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YOUTH SPORTS AND ATHLETICS It has been a wonderful opportunity to be able to partner with the Colonie Raiders football teams for this edition. Youth sports teams are a critical part of the fabric of our community. Working with the Colonie Jr Raiders brought me back to a time when I was involved in organizing and coaching Little League. Over the course of 3 years, I wore three hats. Little League VP, Major League Baseball Coach and Softball Coach. It was a crazy time with those responsibilities along with household duties and holding down a full time job at General Electric Plastics. As VP of the Little League, I wanted the quality of the coaching to be the best, so I purchased two books for all of the coaches. One was a book on how to run practices, complete with techniques and drills, and the other was called Life’s Lessons From Little League, written by Dr. Vincent Fortanasce who is a nationally acclaimed neurologist, psychiatrist, bioethicist, Little League Hall of Famer, Former Olympic Athlete and a Little League coach for twelve years, and is also a devoted father of three. From the Publisher.... Officially endorsed by the Little League Association, with a foreword from Orel Hershiser, Life Lessons From Little League --is an all-star guide for Little Leaque parents and coaches who want to teach their children to become not only good players, but also good sports. In short, it’s a great book to help everyone, coaches and parents alike, to “keep it all in perspective.” While coaching my son and his teammates during the season, I had some pretty fundamental goals: • Learn to be a team player • Learn the Game • Do the best you can and the one that got me in the most trouble with

the parents.... • Everyone on my team plays the same amount of time. I had a software program that I used to keep track of everyones stats and innings played, and we all played the same amount. My biggest challange came from the peanut gallery when the “Star Player” had his turn on the bench for 3 innings. Luckly I was smart enough to have my own son sit out the same 3 innings at the start of the game. To the constant yelling from the stands asking “what are your doing?” I calmly turned and reminded the parents that everyone plays the same as I explained to everyone at the beginning of the season. I said I would be happy to talk about it after the game, at which time I took out my stats. I had the data to back up the benching. What did my goals and controversial policy of everyone plays the same produce? • Our Team came in second place out of 6 teams who, by the way, used the other policy of.. if your not that good you get 1 at bat and 3 outs each game for your playing time. • One of the less talented players, got a hit in a crutial game and drove in the winning run. He and his Dad, when we ocassionally each other, over 30 years later, still talk about the great season he had. Isn’t that what Little League and youth sports are supposed to be about? Learning to be on a team that appreciates everyones efforts and do your best. Sounds like a good Life Lesson for all of us. Kevin Hotaling Owner and Publisher, Our Towne Colonie

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When you first meet John Cole, Owner of Cole’s Collision Centers, the first thing you notice is the sharp focus in his eyes. One gets the impression that Cole accomplishes his goals with the commitment and determination required to succeed as a business owner. So it is no surprise that when the conversation turns to the new state-of the-art Cole’s Collision Center at 1517 Central Avenue, those same eyes light up with excitement. The new building has three paint booths, including custombuilt, double cabin imported from Italy, and two dedicated fixtures frame machines. Cole started working on opening his first Collision Center in 2006. With the help of his father and biggest supporter, Dave, and some other close supporters, he renovated the building located at 1904 Central Avenue and turned it into a state-of-the-art collision center facility. His previous experience managing a high volume collision center at a local dealership gave him the confidence to get his collision center up and running, eventually becoming the success it is today. After purchasing the necessary equipment and hiring some key employees, Cole kicked his goals into high gear. Cole’s Collision Center of Colonie opened for business in January of 2007. Obtaining his first contracts with insurance companies paved the early road to success for Cole and his team. Business continued to grow steadily. However, as with any new business, there are inevitably professional and personal challenges along the way. Unfortunately, as Cole’s professional career was developing nicely, his father was diagnosed with cancer and soon passed away. Cole honored him by working harder to make his business the success they envisioned as they renovated the building for the first location. Within two years, Cole’s Collision Center of Colonie was a huge competitor in the Capital District collision industry. Not one to rest on his laurels, Cole knew his work was not yet done. In May of 2007, Cole’s Collision Center’s acquired the two Spa Body Works LTD locations in Ballston Spa and Wilton. His experience in the industry gave him the confidence to turn the two shops into highvolume competitors in the collision center industry. Within the first year of ownership, Cole rearranged the staff and hired qualified technicians and signed DRP contracts with insurance companies looking to work with growing shops. Cole further expanded his horizons when he opened the Clifton Park center in 2012. With a commitment to quality service, Cole looks to p rovide the safest repairs to what he calls his “community of customers” at every location. He is proud to stand by all five of his I-Car Glass Certified shops and hopes to grow in every aspect of the collision center industry. His employees are all “A” techs, and I-Car Platinum certified. Cole is continuously improving his processes at his locations, and makes customer satisfaction a number one priority. The look in his eyes tells you that it will be business as usual at the newest Cole’s Collision Center.

