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notes from the SUPERVISOR’S OFFICE

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he arrival of April means that registration is now open for Guilderland’s popular summer day camp and recreation programs. Whether families are looking for a basic half-day camp program, or for full-day sports and enrichment programs, it’s quite likely that there is something on the schedule that will work for your family.

This year’s schedule was distributed by giving students in the Guilderland schools copies to backpack home, a move we made to try to help control program costs. There are also copies of the schedule available at various community gathering spots across Town, as well at the Parks Office on Route 146 across from the entrance to Tawasentha Park, and an electronic version of all the programs is available on the Guilderland Parks website www.guilderlandrec.com.

Registration for these programs can be handled in person at the Parks Office on Route 146, or on-line at www.guilderlandrec.com. I will remind everyone that a good number of these programs fill up quickly, so early registration is a good idea once you’ve settled on programs and dates. Please call the Parks and Recreation Department at 456-3150 if you have questions about the summer program.

You may have seen media coverage involving issues with New York’s STAR program for property tax relief on primary homes. I want to make all of our residents aware that legislation associated with the 2013-2014 New York State budget would require that all residents currently receiving a STAR exemption re-apply prior to April 1, 2014. The STAR exemption exempts the first $30,000 of value of an owner-occupied residence from school taxes for homeowners with incomes under $500,000, and provides enhanced benefits for qualifying senior citizens.

No action is required at this time, but I wanted to make all of our residents aware of this change now. As more of the details become available, I will use this column, as well as other means of communication, to provide more specifics about the actions homeowners will need to take to preserve their exemptions.

Guilderland’s Spring Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day will be held from 8 Am until 2 PM on Saturday, May 11 at the Town Highway Department Garage on French’s Mill Road. Clean out your basements, garages, and sheds as part of your spring cleaning routine. You will need a pass to participate, and you can obtain one without charge at either the Town Clerk’s Office or at the Transfer Station during normal business hours. Information on what can or cannot be brought to Hazardous Waste Day is available on the Transfer Station page of the Town website, www.townofguilderland.org. Please call the Town

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Winter has run rather long and rather late this year, but our Town parks will soon be abuzz with activity, with all varieties of sports at Nott Road, Keenholts, Di Caprio, and Tawasentha Parks, and walking, hiking, and running all across our park system. Additionally, golf season is here at Guilderland’s Western Turnpike Golf Course, with reduced greens fees for Guilderland residents and spring specials for all. Call 456-3150 with questions about the parks, or 45-0786 for information about golf at Western Turnpike.

We have recently had a couple of staff changes in Town government. Two individuals with many decades of service to the Town and its residents have retired. Bill West, the Superintendent of Water and Wastewater Management, has retired and been replaced by Tim McIntyre, and Chief Building Inspector Donald Cropsey has retired and been replaced by Don Albright. I would like to thank Bill and Don for their many years of service, to wish them well in their retirements, and to welcome their replacements, both of whom are already known to many of our residents.

The arrival of spring always means an increase in traffic flow all over Guilderland. As you enjoy all of the activities our community has to offer this season, please be sure to exercise caution as you travel, whether it’s on foot, by bicycle, or by automobile, especially when you are in areas where you are likely to encounter children. Enjoy the season!

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As people are finally getting out, they are asking whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in Guilderland!

The old Miyako at 155 and Western will be a mattress store, The Bavarian Chalet is being transformed into senior housing and a restaurant. The Recovery Sports Grill should be opened by the time you read this barring any delays as well. That is going to be a great addition to Guilderlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dining choices.

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We are also conducting our Spring Member Drive-we are a member organization, run by business members. If you know someone who benefit from our network of local businesses, have them call us!

We are offering a discount on membership and $700 worth of free advertising for joining now.

Lastly, I am happy to say the chamber got a grant to perform outreach and education to small businesses on Health Insurance reform! Whether you are for or against it, it is happening THIS year, with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;marketplacesâ&#x20AC;? opening October 1, and all employer and individual mandates to provide health insurance kicking in Jan 1 2014. We are having an info session for small businesses and sole proprietors (but free and open to anyone interested) on Tuesday April 30, from 6-7 pm at the Guilderland Public Library. Please call the chamber to rsvp so we have enough space! ~Kathy Burbank, President

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by Leyla Kiosse

When I was young, I had a debate with my father about whether a person could be judged by who that person associated herself with.

