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A Tale Of Two ‘No’s’ Round Lake Residents Say ‘No’ To Roundabouts

by Arthur Gonick Saratoga TODAY ROUND LAKE — As reported in Saratoga TODAY in its January 24 issue, the residents around Round Lake Road have risen up in force to actively resist the imposition of roundabouts as a solution to traffic problems at two key intersections.

While members of the Malta Town Board have characterized roundabouts here as a “done deal,” the citizenry

See Story pg. 35

Maintenance Free Living

‘Boomers’ becoming movers.

See Maintenance- Free pg. 17,18

Residents Gather To Protest Round Lake Road Roundabouts

City Says ‘No’ To State Yepsen: “It is time to act” On Expanded Gaming

by Arthur Gonick Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — With hundreds in attendance at the Saratoga Springs City Council Meeting on Tuesday, March 4, after months of public debate and public comment (with months more to come) Mayor Joanne Yepsen at 9:30 p.m. read a resolution into the Photo/graphic by Mark Bolles.

State Champs Blue Streaks ski team wins second state title in three years.

(about 75) who came out last Saturday, March 1 at the intersection at Chango Drive (one of the proposed sites) to wave signs and urge people to honk horns in support of their no roundabout stance, as well as those who packed and spoke at a public hearing regarding eminent domain procedure at the town board meeting on Monday, March 3, say otherwise.

The town board voted at it’s last meeting of 2013 to See Round Lake pg. 7

Featured Stories

See City Council pg. 16

Inside TODAY Blotter 3 Obituaries 6 Education

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Business 12,13 Your Home

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Dr. Seuss PJ Party At Northshire Bookstore Mom Michele and baby Landon

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BLOTTER

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014 Joshua E. Marshall, 25, of Robens Road in Stillwater, was arrested February 24 and charged with leaving the scene of an auto accident, improper lane use, DWI and BAC more than .08 percent. Marshall was arrested at 10:40 p.m. following a property damage accident.

Christopher N. Charboneau, 18, of Vanderbilt Terrace in Saratoga Springs, was arrested February 24 and charged with improper vehicle equipment and unlawful possession of marijuana.

Charles J. Furey, 45, of Clinton Street in Saratoga Springs, was arrested February 24 and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of vehicle and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration.

Joseph M. Cilione, 32, of County Route 68 in Saratoga Springs, was arrested February 25 and charged with speeding and aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle.

Katelyn Marie Davis, 19, of West Fenlon Street in Saratoga Springs, was arrested February 25 and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration and aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle.

Kenneth M. Conte, 20, Of Kirby Road in Saratoga Springs, was arrested February 25 and charged with criminal possession of marijuana, improper equipment (rear license plate light) and failure to signal a turn.

Zoe A. Boyle, 18, of Phila Street in Saratoga Springs, was arrested February 26 and charged with harassment.

Boyle was arrested on a warrant at 12:09 p.m.

Gregory M. Hernandez, 27, of Paris Avenue in Corinth, was arrested February 26 and charged with DWI, violation of a restricted license and failure to signal a turn.

Jody Lyn Frechette, 43, of Traver Road in Gansevoort, was arrested February 27 and charged with petit larceny,

criminal possession of stolen property and theft of services. Frechette was arrested at 8:35 p.m. Police had received a report of a larceny from Trotter’s bar in regards to a stolen cell phone from a patron there. While investigating that theft, officers also discovered that Frechette had allegedly been at Dango’s bar on Caroline Street after the reported theft and had left without paying her tab there.

Shortly thereafter, officers responded to a disturbance call at Javiers at 17 Maple Avenue. There they located Frechette, who allegedly had been involved in the reported disturbance. Frechette had allegedly been involved in another phone theft while at Javiers and was also found to be in possession of the cell phone that was reported stolen from Trotters.

David M. Flick, 40, of Albany Street in Schenectady, was arrested February 27 and charged with aggravated harassment.

Flick was arrested on a warrant at 9:48 a.m.

Kathleen R. Saulsberry, 27, of Middlebrook Avenue in Ballston Spa, was arrested February 27 and charged with failure to obey a traffic control device, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration.

Timothy L. Kelly, 22, of East Avenue in Saratoga Springs, was arrested February 28 and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana.

William J. Conway, 22, of West River Street in Milford, Connecticut, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. On February 24, Saratoga Springs Police executed two search warrants: one at 67 East Avenue and one at 30 Gick Road (a storage unit facility). The execution of the two search warrants led to the above charges being filed in Saratoga Springs City Court on the Kelly and Conway.

Lynn M. Grabowkski, 59, of Waterbury Street in Saratoga Springs, was arrested February 28 and charged with harassment. Grabowski was arrested on a warrant at 8:13 p.m.

Anthony V. Giovanni, 20, of Caroline Street in Saratoga Springs, was arrested February 28 and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and opening and closing vehicle doors.

Giovanni was arrested at 7:31 p.m. after allegedly being involved in a property damage accident.

Derek Seth Varnum, 19, of Route 50 in Ballston Lake, was arrested March 1 and charged with burglary and criminal mischief. Varnum was arrested at 5:36 p.m.

It is alleged that Varnum broke a window of a residence on Hamilton Street and illegally entered the residence through the broken window. Varnum was located in the immediate area just after the alleged incident took place and taken into custody.

Vanessa R. Martin, 36, of Hiland Avenue in Queensbury, was arrested March 1 and charged with operating a vehicle without properly using a courtordered interlock device, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration.

Shane P. Pratt, 24, of Gordon Lane in Gansevoort, was arrested March 1 and charged with DWI, BAC more than .08 percent and driving the wrong way down a one way street.

David A. Pramaggiore, 41, of Amsterdam Road in Scotia, was arrested March 1 and charged with refusing a prescreen test, DWI, speeding, failure to keep right, failure to comply with the lawful order of the police and consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Adam J. Ross, 32, of Constock Road in Greenfield, was arrested March 1 and charged with aggravated unlicensed

operation of a vehicle and improper vehicle equipment.

Christopher J. Edgington, 33, of Manor Drive in Queensbury, was arrested March 2 and charged with disorderly conduct.

Michael R. Vanburen, 24, of Glenwood Boulevard in Schenectady, was arrested

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March 2 and charged with disorderly conduct and manufacturing, selling and possessing a controlled substance.

Gregory A. Cooper, 38, of Brookline Road in Ballston Spa, was arrested March 2 and charged with disorderly conduct. Vanburen and Cooper were arrested at 1:28 a.m.

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County Sheriff ’s Deputy Arrested For Drug Trafficking

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SARATOGA COUNTY— Veteran County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles E. Fuller, 46, has been arrested by the FBI for his participation in a cocaine trafficking sting.

During the time of his arrest, certain personal belongings such as his car, were taken and he was charged for his attempt to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.

“Disappointing is the word that I’ve been saying all day. I think the other members of the department have the same mind set, they’re disappointed.” said Saratoga County Sheriff, Michael Zurlo.

Fuller was a 24 year member of the department with 14 years as a desk officer and the remaining 10 as a road deputy.

The investigation by the FBI has been in operation for at least two months and it eventually produced a criminal complaint accusing Fuller

of meeting with a confidential FBI source on January 24 to discuss the transportation of the cocaine. The allegations continued to state that the source met with Fuller on February 19 to transport 250 grams of imitation cocaine for $4 a gram; a thousand dollars in total.

The alleged criminal acts continued until this past Thursday, February 27, when the last meeting between the source and Fuller took place. It was at this meeting that Fuller was paid $4,000 in marked money.

“He’s suspended without pay pending the outcome of this federal investigation. We will closely watch it as it progresses through the court system and take the appropriate action once everything is finalized.” Zurlo said.

Deputy Fuller is due to appear on March 3 at a detention hearing in Federal court. If convicted he could face 5 to 40 years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000,000.

School Official Arrested On Drug, Other Charges COLONIE— An assistant superintendent of a regional school district was arrested on Sunday, March 2, for several drug related misdemeanors.

Frank Pickus, 57, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of drug paraphernalia as well as for several traffic violations, which included operating with a suspended registration, failure to signal and failure to stay in his lane.

The police stated that when they pulled Pickus over in the parking lot

of a Starbucks on Troy-Schenectady Road at 6:23 p.m. he was in possession of around four grams of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

According to a statement posted on the Gloversville Enlarged School District’s website by Superintendent Michael Vanyo, Pickus has been placed on paid administrative leave “pending the investigation.”

Pickus was recently granted a three-year contract extension in June, which increases his current salary of $98,745 by 2 percent every year until the 2015-2016 school year.

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014

Student Dancers Pledge To Go For Record MOREAU—For the first time in the 37 year history of the Marathon Dance, students from South Glens Falls High School are attempting to reach an impressive $500,000; their highest and most daring fundraising goal ever.

Since last year’s increase of $94,000 to a record of $489,716, this year’s goal is very close to becoming a reality. Fundraising for the dance has immensely grown since its conception in 1978 from $1,500 to the $100,000 stage until 23 years later in 2001, and now just 10 years later, has tripled to the $326,213 raised in 2011.

Since its start in 1978, the Marathon Dance has raised a total of more than $3.6 million for various charitable causes. The donations from this year’s fundraising will go to aid 39 recipients ranging from those who face serious health problems and nonprofit organizations like the Saratoga Center for the Family and the Wilton Food Pantry.

While it is based at the high school, the dance has spread to every grade level and is awaited by the entire community every year. All four elementary schools and the Oliver W. Winch Middle School help out with fundraising activities of their own such as walk-a-thons, read-a-thons, and mini-dances. One elementary school was able to raise at least $8,000.

All participating students collect at least $150 in pledges and some students have raised up to a few thousand dollars each.

Businesses around the community are following suit in their own ways, such as donating items for the live and silent auctions held during the dance while some restaurants donate a percentage of their profits on a given night.

The dance is open to the public from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, March 7 and anytime after 6:30 a.m. the following Saturday.

Happy 30th To PJ’s BAR-B-QSA!

SARATOGA SPRINGS — PJ and Carolyn Davis have owned PJ’S BAR-B-QSA located on 1 Kaydeross Avenue West since 1984, marking this 30 successful years in business “Our slogan is, ‘Barbecue — it’s not what we do... it’s who we are,’” PJ Davis, also known as the “Pit master”, said.

Before being in the restaurant business, the couple both taught in elementary schools for 23 years. During this time, the opportunity to open up his own restaurant always sat in the back of PJ Davis’ mind.

In 1974, the Davises opened a barbeque catering business that they only ran during the summertime when school was out of session. Then in 1984, the couple bought and opened a restaurant that is now PJ’s BAR-B-QSA, and in that time had two children, son Johnny, now 37, and daughter Jady, now 35. As PJ’s grew in popularity,

it became too challenging to keep teaching while operating the restaurant so they both quit their teaching jobs.

PJ’s employs a staff of up to 60 but that doesn’t stop the owners from doing everything from the cooking to the bussing.

PJ Davis came up with the inspiration for PJ’S distinctive menu in 1999, which took the country’s best regional favorites and put them into one restaurant.

Today, PJ’s diners can experience the best BBQ from around the country such as New York State Fair chicken, Memphis or Kansas City ribs, North Carolina pulled pork, Texas beef brisket, and Pacific Northwest’s smoked salmon all available under one roof.

2012 was the year that PJ’S began to stay open year-round, seven days a week.

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014

Fit To Be Tried

by Monique Boulet For Saratoga TODAY What a fantastic way to kick off National Nutrition Month by writing a column that shares all the many exciting Health and Wellness Initiatives that are forming and currently taking place in and around Saratoga Springs! I feel so grateful to live in the Spa city that represents Health, History, and Horses!

First, let me give you a bit of background about me, as your reliable health source and connection to one of the largest growing industries in the country, health and wellness.

With a huge passion to help my community strive for a healthier way of life, I became a Registered Dietitian over 15 years ago. Knowing that people can indeed make changes in their lifestyle, leading to their improved health, shifted my research into why some clients were successful in maintaining their goals, while others struggled.

So, when I moved back to the area from Key West, FL, I dove into the world of holistic living and became a certified fitness instructor, a self-care coach and a motivational speaker for corporations, hospitals and wellness events in the Northeast. In my practice, I tied together the need to not only change the way my clients were physically living, but to also create a shift in perceptions about core beliefs that tend to be obstacles to successfully achieving one’s goals.

In general, we tend to view the body, what we should look like, and how others view us, based on ultra-thin models, and body image campaigns. For

instance, I saw many high school friends acquire eating disorders as a result of this.

I chose a proactive approach to self-care, and work with the younger generation who continue to be influenced by super sized meals and empty calories, in addition to the deficit in energy burned with the bombardment of video games, TV and the computer. Not only has this way of life become more of the norm, society has a whole continues to redefine what was once considered an inactive lifestyle as more acceptable.

One of my most important jobs as a mom is to be a positive role model in living a healthy life, loving my body (flaws and all) and backing it all up with words of encouragement for my daughters to exude the same respect for themselves. What we tell ourselves daily, good or bad, becomes the image we see when we look in the mirror. Giving ourselves the gift of gentle loving kindness is the catalyst to the shift we see as we begin to reach our goals!

So now that you have a better understanding of my passion in my approach to the success of my clients and in my own personal life, I am thrilled to be working with Saratoga TODAY as a Health Advocate and share the many wellness opportunities we are fortunate enough to have at our fingertips here in Saratoga Springs.

I will be sharing the latest and greatest that businesses offer locally, and their added value of contributing to the growing interest with optimal health care for the prevention and treatment of disease and imbalance.

I will also be giving you the inside “scoop” on food establishments in the area that have stepped up in making changes in providing healthier food options, allergy alerts and even gluten free options on their menu. In addition, there is growing concern with health and wellness in the workplace, and I will highlight area businesses that excel above and beyond the norm to ensure their employees are getting the added benefits of a wellness program within the workplace setting.

This includes Healthy Lunch and

Learns, Move It or Lose It walking challenges, stress management classes and even Corporate Wellness Challenges. As a result of these wellness programs, employers have seen a reduction in employee injuries and sick days, increased customer satisfaction, improved morale and energy levels and a significant reduction in health insurance premiums paid to the insurance company.

In 2014 there is no slowing down for the general population, with the never-ending stresses of work, deadlines, child-care and bills. However, the Spa City has one of the largest and most diverse options for health and wellness services to help you get fit, feel your best and limit the degree of stress you carry. I will help to steer you in the direction of living and breathing a healthier, more vibrant lifestyle. If you are a business, corporation, or non-profit organization and have some news you would like to share, I welcome the information. We are, after all, working together to create one of the healthiest areas in

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the world!

Don’t forget March 12th is National Registered Dietitian’s Day! Before using a nutritionist, I encourage you to first find out that he or she is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and a Certified

Dietitian Nutritionist (CDN) to accept insurance claims in New York State.

Monique Boulet RD, CDN, CPT www.organiquebymonique.com (518) 312 6309 moniqueboulet@hotmail.com

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obituaries

Margaret B. Gustafson SARATOGA SPRINGS — Margaret B. Gustafson, 88, passed away on Wednesday, March 3, at Wesley Health Care in Saratoga Springs.

Margaret was born on November 15, 1925 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the daughter of the late Elmer and Hilma Johansson Ulrickson.

Margaret grew up in Connecticut, graduating from Greenwich High School.

She married the love of her life, John C. Gustafson. He preceded

her on April 2, 1990.

Margaret had a great love for animals and music. She loved spending time with her family and friends.

Margaret is survived by sons, John Jr. (Mischelle) and Peter A. (Cindy) Gustafson; daughters, Joan Tallman (Hilton), Karen Gustafson (Frank Barnes) and Dorothy Hughes; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, John, and brother, Carl Ulrickson.

Nina Hikari Martino (Pettigrew) SARATOGA SPRINGS — Nina Hikari Martino (Pettigrew), 53, of Saratoga Springs, passed away on Thursday, February 27 after a brief illness.

She was born on June 28, 1960 in New Haven Connecticut, the daughter of John and kazuko Uchida Pettigrew.

She graduated from Saratoga Springs High school, attended sessions at Juilliard pre-college and took classes at Skidmore College.

