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New Paltz High School graduates perform in the choir at commencement PHOTOS BY LAUREN THOMAS ceremonies last Friday evening. New Paltz High School grads stop to pose for a photo before the ceremony last Friday evening.

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NEW PALTZ | VILLAGE BOARD The big muddy Village Board member Don Kerr urges reconsideration of Wallkill River drinking water option

by Frances Marion Platt is any way that all required per- mits could be granted in time for HE NEW PALTZ Village the fi rst shutdown in spring of Board’s June 24 meeting 2017. The sole dissenting vote was was the fi rst for newly trustee Tom Rocco, who said, “I T elected trustee Don don’t see the virtue in repeating Kerr, and he immediately made what has already been done. This good on his campaign promise is not an investigation, but build- to be the “water guy” by push- ing an argument in favor of an ing to have the option of using alternative proposal.” “I thought the Wallkill River as an alternate the reason was just to understand drinking water source during the permitting process,” Rogers Catskill Aqueduct shutdowns put responded. back on the table. Much of the The board also voted -- unani- meeting was devoted to Kerr’s mously this time -- to authorize a arguments in favor of reviving request to Brinnier & Larios for consideration of the Wallkill as a a quote of what it would cost to “Plan B” to be used if Plains Road draw up a detailed price estimate residents opposed to the use for a treatment system, pump- of the aquifer underlying their ing station and piping for using neighborhood succeed in block- Wallkill River water for drinking ing the creation of a new Water during shutdown periods, based District via permissive referen- LAUREN THOMAS on the new information provided dum. At last week’s meeting, the Village Board again discussed the option of using the Wallkill River as an by the Pall Corporation. Citing alternate drinking water source during Catskill Aqueduct shutdowns. Kerr cited communications concerns about the costs to tax- that he has had with representa- payers, Mayor Rogers cautioned, tives of the Pall Corporation, a company that is bid- water from the Plains Road aquifer during the shut- “I’m not interested in pursuing this unless we get an- ding for the contract to upgrade the village’s water down periods, “is not interested in funding a tem- swers to the permitting question.” treatment plant, claiming that they “should have no porary surface water source.” “The DEP has been Kerr also urged the board to prepare an offi cial problem treating water from the Wallkill at no ad- driving this,” Kerr countered. “There has not been written response to the independent hydrologist’s ditional cost…The belief is that it can be done with enough emphasis on the village’s perspective.” report on the Plains Road aquifer prepared at the no additional equipment.” He provided copies of He proposed that the village request engineering initiative and expense of residents there who oppose an e-mail exchange in which Pall sales representa- consultants Brinnier & Larios to estimate the costs the project, raising the specter of legal liability if the tive David Glovinsky wrote, “Based on our current of pumping water from the Wallkill up to the village neighbors’ association should sue the village. Rocco understanding of the water quality of the alternate reservoir on Mountain Rest Road for fi ltration before stated that the hydrology report “has no legal stand- source, we do not anticipate any additional costs to being sent back down to the renovated water treat- ing and requires no legal response on our part.” the membrane system equipment.” ment plant. Kerr ventured a guess that the modifi ca- Deputy mayor Rebecca Rotzler pointed out that dis- New mayor Tim Rogers countered that he had tions to the system would cost less than one million cussions of potential legal actions should properly attended the same presentation from the Pall Cor- dollars, which he said was an amount that the vil- take place in executive session, and the board ended poration that Kerr had, and pointed out that it was lage could manage on its own if DEP refused to pay. up tabling the motion until the town attorney could questionable whether the treatment system being Rogers disagreed, saying that he had heard from the be consulted on the matter. proposed could fi lter “emerging contaminants” in village’s various engineers and hydrologists that the In other matters before the board last week, a the river for which there are as yet no federal stan- cost of pumping river water up the mountain and resolution to authorize an intermunicipal agree- dards, such as discarded pharmaceutical products. back down again and treating it would be “very ex- ment with the Town of New Paltz was unanimously Kerr dismissed that concern as merely a “yuck fac- pensive projects.” approved, shifting full responsibility onto the village tor with a fancy name,” noting that Pall “treats river Kerr then went on to urge that one last attempt for management of the Mill Brook Preserve lands, water all over New York State” and is prepared to be made to communicate with the various permit- which lie partially within village boundaries and par- conduct pilot tests necessary to determine whether ting agencies whose approval would be needed to tially within the town. “Ongoing maintenance would the equipment already proposed for the treatment utilize river water for drinking -- among them the fall squarely on the village,” said Rogers, adding that plant renovation can indeed cope with water from New York State Department of Health, Department leaders of both municipalities had agreed that “the the Wallkill. of Environmental Conservation and US Army Corps most prudent thing would be to have one entity re- Rogers reminded the board that the New York City of Engineers -- to fi nd out if there was any way that sponsible.” Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the permitting processes could be expedited. After Although development of a trail system is envi- which manages the aqueduct system and has agreed considerable discussion the board voted to conduct sioned, the mayor characterized plans for the Pre- to pay all the costs of accessing and distributing “timely outreach” to the agencies to fi nd out if there serve as a “very low-tech,” “undisturbed natural area” requiring “as little maintenance as possible.” Village planner David Gilmour agreed, saying that the Preserve would be a “low-impact hiking envi- ronment -- not a playground or a park.” If a parking lot were to be established at a trailhead, the Village Ž¡©“š‘¤’Ž ¦£œšŠ——Ž­œ¡˜œ¡Ž¤’Ššၼၸ­ŽŠ¡£န Department of Public Works would have to plow and otherwise maintain it, but according to Rogers, “Bleu [Terwilliger] is comfortable with that.” CUSTOM HOMES • DESIGN SERVICES Gilmour and Clean Water & Open Space Protec- HISTORIC RESTORATIONS tion Commission former chair Marty Irwin are work- ing on an application for a New York State grant that 46 North Chestnut St. • New Paltz, NY 12561 could potentially pay for development of a plan for 845.255.5988 • www.seakill.com the Preserve’s trail network, plank walkways through marshy areas, bridges, benches and other basic ameni- ties, according to Rogers. 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NEW PALTZ | TOWN BOARD al attacks” on town offi cials that have been prevalent of late, Barry said, “nobody wants to serve.” Susan Zimet will not Irwin, who will fi ll the position until the end of Gallucci’s unexpired term on December 31, 2015, seek re-election as New Now we quickly proved his value as the board launched into a discussion of the 63-acre Mill Brook Preserve, which Paltz town supervisor has long been one of his pet projects as CWOSPC USAN ZIMET ANNOUNCED on Tuesday that are fi ve chair. He reported on the action that the Village she will not seek re-election for a third term as Board had taken the night before, agreeing to take New Paltz town supervisor. “I am proud of the Marty Irwin appointed to open the lead on maintaining the property and develop- S work we have accomplished on behalf of the ing its trail network. people of New Paltz, despite the diffi cult political envi- New Paltz Town Board seat Zimet added that she had made an off er to new ronment that we were forced to work in,” said Zimet. village mayor Tim Rogers to contribute fi nancially “I love this community and wish the Town Board by Frances Marion Platt to the Preserve’s upkeep in proportion to the per- and future supervisor much success.” centage of property owned by each municipality, as During Zimet’s administration, taxes were re- UNNING ON ONLY four cylinders since the long as the “decisionmaking” is in the hands of the duced by over eight percent. In addition, she helped resignation of Jean Gallucci back in Janu- village. “It’s easier when one municipality takes the lead the fi ght in the battle against a payment-in-lieu- ary, following several months of illness, the leadership role, like the town is doing with Moriello of-taxes (PILOT) for the Wilmorite/Park Point project RNew Paltz Town Board at its June 25 meet- Park,” she noted. that would have given signifi cant tax breaks to the ing endorsed supervisor Susan Zimet’s appointment of Councilman Jeff Logan compared the large tract of developer at the expense of New Paltz taxpayers. Re- Marty Irwin to fi ll the long-empty board seat. Irwin’s new parkland to the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, not- cently, she worked with local municipalities on a grant resignation from the joint town/village Clean Water & ing that a volunteer group was created by the not- for the planning of a microgrid, which will provide the Open Space Protection Commission (CWOSPC) was ac- for-profi t Wallkill Valley Land Trust to maintain it. “I community with alternative energy during a storm. cepted, and he was sworn in and joined the board for would like to create an association” to do the same Zimet also had a hand in the negotiations to ac- the meeting already in progress. Ray Lunati was also for the Mill Brook Preserve, he said. Irwin said that quire the Mill Brook Preserve in the heart of the vil- sworn in as an alternate member to the New Paltz Plan- such a volunteer group was already in existence: the lage, and was a leader in the State in helping to get a ning Board, and Lenny Loza, who was not present, ap- Friends of Mill Brook Preserve, led by Julie and Mike fracking ban. pointed to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Lillis, who he said lived nearby and were “intimately “The next supervisor will have serious projects All of the votes for the appointments of the new familiar” with the acreage. “The Friends group will they will have to manage,” said Zimet, “including town offi cials were unanimous, but Town Board invest a lot of time and money in maintenance,” Ir- $6 million in New York Rising money, the DEP wa- member Daniel Torres expressed some reserva- win assured the board. ter project, the development of the microgrid, a new tions about the suddenness of the announcement The Town Board, now fi ve members strong, then energy-effi cient headquarters for town government of Irwin’s appointment. “I’m excited that it is Marty, passed a resolution authorizing the town supervisor and the everyday workings of managing a town.” but I’m not happy with the process,” he said, noting to draft a Memorandum of Understanding or Inter- In addition to her role as supervisor, Zimet also that other people might have wanted to apply if they municipal Agreement with the Village of New Paltz works as the executive director of the Hunger Action knew that the board was actively looking to fi ll the to fi nalize the terms of their joint responsibilities re- Network of New York State based out of Albany. seat. “Five people submitted their résumés,” super- garding the Mill Brook Preserve. “A preliminary trail visor Zimet responded. “I wanted to pick one whom map will be fi nalized on Saturday” by the Friends Portion of Plattekill Avenue closed everybody would support.” group laying out trails and bridges with the help of “I reached out to many people who would be great village engineers, said Irwin, and village planner For the next two months, Plattekill Avenue in New and get along with everybody on the board,” added Dave Gilmour is writing a grant proposal due July 31 Paltz will be closed from Main Street to Lookout Ave- councilman Kevin Barry. 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HIGHLAND | ELECTION The party’s choice Republicans pick slate for Lloyd town races

by Terence P Ward as a justice 31 years ago, he was the youngest ten- ANDIDATES MAY ured judge in the state, BE lining up to said that, "with humility, run in a presi- gratitude and honor, I ac- Cdential election cept the nomination. I'm that's still over a year away, not a politician, I do this but locally, parties are just because I love this com- gearing up the campaign munity." machinery for this Novem- Scott Ford, who lost ber. Lloyd Republicans held the nomination to Auch- their caucus on Monday moody 56-23, said that in St. Augustine's Church he intends on being part school and picked who of the town "for at least they wanted to represent 25 years," and planned the party in town races for on drawing from the ex- supervisor, highway super- perience of running his intendent, justice and two own landscaping busi- town council seats. The ness to control costs 81 people who voted pre- in the highway depart- ferred incumbents in the ment. Auchmoody gar- two contests which actual- nered a substantial ma- ly required a vote. Supervi- jority in part because of sor Paul Hansut and justice his impassioned remarks Eugene Rizzo had no chal- LAUREN THOMAS prior to the vote. lengers at the caucus and The 2015 Town of Lloyd Republican candidates (L-R): Herbert Litts III for legislature, Leonard Auchmoody for highway "I'm running because were accepted by acclaim. superintendent, Mary Beth Maio for legislature, Paul Hansut for town supervisor, Michael Horodyski for Town Board, it's not healthy for any- Leonard Auchmoody will Dave Plavchak for Town Board and Eugene Rizzo for Town Justice. one to run unopposed," make his third attempt to he said. "It's time for a become highway superintendent, and sitting council Planning Board member who has previously served change." Part of that change must be to the snow- member Mike Horodyski will be joined on the ticket on the Town Board, as well as the Dutchess County plowing practices, for which incumbent Richard by Planning Board member Dave Plavchak. Legislature. Horodyski, the CEO of Wallkill Valley Klotz has received criticism at Town Board meetings. "I take this job very, very seriously," said Hansut, Savings & Loan, is chairman of the Ulster County "I've been around equipment my entire life, and I "and I don't let the parties infl uence what I do. It's Development Agency and a board member for the own all my own equipment," Auchmoody went on, not all me, though," he added, saying that the town Walkway Over the Hudson. Plavchak hopes to bring so "I can take care of maintenance problems. I will council "works very well as a team." He also remind- his budgetary management and shared services ex- look after your money as if it was my own," he prom- ed the attendees that the Town Board is doing what perience from IBM to bear for the town. Both of the ised, and his phone number will be public should it can to rein in expenses. "Taxes are too high, but it's winners emphasized the need for balanced growth he win. Mindful that it's challenging for residents to not town taxes. Outside of the water district, taxes in the Town of Lloyd, increasing ratables to keep tax- know which layer of government is responsible for are down," while those who are in it are still paying es down while simultaneously preserving farms and any particular stretch of road, he also promised, off necessary plant improvements. open space. Taking better advantage of the Walkway "You will never hear, 'that's not my problem.' I will Horodyski received 62 votes, and Plavchak 54, to and the Hudson Valley Rail Trail to attract tourism work with you to fi nd a way to fi x it." He also predict- gain the GOP line over Fred Pizzuto, who received dollars is another point they each touched on. ed he would have no problems getting along with the the support of 31 party members. Pizzuto is also a Rizzo, who noted that when he started his career highway department employees, and said that win- ning isn't everything: "I wish my opponent the best of luck, and will help him [in the general election] if he wins." Town Democrats have not yet selected candidates Our Pe t s are Friends for the general election, which will be held on No- vember 3. ++

