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Selling Your Home in 2011? Getting to the real estate closing table today is much more challenging than a few years ago. In 2010, only 52% of Guilderland homes listed actually sold. In this kind of a real estate market you need a realtor with the experience and a proven track record on your side. With over 1900 homes sold and 25 years in the business, Fraida Varah has sold more homes in Albany County than any other realtor.

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Guilderland Performing Arts Center Summer 2011 - Our 32nd Season! Our Thursday Night Summer Series is Free and Open to All with Free Parking! B ring Your B lanket or C hair and Enjoy! Sam ple a Treat From our C oncession Stand Taw asentha Park,188 State R oute 146, G uilderland

T hu rsd ay, - July 14 – 7:30 P .M F rid ay - June 17 - 7:30 P .M . Battle of the High School Bands!

Nervosity Concert Free event - Open to all Middle & High School Students! T h u rsd ay - June 23 - 7:30 P .M . Kathleen Ehlinger Conducting the

Guilderland Town Band Young People’s Concert!

Sponsored by: The Walters Family T h u rsd ay – June 30 - 7:30 P .M .

The Zucchini Brothers

Kathleen Ehlinger Conducting the

Guilderland Town Band T h u rsd ay - July 21 - 7:30 P .M .

The Nancy Walker Trio An Evening of Folk Music Th u rsd ay - July 28th - 7:30 P .M .

Tom Chapin & Friends Th u rsd ay - A ugust 4 - 7:30 P .M . Kathleen Ehlinger Conducting the

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Family Concert T h ursday - A ugust 11 - 7:30 P .M . W ed n esd ay - S unday, - July 6 - 10

Family Players 7:30 pm (Tickets $10)

Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys Bluegrass at its Best T h ursday - A ugust 18- 7:30 P .M .

The BOBs A Vocal Acapella Quartet T h ursday - A ugust 25 - 7:30 P .M .

The Electric City Horns High Spirited Pop/Rock!

Sponsored by: First Niagara If you are interested in assisting GPAC, inquire at the Concession Stand for details and further information. Call 456-3150 for Program information.

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YOU Can Make a Difference in Someone’s Life With the simple act of becoming a literacy volunteer, you can make a huge difference in someone’s life. The Guilderland Public Library, in partnership with Literacy New York: Greater Capital Region, is looking for a few good people who would like to become tutors in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) or BL (Basic Literacy, primarily reading and writing). You need no prior teaching experience – we provide the training to help you work effectively together. We also cover the $35 materials fee customarily charged for the full training. When you’ve completed the program and are ready to work with adult learners, Literacy New York will be right there to help you with lesson plans, instructional support, and additional training along the way. The Library can offer meeting room space and a wonderful collection of literacy materials to support your efforts. Your commitment to our “team” is just one or two hours a week – but the results can last a lifetime! We’re particularly interested in recruiting people who would be willing to work as a team with another tutor, to help instruct a small group of adults (three to four people) who want to improve their English. Become a part of this great volunteer program! Come to a free Orientation Session at the Library on March 14, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Additional sessions will also take place here during these hours, on various dates in March and April. To learn more about the program, please call Literacy New York: Greater Capital Region at 452-3382 right now. And team up for literacy!

The next Friday Family Movie is a Fish Story Last Friday’s movie got snowed out, but if the elements cooperate we look forward showing a wonderful story about a fish called Nemo, on Friday, April 4, at 7 pm. Sponsored by our friends at the Holiday Inn Express, this underwater feature pits a multicolored fin-kid against aquatic adventures that even Flipper or Diver Dan (okay, what Boomers get THAT reference?) could overcome. But our intrepid gilled guppy triumphs. Or does he? Come to the Library next Friday to find out. The movie starts at 7 pm. In addition to all the seats for adults, there are always mats down front so younger moviegoers can spread out. Of course there will be free popcorn!

