Saratoga TODAY August 28 - September 3, 2020

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SARATOGA SHREDDERS

by Opal Jessica Bogdan Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — In the Fall of 2018, mother of two, Anna Laloë was searching for ways to keep her two girls engaged in mountain biking.

“I started this selfishly for my then six- and eight-year-old daughters. When you hike and bike with your own children, they’ll often complain. But, as soon as other adults or kids join, the complaints stop,” Laloë wrote on her website.

The Saratoga Shredders began with 10 to 15 girls biking together at the Saratoga State Park. This past summer, the Shredders registered close to 90 girls, meaning 90 individual girls have showed up at least once to a practice.

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Gala Raffle Tickets

Due to COVID-19, Ladies of Charity will not have the traditional Annual Health, History and Horses Charity Gala.

We will be raffling off a Saratoga Race Course t-shirt quilt. Raffle tickets can be purchased at www. ladiesofcharitysaratoga.com or by calling Gail at 518-587-5392.

Raffles will be drawn after the Garage/Bake & Plant Sale on Saturday, Sept. 12. Winner need not be present. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.

Annual Senior Picnic

The Saratoga County Office for the Aging is proud to present an All-American Salute to Seniors on Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds, Ballston Spa from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. This will be a car-hop style event complete with hotdogs, hamburgers, apple pie and other summer hits. This event is for Saratoga County Residents 60 and over. Lunch is served as you come in from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Parking will be available on site. For your safety, this event will look a bit different than prior years. Vehicles will be parked at a safe distance.

We encourage you to bring a lawn chair or blanket to place in front of your vehicle or you may stay in your vehicle (drive-in style).

Unfortunately, there will be no seating at the picnic tables under the pavilion. Staff will serve you at

CALENDAR / LOCAL BRIEFS your parking space. There will be access to restrooms and golf carts to assist. A $4 advanced meal ticket is required. Please contact The Office for the Aging at 518-363-4020 for more information.

This Week’s Events: AUG. 28 - SEPT. 3

Tee Off for Ta-Ta’s

Join us on Saturday, Sept. 12 for our annual tee off for TaTa’s charity golf tournament.

Call 518- 882-9431 or email wineanddineonrt29@gmail.com.

26th Annual Town-Wide Garage & Craft Sale

September 12 & 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain or shine. Numerous sales located throughout the Town of Greenfield (including Greenfield Center, Porter Corners, and Middle Grove - Saratoga County).

Free maps of all of the garage sales will be available beginning Sept. 11 at the Stewart’s Shop in Greenfield and Middle Grove, the Post Offices at Middle Grove, Porter Corners and Greenfield Center, the Town Hall in Greenfield, the Greenfield Center Baptist Church, and the Greenfield Lions Information/ Silent Auction Tent.

Pressure Canner Gauge Test

If you plan to do any pressure canning, it is time to get your pressure gauge tested. The USDA National Center for Home Food Preservation recommends testing gauges each year before use to ensure accuracy. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga and Albany County offer this free service. Using a Presto Dial Gauge Testing Unit educators test your gauge against an annually calibrated gauge. Call to make an appointment: 518-885-8995.

Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28

International Overdose Awareness Day

11th Annual Adirondack Greek Festival

The Spirit of Life Fountain Congress Park, Saratoga Springs | 7 p.m.

At 5:30 p.m. there will be a free Narcan training, followed by a candlelight vigil. At 7 p.m. friends who have lost loved ones to overdose can participate in lighting a candle in remembrance. Participants are encouraged to bring a photo or token of their loved one to place on our memory board. All attendees will have an opportunity, should they choose, to share the name aloud of a loved one they would like to have remembered. At the conclusion of the vigil, there will be resources available on local addiction recovery services. The vigil will also be streamed on Facebook on the Healing Springs Recovery Center page at www.facebook.com/HealingSpringsRCOC, for those who cannot attend in person.

St. George Church, 55 Main St., South Glens Falls Noon – 1 p.m. | We will be offering take-out only.

Social distancing and face masks required. Come enjoy gyros, souvlaki, Greek salads, Greek fries, baklava and other delicious pastries. OPA! Take I87 to Exit 17 N to US-9N for 5.5 miles. For more information, call 518-792-2359 (parish hall) or check Facebook, Instagram, or www.sgforthodox.org.

Live Chamber Music Benefit SPAC’s Pines Pavilion 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs | 3 p.m.

Join the Saratoga Chamber Players for a LIVE chamber music experience at the Pines, SPAC’s new open-air, covered pavilion. The concert is a benefit in support of SCP’s musicians. Tickets are $50 and must be purchased in advance online at https://www.eventbrite.com/o/saratoga-chamberplayers-25178185141 First come-first served. To provide an intimate musical experience, to offer shelter from the weather, and maintain appropriate social distancing, there will be a strict limit of 25 attendees at each performance. Repeated Sunday, August 30, 3 p.m. For more information visit, www. saratogachamberplayers.org.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Walking Tours of Congress Park Congress Park, 300 Broadway, Saratoga Springs 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Tour is limited to 20 participants. Cost is $20 per person, $15 for members.

Tickets also include admission to Saratoga Springs History Museum. All guests must wear face masks at all times and adhere to social distancing regulations.

Meet in front of the Canfield Casino by 10:15 a.m. Prepaid reservations are strongly encouraged by calling 518-584-6920 ext. 102. Tickets can be purchased the day of the walk if any spots are available.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation Summer Stroll: Post Time!

Nelson and Union Ave., Saratoga Springs | 10:30 a.m.

Georgia Horner explores the Saratoga Race Course area along Union Ave. featuring the Reading Rooms, National Museum of Racing, Oklahoma Track and Fasig-Tipton Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion.

Tickets must be purchased in advance.Space is limited.

MONDAY, AUGUST 31 Lunchtime Concert The Downtowner, 413 Broadway, Saratoga Springs Noon – 1 p.m. | Free music. This week’s featured artist is Olivia Quillio Trio.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Meatloaf Dinner Saratoga-Wilton Elks 1 Elks Lane, Rt. 9, Saratoga Springs | 4:30 – 6 p.m.

For curbside pick up only. Menu: meatloaf, mashed potatoes, vegetable, salad, roll, gravy. Call Monday or Tuesday between 10 a.m. – noon to place an order, 518-584-2585. Dinner for two is $25 (cash only).

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Chicken Parmigiana Dinner Saratoga-Wilton Elks 1 Elks Lane, Rt. 9, Saratoga Springs | 4:30 – 6 p.m.

For curbside pickup only, call Monday or Tuesday between 10 a.m. – noon, 518-584-2585. Menu: chicken parmigiana, penne pasta, tossed salad, garlic toast. Dinner for 2 is $25. Cash only.

Poetry Night Live Stream from Café Lena: Facebook.com/CaffeLenaInc | 7 p.m.

The Caffe Lena Poetry Night Live Stream is recorded in the listening room and broadcast live for the community to enjoy. Picking up its regular slot on the first Wednesday of the month, Caffe Lena’s poetry night will feature our host, Carol Graser, and 3 writers: Bertha Rogers, Dan Curley and Bernadette Mayer.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Dancing at SPAC- Free Class SPAC Outdoor Pavilion | 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Free dance class for new comers. Co-directors Johnny Martinez and Diane Lachtrupp Martinez will be offering classes in Salsa, ChaCha, Bachata and other Latin dances. Classes are designed to work for a couple or single dancer. To register contact info@ tangofusiondance.com. Safety measures will be in place to ensure a fun, energetic and safe experience. Online classes also available. www.tangorusiondance.com

Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Set to Reopen to the Public Sept. 5 FLIP TO THE BACK COVER to see a rendering of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame new state-of-the-art “Hall of Fame experience.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will reopen to the public on Saturday, Sept. 5. The Museum has been closed since January for the installation of a new state-of-the-art Hall of Fame experience as well as multiple new and updated exhibitions.

The Museum will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The new signature 16-minute film, “What It Takes: Journey to the Hall of Fame,” will initially be shown at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. daily. Per New York State health policies, the Museum will open with a maximum of 24 visitors admitted every two hours. Enhanced safety protocols

in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are in place. Guests are encouraged to purchase tickets online at www.racingmuseum.org beginning Aug. 31.

Along with the new signature film and interactive Hall of Fame experience, the Museum has made several other exciting new additions and updates. Some of those include: Race Day Gallery, Call the Race, The Jockey Club Gallery, the Paintings of Martin Stainforth, and others.