She was a musician and an artist. Sculpting was her favorite art medium. She spent many years sculpting and assisting at the Skidmore art department.

Nina will be remembered for her infectious sense of humor, kindred spirit and big heart. She touched the lives of many children in the neighborhood bedsides her son and daughter.

Nina had a soft spot in her heart for children, the elderly and

anyone that would be considered an underdog in our society. This even included her four-legged friends that she called her little animals.

Nina was a strong Christian believer with the outer and inner beauty of an angel. She also possessed a beautiful singing voice.

Today she sings with the other angels in heaven.

She was predeceased by her father John Phillips Pettigrew.

Survivors include her son John J. Martino of Saratoga Springs; her daughter, Juliet (Mikey) Martino of Saratoga Springs; her mother, Kazuko Pettigrew; her companion, John Swizersky; her sisters, Elaine Hurley, Ingrid Keys and Bethany Maglione; her nieces, Tomiko and Michelle; her nephews, Dustin and Mark; her exhusband and friend for life John R. Martino.

William L. Eldridge BALLSTON SPA — William L. Eldridge, 92, of Grove Street, died peacefully at his residence on Tuesday, March 4.

He was born on August 29, 1921 in Ballston Spa and was the son of the late Helena (Buckley) Eldridge. Mr. Eldridge was a graduate of Ballston Spa High School.

He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II and was honorable discharged on October 21, 1945 as a Technician Fourth Grade. His career with the Scotia Army Depot brought him to New

Cumberland Pennsylvania for 30 years until his retirement as a Supervisor.

Following retirement, he settled back in Ballston Spa. He was a communicant of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ballston Spa. He was the beloved husband of Mary (McCarthy) Eldridge who he married on May 24, 1947.

Bill is also survived by a niece, a nephew and his loving extended family and friends.

To view the full version of the obituaries vist the archive section of SaratogaTODAYonline.com It is the policy of Saratoga Today to publish Obituarires as a service to our readers.

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Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014

Richard E. Johns SARATOGA SPRINGS – Richard E. Johns, 67, passed away Saturday, March 1 at his residence surrounded by his loving family.

Born on November 11, 1946 in Keary, New Jersey, he is the son of the late Stanley and Veronica Johns. Rick spent his early years in New Jersey graduating from St. Stephens’s Grade school, Queen of Peace High school and St. Peter’s College.

Upon graduation from college, Rick served in the U.S. Army with a tour of duty in Vietnam from February, 1970 to March, 1971. He held the rank of Sergeant and earned a combat infantry badge, Vietnam service medal, Vietnam campaign medal, Air medal and a Bronze Star for Valor.

After his honorable discharge from the U.S.

Army, he worked for Sandoz Chemical and Clariant Corporation as a sales representative until his retirement. Along with spending time with his friends and family, Rick enjoyed golfing, horse racing, St. Peter’s basketball and the New York Giants.

Rick leaves behind his fiancée, Nancy Wren, and her family; his daughters, Jessica Washburn (husband Jerry) and Melissa Paul (husband Chad) and grandchildren, Meghan Paul, Cooper Washburn and Collin Paul; his brother, Ray Johns (wife Lorraine) of Ft. Myers, Florida and many nieces and nephews.

Clemens J. “Clem” Goodrich

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Clemens J. “Clem” Goodrich, 84, died at Saratoga Hospital Friday, February 28.

Clemens was born August 6, 1929 in Albany, son of the late William and Eleanor Smith Goodrich.

Clemens retired from SUNY Albany in 1988 and moved to Saratoga Springs, residing with his sister, Margaret, and brother-in-law, George Van Deusen, Sr. In recent years, he resided with his niece, Diane Parisi.

He loved living in Saratoga Springs and particularly enjoyed long walks through the city. In later years,

he rode the bus downtown and sat on the benches greeting everyone who passed by. He was a member of the Saratoga Springs Senior Citizens and volunteered with their lunch program for several years. Clemens was a faithful communicant of the Church of St. Peter and enjoyed serving as an usher and assisting with weekly collections whenever necessary.

In May of 2013, Clemens chose to move to the Cambridge Guest Home and he quickly made friends with the residents and staff. He enjoyed all of the social events and sitting on the porch chatting with his “buddies”.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brothers, William and George Goodrich, and his sisters, Margaret (Van Deusen) and Eleanor (Mackey); his brothers-in-law, Dale Mackey, Sr. and George Van Deusen, Sr.; one sister-in-law, Dorothy Goodrich; along with numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Survivors include his beloved sister, Catherine Lee; brother-in law, James Lee and sister-in-law, Betty Lou Goodrich; his primary caregiver, Diane Parisi as well as Margaret Ditch, Eleanor Stanton, George and Matthew Van Deusen and their spouses, who assisted her in insuring that “Uncle Clem” had a full and happy life.

He is survived by many godchildren, nieces and nephews and their families, and a special friend, Paul Scannell.

Marion E. Decker

Marion E. Decker, 98, a lifelong resident of Schuylerville, passed away Monday, March 3 at Washington Center (Pleasant Valley Nursing Facility) in Argyle.

Born August 30, 1915 in Schuylerville, she was the

daughter of the late Charles and Eunice Goodale Eddy.

Mrs. Decker worked for many years at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, retiring in 1981. She was a member of Old Saratoga Post No. 278 Ladies Auxiliary, the Old Saratoga Seniors, and had been a member of the Schuylerville Methodist Church. She enjoyed crocheting and bowling.

In additions to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Lloyd Decker, in 2000, he son, William Decker in 2006, as well as one sister, Helen Eddy Germain, and one brother, Donald Eddy.

Survivors include her son Glenn (Rose) Decker of Schuylerville; four grandchildren, Mathew (Amy) Decker, Kristy Tagliarino, David Decker and Trina (Michael) post; 10 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014

Round Lake Residents Rise Up continued from page 1 accept Albany engineering firm Creighton-Manning’s (C-M) “preferred” alternative of roundabouts, though it noted in their report that it was a more expensive option and roundabouts that would be placed at the two intersections would have “nonconforming” features, or less than ideal specifications.

The roundabout projects are at the intersections of Round Lake Road with Ruhle / Raylinsky Roads and with Chango Drive. These two roundabout projects are estimated by C-M to cost $4.86 million, with approximately 80 percent funded

by Federal and State sources while a project involving a traffic light (which does not exist at Chango Drive), turn signals and turning lanes (which are not at either location currently) would cost $3.1 million according to C-M estimates.

This caused resident Tim Downey at the public hearing to say that this issue came down to “Pork… you guys just wanted the money. The fix was in from the start.”

Indeed, the acquisition costs of land for obtaining the proposed right-of-way widens the gulf between the two projects further. C-M estimated that roundabout right of way costs would be $165,000; while a traffic light project would be $39,900.

At the March 3 public hearing, representatives from C-M presented a report noting that some of the non-conforming issues had been resolved, but resident Elwood “Woody” Sloat noted that many remained, and even was skeptical about some of the “resolved” issues ever happening: “The C-M group stated they are going to move the Stewart’s at Ruhle Road’s entrance/exit back (north) 20 feet and extend the splitter island. This was previously determined to be not feasible because of the extensive telephone/water/sewer and utility systems in this specific area. Many residents, including myself, are skeptical that this will ever happen and will probably result in a “change order” (which will drive the project cost further) once they get approvals.

“The citizens will watch every step of this construction,” Sloat said.

Other residents at the public hearing concentrated on the

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Malta Town Supervisor Paul Sausville explains his position in favor of the roundabouts.

Round Lake Road residents Murray and Kathy Eitzmann would lose a parcel of their property through eminent domain if roundabouts come to their neighborhood.

safety issue of roundabouts, both for vehicles and pedestrians.

“I fear there will be children’s bodies lying in the road,” said Shelda Roerig, resident whose family tree includes original residents of this area. Her family currently owns the ice cream stand and miniature golf course near the proposed Ruhle / Raylinsky roundabout that many area children frequent.

Of the 16 commenters at the public hearing, only one spoke in favor of the project that the town board had voted for.

While this is obviously not a scientific sample, the packed

town board meeting, a good number of motivated residents who lined Round Lake Road on a frigid Saturday and the passion of the community, exemplified by the now 400+ signatures against the roundabouts submitted at the public hearing, indicate that even though the town board has eminent domain on it’s mind, they think otherwise.

Their fervor could be capsulized by Kevin Eitzmann’s comment at the March 3 public hearing: “This is not how democracy works.”

Well, maybe it is. Stay tuned.

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Rendering of the Grande Ville at Park Place apartments. Photo provided by Malta planning board.

Friendly Sons Of St.Patrick 62nd Anniversary Celebration

County Ages; More Maintenance-Free Living Options Needed?

SARATOGA COUNTY— Here’s a news flash: We’re getting older!

Saratoga County is keeping pace with State and National trends, and in many

key age brackets outpacing them. The potential market for maintenance-free housing should be robust for the foreseeable future:

Saratoga County NY State Persons 65 years and over, Percentage, 2012

14.8% 14.1% Demo Breakdown – 2010 Census 2000 1990 No. of persons % Total population 219,607 100.0

2014 officers, from left; Vice President Gerard Zabala, President Dr. Stephen Foley, Treasurer William Walbridge and Secretary David Carr Jr.

SARATOGA SPRINGS— The Saratoga Springs Chapter of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick are planning to commemorate a huge milestone with a dinner on March 17 at the Holiday Inn located on Broadway.

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MALTA – The multi-family and single-family sections of Park Place in Malta are planned to be the site of a new development, Grande Ville at Park Place, a 508- apartment facility that fronts Saratoga Village Boulevard.

The development project is near the GlobalFoundries computer chip plant which has plans to add 1,000 employees by the end of this year, in addition to its current workforce of 2,200 employees.

The apartment layout will include three-story units and townhouse-style apartments with garages. Monthly rent is planned to start at a rate of $1,100 per month.

The developers Morgan Management and LeCesse Development Corp. formed a jointventure that later purchased the Northwest section of the Park Place development in June, 2013.

Renderings and drawings were presented at the Malta planning board meeting in October 22, 2013, and approval for the Concept Project Plan application was approved December 30, 2013. Later this month, the developers are expected to submit a final project plan.

LeCesse Development Corp.’s headquarters are located near Orlando, Flor. with offices in Rochester, NY. Morgan Management LLC has offices in both Rochester and Saratoga Springs.

a year on St. Patrick’s Day to honor their patron saint and to raise money for Catholic charity organizations.

There are many other chapters in cities throughout the country, including other capital region cities such as Albany and Troy.

One of the first chapters

founded was located in New York City after the revolutionary war by Irish American Daniel McCormick in 1784. His purpose was to help and improve the lives of impoverished Irish immigrants who arrived in the city post the British evacuation.

50 to 54 years 17,660 8.0 55 to 59 years 15,462 7.0 60 to 64 years 13,949 6.4 65 to 69 years 9,942 4.5 70 to 74 years 6,777 3.1 75 to 79 years 5,151 2.3 80 to 84 years 4,083 1.9 85 years and over 4,041 1.8 Source: US Census Data: 2012, 2010, 2000, 1990

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To read about many maintenance-free living options in Saratoga County, see the story in Saratoga TODAY’s “Your Home” section on pages 17-18.

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Education

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014

PLTW Pilot Program ‘LAUNCH’ Continues In Second Semester With Positive Initial Feedback

by Colette Linton Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Lake Avenue Elementary was one of 42 schools in the country selected to pilot Project Lead The Way’s (PLTW) LAUNCH curriculum, in which second-grade teacher Nancy Ferguson now writes ‘engineering’ as a subject on the chalkboard alongside science, math, English and writing.

With only a handful of classrooms participating in the experimental format to enhance science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) understanding at the elementary level, Ferguson said the main complaint she receives is from parents who can’t get their

child included in the program.

The curriculum is based on introducing formatted modules to the classroom that begin with a reading component, then progresses through tiered problem solving activities, and ending with a project or ‘build’ .

The modules, which take 10-12 hours to complete during the course of the semester, allow the classroom to apply lessons from multiple subjects into a problem-solving activity, Ferguson said and added that it’s a curriculum that she would like to see continue next year. “We don’t just talk about math in isolation,” she said. “We apply it.”

Six classrooms, one in each grade level, have been using such modules since November to stir

Second-grade students in PLTW’s pilot program, LAUNCH. Photo Provided.

interest in STEM learning as well as another way to reach current common core standards.

This is the opportunity where the “playing field is leveled” for students and teachers, as Instructional Technologist at Saratoga Springs School District Jim Nair said. In areas where students may struggle

in one subject, they may have a strength in others that will aid them in completing a project with their partner. All the while, the role of the teacher has changed into that of a facilitator in LAUNCH. “It can be a little chaotic in the classroom, but the energy is directed at solving the problems,” he said.

The topics for the modules this year include Structure and Function of Materials, Forces, Sound and Light, Flight, Energy and Robotics.

“We are asking students to branch out in new ways and allow themselves to learn from their mistakes with the teacher acting as mentor and facilitator,” Nair said.

“The ongoing goal of this exciting pilot is to allow students to listen, collaborate, investigate and engineer solutions to problems using math, science and technology.”

Lake Avenue Elementary is the only school in the Northeast piloting the program. Through its participation, Nair aims to help shape what the program will look like as it rolls out at other schools in the future.

Nair said that the program has so far generated a lot positive feedback from teachers, students and parents in addition to comments regarding how the project could be improved in the future.

Students Battle Brain Matter At ‘Battle of the Books’ QUEENSBURY – Thirty one teams across four grade levels from 11 school districts will compete on March 10 at SUNY Adirondack in Queensbury to demonstrate their brute knowledge of books at Battle of the Books.

For the competition, hosted by the WSWHE BOCES School Library System, all participants were required to read ten books in five months on their own time.

Of the ten books, half were fiction; half were nonfiction and titles included P.T. Barnum’s new

biography for kids and Steven Sheinkin’s award-winning “The Notorious Benedict Arnold.”

The competition will start next Monday at 9:30 a.m. and end at 1 p.m. with the awards ceremony starting at 12:30 p.m.

Xavior “Sam” Mastrianni Scholarship Applications Available SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Xavior “Sam” Mastrianni Scholarship Committee is now accepting applications.

The Mastrianni Fund honors the memory of Dr. Sam Mastrianni, a Saratoga Springs psychiatrist and resident, whose vision and leadership guided the expansion of mental health services in Saratoga

County until his death in 1995.

Each year multiple scholarships are awarded to students who live in the Capital District Region and who are advancing their education or professional development in the field of mental health.

Scholarship applicants can represent a broad range of experiences and backgrounds, but preference

is given to individuals with a focus on mental health.

The application deadline is April 25, 2014. Applications and additional information can be found at www.fourwindshospital. com or call Four Winds Saratoga’s Community Relations Department (518) 518-5015, Ext. 3115.

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Target Donates $500 To Schuylerville Elementary Library SCHUYLERVILLE – Schuylerville’s Elementary School Library collection will grow a little larger after a $500 for books donation from Target.

Officials from the Saratoga

department store arrived on campus this week to present the donation and serve as guest readers for second-grade students.

“We’re very excited to be chosen to receive this award,” said

Elementary School Librarian Maria Weeks. “Literacy and reading skills are the foundation for success in all subject areas, so we’re very appreciative of the additional books we’ll be able

Elijah Braymer, human resources executive at the Saratoga Target store, reads the book “Michael Recycle” to Schuylerville second-graders. Photo Provided.

Second Annual Health, Wellness Expo In Ballston Spa Draws 300 BALLSTON SPA – Over 300 students, families and community members recently attended the Ballston Spa Central School District’s 2nd Annual District-Wide Health and Wellness Expo.

Forty area organizations and vendors provided educational information on fitness, healthy eating, and related health and wellness topics. Vendors included the Ballston Spa National Bank, Albany Medical Center, Ballston Area Community Center, TCT Federal Credit Union,

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Saratoga’s Community Federal Credit Union, Reiki Practitioners, physical therapists, as well as many other health and wellness practitioners.

In addition to the displays, businesses and organizations donated raffle prizes for the event, including PT Associates of Schenectady, Hannaford, Inspirational Touch Massage Therapy, Hearing Care Resources, Albany Medical Center,

Subway, Global Fitness, Sunshine Ballroom, Wal-Mart and others.

