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·< Apple of her eye BC bus garage home • to happier campers The previous bays weren't big • By ETHAN SCHOOLMAN enough to let them do this. They also weren't tall enough to let the emergency Many of Bethlehem Central's most doors be opened at the top. The pits important construction projects were •' beneath the busses weren't deep enough finished on time this summer, but some, to let inspectors stand up straight while notably the high school track and other . inspecting the bus. projects covered by the 1999 bond issue, • will likely not be started before next year. In addition·, said Wescott, "The lighting was poor, and the ventilation Most impressive of the new projects, wasn't adequate." and most expensive, is the Bethlehem bus garage's new wing. The new parts of The result was that Bethlehem the bus garage include several couldn't have its own inspected in completely new bays for repairing and house, but every week had to tow several inspecting of its 92 buses, as well as vehicles up to improved facili­ Colonie or Sar- ties for drivers. atoga Springs •' The mechanics are happy as to be inspect­ Though parts clams, and drivers' morale is ed at the more of the garage are modern facili­ still unfinished really up. ties there - a - several floors Nancy WescoH "costly and need to be tiled, time-consum­ and the dispatch ing" under­ room set up- taking, according to Wescott. the project is by all accounts a success. The big new bays are modern in every 'The end result is a completed project way. The ceilings are more than 20 feet of quality," said district Operations high. The ventilation system allows bus Director Greg Nolte. · exhaust to be pumped up to the roof and Superintendent Les womis agreed. dispersed by the wind. Lifts r.aise buses "Our transportation employees are . into the air for inspection and repair. patient and long suffering," he said. 'This· There are even modems and electrical should have been done long ago." outlets for bus inspector's laptops. At a recent tour of the building, ''The DOT (Department of Trans­ Director of Transportation Nancy portation) has joined the 20th century," Wescott explained how the new facilities will make things a lot easier for drivers, 0 BUS/page 15 as well as save Bethlehem thousands of dollars a year. • State regulations for bus inspections changed several years ago, requiring that bus inspectors be able to do things like Susannah Sheehan reaches .tor an apple at Indian Ladder Farms. Jim Franco step back four feet from a bus to look up and gaze at the top. Library finds new temporary home agreement was reached in late July with looking at in terms of how long we will By JOSEPH A. PHILLIPS Schuyler Cos., new owners and leasing need to be there," Pieri said. "At this As efforts continue to spread the word agents of Town Squire point, I think it's too early to say with any on December's referendum on an $8.5 Plaza at Bethlehem assurance how long it will be. We're million renovation plan for Bethlehem Center in Glenmont, to anticipating a 12- to 14-month con­ Public Library - including another lease a 10,400.square-foot struction period, beginning in the public meeting to outline the proposal ·former True Value spring."· · scheduled for tonight - library staff Hardware store there as The choice of location, Pieri said, have already taken steps to prepare for temporary quarters for wasn't much of a choice. the possibility of a year or more in the library's collections Pieri 'This was the only thing available to .' temporary quarters. while construction is us," she said. 'There was just nothing of Library Director Nancy Pieri underway. confirmed last week that a contingency "There are several options we're . 0 LIBRARY/page 16 ·Bethlehem board OKs dog park restrictions challenge whether the park has based on a draft presented to the board By JOSEPH A. PHILLIPS undergone appropriate environmental in June by a committee consisting of park _, and traffic impact review. supporters, Park Edge neighbors, The Bethlehem town board last week Animal Control Officer George Grandy • unanimously approved rules for use of With only board member Doris Davis absent, the board last Wednesday and Parks and Recreation Administrator the recently created dog exercise area David Austin. near Elm Avenue Park and parking approved rules for the park, which was Along with provisions regarding restrictions for adjacent streets. created by an Aug. 9 vote. The rules, to be posted at the park and distributed to· cleanup, supervision, the number of dogs But it may be a while before the new using the park at a time and dog behavior, dog park is open for business - and residents when they pay the $20 use fee, neighbors on Park Ed!(e Lane may yet were hammered out earlier this month, 0 RESTRICTIONS/page 15 '' '·~t.'-:. * " (~- ; ' - ~ f •• PAGE 2- September 20, 2000 THE SPOTLIGHT ~ ,

Bookkeeper's sentence postponed Police report thefts .• By Joseph A. Phillips ter employees. Last April, Reppenhagen pleaded guilty in Albany County According to the terms of a from cars in Glenmont An embezzlement and tax-eva­ Court to a single count of grand •• sion case against a former em­ plea bargain in Federal Court, larceny in the case. According to By Joseph A. Phillips driveways involved in the inci­ Reppenhagen pleaded guilty to ployee of Samaritao Shelters in the terms of that plea agreement, A trio of homeowners on a dents. In addition to the usual petty· filing 19 false quarterly tax re­ Glenmont is nearing conclusion, she turned over certain assets, Glenmont street last week joined theft and trespassing charges, one • turns on behalf of her employer as as bookkeeper Cathy Taylor including her home, for sale, in a long list of town residents as of the thefts involved articles valu­ Reppenhagen, 51, pleaded guilty a result of her embezzlement ac­ order to pay partial restitution to victims of what has become a fa­ able enough to merit a grand lar­ to a pair of federal tax evasion tivities. Samaritan. miliar litany of crime this summer ceny count. .. charges last week. She admitted to having - the theft of articles from un­ Other pending grand larceny She was scheduled in June for underreported Samaritao employ­ locked vehicles parked in residen­ charges stem from use of a credit On Sept. 12 she pleaded guilty sentencing to 6-to-18 years on the to two counts of tax evasion be­ ees' wages by more than $2.5 mil­ tial driveways. card taken in one of the heists- charge. But sentencing was post­ ~ lion dollars, resulting in a federal Bethlehem police are looking once at George's Mobil on Dela- fore Federal District Court Judge poned by County Court Judge Thomas McAvoy. She could face tax loss of more than $819,000. for an as--yet unidentified black ware Avenue, a second time at a · Larry Rosen while her attorneys Mobil Mart station in Albany. up to six years in federal prison In addition, she pleaded guilty negotiated with federal prosecu­ man and a female companion as Detectives obtained a description , ~ and a fine of up to $500,000 on the to failing to report her ill-gotten possible suspects in the most re­ tors over the tax charges. of the two current suspects by charges. income on her own joint returns cent larcenies, all three of which Reppenhagen's sentencing in examining video surveillance foot­ with her spouse, resulting in addi­ were reported to police on Mon­ Reppenhagen was arrested in County Court has now been re­ age taken at the two stations, but • tional tax losses of more than day, Sept. 11. They occurred some­ July of last year by Bethlehem scheduled for Nov. 6, and McAvoy have not yet identified or arrested police after a year-long investiga, $346,000. time overnight on Maewin Drive, set Jan. 12 as her sentencing date just off Kenwood Avenue near the suspects. tion into charges that she had , :As part of the plea bargain, she in Federal Court. Magee Park. The pocketbook from which ,. embezzled, over a five-year pe­ agreed to cooperate fully with the Pending the outcome of a According to police reports, two the card was taken was turned in riod beginning in 1993, more than Internal Revenue Service in de­ $1.2 million from an account set presentencing report, McAvoy cameras, a camcorder, jewelry, at the Bethlehem Post Office the termining and paying the back cash and several wallets or purses next day, allegedly found by an asideforwithholdingtaxesofshel- taxes, interest and penalties. may order Reppenhagen to serve her federal sentence concurrently full of creditcardswere taken from unidentifiedA!banycitysanitation ~ with the state one. four separate vehicles in the three worker. FREE Batteries with any In the meantime, Rep­ penhagen's East Greenbush Ex-home health aide Remote Control home was sold last week, but after Purchase paying an outstanding mortgage, only $22,500 was recovered for pleads guilty to larceny John's Electronic restitution to Samaritan through By Joseph A. Phillips felony charge. the sale. Repair A former home health aide, Her arrest followed an investi- •. TV- VCR- Stereo Much of the rest of the em­ arrested in June for stealing a gation by Bethlehem detectives • bezzled money, believed by credit card from a Delmar client's stemming from a complaint origi­ Depression .Anxiety.llfe-direction • Identity o REPAIR o Bethlehem police to have ·been home and running up $600 in pur­ nally lodged on behalf of the eld- • Trauma.Relationships.Loss.Family spent by Reppenhagen on per­ Women's concerns • Posttraumatic Stress 90 Day Repair Warranty chases on it, pleaded guilty re­ erly victim on Jan. 28. ' ACOA alnterpersonal problems • 13 Years Experience • sonal purchases and the educa­ cently in Bethlehem Town Court In court on Sept. 5, Matthews tion of her children, is unlikely to to a charge of grand larceny. • • Major CredH Cards Accepted • pleaded guilty and was sentenced • 560 DELAWARE AVENUE, ALBANY be recovered. Kathleen Matthews, 56, of 38 to 60 days in Albany County jail (Nell tD Nkole's Restaurant} SW.Gienmont Centre Square [email protected] Butpublishedreportslastweek Johnson Road, Alcove, had been and three years' probation. Open: Tue-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-2 518 462-0213 indicated that Samaritan may seek arrested June 13 by Coeymans She was also barred from work­ damages through a civil lawsuit. police and arraigned before Town ing in the home health care field. -~ 465-1874 Justice Kenneth Munnellyon the