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COUNTY | NEWS in some zones, mandates that campaign signs come stores within 20 miles of Poughkeepsie. down within a week of the election and does not ex- When there are concerns about reduced competi- empt yard sale signs. tion resulting from a merger, regulators may require • Rosendale’s code §75-22(G) restricts real estate that some locations be sold off . Stop & Shop stores signs to as little as six square feet but without time tend to be larger than Hannaford locations, and Signs of limit, and does not exempt either campaign or yard more expensive: a comparison done by the nonprof- sale signs from its regulations. it Consumer’s Checkbook last year among Boston • Lloyd’s code §100-28(C) lists a number of place- supermarkets -- where the two chains also compete the times ment and dimension restrictions for real estate sig- -- found that families could save $450 a year shop- nage and stipulates immediate removal after the sale ping at Hannaford. If the merger is completed with- or lease, allows two-foot-square yard sale signs only out sales of any local stores, it’s not clear how it will Will local towns need on the property in question and for up to a week impact food prices in the area, particularly in com- to review their sign before and 24 hours after the event, and does not munities with only one supermarket, like Highland. exempt campaign signs. The companies did not indicate in the joint press re- regulations? • The Gardiner code §220-39 restricts real estate leases if any closures are contemplated. signs to the property in question and requires them The companies anticipate completing the merger by Terence P Ward to be removed within three days of the lease or sale, by mid-2016. allows for on- and off -premises yard sale signs of -- Terence P Ward HE SUPREME COURT has captured head- up to four square feet for seven days and does not lines all week, with landmark decisions that specifi cally call out campaign signs. Instead, it ex- Stabbings lead to attacker’s death will impact American lives for decades to empts “Posters, banners and signs, not exceeding T come, including the Obergefell v. Hodges six square feet on residential uses or 16 square feet A knife attack at a Crescent Avenue two-story ruling which legalized same-sex marriage and the on nonresidential uses, for a period not exceeding apartment house in Plattekill left three people in- shoring up of the Aff ordable Care Act in King v. Bur- 60 days” from needing a permit. jured and the instigator dead last Saturday night. well. A case which has not been getting a lot of press, The content-based uses vary; some towns exempt State police said that 25-year-old Rodshan Pittman of but is likely to keep municipal attorneys and board signs for farms or farm stands, for example. The Highland allegedly stabbed two women and a man busy locally, is Reed v. Town of Gilbert. In their deci- above only compares apparently similar restrictions before being fatally shot by family members of the sion, the justices said that sign regulations cannot be based on content, as the court did. victims, all of whom were treated at Mid-Hudson based on the content of the signs themselves, and Town offi cials may determine, after reviewing this Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center in must use other mechanisms to restrict how they are decision, that some modifi cations to sign codes are Poughkeepsie for injuries that did not appear life- used. called for. The justices provided some direction, threatening. The building’s property manager, in an The case was brought by the pastor of a church writing, “This decision will not prevent governments interview with a reporter for a local paper, partially in Arizona, which holds services in a diff erent loca- from enacting eff ective sign laws. The Town [of Gil- contradicted that scenario, telling the Times Herald- tion each week. The Gilbert town sign code required bert, Arizona] has ample content-neutral options Record that Pittman was allegedly shot by the boy- that temporary directional signs be removed by one available to resolve problems with safety and aes- friend of the apartment’s resident, a man who was hour after the event, and the church was cited for thetics, including regulating size, building materials, also one of the stabbing victims. violating that rule. Unable to work things out with lighting, moving parts and portability. And the town Also responding to the scene were the Ulster Coun- town offi cials, the pastor sued on the grounds that may be able to forbid postings on public property, so ty Sheriff ’s Department, Plattekill and Lloyd town the sign code violated free speech, and the Supreme long as it does so in an evenhanded, content-neutral police, New Paltz University Police, Modena Fire Court agreed, with a decision which declared, “The manner.” These content-neutral options are already Department and Mobile Life and the Ulster County Sign Code’s provisions are content-based regulations being used widely in local sign ordinances. ++ District Attorney’s offi ce. The road to this reportedly of speech that do not survive strict scrutiny.” quiet neighborhood was blocked by the high volume The New Paltz Times contacted local town supervi- Local supermarkets may merge of law enforcement vehicles present near number sors and mayors to fi nd out if they will be undertak- 456, where the Daily Freeman concluded the inci- ing a review of their municipality’s codes for com- A business deal on the other side of the Atlantic dent took place after state police declined to identify pliance. Only two supervisors, Paul Hansut of Lloyd may impact where local residents buy their groceries the address. and Jeanne Walsh of Rosendale, were reached for in the future. The Dutch company Royal Ahold NV is “No charges are being fi led at this time and the in- comment; neither was familiar with the decision. set to acquire Delhaize Group, based in Belgium, for vestigation will remain open pending possible grand The supervisors of New Paltz and Gardiner, as well $10.4 billion in stock. The former company operates jury action,” state police said in a statement released as the mayor of the Village of New Paltz, did not re- Stop & Shop, with locations in New Paltz and Kingston, Sunday. An autopsy of Pittman is pending. Reached spond to requests for comment, nor did several at- and the latter owns Hannaford, including the ones in Monday, trooper Norman Vallejo at the Highland torneys who were asked to provide a professional Highland and Modena. Overall, the merged company barracks advised that no further information about viewpoint. Howard Slotnick, owner of Slotnick Signs would have $29 billion in sales at its 6,500 locations, the case had been released. and Designs in New Paltz, was also unfamiliar with making it the fi fth largest in the United States. In February, Ulster County Sheriff ’s deputies re- the decision, but remarked, “It will be interesting to The transaction was described as “a merger of sponded to the Rifton home of a 25-year-old identi- see how it plays out on the local level.” equals” in identical statements released by Royal fi ed as Rodshan Pittman, due to a report of a large Writing of the law in Gilbert, Arizona, the justices Ahold and the Delhaize Group, resulting in a chain party with subjects fi ghting. Pittman allegedly at- pointed out that, “It defi nes the categories of tem- that “will be able to serve over 50-million customers tempted to “verbally and physically prevent depu- porary, political and ideological signs on the basis per week in the United States and in Europe.” Del- ties from conducting their investigation,” accord- of their messages and then subjects each category to haize shareholders will own 39% of the new Ahold ing to published reports of the incident, and was diff erent restrictions. The restrictions applied thus Delhaize, presuming it clears regulatory hurdles charged with obstructing governmental adminis- depend entirely on the sign’s communicative con- both here and abroad. Analysts have noted that tration, serving alcohol to minors and violating the tent.” A review of the exemptions included in local there is not a lot of geographic overlap between the county’s social-hosting law, among other off enses. sign ordinances reveal a number of items that ap- two supermarkets, but the Mid-Hudson Valley has He was placed in Ulster County jail on $2,500 cash pear to be content-based, including real estate signs, its share of each: the Poughkeepsie Journal reported bail and a $10,000 property bond. political campaign signs and yard-sale type signs; that there are ten Hannaford and eight Stop & Shop -- Terence P Ward like the Gilbert code, the categories often have dif- fering allowable dimensions and display times based on content alone. 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ROSENDALE | THEATRE Play place Rosendale Theatre unveils new stage, drop-down screen

by Frances Marion Platt

ITED BY MANY Rosendalers as the “anchor” for the economic revitalization of the town’s Main Street in recent years, the Rosendale C Theatre last week hit another major mile- stone in its ongoing renovation -- and one that should signifi cantly increase the space’s versatility as a com- munity resource: the inauguration of a sturdy new stage. “This is an all-purpose theatre, and now we have a stage that will accommodate that,” said Rosendale Theatre Collective (RTC) executive director Ann Citron at the June 23 unveiling event. Although “This will always be a fi lm presentation house fi rst and foremost,” Citron went on to say, “I intend to have a season of live theatre here very soon.” She added that the enhanced facility will be made available to more community groups -- even free on occasion, as it has done in the past for some fundraising events. As the Theatre’s brand-new drop-down screen was automatically lowered into place at the push of a button, Citron pointed out how there was room be- hind it to set up music stands and chairs for a band or sets for a theatrical performance, so that a movie could be screened early in the evening and a live concert or LAUREN THOMAS play follow seamlessly on the same night. According to The Rosendale Theater's Board of Directors held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception last week to celebrate the RTC Operations Committee chair Fre Atlast, the new completion of their new stage screen is “designed for digital projection. The images are clearer and sharper. You will not believe how im- proved your viewing experience is going to be.” The ends. “We fi nished at seven o’clock last night -- just in posed to culture by taking him to small local theatres old screen at the rear of the stage will be retained for time for the fi lm!” Clearly the hero of the day, Pierce like the Rosendale. “This is a one of those magical projected backdrops for theatrical performances. was also honored with the wielding of the giant scis- places where we’re transported somewhere else far, Facilities Committee chair Sam Pierce also em- sors at the offi cial ribbon-cutting at the beginning of far away,” Hein continued. “This is a special place, phasized improvement of the theatre experience for the event, with most of the RTC board and some lo- and we thought we were going to lose it. We owe an both the audience and live performers as he thanked cal dignitaries assembled onstage. enormous debt to the people who simply said, ‘No.’” all the volunteers who had pitched in to tear out the Ulster County executive Mike Hein showed up One of those early boosters of the theatre’s rescue old, uneven-surfaced stage and help construct a new too late for the photo op, disappointedly calling and renovation was Brian Mathews, who now serves one. “This man built this stage,” said Citron, intro- out, “Where are the big scissors? I want to run with as president of the RTC’s Board of Directors. He ducing Pierce to a standing ovation. “I’m very proud them!” Hein started out his speech in a joking mood, got a bit choked up as he recalled the tenuous situ- of this,” said Pierce of the handsome new wooden saying, “Let’s be honest: Theatre and elected offi ce ation fi ve years earlier, when the prospects of rais- structure on which he stood, its curved apron faced are not that far apart.” But he quickly shifted to a ing enough money to acquire the building seemed with vertical wainscoting panels and with staircases more nostalgic tone, recalling his childhood on a remote indeed: “I said, ‘We’re not going to be able providing access to the seating area inset at both farm and how his mother made sure that he was ex- to do this,’ and Nicole [Quinn] said, ‘Yes we will!’” Dabbing at his eyes, Mathews joked, “I’m tearing up because I know what our bank balance looks like.” After all the speechifying, thanking of old donors RUSK, WADLIN, HEPPNER and volunteers and recruiting of new ones were done and happy attendees had adjourned to the lobby for & MARTUSCELLO, LLP wine and cake, Mathews and the Theatre’s techni- Attorneys at Law “Helping People with their family needs for over 140 years” ‡(VWDWH3ODQQLQJ ‡7UXVWV (VWDWHV HOMEGROWN PRODUCE: ‡(VWDWH$GPLQLVWUDWLRQ KALE, GREENBEANS, LETTUCES, ‡(OGHU/DZ SUGAR SNAP PEAS & BASIL

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SUNY | ULSTER From oranges to apples New SUNY Ulster president describes how he’ll do his job

by Hugh Reynolds In Florida, the state and the students supply equal shares of the revenue, and the governor appoints all college trustees. In New York, the county legislatures UNY ULSTER PRESIDENT-SELECT Alan Roberts fi nds many similari- name college trustees. ties between the community college he’s leaving in central Florida and Having seen his institution grow more than eightfold in student enrollment the institution in Stone Ridge he'll head beginning July 27. “This is not in the past two decades, Roberts considers himself an expansionist. “Wher- Sa retirement job for me,” the 60-year-old Roberts said. “I’m coming in ever we could fi nd a vacant storefront or if a K-Mart closed, we were there,” he expecting to do the same as we did down here. There’s so much potential here, said. “Bringing college closer to students is always a plus.” it’s incredible.” He believes Ulster has considerable space to expand its Stone Ridge campus Roberts, 60, was vice president of Indian River State College (near Orlando) and also to support satellite campuses, like the former Sophie Finn school in when he was named SUNY Ulster’s sixth president last month. He succeeds Kingston. Plans are to open that Kingston facility as an adjunct facility to the Donald Katt of Hurley, college president for the fi nal 15 years of his 47-year college late this summer. career at the school. Roberts said his current college experienced its explosive growth through Roberts said he looked at job openings in four states, but “New York was always interaction with the community. “We were about quick turnaround training Number One.” A native New Yorker, he was born near Lake Placid and graduated for incoming or existing companies in our four-county region,” he said. “At with a teaching degree from SUNY Albany. After college, he split his time between one point we were in the top fi ve in the country in workforce training.” During teaching high school and working at Sears. A transfer by Sears brought him to In- his tenure the college added $60 million in capital construction. dian River and to its community college as an adjunct professor in 1989. At the same time, Roberts said he appreciated the fact that more than half a Roberts said he was told of the Ulster opening by a recruiter. “I looked it over community college’s students may go on to further education at other schools. and I thought, 'Wow, this fi ts my experience perfectly.'” Twenty years ago, he “It is absolutely critical to maintain a close working relationship with four-year said, Indian River and Ulster were similar in size, demographics and rural lo- schools,” he said. cation. Indian River State community college's enrollment is now about eight Having experienced budget stresses on community colleges due to Florida’s times the size of Ulster’s. recent economic woes, Roberts said that securing outside sources of funding “I knew what I was coming into,” Roberts said about his new job. “It’ a solid will be a priority for him. “We [at Indian River] developed a good working rela- school with enormous potential. Dr. Katt and the board of trustees have built a tionship with the National Science Foundation,” he said, obtaining $9 million really good, solid institution.” in grants over the past fi ve years. “We know the folks and the process, and we A 27-member Ulster search committee conducted on-campus interviews can score right off the bat. When dollars are scarce, you have to fi nd alterna- with four fi nalists in May. County comptroller Elliott Auerbach, a member of tives.” the search committee, found one of those fi nalists particularly impressive. An athlete all his life, Roberts is a strong supporter of campus athletics and “He talked about the need to retain students, to achieve higher graduation other co-curricular activities. “You get better student success whatever the ac- rates,” Auerbach said. Auerbach hails from the Ellenville school system, which tivity is,” he said. “It creates a sense of pride.” may have the highest dropout rates in the county. He supports the building of campus dorms at Ulster, something Indian River According to SUNY Central, about half of full-time freshmen community col- did 15 years ago. He realizes, however, that there are water supply issues at the lege students fail to graduate. Those that do graduate take an average of six Stone Ridge campus. semesters. Roberts said he was not aware of plans for a solar farm at the Stone Ridge “Ulster isn’t much diff erent than a lot of schools with its retention rate,” campus, announced by the county executive’s offi ce last week. He said Indian Roberts explained from his Fort Pierce County home. “I think your money River had similar facilities for student training purposes. is better spent in retaining 75 percent of your students than in recruiting one Roberts and his wife Donna are the parents of two grown daughters, one a thousand more with a potential dropout of 50 percent. It’s a subject we have medical student in residency and the other a computer engineer. Empty nest- talked about at every weekly cabinet meeting at Indian River.” ers, the Roberts will be looking for a home somewhere near the Stone Ride Roberts describes his style as “management by walking.” “I will be in every campus within the next six months. "I want to be near the institution,” he said. classroom and in the community,” he said. “I will be at every organization that “I plan to spend a lot of time there.” will open a door to me. Sometimes the community loses sight of the fact that Under his three-year contract with SUNY Ulster, Roberts will be paid an an- the college is theirs. They need to be partners.” nual salary of $175,000. Katt’s salary was $135,000. SUNY-Ulster board of trust- ees chairman William Spearman said Roberts’ overall compensation package, Bringing college closer to students which includes a housing allowance, was similar to Katt’s. The college's board Roberts will operate under a diff erent governance system at Ulster than he of trustees, at the behest of county executive Mike Hein, sold the president's did in Florida. In New York, community college costs are theoretically (by stat- house last year. Half the proceeds were used to fund a veterans homeless shel- ute, but not in practice) split equally among the state, the county and students. ter in Kingston. ++

cal director, Justin Peone, demonstrated the sturdi- ness of the new stage by stomping on its surface and thumping its front face, eliciting almost no echo. “This thing is rock-solid,” said Mathews proudly. Next steps for the Theatre’s renovation include CLEAR SKIN. installation of a new air conditioning system and removal of the massive, antiquated machinery that takes up an unconscionable amount of space, ac- cording to Pierce and Peone, which will enable per- formers to enter the stage from both sides instead of Botox. Age Spots. just one. Clearing out a space behind the stage that has been used for decades for dead storage will add Laser Hair Removal. “another ten feet of depth,” Pierce said. Citron and Fundraising Committee chair Carrie Get the Most from our Aesthetic Skin practice: Wykoff ticked off a long list of children’s program- ming planned for the Theatre this summer -- fi ve The Most experience in the Hudson Valley weeks’ worth, according to Citron. Amy Trompet- ter of the Redwing Blackbird Theater will conduct a The Most advanced equipment in the country weeklong “puppetry immersion program” for 9-to- The Most cost effective procedures 14-year-olds in August; a “non-musical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz” will be performed during the Rosendale Street Festival; the Sojourner Truth Youth Theater and Spark Media will also present program- ming by and for young people. For more information about upcoming events at the Rosendale Theatre (including the annual live reading of the Declaration of Independence on the morning of July 4), or how to donate, volunteer or rent the space, call (845) 658-8989 or visit the web- EssenceMediSpa.com Highland, NY 845-691-ESSE site at www.rosendaletheatre.org. ++ 8 • July 2, 2015 New Paltz Times