Partial funding from the district’s current State Farm Insurance Company grant was used to support this district wide community event grounded in financial literacy, health and wellness.

This annual event will be scheduled to be held again in March of 2015.

to purchase and share with our students.”

Second-graders who were in the library when the award was announced excitedly provided suggestions for the types of books to purchase with the donation. “In the end, we decided to

build up our collection of books that tie in with the activities of our Green Ribbon School Team,” Weeks said. “We’re really looking forward to making the new books available to students and supporting our district’s ‘green’ events and programs.”

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BUSINESS

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014

Mangino Buick GMC Completes Knock-Down Renovations

by Colette Linton Saratoga TODAY BALLSTON SPA – Familyowned dealership Mangino Buick GMC, Inc. has nearly completed renovations at its location on

Saratoga Road in Ballston Spa, selling new Buicks, GMCs and certified preowned vehicles.

There is one task left in the way of completing renovations, however, and it’s a very large piece of family history – the Mangino

family house.

The dealership was able to move into its new facility on February 17. During renovations, the dealership saw an uptick in sales since September 2013, having sold about 300 vehicles.

“Business has been good even though we were displaced out of our old store,” General Manager Ralph Mangino said. “And now that we are in here we have definitely seen a lot of activity, which is very positive.

Ralph Mangino, Sr.’s former home, which had most recently operated as the dealership’s office during renovations, currently blocks the dealership from view of potential customers driving along the road.

Renovations began with General Motors Co.’s (GM) issuance of a restructuring plan that required GM dealers to conduct upgrades to meet brand specifications.

GM initially requested that Mangino Buick GMC, Inc. move to another location entirely in order to satisfy its specifications for uniformity.

However, instead of moving, Mangino Buick GMC negotiated for complete knock-down renovations that included demolishing the house and building a new facility. GM agreed.

“We were not interested in going backwards,” Mangino said.

Photos by MarkBolles.com

“We were looking to move forward and that’s what the deal was.”

The house is scheduled to come down in a few weeks after having been on the lot for the 36 years that the Mangino Buick GMC, Inc. has been in operation.

“It was my father’s house and everyone grew up at that house,” said Mangino. “So there is definitely an emotional attachment. It’s just, when you see the new store you will understand immediately. It (the house) makes it difficult to see the new store from the road.”

In its place 30 new parking spots will be constructed, making the facility three times larger

than the old store and increasing its visibility from the road. Then in spring, after the lot has been paved, the dealership will host its grand opening.

Mangino Chevrolet in Amsterdam carried out reconstruction and invested $2 million to build a new showroom at its location on Route 20 in 2012. Mangino declined to comment on the investments for renovations at its location in Ballston Spa. With renovations almost finished, Mangino is satisfied with the outcome of the negotiation and the new facility. “Seeing the way it is, we are really glad we did stay.”

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014

BUSINESS

Fingerpaint Expands Strategy Team SARATOGA SPRINGS – Fingerpaint adds Megan Cornell and Jamie Zwirn to its strategy team.

Cornell joins Fingerpaint’s digital strategy team from Affinity Personnel Solutions, Inc., where she served as social marketing coordinator. At Fingerpaint, Cornell works closely with the interactive team to provide

strategic direction on agency and client mobile, digital and multichannel marketing efforts.

A former Fingerpaint marketing intern, Zwirn now joins the agency full-time. She is responsible for providing strategic input on and applying analytics to corporate business-development and marketing efforts.

Roohan Realty Announces Top Performers for 2013 SARATOGA SPRINGS – Roohan Realty has announced its top sales agents for 2013, congratulating Valerie Thompson, Kate Naughton, Meg Minehan, Julie Bonacio, Palma Pedrick, Amy Sutton, Mara King, Chris Benton, Carole Tarantino, Cindy Manz and Darlene Chorman, and “Rookie of the Year” Jack Minehan for achieving over $70 million combined in real estate property sales last year.

Roohan Realty has been serving the community’s residential and commercial property needs since 1969 and is celebrating its 45th anniversary. Located at 519 Broadway in Saratoga Springs, Roohan Realty is the largest locally based and family-owned real estate company in the area with over 50 professionally licensed agents. For further information, please call 518-587-4500 or visit their website at www.roohanrealty.com.

‘We Are the BSBPA’ Annual Meeting Community Mixer March 18 BALLSTON SPA – The Ballston Spa Business and Professional Association is hosting its Annual Meeting and Community Mixer on Tuesday, March 18, at the Ballston Spa Elks Lodge, at 10 Hamilton Street.

The meeting will showcase this year’s theme “We Are the BSBPA” to underscore the group’s diverse membership. The meeting will be

an opportunity to review accomplishments, honor outgoing board members, and welcome new ones.

The evening will begin with a social hour and buffet at 6 p.m., followed by the official meeting at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $20 per person and are available online at www.ballston. org or at the door.

‘Saratoga En Pointe’ Sculptures On Display at City Center SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Saratoga Springs City Center, in commemoration of its 30th anniversary, a year of “Bringing People Together,” is offering visitors an opportunity to view four sculptures of the notable Saratoga En Pointe exhibit.

This famed exhibit originally was comprised of 26, five-foot-tall, fiberglass ballet pointe shoe sculptures.

Each shoe was commissioned in 2013 by a sponsor and designed by a local artist as a fundraiser for the National Museum of Dance.

They are now on display in the grand lobby. Visitors can view the shoes Monday through Friday from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 30, 2014

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Adelphi Hotel Renovations To Extend Into 2015 SARATOGA SPRINGS – Located at 365 Broadway, renovations at The Adelphi Hotel will continue this year, missing out on another tourist season after it began renovations last year.

Delays in renovations are in part due to the difficulty of gutting the 137-year-old hotel and could require another 12 to 14 months to complete.

When Richbell Capital LLC bought the property in 2012 for $4.5 million, renovations were estimated at $6 million to $7 million. However, the president of Richbell Capital LLC, Toby Milde, said that budget for renovations has increased, but did not give an exact figure.

New Attorney Joins Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C. SARATOGA SPRINGS – Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C. added Associate Attorney Sarah Hannah to the firm as resident at the firm’s Saratoga Springs office.

Hannah will focus primarily on real estate, family, matrimonial and estate planning matters. She received her J.D. from Albany Law School and her Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York at Albany.

Hannah was admitted to practice in New York in 2014.

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14 Adirondack Christian Fellowship 8 Mountain Ledge, Wilton 587-0623; acfsaratoga.com Services: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10 a.m.

Adirondack Friends Meeting 27 Saratoga Ave., S. Glens Falls 793-3755; AdirondackFM@ nycap.rr.com; www.adirondackfriendsmeeting.org Regina Baird Haag, pastoral minister Services: 10:30 a.m.

Sunday The Alliance Church 257 Rowland St., Ballston Spa 885-6524 Services: Morn. Worship 10:30 a.m.

Assembly of God Faith Chapel 6 Burgoyne St., Schuylerville 695-6069 Rev. Jason Proctor Services: Sunday 10:45 a.m.

Assembly of God Saratoga 118 Woodlawn Ave., Saratoga Springs 584-6081 Services: Sunday Worship 10 a.m., coffee served at 9:45 a.m.

Bacon Hill Reformed Church 560 Route 32N, Bacon Hill 695-3074 Rev. Janet Vincent Services: Worship service 10 a.m.

Sunday School 10 a.m.

All are welcome.

Handicapped accessible.

Baha’i Community of Saratoga Springs 584-9679; 692-7694; usbnc.org.

RELIGION Ballston Center Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church 58 Charlton Road, Ballston Spa 885-7312; ballstoncenterarpchurch. org Services: Sunday Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.

Ballston Spa United Methodist Church 101 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa 885-6886 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Congregation Shaara Tfille 84 Weibel Avenue, Saratoga Springs 584-2370; saratogasynagogue.org Services: Saturday 9:30 a.m., Monday & Thursday 7:30 a.m., third Friday each month 7:30 p.m.

Handicapped Accessible Corinth Free Methodist Church 20 Hamilton Ave., Corinth 654-9255; 792-0271 Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

Bethesda Episcopal Church

Corinth United Methodist Church

41 Washington St., Saratoga Springs 584-5980 Services: Sunday 6:30, 8 & 10 a.m.

243 Main Street, Corinth 654-2521 cfumc@cnyconnect.net Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Church of Christ at Clifton Park 7 Old Route 146, Clifton Park 371-6611; cliftonparkchurchofchrist. com Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Christ Community Reformed Church 1010 Route 146, Clifton Park 371-7654; ccrc-cpny.org.

Services: Sundays 10 a.m.

Christ Episcopal Church

Cornerstone Community Church 516 Park Ave., Mechanicville 664-5204 Pastor Frank Galerie mycornerstonechurch.org Services: Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Community 2001 Route 9, Round Lake 877-8506, ccorpusc@nycap. rr.com Services: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.; Weekday Masses: MondayFriday 9 a.m.

Eastern Orthodox— Christ the Savior

Routes 50 & 67, Ballston Spa 885-1031 Services: Sunday 8 & 10 a.m.

349 Eastline Road, Ballston Spa 786-3100; xcsavior@yahoo.com.

Services: Sunday: 9:30 a.m.

Christian Restoration Ministries

First Baptist Church of Saratoga Springs

Saratoga Senior Center 5 Williams St., Saratoga Springs 796-4323 Pastor Pat Roach Services: Sunday 10 a.m.; 6:30 p.m.

45 Washington St., Saratoga Springs 584-6301 Services: Sunday: 11 a.m.

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014 First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa 202 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa 885-8361; bspabaptist.org Services: 10:30 a.m. worship 9 a.m. Sunday School (all ages) First Presbyterian Church of Ballston Spa 22 West High St., Ballston Spa 885-5583 Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

Full Gospel Tabernacle 207 Redmond Road, Gansevoort 793-2739 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.; Bible Study: Thursday 6:30 p.m.

Galway United Methodist Church 2056 East Street (at intersection of Route 147), Galway 882-6520 www.galway-unitedmethodist-church.com Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m.

(9 a.m. in July and August) Grace Brethren Church 137 W. Milton Rd., Ballston Spa 587-0649 Rev. Dan Pierce Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Handicapped accessible.

Greater Grace Community Church Pastor David Moore 899-7777; thechurch@ggccmalta.org Services: Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Good Times Restaurant, Lake Rd. 2nd floor; Friday 7:30 p.m. Saratoga Chapel, Eastline & Lake Rds; Sunday 10 a.m. Glenville Senior Center, 32 Worden Rd.

Greenfield Center Baptist Church 30 Wilton Road, Greenfield Center 893-7429 Services: Sunday School for all ages - 9:45 a.m.

Church Service - 11 a.m.

Prayer Meeting Wednesday 6:30 p.m.

Highway Tabernacle Church 90 River Road, Mechanicville 664-4442 Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Hope Church 206 Greenfield Ave., Ballston Spa 885-7442 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Jonesville United Methodist 963 Main St., Clifton Park 877-7332 Services: Sunday 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Living Springs Community Church 59 Pine Road, Saratoga Springs 584-9112 Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Living Waters Church of God 4330 State Rt. 50, Saratoga Springs 587-0484; livingwaterscog.us Services: Sundays 10 a.m.

Malta Presbyterian Church Dunning Street, Malta 899-5992 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Malta Ridge United Methodist Church 729 Malta Ave., Ext., Malta 581-0210 Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014 Middle Grove United Methodist Church 581-2973 Pastor Bonnie Bates Services: Sunday 9 a.m.

Handicapped accessible New Horizon Church 150 Perry Road, Saratoga Springs 587-0711 Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m.

New Life Fellowship 51 Old Gick Road, ­­ Saratoga Springs 580-1810; newlifeinsaratoga.org.

Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Childcare is available at all services.

NorthStar Church Shenendehowa High School West Auditorium, Clifton Park 371-2811; northstarchurch.com Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Old Saratoga Reformed Church 48 Pearl St., Schuylerville oldsaratogareformedchurch.org Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Handicapped accessible.

Old Stone Church (American Baptist) 159 Stone Church Road, Ballston Spa 583-1002 Services: Sunday 9 a.m.; Adult Sunday School 9 a.m.; Service 10:30 a.m.

Coffee and Fellowship in Living Stone Hall; Wednesday: Noon potluck luncheon; 1 p.m. choir rehearsal; 2 p.m.

Bible Study Group Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church 73 Midline Road, Ballston Lake 399-5713 Services: Saturday 5 p.m.

Sunday 8:15 & 10:15 a.m.

Handicapped accessible.

Presbyterian-NE Congregational Church 24 Circular St., Saratoga Springs 584-6091; pnecchurch.org Services: Sunday 10:45 a.m.

Quaker Springs United Methodist Church 466 Route 32 South, Quaker Springs 695-3101; qsumc.com Pastor Al Johnson Services: Sunday 9 a.m.

Handicapped accessible.

River of Hope Fellowship 100 Saratoga Village Blvd.

Malta Cmns., Ste. 3 881-1505; riverofhopefellowship.com Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter 241 Broadway, Saratoga Springs 584-2375 Services: Eucharistic Celebrations: Saturday 5 p.m.; Sunday 7:30, 9 and 11 a.m.

St. Clement’s Roman Catholic Church 231 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs, 584-6122 Services: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 8, 9:30, 11:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., 1 p.m. Spanish Service St. George’s Episcopal Church 912 Route 146, Clifton Park 371-6351; stgeorge@csdsl.net Services: Saturday 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 8 & 9:30 a.m.

St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church 3159 Route 9N, Greenfield Center 893-7680; sjoegctr@nycap.rr.com; www.stjosephschurchgreenfieldcenter.org Services: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Handicapped accessible

RELIGION St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church 167 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa 885-7411; stmarysbsta.org Services: Saturday 4 p.m., Sunday 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., Noon.

Handicapped accessible St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church 771 Route 29, a Rock City Falls 893-7680; sjoegctr@nycap.rr.com Services: Sunday 8:30 am.

Handicapped accessible.

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 149 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs 584-0904 Services: Saturday 5 p.m. with Holy Communion. Sundays 8:30 & 11 a.m. with Holy Communion.

St. Peter Lutheran Church 2776 Route 9, Malta 583-4153 Services: Sunday 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.

St. Thomas of Canterbury 242 Grooms Rd., Halfmoon st-thomas-of-canterbury. org Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Saratoga Abundant Life Church 2325 Route 50 South, Saratoga Springs 885-5456; saratogaabundantlife.org Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m.

Saratoga Chabad 130 Circular St., Saratoga Springs 526-0773; saratora@aol.com; saratogachabad.com

Saratoga Friends Meeting (Quaker) Rts. 32 and 71, Quaker Springs 587-7477; 399-5013 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Saratoga United Methodist Church Henning Road, Saratoga Springs 584-3720; saratogaumc.com.

Services: Sunday 9 & 10:45 a.m.

Handicapped accessible.

Saratoga Seventh-Day Adventist Church 399 Union Ave., Saratoga Springs 882-9384; saratogasda.org Services: Sabbath School: 10 a.m. Worship Service: 11:30 a.m.

Shenendehowa United Methodist 971 Route 146, Clifton Park 371-7964 Services: Sunday 9 & 10:30 a.m.

Simpson United Methodist Church Rock City Road, Rock City Falls 885-4794 Services: Sunday 10:45 a.m.

Soul Saving Station for Every Nation Christ Crusaders of America 62 Henry St., Saratoga Springs 584-3122 Services: Sunday 10 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Temple Sinai 509 Broadway, Saratoga Springs 584-8730 www.saratogasinai.org Shabbat Services: Friday 6 p.m.

Preceded by 5:30 p.m. Oneg.

Handicapped Accessible.

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Terra Nova Church 45 Washington St., Saratoga Springs 833-0504; terranovachurch.org saratogaquestions@ terranovachurch.org Services: Sunday 5:30 p.m.

Childcare: 6 months–4 years and expanding Handicapped accessible.