Our infrastructure is fundamental to every aspect of living and doing business in Colonie. That’s why in 2014 we began long-term strategic efforts to strengthen the Town’s drinking water and sanitary sewer systems. At 56-square miles, Colonie covers a lot of ground. Imagine the infrastructure needed to speed 3.8 billion gallons of drinking water to 23,500 service connections each year. (What’s needed is one water treatment plant, five pump stations, 15 huge water storage tanks, and 428 miles of water main.) The Town also maintains 400 miles of pipe, 29 pump stations, and 9,000 manholes to treat 3.5 million gallons of sanitary wastewater every day at its Mohawk View Pollution Control Plant. This year, the Latham Water District began a $1.3 million project to upgrade the Mohawk View High Lift Station. In service since 1964, it pumps about 60 percent of the Town’s drinking water. Next will be a complete overhaul of the River Road Pump station, in service since 1978. In addition to the $1.85 million rehabilitation of two water tanks (on Miller and Osborne Roads), $1 million is being invested to strengthen security throughout the entire water system. And the task of replacing thousands of feet of castiron water main is ongoing. Last year, new screenings and grit equipment was installed at the Town’s Pollution Control Plant, a $3.3 million project to replace equipment in use since 1978. (The screenings and grit processes are the essential first two steps in wastewater treatment.) Also last year, the Pure Waters Division invested $300,000 to totally rehabilitate its Fonda Road Pumping Station and $500,000 to replace the emergency notification systems at all 29 pumping stations. A $5.2 million project is underway to overhaul the Lisha Kill Pumping Station, one of the system’s largest and oldest. Finally, Pure Waters this summer undertook a $700,000 comprehensive rehab of the sewer systems on Metro Park Road, Aviation Road, and Computer Park Drive East. In addition, we concluded our first $5 million paving and drainage improvement plan in 2014, and this year began a second five-year, $5 million paving plan to continue our progress in returning all our Town roads to top working condition. Having achieved financial stability for Colonie, I am excited to be able to make major reinvestments in our infrastructure. This is not only the key to our quality of life today, but the key to our success in the future.

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Halloween is one of the world’s oldest holidays. In Ireland and Canada, Halloween, which was once a frightening and superstitious time of year, is celebrated much as it is in the United States, with trick-or-treating, costume parties, and fun for all ages. Halloween Masquerade Mask: From earliest times people wore masks when droughts or other disasters struck. They believed that the demons who had brought their misfortune upon them would become frightened off by the hideous masks. Even after the festival of Samhain had merged with Halloween, Europeans felt uneasy at this time of the year. Food was stored in preparation for the winter and the house was snug and warm. The cold, envious ghosts were outside, and people who went out after dark often wore masks to keep from being recognized.

Halloween has become second only to Christmas as the biggest decorating holiday of the year, and Kathe Sheehan, who owns The Costumer in Schenectady, will tell you that baby boomers have embraced the holiday’s decoration and masquerade. Money spent on Halloween is double digit billions. This year The Costumer celebrates its 98th year, but in 1974, when Sheehan and her late husband Jack, purchased The Costumer neither the business nor the holiday compared to what they have become today. The costumer has developed into a major theatrical supplier and as Halloween has become one of the year’s most celebrated holidays, it has become an important and fun time of year for them.

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ELECTION DAY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2015 VOTE TO KEEP COLONIE IN GOOD HANDS