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• Board reviews school addition Caring kids By Katherine McCarthy · cer players' friends, to come to In all cases, custodial permis­ With a successful start to the the games." · sion would be required for stu­ year, the Voorheesville school DiBlasi wondered whether dents to view R-rated movies. In board began looking to the future lights could be erected in lieu of grades six to eight, custodial per­ atlastweek'smeeting, as it closely one of the proposed new fields. mission must also be given before reviewed architects' plans for the Board President John Cole said. students can see PG-13 movies. $15,984,000 addition voters ap- that this would be addressed at a No PG-13 or. R-rated movies will proved in the spring. special facilities meeting. be shown in kindergarten through Rich Peckham of Collins & The board plans to hold one . fifth grade, and custodial permis­ ScovilleArchitects,hasbeenmeet- last special facilities meeting on sion is required for PG movies. ing with the board to review the Mon day , Sept . 25 , at 7·30. p ..m Kurkjian urged district parents plans he hopes to submit to the Collins & Scoville will then create to tl}lst the teachers. state Department of Education final plans to submit to the educa­ "I feel the ratings are impre­ (SED) by Thanksgiving. tion department, and hopes to cise," Kurkjian said. "You trust us The firm addressed the board's send the final plans out to bid by to do a good job with your chil­ concern about lobby overcrowd- February or March. dren. Give us the responsibility to ing in front of the 800-seat audito- Work has already begun on make good choices, and we'll give rium by reducing the size of of- playing fields across the street you the right to say no." • fices across from the lobby, and from the high school, which Board member Erica Sufrin bynotconstructinga wall between should be completed and planted also agreed that the MPAA rat­ that area and current district of- by this time next year, · ings were inconsistent, and felt fices.· The board also reopened a dis- that the proposal thatthe building Theboardalsodecidedtokeep cussion begun in July about au­ principal, department chair and one of the existing science labs as dio-visual materials viewed in teachers preview movies to be it is, and only renovate five labs. classrooms.Thediscussionarose used in classrooms would be bet­ The original building plans called after parental objection to the R­ ter than simply adhering to the for two home and careers class- rated movie "Last. of the ratings. rooms, but with only one home Mohicans" shown· in Tom "I would rather focus on the • and careers teacher, the board ·Kurkjian's 'seventh-grade social content than the rating," Sufrin Tim Carey, left, organizer of the Bethlehem Cares team that will march in decided to build just one new studies class. That issue was re­ said. the Walk to Cure Diabetes Sept. 24 event at Corporate Woods In Colonie; classroom. solved to the parents' satisfaction, Board- member Tom McKenna Tiffany Teator, who designed team T-shlrts; and Michael Deitz, 5, who .. ). Those decisions have helped and the board is now deciding supported the MPAA ratings as has juvenile diabetes and will participate in the walk lor the second year · keep the project $95,000 under . how strictly it should adhere to they stand. He also spoke in favor In a row. FQr Information, call Carey at439-6894. Susan Graves the approved figure, and the board the Motion Picture Association of of edited versions of movies. is looking closely atthe proposed America ratings. "There's no particular reason middle school basement, to de- The MPAA guidelines are G to show a movie to a child under !ermine whether it can afford ad- for general or family audiences, the specified age unless it's a sani­ New assistant principal ditional storage si>ace. PG for parental gtiidance, PG-13 tiZed or edited version," McKenna Rick DiBlasi of the newly forparentalguidanceforchildren said. formed Voorheesville Soccer 13 and under, Rallows admission Board president John Cole back on familiar turf ·Boosters spoke to the board about of children 17 and under only with pointed out that the board needs the possibility of lighting one of parents and NC-17 prohibits the By Katherine McCarthy ing and collegiality. That's always to consider its. responsibility to Theresa Kennedy may be new a ~eat benefit to students." the new soccer fields. admission of children under 17. the community. as assistant principal at Voor­ In addition to observing teach­ "We're not getting the support NoN C-17 moVies will be shown The board will have a second heesville Elementary School, but we'd like for the games," DiBlasi in the school; and the debate boils ers, Kennedy will be involved with reading of the policy at its Oct. 2 Voorheesville is a district she the elementary curriculum, stu­ said."Wethinkthisisbecausethe down to whether PG-13 and R­ meeting, at which point it can de­ ·knows first- games are played at 4 p.m. on rated movies should be shown in dent discipline and the talented cide whether or not to create a hand. and gifted program. She is also school days, when it's 4!fficultfor grades six through 12, with pa­ new policy. the community, and even the soc- rental permission. Kennedy,. looking forward to working with . who started the district's parents. her new job In addition to teaching and her Pillitteres lose primary bids on Sept. 1, is de facto administrative job at Mar­ a Voorhees­ tin H. Glynn~ Kennedy also By Joseph A. Phillips mental in electing Democrats to seats still to be resolved, pending villegraduate coached Odyssey of the Mind Last week's primaries in the town board and county Legis­ counting of absentees. whose family teams. Bethlehem and New Scotland held lature in Bethlehem last year. In contests for November bal­ moved to the In 1999, she received ·a little at stake that would directly ''They've been flooding the lot positions, incumbent Demo­ district when Kennedy master's degree in education, and - effectNovember'selections-but party with ringers for years," said crats Sen. Neil Breslin of Delmar she was in this past summer, her adminis­ the local organizations of two po­ David Pillittere. "Most of the ·in the countywide 42nd state Sen­ sixth grade. · trative certificate. Kennedy is also litical parties face big changes as people who've signed up as mem­ ate District and John McEneny in Kennedy started her teaching an adjunct professor at The Col­ a result of primaries on Sept. 12. bers in the last two years have the 104th Assembly District, career in 1971, took some time off lege of Saint Rose, where she David and Theresa Pillittere of been Soronen's. Republican which includes New Scotland, to stay home with her three chil­ teaches education and methods Glenmont, whosedistrictincludes friends." Guilderland and part of Albany, dren, and· most recently taught a to future teachers. All of this work Bethlehem, were ousted from Last week's numbers seem to easily won the Working Families combination third/fourth-grade helped show her own children, seats on the Independence Party's bear him out: Hill garnered 56 Party line in opportunity-to-ballot class irithe lchabod Crane school now 22, 18, and 12, the value ()f state committee by Delmar resi­ votes, and Soronen 49-'-to 24 and primaries; both already hold the district. education. dents William Soronen and 23, respectively, for Theresa and Independence line. · Kennedy had just completed · "I sat down and talked with my Cynthia Hill. The Pillitteres re­ David Pillittere. Albany residents Steve Trim_m the SAS certificate that certifies children· before I started all of main chair and vice chair of the Also in last week's primaries, and William Peltz appear to. have hei- to work as a school principal these different things," Kennedy town committee. 25 of 60 members of the Conser­ won write-in primaries for the when she heard about the said. "They were always support­ With Independence endorsing vative Party's county committee, Green Party's open Senate and Voorheesville opening. ive. My daughter, who is just start­ Democrats in the 104th and 107th representing 13 of 30 districts in Assembly lines in those races, ''Voorheesville was the draw," ing college, has said that she wants Assembly districts this year, Bethlehem, arid two· more in a denying them to Republican chal­ Kennedy said. · to be a professor." County Republican Chairman Pe­ New Scotland district, were chal­ lengers Joseph Sullivan and Tho­ She has been reminding stu­ Her varied experience made ter Kermani supported Soronen lenged in last week's primaries by mas Hoey. With fewer than a :dents and board members that "I her the strongest candidate for and Hill in an effort to oust the allies of Democratic town Chair­ dozen votes cast, both awaitcount­ was a student here in the 1900s. I the Voorheesville job. A panel local· Independence leadership, man Matthew Clyne. The chal­ ingofabsentee ballots beforethey left Voorheesville with warm feel­ made up of parents, teachers, sup­ whose backing was also instru- lengers went 17-for-25, with two are official. ings, .and I'm coming back with siaffand administrators even­ the same." tually chose Kennedy from the 36 Kennedyteam-taughthercom­ applicants for the position. Town budget tops agenda bined third- and fourth-grade class "She had the teaching experi­ ence, having taught sixth grade hall, 451 Delaware Ave., Delmar. at Martin H. Glynn School, and By Joseph A. Phillips that experience was another rea­ and the three/four class," elemen­ It will be days before a full Budget work sessions with the son she took the administrative tary school Principal Ed Diegel agenda is set for next week's town board and various depart­ position. said. "She teaches methods· at ment heads are tentatively sched­ Bethlehem town board meeting; "I really liked being part of a Saint Rose, and she's well-versed ,. but Supervisor Sheila Fuller said uled for Oct. 12 and 19, and a in pedagogy, techniques and the public hearing on the plan for Oct. team, and think I'll have a team that it will be focused almost ex­ experience in Voorheesville," she new New York .state standards. 25, pending a formal setting of the clusively on one item: presenta­ said. There was a consensus among tion of the town's 2001 budget. hearing by the town board. .. ''Teachers are often isolated, the committee that she was the The meeting is set for Wednes­ The budget will be voted on by best candidate." the board at its Nov. 8 meeting. working alone in their class­ .day, Sept. 27, at 7:30p.m. at town . rooms," Kennedy said. "In this The teacher-in-charge-position job, I like that I'll be able to go in had given her some administra­ tive experience, Diegel added. The Spulligh/ (USPS 396-630) is published each Wednesday by Spotlight LLC, 125 Adams St., and out of different spaces. The Delmar, N.Y. 12054. Pc!Jiodicals postage paid at Delmar, N.Y., and at additional mailing offices. grade levels here in Voorheesville "She'd done troubleshooting, met Pu.1·Imaster: ~t:nd addre.o>s change:. to Tho: Spollighl, P.O. Box 100, Delmar, N.Y. 12054. : have common planning time, and with parents, and handled disci­ Subscription rates: Albany County, one year $24, two years $48, elsewhere, one year $32. pline issues." Subscription:. are not refundable. I've always hoped to promote shar- PAGE 4- September 20, 2000 THE SPOTLIGHT Finding a safe place for kids who are different By Katherine McCarthy ter, and doing what the religion left the big group forever. I was Our society seems to put too encesdonotcolortheirstoomuch. It is a moment seared on my books taught, I stuck up for my happier in the small group of smart much emphasis on group activi­ After all, these are their lives. sister, and told Sue to stop. Prolr girls not yet so very interested in L brain, and it changed my life. ties and team athletics. Team ath­ · Iwatchforsmallsignsofhappi- " ably I called her some names, or smoking, drinking or boys. letics are great for the kids who In fifth grade, all the girls - ness. Do they come home from told her she was stupid, or per­ are good, or competent, or enjoy except the fat one with the greasy Our children are approaching schoolcheerfy.l?When !kiss them haps I maligned one or all of her them no matter what. But some hair, the really smart one with the the age at which that divide oc­ good morning, do small sleepy many siblings. I don't remember. kids leave an athletic event feel­ squeaky voice, and me - stood curs, and I hope there are no Sue smiles greet me as they have since ing worse than when they started, up in front of the class and sang What I do remember is feeling Leggetts in their futures. these wonderful boys were 2 which surely wasn't the point. completely outside the group, I watch with concern as Chris­ months old? Do I still get sponta­ Some kids need more down­ • COMMENTARY: betrayed by the other girls with topher pulls back from other boys neous hugs, and are there still whom I'd had no quarrel, and feel­ kicking, hitting and tossing balls,· time than others, too, and after unbridled moments of silliness, the six hours of constant com­ ing that I w0uld never trust any­ ortalkingaboutvideo games, and when they act like the dog, or roar ,/14om's pany and stimulation that school one again. I watch him for signs of happiness with laughter at the name of the provides, a long stretch of time tluz In the days that followed, I also and contentment. He seems al­ single mostfavoriteplanetofboys curled up with a book, in front of learned that the fat girl and the most proud to be an iconoclast, everyv{here, Uranus? the dreaded TV, or lost in their U)ord smart girl were funnier and more openly declaring that he hates own minds, is the release valve It's time to stop worrying, then, interesting than I could ever have sports and doesn't like video our kids need. Or my kid, anyway, and see the two healthy, smart two songs. I have no recollection imagined. games, the lingua franca of 10- who is already old enough to know and funny boys I am blessed to ofthetunes, but remember Sister year-old boys. • I wish I could say that I made who he is. call my own. They will travel life's Mary Phillip, in that last year be­ good, tight friends with them and I wonder how to react. Part of road their way, and I hope they fore nuns gave up male saint's How great that he can be so remain so today. But no, as soon me is panicked that he might be positive ab.out his own interests always know that this is the safe namesfortheirown, saying with a as there was a chink in the wall, I cutting himself off unnecessarily house, a place where they are .al­ smile, 'The girls want to sing and ideas. How critical that home worked my way back into the from other boys. I'd like him to be the place where he finds. ways loved and treasured. something now." group, albeit with a more cautious pick some physical activity so he'll warmth and affirmation, where I Their dad and I may do many As I pretended not to be stung, edge. stay healthy and wonder how I provide a safe place for the essen­ things wrong in their journey to I realized why I'd been excluded can gently encourage that. Can I I turned more frequently to the tial people my ch'ildren are, while adulthood, but if they know they and, for the first time, hated some­ keep his lack of interest in popu­ books that were fast becoming helping to prepare them for a are loved for who they are, we will one. my loyal companions, and by the lar activities from becoming dis­ world full of difference. dain for the children who enjoy have fulfilled our most essential • Walkinghomefromschoolone time the great divide of popular I have to make sure my experi- task. day, Sue Leggett had said some­ and unpopular kids set itself in them? How can I get children who thing unkind to my younger sis- the concrete of junior high, I had aren'tinterested in imagining that they are aliens encountering Card party on deck at Cedar Hill c green grass and oxygen for the Featuring a harvest table of Museum at the Cedar Hill School D.A. 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~ ~------~ THE SPOTLIGHT September 20, 2000 - PAGE 5 '.~~~~~------~~~~~~~~ Loomis. raviews progress_ on BC goals Good Sam plans fall festival Good Samaritan Homes will activities will include a talent dis­ ' By Ethan Schoolman opposed to 69 percent of students the tests have reportedly gotten present "From this Day Forward," play, clowns, face painting, crafts Superintendent Les Loomis in similar schools in the state. And, tougher. · a two-day festival for the whole and pumpkin sales. From 2 to 3 delivered his annual report to the 67 percent of middle school In addition, new families mov­ family, starting on Sat, Oct. 7, at p.m. a DJ will provide entertain­ ' Bethlehemschoolboardlastweek eighth-graders were in the top two ing into the Capital District typi­ 6:30p.m., with a wine and cheese ment with a blend of music for the on progress made toward achiev­ tiers of the state mathematics test, cally pay close attention to the open house at the adult home. whole family. as opposed to 64 percent of stu­ ing the district's goals for all of its standardized test scores in each Festivities conclude will a cof­ dents in similar schools. On Sunday, Oct. 8, festivities "' schools. district, a situation that can force begin at 10 a.m. will a family wor­ fee hour at 3:15p.m. The school board, with the in­ Loomis also drew special at­ districts of comparable quality to ship service followed by a coffee/ For information and to RSVP, put of the district's faculty and tention to standardized test re­ compete with one another. social hour. From 1 to 4 p.m., call439-8116. • administrators, sets goals for all sults in the district's elementary But as standardized tests be­ the schools in the district every schools, where students' scores come increasingly important, two years. The 1999-2000 school in the fourth-grade English Lan­ Loomis isn't the only one who Auxiliary to host driving course ... year was an off year, and so this guage Arts test were the best in sees a dark side to BC's prowess Elsmere Fire Co.'s auxiliary is Brian Shea. fall the board will not set new the Capital District, and seventh when it comes to state exams. sponsoring a defensive driving Participants will receive a 10 goals. Rather, it will use Loomis' in the state. "As for more standard assess­ course on Monday and Wednes­ percent discount on liability and ' report to determine how the dis- 'The fact that all of us in the ments, we have certainly had day, Oct. 2 and 4, from 6:30to 9:30 collision insurance. ' trictis progressing toward achiev- school district take very seriously enough of those," said Glenniont p.m. at the firehouse, ·15' West The fee is $45. For informa­ ing the goals it set this time last the process of continuous im­ Principal Teresa Snyder. Poplar Drive. tion, call Alice Cirillo evenings at , year. provement is clearly indicated by Snyder related the story of a The course will be taught by 456-0613. Loomis' report was actually a the reports that the principals and fourth-grader invited to a surprise compilation of several reports, one supervisors have provided," ice cream party in the school audi­ .., from each of the district's eight Loomis said. torium who, before leaving the schools. In his end-of-year assess­ But he also cautioned that put­ classroom, asked if she needed to ment, Loomis summarized each ting too much emphasis on stan­ bring No.2 pencils. of these reports, highlightingwhat dardized scores was a slippery "I am proud of the efforts these ~ he felt was mcist:_noteworthy in slope. children have made," said Snyder, "but we rarely build to a child's each. "At the same time I am report· assets- we are more frequently 'This is a great day for BC; and ing on state scores, I want to ac­ mandated to address the deficits, ' I am incredibly proud," he said. knowledge our concern that this sometimes without incorporating rush to drive students toward the Among 321 high school gradu­ the assets." Regents requirements takes a ates, 69 percent earned Regents Still, Snyder, like Loomis, was diplomas, an increase of 13 per­ toii,"Loomissaid. "Wedonotwant to use the unique character ... of clearly pleased with how the year centoverlastyear,and34percent had gone. earned a Regents diploma with BC education, or cause some of "Within and without, we are a honors. our students to view themselves as failures." growing and thriving school ... it In addition, 90 percent of high The state recently beefed up is an exciting time to be in this school graduates will be going to field, arid an important time to ·. college, and more than half of itsRegentsrequirements.AIIhigh school seniors are now required keep focused on the big picture," these were ·admitted to four-year she said. colleges, also an increase over last to take· the Regents Exams, and ., year. r-:::====::--::;::::;:::;~~~;-;:;:;;;:-::~;:;::;;-l The high school was recog- BRIAN GRADY nized in "USA Today" for science '• innovation,andin"Newsweek"as ROOFIN"G one of the nation's 200 highest 1111. 0/1/(,/\ II (,//1/Jl /IOOri\G performing schools. LARGE AND SMALL JOBS WELCOME High School Principal Jon ~ 439-2205 IIJ .Hunter was extremely pleased ~ ''with the school's achievements, www.gradyroofing.corn ; and expressed a decidedly un- guarded optimism for the coming L;~~~~~~~~~~~;;~~~~~~~~~~li . year. Robert's Upholstery-­ 'The awards are too numerous · to mention, and morale is very Beat The Holiday Rush ) high," Hunter said. "We are a fac­ • Free In Home Estimates ~ ulty and student body that is · ;· poisedforcontinuedimprovement ':and success." 346-0132· .· In the middle school, 74 per- ,. cent of students scored in the top Bob Del Gallo: Decorator . 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Be informed Parents: Get involved in schools By Gail Sacco Working with a parents group " The proposed Bethlehem Public Library expansion creates the opportunity to make a The writer is the director of will be detailed with models and architects' renderings Voorheesville Public Library and Point of View difference in the school district. tonight, Sept 20, at the library. The public is invited to president Parents for Excellence, a This past year, for instance, Par- ., attend this and other informational meetings before the Bethlehem parents group. ents for Excellence sponsored Dec. 5vote. tiona! excellence and advocates awards for high school and middle Education these days is a very for innovative programs to moti­ school students who, based on " Should the $8.5 mil­ complicated process. School Dis­ vate and challenge all students to their teachers' judgment, had used lion expansion/renova- tricts strive to meet mandates perform to the best of their ability. their abilities to the utmost and tionprojectpassmuster EditorialS which describe both skills and I picked this group because it is achieved success. with voters, it will mean content. Students are asked to districtwide and works with the ·:; produce sophisticated pieces re­ academic program - an area in It was truly a great experience • up to a two year interrup- to work with the school adminis­ lating to the areas they study, as which I have great interest I have tion in service as we now tration and teachers to add this know it well as being encouraged to par­ learned about the structure of the ticipate in outside activities which school district. type of recognition program. Ev­ It will no doubt be something of an inconvenience for will enrich their educational expe­ ery parent group makes a differ­ some patrons in Delmar, who are used to accessing the For example, I know who the ence. The best part of getting in­ riences. And parents attempt to subject area supervisors are and · library on foot or by bicycle. support their children so those volved is that YOU have the op- ~ have an appreciation for all the portunity not only to help in that The temporary library, proposed for a Glenmont site, students can meet their educa­ time and effort that goes into their tional goals and grow up into inde­ process, but to shape the work will only house about 60 percent of the current collection, job. I am part of a council which that the group does. Your own ,_ pendent and responsible adults. which will also be an inconvenience for those who are meets with our used to almost instant access at the current library on What a job! Among other superintendent Delaware Avenue. · things, we have more choices to­ regularly and day. There are more academic have been privi­ But are these inconveniences strong enough reasons offerings, and far more activities leged to be part of Through involvement in parent to deny a proposal that looks well into the future as far as outside the classroom to engage a group which groups and other activities, I have serving Bethlehem patrons? our children- sports, clubs, the sets goals for the learned about the new Regents L Our library can't afford to fall behind if it is to maintain arts. The greater range of oppor­ district. And I tunities is a blessing- but it cer­ have met parents requirements that all our children its reputation as one of the best in the region and in the tainly makes a parent's responsi­ with students at will /1ave to meet. I've discussed . state. Library officials have made a strong case for the bility more challenging. all levels in the the pros and cons of the mixed renovation, and it makes sense that as the town grows, so school district must the library. For a busy parent, deciphering grade classroom. I've come to the educational system can be a These friends The cheap Band-aid approach is simply not going to daunting task. One needs to know have helped me understand the range of Advanced make the major problems-with cramped space, noncon­ not only about the academic re­ brainstorm an­ Placement, technology and other forming handicapped accessibility and not enough com­ quirements, but also aboutthe ins swers to pro b­ lems, shared in­ elective courses available to my puters - vanish. and outs ofthe school itself. Help, however, is there for the asking. sights into the children -and even to get an idea The Spotlight has published ongoing articles about the school environ­ of how the math sequence works! renovation proposal, and we will continue to do so until Look for a parents group in the ment, and offered the matter is resolved at the polls. school district. Joining one not successful strate- only gives you the satisfaction of gies that they In the meantime, attend one of the library meetings to supporting students, it provides have employed to advance the children, and others as well, will r find out what's going on now. The library board, and its you with other opportunities to needs of their children. As a con­ benefit. president and director, will be happy to answer your understand the district. These in­ sequence of my membership in questions and hear your concerns. The library is the hub clude insight into the subculture PFE I understand better and am a There are many parents' of this commu'nity and one that gives way to justifiable ofthe school, what could be called better advocate for my children's groups in every school district. ' bragging rights. The library's future is your future. the invisible university; a network educational needs. Most schools have PI'As, which of parents who are in the sanie everyfamilyshouldjoin. Districts system and can help address is­ PFEalso conducts educational have music, theater, athletic and sues that come up with your stu­ programs. I have learned about art associations. Bethlehem also • Woman of excellence· dent, and an informal way to get to the college application process has an organization, Bethehem from the parent's point of view The death ofVoorheesville school administrator Linda know teachers and administrators Opportunities Unlimited, which by becoming part of the team. and discussed issues relating to is concerned with social issues. ' Wolkenbreit leaves a hole in the heart of that community curriculum changes. On Oct. 30, Join one that appeals to your inter­ and in the communily where she lived. In my case, the organization is PFE is sponsoring a discussion ests-even ifyour time is limited. She was an exemplary award-winning educator, who in called Parents for Excellence titled "Motivating Your Student," ,, (PFE). The benefits of member­ which will present research con­ Thesupportyougetfromother ·• spite of her illness worked up until the time of her death parents and the information that to better the Voorheesville schools. · ship have far outweighed the time ducted by one of our elementary I volunteer. school principals. As a conse­ comes from being part of the "in­ Her courage, spirit and inspiration are her legacy. She visible university" of the school '•' PFE is concerned with educa­ quenceofmymembershipinPFE, will be greatly missed. I have a better understanding district far outweighs the amount tional opportunities for children of time you give. Our deepest sympathy to her family and many, many at all levels: elementary, middle, today's education and how it has friends. ' and high school. It encourages changed. '' . and supports the pursuit of educa- Simply understanding the aca­ demic requirements facing our children, and the varied opportu­ nities open to them, is daunting Publisher - Stewart Hancock for many parents. Through in­ ..... - ...... _,_,, ...... -~ "0""""""""'"' ...... __,,, Vice President- Richard K. Keene volvement in parent groups and General Manager- John A. Mcintyre Jr. other activities, I have leru,~ed ~~:z~~iJ'~ ~ ~(j Executive Editor- Susan Graves about the new Regents require­ ments that all our children will ..:....:. ~ Managing Editor-Dev Tobin have to meet. I've discussed the Copy Editor- Elizabeth Conniff-Dineen Blackman, Ray Emerick, Dan O'Toole, John pros and cons of the mixed grade classroom. Editorial Staff- Donna Bell, Linda Marshall, Salvione, Mark Tripoli Katherine McCarthy, Kristin McElroy, Jane Production Manager- John Brent I've come to understand the Norris, Joseph Phillips, Ethan Schoolman, Mark. Assistant Production Manager - David Abbott. range of Advanced Placement, Shawhan, Adam Shpeen Production Staff- Marcus Anderson, technology and other elective Special Sections Editor- Elizabeth Byrns Robert DiBartolomeo, Jeremy Schoonmaker courses available to my children Sports Editor- Noah Feit -and even to get an idea of how Circulation-'- Gail Harvey the math sequence works! I've Photography- Jim Franco Classifieds- Susan Downey had the chance to talk to parents Advertising Manager - Louise Havens Accounting- Christine Breedon whose daughters and sons have Advertising Representatives- Corinne Legal Advertisements- Liz Bradt gone through the difficult process of choosing a college. I've learned a lot about the job that teachers 125 Adams St., Delmar 12054 face, which makes it possible to E-mail- (518) 439-4949 have more useful conversations NEWS: [email protected] FAX (518) 439-0609 with them about my own ADVERTISING & CLASSIFIED: children's classes and assign­ [email protected] OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ments. ~HE SPOTLIGHT September 20, 2000 PAGE7 ~( IRITZ-'~Ehlir~ni~JiiMi&ol Russell Ellers' father BC senior offended by parking story Editor, The Spotlight: organizations serving our region. an automobile, they don't drive Is pleased by tribute I am the president of the These locations are outside of the because they want to, they drive Bethlehem Central High School town of Bethlehem or are out of because they need to. 't;ditor, The Spotlight: Steve Lobban for his support for Student Senate. The Student Sen­ the reach of BC bus routes. We intend to make sure that I am so pleased to hear that a the project and for his approval to ate is our schoolwide legislative Still other students are proud the BC school board completes memorial in memory of my son use school grounds for this pur­ body made up of students from all BC athletes whose parents may its planned traffic survey and that ~ussell is being established. pose,andtotheothermembersof grade levels who deal with school not be able to pick them up from the information gathered, coupled This is a great honor, and Russ the project team including Kathy issues including parking. practices because they are still at with students' situations, are taken would be extremely proud and Catalfamo, Roxanne Languish, I am writing in response to the work and thus need to drive them­ into account in future parking lot t.hankful to see what is being done Randee Lipnick, Thomas Rood Sept. 13, "BC levies student park­ selves and fellow teammates decisions. ih his behalf and how much he is and Jane Sanders. ing fee." I was offended by the home. Ed O'Keefe loved and missed by his class- A huge thanks also to the 100 sarcastic tone and poorly re­ There are plenty of students at Delmar 111ates, family, friends and our studentsfromRussell'sclasswho, searched article that was pub­ BCHS who have good reasons for entire community. alongwithCarolyn,cametoschool lished in The Spotlight. The memorial will be com- during their vacation to address The article included a state­ Stylists: prised of a Kousa dogwood tree . and stuff envelopes for the mail­ ment about students "coming to ~lanted next to a granite bench ingofthememorialfundinforma­ school early to make sure they Josephine LEONAQDO with Russell's name engraved tionletter,whichwassenttoallof have a place to put their Range Donna upon it. Russ's classmates. Rovers." I interpreted this com­ ment as meaning that all BC stu­ Melissa 4!11AIR ~ The Kousa dogwood is one of And a special thanks to every­ Russell's favorite plantings. This one who has made a donation to dents are spoiled and simply drive John small tree is very hardy and in the this memorial fund, which made their cars to school because they DE£IGNER£ ·spring becomes loaded with beau- it all possible. God blesses each can. That is simply not true. While • Expert Creative Haircutting for Men, iifui beige flowers. We have one one of you. there are some students who do drive their cars to school simply Women & Children in our yard, and Russ always David P. Ellers New Scotland because they can, there are many • Perfect Personalized Hair Coloring looked forward to its blossoming students who have very valid rea­ and commented on the beauty and sons for driving to school. • The Ultimate In Perming quantity of its flowers. Many people I have spoken • Facial Waxing . The bench with tree located with have internships and jobs nearby is a perfect setting for keep­ during or after school that require ing Russell's memory alive in our 412 Kenwood Ave. 439-6066 Open Mon.- Sat. them to travel to areas not served Delmar, NY Eve. appts. available hearts and minds forever. Tree by BC bus routes. A few current 'and bench together symbolize seniors are interning with the • nature, tranquility and perma­ Centerfor Environmental Science It'sTbne nence, all qualities that describe and Technology Management at ~ussell and qualities he respected. Pro1'essiona.l Help! SUNY, and other students are at Have you ever run from store to store trying In fact, no matter where the the fast-growing Plug Power Inc. to match tiny decorating samples, only to get tree and bench are located on the through an RPI internship pro­ borne and find they just won't work? -Bethlehem Central Middle School gram. BC students take care of I'll bring thousands of samples directly to &-rounds, it will only be a short you and save you time and money. younger elementary and middle Call me today and make it easy on yourself! distance from where Russ now school children at local child-care , ,rests, on the hill at the Bethlehem centers, they work at the ; .9/oo~n cfewtce Cemetery overlooking the middle Beverwyck Retirement home in ' INTERIOR DECORATING school playing fields. North Bethlehem serving our By Susan Luria We all look forward to ·this community's seniors, and some 518-296-8556 projecfs completion and the dedi­ work at state or other nonprofit cation ceremony in the spring. A huge thanks goes out to '-Carolyn Hejna for her work in organizing and managing this project and for taking it from an '.,idea to a reality, and to Principal

