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Fighting Cancer From The Ground Up

Local Farm’s Wellness Initiative

by Norra Reyes Saratoga TODAY

Matt Geiling holds up a bundle of watermelon radishes he is getting ready to wash at 9 Miles East Farm in Schuylerville. Photo by Norra Reyes.

Notes from City Hall

Going Wireless Downtown

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY

SCHUYLERVILLE ­— The news can’t be good. You are sitting in your doctor’s office, not in an exam room. He is looking at you earnestly from behind his desk.

You can feel yourself sinking into the soft chair. There’s a clock ticking somewhere – it’s loud in your ears, making it hard for you to hear the word cancer.

According to the American Cancer Society, there will be more than 1.6 million new cancer cases in 2016, and while scientists are

working steadily on finding a cure, doctors and wellness practitioners are working steadily on helping patients change years of fast-paced habits into healthy lifestyles.

For Gordon Sacks, founder of 9 Miles East Farm in Schuylerville, the question of why people should eat a healthy, plant-based diet has already been answered. He knows study after study shows that fresh produce, proteins and spices that contain key nutrients can boost immune systems, promote healing, reduce cancer risk and See Cancer pg. 14

225 Years!

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Big Anniversary for First Baptist

Education 16-17 Pulse 36-39

Saratoga Springs Smart City Commission Presents Roadmap To Broadband Finance Commissioner Michele Madigan, along with independent technology consulting company NYSTEC, will present Smart City Roadmap 1.0 during Tuesday night’s meeting of the City Council.

Roadmap 1.0 is the culmination of work by the Smart City Commission over the past six See Notes pg. 12

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Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

Meet the Saratoga TODAY Newsroom Copy Editor/Obits/ Proofreading Anne Proulx has been with Saratoga TODAY since its inception in 2005. She joined us after a 30-year career as an administrative assistant for GE/ Lockheed Martin.

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Sports/Education Editor Kiersten Racela is our newest addition, covering sports and education in our local schools and colleges, as well as any nonschool sports news. She is a former assistant coach for Skidmore’s women’s lacrosse team, and is also a fitness instructor.

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City/Crime/Arts/ Entertainment Editor Thomas Dimopoulos joined our team the last week of August and provides city beat coverage, from City Hall to the art museums and everything betwixt and beyond. Dimopoulos is an awardwinning local journalist and the author of “Saratoga Stories: Magic and Loss.”

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She had spent the previous 20 years in and out of the NYS Legislature as a lobbyist and public policy analyst.

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Rotary Brunch to Fund Scholarships SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs Rotary Education Foundation’s 17th annual Community Awards Brunch will recognize Skidmore College President Dr. Philip Glotzbach, Franklin Community Center as a whole, and its leader, Kari Cushing, and pay tribute to founding board member Florence Andresen.

With catering donated by Longfellows, the brunch is set for Sunday, October 30 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Saratoga Springs City Center. The price is

$75 per person or $125 for two people. For more information or to RSVP, call 518-495-8560 by October 15.

The Rotary Education Foundation has awarded more than $600,000 in college or advanced vocational scholarships to high school students from the greater Saratoga Springs area.

The foundation has set a goal of awarding $1 million in scholarships by its 25th anniversary.

Visit saratogaspringsscholarships.org to learn more about the foundation.

Turning Leaves at the Turning Point

Several hundred people attended the first-ever Schuylerville Fall Festival on Sunday, featuring live music, food, and the participation of more than 60 local businesses and organizations. The event in the historic village included a downtown scavenger hunt and a small business raffle. Goodies and gift certificates – at an estimated value of $1,600 – were won by Heidi Levin. Photo by MarkBolles.com.

Kari Cushing

Dr. Philip Glotzbach

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Second Habitat Groundbreaking

Left to right: Executive Director Jeff Clark; President, Board of Directors Tammy DiCara; Dominic DiCara; Barry Potoker; Mayor Joanne Yepsen and Financial Associate Bill Bufkins. Photo by Francesco D’Amico.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Habitat for Humanity of Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties broke ground on its second building in Saratoga Springs on October 6 at 26 Cherry Street, Saratoga Springs.

With the goal of addressing the need for affordable housing, the new two-family unit is a result of a partnership between the City of Saratoga Springs, the Saratoga Builders Association, Rebuilding Together Saratoga, and community volunteers.

The new townhome is largely possible

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as a result of a partnership between Habitat for Humanity and a Thrivent Financial program called Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity. To support safe, decent, and affordable housing in the Saratoga Springs community Thrivent has awarded $70,000 to support construction. Thrivent Builds focuses on the construction of new homes alongside Habitat partner families, who pay a zero interest mortgage for their home as well as contribute hundreds of sweat equity hours in the construction process.

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

2,454 Petitions Support Gun Show SARATOGA SPRINGS — On Wednesday, October 12, Senator Kathy Marchione ( R , C , I , R e for m - Ha l f mo on ) , Chair of the Senate’s Local Government Committee, Dave Petronis, President, New Eastcoast Arms Collectors Associates (NEACA) Inc., and fellow Second Amendment advocates delivered 2,454 petitions to the Saratoga Springs City Center to show strong, community-wide support for

the Saratoga Gun Show (aka the NEACA Arms Fair) to remain at the City Center in Saratoga Springs. The petitions were delivered to the Saratoga Springs City Center Authority Board during its October meeting.

“Having attended the Saratoga Gun Show many times, and regularly sponsoring a table, I know how popular and well-attended this event is. Gun shows are safe,

Public Town Meeting on City Charter SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs Charter Review Commission will hold a Public Town Meeting on Tuesday October 18 from 7-9 p.m. at the Tang Museum at Skidmore College. Citizens are invited to come talk to the Commission about how well they think the

city government is functioning and how it can be improved.

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allow individuals to exercise their constitutional rights and contribute to our local economy. All of these positive benefits are great reasons for the Saratoga Gun Show to continue at the City Center. Our effort was to demonstrate wide support for the gun show and we’re hopeful the City Center Authority Board will hear our concerns, reverse course and keep the Saratoga Gun Show,” Senator Marchione said.

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COURTS Quentin Pinkney, 35, of Albany, pleaded on Sept. 29 to attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Sentencing is scheduled to take place on Nov. 29.

Jayme L. Lacque, 36, of Ballston Spa, pleaded on Sept. 29 to felony DWI. Sentencing is scheduled to take place on Dec. 1.

Alfred J. Hall, 24, of Gansevoort, pleaded on Sept. 30 to attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. Sentencing is scheduled to take place on Dec. 2.

Jerold C. Kelleher, of Saratoga Springs, 46, pleaded on Sept.

30 to attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. Sentencing is scheduled to take place on Dec. 2.

Todd A. McClendon, 33, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded on Oct. 3 to felony DWI. Sentencing is scheduled to take place on Nov. 28.

Freddie Brown, 46, homeless, pleaded on Oct. 3 to failure to report an address change for a sex offender. Sentencing is scheduled to take place on Nov. 28.

Robert M. Buckley, 29, of Schenectady was sentenced to serve 12 years in prison and five years post-release supervision, after pleading to felony burglary.

George E. Melville, 60, of Corinth, was sentenced to serve 6

months in jail and five years probation, after pleading to unlawful surveillance in the second degree.

Heidi Gannon, 41, of Corinth, was sentenced on Oct. 3 to serve 10 years in prison and 20 years post-release supervision, after pleading to firstdegree sex abuse charges.

Matthew D. Sheehan, 39, of Ballston Lake, pleaded on Oct. 5 to felony DWI. Sentencing is scheduled to take place on Dec. 7.

Patrick P. Prince, 51, of Loudonville, pleaded on Oct. 5 to felony DWI. Sentencing is scheduled to take place on Dec. 7.

John F. Morgano, 70, of Cairo, was sentenced on Oct. 6 to serve 2 to 4 years in prison, after pleading to third-degree burglary.

Robert J. Woodcock, 38, of Gansevoort, was sentenced on Oct. 6 to serve 1-1/3 to 4 years in prison and three years of a conditional discharge, after pleading to felony aggravated DWI. William H. Hull, 28, of Saratoga Springs, was sentenced on Oct. 6 to serve six months in jail and five years of probation, after pleading to attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Dale E. Pasho, 35, of Hannibal, was sentenced on Oct. 5 to serve 1 to 3 years in priosn, after pleading to felony DWI.

BLOTTER 5 BLOTTER Alexander S. St Jock, 20, of Clifton Park, on Oct. 6 was charged with first-degree rape. St. Jock is suspected of allegedly forcing himself on a female known to him and sexually assaulting her on Oct. 6 in Halfmoon, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department. He was arraigned in Clifton Park Town Court, and is being held in lieu of bail to return to court at a later, unspecified date.

Aaron M. Collins, 39, of Mechanicville, was charged on Oct. 8 with third-degree criminal trespass, a misdemeanor, after allegedly walking on the train tracks along the Boston & Maine Railroad train trestle near Routes 4 and 32 in Stillwater. Police said Collins was heavily intoxicated.

Investigators said a conductor who observed the man was able to get the train stopped without striking him. Collins, who was released with an appearance ticket, was previously struck by a train in Schaghticoke in 2015 after falling asleep on the train

tracks, according to police.

Alex M. Goman, 22, of Saratoga Springs, was charged on Oct. 2 with misdemeanor petit larceny.

Kayla N. Scolamiero, 25, of Malta, was charged on Oct. 2 with misdemeanor DWI, and failing to stop at a stop sign.

Kevin T. Cox, 45, of Oceanside, was charged on Oct. 1 with misdemeanor assault in the third degree.

Maths E. Anderson, 49, of Saratoga Springs, was charged on Oct. 1 with one count each of felony and misdemeanor criminal mischief.

Sabrina Das, 20, of N.Y., N.Y. was charged on Oct. 1 with criminal possession of a forged instrument, a misdemeanor.

Isabella A. Feldman, 20, of Merrick, was charged on Oct. 1 with two counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument, a misdemeanor, and one count false impersonation.

John P. Grattan, 25, of Schenectady, was charged on Oct. 1 with felony assault, two counts of seconddegree harassment, and one misdemeanor count each of resisting arrest, and criminal tampering.

Nathan M. Brennan, 40, of Malta, was charged on Sept.

30 with misdemeanor criminal trespassing, and disorderly conduct.

Randy M. Upton, 58, of Ballston Spa, was charged on Sept. 30 with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.

Antonio L. Lowe, 30, of Saratoga Springs, was charged on Sept. 30 with felony burglary in the second degree, and stalking in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor.

Zachary M. Young, 25, of Ballston Spa, was charged on Sept. 30 with DWI and aggravated DWI, both misdemeanors, and unlawful possession of marijuana.

6 Edwin A. Meyer SARATOGA SPRINGS — Edwin A. Meyer passed away on October 9, 2016 at Saratoga Hospital after a brief illness. He was 78. Born in Schenectady on April 22, 1938, he was the son of the late Albert and Ethel Meyer. Edwin served with the U.S. Armed Forces as a member of the New York Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve.

Relatives and friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 at the Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church, 175 Fifth Ave. with a service to immediately follow. Burial will be private at the convenience of the family.

Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Burke and Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes of 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs.

Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.

Elaine E. Mann SARATOGA SPRINGS — Elaine E. Mann passed away on Oct. 3, 2016 at home. Calling hours for this longtime resident of Saratoga Springs will be held Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the William J. Burke and Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes at 628 North Broadway in Saratoga Springs. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18 at St. Clement’s Church, 231 Lake Ave. in Saratoga Springs. Burial will follow at Greenridge Cemetery on Lincoln Ave.

Ygnacio (Inky) Ballestero GANSEVOORT — Ygnacio (Inky) Ballestero of Pettis Road passed away Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 at his home following a long illness. He was 89. Born on October 17, 1926 in Middletown, NY, he was the son of Antonio and Francisca (Prada) Ballestero.

A funeral service was held Saturday, October 8 at Compassionate Funeral Care, Inc., 402 Maple Avenue, Saratoga Springs. Burial was in Gurn Springs Cemetery in Wilton.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.

John Arthur Green SARATOGA SPRINGS — John Arthur Green, 85, died on October 7, 2016 at Saratoga Hospital.

Born in Mechanicville on April 4, 1931, John was the son of the late John A. and Frances Titus Green, Sr. Relatives and friends gathered to remember him on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at the William J. Burke and Sons/ Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs.

John was laid to rest with military honors in the Gerald B.

OBITUARIES H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.

Online remembrances may be made www.burkefuneralhome.com.

Lorraine T. Martin SARATOGA SPRINGS — Lorraine T. Martin went to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct 3, 2016 after a long illness. She was born in Troy on January 18, 1950 to G. Keith Trembly and Mary Catone-Trembly.

Relatives and friends gathered in her name Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at the William J. Burke and Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes in Saratoga Springs. A funeral service followed, conducted by Deacon Ed Solomon followed.

A committal service will take place on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 at St. Peter’s Cemetery, West Ave. in Saratoga Springs at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in her name to the American Heart Association, 4 Atrium Dr #100, Albany, NY 12205.

Online remembrances may be made at burkefuneralhome.com.

Mickey McCollum Vassallo SARATOGA SPRINGS — Mickey McCollum Vassallo died Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Wesley Health Care Center where she was lovingly cared for by the staff on 2 Victoria.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister Mary (Toni) Blunt, and her son-inLaw, The Reverend Cannon Thomas T. Parke.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations for Mickey can be made to Wesley Health Care Center, 131 Lawrence Street, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866 A memorial service will be held at The Church of the Holy Cross, Main Street in Warrensburg, NY at a later date. An announcement will be made.

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016 for his family and friends.

A Third Degree member of Saratoga Council 246 Knights of Columbus, he was a member of the Saratoga Assembly 745 K of C Fourth Degree and a devout communicant of St. Clement’s Roman Catholic Church. Philip was also a member of the Italian American War Veterans, Dominick Smaldone Post 35 (ITAM).

In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by a brotherin-law, William J. O’Rourke and a niece, Roberta M. (Robbie) Spensieri.

He is survived in life and will be dearly missed by his wife of 63 years, Alice (Heinz) D’Agostino; his children, Joseph D’Agostino (Sonja), Carolyn Kirkpatrick (Max), William D’Agostino (Barbara) and Jeannie D’Agostino-Babcock (Jeffrey); five grandchildren, Elizabeth D’Agostino (Patrick O’Connor), Antonia D’Agostino, Nicholas Kirkpatrick, Celia D’Agostino-Fulton (Travis), and Bianca Babcock, the youngest grandchild who brought so much joy to his life; two sisters, Angeline O’Rourke and Mary Spensieri (Frank); one niece and three nephews.

The family would like to thank Drs. Kondo, Mastrianni and Daoui as well as Karen Murdock, RN who assisted in the compassionate care of Philip in his time of need.

Relatives and friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016 at the William J. Burke and Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs.

Members of the Knights of Columbus will meet at 3 p.m. at the funeral home.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Monday, Oct. 10 in St. Clement’s Church, 231 Lake Ave. in Saratoga Springs by Rev. John D. Kirwin. Burial with military honors will follow in the family plot at St. Peter’s Cemetery, West Ave. in Saratoga Springs.

Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.

Memoriam

Philip Joseph D’Agostino SARATOGA SPRINGS — Philip Joseph D’Agostino, 86, a lifelong resident of Saratoga Springs, passed away peacefully on Oct. 6, 2016 surrounded by his loving family.

Born on Sept. 14, 1930, he was a son of the late Giuseppe and Jean (Levo) D’Agostino and grew up in an Italian-American community on Beekman Street. He attended St. Peters High School and he was a US Army veteran of the Korean War. He met the love of his life, Alice, when he was stationed in Germany and was honorably discharged as a corporal in 1953.

Upon returning from war, he worked for 15 years for the D & H Railroad. Philip was employed as a meat cutter most of his life, working many years at Polacsek Farms and also at the former Rocky and Jerry’s Market on Warren Street. When he retired, he took to the kitchen where he would lovingly cook

In Memory of Thomas Vincent Pravda October 11, 1962 - November 10, 2013 Those we love don’t go away They walk beside us every day Unseen, unheard but always near Still loved, still missed and forever dear.

Love always, Mom, Dad Karleigh and Family

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Local Church Doubles Efforts to Help Haiti BALLSTON SPA — This year, St. Mary’s Church at 167 Milton Avenue in Ballston Spa is doubling its efforts to raise money and Christmas shoeboxes for orphans in Haiti. St. Mary’s has been steadily helping Haiti for 14 years, and was there for them after the tragic January 12, 2010 earthquake.

Now, after Hurricane Matthew, the devastation is so great that the church is reaching out to its neighboring communities in Saratoga County for some last-minute help.

Doris Smith, one of the dedicated volunteers leading the charge in Ballston Spa, said the deadline for donating Christmas shoeboxes is fast approaching. “We need time to ship them to New Jersey and then to Haiti.

We need the shoeboxes by Friday, October 21 at the very latest, or they won’t get there in time for Christmas,” she said.

The church collects the giftfilled boxes after all the Saturday and Sunday Masses at the Church Garage, which is across from the school behind the church. During the week, boxes can be left at the school during school hours until October 21.

They are sent to Father Giordano Belanich, Director of Croatian Relief Services in New Jersey, to ship boxes and food to the Cardinal Stepinac

Children Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in time for Christmas.

The Croatian Relief Service was formed at a sister church to Ballston Spa’s St. Mary’s down in New Jersey.

As the name implies, it was formed during the refugee crises in Croatia, but once the war was over, the church shifted its fundraising arm to help Haiti, retaining its Croatian Relief Services name.

Father Belanich has visited the orphanage run by nuns in Haiti many times, including recently, and is quite passionate about the conditions there.

“Thousands of people, many are children, don’t have a home or food or anything,” he said in a telephone interview. “The shoeboxes will be appreciated more then ever. We’ll give it to the kids that lost everything in this hurricane. Our area, where our orphanage is, had serious floods but everyone survived and the orphanage is fine. But there’s about 80 miles of destruction, and people are lucky if they can earn a dollar a day. Here, I can get rice for $33 for a hundred pounds, but there it’s $75. How can they live; how can they survive?”

