Saratoga TODAY 3.29.19

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Eyesore Razed: Condos Coming

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY

53 Putnam Street demolition on Monday, March 25. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — An eyesore that stood for decades on Putnam Street was demolished Monday afternoon. In its place will rise a five-story mixed-use building with plans calling for a restaurant at the street level and approximately two-dozen condominium apartments upstairs.

“Everyone I know has loathed that building for decades,” said Jason Letts, shortly after a massive excavator, boasting more than 80,000 lbs. of operating weight, extended

its 20-foot boom and clawed at the architecture, laying to waste the last wall standing and leaving a debris field comprised of twisted metal and broken bricks, splintered wood and chunks of concrete.

“Before I got involved with this, whenever I’d take my son to the library (across the street) I’d think: somebody’s got to do something about that, so I’m glad to be doing something about it,” said Letts, one of the co-owners of the proposed “Five-Three” development that will be located at 53 Putnam St., opposite the Saratoga Springs Public Library.

See Story pg. 10

MEET THE TEAM: SMASH YOUR WAY Spa Catholic Saints Baseball

TO SATISFACTION

The Spa Catholic Saints are back for another season, with their sights set on high goals.

The Saint’s first game of the season will be Monday, April 1 versus Hoosic Falls at Hoosic Falls.

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TEREL TILLMAN Pitcher, Shortstop

Team’s co-captain Terel Tillman.

See pgs. 42 & 43

Relief Room. Photo provided. See Story pg. 14

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Neighbors:

INTERVIEW & PHOTO BY: Marissa Gonzalez

Who: Sharon Kumlander Where: Impressions of Saratoga Q. Are you from Saratoga Springs?

A. I am. I’ve been in Saratoga Springs for, let’s see, 28 years. A long time.

Q. How long have you been working at Impressions of Saratoga?

A. I started in January, I’m brand new, I’m the newbie.

Q. How do you like working here?

A. I love it!

Q. What do you like best about it?

A. I just love everything that’s here.

Q. If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive who would it be?

A. This is going to be crazy, I’m going to say Remington Steele. I love Remington Steele. He was way back in the day, for James Bond 007.

Q. If you could have anyone play you in a movie who would it be?

A. Goldie Hawn.

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

Snippets of Life From Your Community

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

NEWS 3

DAVID O’ROURKE NAMED NYRA CEO AND PRESIDENT SARATOGA SPRINGS — The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) Board of Directors announced on March 26 the unanimous appointment of David O’Rourke as NYRA CEO and President. O’Rourke, who has been serving as Interim NYRA CEO since Jan. 23, will assume the role effective immediately.

“David has made significant and lasting contributions to NYRA since he joined the organization more than a decade ago,” said NYRA Board Chairman Michael Del Giudice.

“He possesses broad expertise in nearly every facet of the industry, enjoys deep respect among his NYRA colleagues and industry peers, and understands how the sport and the business will continue to evolve in the future. His combination of skills and obvious leadership ability made this an easy choice and we congratulate David on this appointment.”

O’Rourke, 45, first joined NYRA as Director of Financial Planning in 2008 before becoming Vice President for Corporate Development in 2010. In 2013, he was appointed Chief Revenue

Officer and Senior Vice President. In that role, O’Rourke was responsible for NYRA’s business development strategies across a range of disciplines including industry relations, simulcast markets and contracts, television strategy, advance deposit wagering (ADW) operations, and capital projects.

During his tenure, O’Rourke has played a signature role in spearheading the development and growth of NYRA Bets, NYRA’s national ADW platform currently available in 30 states. He has also helped shepherd the dramatic expansion of NYRA’s flagship television broadcasts, Belmont Park Live and Saratoga Live, which will feature live coverage nearly every race day in 2019 from Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course.

“I am honored to have been selected by the Board of Directors to lead NYRA during this exciting time in its storied history,” said O’Rourke.

“We have made tremendous progress as an organization over the past several years, but there is still much work to be done to continue to grow our racing product during an era of unprecedented competition

and change within the sports and entertainment industry. I thank the NYRA Board for this opportunity and will continue to rely upon the outstanding talent within our organization as we work closely with industry partners and stakeholders to build upon our successes.”

O’Rourke is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), the advocacy group comprised of racetrack operators and industry stakeholders charged with increasing the popularity and integrity of the sport. He is also a member of the Saratoga Race Course Local Advisory Board.

He earned an MBA from Tulane University and is a graduate of Richard Stockton College.

Prior to joining NYRA, O’Rourke was a member of the Zolfo Cooper and Capstone Advisory Group Corporate Restructuring Practices, specializing in multiple operational and financial reorganization efforts in the real estate development, gaming, auto manufacturing, retailing

David O’Rourke. Photo provided.

and shipping industries. He also served as Vice President of Operations at Datek Online and

was instrumental in helping the company develop into the world’s fourth largest online brokerage.

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OBITUARIES / NEWS

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

Mae Masone SARATOGA SPRINGS — Mae Masone passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019.

Calling hours were Thursday, March 28, 2019 at Burke Funeral Home, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs (518-584-5373).

Burial will be at 11 a.m.

Friday, March 29, 2019 at the Saratoga National Cemetery, Duell Road, Schuylerville.

Online remembrances may be made at burkefuneralhome.com

Burke & Bussing Funeral Homes

SSARATOGA ARATOGA S SPRINGS PRINGS ∙∙ 584-5373 584-5373

Quite often while out for a run through downtown Saratoga Springs, I would turn off of the section of Broadway between Phila and Caroline Streets, into the alley that leads to the stairway down to Putnam Street, directly across from the library. In doing so, I would pass the entrance to an eatery I had never been in before: Saratoga’s Broadway Deli. I would always say to myself that one day when I would be out for a walk instead of a run, I should give them a try and stop in for lunch.

While taking a walk downtown yesterday to enjoy the beautiful sunny weather on

the first day of Spring, I decided that I would finally have lunch at Saratoga’s Broadway Deli.

Being just before noon, my timing was just right as there was no line at the counter. I was immediately able to place my order for the “Brooklyn Pastrami Sandwich” with the young man in attendance. Grabbing a can of seltzer and a bag of chips, I made my payment and proceeded to the dining area, took out my book, and seated myself.

While immersed in my reading, waiting for my order, more customers began to arrive, and the line at the counter grew as the tables around me filled up with more diners. Occasionally, the deli employee working the counter would walk by me as he delivered orders to the tables. Time passed, my reading continued, but it quickly became apparent that many folks, having arrived much later than I, were receiving

their food, eating and leaving.

With my patient waiting slowly transitioning to a slight degree of annoyance, I began pondering how long it should take to make one sandwich. At first, my reading kept me from paying very much attention to the length of time I had been sitting at that table, but my wait was slowly approaching the one-hour mark.

I was about to go up to the counter to inquire how much longer it would be just as the deli’s server walked up to me and asked me if I was waiting on an order.

As I contemplated how this would be my one and only visit to their establishment, I chuckled to the young man, “well, yeah.” He asked what I had ordered and I told him. Immediately retreating back to the kitchen area, he returned in about 10 or 15 minutes with my way overdue sandwich, and apologized for the long delay, explaining that they had lost my

order ticket. I was then asked if I was a rewards card member, to which I replied that it was my first time in their establishment. In his interest to make up for the error that was made, he offered me either a full refund, or a rewards card that he had punched all eight of the “meals purchased” on it such that I could get a free meal on my next visit.

By this time, I had already tasted what had to have been one of the best deli sandwiches I’ve had in recent memory, and graciously accepted his offer of a complimentary meal. And to be honest, the sandwich was well worth the wait. I walked out of Saratoga’s Broadway Deli thoroughly pleased with both the quality of the meal I had just experienced, and the commendable action on the part of their employee. I’m only sorry I didn’t get his name. And so, I would like to close by offering my highest recommendation for anyone who has not visited Saratoga’s Broadway Deli to do so the next time they’re in downtown Saratoga Springs.

You won’t be sorry.

-DON PROULX, SARATOGA SPRINGS

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Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

Annual City Center Report: “A Very Strong Year” SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs City Center hosted 64 conventions, 7 trade shows and 29 gate shows – or ticketed events, as well as 27 banquets and 29 other special events in 2018, Ryan McMahon, executive director of the City Center told the City Council.

The 174,000 guests marked an increase of 8,000 over 2017 and the economic impact $34 million, up $2 million from

the previous year.

“It was a very strong year,” said McMahon, explaining that one reason for the larger impact was the center’s directive to be more selective with the types of events it books, specifically targeting those which invite overnight stays in local hotels.

More than three out of every four events return annually, with many signing multi-year contracts, he added.

Panel Discussion, Community Forum on Race and Community Policing: Toward Justice and Safety for All SARATOGA SPRINGS — In Our Name Initiative, and MLK Saratoga host a public community forum entitled, Race and Community Policing: Toward Justice and Safety for All, 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 at Caffe Lena.

The event includes a panel discussion featuring two members from the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) as well as area criminal justice activists. LEAP is a nonprofit organization of criminal justice professionals and advocates with the mission to unite and mobilize the voice of law enforcement in support of drug policy and criminal justice reforms that will

make communities safer. Retired Deputy Inspector Corey Pegues of the New York City Police Department, and current Chief of Police Peter Volkmann of the Chatham Police Department, will be among the panelists.

The program is intended to inform people of alternative approaches to criminal justice and policing while bringing race and racism to the forefront of the conversation.

The forum is part of the series Conversations to Build an Inclusive American Community, a collaborative project of In Our Name Initiative, MLK Saratoga and Caffe Lena.

NEWS / BLOTTER 5 COURT James A. Topper, age 23, of Ballston Spa, was sentenced March 22 to 1-to-3 years in state prison, after pleading to vehicular assault in the second-degree, in Milton.

Joshua S. O’Halloran, age 37, of Catskill, was sentenced March 22 to five years of probation after pleading to felony burglary, in Ballston.

Brian K. Deso, age 34, of Glens Falls, was sentenced March 22 to 8-1/2 years in state prison, after pleading to burglary in the seconddegree, a Class C Violent Felony, in connection with an incident that occurred in Moreau initially charged in June 2018.

Scott H. Lortie, age 29, of Moreau, pleaded March 22 to attempted assault in the second-degree. Sentencing scheduled May 24.

Daniel M. Desnoyers, age 29, of Milton, was sentenced March 22 to five years of probation, after pleading to aggravated criminal contempt, in Milton.

Michael L. Murphy, age 42, of Malta, was sentenced March 25 to five years of probation, after pleading to aggravated DWI, a felony.

Shawn A. Smith, age 25, of Halfmoon, was sentenced March 25 to one year in jail, after pleading to aggravated DWI, a felony, in Malta.

POLICE Durlitch Douge, age 38, of Saratoga Springs, was charged March 20 with unlawful surveillance in the second-degree, a felony.

The charge alleges the use of an imaging device for no legitimate purpose. Douge is accused of employing an endoscope – a device with a light and camera on it that is meant to perform a medical procedure – and placing the device underneath the door(s) of a city-based hotel. He was not registered as a guest at the hotel, according to police.

James Hughes, age 44, of Saratoga Springs, was charged March 21 with second degree assault, and criminal possession of a weapon – both felonies.

Louis Marino, age 51, of Niskayuna, was charged March 23 with misdemeanor DWI, and moving unsafely between lanes.

Jonathan Matala, age 26, of Malta, was charged March 23 with disorderly conduct: fight/violent behavior, on Caroline Street.

Joe Powell, age 55, of Mechanicville, was charged March 24 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, on Congress St. Christian Dobert, age 18, of Schenectady, was charged March 24 with operating a motor vehicle without an inspection certificate, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and unlawful possession of marijuana, on Union Avenue.

Nicole Pagano, age 33, of Schenectady, was charged March 20 with issuing a bad check with knowledge of insufficient funds, a misdemeanor.

Christopher Lenk, age 30, of Saratoga Springs, was charged March 18 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second-degree, operating a motor vehicle without an inspection certificate, and circumventing an interlock system.

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NEWS BRIEFS

TRF Joins Collaborative Effort to Rescue Neglected Racehorses in New York SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF), working in partnership with the authorities and several other horse rescue organizations, has taken in four horses from an equine neglect case in New York’s Hudson Valley.

TRF was alerted to this largescale rescue in early March and responded immediately. In a collaborative effort with ReRun Thoroughbred Adoption, New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, the New York Breeding and Development Fund, Thoroughbred Charities of America’s Horses First Fund, the Unbridled Foundation and Akindale Thoroughbred Rescue, TRF has been working to ensure the safe placement of the Thoroughbreds. Other service partners have provided invaluable assistance including Lukens Horse Transport, McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, Mullis Farrier Service, and Dr. Rod Stewart.

Since being alerted that these horses were in need, TRF Second Chances Coordinator, Chelsea O’ Reilly, has been actively participating in the effort to take in the horses and be available to help the remaining horses in any

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

Pitney Meadows Community Forum

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way possible. Three geldings and one mare, all with body condition scores of under three, have been transported to TRF’s Saratoga Summer Farm where TRF has taken custody and control. TRF will make every effort to continue to assist in this ongoing rescue collaboration.

TRF is working closely with the veterinary professionals to ensure best management practices in rehabilitating the horses back to health.

Donations are needed for special food, support and medical care for these horses. Please give here: www.trfinc.org/trf-rescues.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Pitney Meadows will be hosting a community forum on Sunday, March 31 at the Upper Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs.

Pitney Meadows Community Farm is once again returning to the community for input on the vision and strategic planning of this unique community asset.

Board will introduce the public to new staff and 2019 plans for farming the land, as well as ask for feedback about the proposed trail plan for the property and introduce the phase three expansions of the Community Gardens.

The two-hour session will bring together board members, city and county officials, volunteers, and community members for a discussion of the Farm’s future as an agricultural

resource center focused on innovation in sustainable agriculture, community education, and recreation.

Break-out sessions will focus on programs and education, partnerships, recreation, food justice, art on the farm (“articulture”), and much more. Starling Studios, a Saratoga Springs-based production company, will be on hand as well to audio record any Forum participant who has a story to tell about their experience of the Farm either recently or from when the Pitney family owned it as part of the organization’s efforts to document the history of the Farm.

Limited space. Reservations are requested and can be made at: www. pitneymeadowscommunityfarm. org/event/save-the-date-upcomingcommunity-forum.

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Round Lake Library to Host Social Security Information Program MALTA — The Round Lake Library Malta Branch will be hosting a free Social Security retirement information program on Wednesday, April 10 at 6 p.m. for pre-retirees wanting to make a more informed claiming decision.

Topics covered include: • The best time to collect benefits • How the new Social Security rules differ • Simplifying your claiming decision • Eliminating unnecessary stress and guesswork

Stellar Events Re-launch as Speed Dating Service

• Avoiding critical filing mistakes The program is being offered as a community service by Retirement Solutions, LLC. Seating is limited and advance registration is required. To RSVP, please call the library at 518-682-2495.

April at the Saratoga Senior Center SILENT WINGS - BIRDS OF PREY Friday, April 5 • 1:30 p.m.

Join Trish Marki for an informative presentation about the unique behavior of owls, falcons and other birds of prey, the conservation issues that impact them, and the human impact on species survival. It is a rare and fun opportunity to see these beautiful and graceful birds up close. Bring your camera. Sponsored by Herzog Law. The event takes place at Saratoga Senior Center and costs $2. It is open to the Public.

SIPPING FOR SENIORS AT BAILEY’S CAFE Thursday, April 11 • 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Stop in for dinner and drinks.

All guest bartender tips and 20 percent of the food and beverage sales benefit the Senior Center. The event takes place at Bailey’s Café, at 37 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs.