The Salvation Army/ Worship, Service & Community Center 27 Woodlawn Ave., Saratoga Springs 584-1640; Mail-P.O. Box 652 Captain Aaron A. Boone, Sr.; Captain Amber S. Boone Commanding Officers/Ministers Services: Sunday School 10 a.m.; Praise & Worship 11 a.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church 155 Ballard Rd., Gansevoort 584-9107; tumcwilton.com Rev. Patti Molik-Pastor Services: Sunday 9&11 a.m.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs 624 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs 584-1555; uusaratoga.org Services, Nursery Care, and Religious Education: Sundays 10 a.m.; Youth Group: Sundays 11:30 a.m.

Unity Church in Albany 21 King Ave., Albany 453-3603; Services: Sunday 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

West Charlton United Presbyterian Church 1331 Sacandaga Road, West Charlton 882-9874 westcharltonupc.org Rev. Thomas Gregg, Pastor Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Wilton Baptist Church 755 Saratoga Road, Wilton 583-2736; wiltonbaptist@ gmail.com; wiltonbaptistchurch.com; Services: Sunday Service 11 a.m.

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City Council continued from page 1 record which stated firm opposition to several provisions of the Upstate New York Gaming Economic Development Act of 2013.

The resolution received unanimous (5-0) approval by a roll call vote of the entire council.

Mayor Yepsen, in introducing the resolution, noted that an earlier meeting with the New York State Racing and Gaming Commission gave her sufficient indications that the forthcoming request for applications (RFA) later this month would not contain enough provisions for “home rule,” or local control of conditions such as unlimited expansion of a gaming facility or potential license transfer.

This, coupled with what she characterized an ambitious agenda of items that are important to citizens since taking office, led her to conclude:

“We cannot change a siting decision (for an expanded gaming facility), that is for the state, but we can assert our desire to protect our mix of assets.” Mayor Yepsen cited horse racing, downtown, the City Center and cultural assets such as SPAC among others. “It is time to act.”

While each council member voted for the resolution, they stated differing reasons why they say they came to that conclusion.

Commissioner Anthony Scirocco had a resolution on his agenda that might be characterized as more firmly against an expanded gaming facility, under any circumstances, than the mayor’s, but found sufficient common ground in the mayor’s resolution to vote for this one and withdraw his. Commissioner Michele Madigan expressed that she felt “cut out” of the state’s process for citing an expanded gaming facility, but noted

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that “there will be impacts” whether Saratoga Springs gets one, or it is placed somewhere else nearby in the Capital Region.

Commissioner Chris Mathiesen noted that he had hoped that a middle ground could be reached: for instance, expanded table gaming at Saratoga Casino and Raceway (SCR) without a large hotel or entertainment facility. But given that the state’s procedures left the council with only an “all or nothing” option, he would opt for approving the resolution.

Commissioner John Franck said that he would have preferred to wait for the RFA, but that he supported the mayor’s conclusions that there would be little difference in “home rule” provisions once issued.

The unanimous vote and the wording of the language of the resolution firmly placed the onus of political pressure on the state Racing and Gaming Commission. It also was a masterful way in which both the pro and anti-expanded gaming facility in Saratoga Springs could claim satisfaction with the result,

while acknowledging that much work remains before a final result is reached.

In a release shortly after the vote, the SAVE group, which opposes expanded gaming in the city, said in part: “The full support of the City Council rejecting a casino shows clear vision for the future of Saratoga Springs and it recognizes the fact that continuing our economic successes, preserving our quality of life and moving forward in a positive way that focuses on maintaining a strong downtown, protecting the horse industry, guarding the event spaces and maintaining control of our own economic future does not align with the goals of a casino…We hope that the Gaming Commission, the siting board and the Governor have finally realized that our community does not support siting a casino here and we hope that they will respect our collective voice The Council has sent a clear message to the Siting Board in Albany, that a casino has no place in Saratoga Springs.”

But Destination Saratoga, in favor of expanded gaming at SCR, said in part: “Destination Saratoga applauds Mayor Joanne Yepsen and the City Commissioners for passing a resolution that is… reserving judgment on expanded gaming at Saratoga Casino and Raceway until the state’s request for applications is released and the details of the casino’s bid are finalized…We agree with the City Council that Saratoga is a special place and that a Las Vegas style casino has no place in our city. We also know that Saratoga has successfully hosted a casino for the last ten years, and the benefits of that relationship are evident on Broadway and beyond. We are confident that once the facts are available, the city council and the public alike will see the benefits of an enhanced Saratoga Casino and Raceway and also recognize the negative consequences of sending those benefits to another nearby community, and the choice will be clear.”

But the clear choice from here is that the council itself was the biggest “winner” tonight. Every political science student should be required to study this scenario, for they have accomplished what was recently considered impossible, making two diverse factions feel like a winner, while leaving enough wiggle-room to re-open discussions on the topic if conditions warrant. A master bullfighting technique indeed, accomplished with both red and white capes. Ole`!

In other council news: - The name of Pleasant Street was changed to Ray Waldron Way from Washington Street to the Westside recreation fields to honor the city’s long-time and beloved coach.

- An amendment to chapter 148 of the city code entitled “Noise” was amended. A 90-decibel limit on outdoor live music was established.

- The water and sewer rates resolution for 2014 passed.

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A Special Supplement to Saratoga TODAY • Pages 17-25

Empty Nesters Find Home In Maintenance-Free Communities

SARATOGA SPRINGS – The maintenance-free housing market has been popping up in areas around Saratoga County most notably in the last, approximately, 15 years, keeping pace with the number of individuals joining their target demographic – baby boomers becoming empty nesters.

Almost 90 percent of the people that contact Layne Zagorsky, an agent at Beacon Hill Condominiums, come from larger homes and families, and they are looking for the opportunity to be free to travel for a couple of months without worrying about the house.

“They don’t need the big house anymore,” she said. “They want the freedom of not being tied down to the house.”

Jim Murphy is a new resident at Beacon Hill Condominiums and turned 60 recently. He doesn’t think that the term “maintenance free” encompasses his reason for making the move because for Murphy it was more about valuing time and enjoying it in ways that were not possible before.

“Maintenance free doesn’t even say it because it really doesn’t express the real reason why someone would want to live in Beacon Hills,” he said.

“You have other things you would like to do than mow the lawn and shovel snow.”

“Next to money your most valuable commodity is time,” Murphy said.

“And living in a place that is maintenance-free really means living in a place that can give you time. And you begin to think about it (time) more as you get older, and that it could be more valuable than money.”

Maintenance-free housing offers a little more than what it says at face value, and some benefits very between developers. In general, however, is that residents will not have their hands tied in lawn mowing, spring and winter cleaning, weeding, fertilization and mulching to name a few. Residents also do not pay property tax because the residents do not own the exterior

of the house.

This is one of the reasons why maintenance-free housing is typically not targeted to families because while the property belongs to the developer, and the lawns and exterior are meant to be visually appealing, and not necessarily for play.

Lakeview Landing Lakeview Landing Subdivision, developed by Malta Development, is a new community that offers maintenance-free services optionally under its exterior maintenance program.

This service includes mowing, mulching, weeding, fertilization, spring and fall cleanup and snow removal.

Lakeview Landing is located in the town of Malta minutes from GlobalFoundries and downtown Saratoga Springs. The neighborhood has three collections featuring the Carriage Collection with single-story living, the Modern Classics Collection of family-sized homes with first and second floor master bedroom suites, and the company also builds custom homes with lake views.

Lakeview also sports three community walking trails.

Maintenance-free services are $154 per month.

For more information, contact Beth Smith with Beth Smith Realty, Ltd. at 518-928-3057 or at BethSmithRealty@hotmail.com

Lakeview Landing housing. Photos provided.

18 Shelly Park Just as maintenance free keeps you from being busy with your lawn, it is not to say that residents won’t be busy with the features located near the neighborhood.

Like others, Shelly Park is has amenities to give residents the opportunity to spend time outdoors including front porches and back patios, sidewalks and a community center. It is also located next to the Airway Meadows Golf Course and Wilton shopping.

Shelly Park located in Saratoga Springs is a neighborhood designated for individuals at least 55 years of age. The community fee is $493 per month for homes with a one or one and a half car garage, and $518 per

month for a home with a two car garage. The fee covers taxes,

Arlington Heights, The Mill at Smith Bridge SARATOGA SPRINGS – Belmonte Builders of Saratoga Springs offers maintenance-free accommodations at two locations, soon to be three, at $150-160 per month and includes all lawn care and snow removal.

The housing selection generally consists of ranches, or homes with first-floor master bedrooms.

In Clifton Park, the maintenancefree community is Arlington Heights located between exits 9 and 10. The price for homes starts in the low 300’s

featuring sidewalks, curbs and street lamps throughout the neighborhood.

The Mill at Smith Bridge is Belmont’s new facility located in Wilton and also features single family homes.

While both Arlington Heights and The Mill at Smith Bridge target empty nesters, Belmonte’s newest development on Division Street in Saratoga Springs will feature attached road houses and are aimed at all demographics.

For more information, contact Sharon Byrne at 518-527-4914 or at her email sbyrne@realtyusa.com

Beacon Hill Beacon Hill Condominiums offers maintenance-fee living in Ballston Spa with two- and threeroom condominiums to individuals at least 55 years old.

Beacon Hill Condominiums

accommodates residents with onecar attached garages and full basements. They have a large living room with adjoining dining room, galley kitchen, two baths, and laundry and rear patio deck. Second floor units have a third bedroom with skylights

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Photos of Shelly Park homes. Photos provided.

water/septic maintenance, lawn care, snow removal, trash removal

and common areas.

For more information, contact

Tammy Kalker with McNeary Realty at 518-588-2811.

Arlington Heights model. Photo provided.

and all units have nine-foot ceilings and air conditioning too.

Their maintenance-free fee is $224 per month and includes cutting the lawn, watering it, hedge work, gardening, resurfacing of driveways and streets, doors, windows as well as homeowners insurance.

The company will break ground in the spring for their phase three in development. “It’s the best location on the site,” Layne Zagorski , agent for Beacon Hill said.

Condominiums start at $228,900.

For more information, contact Layne Zagorski at 518-878-7468 or at LayneZagorski@traditionalbuilders.com.

Beacon Hill Condominiums. Photo provided.

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First Signs Of Spring Have Arrived

by Peter Bowden For Saratoga TODAY It looks as though we’ve finally put the coldest days of winter behind us. The days are getting longer at both ends now.

The houseplants and cuttings I rooted earlier are responding with new growth, and I’ve responded to that with light feeding. I’ve seen some robins around and my sister-in-law has bluebirds investigating the nesting box they put up last fall.

The first signs of spring are everywhere.

Gardeners are buying seed packets for the plants they’ll want to grow once planting season actually arrives. To get a jump on the season, we need to start some seeds indoors so they’ll be perfect transplants when May arrives. It’s pretty easy to get ahead of ourselves when it comes to seed starting, so it’s a good idea to make a seed starting schedule.

Do I really need to start seeds indoors to have a great garden?

Honestly,

no

you

don’t.

There are commercial greenhouse growers who are, or will be, starting all kinds of flowers and vegetable plants from seed during the next few weeks. They will be ready to go and available at the garden center right at the time that you need them. It is certainly possible for you to have a beautiful flowerbed or vegetable garden without starting one seed indoors. The only time it’s necessary to start your own is when you want a particular variety that you’ve never seen available at any of the local garden centers.

Most vegetables grow from seed directly sown into the soil in spring. There are a few vegetables with a long growing season that need a head start indoors.

These include tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and a few others. Cucumbers, beans, squash,

carrots, lettuce, radishes...indeed most of our favorite vegetables need no head start and actually do better when grown from seed sown directly into the garden.

This is something newbies need to understand about vegetable gardening.

How do we know which need to be started indoors? This is where the seed packet comes in real handy. On the back you’ll usually find directions. If they include a statement like “Start indoors 6-8 weeks before frost free planting date,” then you know this plant requires a head start in our climate.

When is my frost free planting date?

The average last frost date for the Albany Airport is listed by The Farmers’ Almanac as May 2.

That date seems wildly optimistic to me. We often get frost after

May 2. Remember, it is the last frost date.

After spending weeks growing your transplants, you sure don’t want to lose them to frost or have them struggle in the cold. For our area, I think May 11-17 makes more sense, and there’s no reason to rush planting. Tomatoes and peppers stall when temperatures go below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, so waiting to plant them in late May often results in an earlier harvest than you’d get from plants subjected to too many cold nights early in the season.

In my garden in the Glenville Hills (elevation 800 feet or so) I generally shoot for planting even later—the week before Memorial Day. The next step is to use a calendar to combine the information on the seed packs and come up with a logical schedule for

starting seeds indoors. First mark “Planting Week” (May 12-18) on your calendar. Then mark the week previous to “Planting Week” “1 week BP,” meaning “one week before planting.”

Mark the week previous to that “2 weeks BP” and so on until you’ve marked up to “10 weeks” before planting. Ten weeks before planting should end up being the second week of March (2-8).

Now look at the information on the seed packs to see how many “weeks before planting” we need to get the seeds started indoors. For instance, look at the info on the pack of eggplant seeds. The 8-10 weeks needed to start eggplant means we’ll want to sow the seeds indoors during the first week of March. To make things easy, I just tape the seed pack to my seed starting calendar. When I get to the week the seeds need to get started, they are right there.

Wouldn’t it be better to start them all as soon as possible?

Some plants, like geraniums for instance, need a long time (10-13 weeks) to reach the size we want for planting. Others, like tomatoes, only need only 6-8 weeks. If you give your tomatoes lots more time indoors, they indeed will be larger. Growing for too long indoors, your tomatoes will get long and leggy reaching for the light they need during these stillshort days. Leggy transplants will have a harder time adjusting to the outside, and you’ll end up burying that leggy stem anyway. You want a compact, sturdy transplant that grew in the longer days of mid-March through April.

The other issue is space.

If you start everything too early, you’ll need more space to spread out your seedlings as they grow... space you may not have, and your seedlings will suffer as they compete for light. Choose carefully what you want to start indoors and stick to a seed starting schedule. Thanks for the read.

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This Week’s SPOLIGHT

Wilton Recreation Wilton Recreation offers a full-day summer camp program for children entering grades one through nine. With available pre-camp and post-camp care, working parents can ensure their children are having fun in a safe environment before and after the camp’s regular hours, 9 a.m. to

3 p.m. Parents who register their children for before and/or after camp care can drop off their registered campers after 8 a.m. and can pick them up until 5:30 p.m.

Busing is available for Wilton residents who register for regular camp hours. This camp offers a full schedule of daily onsite activities,

themed events, and exciting trips for those campers registered for off-site adventures. Daily onsite activities include arts and crafts, sports, playground fun, and other organized group games. This year’s scheduled field trips include: The Great Escape, Million Dollar Beach, Saratoga County Fair, Magic Forest,

Valley Cats Baseball Game and at least two swimming days per week at nearby pools and beaches.

The 2014 Summer Camp opens on July 1 and runs until August 15. Registration must be done in person and begins March 17 at Gavin Park, 10 Lewis Drive, Saratoga Springs,

and closes June 13. As there are only 300 spaces available, be sure to mark your calendar!

Camp registration forms are available at www.townofwilton. com or can be picked up at the park office, weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Any questions, please call (518) 584-9455.

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Brew Salt: Extra Flavor On Tap (Or Bottle, Or Growler...)

You Are Now Encouraged To Play With Your Pints

by Arthur Gonick Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS – So, it was getting towards the end of the Saratoga Beer Summit, when I stumbled (not literally; well, maybe) into the smiling face of Kerri Tanner at a booth in the back. I took one look at her products, and had to tell her: “I hate you. This was my idea.”

The shocked look on her face was quickly replaced by another smile and a knowing nod.

Apparently, this was not the first time she heard something similar.

Well, it says here that Kerri and Robin Morgan better get used to similar reactions and also a lot of delight. They took a simple idea and took it out four new flavor doors— with more to come.

Behold Brew Salt. A homegrown product (manufactured in small batches) with unlimited potential. Available in lime, habanero, chocolate and bacon flavors. An idea refined from your Uncle Vito at the

Elks Lodge putting table salt in his Genny Cream Ale, combined with the growing love of all things craft brewing, Brew Salt stands poised to add zingy exclamation points to pints from coast to coast.