Father Belanich suggests nothing fancy for Christmas gifts for the kids. There’s no electricity, so playtime is simple – crayons and coloring

New Dog In Town

Mo, a black lab, pictured with Saratoga Springs Police Officer Kile VanWagner, is currently in training to detect explosive scents and will in a few weeks join the department’s K9 Unit as the city’s first bomb-detecting dog. Photo by SSPD.

books. He said they really do want clean undershirts and underwear for Christmas. Perhaps some candy, but nothing that can melt too much in shipping. The Haitian customs will sometimes hold containers for two months or so before allowing them to clear and be delivered.

Strong and clean shoebox-sized containers may be filled with small toys, games, coloring books, summer clothes, non-perishable food, prayer cards, rosaries and family photos. No rice and beans, guns, war games, soaps or used items. Wrap the box in holiday paper, and label it

with a gender and age (your choice).

Suggested age range is: infant, 2-4 years, 5-9 and 10-14.

An $8 donation is requested per box to help defray shipping expenses to Haiti. Place it in a separate envelope marked “shipping” – do not tape it on the boxes. Envelopes will be collected at the Church Garage.

Unmarked checks will be used for shipping. Checks should be made payable to ST. MARY’S CHURCH only, not to any organization or individual. Contributions toward this Christmas project, if received

by October 24, may be sent to Josie

Uhlinger, 7 E. Grove St., Ballston Spa, N.Y., 12020, or call her at 518885-9620. Money will also be used to purchase rice and beans for shipping to the island.

“These are beautiful, intelligent kids that I want to educate and make men and women out of them,” said Father Belanich. “They would have been dead if we didn’t take them. The poverty is stunning. I wish more of the world really knew.”

For more information on the Cardinal Stepinac Children Center, call 201-745-1145 or email CroatianReliefServices@gmail.com.

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Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

Students to Upgrade Santa Cottage

Photo by Sharon Castro.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — On October 14, students at the F. Donald Myers Education Center in Saratoga Springs received an early Christmas present. Staff from the City of Saratoga Springs Department of Public Works delivered the Santa Cottage to its new, temporary home there so Career and Technical Education (CTE) students can give the cottage an upgrade while engaging in hands-on learning.

Students will replace missing shingles on the roof, tighten it up for the winter by caulking joints and seams, replace missing trim and spruce it up with new paint.

It will be returned on November 17 to the Downtown Business Association, which sets it up on Broadway for children to enjoy when they visit Santa during the Christmas season. The students say they are up for the challenge and happy to have an opportunity to give back to the community.

Construction Trades is a twoyear program for high school juniors and seniors based on the Residential Construction Academy Series. It is open to students from the component school districts of the WSWHE BOCES. The program is certified by the Home Builders Institute and several other industry based organizations. For more information about the Construction Trades program, or any other CTE program, visit Careerandtech.org.

Photo by Sharon Castro.

Ride for Missing Children Visits Malta Avenue Elementary BALLSTON SPA — Malta Avenue Elementary School students in Ballston Spa recently greeted the 8th Annual Ride for Missing Children Greater Capital District as they traveled through the area.

A team of cyclists pedaled 100miles in one day, as one long unified team of riders, riding 2 x 2 escorted by the New York State Police and local law enforcement of the jurisdictions through which they ride. The Ride stopped at schools for educational rest stops with “Silent Tributes” to missing children, recovered children, and fallen officers along the way.

Additional information on the ride is on The Ride for Missing Children Greater Capital District website at http://

rideformissingchildrengcd.com/ about-the-ride-1.

Information on the Child Abduction Prevention Education Program with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is located on the BSCSD.org website as a resource for the school community http://www.bscsd.org/resources. cfm?subpage=17568.

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OP/ED LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

City Charter Review Commission Clarifies Role A recent letter to the editor suggests that the Charter Review Commission is recommending a change in the form of government. However, it is important for the community to understand that no such recommendation has been made. The Charter Review Commission was established

by Mayor Yepsen and the City Council in June 2016 because the current city Charter requires that review process to occur every ten years. The Commission is doing what it was charged to do: examine the current Charter and recommend what changes to the Charter, if any, should be made.

Those recommendations are not

binding and will be subjected to a public referendum.

Importantly, the Commission is also seeking input from the public by holding a series of town meetings where the public may come and speak, the first of which will occur on October 18 at 7 p.m.

At the Tang Museum at Skidmore College. Further, comments may also be sent to us via email for anyone who wishes to write to the Commission (saratogaspringscharter@gmail.com).

Indeed, the Commission would like to hear from anyone who cares to make a contribution to the process. The Commission is also interviewing former and current

Commissioners, city employees, mayors and city managers from other municipalities and experts on local government.

Once the Charter Commission has concluded the listening part of the process, we intend to discuss the information that has been provided to us.

At that point, based upon careful consideration of the information we have received, we will make our recommendations.

BK Keramati Bob Turner Saratoga Springs Charter Review Commission Members

Shaun Francis for State Senator When I vote this Fall, I have my eye on my state politicians.

This past year I have talked to many groups, and I have talked to many of our state senators and assemblypersons regarding common sense gun laws and domestic violence issues.

I spoke to groups about Safe Gun Storage laws and the need to lock up guns, especially in the presence of children, and how this can help police combat the proliferation of stolen guns, which always end up being used in crimes. People always said, “makes sense to me.” Or “I’m a hunter and keep them locked

already.” Nicholas’ Law, a safe storage law, passed the Assembly in June 2015, but got nowhere in the Senate.

I have also spoken about the 6,410 women murdered in 10 years by their domestic partner and The Safe Homes Act (A.249). This law would authorize law enforcement to remove firearms found on the premises where there has been a report of domestic violence. Currently they cannot. This unanimously passed the Assembly, but got nowhere in the Senate. Similarly, A.5257, the Domestic Violence Firearm Surrender bill, would require law

enforcement to remove guns from the possession of individuals convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. These are tools for the police to be able to take action to keep people safe from domestic violence. These issues deserve a chance to be debated on the senate floor.

I believe Shaun Francis will give the public (who wants these issues debated openly by our senate) the attention they deserve.

Patricia Tuz Wilton Capital Region Coordinator New Yorkers’ Against Gun Violence

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

To assure balanced news coverage, it is the policy of this paper that no letters to the editor from candidates will be printed between Primary Day and Election Day.

Bicycling Fans Take Notice A shoulder has been added to a crucial section of Jones Road in Wilton. For several years, I have cycled Jones Road entering from Jodi Lane on my way to the Wilton YMCA. My morning dilemma always arose just past Dorothy Nolan School where no shoulder existed.

I’d have to make the decision whether I wanted to “take up the lane” (which is legal by the way) or hug the white fog line and hope that I didn’t get hit by a motorist over this 300foot section until I reached the Northway Overpass.

The new paved shoulder is a first step to make cycling safer in this area. It is, however, an important step for me and for other cyclists and for motorists as well. I’d like to thank the Town of Wilton Highway Department for making it happen.

With continued effort working together, we can expect more to come. Look for our Facebook page this fall to see how you can help or you may contact me to talk about multiuse paths in our Town.

Joanne Klepetar Wilton Town Councilwoman www.TownOfWilton.com

GOP Candidates: Where do you Stand?

It is time for Republican elected officials to tell us all where they stand in light of their Presidential candidate’s admission of serial acts of sexual misconduct against women. I call upon Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, State Senator Kathy Marchione, candidates Jim Tedisco and all the other Republican candidates running for office in Saratoga County to join respected Republican Americans like Senator

John McCain and Secretary Condelezza Rice to repudiate and disavow their allegiance and support for Donald Trump.

Americans deserve better and we need to know why they are not speaking out vehemently against the latest in a long line of sexist, racist and discriminatory comments by their top candidate for office.

Todd M. Kerner, Chair Saratoga County Democratic Committee

Protecting the Environment in Saratoga Springs This letter to the editor is a response to Tom Dimopoulos’ article, “Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst,” in Saratoga TODAY, dated September 30.

Thank you, Mr. John Catone, for your due diligence in protecting the city of Saratoga Springs.

I am relieved that there is a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan that has been updated and modified. As a citizen of Saratoga Springs, I am mindful of the environment. As an environmental educator, I am concerned about the crude oil trains passing through our city and Saratoga County. The trains come from North Dakota across Canada to Montreal, then down through New York State, including Saratoga Springs, to the Albany trans-terminals, then on to a

refinery in Linden, New Jersey.

Pilgrim Pipeline plans to build a pipeline from Albany to Linden, New Jersey. The increased volume means more trains will carry Bakken dirty crude oil through Saratoga Springs by train. It is unlikely that a train accident will occur, but if it does it is high risk.

Look at what happened in the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, in Quebec, Canada, when 47 people died. The train derailment and fire destroyed the town. The DOT-111 cars are not safe and need replacing with double shells on the outside. The DOT-111 cars were built before 2011 and were not intended to carry highly-flammable crude oil. The Department of Transportation, Secretary Foxx says, that 99.9 percent of those oil shipments reach their destination safely. There are still derailments and

explosive fires that we must be aware of, especially knowing that the crude oil trains are passing through our city.

What about the drinking water in Saratoga Springs? The reservoir, Loughberry Lake, is within one mile of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The endangered Karner blue butterfly and threatened hoary elfin butterfly reside at Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park, in Saratoga County. Both species are dependent upon native blue lupine as the host plant. About 90 percent of the park is within one mile of the railroad track.

There are farms within a onemile blast zone if a train wreck were to happen, or if an oil spill occurred.

Crude oil is heavy and sinks; it saturates everything it touches. It is extremely improbable to remove contaminated oil from the environment.

Heavy crude oil could harm fish, birds, frogs, grazing animals, crops, the earth, water, and humans if oil spilled into our environment.

City government and New York State officials need to think about the safety of its citizens. The public needs to be informed about what measures are in place for residents living within one mile of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Skidmore College, high-density housing communities, four schools, restaurants, Saratoga Hospital, and Care Lane are all within one mile of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Sustainable Saratoga is preparing a Scoping Request with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). According to Sustainable Saratoga, the City of Saratoga Springs does not need to take a stand at present. They are waiting for the safety evaluation

or modified suggestions from Sustainable Saratoga. Upon completion, a town hall meeting about safety strategy and evacuation plans with city officials would be prudent.

Recently Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner and her staff completed a safety review of the railroad tracks in Saratoga County, and no critical issues were found. New York State regularly conducts random rail inspections. We need leaders like Assistant Police Chief John Catone and Assemblywoman Woerner who do the work of the people.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Contact Riverkeeper, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Albany and sign the petition to stop the crude oil trains until all safety measures are in place at www.riverkeeper.org.

Mary Ellen Ryall Saratoga Springs

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

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Autumn of Giving SARATOGA SPRINGS — In a community as generous as Saratoga Springs, Mary Gavin was surprised to find it didn’t have a general fund, a single place for people to donate that gets dispersed to a variety of worthy local causes.

“That was one of the critical reasons for starting the Adirondack Trust Company Community Fund,” said Gavin, one of the founding members and Chair of the Fund’s advisory committee.

The ATC Community Fund started meeting in 2008, and in 2011 issued its first 9 grants, totaling $10,250. So far this year, the Fund has received over 40 applications requesting a total of more than $100,000.

“I have been shocked over the years by how many nonprofits you never hear of because they don’t have big galas,” said Gavin, who is also a Certified Public Accountant and a principal of Gavin and LaVigne, Inc., “and that is one of the areas where we have been able to make a tremendous amount of difference – those smaller nonprofits.”

Gavin said she’s especially appreciative of local business partners, such as Saratoga Juice Bar, for helping to raise funds throughout the month of October, and participating in the fundraising event at Longfellows, and especially grateful to Steve Sullivan, owner of Longfellows, for underwriting the event every year.

The ATC Community Fund’s

Tonko, Gibson on Civility

Saratoga Juice Bar created a feature Autumn of Giving Pumpkin Pie Smoothie.

During the month of October, 10 percent of the sales will be donated to the Adirondack Trust Company campaign. Left to right: Saratoga Juice Bar’s Sarah Thomas, owner Christel MacLean, and Amanda Thibodeau. Photo provided.

“An Evening of Autumn of Giving” takes place on Wednesday, October 19, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Longfellows Hotel and Restaurant at 500 Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs. Tickets are available at www.atccf.org/events.

Christel MacLean, owner of the Saratoga Juice Bar, said this is the third year she and her husband Colin have been involved.

“We just love it,” said MacLean.

“The Juice Bar is the perfect business to run this through [donations toward the Community Fund]. It’s a little hub where people pop in and we talk about what the funds benefit. Every year we come up with the smoothie. Last year it was an Autumn Chai-based

smoothie, but this year, I have to say, the Pumpkin Pie smoothie is a runaway hit.”

The Autumn of Giving Pumpkin Pie Smoothie was created by Juice Bar employee Amanda Thibodeau and is made up of fresh house-made pumpkin puree; cinnamon; pumpkin spice; vanilla; banana; and almond milk.

The Adirondack Trust Company Community Fund’s fourth Autumn of Giving Match Campaign began October 1. All donations made by October 31 will be matched dollar-for-dollar by The Adirondack Trust Company. Online donations can be made at www.atccf.org

Skidmore College photographs by Ed Burke.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — On Monday, October 10, the Tang Museum at Skidmore College hosted a public dialogue entitled ‘’Whatever Happened to Compromise?” with Congressmen Chris Gibson, U.S. Representative from New York’s 19th district, and Paul Tonko, U.S. Representative

from New York’s 20th district. Moderated by Alexander Heffner, host of PBS’s The Open Mind, the two elected officials discussed the upcoming elections, civil discourse in politics, and other topics before a well-attended, participatory audience of students and local citizenry.

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months, and will help leverage existing broadband infrastructure and funding streams to foster sustainable economic growth and enhance the quality of life for all residents, according to Madigan.

“Addressing infrastructure needs - fiber, cable, wifi - lays the foundation of a Smart City. The way we use that foundation - emergency management, energy and electricity, transportation, business economy, sustainability - defines us as an Intelligent Community,” Madigan said, in a statement.

The Smart City Commission Members appointed by Finance Commissioner Michele Madigan: Assistant Superintendent for the Saratoga Springs School District David L’Hommedieu; Vice President and CIO of Saratoga Hospital John Mangona; Saratoga Springs Public Library Computer

NEWS

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

Notes From City Hall Going Wireless Downtown

Services Manager Donald Flinton; Skidmore College CIO William Duffy; Empire State College CIO Christopher Markham; National Grid Program Manager Kimberly Ireland; City of Saratoga Springs Director of IT Kevin Kling; Members at Large: Art Ware, Tim Holmes, Christopher Thompson; Matt Jones and Todd Shimkus of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce; Todd Garofano and Tom Newkirk of the Saratoga Convention and Tourism Bureau. Saratoga Springs County Supervisor Matthew Veitch, Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership President Martin Vanags.

UDO Summary Report Makes Its Way To The City Council Twelve months ago, the city began work on a Unified Development Ordinance. By definition, UDO is a tool which combines traditional zoning and subdivision

regulations along with other development standards for items such as design guidelines, stormwater management, and signs or street standards, into an easy-to-read reference document. The UDO is intended to eliminate redundant or conflicting code provisions, help streamline the review and approval process, and clarify steps and requirements.

Initial community meetings began taking place in February and a Zoning Diagnostic Report – a summary of the major issues, in advance of the UDO - may be read at: https:// saratogaspringsudo.files.wordpress. com/2016/09/16_0829-zoning_ diagnostic_final-draft2.pdf.

The document has been making its way through the city’s Land Use Boards, and on Oct. 18 is expected to be discussed by the City Council.

City Center Parking Garage Modifications Get DRC Approval The Design Review

Commission unanimously approved a modification to the design of the proposed Saratoga Springs City Center Parking structure.

“We’ve had an enlightening development in our project - a modest modification of the south façade,” City Center Authority President Mark Baker told DRC members during its meeting at City Hall last week. Improvements include an “opening up” of the building corner at street level to better signify the new main entrance of the building, and the incorporation of a frameless glass system.

Budget Season Underway Public budget workshops will take place at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, and Monday, Oct. 24 at City Hall.

The city’s proposed operating budget in 2017 will top $45.5 million – an approximate three percent increase over 2016 – but will contain

no increase in taxes for city taxpayers, as proposed by city Finance Commissioner Michele Madigan. The $45.52 million plan marks an increase of $1.51 million over the 2016 budget, with contractual wages and health insurance accounting for nearly all of the change.

The first of two public hearings will take place at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, in advance of the City Council meeting. The council must adopt a budget by Nov. 30; if it doesn’t, the proposed comprehensive budget will become the 2017 adopted budget. The 2017 budget proposal can be viewed on the city’s website at www.saratoga-springs.org.

Upcoming City Meetings: City Council - 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18. Pre-agenda meeting – 9:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17.

Design Review Commission Meeting – 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19.

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

BALLSTON SPA 9 Apple St., $140,650. Cheryl Stewart sold property to Ana Pieruccetti.

175 Middleline Rd., $245,800. Daniel Hull (as Trustee) sold property to Troy and Katherine Lichten.

272 Scotch Bush Rd., $438,000. John and Gretchen Grassmann sold property to Christopher and Brittany Altieri.

CHARLTON 501 Stage Rd., $252,000. Lee Taylor sold property to John and Adela Faden.

674 Charlton Rd., $493,000.

Daniel Hurley and Hilary Kellogg-Hurley sold property to Keith, Stacy, Thomas and Susan Lansley.

GREENFIELD 399 North Creek Rd., $99,500. Fannie Mae sold property to David Chidyllo.

101 Squashville Rd., $330,000. Scott Masse and Kirstin Hinkle sold property to Nathan and Christina Dragoon.

12 Hyspot Rd., $195,000.

US Bank Trust (as Trustee

by Atty) and LSF9 Master Participation Trust (by Atty) sold property to Breakaway Homes LLC. 8 Park Ave., $70,000. Clifford Edgerly sold property to James and Kathleen VanVranken.

32 Cohen Rd., $235,000.

Bruce and Laura Fisher sold property to John and Cecelia Conlon.

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

19 Lupine Dr., $309,500.

Bradley and Jessica LaFountain sold property to Brian and Jessica McCaffery.

4 Taylor St., $600,000.

Kristina and Nicholas Cerza sold property to Heather Papa and Brad Gallagher.