Note: The Guilderland Public Library is located at 2228 Western Avenue, Guilderland. Call 456-2400 x 12 for more information, or visit the Library’s website at www.guilpl.org. Become a Facebook Fan of the Library (Guilderland.Library), follow the Library on Twitter (@GuilderlandLib), and listen to the Library’s online radio station, Radio GPL. It all starts at guilpl.org.

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Q. What year did your business start? A. Fraida Varah Real Estate Group was started in 1998 when Tony Garufi and I decided to work together in the real estate business. I have been in the real estate business in 1986 and Tony has been in the business since 1979. Q. Where are you located and were you always in the same location? A. We are located at 1414 Western Avenue at the corner of Brookwood where the McKownville Fire House is. We have been here since 2000. Q. How and why did you get into the business? A. Before I began my career in real estate, I sold fine art. When I realized that I would be raising my children as a single parent and the sole bread winner, I decided that real estate provided me a better opportunity to provide for my family.

Q. Do you sponsor any local teams, if so which ones? A. We don’t sponsor any individual teams although we have supported the Guilderland Babe Ruth and we support the Habitat for Humanity Tent-a-Thon event.

Q. What do you love most about the business? A. Well I certainly enjoy most of the people we work with and I enjoy the challenges presented to us each day in this Q. Do you have many regular customers? Is there business. anything specific that they are always coming in for? A. Approximately 50% of the clients we serve each year are Q. What do you think is your biggest challenge with the referred to us or are past clients of ours. Most of our clients business? appreciate that we are very experienced in negotiating A. The real estate market and the real estate financing and closing residential real estate transactions and they market have changed dramatically in the last three years are happy that we pay attention to the details of the and it takes consumers time to digest these changes. It is transaction and with the results we achieve for them. challenging working with people whose expectations are not in line with the realities of the market. Q. Are you known for anything special? A. I would say there are two things in particular. If you ask Q. What do you want the community to know about you? people who have worked with me they would tell you that A. Our company is not a conventional real estate company. I am a strong negotiator. I believe they would also say that Each of the five professionals in our company provides our I know what is happening in the market and consequently clients specialized expertise in the areas of market analysis that I give people sound advice regarding the current and pricing, property staging and marketing, property market value of property. search and selection, negotiation, and transaction management and problem solving. Our clients benefit Q. What hours are you open? from the over 75 years of combined experience of our team A. Our normal business hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 being brought to bear on their real estate transaction. Due to 5:30, but I take appointments as late as 5:30 or 6:00pm to our experience, effort and expertise, our clients fare considerably better than the market averages. during the week as well as on Saturday mornings.

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FREE REPORT REVEALS SECRET TO GETTING THE HIGHEST PRICE WHEN YOU SELL YOUR HOME! Guilderland, NY - With all of the ups and downs in the real estate market over the past several years, finally there is some good news for home sellers. A Free market report has just been released that provides valuable information about how to position your home in the market place so you get the highest price possible. For years, real estate agents have relied on local market figures to advise homeowners on how to determine the right selling price for their home. The problem is, these figures don’t give you the total picture you need to get the highest price for your home when you sell! It’s not commonly known that just understanding what is going on in your immediate neighborhood doesn’t give you the complete information you need to get the maximum price for your home... or get it sold on time. Yet, too often sellers make this mistake. Now, thanks to a new computer system, home sellers can get extremely accurate, up-to-the minute information that will help them get the highest price for their home when they sell. The FREE REPORT is titled “How to Sell Your Home for the Highest Price”, and also includes a computerized market report. If your home is currently listed for sale with a real estate broker, there are some restrictions on what information can be provided. However, if you are about to put your home on the market for sale, the complete report can be provided to you without charge. The computerized market report alone could save you thousands when you sell your home! To get a copy of the report, you can call the message line below for a free recorded message and a written copy of the report. Call now and find out what most buyers are hoping you never read about!

Call 1-800-448-7016, ext. 5001, 24 hrs, For Recorded Message and Your FREE Report! If your property is currently listed with a broker, this is not intended as a solicitation of that listing.