For more information about the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, including upcoming events, visit www.racingmuseum.org or call 518-584-0400.

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Stewart’s Milk: Cream of the Crop for 2020 ITHACA — Cornell University’s Milk Quality Improvement Program has awarded Stewart’s Dairy in Saratoga Springs top honors in New York state’s annual fluid milk competition, conducted on behalf of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.

The Cornell program serves as the state’s official judging group. Stewart’s, which also won for best-tasting chocolate milk, topped a field of 21 dairies from across the state; results were announced Aug. 25.

“Congratulations to our dairy processors and our dairy farmers behind these fantastic products,” said Richard Ball, commissioner for the Department of Agriculture and Markets. “We know New York produces some of the best milk there is, and I am honored to join Cornell in sharing these stories of success with all New Yorkers.”

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the awards were presented online rather than on the traditional Dairy Day at the New York State Fair.

“This annual milk competition is unique in that it considers the overall quality of fluid milk products throughout the entire time the product is on the market by assessing various characteristics, including – most importantly – milk flavor,” said Kathryn Boor, the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Stewart’s won the competition five times previously, most recently in 2017, and has finished second twice. Garelick Farms of Rensselaer was the runner-up in the overall fluid milk category. The dairy won last year and in 2015.

Ithaca Milk of Interlaken won the top small-processor award for 2020; it won the same award in 2018.

Stoltzfus Family Dairy of Vernon Center won the flavoredmilk category for its pasteurized, non-homogenized mocha and latte “cream line” milk.

Established in the early 1970s, Cornell’s Milk Quality Improvement Program (MQIP) is directed by Boor. It is funded by New York State dairy producers through the New York State Dairy Promotion Order Advisory Board,

a group selected by the commissioner to promote New York milk and dairy product consumption.

In the last 12 months, the Voluntary Shelf-Life Program, part of the MQIP, received 362 pasteurized fluid-milk samples, performed more than 4,800 microbiological tests and 675 sensory evaluations on those samples, according to Nicole Martin, the MQIP’s associate director.

Samples are subjected to microbial analyses, freezing point tests, fat determination and sensory evaluation, according to Rob Ralyea, a senior extension associate in food science.

New York has nearly 4,000 dairy farms that produce nearly 15 billion pounds of milk annually, making it the nation’s fourthlargest dairy state, according to the Department of Agriculture and Markets. The dairy industry is the state’s largest agricultural sector, contributing nearly half of its total agricultural receipts.

New York is the only state to hold a regular milk-quality review for its dairy producers; it has done so since 1979.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — Paul C. Armstrong, 67, of Raymond Watkins Apartments in Saratoga Springs, formerly of York Avenue, passed away unexpectedly at home, August 24, 2020.

Born February 21, 1953 in Saratoga Springs, he was the son of the late John “Army” and Helen Armstrong. He was a 1971 graduate of St. Peter’s Academy in Saratoga Springs and attended SUNY Delhi.

Paul served in the US Navy

Laurie Zeh

DAN POINT, CA — Laurie Zeh lost her long battle with breast cancer on August 12, 2020. She passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends at her home in Dan Point, CA. Laurie was a devoted wife, loving mother and grandmother, dear sister and good friend.

Her family and friends will remember her for her generosity, intelligence, and her love of skiing, tennis and bridge.

Laurie was born in Saratoga Springs on January 23, 1940 to Lawrence Gordon and Nellie Spaulding Gordon. She graduated with honors from Saratoga High School in 1958.

She loved Saratoga and shared fond memories of her high school years and the Saratoga Winter Club.

OBITUARIES from February 1976 to February 1980, and the Reserves to February 1982.

Paul had many jobs, enjoying the diversity of doing different things. He was a cook in the Navy, drove a tractor trailer, worked for Saratoga Springs and NYRA in maintenance to name a few.

He enjoyed reading, playing the guitar, riding his bike around town and trying his chances at the Racino.

He is survived by two brothers, John “Jack” M. Armstrong and his wife Roma Armstrong of Saratoga Springs and Bruce E. Armstrong of Saratoga Springs; two sisters, Corinne M. Scirocco and her husband Anthony “Skip” Scirocco of Saratoga Springs and JoAnn M. Rosebrook and her husband Richard Rosebrook of Porter Corners.

Also survived by nieces and nephews; Anthony (Heather) Scirocco, Mark (Amber) Scirocco, Marisa (Stuart) Shickel, Jonathan (Stephanie) Rosebrook, Ashley Rosebrook

and Nicholas Rosebrook; and great nieces and nephews, Madison and Vincent Scirocco, Schuyler and Ethan Scirocco, Ryan and Landon Shickel and Daniel, Dominic, Desmond and Damien Rosebrook along with many cousins and friends.

A memorial service with military honors will be held at Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville on Tuesday, September 1 at 11 a.m.

Donations welcomed to Saratoga Bridges (ARC), 16 Saratoga Bridges Boulevard, Ballston Spa, NY 12020, which his parents helped in ARC’s early years to benefit his brother Bruce and others.

Online remembrances may be made at burkefuneralhome.com

She was a Magna cum Laude graduate of Syracuse University in 1962 with a major in Political Science. She was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha political science honorary, Pi Kappa Phi alluniversity scholastic honorary, and Phi Beta Kappa national scholastic honorary.

Laurie met and married her husband Dale W. Zeh in 1961.

While he went on to earn a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Laurie finished her senior year studies.

In 1965, they and their two sons moved to Pasadena, California where her husband did his Army tour of duty during the Vietnam war at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In 1970, they moved to Miami, Florida where Dale attended medical school. Upon receiving his M.D., they moved back to California where Dale did his internship and residency in Los Angeles.

They lived in San Marino while raising their two sons, Dale Jr. and William. When Dale began his anesthesiology practice at Huntington Memorial Hospital, Laurie did the billing for his practice and started what was to become one of the largest anesthesia billing companies in California.

Laurie and Dale enjoyed travelling to many countries

around the world and skiing with family and friends in Utah and Colorado. Laurie was a past President of the San Marino Tennis Foundation, a member of the Pasadena Jr. Philharmonic Committee, a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, and a communicant of All Saints Church in Pasadena and St. Clement’s By-The-Sea in San Clemente.

Laurie is survived by her sons Dale Jr. and William, their wives Laura and Lisa, and five grandchildren: Jonathan, Heidi, Maggie, Rachel and Ryan. She is also survived by her sister Lynne Gordon Doyle (Danny) of Sarasota and sister Rhea Gordon Demory; and her brothers Jan Scott (Anne), David (Kate) and Peter (Karen) Gordon; several nieces and nephews and several grandnieces and nephew.

Her parents, her husband and eldest brother Lawrence (Patricia Watkins Gordon) predeceased her.

Memorial gifts may be made to City of Hope, Office of Planned Giving, in Duarte, CA. Internment of ashes will be in the family plot at Greenfield Center Cemetery. A Celebration of Laurie and Dale’s Lives will be at St. Clement’s By-The-Sea in San Clemente on Tuesday, September 8.

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Mark Edward Banovic

Patricia “Patsy” Britten

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Mark Edward Banovic, born May 11, 1979 to Edward and Karen Banovic of Ballston Spa was diagnosed with leukemia (AML) on May 30, 2020. His treatment for the disease was unforgiving and he valiantly battled the disease until his passing on August 21, 2020. Services took place Tuesday, August 25.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — Patricia “Patsy” Britten, 69, passed away on Tuesday, August 25 after a long illness surrounded by her husband and three sons at home.

Services will be private along with private burial at Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery.

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Ramona Jean Cole

Vesta Marie Larkin

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Ramona Jean Cole passed away Friday June 26, 2020 at Saratoga Springs Hospital after a brief illness. Calling hours are August 30, 2020 from 1-2 p.m. at Burke Funeral Home. Celebration of life 3-5 p.m. at Saratoga Escape, Greenfield Center. Burial is 11 a.m. August 31, 2020 at Maplewood Cemetery.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — Vesta Marie Larkin, age 76 (longtime resident of Welch, WV) passed away August 19, 2020.

Memorial service will be held in Welch, WV (TBD). Memorial donations to McDowell County Humane Society (109 Dogbone Drive, Superior, WV 24801) or the research of Dr. Harry Erba (Duke University) Visit burkefuneralhome.com

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WILTON — Robert Porter, 75, passed away August 5, 2020 in Spring Hill, Florida.