29 Thimbleberry Rd., $146,977. Roger and Mary Bell sold property to Glen Shields.

31 Vista Dr., $625,000.

Daniel and Jennifer Austin sold property to Christa and Thomas Hyland.

MILTON 115 Fairground Ave., $179,787. Michael Morrisey (as Trustee) sold property to Jason Koumourdas and Sarah Prediletto.

20 Creekside Dr., $297,500.

Eve Megtert sold property to David and Jane Boice.

SARATOGA 85 Rodgers Lane, $112,500.

Arlene Wysocki sold property to Jan Wysocki.

NYS Route 9P, $12,500.

Arlene Wysocki sold property to Jan Wysocki.

97 Gates Ave., $151,000.

Thomas Macica sold property to Kyle and Vanessa Weis.

SARATOGA SPRINGS 136 West Circular St., $375,000. Jason and Kristen Meyer sold property to Stephen Simon.

11 Vermont St., $270,000.

Ral Mazza sold property to Eleven Vermont LLC. 101 North St., $290,000.

Michael and Margaret Roohan sold property to John and Jennifer Hennessy.

13 Eureka Ave., $260,000.

Stefanie Rosenzweig sold property to Thirteen Eureka Ave LLC. 32 Joseph St., $194,250.

Joseph Street Saratoga LLC sold property to Bonacio Construction Inc. 25 Warren St., $340,000.

Deborah Reed sold property to Kathryn Walsh and Adrianna Gaeta.

29 Underwood Dr., $380,000.

John and Onalee Nelson sold property to Tammy Reyna.

STILLWATER 60 County Route 76, $231,750. Greg Risinger and Gary Bloomingdale sold property to Christopher and Leanne Bath.

53 Calvary Course, $344,900.

John and Khristin Fleury sold property to Christopher and Jessica Parker.

24 Farley Rd., $364,000. John and Theresa Fiorino sold property to Bruce Tanski.

1053 Hudson Ave., $183,000.

Emily Hanehan (by Agent) sold property to Amie and Joseph Thomas, Jr.

12 Saratoga Circle, $379,000.

Michole Mook sold property to Audrey Belt and William Boehmke.

592 Rt 78, $190,000. Roger and Donna Lefco sold property to Mark and Kathy Eggers.

8 Damascus Way, $309,000.

Margaret Sullivan sold property to Joseph and Elizabeth Tamburello.

10 Glenwood Dr., $222,500.

Michele Natale and Paula Degasperis sold property to Justin Ahigian and Steven Leland.

18 Artillery Approach, $299,900. Dave Adams Builders LLC sold property to Steven and Lekesha Walker.

10 Woodfield Ct., $345,850.

Michaels Group LLC sold property to David and Cynthia Jennings.

357 Grand Ave., $200,100.

Bailey Isaacs sold property to Jared and Hannah Bender.

Keel Lane, $182,000. Joseph Riley, Sr. sold property to Paula Wormuth and Amy MacDonald.

4 Rose Ct., $395,000. Scott and Lisa Voelker sold property to Joseph and Beth Dingwall.

27 Whitestone Rd., $690,000.

Brian and Jacqualine Cumming sold property to Timothy Nicholson and Denise Evert.

24 Lakepointe Way, Lot 16, $353,732. Mason Street LLC sold property to Scott Janssen and Alicia Stewart.

MALTA

WILTON 5 East Ridge Dr., $705,215.

Cottage Hill Townhomes LLC sold property to Daniel Bruno.

26 Robin Ct., $175,000.

Joel and Amy Jaffe sold property to Paul and Colette Steves.

11 Brunham Rd., $72,500.

North Manor Development LLC sold property to Bonacio Construction, Inc. 11 Burnham Rd., $679,500.

Bonacio Construction Inc. sold property to Laszlo and Lauren Varga.

16 Bennington Loop, $445,000. Arthur and Mary Fowler Ashley and Curtis Cole, II.

13 9 Carefree Lane, $292,500.

Doris and Charles McHarg (co Trustees) sold property to Nicholas McPartland and Kelsey Whalen.

55 Sheffield Rd., $352,000.

Albert and Donna Rios sold property to Sean and Katie Leahy.

724 Route 9, $156,000.

Fannie Mae sold property to Karen Tomasovic.

65 Rolling Hills Dr., $255,000. Vincent and Angela Morris sold property to James Finn.

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BUSINESS

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

Fighting Cancer From The Ground Up Local Farm’s Wellness Initiative

provide significant health benefits – nutrition especially important for cancer patients, diabetics, people who are recovering from surgery, and anyone suffering from auto-immune diseases.

People, ill or well, know they have to eat better. For Sacks, the real question is how.

“People are busy,” said Sacks.

“They want to eat healthy; they want farm fresh produce. Nobody knew what quinoa was five years ago, nobody ate kale. People know what they need, now, but it takes time, and who has the time? Let’s make it easy for people to eat healthy.”

Washing, chopping, peeling, storing, cooking from scratch – in this fast-paced society where Americans are working longer hours and taking fewer vacations, it’s no wonder they are struggling to eat healthy.

That’s why Sacks and his team decided to do the work for them. He began his farm-fresh food delivery service not long after he bought the land in 2004, and it has grown dramatically. He

This Dinner to GO is Pozole Rojo, made with slow-cooked Vermont pork shoulder and mild guajillo chilies, garlic, Mexican spices and whole-grain rice.

Photo by Mary Sacks, 9 Miles East Farm.

has a team of farm hands, chefs, and nutritionists who do everything from planting and harvesting crops, to washing and cooking up tasty meals and delivering them throughout the Capital Region and as far away as Boston, Massachusetts. He even offers local pizza delivery from the farm.

The farm delivers to 105 workplaces weekly, and provides home deliveries as well. The

weekly coolers offer something different every week, offering hormone and antibiotic free chicken, gluten free, and vegan options as well. Deliveries can include such dishes as a savory pork-shoulder stew with basmati rice, a fresh Athens salad with quinoa, a rustic marinara sauce ready to add your own pasta, local homemade applesauce and nutrient-rich smoothies.

Recently, Sacks hired breast-cancer survivor Nancy Holzman, former owner of healthy eatery Good Morning Café, to help him promote and grow a new concept for home delivery – wellness coolers, specifically for cancer patients, diabetics, and others focusing on recovery. With the help of Holzman and nutritional counselor Barb Biagioli,

The salad is a Valencia GO Box, a Spanish-style with carrots, roasted sweet peppers, peas, olives, chickpeas, whole-grain rice and organic baby greens blend.

Photo by Mary Sacks, 9 Miles East Farm.

a consultant employed at 9 Miles East Farm; top local restaurants; as well as the rest of his team, Sacks is launching the “Way to Wellness Coolers” at the end of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

“Leading researchers all have a common belief that diet plays a big role in boosting your immunity and reducing the risk of cancer and diabetes,” said Holzman. “The wellness coolers support you in your commitment to change the way you eat because it’s done for you. It’s convenient, fresh and affordable. I’ve been researching recipes of food as medicine

for the past year. Gordon’s mission is my mission, providing non-processed healthy food for people who seek it but are too busy to cook it.”

The Way to Wellness Coolers will contain recipes and ingredients that contain nutrient-dense, easily digestible product rich I protein; vitamins A, K, and C; antioxidants; lycopene; fiber; carotenoids; magnesium and folate.

The soups, meals, sauces and sides offer variety and flavor, and easily added to a regular routine as it is delivered once a week to your doorstep.

Sacks said that this is especially important for cancer patients because not only do they have less time to cook, given doctors’ appointments and everything else, but they also often don’t have the energy to cook.

“Healthy food has to meet people where they are,” he said. “It has to be convenient, accessible. It’s been very gratifying to see all of our efforts being so well received by the public. We’ve doubled consistently year after year.”

Recognizing that there is a great need for nutritionrich prepared meals for people who need it most, 9 Miles East Farm is dedicating resources to help address specific health concerns, such as cancer, with the new wellness coolers.

For more information, visit www.9MilesEast.com.

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

Roohan Welcomes Huffman

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Olivia Noel Huffman of Saratoga Springs, Clifton Park and Waterford has been hired as Roohan Realty’s newest Commercial Real Estate agent.

Huffman attended Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park and the Albany Academy for Girls in Albany. In high-school she ran cross-country and track as well as rowed on the crew team. She was accepted into the Center for Environmental Policy program at Bard College.

As an undergraduate at Bard, she worked for the Sustainability Office and implemented a campaign for moving up a level from silver under The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System™, which helps colleges and universities improve their carbon footprint. Bard College went to gold certification in 2014.

Huffman can be reached at ohuffman@roohanrealty.com or her cell at 518.275.9365. For further information, call 518.587.4500 or visit www.roohanrealty.com.

Editor Joins PEP

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Jenna Engelstein, a copy editor with a broad range of experience in the fields of medicine, science, technology, and healthcare, has joined The Patient Experience Project (PEP), a full-service, patient-centric marketing and communications agency based in Saratoga Springs Prior to joining the PEP, Engelstein worked for Elsevier, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and San Diego, California, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts. Engelstein earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, with honors, from the University of Rochester and completed a certificate program in editing at the University of California Berkeley Extension. Learn more about PEP at www.the-pep.com.

ATC Earns 41 Straight 5-Star Ratings SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Adirondack Trust Company

BUSINESS BRIEFS 15 has once again earned a 5-Star Superior rating from BauerFinancial, the Nation’s Premier Bank Rating Firm.

Having earned and maintained this top honor for 41 consecutive quarters, The Adirondack Trust Company qualifies for an even more elite designation: “Exceptional Performance Bank.”

This status is reserved for banks that have earned and maintained Bauer’s highest 5-Star rating for ten straight years.

The Adirondack Trust Company is an independent, locally owned and operated, community bank offering a wide variety of business and personal financial services. The bank is a Bauer 5-Star Rated Superior bank. The bank’s website is AdirondackTrust.com

Copywriter Joins PEP

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Patient Experience Project (PEP)

announced recently that Nicole Caldwell has joined PEP’s content team. She is a copywriter with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical and consumer markets, having worked at some of the top advertising agencies in New York City and Boston, including Deutsch, Hill Holliday, Heartbeat Ideas, and Wunderman.

Caldwell earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mass communications/advertising from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.

GypsYoga Opens in Schuylerville SCHUYLERVILLE — The newly opened GypsYoga center, located at 120 Broad Street in historic downtown Schuylerville, features classes for students of all levels, workshops, community events, performances, and Yoga Alliance RYT Yoga Teacher Trainings with a slate of instructors fluent in hatha, kundalini, pre-natal and gentle yoga, bhakti, and yoga for kids.

For those interested in teaching, GypsYoga will host RYT200 and RYT300 yoga teacher trainings with lead trainers from India visiting next summer. GypsYoga is a collaborative partner with Yoga Vedanta in Rishikesh.

Carol Dimopoulos, founder, is a RYT-200 Kundalini Yoga instructor with additional certifications in Yoga 4 Cancer. She is also a Yoga Journal Live presenter and has taught at workshops and conferences across the U.S. as well as globally in Italy, Malta and Costa Rica. For more information, visit gypsyoga.com or call 518-260-9305.

D’Orazio Peterson High Among Fastest Growing SARATOGA SPRINGS — On Monday, October 10, the Law Firm 500 Award team announced the list of 2016 Honorees, ranking D’Orazio Peterson, LLP number 34 on its 1st Annual Law Firm 500 Honorees List. The published list recognizes law firms that have achieved significant growth in revenues, and showcases the top one hundred fastest growing law firms in America. Each nominee was evaluated by an outside accounting firm, and subjected to an identical review process.

The Law Firm 500 team describes award honorees as a beacon of light for the legal industry, demonstrating innovation, operational excellence, and a commitment to client service. For more information about D’Orazio Peterson LLP, visit doraziopeterson.com.

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EDUCATION

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

Galway Student Chosen for All-State Chorus

by Libby Turco for Saratoga TODAY GALWAY — Quinn Smith, a high school senior from Galway Junior/Senior High school was recently selected out of thousands of students to participate in the

2016 All-State Chorus Festival, December 1-4 in Rochester. “This is a special honor, which doesn’t happen every year for Galway,” said Gary Barrow, Director of Bands at Galway Central School District. “It is wonderful that our school will be represented!

Congratulations to Quinn!”

Each August, approximately 900 students are selected to participate in the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Conference All-State music groups. NYSSMA divides New York State into 15 regional zones, and last Spring 6,500 sophomores and juniors from those zones prepared for their All-State evaluations in hopes of being chosen for the festival. Smith was one of the talented students chosen.

“I thought it was pretty cool at first, and after I started thinking about it I got more excited when I realized how big of a deal it was,” said Smith.

According to a statement released from the school district, Smith believes he was chosen based on his performance of “Hear Me Ye Winds and Waves” at the NYSSMA Conference.

He has been singing in a chorus since elementary school. A bass 2 vocalist, Smith began private lesGalway senior Quinn Smith plays the piano, guitar and trombone in addition to singing sons in seventh grade.

Aside from his talent bass 2. Photo provided. in singing, Smith enjoys on top of it.” happens.” playing trombone, piano and guiUnlike most high-stress According to Smith, his pritar, and is currently working to seniors trying to figure out what’s vate voice lessons teacher, Mrs. learn flute and the clarinet. He next after high school, Smith has Drew, has helped him get as far also commits his time to sports, it figured out. In the fall of 2017, as he has in music. “She basically playing basketball, baseball and he will be attending Eastern taught me how to read music soccer.

Nazarene College, a liberal arts from the beginning and helped When asked how he main- college in Quincy, Massachusetts, me develop my voice and piano tains such a busy schedule, Smith majoring in music education. skills,” said Smith. said, “I kind of just do it. I don’t “I’ve been hoping to go there When it comes to making the really think about it. I only get since freshman year,” said Smith. choice between music and sports stressed when I have a lot of “I’ll hopefully become a music at college, Smith is going to try schoolwork to do, but that doesn’t teacher. I’m not entirely sure what his best to balance them both, but happen often because I’m pretty level yet, but hopefully that’s what ultimately music comes first.

“I hope to play sports in college, but if it doesn’t fit into my schedule I’m prepared to drop it.

Music is definitely more important,” said Smith.

For more information about the All-State Chorus Festival in December, visit https://www.nyssma.org/event/2016-nyssma-winter-conference/.

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

Galway’s Brooke Martin is a Semifinalist

Parents are welcome to attend.

For more of Jacy’s story, go to www.hangupanddrive.com.

GALWAY — Brooke Martin, a senior at Galway Jr/Sr High School, has been named a Semifinalist in the 62nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Brooke is one of approximately 16,000 academically talented high school seniors in competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth about $33 million.

National Merit Scholarship winners of 2017 will be announced between April and July 2017.

SIS Admissions Open House

Study Skills Program SARATOGA SPRINGS — A Parent University program titled “What are Study Skills?” is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 18 from 7 to 8 p.m. The program will be held in the Saratoga Springs High School Library.

The program, presented

by Larry Silverman of Capital District Consulting, will discuss how you learn, why you struggle and what study techniques work best. Parent University programs are generally designed with parenting adults in mind, community members, students, district staff and teachers are also welcome at events. No registration is required for programs unless otherwise specified.

Corinth SADD Chapter Presentation on Distracted Driving CORINTH — The Corinth Central School District chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) will present “Hang Up and Drive” on Wednesday, October 19 at 10 a.m. in the High School auditorium. The program will feature nationally known spokeswoman, Jacy Good, who will recount her tragic experience with distracted driving.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Independent School will be holding an Admissions Open House for grades Pre-K through 6th on Thursday, October 20 at 9 a.m. The open house will be held at Saratoga Independent School at 459 Lake Avenue in Saratoga Springs.

Prospective parents and students are invited to attend the school’s Morning Meeting with current students, and take a tour.

Anyone interested in attending is encouraged to RSVP to the school at 518-583-0841.

SIS Jump Rope for Heart SARATOGA SPRINGS — Students at Saratoga Independent School were awarded first place in New York State for their participation in “Jump Rope for Heart,” a fundraising and education program of the American Heart Association. For more information about Jump Rope for Heart, contact the Albany Chapter of American Heart Association at 518-869-4049. For more information about Saratoga Independent School, call 518-583-0841 or visit www.siskids.org

FAFSA Completion Assistance SARATOGA SPRINGS — The high school counseling office has partnered with HESC (Higher Education Service Corporation) to offer two sessions for FAFSA Completion Assistance on Thursday, Oct. 20 and Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 4 - 7 p.m. You must complete the FAFSA to apply for this aid for college and/or career school.

Please go to the website below.

EDUCATION BRIEFS To register for this event, please contact the counseling office at 587-6690 (ext. 33351 or 33311). http://w w w.s aratogaschools.org/news. cfm?story=106406&

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an engineering or science lesson as well as facilitated a related demonstration or a hands-on design activity. For additional information, please visit the RPI Engineering Ambassadors program website at http://engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu/ index.php.

Falls on Tuesday, October 18 from 6-8 p.m. Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the facility and meet instructors of Career and Technical Education programs. The Open House is free and open to the public. For more information: visit Careerandteched.org.

‘Digital Citizenship’ Parent Night

ECHS Students Participate in National Manufacturing Month

BALLSTON SPA — The 8th annual Scottie’s Closet will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Ballston Spa Middle School cafeteria. This annual event provides free gently used clothing, books, coats, and shoes to about 300 students, families and community members. All of the items donated by the school community to Scottie’s Closet are provided free to students, families and members of the community.

All families in the school district are invited to come and select gently used clothing and books.

Contact the Ballston Spa Middle School for additional information at 518-884-7200.

SCHUYLERVILLE — The Schuylerville Central School District is inviting parents of students in grades 6-9 to attend the district’s ‘Digital Citizenship’ parent night on Monday, Oct. 17 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Schuylerville High School Auditorium. Bring your child’s iPad to learn about how they are used in the classroom, how you can see your child’s work, and about the district’s digital citizenship curriculum.