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They. start at 8 p.m. preceded by tours' ment will sponsor the event. Bring tools useful in the school will have their pictures of the historical museum at 7:15. Students in grades nine 3 to 6 p.m. at the high school cleanup such as metal rakes, taken on Tuesday and Wednes­ through 12 will enjoy a semi-for­ soccer fields. wheelbarrows, tool kits, power day, Sept. 26 and 27. The Oct. 8 program will be "A, mal dance on Saturday, Sept. 23, The menu will include a half sanders and brooms. Students at the junior-senior Tribute to the Traditional Music· from 7to 11 p.m. at the high school. chicken, baked potato, corn on The playground will be closed high school will have their pie­ of the Circus" by Robert Suss. Dollars for Scholars the cob, dinner roll, dessert and a on Saturday and Sunday. For in- tures taken on Thursday, Sept. The speaker is a member of~ to hold garage sale drink. The cost is $7 per dinner. formation, call Elaine Ryan at 861- 28. several local community bands· Dollars for Scholars will hold Saab dealership slates 0389. 4-H to host and is a member of 'Windjam­ its annual garage sale and free car benefit golf tourney Village board to meet pet first aid course mers Unlimited," an organization for the preservation of traditional;'· wash on Saturday, Sept 23, from New Salem Saab golf tourna­ The Voorheesville board of The registration deadline for 9a.m. to 1p.m.atSuperValuFoods mentwill be held on Monday, Sept. trustees next regular meeting is the Red Cross Pet FrrstAid Course circus music. on Maple Avenue. 25, at Albany Country Club on on Tuesday, Sept 26, at 8 p.m. at is Wednesday, Sept. 27. The 'Nov. 8 program will be, Dollars for Scholars is an orga­ Wormer Road. village hall, 29 Voorheesville Ave. The course, sponsored by the devoted to "Medical Practices· nization that raises money for col­ The event will begin at 10:30 Parents nights set 4-H program, will be held on Sat­ During the Civil War." Dr. Mat­ lege-bound students. Last year 12 a.m. with a welcome reception and Parents night for grades two urday, Oct. 14, from 12:30 to 4:30 thew Farina will be the guest scholarships were awarded and golf at 1 p.m. An awards recep­ through 12 will be held through­ p.m. at William Rice Extension speaker. Farina is president of the~ more than $3,000 was given to tion, dinner and charity check out the week. Center on Martin Road. Capital District Civil War Round Table and has spoken on this topic seniors. presentation will follow. Parents night for grades two The program will include both nationally and internation- c For information or to make ar­ The format is men's, women's and three is tonight, Sept. 20, be­ proper pet emergency proce­ rangements for donations, call and mixed foursome scramble. ginning at 6:30 and 7 p.m. dures, emergencies and problems ally. · Patti Duncan at 765-2551 or Proceeds will be donated to The fourth- and fifth-grade open requiring immediate attention, '"The Bells of New Scotland" Debbie Baron at 76f>-9371. the Albany Medical Center Neo­ house will be on Wednesday, Sept. how to have a healthy pet, and will be the topic on Dec. 5, with • Baseball program to serve natal Intensive Care Unit. For in­ 27, beginning at 6:30 and 7 p.m. how to organize a pet first aid kit guest speaker Joseph Connors.· formation, cali47S.7222. chicken barbecue and sixth-grade parents night is The cost is $35 per person or Connors is a chime historian and A chicken barbecue, sponsored Playground maintenance scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 26, $40 per couple. has done extensive video taping~ of bell towers from the District of· by SuperValu and the Voor­ slated for Sept. 23 at7p.m. To register or for information, heesville Baseball Program, will Maintenance day for the el­ Seventh- and eighth-grade Columbia to Maine, including the call the 4-H office at 76f>-3500. town of New Scotland. be held on Saturday, Sept 23, from ementary school's creative play, open house is set for Thursday, I· Two library events on deck Bethlehem Public Library has vide related information and ref-;' scheduled a variety of activities erence material. for the upcoming weeks. • Monday, Oct. 2, at 7:30p.m.: 518•478•0237 • Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 Architectural Styles of the Capital:C 1 M-F:4:30am-9pm p.m.: The National Register - Region. 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·Writing program geared to teens Daffodil planting contest .•.. If you are a teen-ager who the college interview, which teach­ out for home viewing. Among the winners to receive bulbs doodles poems in a notebook or ers to ask for recommendations, new additions are 'The Insider," diary, here's a challenge for you. information about the common "Boys Don't Cry," "The Green The winners of the Bethlehem Lisa and Joseph Gutman of Bring some of your work to the application and two-part applica­ Mile,'"The Talented Mr. Ripley," First Community Appearance Elsmere, The Lopez Family of library on Thursday, Sept. 21, at 7 tions. There will be a question­ 'The Hurricane," "Snow Falling Committee daffodil frontyard Delmar, Jane Zwack of and-answer period when indi­ on Cedars," "Saving Private Ryan" planting contest have been an­ Slingerlands and Vicki Bylsma of • I p.m. You can talk about your po­ I ems with other writers and per­ vidual issues can be addressed. and "Being John Matkovich." All nounced. Delmar. haps pick up some good new writ- The program will not cover finan­ DVDsandvideosarefreetocheck Price Greenleaf in Delmar and Educational winners include, cial aid. out for three days. For late re­ Olsen's Nursery in New Scotland Joan Link, special education at Voorheesville Ten Eyck, of College Assis­ turns the fine is $1 per day. were sponsors of the event. Bethlehem Central High School; tance Plus, is a member of the Watercolors by Helga Prichard This year's residential winners Katherine McCarthy, Cub Scout Public Library Independent Educational Consult­ are in the hall gallery and a collec­ include: Shara Bunis of Delmar, dens in Delmar; Elizabeth Garbo, ants Association, the National tion of Lauren Welton's tins and Hamagrael School in Delmar; ing techniques. Dave and Terry Pillittere of Association for College Admission salt and pepper shakers are on Glenmont, Caro!Youngand Chris­ Nancy Rudolph, Brownie troops If you are a high school senior Counseling and the state Associa­ display. Don't let your collection topher Chapple of Delmar, Lois in Glenmont. who is feeling stressed out about tion for College Admission Coun­ gather dust. Show it off at the and Patrick Caulfield of Delmar, Commercial displays will re­ that stack of college applications seling. Sign-up is required. Call library. Call 765-2791 for details. Barbara Conway and Gail Sacco ceive commendations. sitting on your desk, come to the 765-2791 or e-mail of Glenmont, Mary Anne Micheri libraryTuesday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. . Barbara Vink Applications for the Daffodils. [email protected] to regis­ of Delmar, Charles Buchanan of for the Millennium for 2001 Certified Educational Planner ter. Glenmont, Ursula Mertz of frontyard planting contest are Sally Ten Eyck can help you. Let Books are now available for Girls Scouts Delmar, Emilie Moss of Delmar, available by calling 439-4280. her teach you how to get orga­ the Wednesday, Oct.18, book dis­ Keri O'Brien of Slingerlands Carol nized so you can best show your cussion, when you sign up at the set recruitment strengths to prospective colleges reference desk The selection is The Girl Scouts from through your essays and help you Plainsong by Ken Haruf. The meet­ Clarksville and Slingerlands are Five Rivers October events to shine in college interviews. ing is tonight, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. hosting a recruitment night to­ The programs will address is­ We have begun to build a li­ day, Sept. 20, at 6:30p.m. at Delniar include fall foilage program _sues such as the importance of brary of DVDs for you to check Presbyterian Church, 585 Dela­ ware Ave. Five Rivers Environmental participate in outdoors activities, Parents and their daughters, Center in ·Delmar recently an­ and pre-register by Oct 10. ages 5-17, who live in the nounced its October schedule. • Saturday, Oct. 14, 2 p.m.­ Clarksville or Slingerlands school • Wednesday, Oct. 11 - last Fall foliage program. districts are encouraged to attend day to pre-order bird seed for Five • Saturday, Oct. 21, 2 p.m.­ to learn about Girl Scouting. Rivers Limited annual bird seed Scoring deer antlers. An indoor Champaffte Taste, Girl Scouts is an organization sale. Order forms are available at discussion of deer racks and how .,. committed to helping girls grow. Five Rivers, and the bird seed to measure the Boone and Through Girl Scouting, girls dis­ pickup date is Saturday, Oct. 21. Crockett score of a set of antlers. cover friendship and the power of ' • S11nday, Oct. 14, 9 a.m. - Bring a flexible measuring tape. ·- Beer Budtet? teamwork Two· three-hour teacher work­ Participants should feel free to From competitive sports to shops, Project WILD in the morn­ bring in their own sets of antlers. community service, Girls Scouts ing, and Aquatic WILD in the af­ • Friday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m. - www.commonsensemonev.com -• do it all. ternoon at Dyken Pond. Hallowe'en Nightwalk. Nature For information, call439-7912. The workshops will focus on walk to listen to owls and star­ theecologyofwoodlandsthrough gaze. Costumes are welcome. role-playing. Come prepared to For information, call475-0291.