Calling hours are Friday, August 28, 2020 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at Burke Funeral Home. Required health protocols will be followed, masks/face coverings must be worn. Memorial donations to Greenwich Lion’s Club, PO Box 172, Greenwich, NY 12831.

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ALBANY — Gordon H. Sanders, 89, passed away August 17, 2020.

He was a longtime member of Congregation Shaara Tfille, The Jewish Community Center of Saratoga Springs, The B’nai B’rith, and the NY State Council of Retail Merchants. Services were August 20, 2020. Memorial donations to Congregation Shaara Tfille, Saratoga Springs.

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Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

COURT

failure to stop at a stop sign.

Timothy J. O’Brien, 56, of Schenectady, pleaded Aug. 20 to the charge of making a terroristic threat. The arrest took place in Wilton on Nov. 29, 2019. Sentencing Sept. 30.

Dennis M. Little, 63, of Malta, pleaded Aug. 20 to felony aggravated DWI. The arrest took place in Malta on March 11. Sentencing Oct. 21.

POLICE Jordan Guljas, 29, of Gansevoort, was charged Aug. 18 in Saratoga Springs with criminal possession of a weapon, and second degree assault – both felonies, and the misdemeanors: criminal obstruction of breathing, and unlawful imprisonment.

Scott Moore, 54, of Amsterdam, was charged Aug. 19 in Saratoga Springs with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and

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Dennis Lescault, 28, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 19 with criminal trespass, criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Randall Alger, 47, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 20 with arrest fugitive from other state on warrant for extradition.

Donald Hoffman, 49, of Schuylerville, was charged Aug. 21 in Saratoga Springs with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and speeding.

Louis Guerra, 46, of the Bronx, was charged Aug. 21 in Saratoga Springs with criminal contempt, and aggravated family offense – a felony.

Daquan R. Johnson, 27, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was charged Aug. 19 in the town of Milton with the felonies criminal mischief in the thirddegree, criminal possession of

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stolen property in the fourthdegree, grand larceny in the fourth-degree; criminal possession of stolen property misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. He was also found to have a fully-extraditable warrant from Pennsylvania.

Johnson is suspected of stealing items from two vehicles that had their windows smashed, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff ’s Office. He led police on a vehicle pursuit that culminated in him abandoning the vehicle and fleeing into the woods in the area of Phaeton Lane in the Town of Malta. He was subsequently taken into custody when exiting the woods on US Route 9, police said.

Cited for trespassing Aug. 17-18 at Ballston Ave./ Alee Drive,

and Woodlawn Ave.: William Charlson, 69, Robert Davis, 39, Dawn Rivers, 56, Floyd Knowlton, 54, Duane Keefe, 57, Brian Bennett, 48. All are residents of Saratoga Springs.

Andrew Butz, 45, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 14 with harassment in the second-degree.

Victoria Mitchell, 25, of Gansevoort, was charged Aug. 15 in Saratoga Springs with misdemeanor DWI, and failure to stop at a stop sign.

William Dorrough, 32, of Clifton park, was charged Aug. 15 in Saratoga Springs with misdemeanor DWI, refusal to take a breath test, and three driving/ motor vehicle-related infractions.

Dylan Whitt, 29, of Broadalbin, was charged Aug. 15 in

Saratoga Springs with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor.

John Koenig, 29, of Burlington, Vermont, was charged Aug. 16 in Saratoga Springs with disorderly conduct.

Leighann Loftus, 31, of Clifton Park, was charged Aug. 16 in Saratoga Springs with misdemeanor DWI, misdemeanor aggravated DWI, and a motor vehicle equipment violation.

Tyler Vogele, 18, of Milton, was charged Aug. 16 in Saratoga Springs with criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor, and assault in the second-degree, as felony.

Emily Roerig, 32, of Ballston Lake, was charged Aug. 17 in Saratoga Springs with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — For the second year in a row, Saratoga Hospital has received the Mission: Lifeline Gold Receiving Achievement Award for heart attack care.

Presented by the American Heart Association, the award recognizes that Saratoga Hospital meets the latest evidencebased guidelines for treating patients with the deadliest type of heart attack—an ST elevation

myocardial infarction or STEMI. A STEMI is caused by a blockage of blood flow to the heart.

To prevent death, blood flow must be restored as quickly as possible, either by mechanically opening the blocked vessel or providing clot-busting medication.

“For STEMI patients, every second counts, so our interventional cardiology team continually seeks ways to streamline our processes and speed treatment,” said Jeffrey

Winacott, administrative director of Saratoga Hospital’s cardiovascular service line. “With our partners in the field, we monitor response times and put the Mission: Lifeline guidelines to work to save lives and help ensure the best possible longterm outcomes.”

The goal of the Mission: Lifeline program is to reduce system barriers to prompt treatment for heart attacks, from the 911 call and emergency

medical services transport through hospital treatment and discharge.

Saratoga Hospital earned the program’s Gold award by meeting specific criteria and standards of performance for quick, appropriate STEMI treatment.

The hospital launched its 24/7 emergency interventional cardiology program in 2017 and was recognized with a Mission: Lifeline Silver award in 2018. Last year, the program earned its first Gold award.

The Wesley Foundation Seeking Nominations for Greatest Grandparents Club SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Wesley Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Wesley Community in Saratoga Springs, will recognize the area’s most senior family members by welcoming a new class of honorees to the Saratoga Greatest Grandparents Club.

Families are welcome to nominate their grandparent or great-grandparent for recognition at SaratogaGrandparentsDay.com.

Nominations should describe why the grandparent is the greatest in 100 words or less. Images and short video submissions will also be accepted. The nomination deadline

is Monday, Sept. 1 at 4 p.m.

All honorees will be recognized during the Saratoga Grandparents Day virtual celebration on Sunday, Sept. 13 from 11 a.m. to noon.

The event, which celebrates the importance of family in conjunction with National Grandparents Day, will be hosted at The Wesley Community’s Facebook page.

“Grandparents Day is a day to celebrate the members of our families who serve as an invaluable resource of stories and experiences from which we can all learn and grow,” said The Wesley Community’s CEO Brian

Nealon. “After years of working, raising families and contributing to society, this day provides all of us with an opportunity to thank our grandparents for making such a difference in our lives.”

The Saratoga Grandparents Day online celebration will kick off with a video recognizing the 2020 class of the Greatest Grandparents Club. The hourlong event will also include virtual activities and giveaways.

Virtual attendance is free. Donations are also being accepted online at https://bit. ly/349fA5a. All proceeds support

the continued renovation of the Springs building at the Wesley Health Care Center. The residence serves older adults who may have significant, chronic medical needs requiring daily assistance.

Sponsors of Saratoga Grandparents Day include Angerame Architects, The Fort Miller Group, Marshall & Sterling Insurance, and Ray Martin/ Crescent Hill Partners. The event is chaired by Wesley Foundation Board Member Timothy Busch.

For more information about Saratoga Grandparents Day, visit SaratogaGrandparentsDay.com.

Snowman

A Rags to Riches Dark Horse Born in 1948, Snowman was a 16-hand grey horse of undetermined breeding that spent his early life as an Amish plough horse. As the farming community made the switch from horse to mechanical powered vehicles, he eventually ended up in a horse auction in New Holland, Pennsylvania. There were no bidders for Snowman, and he was on his way to slaughter in 1956 when he caught the eye of Dutch immigrant and horse trainer, Harry de Leyer. He saw something in Snowman and purchased him for a mere $60, plus an additional $20 to transport him home to St. James on Long Island. He started a new life at 8 years old in the de Leyer’s riding lesson program for children at the private Knox School.

Snowman was sold to a neighbor for twice his investment as a beginner horse for a child. Snowman however had other ideas and kept jumping the fence between properties to go back home to de Leyer! It was then decided that Harry would never sell him and started teaching him to jump. After three or so months of training Harry decided to enter Snowman in a local jumping event. Two years after being bought off a slaughter truck he started winning prestigious events beating the bluebloods of show jumping and well on the way to making show jumping history. He became known as the “Cinderella Horse” and attracted spectators to watch this working man’s horse become a legend during his five-year career as an elite show jumper!

Catch the rest of Snowman’s story in the FALL issue of Simply Saratoga Magazine, due out on Sept. 25!