RPI Visits B-Spa Middle

HUDSON FALLS — CTE, a division of the WSWHE BOCES, will hold an Open House at the Southern Adirondack Education Center, 1051 Dix Ave, Hudson

BALLSTON SPA — The Ballston Spa Middle School welcomed the Rensselaer Engineering and Science Ambassadors into the school to inspire the students about the role of engineering and technology in society. Over 600 Middle School students participated in the science and engineering program during classes where the college-aged ambassadors taught the students

CTE Open House

BALLSTON SPA — The students from the Clean Technologies and Sustainable Industries Early College High School (Clean Tech ECHS) will be participating in a series of regional events during the coming weeks as part of the National Manufacturing Month co-produced by the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, National Association of Manufacturers, Manufacturing Institute and Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

For more information about the Clean Tech ECHS, please visit the website at http:// www.bscsd.org/cleanTech.cfm or contact ECHS Coordinator Adrienne Snow at asnow@ bscsd.org or 518-321-7274.

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

Adirondack Friends Meeting 27 Saratoga Ave, South Glens Falls 793-3755 | adirondackfriendsmeeting.org Regina Baird Haag, Pastor Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

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

Assembly of God Saratoga 118 Woodlawn Ave, Saratoga Springs 584-6081 | Services: Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

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

Baha’i Community of Saratoga Springs 584-9679; 692-7694 | usbnc.org Ballston Center Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church 58 Charlton Road, Ballston Spa | 885-7312 ballstoncenterarpchurch.org Services: Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.

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

Bethesda Episcopal Church* 41 Washington Street, Saratoga Springs Bethesdachurch.org | 584-5980 The Very Rev’d Marshall J. Vang Services: Sunday 8:00AM & 10:00AM Calvary Capital District 17 Low Street, Ballston Spa | Pastor Andrew Holt Services: Sunday 10 am | calvarycd.com Church of Christ at Clifton Park 7 Old Route 146, Clifton Park 371-6611 | cliftonparkchurchofchrist.com Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Christ Community Reformed Church 1010 Route 146, Clifton Park | 371-7654 ccrc-cpny.org | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

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

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

Christian Science Church 107 Circular St, Saratoga Springs 584-0221 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Community Alliance Church 257 Rowland St, Ballston Spa 885-6524 | Services: Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Congregation Shaara Tfille* 84 Weibel Avenue, Saratoga Springs 584-2370 | saratogasynagogue.org Services: Saturday 10 a.m.

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

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

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

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

RELIGION Eastern Orthodox — Christ the Savior 349 Eastline Road, Ballston Spa 786-3100 | xcsavior@yahoo.com.

Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m.

First Baptist Church of Saratoga Springs 45 Washington St, Saratoga Springs 584-6301 | Services: Sunday 11 a.m.

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

Full Gospel Tabernacle 207 Redmond Road, Gansevoort 793-2739 | Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Galway United Methodist Church 2056 East St, Galway | 882-6520 galway-united-methodist-church.com Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m.

(9 a.m. in July and August) Grace Fellowship Saratoga 165 High Rock Ave, Saratoga | 691-0301 saratoga.gracefellowship.com Pastor: Mike Adams Services: Sundays 9 & 11 a.m.

Grace Brethren Church* 137 W. Milton Road, Ballston Spa 587-0649 | Rev. Dan Pierce Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Greater Grace Community Church Pastor David Moore | 899-7777 thechurch@ggccmalta.org Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Greenfield Center Baptist Church 30 Wilton Road, Greenfield Center | 893-7429 Services: Sunday School for all ages - 9:45 a.m.; Church Service - 11 a.m.

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

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

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

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

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

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

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

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

Middle Grove United Methodist Church* 581-2973 | Pastor Bonnie Bates Services: Sunday 9 a.m.

Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Corner of Jefferson St. & Crescent St. Saratoga Springs | 584-9441 Rev. Dr. Victor L. Collier, Pastor New Horizon Church 150 Perry Road, Saratoga Springs 587-0711 | Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m.

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

Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

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NorthStar Church Gowana Middle School, Clifton Park 371-2811 | northstarchurch.com Services: Sunday 9:30 a.m. & 11:15 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

River of Hope Fellowship 100 Saratoga Village Blvd, Malta Cmns, Ste. 3 | 881-1505 riverofhopefellowship.com Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

St. Peter Lutheran Church 2776 Route 9, Malta | 583-4153 Services: Sunday 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.

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

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

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

Saratoga Chabad 130 Circular St, Saratoga Springs 526-0773 | saratogachabad.com Saratoga Friends Meeting (Quaker) Rts. 32 and 71, Quaker Springs 587-7477; 399-5013 Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Saratoga United Methodist Church* Henning Road, Saratoga Springs 584-3720 | saratogaumc.com Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

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

Schuylerville United Methodist Church* 51 Church St, Schuylerville 695-3101 | sumethodist.org Services: Worship at 11am Shenendehowa United Methodist 971 Route 146, Clifton Park 371-7964 Services: Sunday 9 & 10:30 a.m.

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

Soul Saving Station for Every Nation Christ Crusaders of America 62 Henry St, Saratoga Springs Services: Sunday 10 a.m. www.SOULSAVINGSTATIONCHURCH.COM Stillwater United Church (Presbyterian U.S.A.) 747 Hudson Avenue, Stillwater | 664-7984 stillwaterunitedchurch.org Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

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

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

The Salvation Army/ Worship, Service & Community Center 27 Woodlawn Ave, Saratoga Springs 584-1640 Services: Sunday School 10 a.m.; Praise & Worship 11 a.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church 155 Ballard Road, Gansevoort 584-9107 | tumcwilton.com Rev Keith Mann Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs 624 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs 584-1555 | uusaratoga.org Services: Sunday 10 a.m.

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

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

Wilton Baptist Church 755 Saratoga Road, Wilton 583-2736 wiltonbaptistchurch.com Services: Sunday 11 a.m.

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First Baptist Church Celebrates 225 Years

by Eve Richards

for Saratoga TODAY BALLSTON SPA — While the Village of Ballston Spa is known for its place in history as the original site of “healing spring waters,” the filming of “The Way We Were,” and numerous antique shops, it is also known as home to several old and beautiful churches.

One of them is The First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa, a handsome stone edifice located at 202 Milton Avenue. First Baptist has a long and rich history of ministry in the area, dating back to its origins in 1791. The congregation will gather to commemorate the Church’s 225th anniversary on Saturday, October 15 at 6 p.m., with a celebratory event and catered reception.

On Sunday morning, October 16, there will be a re-dedication service beginning at 10:30, which will include a presentation of proclamations from NYS Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner and NYS Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, as well as formal presentation of flags that have been flown over the Capitol in Albany in honor of the Church’s milestone anniversary.

The Saturday evening presentation will consist of a musical and historical narrative, which will include the Church choir, cherubs, and a performance on a specially designed bell array by the Church’s Musical Director, Daryl Drew.

The Church, as an organization, is older than the Village of Ballston Spa itself. When it began in 1791, it had only 24 members. Initially, there was no formal church building and the faithful would meet at each other’s homes or in the village’s schoolhouse to worship and work to fulfil the mission of their faith.

As their membership grew, they welcomed their first Pastor, the Reverend Elias Lee, who was from nearby Saratoga Springs. According to Deacon Vallee Albert, one of eight deacons and the 225th Anniversary Committee Chairperson, Pastor Lee died in 1829 and is buried in the oldest portion of the Ballston Spa Cemetery.

As the congregation grew, it was no longer possible to meet in one another’s homes. While many of the early church records are missing or incomplete, available information indicates that the congregation gathered at a few different locations in the village, at one point convening in a building on the corner of Railroad and Science Street. By 1802, the size of the congregation had increased enough to warrant the construction of its own church, which was built on Front Street.

They remained at that location for the next 80 years and, during that time, the congregation continued to grow and perform outreach both locally and around the world, under the auspices of the American Baptist Churches.

In Spring of 1896, workers broke ground at the location where the church stands today. On December 20 of that same year, the imposing stone edifice that overlooks Milton Avenue opened its doors to its congregation, and to any others who wished to join. Now, 225 years later, First Baptist Church has more than 200 members and continues to welcome all who would like to join them in worship.

First Baptist Church membership includes families who have been members of the Church for generations. As the size of its flock

Photos by Francesco D’Amico.

has increased, so too has the work and outreach they perform, both within the community and around the world.

“We actively support missionary efforts across the world from Africa, Guatemala, Haiti and Europe,” said Deacon Albert.

On a more local level, First Baptist Church has active outreach missions across the region, with a summer-long ministry at the Backstretch Program for children of track workers, as well as a summer lunch program for school children throughout the area.

“We began the summer lunch program four years ago and we served eight lunches a day. Today, we serve over 170 lunches a day at various locations within the Ballston Spa area. We have volunteers who drive as far as Galway to deliver lunches to children,” said Albert.

The Church also serves the community with Christ Cupboard, a food pantry serving over 100 families each month. The pantry was started with a small donation of less

than $500 in 1990. Today, it has an operating budget of $4,000 per year.

First Baptist performs monthly service ministries for residents of the Saratoga Center for Rehab (formerly Maplewood Manor), and they have adopted Army platoons for nine deployments, sending packages of love and care to American soldiers in Afghanistan, Iraq and Europe.

The congregation also maintains a thriving connection with the Schenectady City Mission, where they serve dinners and spread their

message of God’s love to others.

Deacon Albert estimated that there have been more than 1,000 baptisms since the mid-1800s and the pipes in the organ loft, while no longer in use, are the original ones from 1896.

The First Baptist Church welcomes anyone who is interested in attending the events on October 15 and 16, and it anticipates a large turnout of congregation members and well-wishers from the surrounding community.

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TODAY Pages 20-30

Only a Few Weeks Left for Farmyard Fun

by Megin Potter for Saratoga TODAY SCHAGHTICOKE — It was a gorgeously warm fall afternoon when my son and I walked into the welcoming wooden entrance to Liberty Ridge Farm’s unparalleled natural play space.

Led down the hill along a foot maze of pumpkins in every shape and size imaginable, past the amusing music of the mechanical HillBilly Band, visitors have 30 fall attractions to choose from including an 11-acre corn maze cut this year to depict a scene celebrating the 50th anniversary of the timeless classic, “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”.

“I liked seeing my friends here and just having a lot of fun,” said Colin Buckley, 8, who was smiling broadly as he climbed up the hill.

They’d spent nearly five hours on the

farm said Anna Feldman. She’d been here before to see the Nightmares, their nighttime attractions, which are the largest in the region.

The seven sections of Nightmares include two new features this year. The Underworld Tunnel was enlarged to more than twice its size and includes a spooky mineshaft, steampunk style haunts and an incredible 3D florescent finale in McCobb Manor painted by renowned black light artist Stuart Smith of Stuartizm Designs.

“There’s tons of things for kids to get tuckered out doing,” said Leo Quinn, a marketing consultant who has spent six weeks a year helping out in the administrative offices since 2002. He said a school group of 400 students had been there that day, but looking around at the well-kept grounds, you’d never know it. The farm hosts an average of 30,000 visitors each fall.

The exceptional thing about Liberty Ridge Farm however, is that it’s not just for kids. On this quiet evening, adults were letting go of their inhibitions and playing too. Couples raced each other in the giant gerbil wheels and through the pedal cart maze. Moms bounced on the huge jumping pillow and relaxed in the Corn Crib’s piles of kernels. Men gathered around for a game of tetherball and to throw some basketballs

Photo provided by Liberty Ridge.

while their kids fed the goats, took a ride on the newly rebuilt Corn Cob Express train and played in an enormous sand dune. Everyone took turns going down the 80 foot underground slide.

“There’s so much entertainment for the kids and parents as well,” encouraged owner Cynthia Gifford.

Holding themselves up to a higher standard, they hired on Executive Chef Jereme Keough to prepare locally sourced fresh ingredients including their own smoked meats in affordable entrees, sandwiches and dips that keep the downhome taste of the farm alive.

“We want to be the best. We are still like this hidden treasure that people don’t know about, but once they do, it starts a tradition and the generations keep coming back. We want to grow memories,” she said.

One way to make memories is by doing things you may have always wanted to do but never got the chance. As my son and I straddled the saddles of the wooden horses and tried to throw our lassos like real cowboys, a boy ran shouting toward another of the farm’s new additions, a trio of exclusively designed Amishbuilt “birdhouses” sitting atop locust tree stumps.

“Treehouse, treehouse, treehouse”, he screamed. From my perch I watched as the sun blazed its last light through the brightly colored leaves, birds swooped to their nests under the barn rafters, and visitors swung contentedly on the wooden benches gazing at the campfires, listening to the smacking sound of acorns as they dropped to the ground.

“I never want to leave,” said my son. In the parking lot, cornstalks were strapped to the roofs of the cars like Christmas trees and bright yellow barrel wagons brimming with chrysanthemums waited

Photo by Megin Potter.

patiently while their tired riders happily ate cider donuts at super speeds.

Liberty Ridge Farm is located at 29 Bevis Road in Schaghticoke and is open until November 6. Weekday Hours: Tuesday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., admission is $14/each. Weekend Hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sundays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., admission is $15/each.

Nightmares run on Friday and Saturday nights starting at 7 p.m., for ages 10 or older, admission is $26/each. For more information go to http:// libertyridgefarmny.com/

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TODAY

Feet on the Pedals, Finally

by Katherine Morna Towne

for Saratoga TODAY Friends and I were marveling recently at how a well-chosen incentive can produce amazing results in one’s kids. Have you seen this? I don’t mean bribing, not really, not in the sense of trying to wheedle out of kids what they should be doing anyway (good behavior, chores, homework), but rather raising the stakes in a challenging situation to the point where the child sees the winning of the incentive as outweighing the difficulties of the task at hand.

For example (I don’t think I’ve yet written about this, but if I have I apologize): helping my older two learn to ride a bike without training wheels.

Ohmygoodness, that was a painful process.

Every single bike session, for the years we’d tried to teach them, had been incredibly stressful. They would both get really excited about the idea of riding bikes, but when it came to the actual event, they would tend to fall apart after just a few minutes. It seemed they’d assumed they’d be expert riders as soon as they sat on the seat, and when they discovered that wasn’t the case, they’d lose interest. Which drove me cahrazy. “Come on, let’s try again,” I’d say, trying to be patient. “But I’ll never get it!” one of them would cry with anguish. “But I don’t know how to do it!” the other would yell with frustration. One would plop himself on the grass cross-legged, helmet on, and stare off into space; the other would take off his helmet and toss it while walking away muttering to himself.

I felt we’d reached the crisis point the summer they were to turn eight and six, when they still didn’t know how to ride two-wheelers, even though much younger friends of ours had long since ditched their training wheels. For the first half of the summer, I worried and fretted and wrung my hands and nagged my husband to help them with the bikes (I had a nursing infant and no energy), but the summer was full to the brim with swimming lessons, trips to the lake, trips to visit family, and down time. The boys spent hours each day in the backyard, which has no paved surface for riding bikes (I wasn’t comfortable with them riding on the sidewalk or in the road without me), and I would wistfully yearn for the backyard of my childhood, which had a double wide driveway within the fenced-in area—it was perfect for safe riding!

One day a mom friend of mine suggested putting the bikes in the backyard for them to ride. On the grass? With all the bumps? But I thought about it, and not too long after asked my husband if he would please just take the bikes out of the garage and put them in the backyard. It had started to make sense to me that, if the boys could just spend time with the bikes, without stress or pressure, getting acquainted with them, experimenting with them, that they might come to learn on their own.

It sort of worked—they seemed to love having the bikes in the yard, and they used the incline from our house down into the yard to speed away on the training-wheel bikes and the little-kid trikes. They sat on the two-wheeler seats and walked themselves around the yard. They even got up on the top of the incline and let gravity pull them down into the yard with their feet out to the sides, just practicing balance. It was more progress without training wheels than they’d ever made.

But there was still a wall they kept hitting—though they’d figured out the basic idea behind

staying balanced on two wheels, neither of them could quite figure out how to get their feet up on the pedals without falling over.

“It’s so haaarrdd,” one would say, flopping on the grass. “I’ll never do it,” another would whine, his face pressed up on the screen as he peered at me through the back door. “Can I come in now?”

“I think we need to incentivize them,” I finally said to my husband. I didn’t mean anything big or expensive, just something that would give the last necessary bit of encouragement, and my husband had the perfect idea for our oldest boy.

“When you can ride your bike expertly, I’ll bring you to Putnam Market and let you choose any cheese you want,” he told our son. Yes, indeed, my boy was (and is) a total turophile (a new word I learned just for this article!

It means “a connoisseur of cheese; a cheese fancier”), and when he heard this news his face was immediately transformed—his eyebrows shot up nearly to his hairline, his mouth smiled wide—and he ran out into the yard and by lunchtime, a mere two hours later, he was riding around the yard on his two wheeler.

Yes, he was.

Another day or two and he was basically an expert. His cheese selection? A small hunk of a $17/lb asiago; it probably cost no more than $5.

I’d thought that this turn of events would motivate my second son, and while he was indeed tremendously impressed with his big brother’s feat, it seemed to set him back a bit. He would watch his brother ride, despondently, convinced he would never learn.

So we came up with an incentive for him as well—the replacement of his beloved, lost Millennium Falcon mini figure, which I think cost no more than $10.

The response was immediate and enthusiastic, and off he went and learned to ride his bike that day.

Yes, he did.

I think one of the things that I liked the most about all this—besides the actual riding of the bikes, hallelujah!—was the

sweetness of realizing my husband and I know our kids well enough to figure out the very thing—small but meaningful— that will light a fire under them.

And watching them have fun on their bikes these years later makes

me think the $12 we spent on their incentives was a wise investment indeed.

Kate and her husband have six sons ages 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2. She can be reached at kmtowne23@ gmail.com.

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Halloween Calendar Ghosts in the Yaddo Gardens

Halloween Party

Schuyler Farms Haunted Corn Maze

Saratoga Scare Fair

Ghosts in the Yaddo Garden Tours will be held on Friday and Sunday evenings at 5 p.m., through October 30. Docent led tours begin at the Yaddo Garden parking lot and last for approximately one hour. This tour is of the Yaddo Gardens and does not include the Yaddo Mansion. Cost is $10 per person (children 12 and under are free). Private docent led ghost tours may be arranged at a date convenient to your group from September 19 through October 30. Contact Yaddo at 518-584-0746 or www.yaddo.org for more information.