GARDINER | EVENT a fundraiser. The all-volunteer Gardiner Fire Depart- ment owns its fi rehouse and therefore is responsible for its upkeep. Past 5K events in Gardiner brought in enough funds that the department was able to put a much-needed addition onto the building, says Ly- ons, and this year's proceeds will go toward some needed improvements inside the structure. The Wallkill Valley Rail Trail also benefi ts from the 5K. The Gardiner 5K Classic begins and ends at George Majestic Memorial Park on Murphy Lane off of Route 44/55. There is parking available there, but addition- al spots, if needed, can be found at the Gardiner Re- formed Church nearby on Route 44/55. The course will start on paved roads, from Sand Hill Road to Farmer's Turnpike and then move onto the Rail Trail before returning to the park via Murphy Lane. "We'll have two water stops along the way and water at the end of the run," says Lyons. "And if it's a really hot day, you may even see the fi re truck with the big spray of water to cool people off ... and residents of Gardiner may come out with their garden hoses, too, and spray you down if you want!" Awards will be given out for winning male and fe- male runners and winners in age categories of 12 and under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60 and over. LAUREN THOMAS After the 5K is complete, the Kids Fun Run will be The 13th annual Gardiner 5K Classic will take to the roads and the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail in the hamlet, rain or shine, on just that, taking place in the ballpark with the younger Thursday, July 16. kids weaving around cones set up by the fi re depart- ment and older kids running the circumference of the park. The evening concludes with the barbecue, pre- pared by members of the Gardiner Fire Department. Whatever the pace Based on participation in past years, as many as 300 people are expected to sign up for the 5K. Advance registration by mail costs $25. Print out Gardiner 5K Classic at Majestic Park includes registration forms at either townofgardiner.org or gardinerfi reandrescue.org and follow the instructions Kids Fun Run and barbecue for all participants for mailing it in or sign up on the day of the event at Majestic Park from 4:30-6:15 p.m. for $28, which will by Sharyn Flanagan summer evening, with the Kids Fun Run taking place still include the barbecue. The Kids Fun Run costs $5. at 7:30 p.m. followed by a barbecue of hot dogs and Members of the Gardiner 5K Classic organizing HE 13TH ANNUAL Gardiner 5K Classic will hamburgers with cookies, chips and watermelon, committee — Donna and Luke Lyons, Barbara Clin- take to the roads and the Wallkill Valley free for all participants with their registration fee. ton, Bernadette "Mimi" Koonz, Terri Colucci, John Rail Trail in the hamlet, rain or shine, on The event organized by the Gardiner Fire Depart- Fracase and Charlie Eidel -- will have some "vintage" T Thursday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m. Awards will ment is really all about the community getting to- t-shirts for sale at the park from races of years past be given out to competitive runners in a number of gether, says EMT Donna Lyons. The race was put to- and will be assisted by residents of the Town of Gar- categories, but walkers are welcome to cover the 3.1 gether by the town when it fi rst began, but six years diner, who help out in a number of ways, says Donna mile course at whatever pace they choose. The run/ ago it was turned over to the fi re department to orga- Lyons, whether it be to sign up people on the day walk is actually just the beginning of an enjoyable nize so they can use the proceeds from the event as of the event or to stand on the course and hand out water. Organizers do ask that participants leave the doggies at home and the same goes for strollers. ++ Shop Local B & L Jewelers

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NEW PALTZ | GRADUATION A class act New Paltz High School graduates 194 students

New Paltz High School grads pose for a photo before ceremonies begin last Friday evening. PHOTOS BY LAUREN THOMAS New Paltz High School graduates at the ceremony last Friday evening.

by Mike Townshend

S PARENTS, FRIENDS and grandparents wait politely listening to speeches, the mood at New Paltz’s high school football Afi eld is muted, joyful and refl ective. Out- doors, emerald leaves fl utter beneath a gorgeous azure sky; the air has a clean smell -- like the moment before a big rain. In a big circle, laughing and carrying on, a large family totes a plethora of Mylar balloons -- enough almost to lift a small child airborne. Each balloon is a variation on a theme: one reads “Congrats, Grad!” another “Happy Graduation!” Out of sight from the action, a boy wearing a blue necktie fl ips himself upside down, clinging to the bleachers’ crossbeams. As the tie lilts downward, pulled by the force of gravity to his chin, blood rush- es to the boy’s head. His mother looks on disapprov- ingly -- ready to move in with a warning. A few yards away from her, a bi-fold brochure fl ut- ters down from the seats above, hitting the grass with a light plop. The brochure is the program an- nouncing New Paltz Central High School’s 83rd An- nual graduation on June 26. At the 50-yard line, center stage, James McColgan A New Paltz High School grad waves to a family member at last Friday evening's ceremony. -- the Class of 2015’s valedictorian -- sounds relaxed delivering his prepared remarks, despite the fact that he’s talking about being nervous. McColgan remembers his fi rst day as a freshman. Rattled by to complete work in three courses to be wearing his most your entire lives living with war, under a threat nerves, he didn’t know exactly how he’d fi nd his cap and gown. I hunted him down in the cafeteria of terror and inundated with images of suff ering locker between classes. on his last day of classes. He was sitting on the back from lands near and far.” The setup, or at least the implication, of his table with about ten friends,” he recalls. “I had a big He says he knows that this impacts his students. speech’s opening scene is that change and nerve- sign with me that I’d made especially for that mo- “Take for example some of the events from this racking days lie ahead as the seniors transition into ment. On the sign it said in bold letters, ‘Don’t be a school year: the video that surfaced of Ray Rice beat- college, careers or the military. It’s not unlike what chump! Get your work done!’ ing his girlfriend in an elevator; thousands of people they’ve faced before. “That student came in the next day of his own vo- stricken ill with Ebola in West Africa; and, more re- He urges his classmates to be creative. “It’s impor- lition -- without me having to go to his home to get cently, the terror in Charleston, SC.” tant that we take risks, but reasonable risks,” Mc- him, which I would have if it was necessary. And he From a journalistic standpoint, that gives rise to Colgan says. “Enjoy the journey and live life to the did his work -- all of it.” the question of how this impacts students. Neden fullest.” Podell praises his fellow educators, pointing out says he sees empathy. For Allan Podell, a high school teacher retiring similar instances where teachers had selfl essly sacri- “Class of 2015, we needed you this year. We need- after 19 years with the district, the day is special. fi ced time to help students accomplish a goal. He en- ed your compassion, your drive for excellence, your Students requested that both he and his colleague, courages seniors undecided on a career to consider charm. Our community suff ered when we lost Kyle journalism teacher Joel Neden, deliver speeches at teaching. Brewer, but it was the leadership of this class that the graduation. Podell, a special education teacher, says that his brought us together.” Long white hair frames a smile that bursts onto biggest lesson came from his students. He learned Seniors went out of their way to off er solace to Podell’s suntanned face as he gets to the podium. grit and tenacity -- what it means to keep trying in sophomores brokenhearted about their classmate’s Even in his last year, he tells the crowd, he wasn’t the face of seeming failure. “What they have taught unexpected death. They gave back, he says. ready to give up on students. me is this: failure is not so much falling down. It is In the end, “2015 was a year of compassion for our “There is someone among you. This student had not getting back up and trying again,” he says. senior class. And ladies and gentlemen, that is your Neden approaches the stand next. He notes that legacy here,” he says. his job as the journalism teacher surrounds him with And like that, Superintendent Maria Rice gets on ULSTER PUBLISHING’S REASON Many websites (not ours) track your browsing habits to sell a great combination -- inquisitive minds and current stage, pronouncing (with the power invested in her advertising. Reading the paper events. by New York State) that this year’s 194 seniors have and supporting our local adver- “Most of you were born in 1996 or 1997,” Neden graduated. Caps fl y into the air, and families get up \3 tisers strikes a blow for privacy tells the seniors. “You were four or fi ve years old on to hug and congratulate their graduates. ++ WHY PRINT? and local business. September 11, 2001. 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HIGHLAND | GRADUATION Onward and upward Highland High School graduates 138 students by Sharyn Flanagan

HE HIGHLAND HIGH School football fi eld was the setting last Thursday, June 25 for the 138 members of the graduating class of T 2015 to claim their diplomas. Principal Peter Harris, a 1991 Highland High School graduate, welcomed the senior class and their fami- lies and friends, asking the parents of graduates to stand. "We recognize you," he said, "for the part you have played in helping us help your children reach this milestone." Harris told the students that they had collectively, as a group, made him proud to have been their principal "and now, fellow alum." Salutatorian Jahnvi Bansal noted the accomplish- ments of her fellow classmates and reminisced about common moments they had shared before address- ing the sentiments found on greeting cards given to graduates. "Follow Your Dreams" is nice, she said, but it's equally important to have a plan. And "Shoot for the moon and if you miss you'll be among the stars" is mis- leading because "the stars are much farther than the moon, so you'd be hurtling through space and time." Better to not waste time wishing and waiting for good things to happen, Bansal advised; "Do good things to make those good things happen." Valedictorian Erika Rosenkranse, who earned the distinction by graduating with the highest grade point average in her class, took an approach in her remarks that she characterized as "keepin' it real." Noting the temperature — it was a humid evening on the verge of rain — and the knowledge that the parents were wait- ing through the speeches to see their child get their di- ploma, Rosenkranse acknowledged her fellow gradu- PHOTOS BY LAUREN THOMAS Highland High School graduates show some spirit at commencement ceromonies last Thursday evening. ates' desire to "get our diplomas and move on," saying to them, "If you're like me, all you're thinking about is getting through the ceremony and then running over ties awaiting the students as they enter their adult lives approach when things are not working and persevere to get some refreshments before they're all gone." and advised them not to be too concerned if their plans no matter what. If you've made it through all the trials Rosenkranse thanked the teachers and congratu- change along the way. She noted that she started col- and tribulations of high school, believe me, you can get lated the other graduates on their achievements be- lege as a philosophy and psychology major, intending through anything." fore off ering the advice to work hard. "If there is one to be a teacher or guidance counselor, and then went Several musical interludes alternated with the thing I've learned," she said, "which I believe holds on to pursue a master's degree in environmental edu- speeches. The Highland High School Concert Band, true for everything, it's that hard work pays off . Hard cation. "But even after fi nishing my master's, I ended under the direction of Drew Rebecchi, performed work coupled with perseverance will take you far up switching career plans," she told the graduates. "Prairie Dances." The Highland High School Concert and help you achieve your goals." "There's no need to worry if you change your major Choir sang a rendition of "I Hope You Dance," direct- The commencement speaker was class of 1995 High- and decide something isn't for you. Change is constant ed by Lynda Keech. After the diplomas were issued, land High School grad Jaime Lynne Bishop, director of in our lives. And your time at Highland [High School] the concert choir sang the school's alma mater and research and data visualization at the Marist Institute has provided you with the skills you need to start the the students walked off into their adult lives to the of Public Opinion. She spoke about all the opportuni- new chapter in your life. Just remember to adjust your sounds of Sousa's "Manhattan Beach March." ++

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NEW PALTZ/HIGHLAND | 4TH OF JULY Fireworks in New Paltz, Highland and on the Walkway Over the Hudson

UGE BOOMERS AND rings of starry bursts al- ternating with aerials before dissolving into the night sky above: what would July be without H our annual ritual of fi reworks to celebrate our country's freedom? This year the spectacular displays lo- cally are spread out over a three-day period: New Paltz is kicking things off early on Thursday, July 2 to be followed by Highland on Friday, July 3. Walkway Over the Hudson will off er the opportunity to view the City of Poughkeepsie fi re- works from their unique vantage point on Saturday, July 4.

New Paltz: Ulster County Fairgrounds The annual Fourth of July celebration in New Paltz will be in its usual location at the Ulster County Fairgrounds at 249 Libertyville Road on Thursday, July 2. (Rain date will be Sunday, July 5.) Gates open at 5 p.m. with no admission fee — although donations are welcome — and visitors will A previous Fourth of July celebration at the Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz. fi nd plenty of bouncy houses and activities for kids. At- tendees can bring a picnic or purchase refreshments from a variety of food vendors. The event is sponsored by ShopRite supermarket. Walkway Over the Hudson at Walkway State Historic Park on Saturday, July 4. Live music will begin at 7:30 p.m. with "Wonderama," a Stevie Wonder The park will close to the public at 5:30 p.m. for setup and safety preparations, tribute band playing all his hits. The lineup features local musicians who all then reopen at 6:30 p.m. for those possessing valid wristbands for entrance. contribute to the vocals: Akie Bermiss on keyboards, Jim Curin on bass, Phil Tickets cost $12.50, available online at www.walkway.org or from Mahoney's Nestor on drums, Angelo Ficara on guitar, Madlyn Phelan on vocals, Rich De- Irish Pub & Steakhouse in Poughkeepsie, Adams Fairacre Farms in Pough- crosta on trumpet and Dr. Lori Morris on saxophone. keepsie or Wappingers Falls, the Walkway Café in Highland and Caff e Aurora At 8:30 p.m. the "Retro Rockets" will play funk, R&B, soul and rock music. in Poughkeepsie. Walkway members receive a 20 percent discount when pur- Frontmen Jimmy Eppard and John Cariddi on guitar and vocals are backed chasing tickets online and kids age fi ve and under are admitted free, although by a veteran rhythm section that includes Pete Levin on keyboards, Charlie preregistration is required. All who enter the park must wear a wristband. Kniceley on bass and Richard Crane on drums. Early purchase is advisable, as tickets have sold out in advance in previous Local talent Esme Hyman will keep the tradition of the last few years now by years. In the event that tickets do not sell out, the remaining supply will be singing the National Anthem at 9:30 p.m. followed by the fi reworks extrava- available for cash purchase at both entrances to the bridge. ganza and then, a second set of live music by the Retro Rockets. Attendees are The City of Poughkeepsie fi reworks display is expected to begin between 9 encouraged to stay for the music for awhile, which helps keep the departing traffi c and 9:30 p.m. Radio station Q92.1 FM will broadcast live from the center over- from piling up too much on Route 299. (Visitors can also make a right turn out of look. In the event of severe weather, the rain date is Sunday, July 5. Updates the parking area to go home through Gardiner on Libertyville Road.) will be posted on the Walkway Over the Hudson Facebook page and at www. walkway.org. All ticket sales are fi nal; no refunds will be issued. Proceeds ben- Highland: Town Field efi t the Walkway Over the Hudson organization. Highland will host its traditional old-fashioned Independence Day celebra- A few other things to note: the elevator to the bridge will not be operating tion with fi reworks on Friday, July 3 from 6-10 p.m. at the Town Field behind after 5:30 p.m. No dogs, bicycles, rollerblades, skateboards, scooters or fi re- the Methodist Church on the corner of Vineyard Avenue and Main Street in the arms are allowed. The Walkway is smoke-free and alcohol-free. Rolling coolers hamlet. Bluesy rock standards will be performed live by the Touch of Rhythm or glassware will not be permitted, and visitors are advised to bring a fl ashlight band and recorded music by DJ Rick Knight will enliven the event organized and carpool. by the town Events Committee and sponsored by the Highland Business As- All Poughkeepsie and Lloyd parking regulations will be in eff ect. In addi- sociation. tion to on-street parking available on Verrazano Boulevard and other nearby The party in Highland has the fl avor of a small-town block party with hun- streets, there will be parking at Mahoney's Irish Pub & Steakhouse, 35 Main dreds of people arriving hours beforehand to enjoy a summer evening with Street; Gellert & Klein, 75 Washington Street; Redl Buildings, 82 Washington friends while tossing around a football or watching the kids jump around the Street; Pulaski Park, Talmadge Street; Mid-Hudson Civic Center, 14 Civic Cen- bouncy houses. Picnics can be brought into the park or food can be purchased ter Plaza; and NYS Parks, 61 Parker Avenue. Parking in the Town of Lloyd can from local vendors who off er chicken kabobs, hamburgers and hot dogs and be found on the left side of Haviland Road in Highland and NYS Parks, 87 treats like fried dough and ice cream. Bringing blankets and folding chairs Haviland Road. The celebration on the Walkway is presented by Mid-Hudson along is advised. After the National Anthem is sung at approximately 9:30 Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center along with the Poughkeepsie p.m., an impressive array of fi reworks will light up the sky. Journal, Health Quest, Green Mountain Energy and Macaroni Kids. More information is available by calling (845) 454-9649 or visiting walkway. Walkway Over the Hudson org. Fireworks set off by the City of Poughkeepsie can be best viewed from the -- Sharyn Flanagan

