shop…and the crafting/cookbooks for Christmas will be coming out on the shelves soon. For October specials… check out our Facebook page at Tattered Pages, LLC or our website at www.tatteredpages365.webs.com. Please, spread the word about us! For those who have trade credits, don’t forget you receive an additional 20% off of our already reduced prices! Most of the books are in gift giving quality! Seamus & I look forward to seeing you in the shop soon! Happy Reading…

Trish & Seamus Patricia Eldridge is the owner of Tattered Pages New & Used Books in the Glenmont Center Square, 365 Feura Bush Rd. #518-447-9910, Open M,T,W 10-5, Th. 10-6, Fri. 10-7 Sat. 10-2

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The story follows Nick and Nigel Bottom, a pair of brothers who are trying to write the perfect story to put on the stage. The show explores Elizabethan drama and modern musicals while teaching lessons about overcoming obstacles and achieving true collaboration and friendship. So, pack your quills and put on your tap shoes.

Let’s head to the Renaissance!

A Mid-Winter Fundraiser to Benefit Bethlehem Senior Projects, Inc. Proctor’s Theatre in Schenectady, NY Saturday, January 14, 2017 2:00 p.m. matinee performance $95.00, Per person, prepaid reservation, Non-refundable (price includes ticket for the show, bus and donation) After the show, consider joining us for an all inclusive dinner at One Six Five Restaurant in the Normanside Country Club Dinner cost and choices: $29.00, Per person, prepaid reservation, Non-refundable Salmon, Chicken Francaise or Pasta Primavera All checks are made payable to: Bethlehem Senior Projects, Inc. For Reservations please call Elizabeth at 439-4955 ext. 1176 A portion of the cost, after expenses, will benefit programs serving older residents of the Town of Bethlehem.

You will be notified by letter of your tax deductible contribution. Thank you for helping us help others!

Limited home pick-up for Town of Bethlehem residents age 60 and over available on a first come, first served basis Charter Bus to and from Proctor’s. Departure time 1:00 p.m. from the Bethlehem Town Hall

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Bethlehem Historical Association October 20th Lecture

Capitol Hauntings Does the night watchman who died in the Capitol fire of 1911 still make his rounds? Which two United States Presidents visited the Capitol after they died? Does the secret demon carved in stone hold a Capitol Curse? New York State’s iconic capitol building has its share of mysteries.

Stuart Lehman, Education Coordinator for the New York State Capitol, will explore these and other ghostly tales at the Bethlehem Historical Association’s next meeting on Thursday, October 20, 7 p.m. at the Cedar Hill Schoolhouse, 1003 River Road, Selkirk. All are welcome. Free.

Refreshments and conversation will follow the talk.

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