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notes from the SUPERVISOR’S OFFICE

5209 Western Ave, Guilderland • (518) 356-1980 • www.townofguilderland.org

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m u n i c i p a l website, www. townofguilderland. org. We ask all of our residents to cooperate to insure the safety of all by placing only leaves and evergreen needles at the edge of the pavement in areas where the vacuum trucks operate, and by placing bagged leaves and needles at the edge of the road where the vacuum cannot operate. Please avoid creating hazardous conditions by piling leaves so high that they reduce visibility, or putting them in spots where they limit the vision of pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers. If you have any questions about the leaf pick-up program, please contact the Guilderland Highway Department at 861-5108. There is still time this fall to enjoy some pleasant golfing weather at Western Turnpike Golf Course. The air is crisp and clear, and one of the benefits of the rainfall we’ve experienced this year is that the course remains lush and green. Please call the Pro Shop at 456-0786 to check on special promotions for the Fall season, or to reserve a tee time. If you don’t golf, but enjoy a pleasant walk in the Autumn weather, visit Tawasentha Park and take a hike around our 5-mile network of hiking trails. We are working hard to complete work on Guilderland’s 2012 municipal budget. As I am sure everyone is aware, the state of the national, New York State, and regional economies make this a challenging exercise. The Supervisor’s Preliminary budget is now available in the Town Clerk’s office and on the Guilderland website. A series of public budget workshops was scheduled, with the last session scheduled for October 13. A Final Budget for 2012 will be discussed and voted on by the Town Board at its November 10 meeting.

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ALTAMONT COFFEE CAFE 100 Main Street, Altamont NY • (518) 861-5050 • www.AltamontCoffeeCafe.com Q. What year did your business start? e A. The Altamont Coffee CafĂŠ opened in June of 2010 under the name 100 Main Bean & Bakery. e Q. Where are you located and were you always in the same location? A. We are located at 100 Main Street in the Knowerville Plaza,, e directly across the street from the Altamont Fairground entrance on Rt. 146. Q. How and why did you get into the business? A. After a visit to Italy and experiencing the relaxed way off e enjoying a cafĂŠ I wanted to bring that feel back to my home d town and enable others to have the same experience. To spend quality time with a friend sipping a cappuccino or latte and nott be rushed. Q. How many generations have been running the business? A. My father was a retailer and had an ice cream store in Albany “Womer’s Karmelcornâ€?. My three brothers and I were always told by dad not to go into your own business. Well, all four of us have been successful in opening and building our own businesses. Q. Do you have many regular customers? Is there anything specific that they are always coming in for? A. We have developed a large clientele over the past year. Folks right now are coming in for our pumpkin lattes. Q. Are you known for anything special? A. Besides our wonderful delicious coffee that is from a local coffee roaster? We have many folks stopping in for our organic scones and cookies that are baked by a local baker. We have also become well known for my homemade vegetarian chili and homemade soup. Q. What hours are you open? A. Our hours of operation are M,Tues,Wed,Fri 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. serving dinner on Thursday evenings and Sat. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Q. What do you love most about the business? A. I love walking into the cafÊ and seeing people enjoying each other’s company and I especially love hearing laughter in the shop. Q. What do you think is your biggest challenge with the business? A. It goes without saying that the biggest challenge with any small business in the fall of 2011 is the local economy. Customers have definitely cut back on spending and we respect the challenges faced by all of us. Our priorities should be to our families and to support their needs before anything else. Then think about having lunch out or stopping on the way to work for a coffee. Q. What do you want the community to know about you? A. My husband Bill and I have been in the Altamont area for 13 years as business people and have lived here for 14 years. We have gotten to know so many customers on a personal basis and feel privileged to say that many of our customers have become friends.