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(From Page 1) agreed to donate several12-to 1~ Avenue and agreements between (From Page 1) at the high school. . foot white pines which are being the town and the Capital District Shortage of labor in the busy " park hours were set at 8 a.m. to removed from the construction relating . said Wescott. summer season drove construc­ dusk, children under the age of 10 site. The trees will be transplanted to the Park 'n' Ride lot. . But Wescott is perhaps happi­ tion prices up, according to Nolte. banned, and training classes or inside the park fence as screen­ Contacted last week, Sweeney est about the parts of the new The district plans to put the track • the use of any food, including dog ing. declined to say what he intended garage that aren't for buses at all, and tennis court projects up for treats, prohibited. "We still have a lot of seeding to do with the information he but their drivers. bid later in the fall, and hopes to "I'm very pleased to see the to do," Austin said, adding that sought - or whether he or his The old facilities had only one get a better price then. committee sit down and resolve the park was unlikely to be com­ neighbors might be contemplat­ bathroom for women, despite the In the meantime, Athletic Di­ their differences, and both sides pleted this year. ing future legal action to halt the fact that nearly half of the 114 rector Chuck Abba said there will give a little," said Supervisor Sheila Fuller, however, said Thurs­ park. drivers are female. And the entire be no home track meets this year. • Fuller. "We'vegainedalotforthe day that she intended to press the "I simply sent a request to the meeting space for drivers was 'They (the track team) can do " community as a whole. I think it parks depar1:I)lent to begin work town," he said. barely the size of two living rooms enough to get ready, butthe track was a good compromise." immediately on preparations. ·. Askedthesamethingafterthe - a situation that was especially is not in shape for interscholastic Following a brief public hear- A potential hurdle may yet board meeting, Scheuermann, an difficult in winter. competition," Abba said. ' ing, the board also unanimously loom, however, in questions be­ attorney, also declined to com­ "If you had 25 people in there "The new track will be bigger, endorsed posted No Parking signs ing raised by the Park Edge resi­ ment. you couldn't breath, let alone 114," better, and good as any track in said Wescott. along the Delmar Bypass Exten' dents, who opposed the park at its "If he (Sweeney) didn't tell you the state," he added. sion within 300 feet ofthe park, as current location. On Aug. 21, resi­ anything, I'm not going to either," The new meeting space, on the On the upside, improvements· other hand, is enormous and airy. well as along the park's access dent Mark Sweeney filed a Free­ he said. to the high school pool went swim­ road and the path from the nearby dom Of Information Law (FOIL) There are several large tables, a . mingly. The adjustments were • Park 'n' Ride lot that patrons will request with Town Clerk Kathleen Mickey Mantle Team refrigerator and a microwave. mostly to the pool's pipes and cool­ be encouraged to use. Newkirk seeking information on 'The mechanics are happy as ing systems. At the public hearing, Park any environmental impact assess­ slates tryouts clams, and drivers' moral is really "Swimming is a sigilature pro­ , Edgeresidentand spokesman Art ments or declarations for the park The Bethlehem Mickey Mantle up," said Wescott. 'They see that gram here at BC, and these im­ Scheuermann asked the board to made by the board - an issue Teamwillholdtryoutsforthe2001 the district cares, and they're even provements will make the pool an consider reducing speed limits also alluded to by Scheuermann season on Sunday, Sept. 24, from talking about planting things out­ even better place for our swim­ along the bypass extension to 35 in his remarks to the board. noon to 4 p.m. at Bethlehem Cen­ side." mers to compete," Abba said. mph, and Fuller agreed to look On Sept 1, Newkirk responded tral High School. Things haven't gone as well for "We wantto make facilities the into the matter. in a letter to Sweeney, on advice of Tryouts are open to residents all of the district's projects, nota­ best we can for all our athletes," "It's an extension of the Delmar the town attorney, that "It is be­ of the Bethlehem and Ravena­ blythe newtrackand tennis courts he added. Bypass, which is a state road, so lieved that the dog park does not Coeymans-Selkirk school districts I'm not sure if we can legally require SEQRA review." who were born on or after Aug. 1, change it," she said. "But if so, I'll Sweeney's FOIL request also 1984. • definitely set a public hearing on sought documentation of traffic For information, call Coach . the matter." studies regarding the nearby in­ Jesse Braverman at 439-0895. The cost of the project, origi-_ tersection of. Route 32 and Elm ', nally estimated by Austin at fly ,..... Quil'fc $13,500, is being reduced by sev­ eral recent donations. The length Seat Belt Myths of fence needed to complete the There are those who argue against By wearing a seat belt while park's fourth side was donated wearing seat belts in the mistaken belief you drive, you increase the likelihood last month by town resident Bill that they can trap a person inside a of surviving a car accident. Cade, and last week RSR Associ­ vehicle during acrash. The fact is. though, BETHLEHEM AUTO SERVICE ' that it takes less than a second to flip can provide you with additional safety ' ates, builders of Haswell Farms, Sunday, Oct:ober 1, 2000 open a seat belt. In the meantime. it has tips. We emp~asize safety and saved the wearer from the often deadly encourage readers to have their "second collision" that occurs inside the vehicles professionally inspected every 10m ANNUAL cabin when vehicle occupants fail to 3,000 miles in order to avoid accidents wear one. Another myth is that, by not and breakdowns. We service domestic WEDDING SHOW wearing a seat belt, a person may be and foreign vehicles, and we ate an· thrown clear of a vehicle in a crash, AC Delco Master Technician Service· Pepsi Arena thereby sparing him or her from injury. It Center. Call us at 426-8414. or visit us is far more likely, however, that anyone at62 Hannay Lane. Glenmont Business ejected from a vehicle during a crash will hours are Mon. - Fri., 7- 6. 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A round brilliant dia­ you can make new friends and find pleasure in creating new mond remains the most popu­ relationships. Give us a call at 439-8116 .. Proceed~L------~. from the Shine Circw; benefit Cyprus Temple. Payments are not deductible as charitable oonlnbullons lar shape for engagement rings. PAGE 16-September 20, 2000 THE SPOTLIGHT .' D Library .. (From Page 1) mer after they learned of the li­ that up," said Pieri. 'We ar.e ·still our patrons, too." ing for new furnishings and com­ brary renovation plan. negotiating with movers and stor- Planning for the move hinges puter workstations is included in -any size anywhere else. And this 'These people have been liter­ age people." · onapprovaloftherenovationplan the plan - but, Pieri said, 'We . just fell into our laps." ally a knight in shining armor to Roughly 60 percent of the ac- by voters on Dec. 5. The plan was haven't really focused on how ' The library sought an option us," she said. 'They understand tive collection will move to the first unveiled in July, and scale many computers we'll have on · closer to home, but 'There's very our need to be somewhere and temporary library space, she said, drawings of the proposed facility, opening day." • little usable space in Delmar" suf­ they've been very generous. It including much of the reference with its additional 19,000 square Grant funding for new com­ ficient for the library's needs, she makes us very happy they'll be a material unique to the Bethlehem feet of second-story space, went puter hardware is being sought said. part of this community." library and "close to half of the on display in the library rotunda from other sources and not in­ Inquiriesweremadeaboutpos­ Among other things, Schuyler books and videos." earlier this month. cluded in the renovation plan, she sible use of the former Blue Cross has agreed to remain flexible on The rest will be put in storage Since the first public presenta- said. And the plan does not antici­ building in Slingerlands, but leas­ the terms of the contingency lease duringconstruction.Someofthat tion, plans now include new de­ pate any immediate increase in ing agents Picotte Cos. continue until library planning staff have a storage may be at 51 Borthwick tails of the audio-visual area, a staffing, either. to seek a longer-term tenant for better picture of the timetable for Ave., a private home recently pur- new basement section to be added At tonight's presentation in the the facility. In the meantime, the move, which remains up in chased by the library with under a planned addition to ac­ library community room, repre­ Schuyler representatives ap­ the air, as does its likely cost. $113,000 in gift funds. commodateutilityspaceandmake sentatives of architects J. Stewart proached Pieri during the sum- 'We have not yet firmed any of 'We have no intention of using more room for the technical ser­ Roberts of Somerville, Mass., and that (building) as part of this ex- vices department, and other re­ construction managers Sana­ pansion,"Pieriadded. There's no finements. Rubin Construction of Latham will immediate plan for the use of it, Exterior details include an be on hand to answer questions Bethlehem Chamber though there will eventually be." atrium-styleglassed-inareaonone and unveil a new three-dimen­ Libraryusers,shesaid, will not corner of the building that will sionalstudymodeloftheproposed ,, Golf Classic suffer as a result of the smaller housetheyoungadultsloungeon reconstruction • collection. one floor and the periodicals 'That. will really help to envi­ Monday, October 2nd · lounge on the next, and a new sion what this will look like," "Our plan is to more fully uti- "butterfly roof' on the new sec­ Biggins said. Normanside Counhy Club, Delmar Jize interlibrary Joan for materials ond floor addition. we don't have with us," she said. A more elaborate presentation model will be put on display in The Bethlehem Chamber will sponsor its 'ThankGodforthelnternet.We'd Biggins emphasized that the • Annual Golf Outing and you are invited! never be able to do this without it. expanded library will be no taller October and specific cost projec­ Books that are in need are just a than the existing facility. tions will be forthcoming in the Cost is $125 per person point and a click away." The plan also incorporates ac- coming weeks as well, Pieri said. or $450 when a foursome Newly hired Assistant Direc- cess for more than 90 computer "I11 be talking to our bond fi­ registers together. tor Jeanne Biggins will oversee workstations, including those nancing people, and they will re­ detailedplanningforthemove,in used by library staff, and study fine it, but they agree that our This is a great nm>nrtun·itv coordination with Pieri and the carrels will be equipped with current figures will probably be business networking in Bel'h/ehe~n!' library board. dataports for laptops. pretty close," she said. Includes: Lunch, a round of golf "!think we'll have a wonderful 'The issue is, we simply can- The estimated tax impact of with cart, prizes, beverages on time over there," Pieri said of the not support any additional com­ the plan will be about 46 cents per the course, hors d'oeuvres, . temporary location. "Ithinkitwill puter activity at present," Pieri thousand of assessed valuation for practice range, locker rooms be good for everybody, the staff said. 'What we're looking for is residents of the Bethlehem Cen­ and buffet dinner. and community ... and remem- flexibility for the next 20 years." tral School District. Call439-0512 to register ber,thosepeopleinGlenmontare Biggins confirmed that fund- "! certainly expect we11 have a sizable turnout of the public" for tonight's meeting, Pieri said, and STILL PICKING two more public presentations are planned at the library before the referendum. -I'//1/'TI SWEET co library board members and staff are also making themselves andTO MA TOES available for presentations to com­ ~ munity groups, and additional Vett.ctousl:gcaf PEACHES, APPLES. MELONS mailings of the library's "Net­ works" newsletter are planned in the coming weeks. And what is the library's con­ ~~;(~';;V;:;~· tingency plan should the renova­ tion bond issue fail? 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The program will begin on 115 New Krumkill Road Monday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at Albany, New York 12208 the extension center on Martin • Affordable. attractive apartments available Road in Voorheesville . • Rents starting at $372, Including heat/hot water/electric The program, organized by • City bus transportation at door Douglas Cohn of Albany Medical College and Cooperative Exten­ • • Scenic park-like setting sion Agent Dave Hillman, will run • Beautician and store on premises for eight weeks and cost $5 . Windows, Siding & Doors • Weekly social activities The various specialties in vet­ '• 1529 Central Ave. 1/4 mile West of Colonie Center) ·.A warm and friendly environment erinary medicine to be covered (51 869-9729 include farm animals, companion • On-site parking animals, horses, animal research, and avian and reptiles .. ~ Equal H~using Opportunity 489·5531 To register, call 765-3500. -. THE SPOniGHT September 20, 2000 -PAGE 17 • v;$ p Q;taili;,,Sii;;§!!§§l'St:';AE&\f:@!\@!&1@!'•wwMW!W"illJ¢1·1117X?2~-'~wiiTI@!c,£11J •..@!. m!WTIBHW Yq;:;;;;:£mmtlli2!W!Wi%lfi'TI?-!Wr-·~!W"'·•••••!W•m:;:;;;?ct;&.,%1'· -----%1 BCHS boys capture first at Shaker Invitational Eagles nail down By Noah Feit second win in 01 • In the first major high school By Noah Feit eros~ country meet of the 2000 In a wild back-and-forth strug­ season, the boys team from· gle, the football team from Bethlehem Central High School Bethlehem Centra! High School delivered a strong message, eas­ doubled its totai win output of a ilywinningthe Shaker Invitationai. year ago by winning their second Held at Colonie Town Park on straight contest in double over­ •. Saturday, Sept. 16, the Eagles time against Columbia High soared past the competition win­ School, 34-27. ning with a cumulative score of 49 'This was one of the more ex­ points, nearly half the total of sec­ citing games in years," Eagles ond place Queensbury (89). head coach John Sodergren said. - · Leading the way for BCHS was "This will be talked about for Clarke Foley, whosetimeof15:56 years." was good enough to snag the In dramatic fashion, BCHS Bethlehem runner second place overcame an early 15-0 deficit, overall (Queensbury's Seton improving their overail record to McAndrews took first in 15:36). 2-1 (2-0 in the Suburban Council's Other BCHS top contributors Gold Division, tying the Eagles included Dan Kohler who fin­ for first place with Averill Park). ished fifth (16:19) barely ahead of teammate Geoff Decker who After Pat Heenan (21 carries for 79 yards, 50 yards on kickoff placed sixth overall (16:20). returns and 61 yards on punt re­ The Eagles raced again at turns and one touchdown) scored Colonie on Tuesday, Sept. 19, · just before the haif the Eagles against the Garnet Raiders and started their rally. · longtime foe, Shenendehowa· Members of t~e triumphant Bethlehem Central high School boys cross-country team get a good start at last High School. BCHS returns to Saturday's Shaker Invitational, at Colonie Town Park. Jim Franco Down by eight with barely a minute remaining, Bethlehem action on Saturday, Sept. 23, at did, with the boys placing ninth drew closer when Mark Bulger the New Hartford Invitationai. with 249 points (Albany A<;ademy HMRRC schedules New Scotland Run (10-for-21,136yards, three touch­ In other recent cross country was first with 59 points) and the downs and two-for-three on extra action, the boys and girls teams girls placing eighth with 186 points The Hudson Mohawk Road Runners may register on the points) hitBrendan Hughes with from Clayton A Bouton JuniorI (Cohoes finished on top with 61 Runners Club will hold its annuai day of the race starting at 9 am. .a H)-yard touchdown pass. Need-r­ ' Senior High School in Voorhees- points). Town of New Scotland Run on The entry fee is $5 for club mem­ ing a two-point conversion, the ville hosted their own Blackbird · After a Sept. 19, meet against Sunday, Oct. 1. bers and $6 for non-members. Eagles sent the game to overtime Invitationai on Sept 16. Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High This 7.1 mile race over scenic Prizes will be awarded to the when BulgerfoundEricZimmer Unfortunate)yforthe Blackbird School, the Blackbirds race again country roads will start from New first three male and femaie finish­ intheendzoneforthetyingscore. faithful, the host teams did not on Saturday, Sept 23, at the Fort ScotlandTownParkonSwiftRoad ers and to age group winners. at 10 a.m. Aftertradingtouchdowns in the fareasweHastheBethlehemboys Plain Invitationai. Speciai awards will be presented first overtime, BCHS went ahead to the first residents of the Town when Bulger hit Brian Geurtze of New Scotland to finish. with a three-yard touchdown pass Tti·City Rage wins second tou~nament Refreshments will be served and seated the win when Tom following the race. Frankovtc picked off a Columbia The Tri.City Rage 14 year~ld (9-for-20) and Sara McDermott Any girls interested in trying For information, call435-4500. pass, and under girls fast pitch softbail (10-for-18) and East Greenbush out for next year's 18-U team team· were recently crowned nativesJenNolette(9-for-17)and should cail, Dave Halloran at champions for the second time Michelle Nolette (9-for-18). 477-8332, or Joe Urschelat475- this season. The Rage recently Other members of the team ·1385,whilegirlsinthe14-Usquad won the state District 7 ASA Invi- are Nicole Luvera,JanetMiller, should cailPat Ferracane at438- tational Tournament held in Nicole McCabe, Kate Feiden · 5392orTom Carmadelloat235- Latham. In the ·championship and Meghan Gosh. 0075. game they defeated the Invaders r------., 7 TAP • BALLET -S.The Rage posted a 6-1 record in the 16 team tournament. They NEED PIJING7• MODERN JAZZ were led by pitchers Nicole Honest, Dependable Quality Service "Always at an Affordable Price No Registration Fee . Dooley and Ann Ferracane of COMMERCIAL- RESIDENTIAL, ALL GUARANTEED Colonie and Kaleigh Carter of HEATED POWER PAVER Cohoes. The Rage offensive at- tack was Jed by Colonie's Megan • Over 100 years total experience Stuartwith three triples, a double · • Asphalt Milling, Vibratory Equipment and nine RBI. Ferracane belted a • An Approvid Member oi the Befter Bus1ness Bureau 456-3222 triple, two doubles and five RBI, , NEW & RESURFACED DRIVEWAYS 1875 Central Ave., Colonie • 154B Delaware Ave., Delmar • Route 9, Clifton Park while Scotia's Whitney Swab col- • PARKING LOTS•INSTALLAnONS . _ Columbia Turnpike, East Greenbush lected eight RBI of her own. • DIG·OUTS & REMOVALS Other team members include Fully Insured • Free Estimates Allison Bandos and Megan Held www.brdwelasphalt.baweb.com of Delmar, Megan Cusik of Glenmont, Nicole Pallotolo of 108 Troy Rd. SchenectadyandJenniferGriner E. Greenbush and Leah Ziamandanis of Coeymans. Previously, the Rage had won the Connecticut Wildfire AFA In-· Brand New! Now Open vitational Tournament held in June. Independent Living Senior Community In other Tri-City Rage action, Spacious 1 or 2 Bedroom Apartments the 18 and under girls softbail Full Kitchen Amenities team won six games in a row to HEATING & NG CO. -INC. capture the Classie Lassie ASA "Our Business is Your Comfort" 24-hour emergency response system District 7 Fast Pitch Softball Tour­ www.adams-heating.com Built-in Air-conditioning nament held recently in Averill Community Rooms Park. DUCT CLEANING Gas Heat & Hot Water included in Rent . Handling the pitching for the • Sanitizing • Deodoring. 'Rage, and winning three games Individual Thermostat each was Bethlehem's Jessica Urschel and East Greenbush's CALL THE PROFESSIONALS Open Houses Every Tuesday, Wednesday, or Sunday Casey Halloran. FREE DUCT CONSULTATION ~ from 1-4 pm 0 Top batters for the Rage were Albany 465-0100 Schenectady 356-4730 Clifton Park 383-1881 ~ Managed Mercer Inc. 518.767.0923 I:J Bethlehem natives Carrie Getz -~~PA~G~E~1~B __S~e~p~~~m~b~e~r~20~·~2~0~00~------~------~TH~E~S~P~O~~=L/~G~H~T- Buried treasure -UPCOMIN6 VARSITY SPORTS SCHEDULE .. Shen@ BCHS: 7 p.m. Saratoga@ BCHS: 4 p.m. • WEDNESDAy, SEPT. 2.0 61Rl5 SWIMMIN6 & DIViN6 BOYS VOllUBAll fl(lD HOCKU Guildervi\le@ Shen; 4 p.m. BCHS@ Shuker;•4 p.m. Shaker@ BCHS; 6 p.m. Sh11ker@ BCHS: 4:~0 p.m. FlflD HOCKfY 60lf • 61Rl5 TfNNIS BCHS@ Shcn: 4.p.m. RCS@ Voorheesville; 4 p.m. 61Rl5 VOllUBAll Voorheesville@ RCS; 4 p.m. BCHS. Guilderland @Averill RCS@ Cohoes; 4 p.m. Park; 4 p.m. BCHS@ Guilderland; 4 p.m. Voorheesville@ Watervliet: 4 61Rl5 TENNIS BOYS VOllUBAll p.m. Schalmont@ RCS: 4 p.m. BCHS@ Guilderland; 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCfR Holy Names@ Voorheesville; 4 flflD HOCKU RCS@ Cobleskill: 4:30p.m. p.m, BCHS@ Saratogu: 4 p.m. ·voorheesville@ Lansi'ngburgh; 4 p.m. Averill Park@ BCHS: 4 p.m 61Rl5 SO((fR 60lf. •' BOYS VOllUBAll Watervliet@ RCS: 4 p.m. Waterford @ RCS; 4 p.m. Shen @ BCHS; 4 p.m .. Cohoes @Voorheesville; 4 _ Voorheesville@ Cohoes; 4 6iRL5 SOCC[R- p.m. p.m. -RCS@ Voorheesville: 4 p.n;·_ 60lf BCHS, Columbia@ Shen; 4 Berne-Knox-Westerlo@ p.m. • THuR.sciAyt SEPT. 2.:r Voorheesville; 4 p m. · 6iRL5 SOCCER 61Rl5 VOllUBAll Mohonasen@ RCS; 4 p.m. • SATURDAy, SEPT. 2.3 Voorheesville@ Cobleskill: 7 Cohoes @Voorheesville; 4 p.m. p.m. fOOTBAll CROSS COUNTRY BOY\ SOCCfR Chatham@ Voorheesville: 1:30 p.m. Cohoes, Holy Names, Albany RCS@ ,'v\cchanicville; 7 p.m. Academy@ RCS: 4 p.m. Voorheesville@ Cohoes'_4 61Rl5 SOCCfR p.m. Voorheesville@ Bc~n~-Knox­ • Tu'EsoAy/ SE~. 2.6 Westerlo;·IO a.m. · · BCHS@ Shcn; 4 p.m. - . 61Rl5 TfNHiS 60lf BCHS@ Saratoga; I :30 p.rn Emma Willard @ CROSS COUNTRY Voorheesville: 4 p.m. Mechanicville@ RCS: 4·p.m. Suburbari CounCil TOu~n~~ · Voorheesville@ Cobleskill: 4 ·. For:t.~latn Invitational; 9 a.m. ment Preliminary Round p.m. -. (Voorheesville) (BCHS) - BCHS, BH-BL@ Niskayuna; _4 Nev.; H-artford Invitational @ 61Rl5 SOCCER p.m. SUNY Utica; 9 a.m. RCS@ Mechanicville: 4 p.m. -61RlS SOCCfR IBCHSI Schalmont@ Voorheesville; 4 Shen@ BCHS: 7 p.m. 6iRL5 TfNNIS p.m. Bethlehem Central High School's Ryan Mahon blasts a shot out of the Averill Park@ BCHS; 4 p.m. S'o D Tournament@ Averill bunker In a recent match vs. Mohonasen at Normanslde Country Club. • FRIDAYr SEPT. 2.2 Park: 9 a.m. 61Rl5 SWIMMiN6 & DiVlN6 Mahon and his fellow Eagles soared to a decisive 9-0 victory. BCHS hits fOOTBAll BCHS@ Gciilderville; 4:30p.m. the links again at 4 p.m. today in Averill Park. Jim Franco (RCS. Vo_orhcesvillel Broadalbin-Perth @ RCS: 7 61RLS VOllfYBAll BOYS SOCCfR BCHS@ Niskayuna; 4 p.In. Schulmont @Voorheesville; 10 CROSS COUNTRY u.m. BCHS, Niskayuna@ '· Saratoga~ BCHS: 7 p.m. Guilderland; 4 p.m. 6iRL5 VOlLUBAll Voorheesville, Mechanicville@ Lansingburgh; 4 p.n1. ,. BCHS Tournumcnt; ·9 a.m. BOYS SOCCfR IBCHS) BCHS@ Averill Pork; 6 p.m. 60lf • J\AoNDAY( SEPT.. 2.5 Voorheesville@ Schalmont; 4 61Rl5 TfNNIS . ·p.m. Parent guide to include section on Internet Voorheesville@ Schalmont; 4 Niskayuna. Saratoga@ BCHS: 4 p.m. Several parents recently worked on updating the guide for high school pan;nts, "Don't You Trust Me?" Guides will be maited to the parents of Bethlehem Central High .School freshmen this fall. : · .... "Don't You Trust Me?" contains information about: communicating with teens, setting limits, networking, and other concerns we share when­ ....~ . our children are in high school. The guide also has a new section on Internet Sharon Sells A House safety. The Internet provides information and is an effective communica­ Every 2.9 Days... tions tool. Teen-agers use it daily to do research, download music and send Your Horne Can Be Next!! ,,' and receive e-mail. You might want to consider the following helpful Sharon Hoorwitz suggestions related to your youngster's use of the Internet. It has many "Sharin' In Your Dreams" Web sites that are not appropriate for everyone. Parents should monitor a (518) 448-6188 teen's activities on the Web. Keep the computer in a public place in your (518) 370-1166 ·home where you can see the sites your teen visits. Specializing in You! Talk to your teen about your concerns: Not all information on the www.sharonhoorwltz.com Internet is accurate; people are not always whom they claim to be; there are e-mail • [email protected] sexual predators and scam artists ready to lure victims into their schemes. Warn your teen-ager never to give personal infonnation such as name, screen name, mother's maiden name (financial information can be ob­ ;;:"1· x~~i; ' tained with this), address, phone number or credit card information without your approval. Visit the state Attorney General's Web site for more 1.~ ~~ _"Carrie" - YJ information:_regarding sa_fety online at: www.oag.state.ny.us, And thank -_._ Y (formerly of the Slingerlands Plaza) the parents iii our community whp invested ti!fle and effort to update our. ~- · - has relocated to P~- . .. The Finishing Touch Hair Salon xy .. 244 Delaware Ave., Delmar (between leWanda Jewelers & Delmar Beverage Ctr.) Chris and Diane welcome Carrie and her clients for a more· relaxing and pleasant expe'rlence. As a Aedken Ambassador Gold Salon, we offer services such as design cutting, texture waving, color glossing, high/low lighting, straightenings, facial waxing, paraffin spa bath for hands/feet, earpiercing, makeup, skincare, and ~booth~ manicures. Fof[~~~re AX~~~~~oe;'\~1~ Call '·. -~-""'~ ·o~,-~- THE SPOTLIGHT Sepiember 20, 2000 - PAGE 19. Lady Eagles grounded by familiar foe Race for the Cure slated By Noah Feit The Susan G. Komen Breast 8:30a.m. It will be followed by the On Wednesday, Sept. 13, the Cancer Foundation will hold its women's 5K race at 9:30a.m. and • girlstennisteamfromBethlehem sixth annual Albany Race for the the 5K family walk at 10 a.m: . ' Central High School suffered yet Cure on Saturday, Oct. 7. Fitness for Her is looking for another loss at the hands of their The event features a 5Kfamily men and women to walk or run bitter rivals Shaker High School. walk, a women's 5K race and a with the Fitness For Her Team in • Last season, the Lady Eagles men's 5K race. Seventy-five per- this year's race. Fitness for Her posted a perfect record in matches centofthe money raised supports sponsors a team of men and against all foes, save for the Lady local breast cancer research, edu- women each year in honor of their Bison. In each of their three cation, screening and treatment clients and faniily members who clashes in 1999, the Shaker girls programs in the form of grafits aresurvivorsandvictimsofbreast were able to outlast the Lady and the mission is to 'eradicate· cancer. EntriesfortheFitnessFor • Eagles, winning twice in the regu­ breastcancerasalitb.threatening Her Team can. be picked up at lar season and once again in the disease by advancing research, Fitness for Her Monday to Friday Section II team finals. education and treatment. from 4:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and 8:30 • While Bethlehem and Shaker The entry fee for adults and a.m.to4:30p.m.onSaturdaysand • lost a number of top players to ~children over 12-years-old is $12, Sundays. graduation they are both consid­ and includes aT-shirt (subject to Ailawardsceremonywillround ered among an elite class of area availability). Children under 12 ·off the day's activities at approxi­ teams, and should contend for the .participate free of charge. The mately 11:15 a.m. Prizes will be Suburban Council and Section II entry fee packet pick-up (Oct 5, giventothetopthreeoverallmale titles this season. and Oct. 6) is $15, and on race day and female finishers. In their only scheduled regular is$20. Entry forms are available at First prize is a round-trip ticket season clash the Lady Bison were ].C. Penney, Ford dealers and Rite to anywhere in the contiguous 48 able to dominate the Lady Eagles Aid stores. states compliments of American , ·: in singles action, propelling · All events begin on Madison /American Eagle. Shaker to a 6-3 victory. Avenue (east of the New Scotland Second prize will be a$200 gift Despitetheirfailures in the one­ Avenue intersection) and end in certificatetoJCPenney,andagift ~ on-one competition, the Beth­ Washington Park. Day-of-event certificate to Dick's will be lehem girls salvaged their dignity registration runs from 7 to 8:30 awarded to the third place fiii­ by reversingthe tables on the Lady a.m. at Washington Park Lake- isher. ,. Bison, winning all three of the house. The men's 5K begins at For information, call 463-3734. double matches. Leading the way for the Lady , EagleswastheNo.1doublesteam 1 of Yuri Knbotera and Kaitlin Special on ~ c" "77 Foley, who dismissed Rosa ., Azadian and Inderjeet Sandhu. of Shaker; 6-2, 6-3. In other doubles action, Live from Uncoln Center Bethlehem's Jill Parsons and New York Phllhannonlc Hillary Shpeen downed laura Wednesday, 9 p.m. Marusak and Mary Doherty (S. Evening at Pops: Audr8 McDonald Thursday, 8 p.m. . 4, 6-1), while the tandem ofJes­ Beth Danzinger of the Bethlehem Central High School girls tennis team sica Venezia and Ali Vail tri­ returns a volley in the Lady Eagles recent match against Shaker. Jim Franco The American Experience: LBJ umphed over Emily DiPace and Friday, 8 p.m. Lindsey Aquino (6-4, 46, 6-2). · bounded quickly serving up a de- man and the doubles team of As Time Goes By ; Despite the setback against cisive 9-0 win over Colonie Ceo- Shpeen and Heather Gross all Saturday, 8 p.m. Shaker, the Lady Eagles re- tral High School on Friday, Sept prevailed 6-0, 6-0. · ' Gandhi 15. FollowingaSept IS match with· Sunday, 9 p.m. So dominant were the Lady Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, the , ; Saab dealership Antiques Roadshow Eagles that Beth Danzinger, Lady Eagles play again today at 4 Monday, 8 p.m. sets golf tourney Julia Hoffman, Ashley Acker- p.m. in Averill Park. . NOVA: Escape! Because AcCidents Happen New Salem Saab of Slinger­ Tuesday, 9 p.m. lands will sponsor the New Salem Saab Classic Golf Tournament at Albany Country Club on Monday, WebDesign Sept. 25 .. Owens-Coming Fiberglas Corporation , This tournament will benefit Affordable Web Sites For supports public television ,. the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Bethlehem· Businesses - 4 78-7845 · . for. a better community. of Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center. www.518WebDesign.corn Owens-Corning is Fiberglas ·.. Forinfomiation, call478-7222.