SPRING FLING LUNCHEON & HAT CONTEST AT THE CENTER Tuesday, April 16 • 1:30 p.m.

Sponsored by Clear Captions.

Lunch provided by Diamond Club - Embassy Suites. Sign up, $10 per

person. French Onion Soup, 1/2 Chicken Salad sandwich, Garden Salad with Balsamic dressing and dessert. Show off your “Spring Hat” - design your own, sport your favorite - anything goes! Gift card prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, plus prizes provided by Clear Captions. Don’t have a hat? Come to the Center on Wednesday, April 10, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and make your hat with the help of Marylou.

Supplies provided, but you can also bring your own decorations or hat! $3 for hat making class.

MOREAU — Stellar Events, the Moreau based “Working Man’s Event Planner,” has relaunched their event planning services to now include Speed Dating.

With a higher divorce rate, more people are becoming single, increasing demand for dating and matchmaking services.

Many single people do not feel comfortable with online dating sites. Speed dating gives each person the option to meet 10-15 other singles from their immediate area for a 3 minute face-to-face

meeting and then determine if that person is someone they would like to get to know further without pressure or safety issues. Two events have been scheduled thus far. The first on April 9 for singles ages 35 through 45 and again on April 30 for ages 45 through 55.

Further events will be scheduled for May and June.

These two initial events are being held at Craft on Route 9 in Moreau. Reservations can be made online at www. stellareventsny.com

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Letter TO THE EDITOR

Letter

TO THE EDITOR

One Nation... Indivisible?

I always appreciate Chad Beatty sharing his observations in the “From The Publisher’s Desk” column. I wish he’d write it more often. The column appears to be the work of an honorable family and businessman who truly adores his country.

However, an important detail was omitted in his analysis of the U.S. Constitution, and how it applies to “a never-ending cycle of news which portrays Americans bashing the very system that allows them the freedom to bash it” (March 22-28 issue).

Who are the “naughty boys and girls” Beatty was scolding? He didn’t specify anyone by name.

I suppose he was referring to an outspoken woman from the Bronx, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the avowed “democratic socialist” who stunned observers last year when she unseated an incumbent Democrat in a party primary.

Regardless of whether people agree or not with the ideas promoted by Ocasio-Cortez, all true American patriots would at least respect how she earned her political office through the same democratic process of citizens voting that has sustained our republic for so long.

To me, constant media noise about which side is right—Democrat vs. Republican, communist vs. fascist, conservative vs. liberal, Fox News vs. CNN, etc.—is the real problem confronting us.

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Larr y, thanks for the feedback.

I was not referring to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Addressing her inadequacies and shortcomings would require an entire page dedicated to her, however I wholly support the process that allowed her to earn her political office.

I was referring to individuals such as Antifa and other far-left and far-right groups who try to suppress free speech and incite violence when they don’t get their way.

-Chad Beatty

The Pledge of Allegiance says we are “one nation” and “indivisible.”

Yet, at every political level, it seems as though an epidemic of bitter partisanship—fueled by emotionally charged social and traditional media—is driving us ever farther apart.

Media professionals and citizens everywhere could work harder to stop intensifying this public division. The practice of Americans being genuinely considerate toward each other, especially those with opposing views, is the solid bedrock underneath our founding principles.

- LAWRENCE GOODWIN Milton

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Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

The Calming Grace of

Elizabeth Sobol CEO of Saratoga Performing Arts Center Reflects on Her Role Elizabeth Sobol. Photo by Lawrence White.

Sobol is committed to bettering herself, to learning from others, and to bringing light and beauty into the world. With refreshing openness, she said that she tries every day to be a better person. “I want to learn more about the world, to appreciate its complexities and beauties…and to be kind to people.”

A Lifelong Commitment to the Arts

by Sophie Cianfarani,

SMARTACUS Creative Group

for Saratoga TODAY Elizabeth Sobol, President and CEO of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, has a secret weapon: silence. Running the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), a summer venue that hosts worldrenowned talent and attracts more than 500,000 audience members per year, is a formidable challenge, but Sobol leads operations with a remarkable calm.

Unfazed by the demands on her attention that come with the position, Sobol finds her focus through stillness. “In order to discover where you are on a particular topic or what’s important to you,” said Sobol, “you need to get rid of distraction.”

Early in her career, Sobol began a meditation practice and found it to be one of the most mind-blowing experiences of her life helping her to understand the subconscious voices that were guiding her behavior, giving her the space to block out distractions, and allowing her to appreciate the beauty around her. “If you don’t cultivate that quiet, and you don’t cultivate that sense of presence in the moment,” Sobol said, “you miss a lot of what’s important in life.”

Elizabeth Sobol grew up studying classical piano and, from the age of 13, attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Conservatory.

Realizing that she’d never become a top professional pianist, Sobol focused, instead, on a career in arts management. She began her professional life at IMG Artists, where she represented performers across a variety of genres, working with talent as diverse as Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Bill T. Jones, and Kodo Drummers. She stayed with IMG for nearly 30 years, working her way up to Managing Director.

After IMG, Sobol became President of Universal Music Classics in NYC, where the label released albums by artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Sting, Tori Amos and Renee Fleming. She joined Saratoga Performing Arts Center as its President and CEO, in 2016, overseeing operations from a light-filled office in the heart of SPAC’s state-park locale.

Building Audiences Throughout her career, Sobol has strived to balance commercial vs. non-commercial interests. “My biggest challenge has always been that I’m often drawn to more artistic enterprise than strictly commercial enterprise. I personally prefer jazz and classical and world music to Pop and Rock; and literature and poetry

to ‘entertainment.’ But it’s a challenge that I love taking on” she said. “How do we get people excited in artists and genres that they’ve never heard of before, that they’re not going to hear on the radio, that they probably won’t see in a movie?”

Sobol is convinced that collaboration and cross-genre experiments are the key to growing audiences. Throughout her career, Sobol has always gravitated toward artists who wanted to step outside their lanes. With collaboration, she explained, “now all of a sudden, you’ve got the world of classical and the world of jazz, or the world of classical and the world of bluegrass, or whatever it is… and now you have one plus one equaling much more than two.”

To build interest in SPAC’s offerings, Sobol started the SPACon-Stage program, a series that seats audiences on stage for intimate, visceral performances that go way beyond the genres SPAC has been traditionally known for. With SPAC-on-Stage “we’re combining that cross-genre take on classical music, for instance, and trying to create experiences that don’t feel like what people think of when they think classical music.”

The Importance of Live Performance Technology has long been feared as a threat to live performances. With the arrival of each new communications medium -- radio, film, recorded music, and television -- people have worried that the demand for live performances would decline. “Yet,” said Sobol, “that’s never happened.”

“People crave that communal experience,” Sobol said, “and I believe that when you’re having those communal experiences the barriers between people disappear.”

That, she said, makes SPAC more than a performing arts center; it “becomes the heart of the community, a place where human beings can connect, share, and experience beauty together.”

Sobol also noted that engaging in the arts--whether as a performer or as an audience member--cultivates “compassion and empathy,” and “there’s nothing that we need more in today’s society than compassion and empathy.”

tried again. Sobol, who believes in the Zen Buddhism concept of the Beginner’s Mind, came into the situation without preconceived notions and made launching a live music program at the Jazz Bar one of her first initiatives at SPAC. The Jazz Bar, featuring such performers as the Chuck Lamb Quartet, Annie & the Hedonists, Alta Havana, and Hot Club of Saratoga, has been a huge success with an average of 350 people in attendance each night.

A Home for all Cultures

Finding Joy

While SPAC has always drawn international talent, Sobol aims to bring in performances from a wide range of cultures. “Making sure that we’re bringing in new cultures and sharing cultures among the community is really important to me,” Sobol said.

When the Sachal Ensemble, a Pakistani music group whom she recorded an album with at Universal, performed at SPAC in 2017, Sobol reached out to the Pakistani community via an Albany-based Pakistani filmmaker, drawing many local Pakistanis to the performance.

“The intent is to broaden the audience,” Sobol said on bringing in international talent, “and for SPAC to be a place for people of all cultures to feel like they have a home here because of what we’re presenting.”

Cooperation

Also important to Sobol is reading, voraciously; she reads three or four books per week on topics ranging from new literary fiction, to botany, to physics.

“The more you read,” she stated, “the more you see, feel and sense how everything is connected.”

A curious world citizen, Sobol has traveled widely, can dance salsa, and learned Spanish in her 40s. She is married to Cuban jazz pianist Jorge Gomez, and thanks the influence of the Cuban culture for reminding her to take joy in each moment.

As for the advice she’d give to young people, Sobol, the woman whose livelihood depends on sounds and music, didn’t hesitate: “Learn to love silence and stillness,” she said. “Disconnect from your devices. Be curious. Be brave. Be kind.”

In terms of her management style, Sobol favors a flat organization, encouraging cooperation and tolerance. Sobol appreciates open minds, too. When she toured SPAC during her interview, for instance, she fell in love with the Jazz Bar and was surprised the spot wasn’t used for live music. Apparently, a live music program had been tried at that location years previously, and it wasn’t popular, so it wasn’t

A senior in Jill Cowburn’s journalism class at Saratoga Springs High School, Sophie Cianfarani aspires to be a professor of psychology or a clinical psychologist. She enjoys doing volunteer work, visiting a local elementary school weekly to teach Latin to grade school children. She also enjoys playing violin and rowing.

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NEWS

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

Eyesore Razed: Condos Coming 53 PUTNAM STREET DEMOLISHED continued from front page...

The initial intent was to revamp the existing two-story building and create a performance venue with a food service component. Those plans changed after the site was revealed to be contaminated from its earlier use as a dry clean facility as well as sustaining oil contamination from an offsite source.

“When we learned about all the environmental conditions, it wasn’t feasible,” Letts said. “The building had asbestos and was completely dilapidated. It had to go. The next step is removing five feet of soil, and also some oil.”

Environmental remediation is being conducted via the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program —an alternative to greenfield development and intended to remove some of the barriers to, and provide tax incentives for, the redevelopment of urban brownfields.

Late in 2018, the group proposed the development of a six-story building featuring 40 condominium units in the $400,000 to $800,000 price range topped by a roof deck, pergola and a stair tower – which would topoff at 84 feet above ground-level.

Those plans have since been scaled back to a proposal of four floors and a partial “setback” fifth floor, Letts said. The number of condo units has also been amended to about 23 apartments in all. The price point will stay the same as initially proposed.

Earlier plans for a ground floor communal-type kitchen have also been amended and will instead likely feature a restaurant. Letts said there is strong interest from Capital Region based restaurants seeking to move into Saratoga.

The group is currently responding to some unresolved questions posed by the city’s Land Use boards, but the hope is that approvals will be secured in short order.

“We’re hoping to really get going in the fall. From that point, our construction manager is talking about an 18-month construction period,” Letts said.

There are no plans for on-site parking. “That’s something we’re still working out,” he added.

“We’re excited about making our city cleaner and more vibrant and we think this will be a big revitalization to some of the slightly off-Broadway areas.”

53 Putnam Street demolition on Monday, March 25. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.

Initial design of proposed development of the “Five-Three.” The original proposal has since been scaled back in height.

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

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Panel to Discuss “Migrant Children UPCOMING CITY MEETINGS in Government Custody” on April 8 All meetings at the Recreation Center, 15 Vanderbilt Ave.

MONDAY, APRIL 1 9:30 a.m. | City Council pre-agenda meeting

TUESDAY, APRIL 2 7 p.m. | City Council full meeting

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 7 p.m. | Design Review Commission meeting

THURSDAY, APRIL 4 6 p.m. | Planning Board meeting

MONDAY, APRIL 8 6:30 p.m. | Zoning Board of Appeals meeting

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — “Migrant Children in Government Custody: What Happens to Them and What We Can Do About It” will be the subject of a panel discussion 7 p.m. Monday, April 8 at Filene Recital Hall, Skidmore College.

Panelists will include Leandra Naranjo, Associate Program Director for the Center on Immigration and Justice at the Vera Institute of Justice; Cory Shindel, Deputy Director of Policy at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND); and Judy Beck, a member of the Saratoga Immigration Coalition who has interviewed migrant residents at the Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry, NY. Terry Diggory, a coordinator of the Saratoga Immigration

Coalition, will moderate the panel.

Both Naranjo and Shindel are attorneys whose organizations provide legal counsel for children who find themselves without the advice of even a family member.

Diggory, the panel moderator, said he hopes that audience members will come away from the event

with a clear sense that there are things they can do to help care for migrant children. “It might range from signing a petition, lobbying legislators, donating to a legal fund, all the way to offering temporary foster care in your own home,” he said.

The program is free and open to the public.

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NEWS

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

PURIM CARNIVAL!

by Marissa Gonzalez Saratoga TODAY

WILTON — On March 24, Temple Sinai held its annual community Purim Carnival at the Christopher Dailey Gym at Gavin Park in Wilton. Also known as the Jewish Halloween, families and children were invited to dress in costume and play interactive games.

Purim takes place on the 14th of Adar (Hebrew month), according to Sylvia Bloom, the

Director of Education at Temple Sinai located in Saratoga Springs.

Purim celebrates a Jewish scripture, from the book of Esther.

Purim tells the story of a young Jewish woman named Esther living in Persia. Years later Esther marries the king of Persia and finds out his advisor, Haman, plans to destroy all the Jews. Though it was dangerous to do so, and the king was unaware of Esther’s religion, she confronted the King to prevent the killing of Jews.

“Purim is a story that is about

overcoming adversity, overcoming enemies that at one time wanted to hurt the Jews,” Bloom said.

“Through being clever and being courageous, Esther was able to, bring it to the king’s attention that this was happening and save the Jewish people.”

Purim means “lots” in Hebrew because Haman cast lots (like a lottery) to decide which day he wanted to kill the Jewish people. It is another reason carnival type events are popular, according to Bloom.

Visitors from the temple Beth El, Glens Falls.

Seth and Alden play plinko

Photos by SuperSource Media, LLC. Rabbi Israel Rubin of Saratoga Chabad with daughter Risha.

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Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

COMMON ROOTS BREWING CO. FIRE SOUTH GLENS FALLS — Common Roots Brewing Company, located at 58 Saratoga Ave. suffered “devastating” damage after a fire broke out at the popular brewery on March 25.

The fire was deemed an accident but is still under investigation.

South Glens Falls Fire Company was dispatched at approximately 7 p.m. and were there until 3 a.m. according to Nicholas Quinn, Chief of South Glens Falls Fire Company.

No one was hurt according to an official statement posted by the Common Roots co-owners to their Facebook page. Common Roots opened for business in December 2014 by father and son, Bert Weber and Christian Weber.

“While we are grateful that none our most cherished assets — our people — were

Ballston Spa Elections Correction BALLSTON SPA — In the March 22 issue of Saratoga TODAY Newspaper it was printed that elected trustees Liz Kormos and Christine Fitzpatrick, received 300 and 312 votes, respectively. Liz Kormos received 500 votes and Fitzpatrick received 512.

Simply Saratoga Magazine Correction

Photo by Nicole Butt from Berkshire Hathaway

physically harmed by the fire, much of our brewery, taproom, and second floor office space was

destroyed or severely damaged,” co-founders posted in another social media update. The brewery

and taproom will remain closed however the spot is already planning to rebuild.

In the SPRING edition of Simply Saratoga Magazine, we listed last year’s homes for the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation’s Historic Homes Tour. This year’s homes will be announced in April. Visit saratogapreservation.org for more information.

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BUSINESS

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

Smash Your Way to Satisfaction Photos provided.

by Marissa Gonzalez Saratoga TODAY

MALTA — A new business called the Relief Room, slated to open on March 29, is a first for Saratoga County. The Relief Room offers a space for people to destroy junk material as a vessel to relieve, stress, anger or sadness in a natural way. It is also open to individuals, groups or just for fun. The Relief Room is located at 2381 on Route 9 in Malta.

