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Drop-in Knit & Stitch 14 Safety Puppet Show for Preschoolers Me and My Tween: Crafty Book Club Going Solar at Home: An Introduction Night Owls Book Discussion The Bully Pulpit
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notes from the SUPERVISOR’S OFFICE 5209 Western Ave, Guilderland • (518) 356-1980 • www.townofguilderland.org
Guilderland, NY- The full force of midsummer weather has been on us quite a bit of late. Not everybody loves it, but I suspect that most of us can find ways to deal with it more readily than what we were putting up with here in Guilderland about six months ago. With all the hot weather we’ve been having, I think it’s a good time to remind folks to exercise the kinds of precautions that help to keep us safe in this kind of weather. Drink plenty of water. Use sunscreen if you’re going to be exposed to sunlight. Make sure your pets have plenty of fresh water available at all times. If you have friends, neighbors, or family members who are elderly or who have physical limitations, please check in with them periodically to make sure they are all right. Never, ever leave children, animals, or the elderly locked in the car while you’re in the store shopping. If you see a child or a pet locked in a car with the engine turned off in this weather, please don’t hesitate. Call 911. This is an emergency situation that Guilderland’s first responders will take immediate action on. As our residents look for things to do in the warmest part of the summer, I encourage everyone to partake of some of the recreational opportunities that are available right here in Guilderland. Our Town parks offer opportunities ranging from children’s play areas to team sports fields, and from hiking to tennis. Our own Western Turnpike Golf Course always has seasonal specials being offered, in addition to the discounted greens fees that are always available for Guilderland residents. Despite the fire we experienced at the Tawasentha Park pool house in June, we have arranged for temporary facilities and managed to keep the pool open and available to Guilderland residents throughout the summer season.
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Construction work continues on the sidewalk installation project on the south side of Western Avenue between Route 155 and the Albany city line. This is the second phase of the project that provides for a network of connected sidewalks along Guilderland’s busiest traffic corridor, providing for major increases in both pedestrian safety and neighborhood connectivity. Your patience with the intermittent lane closures needed to complete this work safely is very much appreciated. Lane closure schedules are updated weekly, and listed for your convenience on the Town website, www.townofguilderland.org. August is generally one of the quietest times of the year in terms of community events, so I will just sign off now with good wishes to all of our residents that the remainder of the summer season is safe and enjoyable for all. Ken Runion, Supervisor
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AMEDORE SECURES SPECIAL FUNDING FOR LIBRARY REPAIR Guilderland, NY - Senator George A. Amedore, Jr., (R, 46th District) has announced that he has secured $100,000 in this year’s state budget for the Guilderland Public Library to replace its roof, originally installed when the library was built in 1992. “Libraries are the cornerstones of our communities, and we need to make sure theyy have the proper resources they need to continue to provide important services to ourr SERVICE residents,” said TREE Senator Amedore. “Guilderland Public Library is an invaluable asset,, not only to Guilderland, but to many surrounding communities as well. And while theirr programs and services are first-rate, their roof is aging and in need of repair so I’m gladd I was able to help secure these funds in this year’s state budget.” INC.
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Now well over two decades old, the library building is showing its age. Recently thee library has had to make extensive repairs to several mechanical systems, notably thee HVAC system. Recognizing the need to address the problems inherent in an aging physical plant, thee library’s Board of Trustees two years ago started setting aside dedicated repair funds.. The allocation from Senator Amedore will augment monies already devoted to the roof, judged by the Trustees and library administration to be the most pressing repair issue. “We are extremely grateful that Senator Amedore was able to obtain this allocation,” said GPL director Tim Wiles. “The library is a thriving center of information and cultural events, but, as many in our community know, the building itself is aging. This aid, along with going a long way to ensuring this community asset will be safe for decades to come, will also enable us to install a long-lasting and energy-efficient roof.”