The difference between Brew Salt and the shaker at your local sports bar or pub starts with the base ingredients “We use highquality grey Celtic sea salt,” Robin notes, “which is mineral-rich. From there, the flavors are added, which is Kerri’s department- she’s the chef.”

It’s all vegan (yes, even the bacon), high quality and gluten-free.

Indeed, the skillsets of these two local entrepreneurs are perfectly balanced. Robin is a free-lance marketer; Kerri is the foodie/recipe specialist. They met three years ago by happenstance when Robin moved to the area and made a random hair appointment. By the time the rinse and blow-dry was done, a partnership was born. Their respective partners supplement them handily: Patrick McGowin and James Morgan provide beer acumen and financial expertise. Or vice versa, and perhaps on occasion, both.

“We first went e-commerce (see: www.brewsalt.com) and vending at big events like the beer summit, but now in a relatively short period of time (the site was launched just this year) we are looking around at a larger kitchen just to meet current demand.” Robin said.

In the meantime, the team is making PR visits to taverns and retail establishments locally. A major perk of the job – every day is TGIF in their world So it should be no surprise to soon see the Brew Salt shakers, with their distinctive bowler and handlebar moustaches on the shelves of discerning specialty stores, or adjacent to the Bloody Mary condiments on the finest bars.

The effervescence of Kerri and Robin matches the effervescence of their product in your glass. So, a tout to those in a position to say yes to such things from your friendly food editor: Get Shakin’!

Brew-hancers: L to R- Robin Morgan and Kerri Tanner Mix a fresh batch of Brew Salt.

Photos By MarkBolles.com

Recommended Brew Salt pairings: IPA’s: Bacon, Habanero or Lime Porters / Stouts: Chocolate or Bacon Lagers / Pilsners: Bacon, Habanero or Lime Nut Brown: Chocolate Or: Mix it up!

Brewsalt.com

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Mrs. London’s At The Market

SARATOGA SPRINGS – An acclaimed café and bakery on Broadway in Saratoga Springs for almost two decades, Mrs. London’s has fans from all over. Local residents, visitors from afar and journalists alike praise the bread, pastries and desserts. (Well worth reading, some of the reviews are posted to mrslondons.com.)

Every week at the farmers’ market, selections from the café arrive via employee Jack Wyatt. Customers are eager to buy the shop’s generously sized, fresh loaves of bread, arrayed in woven baskets, as well as a wide variety of beautiful pastries, kept in an elegant glass-covered case.

“We like being at the market to share our products with people who already have an interest in locally

produced food that is made with great care. We visit the market as customers, too. Wendy London (Mrs. London) shops at the market almost every week,” notes owner Michael London.

Mrs. London’s is the successful result of years of business acumen and culinary craftsmanship by a husband-and-wife team who met (where else?) while working together in a bakery.

Michael and Wendy London originally started with a café on Phila Street in Saratoga in 1977. Their initial focus was on country French cuisine, which evolved over time. The establishment grew to be successful, but in 1985, the couple decided to close the café and re-direct their attention to baking bread.

The Londons live in Greenwich at the 200 year-old Rock Hill farmhouse, which became known as “Rock Hill Bakehouse” as their bread business began to grow. The Londons built a bread business that delighted not only local palates but also attracted the attention of chefs from prestigious New York City restaurants. After expanding the business significantly, the couple later sold it to their business partner, Matt Funiciello.

In 1996, Michael London trained for a month with noted

Parisian pastry chefs. He returned to the Saratoga area, where he and his wife opened a new version of Mrs. London’s in its current 464 Broadway location.

Michael London’s words about his baked goods at the market resonate with years of experience and passion, reflecting his early professional career as a poet and literary instructor at Skidmore College.

“It’s important for people to know that our bread at the market is made with organic ingredients, and that the pastries we sell are what the French call Viennoseries—morning pastries that are made during the night before they are sold, so they are at their freshest that morning.”

Mrs. London’s employs 30 staff members whose individual talents help define the reputation the bakeshop enjoys. Culinary inspiration also runs in the family: in 2007, the Londons’ son, Max London, opened his own restaurant and bar next door to Mrs. London’s.

While many customers claim to be instantly transported to Paris while enjoying bread and pastries from Mrs. London’s, the business is firmly based here in upstate New York. It has blended the right ingredients of culinary professionals and infrastructure to enhance both the ambience and the flavors of Saratoga Springs and the Saratoga Farmers’ Market.

All In The Family

by John Reardon for Saratoga TODAY

Hello my Foodie Friends!

Paula and I grew up in Italian homes where the house always smelled delicious especially when mom was making a sauce and meatballs. Ahhh, I can still smell and taste the wonder of their sauces and the incredible meatballs. I can also remember helping my grandmother, Nonni Rosa (who taught my mom everything she knew

about cooking) carry a large cast iron sauté pan that she would later fill with meatballs.

My Grandmother came over on a boat from Sicily to Ellis Island and settled in Meriden, Connecticut with her husband Angelo and had five children. She never spoke English and the grandchildren never spoke Italian but we always understood her! I was a master at getting a taste of her meatballs before anyone else! I would go up to her and give her a hug and she would smile and sit me down and plop a meatball in a dish and a piece of her hot home made Italian bread and say “Mangia Johnny”! I miss her and my mom every day.

The sauté pan is among the most used pans in the kitchen.

These wide, flat-bottomed pans have high L-shaped sides and are ideal for deep or shallow frying such as fried chicken, braising, sautéing meatballs or making Mexican rice. It is the perfect pot

for one-pot meals.

Sautéing is a form of dry cook heating that uses a very hot pan and a small amount of fat to cook the food very quickly. Like other dry-heat cooking methods, sautéing browns the food’s surface as it cooks and develops complex flavors and aromas.

Sautéing Requires a Very Hot Pan. When sautéing, it’s important to heat the pan for a minute, then add a small amount of fat and let the fat get hot as well, before adding the food to the pan. This hot fat helps to brown the surface of the food.

Another key is don’t overcrowd the pan. In order to achieve the desired browning of the food, the pan must stay hot throughout the cooking process. Too much food in the pan dissipates the heat, causing the food to steam or boil rather than sauté.

Keep the Food Moving.

There’s another element to

Granola With Yogurt & Fruit *Ingredients are available at the market

Ingredients

1 cup Mrs. London’s Granola* 1 scant Tbsp. ground flax seeds 2 Tbsp. grated Honey Crisp apple* Large dollop of plain Greek yogurt* (not fat-free) ¼ cup whole milk* or to taste (to provide some liquid) 1 Tbsp. wildflower honey* or maple syrup* or to taste

Directions • Place granola in a cereal bowl. Top with flax seeds and grated apple. Pour milk over all. Add a large dollop of Greek yogurt. Drizzle with honey or maple syrup.

•In season, add berries or stone fruit (peaches, plums, etc.) available from the market.

sautéing — the toss. The word sauté actually means “jump” in French. Tossing or flipping the food in the pan ensures that it cooks evenly, but it also helps keep the pan hot (culinaryarts. about.com). Sauté pans options include; cast iron, enamel cast iron, and layer bonded Stainless Steel cookware. One of our favorites is the All Clad Tri Ply Sauté pan with lid.

The All Clad Tri Ply Sauté pan with lid is a natural choice for making convenient one-pot meals; this versatile piece from All-Clad’s original three-layer bonded stainless steel cookware line combines the attributes of a sauté pan and a saucier. A new capacity engraving on the base makes for quick identification, and an improved ergonomic handle ensures comfort.

Features: • Tri-ply construction sandwiches a heat-responsive aluminum core between an easy-care stainlesssteel interior and exterior.

• Bonded-metal construction ensures fast, even heating.

• Stainless-steel cooking

surface with starburst finish provides superior stick resistance and won’t react with foods.

• All-in-one pan combines wide base for searing and sautéing ingredients over high heat and sloped rounded sides to contain liquids and facilitate stirring when you’re simmering stews, whisking sauces or browning meats.

• Lid locks in moisture and heat after browning to finish cooking ingredients, either on the stovetop or in the oven, ideal for preparing one-pan meals.

• Ergonomic, riveted stainless steel handle stays cool on the cook top.

• Pan size etched on base.

• Ideal for use on any cook top, including induction Our son John and daughter Aubrey like to use the Sauté pan and when customers ask them if they know anything about cooking they are quick to say; “it’s all in the family”! So my friends remember to give your mom and grandmothers a hug because “Life happens in the Kitchen”!

Take care, John and Paula

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Property Transactions

BALLSTON SPA

1 Meadowbrook Ct., $484,717. Thomas Building and Development Co. sold property to Jeffrey and Meghan Weygant.

77 Sweet Road, $495,000.

Patricia Herron sold property to Stephen and Ryan Krampert.

NYS Rte 50, $290,000. William Oliver sold property to 1240 Saratoga Road, LLC. 18 Forestbrook Dr., $287,181. Heritage Builders Group, LLC sold property to Marco and Jean Cannizzaro.

77 Church Ave., $232,000.

Kathi Robbie sold property to Jeremy and Sarah Wood.

960 NYS Route 50, $650,000. Roy and Virginia Pfeil sold property to Wm H Buckley Farm, LLC. 17 Skaarland Dr., $229,000.

Paul and Janet DiDonato

sold property to David and Corinna Ducharme.

16 Forestbrook Dr., $269,915. Heritage Builders Group, LLC sold property to Erick Knizek.

426 Devils Lane, $125,075.

John Tecza sold property to JP Morgan Chase Bank.

426 Devils Lane, $125,075.

JP Morgan Chase Bank sold property to Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

38 Beacon St., $246,150.

Traditional Builders LTD sold property to Helen Gillson.

121 Ballston Ave., $150,000.

Patricia Clements sold property to Michelle Decota.

16 Carriage Run, $613,290.

Old Westwind Farm, LLC sold property to Craig and Catherine Todd.

MALTA 24 Feather Foil Way, $258,000. Dale Krings sold property to Jordan

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Property Transactions and Jessica Vinson.

124 Thimbleberry Road, $180,000. Domenico Fuda sold property to Nicole Carey.

11 Vettura Ct., $80,000.

Lecmor Residential, LLC sold property to DeGraff Bloom Custom Builders.

12 Canopy Lane, $379,000.

Keigh Jones sold property to Dimitrios and Despina Tsakirellis.

Lot 111 Coronado Way, $344,650. John Luke Development Co., LLC sold property to Christopher and Sarah Martin.

47 Thimbleberry Road, $174,500. Peter Blessing sold property to Joshua and Jessica Pulvermacher.

1 Kendall Way, $4,965,378.

Malta Associates, LLC sold property to Paradise NM LLC. 10 Arrowwood Place, $149,000. Debra Conte sold property to Michael Pandillo.

104 9th St., $109,500 Benjamin and Tammy Kirkwood sold property to Michael and Rachel Backus.

48 Admirals Way, $515,370.

Malta Land Company, LLC sold property to Christian and Stacey Deloach.

128 VanAernem Road, $201,100. Gary and Lisa Dubois sold property to Shaun Donegan and Kimberly Zimbal.

6 Village View Bluff, $255,000. Ronald and Mary House sold property to Kate and Aaron Fenner.

70 Admirals Way, $501,358.

Malta Land Company, LLC sold property to Robert Christine Bell.

7 Wesley Ave., $250,000.

Steven and Michele

Amowitz sold property to David Newsham and Eden Carnes.

Lot 80 Coronado Way, $405,974. John Luke Development Co., LLC sold property to James and Robin Morgan.

58 Pepperbush Place, $165,830. Sara Ronfeld sold property to Laura Marion.

3 Callaghan Blvd., $395,299.

Blitman Rosen Development, LLC sold property to Peter and Carol Schneider.

1175 Laural Lane, $214,000. $214,000. Nicholas and Rita Dispenziere sold property to Thomas Sullivan.

SARATOGA SPRINGS

18 Division St., $725,000.

Pioneer Savings Bank sold property to Patrick Maney, Jr. 4 Seward St., $200,000. Jeffrey and Jane Sandwick sold property to Thomas and Elizabeth Flynn.

88 Monroe St., $407,703.

Ian Kenyon (by Ref ) sold property to Federal Home Loan Mortgage.

589 N. Broadway, $1,280,000. John Dandolph (by Agent) sold property to Daniel Pickett.

32 Pamela Lane, $445,282.

Blitman Saratoga LLC sold property to James and Genia Meinhold.

188 Washington St., $222,500. Colleen Backus sold property to Lucette Levinsky.

4 Glenwood Dr., $182,000.

Faith Grey sold property to Emily and Jason Matthews.

289 Lake Ave., $165,000.

Ralph Squailia sold property to Steven and Claudia Guditus.

10 Vallera Road, $292,000.

Darlene Verruto sold property to Thomas Hart and Nancy Halleck.

Ringwald sold property to 351 Hempstead Owners, LLC.

8 Glenmore Ave., $267,500.

Bernard and Debra Possidente sold property to Karen Bronson.

241-243 Caroline St., $410,100. Willard Braim sold property to Jean Perron.

86 Brook Road, $281,100.

Robert and Leigh Murphy sold property to Brent and Renee Frey.

95 Ludlow St., $410,000.

Hans and Susan Lehr sold property to Heather Madigan.

14 East Broadway, $454,570.

McKenzie Estates of Saratoga Springs, LLC sold property to Christopher Minahan.

76 Clinton St., $680,000.

Richard and Maura Catano sold property to Thomas Lillelund and Laura Cloke.

17 Marion Place, $738,955.

Patrick and Beth Kane sold property to George and Lauren O’Donnell.

120 Catherine St., $5,100.

Suzanne Moore sold property to Richard Feldman.

87 Railroad Place, Unit 303, Richard White sold property to Kathleen Vidinghoff.

20 Fifth Ave., $1,315,000.

Robert OHanesian and Cheryl Moore sold property to Saratoga Acquistion, LLC.

7 Deerleap Place, $206,250.

Glenn Bois sold property to Gordon and Terra Myers.

47 Eureka Ave., $300,000.

Execelsior Park LLC sold property to Richard and Joanne Farrell.

54 Doten Ave., $375,000.

Stephen Ethier sold property to Trojanski Custom Builders, LLC. 27 Longwood Dr., $200,000.

Joanne and Richard Farrell sold property to Excelsior Park, LLC 54 Phila St., Unit 401, $780,900. 54 Phila Street Development Co. LLC sold property to Christine and David Eppard (Co Trustees).

101 Kaydeross Park Road, $329,000. Kathleen

120 Catherine St., $300,000.

Suzanne Moore sold property to Gregory Gerbi and Margaret Estapa.

118 Catherine St., $115,000.

Suzanne Moore sold property to ANW Holdings, Inc.

WILTON 444 Wilton Greenfield Rd., $115,500. Wilma Parker sold property to Bryan and Chelsie Nielsen.

59 Challedon Dr., $319,000.

Lessica Boyan Leak sold property to Matthew and Jessica Lawson.

8 Snowberry Dr., $188,870.

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James Ivers sold property to Keri Walsh.

200 Parkhurst Road, $385,800. Robery and Madeleine Le Cours sold property to James and Kristin Markwica.

5 Maya Dr., $285,000. Lori Carmer sold property to Jonathan and Tara Bujno.

6 Hillcrest Lane, $325,000.

Richard Noonan sold property to Rodney and Emily Eddy.

18 Castleberry Dr., $239,000. James and Kristin Markwica sold property to Jeffrey Moeckel.

1 Preserve Way, $650,000.

Richard Etlinger sold property to Daniel and Diane Gale.

10 Primrose Circle, $665,694. Floral Estates, LLC sold property to Gregory Longo.

23 Vincek Lane, $30,000.

Wellington Francisco sold property to Shaffie Mohamed.

15 Fairway Blvd., $208,000.

Bernard Hassett (by Exec) sold property to Nicholas and Lauren Gush.

13 Palmer Terrace, $261,000.

Donald and Shirley Needham sold property to Danielle James.