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ber of Congregation Beth Emeth of the Army Medical Corps. Colonie; and nine grandchildren. ofDelmar, died Wednesday, Sept in Albany, He was a member of the Cy­ Services are scheduled for 9 13, atAlbany Medical Center Hos­ LindaAnne Grant Wolkenbreit, Survivors include her husband, press Temple in Albany and St a.m. today, Sept 20, at the Reilly pital, 53, of Guilderland and formerly of Jed Wolkenbreit; a daughter, Stephen's Episcopal Church in & Son Funeral Home, 9 Born in Newton, Mass., she Delmar, died Saturday, Sept 16, Randi SingerofNewYork City; a Elsmere. VoorheesvilleAve., Voorheesville, was a secretary and bookkeeper • at StPeter's Hospital in Albany, son, Jeremy Wolkenbreit of Boul­ He was husband of the late and at 10 a.m. from Our Lady of for Creighton & Creighton Asso­ Born in Albany, she was a der, Colo.; and two brothers, Ri­ Frances Harmon Gorday and Angels Church, Central Avenue, ciates in Delmar. graduate of Albany High School chard Grant of Delmar and Steven Doris Krier. Albany. She was a member St. Paul's • and Jackson College at Tufts Uni­ Grant of Albany, Burial will be in Our Lady of Episcopal Church in Albany and versity, She received a master's Survivors include a son, Peter Contributions may be made to Gorday of Atlanta, Ga.; and two Angels Cemetery in Colonie. sang in the church choir. in reading from the University of Memorial Sloane-Kettering Can­ Buffalo and a master's in adminis­ daughters, Leslie Rohrabacher of Contributions may be made to Survivors include two sons, • cer Center, 1275 York Ave., New Atlanta and Kim Bellizzi of Voorheesville Area Ambulance, Mark Patterson of Albany and tration from the University at Al­ York, NY, 1002L bany, Delmar; two stepdaughters, PO Box 238, Voorheesville 12186. David Patterson of Utica; a daugh­ Pamela Bridgman and Janet Mrs, Wolkenbreit was a ter,Julie McNamara of Greenfield . , Halpern; and 11 grandchildren. Center; and four grandchildren. teacher and later an-administra­ Walter Gorday, M.D . Services were from the Gloria Medert Services were from Saratoga tor in the Voorheesville school Dr. Walter Gorday died Fri­ district for more than 20 years, Applebee Funeral Home in Gloria Medert, 77, of Delmar Springs United Methodist day, Sept R Delmar. died Thursday, Sept 14, at St Church. . ShewasamemberoftheNew Born in Stoughton, Mass,, he Peter's Hospital in Albany. York State Middle School Asscr Burial was in Catskill Rural Burial was in Graceland Cem­ was a graduate of Tufts M;edical Cemetery. Born in Medway, she worked etery in Albany. dation, serving as district repre­ School. sentative, She was also a member Contributions may be made to in the records department at Al­ Arrangements were by the of the Association· for Supervision· Dr, Gorday was chief of radiol­ the Leukemia and Lymphoma bany Medical Center and for the Tunison Funeral in Saratoga and Curricular Development and ogy an Memorial Hospital in Al­ Society, 85 Watervliet Ave,, Al­ state Department of Taxation & Springs, bany from 1958 to 1972 and chief Finance. She was a former dog the New York State School Ad­ bany 12206. Contributions may be made to of radiology at Greene County census taker in New Baltimore, ministratorsAssociation, She also Albany Medical Center Founda­ belonged to the American Read­ Memorial Hospital in Catskill un­ She was a former member of the til his retirement He also prac­ tion, 47 New Scotland Ave., Al­ ing Association and Phi Delta James Fisch Medway-Grapeville Fire Depart­ bany 12208. Kappa, ticed at the Stratton Veterans Ad­ James M. Fisch, 66, of ment auxiliary, ministration Medical Center, Mrs, Wolkenbreit was a mem- Wtlmington, N.C., and formerly Survivors include a daughter, He was a World War II veteran of Voorheesville, died Friday, Kimberly Hains of Coxsackie; two Eleanor Cowing Sept 15, in Wilmington. sons, Harry Medert Jr. of Cox­ Eleanor Cowing, 91 of Delmar Born in Albany, he retired from sackie and Peter Medert of Al­ died Saturday, Sept 2, at Wesley the state Capital Police in Albany bany; two brothers, Bruce Bennett Health Care Center in Saratoga ·- of Latham and Edmond Bennett after 23 years of service, Springs. ~ 1 ofBrownsville; three sisters, Greta Mr. Fisch wasaformercaptain Stott of Albany, Alice Ellsworth of . Born in Saratoga Springs, she 1 The Spotlight will print paid Death Notices of the Voorheesville Area Ambu­ Greenwood Lake and Nan Roesch wasagraduateoftheformerMilne , ' lance Squad. He was a volunteer of Glens Falls; three grandchil­ School and Albany Business Col- ' for relatives and friends who do not or have at the New Hanover Regional dren; and two great-grandchil­ lege. not lived in the Towns of Bethlehem and New Medical Center in Wilmington. dren. She was a secretary for the Survivors include his wife, Scotland. The charge for a paid death notice Services were from the Department of Agriculture & 1' Janet Dwyer Fisch; three sons, Cunningham Funeral Home in Markets for many years. is $25. Thomas Fisch ofN ashville, Tenn., Greenville. She was a member of First Joseph Fisch of Brentwood, N.H., We will continue to print Obituaries of BurialwasinSaratogaNational United Methodist Church in : and Peter Fish ofWinston Salem, Delmar and the AARP, and a vol­ residents and former residents of the Towns of N.C.; two daughters, Dr. Judith Cemetery. Bethlehem ·and . New Scotland· at .no charge. unteer at Child's Hospital. Fisch of Rutland, Vt, and Eliza­ She was the widow of William l 'In Memoriam, and Cards of Thanks will also beth Lattanzio of Colonie; a Ann Patterson Cowing. brother, Eugene Fisch of Colonie; be printed for $25. a sister, Margaret Powers of Ann Seiler Patterson, 71, of Ann Survivors include a sister-in­ Lee Nursing Home and formerly law, Marion Sargeant of Mel- ~ bourne, Fla; and two cousins, Jean Hunter of Saratoga Springs and LooK ARoUND Paul Davis of Greenfield Center.. Arrangements were by the • Tebbutt Funeral Home in Albany. ServiceswerefromFrrstUnited • take flight Methodist Church chapel. ' with SimplyFree Checking Helen Clark Helen D. Clark of Delmar died Tuesday, Sept. 12. SIMPLY fREE CHECKING "'"' uMim..!_v"" twm:~"'"'T fiy,, WC'n:: taking OOnking in a whole new dirc:rion.. Widt no ShewasagraduateofTheCol-; monthly fees and no minimum halan ...-c requirements, our lege of Saint Rose. SimplyF~"«' ChedUng. .Simply Savings :md No Fcc VISA Survivors include five nieces, 3.()()9f APY Sll\1l,LY SAVINGS.._.,~;"" '"""tltl)''"'''""'~'"'"" Joanne Clark Fleitrnan, Eleanor ; Tunny, Katherine Clark Look amund '\'Ou lw-1: the power tu decide Whidl a

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Out of town Boy, Daniel Raymond Skerrett, to Christine and Robert Skerrett • of Chatsworth, Calif., Aug. 26 . Paternal grandparents are Rob­ ert and Jane Skerrett of Delmar.

• SUNY Geneseo - Elizabeth Norton, Lauren Rice and Erik Walsh, all of Delmar; Shauna Dowd of Glenmont; and Justin Rymanowski of Voorheesville. University at Albany - Alexandra Poole of Delmar and Katherine Primiano of Voor­ heesville.

Colgate University Christopher Clarke of Voor­ heesville (bachelor's in molecu­ lar biology, magna cum laude). SUNY Potsdam Shawn Snyder of Glenmont Angela CateloHi and Joseph Stevens (bachelor's in literature/writing and elementary education). Catelotti, Stevens; engaged Rick Einhorn and Grace Gllberd Angela M. Catelotti of Selkirk, The bride-to-beisagraduateof ~ Slingerlands man daughter of Vmcent and Lynne Columbia High School. Gilberd,. Einhorn to. wed joins law firm Catelotti of East Greenbush, and She is a medical receptionist Joseph Edward Stevens Jr., son of for Drs. Duffy, Leyhane & Grace Gilberd, daughter of Robert Gach of Slingerlands of Bethlehem Central High Joseph and Patricia Stevens of Fruiterman in Delmar. Mordehay and Clara Gelbart of School, Syracuse University and has been named an associate at Averill Park, are engaged to be The future groom is a student Miami, F1a, and Rick Einhorn, American Graduate School of In­ Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, married. son of Steven and Sherry Einhorn ternational Management . the Capital District's largest law of Delmar, are engaged to be He is director of business de­ firm. Delmar native named to college council manied. velopment for the mission critical Gach joins the firm's Environ­ The bride-to-be is a graduate of facilities division of EYP Architec· mental and Corporate Pracdce Anthony Granito, a partner the college properties, reviewing .. ,. IDorida International Un_iversity. tureandEngineeringinNewYork Groups. Prior to joining -White­ with the Cortland firm of McNeil proposed budget requests, foster­ She is an account executive at· City. . . man, Osterman & Hanna, Gach & Co., was recently named to the ing the development of advis9ry Avenue.Montaigne in.New York The couple plans a March 3 was an associate at ·Ruben & SUNY Cortland College Council citizens' committees and naming .. City. wedding. Aronson in Washington D.C. by Gov. George Pataki. buildings and grounds. . The future groom is a graduate He also served as assistant The college council has cer­ A native of Delmar, Granito counsel for the state Thruway tain supervisory responsibilities earned both his bachelor's arid Library provides free career services Authority and Canal Corp. which include recommending master's degrees from SUNY candidates for appointment as Oneonta. Free career and education ad­ returning students can get help president of the college, review­ Granito's term continues until vice is available for adults at with job searches, resume prepa­ HVCC graduate earns ing major plans .for operation of June, 30, 2007. BethlehemPublic library's career ration and educational planning. academic award resource center at 451 Delaware Hour-long appointments are ADD support group meets at library Ave. in Delmar available both day and evening. SlingerlandsresmentT!mothy T!ce, a 2000 Hudson Valley Com­ Families First is a local support Bethlehem Public library, 451 Frrst-time career seekers, any­ For an appointment, call 439- munity College graduate, was re-. group for parents of children with Delaware Ave., Delmar. one entering the work force and 9314. . Attention Deficit Disorder (AD D). centlypresented with the college's For information, call Lisa Electrical Construction and Main­ It meets the first Thursday of LaFountain at 439-8839. ... tenance Club Award for Academic each month from 7 to 8:30p.m. at Excellence. ,, Tice graduated with honors . from the electrical construction and maintenance program. The award is presented to stu­ dents who are chosen by Hudson Valley's faculty on the basis of academic excellence in the· pro­ gram.

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By DEVTOBIN see one band, you can see several, including the two top international From Cape Breton and Newfoundland traditional bands, Altan and So las," come the four musicians of Kill, • ~ t's six months to St. Patrick's Nelligan said. which will be featured on the Contem­ Day, time once again for the porary Music Stage at Irish 2000. Capital District's second­ Similar Irish music festivals, like the .. biggest Irish celebration - Guinness Fleadh, charge more than . the Irish 2000 Festival at $40 for tickets, Nelligan noted. 1 More than two dozen acts will play the Altamont Fairgrounds. The fourth annual festival, on five stages, from noon to 11 p.m. scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 23, from Three stages will have a theme­ 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., rain or shine, traditional, contemporary and best of promises to be the best ever, according local/regional Iris)l music- and the to organizer Matt Nelligan. other two will feature local music, The local event attracts about 10,000 dance and children's activities. people to "the largest single-day Nelligan said he tried to book new celebration of Irish music and culture acts this year as a way to keep the in the world," Nelligan said. _ festival fresh and give exposure to the talent. He added that Irish 2000 is also most • affordable, with ·advance tickets at $10. New on stage this year, besides "For less than what you would pay to Altan imd So las, are the Mahones, Kilt,

the Fenians, Seamus Kennedy, Aoife along with traditional Irish wares like Clancy, Barra McNeils and the jewelry, crystal, china and music. , . McBrides. The festival, in its last year as Irish Returning as a headliner on the 2000, is the major fund-raiser for the traditional stage is Tommy Makem, the Albany Ancient Order of Hibernians. ' ground-breaking folk singer and Nelligan said festival proceeds have songwriter. For the younger crowd, helped the Hibernians buy and favorites Seven Nations, the Prodigals renovate a new hall at 375 Ontario St. .< and the Young Dubliners also return to and also helped membership double the contemporary music stage. over the past two years. The local Irish music scene will also Tickets are $12 at the gate be well-represented by Hair of the Dog, and $10 in advance the McKrells, the Bards, Full Circle, (available at the Albany the Murphy Brothers, FrankJaklitsch Hibernian Hall and other & Steve Gray, Barrett & Byrne, the locations). Children under ' McCabes and Raglan Road. 10 are admitted free. Also new this year is a drama Parking is $3 per car. competition, with three community For information, call theater companies performing one-act 1-888-414-3378 or visit the plays with Irish themes. The festival Web site at troupe judged the best will www.hibernians.com. receive the inaugural William Butler Yeats Trophy. And, for the first time, the festival will The Young Dubliners' music is based on the have a Ceili stage for unique sounds of Ireland -·a strong rhythm demonstrations and section propelled by a dancing fiddle, lessons in Irish aggressive drumming, and rumbling bass. dancing. The vocals take their place more as another Dozens of vendors will instrument than a poet's platform. fill in the space between the main tents, sellingfoods ranging from Irish stew • to that fairgrounds favorite, fried dough,

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TINA TURNER ALBANY INTERNATIONAL p.m. at town hall, Route 9, Newtonville. MONDAY MUSICAL CLUB MUSEUM ART CLASSES GALLERY with Joe Cocker, Pepsi Arena, South Information. 783-2760_ WOMEN'S CHORUS ongoing, Albany Institute of History & Pearl St. Albany, Sept 23, 7:30p.m., Sankofa: 25 Years of Black Dimensions invitation for new members to join in M lnlormalion, 463-4478. $35.50 lo $79.50. lnlormalion, 487- in Art, through Nov. 27.1nformation, COLONIE CENTENNIAL singing classical and popular songs, THREE TALL WOMEN 2000. 242-2240. BRASS CHOIR Third Reformed Church, 20 TenEyck DANCE CLASSES Albee drama, Curtain Call Theater, 210 Ave., Albany, Tuesdays, 7:30 p_m_ openings for brass players, rehearsals on ongoing, all levels, ballet. jazz and Loudon Road, Latham, through Sept 30, GUITAR SUMMIT YATES GALLERY firsl Thursday and lhird Tuesday oflhe lnlormalion. 477-4454. $15.1nformalion, 877-7529. modern, New School of Ballet, 1098 • with Jay Geils, Gerry Beaudoin and Duke in Standish Library of Siena College, monlh, al7:15 p.m., lawn hall, Roule 9, Parkwood Blvd., Schenectady, Mondays Robillard, Troy savings Bank Music Hall, Route 9, Loudonville, exhibit on the Irish Newtonville. Information, 783-2760. CAPITAL COMMUNITY VOICES to Thursdays and Saturdays. Information, FOOTLOOSE Slale and Second slreels, Sept 23, 8 m religion, through Sept 22. rehearsals at Columbia High School, 346-1096. Broadway musical, Proctor's Theater, p.m .. $22. Information, 273-0038. Information, 783-2517. SIENA CHAMBER Luther Road, East Greenbush, llo 9 Slale Slreel, Schenectady, Sept 20 to 22, ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR p.m .. Tuesdays.lnlormalion, 477-8308. ART CLASSES 8 p.m., $36.50 lo $42.50. lnlormalion. SCHENECTADY SYMPHONY HYDE COLLECTION rehearsals Thursdays at 7:30p.m. for 346-6204. ORCHESTRA waterculor, oil and drawing, beginner and Warren Street. Glens Falls, UPicturing orchestra, Wednesdays at 6 p.m. for intermediate. Wednesdays and program includes Beethoven's Third Gentility: Portraits of Women in American choir. Siena College, Route 9, Thursdays, laughl by Kristin Woodward. WALLY'S CAFE Piano Concerto and Egmont Overture and Art," Sept 241o Dec. 3-lnformalion, Loudonville.lnlormalion, 783-2325. Information, 783-1828. Lake George Dinner Theater. Holiday Inn, Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, 792-1761_ Route 9, through Oct 21, $42.95. Proclo(s Theater, Slale Slreel, CLIFTON PARK MUSIC CLASSES lnlormalion, 677-5626. Schenectady, Sept 27, 8 p.m., $20. COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA Information, 3n-2500. in many folk instruments. Old Songs, ROI openings in all sections, especially Center, Roule 155, Guilderland. strings, rehearsals Tuesdays at 7:30 lnlormation, 765-2815. p.m., Clifton Common Senior Center. . -Information, 783-2511. DELMAR COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA SINGERS NEEDED GRAHAM PARKER NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM openings in the string, horn and for Electric City Chorus. training percussion sections. Information, 439- The Van Dyck, 235 Union St. A Shaker Legacy, through Oct 22, plus provided, rehearsals at Faith United 1603_ Schenectady, Sept 22, 7 and 9:30 p.m .. permanent collections, Empire State Methodist Church, Brandywine Avenue $20. lnlormalion, 381-111 t_ Plaza, Madison Avenue. Information, and Eastern Parkway, Schenectady, 474-5877. COLONIE TOWN BAND Tuesdays, 7:30p.m.lnlormalion, 785- www.spoflithfnews.com 4807. MARK O'CONNOR openings for percussion and low brass A MONUMENT OF PROGRESS players, rehearsals on Mondays at 7:30 and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, wilh lhe Nash~ lie Symphony, Troy Savings Bank exhibits aboul the Erie Canal on ils 1751h anniversary, Nott Memorial of Union BY STATE Music Hall, Stale and Second slreels, HOCUS-FOCUS HENRY BOLTINOFF MAGIC MAZE Sept 22, 8 p.m., $28. Information, 273- College and Schenectady Museum, BIRDS 0038. through Oct 29.1nformalion, 386-6004. EGD GBZNXVSI,lUUUM LUCILLE BEER ALBANY CENTER GALLERIES mezzo soprano, with pianist Diana Book/End exhibition, 23 Monroe St, E K I T NA SAEHPRRNG Dubrovsky, Recital Hall ol the University through Oct 15.1nformalion, 462-4775. - al Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., Sept ESCAYIEWCUSIO Q p 22, 7 p.m., free_ ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART NLUJHFTENIBOREL IRISH 2000 exhibit of artifacts used for serving all day-leslival, featuring &lias, Allan and coffee, lea and chocolate, 63 Stale St. more, Altamont Fairgrounds, Route 146, through Nov. 3-lnlormation, 463-4478. CAYOXVUNDELLSQA Sept 23, 10 a.m. lo 11 p.m., $10 in advance, $12 allhe gale. Information, 1- PHSURHTNUAMEKJN 888-414-3378. HFSEAGULLBKEPCI BZNDR I BGN I KCOMD www. ~potlightnewt com (Y E L LOWHAMME .YI YR NXVUTRQPOMLKAHA IHGRENNURDAORLC