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Guilderland, NY - During this past spring break we took a few days to take our kids to Washington D.C. for some classic American history. We typically invite my in-laws along on our li le adventures so why would this trip be any different. My husband’s parents live in Arkansas and like us, don’t mind a li le road trip. We had such an amazing me. I had carefully planned out our trip based on the forecast so that we could make to most of the sights. We visited the museums on the cold or rainy days and the monuments on the nice days. I was surprised how much the kids enjoyed learning about our countries history. I thought for sure they would get bored and want to go back to the hotel pool. We were able to tour the White House, which was interes ng to me. A er the tour I asked my daughter what she thought about seeing the White House. She said “That was the worst thing we did! They didn’t even let us sit in the chairs!” I said I’ll men on that to President Obama next me I see himJ. The highlight of the trip was on Easter Sunday. We walked from Jefferson Memorial, around the Tidal Basin with cherry blossoms beginning to bloom and ended up by the Vietnam Memorial. My father-in-law lost his brother, Arthur, in the Vietnam War. We were able to find Arthur’s name on the wall and needless to say, there was a flood of emo on for us all. We spend the next hour walking back to the train sta on learning about Arthur and his life. It was a memorable day. My staff and I are planning for our upcoming Community Service Apprecia on Day in which we recognize our local heroes: Military, Veterans, Police, Firefighters and First Responders. As part of our event this year, we would like to honor some local heroes by dona ng some Patriot Flights to the Capital District Patriot Flight Organiza on. A Patriot Flight is full day trip, including flight, provided to a war veteran to travel to Washington D.C. and visit the war memorials. It is an amazing experience for them. You can help us do that by spreading the word about our event. Here are the details:
COMMUNITY SERVICE APPRECIATION DAY This is a FREE event for military, veterans, police officers, fire fighters, first responders and their families. DATE: Saturday, September 12 TIME: 9am-1pm LOCATION: 2021 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203 Free chiroprac c care & massages: please call ahead for an appointment. Free Pilates Class 9-10 Free Tai Chi Class 10-11 Free wellness coaching sessions Free food & prizes and more. GET INVOLVED: If you or your business would like to par cipate in our event as a vendor, donate an item for a door prize, provide a discounted service for these patrons or you would like to make a dona on to the Patriot Flights, please contact me directly at the office. For more informa on please call the Sports & Spinal Wellness Center at 518-869-3415 or visit our events page on our website at www.sportsandspinalwellness.com.
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2050 Western Ave, Suite 201, Guilderland, NY 12084 (518) 456-6611 • www.guilderlandchamber.com Guilderland, NY - As I was wondering about what to write for this month, I was thinking about summer and everything that Guilderland has to offer. Being a smaller suburban community I feel that places like Guilderland often get passed over as ‘pass through’ community where people see us as the quickest route to get someplace else whether it be a day trip to the city, to a meeting or event in Albany, or to a close day trip get away to the country. I feel that is unfair seeing that we have so many resources, events, and activities going on almost constantly during the year here. From our summer camps, concert series, and all of our parks and trails, there are endless possibilities to keep everyone happy. The Guilderland Town Parks and Rec department works tirelessly to keep things going and to keep quality programming as on ongoing effort. Their website has a lot of information on their website. Check it out here:
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TWO VERY IMPORTANT LESSONS Guilderland, NY - A while ago my wife, Zeynep as some of you may know her, came home with a movie that was loaned by and recommended by colleagues. Many times we watch movies that have a foundation in science, science fiction or some intrigue. Consider what I do for a living: teach math, entertain children and teach and practice martial arts. To me a great movie night involves Dr. Evil, Ace Ventura, The Matrix and Jackie Chan. I looked at the movie Zeynep handed me and said something like Stewie from Family Guy such as “What the deuce?” I mean, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a movie that I had never even heard of. I didn’t mean anything bad, I just had never heard of it. Then as I was reading about it, my impression kept getting worse. I was very quiet about it and said we should watch it and see. It is slow and it is dramatic, but it tells the story of such awesome character that I loved it so much. It is full of lessons about life and death and dreams and achievements. It has lessons about cultures and differences and coming together. It flew by and entertained me thoroughly. I don’t remember anything blowing up, I don’t remember any fight scenes and certainly there was no sign of Mini-me, and yet I was locked in; gripped until the end. I wanted to tell you this little story because the lessons I learned are quite important. They are nothing really new, just my way of helping us see it anew. There are two. 1) Do not judge a book by its cover. Give things a try no matter what they look like. I watched an attractive looking martial arts movie the other day that I just could not finish it because it was so bad. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel didn’t look good on the outside, but was thoroughly fantastic. Follow this rule when meeting new people, reading about other cultures, checking out a new destination or really, in everything we do. Never judge too soon, give everything and everyone a chance. Life is too short to miss out on something, or someone, because we judged too soon. 2) One of the quotes in this movie goes something like: “Everything will be okay in the end. If it is not okay, then it is not yet the end.” It is a very eastern, sort of self-fulfilling, cannever-be-wrong philosophy, but I love it! It is so fantastically
heartening and hopeful. It changed the way I think about so many things for my self and my family and is at the heart of my character teaching paradigm. That night, that movie and that quote changed me and made my life better. By this point I am sure that some of you are realizing that it is a quote by John Lennon. When I saw the movie, I did not know this, but later found out. I am pleased to know he is the source and it shows how people can impact the lives of others, even beyond their lives, and never really know the great things they did. These lessons came to me, courtesy of the wonderful Zeynep. I needed the lessons badly, and they came at just the right time. Was there a disturbance in some sort of force that brought it all together for me to see? Sometimes I like to believe in such things, other times I just like to soak it all in, regardless of from whence or from whom it came. For these lessons I am grateful.
