Saratoga TODAY 4.19.19

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April 19 – April 25, 2019

SAFETY BUDGET EQUITY A Variety of Topics Discussed at BOE Forum

by Lindsay Wilson Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — This year’s Board of Education elections have proven to be politically charged, as it’s captivated the attention of opinionated community members. Thursday, April 10, Saratoga Unites Inc., an organization that hosts open forums for local elections, extended this activity to the Saratoga Springs School Board election’s candidates.

“It’s so important to get the community out here and hear what they have to say,” said Nora Brennan, the Executive Vice President of Saratoga Unites, and the moderator of the evening.

Five of the seven invited candidates in attendance were given two minutes to introduce themselves and their platform, followed by an anonymous question portion where the attendees wrote questions that were placed anonymously in a jar for a drawing.

“Safety, we all know that’s sort of the elephant in the room tonight,” said Shaun Wiggins, the most recent candidate to join the race. That elephant got addressed early in the night when a question read, “Do you favor armed school grounds monitors or do you agree with the board decision against arming them?

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Scenes from Opening Day at Oklahoma Training Track, April 17, 2019.

Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos. See Story pg. 42

Expansion on Rt. 29

Construction for Saratoga Winery addition. Photo provided.

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Neighbors:

INTERVIEW & PHOTOS BY: Marissa Gonzalez

Who: Fred Mapes & his dog, Bella Where: Broadway Q. Are you new to the community or have you been in Saratoga for a while?

A. Let’s see, 19 years.

Q. Do you work in the community?

A. I’m retired.

Q. Do you have kids?

A. Just the dog.

Q. How long are you retired for?

A. Four years.

Q. Who is he/she?

A. Her name is Bella.

Q. Is this your morning ritual?

A. We come downtown everyday. She likes to check out all the bars in case somebody has pizza for her.

Q. What’s her favorite bar?

A. I don’t know; she gets pretty intense going up and down the first block of Caroline Street.

Q. Do you like being retired in Saratoga?

A. It’s great because you can walk downtown. There’s a lot of stuff going on. I live over on the West side so it’s actually quiet in the summer; although I can walk to the track and I can walk to SPAC.

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

More Than 300 Attended the Saratoga Sustainability Fair SARATOGA SPRINGS — Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College organized the first Saratoga Sustainability Fair that took place on April 6. More than 300 people strolled through the Case Center at Skidmore College, where 36 exhibitors were on hand to answer questions and provide resources on a wide range of sustainability topics, including environmental protection, renewable energy, social equity, impact investing, and much more.

Wendy Mahaney, Manager of Sustainable Saratoga, summed up the day: “The success of the fair exceeded our expectations. One of our primary goals was to connect people with resources to integrate sustainability into their lives, but seeing the community engage with one another and express their passion to make changes in our community and our world was what really made this day extraordinary.”

The highlight for many was the keynote address by Aaron Mair: “Democracy, Intersectionality and Building a Strong Climate Movement.” Aaron’s ability to remind us of our history and weave his own personal story into a thought-provoking, inspiring call to action for each of us to come together and make our voices heard was met with a standing ovation by the over 150 people in attendance. Aaron’s talk left a lasting impact on attendees and set the stage for a day that would encourage a broader, more inclusive view of sustainability.

Photo provided.

Nineteen workshops took place throughout the afternoon, with a large number in attendance for workshops like “Backyard Composting” and “The Climate Reality Project.” The EV car show was a hit as well, and the addition of a “Ride and Drive” event let people test drive a Mitsubishi Outlander or Hyundai Kona. Some attendees also joined a campus sustainability tour, which showcased student-led programs like their community garden, campus bike share, and apartment composting. The tour also covered other campus-wide efforts like the College’s solar and hydro-electric projects, and even included a behind-the-scenes tour of one of Skidmore’s geothermal energy nodes.

Art Holmberg, Chair of Sustainable Saratoga, hopes to organize another fair next year.

“The overwhelmingly positive response we received clearly shows that there is a desire for this type of an event, and this is exactly the kind of educational opportunity that our organization strives to provide to the community.”

Saratoga Partnership to Create Economic Development Plan for Town of Galway MALTA — The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership, announced on April 16 it will work with the Town of Galway to create an economic development plan specifically tailored to the town’s current needs and future aspirations. The collaboration is part of the Saratoga Partnership’s Next Wave Communities initiative, which assists local towns within Saratoga County in developing customized economic development plans.

The initial step in the multiphase process is an economic development workshop to take place on Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. at Galway Town Hall.

Saratoga Partnership President Marty Vanags will deliver a presentation on economic development principles and practices – including business retention and attraction strategies, small business development, and financial incentives and financing packages – and provide a foundation for the work to follow. Members of the public are encouraged to attend.

“We are excited to work closely with stakeholders throughout Galway to create an economic development plan specific to the town’s current and future needs,” said Vanags.

“We look forward to engaging with government and business leaders, as well as residents, to ensure this blueprint reflects an appropriate vision to guide the town moving forward.”

“This process will respect our commitment to preserving the rural character that makes Galway a special place, as well as the need for smart, strategic growth that keeps taxes low and services intact,” said Galway Town Supervisor Michael Smith. “With the input of our residents, business owners, and elected officials, combined with the expertise of the Saratoga Partnership, we will seek to strike a balance that makes sense for the town.”

Over the next few months, the Saratoga Partnership will survey the community to gauge its vision, identify both strengths

and obstacles to success, and find ways to collaborate in building the plan; meet with key stakeholders to gather input on the town’s economic development needs, assets, opportunities and challenges; and conduct a workshop to develop a thorough SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis specific to Galway.

By the summer, the Saratoga Partnership will present a written economic development plan that will include a vision for the town, defined goals and objectives, results of the SWOT analysis, opportunities for collaboration, a link to resources, and next steps.

Implementation of the plan will be conducted by the Partnership in collaboration with the town.

This is the second local economic development plan to be undertaken by the Saratoga Partnership through its Next Wave Communities program.

The first, for the Town of Moreau, is also expected to be presented this summer.

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

Alfred (Fred) D. Blondin

Gerren Joseph Faustini

Mary T. Hammond

George J. Karam

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Alfred (Fred) D. Blondin died Monday, April 15, 2019.

Calling hours were Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the Burke Funeral Home, North Broadway.

Funeral home services will be at 10:45 a.m. Friday, April 19, 2019. Burial following at 12:30 p.m., Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — Gerren Joseph Faustini, age 36, passed away April 13, 2019.

Calling hours were Wednesday, April 17, Burke Funeral Home, North Broadway.

A Liturgy of the Word was at St. Clement’s Church Thursday, April 18 and burial followed at St. Peter’s Cemetery.

Online remembrances may be made at burkefuneralhome.com.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Mary T. Hammond passed away Monday, April 15, 2019.

Calling hours from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 22, 2019 at Burke Funeral Home, 628 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs.

Funeral home services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2019 and burial will be private.

Online remembrances may be made at burkefuneralhome.com.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — George J. Karam passed away April 16, 2019.

Calling hours from 3 to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 23, Burke Funeral Home, 628 North Broadway.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 24 at the Church of St. Peter, 241 Broadway. Burial will be private.

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

COURT Michael T. Garrick, age 36, of Schuylerville, was sentenced April 12 to 3 to 6 years, and 1.5 to 3 years, respectively, in prison, after pleading to felony robbery in Saratoga Springs, and in Halfmoon. Sentences to run consecutively.

John E. Gutierez, Jr., age 20, of Crown Point, pleaded April 15 to criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, in Wilton.

Sentencing June 10.

POLICE Kendalyn D. Thew, age 21, of Queensbury, was charged April 14 with felony assault, resisting arrest and aggravated DWI – both misdemeanors, and moving from lane unsafely, following a motor vehicle crash on North Creek Road in the Town of Greenfield.

Nicholas Q. Furnia, age 24, of Gansevoort, was charged April 14 with felony DWI, and speeding in the Town of Wilton.

Waychard Robinson, age 39, of Ballston Spa, was charged April 12 with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and moving unsafely from lane, in Saratoga Springs.

Dale Jeffer, age 61, of Moreau, was charged April 13 with misdemeanor DWI, driving the wrong direction down a

one-way street, unlawful possession of marijuana, and criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, a felony, in Saratoga Springs.

Richard Doyle, age 56, of Ballston Spa, was charged April 13 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle after being involved in a property accident in Saratoga Springs.

Roy Roberts, Jr., age 50, of Saratoga Springs, was charged April 13 with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and moving unsafely from lane, in Saratoga Springs.

Kathryn Breen, age 44, of Saratoga Springs, was charged April 14 with following too closely, drinking alcohol in motor vehicle on a highway, misdemeanor DWI, operating a motor vehicle without an inspection certificate, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of a property damage accident.

Justin H. Santos, age 20, of Schenectady, was charged April 12 with burglary in the second-degree, grand larceny in the fourth-degree and criminal mischief in the third-degree, all felonies, on the suspicion of his connection with an August 2017 burglary in the Town of Malta.

Case Lailer, 34, of Gansevoort, was charged April 9 with misdemeanor petit larceny in Saratoga Springs.

Rashamer Shorter, age 27, of Schenectady, was charged April 10 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and a missing/ displayed improperly license plate in Saratoga Springs.

Dennis Quinn, age 63, of Troy, was charged April 11 with criminal mischief, and criminal tampering, both misdemeanors in Saratoga Springs.

Austin Gunter, age 32, of Scarbro, West Virginia, was charged April 11 with misdemeanor DWI and refusal to take a breath test, and a vehicle equipment violation in Saratoga Springs.

A 44-year-old man was taken into custody following a near four-hour standoff with police on Tuesday.

The man, whose name was not publicly released, refused to speak to officers performing a welfare check at the man’s residence, at the Whitmore Court Apartments on Jefferson Street. Based on initial phone conversations with public safety dispatchers, police say the man gave the impression of being a threat to himself, or to others. Additionally, he implied that he had a firearm of some sort with

him, according to police.

Police negotiators from the Saratoga County Sheriff ’s Special Operations Team and the Saratoga Springs Fire Department responded to the scene.

Negotiations went on for close to four hours and finally broke down, police said. Based upon this lack

of progress, the decision was made to make entry into the apartment, and the man was subsequently taken into custody. A black pistol, later found to be a plastic airsoft pistol, was recovered inside the apartment. The man was transported to Saratoga Hospital for evaluation.

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner Visits Saratoga Independent School

63 More Acres of the Wm. H. Buckley Farm Conserved BALLSTON SPA — On April 12, Saratoga PLAN finalized a second easement on Wm. H Buckley Farm, a working farm situated on a ridge overlooking Ballston Lake, on Route 50 in the Town of Ballston. The closing added 63 acres to the 252 acres conserved in 2015, for a total of 315 acres which will be protected for agricultural uses in perpetuity.

The property owner is farmer Mark Sacco, who donated a portion of the easement value.

Wm. H. Buckley Farm raises beef cattle, heritage breed pigs, chickens, and turkeys are raised in open pasture and are fed an all-natural diet without hormones or antibiotics.

Wm. H. Buckley Farm has

3,000 animals, hundreds of fruit trees, and five hives producing 300 pounds of honey a year. In order to keep up with the farm’s costs, Sacco tapped into his entrepreneurial spirit, opening a café, smokehouses, butcher shop, event venue, and rental farmhouses and cottages. Doing so allowed him to marry his three objectives of land conservation, farming, and business.

Saratoga PLAN is continuing to expand its farmland conservation efforts throughout Saratoga County, with an additional 600 acres of farmland on the docket for 2019.

To date, Saratoga PLAN holds 26 easements, and has preserved over 7,000 acres of land.

For more information call 518587-554 or visit saratogaplan.org

Carrie Woerner speaking at Saratoga Independent School. Photo provided.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner visited Saratoga Independent School on April 12 to discuss women in government and politics. Woerner attended the school’s Morning Meeting, where she spoke to Kindergarten through sixth grade students about the important role that women play in local and national government. She shared several examples of contributions that woman have made throughout

history, and in teaching about women’s historic role in politics, Woerner reiterated an important message: “We solve different problems, and we solve problems differently.”

Woerner informed students about several current issues and taught them about them the vital role that politicians have in our communities. She discussed how the legislative branch creates laws and fielded several questions from students.

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

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Zoe Flanagan 103rd Birthday Party!

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Zoe Flanagan with Home of the Good Shepherd staff member and Violinist Gene Usher.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Zoe Flanagan, a Saratoga native and previous owner of the Rip Van Dam Hotel, turned 103 on April 16. She is a resident at the Home of the Good Shepherd in Saratoga Springs.

In attendance at her 103rd birthday party was her daughter Zoe, and her granddaughter Zoe; three generations of Zoe's. The Birthday cake photographed was made by Dehn's Florist located at 80 Beekman St. in Saratoga

Springs. Violinist Gene Usher was tableside at her luncheon.

Everyone enjoyed the joyous event.

Flanagan has an amazing sense of style, a smile that will light up a room and can still play a great hand of Black Jack.

Left to right: Zoe (daughter), Zoe Flanagan and Zoe (granddaughter).

Zoe Flanagan with Home of the Good Shepherd staff member.

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Voters Approve Saratoga Springs Public Library Budget SARATOGA SPRINGS — City School District residents, by a 250-to-18 vote, approved a tax levy of $5,205,672 to operate the Saratoga Springs Public Library in fiscal year 2019-20.

The library serves the residents of the Saratoga Springs Enlarged

City School District, and funds for the library are collected when school taxes are collected. The proposed FY 19-20 budget contains a 2 percent increase over the amount levied in FY 18-19. The most recent prior increase was 0.5 percent in 2017. An estimated $491,593 will

be available from sources other than FY 19-20 property taxes.

The tax amount for public library purposes appears as a separate item on school district tax bills.

Minita Sanghvi of Saratoga Springs was also elected to the library’s Board of Trustees.

Mercy House Proposes New FourStory Building to Provide Temporary Residence for People in Need SARATOGA SPRINGS — A new, non-denominational, nonprofit organization says it plans to build a four-story building on Washington Street that will provide temporary residences for a wide range of needy people.

Mercy House of Saratoga, Inc., incorporated in October 2018, was created by Bethesda Episcopal Church of Saratoga Springs.

Plans call for the 30,000 square-foot building to be constructed at 26-28 Washington St., just west of Broadway. The building will also serve as the parish house for the church.

The first floor of the new building will be primarily dedicated to Bethesda’s parish activities and offices. Residents and housing partners will have access to first floor Bethesda parish rooms for events, counseling and meetings, such as Alcoholics

Anonymous, with which Bethesda enjoys a 75-year relationship.

The upper floors will include 18 one, two, and three-bedroom apartments, as well as communal space to accommodate up to 47 individuals. There will also be a two-bedroom apartment for a fulltime, on-site manager employed by Mercy House, and a digital security system will assure resident safety.