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COMMUNITY OF *Registration of now open for the December 3rd Bus Trip to NYC hosted by the Guilderland Library and Chamber of Commerce. Register now. Fee of $40 per person must be paid by November 1st. Bus departs sharply at 8 am on Saturday, 12/3 and returns around 8:30 pm. For reservations and details, call Erika at 456-6611  *Saturday, October 8th Chicken and Biscuit Dinner Hosted by the Boyd Hilton VFW, 11 Mill Street, Altamont. Take-out or Dine-in. 4 pm to 7 pm. Pre-sale $9.00 per dinner any day after 2pm, or Day of event $9.50 per dinner. *Friday, October 14th Join the Zumbathon Party on from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Guilderland YMCA! Donation is only $15 and benefits our Reach Out for Youth Annual Campaign. This event is open to everyone so bring your friends! *Saturday, October 15th 3rd Annual Night of Comedy, “The Brew HaHa Comedy Showcaseâ€?.  Hosted by the Altamont Fire Department, 115 Main Street. Doors open at 7pm, Show begins at 8pm. $25 adult ticket includes beer, wine, soda and snacks. Contact Mark Wertman 861-5758 or Kelly Best 861-8554 x 13 for more details.  *Saturday, October 22nd Guilderland Elementary School Pumpkin Fun Run starting at 9am. Contact the School for additional information, 869-0293.  *Tuesday, October 25th GCSD Community Conversation starting at 7pm. The location is yet to be determined. Contact the School District Offices for details or visit http://guilderlandschools. org/district/calendar  *Friday, October 28th Puppet People Present “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the Village of Altamont Community Room beginning at 9am, 115 Main Street, Altamont.  Free Family Fun Night hosted by Village of Altamont Community Room beginning at 7pm, 115 Main Street, Altamont.

CALENDAR EVENTS *Saturday, October 29th Guilderland High School hosts Trick-or-Treat Street for children of all ages from 4pm to 7:30 pm at the school. For additional information, call 861-8591. *Tuesday, November 1st Registration Deadline for Chamber/Library Bus Tour to NYC. $40 fee must be paid by today. Call 456-6611 to register. *Friday, November 4th Farnsworth Middle School Book Fair and Poetry Jam from 9am to 8pm at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Colonie. For additional information, contact the school at 456-6010. Guilderland High School Fall Play at the High School beginning at 7pm. For ticket information, contact the school at 861-8591 *Sunday, November 6th American Legion Post #977 “All You Can Eat” Breakfast, 8am to Noon, 988 Altamont Blvd., Altamont. $8 for 12 yrs and up, $5 for under 12 yrs. Call 861-6848 for more information. *Tuesday, November 8th Election Day Polls open at 6am *Friday, November 4th Guilderland YMCA hosts Reach Out For Youth Dodgeball Tournament, 7:30 pm - 10 pm, register as a team or individual at the YMCA *Saturday, November 19th Community Caregivers 17th Annual Gala Awards Dinner and Auction held at The Albany Country Club, 300 Wormer Rd, Voorheesville. The evening begins at 6pm with a Cocktail Reception followed by the Awards dinner at 7pm. Regular tickets are $100 if purchased by October 31st. Honorary Committee members $150 per person. Business Dress. Call Community Caregivers office 4562898 or email info@communitycaregivers.org

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Local Real Estate Expert Reveals 3 Colossal Mistakes Sellers Make In This Market! Guilderland, NY - Let’s face it, the local real estate market data isn’t exactly stellar. Year to date in 2011,, over 20% of homes listed for sale in Guilderland failed d to sell. With all of the ups and downs in the real estate e market over the past several years, finally there iss some good news for home sellers A Free market report has just been released thatt provides valuable information about how to position n your home in the market place so you get the highestt price possible. For years, real estate agents have relied on locall market figures to advise homeowners on how to o determine the right selling price for their home. The e problem is, these figures don’t give you the totall 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 avoid the three colossal mistakes typical sellers make!”, 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.