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BC SCHOOL BOARD BETHLEHEM HISTORICAL ASSOC. YOUTH GROUP MEETINGS Avenue. 767-9953. United Pentecostal Church. Route 85, St. Stephen's Episcopal, Poplar Drive and lOt~. 9/20 district office. 90 Adams Place. 8 p.m. 'ZiwJ's. 9/21 Monthly meeting. Program on "Hudson Elsmere Ave., Delmar, 439-3265; Information, 439-7098. River Dayliners." Route 144 and Clapper New Salem, 7 p.m. Information, 765- 4410. St. Thomas The Apostle R.C., 35 Adams Road, Selkirk, 7:30p.m. Information, Place, Delmar, 439-4951; BETHLEHEM ONESQUETHAU CHAPTER, ORDER BETHLEHEM 439-3916. Unity of Faith Christian Fellowship. 436 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SVCS. OF THE EASTERN STAR CHAMBER BREAKFAST Krumkill Road, North Bethlehem, 438- Parks and Recreation Office, Elm Avenue Masonic Temple, 421 Kenwood Ave., 8 Presented by Bethlehem Area Chamber of CLASS IN JEWISH MYSTICISM ,5at. 9L23 7740. • Park. 6:30- 9 p.m. Also Tues., Thurs., p.m. Information, 439-2181. Commerce. Hosted by Schuyler Cos., Delmar Chabad Center, 109 Elsmere focusing on lts revitalization plans for 2-4:30 p.m. Information, 439-0503. Ave., 8 p.m. Information, 439-8280. NEW SCOTLAND Town Squire Shopping Center. Brea~ast BETHLEHEM TESTIMONY MEETING HOME·STYLE BREAKFAST at Town Squire, Routes 9W and 32, AA MEETING OPEN FORUM AT LIBRARY · First Church of Christ, Scientist, 555 AA MEETINGS Sponsored by Onesquethaw Volunteer Glenmont. 8 a.m. $5. Reservations, 439- Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 85 Elm Focus on proposed library renovation Delaware Ave., 8 p.m. Information, 439- Fire Co. Clarksville fire house, Route 0512. Slingerlands Community Church, 1499 Ave .. 7:30 p.m.lnlormation. 489-6779. project; architectural plans available for 2512. New Scotland Road, noon, and Delmar 301, Clarksville, 7 a.m.-noon. Adults $5, review. Community Room, Bethlehem children $3. under 5 free. RECOVERY, iNC. Reformed Church. 386 Delaware Ave., • Public Library. 451 Delaware Ave., 8:30 p.m.lnformation, 489-6779. NEW SCOTLAND self-help for chronic neNous symptoms, Delmar, 7 p.m. Information, 439-9314. SUNDAY WORSHIP INFO V'VILLE PLANNING COMMISSION First United Methodist Church. 428 Sun. 9L2fl. village hall, 29 Voorheesville Ave., 7:30 Kenwood Ave., 10 a.m. Information, 439- NEW SCOTLAND Bethel BaptiSt, meeting at Auberge BETHLEHEM LIONS CLUB p.m. Information, 765-2692. 9976. NEW SCOTLAND KIWANIS CLUB Suisse Restaurant, Route 85, 475·9086. ~s Inn. Route 9W, Glenmont, 7 p.m. New Scotland Presbyterian Church, BETHLEHEM Clarksville Community Church, Route ' rmation, 439-4857. WORSHIP INFORMATION FAITH TEMPLE Route 85, 7 p.m. 443, 768-2916. AMERICAN LEGION LUNCHEON Bethlehem Community Church, 201 Elm Family Worship Center, 92 Lower Bible study, New Salem. 7:30p.m. BETHLEHEM ELKS LODGE 2233 for members, gu-ests and membership Ave., Delmar. 439-3135. Copland Hill Road, Feura Bush, 768- Information, 765-2870. applicants, Blanchard Post, 16 Poplar Bethlehem Congregation of Jehovah's 2021. Route 144, Cedar Hill, 8 p.m. Drive, noon. l. 9/22 Witnesses, Elm Avenue and Feura Bush Faith Temple, New Salem, 765-2870. Information. 767-2886. g... PRAYER MEETING Road, 439-0358. First United Methodist, 68 Maple Ave .. evening prayer meeting and Bible study, BETHLEHEM SENIOR CITIZENS Bethlehem Lulheran, 5 Elm Ave., Delmar, Voorlleesville. 765-2895. SOLID ROCK CHURCH BETHLEHEM Mountainview Evangelical Free Church, town hall, 445 Delaware Ave., 12:30 p.m. 439-4328. Jerusalem Reformed, Route 32, Feura AAMEETING 1 Kenwood Ave., evening prayer and Route 155, 7:30 p.m.lnlormalion. 765- Information, 439-4955. Delmar Full Gospel, 292 Elsmere Ave., Bush, 439·0548. Bible study, 7 p.m.lnlormation. 439- 3390. First Reformed ChUrch of Bethlehem, Delmar, 439-4407. Mountainview Evangelical Free Church, 4314. Route 9W, 7:30p.m. Information, 489- Delmar Presbyterian, 585 Delaware Ave., Route 155, Voorheesville, 765-3390. HOMEWORK HELP CENTER 439-9252. NEW SCOTLAND SENIORS 6779. Onesquethaw Reformed, Tarrytown Road, ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Bethlehem Public Library, 451 Delaware Delmar Reformed, 386 Delaware Ave., Feura Bush, 768-2133. Wyman Osterhout Community Center, Ave., 61o 8 p.m. p.m. Information, 439- Delmar, 439-9929. Presbyterian Church in New Scolland, town hall, 445 Delaware Ave., 7:30p.m. CHABAO CENTER New Salem, call for time. Information, 0503. First Church of Christ, Scientist, 555 Route 85, 439-6454. Information, 439-4955. Friday seNices, discussion and kiddush 765-2109. Delaware Ave., Delmar, 439-2512. St. Matthew's R.C., Mountain View Road, at sunset, 109 Elsmere Ave. Information, BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN First Relormed of Bethlehem, Route 9W, Voorheesville, 765-2805. BINGO 439-8280. Selkirk. 767-2243. Unionville Reformed, Delaware Turnpike, AA MEETING children's choir, 6:30p.m., senior choir, First UMC of Delmar. 428 Kenwood Ave, Blanchard American Legion Post, 16 First United Methodist Church of 7:30 p.rn., 85 Elm Ave. Information, 439- 439-5001. NEW SCOTLAND 439-9976. Poplar Drive. 7:30p.m. Information, 439- Voorheesville, 68 Maple St., 8 p.m. 4328. United Pentecostal, Route 85, New 9819. Information, 489-6779. PIONEER CLUBS Glenmont Commumty Church, 1 Chapel Salem, 765-4410. For children grades 11hrough junior Lane, Glenmont, 436-7710. AAMEETINGS BOY SCOUT TROOP 58 high; Mountainview Evangelical Free Mount Moriah Ministries, Route 9W, NEW SCOTLAND HISTORICAL Slingerlands Community Church, 1499 Church, Route 155.3:45-5 p.m. Glenmont, 426-4510. Elsmere Elementary School, 247 ASSOC. New Scotland Road, noOn, and Delmar Information, 765-3390. Slingerlands Community UMC, 1499 Delaware Ave., 7:30 to 9 p.m. Reformed Church, 386 Delaware Ave., New Scotland Road, 439-1766. in the Wyman Osterhout Community ~ Recycle Center. New Salem, 2to 4 p.m. 8:30p.m. Information, 489-6779. Solid Rock Church,1 Kenwood Ave., Glenmont. 439-4314. Information, 765-4446. South Bethlehem UMC, 65 Willowbrook

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The Regis- on July 20, 2000. filed with the Secretary of State tered Agent is Company Filings THIRD: The county within New on Ausust 2, 2000. • NOTICE OF PUBLICATION International LLC at the same York in which the office of the THIR : The county witliin New address. Purpose: any lawful pur- Company is to be located is AI- York State in which the office of Dasinton Securities LLC was filed pose. with SSNY on 08/14/00. Office: bany. the Company is to be located is (September 20, 2000) FOURTH: The Secretary of State Albany. has been designated as agent FOURTH: The Secretary of State upon whom process against the has been designated as agent GUN & KNUE SHOW NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Company may be served. The upon whom process against the post office address to which the Company may be served. The • Saratoga SILVERSANDS LLC was filed Secretary of State shall mail pro- post office address to which the with SSNY on 8/3/00. Office: AI- cess is: Secretary of State shall mail pro- Sept. 29 • Oct 1 bany County. SSNY designated 125 Wolf Road cess is: B/A Airport Park Solu- as agent of LLC whom process Albany, NY 12205 tions, LLC, c/o British American Buy • Sell • Trade against may be served. The P.O. FIFTH: The latest date on which Development Corp., 4 British address which SSNY sha\\ mail the Company is to dissolve is American Boulevard, Latham, Collectible firearms, quality any process against the LLC based solely on events of disso- New York 12110. knives, memorabilia, parts, served upon him: The LLC, 30 E. lution set forth in the New York FIFTH: The latest date on which militaria, ammo, and 40th St., NY. NY 10016. The Reg- Limited Liability Company Law the Company is to dissolve is accessories & Gunsmith istered Agent is Company Filings (the "Law"). December 31, 2050, unless said • JG lnt'\ LLC at the same address. SIXTH: The purpose of the busi- period is further extended by Kllightsof Purpose: any lawful purpose. ness of the Companr is to engafce amendment of this Agreement or DUMPLING HousE Columbus (September 20, 2000) in any lawful acts o activities or sooner terminated in accordance Chinese Restaurant which limited liability companies with this Agreement. . may be formed under the Law. SIXTH: The purpose of the busi- • IJpecializing in Dumplings, Lunches, Dinners, Rt. 29 & Pine Rd. NOTICE TO BIDDERS B'way onto Rt. 29 (September 20. 2000) ness of the Company is any law- Cocktails, Mandarin, Szechuan, Hunan & Cantonese. ful activity pursuant to Section 203 West 1.7mi, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Eat in or Take Out. Open 7 days a week. of the New York Limited Liability K.of.C. on left. the Town Board of the Town of PUBLICATION NOTICE OF Company Law. 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LEGAL NOTICE ___ LEGAL NOTICE__:.__;;_- LEGAL NOTICE ___ LEGAL NOTICE--'"" LEGAL NOTICE-~~ LEGAL NOTICE ___ location: Albany County. SSNY ARTICLES OF LEGAL NOTICE Cert. of Org. on file with Secy. of Delmar, New York 12054) during NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A regular business hours (9-5 Mon­ has been designated as agent of ORGANIZATION OF DENTECH the Commonwealth of MA, State LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 1. The name of the limited liability House, Boston, MA 02133. Pur­ day-Friday) by anyone who re­ the LP upon whom process DIVERSIFIED SOLUTIONS, (LLC) company is TROY DIE CUTIING pose: ownership of real property. quests inspect1on within 180 days against it may be served. SSNY ,. LLC COMPANY. (September 20, 2000) after the publication date of this Name: 5 HEMLOCK STREET shall mail a copy of process to the 2, The Articles of Organization notice. LLC, Articles of Organization filed LP, One Capital Center, 99 Pine Under Section 203 of the Limited Please contact: with Secretary of State of New Street, Albany, New York 12207. Liability Law of the State of New creating the limited liability com­ pany were filed in the Office of the UEGAL NOTICE Jeremiah F. Manning, Esq. York (SSNY) on August 14, 2000. · (September 20, 2000) York 27 Brookman Avenue Office Location: Albany County THE UNDERSIGNED, being a Secretary of State on AuQust 8, 2000 and became effective on Notice of Application for Authority Delmar, New York 12054 SSNY designated as agent of LLC natural person of at least eiQhteen of NT MEDIA, LLC, a foreign lim­ (518)439-2911 upon whom process against it NOTICE OF FORMATION OF (18} years of age, and act1ng as said date. 3. The principal office of the lim­ ~ed liability company (LLC). App. Please note: Anyone can request may be served. SSNY shall mail LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY the organizer of DenTech Diver­ for Auth. filed w~h Secy. of State to inspect the subje_ct- private copy of process to 3 Hemlock sified Solutions, LLC, the limited ited liability company is in Albany County. of N.Y. (SSNY) on 8/18/00. LLC foundation's copy of its applica­ Street, Latham, NY 12110. Pur­ NAME: MCGINN, SMITH CAPI­ liability company (the "Company") organized in Delaware {DE) on 7/ tion for recognition of exemption TAL MANAGEMENT LLC. Appli­ hereby being formed under Sec­ 4. The Secretary of State is des­ pose: Any lawful purpose. ignated as the agent of the lim­ 24/00. NY office location: Albany and the IRS's response. cation for Authority was filed with tion 203 of the Liability (September 20, 2000) Um~ed ited liability company upon whom County. SSNY designated as the Secretary of State of New York Company Law of the State of New (September 20, 2000) process against it may be served agent of LLC upon whom process (SSNY) on 06/20/00. Office loca­ York (the "LLCL"), certifies that: against it may be served. SSNY tion: Albany County. SSNY has FIRST: The name of the Company and the post office address to • NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A • whi_ch the Secretary of State shall shall mail copy of process to: Cor· been designated as agent of the is·DenTe~ Diversified Solutions, NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY !11~11 any co~y of pr?cess against poration Serv1ce Co., 80 State St., LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) LLC upon whom process against LLC (hereinafter referred to as the Albany, NY 12207. Office address it may be seiVed. SSNY shall mail "Company"). it 1s: Troy 0!!3 Cuttmg Company, (LLC) c/o ChorbaJian, 104 Middlesex in DE: 30 Old Rudnick Lane, Do­ Name: MSLP II, LLC, Articles of a copy of process to the LLC, One SECOND: The county within the ver, DE 19901. Copy of Arts. of Capital Center, 99 Pine Street, .$.YJ,te of New York in which the Drive, Slingerlands, New York Name: 120 ALBANY BROAD­ Organization filed with Secretary Org. on file w~ DE Secy. of State, Albany, New York 12207. Pur­ dffice of the Company is to be lo­ 12159. WAY, LLC, Articles of Organiza. of State of New York (SSNY) on 5. The limited liability company is Federal & Duke of York Sis., Do­ tion filed with Secretary of State August 11,2000. Office Location: pose: For any lawful purpose. cated is Albany County. ver, DE 19901. Purpose: any law­ (September 20, 2000) THIRD: The Secretary of State is !o~ed forth~ purpose of engag­ of New York (SSNY) on August Albany County, SSNY designated designated as the agent of the Ing 1n any bus1ness purposes per­ ful purpose. 24, 2000.-0ffice Location: Albany as agent of LLC upon whom pro­ mitted bylaw. (September 20, 2000) County, SSNY designated as cess against it may be served. Company upon whom process NOTICE OF FORMATION OF against the Company may be Dated: August 14, 2000 agent of LLC upon whom process SSNY shall mail copy of process LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - served. The post office address Cooper, Erving, Savage, Nolan & against~ may be served. SSNY to 3 Hemlock Street, latham, NY within or without the State of New Heller, LLP LEGAL NOTICE shall mail copy of process to 3 12110. Purpose: Any lawful pur­ Attorneys for Troy Die Cutting Hemlock Street, Latham, NY pose. NAME: PINE TREE PARTNERS York to which the Secretary of Notice of Application for Authority· LP. Application for Authority was State may mail a copy of any pro­ Company 12110. Purpose: Any lawful pur­ (September 20, 2000) 39 North Pearl Street of Loco Noche, LLC, a foreign lim­ pose. filed with the Secretary of State cess agatnst the Company served ~ed liability company (LLC). App. of New York (SSNY) on 07/26/00. upon such Secretary of State 90 Albany, New York 12207 (September 20, 2000) (518) 449-3100 for Auth. filed w~h Secy. of State NOTICE OF FORMATION OF The date of duration is perpetual. North Pearl Street, Albany, New of N.Y. (SSNY) on 7/19/00. LLC Office location: Albany County. York 12207. (September 20, 2000) LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY organized in Nevada (NV) on 7/ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A SSNY has been designated as FOURTH: The Company is to be 10/00. NY office lo..ation: Albany agent of the LP upon whom pro­ LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Certificate of Conversation of managed by one or more mem­ County. SSNY designated as cess against it may be served. bers. LEGAL NOTICE (LLC) Foxfire Partnership to FOXFIRE agent of LLC upon whom process TOWNHOMES, LLC. ("LLC") filed SSNY shall mail a copy of process FIFTH: The Company shall have NOTICE OF FORMATION of against it may be served. SSNY to the t.P, 708 Third avenue, 23rd the power to indemnify, to the full Name: CAMPITO PROPERTIES, w~ the Secretary of State of New Cambrian Communications LLC shall mail copy of process to the LLC, Articles of Organization filed York ("SSNY") on August 11 Floor, New York, New York 10017. extent permitted by the LLCL, as a Foreign Limited Liability 'com: principal off1ce address of the (September 20, 2000) amended from time to time, all with Secretary of State of New 2000, effective upon the date of pany. LLC: 2925 East Patrick Lane Ste. York (SSNY) on August 15,2000. filing. Office Location: Albany persons whom it is permitted to Application for Authority was filed A, Las Vegas, NV 89120. Corpo­ Indemnify pursuant thereto. Office Lo~tion: Albany County, County. SSNY has been desig­ with the Secretary of State of New ration Service Co., 80 State St., NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SIXTH: The purpose ofthe Com­ SSNY designated as agent of LLC nated as agent of the LLC upon York on August 16, 2000. Albany, NY 12207 is the regis­ upon whom process against it whom process against it may be LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY pany is to engage in any lawful The office of the Limited Liability tered agent of LLC upon whom act or activity for which limited li­ may be served. SSNY shall mail served. SSNY may mail a copy Company in the State of New York process against it may be served. copy of process to 3 Hemlock of any process to the LLC at 15 NAME: PINE TREE CAPITAL ability companies may be orga­ is located in the County of Albany. Copy of Arts. of Org. on file with LLC. Application for Authority was nized under the LLCL. Street, Latham, NY 12110. Pur· Kenwood Avenue, Glenmont, The Secretary of State is desig-_ NV Secy. of State, 101 North pose: Any lawful purpose. New York 12077. The purpose for filed with the Secretary of State IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have nated as agent for the LLC upon Carson St., Suite 3, Carson City, of New York (SSNY) on 07/26/00. ~scribed this certificate' and do (September 20, 2000) which the LLC is formed is to en­ whom process against the LLC NV 89701. Purpose: any lawful gage i!l any lawful act or activity Office location: Albany County. hereby affirm the foregoinQ as true may be served and the address purpose. SSNY has been designated as : under the penalties of perjury, this for wh1ch hmited liability compa­ to which _the Secretary of State (September 20, 2000) NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A nies may be organized under the agent of the LLC upon whom pro­ 5th day of September, 2000. shall mall any such process is cess against it may be served. S/ STEPHEN J. WAITE, ESQ. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Limited Liability Company Law. 12801 Fair Lakes Parkway, Lower (September 20, 2000) SSNY shall mail a copy of process Sole Organizer Level, Fairfax, VA 22033. LEGAL NOTICE (LLC) to the LLC, 708 Third Avenue, 90 North Peart Street The Limited Liability Company 23rd Floor, New York, New York Albany, New York 12207 Notice of formation of The Name: HARRISON GERARD was organized for any lawful pur­ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 10017. Purpose: For any lawful (518) 463-4257 pose. Rowlands & Clark Law Firm, LLC COMPANY, LLC,Articles of Orga­ nization filed with Secretary of purpose. (September 20, 2000) LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & a limited liability company (the LLC State of New York (SSNY) on (September 20, 2000) MacRae, LLP "LLC"). Articles of Organization August 14,2000. Office Location: Dr. Blade Skate Care at the BIG One Commerce Plaza filed w~h the Sec. of State of NY LEGAL NOTICE Albany County, SSNY designated Arena, LLC, filed Articles of Or· 99 WashinQton Avenue (the "SSNY") on 7/28/00. Office NOTICE OF PUBLICATION location: Albany County. The as agent of LLC upon whom pro­ ganization with the New York Sec· Notice of formation of 3-S Realty, Albany, NY 12210 retary t;Jf St~te on August, 2, 2000. SSNY has been designated as cess against it may be served. GS REALTY OF NY LLC was filed (518) 626-9000 Its off1ce IS located in Albany LLC, a limited liability company agent of the LLC, upon whom pro­ SSNY shall mail copy of process (the "LLC"). Articles of Organiza­ (September 20, 2000) County. The Secretary of State w~h SSNY on 8/25/00. Office: Al­ cess against it may be served. to 3 Hemlock Street, Latham, NY bany County. SSNY designated tion filed with the Secretary of has been designated as agent The SSNY shall mail a copy of any 12110. Purpose: Any lawful pur­ as agent of LLC whom process State of New York (the "SSNY") process to the LLC, Richard E. pose. upon whom process may be on 8/14/00. Office location: Albany LEGAL NOTICE served and shall mail a copy of against may be served. The P.O. Rowlands, 26 Computer Drive (September 20, 2000) address which SSNY shall mail ' County. The SSNY has been des­ Notice of Application for Authority West, Albany, New York 12205. any process served on him or her ignated as agent of the LLC, upon to Or. Blade Care c/o the BIG any process against the LLC of 0/K Automation Company, The purposes of the LLC are to served upon him: The LLC, 3419 whom process against it may be LLC, a foreign limited liability com­ practice the profession of law. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A Arena, 900 Delaware Avenue served. The SSNY shall mail a Quentin Rd., Brooklyn, NY11235. pany (LLC). App. for Auth. filed LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Bethlehem, New York 12054. ItS copy of any process to the LLC (September 20, 2000) Purpose: any lawful purpose. with Secretary of State of New busin~~ is to enQag~ in any law­ .' C/o Richard E. Rowland,s Esq., 26 (LLC) ful act1vity for which limited liabil­ (September 20, 2000) York (SSNY) on 8/21/2000. LLC Computer Drive West, Albany, ity companies may be organized organized in Massachusetts {MA) LEGAL NOTICE Name: 30 WATERVLIET AV­ New York 12205, th.e Registered on 9/3/1998. NY office location: ENUE, LLC, Articles of Organiza­ under Section 203 of the New Agent. The purposes of the LLC NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Albany County. SSNY designated RE: Charles R. Vaughn Education tion filed with Secretary of State York Limited Liability Company are to acquire, own, manage, as agent of LLC upon whom pro­ Trust of New York (SSNY) on August Act M J V REALTY ASSOCIATES ~se, develop and operate real cess against it may be served. c/o Jeremiah F. Manning, Esq., 14, 20.00. Office Location: Albany (September 20, 2000) LLC was filed SSNY on 911i 9:nd personal property and w~h ~tate SSNY shall mail copy of process Trustee ' County, SSNY designated as 00. Office: Albany County. SSNY !o acqu1re, own, buy, sell, invest to: The LLC, 25 lndustnal Park 27 Brookman Avenue agent of LLC upon whom process designated as agent of LLC whom In, trade, manage, finance, refi­ Rd., Albany, NY 12206. The reg­ Delmar, New York 12054 against it may be served. SSNY NOTICE OF FORMATION OF process against may be served. exchange, or otherwise n~nce, Istered agent of LLC upon whom El# 14-1785189 shall mail copy of process to 3 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP The P.O. address which SSNY d1spose of stocks, securities part­ The Charles R. Vaughn Educa­ Hemlock Street, Latham, NY nership interests, COs. niutual process against it may be served shall mail any process against the 1s: CT Corporation System 111 tional Trust is a private foundation. 12110. Purppse: Any lawful pl!r­ NAME: ONE <;APITAL CENTER funds, and commodities. , LLC served upon him: The LLC, Eighth Ave., NY, NY10011. Office It's annual "Return of Private pose. PARTNERS LP. , 1956 McDonald Ave., Brooklyn\ (September 20, 2000) add_ress in jurisdiction of organi-. Foundation". (Form 990-PF) is (September 20, 2000) Application for Authority was filed NY 11230. Purpose: any lawful with the Secretary of State of New zat1on: 73 Bartlett St available for 1nspect1on at its prin­ purpose. Marlborough, MA 01752. Copy Of cipal office (27 Brookman Avenue, York (SSNY) on 06/21/00. The duration date is perpetual. Office (September 20, 2000)