Housing will be offered in partnership with several local agencies on the building’s upper three floors. Partner agencies include the Backstretch Employees Service Team (BEST), Transitional Services Association, Veterans and Community Housing Coalition, and Wellspring (domestic violence). The agencies – who have the potential to secure rent-support vouchers for the housing for individuals - will identify and refer individuals and

families -- people already in our community who are homeless or at risk of becoming so. A fifth organization, In Our Name, will offer a “pay as you are able” café for guests and the community, a center for discussion and discovery, employment readiness and socializing.

Those to be served include victims of domestic violence and their children, homeless military veterans including women with children, people living with mental health and substance use diagnoses, and race track backstretch workers who are in recovery from physical injury or substance abuse.

Mercy House is planning a campaign to begin in the coming months to raise the additional capital needed to begin construction. Construction for the $9 million building is expected to begin by the end of 2019.

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

B.E.S.T. Seeks Volunteers: Helping to Care for the People who Care for the Horses SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Backstretch Employee Service Team of NY, or B.E.S.T., is seeking volunteers to join their mission of caring for the people who care for the horses.

A wide variety of opportunities are available from May to September. Anyone interested is asked to call 518587-3720, or email Mabel@

bestbackstretch.org with questions and to get more information.

Additionally, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 13, the organization’s program director and members of the staff will be in the Sussman Room at the Saratoga Springs Public Library to discuss the group’s mission. For more information, go to: www. bestbackstretch.org

Call for Docents at the National Museum of Dance SARATOGA SPRINGS — The National Museum of Dance is seeking volunteer docents to lead Museum tours in the upcoming exhibition season. The Museum offers free tours each Tuesday at 11 a.m. with paid admission as well as private group tours throughout the year.

Volunteer docent training will be led by Mary Anne Fantauzzi, the Museum’s Docent Coordinator, beginning Tuesday, April 23.

Fantauzzi will offer docent training by appointment during flexible dates and times to accommodate potential tour guides’ schedules.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer docent is asked to email tours@dancemuseum.org or call 518-584-2225, ext. 3004. No prior knowledge of dance is necessary, volunteers of all ages are welcome, and all volunteers are encouraged to bring ideas to share.

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

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City Center Parking Update: DRC Discusses Flat Rock Centre

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The city Design Review Commission is reviewing this week nearly 300 pages of documents – the most recent submitted April 12 – regarding the proposed development of a parking structure and green space/park just east of Broadway in downtown Saratoga Springs.

Among the documents is an archaeological investigation summary conducted by Curtain Archaeological Consulting. The firm was retained by the Saratoga Springs City Center to conduct an archaeological survey for the city-owned lands proposed for development. The survey area covers 1.2 acres, an area specified as 354 feet long and 256 feet wide.

The area of development, which is currently free public parking lot surfaced primarily by asphalt, is bounded to the west

by Maple Avenue, to the east by High Rock Avenue, to the north

by York Street, and to the south

by Lake Avenue. Plans call for a parking garage and pedestrian walkway to connect with the City Center at the north end, and commercial space and green space at the south end.

According to the archaeological investigation summary, the APE, or Area of Potential Effect, once sited DyerPhelps A.M.E. Zion Church, and Flat Rock Spring - a popular spring enclosed in a Chinese-style pagoda that ran dry in 1839 due to the “tubing and exploitation“ of the Pavilion Spring nearby.

The church building existed from the late 19th century until at least the mid-20th century, when the site was leveled and excavated as the parking lot was developed.

As such, the report states the project site is not currently considered to be archaeologically sensitive – although since it was “once the site of places important in the history of Saratoga Springs,” recommends historic markers be placed where the former structures stood.

One hundred and eightyeight currently existing free parking spaces will be eliminated so a new parking structure, which will hold approximately 600 spaces, may be built. An additional 47 existing spaces located in the southern end of the lot will be converted to green space, and a lot just north of York Street, which maintains 95 spaces, is expected to remain, according to documents filed by Creighton Manning in January.

“Bridge Inspirations” that were submitted to the city, suggesting ideas for a new pedestrian walkway atop Maple Avenue to connect the City Center with a new parking garage.

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

BALLSTON RESPONDS TO ASPHALT PLANT CONTROVERSY

by Marissa Gonzalez Saratoga TODAY

BALLSTON SPA — The Town of Ballston Spa is responding to a group of residents going by “Citizens for a Clean Environment” that have been opposed to the sitting and operation of the Dolomite asphalt plant in the town since 2011. The asphalt plant is located in Curtis Industrial Park at 831, Route 67 in Ballston Spa. After lengthy deliberation and a $4 million lawsuit against the town by Dolomite in 2016, the planning board granted conditional approval to the plant and Dolomite dropped the lawsuit. Citizens for a Clean Environment are saying that important conditions have still not been met by the plant.

Major concerns included the hours of operation on the weekend, Route 67 improvements, improvements to the Zim Smith Trail and the size of the silos on the plant. Other concerns of the Citizens for a Clean Environment site the visual aspects of the plant, the smell, traffic and noise as well as the air pollutants.

In Ballston’s response, made by the town’s attorney Debra Kaelin, all concerns were addressed and were in favor of the concerned citizens. The town agreed to not allow Dolomite to operate unless a route 67 turning lane was installed and Zim Smith trail signage was made, all before April 30.

“Last month, the Building Department and I sat down with representatives from Dolomite to review and emphasize the importance of compliance with the conditions of their agreement with the Town,” said Kaelin.

“It was made clear that Dolomite must comply with all conditions.

Dolomite’s representatives agreed and communicated to the Town they want to be good members of our community. All parties are working together to make sure the plant’s operation is handled within the confines of the courts’ decisions.”

However, Claudia Braymer, attorney for the Citizens for a Clean Environment, maintains the 70-foot silos, the turning lane at route 67 and the Zim Smith

Dolomite asphalt plant located at Curtis Industrial Park in Ballston Spa. Photo by Claudia Braymer.

trail signage were supposed to be in compliance before Dolomite began operations.

According to Braymer and planning board, the silos at Dolomite asphalt plant were supposed to be 40-feet in height.

Ballston’s town board, building and zoning department determined that the silos are equipment and they were not subject to the maximum height requirements.

“Those silos are much more visible than the project elements that the Planning Board reviewed and approved. The 70-foot silos, plus the industrial plumes from the asphalt plant, have a negative visual impact on the community,” Braymer wrote.

“The hoppers (silos) being that large give them the ability of producing more asphalt which

is one of the things the planning board strenuously limited them on their production capacity; and everyone in the community was worried about them just becoming a massive production operation,” she said.

“The lawsuit settlements still says they have to comply with all of the other requirements in the code and obtain any other necessary permits…

Well, my argument is they need the variance from the ZBA and they need to go back to the planning board to get approval to for those 70- foot-high silos.”

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

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Saratoga Partnership Releases Inaugural Manufacturing Index MALTA — The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership, Saratoga County’s economic development organization, released the inaugural Saratoga County Manufacturing Index on April 17.

The manufacturing index illustrates a robust industry that sees the county outpacing the Capital Region and New York state in jobs, wages and economic impact. At the same time, it reveals a need for heightened workforce development initiatives to ensure the presence of skilled employees to sustain its growth.

The Saratoga County Manufacturing Index was unveiled during a luncheon event attended by more than 130 business executives and professionals at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs.

With 140 companies employing more than 8,100 workers, led by semiconductor manufacturer GLOBALFOUNDRIES in Malta, Saratoga County has the most manufacturing jobs of any Capital Region county. Nearly 3,700 of those jobs are directly supported by exports, which total over $1.3 billion worth of goods annually.

Manufacturing represents 21 percent of the Gross Regional Product (GRP) in Saratoga County, a 5 percent increase over the past decade. That is more than double a 2 percent increase in the region, where manufacturing accounts for 11 percent of GRP. During the same period, manufacturing declined 1 percent statewide to 5 percent of

Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and dropped 2 percent nationally to 11 percent of GDP. Additionally, the average annual wage for manufacturing jobs in Saratoga County of $88,440 has risen 79 percent since 2001, eclipsing increases in the Capital Region (70 percent), New York (48 percent) and the U.S. (55 percent). Those wages are more than $43,000 higher than nonmanufacturing private-sector jobs, which also represents the highest level in the region and is far above the state.

“The Saratoga County Manufacturing Index paints a vivid picture of the importance of this industry to the county’s economy, spearheaded by the presence of GLOBALFOUNDRIES. We need to double down on efforts to build a pipeline of skilled talent to enable that growth to continue,” said Marty Vanags, President of the Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership.

“The Saratoga Partnership is playing a critical role in facilitating and supporting educational and training programs and publicprivate partnerships essential to developing a workforce that will sustain our momentum.”

Reflecting a nationwide challenge, the index measured an unemployment rate in Saratoga County’s manufacturing industry that matched the sector’s national jobless rate of 10 percent. That reality is creating the need to enhance workforce development efforts, including kindergarten

Panel discussion at the Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership luncheon. Photo provided.

through twelfth grade and higher education programs, training and apprenticeship opportunities, and public-private partnerships that leverage existing resources to build an ecosystem of skilled employees.

Other takeaways from the Saratoga County Manufacturing Index include: • Manufacturing is the fourthlargest private-sector employer in Saratoga County, representing 11 percent of total employment.

• The semiconductor industry (2,599 jobs) is the leading manufacturing employer, followed by chemicals (1,278), printing (890), paper (518) and fabricated metals (501) • Nearly half of manufacturing jobs in Saratoga County – 3,678 – are directly supported by exports • Statewide, the biggest exported New York products by percentage are miscellaneous manufactured

commodities (39), followed by semiconductor (12), primary metals (9) and chemicals (9) • Statewide, the leading foreign countries that receive exported New York products by percentage are Canada (14), Hong Kong (12), Israel (8), the United Kingdom (7) and Switzerland (7) “It is exciting to see the significance and growth of Saratoga County’s manufacturing sector, and to know we are well positioned to pursue new opportunities going forward,” said Kevin Hedley, Chairman of the Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership.

“The index highlights the importance of the Saratoga Partnership’s efforts to drive workforce development initiatives that have long-lasting economic impact.”

The release of the index was

followed by a panel discussion that featured leaders from the manufacturing sector. Panelists included Mark Dougherty, Vice President of Advanced Module Engineering at GLOBALFOUNDRIES; Chad McKissick, Plant Director at QUAD Graphics; and Peg Murphy, Corporate Secretary and Director of Human Resources at Espey Manufacturing.

The program also included a special presentation on regional economics by Jason Bram, Research Officer from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and a report from Penny Hill, Dean of Economic Development and Workforce Initiatives at Hudson Valley Community College, regarding education and training for students interested in the manufacturing field.

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

TOWN OF BALLSTON 18 Harvester Way, $370,214.

Barbera Homes Kelley Farms LLC sold property to Philip and Mary Ratzer.

204 Sunset Ave., $248,000.

Clint Bearce sold property to Ashley Armstrong.

11 Commerce Dr., $850,000.

Harold Schultz sold property to Apex Property One LLC. 2 Leah Court, $496,500.

Qiang Fang and Xiaona Xu sold property to Sirva Relocation Credit LLC. 2 Leah Court, $496,500.

Sirva Relocation Credit LLC sold property to Jodi Forgette and Tiffany Degilormo.

CHARLTON 26 Beechwood Ave., $212,000.

Richard Lupi (as Trustee) sold property to Mathew Hay.

CORINTH 25 Locust Ridge Dr., $210,000.

Ransom and Amanda Gandy sold property to Phillip and Yvonne Crannell.

350 Main St., $178,000.

Pasquale and Monica Girard sold property to Joshua and Natasha Caldwell.

GALWAY 5201 Armer Rd., $290,000.

Thomas and Eileen Holzwarth sold property to Philip Scarano.

GREENFIELD

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

92 Arrowwood Place, $150,000.

Kirk and Mary Halsted sold property to Jonathan and Erin Halsted.

4 Tamarac Dr., $313,855.

Michaels Group Homes LLC sold property to Jeffrey and Jenna Lord.

7 Tyler Dr., $660,000.

Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc. sold property to Stephen and Betsy Prescott.

3 Woodlake Dr., Lot 2, $368,882. Mason Street LLC sold property to Milton Flood and Susan Ringland.

96 Longkill Rd., $380,000.

William Deuel sold property to Ninety Six Longkill Road LLC.

459 Gansevoort Rd., $325,000.

McKenna Construction and Excavation LLC sold property to Alexis Collins.

4 Congress Ave., $145,000.

Donna Martin and Loraine O’Rourke (Co-Trustees) sold property to Mary Donnellan.

1204 Hudson Ave., $207,000.

Shawn and Lois McClements sold property to Davon Thomas and Jessika Carey.

239 Thimbleberry Rd., $193,000.

Christopher and Jennifer Doughty sold property to Anthony Lombardo and Martika Martin.

6 Third St., $147,500.

Jourdan and Jessica Darrow sold property to Alex Dragon.

12 Brookwood Dr., $394,900.

Glen Bradley sold property to Ryan and Amber Coppolo.

19 Jackson Rd., $115,000.

Robert Lefebvre and Paul Breton sold property to James and Terri McCluskey.

136 Lincoln Ave., $422,500.

Trifecta Development LLC sold property to James Kennedy and William Angione.

20 Ordelia Lane, $340,175.

Farone Amedore LLC sold property to Louis and Sherry Felice.

51 Vettura Court, $49,250.

Luther Forest Technology Campus Economic Development Corporation sold property to Kevin VanBuren.

MILTON 100 East Grove St., $314,500.

Ronald Murphy, Antonio Mariotti, Daniel Munn sold property to Randy Elliott and Kelly Delaney Elliott.

51 Russell St., $260,000.

Tracy and Elizabeth VanVolkenburg sold property to Ryan Newman.

28 Rip Van Lane, $272,900.

Carl Forshey, Jr. sold property to Ryan and Amanda Pezzulo.

103 Hutchins Rd., $341,500.

Ralph and Cindi Cox sold property to Tracy and Elizabeth VanVolkenburg.

376 Spier Falls Rd., $299,000.

Carmen Gallo and Mary Sedlak sold property to Tyler Zwack and Johanna Bush.

421 Franklin St., $275,000.

Christine Caruso sold property to Leonard and Emily Morgese.

555 Middle Grove Rd., $241,000. Timothy and Sharon MacDougal sold property to Gerald Brundege and Lindsey Hughes.

11 Stone Creek Court, $319,000. Martin and Lauren Spackmann sold property to Christine Caruso.

MALTA 11 Peck Ave., $135,000.

Thomas and Pamela Bouyea sold property to Gary and Susan Horwedel.