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while ago I learned a very important fact at a presentation during my ongoing enrichment as an educator. This fact is that any person that you are dealing with is doing their best given their personal set of circumstances at any given moment in time. We can discuss any subject, any environment or any person. What really matters is that given their set of circumstances they are doing their best. Their best may not meet your needs. Their best may be less than you would give and therefore not meet your expectations. Their best at that time may not even be the best they are capable of. It is however, the best they can produce at the moment given their constraints. You may not think it is true, but the variable and personalized language of “their constraints” or “their circumstances” makes it true. During the course of an interaction with someone, assuming that your partner is purposeful with their negative actions will lead you to a battle that you may think that you win, but overall you don’t. This is true because you do not get what you wanted out of the interaction, even if you win the battle. To understand that their responses and actions are the best they can muster given their challenges will give you insight into getting more out of your interactions. As teachers, my colleagues and myself, in both our academic schools and martial arts schools, can benefit from this view. Teaching is, in the end, the art of getting students to do things you design to help them reach a goal within a set of constantly changing parameters, the most important of which is how the student feels about doing what you want them to do at the moment you want it. This is very helpful to me because I have such a variety of students with so many different needs, but certainly this can be applied to any interaction you may have within your family or even at your job. Look at it in this over simplified example. If someone bumps into you and as a result calls you a *#&%#$%, you can escalate the situation or you can realize that given their set of circumstances that was the best they knew how to do. Then you can just treat them really nicely and notice how that changes the way they are, or you can just move away hoping that they learn better some day. The bottom line lesson: never, ever, ever take it personally. It is not you. It is their set of circumstances that they are reacting to.

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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Q & A with Mohan Gavvagi & Kodi Kothandan

JEI LEARNING CENTERS BY ASTRA, LLC Suite 104A, Pega Plaza, 2021 Western Ave, Guilderland NY • (518) 400-0534 • www.jeialbany.com Q. As a parent, how will I be informed about my child’s progress and challenges? A. Each week’s workbook is sent home for parents to review. The student will Mohan Gavvagi Kodi Kothandan the Q. How is JEI Learning Center different from Kumon or other similar complete homework portion learning centers? A. JEI offers instruction in a small group setting, but also provides of the workbook, which parents can monitor. Each class begins with an individual attention for each student. Qualified teachers work with each Interim Test that reviews the information covered in the previous week’s student to ensure progress and understanding every step of the way. workbook. Progress can then be monitored by the teacher and parents aat every class. JEI Learning Center also provides additional practice to complete at home, so learning Q. My child is already going to another Q doesn’t stop between sessions. learning center, why should I bring my child to le your center? y Q. Is JEI Learning Center available A. JEI Learning Center bases its curriculum on A elsewhere? the school requirements for each grade level. A. JEI Learning Center currently has two th Not only will students be working on the skills N locations in the Capital Region—one in they need most, but they will also be following Guilderland and one in Latham. JEI Learning th the school curriculum. JEI Learning Center is Center also has locations in New Jersey and th several other states. ccommitted to the success of EACH & EVERY student. st Q. What are the qualifications of your Q. Who are your customers? What brings them teaching staff? Q to your Center? A. JEI Learning Center provides experienced, A. Our customers are simply parents who wish to have a better education certified teachers for each subject they teach. for their child, whether that means enriching a child’s strength or helping a child overcome a learning challenge. Q. What subjects do you offer? How long is each class? A. JEI Learning Center offers classes in basic mathematics and English (pre-school-9th Grade levels) as well as in advanced math problem Q. Are you known for anything special? solving and writing and reading comprehension programs. Each class A. JEI Learning Center is known for providing better education with: • 1: 5 ratio of teacher-students is one hour per week. • Separate classroom environment • Certified and experienced teachers Q. What is the Fee Structure? Are there any discounts? • Dedicated directors for student and parents A. Tuition is managed on a monthly basis. JEI Math is $120/month, JEI • Scientific methods to discover each child’s strengths and English is $110/month, Math Problem Solving is $140/month, Reading weaknesses in their learning ability. Comprehension & Writing is $140/month. There are discounts available w when enrolling in multiple Q. What hours are you open? ssubject areas or A. The Latham Center is open on Mon & Thu between 5 pm - 8 pm; The w when enrolling Guilderland Center is open on Tue & Wed between 5 pm - 8 pm; a sibling. There aare also saving Q. Do you sponsor any local teams, if so which ones? o p p o r t u n i t i e s A. We support community events and will also support Local Teams for d e p e n d e n t given an opportunity. u upon method of p Q. What do you love most about the business? payment. A. The Betterment of each Child through Better Education. Q. What is JEI Learning Center? I have never heard of it before. A. JEI Learning Center helps students build their Math and English skills. Each student follows an individualized curriculum tailored to improve areas of weakness and build confidence. JEI Learning Center focuses on students from pre-school age to grade 9 and includes enrichment programs in math problem solving and critical reading. JEI Learning Center is operated Globally, across the US and Worldwide.JEI Albany is proud to be in the Capital District area to promote “A Better Life Through Better Education”. Please visit our website at www.jeialbany.com or the corporate website at www.jeilearning.com.