Master Rice owns Guilderland Martial Arts and holds a 5th degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. Master Rice is also a Math teacher at Guilderland High School. Guilderland Martial Arts offers classes starting at age 4 as well as an afterschool program and summer camps. For more information please call 690-1269.
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It’s been a fun, busy July. But there is so much more coming in August and the fall. Here’s a quick overview …. Get your SporƟng Licenses at GPL On Monday, August 10, GPL will provide a service no other library in the state – and possibly the na on – offers: the sale of spor ng licenses.
The goal was $850, but we surpassed it! This was accomplished with a steady stream of contribu ons of $1 or $5. Thanks to the community’s collec ve generosity, one child is going to discover a world created specifically for them, and meet many other kids sharing the same needs and experiences. MDA campers dream about summer camp all year; some even say it’s changed their lives. Almost all campers agree that it’s “the best week of the year.”
That’s right: Now you can purchase your New York State hun ng and fishing licenses at GPL. Just come to the Circula on Desk, and we’ll be glad to help you.
Thank you, again, for your contribu ons.
One benefit of being able to get your spor ng licenses at GPL is that we’re open un l 9 pm Monday through Thursday, so you can drop in a er work. We’re open 10 am to 5 pm on Saturdays, and in September we’re also open Sundays from 1 pm to 5 pm. One other benefit is that there is always someone at the Circula on Desk to help you. And there’s plenty of close-in parking.
Later this month, you’ll receive your GPL Newsle er, and you may not recognize it at first. Sure, it’s full of the program informa on you’re accustomed to, but the first three pages of it look like … well, a comic book!
Get full details on spor ng licenses by visi ng www.dec.ny.gov. Have you voted yet? Vo ng to select GPL’s Kids Card opened on July 31, and the ballots have been coming in hot and heavy! And me to get your vote in at www.guilpl.org/kidscard grows short.
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This design highlights a super-amazing-colossal series called “The Art of Being Super,” a quartet of classes celebra ng popular comic culture. GPL is playing host to some of the people who create the latest and greatest in graphic novels and comics. Think Charles Barne III (Captain America, and Star Trek), Todd Dezago (Sensa onal Spiderman), Greg Capullo (Batman), and Mark McKenna (Hulk, and Star Wars). You’ll get full details in the newsle er.
In case you had not heard, we asked youngsters throughout the community to submit designs for a GPL Card to be used exclusively by our youngest customers. We received more than 40 submissions – THANK YOU! -- so selec ng the Finalists and SemiFinalists was a bit of a challenge. But, we narrowed it down to six Finalists; they, like the rest of the field, were all deligh ully crea ve illustra ons of a love of libraries. Everyone can chime in; all you need to do is go to www.guilpl.org/ kidscard and vote! Please vote soon; vo ng closes on Sunday, August 16. We plan to have the cards ready for September’s Library Card Sign-Up Month. Your Generosity is Sending a Kid to Camp Thank you! In what has truly been a community effort, between your contribu ons and those made by GPL’s staff, we have collected enough money to send a child who suffers from Muscular Dystrophy to an MDA camp where he or she can enjoy many of the ac vi es children enjoy, but which, because of their afflic on, they cannot.