1 Galleon Dr., $400,000.

Saratoga Stadium Inc. sold property to Old Hickory LLC. 71Thimbleberry Rd., $140,800.

Paul and Carol Peplowski sold property to Brett Devine.

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76 Saratoga Rd., $170,000.

James Koines sold property to Jacqueline Pelliccia.

MOREAU 228 Potter Rd., $409,500.

Robert and Nicole Renaud sold property to Scott and Marnie Abbott.

13 Wynnefield Dr., $15,000.

Christopher and Amy Scarincio sold property to Christopher Scarincio.

TOWN OF SARATOGA 41 Pearl St., $182,000.

Wilame Piteri sold property to Charlotte Nesbitt.

852 NYS Route 29, $225,000.

Charles, Barbara, Kurt, Tessha, Philip, and Sally Hanehan sold property to Richard Magnell.

SARATOGA SPRINGS 8 East Broadway, $637,548.

McKenzie Estates of Saratoga Springs LLC sold property to John and Theresa Sibilia.

24 Granite St., $335,000.

Barbara MacFarland and Mary Lou Baker sold property to Sixty Two Caroline Street LLC. 19 Congress Ave., $180,000.

John Tragni sold property to Edmund and Debra Cechnicki.

7 Tyler Dr., $660,000.

Nathanial Abrahms sold property to Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc.

STILLWATER 54 Russell Dr., $86,741.

Christopher Miron and Veronica Collins sold property to Veronica Collins.

WILTON 4 Anyhow Lane, $245,000.

Susan Martin sold property to Jessica and Thomas Dawson, Jr. 2A Parkhurst Rd., $281,000.

Boon Goh sold property to Joseph and Lorraine Ruddy.

15 Elizabeth Lane, $310,000.

Carole Phillips sold property to Mary Sedlak and Carmen Gallo.

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BUSINESS

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

Saratoga Winery Expansion on Rt. 29

Photos provided.

by Marissa Gonzalez Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Winery is currently in the process of building an addition to the establishment in order to accommodate more

guests as well as indoor weddings.

The winery sought permissions to build through the town of Milton.

The Saratoga Winery serves wine made from local grapes and serves food as well. The restaurant already has indoor and outdoor seating. However, outdoor seating

Plans for Saratoga Winery Addition.

is limited during the winter months.

“More recently there’s been a need for it. We started doing more weddings a couple years ago, so it has really become a need within in the past couple of years… It’s just kind of coming to fruition because we’ve been able to get it approved by the town and just certain things had to fall in place before we could really take the plunge with it,” said Amy Greth, Marketing Manager of the Saratoga Winery.

The addition is barn style and was built by the Amish. According to Greth, the barn is a large open space with high ceilings that is roughly 2,400 square feet. The structure will replace tents used in inclement weather during events at the winery.

Construction began at the end of February and will be completed at the end of June.

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

May Networking Breakfast in Ballston Spa Maureen Yee and Mary Pieper Join BALLSTON SPA — The Ballston Spa Business and Professional Association (BSBPA) will be sponsoring a networking breakfast on May 7, beginning at 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m., hosted

by Healing in Motion located at 160 Milton Ave. in Ballston Spa Billie McCann OTR/L, owner of Healing in Motion, earned her

degree in Occupational Therapy, her experience includes working with adults and children with a variety of disabilities. Her focus is on neurological injuries and disorders, with an emphasis placed on working with children with autism.

Cost for the breakfast is $5 with advance reservation,

pre-registration and payment available at www.ballston.org or RSVP to info@ballston.org and pay at the door. Non-reserved walk-ins that morning are $10. Business and community members are welcome; you do not need to be a BSBPA member to attend this event. Membership information will be available.

Saratoga National Bank Continues to Expand SARATOGA — Saratoga National Bank is opening their 11th location in Rotterdam, located at 1963 Altamont Ave. The new location is part of an ongoing expansion in the Capital Region. This marks the fifth office that Saratoga National Bank has opened since 2013, and it is the bank’s second office in Schenectady County.

The branch will host a family friendly grand opening on Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. to Noon. For more information visit online at www.saratoganational. com/onthemove.

Nonprofit Works’ Consulting 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.

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. She has previously served as director of development for Whitney Young Health and

managed an annual grant portfolio of more than $2 million at the St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation.

Ms. Yee joins another recent addition to Nonprofit Works’ consulting staff, Mary Pieper, who 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, communitybased 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.

Postponed: Asbestos Found in Old Saratogian Building

Photo provided.

CORRECTION: In the April 12 issue of Saratoga TODAY, it was published that Whitman Brewing had plans to move operations to Wilton. The plans in Wilton were a back-up plan and operations will remain at the old Saratogian building in Saratoga Springs.

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

NOTES Chamber of Commerce from

by Todd Shimkus • for Saratoga TODAY

NEW PARTNERSHIP CREATES ONE COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR

Todd Shimkus, President of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce IF WE COUNTED, I’m reasonably certain that there are hundreds of organizations that organize thousands of events in Saratoga Springs and across Saratoga County every year.

It’s possible — as Bill Dake from Stewart’s Shops has suggested to me — that we have more “live” performances, for instance, in Saratoga Springs per capita than anywhere else in the US. We’re fortunate in that there is ALWAYS something going on that is fun and interesting to do.

But we’re also cursed in that there are often times — like on Thursdays — when the number

of “things to do in Saratoga” can be overwhelming.

Because of the competition for dates and venues for many of these events, local event organizers have long asked for ONE community calendar. A one-stop shop of sorts that they could consult with to plan events on “slow” days.

Those on the other side of the event equation who are looking for “fun things to do in Saratoga” have also asked for ONE community calendar. In this case however, they wanted such a resource so they can more easily find out what is going on in Saratoga.

Drum roll please... We now have ONE community calendar.

Thanks to a new partnership with the Saratoga County Chamber, Mannix Marketing, Discover Saratoga, the Saratoga Springs City Center and the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association, you can visit any one of our five websites and have access to this one community calendar.

The one calendar now appears on saratoga.com, saratoga.org, discoversaratoga. org, saratogaspringsdowntown. com, and saratogacitycenter.org.

Event organizers can now go to any one of these five sites and enter their event information in one location and it will feed into all five separate sites.

Each site will therefore have the same information.

This is a real win for everyone. The five organizations.

Event organizers. Event attendees.

Sponsors. Visitors. Tourists. You. Me. Everyone.

Here’s what it took to make this happen. Rather than our five organizations being interested in the number of visitors going to our individual websites, we all collectively decided that our job is to make it easier for event organizers to get their events found.

The goal is to make sure that local events attract more people.

More people coming to events in Saratoga Springs and Saratoga

Spring Recess Events FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Kids Day at the Saratoga Automobile Museum Saratoga Automobile Museum, 110 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Kids days at the Saratoga Automobile Museum are a great way to introduce families to what the Museum has to offer. Each kids day in our spring series will include hands on activities that will guide them throughout the Museum. Examples include scavenger hunts, obstacle courses, book readings from local authors and arts and crafts projects. Enjoy the day off of school

with your children by visiting the Saratoga Automobile Museum. Whether you have visited before or are exploring it for the first time, there is always some new automotive treasure to discover. Kids are free.

Eggstravaganza at the Hilton Garden Inn Hilton Garden Inn, 125 S. Broadway, Saratoga Springs | 6 p.m.

Book a room Friday night for our pizza party, Easter movie and egg coloring and wake up with complimentary breakfast and meet the Easter Bunny! Call for details 518-583-6854.

County is good for everyone and for our economy.

It’s frankly getting harder and harder to organize successful events and festivals locally.

Food and facility costs are going up. Competition for sponsorships is fierce. With respect to events in the City, the red tape and costs for security are increasingly problematic.

So with just a little cooperation, we’ve at long last figured out how to make one aspect of hosting and organizing or finding an event easier for everyone.

So now that this is so easy, I think we should host an event to celebrate this achievement.

Everyone will be invited and you can get information about this event on any one of five sites.

SATURDAY, APRIL 20

Easter Egg Hunt

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny

Malta Community Center, One Bayberry Drive, Malta | 11:30 a.m. or 1 - 2 p.m.

Hop in for our annual Easter Egg Hunt.

Activities include a fun make and take crafttime, a special visit from the Easter Bunny and of course, the egg hunt. Light refreshments will be served. Must register for this event at www.MaltaParksRec.com or call the Malta Community Center at 518-899-4411.

Clifton Park Elks Lodge, 695 Mac Elroy Road, Ballston Lake | 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast With the Easter Bunny, brought to you by the Twin Bridges Rotary, will include a hot breakfast, a visit from the Easter Bunny, chances to take pictures with the Bunny, and three Easter Egg hunts at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., and 11 a.m. (limit to one Easter egg hunt per child). There will be giveaways and prizes during the egg hunts, as well as a 50/50 raffle for adults. All proceeds go towards local community projects. Area charitable organizations benefit from hands-on work by Twin Bridges Rotary members and from donations raised by the organization. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for kids 4 to 12, and free for kids 3 and under.

11th Great Schuylerville Egg Hunt Schuylerville High School Turf Field, 14 Spring Sreet, Schuylerville | 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Held at the Schuylerville High School Turf Field. There will be thousands of eggs to find, as well as a bouncy house and DJ. Schedule: 11 a.m. birth - 3 years; 11:15 a.m. ages 4-5 years; 11:30 a.m. ages 6-7; 11:45 a.m. ages 8-11; Noon - adult egg race. Free admission. continues to next page...

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Meet the Easter Bunny & Egg Hunt culture. New addition will be a daily low ropes BWP, 70 Weibel Avenue, Saratoga Springs 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. | BWP’s annual Easter Egg hunt and meet and greet with The Bunny fun family event. Free admission.

course challenge on our brand new ropes course. Bring a bag lunch. 10 percent discount available for families with multiple children attending camp. Cost is $200-275.

APRIL 20 – APRIL 21

APRIL 22 – APRIL 26

K9 Easter Egg Hunt at Hudson Crossing Park

Ninja Lab Spring Break Camp

Route 4, Schuylerville | 6 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Families are invited to bring their four-legged friends to Hudson Crossing Park for an Easter Egg Hunt just for dogs. Plastic eggs filled with treats will be “hidden” throughout the park.

This event is free and open to the public.

Donations are appreciated. Please remember to respect fellow dogs and owners, and leash laws. Hudson Crossing Park is open dawn to dusk daily. Eggs will be replenished by park volunteers throughout the weekend.

MONDAY, APRIL 22 Explore the Park Saratoga Spa State Park, 19 Roosevelt Drive, Saratoga Springs | 10 a.m. - Noon Stop by the Creekside Classroom for a fun family activity with a hand-out to discover more about your local park. No registration necessary. For more information, please call 518-584-2000, ext. 111. Free admission.

Earth Day Celebration Camp Saratoga, Scout Road, Parking lot #1, Gansevoort | 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Various programs include: Volunteer Habitat Conservation Project at 10 a.m.

- registration required. Fire Tower and Ranger Cabin Tours from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Beavers, Nature’s Builders Program, 1 p.m.

- registration required. Saratoga Stryders Monday Trail Run at 6 p.m.

Exploring the Solar System The Children’s Museum at Saratoga, 69 Caroline Street, Saratoga Springs 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Learn what it takes to engineer a spacecraft by building and launching your own air rocket. Ages 4 and up. Free with museum admission.

APRIL 22 – APRIL 24 Spring Tracking & Adventure Camp (ages 51/2 – 7) The Ndakinna Education Center, 23 Middle Grove Road, Greenfield Center 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Participants join expert tracker Jim Bruchac for a three-day outdoor adventure to learn how to identify basic mammal tracks and make plaster casts. Kids will be using the adjacent 80-acre Nature Preserve as well as our extensive animal tracks collection. Also included will be various Native American legends, awareness games and activities to further heighten participants’ understanding of the natural world and Native American

Saratoga Ninja Lab, 9 Stonebreak Road, Malta | 9 a.m. - Noon or 1-4 p.m.

Campers (ages 4 - 12) will be put into groups of similar ability. Age-appropriate/ specific drills will be used with a heightened emphasis on skill and long-term athlete development. Every child will be engaged, while building strength and self-confidence and finding their inner-ninja! All coaches at The Ninja Lab are CPR certified and background screened. Register at www. saratoganinjalab.com.

Go Kids Active Camp Malta Community Center, One Bayberry Drive, Malta | 9 - 11:30 a.m. or 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Go Kids camp provides the perfect balance of active games, sports, and traditional camp activities. Your child will be on the move, being creative, strengthening friendships and making memories. We’ll prorate the price based on the days you attend. Please include the days you plan to attend in the comment section when you register. Campers should come prepared with comfortable clothing, snack, lunch, water bottle and clothing to play outside. Gym shoes are required. Ages: 4-9. Full day $190 or Half day $125.

Soccer without Borders Camp Skidmore College, 815 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs | 8:30 a.m. - Noon Skidmore is hosting a soccer camp for boys and girls, ages 6-12. The camp will focus on teaching the skills needed to play at the next level. Donation: All proceeds go to Soccer Without Borders; a not-forprofit organization, which focuses on bringing education through competitive soccer to underprivileged communities.

Donations directly benefit SWOB-Uganda.

Suggested donation for camp participation: $100. Please bring soccer equipment/ gear you wish to donate. Bring your own snacks and beverages, wear shin guards and turf shoes/cleats. For questions email soccerwoborders@gmail.com.

Camp Creativity (ages 8 – 14) Imagination Rules (ages 5 – 7) Theater Camp (ages 6 – 14) Saratoga Arts, 320 Broadway Saratoga Springs | 9 a.m. - Noon Camp Creativity: Campers focus on the basics but are also introduced to advanced art concepts. Each camp ends with an exhibition of works highlighting lessons and projects that friends and family of campers are invited to attend! $215 members/$230 non-members.

Imagination Rules: Our NYS or BOCES certified teachers will help campers explore the world of art with materials that real artists use while learning about important artists that help inspire their projects.

Campers typically create 4-6 masterpieces. $145 members / $155 non-members.

Theater Camp: Campers will experience the collaborative nature of theater. They will learn the basics of character development, stage directions and the basics of set and costume design as they work toward the performance of their play in our very own Dee Sarno Theater for family and friends at the end of the week. $215 members / $230 non-members. To register visit: www. saratoga-arts.org/education/artcamps.

Super Kids’ Quest The Little Gym of Saratoga, 2110 Ellsworth Blvd., Malta | 9 a.m. – Noon Your child will spend three adventure-filled hours a day on a unique, exciting quest with their friends. Each week revolves around an interactive learning theme with different, creative lesson plans that will keep your child engaged. $25 session/ $125 week. To register: www.thelittlegym.com/ saratogaNY/parties-camps/camps

TUESDAY, APRIL 23 Spring Nature Scavenger Hunt Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park, Camp Saratoga, Parking lot #1, Scout Road Gansevoort | 11 a.m. - Noon Children will learn to use their senses to explore the outdoors during spring by working to complete a nature scavenger hunt. The program is designed for children ages 5 and up. Meet by the kiosk in parking lot. Registration required by April 22.