“We’re surprised at how invigorating it really is. Something about smashing a bottle with a crowbar and it explodes is a lot of fun,” said Lisa Birmingham, co-owner of the Relief Room.

Birmingham owns the Relief Room with her fiancé Steve Cusano.

On a trip to the Philippines, Birmingham saw people throwing

Owners Steve Cusano and Lisa Birmingham.

and breaking plates in a rage room, which are common in Asia.

“I tried it out and found it was a lot of fun so I ended up a few years later as general manager of an optical practice and that’s when the idea hit me. I would pay money to go back there and do it because I was having a terrible day at work and I’m like, ‘you know what, it’s

actually a hell of an idea to bring it here,’ because there is nothing like that in this area,” Birmingham said.

Patrons suit up in coveralls, hard-hats, full-face shields, and cut-resistant gloves and enter the “smash rooms” to break junk items such as televisions, bottles Artwork made from broken material. and glass with crowbars, baseball bats, frying pans and hammers.

“Quite a few of the newer trends of therapists and psychologists look at it as very cathartic because people have trouble communicating verbally their emotions and what’s going on inside, and this is more of an instinctual way to get it out,” Birmingham said.

“So this space I created, really just honors it but honor it in a fun way so that way you can still express yourself without having to really talk about it,” she added.

Birmingham maintains that she will have literature and resources for mental health because she still believes that people that suffer from mental illness should seek out traditional medicine and therapy.

Another core mission of the Relief Room is to reduce landfill contributions. Birmingham is sourcing inventory for smashing through junk removal companies.

“What were doing with all of the broken pieces is.... we hold workshops every week to teach people how to take the broken trash and turn it into mosaics and wall decor.”

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Amplify: The Social Local Nurse Recognized Media Conference with International Award GLENS FALLS — On April 18 Amplify: The Social Media Conference will be held at The Queensbury Hotel, at 88 Ridge St. in Glens Falls from 12:30 to 5 p.m.

Amplify’s mission is to help hometown businesses grow in a digital world by amplifying their brand through social media. This conference will demonstrate the best ways to create and maintain positive, effective, long-term, top-of-mind brand awareness and how to leverage the power of targeted and efficient social media marketing for shorter-term results.

The conference is designed to help busy marketers and small business owners discover the latest trends in social media marketing. Attendees will learn how to use social media to attract and connect with their ideal customers, generate awareness,

boost exposure and increase sales.

Each session will offer tips, case studies, and helpful tools to help build your social media strategy.

Conference Sessions Include: 1. Top 20 Social Media Tips: Hottest tips for your social media platforms 2. Facebook and Instagram Social Media Advertising 3. Why Instagram? Instagram’s rapid rise and how to use it for your business 4. Influencer Marketing: What it is, how it works, and why it’s important.

Speakers include local digital marketing specialists Amberly Bucci from Amberly Bucci LLC, and Briana and Tom Lyons, The Yellow Note, LLC. Additional details and registration is available at www. amplifyyoursocial.com.

Nonprofit Works Adds New Fund Development Staff SARATOGA SPRINGS — Consultants Maureen Yee and Mary Pieper have joined the staff of Nonprofit Works, a Saratoga Springs-based consulting firm that specializes in providing a variety of capacity-building services for nonprofit organizations in upstate New York and the Northeast.

A previous Nonprofit Works (NPW) consultant, Maranne McDade Clay, was recently recruited as the executive director of the Women’s Foundation of Genesee Valley based in Rochester, New York.

With 25 years of experience in various aspects of philanthropy — most recently as a major gifts officer for Saratoga Hospital — Maureen Yee will be focusing on grant writing, fund development,

and program planning.

Mary Pieper, who also joined the team, focuses on fund development, strategic growth, and organizational management, including board training and executive coaching.

With a background in family therapy and clinical psychology, Ms. Pieper has over 26 years of professional experience in education, community-based human services, public health, and sustainability. She previously served as executive director of Pitney Meadows Community Farm in Saratoga Springs, development director at the Waldorf School in Saratoga Springs, and on the board of the Saratoga Vital Aging Network. For more information call 415-568-5739.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Wendy Davis, a local nurse, was honored with the internationally recognized DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for her remarkable work as a caregiver.

At a ceremony on March 19 she received the award from the DAISY Foundation through her employer, Stat Staff Professionals, Inc. Davis has worked with Stat Staff for 10 years. “She has consistently demonstrated compassion, knowledge, respect, support, and caring for her patients and her family,” said Victoria McCartney, a member of the selection committee.

“She has not hesitated to jump in and help teach. She shares valuable experiences when they arise. She is a mentor though, as

a traveler, it is not required of her.

She'll take on the extra patient, even offers to at times, to maintain ‘balance’ in the assignment for the newer staff," wrote an ICU staff member from Claxton Hepburn Hospital about Wendy.

The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his family.

Patrick died from complications of a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.

Nurses may be nominated by patients, families, and colleagues. The award recipient is chosen by a committee at Stat Staff Professionals to receive The DAISY Award. Awards are

Nurse Wendy Davis. Photo provided.

presented throughout the year at celebrations attended by the Honoree’s colleagues, patients, and visitors. Each Honoree receives a certificate commending her or him as an "Extraordinary Nurse."

View the paper online at saratogaTODAYnewspaper.com

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Easter Gift & Dining Guide

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TOWN OF BALLSTON 2 Ridge Terrace, $185,500.

Anthony Vine sold property to Michael Brown.

CHARLTON 374 Root Rd., $550,000.

Danielle and Shawn Keating sold property to Anthony Laura (by Agent).

CORINTH 35 Wedgewood Way, $294,000.

Brendon and Sara Emery sold property to Spencer and Kylee Macy.

GALWAY 6050 Fish House Rd., $55,000.

James and Karen Dotterweich sold property to Real Estate Services Com LLC.

GREENFIELD 421 Middle Grove Rd., $123,000. Beverly Rabideau (by Agent) sold property to Clarence Ellsworth.

9 Medbury Rd., $233,000.

Martha Lefevre sold property to Sarah Ledger.

25 Lincoln Mountain Rd,. $85,900. Dominic Masi sold property to Rickey Mangona.

MALTA 2867 State Route 9, $400,000.

Farah Bhatti sold property to Rasheed Bhatti.

27 Pennyroyal Rd., $210,000.

Mark Pemberton (as Trustee) sold property to Thomas Brockway.

37 Vettura Court, $85,000.

Lecmor Residential LLC sold property to DeGraff Bloom Custom Builders Inc. 23 Essex St., $302,231.

Barbera Homes Malta Springs LLC sold property to Valery Shtaingart and Shalla Ladizhensky.

19 Walden Glen, $288,000.

Jorge Argandona and Iris Galvez sold property to Sirva Relocation Credit LLC. 19 Walden Glen, $288,000.

Sirva Relocation Credit LLC sold property to Christina Sanches Ashley and Leonard Ashley II.

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

11 Woodshire Court, $65,000.

Glenn and Janet Broadbent sold property to Domenico Fuda.

8 Lake Ridge Dr., $436,000.

Wei Shi and Yuwen Wang sold property to Cartus Financial Corporation.

8 Lake Ridge Dr., $436,000.

Cartus Financial Corporation sold property to Stephen and Aimee Christman.

39 Weston Way, $316,868.

Barbera Homes Malta Springs LLC sold property to Malta TH LLC. 16 Galleon Dr., $452,900.

Malta Land Company LLC sold property to Catherine Cioffi and Thomas Tighe.

MILTON 151 Juniper Dr., $265,000.

David and Patricia Miles sold property to Amauris and Ramon Rodriguez.

15 Cobble Hill Court, $417,000.

Jonathan and Stephanie Wahl sold property to Karen and Seth French.

272 Meadowlark Dr., $249,000.

Kathryn Perez sold property to Whitney Landis.

41 Skylark Dr,. $281,000.

Ankit Jain sold property to

Norman Yabut and Marianne Cortez Yabut.

510 Geyser Rd., $225,000.

Mill Creek Group LLC sold property to Geyser LLC. 664 Acland Blvd., $520,900.

John and Corey Moore sold property to Zachray and Bobbi Williams.

110 Independence Dr., $290,000. Nathan Hand (by Atty) and Megan Hand (Ind and as Atty) sold property to John Kitzie and Erika Haase.

SARATOGA SPRINGS 94 Ash St., $200,023.

Dorothy Martinez (by Admin) sold property to Timothy and Rose Byrnes.

2 Gick Rd., $384,500.Kimberley Patterson sold property to Robert and Danielle Vassi.

70 Railroad Place, Unit 511, $817,000. Pentlands LLC sold property to Taunia Kipp.

100A Division St., $1,002,761.

Ellsworth Square LLC sold property to Robert and Jill Kolbe.

104 Quevic Dr., $227,500.

Robert and Karen Tezak sold property to David Tyo and Kristen Vilca.

West Avenue Rear, $10,000.

Saratoga Regional Young Mens Christian Association of Saratoga sold property to Smith Cassier Real Estate Holdings LLC. 5 Chloes Way, $796,877.

McKenzie Estates of Saratoga Springs LLC sold property to Brian and Ann Kalter.

59 Van Dam St., $417,000.

Philip Beauchamp sold property to Henry Gordon, Harry Gordon and Christa Gordon (Co-Trustees).

26 Northway Court, $275,000.

Mary Hannon and Michael Coppernoll sold property to Eduardo Smith and Malgorzata Lukomska.

10 Evergreen Dr., $375,000.

Barbara Lesniewski (by Exec)

17 sold property to Ciro and Amber Balsamo.

664 Acland Blvd., $520,900.

John and Corey Moore sold property to Zachary and Bobbi Williams.

506 Grand Ave., $80,000.

Daphne Dalbey sold property to Todd and Leith Carkner.

WILTON 0 Vincek Lane Private, $19,000.

Richard and Nance Fremgen sold property to Gary Gregorka.

22 Mt. McGregor Rd., $250,000.

R and H Properties LLC sold property to Debra Collette.

5 Berkeley Loop, $616,211.

Sonoma Grove LLC sold property to Jeffrey and Mary Gennoy.

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EDUCATION

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

SARATOGA SPRINGS SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION CANDIDATES PRIORITIZING COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS

by Lindsay Wilson Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Three candidates running for the Saratoga Springs City School Board (SSCSD) plan to prioritize open and comprehensive communication between the schools and the community.

Heather Reynolds, John Brueggemann and Natalya Lakhtakia are all running independently, with different priorities, but with the common approach of enhancing communication.

This year’s board of education elections have drawn a lot of community attention as of late, due to the community discussion around the number of Security Resource Officers (SRO) in the school district.

“We (SSCSD) are over a half a million dollars in deficit right now. We don’t have the budget to hire anyone. Part of our deficit is because we hired the SRO at the middle school,” says Reynolds.

While the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) makes a recommendation of one per thousand students, the NASRO website also states that instead of arming school faculty staff, that funds be made available through the state, federal or local funding to provide SROs. “If you look anywhere in the capital region, no one is close to that,” said Reynolds. “To me, that’s an important data point as well.

Are we inherently more dangerous than Clifton Park that has two, or

Heather Reynolds. Photo Provided.

Niskayuna that doesn’t have any?”

Reynolds is running for re-election, as she currently holds a board seat as a trustee and voted against allowing grounds monitors to carry their personal fire arms during the school day, as they were in violation with state law. While school safety is of the utmost importance to Reynolds, there are other facets of education and safety that she intends to focus on.

“Schools are safer when everybody has the same message,” said Reynolds. “Everyone needs to have the same message as a community in order for that to work.... kids need to feel connected, that they belong, there’s an adult in that school that cares about them.”

Brueggemann, a 25-year resident of Saratoga Springs is a Sociology professor at Skidmore College, and has three children in the district’s public schools.

He aims to use his adaptable and diplomatic nature to rebuild the trust and community relations that he believes has dissolved between the board and the district’s constituents in recent months.

“When you have trust, when you have relationships, everything gets easier,” said Brueggemann.

“Once you have strong trust and community relations, all this other stuff is more easy.

Lakhtakia is a Speech Pathologist who uses her skillset to enhance and aid the communication of students in public school systems. Lakhtakia also agrees that there is a need for improved communication between the schools and the community.

“Our community needs to know what’s going on a larger scale. I think that the district is doing a lot of really good and amazing things that the community doesn’t know about,” said Lakhtakia. “Communication can only ever make us better.”

A high concern that Lakhtakia would like to bring awareness to is the dangers of vaping in schools

John Brueggemann. Photo Provided.

Natalya Lakhtakia. Photo Provided.

and the mental and physical safety concern it poses to the students.

“I think that should be the biggest focus anytime we talk about kids - is how can we help them be safe, how can we help them be well rounded, how can we make sure they can handle the stressors of their teenage life,” said Lakhtakia.

Lakhtakia supports the recent addition of an SRO to the district, based on a presentation given by

NYSIR, as she heavily believes in following expert opinions.

In the race for the two seats available on the board are Ed Cubanski, Dean Kolligiann sponsored by Saratoga Parents for Safe Schools and Connie Woytowich who is has rescinded her endorsement of SSPSS and is running independently. The board of education elections will take place on May 21.

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

EDUCATION BRIEFS

Waldorf 11th Graders Present Internship Experiences SARATOGA SPRINGS — On Wednesday, March 27 at the Waldorf Saratoga High School, 11th grade students presented to the school community and others what they have learned from their varied internship experiences.

At Waldorf, every junior researches a professional field of their choice during a significant portion of their year. Their research includes exploring their own strengths and interests, interviewing professionals in their chosen field, and securing and completing their internship. They also participate in workshops on subjects ranging from posture and

body language to budgeting and goal-setting. The project wraps up with a public presentation of their research and internship experience. This year’s junior class has been investigating fields ranging from marine biology to government to filmmaking.

Last month, each high school junior at the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs spent at least a week exploring a profession through internship placement near and far — from Saratoga to Maine — gaining not only a jump on their resumes, but also soft skills and a self-knowledge that will serve them for life.

Stewart’s Holiday Match Program Donates $5,000 to Franklin Community Center SARATOGA SPRINGS — Franklin Community Center is to be included in Stewart’s Holiday Match program again this year.

The generous $5,000 donation will support their after-school prevention program, Project Lift.

The program operates in all six of the SSCSD elementary schools and is currently piloting a similar program in Maple Avenue Middle School for students in 6th grade. “To have such a community-minded, generous company like Stewart’s in our backyard is remarkable,” says Kari Cushing, executive director of Franklin Community Center.

“Stewart’s is a large and continual supporter of our various programs and services. Our community is so fortunate to have them.”

Project Lift is a comprehensive after-school program for youth in grades 1-5, which has been operating for over 30 years.

Programming places emphasis on positive youth development, raising self-esteem and the development of refusal, decision-making, problem solving and communication skills.

The research-based program is designed to enhance resiliency and equip children to make healthy decisions on their own. Project Lift is free to the enrolled students who also have access to the Community Center’s ancillary services.

Franklin Community Center would like to thank Stewart’s for their continued support and for making it a priority to give back throughout the year.

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Second Quarter Honor Roll for Galway Senior High School GALWAY — Galway Senior High School Principal Michael Miller is pleased to announce the Honor Roll for the second quarter of the 2018-19 school year.