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A day’s work Larry Furey Golf pro and proprietor of New Paltz Golf Course

by Sharyn Flanagan

OLF PRO LARRY Furey is one of 28,000 members of the PGA of America (an orga- nization, by the way, not to be confused Gwith the PGA Tour for professional play- ers). Class-A PGA club professionals like Furey are licensed after a three-and-a-half-year apprenticeship in which they have to prove a certain level of golfi ng ability but also have to be educated in all the things it takes to successfully run a golf course: organizing tournaments, merchandising a pro shop and even how to have interpersonal relationships with people, says Furey. "It's quite extensive. Some colleges now off er it as a four-year program." Furey is both golf pro and owner/operator of the New Paltz Golf Course at 215 Huguenot Street. Open to the public, the nine-hole course is a scenic oasis bordering the Wallkill River, set against the backdrop of the Shawangunk Mountains. Furey started work- ing there in 1980 and purchased the course in 2000. Teaching the game is the traditional role of a golf professional. "And it's a tough game," Furey says. "Usually I teach people who are trying to get bet- ter, or beginners will sign up for some lessons and we go to the driving range. I teach them how to hit LAUREN THOMAS the golf shots on the full swing and then we work on New Paltz golf pro Larry Furey. the short game, which is chipping and putting, sand shots and things like that." Managing the golf course is quite another thing. ing at 8 o'clock, 8:30, so we're not out of here until since late last fall. The New Paltz Golf Course was "With ownership, anything can happen," he says. 10 p.m. every night, usually. It makes for a long day, the fi rst in the country to off er the new sport, Furey "Sometimes you're worried about a group that's com- and then the early birds are here at 7 a.m." says, with hundreds of venues nationwide now host- ing in for a tournament, so you're trying to prepare But he does get a break over the winter. "I go to ing what he describes as "basically playing golf but the course. You have situations with the weather Florida for two months and recharge my batteries, with a soccer ball." Drawing on the popularity of soc- all the time, so you try to get all the mowing done and play a lot of golf down there." cer, FootGolf can be as competitive as that sport or before the rain comes. We have responsibilities to Another aspect of a day's work for Furey involves something for families who just want to get together keep the machines running well. And we do have a organizing fundraising events. "We raise probably to kick around the ball for fun, no equipment neces- lot of leagues at night, too, Monday through Friday; $50,000 per year for the community from the tour- sary. women's and men's leagues, couple's leagues... they naments we have here," he says. That now includes Growing up in Brentwood, Long Island, Furey don't tee off until 5:30, 6 o'clock and they're fi nish- FootGolf tournaments, a new addition to the course got into golf when he began caddying at around

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There are a lot of personalities last few years, just because of the responsibilities of to play golf. "As I got more advanced at it, I was cad- here every day. That can be challenging, but it's also running the course. Something had to give a little; dying for the better players, so I was able to watch very rewarding. There's a lot of wonderful people there's just not enough hours in the day. the form of the good players, and I think that helped that go through here every day who have enriched me." my life a lot. What do you think you'd be doing if you weren't doing Furey went on to play on his high school golf team this? and was awarded a golf scholarship to Mercyhurst Has the work changed much since you started? I love music, and I play guitar, so maybe I would University in Erie, Pennsylvania. His fi rst job in the Not too much. Over the years I've been here, the be singing in some local venues, playing some music golf business was at Mohonk Mountain House in people have changed. I've seen generations come in a small band. I do that a little bit as a hobby and I 1978-79. At the time he used to go camping in Haines and go since 1980. The responsibilities became think I could have done it on a little bit of a profes- Falls, near Palenville, and one day on the way home greater when I became the owner in 2000 and the sional level had I not been involved in the golf busi- he visited a childhood friend who was working at equipment has changed in golf — it's more sophisti- ness. Maybe in the next lifetime! Mohonk. "He told me they needed a golf pro at the cated now — but for the most part, the game is the resort, and I was ready to get away from Long Island same as it was when I was caddying in the 1970s. You What kind of music? at the time, so I did." still have to make a three-foot putt even if you have a I grew up in the '60s and the '70s, so I like country After moving here, "I fell in love with New Paltz $500 driver in your bag. You still have to learn how rock; Crosby, Stills and Nash; Jackson Browne; Joni and the Hudson Valley," Furey says. "It's just a beau- to play the game properly. The equipment has made Mitchell; Grateful Dead... that music has stood the tiful place to live." He's been married to wife Karen it a little bit easier, and given more people the oppor- test of time. I enjoy it. since 2000 and has two stepdaughters. Karen and tunity to play the game that are not as athletic, but in business partner Todd Greger lease and run the Up- general, nothing has changed too much. What advice would you give someone going into your stairs on 9 Café at New Paltz Golf Course, its deck line of work? overlooking the greens. "They run the whole food What about technology? Has that made any kind of im- I would say to enjoy the fact that you're working and beverage operation here, which is a very big pact on your business? outside most of the time, because that is defi nitely project with all the leagues and tournaments," says Our advertising is getting a little bit better with an advantage. And the game of golf is a fantastic Furey. "And we have a lot of people who come here Facebook and things like that, but no, technology game; it will challenge your physical ability, but also just to have lunch who are not golfers." The Rock & hasn't made much of a change. Really the only thing, challenge your mental ability. Rye Tavern at the course is leased and run by Cassie like I mentioned, is people have less time nowadays. Fellet. A lot of people are carrying two jobs and are on the Where do you see yourself ten years from now? 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This band is made up of some of the tri-state area’s fi nest performers and specializes in ‘eclectic and electric’ swing clas- sics including jazz, Dixieland, Motown, R&B, ball- room, gospel, Latin and Klezmer. at the Rosendale Theatre. Twenty individuals will not Street Archives and Permanent Collection will Music in the Garden sponsors include: Copeland take turns reading a portion of the document that be on display in the DuBois Fort. The exhibit “By Funeral Home, Empire State Bank, Essence Medi- changed the world. the Grace of God, Free and Independent: The Revo- Spa/First Care, Gadaleto’s Seafood Restaurant & Those scheduled to participate at press time in- lutionary War in Ulster County” will be on display Market, Rock and Snow, The Valley Group and Ulster clude Bill Brooks, Anita Peck, Inge Kraus, Ed Mor- through Sunday, August 2. Both the reenactment Savings Bank. ris, Suzanne Paterson, Christopher Pryslopski, Bob activities and the exhibit are free and open to the Ryan, Lisa Sterer, Fiona Gross, Jillian Nadiak, Brooke public. Annual opening of the sculpture Pickering-Cole and Hiege Kim. Guided tours and In-the-Moment tours of Historic garden at Unison and gallery show The patriotic experience will conclude with a com- Huguenot Street will be available throughout the munity sing-along of old favorites from Americana day. The sculpture garden at the Unison Arts Center folk tradition. Afterwards, attendees are invited to will come alive with the opening of the 17th annual enjoy a cup of coff ee and a Fourth of July birthday Fire pump fl ow tests outdoor sculpture garden show on July 5 from 4 to 6 cake provided by The Alternative Baker. at SUNY New Paltz p.m. The show will feature an art-fi lled outdoor walk Admission is free. For additional information, visit and an indoor 3D sculpture show. www.rosendaletheatre.org or call (845) 658-8989. SUNY New Paltz will be conducting its required Unison’s fi ve-acre park-like sculpture garden is a annual fi re pump fl ow tests on July 13-14, as well as woodland setting laced with paths that weaves its Historic Huguenot Street testing three fi re hydrants that were recently upgrad- way through the woods opening up to a large wild- to host July 4 Revolutionary ed. This work may result in water discoloration in fl ower fi eld sited with contemporary works. Art piec- War reenactment the neighboring area and pooling of water at some es are set in the woods, by a small pool, in two large locations. If you experience discolored water, let meadows and make use of local rocks and foliage. Historic Huguenot Street will host a Revolutionary you faucet run until the water is clear. Unison is located at 68 Mountain Rest Road. For War reenactment, “New Paltz in the War for Inde- Any questions or concerns may be directed to more information, visit www.unisonarts.org or call pendence,” this Saturday, July 4. Featuring members Scott Schulte at (845) 257-2387. (845) 255-1559. of the 5th New York Regiment (5thny.org), reenac- tors will camp on the DuBois Fort lawn (81 Huguenot Mohonk Preserve auction helps Retired men to meet on July 6 Street) and perform a number of demonstrations more people get into nature throughout the day. The retired men of the New Paltz community in- At the campsite, visitors will see wedge-style tents Against a backdrop of the Catskill Mountains, pa- vite all retired men to their monthly breakfast meet- and a dining “fl y” as they would have been used trons of Mohonk Preserve’s 18th annual benefi t auction ing on Monday, July 6, 8 a.m., at the New Paltz Plaza during the Revolution. Living historians will dem- celebrated by contributing over $95,000 to support Diner. Tim Rogers, the newly elected mayor of New onstrate marching and drilling, showing how arms outdoor education and land stewardship eff orts that Paltz, will discuss New Paltz and the engaged com- at the time were handled and fi red. An armament yield long-term environmental and public benefi ts. munity. For additional information, contact Phil demonstration will display various types of muskets At the June 13 event, held at the Spring Farm Kissinger at 256-5472 or [email protected]. and weaponry, while members of the regiment ex- trailhead’s Slingerland Pavilion, Mohonk Preserve plain how they were used, fi red and maintained. executive director Glenn Hoagland welcomed 200 A reading of the Declaration of Additional demonstrations and displays will reveal guests who also participated in a silent auction of Independence on July 4 at aspects of civilian life, including candle making, goods and services donated by local businesses and the Rosendale Theatre blacksmithing, woodworking, musket ball and car- Preserve supporters. tridge manufacturing and colonial cooking. Children Patrons bid to fund the Preserve’s newly launched A reading of the Declaration of Independence will can participate in reenactment military drills and Junior Ranger program, where teens gain wilder- be held this Saturday, July 4 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. various colonial games. ness, leadership and team-building skills that can “The original 5th New York Regiment included provide a leg up on college and job applications. many soldiers from Orange and Ulster counties,” Bidders also supported the Preserve’s pioneering Press release guidelines explained Kara Gaff ken, director of public program- NatureAccess® program, which helps people of all The New Paltz Times welcomes press releases ming. “With the guidance of the living historians of ages and abilities experience nature, the Preserve’s from its readers. They should be submitted by the regiment, guests will have an engaging opportu- carriage road restoration projects and the mountain Sunday to increase the chance that they will nity to discover how both soldiers and civilians from search-and-rescue team of trained rangers who help be printed in the following week’s paper. Please our own region actually lived during the Revolution- ensure a safe and participatory outdoor experience e-mail them to Deb Alexsa at newpaltztimes@ ary War.” for 165,000 visitors each year. ulsterpublishing.com. In addition to the reenactment, a new exhibit of “The success of the benefi t auction this year is a Revolutionary War objects from the Historic Hugue- true testimony to how deeply our community ap- JuneJuly 14, 2, 20122015 •• 19

HIGHLAND | FLAG DAY NEW PALTZ | MUSIC

Carmen Nickerson and Willy Porter will perform TANIA METZ at Unison on July 8. Members of American Legion Lloyd Post 193 held their annual flag retirement ceremony on June 14. Flag retirement ceremony in Lloyd Willy Porter at Unison ETERANS FROM AMERICAN Legion Lloyd Post 193 of Highland held their annual fl ag retirement ceremony on Flag Day, Sunday, June 14. Scouts from Highland's Cub Scout on July 8 Pack 70 and Boy Scout Troop 70 were on hand to assist. During the ceremony, old, worn HE WISCONSIN BORN-AND-BRED Vand faded fl ags were presented to the Commander for inspection. Once the fl ags were guitarist Willy Porter will appear at deemed unserviceable, they were honorably retired from further service and burned. Among the Unison Arts Center on Wednesday, fl ags retired was one which had fl own over the Mid-Hudson Bridge. T July 8 at 7:30 p.m. John DeRosalia Legion Commander Vito Dispensa had the following to say: "Today is a very honorable day for will be the opening act for the evening. the American fl ag. Some of these fl ags have fl own over graves of our military brothers and sisters Guitarist and singer/songwriter Willy Por- who have perished since the wars. We place them at the cemeteries in May, take them down after ter has been turning fi rst-time listeners into Veteran's Day and save them to be honorably retired here today. Some were fl own over homes and die-hard fans for more than two decades. He businesses. These fl ags were all turned in at the fl ag disposal box, which looks like a mailbox, but it's and singing partner, Carmen Nickerson, bring painted red, white and blue at the Lloyd Town Hall. If you have fl ags you've fl own which are worn, their brand of righteous indie-folk for a night faded and no longer fi t to fl y, please help us by turning them in, and we will see to it that they are of high-test tunes and tons of fun. Porter’s disposed of honorably. These ceremonies are held throughout the county today." signature fi nger-picking guitar work and rich songwriting creates a one-of-a-kind musical ride that has energized audiences all over the world from stages shared with icons such as Jethro Tull, Tori Amos, Paul Simon and Jeff preciates Mohonk Preserve’s accomplishments of with the Symphony Gala, featuring the Hudson Val- Beck. protecting and preserving the Shawangunk Ridge, ley Philharmonic with Feltsman conducting. This Tickets are $15 in advance members and $20 providing environmental education to our children special evening features Mahler’s Adagietto from for non-members. Door prices are $20 mem- and creating the next generation of naturalists,” said Symphony No. 5, Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 and a bers and $24 non-members. Tickets can be the Preserve’s director of development Serena Mar- concerto performed by the 2015 Jacob Flier Piano purchased online at unisonarts.org or by call- rero. “We are extremely grateful for all the support Competition winner. ing (845) 255-1559. received during this incredible event.” Institute events include a recital by Hui Shan Chin Unison is located at 68 Mountain Rest Road The auction included dinner catered by Harvest -- winner of the 2014 Flier competition, master class- in New Paltz. Real Food Catering with wine provided by Stone es with Hung-Kuan Chen, Ovchinnikov and Alexan- Ridge Wine and Spirits. der Toradze and student recitals. Of special note is the Jacob Flier Piano Competition held on July 20 PianoSummer at SUNY New Paltz & 22 at 3 p.m. This competition was established to Chess club for adults celebrates 21st season with honor the distinguished Russian pianist, Jacob Flier, at Gardiner Library who taught for many years at the Moscow Conserva- exceptional lineup of artists tory and who brought up generations of prominent The Gardiner Library chess club for adults will meet SUNY New Paltz presents the 21st season of Pia- musicians including Feltsman. The winner performs this Sunday, July 5 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the library noSummer, an international summer institute and a piano concerto with the Hudson Valley Philhar- community room. This club is geared for chess players festival dedicated solely to piano music, from July 11 monic on July 31. with some experience. For more information call Peter through July 31. Under the artistic direction of the Tickets for concerts and events are on sale at the at 851-8171. internationally-renowned maestro, Vladimir Felts- Box Offi ce, located in Parker Theatre. Tickets may The library is located at 133 Farmer’s Turnpike. For man, concerts, recitals, master classes and piano also be purchased by calling (845) 257-3880 or online more information, call 255-1255 or visit www.gardiner- competitions will take place on the college campus, at www.newpaltz.edu/piano. library.org. some free of charge. For the full schedule of events visit www.new- PianoSummer Festival kicks off its 2015 season paltz.edu/piano. Harmony yoga for kids on July 11 at 8 p.m. with a Faculty Gala, featuring returns to Gardiner Library an assemblage of renowned pianists. The program Gardiner Library reading includes performances by Feltsman (Bach), Paul program for adults “Harmony Yoga: A Musical Yoga Experience” re- Ostrovsky (Beethoven), Phillip Kawin (Beethoven, turns to the Gardiner Library for four Fridays begin- Schubert), Susan Starr (Chopin), Robert Roux The Gardiner Library announces its new for 2015 ning July 17. The classes, for three- to six-year-olds (Brahms), Robert Hamilton (Bartók) and Alexander Easy Breezy Adult Summer Reading Program. Li- without their parents, are held from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Korsantia (Ravel). brary patrons can fi ll out a form rating each book on July 17, 24, 31 and August 7. The cost is $60 for all This year’s guest artists include Hung-Kuan Chen they read now through Labor Day, September 7. At four sessions. Pre-registration, with a $10 deposit, is and Vladimir Ovchinnikov. the end of the program, the library will pull forms required by July 10 by calling the library at 255-1255 On July 18 at 8 p.m., Chen will perform works of from the box and award prizes to participants. or stopping by 133 Farmer’s Turnpike in Gardiner. Bach-Busoni, Liszt, Chopin and Scriabin. Chen is “We wanted to off er something for our adult patrons Children’s librarian Miss Amy will lead the series, one of the most decorated pianists of his generation for the summer,” said library director Nicole Lane. which will include exploring yoga postures, calming -- enigmatic, brilliant and versatile -- a pianist of dy- “This seemed like an easy way for them to have some exercises, singing playing musical instruments, dra- namic and imaginative artistry and individuality. fun. Plus, it will allow us to fi nd out what books our matic play and more. Ovchinnikov, who was awarded the title National patrons like that may not be on the best-seller list and Other summer events for kids of a variety of ages Artist of Russia by Russia’s president, will present a create displays to highlight them for other patrons.” include storytimes, a playspace, stop motion anima- recital on July 25 at 8 p.m., featuring the works of The library is located at 133 Farmer’s Turnpike in tion class, meet-a-mustang special storytime, music Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky. Gardiner. For further information, call 255-1255 or and science programs, mask-making workshop, and The festival concerts conclude on July 31 at 8 p.m. visit www.gardinerlibrary.org. drawing and guitar lessons. 20 • July 2, 2015 New Paltz Times