Marianne Barker and Maddy Zanetti are Co-Owners of The Dark Horse Mercantile and Impressions of Saratoga in Downtown Saratoga Springs. The Dark Horse brand is all about overcoming the odds and believing in yourself even if you are not the favorite. There are so many interesting Dark Horse stories both in and out of horse racing we wanted to share them with our friends who read the Saratoga TODAY family of publications.

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SARATOGA LITTLE LEAGUE CHALLENGER DIVISION PLAYED UNDER THE LIGHTS Left: Players who have earned their “varsity” jackets at a special pregame ceremony on the evening of August 21st. l-r Chase Moen, Xavier Camlet, Adam Sohoki and Gabe Alexenian.

Below: Ballplayer Regan Perella sings the National Anthem.

Photos by SuperSource Meida.

by Opal Jessica Bogdan Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Members of the Saratoga Little League Challenger Division played their hearts out this past Thursday at their under the lights baseball game.

Teammates had a chance to help each other hit a ball, throw a ball and tag each other while staying socially safe. Robert Kelly and Derrick LeGall, president of

the league, designed the program to give children with special needs the chance to play baseball.

Saratoga Spring Little League’s adaptive baseball program is in its fifth year and is only one of a few in the region. It gives players with specialized needs a place to join in and enjoy playing the game of baseball in our community.

Kelly can be reached by email at r_kelly@saratogaschools. org and Legall can be reached at derricklegall@gmail.com.

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NEWS

Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

City Meetings This Week

A new website with information about this November’s vote on the Saratoga Springs charter has been launched by SUCCESS, a citizen’s organization of residents who belong to all political parties which was formed in 2006. The group’s website – which may be found at: Saratogasuccess.com - provides reasons it is against changing the city charter from a commission form of government to a city manager and political ward system.

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saratogaTODAYnewspaper.com City Hall remains closed on Aug. 26, 2020, two years after sustaining water damage and undergoing renovation following a lightning strike on Aug. 17, 2018. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.

MONDAY, AUG. 3 Zoning Board of Appeals | 6 p.m. at Vanderbilt Ave. Recreation Center.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 1 City Council Meeting | 7 p.m. at Canfield Casino.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2 Design Review Commission | 6:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt Ave. Recreation Center.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 3 Planning Board Workshop | 5 p.m. at Vanderbilt Ave. Recreation Center.

City Hall remains closed.

International Overdose Awareness Day: Narcan Training and Candelight Vigil Aug. 31 at Congress Park SARATOGA SPRINGS — On Monday, Aug. 31, the community is invited to join in support and acknowledgment of the grief felt by families and friends who have lost a loved one to an overdose.

The annual event is sponsored

by RAIS (Recovery Advocacy in Saratoga), Healing Springs Recovery Community Center and The Prevention Council of Saratoga County. At 5:30 p.m. there will be a free Narcan training, followed by a candlelight vigil, at 7 p.m. at The Spirit of Life fountain in Congress Park.

“International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event

held each year, when thousands of people worldwide will stand alongside the friends and families of fatal overdose victims to reflect on those who have been lost,” said RAIS President Maureen Provost, in a statement. “The event is organized on the understanding that no one need feel shame or disgrace over a drug overdose. It allows all who have been affected by overdose a chance to publicly mourn and help the wider community understand that no one is immune to the tragedy of overdose.”

At the vigil, family and friends who have lost loved ones to overdose can participate in

lighting a candle in remembrance.

Participants are encouraged to bring a photo or token of their loved one to place on our memory board. All attendees will have an opportunity, should they chose, to share the name aloud of a loved one they would like to have remembered. At the conclusion of the vigil, there will be resources available on local addiction recovery services.

The vigil will also be streamed on Facebook on the Healing Springs Recovery Center page at www.facebook.com/ HealingSpringsRCOC, for those who cannot attend in person.

Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

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100 YEARS OF Women’s Right to Vote Celebrated on Broadway

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“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

- 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920)

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A celebration marking Women’s Equality Day and the centennial of the formal certification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was held across the country on Aug. 26.

In Saratoga Springs, a 12-hour gathering was staged at Palette, a female-focused coworking space and café on Broadway, where a full slate of events kicked-off with an 8 a.m. morning meditation, and featured a series of Q & A sessions and panel discussions with local political office-holders, healing energy practitioners, business leaders, and activist, among others.

The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote following several decades of struggle for women’s suffrage – a movement founded in the mid-19th century and spearheaded by people like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

While certified as an amendment in 1920, historians also point to the 1965 Voting Rights Act some 45 years later as finally outlawing discriminatory voting practices that restricted black men and women from voting.

A new interactive website celebrating historic New York State suffragists was also launched in conjunction with Women’s Equality Day that includes historic and biographical information, and an interactive map with cemetery and gravesite locations about women and men who were active in the suffrage movement.

That website can be found at: womenandthevotenys.com.

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Catherine Hover, owner of Palette, celebrating Women’s Equality Day on Aug. 26, 2020 with a daylong schedule of events. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos

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Shredders

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continued from front page... “[We] couldn’t do it this past spring due to COVID-19, but once guidelines from Governor Andrew Cuomo were developed, we were able to start the Shredders up again,” Laloë said. “We had 25 girls show up the first night and it only grew from there.”

For this past season, the group has added two more trail systems to their weekly rides.

Girls in the group can explore Luther Forest in Malta and Kalabus-Perry Preserve in the Wilton area. Because of COVID19, the Shredders have been diligent about restrictions and social distance guidelines. When a girl shows up to participate, their family signs a release form and she splits off into her respective age level group.

“We have five groups organized by different bug names.

The [Shredders] are always in pods of 10 to 15 girls and because we have a huge number of volunteer female mentors, we can break up into five or six girls per group,” Laloë said.

The group names are all inspired after insects and each represents a different age group and skill level, including young beginners to older intermediate and experienced groups. When a girl registers for a ride, Laloë needs to know their age along with their riding experience, which can range from neighborhood riding to trail experience.

“You don’t need a fancy bike or any experience trail riding…just come ride your bike,” Laloë says.

Laloë comes from a background in mountain bike racing. She spent five years racing at a high level.

“I pulled back on my racing career, went back to working full time, and was ready to give back to the community that had given me so much throughout my racing career.” Laloë said.

it was seeing the Shredders’ reaction at the end of a ride.

“It’s towards the ends of rides…watching all the girls come back to the parking lot and seeing their faces lit-up and hearing each of their tales of adventure - it’s just mind-blowing to see

“This was a big transition for me; going back to work and going from race to ride mode. It’s been a wonderful transition for me and my two daughters and this group of awesome girls.”

With only two more weeks of the summer schedule left, Laloë is already looking forward to the fall schedule. No date is set yet, but interested parties can visit online at www.saratogashredders.

com for updates. While looking forward to the fall season, Laloë wanted to thank the volunteer mentors and sponsors of the Shredders. She continues to welcome other female mentors and volunteers.

“Thank you to the ones that have come. [They] hold this group together,” Laloë said.

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and hear,” Laloë said. “To see that sense of accomplishment, sense of empowerment, sense of adventure that we are instilling in them just by going for a bike ride.”

The Shredders can be found online or on facebook. They can be reached at 781-879-3647.

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BUSINESS / LETTER to the EDITOR

Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

Saving Face Back to School Promotion

Photo courtesy of Jeremiah Cregan, Saving Face.

by Opal Jessica Bogdan Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saving Face Barbershop in Saratoga Springs decided to buzz it’s way to support local students attending school this fall.

Jeremiah Cregan and his business Saving Face Barbershop has been feeling the toll COVID19 has taken on locally owned businesses, but decided to continue their yearly tradition of giving back to the schools.

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“We usually do a fundraiser every year that’s called Barber-Q. It’s our annual fundraiser and client appreciation day. Every year we do free haircuts, free food and drinks, live music and we encourage donations and we give those donations to a local charity. But we had to cancel due to everything with COVID-19,” Cregan said.

Saving Face is running a back to school promotion for local kids attending school this fall. They will be conducting an online raffle to win a backpack with a cromebook

laptop, pens and pencils, notebooks and more. Parents can purchase raffle tickets online at www.savingfacebarbershop.com.

“We will give donations to the Saratoga Bridges,” Cregan said. “We can still do something good for the community.”

They will draw the winner for the raffle on Sept. 5 at 12 p.m. and tickets can be purchased until that time.Saving Face has been open for a year and a half and are located at 68 West Ave., Suite 5. They can be contacted at 518-450-1217.

TO THE EDITOR

It’s not often people thank you for taking their money and supplies. Just ask the IRS. But Operation Adopt A Soldier (OAAS) volunteers experienced that gratitude during our recent drive-through donation day at our temporary headquarters in Wilton.