Please join the American Legion Auxiliary, Henry Cornell Unit 234, located at 23 Pleasant St., Ballston Spa on October 15 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for some ghoulish games, freaky fun, creepy crafts and frighteningly fabulous food!

There will be a costume contest with prizes for kids and a raffle for parents.

This event is open to the community.

Have you ever wondered what comes out at night in the corn maze? Stop by and enter our Field of Screams Friday and Saturday nights in October to find out! You will never experience anything quite like the Field of Screams! Every twist and turn in the maze will hold a new surprise for you. As you navigate your way thru the corn maze, with just a flashlight to light your way, anticipation and fear will build inside of you. There are demons and ghouls around every bend...masked men with chainsaws following behind you...haunted buildings within the maze to pass thru...and many more surprises that will make you laugh and cry.

If you think you are brave, really brave, then we dare you to enter “The Field of Scream”! “We are the stalk of the town” Cost is $14 per victim. For more information call 518- 695-5308.

The Institute of Fear brings your fears and phobias to life in an 8,000 square foot, terror-inducing, indoor teen / adult haunted house located at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds. This attraction is not for small children. The Saratoga Scare Fair is open Friday and Saturday nights from 6:30 to 10 p.m. until October 29. Cost is $10 per person for a single walk through. For more information call 518- 796-5190.

16th Annual Great Pumpkin Challenge to Benefit Saratoga Bridges

Hollowville: A New American Ghost Story

Operation Adopt a Soldier Harvest Event - Haunted Hayride & Haunted House

Special Olympics New York rUNDEAD 5K

On October 15, 2016, the 16th Annual Great Pumpkin Challenge will be run in Saratoga Spa State Park to benefit Saratoga Bridges.

This event features 5K (walk or run) and 10K (run) through the beautiful and historic Saratoga Spa State Park. The day also includes a Fun Run for kids 12 and under.

Costumes are welcome! For more information call 518-587-0723.

Join The Creative Place International (CPI) for HOLLOWVILLE, A New American Ghost Story by Mary Jane Hansen - just in time for Halloween! Featuring a cast of professional performers, HOLLOWVILLE is an atmospheric hymn to America that touches on images as diverse as Rip Van Winkle to the Atom Bomb. Don’t be afraid.

But you will be scared. It will take place at Riggi Theater, National Museum of Dance, 99 South Broadway, Saratoga Springs, October 27-29, at 7:30 p.m. and October 30 at 2 p.m. Cost is $25, Students $15.

Tickets are available at www.hollowvillebpt.me or call 518-584-7780.

Join Operation Adopt a Soldier for its 15th Annual Haunted Hayride & Haunted House at Gavin Park in Wilton. Oct. 21, 22 and Oct. 28, 29, 4 to 9 p.m. A family friendly feature will be available from 4 to 6 p.m. The event offers fun for all ages with games, food, face painting and a costume contest at 6:30 p.m. nightly. Cost is $10 per person and $12 per person after 6 p.m. You can pre-purchase tickets and skip the line, Simply message us on Facebook!

You’re in for a scare if you join us for our Haunted Hayride after dark!

This untimed, family-friendly 5K trail run in Saratoga Spa State Park on Sunday, October 23, 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m., supports Special Olympics New York. The obstacles on this run...zombies!! Will You Survive? This year’s race is now a color run. Instead of flags, zombies will throw color at the runners as they pass by. Avoid the infection! Join The Mob! The cost to participate as a zombie or a runner is $35 pre-registered or $40 day-of. It costs $20 to be a course marshal and a member of the Center for Disease Control. There is also a junior zombie and runner rate (for kids 12 and under) of $25 in advance and $30 day-of. For more information call 518338-0790 ext. 116.

Double M Haunted Hayrides

Nightmares at Liberty Ridge Farm

2016 Saratoga DBA Fall Festival in Saratoga Springs

Scary Harry, the iconic ghost cowboy of Double M, has a horrifying experience awaiting you yet again this year. Your journey will begin with a true Haunted Hayride on a tractor-drawn wagon, winding through the dark woods that are rumored to be filled with spirits and creatures of unimaginable beings. At the conclusion of the hayride, your journey will continue on foot into our newest attraction Walking Undead where you will enter the zombie-infested prison – can you escape? Beyond Walking Undead is Salvage, a long-forgotten junkyard rumored to be home to a dangerous family. Next up is the Last Inn, a residence that is known for a disappearing guest or two and a truly insane innkeeper – don’t be the last in to the Last Inn. Your final destination is another new attraction, Museum of Horrors, where the exhibits hate visitors. The fun continues in our midway area with The Schadenfreude Circus, a side show that is sure to impress you and probably freak you out. Double M is located on Route 67 in Ballston Spa. Reservations must be made by phone or online at www.doublemhauntedhayrides.com/reservations. Please call 518- 884-9122. General admission, which includes all attractions, is $25. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Nightmares at Liberty Ridge Farm, features seven haunted attractions that are sure to scare you! Admission includes the following frights: Farmer’s Haunted House, Forest of Fear, Field of Screams, Fort HuntD, Psychic Sideshow, Macobb Manor - 3D House, Brad’s Barnyard Adventure. Nightmares, is recommended for children ages 10 years and older. Visit Nightmares every Friday and Saturday night during October, starting at 7 p.m. $26 for Nightmares admission to all 7 haunted attractions or general admission $15 for Brady’s Barnyard & the Psychic Sideshow only. For more information call 518-664-1515.

Bring the whole family to celebrate the fall season in beautiful downtown Saratoga Springs with fun and games at the 15th Annual Saratoga Downtown Business Association Fall Festival on Saturday, October 29, 2016, from 11 am to 4 pm!

Young and old alike will find themselves rediscovering all there is to love about the fall season at this fun-filled FREE event.

Plus, with all of the fun activities planned, this is one event you and your family will not want to miss! Some of the Fall Festival Activities Include: Rock Climbing Wall, Music Performances, Magic Shows, Trick or Treating, Petting Zoo and Pony Rides, Photo Booths, Costume Parade, and more!!

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Senior Calendar…

Adult & Senior Center of Saratoga

5 Williams St, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 (518) 584-1621 Navigating the Medicare Maze!

Do you have questions about Medicare? Which plan suits you best? Meet with representatives from the health insurance companies to prepare yourselves for open enrollment. See the schedule below.

• MVP- Tues., Oct. 18, 10-12, Tues., Nov. 8, 9-11 • CDPHP -Thurs., Nov 3, 10-12, Tues., Nov 15, 10-12, Tues., Nov 22, 2-4, Fri., Dec. 2, 10-12.

October Happenings

and bring them to the Painting & Drawing - All Center. A pharmacist will mediums., including water- review your meds for any color. No experience neces- potential problems. Free.

Elder Law presented by sary. Mondays 12:30-2:30.

Walking Group - The Albany Law School - Fri. Monday walking group is Oct. 21, 1 p.m. Free. Open back to 9:30 a.m. start for fall. to the Public. Do you have Flu Shots. - Fri, Oct. 14, questions about wills, health 9-11 a.m. by RiteAid. Sign care proxies, executors and up. Bring insurance card. legal issues affecting seniors.

Open to the Public. “Brown This presentation will benBag Check Up” - Monday efit seniors, their family, October 17, 10-12 Gather caregivers and elder care all of your current medica- professionals. tions and over-the-counter MVP Latin Moves Mon. at products into a “brown-bag” 11-11:45 a.m. Sept. 19- Dec.

5 Please sign up! Free.

Reminiscing Group Weds., at 10:15. Join your friends and take a trip down memory lane.

Computer, Phone & iPad Help Students in the house!

Mon., 8:30-10, Wed., 1-1:30 (5-6 students from Spa Catholic), Fri., 2-4 p.m.

Additional random days available - see calendar or check at front desk. Sign up!

Book Club Tues., Oct., 25 at 3 p.m. “Behind the Scenes at the Museum” by Kate Atkinson.

Tarot Card Reading with Mary Shimp Thurs, Oct, 27, 9-11. Donation. Call for appointment Helping Breast Cancer Patients Volunteers needed to make pillows for women undergoing breast cancer treatment. Holding the pillow against themselves relieves pain and stress. Please see front desk for material and pattern.

by The Clark Art Institute.

The 28 paintings here —

by Titian, Tintoretto, Peter Paul Rubens, Francisco de Zurbarán and other late Renaissance and Baroque all-stars — may leave you a little hot under the collar, but imagine how they looked to the rigidly devout elites of the Spanish Golden Age. Pay $20 van fee at sign up. Bring $20 admission and lunch money. Lunch on Seniors on the Go! site at Cafe 7. Leave at 8:30 •Tues., Oct., 18: “Splendor, a.m. Return about 4:30 p.m.

Myth and Vision: Nudes • Fri., Oct. 21 and Fri., Oct. from Prado ”: presented 28: “Haunted Tour of the Capitol Building” Does the night watchman who died in the Capitol fire of 1911 still make his rounds? Which two United States Presidents visited the Capitol after they died? What happened to the “lost” Capitol murals and their eccentric artist? Does the secret demon carved in stone hold a Capitol curse?

Learn about the legends connected with this historic building. Pay $15 van fee at sign up. Bring lunch money.

Leave at 11:30. Tour at 12:30.

Late lunch at Albany Pump Station. Return about 3:30.

•Tues., Oct. 25: “Vermont Country Store”: Take a journey into the general store of yesteryear with The Vermont Country Store. As the purveyors of practical

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016 and hard-to-find products, we offer you a host of quality merchandise from around the block and around the world. Browse through our site for wonderful, classic products that can help simplify your life.

Lunch at Bryant House. If time permits, take a short walk to the garden and nature trail. Pay $20 van fee at sign up, bring lunch and

shopping money. Leave at 8:30. Return about 4:00.

•Tues., Nov. 1: “Empire State Youth Orchestra” Annual concert for Seniors, performed at Proctor’s Theater.

The Youth Orchestra, is considered one of the premier youth orchestras in the United States. Pay $15 van fee at sign up, concert is free.

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show. Bring lunch money. by Adirondack Trust Leave at 10:30. Return about Community Foundation 3:30 p.m.

2017 Excursions

2016 One Day Bus Trips

More to be announced • Discover Croatia, Slovenia and the Adriatic Open to non-members, you do not have to be a Coast - March 25-April Saratoga resident. Must be 5, 2017 Book before able to travel independently. November 25, 2016 and • New York City - December 7, $34, non-member $54 Bus trips sponsored

The Wilton Senior Center 18 Traver Road, Gansevoort, NY 12831 518-587-6363 Open every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Lillian Worth Senior Center is located in the Town Hall Complex. 18 Traver Road. It is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The Center will be closed

Christmas Day and when Saratoga Springs Schools are closed for inclement weather.

Members must be 55 years of age. However, spouses younger than 55 may join and participate in all activities, but cannot vote until they reach age 55.

The Academy for Lifelong Learning 111 West Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 * 518-587-2100, ext. 2390, 2415 Founded in 1992, the Academy for Lifelong Learning is a nonprofit, membership organization providing academic classes and social activities for seniors.

It is an independent entity sponsored by SUNY Empire State College with offices at 111 West Avenue in Saratoga Springs. For more information, go to www.esc.edu/all.

Friday, October 21 Antiques Identification, Appraisal and Marketing Seminar Academy for Lifelong Learning at SUNY Empire State College, 113 West Avenue, Saratoga Springs, 9:00 a.m – 12:00 noon in room 137. Sponsored by Prestwick Chase and open to the public. $15 with a reservation.

Presented by The Academy for Lifelong Learning, we’ll be looking at the current antiques market, show you how to market your item or collections and have one

appraisal by antique appraiser George Heigel – regional representative for Cowan’s Auctions.

To register, please send your name and contact information with a check made payable to the Academy for Lifelong Learning, 111 West Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. For more information, please call the Academy at 5872100 ext. 2415, www.esc.edu/all

Dues are $4 per year.

Bus transportation to and from the Senior Center, the Mall, grocery stores and appointments is available by calling the Saratoga County Office of the Aging at 518-884-4100 before noon on the day before the transportation is needed.

25 Save $400 for a double occupancy rate of $2999 • Canadian Rockies & Glacier National Park featuring the Calgary Stampede Monday, July 10 -17, 2017 Book before January 10, 2017 and Save $100 for a double occupancy rate of $3799

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Breaking Up is Hard to Do How to End a Relationship in a Healthy Way

by Meghan Lemery Fritz, LCSW-R

for Saratoga TODAY The dating world can be brutal. It can rip your self-esteem apart and cause you to always second guess whether you are good enough or worthy of a healthy, loving relationship.

One of the hardest things about putting yourself out there in the dating world is the risk of being dumped. While a break up can be a challenging thing to go through, it doesn’t have to be full of drama and pain.

When you are in the process of dating and trying to find a life partner, recognize and remember that dating is risk. You risk getting hurt and you risk being rejected, but what is the alternative? Do you really want to sit on your couch alone with your remote control to keep yourself safe from getting hurt?

If you are going to put yourself out there, own the risk that comes with dating and resist the temptation to make it a dramatic, neurotic journey that leaves you feeling exhausted and anxious.

Be as clear and direct as you can with communication and recognize that risk is part of the journey. Embrace the fear and anxiety and detach from personalizing every dating experience.

One of the hardest things about dating can be letting the person know you are not interested in continuing a romantic relationship. Knowing what you don’t want is just as important as knowing what you do want. If you are willing to date you have to be willing to have some uncomfortable conversations in an honest adult manner.

If you are dating someone for a few weeks or months or even

years and come to the realization that you are not interested in a committed long-term relationship, be direct and honest with the person.

Take the time to sit down with the person and give them a clear, direct statement of how you feel and that you don’t want to continue the relationship.

“I have come to the conclusion that this is not a relationship that I see headed toward a long lasting partnership, I appreciate the time we have spent together but I want to be honest with you that I don’t want to continue the relationship.”

Being honest and direct with someone is not being rude or unkind, it is about being respectful and emotionally mature.

I have seen many individuals hurt and confused because the person they were dating “ghosted.” This is when the person cowardly backs away from the relationship with no explanation.

They start distancing themselves from you, taking longer to return calls and texts and eventually they ghost the relationship.

If you have been ghosted, recognize that this is a behavior that has nothing to do with you; rather, it is about the other person’s inability to speak truthfully and honestly. It is the coward’s way out.

While being direct about not wanting to continue a relationship may hurt the other person, it is far more hurtful to disappear and offer no explanation or closure to the person you are dating.

When you walk away without being direct, the other person is left with anxiety, confusion and a paranoia that they have done something horrible. While a direct conversation stings, a gradual distancing and gray conversation leaves the other person in limbo and self-torture.

I remember very clearly a conversation I had with someone when I was certain it would not be a good fit. I told the person that with my personality I needed a partner who would not be afraid to tell me to back off or that I was being bossy or difficult. I let this person know that I thought they were very kind but had a very

passive personality. At first they were furious and offended by my words. I explained that wanting to partner with someone with a more direct personality was my preference as an individual and that I needed to be true to what I wanted. The conversation was uncomfortable and tense.

A few weeks later the person called me and actually thanked me for being so direct and honest. In thinking about what I had said they called previous girlfriends for feedback and in the end he felt he learned a great deal about himself. He used the feedback in a positive way that helped him learn and grow. We ended up becoming life-long friends.

While the person may not like what you have to say, you owe it to yourself and them to be honest and direct.

If it is a case where you feel that there are major red flags with the person’s personality (angry outbursts, rude, bad temper), address it factually and quickly.

“The way you spoke to that waitress was rude and offensive; I’m not comfortable continuing this date.” Exit immediately when your intuition is trying to get your attention and don’t over explain why you are uncomfortable. Simply address it and exit.

Never compromise your peace of mind to be polite or nice. Our intuition is the internal GPS system that keeps us safe and on the right path.

Recognize that dating offers you a chance to learn, grow and work on polishing

your communication skills. If you are not comfortable being direct and honest with yourself and others, then you are not ready to date. Being honest and direct is part of leading a healthy adult life whether you apply that to dating, your career or anything in your life.

If you are ready to date, recognize dating is risk and

a necessary part of finding a partner. Resist the urge to personalize and analyze every experience, be direct and honest, follow your GPS and have fun! You are worth it!

Meghan Lemery Fritz is a psychotherapist practicing in State College, PA. For more information email meghanlemery@ yahoo.com

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Listen to Your Body’s Clues

by Matthew Goodemote MPSPT, Dip. MDT

for Saratoga TODAY My last article was centered around the importance of mobility and specifically mobility of the spine. I decided to continue with this concept of mobility as the backdrop to this article. My main focus will be providing a method that will help the reader discern what movements are appropriate and how to identify what movements may not be appropriate. And in some cases may be the very thing that is standing in the way of a person feeling better and improving their function.

I often say that the two most common mistakes people make are: 1. They do too much too soon.

2. They don’t do enough soon enough.

Finding the “just right” spot is not as hard as it may seem, but it does require some attention

to details. It requires attention because although we share similarities, we are all unique and instead of learning what “most” people need to do, I try to encourage people to find what works best for them individually.

Let’s start with people doing too much too soon. There is a basic physiology that we share as humans and this physiology dictates some of the parameters that we must follow to have optimal results. For example when you eat healthy nutritious foods your body grows and responds to the demands of the day with greater ease. Or when you get adequate sleep your brain functions better.

Similarly the body responds at a pace that our physiology, at lease in part, determines.

In basic terms, you can’t make the body heal faster than it is capable of healing, just as you can’t make your body respond to something just because you want it to. You can slow the healing process down by trying to do too much too soon, and more does not mean you will get better faster.

Listening to the body’s clues are essential for recovery.

Too often people get impatient and try to resume activities despite their body screaming at them to stop...or at least slow down. Often we have learned to ignore the warning signs the body gives and plow ahead despite the fact that if we would

just listen to the body we would actually arrive at our desired location sooner then when we try to force ourselves to get better.

I literally have this conversation every week, and in some cases every day.

Determining what is too much is as simple as following the basic rules: 1. If the activity or position causes your symptoms to increase (pain to get worse) then you should stop. If the pain stops it is OK to try again. IF the pain does not stop you should stop the activity completely and wait a few hours before attempting this activity again.