2Q ACADEMIC SCHOLARS Grade 9: Camryn Carnevali, Anna Dabrowski, Anna E Meisenburg, Sadie Underwood Grade 10: Braden Boudreau, Charles Clarke, Diana Colangelo, Morgan Drouin, Ashleigh Heuser, Emily Johnston, Katy Kurtzner, Isabella Mancini, Arianna Persaud, Ryan Ripepi, Leanne Rydzewski, Michelle Sherman, Rowan Smith, Ella Underwood, Lindsay Wight Grade 11: Kaylee Bagdan, Aila K Bishop, Paige Brink, Vanessa Colangelo, Walter J Ellsworth, Anna K Gardner, Rachel A Germain, Hannah R Hofmann, Ryan J Lovelass, Alex R Malanoski, Ruth E Reichard, Rachel Wnuk Grade 12: Jonathan Fajans, Riley F Flint, Samantha L Grant, Lily Gullett, Darren Heigel, Christian Hines, Julia Holbrook, Ryan T

Ingle, Osie S Johnston, Justin M Kozlowski, Erik Malanoski, Jacob L O’Brien, Evelyn J Relyea, Joshua Rumsey, Emma E Smith, Matthew Sowle, Hannah Thompson, Anna Wnuk, Natalie Zembsch, Siela Zembsch 2Q HIGH HONORS Grade 9: Nathan Baxter, Kylee Decker, Hannah French, Mattalyn (Shane) Garney, Jalene Graham, Isabella S Hart, James Hilton, Elisabeth B LaBreche, Rosie Matecko-Conti, Trishelle Oliver, Julia Reedy, Breanna Reynolds, Jack Ryan, Grayson Signor, Emma Spadaro, Samantha (Sam) Webb-Horvath, Jordan Zuk Grade 10: Kiana Arey, Heather Atkinson, Lexie Bessette, Dylan Collins, Joshua Hoyt, Samuel Mitchell, Brendan Shade Grade 11: Holden Decker, Madison DesPres, Morgan Edwards, Isabel Fernandez-Sastre, Alexis Henry, Alexandra Knizek, Gabrielle Scheeren, Carter Scribner, Jade Sicluna, Nathaniel R Urban Grade 12: Sarah Ernst, Autumn Fluty,

Cori Hardcastle, Madison Kieft, Kathleen L Milton, Steven Mothon, Aidan O’Beirne, David O’Connell, Jia Cheng Wang, Nicholas Zuk 2Q HONOR ROLL Grade 9: Brian Alden, Shanley DeRidder, Eliza Eagan, Keira Grupe, Amanda McCray, Myles Pleasants, Alexis Rose, Myles P Shippey, Gavriell Wenk Grade 10: Joseph Hahn, Kyle Hunter, Benjamin Jordan, Sean Morse, Lauren Mothon, Samantha Nielsen, Xavier Russell, Gavin L Stockman, Michael Zelezniak Grade 11: Alexander Bott, Taylor Coughlin, Kenneth DeRidder, Hunter M Gould, Kenneth Hay, Aiden Holbrook, Joshua J Jankowski, Kimberly LaCerais, Michelle McCray, Hailey A McElhiney, Mikayla Neahr, Jaquline Pilczuk, Hayli Raylinsky, Carson Scribner, Jake Sicard, Peter Stewart, Victoria Trifilett Grade 12: Meghan Baldwin, Dakota Dery, Sean Devernoe, Michael Sowle

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St. Clement’s School 231 Lake Ave, Saratoga Springs (518) 587-3550 ext. 2300 www.SaratogaRec.com

CAMP SARADAC , is a NYSDOH licensed full day summer camp

for children ages 5-12. For over 70 years Camp Saradac has offered exciting field trips, creative recreational & educational programs, intriguing arts & crafts and weekly swimming. For summer 2019 our location will be St. Clement’s School on Lake Avenue in Saratoga Springs. This location provides the opportunity to host daily trips to the East Side Rec to take advantage of the wide open outdoor spaces, playgrounds, and the interactive spray fountain. In addition, many of last season’s favorites and exciting new adventures will be part of our 2019 field trip line-up!

The 2019 Summer Camp runs Monday through Friday from 8:45am to 4:45pm starting July 1st through August 23rd. Parents love the convenience of our before and after care program. Children who are registered maybe dropped off at 7:30am and picked up as late as 6:00pm. Registration is on a first come, first served basis so please don’t wait. Download the Camp registration forms from our website at www.SaratogaRec.com or pick up forms at the Recreation Center.

SEE YOU THIS SUMMER!

Food

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‘Coffee Lady’ Wakes Up Saturday Farmers’ Market with Her Special Brews

Lincoln Baths Building at the Spa State Park Saturdays | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

by Himanee Gupta-Carlson for Saratoga TODAY Photos by Pattie Garrett.

FOR MANY Saratoga Farmers’ Market regulars, Saturday morning starts with a stop at Something’s Brewing owned by Beth Trattel, aka “the coffee lady.” Trattel offers coffees made from beans that she roasts herself, teas, ciders, Italian sodas, and a range of other beverages, brewed out of Trattel’s imagination and willingness to do a little “homework.”

“I’m here to support farmers,” she says. “To help them make a living.”

Trattel grew up in Argyle, on land adjacent to a dairy farm. Her father yearned to be a farmer, but her mother wanted a home with a sidewalk in front. Her father became a cooperative extension agent with a large garden on the side.

Beth Trattel, owner of Something’s Brewing.

Trattel inherited her father’s love for growing flowers, berries, herbs, and simple greens. She began working in the restaurant industry at age 19, and in 2004, opened Something’s Brewing as a coffee shop in Greenwich. In 2008, Dave and Marge Randle, owners of Argyle Cheese Farmer, suggested she bring her brews to the Saratoga Farmers’ Market.

“They had nothing of the sort at that time,” she recalls.

Trattel uses and promotes market ingredients in her offerings: milk from Battenkill Valley Creamery, cider from

Saratoga Apple, marshmallows from the Chocolate Spoon, maple syrup from Slate Valley Farm, to name a few.

She also creates ingredients on her own: She makes syrup for Italian sodas out of berries she grows and creates teas with flowers and herbs from her garden, gathering, dehydrating and blending them herself. “I like experimenting,” says Trattel.

In 2018, Trattel embarked on a new experiment. She began roasting her own coffee beans, creating hearty, flavorful blends.

She now sells her blends in halfpound packets, giving customers who like their Saturday morning market coffee an opportunity to make their own at home.

“I enjoy roasting,” said Trattel. “It’s interesting to work with beans in this way.”

As for her mother, she did get her house with a sidewalk when her parents retired and moved to a house in Ithaca, leaving their daughter to carry out her father’s passion for growing edible things.

The Saratoga Farmers’ Market is 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays through April 27 at the Lincoln Baths Building in the Saratoga Spa State Park. The market moves outdoors to High Rock Park on May 2.

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Roasted Coffee by Something’s Brewing.

Real Maple Latte

INGREDIENTS: *Ingredients currently available at the farmers’ market

• 2 shots espresso* • 2 tablespoons real maple syrup*

• 8 ounces heated and frothed or whisked milk* or cream* • OPTIONAL: Ground cinnamon garnish

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Combine espresso and maple syrup.

2. Top with hot frothed milk and a sprinkling of cinnamon.

3. Enjoy!

Shared by Beth Trattel of Something’s Brewing.

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Sock it to Me

Pastina Chicken Broth Soup INGREDIENTS

by John Reardon for Saratoga TODAY

Hello

my Foodie Friends. Although it is the start to spring; we still have the chilling days and cold nights. Soup was a meal that my mother made often to serve our household of seven people (five being young children). Coming in from school in the afternoons or a day of play outside with our neighborhood kids, I could taste the soup through the aroma. A soup that is dear to my heart that evokes Italian childhood memories of my mother’s cooking is Pastina Chicken Soup. She would make her own homemade chicken broth and tiny little pasta shaped form of stars known as “pastina.”

Chicken broth is a staple in most Italian households. You can rest assured that there will be a few quarts in the freezer at all times.

You need a really good homemade broth to make pastina, vegetable soups, risottos, sauces, and chicken dishes pop with flavor.

There was one essential item that my mother had to have to assist her with the process of making her broth, the soup sock.

You can fill these cotton mesh bags with your favorite herbs and ingredients for flavoring stocks and soups. The

finely woven material holds delicate herbs or expands to accommodate everything from bones to chopped vegetables.

When cooking is complete, simply remove the bag – no need for straining! They are made of strong, 100% fine cotton mesh.

The soup sock comes in a large size to accommodate all sorts of flavoring ingredients, from bones and whole vegetables to herb leaves. They will not impart odors or flavors into soups or stocks.

The best part is that they help with a mess-free cooking – no need for straining. The packets of soup socks come in sets of three and they are made in the USA. Stop by Compliments to the Chef, your neighborhood kitchen and cutlery store, and pull up your socks at 33 Railroad Place and say Sock it to me! We carry cool tools for cooks. Find the items you need to assist with making your favorite soup.Remember my Foodie Friends: “Life Happens in the Kitchen.”

Take Care, John & Paula

Start with homemade Chicken broth made with a Soup Sock:

For Pastina Soup:

• 1 Whole Chicken, 3 ½ pounds with neck and giblets • 1 medium onion, quartered • 4 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled • 2 large carrots, cut into 1 inch slices • 2 medium parsnips, cut into 1 inch slices • 2 stalks of celery

• 6 cups chicken broth • 1, 2-inch piece of Parmesan cheese rind • 1 cup pastina • 2 cups diced cooked chicken, preferably breast meat • 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese • Sea salt to taste

• 1 small handful of fresh parsley sprigs, plus 3 tablespoons chopped parsley • 4 sprigs fresh thyme • 3 1/2 quarts cold water • 1 teaspoon salt • ¼ teaspoon black pepper • 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper

INSTRUCTIONS 1. In a soup sock, place the chicken, neck, giblets, onion, garlic, carrots, parsnips, celery, parsley sprigs, and thyme. Close the open end of the sock by either tying a knot with the mesh ends or using butcher’s twine.

1. In a large stockpot, bring the homemade chicken broth and Parmesan rind to a boil over medium-high heat.

2. Place the sock in a large stock pot. Pour in the water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Skim the liquid. Add salt, black pepper, and red pepper.

Reduce the heat to moderately low, set on the cover askew, and simmer gently so the liquid is just bubbling, for 50 minutes.

2. Add the tiny pastina noodles and cook until the pasta is tender for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3. Use tongs to turn the soup sock around in the pot so the knotted end is facing up. Using a pot holder or kitchen towel to grab the end, carefully lift the bag from the stock and place it in a large bowl.

Transfer the bag to a carving board with grooves to capture the juices. As juices collect in the grooves, lift up the board and pour the juices back into the cooking pot.

3. Add the chicken if used, and heat through about 3 minutes.

4. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, cut a long slit in the sock. Cut or pull the chicken from the bones and cut the meat into bite-size pieces, discarding the skin and bones. Transfer to a container. Cut the carrots and parsnips into pieces and add to the chicken. Cover and refrigerate.

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4. Remove the Parmesan rind and discard.

5. Stir in half of the cheese.

Season with sea salt to taste.

7. Ladle into soup bowls and sprinkle with the remaining cheese, if desired. Serve with warm, crusty Italian bread.

Office for the Aging Lunch Program Served at the Saratoga Senior Center

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• Fish Florentine • Brown Rice • Sonoma Blend Vegetables • Warm Berry Crunch

• Chicken Divan • Rice • Spinach • Pears

• Goulash • Broccoli • Warm Cornbread • Pineapple

• Open-face Hot Turkey Sandwich • Butternut Squash • Cranberry Crunch

• Meatloaf with Gravy • Mashed Potatoes • Peas • Fruit Jello with Whipped Topping

Menu Subject to Change. Coffee, tea and butter are served daily. The suggested contribution is $2/meal.

There is a $6 fee for guests under the age of 60. Please make checks payable to: Northeast Dining and Lodging, c/o Saratoga County Office for the Aging, 152 West High Street, Ballston Spa, NY 12020

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RELIGION

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

PLACES OF WORSHIP *Wheelchair Accessible

Adirondack Christian Fellowship

Christ Episcopal Church*

Galway United Methodist Church

8 Mountain Ledge, Wilton Contact: 581-587-0623 | acfsaratoga.com Services: Sunday 8 and 10 a.m.

15 West High Street, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-885-1031 Services: Sunday 8 and 10 a.m.

2056 East Street, Galway Contact: 518-882-6520 | galway-united-methodist-church.com Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m. (9 a.m. in July and August)

Adirondack Friends Meeting

Christian Restoration Ministries

Grace Church

27 Saratoga Avenue, South Glens Falls Contact: 518-793-3755 | adirondackfriendsmeeting.org Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Saratoga Senior Center: 5 Williams Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-796-4323 | Pastor Pat Roach Services: Saturday 7-9 p.m.; Bible Study: Friday 7-8 p.m.

Assembly of God Faith Chapel

Christian Science Church

6 Burgoyne Street, Schuylerville Contact: 518-695-6069 | Rev. Scott Cutting Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

107 Circular Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-0221 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

34 Third Street, Waterford Contact: 518-237-7370 | www.gracewaterford.com Rev. Kathy Alonge-Coons Services: Sunday 7:30 and 9:30 a.m.

Adult Christian Education Program: 8:30 a.m.

Assembly of God Saratoga

Community Alliance Church

118 Woodlawn Avenue, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-6081 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

257 Rowland Street, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-885-6524 Services: Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Bacon Hill Reformed Church* 560 Route 32N, Bacon Hill Contact: 518-695-3074 | Rev. Janet Vincent Services: 10 a.m.; Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Ballston Center Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church 58 Charlton Road, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-885-7312 | ballstoncenterarpchurch.org Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Ballston Spa United Methodist Church 101 Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-885-6886 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Baha’i Community of Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-692-7694 | 518-885-0876 1-800-22UNITE | bahai.org Public Meetings: 1st Tuesdays 7 p.m.

Barkersville Christian Church 7200 Barkersville Road, Middle Grove Contact: 518-882-6437 | barkersvillechristianchurch.com Pastor Pat Atwell | Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Vacation Bible School: Aug. 6 - 1, 6-8:30 p.m.

Registration 5:30 p.m.

Congregation Shaara Tfille* 84 Weibel Avenue, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-2370 | saratogasynagogue.org Services: Monday 7:30 a.m., Thursday 7:30 a.m., Saturday 10 a.m., 3rd Friday Shabbat 7:30p.m.

Corinth Free Methodist Church 20 Hamilton Avenue, Corinth Contact: 518-654-9255 | 518-792-0271 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Corinth United Methodist Church 243 Main Street, Corinth Contact: 518-654-2521 | cfumc@cnyconnect.net Services: Sunday 11 a.m.

Cornerstone Community Church 100 Saratoga Village Boulevard, #8, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-664-5204 | mycornerstonechurch.org Pastor Frank Galerie Services: Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Community

Bethesda Episcopal Church*

2001 Route 9, Round Lake Contact: 518-877-8506 | office@corpuschristichurch.net Services: Saturday: 4 p.m. Sunday: 8 and 11 a.m.

41 Washington Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-5980 | bethesdachurch.org The Very Rev’d Marshall J. Vang Services: Sunday 8 a.m and 10 a.m.

Eastern Orthodox — Christ the Savior 349 Eastline Road, Ballston Lake Contact: 518-212-7845 | xcsavior.org Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m.