Our all-volunteer, non-profit uses the donations to pack and ship free comfort kits for America’s soldiers serving in areas of conflict.

The always-generous public responded after hearing our August shipment was canceled because of depleted inventory; now we’ll be able to send 150 boxes before the end of the month. Then it’s on to September.

Every person who visited OAAS thanked and encouraged us for helping our soldiers as they donated money (each box carries a $12 postage fee), dropped off supplies and purchased shirts emblazoned with our motto: “Until they all come home.”

One family made a memorial donation in the name of Korean War veteran Robert Ovitt, of Queensbury, who died July 30. The proud paratrooper and Purple Heart recipient was wounded in 1953 in the horrendous battle for the famed Pork Chop Hill. A regular donor from White River Junction, VT, dropped off his traditional car load of supplies. There was the female veteran who gave three bags of supplies and money, then purchased shirts. An elderly woman stopped just long enough to give us a sealed, blank envelope and her thanks. We later discovered it held a sizable donation that dropped some volunteers’ jaws. We can only hope this anonymous donor reads this letter and knows how much we appreciate her concern for our soldiers.

As founder of OAAS and on behalf of all our volunteers, thank you to all who donated on our special day, which marked the one-year anniversary that a fire destroyed our Route 50, Wilton headquarters.

Our brave troops also thank you.

- CLIFF SEGUIN, SARATOGA SPRINGS

Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

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Saratoga Hospital: Donnarumma Named Chair of Emergency Medicine; Bourla Leads New Allergy And Clinical Immunology Practice SARATOGA SPRINGS — Dr. Robert Donnarumma has been named chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Saratoga Hospital, responsible for care at the hospital’s Alfred Z. Solomon Emergency Center and urgent care centers in Wilton and Queensbury.

He also will continue to serve as medical director of Saratoga Hospital’s COVID-19 testing tent, a responsibility he took on in March when the hospital launched its pandemic-related testing services.

“Donnarumma has demonstrated the skill, dedication and leadership to head one of our most critical and visible service lines,” said Richard Falivena, vice president and chief medical and physician integration officer at Saratoga Hospital.

Donnarumma’s new responsibilities will also include serving as medical director of Saratoga Hospital’s stroke program. In addition, he will remain medical director of the hospital’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners

Program and Saratoga Hospital’s representative on the Regional Medical Advisory Committee.

A graduate of Cornell University, Donnarumma earned his medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla.

He completed a residency in emergency medicine at the School of Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where his clinical rotations included a regional trauma center, a children’s hospital, community hospitals and an inner-city tertiary care center.

He also has a Master of Public Health degree, with a specialization in health policy and management, from New York Medical College.

Donnarumma is board certified in emergency medicine. He joined Saratoga Hospital in 2013.

Dr. Lorelei Bourla has joined Saratoga Hospital to lead the latest addition to its multidisciplinary medical group: Saratoga Hospital Medical Group – Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Merle O’Connor Joins Miranda Real Estate Group CLIFTON PARK — Miranda Real Estate Group, Inc. is proud to announce that Real Estate Salesperson, Merle O’Connor has joined our team.

O’Connor joined Miranda Real Estate with five-years of experience. Her core value system revolves around helping people, which is why real estate is the industry for her.

For help buying or selling your next home, contact O’Connor direct at 518-893-0572 or merleoconnor24@gmail.com.

Merle O’Connor. Photo provided.

Miranda Real Estate is located at 1482 U.S. 9 in Clifton Park and can be reached at 518-348-2060.

The new practice provides care for patients of all ages who have asthma, allergies and other conditions caused by problems with the body’s immune system.

These types of disorders are on the rise. Although most cannot be cured, treatments can help relieve and manage symptoms.

“These conditions can take a toll on individual and community health,” said Falivena. “Our new practice will increase access to care for these patients and help them improve and enjoy day-to-day life.”

“Bourla is an excellent choice to launch this effort,” he added.

“She has the clinical expertise and takes the time to get to know and understand the ‘whole patient,’ not just his or her condition.”

Dr. Robert Donnarumma.

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Dr. Lorelei Bourla.

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Bourla earned her medical degree at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. After an internship and residency at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, she completed a fellowship in adult allergy and clinical immunology at National Jewish

Health in Denver. She is board certified in allergy and immunology and in internal medicine.

Saratoga Hospital Medical Group – Allergy and Immunology is located at 3044 Rte. 50, Saratoga Springs. For an appointment call 518-886-5814. To learn more, go to www.saratogahospital.org.

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EDUCATION

Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

Saratoga Independent School Prepares to Welcome Students Back this Fall

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Independent School (S.I.S.) has worked diligently since the spring preparing for the 2020/2021 school year. The school’s top priority is the health and safety of every member of the school community. Equally important is maintaining the quality of education and sense of community that S.I.S. provides, whether in-person or remotely.

The school’s administration, faculty, staff, and board members have developed a school-wide in-person learning plan and remote/hybrid learning plan. The in-person plan includes new health and safety measures, policies, and

procedures, including new outdoor classroom spaces, reconfigured indoor classrooms to allow for proper social distancing, plexiglass table dividers, daily temperature checks and health screenings for all staff and students, and much more. The remote learning plan includes daily learning schedules, student engagement goals, and plans to address the emotional health of each student.

To help communicate the new plan to the school’s families, S.I.S. has hosted several tours for families and students to visit the school to learn about the new measures that are in place, and have questions answered.

Photos provided.

Head of School, Lisa Brown, stated, “it has been wonderful to see so many families come through for our tours. Our goal has been to provide as much information and reassurance to our families as possible during this unsettled

time. We are lucky to have such a strong school community and are excited to welcome our students back in the fall, and we will continue to involve students in our curriculum in person or remotely, and will carry on S.I.S.’s values of leadership, respect, creativity, active engagement, and meaningful learning.”

Jayne Kirber and Geoffrey Hill, MD, parents of S.I.S. intermediate and fifth grade students, said “after visiting SIS today and talking with Brown, we are feeling safe and ready to send our kids back to school.

The small class sizes, large class spaces, ample outdoor space, and general creativity and flexibility of the faculty and staff make S.I.S. particularly suited to keeping kids both safe and engaged this fall. We can tell that the administration is prepared to adapt quickly, as state and local guidelines will undoubtedly change throughout the year. S.I.S. is staying wellinformed, adaptable, and positive, and we know that this will help our

kids stay adaptable and positive throughout the school year.”

After work by faculty, administration and the Board over the past year, SIS has a new mission statement. Brown said, “the new mission statement incorporates much of the language of our original mission, while reflecting a stronger sense of the spirit of the school and its commitment to the values of diversity and inclusion.”

The new mission of Saratoga Independent School is to empower students to be curious and confident learners, capable of critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, and articulate expression. As an inclusive, nurturing community that values diversity and mutual respect, we strive to cultivate in our students the knowledge, skills, work ethic, and character to lead purposeful, healthy lives.

The full reopening plans for in-person and remote learning for S.I.S. can be found on their website at www.siskids.org/about/covid.cfm.

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Skidmore Receives Nearly $2 Million in Grants to Boost Curriculum; First Responder Research Earns Prestigious National Award SARATOGA SPRINGS — New grants totaling nearly $2 million will support interdisciplinary and collaborative programs at Skidmore College and reinforce its position as an innovative, leading liberal arts institution, and a professor’s collaboration with other leading research programs is being recognized as an outstanding effort in promoting firefighter health and safety.

Skidmore College’s John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative (MDOCS) has received a $798,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to foster enduring community partnerships and documentary projects.

The four-year grant is the latest in a series of awards from the foundation to the College since 1970 that have together exceeded $9 million.

“At the heart of this initiative, generously funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, is the concept of co-creation — that professional documentarians and members of the Skidmore community partner with community organizations to use documentary as a means of addressing important issues that affect our region,” said Adam Tinkle, director of MDOCS and assistant professor of media and film studies. “We are grateful for the opportunities for community partnerships, innovative learning and new approaches to documentary that this funding supports.”

The program builds on MDOCS’ record of sustainable, impactful documentary initiatives with the community. Recent partnerships have included work with the Saratoga County Economic Opportunity Council’s (SCEOC) Latino Community Advocacy Program and a separate project with a coalition of community groups (SHARE/Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy) that advocated for environmental justice for a predominantly Black community in Albany.