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My daughter collects elephants and elephant imagery. She even has a small elephant tattoo at the juncture of her thumb and index finger of one hand. I have no idea why. The canvas basket in which she stores her newborn’s onesies has an appliquéd elephant on it. Is this the result of her parents’ predilection for incessant reading and re-reading of the tales of Babar to ease the transitions into a long night of sleep or the frequent viewing of the vintage Disney biopic Dumbo with the flights of fancy of the enormous-eared elephant protagonist? I have no clue. Our local scrapyard hero, Adam Weitsman, recently paid $166,750.00 for a four gallon West Troy stoneware crock decorated with a large cobalt prancing elephant (Weitsman regularly donates his spectacular stoneware to the New York State Museum). Times are tough, however, for real life elephants. Their numbers are dwindling as the harvesting of ivory tusks continues to be a lucrative business. As the United States and the world have begun to regulate the trade and transport of elephant ivory the impact on the antiques business has been enormous. The marketing of ivory jewelry, netsukes, carved chess sets, firearms with inlaid stocks and grips, etc. has essentially become an illegal activity, no matter how many years ago it was manufactured. The tangle of State and Federal laws (Dept. of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Endangered Species Act) as they entwine with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna has become impenetrable. The intersection of layers of regulation-speak makes the reading of the U.S. tax code seem like breezing through the straightforward order of Margaret Brown’s book Goodnight Moon. Last year China, as a statement of their dedication to cracking down on the illegal trade in ivory, publicly fed six tons of ivory into crushing machines. I’m not sure how that helped the situation other than decreasing the supply and not addressing the demand. I’m not advocating for the slaughter of elephants. I would just like to see laws enacted that would allow for the sale of ivory items that were made in the 19th c. or 18th c. or in some cases even earlier. With the speed of the proverbial tortoise regulators are trying to fashion exemptions that would allow the Itzhak Perlmans of the worlds to transport their ivory-ornamented Stradivarius violins across oceans, cane collectors to trade their ivory-handled walking sticks, museum to deaccession their 1820’s miniature portraits on ivory. At the moment, though, it seems if you have any elephants in your closet you need to keep them there. It is not illegal for you visit with them regularly, just don’t try selling any of them off to someone in Kansas and definitely not to someone in China.

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15. Ring around the collar?

11. More, in Madrid

17. Plumber's step?

19. Where models might mingle 39

22. Designer Lauren

24. Old name for Tokyo

25. Little Italy order

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26. Use a SodaStream on, say

21. Chills and fever

16. Japanese vegetable related to ginseng

20. Bit of filming

6. Mardi Gras mementos

27. Exhume Mrs. Bates?

31. Rope used in sailing

32. CrossFit unit

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35. Lawyers' charges

39. "Welcome" thing

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36. Shape made with a compass

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2. Ball, as it were

37. Fraternal fellows

43. High as a kite

3. Win the lottery, say

45. Ritz with sharp edges?

4. Look like a creep

38. When doubled, "thank you" in Mandarin

50. Takes the five-finger discount

5. "Doctor ___"

51. Beetle juice?

6. Noodge

52. Globe

7. Isaac's eldest

55. African ethnic and language group

8. High school breakout

56. Taiwanese information technology firm since 1976

9. Elmer, to Bugs

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1 The Television series “The Twilight Zone” premeired (1959) Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida (1971) 2 Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schultz first appeared in newspapers (1950) 3 Frank Robinson becomes major leagues baseball’s first black manager for the Cleveland Indians. (1974) 5 The World Series was broadcast on radio for the first time (1921) 6 Thomas Edison showed the 1st motion picture (1889) 6 The first Physician’s Assistants graduate from Duke University (1967) 9 The general public was first admitted into the Washington Monument. 11 Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space. (1984) 12 The very first Oktoberfest is held in Munich, Bavaria, Germany (1810) 13 The U.S. Continental Navy was created. See Navy Day 14 Martin Luther King Jr was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1964) 15 “I Love Lucy” premiered on television. (1951) U.S. Department of Transportation was created (1966) 16 Marie Antoinette was guillotined for treason. (1793) 16 Cuban Missile crisis begins. (1962) 17 Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion. (1931) 19 The Senate passed a bill making Martin Luther King’s Birthday

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23 25,000 women marched gin New York City demanding the right to vote. (1915) 24 The United Nations came into existence. (1945) 24 Anna Edison Taylor is the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. (1901) 25 U.S. forces invade Grenada. (1983) 26 The Erie Canal opens, connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River. (1825) 26 The “Gunfight at the OK Corral” occurs. Wyatt Earp, his two brothes, and “Doc” Holliday, have a shootout with the Ike Clanton gang. (1881) 26 The Erie Canal opens. (1825) 27 President Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday. (1858) The “Teddy bear” was named after him. 28 France presented the U.S. with the statute of Liberty. (1886) 28 The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is completed. (1965) 29 The New York Stock Exchange crashed on what came to be known as “Black Tuesday”, starting the Great Depression (1929) 31 Magician Harry Houdini dies from complications of a ruptured appendix. (1926) 31 Indian Prime Minister Indira Ghandi was assassinated. (1984)