Briefl y noted be noted that the high school guidance offi ce, while on Route 208 in New Paltz. Wildlife (owls) rehabilitator open Monday through Thursday, does close between and educator Annie Mardiney will speak on July 8 and on noon and 1 p.m. July 22 there will be a “Christmas in July” gift exchange. Two “slick” oil events Regular offi ce hours will resume on September 1, Refreshments will be served. All senior citizens in the Monday through Friday, with times varying by build- towns of New Paltz and Gardiner are invited to partici- On Monday, July 6 from 4 to 6 p.m., the public is ing and offi ce. pate in the activities and attend the meetings. For more invited to join a vigil in front of Elting Memorial Li- information, please call Phyllis Maier at 255-6878. brary in New Paltz to remember the victims of the KaeliStrong fundraiser bomb train explosion at Lac-Mecanic. The train was New Paltz Board of Education carrying highly explosive Bakken crude oil from The KaeliStrong Foundation is hosting an after- organizational meeting Canada. A similar vigil will take place on Thursday, noon of family fun with food, music and dancing on July 9, 5 p.m., at Kingston City Hall. July 18 from noon to 4 p.m. at Novella’s, located at 2 The New Paltz Central School District Board of Unbeknownst to many, a large pipeline carrying Terwilliger Lane in New Paltz. All proceeds from this Education will conduct its annual organizational that same oil is being planned to pass New Paltz event will help support local children with cancer. meeting on Wednesday, July 8 at 7 p.m. in the dis- alongside the New York State Thruway. “Not only The inspiration for the KaeliStrong Foundation is trict offi ces located at Lenape Elementary School. A is this oil explosive, it’s also extremely toxic when four-year-old Kaeli, who is nine months into her fi ght workshop meeting will follow. burned,” says Ann Guenther from New Paltz Climate against cancer. She lives in New Paltz with her twin Action Coalition. “And the more we keep using fossil brother Aidan and parents Jean and Chris Beyer, on Donate to the library fair fuels, the less likely we are to invest in renewables.” active duty with the Army. For more information, contact Guenther at 255-9297. This free event will include a live auction, live en- The Elting Memorial Library is now accepting do- tertainment, face paining, story telling by Jonathan nations of books, toys and fl ea market items in prep- Groundbreaking for Kruk, arts and crafts, dance lessons by Got 2 Lindy, aration for its 59th annual library fair to be held on the Rosendale Pool on July 8 personal portraits, a bake sale, a 50/50 drawing and September 26 and 27 in New Paltz. raffl es. A silent auction will include baskets of cheer, To make the delivery easier, a volunteer will be A groundbreaking ceremony for the Rosendale golf packages, Renegades tickets, autographed Iza available in the library parking lot on Saturday, July Pool will take place on Wednesday, July 8, 2 p.m., Trapani children’s books, local restaurant and mer- 11, August 8 and September 12 from 10 a.m. until at the Rosendale Recreation Center, located at 1055 chant gift certifi cates and much more. noon to help you unload. At all other times, dona- route 32. tions can be brought directly to the library front Town ReUse and Recycling Center desk during library hours. New Paltz Central School District closed on July 4 The library only takes books that are clean and in announces summer offi ce hours good condition, including college textbooks. Howev- The Town of New Paltz ReUse and Recycling Cen- er, high school textbooks, Readers Digest condensed New Paltz Central School District offi ces are now ter on Clearwater Road will be closed on Saturday, books, magazines or encyclopedia sets are not ac- operating on a summer schedule with all offi ces in the July 4 in observance of the holiday. cepted. Donations of gently used children’s books, district open to the public from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. toys, puzzles, games and bikes in good condition are Monday through Thursday and closed on Fridays. New Paltz-Gardiner Seniors appreciated. The fl ea market does not accept cloth- The two exceptions include the athletic offi ce, to meet on July 8 and July 22 ing, outdated electronics, cassette tapes, shoes or which will be open from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. and the large furniture. transportation offi ce, which will be open Monday The New Paltz-Gardiner Senior meetings for July will through Friday from 6:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. It should be held on July 8 and July 22, 1:30 p.m., at the VFW Hall Rondout Valley Lions Club to host

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New Paltz 90 Miles to present “I Remember Mama” Coming to terms The Rosendale Democratic Committee will host Lloyd voters to decide on term limit extensions for Rosendale Community Day on Saturday, July 11, 4 town supervisor, clerk & highway superintendent p.m., at the Creative co-op in Rosendale. The event by Erin Quinn

N TUESDAY, NOV. 6, not only will residents vote on numer- ous contended races -- most Onotably being who shall be- come the president of the US -- but there will also be a plethora of local votes cast begins with a historic scavenger hunt on Main Street for federal, state, county and municipal political leaders. In the Town of Lloyd, the only local referendum on the ballot is for voters to

LAUREN THOMAS decide whether or not the town clerk, Pictured is the cast of 90 Miles off Broadway's upcoming production of "I Remember Mama". Top row, left to right: Dushka Ramic as Aunt town highway superintendent and town supervisor should have their two-year and ends with a free ice cream social. There will be Jenny, Wendy Rudder as Aunt Sigrid, Zane Sullivan as Nils, Joel Feldstein as Papa, Wayne Kreuscher as Uncle Chris, Julia Cohen as Katrin, Ken Thompson as Mr. Thorkelson and Sherry Kitay as Aunt Trina. Bottom row left to right: Chloe Gold as Dagmar, Kim Lupinacci as Mama terms extended to four years. These are and Carly Feldstein as Christina. all separate referenda, as suggested by Lloyd supervisor Paul Hansut, who said INETY MILES OFF Broad- with the help of her husband and her background for a great deal of comedy that he wants to give “voters a chance way will present “I Remem- Uncle Chris, brings up the children in and a little incidental tragedy. Tickets to weigh in on each and every position, ber Mama” at the New Paltz a modest San Francisco home during are $15 for general admission, $8 for stu- and not lump them all together, as many N Reformed Church on Nov. 2, the early years of the century. Mama, dents on opening night only, $12 for se- towns have done in the past.” an opportunity for kids to vote for their favorite his- Nov. 3, Nov. 9 and Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. with sweetness and capability, sees her niors/students and advanced sales and The idea behind the four-year term, and Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. The play will also children through childhood, managing $10 for members/groups. according to Hansut, is to give those Times be performed at the First United Meth- to educate them and to see one of her For additional information, e-mail elected to offi ce “enough time to get fa- odist Church in Highland on Nov. 17 at daughters begin a career as a writer. email@ninetymilesoff broadway.com or miliar with the nuts and bolts of the job, 7:30 p.m. The story shows how Mama, Mama’s sisters and uncle furnish a rich call 256-9657. Continued on page 12 toric Rosendale building. The big read One Book/One New Paltz to read & discuss The Submission For more information, visit rosendaledemocrats. by Erin Quinn year’s One Book/One New Paltz readers’ selection. HAT WOULD HAPPEN if In Library Journal, Sally Bissell re- the selected architect for marks that this book is an “insightful, a 9/11 memorial at Ground courageous, heartbreaking work that W Zero turned out to be a should be read, discussed, then read Muslim-American? How would people again.” This is exactly what One Book/ com or e-mail [email protected]. react to the news, particularly those One New Paltz will attempt to do as it families who lost loved ones in the ter- embarks on its seventh year of a com- rorist attack? There are no easy answers munitywide reading program fi lled with to the questions raised by award-win- events, reading groups, panels and fea- Pictured are some of the members of the One Book/One New Paltz committee (left to ning author Amy Waldman in her debut tured authors and actors. One Book is a right): Jacqueline Andrews, Linda Welles, Maryann Fallek, John Giralico, Shelley Sherman novel The Submission, chosen as this Continued on page 12 and Myra Sorin. ALMANAC WEEKLY PANCAKE HOLLOW SHOOTING PAGE 9

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ROSENDALE | EVENT Nice weather for merpeople Rosendale gets festive for Pool Fund with new Mermaid Parade

by Frances Marion Platt

T WAS ANOTHER rained-out early summer weekend, but that didn’t faze the festival-mad folks of Rosendale last Sunday, when they I launched yet another soon-to-be-annual com- munity celebration: the Rosendale Mermaid Pa- rade. According to a local with decades of expe- rience estimating crowd size, longtime Rosendale Street Festival organizer Billy Liggan, about 200 peo- ple turned out to prance, fl ounce, wriggle and bop their way up and down Main Street in colorful sea- themed costumes despite the unrelenting drizzle. Umbrellas transformed by streamers into jellyfi sh props were doing double duty, but the mood was up- beat, propelled by the Mardi Gras-fl avored music of the Rosendale Improvement Association Marching Band, including thematically appropriate tunes like “Wade in the Water” and “Down by the Riverside.” “It’s okay to have rain on a mermaid parade. Mer- maids don’t mind water,” declared town supervisor Jeanne Walsh, adding that the groundbreaking for replacement of the Rosendale Pool will take place on Wednesday, July 8, 2 p.m. at the Recreation Cen- ter. The Mermaid Parade was dreamed up by Rosen- daler Louisa Duff y as a fundraising event for the LAUREN THOMAS Pool Fund, and hats were literally being passed at Rosendale's first Mermaid Parade was held last Sunday afternoon despite the drizzle. The parade was held as a the Rosendale Farmers’ Market at the parade’s end fundraiser for the town pool. to collect donations. Asked why she had chosen that particular theme for the event, Duff y said, “Rosen- dale is on the water and our pool was broken. And identifi ed himself as “Phyllis Diller the Freshwater Splash, which starred Daryl Hannah as a mermaid ‘mermaid’ and ‘parade’ rhyme!” Sea Pickle” (presumably the black sheep of the sea and a young Tom Hanks as the human who falls in The parade route began at the storefront of Amy cucumber family). A large family group from New love with her. Trompetter’s Redwing Blackbird Theater, led by a Paltz wearing mermaid skirts, rainbow tutus, cat ears By the end of the event, about $1,200 had been giant seahorse/dragon puppet and a troop of march- and painted whiskers said, “We’re the Purrmaids, donated to the Pool Fund, according to Rosendale ers carrying brightly painted cardboard cutouts of and this is our pet catfi sh!” as they pointed to the tax collector Deborah Checchia, and organizers mermaids with sculpted papier-mâché heads. They youngest child, wearing a cat mask. Unsurprisingly predicted that online donations would continue to crossed Main Street, circled the parking lot behind in Rosendale, some marchers also carried political mount up afterwards. Main Street merchant and the Rosendale Theatre where the Farmers’ Market is messages such as “Mermaids for Microgrids” and Marching Band drum major Fre Atlast proclaimed held every Sunday, then marched east on Main past “Mermatrons against Patriarchy.” the newly inaugurated celebration “very successful” the post offi ce, took a right on Snyder Avenue, made Back at the parking lot as the parade broke up, and a “good dry run. Today laid the foundation and a U-turn at the Rondout Creek and headed back west Farmers’ Market vendors credited the crowd of it will grow from here.” She added that the Mermaid again to Willow Kiln Park. marchers and spectators for helping make their day Brigade, which will put in its next appearance at the Conspicuously parked at the beginning of the line successful in spite of the rain. “The beginning of the Rosendale Street Festival, would fundraise for a dif- of march was an elaborately painted van belonging day was soaking wet,” admitted market co-organizer ferent local charitable cause each year. to the Cottekill-based Etsy clothing designer known Kitty Savage. “But it really did pick up.” “We were To donate to the Rosendale Pool Fund, visit the as Katwise, who brought along a merry band of happy to see all the mermaids turn out,” agreed Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley website her elaborately costumed friends who clearly had Annie Courtens of Roxbury Farm of Kinderhook, a at http://cfhvny.org/give. To join the organizers and marched in their share of Coney Island Mermaid certifi ed organic/biodynamic CSA that is having its get involved in the preparations for future events, visit Parades. There were male mermaids in shiny drag fi rst season at the market. “Sales were surprisingly Rosendale Mermaid Brigade on Facebook. ++ (including one calling himself Marine Antoinette), at good,” reported another newcomer, M. J. Fitzpat- least one regally appointed Neptune/Poseidon and rick, who sells cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil bot- a variety of other denizens of the deep. But since tled by her family in Greece. “The people who came Rosendale doesn’t block off Main Street to automo- were interested in buying.” bile traffi c for parades, Toni Cardinale, who lives up- To tie in with the watery theme, the market fea- stairs from the Redwing Blackbird Theater, was be- tured a booth with a display of live freshwater crea- ing kept very busy stopping cars to let the costumed tures, including a painted turtle, crayfi sh, tadpoles revelers cross the street. “Hey, I’m crossin’ a sea cre- and baby salamanders. Environmental educator atchuh heah!” she shouted in a vocal impression of Betty Boomer was on hand to share tidbits of infor- Dustin Hoff man as Ratso Rizzo punching a taxicab in mation about aquatic life with passing kids. Some Midnight Cowboy. children walked around carrying cardboard fi sh That sea creature turned out to be one of Katwise’s marionettes that they had made in a crafts workshop seasoned parade posse, Derek Coff er of Eddyville, at the Creative Coop preceding the parade. And on dressed as a jellyfi sh in “a repurposed headdress Saturday, the Rosendale Theatre heralded the Sun- from another costume” that looked to be assembled day event with a screening of the 1984 rom/com from foam pool noodles. Coff er enthusiastically demonstrated his fl oaty costume’s “fully articulated wings, to help me swim!” Elsewhere, another of Visit us at our Katwise’s group was overheard saying animatedly, “This squid is staring at me, and all of a sudden I’m Davis new location! like, ‘I know this squid!’” Plumbing & Heating “Be who you are underwater” was the dress-up We do it right the first time! 3 Veterans Dr., theme, as expressed by Rosendale-based perfor- mance artist Carl Welden, and participants took that #PJMFST

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by Rich Corozine watching surgery a "pretty fun thing to do." MUST ADMIT RIGHT off that For the uninitiated it is a generic Fiona Bohan and her older sis- human in a virtual hospital going ter Ciara are my daughter's best under the knife, that the "student- Ifriends. Have been for years. learner" wields in a sort-of anima- This doesn't disqualify me from writ- tion format, only the student, with ing a student profi le about Fiona, the computer mouse, does the sur- only makes it a bit more personal. gery. Like the time she and my daugh- "I've always been interested in ter were drying off after a swim fi xing things, analyzing things, and at Moriello Pool a decade ago. We helping people has always been a were playing word games. A la Ab- big motivator, so it was fun to apply bott and Costello word games. You it on that site. And solving mysteries, know: “Who’s on fi rst,” "back up... like in a diagnosis, has always inter- alright go ahead" and "take a left... ested me," says Fiona. "But actually left? Right" Only this one was the I'm open in everything to do with number game, where Bud tells Lou- medicine, so I'll see when I have an ie to pick a number from one to ten. internship where my skill set will Louie picks a number, and of course take me along that path." it's always wrong. Always. Any num- Fiona will be attending Harpur ber. So I try that with Miss Bohan, all College at Binghamton ("It's a nice of age seven (I think), telling her to campus, with the Susquehanna pick a number from one to ten and nearby"), which is the arts and sci- thinking that she'll fall for the ruse. ences section, but hopes to overlap She smiles at me with her impish that with lots of liberal arts courses. grin and says "12." Fiona, like her sister, has always So that clever little kid has just drawn beautifully and had thought graduated from New Paltz High about art studio courses, "but I think School with high honors (no sur- that has become more of a hobby for prise there) and will be attending me...I'm really a scientist at heart." SUNY Binghamton come fall, look- Fiona had a good experience at ing to study biology and/or bio- New Paltz High School, and she chemistry, with a push toward pre- formed the Rotary-like InterAct Pro- medicine and a possible career as a gram with fellow senior Katherine cardiologist. Curtis to set up fund-raisers and pro-

When my daughter fi rst told me a CIARA BOHAN grams to help the community. She few years ago that Fiona wanted to Fiona Bohan. was also a top lawyer in Mock Trial. be a cardiologist and that she was "I thought about the law also, an- "performing operations" via an on- other way of helping people get by, line heart surgery site, I was perplexed to say the preventative way. Before the operation. Get them to but science is my calling." And as usual with these least. Not knowing anything about "virtual" heart make lifestyle changes instead of surgery...It's some- profi les, we ask the student for words of wisdom for surgery online and little about Fiona's interest in thing I've thought about since taking Mrs. [Susanna] incoming freshmen, so Fiona obliged: performing it, I fi gured one day I'd ask her. O'Brien's biology class in eighth grade." Then, like a "High school isn't so rigidly structured that if you So..."I'm not so interested in heart surgery," an- lot of young kids, Fiona wanted to be a veterinarian, have a good idea you shouldn't be put off by trying swers Fiona to my question, "more into being a heart but O'Brien told her about the online site Ed Heads, it, the teachers and fellow students are great support specialist. More communication with the patient in a a site for student learning activities and Fiona found for new ideas, so go for it!" ++

fine arts classes Kelly Wingfi eld is Painting & Drawing named to the Dean’s Children & Adults List at SUNY Albany ENROLL NOW Starts July 5 ELLY WINGFIELD HAS been named to the Dean's List of Distinguished Students for North Riverside Arts the spring 2015 semester at SUNY Albany. Pam Krimsky K Kelly is majoring in biology/pre-med. She Master of Fine Arts, Painting, NYS Certified is the daughter of Dave Wingfi eld of Gardiner and )JHIMBOE
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LAUREN THOMAS The New Paltz Middle School Moving-Up Ceremony was held last Thursday at SUNY New Paltz.

ARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, FRIENDS and lives in high school. middle school principal Anthony Tantillo. The middle school offi cials watched with pride as the Following congratulatory speeches, words of ad- school band then led the new “grads” out of middle eighth-grade class of the New Paltz Middle vice and the presentation of academic awards, the school and off on their fi rst steps to high school -- with PSchool marched into the SUNY New Paltz ceremony ended with the one-by-one presentation bigger life-choices to be faced and good decisions gym last Thursday to celebrate their fi nal day at the of moving-up certifi cates by superintendent Maria around them to be made. A party at Moriello Pool was middle school and the start of a new chapter in their Rice, principal Dr. Richard Wiesenthal and assistant held later that night to celebrate the milestone. Outdoor classroom Highland Middle School students enjoy a fi eld trip to the Norrie Point Environmental Center OR HIGHLAND MIDDLE School teacher Kevin Rizzo’s eighth-grade living biology class, a day out of the classroom meant a F day on, and in, the Hudson River. The class, which consists of 25 grade-eight honor students who are taking grade-nine science, visited Norrie Point Environmental Center at Mills-Norrie State Park in Staatsburg on June 10. The center, perched on the river’s east shore, is home to the ad- ministrative offi ces of the Hudson River National Es- tuarine Research Reserve and is staff ed by scientists, archeologists and researchers dedicated to the Hud- From left to right: Tanmaye Hulgundi, Celeste Considne and Jasmin Akter wade through the Hudson River exploring the son, its fl ora and its fauna. There’s a research lab, a living environment. They found carp, perch, eel and other species. weather station and, of course, the river. The students canoed through the wetlands, waded into the water to collect specimens and identifi ed fi rst but then we got the hang of it.” “It’s such a big river,” said Jasmin Acter. “I was sur- plants and wildlife. The idea, Rizzo said, was to ob- The canoes launched from Norrie Point’s marina, prised that such tiny fi sh could stay alive in it.” serve a “day in the life,” of the Hudson. paddled past the pier and small boats in the slips, DEC educators led discussions throughout the “The river is very dynamic, it’s constantly chang- then headed into the marsh to observe its wildlife day, both in the fi eld and back at the center. They ing,” Tom Lake, an archeologist and scientist with and plant life. Students were challenged to identify talked about the environment, the ecosystem, and the Department of Environmental Conservation, what they saw. how, since Henry Hudson sailed the river in 1609, told the students. “No one moment on this river will “There were things that we’ve talked about in the Hudson River has never been the same. Invasive ever be repeated again.” class, but it was really cool to see things,” said Chris- plants have been introduced, dams were built, rail- For Rizzo’s class, that moment was a warm June day, tine Poluzzi, noting that in class she’d learned that road tracks laid along its banks. a Wednesday, with a steady sun and a gentle breeze. the stem of marsh plants can have a spongy texture, “I learned that we really have a big impact on the When they arrived, the students were split into two but at Norrie Point she got to feel it for herself. “It river,” said Saipranav Golkonda. “Not just us, now, groups; one group boarded canoes, the other donned really was spongy,” she said. but back to when Europeans fi rst arrived.” waders and set about collecting specimens. After an While not canoeing, the students collected fi sh. Wad- For Rizzo, the fi eld trip was an invaluable oppor- hour or so at each excursion the groups switched. ing into Norrie Cove and using a seine net, they caught tunity for hands-on learning, exploration and dis- “I’ve been in a canoe before, but this was the fi rst carp, perch and even an eel. In all, they collected 23 covery. “The day was full of teaching moments,” he time I got to row,” said Ryan Shepard. “It was hard at specimens representing six diff erent species said. “It was a great day.” ++ 24 • July 2, 2015 New Paltz Times Sports NEW PALTZ | BASEBALL

RICH COROZINE The Mets Andrew Gehrer slides into home on a wild pitch from Braves' pitcher Peter Leach

Babe Ruth New Paltz Baseball Under 11 champions Marshall & Sterling Dodgers. championship

HE RYCOR HVAC Mets defeated Goodfella's Marshall & Sterling Dodgers Barber Shop Braves 13-3 and 9-5 to win the New Paltz/Highland Babe Ruth champion- win 11-under baseball title T ship (13-15 age group). Led by southpaw fi reballer Julian Higgs the Mets blew the fi rst game N AN EXCITING fi nish to a high-fl ying season, the regular season fi rst-place Marshall & Sterling open with a fi ve-run fourth inning. In the second Dodgers survived a fi rst-round playoff loss to the SeaKill Pirates in extra innings, then won again game the Mets led from start-to-fi nish to claim the in extra innings to meet the Pirates again, who they beat on Monday, June 22 (in extra innings title. Iagain) to set up the championship game -- the third in a week -- with the Pirates. The 13-15 All Stars will be playing at Saugerties in On Wednesday, June 24 the Dodgers fell behind 5-0 to their sudden nemesis, then clawed their way the round-robin District 3 Tournament from Sunday, back into the game, tying it at 7-7 at the end of six innings, scoring the winning run in the seventh June 28 through Wednesday July 3 to determine who (another extra-innings game) on a double by Matt Vonahnen that plated Jeremy Taylor with the walk- moves into the Eastern New York championships, off winning run. Steven Carr got the win with one inning of scoreless relief. also in Saugerties from July 11-17. District 3 is New -- Rich Corozine Paltz, Saugerties, Rondout and Onteora. -- Rich Corozine

James Glassman at Ferrante's Whiff le Ball Park. PHOTOS BY RICH COROZINE Thomas Covino hitting off Gavin Craddock at the Whiff le Ball Park. Fun times at Ferrante's whiffl e ball park

HERE'S A NEW ballpark out on Libertyville is. With a fence bearing "sponsor" messages, lights, league, just a place to have a good time.” Nonethe- Road. Just across from the cornfi eld. No, it's a scoreboard and a bunch of high-spirited friends, less the "park" is picturesque with its backdrop of the not Iowa; it's New Paltz. And cousins John New Paltz's latest addition is a booming success. Gunks, and on this night, big cotton-clouds moving T and Peter Ferrante didn't hear a voice tell- "We just built it for our friends for the summer and slowly overhead. The players are mostly one-time ing them to build it. But the 20-year-olds did build it holidays," said John Ferrante, "just to have fun. We New Paltz athletes, like James Glassman, Thomas and man, are they coming to play...whiffl e ball that don't keep stats or anything like that. It's not a real Covino, Kyle Roberts, Gavin Craddock, John Schmitt and Corey Fleishman (who put up the outfi eld fence and the light poles) there every Friday evening to take a crack at the weird-moving ball with the holes in it. -- Rich Corozine

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Lloyd Legion Post 193 NEW PALTZ | CAMPS on a roll

LOYD LEGION POST 193, made up of pri- marily Highland and New Paltz players, upped its record to 6-2 on the season, win- L ning three-of-four in the Sal Caccio Tourna- ment in Newburgh -- losing the tournament fi nal to Rockland -- and then blasting Kingston last Wednes- day. In game one of the Caccio Tournament, Post 193 crushed Newburgh 13-2, as Tyler Black went the dis- tance giving up four hits and striking out fi ve. Paul Hansut had three hits and three RBI's, with Mike Weed with two hits and two RBI's. Seb Pannuto add- ed three hits and two RBI's. In game two Post 193 beat Kingston 10-0 with Chase Sarvis going the distance and allowing three hits. Bran- don Mack had three RBI's and Joey Wildrick knocked in Participants in last year’s baseball and basketball camps off ered at New Paltz High School. a pair. Taylor Digilio added a pair of hits. In game three Lloyd topped Monroe 2-0 behind Vinny Valentino's six innings, striking out six. Ma- Sports and fun-and-game camps off ered son Hordyski relieved and got the save with a 1-2-3 seventh inning. Post 193 had only three hits: Mike at New Paltz High School Doxey, Brandon Mack and Mike Canino. Post 193 lost the title game 6-4 to Rockland, with PORTS AND FUN-AND-GAMES camps will take place at New Paltz High School during July on the Tyler Black taking the loss. Lloyd took a 3-0 fi rst-in- following dates and times: Baseball/softball and a fun-and-games camp will be held July 6-10. The ning lead, with Rockland cutting it to 3-2 in the third camp will feature a morning session of baseball and softball that runs from 9 a.m. to noon. It will and scoring four more in the sixth. Post 193 scored S be followed by a fun-and-games camp from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., which emphasizes fun and fi tness a run in the bottom of the sixth, but they fell short. with physical education activities and games administered by the school’s physical education staff . On Wednesday at Kingston, Vinny Valentino went Basketball and a fun-and-games camp will take place July 13-17. The camp will feature a morning fi ve innings, giving up two runs and three hits in the session of basketball from 9 a.m. to noon and an afternoon of fun and games, which runs from 12:30 11-2 win. Mason Hordyski relieved and allowed just to 3:30 p.m. one hit over the fi nal two innings. Off ensively it was The same format will occur during July 20-24, with soccer being off ered in the morning and a fun- Seb Pannuto 3-5, with four runs scored; Mike Doxey and-games session in the afternoon. 3-3 with an RBI; Chase Sarvis 2-5, with two RBI's; All day campers are asked to bring a lunch and eat under the supervision of the camp staff between Mike Weed 2-3, with an RBI; Brandon Mack 1-3, with sessions. The camp is available for boys and girls ages 6-14. The cost is $100 for a half-day or $170 for a double and an RBI; and Steve Branche 1-4, with a the entire day. Each camper will receive a camp gift, and camp prizes will also be awarded. Portions double and two RBI's. of the proceeds will benefi t the New Paltz High School girls’ basketball program. Post 193 will be at the Plainville, Connecticut Tour- For more information, call Bill DeFino at (845) 392-2807. For a registration form, e-mail wdefi no@ nament over the July 4th weekend. yahoo.com. -- Rich Corozine High adventure Members of Boy Scout Troop 70 to set out on a two-week backpacking trek through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

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Box 3329, ures in Flight 4 Dance company at the 92nd Street Y Kingston, NY 12402. To inquire about display advertising or Harkness Dance Center. We must force our leaders other matters, call 334-8200, e-mail info@ulsterpublishing. The energy of the young dancers was fantastic, to do the right thing com or fax 334-8202. To place a classified ad, e-mail your and the theme of harmony they represented was in- copy to [email protected] or call 334-8201. spiring. Most of the dances were performed primar- I was shocked last week when Ann, the eternal We can be found on the web at www.newpaltzx.com. ily by New Paltz teenagers who did us proud by their optimist, awoke and announced: “We’re toast!” She expressiveness and professionalism. The audience was reacting to an article about the pledges to reign was overwhelmed and cheered enthusiastically af- in carbon emissions made by countries around the ter each piece, as well as giving the group a standing world at the last climate summit. ovation at the end. The number crunchers have since calculated that Interspersed with the dances were conversations even if every country honored its pledge (extremely New Paltz Times with Henkel, Slotnick, Ray Britto and Noel. It was ex- unlikely), the global temperature will rise 3.6 degrees NEWS OF NEW PALTZ, GARDINER, HIGHLAND & BEYOND citing to hear how dance was used to inspire incar- Celsius. This is nearly twice the 2.0 limit that climate Debbie Alexsa Editor cerated men and others to express the joy of move- scientists agree must not be exceeded to continue life Julie O’Connor Almanac editor ment. as we know it on our planet. In other words: “We’re Staff writer Frances Marion Platt Clearly primary kudos belong to Susan who has toast!” Staff photographer Lauren Thomas been working in the Hudson Valley as a dance teach- But we do have one more chance to turn this Contributors Sharyn Flanagan er since the 1980s and as a volunteer in boys’ and around: the Paris climate summit beginning in No- Mike Townshend, Terence P Ward men’s prisons as well as with AIDS and cancer sur- vember. However, based on the history of summits Rich Corozine, Erin Quinn vivors and people who are homeless and poor. Her from Kyoto to Copenhagen, most countries are un- Jesse J. Smith, Poppy Vaughan enthusiasm for dance and her commitment to those willing to “give until it hurts,” especially the US. Columnists Jennifer Brizzi, Paul Brown in need is admirable. I am honored to be part of her This time, however, global politicians clearly cannot Carol Johnson, Rich Parisio, Kathy Puglisi New Paltz community. choose “economy” over “climate.” Hugh Reynolds, Mark Sherman, Susan Slotnick Addie Haas If we are not decisive at the Paris meeting, we New Paltz Display ad sales Jenny Bella, Lynn Coraza might miss our last opportunity. Citizens of the Pam Courselle, Pam Geskie, Elizabeth Jackson world must therefore become activists to force our Ralph Longendyke, Linda Saccoman Is he or is he not a Lone Wolf? leaders to “do the right thing.” Joe Morgan Production and technology director It’s Paris -- or perish. 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Sue Rogers Advertising Project Manager girls of four mothers at home waiting for their re- a nickname given by railroad workers, are just that turn from Sunday school, was, in places and with -- dangerously explosive. According to National Geo- New Paltz Times USPS# 305-810 is a weekly contacts, able to imbibe the most heinous tenets of graphic, “Rail incidents involving crude oil jumped newspaper published 52 times a year by Ulster a racist indoctrination that crippled his psychic core, nearly 16-fold between 2010 and 2014.” One-hun- Publishing Co., Inc., 322 Wall St., Kingston, NY 12401- 3820. Periodical Postage rate is paid at Highland, NY as with others in that white supremacist collective. dred-and-forty-three incidents in 2014, up from nine mailing office. Strapped with a psychic straight jacket of racial hate in 2010. More and more oil -- billions of gallons -- is Postmaster: Send address changes to: New Paltz Times, for Blacks, fellow Americans, Dylann Roof, after an traveling through New York State on dilapidated rail- PO Box 3329, Kingston, NY 12402-3329. Subscriptions are $35 per year in county, $40 out of hour of sitting in Bible study with his intended vic- road tracks and bridges, and we as residents have had county, $75 per year overseas. New Paltz Times is tims, felt no remorse as he methodically shot, re- no say in the matter. We did not choose this privatized distributed at $1 per copy at New Paltz area news- loaded, spoke racist, illogical remarks and shot to profi t with public risk. And the risks are big -- July 6 stands. For additional copies and information, call: 845.255.7000, fax: 845.255.7005 or e-mail: death nine innocent Americans -- all because they is the second anniversary of the tragic Lac-Mégantic, [email protected]. were of a darker hue than himself. Quebec oil train catastrophe that killed 47 people. New Paltz Times JuneJuly 14, 2, 20122015 •• 27