31 Cherry Tree Lane, $307,000. William and Lynette Harbourne sold property to Jason Felton.

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Substance Abuse Prevention Council Seeks Volunteer Speakers The Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Council is looking for volunteer speakers for its monthly Victim Impact Panel. The purpose of the panel is to put those convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs face to face with those who have experienced this tragedy first hand. Speakers include: crash victims or their family members, first responders and others. If you are interested in learning more about this volunteer opportunity please contact Robin Lyle at (518) 581-1230, ext. 3610 or robinlyle@preventioncouncil.org.

Schuylerville Youth Program The Youth Center is seeking Volunteer Junior Mentors to work with the tween program.

All volunteers will be required to complete a training course that is currently under development.

Training is tentatively planned to begin in March. Contact the Youth Center at (518) 6956100 and leave your contact information and the best time to call you. Visit www.facebook.com/ greaterschuylervilleyouthprogram for more information.

Post 358 St. Patty’s Day Dinner Join VFW Post 358 for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner in Ballston Spa on March 15. Corned beef, potatoes, carrots and cabbage will be available for $10 per person at 68 East North Street. Eat in or take out is available from 1-6 p.m.

Waldorf School: Early Childhood Open House Meet the early childhood faculty and parent volunteers, tour our locations, and learn about the value of a Waldorf Education on Saturday, March 22 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Early Childhood Center, 212 Lake Ave. League of Women Voters: Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth will be visiting the Holiday Inn in Saratoga Springs on Saturday, March 22. As part of the League of Women Voters of Saratoga County’s Famous Person

LOCAL BRIEFS Fundraiser, D. Colin will share how one woman’s history changed one nation’s history. The cost is $40 per person, including a full course breakfast buffet starting at 9 a.m. The program will conclude by noon.

For more information visit the League’s website at www. lwvsaratoga.org or call (518) 7280237. Reservations and a check made out to LWVNY Education Fund should be mailed to Mary Lou Classen at 4 Blue Spruce Lane, Ballston Lake, 12019 prior to March 15.

Acoustic Performers Sought Looking for talented soloists, duos or small acoustic bands to perform in this year’s Café Malta on Saturday, March 22. Only three to four acts will be selected and each group will perform a 15-20 minute set. Also seeking specialty acts including comedians and/or dancers to perform on an intimate stage at the Malta Community Center, 1 Bayberry Drive, Malta.

Auditions are by appointment only. Contact Elyse Young, Artistic Director at (518) 899-4411, ext.

305 or email theater@malta-town. org for more details or an audition appointment.

Donate to Simpson UMC’s Annual Flea Market Consider putting aside your unneeded and usable housewares, tools, toys, crafts, puzzles and antiques (no clothing, electronics, computers or TVs) to donate to Simpson United Methodist Church, 1089 Rock City Road, Rock City Falls, for the annual Flea Market and Bake Sale on Saturday, April 5 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Donations are currently being accepted every Wednesday and daily beginning Sunday, March 23.

Leave items on the side porch if needed. Any questions call Laura at (518) 288-5922 or Welna at (518) 885-9316.

Gateway House of Peace Looking For Volunteers The Gateway House of Peace in Ballston Spa is searching for compassionate and caring resident care volunteers as the opening of the charitable hospice. The next hospice training session will take place Saturday, March 29 from 9 a.m.–noon at the Gateway House, located at 479 Rowland Street in Ballston Spa. Call Patti Veitch at (518) 584- 8641 or email her at volunteercoordinator@

gatewayhouseofpeace.org to learn more about how you can help.

Wonderland! Auditions Announced Malta’s Spotlighter’s Theatre Troupe, celebrating 25 years of Community Theatre in 2014, announces the first show of the anniversary season.

Wonderland!, a silly, adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking Glass” will wow audiences with its upbeat music and interesting set of characters. Dozens of actors, actresses, singers and dancers ages 8 through adult are being sought for June 14 and 15 performances.

Auditions are by appointment and by age group on Sunday, April 6 and Monday April 7. Please contact Artistic Director Elyse Young at (518) 899-4411, ext. 305 or email theater@malta-town.org for an appointment.

A Night Remembering Sinatra Dinner Show The Clifton Park Elks Ladies Auxiliary presents “A Night Remembering the Music of ‘The Chairman of the Board,’” a dinner show featuring the music of Sinatra performed by Chris Jason. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 11 at the Clifton Park Elks Lodge, 695 MacElroy Road in Ballston Lake. Dinner is a choice of Sirloin Steak or Crab Stuffed Haddock. Tickets are $35 per person. Seating is limited, only pre-paid reservations accepted.

Reservations and payment must be received by April 4. To reserve tickets, send a check payable to Clifton Park Elks Ladies’ Auxiliary, P.O. Box 872, Clifton Park, NY 12065. For additional information, contact Johanna Mrochko at (518) 371-1451.

Annual Polka Benefit The Annual Polka Benefit at the Saratoga Knights of Columbus, 50 Pine Road will be April 13 from Noon to 6 p.m. The 25th Anniversary Palm Sunday Polka Benefit will feature all-star polka musicians from the past 25 years, alternating with polka country musicians. For reservations contact Steve or Cathy Coblish by calling (518) 899-3061 or emailing scoblish@nycap.rr.com. Tickets are $15. Seating is limited.

Third Annual Autism Awareness Information Fair The third annual Autism Information Fair will be April 27 at the Saratoga Springs City Center

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014 from noon to 3 p.m. Exhibitors include recreational programs, camps, technological apps for autism, school programs (pre-K through college) and therapeutic programs. Art exhibit, games, crafts and a bounce house will also be on site.

Tour of West Point The Friends of the NY State Military Museum, Saratoga Springs are sponsoring a day trip to the West Point Military Academy and Museum on Monday, May 19. A Yankee Trails chartered bus will leave the military museum on Lake Avenue at 8 a.m. and return at approximately 6:30 p.m.

Cost of the trip is $41 per person, which includes transportation and admission to the museum and Academy. Lunch not provided, gratuities are extra. For further info or reservations contact the museum at 61 Lake Avenue, or call the gift store at (518) 226-0490, Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Malta Spring Activities Brochure Available The Town of Malta’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Human Services Spring Activities Brochure is now available on at www. maltaparksrec.com. Create your new household account today so you can register for your favorite activities with no convenience fees. Classes, new sports programs and special events are scheduled to begin in March. Call the Malta Community Center at (518) 8994411 for more information.

Saratoga County Office for the Aging The Saratoga County Office for the Aging is in urgent need of volunteers to help deliver meals to homebound seniors in the City of Saratoga Springs. This program helps many seniors remain independent in their own homes. Nutritious meals are prepared, packed and ready for transport. Delivery takes between 30 minutes and one hour. Call Billie Jo or Denise at The Office for the Aging at (518) 363-4020 or (518) 884-4100 for more information.

Saratoga County Chamber Workshop The Saratoga County Chamber will host a three part workshop with Ray Patterson of the Stakeholders, Inc. to provide additional information to nonprofits about

recruiting, training, supporting evaluating and celebrating their volunteers. This training series is in addition to the many workshops, seminars and collaborative meetings regularly held for area nonprofit management staff and will be brought to the Chamber members free of charge. The sessions will be held on the second Thursday in February and April from 8–10 a.m. at Saratoga Bridges.

Reservations can be made directly through the Chamber at www. saratoga.org.

Saratoga County Chamber.

Youth Center Seeking Junior Mentors

The Youth Center is seeking Volunteer Junior Mentors (grades nine through 12) to work with the tween program. Some of these volunteer positions may grow into summer jobs. All volunteers will be required to complete a training course that is currently under development. Training is tentatively planned to begin in March. Contact the Youth Center at (518) 695-6100 and leave your contact information and the best time to call you.

Round Lake/Malta Youth Baseball The Round Lake/Malta Youth Baseball League is accepting registrations for boys and girls interested in T-ball (ages 4-5) and all divisions for ages 6-12 for Recreation Spring Baseball. If interested, email roundlakebaseball@gmail. com, visit www.Leaguelineup. com/roundlakebaseball for a registration form or call (518) 899-7819 for more information.

Applications can also be found at the Malta Community Center.

There are a limited number of spots so sign up early.

Seeking Grant Applicants The Karen & Gary Dake Foundation for Children has announced their pledge to issue over $30,000 in grants for local children with disabilities in 2014. Members of the community who know or provide care for a child or children with disabilities are encouraged to apply for funding on their behalf. Applicants/providers should reside within a 50-mile radius of Saratoga Springs. Applications and additional instructions for funding are available on the Foundation’s website at www.dakefoundation. org or by calling the Foundation at (518) 226-0252.

Send your local briefs to calendar@saratogapublishing.com before Monday at 5 p.m. for Friday publication.

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014

Family Friendly Event

Friday, March 7 Kundalini Yoga in the Park Saratoga Spa State Park, The Lincoln Baths, Saratoga Springs, 9:30–11 a.m.

Every Friday, Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan with Kim Rossi, Spa Director at The Roosevelt Baths & Spa. This class is open to everyone with or without yoga experience. Class cost for local guests is by donation, $20 for all others guests. For more information call (518) 321-5660.

First Fridays: Once Upon a Time Various Shops and Restaurants throughout Ballston Spa, 6–9 p.m.

The BSBPA and Parents as Reading Partners have teamed up with volunteer readers to bring story time throughout the Village of Ballston Spa. There will be crafts for kids, music, demos and specials. For more information visit www.ballston.org.

Movie: Inside Llewyn Davis Saratoga Film Forum, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 7:30 p.m.

Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Also showing Sunday, March 9 at 3 p.m. For more information and more upcoming events visit www.saratogafilmforum.org.

Saturday, March 8 Spring Craft Fair Johnstown High School, 1 Sir Bills Circle, Johnstown, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Fun for the whole family, free admission. In lieu of admission we are collecting non-perishable food donations for Noah’s Food Pantry.

Tang Museum Family Saturday Tang Museum, Skidmore College, 2–3:30 p.m. Suitable for children ages 5 and up with their adult companions.

The program includes a brief tour of a current Tang exhibition, followed by a hands-on art activity. Free and open to the public. Reservations are strongly suggested. For reservations and information call (518) 580-8080.

The Fighting 69th: From Ground Zero to Baghdad and Missile Boats NYS Military Museum: 61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, 2 p.m.

MAJ Sean Flynn, a veteran of

Operation Iraqi Freedom, discusses the transformation of the New York National Guard’s 69th Infantry from the attacks of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq. Also, Ray Misiewicz, an engineer who has developed nuclear propulsion systems for the U.S. Navy for 43 years, chronicles the history of sea based missiles and the submarines that launch them. For more information call (518) 581-5100.

Community Dinner Fundraiser

Trinity United Methodist Church, 155 Ballard Road., Wilton, 3:30–6:30 p.m. The funds will go toward medical expenses for Daniel Schwank, a member of the church.

Cost is by donation. For more information call (518) 584-9107.

Girls Rising Generational Tea Youth Center, Fort Hardy, Schuylerville, 3:30–6 p.m.

Preview the award winning documentary, “Girls Rising.” Mothers, daughters, sisters, grandmothers, aunties, girls and girl scouts are encouraged to participate in this free empowerment/awareness event that addresses a global community. Bring your own tea cup, saucer and strainer. For more information visit www.facebook.com/ greaterschuylervilleyouthprogram.

Sunday, March 9 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration National Museum of Dance, 99 South Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 2–5 p.m.

Professional storyteller, teacher and published author, Marni Gillard will be entertaining with Irish folklore.

Also featured are Irish Step Dancers from the National Museum of Dance School of the Arts, taught by Theresa Hughes. Traditional music of Ireland will be performed by Paul Rosenberg and Hilary Schrauf on fiddle, and Eric Everson on Irish bouzouki.

Make sure you wear your dancing shoes, as there will also be Irish dance instruction and participatory dance.

Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for children, members and children under 4 are free. For more information call (518) 584-2225 or Visit, www. dancemuseum.org.

Irish Family Festival Saratoga-Wilton Elks, 1 Elk Lane, Saratoga Springs, 2–7 p.m.

Enjoy Irish music, dance, and culture. Tickets are $10, children under 12 free. This event is sponsored by the Ancient order of Hiberians, Commodore John Barry Division 1. For more information visit www.saratogaaoh.com.

Monday, March 10 Battle of the Books SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Competition hosted

calendar by the WSWHE BOCES School Library System. There will be 31 teams in four grade levels, from 11 school districts, competing against each other and demonstrating their knowledge of books. All participants have read 10 books in five months during their own time, outside of school. The 10 books were rigorous, engaging and correctly aligned with the recommended difficulty level for each student’s grade. Half of the books were fiction; half were non-fiction.

Award ceremony is at 12:30 p.m. For more information call Paige Jaeger, Coordinator at (518) 581-3700.

Tuesday, March 11 Free Homebuyer and Homeowner Workshop KeyBank, Wilton Branch, 3016 Route 50, Saratoga Springs, 6–7:30 p.m.

Ideal for first-time and experienced homebuyers or homeowners looking for refinance. Seating is limited; be sure to register ASAP. To register contact Jeff Stack at (518) 560-5022 Jeffrey_d_ stack@keybank.com or Carol Raike at 518-791-2728 (cell) carol.raike@ coldwellbankerprime.com.

Wednesday, March 12 Saratoga County EOC 22nd Annual Interagency Awareness Day The Dance Center at Skidmore College, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. This amazing event is free and open to the public, everyone is welcome to attend. Learn about health and human services currently available in Warren, Washington and Saratoga Counties including Disability Services, Financial Assistance, Child Care and more.

Over 100 agencies will be on hand to provide information and answer any questions. For more information, contact Saratoga County EOC, Dottie Sellers, at (518) 288-3206, ext. 111.

Veteran Hiring Conference 113 West Ave., Saratoga Springs, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Military officers, enlisted technicians and noncommissioned officers ready to transition into civilian careers will be invited to speak with area employers about possible job openings in a private and professional interview setting. Each employer will be able to interview up to 10 candidates specifically matched for available opportunities. This is a free event. For more information, contact lsaccia@saratogacountyny.gov or call (518) 884-4170.

Free Computer Learning Simpson United Methodist Church, 1089 Rock City Road, Rock City Falls, 1–2 p.m. Free computer learning sessions on Wednesdays. No church affiliation, registration, experience, or continual attendance required.

Just stop in with your questions (no

computer necessary). The entrances are on side and back of church to fellowship hall. For more information contact Laura Miller (518) 288-5922.

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Upcoming Town Meetings Town of Ballston:

The Marriott Residence Inn, 295 Excelsior Ave. Saratoga Springs, 5:30 p.m. Anyone who is interested in learning about Saratoga’s Relay for Life may join us for the committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. for Team Captains’ meeting. The Relay will be held June 7-8 at the Saratoga East Side Recreation Field. Take a little time to find out how you can help support or honor your loved one(s) who has dealt with cancer.

We look forward to some new ideas and suggestions from interested people. For more information about the Relay please call Nicole at (518) 857-0161 or Sheila (518) 365-2164 or visit the website www. relayforlife.org/saratogaspringsny.

Ballston Town Hall 323 Charlton Road (518) 885-8502 www.townofballstonny.org 3/11: Town Board, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 13

2540 Route 9 (518) 899-2818 www.malta-town.org 3/18: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m.

Interfaith Prayer Meeting

Longfellows Restaurant Courtyard, 500 Union Ave. Saratoga Springs, 7:15 a.m. The subject for our Guest Spiritual Leader will be “Spiritual Healing” The meeting begins at 7:30 a.m. and concludes no later than 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast and sign-in begins at 7:15 a.m. There are no charges or donations. All are welcome. For more information call (518) 587-9104.

Brown Bag Lunch: John Morrissey: A Musical Journey Saratoga Springs Public Library, H. Dutcher Community Room, Join librarian Dan Hubbs and Irish fiddler Frank Orsini for a biographical survey of the life of John Morrissey.

Born in poverty in Templemore, Ireland, Morrissey transcended his humble beginnings to become a champion boxer, congressman and partial owner of the Saratoga Race Course. We’ll get a sense of the famous man’s life by taking a look at a selection of period photographs, newspaper articles, and other documents. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, traditional Irish music will accompany the presentation. For more information visit www.sspl.org.

Village of Ballston Spa: 66 Front Street (518) 885-5711 www.ballstonspany.org 3/10: Board of Trustees, 7:30 p.m.