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621 Albany-Shaker Road Loudonville (518) 458.9274 www.colonie.org/LIBRARY Meet the New Library Director The Friends of the Library would like to invite the community to meet the new library director, Evelyn Neale on Sunday, October 4, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. This will be a chance to not only meet Evelyn, but to also meet the Friends and hear about what is in the plans for the future of the library and the Friends. We encourage you to become a member of the Friends of the Library. Membership is available at many levels: Individuals $10; Families $15; Seniors (60+) $8; Business memberships $250. Checks made out to “Friends of the William K. Sanford Town Library” can be sent to: William K. Sanford Town Library, 629 Albany Shaker Road, Loudonville, New York 12211. Remember, the Friends meet the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM in the Youth Activity Room. All are welcome! Don’t forget to follow us on the web at www.colonielibrary.org/friends or on Facebook. Author Talk/Book Signing with Stephen P. Kiernan, Author of The Hummingbird Tuesday October 6th at 7:00 PM: Stephen P. Kiernan, the acclaimed author of the novel The Curiosity, returns with The Hummingbird, a new tale of wounded hearts and the healing power of love. Stephen P. Kiernan is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. During his more than twenty years as a journalist, he has won numerous awards, including the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award, the Edward Willis Scripps Award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment, and the George Polk Award. Kiernan is the author of The Curiosity, his first novel, as well as two nonfiction books, Authentic Patriotism and Last Rites: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System, the latter of which profoundly influenced The Hummingbird. He lives in Vermont with his two sons. For more information, please visit www.StephenPKiernan.com “I Did It My Way . . . Legal and Practical Issues Involved in End of Life Decisions” Advance care planning is critical to ensuring that your final wishes are carried out in a manner that enables you to live your last days the way you choose. Advance directives can include a health care proxy, living will, DNR, and medical orders for seriously ill persons who might die within the next year, including the Medical Orders for Life- Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) form. Understanding legal options is an important step in choosing a dignified death, but having frank, honest discussions about these choices with family, physicians, attorneys and caregivers is equally important. This session will explore what works, what doesn’t, and how to make your best case for death with dignity within the current legal framework. The featured speaker, Louis W. Pierro. This program is sponsored by the group Death with Dignity-Albany. For further information, please contact info@ deathwithdignityalbany.org From 12:15 to 1:45 PM on Thursday October 8th. Author Talk with Stacey Morris Loudonville resident and area writer Stacey Morris will talk

about her cookbook-memoir Clean Comfort: An Adventure in Food, Courage, and Healing…Finding Peace, Balance, and My Perfect Weight on Tuesday October 13th at 7:00 PM. Six years ago Morris, who was raised in Lake George, began a journey of what she describes as ‘extreme self-discovery,’ which involved total honesty and self- inquiry into why she was using food as a drug and how she reached a high weight of 345 pounds. She went on to drop 180 pounds without formal dieting while still maintaining her status as food-lover. Noon Author Talk I: David Pietrusza David Pietrusza returns for a Noon Author Talk on Thursday, October 15th. David’s new book is titled: 1932: The Rise of Hitler & FDR Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny. Mr. Pietrusza is the author of such books as 1920: The Year of Six Presidents; 1948: Harry Truman’s Improbable Victory; 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon; and Calvin Coolidge: A Documentary Biography. For more information about David’s books, including a slew of online interviews from C-SPAN, Morning Joe, Fox News, ESPN, NPR, The History Channel, Bloomberg Radio, and more, see David’s website at: http://www.davidpietrusza. com The talk begins at 12:15 PM; bring your lunch if you are on lunch hour. Sonny & Perley Return! The always-popular local musical duo of Sonny and Perley will be returning for a show on Sunday afternoon, October 18, at 2:00 PM. Their theme will be The Great American Songbook and International Cabaret. Some of the composers’ songs you’ll be hearing include Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Duke Ellington, Edith Piaf, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and more – all performed and interpreted in Sonny and Perley’s own inimitable style! Noon Author Talk II: Paul Grondahl Our second Noon Author Talk for the month welcomes Times Union writer Paul Grondahl on Thursday, October 22. Paul will be here to talk about the TU-published and multi-authored book Great Dogs of Albany and Beyond. After Paul wrote a column a few years ago about the death of his family’s beloved 14-yearold black Labrador retriever Daisy, he wrote in a follow up: “I have written more than 7,000 articles for the Times Union over the past 30 years, some 6 million words, and nothing in my experience had drawn that kind of response from readers.” The result of the readers’ responses is the new book Great Dogs of Albany and Beyond; a book, wrote Paul, that “is a celebration of all the ways that great dogs enrich our lives.” More about the book from the TU: “The Times Union’s most honored writer and dozens of dog lovers from across the Capital Region take you inside their dog-centric households. In stories both touching and humorous, they reveal the deep bonds that link humans and their four-pawed friends throughout our community. Profits from book sales benefit the Times Union Hope Fund. Enjoy the book, then see much more, including photography and video, and join the ongoing conversation at: http://timesunion.com/greatdogs” The talk begins at 12:15 PM; bring your lunch if you are on lunch hour.

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