APRIL 23 – APRIL 25 Horse Camp (ages 6+) North Country Horses, 438 Clark Road, Gansevoort | 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Riders will be grouped according to skill level. Beginner riders will learn the basics of riding including walk, halt, steer, and posting trot. Intermediate to advanced level campers will work on trotting, balance, bending, canter or lope and identifying correct leads.

To register: www.hisawyer.com/northcountry-horses/schedules/activity-set/69394spring-break-horsemanship-camp.

APRIL 23 – APRIL 26

which include simulated take-off, in-flight maneuvering and landing. On Wednesday, April 24 at 11 a.m., a retired Naval Pilot will demonstrate flight gear and discuss aircraft carrier flight operations. Visit our newly opened exhibit on WWII. For more information, call 518-377-2191, ext 10.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 Fish Stocking Saratoga Spa State Park, 19 Roosevelt Dr., Saratoga Springs | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Children and their families are invited to help release brown trout into Geyser Creek, located in the Geyser Picnic Area of Saratoga Spa State Park. Technicians from the Van Hornesville Fish Hatchery, operated by the Department of Environmental Conservation, stock the area streams each year with the help of volunteers. Bring a bucket and join us in introducing the trout to their new home! This year’s activities include demonstrations and displays. This event is free. No registration required. For more information call 518-584-2000, ext. 116.

APRIL 24 – APRIL 26 Horse Camp Olde Saratoga Farms, 522 Route 32 North, Schuylerville | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

This is a day camp for kids. They will learn animal husbandry, get fresh air, play in hay, build forts, learn horse safety, riding protocols, grooming and tacking horses, and play farm games all in a fun-loving safe country environment. Rate: $75/day. Call or text Gil at 518-577-0449 to register.

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 Foal Patrol Kids The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, 191 Union Ave., Saratoga Springs, 10 a.m. – Noon | Activities include: Guided exploration of the new Foal Patrol educational site, including content from Godolphin Kids; meet a real mare and foal (weather permitting); craft project; interactive activities on horse care, foal naming; learn about the farms that are participating in Foal Patrol Season 2; videos on the careers of horses in the Hall of Fame Gallery; groom a life-sized horse; dress in jockey attire; learn about the anatomy of a horse next to our real thoroughbred skeleton; enjoy healthy snacks. Free admission.

Special Spring Break Programs Empire State Aerosciences Museum

FRIDAY, APRIL 26

The Empire State Aerosciences Museum, 250 Rudy Chase Dr., Glenville | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Guided tours and rides in the Simulated Reality Vehicle will be available. Hop aboard some of the Museum’s historic civilian and military aircraft. Each day from 11 a.m.

– 2 p.m., our simulators will be available,

Saratoga Spa State Park, 19 Roosevelt Dr., Saratoga Springs | 10 a.m. – Noon Children families are invited to visit the Creekside Classroom and enjoy a free nature scavenger hunt! Please call 518-584-2000, ext.

111 for more information. Free admission.

Nature Scavenger Hunt

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

SAFETY, BUDGET, EQUITY: A Variety of Topics Discussed at BOE Forum continued from front page...

Please provide information, facts and research to support your position and please explain why those who disagree with you are wrong.”

Heather Reynolds, the only one of the seven candidates who is a current sitting board trustee stated, “I supported the hiring of another SRO. I did not vote to continue the practice of having armed grounds monitors.”

Reynolds continued to summarize that the focus needs to be on establishing preventative methods including comprehensive threat assessments, bullying intervention and creating a positive school climate.

Wiggens and Ed Cubanski, who are endorsed by Saratoga Parents for Safer Schools (SPFSS) agree that there needs to be armed security within the schools; however, Cubanski who served 28 years in the United States Coast Guard, believes the medium should be

through arming the grounds monitors preferably to SROs, and Wiggens is in favor of SROs as they are supervised by the Sherriff ’s department.

“The Saratoga model has two resource officers who are active police officers. And the grounds monitors are retired law enforcement professionals…I know what it takes to get weapon proficient and judgment proficient.

Having those experienced grounds monitors gives you that experience.

Nothing beats experience,” said Cubanski.

Natalya Lakhtakia, a SpeechLanguage Pathologist, and John Brueggemann, a sociology professor at Skidmore College, both agree that the grounds monitors should not be armed but agree with the current presence of the two SRO’s in the district.

“I believe that anybody who’s carrying a lethal weapon around children needs ongoing and comprehensive training. I think that ongoing is the key word there,” said Lakhtakia.

Left to Right: Ed Cubanski, Natalya Lakhtakia, John Brueggemann, Heather Reynolds and Shaun Wiggins.

Photo by Lindsay Wilson.

“The grounds monitors do not work for the police department or the sheriff ’s department. They work for the school district,” said Brueggermann. “As retired law enforcement they have no special training for working with young people or special needs kids.

School resource officers have had some of that training.”

The first question of the night was conveniently, “What is the purpose of the school board?”

In their own way, the candidates were able to decipher that the board’s responsibility is to regulate and influence policies that effect the wellbeing and prosperity of all students in the district. This doesn’t pose as an easy task if there are noticeable disparities due to access and income. Each candidate stated they would like to take the time to research, learn and educate on how to rid this concern.

When asked, “What issues are you concerned about that you feel are not getting enough focus since the grounds monitor issues have overshadowed all others?”

Answers ranged from identifying at-risk students, racial disparities

regarding discipline, economic disparities, youth mental health and budget.

Both Cubanski and Brueggermann stated that there needs to be a focus on identifying and assisting at risk students, and mitigating daily threats to a student’s safety, and overall wellbeing.

Lakhtakia mentioned that students interested in taking an AP (advanced placement) class, are required to take the AP test, which is at a cost per AP subject. “What that means is that AP classes which are more challenging become inaccessible to children who are from lower socio-economic classes, or for whatever reason cannot pay for the test.... that feeds into a larger topic about accessibility.”

Reynolds cited statements from the Office for Civil Rights through the Department of Education showing racial disparities when it comes to suspension rates across the Capitol Region.

“Saratoga is one of the larger ones in terms of suspension rates when you compare African

Americans and white students,” said Reynolds. “This is a problem across the country, but it is a problem in our own school. That’s something as well as some state testing data that came out this spring, which is suggesting that we are not doing what we need to do for certain groups of students.

“What I primarily want to focus on besides safety, education, transparency is really budget, because everything we’re talking about now ladders up to the budget, period. We want to do a lot of things but guess what, we’ve got to pay for it,” said Wiggens.

Due to the abundance of questions submitted only nine of the questions were asked at the forum. However, Saratoga Unites has transcribed and published the unasked questions of the night on their website in addition to sending them to the candidates.

The remaining unanswered questions may be addressed at the candidates’ discretion.

There are three seats available on the Board of Education. Voting for the School Board candidates will be held May 21, 2019.

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

EDUCATION BRIEFS

Earth Day Beaver Education Program hosted by Saratoga PLAN and Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park WILTON — To celebrate the 49th Earth Day on Monday, April 22, Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park and Saratoga PLAN are teaming up to offer a nature walk that is all about the largest rodent in North America, New York State’s official animal; the Beaver!

Environmental Educators from the Preserve & Park will be joining with nationally renowned beaver expert, Skip Lisle to lead this

family-oriented walk. The walk will leave from the Meadowbrook Parking area of the Bog Meadow Brook Nature Trail and explore the wetland habitats that are created and maintained by this fascinating animal. Participants will learn about the importance of the beaver to the exploration and settlement of our region, about its natural history, about how it is one of the few animals to be able

to manipulate the environment to create its own habitat, and about the efforts that Saratoga PLAN has gone through to help keep the beavers as residents of the Bog Meadow wetlands. Space is limited and registration is required by April 18.

For more information or to register, please call the Preserve & Park office at 518-450-0321 or via email at info@wiltonpreserve.org.

ACTT Naturally Thoroughbreds and Mechanicville High Students Team Up MECHANICVILLE — Beginning May 6, Mechanicville High School students will participate in a Teen Leadership Program with ACTT Naturally, a Washington County rehabilitation and retraining program for off-track Thoroughbreds. The program lasts five weeks and imparts communication skills, selfesteem, and empathetic leadership while teaching horsemanship and

horse care at Long Shadows Farm in Cambridge.

The program is the second of its kind for ACTT Naturally and it is funded in large part with a donation by renowned Thoroughbred trainer and Mechanicville High School graduate Chad Brown.

ACTT Naturally launched the Teen Leadership Program with East Greenbush High School and Mechanicville will be the

second high school to participate.

ACTT Naturally is a local non-profit organization that transitions Thoroughbreds from racing to new productive careers using the gentle techniques of natural horsemanship. Programs are offered to women, veterans, and first responders (and their families) at no charge.

For more information go to www.acttnaturally.org

Rescue Dogs to be Featured in Children’s Book, Contest Raises $400 for HOPE Lucky’s Adventures children’s book series is excited to announce the winners of their rescue dog contest, who will be featured in the upcoming children’s book, Lucky’s Adventure in Winter Wonderland.

The contest winner, Ted Hogan, is pictured with his fur mama Stephanie Hogan. Ted was adopted from Homes for Orphaned Pets Exist (HOPE).

HOPE received the $400 that was raised from the contest entry fees.

Also pictured is Wendy Mongillo, founder and executive director of HOPE and Elizabeth Macy, fur mama of Lucky Charms, the star of the books.

The entries received were such touching and inspiring stories of rescue dogs and their owners. It was difficult to choose just one winner, so four additional rescue dogs from the contest will have their images in the book.

Murray Murphy (mom-Emily Murphy), Everett Huston (momTaryn Huston), Luke Monaco (mom-Cheri Monaco) and Lucy Varney (mom-Heather Varney).

Ted Hogan (dog), Stephanie Hogan, Wendy Mongillo and Elizabeth Macy. Photo Provided.

These dogs have overcome such great obstacles in the beginning of their lives and are now living the lives they deserve in their loving forever homes.

Look for Lucky’s Adventure in Winter Wonderland to be

released this Fall. The book is written by local author and businesswoman Elizabeth Macy and beautifully illustrated by artist Jenn Kocsmiersky. It is published locally by Saratoga Springs Publishing.

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Spa Catholic Career Fair

Tim Stauffer, retired baseball pitcher for the Padres, NY Mets and Minnesota Twins talks to students for Career Day 2019. Photo Provided.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Career Day 2019 at Saratoga Central Catholic School took place on Friday, April 12 at 247 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 17 alumni from 15 graduating classes spanning 1969-2013 contributed to the informational day with a focus on educating students on their individual careers and what it took to get there. Presentation topics included teaching, sales, hospital

administration, software product management, cooking, nursing, law, computer science, writing, law enforcement, and professional baseball, to name a few.

Career Day 2019 concluded with an alumni lunch followed by a fundraiser basketball game, hosted by the National Honor Society, which raised $2000 to benefit the Saratoga Springs Prevention Council.

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

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167 Hayes Rd, Schuylerville · (518) 581-CLAY (2529) info@saratogaclayarts.org · www.saratogaclayarts.org

SARATOGA CLAY ARTS CENTER - KIDS&CLAY SUMMER FUN

UNPLUG & GET DIRTY! School’s out, summer’s here, it’s time to ramp up the fun at Saratoga Clay Arts Center! Summer 2019 brings an exciting series of clay programs for ages 7-16, taught by professional local artists/ teachers and ranging in themes and techniques. Classes are open to all skill levels, beginning and up. Pinch pots, slab projects, wheel throwing, glazing, and firing techniques come together to provide each student with exciting new experiences, new skills and their clay creations to take home to use and share with friends and family. What could be better than playing with clay all summer?! Come unplug, make art, and make friends. Choose from 16 themed half-day week-long summer programs, with the option to put morning and afternoon camps together for a full day experience! Classes run July 1 – August 31. Come for 1 week or all 8.

WEEK 1 - JULY 1-5 AM – Pinch Pots & Coil Pots PM – Wheel Boot Camp WEEK 2 - JULY 15-19 AM – Pressed in Clay PM – Wheel & Raku

WEEK 3 - JULY 22-26 AM – Table for Two! PM – Wheel Boot Camp

WEEK 4 - JULY 29 - AUGUST 2 AM – Treasure & Bank It! PM – Wheel Boot Camp

WEEK 5 - AUGUST 5-9 AM – Magical Beasts PM – Wheel Boot Camp

WEEK 6 - AUGUST 12-16 AM – Ice Cream, You Scream PM – Wheel Boot Camp

WEEK 7 - AUGUST 19-23 AM – Monsters & Minions PM – Wheel Boot Camp

WEEK 8 - AUGUST 23-30 AM – Let’s Face It! PM – Wheel Boot Camp

Visit Saratoga Clay Arts Center’s website at www.saratogaclayarts. org for more details on programs, registration dates, fee details, and while you are there, take some time to check out the rest of their site and Facebook page to view awesome photo albums that offer a glimpse inside the center.

Register TODAY for some messy, exhilarating, creative fun this summer!

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

Spring Festival Celebrates

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

in your

Own Backyard

Beginner gardener workshop hosted by Lori Bishop on April 27 at 11 a.m.

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

Mark your calendars for April 27.

The Saratoga Farmers’ Market is closing out its final indoor market with its fourth annual Spring Festival. The 9 a.m.-1 p.m. event takes place at the Lincoln Baths Building in the Saratoga Spa State Park, and features four free workshops, face paintings, complimentary beverages, and more.

The annual festival comes just one week after the market’s Easter celebration tomorrow. Like the Easter celebration, the festival’s focus is on spring and farming.

However, the festival will offer more than the products of our farms. It will help you learn what

Workshop at the 3rd Annual Spring Festival in 2018.

goes into growing, raising, and making some of them, and offer you some useful tips for giving these crafts a try yourself. It is aimed at helping everyone: market regulars, newcomers to the Saratoga area and weekend visitors.

So, have you yearned to keep bees? Would you like to savor the joy of gathering up fresh eggs straight from your coop? Do you need a refresher on growing flowers, fruits or vegetables? Would you like to start your own kombucha brew?

If yes – or even maybe – check the workshops out. Attend all four and receive a free Saratoga Farmers’ Market canvas tote.

Backyard Poultry Basics for Beginners workshop hosted by Andrea Love Smith on April 27 at 10 a.m.

Beekeeping workshop hosted by Rick Green of Ballston Lake Apriaries on April 27 at 9 a.m.

T he schedule includes: • 9 a.m. Beekeeping with Rick Green, owner of Ballston Lake Apiaries, longtime area beekeeper.