Burnt Hills United Methodist Church*

Faith Chapel

816 Route 50, Burnt Hills Contact: 518-399-5144 | nybhumc.com | Pastor Holly Nye Services: Sunday 9 and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

6 Burgoyne Street, Schuylerville Contact: 518-695-6069 | faithchapelschuylerville.org Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Calvary Capital District

45 Washington Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-6301 | fbcsaratoga.org Services: Sunday Noon

5 Williams Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: calvarycd.com | Pastor Andrew Holt Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Church of Christ at Clifton Park

First Baptist Church of Saratoga Springs

First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa

7 Old Route 146, Clifton Park Contact: 518-371-6611 | cliftonparkchurchofchrist.com Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

202 Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-885-8361 | bspabaptist.org Services: 10:30 a.m. (9 a.m. in July and August) Sunday School: 9 a.m. (all ages)

Charlton Freehold Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church of Ballston Spa

768 Charlton Road, Charlton Contact: 518-399-4831 | charltonfreehold.org Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

22 West High Street, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-885-5583 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Christ Community Reformed Church

Full Gospel Tabernacle

1010 Route 146, Clifton Park Contact: 518-371-7654 | ccrc-cpny.org Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

207 Redmond Road, Gansevoort Contact: 518-793-2739 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Grace Fellowship Saratoga* 165 High Rock Avenue, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-691-0301 | saratoga.gracefellowship.com Pastor Mike Adams Services: Sundays 9 and 11 a.m.

Greater Grace Community Church 100 Saratoga Village, Building 17, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-899-7777 | thechurch@ggccmalta.org Pastor David Moore Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Greenfield Center Baptist Church 30 Wilton Road, Greenfield Center Contact: 518-893-7429 Services: 11 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. (all ages) Highway Tabernacle Church 235 Hudson Avenue, Mechanicville Contact: 518-664-4442 Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Hope Church 206 Greenfield Avenue, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-885-7442 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.; Sunday School: 9 a.m.

Jonesville United Methodist 963 Main Street, Clifton Park Contact: 518-877-7332 Services: Sunday: 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

Living Waters Church of God 4330 State Route 50, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-587-0484 | livingwaterscog.us Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Malta Presbyterian Church 118 Dunning Street, Malta Contact: 518-899-5992 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Malta Ridge United Methodist Church 729 Malta Avenue Extension, Malta Contact: 518-581-0210 Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Middle Grove United Methodist Church* 429 Middle Grove Road, Middle Grove Contact: 518-581-2973 Pastor Jason Proctor Services: Sunday 9 a.m.

Mt. Olivet Baptist Church 100 Cresent Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-9441 | Rev. Dr. Victor L. Collier Services: 10 a.m.

New Life Fellowship* 51 Old Gick Road, ­­Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-580-1810 | newlifeinsaratoga.org.

Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019 RELIGION

PLACES OF WORSHIP *Wheelchair Accessible

Next Level Church

St. George’s Episcopal Church

Schuylerville United Methodist Church

Comedy Works: 388 Broadway, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-306-7133 | nextlevel.church/saratoga-ny-church Pastor Joe | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

912 Route 146, Clifton Park Contact: 518-371-6351 | stgeorge@csdsl.net Services: Saturday 4:30 p.m.

Sunday 7:30, 9, and 11:30 a.m.

St. Isaac Jogues

51 Church Street, Schuylerville Contact: 518-695-3101 | sumethodist.org Services: Sunday 11 a.m.

Northway Church 770 Pierce Road, Clifton Park Contact: 518-899-1200 | northwaychuch.tv Services: 9:30 and 11 a.m.

Old Saratoga Reformed Church* 48 Pearl Street, Schuylerville Contact: oldsaratogareformedchurch.org Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Old Stone Church (American Baptist) 159 Stone Church Road, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-583-1002 | Services: 10:30 a.m.

Olde Liberty Baptist 600 Route 67, Malta Contact: oldelibertybaptist.com Services: Sunday 10, 11 a.m., and 2 p.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m.

Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church* 73 Midline Road, Ballston Lake Contact: 518-399-5713 Services: Saturday 5:30 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Perry Road Baptist Church* 150 Perry Road, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-587-0711 | Pastor Thomas Van McClain Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Porter Corners United Methodist Church* 512 Allen Road, Porter Corners Service: Sunday 8:45 a.m.

Followed by Fellowship Arlene Schmidt, CLM Presbyterian-NE Congregational Church* 24 Circular Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-6091 | pnecchurch.org Services: Sunday 10:45 a.m.

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (ELCA) 4 Northcrest Drive, Clifton Park Contact: 518-371-2226 | poplutheranchurch.org Service: Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Contemporary Worship: 1st and 3rd Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:15- 10:15 a.m. (Sept.-June) REACH- Christian education for adults: 9:30-10:15 a.m.

Quaker Springs United Methodist Church* 466 Route 32, Schylerville Contact: 518-695-3101 | qsumc.com | Pastor Ben Lalka Services: Sunday 9 a.m.

Revelation Church* 59 Pine Road, Saratoga Springs Contact: 860-942-7359 | myrevelationchurch.com Pastor Mark Kehrer | Services: Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

River of Hope Fellowship 100 Saratoga Village Boulevard, Malta Commons, Suite 3 Contact: riverofhopefellowship.com Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter* 241 Broadway, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-2375 Services: Saturday 5 p.m.; Sunday 7:30, 9 and 11 a.m.

St. Clement’s Roman Catholic Church* 231 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-6122 Services: Weekdays 8 a.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.; Sunday 8, 10 a.m., and 5 p.m.; Spanish Mass 1 p.m.

716 Route 9P, Saratoga Lake Contact: 518-813-5090 Father Patrick Rice Services: Sunday 10 a.m. (Open Memorial Day to winter) St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church* 3159 Route 9N, Greenfield Center Contact: 518-893-7680 | stjosephschurchgreenfieldcenter.org Services: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church* 167 Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-885-7411 | stmarysbsta.org Services: Saturday 4 p.m.

Sunday 8:30, 10:30 a.m., and Noon St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church* 771 Route 29, Rock City Falls Contact: 518-885-4677 | sjoegctr@nycap.rr.com Services: Sunday 8:30 a.m.

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 149 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-0904 | office@spalutheran.org Services: Saturday 5 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 and 11 a.m.

St. Peter Lutheran Church 2776 Route 9, Malta Contact: 518-583-4153 | Services: Sunday 9 a.m.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church 1 Grove Street, Schuylerville Contact: 518-695-3918 Rev. Donna J. Arnold Services: Sunday 8 and 9 a.m.

St. Therese Chapel (RC) 1 Wilton-Gansevoort Road, Gansevoort Contact: 518-792-2276 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

St. Thomas Anglican Church 242 Grooms Road, Halfmoon Contact: 518-348-0842 | stthomasanglicanhalfmoonny.com Father John Bassett Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Shenendehowa United Methodist 971 Route 146, Clifton Park Contact: 518-371-7964 Services: Sunday 9 and 10:45 a.m.

Simpson United Methodist Church 1089 Rock City Road, Rock City Falls Contact: 518-885-4794 Services: Sunday 10:45 a.m.

Soul Saving Station for Every Nation Christ Crusaders of America 62 Henry Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-3122 | soulsavingstationchurch.com Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Starpoint Church 410 21st Century Park Drive, Clifton Park Contact: 518-371-2811 | starpoint.church Services: 9, 10:30 a.m. and Noon Stillwater Christian Fellowship Meeting at Liberty Ridge Farm: 29 Bevis Road, Schaghticoke Contact: 518-288-8802 Services: 10 a.m.

Stillwater United Church (Presbyterian U.S.A.) 747 Hudson Avenue, Stillwater Contact: 518-664-7984 | stillwaterunitedchurch.org Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Temple Sinai* 509 Broadway, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-8730 | saratogasinai.org Shabbat Services: Friday 6 or 8 p.m. (rotating schedule); Saturday 10:30 a.m.

Terra Nova Church* 45 Washington Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-833-0504 | terranovachurch.org Services: Sunday 9 a.m.

The Salvation Army/ Worship, Service & Community Center 27 Woodlawn Avenue, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-1640 Services: Worship 11 a.m. | Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Saratoga Abundant Life Church

Trinity United Methodist Church

2 Hutchins Road, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-885-5456 | salchurch.org Services: Sunday 8:20 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

155 Ballard Road, Gansevoort Contact: 518-584-9107 | tumcwilton.com | Rev. Jeff Stratton Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Saratoga Chabad

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs*

130 Circular Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-526-0773 | saratogachabad.com

624 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-1555 | uusaratoga.org Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Saratoga Friends Meeting (Quaker) 571 Route 32, Quaker Springs Contact: 518-587-7477 | 518-399-5013 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Saratoga United Methodist Church* 175 Fifth Avenue, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-3720 | saratogaumc.com Services: Sunday 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Saratoga Seventh-Day Adventist Church 399 Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-587-6951 | saratogasda.org Services: Worship 11 a.m.

Sabbath School: 10 a.m.

Unity Church in Albany 21 King Avenue, Albany Contact: 518-453-3603 Services: Sunday 9 and 11 a.m.; Sunday School: 11 a.m.

West Charlton United Presbyterian Church 1331 Sacandaga Road, West Charlton Contact: 518-882-9874 | westcharltonupc.org | Rev. Thomas Gregg Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

Wilton Baptist Church 755 Saratoga Road, Wilton Contact: 518-583-2736 | wiltonbaptistchurch.com Services: Sunday 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

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LOCAL BRIEFS

27th Children’s Consignment Sale Katrina Trask Nursery School, Saratoga’s longest running pre-school, will hold its 27th Children’s Consignment Sale April 5, 6, and 7 at the Saratoga Springs City Center. The sale kicks off Friday evening with a VIP presale event from 4 – 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. Saturday is the public sale which runs 9 – 4 p.m. Sunday 10 – 2 p.m. is the final day of the sale with most items at half-price.

Previously held twice a year, the upcoming sale will feature all season children’s and maternity clothing, toys, games, books, sporting gear, and more. More information is available on the Katrina Trask Nursery School’s website: ktnurseryschool.org Quilt Show A spring quilt show with over 200 quilts, sponsored by Quilters United in Learning Together (Q.U.I.L.T.) in Delmar, will be held on Saturday, April 6 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 7 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, Troy. The show is known for its spectacular quilts, and includes 13 vendors, raffles, demonstrations, and gift gallery. There will be four Guild speakers, a display of suffrage blocks honoring Susan B. Anthony, and a popular Guild-sponsored mini-mart.

There is extensive free parking and valet service; the Hilton is handicapped accessible.

Admission is $8 for one day; $12 for two days. For more information see www.quiltinc. org. Q.U.I.L.T, Inc. is a 501c3 quilt guild, meeting in Delmar.

2019 Saratoga Sustainability Fair Join us on Saturday, April 6 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Skidmore College in the Case Center.

Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College are hosting the fair, a free community event celebrating sustainability awareness and opportunities.

Come check out a diverse array

of sustainability resources and help make Saratoga a more sustainable city. Our featured keynote speaker is Aaron Mair - environmentalist, scientist and 57th National President of the Sierra Club. Exhibitor booths and workshop presentation will include information on renewable energy options, composting, environmental justice issues, climate change, urban forest renewal, sustainable gardening, and more. The fair will also include a tour of Skidmore’s sustainability initiatives and an EV car show. For more information, visit www.sustainablesaratoga.org/ sustainability-fair-2019.

Appraisal Fair Antique and Vintage Appraisal Fair to benefit Rebuilding Together Saratoga County. Informal verbal appraisals by local antique expert George Heidelberg. The fair will be held Saturday, April 6, 10:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m. at The Store at Rebuilding Together Saratoga County, located at 132 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa, on the main floor.

Suggested donation $5 per item.

Limit of four items. All donations will be used to provide home repairs for low-income veterans, seniors, and disabled individuals in Saratoga County. For more information, call 518-587-3315 or email store@rtssaratoga.org.

Free Chalk Paint® Workshop Learn how to update worn-out furniture and accent pieces into stylish décor. Demonstrations of Chalk Paint® techniques and supplies by Annie Sloane of Victoria’s Corner. Saturday, April 6, 11a.m.- Noon. Lower level of The Store at Rebuilding Together Saratoga County, 132 Milton, Ballston Spa. Free admission.

Video of the workshop will be posted on The Store’s Facebook page for those who cannot attend.

For more information, call 518-5873315 or email store@rtssaratoga.org.

Fun with Fairy Gardens On Saturday, April 6 from 11 a.m. to Noon children ages 4 - 11 years will have fun learning about flower fairies through stories, music and activities. They will make a miniature fairy garden of their own to take home with them. All materials will be provided. This is a family friendly event and a parent or caregiving adult is encouraged

to stay and create with the child.

Children ages 4-6 must have a parent or caregiving adult stay for the duration of the event. Must pre-register at www.MaltaParksRec. com or call the Malta Community Center at 518-899-4411.

Estherville Animal Shelter Spring Luncheon The luncheon will be held on Sunday, April 7 at Van Patten Golf Club in Clifton Park. Beautiful silent auction and raffle gifts.

The event starts at 1 p.m., doors open 12:30 p.m. Delicious buffet, featuring meats, fresh vegetables, salads, desserts, beverages all for $35 a person in advance. Please mail checks payable to Estherville Shelter and send to Barb Kerker 1556 Division St., West Charlton 12010 by March 20. Contact kerkerb@yahoo.com with questions. Make reservations early.

Spring Fashion Show Please join the Ballston Area Seniors at the Town of Milton Community Center, 310 Northline Rd., Ballston Spa on Monday, April 8 from 4 - 7 p.m. Presented

by Christopher Banks C J Banks.

Open to the public. Donation $5.

Refreshments and drinks included.

Fashions, cards and games.

Partners Against Hunger Presented by Fingerpaint and Hunger Action Network of New York State. A reception featuring organizations and supporters on the front lines of hunger in the Capital Region, honoring two award recipients, Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of Fiscal Policy Institute and a leader in the fight against poverty and hunger and Steve Sullivan, a community philanthropist and volunteer and the owner of Longfellows and Old Bryan Inn. The event will be held on Monday, April 8 at 5:30 p.m. at Fingerpaint, located at 1 Franklin Square, Saratoga Springs. Suggested donation of $50 will benefit Hunger Action Network of New York State. Light hors d’oeuvres and beer and wine will be served by Lily and the Rose Catering. To make a donation and register, please visit hungeractionnys.org.

Brown Bread/Bake Sale and Luncheon Simpson United Methodist Church, located at 1089 Rock City Road, Rock City Falls, is hosting their

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019 Spring Steamed Brown Bread Sale just in time for Easter. Cost is only $6 per loaf. Orders will be taken until Wednesday, April 10, with pickup Friday, April 12, from 4 -6 p.m. and Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. A traditional bake sale and light luncheon will also be available for purchase during Saturday’s pickup hours. Call Jerry at 518-587-7942 to place your orders. Please leave phone numbers with order if you get the machine.

Annual Milton Grange Garage Sale The sale will be held on April 13 at 644 Rock City Road from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Members of the community are encouraged to donate kitchenware, dishes, jewelry, small pieces of furniture, antiques, tools, and other household items in good condition for the sale (no electronics or clothing).

Proceeds from the garage sale are used to support programs in the community including the ECHO Food Pantry and vegetable plants for Head Start students. Please contact Sam at 518-885-6606 to make donation arrangements.

Vendor Show Wilton/General Schuyler Emergency Squad is having their vendor show at the Schuylerville Station, Rte 29, Schuylerville on Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Over 30 vendors, refreshments, raffles, 50/50 and much more. Come out and do some Easter shopping. If interested in reserving a table, contact Jennie McReynolds, 518-338-2709.

Day with the Bunny and Easter Egg Hunt American Legion Auxiliary Unit 234 presents the Annual “Day with the Bunny” and Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 13 from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at 23 Pleasant St., Ballston Spa. Easter Egg Hunt Schedule: 11:15 a.m. toddlers to age 5, 11:45 a.m. ages 6 – 8 and Noon ages 9-12.

Saratoga Mom Prom The Saratoga County Children’s Committee is busy planning the 7th Annual Mom Prom, an incredible night of dancing, laughter and fun.