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One special guest who’s slated to appear on September 26 as part of the “Art” series is actor Ritchie Coster (above), who played “The Chechen” in The Dark Night Batman movie, and who has a recurring role in HBO’s “True Detec ve” series. As always, if you have any comments about the Library, please contact me directly at 456-2400 x 113. Regards, Tim Timothy Wiles , Director Guilderland Public Library
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Fire Departments: (Non-emergency) Altamont Fort Hunter Guilderland Guilderland Center McKownville Voorheesville Westmere
861-8171 355-2434 456-5000 861-8871 489-4340 765-4048 456-5200
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861-6953 456-1400 861-5090 438-0773
Schools: Altamont Elementary Christ the King School Guilderland Schools Transportation Guilderland District Administration Guilderland High School Farnsworth Middle School Guilderland Elementary Lynnwood Elementary Pine Bush Elementary St. Madeleine Sophie Westmere Elementary
861-8528 456-5400 861-6434 456-6200 861-8591 456-6010 869-0293 355-7930 357-2770 355-3080 456-3771
General Information: Albany Better Business Bureau 1-800-828-5000 Albany County Clerk’s Office 487-5100 Albany County Executive’s Office 447-7040 Altamont Fairgrounds 861-6671 Altamont Village Hall 861-8554 Guilderland Animal Control Officer 356-1501 Guilderland Animal Shelter 861-6855 Guilderland Chamber of Commerce 456-6611 Guilderland Highway Department 861-5108 Guilderland IDA 356-1980 Guilderland Interfaith Council 456-5410 or 355-3000 Guilderland Parks & Recreation Department 456-3150 Guilderland Performing Arts Center 456-8604 Nott Road Park 869-9884 Park Superintendent 456-8220 Summer Day Camp (Tawasentha) 456-3475 Town Pool 456-4446 Guilderland Public Library 456-2400 Guilderland Town Hall 356-1980 Guilderland Transfer Station 861-6776 Guilderland Water & Wastewater Management Dept. 456-6474
from TABAK & KIOSSE, LLP
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IS A BAD AGREEMENT BETTER THAN A LOOSEY GOOSEY ONE? Guilderland, NY- With the onslaught of alternatives to litigation, clients often come in with agreements that they have reached through alternative processes, such as mediation. Unfortunately, in New York State mediation is an unlicensed vocation, and anyone can hang up her shingle and call herself a mediator. There are mediators that have training from intense seminars and classes conducted by experienced professionals, with certifications that require ongoing professional education, to online or short term instruction with little or no guidance. Further, someone needs no background in law, finance, accounting, or tax to be a divorce mediator. Sometimes even with a seasoned attorney, there are problems with mediation depending on that person’s particular philosophy. There are mediators who try to bring parties to a reasonable and fair agreement, and those who believe that anything that two people can agree upon is fine, not taking into account the dynamics that one spouse may be a bully or that one person is so desperate to be out of the situation he will agree to any terms. What often brings people to our door are agreements that are incomprehensible, unenforceable, or don’t provide for reasonable changes that may occur in a family as children mature, such as educational expenses. While no one wants a “bad” agreement, that may be better than one which is unclear or unenforceable. Therefore, there are things to look for in reaching an agreement that you negotiate yourself: 1. Be clear about your goals - These include property and debt responsibilities, and custody and support issues including basic support for children, health insurance, medical expenses, child care expenses, extracurricular activity expenses, and educational expenses. 2. Do the right thing - Don’t enter into an agreement with the hope that the other person will “do the right thing,” even if it’s not required in your agreement. Maybe they will, maybe they won’t. If someone has been dishonest with you about money, nickeled and dimed you, or been a bad business partner during the time of your relationship, things are probably not getting better when you are apart. 3. Understand what you are signing – If you have questions about the terms of the agreement and they are not plain on its face that is problematic. Make sure the mediator has brought you to a place that the language in the agreement is clear, concise, and understandable. 4. Don’t sign anything! – The agreement that you are entering into is the most important document you will sign in your life. It is worth the investment for a consultation with a lawyer before finalizing any terms. I cannot tell you the number of people who would have saved a lot of time, energy, and money if they had paid for a few hours of my time to review the agreement, explain it to them, and make appropriate and often necessary changes, rather than fight about it after.
Margaret C. Tabak is a partner at Tabak & Kiosse, LLP, a law firm located in Great Oaks Office Park (near Crossgates Mall). Along with her partner (Leyla A. Kiosse), Attorney Tabak counsels clients on all matters related to matrimonial and family law. A resident of Guilderland for more than 20 years, Margaret received her undergraduate degree from SUNY Albany and her law degree from Albany Law School. If you have questions about a matrimonial or family law issue, contact Attorney Tabak for a consultation by calling 464-4095 or visiting the firm’s website, www.tklawllp.com. Guilderland, NY
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