My father said that to associate yourself with an unscrupulous person is to give people the impression that you too are unscrupulous. Of course, I disagreed with him about this. Not only did I think this concept of â&#x20AC;&#x153;guilt by associationâ&#x20AC;? was unfair, I also did not think that this is how the real world worked. Oh, how little did I know!

In many marriages, there is one spouse who makes all (or most of) the financial decisions. Sometimes, the person making those decisions engages in conduct that is deceitful or damaging to the family financial situation.

For example, I have had clients tell me that during the marriage his/ her spouse lied on the joint income tax returns, and that as a result taxes/penalties are owed to the taxing authority. I have also had clients tell me that it was the practice of his/her spouse to borrow to the hilt to finance a lifestyle the family could obviously not afford, driving the family deep into debt. The client always wants to know how to avoid responsibility for the consequences that occur as a result of the financial decisions made by his/her spouse.

you will most likely bear some responsibility for the consequences of that lie.

Claiming ignorance about the existence of the debt also may not be a defense. If the annual income of your family is $50,000 but you are living a $100,000 lifestyle financed by credit cards, you will have a very difficult time convincing the court that you had no knowledge about the debt. The money had to come from somewhere!

Marriage as a romantic institution is a recent notion. For thousands of years, it was for economics only. While we â&#x20AC;&#x153;marryâ&#x20AC;? those concepts today, many are blind to the business side of the relationship until it is too late.

The moral of this story is that you can be responsible for the bad financial decisions made by your spouse, no matter how little participation you had in making those decisions. My dad was right. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guilt by associationâ&#x20AC;? does exist. Dad, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re reading this article I will save you the phone call: you did tell me so!

Leyla A. Kiosse is a partner at Tabak & Kiosse, LLP, a law firm located in Great Oaks Office Park (near Crossgates Mall).

Along with her partner (Margaret Tabak), Attorney Kiosse counsels clients on all matters related to matrimonial and family law. A Guilderland native, Attorney Kiosse received her undergraduate degree from Union College and her law degree from Albany Law School. If you have questions about a matrimonial or family law issue, contact Attorney Kiosse for a consultation by calling 464-4095 or by visiting the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, www.tklawllp.com.

In general, under New York law any debt that is acquired during the marriage is considered marital debt. It does not matter whose name is on the debt. If your spouse accumulates $100,000 of credit card debt during the marriage, the presumption is that the debt is marital, even if your name is not on the credit card or you do not use the card. The effect of this general rule is that in a divorce action a court could decide that you must bear some responsibility for the debt that was accumulated.

Turning a blind eye to what your spouse is doing during the marriage does not absolve you of any responsibility. If your spouse lied on the joint income tax return and you signed that return anyway,

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with Diane Cameron Writer. Speaker. Teacher

Q. How long have you been writing and where did you begin?

A. I grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. All of my family members were big readers and we subscribed to three daily papers so I learned very early on that anything of importance was in the newspaper. I wrote a lot as a kid— plays, stories, poetry, even my own pretend newspaper but I didn’t start writing for publication until I was in my late 20’s.

Q. Now you live here in Guilderland.

What are you writing about now?

A. I write a monthly perspective column for the Times Union and I write for other newspapers on current events, popular culture, spirituality etc. I have a new book out which is a collection of the newspaper columns—It’s called “Looking for Signs”.

My next book—coming this summer--is about a family touched by military trauma.

It’s a story about warriors from many wars and making a new life after trauma.

Q. You also love teaching and speaking--what kinds of talks or programs do you enjoy doing?

A. I do love public speaking and doing programs on caregiving, writing—I especially love to teach new or reluctant writers—and I often speak on spirituality and personal growth and how we can make changes in our lives.

Q. In what other ways are you involved in the Community?

A. Well, I work at Unity House in Troy where I am the Development Director and an advocate for people living in poverty. I do a lot of volunteering with other nonprofits, and I am a huge fan of Community Caregivers—an extraordinary model of faith-in-action.

Q. What do you think is your biggest challenge as a writer and speaker who is also a community advocate?

A. Well, I never have enough time but the plus side is that I have never been bored.

I can’t even imagine what that is. Our community’s needs are so great and I want to be of help whenever I can, and to use my skills to reduce fear and to increase hope.

Q. Where can the community learn more about your Q. Where can people buy your books and where can the community hear you speak? work and your writing?

A. I write a couple of specialized blogs. One is called “Love in the Time of Cancer” and there I write about cancer caregiving and specifically the needs of couples facing cancer. Another blog is called “Never Up Never In…Love” my blog for women of a “certain age” who play golf. I started playing golf a couple of years ago and I write better than I play but I do love it.