• 10 a.m. Backyard Poultry Basics for Beginners with Andrea Love Smith, a Cornell Cooperative Extension Services educator.

• 11 a.m. Gardening for Beginners with Lori Bishop, a master gardener with Cornell Cooperative Extension Services.

• Noon Fermentation with Diane Whitten, a food and nutrition educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension Services.

One of the best things about these workshops is their emphasis on basics. The facilitators can answer questions and offer tips to everyone, regardless of whether they’re newcomers to farming or veterans.

The market also will feature its usual lineup of live music, and of course, its array of farm produce, meats, eggs, cheeses, and artisanal goods. A face painter also will be on hand for children.

The Saratoga Farmers’ Market closes out its indoor season tomorrow and next Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Lincoln Baths Building in the Saratoga Spa State Park. The market’s outdoor season begins May 1 at High Rock Park and will take place 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m.-1 p.m Saturdays. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Kale Pesto Pasta Cook Time and Prep Time: 13 minutes INGREDIENTS:

• 1 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt

*Ingredients currently available at the farmers’ market

• ¼ teaspoon ground pepper

• 4 cloves garlic* • 1 small bunch of kale* (about 3 cups) • ¾ cup hemp seeds or toasted walnuts • 2 tablespoons lemon juice

• Red pepper flakes, optional • Extra-virgin olive oil (more if desired) • OPTIONAL: ⅓ cup grated Parmesan cheese* • 1 pound pasta*, any kind • 1 cup reserved pasta water

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Make the pesto: In a food processor, add the peeled garlic cloves and process until the garlic is minced. Add the kale, hemp seeds, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Turn on the food processor and drizzle in the oil. Process until the pesto reaches your desired consistency, stopping to scrape down the sides as necessary. Taste and add more lemon, salt or pepper if necessary. (You can thin out the pesto with more oil, but if you’re serving with pasta, keep in mind that you can also thin it out with reserved pasta cooking water.)

2. Cook the pasta: Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add the pasta and cook until al dente, according to package directions.

Reserve one cup cooking liquid before draining the pasta. Let the pasta and pasta water cool for a minute to make sure the high heat doesn’t damage the pesto.

3. If you intend to have leftovers, you can mix the pasta and pesto together in your cooking pot, adding splashes of cooking water as necessary.

Adapted from the recipe by Cookie and Kate.

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POP ON OVER

Easy New England Popovers INGREDIENTS

by John Reardon

• 1 cup all-purpose flour

If you want to dress it up a bit; try these Parmesan-Herb Popovers

• ½ cup (2 oz.) freshly grated Parmesan cheese

• 1¼ cup (10 oz.) whole milk

• 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme

• 2 large eggs

for Saratoga TODAY

• 1 cup (5 oz.) all-purpose flour • ½ teaspoon kosher salt

Hello

my Foodie Friends. Many of our foodies may be traveling to visit family or friends this weekend, or may be hosting a holiday breakfast or dinner. Often times we are not sure what to bring to add to the meal that is being made. One item that is always welcomed is Popovers.

Most people fall into a rut when it comes to bread options.

However, Popovers can be a deceptively simple item that will impress your guests and tickle their taste buds. Not only are popovers cost effective, they’re also a breeze to make as long as you follow a few simple rules: make sure the pan is hot before pouring in the batter, don’t fill the cups more than half full, and no opening the oven while they’re baking.

Having the correct pan is important to making airy popovers with golden domes.

This recipe is very scalable — double or triple it if you need more popovers. Since the batter holds quite well (up to a couple of days), you can make it in advance and only bake as many popovers as you need.

The secret is how the batter lies in the pan. Popover pans are used for making popovers. They are specially constructed to convey the heat directly to the batter, which needs to be added to a hot pan, similar to the way Yorkshire puddings are made. Popover pans are also made with tall, narrow cups, which create a distinctive shape. This creates steam that helps the popovers expand and become light and hollow on the inside. Then you can stuff them with things. A popover pan is deep with steep-sided wells.

This forces the batter upwards creating puffy domes and crispy sides. Investing in a real popover pan eventually starts to feel quite justifiable. These tins are really only useful for making popovers, but oh, what beautiful popovers they make! The trick is to make

sure the pan is very hot before you add the butter and the batter.

At Compliments to the Chef, we carry popover pans from Nordicware and USA Pan. Both the Nordicware pan and USA Pans are made in the U.S.A. These pans are designed to allow maximum airflow so popovers reach their full height.

The next time you are not sure what to pop on over with to visit a friend or a family member, think about a creative popover to serve with the meal. Come visit your neighborhood kitchen and cutlery store located at 33 Railroad Place, where we have cool tools for cooks! Have fun with family and friends. Remember, “Life Happens in the Kitchen.”

Take Care, John & Paula

• 1 cup whole milk • 2 large eggs • 3 tablespoons melted butter

• 4 tablespoons (2 oz.) unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces

INSTRUCTIONS 1. In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt; set aside. In a separate bowl, whisk milk, eggs, and 2 tablespoons melted butter. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and whisk until combined (some lumps may remain). Let batter rest for at least 1 hour, or overnight. If resting overnight, refrigerate batter but bring to room temperature for at least a half hour before baking.

2. When you are ready to bake the popovers, adjust the oven rack to the lower-middle position, place popover pan on a baking sheet, place it on the rack, and preheat the oven to 450 degrees.

3. When the pan and oven are preheated, carefully remove the pan from the oven. Quickly brush the cups with the remaining melted butter, and divide the room-temperature batter evenly among the cups.

4. Return the pan to the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Then, without opening the oven door, lower the temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 15 minutes, until the popovers are dark golden brown. Quickly poke each popover with a skewer or the tip of a paring knife and continue baking for 5 minutes.

5. Immediately turn hot popovers out onto a cooling rack, and enjoy!

NOTE: Popovers are best eaten within a few hours of baking, but if you want to reheat them, it’s best to use the oven. Avoid the microwave or you’ll get rubbery popovers.

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• 1/2 teaspoon salt

MONDAY

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

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

4/19

4/22

4/23

4/24

• Tuna Salad on Wheat • Marinated Green Beans • Coleslaw • Pears

• Pasta with Meatballs and Parmesan Cheese • Mixed Vegetables • Plum Fruit

• Chicken • Veggie Breafast and Biscuits Sausage • French Toast Strata • Broccoli with Syrup • Frosted Cake • Warm Spiced Pears • Orange Juice

Birthday Special

THURSDAY

4/25 • Apple Glazed Pork • Mashed Sweet Potatoes • Cabbage • Dinner Roll • Fruit Jello

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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Puzzles Across 1 Out of practice 6 Blue stone 11 It doesn’t last long 14 Casual opening 15 Saudi neighbor 16 Part of un giorno 17 Crayfish habitat 18 Employees 20 Seminal discovery by sports historians?

22 Newspaper supporters 25 LAX stat 26 “You got me there” 27 Comprehensive text on mints?

32 Card game 33 Certain cross-country traveler 34 Crane’s construction 36 “One Mic” rapper 37 Reaction to Bugs’ continued evasiveness?

41 Common ID 43 Soaps actress Rylan 44 Some kissing sounds 47 Snap 48 How a snail moves?

51 Lend __ 54 “That’s so cute!”

55 Brine-cured delicacy 56 “I plotted against Caesar completely on my own!”?

61 “Doubtful” 62 Be enamored of 66 Relative of -ista 67 View from the Eiffel Tower 68 Traction aid 69 Cold and wet 70 Fragrant compound 71 Quite a while Down 1 Kid 2 A, in Acapulco 3 Mess metaphor 4 Canter cousin 5 “Am I clear?”

6 Dieter’s choice 7 Milwaukee : mine :: Marseilles : __ 8 Last of three Catherines 9 Calligrapher’s array

See puzzle solutions on page 46

See puzzle solution on page 46 10 Searches (through) 11 Philatelist’s source 12 Peloponnesian region 13 Nature spirits of Greek myth 19 Plains tribe 21 List substitute: Abbr.

22 Cadillac model 23 Hägar creator Browne 24 TV’s “Through the Wormhole,” e.g.

28 Invoice heading no.

29 Initiation 30 Ryan of “Sleepless in Seattle” 31 Night sch. staple 35 Bit of adverbial wordplay 38 Confessional music genre 39 LBJ’s successor 40 Real head-turner in the animal kingdom 41 Deeper into la-la land

42 “From Here to Eternity” Oscar winner 45 Coverage-providing org.

46 __ symbol 49 Bit of equestrian gear 50 __ Beach, Hawaii, home of the 2005 Little League World Series champs 52 “__ suspected!”

53 Salon procedure 57 Hawaiian strings 58 Agitated state 59 Pothole warning 60 Farm female 63 Org. assisting museums 64 Amtrak unit 65 QB’s stat

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: If I was, If I were If I were is the correct phrase when one is referring to a conditional future event.

If I were president, I would stress feeding the hungry.

Dave Dowling is the author of The Wrong Word Dictionary and The Dictionary of Worthless Words. Both books are available from many book retailers, and signed copies can be obtained by contacting Dave at dave.dowling65@gmail.com

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RELIGION

Easter Gift & Dining Guide

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

April 21

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019 RELIGION

PlacesWorship of Worship Easter Schedule *Wheelchair Accessible

Celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord!

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RELIGION

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

Places of Worship

*Wheelchair Accessible

Adirondack Christian Fellowship

Christ Community Reformed Church

Full Gospel Tabernacle

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

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.

Adirondack Friends Meeting

Christ Episcopal Church*

Galway United Methodist Church

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

Assembly of God Faith Chapel

Christian Restoration Ministries

Grace Church

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

Christian Science Church

118 Woodlawn Avenue, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-6081 | 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 | gracewaterford.com Rev. Kathy Alonge-Coons Services: Sunday 7:30 and 9:30 a.m.

Adult Christian Education Program: 8:30 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.

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

Bethesda Episcopal 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.

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.

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

Burnt Hills United Methodist Church*

Eastern Orthodox — Christ the Savior

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.

349 Eastline Road, Ballston Lake Contact: 518-212-7845 | xcsavior.org Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m.

Calvary Capital District

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

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

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

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Faith Chapel

First Baptist Church of Saratoga Springs 45 Washington Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-6301 | fbcsaratoga.org Services: Sunday Noon First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa

1 Glenmore Avenue, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-587-4796 | churchofjesuschrist.org Services: Sunday 10 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.

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.

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019 RELIGION

Places of Worship

*Wheelchair Accessible

New Life Fellowship*

St. Clement’s Roman Catholic Church*

Schuylerville United Methodist Church

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

Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

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.

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

St. George’s Episcopal Church

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

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

912 Route 146, Clifton Park Contact: 518-371-6351 | stgeorge@csdsl.net Services: Saturday 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 7:30, 9, 11:30 a.m.

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

62 Henry Street, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-3122 | soulsavingstationchurch.com Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church*

Starpoint Church

167 Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa Contact: 518-885-7411 | stmarysbsta.org Services: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 8:30, 10:30 a.m., Noon

410 21st Century Park Drive, Clifton Park Contact: 518-371-2811 | starpoint.church Services: 9, 10:30 a.m. and Noon

St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church*

Stillwater Christian Fellowship

771 Route 29, Rock City Falls Contact: 518-885-4677 | sjoegctr@nycap.rr.com Services: Sunday 8:30 a.m.

Meeting at Liberty Ridge Farm: 29 Bevis Road, Schaghticoke Contact: 518-288-8802 Services: 10 a.m.

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Stillwater United Church (Presbyterian U.S.A.)

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

747 Hudson Avenue, Stillwater Contact: 518-664-7984 | stillwaterunitedchurch.org Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

St. Peter Lutheran Church

Temple Sinai*

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

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.

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 | thomasanglican.com Father John Bassett | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

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

Revelation Church*

Saratoga Friends Meeting (Quaker)

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.

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

Saratoga Chabad

River of Hope Fellowship

Simpson United Methodist Church

St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church*

466 Route 32, Schylerville Contact: 518-695-3101 | qsumc.com | Pastor Ben Lalka Services: Sunday 9 a.m.

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

Shenendehowa United Methodist

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

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.

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

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs* 624 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs Contact: 518-584-1555 | uusaratoga.org Services: Sunday 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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Call for Docents The National Museum of Dance is seeking volunteer docents to lead Museum tours in the upcoming exhibition season. The Museum offers free tours each Tuesday at 11 a.m. with paid admission as well as private group tours throughout the year. Volunteer docent training will be led by Mary Anne Fantauzzi, the Museum’s Docent Coordinator, beginning Tuesday, April 23.

Fantauzzi will offer docent training by appointment during flexible dates and times to accommodate potential tour guides’ schedules.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer docent, please email tours@dancemuseum.org or call 518-584-2225, ext. 3004. No prior knowledge of dance is necessary, volunteers of all ages are welcome, and all volunteers are encouraged to bring ideas to share.

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.

Adult Easter Egg/ Scavenger Hunt Must be 21 to attend. Held at the Clifton Park Elks, 695 Mac Elroy Rd., Clifton Park on April 27 from noon – 3 p.m. Thousands of eggs filled with surprise gifts. There will be raffles every 15 minutes, costume contest, photo booth and plenty of fun. No children or pets. Purchase tickets through Eventbrite Purchase tickets thru Eventbrite. www.eventbrite. com/e/adult-easter-egg-hunttickets-57651143121 Advance $20, or at the door for $25. All proceeds benefit 4 local animal rescue/shelters. Please support us.

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, Farmers’ 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.

live music of Frank Orsini, Alan Thomson & Patricia Kernan, with Ridge Kennedy calling. Meet new people and have fun! Easy to learn.

Beginners welcome. No partner needed. Lesson at 6:45 p.m.; dance at 7 p.m.. Price: $11 ($8 for students with ID, $9 for YMCA members).

Spiritual Retreat for Grieving Parents On April 27, St. Clement’s Church will offer a one-day Spiritual Retreat for Grieving Parents at 321 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs from 9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. The retreat is open to parents whose child of any age has died by any cause, no matter how long ago. All are welcome, regardless of situation or religion. Very few things in life are more painful than the death of one’s child. A parent’s life changes drastically and dramatically forever. Focusing on the spirituality of the grieving process and the very real promise of eternal life can help. This retreat is offered in cooperation with the Albany Diocese, and the Emmaus Ministry for Grieving Parents, a unique, ongoing Catholic program that has been serving the spiritual needs of grieving parents for almost 10 years. See www.emfgp.org or www. scpny.org for more information. Or call Becky Craig at 518-596-2099.

Indoor Garage & Craft Sale On Sunday, April 28, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. the popular Elks Ladies Auxiliary Indoor Craft and Garage Sale will take place at the Saratoga-Wilton Elks Club off Maple Avenue on Elks Lane.