Without a doubt, our fundraiser is more than tacky dresses and dance contests, it’s an opportunity to raise money for our programs supporting underprivileged youth in Saratoga

County. All proceeds from this year’s Mom Prom are earmarked for our Back to School Program, which we began in 2015 after Maple Ave. Middle School requested 50 back packs and supplies. SCCC also provides back to school assistance to other local organizations including Saratoga Mentoring, The Franklin Community Center, Saratoga Mental Health and several local schools. We have five premiere raffles that are awesome. Tickets are only $20 each, you do not need to be at the prom to win, and you can easily buy a ticket online in a minute or less. We also have sponsorship opportunities. For more information, visit www. saratogamomprom.com.

Annual Rummage Sale The Annual Rummage Sale at Charlton Freehold Presbyterian Church, 768 Charlton Road, Charlton, will be Friday, April 26, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday, April 27, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Drop off dates are Tuesday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Thursday, April 25 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No books or electronics, please.

Tree Toga 9 Tree Toga is a fun, family-friendly event at which Sustainable Saratoga’s great volunteers pull together to leave a green legacy for the next generation. Homeowners can request a free #NextGenTree by volunteering to be tree hosts and committing to water and nurture their tree during its first two vulnerable years. Sustainable Saratoga will plant thirty young trees throughout Saratoga Springs.

Volunteers will gather on April 27 at 9:30 a.m. at High Rock Park, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, across from 88 High Rock Ave., Saratoga Springs for registration, training, site assignments, and camaraderie.

Around 10 a.m., volunteers will disperse to plant shade trees in residential front yards and at institutional properties around the city. After the morning’s planting, volunteers will meet for a celebratory lunch at Harvey’s Restaurant, located at 14 Phila St., Saratoga Springs. To learn more, and to sign up as a tree host, planter, waterer, or event day volunteer, go to www.sustainablesaratoga.org/ treetoga9. Questions, suggestions or inquiries about donating to the tree fund can be sent to trees@ sustainablesaratoga.org.

Send your local briefs to calendar@saratogapublishing.com two weeks prior to the event.

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This Week’s Events: MARCH 29 - APRIL 4 family friendly FRIDAY, MARCH 29 Laughing Day at The Center with Carol Burnett Saratoga Senior Center, 5 Williams Street, Saratoga Springs | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Watch episodes from her long running variety series “The Carol Burnett Show.”

Laugh along with Carol and her hilarious troupe of regulars - Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner. Free.

Fish Fry Fridays Fish Creek Rod and Gun Club, Route 32 south of the Village of Victory 4:30 - 7 p.m. | Fish Fry will continue every Friday through April 19. All are welcome, members and non-members. Menu: Fish Fry, Chicken Fry, Clam Fry, Popcorn Shrimp Fry, Buffalo Shrimp, Chowder, ask about our extras and beverages. You are welcome to eat in at our club house or call ahead for take-out. 518-695-3917.

Fish Fry Fridays The Knights of Columbus 246, 50 Pine Road, Saratoga Springs | 5 - 8 p.m.

Dinner will include a generous portion of Haddock (either fried or baked), French fries, cole slaw, tartar sauce, and cocktail sauce for the cost of $12 ($1 extra for takeout). Also available for purchase will be fried clams, New England clam chowder, macaroni and cheese, and dessert. All events are open to the public and families are always welcome. Every Friday until April 19. Your support of these events helps the Knights to continue to support our local schools and other charitable causes within the community.

Friday Fish Fry Ballston Spa Elks Lodge, 10 Hamilton Street, Ballston Spa | 5 – 7:30 p.m.

Fish and fries, fried shrimp, clam chowder, seafood platter, fried scallops, chicken tenders. All proceeds to Elks charities.

Every Friday night through April 12.

SATURDAY, MARCH 30 Tang Family Saturdays Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore Campus, Saratoga Springs | 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Suitable for children ages 5 and up with their adult companions. Programs include 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.

SUNDAY, MARCH 31 Percussion Dance Workshop Creative Dance Arts, 2037 Route 9, Round Lake | Check in 11:30 a.m.

The Dance Alliance Dance + Percussive series is proud to present Vanaver Caravan.

In celebration of our 40th Anniversary, and as the fifth and final event in the Dance + Percussive Series, Vanaver Caravan’s lead teaching artist, Miranda Ten Broeke, will be leading two percussive master classes; Body Percussion / Gumboot Dancing and Stick Dances from Brazil and India. For more details and to register for classes go to: www.dancealliance.org/danceplus-festival.

For any questions or further information contact Tina Baird at tfbtap@nycap.rr.com.

advocates with the mission to unite and mobilize the voice of law enforcement in support of drug policy and criminal justice reforms that will make communities safer.

The program is intended to inform people of alternative approaches to criminal justice and policing while bringing race and racism to the forefront of the conversation. Free and open to the public.

Doors open at 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 Saratoga Job Fair Saratoga Springs City Center, 522 Broadway, Saratoga Springs 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Capital Job Development Group presents Saratoga Job Fair with over 40 Saratoga area employers. Free parking behind City Center. For more information, visit www.cjdg.org.

Lunchtime Meditation Saratoga Springs Public Library, Susman Room | 12:30 -1:30 p.m.

Take a break from the daily grind and clear your mind. Led by professionals from One Roof Holistic Health Center. Sessions are free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome. Just drop in.

Lenten Lunches

First Baptist Church, 11 Glenridge Road, Rexford | Noon – 1 p.m.

The public is encouraged to attend each Film: “Won’t You Wednesday through April 17. A special Be My Neighbor” speaker each week. Donations are Gannett Auditorium, suggested. People with special dietary Skidmore College Campus | 6 p.m. needs are welcome to bring their lunch and For over 30 years, Fred Rogers was join us. The event is open seating event, beamed daily into homes across America but reservations must be made by Sunday where he and his cast of puppets and of the week you plan to attend by calling friends spoke simply and directly to young the church office at 518-399-2220 ext. 101 children about some of life’s weightiest or by emailing office@faithcrossroads.org. issues. Presented by Skidmore College and In case of weather-related cancellations, WMHT. The film will be followed by a please check the School Closing Network. panel discussion and reception. Free and open to the public. For more information, Poetry Reading call 518-580-5272.

Caffe Lena, 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs | Sign ups 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 2 A poetry reading by David Graham. An open reading will follow. Readings will Panel Discussion and start at 7:30 p.m. The host for the event will Community Forum be Carol Graser and the cost is $5 general, free for students. For more information call Caffe Lena, 47 Phila Street, 518-583-0022 or visit, www.caffelena.org.

Saratoga Springs | 6:30 – 8 p.m.

The public is invited to participate in a The Paddling Film community forum entitled, Race and Festival World Tour Community Policing: Toward Justice and Safety for All. Sponsored by In Our Mackey Auto Group Saratoga Subaru, Name Initiative and MLK Saratoga.

3002 Route 50, Saratoga Springs | 7:30 p.m.

The evening will begin with a panel The Paddling Film Festival is an discussion featuring two members from international adventure film tour the Law Enforcement Action Partnership presenting the world’s best paddling films (LEAP) as well as area criminal justice of the year – whitewater, sea kayaking, activists. LEAP is a nonprofit organization canoeing, action and lifestyle – in more of criminal justice professionals and than 120 cities and towns across Canada,

MONDAY, APRIL 1

United States and around the world.

Organized by Mountainman Outdoor Supply Company in conjunction with the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, a 740- mile paddling trail from the Adirondacks to Maine. Doors for the event open at 6:30 p.m. Come early, socialize, and enjoy beer from the Bolton Landing Brewing Company. NFCT volunteers and staff will be on hand to answer questions about trail programs. People can also enter the two NFCT boat raffles, which feature Northstar Canoes. Tickets cost $12 in advance, $15 at the door, and $10 for students. For tickets and information about the Film Festival visit www. northernforestcanoetrail.org. Proceeds from this event benefit the trail.

THURSDAY, APRIL 4 Volkswalk - Saratoga Spa State Park Starting from Hilton Garden Hotel, 125 S. Broadway, Saratoga Springs | 10 a.m.

A volkswalk is a recreationally-paced, premapped walk in a culturally or historically interesting area. They are planned with safety in mind and are great opportunities for exercise and sociability. Registration for each event starts a half hour prior to the walk and the cost is $2. Further information is available at www.walkescv.org.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

MONDAY, APRIL 1

American Legion Auxiliary Meeting 23 Pleasant Street, Ballston Spa | 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 The Wilton Heritage Society Meeting Wilton Senior Center, 18 Traver Road, Wilton | 6 p.m.

The speaker will be Susan Bebe from Cornell Cooperative Extension. Snacks will be available.

THURSDAY, APRIL 4 Korean War Veteran’s Association Meeting VFW Home, Veterans’ Way, Saratoga Springs | 1:30 p.m.

All veterans who served anywhere during the Korean War, in Korea at any time, spouses, widows and friends are all invited to attend. New members are always welcome. Annual dues for veterans are $10, $5, for all others. For further information or an application to join the organization, please contact Comm. Roger Calkins at 518-684-3037.

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Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

AUTHOR BOX BROWN IN CONVERSATION Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America SARATOGA SPRINGS — Award-winning graphic novelist Box Brown will discuss his new book “Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America,” with Paul Benzon, Assistant Professor of English at Skidmore College at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 at Northshire Bookstore Saratoga, 424 Broadway.

During the Spanish conquests, Cortés introduced hemp farming as part of his violent colonial campaign. In secret, locals began cultivating the plant for consumption. It eventually made its way to the United States through the immigrant labor force where it was shared with black laborers.

It doesn’t take long for American lawmakers to decry cannabis as the vice of “inferior races.”

Enter an era of propaganda designed to feed a moral panic about the dangers of a plant that had been used by humanity for thousands of years. Cannabis was given a schedule I classification, which it shared with drugs like heroin. This opened the door for a so-called “war on drugs”

that disproportionately targeted young black men, leaving hundreds of thousands in prison, many for minor infractions. With its roots in “reefer madness” and misleading studies into the effects of cannabis, America’s complicated and racialized relationship with marijuana continues to this day.

Author Box Brown delves deep into this troubling history and offers a rich, entertaining, and thoroughly researched graphic essay on the legacy of cannabis legislation in America.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation hosts its annual Historic Homes Tour 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, celebrating the community’s rich architectural heritage, with tours of East Side

homes in Saratoga Springs.

Advance discounted tickets are $30 for SSPF members and $40 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased the day of the event for $35 members and $45 non-members at 112 Spring

St. from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. An elegant evening at the exclusive Porch Party will take place 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 9. Tickets for this event are $100.

For more information, go to: saratogapreservation.org.

John Demarco, with wife Jan, standing at the counter of the Lyrical Ballad Bookstore on Phila Street. As we went to press this week, sadly, we learned of the passing of John Demarco, who since 1971 operated the Lyrical Ballad bookstore which houses approximately 125,000 volumes of rare and used books in a series of labyrinthine rooms.

Photo used by permission via: Old Scrolls Blog.

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April Schedule for 9 Maple Avenue SARATOGA SPRINGS — 9 Maple Avenue is an intimate, 40-seat jazz bar, housed in a two-story, circa-1880 brick building located at 9 Maple Ave. in Saratoga Springs. Live jazz performed 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights. $2 cover.

Upcoming performances include:

FRIDAY, APRIL 5: Tim Olsen Quartet

FRIDAY, APRIL 19: Arch Stanton Quartet

SATURDAY, APRIL 6: Jon LeRoy Trio

SATURDAY, APRIL 20: Sketches Of Influence

FRIDAY, APRIL 12: Eric Walentowicz Quartet

FRIDAY, APRIL 26: Rob Lindquist Quartet

SATURDAY, APRIL 13: Keith Pray Quartet

SATURDAY, APRIL 27: Pat Attanasio Quartet

Golden Oldies Spectacular at Proctors in April

Guitarist Celebrates 50 Years of Jethro Tull with Two Local Shows From “Aqualung” to “Locomotive Breath,” “Thick as A Brick” to “(You're never too) oh-oh-old to rock 'n' roll-oh-oh,” Martin Barre served as guitarist in the band Jethro Tull for nearly a half-century.

Barre celebrates that golden anniversary with a tour through the U.S. and Europe that kicks off with a pair of shows at The Strand Theatre, located at 210 Main St., Hudson Falls.

The two-and-a-half-hour show features an eight-piece band and a special multi-media presentation that, together with the music, highlights the 50 years of Jethro Tull’s musical career, according to concert organizers.

The concerts will be staged 8 p.m. Friday April 12 and Saturday,

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Longtime Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre kicks off tour in Hudson Falls in April. Photo provided.

April 13. General admission tickets are $50 and available by phone, at 518-832-3484, or online through Brown Paper

Tickets. For more information about the venue, go to: www. hudsonrivermusichall.org or www.mystrandtheater.org.

SCHENECTADY — A seven-act Golden Oldies Spectacular comes to Proctors Theatre Saturday, April 13.

The show features co-headliners The Duprees - known worldwide for their romantic interpretations of hits such as "You Belong to Me," and "My Own True Love" - and Charlie Thomas' Drifters. The Drifter scored more than one dozen top 30 hits, including "There Goes My Baby," "Save the Last Dance for Me," and "This Magic Moment."

Additional performers include The Marcels, The Capris, The Del-Satins, former Passions’ lead singer Jimmy Gallagher, and Kid Kyle – who first performed at Proctors as a teenager and whose first claim to fame was at age 8 as a contestant in American Idol Junior.

The event takes place 7 p.m.

April 13 at Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. Tickets are on sale at Proctors’ box office, by phone at 518-346-6204 or online at: at Proctors.org.

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SARATOGA COMIC CON RETURNS TO CITY CENTER IN APRIL

Saratoga Comic Con, images from a show in 2015.

Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Springs will host its fifth-year pop-culture comic con platform April 27-28.

The two-day event will feature appearances by Power Rangers actor Johnny Yong Bosch, Mr. USA Tony Atlas – a former WWE/WWF wrestler; Martin Klebba - from Pirates of the Carribbean 1, 2, 3, and 5, and many others, in addition to a

number of top comic book artists, cosplay groups and guest stars, and vendor and artist dealers from across the world.

The event takes place 10 a.m.

– 6 p.m. Saturday, April 27 and 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at the Saratoga Springs City Center. Ticket prices vary. For information on tickets, and a full lineup of appearances, go online to: saratogacomiccon.com

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Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

National Museum of Dance Poster Design Contest for Youth

The National Museum of Dance is holding a poster design contest incorporating a dance scene – not portrayed on any poster - from the film “Jezebel.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The National Museum of Dance is hosting a Poster Design Contest in celebration of the upcoming exhibition Art of the Dance: Posters from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Opening May 10, Art of the Dance will feature more than one hundred dance movie posters from the collection of veteran producer Mike Kaplan.

This installation will include American and international posters of Hollywood films ranging in date from 1918 to the 1980s with the majority from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.

The contest invites student artists to create a new poster for “Jezebel,” – a 1938 film which portrays a key dance sequence, set in the Antebellum South New Orleans circa 1852. (The five-minute clip may be viewed at: www.tcm.com/mediaroom/

video/492893/Jezebel-Movie-ClipPleasant-Evening.html) “Jezebel” stars Bette Davis and Henry Fonda. However, this dance sequence was not portrayed on any original poster for the film.

Poster: Bette Davis and Henry Fonda should be recognizable and central. The background should include images or representations of the other women in their ball gowns.

One winning poster will be chosen and the winning design will be professionally printed as a 27” x 41” poster and displayed, and the artist recognized, at the opening reception for Art of the Dance: Posters from Hollywood’s Golden Age at the National Museum of Dance on May 10.