A. My newest book, “Looking for Signs” is available at The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza and at Market Block Books in Troy, or on Amazon. On April 28th I’ll be speaking at The Albany Institute of History & Art. That will be a talk on our soldiers and trauma across many wars. And I’ll also talk a bit about the process of writing a book that is both history and memoir. Readers can find my blogs and more samples of my columns on my website which is: www.DianeCameron.info.

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Q. How did you get started in this business?

A. My husband and I began tutoring as a way to earn extra money during college and our early years as teachers. As demand grew and our schedules filled, we were forced to turn people away. Back in 1999, we decided to hire other tutors to take on the business that we couldn’t handle personally. At that time, we also began offering Regents Review Classes at the College of St. Rose. These classes quickly became extremely popular. In 2011, we added a fitness division. We have certified personal trainers and sport coaches to provide high quality fitness training.

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A. We offer a wide range of educational services. We provide individual and small group tutoring for all grade levels and content areas. We have tutors who are experts in study skills and organization, while others focus on the specific strategies and content of a particular class. We run SAT Preparation and Regents Review Classes at The College of St. Rose and we also offer in home personal fitness training.

Nancie Tindale runs D and T Tutoring Service, LLC. Here she is shown with her husband Bill and sons Noah and Micah.

Q. How does your service work?

A. Upon receiving an inquiry from a potential client, we do our best to match the customer with the proper tutor based on content area, specific educational goals, personality type, learning style, geographic location, and availability. Clients purchase tutoring hours and can use those hours in a very flexible manner….i.e. one hour sessions, two hour sessions.

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Q. What qualifications do your tutors have?

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Celebrate Earth Day

Earth Day is officially celebrated every year on April 22nd.

It began in 1970 as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;environmental teach-inâ&#x20AC;? to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet. Now celebrated in more than 190 countries worldwide, it brings attention to the outstanding yearlong efforts of many millions of people to make the world a better place to live. There are many ways to celebrate Earth Day: plant a tree, clean up a local park or playground, remove roadside trash or by holding or participating in a local recycling event.

At Scrapster we participate in several ways. Being a scrap metal recycler we operate 100% to make sure the appliances and other scrap metal related items we pick up are broken down and separated correctly into basic components (wire, motors, etc.) for more effective re-use. We also provide a large scale junk removal service where we do the same type of organizing which involves donating items such as clothing and splitting out cardboard, metal, wood, magazines, etc. so they can be recycled properly.

We are proudly in our third year as an official NY State DEC Electronics Collection Site. Recycling raw materials from end-of-life electronics is the most effective solution to the growing e-waste problem.

Most electronic devices contain a variety of materials, including metals that can be recovered for future uses. We work with our sponsor, eWaste.com, as they handle the dismantling and reuse possibilities, helping conserve natural resources and minimizing air and water pollution caused by hazardous disposal.

Please join us Saturday April 20th from 9am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12pm (same day as the Taft Furniture event) as we team up with all Hudson River Community Credit Union branches (including Cohoes and Troy) to provide a convenient & faster drop off location for your unwanted and outdated electronics, plus many other scrap metal items. See our website for more details. If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it that day, you can always call us to arrange a low or no cost pickup depending upon what you have.

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SWING INTO SPRING - GETTING READY FOR GOLF By: Dr. Kim Keeling

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If you have not been doing any type of conditioning or stretching to prepare your body for golf then it is time to start.

Golf is one of the unique sports that we can get better at with age and enjoy for many years. It is estimated that nearly 50% of golfers will have lower back pain at some point in the season. This doesn’t always mean that they have a problem with their low back. For example, it could be a result of a hip issue in which the low back is compensating for lack of hip flexibility or strength.

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Golf is rotation and if your body cannot rotate you will be compensating. A normal golf swing requires full range of

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From the ground up we have this network of stability and mobility. If one area is not doing its job then we will develop compensating patterns. For example, if your hips and thoracic spine have decreased range of motion then the area in the middle, the lumbar spine, often compensates which results in low back pain. On the other hand, if you cannot stabilize then you cannot generate force to hit the ball far.

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Waiter’s Bow Test- While standing reach around your back with one hand and pinch the skin. Now bend forward at the hips. If you feel the skin slipping out of your finger then you are bending too much from your lumbar spine and not your hips.

Keep practicing until you are able to bend and maintain the pinch. If you are unable to do it then your hip flexibility is not ready for the golf course or the driving range.