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March Reading from Your Library By Barbara Nichols Randall Director, Guilderland Public Library This month in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day I’m focusing on some of the many books we have about Ireland. Joseph O’Connor author of Redemption Falls has a new book, Ghost Light, a fictional account of W.B. Yeats and John Synge at the Abbey Theater,

Karen Harper’s most recent novel of romantic suspense is set in Ireland and Tudor England.

Our nonfiction holdings include many offerings of the prose and poetry of Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney.

March is also a great month to listen to Irish/ Celtic music and the Library has a wonderful selection of CDs and downloadable music including The Chieftains, James Galway, The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, Cherish the Ladies, Clannad, Gaelic Storm and Paddy Moloney. 18

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WHAT’S AN INDOOR TRIATHLON? The indoor triathlon is very similar to an outdoor triathlon except all of the events are completed indoors and athletes go as far as they can in a given period of time. We use a pool, stationary bikes and run indoors on the treadmills for this event. Here are some other helpful hints: x The Indoor Triathlon is scored on a point system instead of times finished. Each stage is 15 minutes and the distance is measured and transferred to a point system.

Participants start in heats that go off every 20 minutes.

x There will be a 5 minute transition time between each event. This is when the participants will change their clothes and go to their next event. x

x If you arrive after a heat has begun, you will not be given an extension of time. The Capital District YMCA is a 501c3 Nonprofit organization. At the Y, we’re for Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility. Join. Give. Volunteer. Advocate. Support our Reach Out for Youth Scholarship today.

Packet Pick-up: Friday, March 25, 2011 9am - 7pm At the Guilderland YMCA Packets must be picked up in advance. Report for Pre-Race Instructions at pool start 10 minutes before your heat! All Heat Information will be available 2 days before race. PRIZES AWARDED (no duplications) Top 3 male and female overall finishers - adult Top overall male and female in each event category - adult Top team

REGISTER NOW AT WWW.ACTIVE.COM FOR THE PINE BUSH TRIATHLON SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011 Want to improve your swim? Sign up for our Triathlon Swim Basics class starting the week of February 28th. Member registration starts February 7th.

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Guilderland YMCA 4th Annual Indoor Triathlon Official Entry Form 250 Winding Brook Drive, Guilderland, NY 12084 7:00am Sunday, March 27, 2011

Mail to: Guilderland YMCA Indoor Triathlon 250 Winding Brook Dive, Guilderland, NY 12084 or drop off payment and registration fee at the member service desk. For more information call Tys Bailey-Yavonditte, Wellness Director at 456-3634 x1140.

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TREAT EAR INFECTIONS NATURALLY…IT WORKS By Dr. Jennifer L. Noonan, Spinal Wellness Center, Western Ave, Guilderland

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remember one of my son’s first ear infections and thinking, “…but we’re chiropractors, he gets adjusted. He can’t have an ear infection!” But like many families, we had a child prone to ear infections. It’s how we handled them that was different. For starters we did not use antibiotics . Ear infections account for over 35% of all pediatric visits in the US. Antibiotics are mostly ineffective and, as much research has shown, are likely to increase the chance of recurrence for months to years after use. This sets the child up for more and more infections. Where do kids with recurrent ear infections almost always end up? With tubes surgically inserted. Addressing a symptom rather than the cause. For over 100 years chiropractors have been treating vertebral subluxations (joints of the spine that have lost their proper alignment causing stress on the body, particularly the nerve system). Subluxations of the upper cervical spine cause impairment of Eustachian tube drainage and create abnormal tension on the muscles of the head and neck, impairing vital lymphatic drainage. The result? Ear infections. The infection is merely a symptom of an underlying issue-that is why antibiotics are ineffective. Parents love our approach because it is so simple, so safe and so effective. The child is examined specifically for upper cervical dysfunction, as well as any other structural problems. On that same visit we gently reduce it with a pediatric adjustment that requires little more than a light touch or “pulse” with a fingertip at just the right place and direction. Children are great getting adjusted because the chiropractic office is very non-threatening for them. I also try to remind parents that a fever is not the enemy! It’s actually one of our body’s greatest defense mechanisms. Bacteria and viruses cannot survive the heat. Shutting down that defense with acetaminophen or ibuprofen weakens healing ability and prolongs the illness. Don’t medicate your children needlessly. Our bodies are designed to heal naturally and chiropractic is a phenomenal tool to facilitate that. Give us a call, we’d like to help! For a complimentary consultation please call 869-3415 today.