County Beat

Hugh Reynolds Legislators Ken Ronk, Republican minority leader, and former chairman Dave Donaldson, the legisla- ture’s second-ranking Democrat, pitched a pay raise for themselves and their colleagues before the wage compensation board last week. It might be noted that neither legislator faces an opponent in the fall Ancient wisdom elections. The advisory board meets once every two years to make recommendations on salaries of non- union county workers. Ulster legislators last had their base salaries in- creased from $8000 a year to $10,000 in 2001. Party Bill Carey was a New York City cop. He walked tems that work for leaders, like Ronk, pull an extra $2500. The legisla- a beat in Hell’s Kitchen. One evening he was called them. And these ture chairman is paid $19,500, has an offi ce with a to a neighborhood bar to deal with an unruly pa- people control the view and staff , and gets his or her portrait hung in tron. The bar owner said the man had drunk up his system. the legislative chambers. pay. Afraid to face his wife and large brood, he had Last week we At fi rst blush, legislators going for more than 14 become disorderly and abusive. The owner wanted mentioned state years without a raise would seem long overdue. But him arrested. senator John Bo- things change, even in Ulster. Back in 2006, voters “You took the man’s money,” offi cer Carey re- nacic’s contribu- approved a charter that created the executive form plied. “You can take the man’s abuse.” tions from casino of government. Before that, the legislature, with the Bill Carey, my maternal grandfather, died at 39, interests. This lat- assistance of a county administrator, ran things. The fi ve years before I was born. His widow and his chil- est exposure of executive system went into eff ect in 2009, render- dren were forever telling stories about the man in giving and taking ing, experience suggests, the legislative branch close the picture they called Daddy. is uncomfortable timing for the county executive, to irrelevant. Which brings me to a nice piece of investigative launched as he is on his fi rst competitive election in Sure, they meet in committees all through the journalism by the The Daily Freeman. Perusing cam- seven years. month and vote on thick packets of legislation at paign spending reports, which are public record and Let’s accept the denials for now. But let’s not for- their third-Tuesday-of-the-month regular meetings. readily available on-line, the local daily reported get the sage advice of granddaddy Carey. But everyone knows the county executive runs that county executive Mike Hein had received some You took the man’s money. things. $12,500 in campaign donations between 2012 and Given their sharply curtailed duties and responsi- 1214 from diff erent parties seeking to establish me- Catskill high bilities, a case could be made for paying legislators dicinal marijuana farms in the county. Saugerties The long-delayed grand opening of the Maurice even less and thinning their ranks to boot. The '06 has been mentioned in media reports. Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center at Mount Trem- charter, which downsized the legislature from 33 to There appears to be fi erce competition for these per, now scheduled for July 1 at 1 p.m., didn’t proceed 23, didn't go far enough. licenses. The state health department will issue only without a last-minute snafu. In the planning and con- fi ve statewide. Some 43 applications have been re- struction stages for 30 years, the offi cial dedication Late arrivals ceived, according to the Freeman report. had been delayed a week. There was quibbling about Legislative candidate Brian Woltman asked me Hein, questioned by the Freeman, insisted that who had caused the delay. Unoffi cially but coming why I had referred to his “last-minute candidacy” he was not infl uenced by contributions in any event from offi cial sources, it was charged that the latest when his opponent for the Democratic nomination and that said contributions had nothing to do with postponement was caused by the state legislature’s from Kingston, Jennifer Schwartz Berky, had an- county policy. If something was good for the county late-running session. They couldn’t have a grand nounced only a few hours later. “We were both last- economy, he would promote it, he said. opening without all the dignities there, after all. minute candidates,” he said. Good point. There of course two sides to these arrangements, Not everybody bought it. Groused assemblymem- Schwartz Berky is very much with the “new Kings- givers and takers, seekers and givers (Is that four ber Kevin Cahill, “They [DEC] never invited the leg- ton” contingent that supports Steve Noble, Gallo’s sides?). And there can be consequences, though pol- islature, least of all me, and I got the money [along opponent in the Democratic primary. iticians will always say any connection between a gift with state senator Bonacic] for the center." As Woltman, a member of the Shayne Gallo admin- and a give was purely coincidental. Cahill blamed the executive branch (DEC) for the istration, explained, nobody had known that eleven- Look at it from the side of the giver. These are for delay, surmising that the opening was postponed be- term county legislator Jeanette Provenzano would the most part savvy, even cynical business types cause governor Andrew Cuomo wasn’t available. At not be running for reelection until she announced a who understand the political facts of life. Money the time Hizzoner was hogging the spotlight as law few days before last month’s Democratic nominating buys access, at the least, and hopefully more. Would enforcement scoured the wilderness around Clinton convention she was a candidate for Kingston alder- these hard-nosed businesspeople donate large sums County in search of two escaped murderers. There man-at-large. of money to politicians with no regard to their busi- was good-humored speculation that Cuomo might I don’t know about that “nobody.” Provenzano, a ness interests? have wanted to make a grand entrance on his Harley practiced pol, would have notifi ed the mayor, who This is not to indict Hein for doing business — at motorcycle to the Hinchey site off Route 28. Ride the supports her candidacy, and other city-hall insiders the least, taking the money — that raises local eye- Catskills indeed. That could not be confi rmed. before going public. Jenny Pro knows that insiders brows. Denials notwithstanding, billions of dollars We hope the center evolves in due time to be- don't like to read about these things in the paper. are raised on the state and national levels. come, like Hinchey, a Catskills icon. Years ago I got into the habit of referring to Repub- Public fi nancing of campaigns might go a long lican campaign contributors as “fat cats.” One such way from taking some of the money out of politics, For the money accosted me at a local fundraiser for George Pataki. but public fi nancing is more a gleam in the eyes of Say what you will about county legislators lobby- “How come you always calls us fat cats?” he asked. good-government types than a thought in the minds ing for a pay hike, at least they raised the issue in an “There are fat cats on the other side, too.” of givers and takers. People tend to stick with sys- election year when voters can get at them. True. Now I don’t call anybody fat.

Bomb trains coming through our area pass through cials. Discover ways you can take action in our com- Springtown Road fl ooding has not created a life populated places like downtown Kingston. munity! Please e-mail [email protected] if threatening situation for residents. The fl ood waters When looking at the issue of fossil fuel expansion you have any questions about the events. are slow and gentle so they are very unlikely to do so here in our area, it’s important now to recognize Jess Mullen in the future even if water levels increase somewhat, that all modes of crude oil transportation are dan- New Paltz Climate Action Coalition the latter unlikely since the road is about 200 feet gerous; pipelines are exploding and leaking all over above sea level. the country. Pilgrim pipelines have been proposed Floodplain law is too strict On one of the days when I had to go out of town to go through our area, however, the company has during expected heavy fl ooding, I parked my car offi cially stated that if constructed, not one oil train A few years ago, the Town of New Paltz passed beyond the fl ood zone and walked the rail trail to it would be taken off the tracks. Oil transport in our re- a law that severely restricts repair, renovation, or during the fl ood. Another option would be to merely gion goes beyond demand and need -- it’s very much construction of homes in the Springtown Road leave home for the day or more that the road be- about greed. Privatized profi t, public risk. fl oodplain. This law was perhaps a response to such comes impassable. During the Week of Action, there are two events events as the fl ooding in New Orleans, which led to And all this assumes that fl ooding will continue as right here in our area that you can participate in. some deaths, and the fl ooding that took place in the it has in the past. Better regulation of the water level Monday, July 6 at 5 p.m., the New Paltz Climate Ac- Catskills, where houses were actually washed away. at the Central Hudson dam in Dasheville -- thanks, tion will be standing outside Elting Library in mem- Flooding on Springtown Road is quite a diff erent in part, to the eff orts of Ray Lunati -- has probably ory of the Lac-Mégantic tragedy. Then on Thursday, matter. Here, the water rises gradually and with been responsible for the drastically reduced fl ood- July 9, 6:30 p.m. at the Kingston City Hall, is “Trains, plenty of warning. For instance, during hurricane ing experienced here for the past three or four years. Pipelines and Barges: Public Forum on Crude Oil Irene I was able to monitor the predicted rising and I base this on observation over the past 33 years dur- Transport in the Hudson Valley.” Hear speakers from receding of the fl oodwater by contacting the USGS ing which I have lived on Springtown Road. the Bakken oil fi elds of North Dakota, Riverkeeper, for upstream water activity. Less exacting, I also just Lee Reich Catskill Mountainkeeper and Kingston-elected offi - listened to weather reports. New Paltz 28 • July 2, 2015 New Paltz Times

dents as a result of exposure to 3D printing should It’s the economy be seen not simply as an infusion of knowledge, arts dean Paul Kassel argued, but “as a change in the DNA that happened to begin with 3D printing.” New synapses were created in student minds. A broad-based education would lead “not just to skills Mixed signals but to a career, a life.” Explained Kassel, “Design brings together engineering and the arts. 3D is a great way of doing it.” Freedman said web design was “the easiest place All Hail ye mountain solitudes! Ye wilds Corporation, the event host and moderator. Gottlieb to see the overlap between engineering and graphic Untrodden by the city’s noisy crowd! didn’t neglect to describe his own organization as design.” Engineering education was where math- I come to dwell with you the leading economic development agency in the ematics was applied to real-life things, he said. In a reject me not, Hudson Valley. knowledge economy, he added, engineers were best For I have lov’d you with an earnest love... This was the sunshine. educated in a liberal-arts environment. -- Lysander, Spirits of the Wilderness, by Thomas Cole Harrington’s data had shown that the successful Like its landscape paintings, the Hudson Val- attainment of academic degrees was highly correlat- It’s hard to evaluate an economic landscape ley scenery often consists of some areas where light ed with higher lifetime earnings. A broad education whose prospects seem sunny at one moment and shines and others where it does not. In the past four was needed. Manufacturing fi rms required basic cloudy the next. Like ours. years, the labor force in New York City, where the skills as well as familiarity with technology, panelist “We’re halfway through a recession,” labor mar- light shines brightly day and night, has grown by Harold Ford of the Southeastern Council of Industry ket expert Paul Harrington told a roomful of people over three percent a year. The labor force on Long reminded the audience. gathered for the second annual State of the Hudson Island, the Hudson Valley counties and the Albany Kale Kaposhilin of Evolving Media talked about the Valley Economy on the campus of SUNY New Paltz area has grown between one and two percent annu- role of the Hudson Valley Meetup which he had or- on the morning of Wednesday June 24. Exhibiting a ally. The rest of the state, where growth in a shrunken ganized with others, describing it as “a way to reach chart that by the defi nition of the economics trade labor force has been under one percent, is stagnating. the talent that’s spread out.” The region particularly showed no such thing, Harrington noted how the in- Job prospects are not unconnected to skills. “Labor needed to encourage community, he said, because it crease in the national gross domestic product (the markets have tightened up, particularly at the upper was changing so fast. value of all fi nished goods and services) had mark- end,” reported Harrington. Though there are lots of In his summary, Christian added a cautionary edly slowed in the past three seasonal quarters. He top-end job vacancies, Harrington said he had not yet perspective appropriate to a program entitled Full also cited a survey of the Hudson Valley business detected an upward pressure in wages, which on aver- Steam Ahead. Avoid all-or-nothing thinking, he ad- climate that showed less optimism than last year’s age he said have trended slightly lower since 2007. vised. Other things than STEAM (science, technolo- survey had. In the question period, New Paltz engineering gy, engineering, the arts and mathematics) were im- Those were the most prominent clouds. dean Dan Freedman asked Harrington when he portant, too. Among other things, it was important The bright side was provided by the fact that what- thought wage growth would begin. Harrington’s an- to think critically, to add to one’s general culture and ever little change was occurring in the economy con- swer: “There is no sign of it at all.” to communicate well. Other participants completed tinues to be on the positive side. In his introduction If there’s no wage growth, young people, usually the morning’s regional landscape by adding to that SUNY New Paltz president Donald Christian men- the lowest on the wage scale, are in a predicament. list the protection of the environment and working tioned the focus on successful economic clusters, What do young people with skills do to secure a together better. the college’s 3D printing and engineering programs, wage premium? Harrington didn’t hesitate. “Get an- and the investment in advanced manufacturing. The other job,” he responded. -- Geddy Sveikauskas local stakeholders who had gathered for the confer- This weekly column reports regularly on economic ence were credited with displaying a “laser-like fo- A lively panel discussion followed, elaborat- trends in the mid-Hudson region. To read past col- cus,” according to the characterization of Larry Got- ing on the theme that higher skills required higher umns, go to Ulster Publishing’s hudsonvalleybusiness- tlieb of the Hudson Valley Economic Development education. The learning process in New Paltz stu- review.com.

Looking for fl ood pictures accident, this bracelet can be viewed from any com- Kathy Puglisi puter with a USB drive. These are available in ambu- My name is Alec Sciandra. I’m 14 years old and lances, emergency rooms and any place your medical currently working on my Eagle Scout service proj- information is necessary to treat you. Your information ect. For my project, I chose to make a guide specifi c Seniors’ corner stays organized, updated and under your control. It is to New Paltz on how to better prepare, survive and private, easy to use and update, portable and water- recover from fl ooding. This guide will encompass proof. You input the information on the wristband. For all the need-to-know topics on fl ooding -- such as This week was a more information, call 866-798-4531 or visit www.Care- safety, health, insurance, FEMA, power outages, special time for 194 MemoryBand.com. This is worth looking into. transportation and more. But I need your help to New Paltz High School We are planning a trip to Vanderbilt Mansion to hear make my guide complete. If you have any pictures seniors. They gradu- the United States Military Band on August 12. The bus or experiences that capture the devastating eff ects ated and are going on is free and will leave New Paltz at 5 p.m. You will en- that fl ooding has had on New Paltz and its citizens to some very exciting joy a wonderful evening of music. Call me at 255-3631, and you wish to share them with me, please contact things in their young and leave your name and telephone number to get on me at [email protected] and include your lives. Some are going to the list. The rain date is August 13. We had a wonderful name, as I will acknowledge you in my guide. schools across the country, some into the armed ser- time last year and invite you to come and join us. If you wish to share an experience and not just vices and some to local schools. We should be very After watching “The Roosevelt’s” -- the TV program photos, I would like to be able to meet with you in proud of their accomplishments. Lots of parents, about this historical family -- you can take a wonderful person and interview you. If this does not work for grandparents and friends enjoyed the beautiful sum- trip through Val-Kill Cottage in Hyde Park. It is the only you, I can do it through e-mail. mer weather. Congratulations Gina and Brianna, my national historic site dedicated to a fi rst lady. I plan to Alec Sciandra special graduates, and to all your special people. Re- take my granddaughters for the 90-minute tour, which New Paltz member, true friendship grows, even over the lon- includes an introductory fi lm. gest distance. Keep in touch with them! Congratulations to Ulster County for receiving two I read an interesting article this week about dust. national awards for its leadership in environmental NASA actually keeps a dust library. There’s a collec- protection and assistance to homeless veterans. tion of about 100,000 specks of space dust on fi le Lunch is still being served every Thursday at the at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Space dust Community Center at noon. The menu for this week generally clings to a magnet, whereas earth dust is stuff ed shells, wax beans, capri blend vegetables, does not -- it collects under the beds in my house! Italian bread and a tropical fruit cup. Call 331-2496 There is a product you should know about. It’s for reservations for the luncheon. Again, we invite called a medical history bracelet. This bracelet gives you to come and join us for a lovely lunch and a so- those who are taking care of you access to all your cial gathering. medications, illnesses and any other information A parting thought: While ferrying workers back they need to have to take care of you. If you have an and forth from an off -shore oil rig, a helicopter lost power and went down. Fortunately, it landed safely in the lake. Struggling to get out, one man tore off ULSTER PUBLISHING’S REASON A newspaper can be had by anyone with a dollar. You don’t his seatbelt, infl ated his life vest and jerked open the need an expensive, soon-to-be exit door. “Don’t jump,” the pilot yelled, “This thing obsolete tablet or Internet con- is supposed to fl oat!” As the man leapt from the heli- \7 nection. An important consider- copter into the lake, he yelled back, “Yeah, and it is WHY PRINT? ation for democracy. supposed to FLY too!’ New Paltz Times JuneJuly 14, 2, 20122015 •• 29