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Thoracic rotation test- While sitting in a chair, hold a golf club across the front of your shoulders. Rotate your torso as far as you can. The front edge of the club should be pointing directly over your knee. If you are unable to reach adequate thoracic spine rotation then your back is not ready for the golf course or the driving range.

There are many more tests that you can do to check your joint range of motion and stability. I wish I could list them all here but I would need the entire magazine to do it. If you have questions about your biomechanics or are interested in a golf conditioning program. I would be happy to help you get ready for this season.

Dr. Kim Keeling resides in Guilderland with husband, Mark, and two children,Tristan and Taylor. She graduated from Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, MN. She has been a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician for eight years.

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Happy money : the science of smarter spending by Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton.

Money. For most people, it's a source of stress and fear. And yet more money doesn't change things-research shows that once an American is earning around $75,000 a year, he does not get any happier with incremental income. What if instead of simply focusing on curtailing our spending, we changed how we spent our money, putting it toward purchases that actually make us happy?

The heart of money : a couple's guide to creating true financial intimacy by Deborah L. Price.

The author, who comes from a poor background herself, discusses the psychological aspects of money issues that arise in childhood and form patterns that affect future relationships. Using worksheets and sympathetically presented tips, Price leads her readers through negotiating money conflicts, leaving room for gratitude, and "the Big Money Topics": spending vs. saving, debt, and mingling money.

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from GUILDERLAND MARTIAL ARTS

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As usual this time of year I use my article space to honor my students that take on the extra challenge of competing in the New York State Championships.

Our team of 14 hard working students brought home 19 medals from this year’s championship in Queens. At the time of printing this article there were 6 of us going on to the National Championships in Chicago! I am proud to announce this national competition team: Anthony Cusado, Amelia Dunn, Michael Stafford, Mete Rice, Nicole Teaney and me!! Congratulations to all competitors for having great character and good luck to the national team! -Master Rice

Back row: Master Robert Rice, Mete Rice, Pryian Pathirana, Ryan Gundermann, Nicole Teaney, Michael Stafford, Michelle Stafford. Front row: Amelia Dunn, Dilni Pathirana, Michael Camarra, Anthony Cusado, Bridget Clancy, Meghan Clancy and Aman Avvaru.

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GUILDERHAVEN, INC Spring Into Action & Adopt a Pet!

Kansas is a 4 year old brindle female.

She is petite, sweet and energetic. She is good with other dogs, not cat safe. Kansas loves attention and gives kisses. She loves to play with her toys and tries to get all the dogs to play with her. Requires a fenced in yard for adoption. Contact Pat at 768-2579 for more information.

SOPHIA is a sweet 3 year old brown tiger female that loves to be around people. She is up-to-date on all vaccinations, and has tested negative for Felv/FIV. Sophia is happy in her current foster home but a little fearful of the other cats. She does love to play and will try to get you to play with her. If you are looking for a cat that is loving and gentle, you have found her! Call Laurie at 518 461-0251 or email brightsky@nycap.rr.com

ERNIE is a very large fawn male from Florida. Ernie is two years old, and quite a ham. He is suppose to be ok with cats.

He goes out with all the dogs here. He walks well on leash, is good in a vehicle.

He was skinny when he came, but has now gained all the weight he needs.

Requires a fenced in yard. Contact Pat at 768-2579 for more information.

A big hearty THANK YOU to Hedley and Company, CPA (1593 Route 9, Clifton Park) for donating $1000 to Guilderhaven, inc. for their 20th Anniversary Charity Giveaway!

Upcoming Events (Please contact us at 518 861-6861 for more information): April 20, 2013 ROCKS adopts! Come join us at ROCKS, located at 77 Central Avenue in Albany, from noon to 4pm and have fun while supporting the animal community!

April 27, 2013 PAWS for Appraisal Antique Appraisal and Sweet Treat Bake Sale, to benefit Guilderhaven, inc.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cat and dog spay/neuter programs, will be held at the Guilderland Center Fire Department (30 School Road in Guilderland) from 10am-2pm. We will have three appraisers available to appraise your antiques. Up to three items allowed. $10 per item or $25 for three items. No firearms, please. For larger items bring photos taken at different angles.

May 3, 2013 Toolbelt Jedis are hosting a musical benefit happy hour set for Guilderhaven at Valentines Music Hall on May 3rd from 6 to 8 pm. The band will donate their proceeds to Guilderhaven so please come support live music and our furry friends! Valentines is on 17 New Scotland Avenue in downtown Albany, near Albany Medical Center. $5.00 minimum donation.

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