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES .scella- xcellent con Jt1on, 450, 356- C CREDIT OFFERS: Companies Clothes. household. ml 0152 after 2·00 p m Delmar. all Lucy, 393-7498 or A PERFECT EQUAL business that do business by phone can't neous and Much More! ., · · · 475-0215. PIANO TUNING & REPAIR opportunity for women & men. askyoutopayforcreditBEFORE ALBANY: RUMMAGE SALE - DESK: Blond, Very good condi- MUSIC LESSONS/ THEORY: PROFESSIONAL PIANO tuning 1997, 1998 & 1999 People's ou get it. For more information, First Lutheran Church, 181 West- tion, $100. Call 381-1100. and repair, Michael T. Lamkin, Y Keyboard, string instruments and Choice award winning HOME Registered Piano Technician, Pi­ BASED BUSINESS. 2 hours per call toll-free 1-(877)-FTC-HELP. ern Avenue, between North Lake DININGTABLE:Cherrytablewith percussion. All ages- Beginners A public service message from & Quail (entrance in rear). Satur- two 18" leaves and 6 upholstered to advanced. Over30 years expe- ano Technicians Guild. 427-190k day earns you more free TIME & theSpotlightNewspapersandthe day, September 23rd, 9:00a.m.- chairs, $400, 482-7749. rience, 489-7883. FINANCIAL FREEDOM. 24 hour Federal Trade Commission. 3 00 $3 b 1 t 2 00 POSITION WANTED message, toll-free. (888) 573- : p.m. agsaea : p.m. DRESSER/ ARMOIRE: Black/ PIANO LESSONS: Magic of Mu- 3689. Call TODAY... Your some­ CREDITOFFERS or ADVANCE- VOORHEESVILLE: 3 Devon Gold, large mirror. Good condi- sic, 318 Delaware Avenue, ALZHEIMER's RESPITE CARE day is NOW! FEE LOANS: It's illegal for com- Court (At 155 to Wormer Road), tion, $400, obo. Call465-1730. Delmar. Call Lucy, 393-7498 or PROVIDER: Your home, experi­ enced - Completed Alzheimer's AUTO REPAIR SHOP: Fully panies doing business by phone Saturday, September 23rd, 9:00 EXECUTIVE DESK: and Chair. 475-0215. topromiseyoualoanandaskyou am 3·00 pm Sunday 24th Associations Respite/ Compan­ equipped & licensed, near Em­ to pay for it before they deliver. ;.QQ a.m 2·o0 p m "SAMPLE Good condition, $250. Call eve- PIANO TEACHER: Performer, ion Training Program. linda, 768- pire State Plaza. Call439-8360. 1 Formoreinformation,calltoll-free sALE" ~ An .New .showroom & nings, 438-6664. Accompanyist. Graduate of 2154. HERBALIFE!! I lost 50 lbs. (518)- 1-(877)-FTC-HELP. A public ser- road samples: Candles, jewelry, GOLF SET: Men's. Includes bag, Belarussian Academy of Music, NEED ASSISTANCE: Caring for vice message from the Spotlight ornaments, place mats, kitchen clubs, new'' driver, #Giron Minsk. Accepting students and 382-0146. Call for product oppor­ ~brand an ill family member? I am a re­ Newspapers and the Federal towels, pot holders, aprons. Bas- "putter",balls,umbrella,$75,475- assignments. Polina, 372-8423. tunity. sponsible, caring professional with OWN A COMPUTER? PUT IT TO Trade Commission. kets, pottery, cards & stationery, 0163. PIANO:Teacherwithperformance many years of experience ... Will­ WORK! $1,000- $7,000 PART­ PURCHASE OR REFINANCE gift and various other items. HOMETHEATER:CompleteSur- &University/conservatoryteach­ ing to work in your home. Will TIME/ FULL TIME. THE "MORTGAGE PROFES- GREAT for Holiday & Teacher round Sound System with pow- ing experiences has openings for travel throughout Capital District. www.awesomemktg.com SIGNALS" Buy a home, consoli- GIFTS! ered sub-woofer. Never used, piano students of all levels. In- Excellent references. Call 423- date debt, home improvement, VOORHEESVILLE: Annual $785. Call364-6048. structs in English, Mandarin or 4448 or475-0138 AREA VENDING ROUTE 50 Top Locations (local) Great Income, cash for any need. Best products, "RUMMAGE SALE"- Super Valu MAGNA. VOX: Combination Radio Cantonese, 785-5470. TUTOR Free Info 1-800-529-9407. rates and service! Free approvals parking lot, Saturday, September & Record Player (plays all sizes). SUPERIOR PIANO LESSONS: and consultation! Northern Star 23 d 8 oo ?? R · d t Cl · 1 t W'll r ' : a.m.- . . aln a e Fruitwood cabinet, needs sound asslca o contemporary - I TUTOR: NYS Cert~ied, Special DO YOU EARN $800 IN A DAY? Funding 1-888-253-5626. Saturday, September 30th. An- adjustment,otherwiseperfectcon- travel. Laurie Field, 478-0467. Your own local candy route. In­ Ed & K-6. References, Maureen, www.northernstarfunding.com NY nual DOLLARS for SCHOLARS dnion, $200. Call before 10:00 LIN LESSO s & 434-6723. cludes 30 machines and free License #LMBC06272 FUND RAISER M M VIC N : Ages 4 · any, any a.m. for appointment, 439-1523. Older. Member Suzuki Associa- candy. All for $9,995. Caii1-800- Great Items ... and Great Bargains! 998-VEND. FIREWOOD MERCHANDISEFORSALE:$10 tion, 366-4936. WANTED FIREWOOD:Seasonedfullcords, GARAGE WANTED for 2 weeks, 1 week free (One ABSOLUTE BEST prices for old · BUSINESS SERVICES item per ad. Must be priced under NOVENAS costume jewelry and real jewelrx-~. split and delivered. 439-4450, af- GARAGE space for 1 motor ve- $1000. Price must be stated in ad. Recycle Toner Cartridges and "NEVER FAIL NOVENA: May the antiques of all types and conteffl:s ter 4:00 p.m. hicle wanted in area of Orchard & Private party ads only. No ve­ of estates. Call ROSE, 233-1195. Save! Cartridges from $45.00, in­ SEASONED HARDWOOD: Oak Union Avenue, Slingerlands. Call hicles, garage, lawn or antique Immaculate Heart of Mary and the cluding pickup and delivery. Guar­ Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised, ANTIQUE PAPER ITEMS: auto­ and Maple, $65, Face Cord; $85 439-0353. sales. Price is for a 16 word ad. adored and glorified throughout anteed. Discountedtonerforcopi­ 1/2Cord.Cut,split,delivered. 768 Add $1 for each additional line.) graphs, photographs, steroviews, ers available. We buy empties. 2373 HOME/PET SITTING the whole world, now and forever. daguerreotypes; sports programs, 800-676-0749, - . PIANO: Baldwin Grand 6'3", wnh Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray auto and motorcycle sales litera­ www.nationaltoner.com. SEASONED FIREWOOD: While I will take care of your Home/Pets bench, satin ebony. Good condi~ for us, St Theresa of the Child ture; road maps, travel brochures, it lasts! Will deliver - Will stack. while you are away. Local substi- tion, $6,300, 766·2133. Jesus, pray for us, St Jude of and ocean liner schedules; -, CEMETARY PLOTS Face cord $65, 731-6091. tute school teacher/ grad student Remodeled - KITCHEN ITEMS' helpless cases, pray for us and political items; General Electric -References. Call478-0506. · grantusthisfavor. (Say this prayer Edison-Mazda calendars, posters, ALBANY RURAL MENANDS: 4 Side-by-side REFRIGERATOR 9 times for 9 consecutive days FOUND LAWN AND GARDEN freezer, $275; Electric STOVE, scrap books, sheet music, cemetery plots on hill, $1,500,785- and publish). PLP billheads, stocks; maps and 6188. FIND SOMETHING? Advertise it $75; DISHWASHER, $75; New free. Call439-4940. PRIVACY HEDGE: Arborvitae I MICROWAVE, $50. Also, Black NOVENA to St. JUDE: May the globes, post cards, children's books; Halloween and Christmas CHILD CARE NEEDED White Cedar matures into dense leatheretteSOFA,$50;475-7849, Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, FURNITURE evergreen privacy or windbreak.~ 827-9124. glorified, loved and praised decorations; games and puzzles, DESPERATELY SEEKING RE ~AIR/REFINISHING 3-4fttree$7.85 each, 14treemini- throughout the world, now and old advertising signs, et cetera. MARY ... Poppins, that is! Reli­ r. SAXOPHONE: Alto, with case. forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Tom Jardas, 356-0292. FURNITURE REPAIR/ REFIN - mum. Shipped UPS. Discount Excellent condition. Cost new able, Loving and Experienced Tree Farm. 1-800-889-8238. pray for us. St. Jude, worker of FOR MY COLLECTION: Old fish­ Nanny needed to help care for our ISHING: Touch-up, 25 years ex- $1,169, asking $450. Call 374- miracles, pray for us. St. Jude perience. Free estimates, free LOST 4934. ing lures. Cash paid. Mike 37'0- two girls (ages 4 and 2) in our help of the homeless, pray for us. 8796. Niskayuna home. Part-time, Flex­ pickup and delivery. Kingsley TABLES: End &Coffee. Excellent Say this prayer 9 times per day fo_r .• ible Daytime Hours (20-30 hours/ Greene, 756-3764, evenings, CAT: Lost"Toddy" -along haired condition, $400 for the set. Call 9 days. Must promise publication . SLOT CARS: Old Aurora TYCO, week). Mature College Students weekends. older female tabby (black & gray), 381 _11 OO. AFX, COX, etc. - Parts, sets, ac­ or Energetic Grandmothers wel­ with white toes & paws. She is cessories wanted in any condi­ come. Competitive Salary, 372- GARAGE SALES small (about 7 or Bibs.) and is a VIOLIN: German made, bow and tion. Call452-8868. 8741. "senior citizen" with no collar. Lost case included. Excellent student DELMAR: 123 Westchester Drive Wednesday, September 13th, instrument, $300, 785-0950 North (Hamagrael area), Satur­ NANNY: To care for 2 children, from Pine Street in Elsmere. WASHER/ DRYER: Super Buy­ ages 2.5 years & 3 months, in my day, September 23rd, 9:00a.m.- 1:00 p.m. THREE FAMILIES - Please call475-1417 with any in- Like new, $300 for the pair. Call Guilderland home. References, formation. 381-1100. 218-0746. Television, large safe, sports col­ OHice Hours • Deadline Phone • Fax lectibles, and ... Much More! FIND SOMETHING? Advertise WEDDING GOWN: White, long 8:30AM- 5 PM Monday-Friday 5181439-4940 n Deadline: Friday at noon 518 439-0609 Fax SEEKING NANNY: Full time, free. Call 439-4940. sleeves, seed pearls, lace, satin, 1 weekdays for infan·t in my DELMAR: 23 Summit Road (Dela­ Mall Address • In Person Readership Slingerlands home. Mature, ex­ ware Avenue to Longmeadow), MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE sequins, size 12, $200. Call355- Spotlight Newspapers Saturday & Sunday, September 9389. P.O. Box 100 125 Adams St. &Newspapers perienced non-smoker who loves Delmar. NY 12054 Delmar 93.500 Reader children. References & own trans­ 23rd & 24th. 9:00a.m.- 4:00p.m. BARBER's SINK: Old, iron sink. WICKER PATIO SET: Love seat portation, 475-9485. Lots of Baby clothing & accesso­ Excellent condition. Best offer by & table, $65. ·call 364-6048. Classified Ads Appear In All Eight Papers Wednesday, September 27th, ries, household items, Computer In Albany County . CHILDCARE SERVICES & printer. 2000. Call364-6048. WOOD STOVE: Complete, top of • the line Vermont Casting Defiant. The Spotlight • Colonie Spotlight • Loudonville Spotlight • Guilderland Spotlight My COLONIE Home: Quality, ex­ DELMAR: 23 Sunset Drive (Off BEDROOM SET: 6 piece- solid Excellent condition, $500, 439- In Schenecuuly County perienced daycare. Infant to Pre­ Delaware Avenue, behind wood (blond), contemporary, 1825. Niskayuna Joumal • Scotia-Glenville Joumal • Rotterdam Journal school, 869-3604. Elsmere School, across from $195, 439-7232, evenings. In Saratoga County CVS), Friday & Saturday, Sep­ WORK from HOME! Earn $500- Clifton ParK Spotlight WORK 2nd or3rd SHIFT?· NEED tember 22nd & 23rd, 8:00 a.m.- BEDROOM SET: Bassett, solid $1,500 per month. Call767-2803. DAYCARE?? 2 Full or part-time walnut, 5 piece, Queen. Book- 4:00 p.m. COMPLETE HOUSE case headboard, newer box KISS YOUR CABLE GOODBYE! Classified Rates spots available. 5 years experi­ CONTENTS - Furniture, glass­ spring/ mattress, 2 dressers, Dish Network satellite system ence, references, 456-1746. Private Party Classifieds- Line Ads- Eight paper combo $10 for ware, antiques, household items, $425, 877-7250. $79.99! Free for cable customers. I 0 words 30 cents for each additional word. books and ... Much More! · 40 channels for $19.99/mo. 3 free CLEANING SERVICES Merchandise for Sale - $10 for 2 weeks, 1 week free COne jtem psr ad. DELMAR: 42 Wellington Road, BOX TRAILER: Lockable door, months of HBO. Showtime, Must be priced under $1000. Price must be stated in ad. Private party ads CLEANING- residential/ small 6.5'x14'x6.5', tandem a,xles, Cinemax! 1-888-292-4836. only. No vehicles, garage, lawn or antique sales. Price is for a 16 word ad. Saturday, September 23rd, 8:00 $1,200, 374-4934. Add $1 for each additional line.) business/industrial. Free esti­ a.m.- 3:00 p.m. GIANT SALE - CANT USE IT? SELL and ATTENTION SMOKERS. Taxfree Commercial Classifieds- Line Ads- Eight paper combo- $13.50 for mates. References. Call Rose Cleaning Out! Furniture, glass­ IL. look for the treasures YOU can cigarettes. Smokersunderground. 10 words 30 cents for ea~h additional word. Multiple insertion discounts 439-0350. ware, cook books, clothes and ... Native American owned. Shipping available. Please call for information. Lots of Miscellaneous HO!JSehold! find in Spotlight CLASSIFIEDS! by UPS. Call 1-800-343-9945 or Display Classifieds - Several combination rates are available - please call BETHLEHEM AREA: Weekly, for information. ·biweekly. Experienced, local ref­ Call Susan, 439-4940. v i s i t DELMAR: 9 Woodmont Drive (off Business Directory- Several combination rates are available - please ca11 ~' erences available. Call439-4032. Murray}, Saturday, September CANOE: Great Canadian, fiber- www.smokersunderground.com for information. 23rd, 8:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Furni­ glass, 17.5 feet Like new, $300. DIRT CHEAP CIGARETTES! Ads will appear in all eight newspapers. as well as on the CLEANING: RELIABLE with ref­ internet for the number of weeks requested. erences. Call Pam, 356-0279 or ture: Twin maple head/foot boards Call439-0076. FROM $11 .99/CT Marcy. 286-2995. (2), TV, antique rockers, swag CASH REGISTER: Electric, $200; www.dirtcheapcig.com 1-888- tamps, boys bikes, electric blan­ 27 Decks New CARDS: $125; 808-CIGS(2447). Order J--.Onn DEPENDABLE/ RELIABLE: Many ket, new futon frame, miscella­ Collectible TOY TRUCKS: Hess/ SAWMILL $3795. NEW SUPER r------~v references, Reasonable Rates. neous. I Call439-7332, Angela. Wilco,$75;52VaseLAMPCAPS: LUMBERMATE 2000. Large ca­ DELMAR: BARN SALE. Antiques, $55; SCONCES: 3 Wall, $30. pacities, more option. Manufac- I • HOMES and OFFICES: Family I household ... Lots of Stuff! 808 STAINED GLASS Room Divider: turer of sawmills, edger's and I owned and operated. Quality work Feura Bush Road, across from 3 sectioned, Hand-crafted, skidders. Norwood Sawmills, 252 at low rates, 37 4-4145. Fire Department, Saturday, Sep­ $4,000. WOODEN FRAME: 3 Sonwil Drive, Buffalo, NY 14225. ----1____ I HOUSECLEANING: Weekly or tember 23rd, 9:00a.m.- 2:00p.m. sectioned, hinged, $300; 3 Single 1-800-578-1363. MULTI FAMILY. sections, $100 each. Call 765- I word per line • 4 line minimum I biweekly. Call Jackie, 452-5528. 4206. WOLFFTANNING BEDSTANAT DELMAR: Comer of Euclid & Capi­ N:o.mc: ------~------I HOME. Buy Direct and Save! Addro:ss: ______CRAFT FAIR tol Avenues (off Delaware Av­ CASH REGISTER: Old "National Commercial /Home units from 1· enue), Saturday, September23rd, Cash Register Company" rna- $199.00. Low monthly payments. Ciry: ______Statc _____ Zip ___ I GRAFTERS: of handmade items Hom<: Phon<: ______Work Phone ______needed for the Donald P 8:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Antiques, chine. Best offer by Wednesday, Free color catalog. Call Today 1- i Sutherland School, Nassau, Craft furniture, tools, "Square Dance" September 27th, 2000. Call364- 800-842-1310. Amount Enclosed ______Number ofWcd<.< ---- J 6048. Fair, held November 18th. Space clothes & accessories, rugs, fur M:t..Osition after school Generous Benefit. P~9gram (effective on hire date): .. We Offer: • Medical, dental, life insu'rance (very loW premiums) Up to 9.00 per hQur to startl · !n circulation department. •-Profit sharing and 401(k) plans , . · • Paid v3.cati0ri (1st year), holidays, and-much moie ' · ·- Flexible SchedUleS· '·.- c~~ejoin _our growing team. . . . ~ '· . ;,. . . . ;-'' Career Advanceme~t Call Ga,il H~ey, Circulation Manager • "· _ Apply in person or mail resume to: 40 I K f'rogram • 1"1'00 Meals at439-4940 'SEALED AIRCORPORATION ·. Faid Vacation ~ CDTA Swipes Bldg. 201, Scotia-Glenville Industrial Park Apply at or Call a location near you: c · • Scotia, 12302 NY • Delmar 1 Elsemere Ave./478-0338.Ask for. Cathy •. cunan Par1117 Villiagil plaza /373..0026 Ask for Ray· • Albany 1225 WeStern' Ave./446-9101 Ask for Chris seale~ Air· corporation .• Latham 753-New Loudon Rd. /785-7509 Ask for Casey or Charlie • Scllenectady 1720 Union St./346·2391 Ask for Willie (An Equal qpportunity Employer M/F/H/V) • saratoga Springs 184 Broadway! 587-3414 Ask for Joe Let your career