2. If the activity or position is causing you to lose your motion or your tissue to tense up, you should stop, that activity. If when you stop your tension abolishes instantly it is OK to try again. If the tension persists, it is wise to avoid that activity or position for a few hours at least.

The point is not to stop “forever” it is to stop at that instant and see how your body guides you. It may seem unrealistic to follow this plan, but those that do consistently respond more rapidly than those that find reasons why it is not practical. So when the body alerts us that there is a problem in the form of pain or difficulty moving, it is NOT something to ignore and continue to force yourself to complete a task.

The other common error patients typically make is avoiding what needs to be done at the time it needs doing. Often patients will ignore their pain because they “have too much going on” or they “don’t have time to do the exercises that make them feel better.”

And just as commonly, patients will become fearful of the pain or mobility loss they have experienced and back off even more which impedes their progress forward.

Due to the nature of pain and how it affects us in simple activities we are accustomed to doing each day, we become afraid of making our condition worse and end up avoiding things that are in and of themselves safe or helpful.

Doing less for extended periods rarely works to make you better faster. You may have noticed earlier in this article that I recommend people listen to pain and stop the activity that hurts, but I also recommend trying again after first taking a break from the offensive movement or activity. This is the key, I don’t recommend stopping forever, I recommend figuring out what the body is trying to convey, listening to it, following the guidance and resuming activities.

Even more importantly, I encourage people to continue all activities but to approach their days with new eyes. For example, instead of assuming something is “making them worse” I recommend developing baselines to compare what they are doing and how their bodies are responding to what they are doing.

To do this, it is important to start with the first thing each morning by reviewing how you feel... precisely at the start of your day. Then check how you are feeling a specific “marker” you perform each day. Your “marker” could be meals, or when you arrive at work, when you get home at the end of your day. The point is have to something consistent that you do regularly that you can use as a “marker.”

Next it is important to measure how you are feeling and how you are moving at the markers that you have chosen. This way

you can compare how you are feeling and moving to moments throughout in the day. This way if you feel worse between breakfast and lunch you can see what you were doing during that time and precisely what activity or position was responsible for your regression. If your symptoms did not change then you at least know what you were doing is NOT making you worse. It may not be helping you get better... but you know those activities are not to blame for your problems.

This is a method for identifying what is specifically causing your problems and what is clearly not causing the problems.

And this is also how you start to make the changes necessary to help you move and feel better.

This is one of the most effective ways I use to establish a foundation to build a more active life.

It is what I teach those interested in learning for themselves what is too little and what is too much.

By using markers throughout the day we begin to notice what is getting in our way of feeling better.

We also identify what is helping us become more active. When we trust our body’s guidance we can learn to find the “just right” spot and our recovery is all the more likely to happen sooner than later!

Thanks for reading my articles. If you want to contact my office, please call 518-306-6894 or email me at goodemotept@ gmail.com . We also can be found at www.Goodemotept.com.

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Granular Corneal Dystrophy Hits Home My staff, many community members and friends are coming together to raise the funds to enable Tatyana to have her corneal transplants.

We need $30,000 before Bulgaria will issue Tatyana a visa to travel to the United States. We have started a Go Fund Me and are holding a fundraiser at Gaffney’s, thanks to owner John Baker. Please join us on Saturday, November 5 from 1-5 p.m. Admission is

by Susan E. Halstead, ABOC, FNAO

for Saratoga TODAY As many of you may have read in last week’s edition of SARATOGA TODAY, this community is coming together to assist a staff member’s sister to obtain corneal transplants to treat her from this debilitating eye disease. Dilyana Bell who resides in Saratoga Springs, has a 29-year-old sister who lives in Bulgaria and suffers from this disease. I decided to use this week’s column to provide some information on exactly what this disease is.

The corneal opacities in this disorder are usually located in the anterior stroma of the central cornea, and consist of discrete grayishwhite, irregular granules with sharp margins. The peripheral cornea and areas between the opacities remain clear.

The opacities may be apparent in the first decade but vision remains good throughout childhood. The epithelial surface is usually smooth in children, but adults can develop irregularities. As the opacities enlarge and grow in number, the cornea becomes increasingly opaque and older patients experience considerable loss of vision. There is some variation in the number of opacities among individuals and considerable clinical heterogeneity occurs both within and between families.

The appearance of the corneal deposits is said to be characteristic with eosinophilic deposits in the anterior stroma secondary to accumulations of mutant transforming growth factor beta induced protein.

The number of the granular deposits change throughout life, influenced to some

extent by episodes of recurrent corneal erosions and age of patients. Deposits become more annular and lattice-like, especially in the third decade and become more discoid by the fifth decade.

Genetics There is a genetic component to this disease. In our situation, Dilyana’s father also had this disease and went blind from it prior to his passing. He was not able to obtain treatment.

Treatment Advanced disease requires corneal transplants.

Success rates are very high in the US. We are very fortunate in this country to have access to organ banks and corneal transplants are an obtainable reality. Dr. Robert Schultz and Albany Medical Center Hospital have teamed up to make this an affordable treatment option for Tatyana.

$25 and Gaffney’s will provide appetizers.

Saratoga Eagle has donated some beer kegs, and all proceeds from the beer sales will go towards Tatyana’s surgery expenses.

We will have numerous silent auction items and raffles. Raffle tickets may also be purchased in advance for those unable to attend the event at Family Vision Care Center or give us a call to order, 518-584-6111.

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Q: With the presidential election approaching, is now a good time to be invested?

A: Market timing doesn’t work over the long term so consider dollar-cost averaging.

by Jesse C. Koepp, CTFA for Saratoga TODAY The writer is a Senior Client Relationship Manager at Fenimore Asset Management headquartered in Cobleskill, NY with a branch office in Albany.

Recently, I have heard concerns about matters such as the presidential election and possible rising interest rates, and some have asked if it is a good time to be invested. I would like to highlight a study that came out earlier this year. DALBAR, a financial research firm that studies investor behavior, reported that during the past 20

years ending 12/31/15, an investment in the S&P 500 Index would have gained 8.19 percent annually.

However, the average stock mutual fund shareholder gained only 4.67 percent during that same time — primarily due to ill-fated attempts to time the market.

An overwhelming amount of research shows that longterm investing — even through a stock market downturn — yields better results over the years than trying to time a decline, remove capital, and return when “things are better.” More than 100 years of stock market history reinforces the fact that rallies occur when investors least expect them. If you do not need the money and have investments aligned with your long-term financial goals, then data suggests that it is preferable to stay invested.

Additionally, instead of letting emotions affect your decisions, there is a rational investment method you may want to consider that many find agreeable — dollar-cost averaging (DCA). DCA takes the guesswork out of investing.

If you contribute methodically through a payroll deduction into your 401(k) or 403(b) (7), you are already implementing this practice. DCA is a long-term strategy that involves investing a fixed-dollar amount into a mutual fund account (for example) at regular intervals. Since you always invest the same amount, you will purchase more shares when the price is low and fewer shares when the price is high. DCA’s premise is that

your average cost per share may be less than your average price per share, thus reducing your investment risk over an extended period of time.

Instead of investing a lump sum, the idea is to average out the highs and lows to help you avoid trying to determine the right time to invest. It allows for smaller investments that, when done consistently over time, can grow into a considerable savings. It takes advantage of the cyclical nature of the market and allows you to focus on long-term growth and ignore short-term market conditions. While this technique does not eliminate the possibility of losing money on an investment, losses may be lowered during periods of declining share prices and profits may be enhanced when prices rise over time.

When you need the money, DCA is also an efficient way to withdraw funds. The advantages are similar to when you were investing because money is withdrawn automatically regardless of share prices — you do not have to concern yourself with fluctuations.

Despite today’s headlines, please remember that trying to time the market simply does not work over the long haul. It is important to remain patient and calm when attempting to grow your assets — and dollarcost averaging can help.

Dollar-cost averaging is a plan of continuous investment in securities regardless of their inconsistent prices. Of course, you must consider your financial ability to continually purchase shares. As with all investment methods, there is no performance guarantee.

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The Extraordinary Ordinary Potato Roasted Potato Fries with Herb Salt Ingredients

Saturdays, 9 to 1 Wednesdays, 3 to 6

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut potatoes Serves: 8 into wedges. Pat dry. * Ingredients can be found Place in a large bowl at the market and toss with olive oil.

- 4 large russet potatoes* 2. Combine all the herb - 2 Tablespoons olive oil* salt ingredients in a Herb Salt: small bowl. Sprinkle - ¼ cup kosher salt over the potatoes and - 2 teaspoons paprika toss to coat.

- 1 teaspoon turmeric - 1 teaspoon fresh ground 3. Arrange potatoes pepper evenly on sheet pan.

- ½ teaspoon dry mustard Bake until browned - ½ teaspoon onion powder and tender, 20 to 30 - 2 teaspoons chili powder minutes.

Shared by My Saratoga Kitchen Table

High Rock Park Did you know that a potato contains more potassium than a banana?

I picked up this nutritional gem from Sheldon Farms at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market. It came in late February, between the end of butternut squash and the beginnings of chives, when potatoes were one of the few local foods available.

The idea that a potato could out-potassium a banana amazed me. I checked it out.

Sheldon Farms was right.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that an average banana packs in 422 milligrams of potassium.

Potatoes do even better, scoring close to 1,000 milligrams.

“Potatoes are one of the best food values all around, said Albert Sheldon in August, when the first potatoes of 2016 were making their debut.

“They’re comfort food and nutritious, to boot.”

Sheldon, 66, has farmed his entire life, and Sheldon Farms, a sixth generation family farm in Salem, NY, is known for its potatoes, although the farm produces many other crops.

As Sheldon tells it, his parents met in 1946 when his father was buying seed potatoes from a man who turned out to be his father-in-law.

Sheldon clarifies the confusion over varieties – more than 100 sold in the U.S. alone

Directions

- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning - ½ teaspoon ground ginger - ½ teaspoon celery seed - ½ teaspoon dried dill weed

– with a simple East/West distinction.

“In the Eastern part of the country, you’re likely to see an all-purpose potato,” he said.

“One that is grown to be good baked, fried, and mashed.”

Western potatoes, by contrast, are mainly russets, i.e, the Idaho potato, great for baking but less versatile.

Sheldon Farms has grown varieties of yellow, red, and white potatoes, along with fingerlings and Adirondack blues

and reds. Sheldon likes them all and admits to a special affection for yellow varieties. He’ll scoop up an armload, turn on the oven, and bake them all in a batch. For the next few days, he’ll savor them: baked initially, fried up the next night, mashed toward the end.

The first potatoes of a year’s harvest are a moment worth waiting for. Sheldon prefers to wait even longer, noting that the starches contained in stored potatoes turn into sugar over time.

Says Sheldon: “That potato on your Christmas dinner plate might be the best-tasting one of the year.”

The summer Saratoga Farmers’ Market continues at High Rock Park from 3-6 p.m.

Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. The winter market begins Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Lincoln Baths.

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

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“Back to the Old Grind”

by John Reardon for Saratoga TODAY Hello My Foodie Friends. In kitchens throughout the world, there is one piece of technology that has been the same since the Stone Age: the mortar and pestle.

The mortar and pestle is one of the most primitive kitchen tools. You place ingredients in a bowl usually made of stone or ceramic — and pound them with a tiny club.

Why should every good cook—and everyone who loves herbs—own and use at least one mortar and pestle? For history: the ceremony of using ancient tools, the joy of knowing the rhythm of how they work. For celebration: food feeds both body and soul, and the act of preparing it should be a pleasure, not a chore. And finally, for quality: there is a depth of flavor to spices and fresh herbs prepared this way that you just can’t get from a food processor. Mortars and pestles for crushing and blending seeds, roots, herbs, and other foods probably date back to prehistory, although information on their origins is hard to find. It’s only logical that early man and woman picked up the nearest rock and used it to crack open the nuts they gathered. Eventually they found similar tools to grind seed or grain into a powder, so that they could mix it with water to form a gruel and grind herbs and roots to flavor it.

Here’s a list of cooking tasks you can accomplish with a mortar and pestle: • Grind your own peppercorns and spices including cinnamon sticks, coriander, and cloves.

• Remove cardamom seeds from their pods and then crush to use in Indian cooking.

• Grind sea salt to the fine texture of popcorn salt and season your movie night treat.

• Crush whole dry chilies into flakes.

• Crush capers to use in homemade tartar sauce recipes.

• Smash fresh peeled ginger to use in Asian recipes.

• Crush some flax seeds to release their benefits and add to yogurt for a nutritious breakfast or snack.

• Crush lavender to use in baking or potpourri.

• Crush herbs and seeds to make medicinal teas.

• Make fresh, homemade nut butters.

• Turn fresh garlic cloves into a paste and spread on Italian bread with olive oil for some intense garlic bread.

• Crush some fresh basil, garlic and pine nuts together in the larger sized units. Then mix in some olive oil to make super fresh and flavorful pesto.

The mortar and pestle are available in a wide variety of sizes and can be found made of ceramic, glass, porcelain, wood, metal, granite, marble or bamboo. The advantage of a using a mortar and pestle rather than an electric grinder or food processor include easier (as in no) assembly required, less noise and easy cleanup — no small parts or sharp blades to wash.

One of the most classic uses of the mortar and pestle is for pesto.

Combining the flavors of basil, pine nuts, Parmesan, garlic, and olive oil can make a wonderful pesto to add to pasta, spread on a sandwich, or eat by the spoonful.

When it comes to making pesto, you can’t go wrong with a pestle and mortar. You could make it in a food processor, but you just won’t get the same flavors as when you’re pounding and crushing all that lovely basil by hand.

How to Make Pesto (serves 4) Ingredients • 1/2 a clove of garlic • 3 good handfuls of fresh basil • a good handful of Parmesan cheese • a handful of pine nuts • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper • extra virgin olive oil • optional: a small squeeze of lemon juice Making the Pesto: • Peel and chop the garlic • Pick and roughly chop the basil leaves, discard the stalks • Finely grate the Parmesan cheese

• Put a frying pan on a medium heat and add the pine nuts • Keep an eye on them and toss frequently until just starting to turn golden and smelling fantastic • Pound the garlic with a little pinch of salt and the basil leaves in a pestle and mortar - you may need to add the basil leaves in batches if your mortar isn’t big enough • Add the toasted pine nuts to the mixture and pound again • Tip into a bowl and add half the grated Parmesan • Stir gently and add a little extra virgin olive oil - you need just enough to bind the sauce and get it to an oozy consistency • Have a taste and season with salt and pepper, then add most of the remaining cheese • Add a little more oil and taste again • Keep adding a bit more cheese or oil until you are happy with the taste and consistency. You may like to add a squeeze of lemon juice at the end to give it a little twang, but it’s not essential - try it with and without and see which you prefer Cooking can be fun! No matter how long you have been cooking, there is always something new to learn. The mortar and pestle may take a little elbow grease, but it is the tool

that will not fail you. Go back to the old grind for a while, stepping away from modern technology and use the mortar and pestle for your incredible culinary creations. Stop by CTTC

in the Compliments to the Chef plaza to get your “cool” Tools for Cooks. Remember; “Life Happens in the Kitchen”. Take Care, John and Paula

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LOCAL BRIEFS

Elder Law presented by Albany Law School Do you have questions about wills, health care proxies, executors and legal issues affecting seniors? This presentation will benefit seniors, their family, caregivers and elder care professionals.

Friday, October 21 at 1 p.m. at the Adult & Senior Center of Saratoga Springs, 5 Williams St., Saratoga Springs. Free and open to the public. For more information call 518-584-1621.

Fall Bazaar The Round Lake United Methodist Women are sponsoring a Fall Bazaar at the Round Lake United Methodist Church on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be something for everyone in the family, which includes baked goods, holiday gift items, a Chinese Auction with gift baskets. New this year there will be a room of collectibles (figurines, pewter, crystal and much more). The church is located at 34 George Ave. off Exit 11 of the Northway in Historic Round Lake. Come and enjoy fun, food and fellowship. For additional information please contact Kathy Washburn at 518-6645057.

Craft/Vendor Show General Schuyler Rescue Squad is hosting another Craft/ Vendor Show with over 30 vendors, on Saturday, October 22 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Squad Building on Rt. 29, Refreshments will be available.

Come out and support your local Rescue Squad and do some early Christmas Shopping.

For more information, contact Pat at 518-331-2978.

Monthly Indoor Craft & Garage Sale On Sunday, October 23, 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 Ave. on Elks Lane. Admission is free with over 40 vendors; parking is great, bargains galore, lunch, books, household items, sports equipment, hand-made items, clothing, jewelry, party vendors, pet supplies and just about anything you can imagine may be found here.

New vendors are signing up every month. Rain or shine the sales go on and it is a fun activity the entire family enjoys.

Come browse, visit, eat, or just get out of the house with a friend. All proceeds go to our local charities. All markets are held the fourth Sunday of each month. Tables are $15 for an 8 ft. table; call 518-289-5470 for information or to sign up for a table(s).

Free Tour of Dunning Street Rural Cemetery A free tour of the Dunning Street Rural Cemetery, Route 67, Malta will be conducted on Sunday, October 23 (rain date October 30) at 2 p.m.

The cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and started in 1775 with a family plot by the burial of Hanna Dunning, followed by many first settlers. Soldiers from all wars, including the Revolutionarily and Civil, are buried there. Sponsored by, the Malta Memories Historic Group. For an interesting program, meet us there.

Social Security Education Program Ballston Spa Public Library, located at 21 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa will be hosting a one-hour program on Tuesday, October 25 at 5:30 p.m. for pre-retirees (ages 50-70). The program was developed in response to America’s looming retirement crisis and is designed to help attendees learn how to maximize their Social Security benefits prior to receiving them.

The material will be presented in an enjoyable format that includes valuable case studies and provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions. The program is sponsored by John N. Kalil, Jr., President of Retirement

Solutions, LLC. The program is open to the public and there is no cost to attend. Registration is required, limit 20. RSVP to 518-885-5022.

Southern Adirondack Audubon Society October Program Local photographers and naturalists Scott Stoner and Denise Hackert-Stoner will offer “America’s National Parks” on Wednesday, October 26, at the Crandall Library in downtown Glens Falls at 7 p.m. The talk is part of the monthly program of the Southern Adirondack Audubon Society. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www. southernadirondackaudubon. org.