The contest is open to high school and college students, age 14 to 22. Orientation of the design should be portrait/vertical. The film title, “Jezebel,” and credits

for Bette Davis and Henry Fonda must be included on the poster, along with the other credits on the original poster. Unlike today, the credits then were used creatively in various configurations, positions, and sizes. Poster designs should follow the approximate credit sizes used on the original poster.

Please see attached original 1938 poster for reference.

The poster design must be in full color and submissions must be in the form of a PDF file. For best print results please use high resolution images or vector graphics.

Please submit poster designs with artist name, school, and email no later than 5 p.m. on April 15 to tours@dancemuseum.org.

The National Museum of Dance is located on South Broadway.

For museum information, go to” www.dancemuseum.org or call 518-584-2225.

Teacher and Treasure Revealer Terdak Lingpa (1646–1714), Mindrolling Monastery, Tibet, 18th century, Pigment on cloth, 32 ½ x 15 1/8 x 1 inches, Rubin Museum of Art SARATOGA SPRINGS — Dominique Townsend, poet and Professor of Religious Studies at Bard College, gives a reading and discussion of Terdak Lingpa’s poetic dream yoga instructions at 6 p.m. Monday, April 1 at the Tang Museum, on the campus of Skidmore College.

In this talk, Townsend will consider the relationship between poetic language and liminal dream states through the work of Terdak Lingpa, the subject of a

painting displayed in the “Second Buddha” exhibition. (“Liminal,” Merriam-Webster: of, relating to, or situated at a sensory threshold: barely perceptible or capable of eliciting a response).

Through translated excerpts of his brief instructions for cultivating dream states as a way to recondition perception and become liberated from the miserable cycle of rebirth, Townsend will reflect on the relationship between brevity,

ambiguity, and insight. The instructions appear quite ordinary on the surface, but claim to provide the means for liberation in just one Tibetan page, front and back. The brevity of the instructions works together with apophatic language (using negation to approach the divine) and a reconciling of uncertainty to spark full awakening through the very act of dreaming.

The event is free and open to the public.

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MAY 3, 1919 – MAY 3, 2019: Celebrating Pete Seeger’s 100th Birthday at Caffe Lena May 3 SARATOGA SPRINGS — In celebration of Pete Seeger’s 100th birthday, The Egg will present “Wasn’t That a Time,” a program featuring music writer Jesse Jarnow, at Caffe Lena on May 3.

Likely the best-known folk singer of all time, Seeger’s career as a musician was highlighted by popular success with the group The Weavers and songs such as “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” “Turn, Turn, Turn,” and “If I Had a Hammer,” among many others.

Seeger was also a leading force for using music to further social, humanitarian and environmental causes. Born May 3, 1919, Seeger spent most of his life in New York, helping to develop the burgeoning folk music revival in Greenwich Village and later in his self-built house upstate on the shores of the Hudson.

Jarnow will explore the life of Pete Seeger, focusing on the research done for his 2018 book “Wasn’t That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the American Soul.” The volume details the trials of the four magically compatible singers led by Pete Seeger who rose to incredible popularity but whose socialist connections and antiauthoritarian ideologies got them professionally blacklisted at the height of their fame.

Live music will be performed by banjoist Richie Stearns who performed with

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LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SARATOGA SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 20183727. WELLS FARGO USA HOLDINGS, INC., Plaintiff v. ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE MICHAEL D. MARCHESE, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, and JOHN DOE, Defendants. To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending

for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable James A. Murphy, III, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 14th day of February, 2019, at Ballston Spa, New York. Tax I.D. No. 291.794-23 ALL that certain lot or piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Village of Waterford, in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, being a part of lot number one hundred and seventyfour (174) as laid down on a map of the Village of Waterford, made

by Flores Banker, surveyor before 1900 a copy of which is on file in the Office of the Saratoga County Clerk, and bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the south line of said lot number one hundred and seventy-four (174) and distant forty-six (46) feet Easterly of the easterly line of Fourth Street, and RUNNING THENCE Easterly along the northerly line of South Street forty-two (42) feet, more or less; THENCE Northerly on a line at right angles with the northerly line of South Street thirty-nine (39) feet and six (6) inches, more or less, to the lands now or formerly of James A. O’Connor; THENCE Westerly along the southerly line of the lands now or formerly of said James A. O’Connor forty-two (42) feet, more or less; THENCE Southerly along the easterly line of the lands now or formerly of Thomas F. Collins thirty-nine (39) feet six (6) inches, more or less, to the point or place of BEGINNING, being a lot fortytwo (42) feet, more or less, front and rear, and thirty nine (39) feet six (6) inches deep, more or less on each

side. These premises are also known as 47 South Street, Waterford, NY 12188. WOODS OVIATT GILMAN LLP. Attorney for Plaintiff.

700 Crossroads Building, 2 State Street, Rochester, NY 14614. 4x 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12. 91325 Notice of Formation of Sanity Seekers LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 11/16/2018.

Office: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as the LLC’s agent upon whom process against it may be served. A copy of process should be mailed to the LLC at: 21 Hutchins St., Saratoga Springs, NY. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3 91559 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PATRICIO HOUSING LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 02/26/2019 Office: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as the LLC’s agent upon whom process against it may be served. A copy of process should be mailed to the LLC at: 25 E 10TH ST, APT #9A, New York, NY 10003. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6x 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26. 91315 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ALBANY NINJA LAB, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/04/2019. Office location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, c/o Saratoga Ninja Lab, 9 Stonebreak Rd, Suite 3, Malta, NY 12020. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6x 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19. 91231 Notice of Formation of a Domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Under Section 203 of The Limited Liability Company Law The name of the LLC is Schmidt Management 229, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 12/14/2018.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. The

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Puzzles Across 1 Pilothouse wheels 6 Sphere in a library 11 Cheering syllable 14 Use a broom 15 Lubricate again 16 Touchdown approx.

17 Adjusted sales figure on which some royalties are based 19 Bus. get-together 20 Gentle touch 21 Letter that opens with a click 23 Headache treatment 26 Concerning, on memos 27 Seasonal bug 28 Wood-finishing tool 33 Tennessee senator __ Alexander 36 Zoo critter with striped legs 37 Brass instrument played like a trumpet 42 “Sure, I’ll give you a ride” 43 Sleep audibly 45 Long, narrow mollusks 50 Hotel divs.

51 Poet Khayyám 52 Place for meditation 55 Intense personality 57 Response to a clever put-down 59 Actress Hagen 60 Motto for the cautious ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 28-, 37- and 45-Across 65 Washington MLBer 66 Mount in Exodus 67 Lucky break 68 Genetic info letters 69 Seagoing mil. training group 70 Spine-tingling Down 1 QVC rival 2 Baaing mom 3 Tennis do-over 4 Gracias, across the Pyrenees 5 Hurled weapon 6 “The Heart of the Matter” novelist Graham 7 Hawaiian floral rings 8 “Uh-oh!”

9 Stand-up routine

See puzzle solutions on page 46

See puzzle solution on page 46 10 Besides 11 Send back, as to a lower court 12 Clothing 13 “Marvelous” Marvin of boxing 18 Bed with high sides 22 Yellow “Despicable Me” character 23 CIO partner 24 Balkan native 25 Shoe company with a cat in its logo 29 Doone of Exmoor 30 Ref’s ruling 31 Retired newsman Donaldson 32 LAPD alerts 34 1990s veep 35 Camper driver, for short 38 And so on: Abbr.

39 Shop __ you drop

40 Par 41 Clever Bombeck 44 Contractor’s fig.

45 Portly 46 “The Joy Luck Club” novelist 47 Mexican revolutionary played by Brando 48 Word before “Pizza” or “River,” in film 49 PlayStation maker 53 Social faux pas 54 Lots and lots 56 Part of AAA: Abbr.

57 Point __ return 58 Qualifying race 61 __ conditioner 62 Capek’s robot play 63 Slide down the slopes 64 Collarless shirt

Writing the Right Word by Dave Dowling Accuracy in word choice is a key to effective communication. In your daily writing and speaking, try to make sure you use the right word in the right place with the right spelling. By doing so, its effect will affect your communication in a positive way. This quick weekly tip will help you filter the confusion in some of our daily word choices.

This Week: Gallop, Galop Gallop refers to a fast gait or doing something quickly.

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FOREGO...

Last of the Great Handicap Legends Forego on the outside overtaking Honest Pleasure in 1976 Marlboro Cup.

by Joe Raucci

for Saratoga TODAY THE MIGHTY KELSO When the immortal Kelso was retired early in 1967, it was presumed that there would never be another one like him. He had thrilled racing fans in a career that included five consecutive Horse of the Year Titles. He had eclipsed all of the great handicap stars of the past. The list included the likes of Equipoise, Discovery, Exterminator, Armed, Round Table, and Seabiscuit. The Royalty of the mid-sixties, Buckpasser, Dr Fager, and Damascus also demand recognition here.

Twenty-two times mighty Kelso carried 130 or more pounds. These were weights that Racing Secretaries across the country assigned to the elite of the sport. They had earned through past performances the right, and also the disadvantage that gave the lesser horses an equal playing field. Twelve times Kelso prevailed under those conditions.

His greatest achievement may very well be winning the 1961 Brooklyn Handicap while carrying 136 pounds and becoming only the third horse to take New York’s Handicap Triple. At the time this was considered the most challenging feat in the sport. Would there ever be another Kelso? Racing fans would not have to wait long to find out.

1976 Marlboro Cup program cover.

Entries from the great race.

Note the huge spread in weights

ENTER CENTER STAGE... FOREGO It was the age of Secretariat. In 1972 he began his run to Valhalla.

For the next two years he was the main event. Everyone knew his name. He became the first Triple Crown Champion in 25 years. At age two and three he garnered Horse of the Year Honors. The wonder horse sucked all the air out of the decade.. Or had he?

In a time when horse racing produced some of its greatest stars, a bay gelding with the name Forego appeared on the racing scene. His was a star that would burn brightly for a very, very long time.

Let’s take a brief look at his legendary career. Breeding paves the way to major success on the racetrack. The bloodlines that ran through Forego are remarkable. His sire, the Argentine Champion Forli, had the blood of Hyperion churning through his veins. On the dam side, it was that of Calumet’s great stud Bull Lea. This combination was about to create a thoroughbred masterpiece.

Forego’s career started with little fanfare. He made his debut as a three-year-old in 1973. After a few decent starts, he showed enough progress with a game

second in the Florida Derby to take a shot at America’s premier event for three-year-olds, The Kentucky Derby. He finished a well beaten fourth to the winner Secretariat.

After the Derby his conditioner Hall of Fame Trainer Sherrill Ward decided on Heliodoro Gustines as his regular rider. Known as one of the best jockeys on the grass in the country, it may be thought of as an odd mix. Forego in his fifty-seven starts never raced on that surface.

That being said, Ward had made a wise decision. For the next three years the combination of the two raced into the history books.

Forego began to mature that summer of 1973. With that came size. He became a monster of horseflesh, standing at a remarkable seventeen hands. Late in the season he took a couple of stake races at Aqueduct. Ward made the decision to take the Big Guy to south Florida and open his fouryear-old campaign there. He took in succession three of the Sunshine States most important events for older horses. Among them were the Widener and Gulfstream Park Handicaps. Forego was on his way.

It was back to New York for the rich Handicap Schedule. Racing

Secretary Kenny Noe didn’t take long to let Ward know how he felt about the Big Gelding. He assigned 134 pounds as Forego’s weight load for the upcoming Metropolitan Mile. As was the case with Kelso, it was the first of twenty-two times that he would be burdened with weights of 130 pounds and more.

Forego handled the impost well.

He finished a strong second, a couple of lengths behind a lightly regarded Arbee’s Boy who was spotted twenty-two pounds of weight in the race. He went on to take the Brooklyn Handicap. Later that fall he took his first of four consecutive Woodward Handicaps, a major stop on the American Racing Scene. Next he added the prestigious Jockey Club Gold Cup. With that score, Forego cemented his first of three consecutive Horse of the Year honors.

1975 brought more of the same. It was pretty much a replay of the previous season. The year 1976 would catapult Forego into the Pantheon of Champions. One of the premier trainers in horse racing, Frank Whiteley who navigated the careers of both Damascus and the ill-fated Ruffian, took charge of Forego due to the ailing health of Sherrill Ward. Whiteley brought along the immensely talented Bill Shoemaker to pilot the Big Horse.

In his six grade-one appearances Forego carried weights of no less than 130 pounds. In four of them the number was staggering. Twice it was 134. He carried the dimunitive Shoemaker and 30 odd pounds of lead weight for a total of 135 when he took his third Woodward. If that wasn’t enough, his next race would be one for the ages. For the important Marlboro Cup, the number rose to 137. No horse had carried this much weight in a major event in decades.

Get this.. Forego was so good that he was spotting that year’s Travers Stakes Winner Honest Pleasure eighteen pounds. The track

came up sloppy. Honest Pleasure took an early lead. The champ got off to a slow start. He was in the back of the pack until the field made their way to the top of stretch. Forego began to make his move. Stride after massive stride he made up ground.

At the eighth pole it seemed an impossibility that he would overtake the leader. He would not be denied.

The great Shoemaker urged him on. He passed horses like they were standing still. He was able to close the gap and overtake Honest Pleasure at the wire. Forego had just put on one of the greatest performances in the history of the sport. The race is available to all on YouTube. If you are a racing fan and can spare a couple of minutes, please do yourself a favor and watch the film of the race.

It is one that defies reality. With his Marlboro Cup victory, Forego was honored with the last of three Horse of the Year Trophies.

He did come back for one last campaign. At the age of seven he still had fire in his belly. In a shortened season he won two major events. In a losing effort in The Suburban, he carried a massive load of 138 pounds. This was the year of Seattle Slew. He was named Horse of the Year. Forego settled for best Handicap Horse that last season.

The day of the great Handicap Champions was coming to an end.

Triple Crown Winners Seattle Slew, then Affirmed, and in the same decade the great Spectacular Bid all raced with high weights as fouryear-olds. After Bid there was no stomach for it. Shorter campaigns, early retirement, and the mollycoddling of thoroughbreeds due to their immense stud value has put an end to Handicap Racing as we knew it. There will never be another Kelso or Forego to cheer on year after year as they got better with age as a great Bordeaux does.

The more weight they carried, the more we loved them. As history tells us, nothing remains the same.

In this case, it is a sad truth.

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BROOKE PICKET: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Photos provided.

“even if you don’t win, it’s really cool to see you and your team succeed.”

by Lindsay Wilson Saratoga TODAY

STILLWATER — Stillwater High School’s 11th grade triathlete is inspired by real world dedication and applies it to her game.

Brooke Picket is a 16-year-old student athlete at Stillwater High School. She participates on her school’s track and field team and is one of the captains of her varsity basketball and soccer team.

Picket began playing soccer at the very young age of two-years-old.

“We’re a heavy sports family.

I have two younger brothers who are both involved with several different sports,” said Pickett.

Picket would say that her biggest supporters without a doubt are her parents. Their presence at her games and tournaments mean a lot to her.

“Just in general they’ve always been so supportive. When we could be going on a vacation they’re spending money towards

me going to play at a tournament, paying for hotels, paying for soccer tournaments and stuff like that,” said Picket. “They’ve always been so giving in letting me follow my dreams.”

The sacrifices that the adults in her life make for her soccer career certainly do not go unnoticed.

Christine Ihnacoyla, her soccer coach is her biggest inspiration.

“She has two kids at home and throughout the season she always dedicates her time to us

when she could’ve been out with her kids. I think she missed out on a lot of opportunities with her kids to help us become better. She was really inspiring.”