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October Reading from Your Library: Guilderland’s Gathering Place

Paying for College, Without Going Broke

Making the many choices – balancing college selection against complex financial reality – that go into ensuring your child has the best possible college experience is among the most important October is Family History month and the Library has books, decisions you’ll ever make. On Wednesday, October 12, at 6:30 magazines, online databases, programs and even machines to pm, the Guilderland Public Library is holding “Paying for College, help you discover or write your family’s story. Without Going Broke,” a program that gives you a wealth of realworld guidance on managing your finances to get the best value Don’t know how to start? Around the dinner table at Thanksgiving for your tuition dollars. might be where you can This program is presented by professionals from Education Fundstart asking questions of ing Specialists, people who daily deal with exactly the problems the older generations in you’re facing now … or will one day take on. They specialize in your family. One book assisting families in creating a realistic college game plan that links that can help you decide students’ academic abilities with parents’ financial resources. how and what to ask is: You must register for this program. Please call 456-2400 x 40 to The oral history workshop : sign up. collect and celebrate the life stories of your family and It’s In Your Basement. And In Your House. Right Now. friends by Cynthia Hart. Radon, an invisible, odorless gas that can become a health hazard if it accumulates indoors, is the topic of “What You Should Know Another book that About Radon,” a program at the Guilderland Public Library on can help you is Megan Wednesday, October 19, at 7 pm. Smolenyak’s companion Learn how to test for radon, how to lower the level of radon in your book to the television home, and how homes can be built to be radon-resistant. You’ll series, Who do you think also hear about the health ramifications of ignoring elevated rayou are? :the essential guide to tracing your family history. don levels. Presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County, Family history is not just research for adults. We also have this is a program that every homeowner and home-renter should a number of books for children with an interest (or school assignment). Jim Ollhoff has a series of helpful books starting attend. To register, call the Cornell Extension at 765-3529, or email sms525@cornell.edu. with Beginning genealogy. by Barbara Nichols Randall, Director, Guilderland Public Library

Lisa Tracy’s book approaches family history in a slightly different way, Objects of our affection : uncovering my family’s past, one chair, pistol, and pickle fork at a time, by talking about the things we keep.

Neat Stuff For Sale

Turnout at last year’s Guilderland Public Library Staff Flea Market was so large that there will be another Flea Market this year; it will take place on Saturday, October 15, from 10 am to 4 pm. It will be held in the Helderberg Room, so weather will not be a problem. Proceeds from the sale of items the Library puts up for sale support programs not funded by taxpayer dollars. And, by the way, if If you aren’t interested in exploring your family’s story, how about reading the you’re into jigsaw puzzles, this is the sale for you. stories of others? Board of Trustees Meeting Barack Obama’s family tree : roots of The Library’s Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly achievement by Ameilie von Zumbusch, business meeting on Thursday, October 13, at 7:30 pm in the LiThe Kellogg family : breakfast cereal brary’s Tawasentha Room. You’re invited to attend and comment pioneers by Joanne Mattern, The lucky on the services you receive from your Library. ones : one family and the extraordinary invention of Chinese America by Mae M About the Library: Ngai and John F. Baker, Jr.’s book The Washingtons of Wessyngton For more information on these programs, please call the Library at Plantation : stories of my family’s journey to freedom are just a few 456-2400, or email info@guilpl.org. The Guilderland Public Library of the interesting family stories you can find at the Library. is located at 2228 Western Avenue, Guilderland. Visit the Library’s And for mystery lovers, author Charlotte Hinger tells tales of website at www.guilpl.org. Become a Facebook Fan of Guilderland.Ligenealogical sleuthing in her books Deadly descent and Lethal brary, follow the Library on Twitter (@GuilderlandLib), and get music lineage. information and downloads on the Library’s Freegal page. It all starts at guilpl.org. ourtowneGUILDERLAND.com

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