Dr. Noonan resides here in Guilderland with her husband David, who is also a Chiropractor, and her sons Connor, Noah and Aiden. She is a graduate of Guilderland High School, SUNY Cortland and New York Chiropractic College. She has served families in the community with chiropractic for over 18 years.

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Superintendent presents 2011-12 proposed budget

March 2, 2011—At a special mee ng held March 1, Superintendent of Schools Marie Wiles presented a 2011-12 budget to members of the Board of Educa on and community that included nearly $3 million in reduc ons to produce a balanced budget in the face of unprecedented economic challenges including rising costs and a projected $2.1 million loss in state aid. The budget proposal, totaling $88,757,875, represents a 1.5 percent increase in spending over the current year’s budget and would result in a tax rate increase of 3.96 percent for district residents. “We are living in incredibly difficult financial mes, and our challenge this year was to strike an appropriate balance between our mission to educate all children and the resources available to us,” said Dr. Wiles. “The spending plan presented to the community last night represents our best efforts to find that balance and takes into account mul ple factors, including our district priori es, feedback from both of our recent Community Conversa on events, and the professional judgment, experience, and exper se of our administra ve team in deciding what is the in the best interests of the children we serve here at Guilderland.” Included in the proposal is the reduc on of 44.35 full- me equivalent (FTE) posi ons, including 29.6 FTE teachers, 7.0 FTE teaching assistants, 1.6 FTE administrators, and 6.15 FTE support staff spread across all seven school buildings as well as the district office and transporta on department. The budget also calls for the con nua on of the full-day kindergarten program--a topic that was widely discussed at both Community Conversa on events--and maintains the distance limit eligibility for pupil transporta on at current levels.

Taking a closer look By area, proposed changes in the 2011-12 budget include: Core Academic Programs • Increase class size in grades K-2 by one student (-1.00 FTE, $69,000) • Increase class size in grades 3-5 by one student (-6.80 FTE, $469,200) • Increase GHS Regents level class sizes from 26 to 28 (-1.60 FTE, $110,400) • Reduce FMS foreign language sec ons due to enrollment (-0.80 FTE, $55,200) • Reduce from 16 sec ons to 14 sec ons at grade 7 to reflect enrollment (-2.8 FTE, $193,200) • Reduce GHS integrated English/social studies sec ons from 8 to 4 (-1.80 FTE, $124,200) • Offer op on to reduce course load for seniors mee ng gradua on requirements (-1.00 FTE, $69,000) • Reduce GHS ELA, math, social studies, and foreign language sec ons due to enrollment (-2.75 FTE, $189,750)

Enhanced EducaƟonal OpportuniƟes • Reduce elementary enrichment program to 1 day/week/school (-3.50 FTE, $155,500) • Reduce non-mandated 6th grade courses (20 weeks foreign language, 10 weeks technology) (-2.4 FTE, $165,600) • Reduce co-curricular offerings at FMS & GHS ($120,590) • Reduce instrumental music lessons at GHS (offer to grades 9 and 10 only) and increase size of group lessons (-.50 FTE, $34,500) • Eliminate FLES (-1.00 FTE, $72,020) • Eliminate K-12 field trips ($40,000) • Offer 8th grade accelerated science during school day (-0.60 FTE, $35,580) • Reduce Tech Valley High School tui on by one student ($12,000) • Eliminate Italian I at GHS (-0.40, $27,600) • Reduce SUPA English sec ons from 5 to 3 (-0.25, $17,250) • Eliminate 8th grade studio art course (-0.20 FTE, $13,800) • Offer three levels of interscholas c athle cs, no duplica on across seasons ($11,300)