Having two prominent examples of what it means to balance athletics, work and a home life, Picket has become skilled at balancing her scheduled practices, personal practices, school work and being a team captain. As a captain, she takes on the approach of encouraging her

teammates to not be discouraged by a bad play, and to use the let down as motivation to try harder.

The effort of her dedication, support systems and team’s work coming together to show great results is her favorite part of being an athlete.

“With practices, you’re working so hard with your team, then a game comes and you finally get to achieve your goal. Even if you don’t win, it’s really cool to see you and your team succeed.”

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MEET THE TEAM :

Spa Catholic Saints Baseball Headshot photos by SuperSourceMedia, LLC

by Lindsay Wilson Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Spa Catholic Saints are back for another season, with their sights set on high goals.

Head Coach Alphonse Lambert heads into his 32nd season coaching the legendary team, that was 20-3 last year in the Waseren League, and have been the league’s champions for the past two years.

“Tradition never graduates.

The program as of right now, we know what’s expected and we work hard,” said Coach Lambert.

“We just try to take one inning at a time…that’s how we’ve been successful.

This year’s team is a veteran team of mostly juniors, seniors and one sophomore. Coach Lambert can name a few outstanding players to look out for this season including Dylan

Custer, Dante Merin, and the team’s captains Nicholas Winslow and Terel Tillman.

“He’s (Winslow) a fantastic hitter,” said Coach Lambert. “Nick is one of the best catchers in the area of the catholic districts.”

Tillman, a right-handed pitcher and shortstop is a twotime MVP of the Waseren league and three-time all-state player. According to his stats, and coach Lambert, “he’s one of

Spa Catholic’s all-time greatest players.” Team captains Winslow and Tillman are not only talented players but enthused leaders.

“I try to tell them what they’re not so great at, so that they’re working on that more than working on their strong suits,” said Tillman.

“We like to have everyone involved and be a leader because we just do better, and the chemistry is better,” said Winslow.

Team continues on next page...

Not Pictured: #3 Marin - Outfielder, Pitcher

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CADEN AWAD

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JORDAN CATONE

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Third Baseman, Pitcher

Second Baseman, Pitcher

Coach Lambert would like to focus this season on sharpening up basic skills.

“When you have a team that has a lot of talent, sometimes they do things that are unconventional,” said Lambert. “Sometimes fundamentals get lost in the shuffle, so you have to bring it back to the beginning.”

The Spa Catholic Saint’s first game of the season will be Monday, April 1 versus Hoosic Falls at Hoosic Falls.

ANDREW MACPHERSON Outfielder, Pitcher

RYAN MCCARROLL Pitcher, First Baseman

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ROSS GARROW II

Outfielder, Pitcher

DYLAN CUSTER

Pitcher, Third Baseman

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MEET THE TEAM :

Spa Catholic Saints Baseball Headshot photos by SuperSourceMedia, LLC

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TEREL TILLMAN

Pitcher, Shortstop

GARRETT QUINN

First Baseman, Pitcher

HEAD COACH ALPHONSE LAMBERT

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NICHOLAS WINSLOW Catcher, First Baseman

BILLY MURDICK

Outfielder, Third Baseman

ASSISTANT COACH HARRY LONG JR.

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AIDAN KHOURY

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JAKE WELCOME

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Pitcher, Shortstop

Outfielder, Catcher

PITCHING COACH HARRY LOMASNEY

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SPRING SPORTS SEASON IS HERE! League games this week are as follows:

Baseball

■ Ballston (Boys) vs Burnt Hills 4:15 p.m. at Ballston

MONDAY 4/1

■ Schuylerville (Boys) vs Hudson Falls 4:10 p.m. at Schuylerville

TUESDAY 4/2 ■ Saratoga (Boys) vs Burnt Hills 6 p.m. at Burnt Hills Centennial Field

TUESDAY 3/2

■ Saratoga (Girls) vs Burnt Hills 4:15 p.m. at Adirondack Sports Complex

■ Spa Catholic (Boys) vs Hoosic Falls 4:15 p.m. at Hoosic Falls

■ Ballston (Boys) vs Niskayuna 4:15 p.m. at Central Park Tennis Courts

THURSDAY 4/4

WEDNESDAY 4/3

WEDNESDAY 3/3

■ Saratoga (Boys) vs Shenendehowa 4:15 p.m. at Saratoga

■ Saratoga (Boys) vs Queensbury 4 p.m. at East Side Recreation Park

■ Schuylerville (Boys) vs South Glens Falls 4:10 p.m. at Schuylerville

■ Ballston (Girls) vs Columbia 5:30 p.m. at Columbia

■ Spa Catholic (Boys) vs Mechanicville 4:15 p.m. at Mechanicville

FRIDAY 4/5

FRIDAY 4/5

■ Ballston (Boys) vs Amsterdam 4:30 p.m. at Shuttleworth Park

FRIDAY 4/5 ■ Saratoga (Boys) vs Burnt Hills 4:15 p.m. at Burnt Hills

Softball WEDNESDAY 4/3 ■ Spa Catholic (Girls) vs Mechanicville 4:15 p.m. at McBride Field

FRIDAY 4/5 ■ Saratoga (Girls) vs Burnt Hills 4:15 p.m. at Burnt Hills

Tennis FRIDAY 3/29 ■ Saratoga (Boys) vs Colonie 4:15 p.m. at Colonie Tennis Courts

MONDAY 4/1 ■ Saratoga (Boys) vs Bethlehem 4:15 p.m. at Saratoga

■ Saratoga (Boys) vs Burnt Hills 4:15 p.m. at Burnt Hills ■ Schuylerville (Boys) vs Glens Falls 4:10 p.m. at Morse Athletic Complex Tennis Courts

Lacrosse SATURDAY 3/30 ■ Saratoga (Girls) vs Niskayuna 11 a.m. at Saratoga ■ Ballston (Girls) vs Columbia 12 p.m. at Ballston Soccer Lacrosse Field #2 ■ Ballston (Boys) vs Columbia 7:30 p.m at Ballston Soccer/Lacrosse Field #1 ■ Schuylerville (Boys) vs La Salle Institute 11 a.m. at La Salle HS

■ Schuylerville (Girls) vs Johnstown 4:30 p.m. at Knox JH

Track and Field TUESDAY 4/2 ■ Saratoga (Boys) vs Colonie and Guilderland 4:15 p.m. at Guilderland ■ Ballston (Boys) vs Averill and Troy 4:15 p.m. at Ballston ■ Ballston (Girls) vs Averill and Troy 4:15 p.m. at Ballston

WEDNESDAY 4/3 ■ Saratoga (Girls) vs Colonie and Guilderland 4:15 p.m.

THURSDAY 4/4

■ Schuylerville (Girls) vs Amsterdam 10 a.m. at Schuylerville

■ Schuylerville (Boys) vs Glens Falls 4:30 p.m. at Glens Falls

MONDAY 4/1

■ Schuylerville (Girls) vs Glens Falls 4:30 p.m. at Glens Falls

■ Schuylerville (Girls) vs South Glens Falls 4:30 p.m. at Schuylerville

*All information subject to change due to weather.

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Local Athletes

All Star�Moments Jay’s Bar & Grill Tuesday Night Memorial Open 8 Ball Tournament

WEEK #23 - MARCH 12 1st - Sue Brooks 2nd - Ray Boyce 3rd - Harold Chrysler

DFL - Aaron Hawkins Points Standings: Jim Brooks - 55 Mark Sharadin - 50

Marc Roggen - 40 Sue Brooks - 40 Trevor Heidt - 21 Tom Jones - 21

WEEK #24 - MARCH 19 1st - Jim Brooks 2nd - Dave Zebrowski 3rd - Ray Boyce DFL - Mark Pemberton

Points Standings: Jim Brooks - 60 Mark Sharadin - 51 Marc Roggen - 41 Sue Brooks - 41 Trevor Heidt - 22

Tom Jones – 22 Tom Jones had a break and run against Cheryl Sharadin.

Dave Zebrowski left Ray Boyce with 7 balls standing.

Saratoga Regional YMCA/Saratoga Honda Youth Basketball Banquet

Connor Johnson. Photo provided.

Ian Fisk. Photo provided.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Sunday, March 17, the SRYMCA had 195 players and guests in attendance at their annual banquet. Trophies were given to players along with two awards for the best all round players in each division. The Sr. Division James “Jim” Cudney award went to Ian Fisk and the Jr. Division, Jay Downing award went to Connor Johnson.

Send YOUR Local All Star Moment to SPORTS@SARATOGAPUBLISHING.COM

Ballston Spa High School FIRST Robotics Team Headed to Championships

Ballston Spa High School Robotics FRC Team 3044. Photo provided.

continued from back page...

At the CNY Regional, the Ballston Spa High School’s FIRST Robotics team made it to the semi-finals and earned both the Safety Award and the Engineering Inspiration Award.

This Engineering Inspiration award reflects the work that the team does in inspiring younger students through efforts like mentoring FLL and FTC teams, promoting participation in the Elementary Science & Engineering Fair, and teaching elementary students how to do computer coding, among other activities. The Engineering Inspiration Award comes with a donation from NASA that will pay for the team’s registration fee for the 2019 FIRST Championship.

FIRST Robotics Competitions combine the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. Under strict rules, limited resources, and time limits, teams of 25 students or more are challenged to raise funds, design a team “brand”, hone teamwork skills, and build and program robots to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors. The 2019 robotics challenge Destination Deep Space has an outer space theme and involves two alliances of three teams each competing to place hatch covers and rubber balls or

“cargo” on rockets and cargo ships before returning to their platform to climb at the end of the match.

The Ballston Spa High School’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 3044 will be hosting a Pizza/Mac ’n Cheese Night and Silent Auction on April 3, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the high school cafeteria to help raise funds for their trip to the 2019 FIRST Championship event in Detroit.

Additional information about the event can be found on the events calendar at www.bscsd.org.

The district’s Robotics initiative is possible based on the support from the Ballston Spa National Bank to fund $6,000 towards the team’s participation in the annual US FIRST Robotics competition. Additional sponsors for the 2018 - 2019 season include GLOBALFOUNDRIES/Town of Malta Community Foundation, Malta Business & Professional Association, Technical Building Services, CSArch, Ballston Spa Education Foundation, Union Fire Company and TCT Federal Credit Union.

The High School Robotics Team 3044 website is: frcteam3044.team or visit the FIRST Robotics website directly at www.firstinspires.org for additional details.

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Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

COMMUNITY SPORTS BULLETIN The Saratoga County Chamber’s April Fool’s Day Run/Walk on Monday, April 1 SARATOGA SPRINGS — Participants will start, finish and celebrate at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in the Saratoga Spa State Park.

The race is not timed, but in honor of April Fool’s Day, everyone will start together at 5:30 p.m. But you can post and promote whatever time and distance you want to say you walked or ran to “fool” your friends.

There will be measured and marked routes within the park ranging from one mile to a 5K. This event will take place regardless of the weather.

Registration is $25 per person. All proceeds will benefit the Saratoga County Foundation, Inc., which works to support the Veterans Business Council, the Healthy Saratoga movement, Leap of Kindness Day 2020 and more.

Participants will get a t-shirt and will be able to get to enjoy food and drinks at the celebration. There will be a stage where you can pose with a trophy or medal as the “winner.” Take photos showcasing your personal best time and first-place finish that you can share with your friends.

Camp Saradac Registration is Open SARATOGA SPRINGS — For over 70 years Camp Saradac has offered exciting field trips, creative recreational and educational programs, and intriguing arts and crafts. Everyone age 5-12 are welcome.

This summer there will also be daily trips to the East Side Recreation Center to take advantage of the wide open outdoor spaces, playgrounds, and interactive spray fountain.

Visit SaratogaRec.com and click Summer Camps for additional information and to download forms.

Contact the Recreation Department at 518-587-3550, ext. 2300 or email recreservations@saratoga-springs. org with questions.

The Town of Malta Department of Parks, Recreation & Human Services Spring Edition of “The Guide” MALTA — The Guide is a listing of spring activities offered by the Town of Malta’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Human Services The guide is available online at MaltaParksRec. com as well as the Malta Community Center.

Registration is open for spring classes and programs.

Classes and special events are scheduled for April. Please call the Malta Community Center at 518-899-4411 for more information.

Women’s Basketball Team Seeking Officials SARATOGA SPRINGS — Section 2 of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) is looking for people who are

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interested in being trained to officiate high school girls’ basketball for the 2019/2020 season. Classes to be held by Jim Perkins in Saratoga and will begin in early September. For further information contact Jim Perkins at Ref4bball@gmail.com or 518-692-9486.

Saratoga Recreation Department Happenings Mark your calendars for another summer of fun with the Recreation Department! A variety of engaging sporting activities are available, including baseball, boys and girls basketball, boxing, field hockey, ice skating, running, skateboarding, soccer, tennis, and volleyball.

• Soccer Programs: Little Kickers, Big Kickers, and Soccer Leagues will run April 27-June 22. NEW! The Adult Soccer League will be held Saturdays April 27-June 22. Little Kickers is a parent/child activity that teaches soccer basics. Big Kickers reinforces skills and introduces participants to games. League play is separated into grade appropriate divisions. The Adult Soccer League is informal but will follow FIFA laws.

• Saratoga Springs Ice Rink: Visit SaratogaRec. com and click on the ice skate for the schedule. Call 518-583-3462 or 518-587-3550, ext. 2300 or email recreservations@saratoga-springs.org with questions.

Visit SaratogaRec.com and click Programs for additional information and to download forms. Contact the Recreation Department at 518-587-3550, ext. 2300 or email recreservations@saratoga-springs.org.

Week of March 29 – April 4, 2019

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Horse Trainer Denied H-2B Visas for the 2019 Racing Season

by Lindsay Wilson Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Legendary horse trainer Todd Pletcher was denied all 50 work visa applications that were intended for seasonal workers for this upcoming 2019 racing season by the federal government.

Fletcher has been training horses who have competed at the Saratoga stakes for 20 years.

For the past two decades he has applied for the H-2B visas to bring

in hired help from South America to tend to the horses.

H-2B visas pertain to temporary or seasonal workers entering the U.S for a specific task and season – such as the eight week stretch of races in the Spa City. According to the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services web site, the federal cap on H-2B visas is 66,000 per fiscal year. It is shocking to many that Pletcher was denied approval.

“The Trump Administration is wholly responsible for

this development,” stated Congressman Paul Tonko of New York’s 20th Congressional District. “In February, Congress passed a fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill that was signed into law by President Trump, which included language giving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) discretion and authority to release additional H2B visas this year. Similar authority was provided in FY 2018 and 2017, and DHS used its authority to make an additional

15,000 H-2B visas available each of those years.”

Though immigration reform is a national discussion, Pletcher’s denial of visas is an example of how close to home these issues are. Having race horses that are fed, tended and ready to perform at their best are a link in the chain that is Saratoga’s racing culture.

“This shows how our broken immigration system is being made worse, not better, by the bizarre policies of this Administration.

My office has reached out to

DHS about this issue and has not received a response,” said Tonko.

“In the absence of responsible action by DHS, I continue to call for smart, comprehensive immigration reform that supports a strong border and a strong economy at the same time. Doing nothing, or worse, continuing these policies, is damaging our local economy by hampering preparations for the racing season in Saratoga and impacting countless others throughout our region, state and nation.”

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BALLSTON SPA — The Ballston Spa High School’s FIRST Robotics team earned an invitation to the 2019 FIRST Championship event in Detroit at the end of April at both the NY Tech Valley FIRST Robotics Regional Competition at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the CNY FIRST Robotics Regional Competition at SUNY Poly in Utica.

At the NY Tech Valley Regional, the team made it to the quarterfinals and earned the Chairman’s Award, the most prestigious award at FIRST, which honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the purpose and goals of FIRST. Story continued to page 45...

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