The latest Mellon Foundation grant, which continues through 2024, will support MDOCS faculty and staff positions and provide support for grants to community organizations. The scale of MDOCS’ resources and opportunities for documentary production are unique among liberal arts colleges.

The grant will also help to infuse documentary production experiences into Skidmore’s new General Education curriculum, which received previous support from the Mellon Foundation and goes into effect this fall.

GRANTS WILL FUND NEW SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT An award of approximately $500,000 through the Sherman Fairchild Foundation’s Scientific Equipment Program and two grants totaling nearly $600,000 from the National Science Foundation come at a pivotal moment for sciences at Skidmore.

As the number of science majors at Skidmore has doubled over the past decade, the College’s new Center for Integrated Sciences (CIS) will support the conviction that scientific literacy is essential in today’s society and will drive the careers of the future.

The North Wing of the CIS was completed this summer and construction of the East Wing is now underway. Completion of the full facility is expected in 2024.

Over the four-year grant period, 2020 to 2023, the Sherman Fairchild Foundation funding will allow Skidmore to purchase $494,240 worth of new scientific equipment — from a Raman microscope to an electron spin

resonance spectrometer — to support inquiry-driven research and collaboration in Skidmore’s chemistry, environmental studies and sciences, health and human physiological sciences, biology, neuroscience and geosciences programs and beyond. The CIS will house all of Skidmore’s science departments and programs and foster interdisciplinary connections between and among the sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences.

“The grant brings to CIS cutting-edge equipment that will allow students to integrate and connect ideas from classrooms and laboratories across departments,” said Juan Navea, associate professor of chemistry. “It will provide them with handson experience on techniques to untangle challenges, be creative and find their way around our increasingly integrated world.”

Two new awards from the National Science Foundation — nearly $327,000 for the Skidmore Chemistry Department’s purchase of a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer and nearly $267,000 for the Neuroscience and Biology departments’ purchase of an analyzer that measures glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration — will also enhance research and instruction in the CIS.

In addition to coinciding with the phased completion of Skidmore’s new state-of-the-art science facilities, the grants are timed with the rollout of its new General Education curriculum this fall and will help students and faculty fully realize their innovative and multidisciplinary educational goals.

PROFESSOR EARNS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR IMPROVING FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND SAFETY Denise Smith, Tisch Family Distinguished Professor of Health and Human Physiological Sciences and director of the First Responder Health and Safety Laboratory at Skidmore, is one of the leading scientists on a series of studies that have earned a prestigious 2020 Bullard-Sherwood Research to Practice (r2p) Award from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for improving firefighter health and safety across the United States and abroad.

Smith, who has researched the physiological effects of firefighting for decades, worked alongside partner researchers from the Illinois Fire Service Institute, Underwriters Laboratory and NIOSH for five years to study cardiovascular and

carcinogenic risks under realistic firefighting conditions and translate that work to firefighters across the country. The NIOSHIFSI-UL-Skidmore research team’s findings and actionable recommendations to firefighting agencies have led to policy and procedural changes and improvements, including in training videos created by the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control and distributed throughout New York state.

“The award was personally very gratifying because it validates our research agenda, which is to provide sound scientific research to the fire service so the policies and procedures they use to protect themselves and the community can be grounded in science,” said Smith.

The Bullard-Sherwood Research to Practice Award recognizes outstanding efforts by NIOSH scientists and their partners in applying occupational safety and health research to prevent workrelated injury, illness and death.

The mission of the First Responder Health and Safety Laboratory at Skidmore College is to conduct research that enhances the health, safety and performance of first responders. The lab receives major funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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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: Observance, Observation

Observance refers to the following of a custom, duty, or law.

The observance of Veterans Day varies throughout the state.

Observation refers to the act of noticing or recording.

The technician made careful observations during the test.

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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Food

Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

T he Spirit I

t’s been quite a summer, with COVID-19, nationwide protests and calls for police reforms, presidential politics, school reopenings, and the fate of the U.S. postal service dominating the news.

Still, we’re surviving, thanks to the best local foods and drinks that our vendors bring each week to the Saratoga Farmers’ Market.

In that spirit, we suggest a brief celebration. Visit the market and fill your basket with what you need for your upcoming meals. Top it off with a bottle of a handcrafted artisanal liquor and the ingredients for a cocktail or two.

by Himanee Gupta-Carlson for Saratoga TODAY

The market’s three spirits vendors are Lake George Distillery, Springbrook Hollow Farm Distillery, and Yankee Distillers. Collectively, they bring gin, vodka, and whiskey to the market each Saturday, not to mention fruit- and spice-infused spirits, such as Lake George’s Apple Pie Moonshine and its Lake George Lemonade. A simple quarter-cup pour from one of their bottles over two or three cubes of ice makes a hearty but not too boozy cocktail in and of itself.

Photos by Pattie Garrett.

If you want something a little more fancy, try these suggestions:

WILTON MALL Wednesdays | 3 - 6 p.m.

Saturdays | 9 - 1 p.m.

• Lavender Lemonade Cocktail. Yankee’s Steve Hamilton recommends either vodka or bourbon for this beverage made with Slate Valley Farm’s lavender lemonade and freshly chopped cucumber from one of the market’s produce vendors. Strip off some of the outer cucumber skin with a vegetable peeler and chop the cucumber. Place it in a cup with ice cubes, and add one part spirit and three parts lavender lemonade. The lemonade lightens the intensity of the liquor, while the lavender and cucumber impart a floral freshness. I tried this concoction with bourbon and found it delicious.

Lavender Lemonade

• Gin & Tonic with Celery. Springbrook Hollow’s Tara Solomon suggests muddling a bit of chopped celery in the classic gin and tonic beverage consisting approximately of one part gin, two parts tonic, and ice. She also suggests allowing the celery to remain in the glass until the beverage has been consumed for snacking. Cucumber makes an excellent alternative.

• Mocha and Mint Whiskey. Hamilton suggests a malt whiskey for this cocktail, which is made with coffee and chocolate milk from the market’s new Bunker Hill Dairy vendor. It can be made with a takehome version of the mocha drink that Something’s Brewing offers. A little bit of crushed mint adds a flavorful boost.

Bourbon Peach Smash

This recipe, like most cocktails, is very adjustable to your tastes; use more mint or bourbon or ginger beer, or less of everything, make it the way you like it. You could use more soda or ginger beer instead of bourbon to make it alcohol-free. Yields: 8 servings

INGREDIENTS: *Ingredients currently available at the farmers’ market

Gin & Tonic with Celery

• 1 large very ripe peach*, pitted, very thinly sliced • 1/2 cup sugar

JUST REMEMBER, NO DRINKING AT THE MARKET. Saratoga Farmers’ Market runs at Wilton Mall 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

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• A few macerated peach* slices • 3 to 4 fresh mint leaves* • Ice

• 1/2 cup water

• 2 tablespoons (1 oz) syrup from peaches

• 1 to 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar*

• 3 tablespoons (11/2 oz) bourbon*

• Pinch of salt

Mocha & Mint Whiskey

FOR ASSEMBLY:

• Splash of chilled seltzer or ginger beer

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Fruit prep: Place peach slices in a jar, cover with sugar, water, 1-2 tablespoons vinegar, and a pinch of salt. Place lid on the jar, give it a swish/shake until mixed, and let chill in the fridge for 3 hours, overnight, or up to 1 week.

2. To make a cocktail: Use a fork to remove a few macerated peach slices from syrup and place in the bottom of a glass with a few mint leaves. Muddle them together, smashing them into smaller pieces. Add syrup from peaches and bourbon and stir.

Add ice cubes and finish with seltzer or ginger beer.

Recipe by the Smitten Kitchen, shared by My Saratoga Kitchen Table.

Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

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Food

I Feel Good

by John Reardon for Saratoga TODAY

From my Head Tomatoes Hello my Foodie Friends !

This past week and weekend celebrates my mother-in-law and my mother (who has passed) birthdays. As my family celebrate both of their birthdays, I reflect on my treasured childhood experiences especially during the end of summer weather. Along with this time of year came the time to work in the garden and harvest the incredible vegetables that we worked hard to grow and maintain over the summer. I love garden grown tomatoes. It often took all of my control to not bite into them as I was pulling them from their stems. Fresh tomatoes smell so good. My grandmother and mother always loved to make their sauce from home grown tomatoes. Therefore, in August and September, when tomatoes are at their ripest, it was a very busy time for me to help them in the garden. Every summer, when the garden was coming up tomatoes, my family would pass them through a chinois or food mill to get rid of skins and seeds. We would have fresh tomato sauce year-round. When you use a chinois or a food mill, tomatoes stay dense and rich.