Health, Social/EmoƟonal & Academic Support Services • Reduce high school classroom-based science support (-2.70 FTE, $186,300) • Reduce social worker staff from 11 to 10 district-wide (-1.00 FTE, $74,000) • Revert to three house model at FMS (-2.00 FTE, $114,200) • Reduce TA hours for math and reading at the elementary level (-2.00 FTE, $52,000) • Reduce GHS TA hours and transi on to a special educa on co-taught model (-2.00 FTE, $52,000) • Reduce school nursing services (-.50 FTE, $23,550) • Limit summer school to students repea ng courses; include two sec ons of health ($27,405) • Reduce TA hours for math at the high school (-1.00 FTE, $26,000)

EducaƟonal Support Services • Reduce teacher leader appointments at the middle and high school levels ($40,370) • Reduce purchase of new and replacement instruc onal technology equipment ($50,630) • Eliminate elementary library typists (-2.65 FTE, $87,450) • Reduce special educa on administrators from 4 to 3 (-1.0 FTE, $56,770)* * This includes the addiƟon of a .5 FTE teaching posiƟon to coordinate and lead CommiƩee on Special EducaƟon (CSE) meeƟngs • Eliminate instruc onal administrator for guidance (-0.60 FTE, $51,770) • Increase energy savings by removing personal appliances ($45,000) • Reduce district office clerical staff (-1.00 FTE, $40,080) • Reduce high school clerical staff (-1.00 FTE, $33,000) • Reduce number of late bus runs to three days per week ($21,600) To Adver se in the Our Towne Guilderland Monthly Shopper, Please Call (518)356-3898

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Lex, a dog that was adopted at the 2/19/11 Peppertree Rescue Adoption clinic. He slipped his collar and darted into the woods. Lex is chipped with a “Home Again” chip – and notifications have been sent out, along with flyers, etc. He was last seen on 2/22/11 at 11am in the Rotterdam area of: 322 Oakridge Drive, Schenectady, NY running into the woods. The area is known as the West Hill area. Please contact Barbara at (518) 223-5589 with any information.

FOR ADOPTION: Note: Both of these dogs and other greyhounds can be seen at the Greyhounds as Companions adoption clinics at the Delmar Pet Supply (154 Delaware Ave. Delmar, NY) every third Saturday of the month from 11am-2pm. The next adoption clinic is March 19, 2011.

Eagle - a 2 yr old, long, tall, black greyhound. Eagle is shy and is gaining confidence as he gains some weight and fills out. He likes being with other greyhounds and seems to have a quiet personality. Eagle is beginning to wag his tail and LOVES scooting around playing. Please contact Pat at 768-2 579

Bally – 2 yr old black male with a white blaze on chest, medium/large size. Bally is just adorable. He loves to run and play, and snuggle in warm blankets. He gets along great with other dogs, NOT cats. Loves his toys and treats and especially loves hugs and kisses! His brown eyes will melt your heart. Call Pat at 768-2579.

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Awesome Kids & Adult Obstacle Course & Fun Run! Saturday, June 18, 2011 12:00 Noon Ͳ 4:00 pm Tawasentha Park Ͳ Route 146 Guilderland, NY ARE YOU READY TO GET DOWN & DIRTY? On Saturday, June 18th, we invite you to join us at the TAWASENTHA MUD MANIA FUN RUN. The races will take place at Tawasentha Park, 188 Route 146, Guilderland, NY. The course is designed to challenge you to a series of obstacles as you run around Tawasentha Park & the Winter Rec Area. The adult race is a 5k course and the kids race is a 1k course (kids stay in the main park). You'll have fun running, walking, climbing, crawling through lots of obstacles, fording the Normanskill, and much, much more!

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