An Evening with Meg Wolitzer On Thursday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m., bestselling author Meg Wolitzer will appear as part of the popular “Yaddo Presents” series, an ongoing collaboration between Northshire Bookstore and the esteemed artists retreat Yaddo.

This event will take place at Universal Preservation Hall, 25 Washington Street in Saratoga Springs, and is a fundraiser for both Yaddo and Universal Preservation Hall. Ms. Wolitzer will speak about her her work, followed by an audience question and answer session and book signing. Tickets are required for this event and space is limited. Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased at Northshire Bookstore, 424 Broadway in Saratoga Springs, by phone at 518-682-4200, or at www.northshire.com. Tickets are $17.50, general admission. $10 from each ticket sold will be divided between Yaddo and Universal Preservation Hall. In addition, each ticket purchased is good for a discount of $5 off any book by Meg Wolitzer the night of the event.

5th Annual Stillwater Fall Festival The Annual Stillwater Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, October 29 from noon to 4 p.m. Take a stroll along the Hudson River in the

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016 Village of Stillwater during our free family event. A street fair with family-friendly prices on homemade food and crafts, free trick-or-treating at each booth, free games, and it all ends with a children and pet costume parade at 3 p.m. led by our Village Officials. Search for scarecrows with the Police Department Scavenger Hunt, and don’t forget your costumes.

Food pantry donations appreciated as an entry fee.

For more information call the Stillwater Library at 518-6646255.

Patricia Ashline Memorial Bridge Tournament Care Links of Southern Saratoga County will hold a Bridge Tournament on Thursday, November 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Vista Restaurant, Van Pattan Golf Course, Jonesville. Funds raised by the event will benefit Care Links, an organization which matches volunteers with Senior Citizens in need of non-medical assistance. The tournament will be played under regular contract bridge rules, with four hands in each round. Please plan on attending for the entire event in order to accommodate play. Although there is bound to be competition, socializing and fun will be the rule. We will begin with morning coffee at 9:30, and enjoy a buffet lunch at 12:30 p.m. We will divide the participants into two groups.

There will be a prize for the top pair in each group and one for the overall high round score.

Should you wish to sign up with a partner of your choosing, you may do so, otherwise you will be assigned a partner upon signing up. Entrance fee for the tournament is $30 per person. Checks may be made out to Care Links and mailed to Francine Rodger, 34 Hemlock Drive, Clifton Park NY 12065.

For more information, contact Francine Rodger at 518-3314011.

Arts, Crafts and Gift Fair The Malta Community Center located at One Bayberry Dr. in Malta will hold its Annual Arts. Crafts and Gift Fair on November 5, 2016 from 9 a.m.

to 3 p.m. There will be over 50+ vendors, great gifts and good food. Free admission. For more information call 518-899-4411.

Here, There and Everywhere Alpine Sport Shop in Saratoga Springs will host one of the first showings of Warren Miller’s newest Ski & Snowboard movie “Here, There & Everywhere” in the country! “Here, There and Everywhere” will be shown on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 7 p.m., at the Trombley Auditorium, Maple Avenue Middle School, 515 Maple Avenue, Saratoga Springs Ticket price is $12 prior to the event, $15 at the door.

Tickets are available now at Alpine Sport Shop, 399 Clinton St., Saratoga Springs. All proceeds will benefit Saratoga Springs High School Nordic Team and Double H Ranch Adaptive Winter Program.

Those attending will have a chance to win great gifts from Ski & Snowboard suppliers, and receive lift ticket vouchers for Sugarbush Ski Area in Vermont and more! For more information call Alpine Sport Shop at 518-584-6290 or visit www.alpinesportshop.com.

Volunteers Needed Got an hour? We need your help. The Saratoga County Office for the Aging is in urgent need of volunteers to help deliver meals to homebound seniors in Saratoga County Saratoga Springs, Greenfield, Ballston Spa, Schuylerville, and Wilton areas. Substitutes are needed throughout Saratoga County. This program helps many seniors (age 60 and over) remain independent in their own homes. Nutritious meals (meet the 1/3 RDA) are prepared, packed and ready for transport. Meals are ready for volunteers to pick up at 10:30 a.m. Delivery takes about an hour. Being a volunteer for this program is a gratifying experience. Seniors look forward to seeing a friendly face. A training/orientation is provided. Please call Billie Jo at the The Office of the Aging, 518-884-4996 for details.

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

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

Family Friendly Event

Friday, October 14 Moreau Full Moon Kayak Trip Moreau Lake State Park, 5 – 7 p.m.

We will spend an evening on the water paddling and enjoying a full moon. The park looks and sounds are always special on an evening paddle. The Park Educator will lead the way while pointing out what Mother Nature has to offer us on that night. Spaces are limited so please call in advance to get your spot, 518793-0511 (fees apply, please call to find out more).

Saturday, October 15 Fall Craft Fair and Bake Sale The American Legion Auxiliary, Post 1450, Grooms Rd., Halfmoon, 9 a.m.

– 3 p.m.

Crafters who are interested in attending can email alcraftshow@aol. com for more information.

Annual Fall Clay Arts Fair Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Hayes Road, Schuylerville, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Original Clay work by local artists.

Lots of Fun, Food, Entertainment and Kids activities. The Saratoga County Animal Shelter will hold a Pet Adoption Clinic. Proceeds from raffles will be donated to the shelter.

Please join us for this spectacular event.

Sip and Shop Vendor and Craft Fair Embassy Suites, 86 Congress St., Saratoga Springs, Noon – 4 p.m.

Enjoy food, fun, friends and more.

Vendors and crafters include: Lilla Rose, Freedom Resort, Arbonne, Celano Pure, Thirty One Gifts, Scentsy, Young Living, Usborne Books & More, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Tupperware, Princess House,

Creative Cards, Pink Zebra, Crochet Crafts and More. April March, the first lady of Burlesque will be there to sign her book, “Reflections of My Life, the First Lady of Burlesque.”

Admission is $3 or you can bring an unwrapped children’s Christmas gift.

You can also enter to win baskets to benefit Toys for Tots. For more information contact Ellie at 518-5843779.

“History, Legends, Lore and More” Guided Walking Tour Saratoga Heritage Area Visitor Center, 297 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 10:30 a.m. – Noon A 90-minute walking tour that concentrates on historic Congress Park and the colorful characters who helped make Saratoga what it is.

This guided tour of legends and lore will walk you through history while sipping the famous mineral waters and strolling through the Victorian Congress park. Rain or shine. Cost is $8 for adults. Children under 12 are free.

Fall Fun Day ECS Farm, 683 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Enjoy a free day of fun with The Children’s Museum at Saratoga, Heading for Home and ECS Psychological Services. There will be fall activities, face painting, a bounce house, tea and honey tasting from our friends at Saratoga Tea & Honey, food from Mr. Bills, raffles from Ellms Family Farm, Saratoga Apple and more. Plus, enjoy a special meet and greet with retired and rehabilitated racehorses from Heading for Home. Donations will be accepted to benefit The Children’s Museum at Saratoga and Heading for Home. To honor the work of Heading for Home, we invite you to a special ceremony to honor our military veterans and public service members.

Tang Family Saturdays Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, 2 – 4 p.m.

Inspired by our exhibition Sixfold Symmetry: Pattern in Art and Science, we will create a large Starburst mathematical masterpiece on the lawn. Drop by to add your touches and stay as long as you like.

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

Programs include a brief tour of a current Tang exhibition followed

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Sunday, October 16 Breakfast Buffet Saratoga-Wilton Elks, 1 Elks Lane, Rt. 9, Saratoga Springs, 8:30 – 11 a.m.

Fruit cocktail, French toast, pancakes, potatoes, breakfast sausage and ham, corned beef hash, 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.

Dharma Meditation with Pierre Zimmerman One Big Roof, Center for Mindful Practices, 538 Maple Avenue, Saratoga Health & Wellness Building, Saratoga Springs, 9-10:15 a.m.

Weekly meditation followed by short discussion. All contemplative traditions honored. By donation. For more information call 413- 992-7012 or visit www.oneroofsaratoga.com.

Multicultural Dance Day National Museum of Dance, 99 S. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, Noon The event will showcase various cultural dance groups from in and around the capital region including Irish Step, break dance, tango, Greek and belly dance. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments. For more information, visit www.dancemuseum.org or call 518-584-2225.

Monday, October 17 Parkinson’s Support Group of Saratoga Woodlawn Commons, 2nd floor, Wesley Health Care Center 156 Lawrence St. Saratoga Springs, 2 p.m.

This meeting is free and open to anyone with Parkinson’s Disease, family members and friends.

For more information, call Bruce McClellan at 518-331-9611.

Flyfishing the Battenkill Saratoga Springs Public Library, 49 Henry St., Saratoga Springs, 7 p.m.

Presented by the Adirondack Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Fishing guide Mark Oakland will share his

vast knowledge on this great local river. Find out where to fish with tips and tricks to make your outing a success. Everyone is welcome. For more information call Mark at 518893-2228.

Tuesday, October 18 Pieroghi Sale Christ the Savior parish, 349 Eastline Rd., Ballston Lake, Pick up 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Potato/cheese, sauerkraut, farmer’s cheese may be ordered. We also have our own stuffed clams available that are hand-picked from Cape Cod, 6 for $10. Call 518-363-0001.

ThermiVa® Group Education Event Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery, PC, 7 Wells St., 3rd floor, Saratoga Springs.

Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery, PC and Steven Yarinsky, MD invite you to a ThermiVa® Event with educational sessions to be held either at Noon-2 p.m. or 5-7 p.m.

ThermiVa® is a new non-invasive therapy to treat various feminine intimate problems which can develop after childbirth and with menopause.

The results provide a tightening effect for those who experience looseness after childbirth. ThermiVa® also effectively treats the dryness and discomfort women often experience with sexual relations after menopause. ThermiVa® has a 98 percent “Worth It Rating” from real patients on RealSelf.com. Come meet our staff to find out how you can reclaim your sexual health, restore your satisfaction and revive your relationship. Seating is limited, RSVP required by 10 a.m., Monday , October 17 at 518-583-4019

Wednesday, October 19 Guided Mindful Meditation Saratoga Springs Public Library, Susman Room, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Take a break from the daily grind and clear your mind with guided Mindful Meditation led by professionals from One Roof Holistic Health Center. Sessions are free and open to the public, and will be held on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Everyone is welcome.

For more information, call 518-5847860 ext. 205.

Thursday, October 20 Low Vision Technology Fair Saratoga Springs City Center, 522 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Hosted by The Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany (NABA), the fair is free to the public. People with vision impairment as well as family members, caregivers, educators and healthcare professionals are encouraged to attend. Showcasing the latest in technologies designed to assist the visually impaired with reading and daily activities and state-of-the-art products.

Chicken Parmigiana Dinner Saratoga Knights of Columbus, 50 Pine Rd., Saratoga Springs, 4:30 – 7 p.m. The public is invited. $10 Adults, $9 seniors, children and veterans. For more information call 518-584 8547.

Annual Harvest Roast Beef Dinner Stillwater United Church, 747 Hudson Ave., Stillwater, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

The dinner consists of family style servings of roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, winter squash, coleslaw, rolls, homemade pie and beverage. Take-out available. Cost: $12 Adults; $5 Ages 5-10; Under 5 Free. For advanced tickets contact the church office 518-664-7984.

Tickets may also be purchased at the door. The historic-designated church is handicap accessible.

Nick Bruel - Bad Kitty: Scaredy Cat Northshire Bookstore, 424 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 5 p.m.

A fun-filled evening with Nick Bruel, the author and illustrator behind everyone’s favorite mischievous and hilarious cat, Bad Kitty. Bruel will talk about and read from his Bad Kitty picture books and chapter books, and do a drawing demonstration.

For more information visit www. northshire.com.

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

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Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

“Shrek The Musical” Comes To Saratoga

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Home Made Theater opens their 32nd season with Shrek The Musical, with music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, based on the DreamWorks Animation motion picture and the book by William Steig. The show runs weekends October 15-30 at the Spa Little Theater in Saratoga Spa State Park.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., October 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29. Matinees are on Sundays at 2:00 p.m., October 16, 23 and 30. An optional dinner package is available at Longfellows Restaurant prior to evening performances and following matinees for an additional $23 per person plus tax and gratuity.

HMT is also partnering with some area restaurants for some post-performance $7.30 specials. During the run of Shrek, $7.30 food and drink specials will be offered following the Friday and Saturday performances at Gaffney’s on October 21 and 22, and at 2 West Bar & Grille on October 28 and 29. No reservations are necessary.

Tickets for the show are $29 and $26, and can be purchased online at the HMT web site, www.homemadetheater.org, in person during box office hours, or by calling HMT at 518-5874427. Dinner reservations for Longfellows Restaurant should be made by calling HMT at 518-587-4427.

Saratoga Children’s Theatre Performs The Addams Family

Addams Family rehearsal on Oct. 12, 2016. Photo by MarkBolles.com.

SARATOGA SPRINGS —The Saratoga Children’s Theatre will stage live performances of “Addams Family, A New Musical Comedy,” at 7 p.m. on Oct. 14, and 1 and 7 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Saratoga Music Hall, on Broadway.

Local teens, ranging in age from 13 to 18 will be starring in the musical, directed

by Tim Antonacci, along with music director Casey Gray and Choreographer Laura Racht.

Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, Music and Lyrics

by Andrew Lippa. Based on Characters Created by Charles Addams.

All tickets are sold at the door, and are $10; Kids 10 and under admitted free.

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

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Saratoga Comic Con: The Crossroads Where Pop Culture And Comic Book Heroes Meet

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — Three thousand wouldbe superheroes, costumed

citizens, and masquerading and unmasked civilians alike will descend on the Saratoga Springs City Center this month, where Samuel Chase will host his fourth Saratoga

Celebrating Saratoga’s Italian-American Heritage

SARATOGA SPRINGS – City Historian Mary Ann Cardillo Fitzgerald sharing stories of the city’s Italian heritage at the Saratoga Springs Public Library on Oct. 6, 2016. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.

International Tango at Dance Museum

International Tango Orquesta Victoria will perform at the National Museum of Dance on Nov. 4.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A night of tango with the 14-piece Orquesta Victoria will be staged at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4 at the National Museum of Dance, at 99 South Broadway.

Orquesta Victoria performed at the 2014 Tango World Cup and tours across

Argentina, South America, Germany, Austria, and Russia, and is scheduled to perform selections from their latest release, “El Mundo is the World.”

Tickets are $20 per person. For more information, call 518-584-2225 x3001 or visit: www.dancemuseum.org.

Comic Con showcase.

What began as a singleday affair in April 2015 has grown into a twice-a-year event staged over multiple days. The fourth edition of the Chase Con expo – now known as a Saratoga Comic Con takes place Oct. 22 and 23.

“It grows with every show and with more and more people coming out for it. I can’t wait to see who’s coming to this one,” said the event’s 34-year-old founder, who was born in Glens Falls and makes his home in Moreau. “It’s really good for this community, too.

It brings a different crowd to Saratoga and one that might not normally come here. “ You can trace Chase’s fascination to a quartet of crimefighting turtles that emerged from the subterranean depths of the New York City sewer system in 1990 to showcase their talents on the silver screen.

“The ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ movie was a big influence. Then in 2006 when

The first Chase Con Expo, held at the City Center in 2015. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos.

the show “Heroes” came out, I started watching a lot of comic book movies,” Chase said.

“That’s when it really hit me. I didn’t really know what to do with it, so I thought: Well, let me start my own business. “ The two-day event features appearances by original Ninja Turtle comic book artist Jim Lawson, “Pokémon” voice actor Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, and actor Scott Schiaffo – who appeared in the independent cult classic

“Clerks” - a “Walking Dead” panel, a cosplay contest, and a Star Trek panel featuring J.G. Hertzler, who portrayed General Martok on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.”

Saratoga Comic Con takes place 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Oct. 22 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Saratoga Springs City Center.

Tickets are $20 Saturday, $15 Sunday, and children 6 and under are admitted free. For more information, visit: http:// www.chasecon.org/.

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Regional Chefs Go Head-To-Head At City Center In Benefit For National Center For Missing and Exploited Children SARATOGA SPRINGS — Regional chefs will go head to head on Oct. 21 in a competition to benefit The Capital Region Office of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

Since 1984, NCMEC has worked to locate and recover missing kids, prevent the sexual exploitation of children, and to keep children safer while in school, in public areas, and on the Internet. In the Capital Region alone, more than 1,000 kids go missing each year. In 2016, NCMEC offers 155 free programs in regional schools reaching more than 10,000 students with safety education and best practice.

The Oct. 21 event, Dish It Out, will be held at the Saratoga Springs

City Center and will feature appetizer, entrée, and dessert stations of small dishes, expertly prepared by the region’s top professional chefs. Participating Chefs include Chef Fabrizio Bazzani – Chiante Il Ristorante; Chef Lauren Bonelli – Campagna Restaurant; Chef Brian Bowden – Sperry’s Restaurant; Chef Vivian Brammer – Saratoga National Golf Club; Chef Dominic Colose – Yawning Duck Catering Company; Chef Patrick Curley – Independent Chef; Chef AJ Jayapal – Miss Sidney’s; Chef Tracey Kwiecien – Angelo’s Prime Bar & Grill; Chef Danny Petrosino – Osteria Danny; Chef Jeffrey Rayno – Fish at 30 Lake; Chef Scott Ringwood – Lake Ridge Restaurant; Chef Jason Saunders

– Prime at Saratoga National; and Chef Frank Tardio – Angelo’s Tavolo. Chefs will compete for Judges’ Choice and Peoples’ Choice awards at the event.

Dish It Out will feature a wine tasting table with wine pairings for each dish, an open bar, a craft brew tasting table, and a spirit tasting table with special cocktails. Tickets are $175 general admission and are available at the event website, www.dishitout. org/saratoga/event, or by calling Chris Patregnani, Special Event Coordinator at 518-579-0984. To learn more about more about The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, visit: www. missingkids.org.