3/13: Town Board, 7:30 p.m.

Town of Greenfield: 7 Wilton Road (518) 893-7432 www.townofgreenfield.com 3/11: Planning Board, 7 p.m.

Town of Malta:

Town of Milton: 503 Geyser Road (518) 885-9220 www.townofmiltonny.org 3/12: Planning Board, 7 p.m.

City of Saratoga Springs: 474 Broadway (518) 587-3550 www.saratoga-springs.org 3/12: Planning Board, 7 p.m.

Town of Saratoga: 12 Spring Street, Schuylerville (518) 695-3644 www.townofsaratoga.com 3/10: Town Board, 7 p.m.

Village of Schuylerville: 35 Spring Street (518) 695-3881 www.villageofschuylerville.org 3/12: Board of Trustees, 7 p.m.

3/17: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m.

Town of Stillwater: 881 N. Hudson Avenue Stillwater, NY 12170 (518) 664-6148 www.stillwaterny.org 3/17: Planning Board, 7 p.m.

Town of Wilton:

Blood Drives March 7, 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

270 Ballard Rd., Gansevoort March 8, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

687 N Broadway, Saratoga Springs

22 Traver Road (518) 587-1939 www.townofwilton.com 3/19: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m.

Saratoga County Board of

Supervisors: 40 McMaster St, #1 Ballston Spa, NY 12020 (518) 885-2240 www.saratogacountyny.gov

Send your local briefs to calendar@saratogapublishing.com before Monday at 5 p.m. for Friday publication.

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Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014

week of 3/7-3/14 friday, 3/7: Jim Wilson Quartet, 9 pm

Karaoke, 10 pm @ Circus Cafe’ - 583.1106

@ 9 Maple Avenue - 583.2582

Trevor English/Frankie Lessard, 9 pm

@ Bailey’s - 583.6060

North + South Dakotas, 8:30 pm

@ Ravenswood - 371.8771

Kings English, 10:30 pm

Austin, 9 pm

@ Gaffney’s - 587.7359

John Eisenhart, 8 pm

@ Irish Times - 583.0003

The Schmooze, 9 pm

@ JP Bruno’s - 745.1180

Wicked Garden, 10 pm

@ Putnam Den - 584.8066

Weekend Of Words, 8 pm

@ Ravenswood - 371.8771

Jeff Brisbin, 7 pm

@ The Parting Glass - 583.1916

@ Bentley’s - 899.4300

Big Mean Sound Machine, 8 pm

@ Caroline St. Pub - 583.9400

The Heaters, 8 pm

@ Caffè Lena - 583.0022

Hair Of The Dog, 11 pm

@ Maestros - 580.0312

No Outlet, 9 pm @ Gaffney’s - 587.7359

Rich Ortiz, 8:30 pm @ Irish Times - 583.0003

SPOTLIGHT

sunday, 3/9:

SCT Kids open mic hosted by Rick Bolton Gaffneys Sunday

Weekend Of Words, 7 pm @ Caffè Lena - 583.0022

Crispy Critters (5:30 pm), Hot Mess 7 pm

Live Jazz Brunch, 10 am

Masters Of Nostalgia, 9 pm

Ideal Situation, 9 pm

Kid’s Open Mic, 8 pm

Celtic Session, 7 pm

@ One Caroline - 587.2026

@ JP Bruno’s - 745.1180

@ Primelive Ultra Lounge - 583.4563

@ The Mill - 899.5253

@ Gaffneys - 587.7359

@ The Parting Glass - 583.1916

@ The Saratoga Winery - 584.9463

monday, 3/10:

thursday, 3/14:

@ Putnam Den - 584.8066

Bobby Dick And Susan, 6:30 pm

Al Bruno, 8 pm

@ The Rusty Nail - 371.9875

Chris Carey/Tim Wechgelaer, 7 pm

Third Rael, 6 pm

Big Medicine, 9 pm

Steve Smith, 8:30 pm

@ Brook Tavern - 871.1473

The Refrigerators, 8 pm

@ One Caroline - 587.2026

@ Vapor - 792.8282

saturday, 3/8: Pete Sweeney Quartet, 9 pm @ 9 Maple Avenue - 583.2582

Brandon Scott, 9 pm @ Bailey’s - 583.6060

Dan Sherwin, 9 pm @ Bentley’s - 899.4300

Megan Houde, 9 pm @ The Mill - 899.5253

tuesday, 3/11:

@ Seven Horse Pub - 581.0777

Open Mic, 8 pm @ Caffè Lena - 583.0022

Open Mic, 8 pm @ Circus Cafe’ - 583.1106

Rich Ortiz, 10 pm

New Artist Showcase, 9 pm

Open Mic w/Rick Bolton, 9 pm

Jeff Brisbin, 7 pm

The Steel Wheels, 7 pm

Steve Candlen, 7 pm

@ Caroline St. Pub - 583.9400

@ Gaffney’s - 587.7359

@ Gaffney’s - 587.7359

@ Crown Grill - 583.1105

@ Caffè Lena - 583.0022

Jeff Brisbin, 7 pm @ Maestros - 580.0312

@ Maestros - 580.0312

Celtic Session, 7 pm @ The Parting Glass - 583.1916

Emily Teller, 9 pm

wednesday, 3/12:

Austin Barosi, 9 pm

Watchdog, 10 pm

Jeff Walton, 7 pm

Country Idol, 8 pm

Weekend Of Words, 8 pm

Storytelling Open Mic, 7 pm

@ Cantina - 587.5577

@ Caroline St. Pub - 583.9400 @ Caffè Lena - 583.0022

@ Maestros - 580.0312

@ Caffè Lena - 583.0022

@ Cantina - 587.5577 @ Vapor - 792.8282

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I Want YOU....

(L-R) Alyssa D’Angelo as Leslie - Sue, Tess Myers as Urleen, Izabel Cavotta as Ariel, Carolyn Shields as Rusty and Katherine Horne as Wendy.

... To Get ‘Footloose’ Today

SARATOGA SPRINGS – In what promises to be a multi-SRO phenomenon (in addition to a rockin’ good time!) The Drama Club at Saratoga Springs High School will presents its spring production, “Footloose,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27, 7:30 p.m. on both Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29 in the Loewenberg Auditorium.

In this lively musical, big-city teenager Ren moves to an ultra-conservative midwestern town where dance is forbidden. Ren is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period Noah Casner as Ren and Izabel Cavotta as Ariel.

of small town living, but not the rigorous local edicts, which include a ban on dancing.

The entire show is set to the rocking rhythms of an Oscar and Tony nominated top 40 score and augmented with dynamic new songs written for the stage musical.

“Footloose” celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people while guiding them with a warm heart and open mind.

“Footloose” is directed by Bob Berenis, through special arrangement with Rogers & Hammerstein

Organization. In addition to the director, other adults filling key roles are Jeff Halstead, Musical Director and Leigh Berenis, Choreographer.

Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for students and $7 for senior citizens, and are available at the door or online now at sshsdramaclub.com.

Payment for advance sales tickets must be received by March 20.

Checks may be made payable to “SSHS Drama Club” and mailed to: Drama Club, Saratoga Springs High School, 1 Blue Streak Blvd., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS—On Saturday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Home Made Theater will host The McKrells for a fun night of music. This festive Irish evening will showcase musical entertainment suitable for all ages.

All tickets are $15 and seating is by general admission. For purchasing tickets and more information visit homemadetheater.org or call the Home Made Theater box office at (518) 587-4427.

Week of March 7 – March 13, 2014

National Museum Of Dance Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day

SARATOGA SPRINGS – On Sunday, March 9 from 2 to 5p.m. the National Museum of Dance will be hosting a St. Patrick’s Day Celebration.

Professional storyteller, teacher and published author Marni Gillard will be entertaining with Irish folklore. Also featured are Irish Step Dancers from the National Museum of Dance School of the Arts, taught by Theresa Hughes. Paul Rosenberg and Hilary Schrauf on fiddle and Eric Everson on Irish bouzouki will perform traditional music of Ireland.

There will also be Irish dance instruction and participatory dance.

Admission to this event is $6 for adults and $3 for children, members and children under 4 are free.

The National Museum of Dance is located at 99 South Broadway in Saratoga Springs. The Museum is currently open for admission Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30

p.m. To support future exhibitions and events such as these, consider becoming a museum member. For more information, visit dancemuseum.org or call (518) 584-2225

The cost is $25 per adult and $13 for children under 13. People are encouraged to come dressed in costume. Open to the entire

community, for more information or to rsvp by March 10, call Carole at (518) 584-2370 or saratogajcc@ verizon.net.

Celebrate Purim SARATOGA SPRINGS — Congregation Shaara Tfille and The Jewish of Community Center of Saratoga Springs, located at 84 Weibel Avenue, will celebrate the festival of Purim on Saturday, March 15 at 6 p.m. with a dinner followed by the Megillah Reading at 7 p.m. Catered by Cynthia Shaw from ‘What’s Cooking’, dinner will consist of breaded chicken breasts, vegetarian winter greens and bean stew, basmati rice, oven roasted vegetables, mixed green salad, fresh fruit salad and hamantashen.

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New Leadership Slated For Annual Solomon Northup Day Skidmore College Steps Into New Role SARATOGA SPRINGS — The story of Solomon Northup, a local African-American man abducted into slavery in 1841, is now known internationally thanks to the acclaimed film based on Northup’s autobiography, 12 Years a Slave. The film just garnered three Academy Awards—best picture, best supporting actress and best-adapted screenplay—not to mention a Golden Globe Award for best picture.

But a grassroots effort to raise awareness of this compelling story has been going on for the past 15 years, in particular through Solomon Northup Day, an annual celebration launched in 1999 by Saratoga Springs resident and Skidmore College alumna Renee Moore.

The yearly tribute is now undergoing a change of leadership, as Moore hands the reins over to Skidmore College. The college’s Black Faculty and Staff Group and the Office of the Dean of Special Programs will jointly manage the event.

Solomon Northup Day has traditionally been held on the third Saturday of July. In past years, the day’s activities have included talks by experts and

historians on a range of topics related to Northup’s life, musical performances, readings, and more. Northup descendants from around the country typically attend the event.

Last summer’s Solomon Northup Day was held in Filene Recital Hall and drew a capacity crowd. Through collaboration with Fox Searchlight, the program included film segments from 12 Years a Slave in advance of the movie’s release as well as attendance by Lupita Nyong’o, winner of this year’s Oscar for best supporting actress for her role as Patsey in the film. Nyong’o addressed the gathering, telling of the emotional challenges she faced in portraying such tragedy and anguish.

“Given the success of last year’s event, along with Skidmore’s management capabilities and excellent facilities, it makes sense for the college to take over the organizing of Solomon Northup Day,” said Moore. “I’m excited about the future prospects of the event, beginning this coming summer.”

Moore’s vision statement for Solomon Northup Day states that the goal is to “bring to

light all of the people involved in the struggle for freedom in the Americas and to encourage a better understanding of freedom and justice through the eyes of the African-American experience past and present; and to encourage youth participation in the struggle for freedom throughout the world.”

Said Skidmore’s Dean of Special Programs Paul Calhoun, “Skidmore is very pleased to continue and build on Renee Moore’s important work in creating this Saratoga tradition. We think that over time, the event can attract not only more attention from the public but also from history scholars worldwide.”

Lupita Nyong’o, winner of the Oscar for best supporting actress, attended last year’s Solomon Northup Day on the Skidmore campus. Nyong’o addressed the audience in Skidmore’s Filene Recital Hall.

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ALBANY – This year’s Capital Region Heart Ball will set a new standard with Neil and Jane Golub leading the event.

“In an entertaining and impactful way, we will raise the awareness of the ways that heart disease affects so many people – especially women,” said Neil Golub, Executive Chairman of the Board of Price Chopper Supermarkets. “This past year, the Neil and Jane Golub Heart Health Center at Bellevue Woman’s Center, part of Ellis Medicine, was opened so that more women have a fighting chance against

heart disease. We are pleased to help the American Heart Association raise money so that even more people can learn how to prevent and treat heart disease and stroke. We have a concern that too many women ignore good heart health practices and, because the primary symptom is often misunderstood and overlooked, we need to educate women.”

The Capital Region Heart Ball will take place on Friday, March 21, at the Saratoga City Center in Saratoga Springs, beginning at 6 p.m. Three local physicians will be honored at the

Heart Ball. Grand Central Station will play after dinner.

“We are fortunate to have so many good hospitals in the Capital Region that treat heart disease, and we will showcase all of them at the Heart Ball,” said Jane Golub, director of in-store marketing programs at Price Chopper Supermarkets.

“We know how important prevention, diagnosis and treatment are to heart disease patients, and we want to honor all those who work daily to improve the heart health of our entire community.”

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Blue Streaks Ski Team Claims 2nd Title In 3 Years

by Brian Cremo Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — On February 25, The Saratoga Springs alpine skiing team secured another New York State Public High School Athletic Association championship title at Bristol Mountain.

Led by senior Kieran Mottau, junior Ian Hauser and junior Tom Possidente, the three-man team skied consistent and fast.

“Consistency” has been a key word for the team all winter—from the eight regular season meets, to sectionals, to states—especially for Mottau, said Saratoga Springs head coach Glyn Chilton.

“This year [Mottau]’s just been a lot more consistent,” Chilton said.

“Earlier he would just be very fast and everyone would stop to watch him and he would burn out or just fly off the course. That’s one mistake usually in ski racing. He didn’t have a lot of consistent finishing, but this season he finished every race.”

That’s not to leave out the junior duo of Hauser and Possidente.

“They’re both really good skiers,” Chilton said. “Tom went through a rough patch at the end of the season when he wasn’t finishing races and he really pulled it together for the state meet. They do a lot outside of practice, so they come with the skills and abilities already in place. They talk a lot about tactics and I think that’s what they were sharing this year—you know, how they were going to approach each

race. I know that they do look up to Kieran just because of his ability. I think something they gained from Kieran was his confidence and just way of approaching the races.”

Chilton noted that Mottau had just flown in the night before the state meet began after an eightday ski vacation in Alberta and BC Canada, arriving at the hotel at 2 a.m.

“I assumed Mottau was a bit tired for the slalom event early Monday morning, but he skied very well and was in second place after the first run,” Chilton said.

Going for the gold, Mottau went for it on the second run. Being more than a second fastest at the split, he got back, caught an edge and almost fell.

“He actually came to a stop,” assistant coach Megan Beck said.

But Mottau stayed on his feet and finished four seconds behind the leader, ending up fifth overall.

Hauser was sixth and Possidente was 26th.

On the first run of the Giant Slalom Tuesday, with very icy conditions, Mottau got a bit late, skidded in a couple of turns but still ended up second in the first run.

Trying to defend his overall title from 2013, Mottau won the second run, but his combined time wasn’t fast enough to gain the overall win and a repeat.

Mottau ended up in second place, Hauser sixth and Possidente 18th. But the combined strong results of the four runs and two

(l-r) Tom Possidente, Kieran Mottau, Ian Hauser, assistant coach Megan Beck and head coach Glyn Chilton claimed a second state championship in three years for the Saratoga Springs alpine skiing team. Photo provided.

races earned the Streaks their second championship in three seasons.

Although Mottau didn’t end up the overall champion this year, he said high school ski racing is a team sport and as a team the Blue Streaks are state champions.

The state title is Chilton’s first as head coach and second while with program. He was the assistant with head coach Scott Singer for four years.

“I think [the title] is pretty much the same,” Chilton said. “A little bit more in terms of outside skiing, but certainly the input as far as

practice has been the same. I think the kids see me as the same person, who might talk a little more than he used to.”

Looking back on the season, aside from the team’s success, Chilton said he will remember multiple practices being cancelled due to inclement that caused school closings and how fast the season went by.

“Once you get into the season it’s so intense,” Chilton said. “It all happens so quickly and the season’s over within six weeks.”

Despite losing Mottau, Chilton

is hopeful for other skiers to step up, including the kids who will be making the transition from middle school.

“The potential is definitely there for next year,” Chilton said.

“High school racing is a little different from what they’re used to.

A lot of these kids have experience racing on the mountain and racing for themselves. I think they really enjoy the team aspect. They get to represent the high school and get to see them each day. I think we have something that adds to the sport for our racers.”