With the Spotlitht Newspapers Employment ClassiReds! HOMEMAKER/ HOUSE­ SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS: Con­ AVON. Start your own business. Purchase Program available. 800- KEEPER: Bethlehem. Depend­ tact Ravena- Coeymans- Selkirk Work flexible hours. Enjoy unlim­ 634-2200 Dept. ANYS. Answer to Super Crossword able, energetic, experienced, self· Central School District. 756-5213. ited earnings. Call toll free. 888- motivated to care for loving family 942-4053. . Drivers -BEST TRUCK DRIVING and home. Cooking, cleaning, TEACHER AIDE substitutes for JOB in New York with one of the laundry, shopping. Non-smoker, all schools at RCS Call756-5204 CAREER OPPORTUNITY. Earn nation's largest trucking compa­ car. Monday- Friday, part-time/ for application. Up To$45,000 Per Year Process­ nies. $42K yearly, 401 K, medical, full time. Resume with references ing Medical Claims. Full Training dental. Guaranteed home time, VET ASSISTANT: To accompany Provided. Computer Required. twice weekly. $.32 per mile. Dedi­ by October 6th, to: PO Box 393, equine vet on farm calls. Three Glenmont. NY 12077. Call Titan Toll-Free! 888-660-6693 cated van operation. Must live long days per week, 767-2906. ext. 4312. within 70 miles of Little Falls. 1- HOUSECLEANING & IRONING: WAIT PERSON: Part-time, eve­ 888-try-ruan. www.ruan.com eoe ParHime, flexible schedule, in my Driver- Covenant nings. Reliable, flexible. Capitol *Coast to coast runs*T earns start Drivers -MARTEN TRANSPORT, Niskayuna home. References House Restaurant, 463-5130. needed, starting now, 346-0447. $.42 - $.46 '$1 ooo.oo sign-on LTD. Marten Transport can pay WORK from HOME: Flexible bonus for exp. co. drivers. For you with 1 year plus experince, • LIFEGUARDS and SWIMMING hours, unlimited income - Sell experienced drivers 1-800-441- $.33 per mile. Call1-800-395-3331 INSTRUCTORS: 16 and older. Avon. For info: 346-1507 or 1- 4394 For Owner operators 1-877- www.marten.com Full and part-time hours. Call 848-6615 Graduate students 1- (877)-854-7482. Independent FRIENDLY TOYS AND GIFTS Natalie at 399-8118, Parkside Representative. 800-338-6428. YMCA,. Glenville. has openings for party plan dem­ WORK FROM HOME: Looking to DRIVERS: ALLIED Van Lines has onstrators & managers! Home MIDDLE SCHOOL AfterSchool train sharp, ambitious, motivated openings in their Special Prod­ decor, gifts, toys, Christmas. Earn Program in the Pit seeking adult individuals ... For details call toll ucts fleet. Avg. $1.25 p/m 2 yrs. cash, trips, recognition. Free cata­ ·~ ~~~~s7~~~ ~~~~~~~e~~~~s~8M~~~ free 1-(888)-308-6198 code 77W. OTR experience required.Tractor log. Information 1-800-488-4875. day- Friday, 2:30-4:00 p.m. Apply $505 WEEKLY GUARANTEED at Bethlehem Parks and Recre­ working for the government, at ation Office or call439-4131. your leisure. Part- time. No expe­ rience required. 1-800-748-5716 Now Hiring! Federal and Postal X109. Jobs! CALL the Federal Trade Member Commission toll-free, 1-(877)­ CLAIMS PROCESSOR! $20-$40/ Full-time FTC-HELP, to find out how to hr potential. Processing claims is avoid job placement scams. Or easy! Training provided, Must own Service visitwww.ftc.gov.Apublicservice PC. Call Now! 1-~88-707-6735, Teller message from the SPOTLIGHT ext. 679. Representative Newspapers and the Federal SOUSCHEF Trade Commission. Driver/ KLLM N.E. REGIONAL First Teachers FCU .· Position $.40/mi.-AII Miles! Home weekly, seeks individual with ; (Fulltime PM shift) OFFICE POSITION: Full time, Team,s/ Solo's OTR to $.41/ mile. FirstTeachersFCU entry level, in Colonie. Seeking Condo's. $10,000 bonus. COL./A financial institution energetic team player for insur- EOE 1-800-925-5556. Three year culinary experience needed, experience to fill a seeks a permanent, .. ance adjusting company. Ability I full-time Teller in to handle multiple tasks and good Drivers- Experienced drivers start full-time Member a strong leader. A great Environment! at $.34/ mile, top pay- $.40/ mile. 'their Glenville Office, phone voice a must. Call Dorothy, Service position in ', 10:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., Monday­ Regional $.36/ mile. Lease Pro­ $7.45 per hour. Please call The Rensselaerville Institute Thursday, 464-3630 .. gram, New/ Used! M.S. Carriers. \their Glenville Office.! Training provided. 1-800-231-5209 EOE. Starting I at 797-3222 and ask for john. SALES ASSOCIATES: Full time/ Opportunity for part-time sales associates AIM HIGH. Jobs available in over $8.65 per hour. ' ., wanted. Management and prod­ 150 Specialties, plus: •up to advancement. Call uct ordering opportunities avail­ $12,000 Enlistment BOnus *Up to , Please apply in person Sue Mucci at 384- able. Join other dedicated and $10,000 Student Repayment or send resume to: hard working individuals iri a fun *Prior Service Openings. High 1572 or apply in ~, and uniQue retail environment. school grads age 17 - 27, or prior Sue Mucci, FTFCU, person to FTFCU, Competitive wages. Apply in per­ service members from any branch, Towne Center, Towne Center, 19 son, Pearl Grant Richmans, caii1-800-423-USAF for an infor­ Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany. mational letter or visit 1 19 Glenridge Rd., Glenridge Rd., www.airforce.com AIR FORCE. SALES PERSON: Part-time for 'Glenville, NY 12302. Glenville, NY 12302. Antique & Gill Shop in Glenmont, 767-3196. SEASONAL: For Orchard & Farm Market - packing house, pick­ SAMARITAN SHELTERS, INC. your-own, tour guide, cashiers, cooks, bakers, donut makers. In- a juvenile justice agency ,• dian Ladder Farms, 765-2956. NO SUNDAYS, Weoffu: RELIEF EMPLOYEES: ;:t;~~~~~1b~Z~?~. HoneyBaked Ham, Pay $7.60/hr, flexible schedule Team Player, Honest and Friendly, Colonie, FULL TIME STAFF: Experience Helpful, Salary range $16,985- $18,028, depending on background Will Train the Right Person. SfA'IZ IIIIDS seeks entry level Health Insurance. including dental, drug & optical hands-on Assistant Vacation, holiday and sick time, 401 (k) plan Full Company Benefits IM~m.m., M-F (20 hours/ Opportunity for advancement. week). We offer full benefits, Come join our growing team. a co111petitive salary, and a Prestigious work environment friendfy team environment. and good starting salary. Call Louise Havens, Advertising Manager Apply to: APPlY IN PERliN HR Coordinator at439-4940 Albany ARC (!;) 334 Krumkill Road, Slingerlands, NY 12159 518-459-0750 L.EXUS CJF L..ri I 5 L E II www.albanyarc.com 999 New Loudon Rd., Latham Equal Opportunity Employ" 786-1000 PAGE 30- September 20, 2000 THE SPOTLIGHT

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.' PAGE 32-September 20, 2000 THE SPOTLIGHT D IDA County (From Page 1) years after construction is com- $47.5 million PSEG paid to pur­ 20 years, and their application did pleted. · chase the property last year from not specify what sort of abate­ calls off previous contention that redevel­ They also seek a "substantial" NiMo. ments they would seek over that opmentwouldimprovetheplant's reduction in the property tax as­ The PSEG application states period, Tucker said. competitiveness in the deregu­ sessmentused by the town, county the Public Service Commission School Superintendent Les larvicide lated energy industry, reducing and Bethlehem Central School has approved the sale price, Loomis and Supervisor Sheila .. ·energy and. water consumption· District, for whom the plant is the thereby accepting it as "the Fuller both declined specific com­ · and air emissions at the plant district's largest taxpaying entity. Station's fair market value." ment on the application, pending drops PSEG's Manager of Federal · The town remains in litigation a thorough review of the proposaL By Joseph A. Phillips ,: Affairs Neil Brown said Monday with Niagara Mohawk Power Under Bethlehem IDA's uni­ that the application "does not an­ Corp. over that assessment for form PILOT policy, the agency In a prepared statement issued Albany County environmental ticipate that funding the project the last seven years of the typically offers a 50 percent prop­ Monday, Fuller called the applica­ health officials reversed course will involve any IDA debt or bond­ company's ownership of the prop­ erty tax abatement in the first year tion "a positive first step" and last week, dropping plans to apply ing," but they do seek tax relief. erty, and Tucker said the outcome of an agreement, decreasing in 5 noted, ''We anticipate detailed dis­ larvicide in Bethlehem to combat The application stated that"cur­ of that litigation is likely to have percent increments over a 10-year cussions with the applicant about a confirmed case of West Nile rent property taxes make redevel­ an impact on negotiations with period until the taxpaying entity specifics of the project and its po­ virus in a dead bird found on Equi­ nox Court - despite two addi­ opment ofthe Albany Station eco­ PSEG. pays its full assessment tential. Obviously, the details ofa nomically unfeasible" and re­ But "PSEG is looking for us to PILOT agreement will be a major tional cases in Delmar. The property is currently val­ topic of discussion." quested a PILOT agreement to ued for tax purposes at almost deviate from our uniform PILOT Fallowing a survey of drainagr defer full payment of taxes for 20 $260 million- far more than the policy" by extending the period to catch basins and sewers, county DirectorofEnvironmentalHealth Stephen Lukowski recommended to Health Commissioner· Dt. James Crucetti Tuesday that no larvicide be applied in an area en­ compassing most of Delmar and Elsmere. · The area was targeted for ap­ but how does he plications of the bacterial larvi­ get the attack on cide Bactimos in storm catch ba­ sins and sewers, following a Sept 5 announcement of the West Nile­ HIS infected bird. But, "'The surveys of the catch basins indicated there aren:t HEART enough larvae to pose ariy kind cfl a threat," said Kerri Battle, spokes­ woman for County Executivr Michael Breslin. · Of some 290 catch basins iden­ tified by the Bethlehem Highway Department, 20 were sampled b'y off Lukowski's staff for the presence of the mosquito larvae, and only his one catch basin was found to haV.e . mind? any significant concentration of larvae. The onset of chilly evenings is also a major factor in the decision to refrain from further applica­ tions, Battle said. "Mr. Lukowskifeltthatthetem-: peratures at night have·been cold; enough recently to reduce ~ threat," she said. · Environmental health officials, however, will continue to monitQr We view the heart as the center of emotion. the catch basins to determine if So when it falters, recovery requires not only any change is necessary. Another the most advanced medical technology- it also larval survey was scheduled to be requires the understanding and encouragement performed on Monday in conjunc­ of people who truly care. tion with town highway depart­ ment officials. St. Pet;er's Cardiac f;enter. rated among ''We have completed olir in­ the nation's TOP 100 Cardiac programs, is one ventory of all the catch basins in of more than 25 affiliated health care town that could hold larvae," said organizations and programs that together Superintendent of HighwaY'i; Gregg Sagendorph. are St. Peter's Health Care Services- 5,000 professionals who know the latest ''We've actually inventoried tl)e vast majority of the town, with the technology is critical to treatment, but that exception of some rural areas compassion is the key to healing. where they don'treally have catch basins ... we've completed our iu­ ventory in Selkirk and South Bethlehem. We're ready to re- spond if needed." · ;cipi'iil•: coin'P'os~: d The Organic 1 The science of I medicine. Advantage! 1 < I The compassion . .if to heal. ["s-EP-rE-:-M-aE-R -=-sP-Ec-,A-L):

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