Fundraiser To Benefit Local Families Affected By Autism LAKE GEORGE - A fundraiser featuring a soup tasting from area restaurants, a silent auction and live music will be held 6 p.m. til midnight on Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Roaring Brook Ranch in Lake George. The event “Soup ‘r Bands 8” is a fundraiser for Upstate NY Autism Alliance

Organization, and the Autism Task Forces of Greenwich and Hadley-Luzerne. Live performers include: Hasty Page, Sugar Pill, Funkalicious, The Radio Junkies, The Dirt Cheap Band, PJ Ferguson Duo, Saving Atlantis, Drew Deprey, James Hood, and the Tim Wechgelaer Band.

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and may be purchased at Roaring Brook Ranch, Full Moon on Glen Lake, O’Tooles in Queensbury, Core Fitness, and Bull Pen Tavern in Glens Falls. Cash or check only. For more information, call 518-668-5767, or email: annik4autism@live.com.

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

Re-enactors, Cannon Salutes And Candlelight Tour Highlight Anniversary of British Surrender SCHUYLERVILLE - The village of Schuylerville and the town of Saratoga will commemorate Surrender Day with a 45-minute event at Fort Hardy Park that features British and American re-enactors, cannon salutes, musical entertainment, and “13 Toasts” to the colonists’ victory at Saratoga. The park is the historical ground where the British forces surrendered and laid down their arms on Oct. 17, 1777, bringing to an end the Battles of Saratoga, and marks the socalled turning point of the American Revolution.

Students from Schuylerville and Salem schools will read essays and Amy Bracewell,

Superintendent of the Saratoga National Historical Park, will deliver the keynote address.

The event takes place at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17.

Two days earlier, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, Old Saratoga Historical Association hosts the annual Candlelight Tour of the General Philip Schuyler House, located just south of Schuylerville on Route 4. And on Sunday, Oct. 16, author Dean Snow will speak at Saratoga National Historical Park about his new book “1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga.” For more information, call the Saratoga National Historical Park Visitor Center at 518-670-2985.

Author, Yaddo President Present “In Conversation” in Saratoga Springs SARATOGA SPRINGS — Jennifer Weiner, author of “Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing,” will be featured in conversation with Elaina Richardson, President of Yaddo, at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16 at Congregation Shaara Tfille, 84 Weibel Avenue.

Tickets are: $34 for one seat

plus one hardcover copy of “Hungry Heart,” $44 for two seats / one book, and $29 for Students / Seniors/ Active Duty Military: 1 Seat / 1 Book.

Ticket purchases may be made in-store at Northshire Bookstore’s Saratoga Springs location (424 Broadway), by phone 518-682-4200, or online at: www.northshire.com.

Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

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week of 10/14-10/20 friday, 10/14: Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys, 7 pm @ Caffè Lena at The Grove — 583.0022 In Site of Ourselves, 7 pm @ Carson’s Woodside Tavern — 584.9791 Jukebox, 10 pm @ Caroline St. Pub — 583.9400 Mark Kleinhaut Quartet, 9 pm @ 9 Maple Avenue — 583.2582 James Brown Tribute, 9:30 pm @ Putnam Den — 584.8066 Rob Aronstein, 7 pm @ Wishing Well — 584.7640

saturday, 10/15: Rory Block, 7 pm @ Caffè Lena at The Grove — 583.0022 Dan Sherwin, 7 pm @ Carson’s Woodside Tavern — 584.9791 Radio Junkies, 10 pm @ Caroline St. Pub — 583.9400 Gwen Tracy Trio, 9 pm @ Gaffney’s — 587.7359 Steve Candlen, 6 pm @ Gideon Putnam — 584.3000 Wild Adriatic with Red Shift, The Midnight Revival Band, Joe Mansman, 8 pm @ Hudson River Music Hall — 832.3484

@ 9 Maple Avenue — 583.2582 Grateful Dead tribute, 10 pm @ Putnam Den — 584.8066 Get Up Jack, 8 pm @ The Parting Glass — 583.1916 Noreen Pratt, 7 pm @ Wishing Well — 584.7640

sunday, 10/16: Morning Dove, 7 pm @ The Parting Glass — 583.1916

monday, 10/17: Mike Passineau, 6:30 pm @ Brook Tavern — 871.1473

wednesday, 10/19: Open Mic w/Alan Dunham, 7:30 pm @ Hudson River Music Hall — 832.3484

thursday, 20/20: Rod Fraser, 7 pm @ Carson’s Woodside Tavern — 583.9400 Tim Meadows, 8/10 pm @ The Comedy Works — 275.6897

John LeRoy Trio, 9 pm

ArtsFest Friday

Cool Jazz on an October night, during the ArtsFest Friday festival staged last week at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Photo by Thomas Dimopoulos

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Puzzles

See puzzle solutions on page 46

Across

1 Dash gauge 5 Pawn at a shop 9 Vague shapes 14 Height: Pref.

15 Saintly glow 16 Sportscast rundown 17 *Pest-control device 19 Hersey’s bell town 20 Like paradise 21 Go round and round 23 “Tao Te Ching” poet __-tzu 24 “Yummy!”

25 *Off-the-wall game?

27 Grant-granting gp.

29 Soul automaker 30 *Simple garment 36 Aerobic exercise aid 40 Woodlands man-goat 41 Campus URL suffix 42 Serious 43 Old Russian ruler 44 *One given to flights of fancy 46 Short-lived Egypt-Syr. alliance 48 Drunkard 49 *Hidden explosives activator 54 Overthrow 59 Farm female 60 “__ o’ your throats”: “Measure for Measure” 61 Phobic 62 “Alas and __!”

64 Figuratively, where some wild ideas come out of; literally, a hint to a word and its position when paired with the starts of the answers to starred clues 66 In need of a chill pill 67 Mystery writer Gardner 68 Colombian city 69 Beer holder 70 Ear piece?

71 __-slapper

Down

1 Got under control 2 Words after “crack” or “live by” 3 Pitiless 4 Mubarak of Egypt 5 Came out of one’s shell?

See puzzle solution on page 46 6 “Days of __ Lives” 7 Attend uninvited 8 Letter after iota 9 Chastain of women’s soccer 10 Guided 11 City NW of Orlando 12 Unoriginal 13 Thread dispenser 18 Ex-Disney CEO Michael 22 Printer cartridge contents 26 Iraqi port 28 Neighborhood 30 FDR’s last vice president 31 Western defense gp.

32 Actress Hagen 33 IHOP condiment 34 Ice cream maker Joseph 35 Brewski

37 Bagpiper’s topper 38 December 24 or 31 39 Each 42 Exit the bus 44 Tap concern 45 Went round and round 47 Greet the day 49 “__ Life”: Sinatra hit 50 Rented again 51 Silly 52 Romeo and Juliet, e.g.

53 Apply, as pressure 55 Puncture with a pin 56 Song of praise 57 City in northern France 58 Comic Izzard 63 TV forensic drama 65 __ shot

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Opportunity Springboard for Women’s Lacrosse

by Kiersten Racela Saratoga TODAY SARATOGA SPRINGS — There are few opportunities for women to play a sport, any sport, full time aside from coaching and the occasional seasonal league after college.

Before college, these athletes spend countless hours speaking with college coaches, attending tournaments to gain exposure, and traveling to various schools for tours and recruiting trips on weekends, dedicated to earning an athletic scholarship to a major

Photo provided by SSHS.

The SSHS Bootster Club will be sponsoring Lax’Toberfest on Sunday, October 16.

Photo provided by SSHS.

college or university. Then they graduate, and with few exceptions, it’s all over.

This is especially disappointing for lacrosse: a sport that young women are increasingly playing.

According to a survey conducted from 2010-2015 by U.S. Lacrosse, the national governing body of lacrosse, the number of high school females participating in lacrosse grew 29.8 percent, with the number of players increasing from 1,885 to 2,446.

Elaine Anton Lotruglio, Head Varsity Girl’s Lacrosse Coach at Saratoga Springs High School, has experienced this increase in the sport’s popularity first hand.

Recalls Coach Lotruglio,

“I will have anywhere between 50-60 middle school girls trying out for lacrosse, signed up to play this spring. It’s going to be difficult, and we are looking to find a way to keep the girls in the game.”

But what happens after high school graduation? Sure, some athletes will play their sport at the collegiate level. However, if an athlete is not intending on being drafted to a professional sports team upon graduation, the next viable option is to hang up their uniform and enter the working world. For female lacrosse players, this notion is all too real.

In an effort to provide that light at the end of the tunnel for her athletes, Coach Lotruglio is

hosting Lax’Toberfest on Sunday, October 16. The event was inspired by one of her players.

“One of my players idolizes Taylor D’Amore, a member of Team STX, a semi-professional women’s lacrosse team. I wanted to use this event as an outlet for female lacrosse players after college,” recollects Coach Lotruglio.

The event will host 30 girls from two teams, Saratoga Springs High school and Shaker High School. Three members of TEAM STX – Maggie Tamastis, an Attacker from the University of Notre Dame; Brittany Brigandi, a Midfielder from LeMoyne University; and Caroline Helmer, a Defense-player from Cornell University – will be giving a two-hour clinic followed by a scrimmage in an effort to best incorporate the skills learned during the day.

“We’ll break even for this event. It’s more about providing a springboard in the hopes that we can have similar events on a regular basis in the future,” hopes Coach Lotruglio. This event will plant the seed for future athletes who ponder that next phase of their athletic career after college graduation.

To register for this event, please contact Coach Lotruglio at lotruglio1@me.com or visit www. saratogaspringsgirlslacrosse.com for more information. Space is limited and will be filled on a first come, first serve basis.

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We Love Our Underdogs!

by Damian Fantauzzi for Saratoga TODAY Now that David Ortiz and the Red Sox have cashed in their chips and the Yankees have put their uniforms in the cedar chest, it’s time to think about what team will be the next World Series champion. How about the National League Chicago Cubs?

They have not been World Series Champions since 1908.

The Cubs won back-toback World Series titles in 1907 and 1908. They are the first

franchise to win 2 consecutive titles, and play in three World Series in a row. The Cubs have been in 10 of baseball’s WS championships, most recently in 1945.

The city of Chicago has been in frenzy over the current status of their team. Of course there is that “other” Chicago baseball team, the Chicago White Sox. In recent memory the White Sox have made more World Series appearances than their state rival.

I won’t turn my back on the Cleveland Indians, the potential American League World Series representative.

The Indians have also had a World Series championship drought, having been 68 years since their last victory. Recently the Indians eliminated the Red Sox earning an appearance in the American League Pennant Series. The irony is gleeful, because a few short years ago the Red Sox manager was Terry Francona, notably winning the World in 2004 and 2007 with

the team. He was let go from the organization in 2011, and now manages the Cleveland Indians. Eliminating Boston from World Series contention must have been an accomplishing feeling for Francona.

My daughter lives in Chicago. Her son loves to sing “Take me out to the ball game.”

His lyrics are a little different.

Thanks to his father, the part that says “Let me root, root, root for the home team,” is now “Let me root, root, root for the Cubbies.”

It’s quite heartwarming to see such a young boy develop a love for his favorite baseball team at such an early age.

The Cleveland Indians versus the Chicago Cubs could make for an interesting World Series. It would be a nice change from the cycle of predictable teams that have graced the world with their baseball abilities.

Ever think about why Americans love the underdog? If nothing else, it helps restore hope in an otherwise grim world. We as fans are

responsible for our own sports experience. There’s an intuitive understanding of something big is about to happen; Or that realization that our favorite sports team might not have a successful season. This can be said when fans stay through the end of an entire sporting event, regardless of how good or bad their team might be playing.

If there is an Indians-Cubs World Series, there will be great anticipation for how it plays out. We would all be a part of the changing times of MLB history, witnessing the end of the Cubs’ World Series drought.

Since the Chicago Cubs had won the world championship in 1908, times have drastically changed. Here’s one statistic to ponder. Since their last World Series Championship, the Cubs have played approximately 15,000 regular-season games. Imagine the disappointment those fans must have felt after each loss and each missed chance at playoff contention.

Yet if you turn on a Cubs game

you will still see those loyal fans in the stands until that final out. Those fans are choosing to make their sports experience memorable, and stick with their team through all of the season’s ups and downs.

If it’s not already apparent, I am an avid Chicago Cubs fan. I am one of those fans that will watch the game until the end regardless of the score.

If the Cubs advance to the World Series, it would be more meaningful than in past years.

Aside from their championship drought, it will give those diehard Cub hopefuls redemption, rewards for rooting for their team each game of every season. If a well-known team had won the World Series, it wouldn’t be as meaningful. It almost becomes expected. If an underdog such as the Chicago Cubs wins the World Series then it gives those loyal fans a glimmer of hope. A glimmer of hope that comes after 108 years of wishing, watching, and waiting.

SSHS Honors Blue Streak Greats Scott Ewing (Center) and family.

Hutchin Tibbets (Right)

Hannah Davidson (Left) and Family.

Ron Bostick was represented by his wife (Right) and Family.

Danielle Coon Messenger (Center).

Damian Fantauzzi (Right) and Rich Johns.

Cassie Beckwith and Susan Hoffman

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Week of October 14 – October 20, 2016

COMMUNITY SPORTS BULLETIN Halloween Skate at Weibel Avenue Ice Rink SARATOGA SPRINGS — On Sunday, October 30 the Saratoga Springs Recreation Department will host a “Halloween Skate” from 2-5 p.m. at the Saratoga Springs Ice Rink on 30 Weibel Avenue. Everyone is invited to this spooktacular event. Costumes are encouraged but not required. Skate under the disco lights. Enter the “haunted hallway” – if you dare! Try your luck at our ghostly games. Admission for Saratoga Springs City residents is $4 for adults and $3 for children/senior citizens. Admission for non Saratoga Springs City residents is $5 for adults and $4 for children/senior citizens. Limited skate rentals are $4. Join us for a ghoulishly good time! Contact the Recreation Department at 518-587-3550 x2300 or recreservations@saratogasprings.org with questions.

Register for 2016 Fall Intro to Ice Skating SARATOGA SPRINGS — Join us on the ice this fall for Intro to Ice Skating.

This Saratoga Springs Recreation Department

program will introduce skaters ages 3 through adult to the exciting world of ice skating. Already know the basics? This program will build upon skills already learned. A strong foundation can produce a lifetime of pleasure on the ice. Sign up at the Saratoga Springs Recreation Center at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue Monday–Friday 9 a.m.- 8 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.-7 p.m. or Sunday 12 p.m.- 6 p.m.

For additional information or to download forms go to SaratogaRec.com. Contact the Recreation Department at 518-587-3550 x2300 or recreservations@saratogasprings.org with questions.

Saratoga Springs Recreation Department DropIn Sessions SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs Recreation Department offers drop-in sessions in Adult Basketball, Pickleball, Racquetball and Wallyball.

Visit SaratogaRec.com and click on Rec Center Calendar for the latest schedule.

For additional information please call 518 - 587-3550 x2300 or email recreservations@saratoga-springs. org.

Sign up for Saratoga Springs Recreation Department Zumba Fitness classes

Saratoga Springs Recreation Department Offering New Basketball Program

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Teens/adults 16+ are welcome to join. Session and drop in options available.

Sign up at the Saratoga Springs Recreation Center at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue Monday–Friday 9 a.m.- 8 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.- 7 p.m. or Sunday 12 p.m.- 6 p.m.

For additional information or to download forms go to SaratogaRec.com. Contact the Recreation Department at (518) 587-3550 x2300 or recreservations@saratogasprings.org with questions.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs Recreation Department is offering a new co-ed program for 3-5 yr. olds and their parents called Tiny B’Ball. Register for this and all 2016-2017 basketball programs at the Saratoga Springs Recreation Center at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue Monday– Friday 9 a.m.- 8 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. -7 p.m. or Sunday 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. Coaches and referrees needed. Visit us at SaratogaRec.com for more information. Contact the Recreation Department at 518587-3550 x2300 or recreservations@saratoga-springs.org with questions. Join us on the courts this season!

Saratoga Springs Ice Rinks Open SARATOGA SPRINGS — Join us for skating fun at the ice rink! Open Public, Open Stick, Open Adult Hockey and Open Figure sessions are offered. Call 518 - 5873550 x2300, 518 - 583-3462 or visit SaratogaRec.com and click on the ice skate for the schedule. See you there!

Fasig Tipton

Puzzle solutions from pg. 40 Send your sports stories or briefs to Kiersten Racela, Sports Editor at Kiersten@Saratoga Publishing.com

Fasig-Tipton’s Fall Sale SARATOGA SPRINGS — On Monday, October 17 The Fasig- Tipton will be hosting the annual Saratoga Fall Sale.

The event will take place in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion beginning at 10a.m.

The sale will be featuring 319 horses on offer. The single sale will begin with approximately 106 in-foal mares and racing/broodmare racing prospects, followed by 34 yearling horses and 179 weanlings. The full calendar is available online at www.fasigtipton.com.

Stallions whose first batch of weanlings being represented in the event include Can The Man, Handsome Mike, and Central Baker.

Anyone requesting further information is encouraged to contact Evan Ferraro at 859-225-1555.

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BHBL Football Dominates Lansingburgh

by Kiersten Racela Saratoga TODAY BURNT HILLS — The Burnt Bills Ballston Lake Spartans defeated the Lansingburgh Knights 38-6 on Friday night in a home conference game.

The Spartans elected to kick away to begin the game. The team dominated right from the opening kickoff as Senior Danny Dahlin recovered a fumble giving the Spartans their first possession of the game. It took less than twelve seconds

for Spartans to score their first touchdown of the game. The team outlasted the Knights in Total Yards by a margin of 412-204. Sophomore Vincent Daviero, who ran for a total of 173 rushing yards and scored three touchdowns, led this offensive charge.

On the defensive side of the football the Spartans forced four fumbles and caused two turnovers.

Senior running back/linebacker Ryan Agresta who recorded three total tackles, tallied one sack, and made one interception was a

standout amongst the defense. He was followed suit by junior wide receiver/defensive back Michael LeVan, who recorded three tackles, one fumble, and made one interception. The Knights defense caused four total turnovers for the game including two fumbles and two interceptions.

The 5-1 Knights hope to continue their dominant play against 1-5 conference opponent Green Tech. Kickoff is scheduled for Friday, October 14 at p.m.

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SPORTS BHBL Football Dominates Lansingburgh See page 47, Photos by Mark Bolles.