Admission is free, over 40 vendors; great parking, bargains galore, and lunch. We offer household items, sports equipment, hand-made items, clothing, jewelry, party vendors, pet supplies, food treats and just about anything you can imagine. New vendors signing up every month. Snow or rain, the sales go on. Fun for the entire family. All proceeds go to our local charities. Next sales date won’t be until September 22. An 8’ table and chairs are just $15; call Linda at 518-289-5470 for information or to sign up for a table(s).

Contradance The Clifton Park Contradance will be held on Saturday, April 27 at the Southern Saratoga County YMCA, 1 Wall St., Clifton Park, 6:45 – 10 p.m. More Danceflurry fun! Come contradance to the

Washington County 27th Annual Fiber Tour The Washington County Fiber Tour celebrates its 27th annual event, April 27-28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors drive this way, that way, or any way, throughout the County, visiting our fiber mill and ten farms, which raise sheep, alpacas, cashmere goats and angora rabbits. The fiber farms’ management is top quality, which leads to outstanding animals and products. You’ll see new lambs, frolicking cashmere kids, multi-colored alpacas, and the softest angora bunnies.

The farm’s products run from raw fleeces to finished yarn to clothing, as well as cuts of lamb and Tuscan style cheese. washingtoncountyfibertour.org

“Echoes from France” A musical event on Sunday, April 28 from 3 – 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, located at 624 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs. St Saens, Bizet and Ravel by acclaimed piano team, Judith Thomas and John Ackley (Four Hands & a Foot”). Donation - $10.

For more information call Bev at 518-587-0403.

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019 Smell the Flowers Spring into Summer and Fall. You are invited to learn all about the Yaddo Garden Association (YGA) and how you can help make the gardens beautiful. YGA gardeners volunteer in the gardens and get a sense of satisfaction knowing their efforts enhance the gardens while enjoying the fresh air and exercise.

YGA Docent volunteers share the history of the Gardens with our visitors throughout the summer and fall. Please come and learn more on Monday, April 29 at noon at the United Methodist Church at the corner of Henning Rd. and 5th Ave. in Saratoga Springs (175 5th Ave.) We will provide a light lunch and overview of what you can expect if you join the Yaddo Garden Volunteers.

Book Lecture and Signing “A Train Near Magdeburg” A Teacher’s Journey into the Holocaust by Matthew Rozell.

Drawing on never-beforepublished eye-witness accounts, survivor memoirs, wartime reports and letters, as well as his own experiences interviewing survivors and American liberators, Matthew Rozell discusses his journey to uncover the stories behind incredible 1945 liberation photographs taken by the soldiers who stumbled upon a death train full of Jewish families in the closing days of World War II. His efforts culminated in 11 joyful reunions on three continents, seven decades later. Hosted by The Summit at Saratoga Senior Living Community on Tuesday, April 30 at 1 p.m. at 1 Perry Rd., Saratoga Springs.

Books available for $20 each. RSVP at 518-430-2136 or Concierge@ SummitSeniorLife.com.

Art Exhibits Artists and members of Southern Saratoga Art Society are exhibiting throughout the area during April and May. Stop in and visit the exhibits and support art in southern Saratoga County: Mechanicville Public Library, Catskill Hudson Bank, Malta Branch, and The Center Gallery of the Clifton Park Senior Community Center.

New York City Ballet Musicians & Friends The NYC Ballet Musicians & Friends, which holds low-cost performances during the ballet residency in July, will have a

fundraising concert on Thursday, May 2 in the Dee Sarno Theater, Saratoga Arts. Violinist and Artistic Director Luellen Abdoo and Pianist Christopher Oldfather will perform pieces by Telemann, Schumann, Kreisler, and Grieg, with a new composition by Steve Cohen. The 7 – 8 p.m. concert will be preceded by a 6:30 p.m. wine and cheese social, followed by an 8 - 8:30 p.m. post-concert reception for the artists. Tickets are $35 per person or $50 for a pair. Advance reservations can be made by writing a check to Saratoga Arts and mailing it to Joel Reed, Saratoga Arts, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Be sure to write “NYCB M & F fundraiser 5/2/19” in the “Memo” line of the check. For questions call 518-587-1534.

Cerebral Palsy Fundraiser Come welcome the flowery month of May when we celebrate our Spring Fling for our Cerebral Palsy Fundraiser on Friday, May 3 at the Saratoga-Wilton Elks Lodge from 6 to 10 p.m. Put on your danc’in shoes and “tiptoe through the tulips” with Betsy and the ByeGons who plays 60’s and 70’s music, Pop and Classic Rock and Country music. The cost for this evening is $20 paid at the door or in advance by calling Judy at 518-587-5568. A delicious Italian meal, rigatoni, meatballs, sauce, salad, garlic bread and dessert, are included in the ticket price. A cash bar, 60’s attire contest, games and raffle baskets will be available to add to your enjoyment. Help raise donations to assist the Cerebral Palsy Fund and have a fun night out with friends/family.

Matilda the Musical The Saratoga Children’s Theater presents Matilda the Musical at the Saratoga Springs High School Teaching Auditorium. Shows are Friday, May 3 at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m. Please park by the football field/tennis courts. The Teaching Auditorium is all the way down to the left of the tennis courts. Tickets Prices: Adults: $15, Students/ Seniors: $10, Children (not in school): $5. Doors open 30 minutes before the show. Remaining tickets for each performance will be sold starting 1 hour before the show.

Tickets are available online at: www.brownpapertickets.com.

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

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

This Week’s Events: APRIL 19 - 25 family friendly

Bring your own gloves and tools if desired.

Please register through our online calendar or by calling 518-584-7860.

TUESDAY, APRIL 23 Open Mic Storytelling

FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Signs of Spring Walk Saratoga Spa State Park, Creekside Classroom | 2 p.m.

Join a naturalist for a guided nature walk in search of vernal beginnings. Welcome to people of all ages and all experience levels. This event is free. Please call 518-584-2000, ext. 111 to register.

Registration for the event is required.

Fish Fry Fridays Fish Creek Rod and Gun Club, Route 32 South of the Village of Victory 4:30 - 7 p.m. | 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. Your support of these events helps the Knights to continue to support our local schools and other charitable causes within the community.

SATURDAY, APRIL 20 Genealogy and Local History Town of Saratoga Town Hall, Corner of Route 4 and Route 29, Schuylerville | 1 p.m.

Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County will meet. Clifton Park Historian and HH member, John Scherer, will present the program: “Remembering the Dearly

Saratoga in Spring . .\.

Departed: Tombstones, Hair Wreaths and Mourning Customs.” John served as Curator of Decorative Arts at the NYS Museum in Albny from 1967 to 2009 and has authored several local history books and contributed many articles to periodicals and area newspapers. Public is welcome. For information call Ginny at 518-885-9309.

Nature Hike Saratoga Spa State Park, Creekside Classroom | 1 p.m.

Join a skilled naturalist for a walk in the park searching for signs of wildlife. Lately we’ve spied porcupines and mink in the area. Who knows what you might find! No registration necessary. Hikes meet every Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 21 Breakfast Buffet Saratoga-Wilton Elks, 1 Elks Lane, Route 9, Saratoga Springs | 8:30 – 11 a.m.

Now featuring eggs to order, fruit cocktail, French toast, pancakes, potatoes, breakfast sausage and ham, corned beef hash, sausage gravy and biscuits, scrambled eggs, eggs benedict, juice, coffee and tea. Donation Requested: Adults $10, Seniors and Military (active/ retired with ID card) $9, Children 5-12 $8, Under 5 Free, Take-outs $10. Call 518-584-2585 for more information.

MONDAY, APRIL 22 Earth Day Celebration Saratoga Springs Public Library, H. Dutcher Community Room | 4 - 6 p.m.

In celebration of Earth Day, Chad Currin of Biosoil will read aloud his picture book Little Lil and Eddie the Earth Worm in the library pocket garden (weather pending) followed by a compost demonstration and a hands-on planting activity. For all ages! Also, tree sapling planting activity (saplings from Saratoga Tree Nursery).

Café Lena, 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs | 7 p.m.

Storytellers of all styles and levels of experience are welcome! Enjoy an evening of true stories, traditional tales, myths, fables, family stories and more. A featured storyteller performs for 30 minutes and open mic tellers have 10 minutes each. We have just one rule: no notes! Cost is $5, students free.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 Italian Dinner Saratoga-Wilton Elks, 1 Elks Lane, Route 9, Saratoga Springs | 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Menu: Soup, antipasto salad, fettuccine alfredo, baked ziti, chicken riggies, meatballs, Italian sausage and peppers, garlic bread and butter, dessert, coffee, tea. Donation Requested: $12 adults, $11 seniors (62 years) and military (active or retired) with ID card, $8 children 5-12.

Children under 5 free. $12 All take-outs.

Cash bar available. Call 518-584-2585 for more information.

Acoustic Blues Open Mic & Jam Café Lena, 33 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs | 7:30 p.m.

Sign ups are at 7 p.m., followed by the opening set at 7:30 p.m. All levels of playing are welcome. Hosted by NYS Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Sonny Speed for SABS. Featured artist is Phil Drum.

Admission is only $5.

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 Earth Week at Creekside Classroom Saratoga Spa State Park, 19 Roosevelt Drive, Saratoga Springs | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Visit the Classroom any time between 10a.m. and 4p.m. and upcycle some fun Earth Day crafts! No registration necessary.

This event is free. Please call 518-584-2000, ext. 111 for more information.

Recycled Materials Craft Camp Saratoga, Parking Lot #1, Scout Road, Gansevoort | 11 a.m. - Noon It’s Earth Week so we are going to get creative with reusing household garbage materials to make some great nature art projects!

Registration is required. Free admission.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

A Year with Great Blue Herons Saratoga Springs Public Library, 49 Henry Street, Saratoga Springs | 7 p.m.

For the past nine years, Bunting has monitored a small Great Blue Heron rookery near his home in the DelawareOtsego area. His program explores the life of Great Blue Herons through his photography and observations. This program is free and open to the public.

Ballston Area Seniors Pickin’ Sessions Milton Community Center, 310 Northline Road, Ballston Spa 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Free to the public, ample free parking and please bring a snack to be shared.

Amateur and/or professional musicians.

Come listen or bring an instrument and play along. Check out our web page at www.ballstonareaseniors.com.

TUESDAY, APRIL 23 After the Fire Monthly Meeting Halfmoon Town Hall, Lower Road, Halfmoon | 7 p.m.

After the Fire is a non-profit organization that helps Saratoga County Residents who have suffered a loss due to fire. Families are provided with gift cards, a night’s stay are a participating hotel/motel, Red Cross referral, informational material, emotional support. etc. Anyone interested in learning more about After the Fire, or becoming a member, may attend a meeting, visit us on Facebook at www.afterthefire.org, or leave a message on voicemail at 518-435-4571.

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

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Jazz Pianist/Composer Fred Hersch to Mark 50th Anniversary of The Stonewall Riots at Caffe Lena

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

Jazz at the Spring with the

Leo Russo Trio

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saxophonist Leo Russo performs 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 at Spring Street Gallery, 110 Spring St, as part of the Capital District Jazz “Jazz at the Spring” series.

Russo, now in his eighties, still commands the bandstand and is a living encyclopedia of the jazz language. His early career included working with the swing era bandleader Bobby Sherwood and then a stint on the West Coast in bands including a small group

led by drummer Buddy Rich.

Returning to the Capital Region to raise his family, he’s been a major figure on the area jazz scene for over 50 years.

For this special performance, Russo will be joined Mike Novakowski on guitar and Lou Smaldone on bass.

Jazz at the Spring is held the last Thursday of each month at the Spring Street Gallery. Tickets are $15 and are available at: brownpapertickets.com.

Live at the Jazz Bar: Swing Night with Annie & the Hedonists April 25

Fred Hersch.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Fourteen-time Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch will celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Stonewall Riots with two performances at Caffè Lena on June 28.

“An Evening with Fred Hersch: 50 Years After The Stonewall Riots” will pay homage to The Stonewall Riots, which occurred on June 28, 1969, and are considered to be the catalyst to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in United States. Fred Hersch will perform original pieces in addition to iconic jazz works, while also sharing how The Stonewall Riots shaped him, his career, and his growth as a musician, drawing from his memoir Good Things Happen Slowly.

A select member of jazz’s piano pantheon, Fred Hersch is a pervasively influential creative force who has shaped the genre’s course over more than three decades as an improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, collaborator and recording artist.

He has been proclaimed “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade” by Vanity Fair, “an elegant force of musical invention” by The L.A. Times, and “a living legend” by The New Yorker.

His 2017 memoir, Good Things Happen Slowly (Crown Archetype Books/Random House), was named one of 2017’s Five Best Memoirs by the Washington Post and The New York Times. It’s the story of the first openly gay, HIV-positive

jazz player; a deep look into the cloistered jazz culture that made such a status both transgressive and groundbreaking; and a profound exploration of how Hersch’s two-month-long coma in 2007 led to his creating some of the finest, most direct, and most emotionally compelling music of his career.

The event, presented by the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and Caffè Lena takes place on Saratoga’s second annual Freihofer’s Jazz Fest Friday, June 28. Shows are at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Tickets range from $20 to $40 and are available online at caffelena.org. The event precedes the 2019 Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival, which takes place at Saratoga Performing Arts Center June 29-30.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Freihofer’s “Live at the Jazz Bar: Swing Night” returns for a special free event at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25.

Kicking-off with dance lessons from Diane Lachtrupp and

Johnny Martinez, co-directors of Tango Fusion Dance Company, the event will feature live swing music from Annie and the Hedonists, and a cash bar at the Hall of Springs, located at the Saratoga Spa State Park.

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

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With The Radio On:

TANGWAVES GOES LIVE SARATOGA SPRINGS — Students transform a hallway inside the Tang Museum into a tiny FM radio station for a live broadcast of their final audio projects from 2-7 p.m. on Friday, April 26 at the Tang Museum.

Stop by the museum to catch their frequency, pick up a portable radio, and see the transmission in progress. Their low-powered station will have a limited broadcast range, so you will need to be in the vicinity of the Tang to tune in.

The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery is located on the campus

LITTLE STEVEN Coming to Saratoga

of Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway. For more information, call 518-580-8080.

It’s Earth Day in The Year 2030 in a Small Town in Upstate New York ALBANY — Local filmmakers launched a crowdfunding campaign this week for a mockumentary about climate change that will be produced in Albany County this summer.

The short film - “Earth Day 2030” - is designed to stimulate conversations about the environment and sustainability.

Producers will raise funds through Seed and Spark, an online crowdfunding service operated by and for independent filmmakers.

“We think the best way to get people talking more about climate change is through humor, so that is why we chose the mockumentary format,” said the film’s writer, director and co-producer Joe Murphy, in a statement.