The chinois is a cone-shaped strainer with a tightly woven mesh for filtering impurities from stocks, soups and sauces. To make the best use of a chinois, you’ll need a pointed wooden pestle, tailored to closely fit the bottom of the cone. The pestle allows you to easily press every last bit of juice and flavor from the solids. A stand is useful for holding the chinois upright over a pot or bowl. A chinois can be used for taking lumps out of gravy or even for taking the juice from citrus fruit. However, the most common use for a chinois is for making soup stock or sauces. For example, a chinois can be used to remove the seeds from tomatoes to prepare a fresh tomato sauce.

Some people use a chinois to prepare apple sauce. It is also known as a bouillon strainer and it is commonly used for preparing soup stock as the conical shape helps funnel the stock into your pot. The fine mesh also keeps the bigger pieces of meat from the bones from going into the soup stock and clouding the clear broth.

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INGREDIENTS • 1 1/2 pounds ripe plum tomatoes (about 8 large tomatoes) • Kosher salt

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and fill a large bowl with ice water. Meanwhile, cut out the stem end of each tomato, then score the skin of each tomato, making an X at the top of each one.

Carefully lower tomatoes into boiling water and let stand until skins show the first signs of loosening around the edges of the score marks. Using a slotted spoon, transfer tomatoes to ice water and let cool; their skins should loosen even more.

2. Pull off tomato skins and discard. Cut tomatoes into quarters lengthwise, then scoop out seeds and discard. Dice tomato flesh.

3. Transfer diced tomatoes to a Chinois or food mill; set over a mixing bowl and sprinkle liberally all over with salt. Let stand to drain at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour. Discard collected liquids.

4. Transfer salted tomatoes to a tall container and blend with an immersion blender until a smooth puree forms. Alternatively, blend them to a smooth puree in a standing blender. If you want an even smoother puree, pass the blended tomato puree through a fine-mesh strainer. Adjust seasoning with more salt if required (you probably will not need to add more salt). Use as desired, or freeze for up to 6 months.

To make a fresh sauce, dice tomatoes, then toss them in a pot and set it over moderate heat, stirring frequently. The tomatoes quickly begin dumping out their water as they heat up. Simmer the tomatoes until most of the excess liquid has cooked off, then transfer them to a chinois or a food mill. To peel the tomatoes, cut out the stem end and score an X into the skin with a sharp knife. Then drop them in boiling water until the skins just start to show signs of coming loose around the score marks (just about 30 seconds to a minute). Finally, transfer the tomatoes to an ice bath to shock them and stop the cooking; this will help loosen the skins even more. You should be able to just peel them right off with your hands. Dice the remaining tomato flesh, transfer it to a mesh strainer/ chinois or food mill, set over a bowl, and sprinkle it liberally with salt, which will draw out moisture. After about 30 minutes to an hour, puree the pulp with a blender. The puree has a very bright, fresh flavor, like gazpacho—but without any of the other ingredients, obviously. Included is a recipe for a fresh tomato sauce.

At Compliments to the Chef, your Neighborhood Kitchen and Cutlery store located at 33 Railroad Place, we carry cool tools for cooks to help with those culinary traditions. Working in the garden can make for some lifelong memories made with family and friends while sharing your culinary creations. Remember my Foodie Friends, “Life Happens in the Kitchen.”

Take Care, John & Paula

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Lake George

Jazz Weekend Jazz at the Lake Reimagined for 2020

LAKE GEORGE — In lieu of the not being able to meet at the lake this year, Lake George Jazz Weekend has been reimagined as an online festival. Every Thursday night in September, organizers will present a Jazz Weekend Virtual Series – curated and hosted by LGAP’s Jazz Curator, Daniel Kelly. These live streamed online events will deliver renowned Jazz musicians through a series of 4 hybrid events that combine live performances, time for discussion and audience questions. They will be available to watch via stream on Stream on Facebook, YouTube Channel, and the Lake George Arts Project “Stream Now” page.

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Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

SARATOGA ARTS

OFFERS GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Arts’ 2021 Decentralization Grants application process is underway; individual artists, non-profits, municipalities and other qualified organizations located in Saratoga, Fulton or Montgomery Counties seeking funding for their arts and cultural projects planned for 2021 are encouraged to apply. Saratoga Arts’ Decentralization Grants Program offers three categories of grant funding: Community Arts Grants for qualified organizations,

Artist Grants to support individual artists and their work and Arts Education Grants for short-term artist residencies that take place in the community or in schools. The deadline to apply is Nov. 6.

Informational webinars on the grants application process and guidelines are offered on Sept. 4, 10 and 17. For specific Grants focus and time slots, visit www.saratoga-arts.org/ grant-programs/free-seminars.

All interested new and returning applicants are encouraged

to attend one of the free webinars or contact Grants Coordinator Diane Swanson at dswanson@saratogaarts.org to learn all about the application process and program guidelines. Saratoga Arts reminds all those interested in applying to submit a Letter of Intent to the organization by Sept. 25.

For more details on the application process, deadlines, requirements, informational grants webinars dates and times, please visit saratoga-arts.org/ grant-programs.

7 p.m. • Thursday, Sept. 3 - Nicole Zuraitis & Dan Pugach.

7 p.m. • Thursday, Sept. 10 - Frederick Johnson & Michael Ross.

7 p.m. • Thursday, Sept. 17 - Dan Tepfer.

7 p.m. • Thursday, Sept. 24 - Sarah Elizabeth Charles & Jarrett Cherner.

Live from the Soapbox Gallery in Brooklyn.

SPAC Announces At Home Concert Series with Violinist Joshua Bell and Time For Three

For more information, go to: www.lakegeorgearts.org.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Performing Arts Center announces "SPAC @ Home: Concert Series," featuring performances by violinist Joshua Bell alongside pianist Peter Dugan – on Sept. 12, and genre crossing ensemble Time for Three, Sept. 19.

Shot on the grounds of SPAC and at Skidmore College's Arthur Zankel Music Center, each presentation will feature an exclusive program and will include greetings and commentary by the artists as well as interviews about the challenges and creative opportunities in the time of COVID-19.

The "SPAC @ Home: Concert Series" is the latest addition to Spac Reimagined, following the recent Beethoven 2020 Festival that featured exclusive concerts, lectures and a new online platform throughout the month of August.

"When we first began to dream about artists we could bring to our grounds to create a unique concert experience without our amphitheater stage, Joshua Bell and Time For Three immediately came to mind. I have been privileged to work with all of them in my pre-SPAC lives at IMG and Universal. Both Joshua and Time For Three possess fresh, creative approaches to music-making -- and both have close and special connections to SPAC," says Elizabeth Sobol, President and CEO of Saratoga Performing Arts Center."

Time for Three performed in a special concert filmed on the grounds of SPAC this month. The show will be broadcast as part of the SPAC @ Home Concert Series. Photo provided.

On Saturday, Sept. 12, violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Peter Dugan will be featured in a recital filmed at Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College followed by a Q&A with Sobol, and Dayton Director of The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College Ian Berry.

Tickets for this premiere event are $10 and can be purchased at spac.org. Ticket buyers will be directed to the exclusive stream, available to view Sept. 12-19.

On Saturday, Sept. 19, SPAC and Caffè Lena present Time For Three in a concert that was filmed throughout the SPAC grounds in August. This trio of classically trained musicians – Nicolas “Nick” Kendall (violin, vocals); Charles

Yang (violin, vocals) and Ranaan Meyer (double bass, vocals) – got together for the first time postquarantine to create a program that intersects Americana, modern pop and classical music, bringing their uncommon mix of virtuosity and showmanship to performances of their signature arrangements of classical works, originals and covers. This concert is presented in lieu of Time For Three’s scheduled return to SPAC this season, following the trio’s sold-out appearance at SPAC for the inaugural season of “SPAC on Stage” in 2017.

The concert will be available to stream for free on Sept. 19 - at 8 p.m. on Caffè Lena’s YouTube and accessible through spac.org and SPAC's Facebook page until Oct. 19.