Saratoga TODAY's Star Athletes Evan Pescetti

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Spa Catholic • Sophomore • Forward Saratoga Central Catholic’s, Evan Pescetti had 16 points in the Saints final game of 2013-14.

After the season came to an end in the Section II Class C finals against Hoosic Valley last weekend, Pescetti was named to the All-Tournament team, along with teammate Michael Naughton.

The sophomore transfer from Saratoga Springs High School meshed with an experienced group of seniors and led the Saints, who went undefeated in the regular Western Athletic Conference season, with 13 points per game.

Doing most of his damage in the third quarter, Pesceitt had 18 points in a game that defined the 18-4 Saints, as Spa Catholic knocked off Lake George and Section II leading scorer Joel Wincowski in the Class C semifinal.

Carly Boland

Shenendehowa • Sophomore • Guard Sophomore sensation Carly Boland dropped 24 points and was 6-of-7 from 3-point range, during Shenendehowa’s Section II Class AA championship win over Albany, 76-54.

Boland’s game-high 24, along with four blocks, helped earn her the AA tournament Most Valuable Player award.

Boland, the Plainsmen’s leading scorer all season (No. 6 in Section II with 19.2 points per game), set the tone from beyond the arc as Shenendehowa hit 11-of-17 from downtown distance.

The 6-foot guard had 22 points against Catholic Central in the quarterfinal and 16 points in the win against Shaker in the semifinals. Shen had lost to Shaker twice in the regular season.

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Main Key For Siena: Contain Baron

by Brian Cremo Saratoga TODAY

LOUDONVILLE — The Siena men’s basketball team is heading into the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference while riding its largest winning streak of the season.

Saratoga Springs resident and Saints head coach Jimmy Patsos has helped turn a young team, predicted to finish No. 10 in the MAAC, into a No. 5 seed with a first round bye.

“These kids have been playing hard all year,” Patsos said. “We lost a couple close ones and instead of quitting, we learned from them and won a couple close ones. The fans at the Times Union [Center] have just been tremendous and we get a lot of support all over the area, including Saratoga.

Those wins, they help, but

Saratoga Springs resident and Siena head coach Jimmy Patsos has the Saints marching into the MAAC Championships as the No. 5 seed on a four-game winning streak. Photo by SportsThroughTheLens.com

everybody is 0-0 going in.”

The Saints (11-9 MAAC, 15-16 overall) begin a quarterfinal matchup with No. 4 Canisius, Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.

“The good news for the game is that Saturday at 2:30 p.m. is a great time,” Patsos said. “I encourage people to come over. It’s only an hour and a half drive out, see the [Basketball] Hall of Fame—The venue is a great place to watch a game. We’re counting on our fans.

The fans are why we won 15 games this year. We would not have won 10 games without our fan base.”

Canisius (14-6, 20-11) handed the Saints two losses this season: a 93-78 decision in Buffalo and a triple overtime game at the Times Union Center.

“They’re very good at home and they’ve done that to a lot of people at

home,” Patsos said. “When they make threes they’re the best team in the league. They don’t always make threes. Iona can score a lot of points, Manhattan is probably the best defensive team and Quinnipiac is a great rebounding team with the two big men.

Everyone is a little different. When they make 3-pointers, they’re the best team in the league.”

The Saints No. 1 priority Saturday is Billy Baron.

Baron, an All-MAAC FirstTeamer, finished the regular season averaging 24.4 points, 5.2 assists and five rebounds per game for the Golden Griffins. His 24.4 points per contest ranks him third in the nation and his 98 3-point field goals is a school record.

“We play Canisius and probably the player of the year in Billy Baron, so that’s going to be a tough matchup,” Patsos said. “It’s not just Baron. They have a bunch of different guys who can shoot that ball.

You’re never going to stop Baron. You just have to contain him.”

On Saturday, the Saints will also see center Chris Manhertz, who did not play in the triple overtime game. The big man missed three games this season and leads the team in rebounds per game (6.7).

With things clicking at the right time and close statement wins over No. 2 Manhattan and No. 3 Quinnipiac, Patsos credits the recent success to a lot of guys stepping up.

“We have a lot of depth and a lot of guys who are playing well together,” Patsos said. “We’re a good team. What scares me is the same thing. We’re a good team, but we don’t have a go-to guy…We’re executing at the end

of the games. Against Quinnipiac we made our foul shots. It was a tie game with three minutes to go.

We played good defense down the stretch and once again [Rob] Poole made his free throws. Monmouth was the best team game we played, but be careful because that Monmouth team was a little tired.”

Poole, a junior, is leading the team with 14.7 points per game.

He had team highs of 15 points in the win over Quinnipiac and 17 against Manhattan. Named to the MAAC Third Team on Monday, he has reached double figures in 23 of Siena’s 31 games In Sunday’s win over Monmouth, Poole became the 40th Siena player to reach the 1,000-point mark.

“He’s a smart kid, Poole,” Patsos said. “He’s an interesting kid off the court and I enjoy that. Sometimes you have to pat him on the back to get a little out of him and sometimes he wants to be challenged. Yeah, you can yell at him a little. Sometimes Poole’s like, ‘Man, I need to get yelled at today, Coach. I’m not playing well,’ and I’m like, ‘OK I’ll give it to you if you want.’ He’s a very sensitive kid and all he cares about is winning. He’s an excellent teammate. I wish he was a little more selfish in terms of getting shots off. He didn’t care about the 1,000 points; he cared about how we got our 15th win and stuff like that.

In addition to Poole being named to the third team, Saints freshmen Lavon Long and Marquis Wright earned spots on the MAAC All-Rookie Team. Long averaged 9.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, while Wright averaged a conference-leading 5.5 assists per game— the first to do so in 20 years.

“Wright’s a pass-first point guard,” Patsos said. “We all knew that. The second thing is that Lavon Long is just a locomotive…

He’ll do anything. All he cares about is winning. He can really handle the ball for a forward

and make some shots. The thing about Wright is his minutes. He plays 35 minutes a game in this league. He’s an unselfish guy who wants to win too. Those two guys just want to win. And then Javion [Ogunyemi] from Troy has played really good defense for us lately.

He got hurt and he’s not going to score much, but he’s been a very solid defensive player. We got lucky with these young guys.”

Aside from Poole and Evan Hymes, the young Saints team, which only carries one senior, has inexperienced players when it comes to the MAAC Championships.

One player who has made a difference and will be needed in the tournament, if the Saints have hopes of earning an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament, is Brett Bisping.

“Look, when Brett Bisping plays well, we win,” Patsos said.

“When he doesn’t, we don’t. That’s just a statistical analysis and I’m not big on that. He’s a sophomore. It’s new for him. It’s new for all these rookies. What he’s done is incredible and another person with a 3.5 average GPA. What Brett did that I admire, instead of being a perimeter forward who shot threes, we turned him into a dirtywork inside player and he’s really done well with that.

Hoping to add three more wins and an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament to the current four-game win streak, Patsos just has his eyes on Saturday’s matchup.

“The No. 5 seed is great because you have to win three instead of four and your odds have just increase,” Patsos said.

“It’s all about winning Saturday at 2:30 p.m. against the Player of the Year. Can we do it? Yes. Is it going to be easy? No. Has anything been easy for us this year?

No. Did anyone give us anything? No. We’ve been grinding all year.”

“It’s all about winning Saturday at 2:30 p.m. against the Player of the Year. Can we do it? Yes. Is it going to be easy? No. Has anything been easy for us this year? No. Did anyone give us anything? No.” -Saints Head Coach Jimmy Patsos

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Community Sports Bulletin NYRA Announces Improvement Plans For Saratoga Race Course SARATOGA SPRINGS — The New York Racing Association, Inc. announced Wednesday that it will invest $1.9 million at Saratoga Race Course for a series of capital improvements designed to enhance the customer experience during the 2014 summer meet.

The plans include the addition of hundreds of high-definition television sets throughout the facility, new high-definition large-screen video boards, an enhanced sound system, improved wireless capabilities, an increase in the number of picnic tables for the backyard, upgrades to the restrooms, and a new entertainment area for families that will include an expanded event tent.

“We want our guests to have a great experience when they come to Saratoga Race Course,” said NYRA CEO and President Chris Kay. “We appreciate this treasured venue and are investing in it for all horse racing fans who cherish their visit to Saratoga.”

The lineup of capital improvements planned for Saratoga Race Course this summer includes the following elements:

exterior grounds near the grandstand and clubhouse. The other 250 televisions will be installed within the interior of the grandstand and clubhouse, including all dining, bar and mutuel areas.

Clubhouse box seats will also be equipped with new high-definition televisions.

Video walls: Large new video walls will be installed in three highly-populated grandstand areas – the paddock, the outdoor mutuel bay, and near the Carousel Restaurant – for enhanced, high-definition video display of races and other information.

Event tent: Home to a number of on-track events, the event tent located inside the Reserved Seats Box Office entrance will be expanded to 40-by-70 feet and feature improved flooring and electricity.

Child-friendly entertainment: In addition to the many regular family fun activities, the highly popular playground area will be expanded so that kids have more room to play on the various pieces of equipment. Separately, the backyard will have a new, dedicated area where children can visit with and touch one of Saratoga’s outrider horses and learn about a horse’s daily routines and activities.

Sound system: An enhanced sound system will allow for Wi-Fi: After monitorimproved transmission of race calls, announcements, video pro- ing areas of high density Wi-Fi gramming, and winner’s circle usage on-track last year, capacity in high volume areas will be events. quadrupled for 2014 in order to Picnic tables: An addi- improve service and minimize tional 125 picnic tables will be connectivity delays. added in select areas of the backRestrooms: Restrooms yard. Available to all guests at no charge on a first-come, first- at Saratoga Race Course will served basis, the picnic tables experience a number of renovahave become popular party set- tions and upgrades, including tings for families and friends new fixtures, mirrors, paint and more.

High-definition televisions: during live racing.

Approximately 750 new highOutdoor dining: The popuTrakus: The high-tech sysdefinition televisions, ranging in size from 19 to 70 inches, will be tem that enables television view- lar Saratoga Porch dining area, installed throughout the facility. ers to easily track their horse’s open for breakfast and lunch, Approximately 500 of the new position throughout a race will will be expanded to provide televisions will be placed in the be launched at Saratoga Race more tables offering a close-up view of the races. popular backyard area and in Course in 2014.

Send your sports stories or briefs to Brian Cremo, Sports Editor at brian@saratoga publishing.com

Morgan Brooking Advances To Hoop Hoot Nationals

Puzzle solutions from pg. 33

Pictured with Morgan Brooking (front middle) are (l-r) Wilton-Elks Lodge Treasurer Michael Cummins, parents Bill Brooking and Victoria Brooking, and Lodge Hoop Shoot Chairman Steve Dorsey. Photo courtesy of Dave Kraus.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Morgan Brooking was honored at the SaratogaWilton Elks Lodge No. 161 this past Sunday, March 2, for winning the Hoop Shoot New York State Championship in the 8-9 year old Girls Division at Le Moyne College in Syracuse on March 1.

Morgan will now advance to the National

Championship, which will be held in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on March 22.

The competition is part of the Elks National Hoop Shoot Program, and the Saratoga-Wilton Elks Lodge is very proud of Morgan.

She is the first competitor from Lodge No. 161 to win at the state level and the first to advance on to nationals.

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Sign Up For Saratoga Tour De Cure ALBANY — The American Diabetes Association (ADA) held a kickoff celebration and dinner for the 2014 Saratoga Tour de Cure, the Capital Region’s premier cycling event dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes, on Monday, March 3 at the Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia.

“Our kickoff party marks the official start of Tour season and provides an excellent opportunity for participants to meet each other and sponsors to show their support, particularly for Red Riders who live with the disease,” said ADA Associate Director of Albany Denise Nicastro, noting that the Saratoga Tour de Cure is ranked first in the state and second out of 90 tours nationwide. “We are hoping to generate excitement about our ambitious goal of surpassing last year’s record of $1.25 million raised and reaching $1.5 million this year.”

The annual ride, which takes place on Sunday, June 1, is part of a nationwide movement to stop diabetes and change the future of the nearly 26 million Americans living with the disease. Designed for everyone from the novice biker to the experienced cyclist, the Tour de Cure includes 10, 25, 50, 62.5 and 100-mile routes.

Register by visiting diabetes. org/saratoga. The early bird registration fee is $15 and there is a $200 fundraising minimum for all riders.

“Individuals who register early

raise significantly more money for this tremendous cause because they become tied to the mission and have a better chance of activating their fundraising network,”

said ADA Director of Albany and Central New York Amy Young, explaining that the event will include food, prizes and information about building a team, training

and online fundraising. “We are hoping to recruit even more family and corporate teams this year to fulfill our goal and advance the mission of the organization.”

these garage door games?

Imagination.

Above the door, a basketball goal, usually with backboard, could be hung to practice your game, or better yet, imagining playing in the big game—one you never lost.

In the past I have written about these types of imaginary games that we used to play. I want to address the topic again. Why? It irks me when I see these ads on TV about video games. Some are pretty violent, but they involve sitting in front of the TV or computer in a sedentary posture with no physical activity.

There has been plenty of discussion lately about an American epidemic of childhood obesity. It seems that it has improved over the past five years, a lot to do with First Lady Michelle Obama’s push against the problem. There was another attempt by a concerned politician, former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, who tried to cut out the extra-large soda drinks by outlawing them. The former NYC mayor was

unsuccessful, due to it being shot down by the courts.

My goal here is to point out a couple of things that relate to youngsters being physically active. In my youth, I was out the door to play and the TV was not part of my routine. I would go out in the yard—actually it was a parking lot behind our apartment building, which was part of my family’s business.

I always had some sort of ball in my hand. When I got to junior high, it was a basketball. I was always playing some sort of imaginary game, whether it was basketball or baseball. I lived for that.

My brain was constantly working on creative and imaginative sporting events, like a basketball game with hypothetical players. There was no keeping me down. I loved pretending I was involved in big games.

My dad encouraged me by putting up a basket and backboard on the side of a storage building that was adjacent to the parking lot, so it was hung over the lot (lucky me, the

lot was covered by macadam).

Sometimes there would be a car parked under the hoop and I was unable to shoot baskets. That was tough during the NBA playoff games (my NBA playoffs). That’s when I would hop on my bike, with my ball tucked under my arm, and head about 4 miles, partially uphill, to the recreation field, where I knew there wouldn’t be any cars parked.

To be truthful, in those days, television bored me, but of course it is so different now because there are a gazillion TV stations to choose from.

To think, during my youth there were only three network stations and a newly developed public TV network, giving me four choices that were not even a consideration for me because I needed to get out and play.

I know that times have changed and I know it isn’t easy to compete with the temptations of video-whatever. But there needs to be an effort by parents to encourage their children to be physically active.

All of these programs like AAU,

travel and rec. teams are all fine and I support them, but getting the kids to initiate their own activity is just as important as and maybe even more important than the participation in organized play.

The adults seem to really like the idea of these organized programs, sometimes possibly more than the kids. New research, which was just recently presented, states that the youth of this country are not getting enough proper sleep time.

Physical activity has been proven to improve sleep for the young and old.

The youth of our nation need to be stepping away from the social media and video games, at least for a budgeted time of their daily lives, and get out on the driveway and play against LeBron James, or, like I did, against Jerry West and use their God-given imagination to create the fun of living the dream.

Jerry West never did beat me in my backyard and thank goodness I never met him in a real game—it would have been curtains for me!

It All Started In A Garage Or On It

by Damian Fantauzzi for Saratoga TODAY How about you? Many of us used a garage to play our games when we were kids.

The door was one of my biggest playmates. Think about the multipurpose ball that we used, usually it was a tennis ball. You could play baseball off the wall, or off the garage door, hockey, maybe practice catch, and of course play tennis.

What was the power behind

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(l-r) Evan Hymes, Rob Poole, Maurice White and the rest of the Saints enter the 2014 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships as the No. 5 seed. Siena takes on No. 4 Canisius Saturday afternoon at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. Photos by SportsThroughTheLens.com. See Saints pg. 36