“It’s a difficult topic for a lot of people, and not everyone sees it the same way in terms of solutions or even the nature of the problem, but everyone likes to laugh. That’s why we think we can reach a broad audience and give them a shared experience they can then talk about together.”

The film’s plot is set in a smalltown community dealing with the social effects of climate change in the year 2030. School children,

CLIFTON PARK — Founding member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, sevenyear co-star of the Sopranos, and creator of the internationally syndicated radio show “Little Steven’s Underground Garage,” Stevie Van Zandt will lead his parents and other town residents discuss how they are coping with a radically-changing environment, including an influx of climate refugees from Long Island, Arizona and other regions across the country hit hard by extreme weather. In an allegory for climate change, the town’s grownups fight and trash Town Hall, and the children are left to clean up the mess.

A cast of actors have been gathered from across upstate New York and from New York City, and shooting will take place in Voorheesville and Bethlehem at the end of June.” The campaign seeks to raise $5,000 to cover the costs of equipment and location rentals, cast, crew, food and other production needs.

The filmmakers are collaborating with two local nonprofits, the Anam Earth Center for Sustainability and Change, an environmental education organization, and Upstate Independent Filmmakers Network, a hub for filmmakers, actors, screenwriters, and other media artists based in the Capital Region.

Donations to the movie through Seed and Spark are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

The campaign’s website is at: www.seedandspark.com/fund/ earthday2030. More information about the movie, including a daily blog entitled “How I Talked About Climate Change Today,” is available online at www. earthday2030.com.

Disciples of Soul to Clifton Park’s Upstate Concert Hall July 14. A new album, titled “Summer of Sorcery,” will be released May 3.

Tickets are $31.50 in advance and are available at: www.ticketweb. com, or the club box office at 518-371-0012.

PRINT DEMANDS ATTENTION. The printed word is tangible.

It takes up space so it cannot easily be ignored…or forgotten.

Printed content has tested better with brand recall than digital, and is proven easier for our brains to process.

When you choose to print, you’re creating a highly memorable experience for your readers.

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Taj Mahal Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Iconic Album at The Egg July 20 ALBANY — Taj Mahal will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of his double album “Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home,” in a special concert with his quartet at The Egg on July 20.

One of the most acclaimed roots music artists of all time, Taj Mahal has played an extraordinary role in revitalizing and preserving the blues since the 1960s. One of his most influential recordings was “Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home” - a double album released in 1969.

One disc featured him leading his band through soulful interpretations of gospel numbers, country songs, blues standards and pop tunes as well as originals. The second acoustic solo LP dug deep into the roots of the blues – including his signature song ‘Fishin’ Blues’ - that continues to inspire and influence musicians and audiences to this day.

Tickets are $59.50, $49.50, $39.50 and available at The Egg Box Office at the Empire State Plaza and by telephone – 518-473-1845.

National Tour of “Menopause The Musical” Plays Glens Falls This Month GLENS FALLS — The international hit show, “Menopause The Musical,” stages five performances at the Charles R. Wood Theater Wednesday, April 24 through Saturday, April 27.

Inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine, “Menopause The Musical” is a celebration of women who find themselves at any stage of “The Change.” The laughterfilled 90-minute production is set in a department store, where four women meet while shopping for a black lace bra at a lingerie sale. After noticing unmistakable similarities among one another, the cast jokes about their woeful hot flashes, mood swings, wrinkles, weight

gain and more. The women form a sisterhood and unique bond with the entire audience as they rejoice in celebrating that menopause is no longer “The Silent Passage.”

The show, now in its 17th year of production, is recognized as the longest-running scripted production in Las Vegas and has entertained audiences in more than 450 U.S. cities, nearly 300 international cities and a total of 15 countries.

Performance Schedule: 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 24 – Friday, April 26, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 27. The Charles R. Wood Theater is located at 207 Glen St. Ticket info: www.woodtheater. org, or call 518-480-4878.

Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

The Flower and Fruit Mission

SPRING LUNCHEON MAY 21 AT HALL OF SPRINGS SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Flower and Fruit Mission of Saratoga Hospital will host The Spring Luncheon on May 21 at The Hall of Springs in the Saratoga Spa State Park.

A social hour takes place 11:30 a.m. and a seated lunch at 12:30 p.m. Attire is Spring Chic – hats are encouraged. Guests

may enjoy shopping with local vendors, a silent auction of container gardens and a chance to participate in the raffle.

The Flower and Fruit mission has supported the William J. Hickey Women’s Health Services of Saratoga Hospital for over 100 years and most recently pledged $250,000

to a multi-phase expansion and renovation project.

Tickets are $60 per person and only pre-paid reservations are accepted. For reservations go to thespringluncheon2019. eventbrite.com or contact Jennifer Perry by calling 518-288-5975 or email theflowerandfruitmission@ gmail.com

CELEBRATING THE HEALING POWER OF ART

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Beyond My Battle: Art with Heart and Hope, is an exhibition celebrating the healing power of art for those with illnesses, disabilities, and caretakers.

The exhibition will take place

May 9-12 at Spring Street Gallery.

There will be an opening night celebration 6-9 p.m. May 9. Enjoy live music, wine, beer, catered food, and inspiring stories. Tickets are $40 and available at beyondmybattle. org/events, or at the door.

Beyond My Battle is a nonprofit organization helping individuals and their loved ones manage the emotional stress of illness and disability. For more information about the organization, go to: beyondmybattle.org.

A $4 million Gift to Support Poetry Initiative at Bennington College BENNINGTON, VT — Poetry at Bennington, a program of short-term residencies that brings established and emerging poets to Bennington College for public readings and close work with students, has been endowed with a gift of $4 million from longstanding donors to the college.

Since it was established in 2012, Poetry at Bennington has brought more than 50 poets to campus, including Poets Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a diverse range of emerging and established poets. During the short-term residencies, the poets

give public readings and engage directly with students through question-and-answer sessions, craft lectures, master classes, group writing exercises, and individual consultations. The events are free and regularly attract students from neighboring colleges, as well as poetry enthusiasts.

On Wednesday, April 24, Tyehimba Jess will read. Jess is the author of two books of poetry, leadbelly, a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series, and Olio, which won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. Poetry at Bennington

continues on May 1 with readings from Robert Farnsworth and Craig Morgan Teicher, and May 8, when Katie Ford’s poetry reading will conclude the spring series.

Notable literary alumni from both the undergraduate and MFA in Writing program include Donna Tartt, Brett Easton Ellis, Kiran Desai, Jonathan Lethem, Michael Pollan, Ann Goldstein, Safiya Sinclair, Anaïs Duplan, Anne Waldman, Mary Ruefle, Cynthia Sweeney, Jamie Quatro; Amy Gerstler, Morgan Jerkins, and Charles Bock.

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Purpose: any lawful business activity not otherwise prohibited by the laws of the State of New York. 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24. 91844 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

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — Senior pitcher of the Spa Catholic Saints, Dylan Custer utilizes his meticulousness and self-motivation both on and off the field.

From the tender age of two years old, Custer picked up a whiffle ball and fell in love with the game of baseball.

“My parents said I was born with a baseball bat,” said Custer. “I would always ask dad to go out in the backyard and throw me some whiffle balls and I’d hit them. He said I would constantly hit them over the house at two and three years old. I think it’s always been in my blood.”

Custer is constantly active, trying to stay in shape. From being a member on the school’s cross-country team, to uniquely running for the school track team during baseball season. The balance of both sports in one season is not an easy task.

“I came up with this schedule - which is three months long - I mixed and matched practices,

games, meets into the schedule just so it’s easier to follow,” said Custer. “I think my body can take it. I’m okay I think.”

Attending nearly every sporting event he participates in are Custer’s biggest supporters.

“My parents and my grandparents. They’re out there at almost every game ever since I was little. They are hands down my number one fans and supporters,” said Custer.

Custer’s dedication may be ingrained in him, but it is not without the influence of his older twin brothers. One, whose compassion is demonstrated through his aspiring career as a cardiologist, has inspired Custer to pursue a career in the medical field. His other brother is a Clarkson University alumnus, and an engineer.

“What I’m inspired by with him is the drive that he has. He got into a pretty bad accident when he was in college and he pushed through and kept going and managed to graduate on time and now he’s a successful engineer…His drive inspires me,” said Custer

“My parents said I was born with a baseball bat... I think it’s always been in my blood.”

Following in his brother’s footsteps, Custer will attend Clarkson University where he will continue to play baseball.

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Local Artist Lands Feature on Martha Stewart

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — The development of a new, multi-story parking structure adjacent to the City Center could begin as early as this summer. The structure would provide spaces for about 600 vehicles and could be fully operational by the summer of 2020.

“As far as design goes, a building permit in June would be great. That’s what we’re pushing towards,” said Ryan McMahon, who joined the staff of the City Center in 2011 as the operations manager before taking over as executive director in 2017.

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and so it BEGINS:

Opening Day at Oklahoma Training Track, Countdown to Saratoga Summer Meet All photos by Thomas Dimopoulos.

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Roger Stockton sat atop his horse Lukas and watched a pair of thoroughbreds breeze by. Beams of light spilled out of Wednesday’s morning sun, casting the outrider’s frame in silhouette. A few yards away, a worker distributed bales of hay to a half-dozen horses waiting patiently in their respective barns.

“I started outriding about 10 years ago,” says Stockton, whose family was involved in horse racing, dating back to his upbringing in Kansas. These days he makes his home in Ballston Spa. “I came up here rodeo-ing about 30 years ago. Bucky Fires, an old outrider, brought me up here, then started my own pony business,” he says. His horse, Lukas, is eight and is named after the famed horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas - from whom Stockton got the horse as a three-year-old when he retired from racing.

April 17 brought opening day to the Oklahoma Training Track on Union Avenue, and with it the unofficial start of Saratoga’s next season. The “spring training” for thoroughbreds feature horses who will compete at the historic Spa later this summer. The 2019 season, which takes place at Saratoga’s main track across the avenue, features 40 racing days and runs from Thursday, July 11 through Monday, Sept. 2.

The Oklahoma Training Track and Whitney Viewing Stand will be open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays from 6 to 10:30 a.m. beginning Saturday, April 20. During the racing meet, both will be open daily.

Free parking is available near the Oklahoma Training Track.

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) currently has a variety of offerings

available to fans making plans for the 2019 meet. The plans include: • Full-Season Ticket Plans: Includes a reserved seat in the Clubhouse or Grandstand for all 40 days of the meet. Season ticket packages are available for purchase through NYRA Account Manager. Full-season ticket plans are also available for premium reserved seats in The Stretch and can be purchased through the NYRA Box Office by phone at 844-NYRA-TIX or via email at boxoffice@nyrainc.com.

• Weekly Ticket Plans: A reserved seat in the Clubhouse or Grandstand for five consecutive days of the meet from Wednesday through Sunday (Thursday through Sunday for Opening Weekend; and Wednesday through Monday for Closing Week). Weekly ticket plans may be purchased online through NYRA Account Manager. Reserved seats for the 150th running of the Runhappy Travers on Saturday, Aug. 24 are available exclusively through the purchase of either a weekly or season ticket plan.

• Season Admission Passes: Admission to all 40 days of the meet, including Travers Day. Season passes do not include reserved seating. The cost of a 2019 Grandstand season pass is $50.

A Clubhouse season pass is $75.

Season passes may be purchased at NYRA.com/Saratoga.

• The Stretch Single-Day Premium Reserved Seats: The Stretch, a private hospitality area featuring modern and upscale amenities with outstanding views of the final turn. Ticket holders to The Stretch enjoy exclusive access to a full-service bar, kitchen and concessions, highdefinition televisions and video screens, special events and private restrooms. Guests also enjoy a relaxed dress code at The Stretch.

Single-day premium reserved seats in The Stretch are available at Ticketmaster.com.

Scenes from Opening Day at Oklahoma Training Track, April 17, 2019.

Outrider Roger Stockton and his horse, Lukas.

• Fourstardave Sports Bar and Miller Lite Picnic Paddock Flex Plans: Fans can secure a reserved table for Travers Day in the Fourstardave Sports Bar and Miller Lite Picnic Paddock exclusively through the purchase of a flex plan. A flex plan offers fans the opportunity to reserve a table on seven dates of their choosing, including Travers Day. Reserved table flex plans are available by calling the NYRA Box Office at 844-NYRA-TIX. • 1863 Club Group Hospitality Offerings: The 1863 Club - a three-story, climate-controlled, state-of-the-art building will debut for the 2019 season. Group

reservations are available for The Rail at the 1863 Club, the firstfloor banquet space which features floor-to-ceiling windows and offers table seating for up to 500 guests. Reservations are also being accepted for the second-floor event space, accommodating up to 100 guests, as well as the thirdfloor luxury suites, with capacities ranging from 30 to 45 guests. All reservations for the 1863 Club are available by calling the NYRA Box Office at 844-NYRA-TIX. • Group Hospitality Offerings: Full and partial space reservations for additional group hospitality options at Saratoga Race Course are

currently available in the following hospitality areas: Paddock Tent; Festival Tent; Big Red Spring Tent; Top of the Stretch; Miller Lite Party Tent; and Easy Goer. Group sales reservations are available by contacting the NYRA Box Office by phone at 844-NYRA-TIX or via email at boxoffice@nyrainc.com.

Among the highlights of the 2019 season are Opening Weekend, July 11-14; the 150th running of the Grade 1, $1.25 million Runhappy Travers on Saturday, August 24; and the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney on Saturday, August 3. For more information about Saratoga Race Course, visit NYRA.com/Saratoga.

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John Ray & Sons to Sponsor AlbanySaratoga Speedway 2019 Racing Season as Official Fuel Sponsor

Inaugural Apple Blossom Run - May 18

MALTA — Established in 1904 in Troy as an ice delivery service, John Ray & Sons has evolved through the years as times have changed - delivering ice, coal, wood, kerosene, diesel fuel, heating oil, propane, and biofuels to residential and commercial customers throughout the greater Capital Region, the southern Adirondacks, and Vermont.

John Ray & Sons, the area’s oldest energy services company, is proud to announce their partnership with the Albany-Saratoga Speedway as the Official Fuel Sponsor for the 2019 racing season.

The 4/10-mile dirt oval track, located in Malta, has become a premier auto racing venue featuring Friday night racing with five different weekly racing divisions including DIRTcar Modifieds, DIRTcar Sportsman, Limited Sportsman, DIRTcar

Pro Stocks and Street Stocks. The company will be providing all fuel used at the track including diesel, gasoline, and propane.

Under the agreement, John Ray & Sons will also be sponsoring three $1,000 to Win Sportsman Nights throughout the summer, 50/50 raffle giveaways, and a new VIP experience for guests with pit access and an enclosed box suite on the fourth turn.