Week of August 28 – September 3, 2020

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The Sembrich Launches “Stravinsky and the Premiere of the Century”

Mostly Modern

Presents: Live and In-Person Outdoor Music on Wednesday SARATOGA SPRINGS — Mostly Modern Projects presents live outdoor music 4-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, outside Savory Pantry, 486 Broadway, and then continues to Saratoga Saddlery, 392 Broadway, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

The Mostly Modern Trio will introduce the Music & Medicine program with a lively mix of classical music and fun popular arrangements.

Social-distancing and wearing a mask protocols apply

during the performances.

Music & Medicine is a brandnew outreach program founded in 2020, that provides healing, restoration, and the joys of music to hospitals, community centers, retirement homes, nursing homes, and outdoor venues and parks in the Saratoga Springs and the Capital Region. Top professional musicians are hired to perform live music, outdoors, for all occasions that provide much-needed joy to everyone in 2020.

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Stravinsky and the Premiere of the Century. Image courtesy of the Hungarian website fidelio.hu The Sembrich.

BOLTON LANDING — The Sembrich has launched “Stravinsky and the Premiere of the Century,” the seventh presentation in its 20/20: Virtual Visionaries summer festival.

The latest installment of the Alfred Z. Solomon Innovator Series transports The Sembrich audience back to the night of May 29, 1913, the groundbreaking premiere of The Rite of Spring with vintage images, video clips, and an article on the auspicious night by distinguished Stravinsky scholar, Charles Joseph.

The program features an article adapted from a chapter of Joseph’s 2011 book Stravinsky’s Ballets. Charles M. Joseph is Professor Emeritus of Music and the former Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Skidmore College. He is the author of two other books, Stravinsky and Balanchine, the winner of an ASCAP Award in Biography, and Stravinsky Inside Out. He lives in Saratoga Springs.

The program also includes the eleven-minute opening segment of the 2009 film Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky, which re-creates The Rite of Spring premiere at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

“This re-enactment, with its sweeping camera angles and multiple perspectives from stage, audience and orchestra pit alike, conveys the energy and excitement of that first performance,” says The Sembrich’s Artistic Director Richard Wargo. “And is as close as we can come to imagining ourselves as eyewitness to the momentous event. We’re truly grateful to film producer Claudie Ossard and to author Charles

Joseph for sharing this wealth of material with us, allowing for this latest exciting entry in our Alfred Z. Solomon Innovator Series.”

“Stravinsky and the Premiere of the Century” can be found online at TheSembrich.org/ online. The Sembrich is located at 4800 Lake Shore Drive, Bolton Landing. For more information, visit www.TheSembrich.org or call 518-644-2431 or email: Office@TheSembrich.org

HOSTS THIRD YEAR OF RAISING MONEY FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS NORTH HUDSON — This Labor Day Weekend, join Adirondack Jellystone to make strides against Breast Cancer.

In celebration of the event, on Saturday, Sept. 5, the venue will open its doors to the public.

For $15 per person your families may enjoy all of the amenities Adirondack Jellystone Camping Resort has to offer including: Pedal Carts, Gemstone mining, Jumping pillow, Tubing on the Schroon River, Volleyball

court, 18-hole mini-golf, Playground and more. Special events on Saturday include a 50-50 raffle, basket auction and Park Lane Jewelry Party.

All fundraising proceeds will benefit Saratoga Mollie Wilmot Radiation Oncology Center.

Adirondack Jellystone is located at 4035 Blue Ridge Rd, North Hudson. For questions, call Gina at 518-532-7493. Anyone interested in donating, contact Kathleen O’Neill at: 518-538-1697.

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A Rare Double: Raia Still Working with Both Standardbreds & Thoroughbreds

by Tony Podlaski

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It is not often that trainers handle both harness and Thoroughbred horses. In fact, it is challenging for a lot of horsemen and horsewomen to make that transition of working with both types of equine athletes.

Saratoga where they were stabled on Clare Court. In the evenings, Raia crossed Nelson Avenue to the harness track to watch the races.

For nearly 40 years, Francis Raia II has made a career of training both harness and Thoroughbreds, well as driving the trotters and pacers at various tracks.

Approaching his last year at Tolland High School, Raia needed just two credits to complete his high school diploma. Because he had an opportunity to ride in Florida, Raia made a proposal to the superintendent that he could complete the all of the required classwork outside of school.

One of those moments occurred Aug. 18 when Raia was in the sulky – the two-wheeled cart – driving T’s Electric at Saratoga Gaming and Casino. Within the next 24 hours, he was hoping to saddle his 4-year-old filly homebred Renninas Rose at Saratoga Race Course.

However, a small physical setback for Renninas Rose forced Raia to scratch from the last race on Aug. 19. That would have been his first Thoroughbred runner since December 2018 and his first Saratoga in nearly two years.

“I have no luck,” Raia said while shaking off the disappointment. “I would get a horse ready for a race. I would train them. I would have a rider on them once a week, then something would happen.”

While it can be frustrating for the 64-year-old Raia from Mechanicville, he has learned how to manage these situations based on his experience and extensive family background in both Thoroughbred and harness racing.

His 90-year-old father, Francis Raia Sr., played an integral part by purchasing a 20-acre farm with a third-mile track in Tolland, Conn.

At the farm, Raia learned how to jog harness horses at nine years old. A year later, his father brought him to Foxboro Raceway for a summer job through driver Irving Foster by caring for four horses at $5 a day.

During the summer when he was 14, Raia worked at Belmont Park for his idol Phil Horn Jr. before coming to

While Raia was learning how to care for and handle horses, he really wanted to be a jockey. His desire of becoming a rider stemmed from his uncle John Raia, who was a successful jockey in New York and Florida, and at one time, he rode the 1958 juvenile filly champion Quill early in her career.

“I told the superintendent that I had a shot to ride and wanted to go now,” Raia said. “He let me do it as long as I got the work done. I went back to high school and graduated with my class and I never went back.”

Once the superintendent agreed on the proposal, Raia went to Calder to gallop horses for Nick Gianos Jr. in 1975.

At that point, his uncle John Raia had stopped riding, but he was also getting other riders from Hialeah Park.

“There were riders who came from Hialeah to work horses at Calder,” Raia said. “My uncle picked me up in the morning to gallop horses. I would sit on horses 10 a day for time.”

While Raia was learning how to ride through galloping horses, his dream of becoming a jockey started fading because of his growing body.

“I was close to getting my license of being a jockey at Calder, but I was too heavy,” he said.

Rather than staying in Florida, Raia came back to the northeast and worked for the late veterinarian Dr. Albert “Doc” Grass of West Brattleboro Harness, was training and driving horses at Saratoga, Vermont and New Hampshire, in fall of 1976.

During his time with Grass, Raia became familiar with the northeast harness circuit and eventually made his own career in training and driving horses going into the 1980s for the next two decades between Saratoga and Foxboro.

Raia had good horses, including Mountain Jester who once held the Saratoga Raceway record for a gelding before being retired with 14 honors in 1989. However, he knew that ride could not last forever since many of his owners passed away and it became a challenge finding new owners.

“I had as much as 30 heads where I would drive 5-6 races a night for about 20 years,” Raia said. “I was doing good, but all of my owners had passed away. It’s hard to replace them.”

By 1997, along with training and driving Standardbreds, Raia went back to working with Thoroughbreds across the street with his first horse being Jr. Lord, a gelding who was easily outrun at Saratoga and Belmont. After purchasing Jr. Lord for owner Helen Casson, Raia sent the horse to Finger Lakes under the guidance of Robert Attanasio where the gelding won his only race.

Over the last 23 years, Raia has picked up Thoroughbred winners at small circuit tracks like Finger Lakes and Northampton Fair. One of his multi-winners was Shrewd, a horse he bought at Finger Lakes before owner Nick Barone brought the horse With very little success from Shrewd competing in West Virginia, Raia convinced Barone to bring the roan gelding back to his barn. After working with Shrewd for two months, Raia confidently brought him to Northampton where he won two races with his first one by a nine-length margin.

“He was taken from me and brought to Mountaineer,” Raia said. “I told him to bring him back. I know what I have to do for the horse. When I brought him to Northampton, I told the owners that we are going to win for fun and they laughed at me. He won by the length of the stretch.”

Today, Raia is working with a small stable of his filly Renninas Rose and three Standardbreds – his “old class horse” T’s Electric, stakes-placing Fifth Son and hopeful pacer Jack Rock. Like many owners and trainers, as well as drivers, Raia is still chasing the dream after four decades.

“It’s the dream,” he said. “I could never let go of the dream.

I’m always waiting to get the big one.”

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