John Ray & Sons continues to sponsor four drivers and their teams this year, three of whom will be racing at Albany-Saratoga Speedway: Connor Cleveland (09), Jessey Mueller (19), Matt DeLorenzo (3D), and Brian Gleason (3G).

The 2019 Season Opener is scheduled for Friday, April 19, with a $5400 Modified Shootout.

For more information, visit www.johnray.com

Saturday, April 6, Always Shopping wins the G2 Gazelle at Aqueduct for trainer Todd Pletcher. Always Shopping will run in the Kentucky Oaks on Friday, May 3. The Kentucky Oaks is the biggest event for three-year-old fillies, with a million dollar purse! Photo by Dan Heary.

SARATOGA COUNTY — Saratoga PLAN and Saratoga Apple are partnering to offer a unique race (and taste) in Saratoga County. The race will take place on Saturday, May 18, with a 5k run beginning at 9 a.m. and a kids’ fun run at 10 a.m.

The race will wind its way through Saratoga Apple's orchard, with its hundreds of apple trees expected to be in full bloom on race day! The course is off-road and over uneven, grassy terrain. After you cross the finish line, jog your way into Saratoga Apple’s tasting room to enjoy a special drink deal for runners. (Redeemable with coupon from registration packet).

9 Miles East Farm will be serving up healthy, delicious, post-race food for sale on site.

We can't think of a better way to celebrate spring, support local agriculture, and get active outside! Frolickers and walkers welcome. Proceeds will go toward Saratoga PLAN projects to conserve irreplaceable lands

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in Saratoga County for farming, recreation, and natural habitats.

Register for the race online at runsignup.com/Race/NY/ Schuylerville/AppleBlossomRun5K

Parking: Carpooling is encouraged as parking is limited.

For more information, call 518-587-5554, or visit the website www.saratogaplan.org.

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SPRING SPORTS SEASON

LEAGUE GAMES THIS WEEK ARE AS FOLLOWS: Baseball FRIDAY 4/19 ■ Saratoga (Boys) vs. Rome Free 11 a.m. at Rome Free ■ Schuylerville (Boys) vs. Broadalbin 12 p.m. at Schuylerville

SATURDAY 4/20 ■ Schuylerville (Boys) vs. Mechanicville 12 p.m. at Schuylerville

MONDAY 4/22 ■ Schuylerville (Boys) vs. Greenwich 12 p.m. at Greenwich

TUESDAY 4/23 ■ Saratoga (Boys) vs. Ballston 12 p.m. at Saratoga ■ Schuylerville (Boys) vs. Amsterdam 12 p.m.

THURSDAY 4/25

FRIDAY 4/26

THURSDAY 4/25

TUESDAY 4/23

■ Schuylerville (Boys) vs. Lansingburgh 12 p.m. at Lansingburgh

■ Saratoga (Girls) vs. Shaker 12 p.m.

■ Saratoga (Boys) vs. Columbia 12 p.m.

■ Ballston (Girls) vs. Niskayuna 12 p.m. at Niskayuna

■ Saratoga (Girls) vs. Columbia 12 p.m. at Columbia

Softball FRIDAY 4/19 ■ Schuylerville (Girls) vs. Queensbury 12 p.m. at Queensbury

MONDAY 4/22 ■ Schuylerville (Girls) vs. Glens Falls 4:30 p.m. at Glens Falls

WEDNESDAY 4/25 ■ Schuylerville (Girls) vs. Gloversville 10 a.m. at Gloversville

SATURDAY 4/20 ■ TOURNAMENT Teams: Ballston Spa, Victor 9 a.m. at Luther Forest Athletic Field

Tennis MONDAY 4/22

■ Ballston (Girls) vs. Niskayuna 12 p.m. at Ballston

■ Saratoga (Boys) vs. Colonie 10 a.m. at Saratoga

■ Schuylerville (Boys) vs. Scotia 7 p.m. at Schuylerville

■ Saratoga (Boys) vs. Colonie 11 a.m. at Saratoga

THURSDAY 4/25

WEDNESDAY 4/24

■ Saratoga (Boys) vs. Rome Free 4 p.m. at Rome Free

■ Saratoga (Boys) vs. Burnt Hills 11 a.m. at Ballston Lake

■ Saratoga (Girls) vs. Shaker 12 p.m. at Saratoga

THURSDAY 4/25 ■ Saratoga (Boys) vs. Columbia 12 p.m. at Saratoga

■ Saratoga (Boys) vs. Columbia 12 p.m. at East Side Rec.

■ TOURNAMENT - Teams: Ballston Spa, Cicero North Syracuse 1 p.m. Luther Forest Athletic Field

Lacrosse

■ Ballston (Boys) vs. Niskayuna 12 p.m. at Ballston

TUESDAY 4/23

MONDAY 4/22

■ Saratoga (Girls) vs. Ballston 12 p.m. at Ballston

■ Ballston (Girls) vs. Guilderland 3 p.m. at Ballston

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

■ Ballston (Boys) vs. Niskayuna 12 p.m. at Niskayuna

■ Ballston (Boys) vs. Shen 12 p.m. at Ballston ■ Ballston (Girls) vs. Shen 12 p.m. at Shen

Track & Field SATURDAY 4/20 ■ Schuylerville (Girls) vs. Stillwater 9 a.m. at Stillwater

*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 #22 - MARCH 5 1st - Tom Jones 2nd - Mark Sharadin 3rd - Marc Roggan DFL Trevor Heidt

Points Standings: Jim Brooks - 54 Mark Sharadin - 48 Marc Roggen - 40 Sue Brooks - 35

Cheryl Sharadin - 18 Trevor Heidt - 17 Steve Rhodes - 15 Sharadin had a table run and left 7 balls standing against Roggan.

Baseball Saratoga Central Catholic Baseball v. Hoosic Valley INNINGS

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HIGHLIGHTS: With two outs in the bottom of the seventh innings, Kessler Waldron lined a 1-1 fastball to center field to break up Terel Tillman’s no-hit bid.

Terel Tillman single 2RB1. Dante Marin single 2RB1. Ross Garrow single three walks two runs.

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HIGHLIGHTS: Ross Garrow 2-2 (home run, single) 4 runs 1 RBI; Nick Winslow 2-3 (double, single) 1 run 1 RBI; Dylan Custer 3-3 (3 singles) 4 runs 1 RBI

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HIGHLIGHTS: Dylan Custer 4-5 (double, 3 singles) 4 RBI 3 Runs; Terel Tillman 2-3 (double, single) 4RBI; Ryan McCarroll 2-4 (2 singles) 2 Runs; Ross Garrow 2-4 (double, single) Runs; Billy Murdick2-3 (2 singles) 1BB 1 Run

Send your ALL STAR MOMENTS to sports@saratogapublishing.com

Ballston Spa Softball v. Shaker at Luther Forest Athletic Fields FINAL SCORE: Shaker-0 v. Ballston Spa-4 Shaker’s Record 0-2 Ballston Spa 1-0 SCORE BY INNING (r/h/e): Shaker: 0/1/0; 0/0/0; 0/0/0; 0/0/0; 0/1/1; 0/0/0; 0/0/0; Totals: 0/2/1 B-Spa: 1/2/0; 0/0/0; 0/0/0; 0/1/0; 3/3/1; 0/1/0; -/-/0; Totals: 4/7/1 Ballston Spa Pitcher: Lauren Kersch-7 k’s, 2 hits, 1 BB; Ballston Spa Catcher: Angelina Stile Shaker Pitcher: Sam Hardwick 5 k’s, 7 hits, 4 BB, 1HP; Shaker Catcher Emmie Gillmore EXTRA BASE HITS: 2B - Megan McMahon (BSpa 2); Lauren Kersch (BSPA) RBI - Angelina Stile BSPA (1); McMahon (1); Kersch (1) MULTIPLE HITS: McMahon (B)- 3; Kersch (B)-2

HITS FOR SHAKER: Hardwick (1); Gillmore (1) HIGHLIGHTS: Bottom 1st: Leadoff Single by McMahon, Julia Russell hits into a fielder choice. Ana Gold sacrifices to advance Russell to second. Stile with an RBI single to give the Scotties a 1-0 lead, until they score 3 more in the 5th.

5th Inning: One out walk drawn

by Katelyn Hilko, McMahon with an RBI double. Julia Russell singles and advances to second on a throwing error. McMahon scored on the error. Stile draws a two out walk, Kersch with an RBI double.

Megan McMahon had doubles in the 5th and 6th innings for the Scotties; she went 3/4 on the day.

Kersch went 2/3 on the day with a double and a single.

Ballston Spa Softball v.

Guilderland at Guilderland FINAL SCORE: Ballston Spa-11 v. Guilderland-6 Ballston Spa 2-0 (league and overall) SCORE BY INNING (r/h/e) B-Spa: 0/0/0; 0/1/0; 2/3/1; 0/2/0; 4/3/1; 5/6/0; 0/0/0; Totals: 11/15/1 G-land: 0/0/0; 0/1/0; 0/1/0; 3/3/0; 0/2/1; 3/2/0; 0/1/0; Totals: 6/10/1 Ballston Spa Pitcher: Lauren Kersch - 5 k's, 3 BB; Ballston Spa Catcher: Angelina Stile Guilderland Pitcher(s): Alyssa Burg (Loss) 5 1/3- 3 k's, 14 hits, 0 BB; Michelle Topaltzas (relief) 1 2/3- 2 K's, 1 hit, 1 BB Shaker Catcher: Jess Serravillo EXTRA BASE HITS: HR - B-Spa Angelina Stile, (G) Kendall Rafferty (2) 3B - B-Spa Megan McMahon 2B - B-Spa Megan McMahon, Ana Gold, Katelyn Hilko RBI - B-Spa: McMahon (3), Gold (2), Stile (3) Guilderland - Rafferty (6) MULTIPLE HITS: McMahon (B)- 2; Kersch (B)-3; Julia Russell (B)-3; Stile (B)-2; Katelyn Hilko (B)-2; Ashley Shean (G)-2; Burg (G)-2; Rafferty (G)-2 HIGHLIGHTS: 3rd Inning: Scotties get 2 on the board; one-out single from Katelyn Hilko followed by an RBI triple by McMahon to give the Scotties a 1-0 lead. Julia Russell singles into right center to score McMahon; Scotties up 2-0 going into the bottom half of the 3rd.

4th Inning: Guilderland holds the Scotties to a 2-0 lead and score 3 in the bottom half of the 4th with a lead-off single from Shean, followed by a Burg Single.

Sullivan hit into a fielders Choice.

Kendall Rafferty belts a 3 run HR to put GUilderland up 3-2.

5th Inning: Leadoff Error gets McMahon on followed by a single

by Julia Russell. Ana Gold hits a 2 RBI double to give the Scotties the lead for good. Angelina Stile follows the double by Gold with a 2 Run HR over Centerfield Fence.

Scotties now up 6-3.

6th Inning: Scotties score another 5 runs. Lead off Single from Alison Sgambti, followed

by Katelyn Hilko's double puts runners on 2nd and 3rd for McMahon. McMahon with a 2RBI double. Russell follows with a bunt single and advances to second on an overthrow putting runners on 2nd and 3rd for Gold.

Gold hits into a fielders choice.

Stile with an RBI single to put the scotties up 11-3.

Bottom half Guilderland makes a comeback... as it begins to rain.

Sullivan with a leadoff walk, Lauren Paul hits a single follwed by another 3 run HR by Rafferty.

Closing the gap to 11-6. Next batters.. pop out to 2nd, hit by pitch, pop out to 2nd, ground out to 3rd to end the comeback.

Scoreless 7th inning.

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Week of April 19 – April 25, 2019

COMMUNITY SPORTS BULLETIN Mountainman Outdoor Supply Company Presents the 7th Annual Saratoga Paddlefest & Outdoor Expo SARATOGA SPRINGS — Mountainman Outdoor Supply Company presents the 7th Annual Saratoga Paddlefest and Outdoor Expo 2019, on Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will take place at Mountainman’s Paddlesports shop at Fish Creek Marina, 251 County Rt. 67, and Mountainman Outdoor Gear and Clothing Shop on Broadway in downtown Saratoga Springs. Saratoga Paddlefest is the Capital Region’s largest canoe, kayak, and SUP sale. This year’s show will also feature the Annual Saratoga Paddlefest Kayak Fishing Tournament on Sunday, April 28.

Saratoga Paddlefest offers the largest selection of canoes, kayaks and SUP’s in New York and gives paddlers the opportunity to test-paddle before they buy. More than 1000 canoes, kayaks and paddleboards from more than a dozen leading manufacturers will be on sale. The event features free clinics and demos from leading experts in the Paddlesports and Outdoor industry to help you improve your paddling techniques and put you in the best equipment for your individual needs. In addition to boats, there will be a full lineup of paddling gear and accessories on sale, including paddles, lifejackets, rack systems, trailers and more.

Experts will help you choose the right gear to outfit your new canoe, kayak or paddleboard. The event is

free to the public with a nominal fee for test paddling and the fishing tournament. For more information, a free event guide, a clinic schedule and directions, go to www.saratogapaddlefest.com.

In addition to the Fish Creek Marina festivities, the newly expanded Outdoor Gear and Clothing Shop at 490 Broadway, Saratoga Springs will be celebrating with special sale prices on gear, clothing and footwear from brands such as Patagonia, Keen, Osprey and more. Sales representatives from many of these brands will be on hand to demonstrate gear and hold free clinics.

Saratoga Recreation Department 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.

Puzzle solutions from pg. 27 Send your sports stories or briefs to Sports@Saratoga Publishing.com

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.

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

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

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Saratoga Springs’ First Spring Shopping Spree C.A.M. Cameron picking out a beautiful shawl at Lifestyles.

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Andrianna Wise with all her purchases at Violet’s.

Emily Latzko & Sarah Taormine checking out the earring collection at Violet’s.

Carol Piroli, Pam Sgambati & Carol Annarumma.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — On April 11, shoppers from around the region converged in Saratoga Springs for the first ever Spring Shopping Spree.

The event, hosted by the Saratoga Downtown Business Association (DBA), offered the local community a chance to explore the premier shopping destination of the Capital Region while supporting small businesses and a good cause.

Attendees visited each participating store for special in-store offers and to-win raffles, with prizes each worth $50 or more. After the event, shoppers were invited to Wheatfields Restaurant for the announcement of all in-store raffle winners and the announcement of the

fabulous grand prize which included a parking space downtown for the months of May, June, and July as well as an overnight stay at the historic Adelphi Hotel, a $100 dollar DBA gift certificate, and a $100 gift certificate to Wheatfields Restaurant.

The Spring Shopping Spree was a collaborative effort between local businesses and organizations to give back to the community. The DBA has partnered with Wellspring, an organization whose mission is to support survivors and engage the community to end the relationship and sexual abuse. Wellspring has been providing services to Saratoga County Residents since 1970.