of fi ve and 18 years. During the past year the chil- dren have deposited in the school savings bank these amounts: Grade 2 $17.69; Grade 3 $26.61; Grade 4 Our towns $29.82; Grade 5 $133.40; Grade 6 $80.89; Grade 7 $27.45; Grade 8 $45.06; Total $360.91. What the newspapers said 100 years ago More than 300 teachers have applied for registra- tion as students at the Oneonta State Normal School, which continues through July and August as a sum- mer school. We should like to see the citizens of New Paltz join in an eff ort for a summer school at the New Paltz Normal. It would probably require labor of the same nature as it did to secure the establishment of the Normal School at the outset, or to secure its rebuilding when burned down. There is perhaps no other Normal School in the state so desirably located as New Paltz for the purpose of a summer school. The play “Lucy’s Good Fortune,” given by the La- dies Aid Society of the Springtown Union Chapel, Thursday evening was largely attended and a great success in every way. A goodly sum was realized. The play, an original one, in two acts, was written by Mr. Irving Von Beck of New York. Mr. Von Beck’s untiring eff orts in teaching those who took part won great praise for him. The playing of Mr. Virgil Hervey Jr. and Mr. Clarence Deyo was much enjoyed. Rev. COURTESY OF HAROLD VAN AKEN Joseph Millett made an eloquent speech after, which Located on the Dwaarkill near the junction of Lippincott and Albany Post Roads, the J. B. Crowell & Son Brick Mould Mill he introduced the author who made a few remarks. has been in operation since the Civil War. This rendering is of the site before a fire in the summer of 1915 destroyed the factory and an adjoining sawmill. The factory was soon rebuilt and is now operated by members of the fourth and fifth A party of motorcyclists from Newark, NJ on their generation of the Crowell family. It is the only independent company in the U.S. manufacturing hardwood brick moulds. way to the convention in Saratoga Springs, stayed overnight in New Paltz recently. There have been quite a number of guests of late at the Sunset Inn. On The ‘‘Our town’’ column is compiled each month for Six [train] carloads of strawberries have been Wednesday they went on a straw ride to Gardiner. A the New Paltz Times by Carol Johnson, coordinator of shipped from Highland every day including Sunday number of men employed in selling steel ranges are the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The en- for the past three weeks. Each car carries 300 crates making their headquarters in our village and giving tries have been copied from the early July 1915 issues of and each crate holds 32 quarts. The crop is about an demonstrations in the country round. Some of the the New Paltz Independent. If you would like to get a average one. The price has been rather low, about party are boarding at Mary Nilon’s and John Yenne’s closer look at these newspapers of the past, visit Carol six or seven cents a quart. The picking of raspberries and the superintendent is at Mrs. Dill’s house. Mrs. Johnson and the staff of the Haviland-Heidgerd Histori- and currants has now commenced. The raspberry P.M. Hood and son Melvin have gone to Lake Min- cal Collection at the Elting Memorial Library, located crop is good, but the currant crop is rather poor, the newaska to take charge of Laurel Inn, where they at 93 Main Street, or call 255-5030. Meanwhile, enjoy frosty nights having caused them to shell. have been for a number of years past. these words from a century ago. A freight train composed of a large extent of coal The drinking fountain erected by the Women’s cars was thrown off the track and a half dozen cars Christian Temperance Union in now in place in front On Thursday of last week the brick mold facto- smashed, about a mile south of our village on Sun- of the Times offi ce and is fi lled with pure spring wa- ry of J. B. Crowell one mile west of Wallkill, together day afternoon. ter for the accommodation of the public and the with a connecting saw mill, was destroyed by fi re. Our trolley cars are now running on summer sched- horses. It is of a very neat design and something that Total loss about $15,000. No insurance. ule, making trips every half hour. People leaving here has long been needed in our village. Some 15 of the members of the boat crews while on the fi rst car in the morning will make good connec- The new building being erected on Main Street practicing at Highland visited the Memorial House in tions with the Mary Powell in Poughkeepsie because [Highland] to be used as a moving picture building, this village. A number of New Paltz people attended they have changed the schedule. The boat that used to is progressing nicely. Albert Rose & Son have the the boat races at Highland on Monday. The steam- leave at seven leaves now at eight. contract for painting it. When this is fi nished, High- boat City of Newburgh aided the Brinckerhoff in car- Various papers that were stolen from the Gardiner land people will spend their evenings at the movies. rying passengers across the river to the boat races post-offi ce safe, when blown open last November by A number of Fresh Air children have lately been on Monday. yeggmen, were found last week in a tin box that was on the Arbuckle Farms. There have been for two or It is estimated that there were 60,000 people buried, near the C.N.E. track, between Modena and three weeks past tents on the banks of the Wallkill on who saw the boat races at Highland on Monday af- Mobray. the Arbuckle place. ternoon. Cornell won the varsity race by half a boat The Cafi gi Camp Fire Girls are going to hold a sale An agent for the Italian government has lately length. The Leland Stanford University being only consisting of candy, cake and ice cream on the lawn been at Wallkill to buy horses [for the war eff ort]. about a second behind. Cornell won the junior var- of Elting Harp on July 5, afternoon and evening. D.C. Storr has set out a very large number of Lin- sity by two boat lengths with Pennsylvania second Come and bring your friends. den and Norway maple trees the past spring along and Columbia third. The freshmen race was won In the course of making out the fi nal reports at Oakwood Terrace extending northward through the by Syracuse. Although Cornell won the varsity race, the Normal School, the following interesting fi gures grove and some distance still farther north. He had the work of the Leland Stanford crew is considered have come to light. During the year just closed there previously set out young maple trees on the portion unparalleled in the history of boat races. Their half- have been living within this school district, accord- of Oakwood Terrace, which has been built up. They mile spurs never having been equaled. Columbia ing to the census taken on August 30, 1914, 97 boys will add greatly to the beauty of that street. was the favorite at the outset. and 188 girls or a total of 285, all between the ages -- Carol Johnson

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convenience of the family. Memorial donations may uncles and cousins including: Christiane Deschamps Passings be made to: Reformed Church of New Paltz, 92 Hu- and Carl Viggiani of White Plains, NY; Georgianne guenot Street, New Paltz, NY 12561 or a charity of Deschamps Gregg and Douglas Gregg of Southold, Marian Emma Harp one’s choice. NY; Mary and Fred Muller of Niskayuna, NY; Debo- Marian Emma Harp, The Harp family would like to thank the Pines of rah Young of Raleigh, NC; Linda Mohns and Steve age 86 of New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, Hospice Inc., Dr. Maggie Carpenter Janowick of Collierville, TN; Peggy Vanco of Milwau- NY, passed peacefully and Marian’s special caregivers Roselyn, Esther, kee, WI; Beth Mohns Blumberg of Rutland, VT; Pa- on Wednesday, June 17, Marcy and Rosie for the love, care and devotion they tricia Bellizzi of Delmar, NY; Andrew Gregg of Fort 2015, at home surround- provided. Walton Beach, FL; Peter Gregg of Santa Cruz, CA; ed by family and friends. "Mothers hold their children's hands for a short Claire Gregg of Amherst, MA; John Vanco of Mont- Born on March 26, 1929, while, but their hearts forever." clair, NJ; Greg Denton of Portland, OR; Travis Denton in Wallkill, NY, she was the Funeral arrangements are by Copeland Funeral and Chad Denton of Rutland, VT; Channing Denton daughter of the late Harry Home, Inc., 162 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, of Portland, ME; Adam Young of Greensboro, NC; Powell and the late Mary NY 12561 (845)255-1212. To express condolences on- Amy and Dylan Young of Raleigh, NC; Jeanna Sung Elizabeth (Gale) Powell. line please go to www.copelandfhnp.com. of New York, NY; John Bellizzi of Cincinnati, OH; and She married Earl William Marian Emma Harp. Robin Bellizzi Queen of Oxford, MS. Harp on November 2, Adrien Luc Georges Deschamps Adrien is also survived by many dear friends, and 1949, in New Hurley, NY. Adrien Luc Georges in particular: Emily Liu of Oakland, CA. He predeceased her in 2013. Her sister, Bessie Powell Deschamps, age 23, of Funeral services were held on June 27, 2015 at Co- Ruger, also predeceased her. New Paltz, NY, passed peland Funeral Home, Inc., 162 South Putt Corners She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great- away peacefully at home Road, New Paltz, NY. Burial followed at New Paltz grandmother and aunt. To family and friends, a devot- on Monday, June 22, Rural Cemetery. ed caregiver, to church and community, a welcoming 2015, after a courageous Donations may be made to the Southern Poverty presence - Marian took the time to inspire and time to battle with cancer. Law Center, 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, embrace, the time to laugh and time to love. He was born on March AL 36104 or online at www.splcenter.org. Surviving are: daughter Carol Ann Greenberg and 10, 1992, in Rhinebeck, Arrangements are under the direction of Copeland her husband Robert of Raleigh, NC; son, Earl Harp Jr. NY, to Francois A. De- Funeral Home, Inc., 162 South Putt Corners Road, and his wife Christine of Concord, VA; daughter, Mary schamps and Judith L. Adrien Luc Georges New Paltz, NY 12561. Condolences may be made to Beth Bradley and her husband Thomas of Hyde Park, Mohns. Deschamps. the family at www.copelandfhnp.com. NY; grandchildren, Kathryn Pooley (Matthew), Jack Adrien Luc Georges Greenberg, Heather Spear (Scott), Sara Harp, Kyle was a graduate of New Paltz High School, Class of William Conner Harp; great-grandchildren, Ava, Charlotte and Owen 2010. He later attended Brown University in Provi- William Conner, 84, a resident of Gardiner, NY Spear; one sister-in-law, Bessie Elliott of NH and one dence, RI, and studied applied math and computer since 1939, died Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at Vassar brother-in-law, Frank R. Harp Jr. of FL. She is also sur- science. He will be awarded his undergraduate degree Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. He was vived by several nieces and a nephew. in May 2016. He enjoyed hiking, cycling, rock climbing born November 12, 1930 in Grantown, West Virginia A memorial service will take place Saturday, July and running, as well as spending time with his friends and was the son of the late William K. and Hilda May 11, 2015, at 11 a.m. at the Reformed Church of New and family. (Dorsey) Conner. Paltz, 92 Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY, with the Surviving are his parents, Francois A. Deschamps Bill was a veteran of the US Army, serving from Rev. Mark Mast, Pastor, offi ciating. Burial will be and Judith L. Mohns of New Paltz, NY; brother, Si- 1951 to 1957. He owned and operated Bill’s Garage made in the family plot at Lloyd Cemetery at the mon J. Deschamps of New Paltz, NY; and many aunts, in Gardiner for many years. 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Arts. of Org. fi led redesign, ______LEGAL NOTICE with Secy. of State of 6. The “safest” place on a baseball dia- TWIN LAKE PROP- NY (SSNY) on June 9, mond ERTIES, LLC Arti- 2015. Offi ce location: 9. New Paltz fi xer-uppers club cles of Org. fi led NY Ulster County. SSNY 10. Late Main Street icon with his own Sec. of State (SSNY) designated as agent holiday 05/14/2015. Offi ce of LLC upon whom 12. Highland cookie spot, ______Home- in Ulster Co. SSNY process against it may Baked Goods desig. agent of LLC be served. SSNY shall 15. Matt _____, illustrator behind Jason upon whom process mail process to: S. West’s going-away portrait may be served. SSNY Ferguson 215 N Ohio- 17. Proof of divine love for man, ac- shall mail copy of pro- ville Rd. New Paltz, cording to Benjamin Franklin cess to P.O. Box 733, NY 12561. Purpose: 18. A deer, a female deer Highland, NY 12528. any lawful activity. 19. A controversial burger joint, at Principal business lo- least in New Paltz 7. Why neighbors worry about Trailways station cation: 5 Sharon Dr., LEGAL NOTICE 21. Done to yard, food waste on purpose in compost- project Highland, NY 12528. Notice of formation ing 8. Local students of all ages did this recently Purpose: Any lawful of Limited Liabil- 22. New Paltz karate instructor, Mike ______11. Celebrated June 7 locally, June 26 nationally purpose. ity Company (LLC): 23. The acceptable amount of waste in New Paltz 13. New restaurant on Church Street Hudson Valley Psy- 14. New Paltz mural painter, Eugene _____ LEGAL NOTICE chodrama LLC, Ar- Down 16. The source of Torres’ and Logan’s argument, al- Notice of formation of ticles of Organization 1. New Paltz nutritionist, Vicki ______legedly Limited Liability Com- were fi led with the 2. Retired Water Street gallery owner, Steve ______17. Potential station and source of woe pany (LLC): Docinha Secretary of State of 3. A Carmine Liberta Bridge redesign issue 18. Slang for house Sweet Shoppe, LLC, New York (SSNY) on 4. Nan Bress Ferri runs a museum dedicated to these 20. Restrictions against same-sex marriage in all 50 Articles of Organiza- 5/28/15. Offi ce loca- plush bears states are now _____ tion were fi led with tion: Ulster County. the Secretary of State SSNY has been des- of New York (SSNY) on ignated as agent of April 10, 2015. Offi ce the LLC upon whom location: Ulster Coun- process against it 12440. Purpose: any aged to attend this disabilities. Anyone lage Code. ty. SSNY has been may be served. SSNY lawful activity. workshop. requiring special as- Any person is enti- designated as agent of shall mail a copy of By Order of the Gar- sistance and/or rea- tled to be heard upon the LLC upon whom process to: Hudson LEGAL NOTICE diner Fire District, sonable accommoda- said proposed Local process against it may Valley Psychodrama Notice of Formation Board of Fire Com- tions should contact Law at such Public be served. SSNY shall LLC, 156 Bellevue of Law Offi ce of Car- missioners, Cheryl the Village Clerk. Hearing. Copies of mail a copy of process Road, Highland, NY ol Richman, PLLC. Oakley, Secretary By order of the Vil- said proposed Local to: United States Cor- 12528. Purpose: Any Arts. of Org. fi led lage Board of the Vil- Law are available for poration, 7014 13th lawful acts or activi- with Secy. of State of LEGAL NOTICE lage of New Paltz, review at: Avenue, Suite 202, ties. Term: Indefi nite. NY (SSNY) on May 1, VILLAGE OF NEW June 24, 2015 New Paltz Village Brooklyn, NY 11228. 2015 Offi ce location: PALTZ Kathryn Doyle-Bunker Hall-Clerk’s Offi ce Purpose: Any lawful LEGAL NOTICE Ulster County. SSNY NOTICE OF PUBLIC Village Clerk 25 Plattekill Avenue acts or activities. Lat- Notice of Formation designated as agent HEARING New Paltz, NY 12561 est date upon which of Meltser Enterpris- of LLC upon whom PLEASE TAKE NO- LEGAL NOTICE The Village of New LLC is to dissolve: No es LLC. Arts of Org. process against it may TICE that a public VILLAGE OF NEW Paltz will make every specifi c date. fi led with Secy. Of be served. SSNY shall hearing will be held PALTZ eff ort to assure that State of N.Y. (SSNY) mail process to: Carol by the Board of Trust- NOTICE OF PUBLIC the hearing is acces- LEGAL NOTICE on 6/15/2015. Of- Richman, Esq. , Law ees of the Village of HEARING sible to persons with NOTICE OF FOR- fi ce Location: Ulster Offi ce of Carol Rich- New Paltz on July 8, PLEASE TAKE NO- disabilities. Anyone MATION of WERBA County. SSNY desig- man, PLLC, 158 Vine- 2015, at 7:30 p.m. at TICE that a public requiring special as- FARMS LLC. Art. of nated as agent of LLC yard Ave., Highland, Village Hall, 25 Plat- hearing will be held sistance and/or rea- Org. fi led w/Secy. of upon whom process NY 12528. Purpose: tekill Avenue, New by the Board of Trust- sonable accommoda- State of NY (SSNY) on against it may be Legal Services. Paltz, New York re- ees of the Village of tions should contact 5/22/15. Offi ce loca- served. SSNY shall garding the proposed New Paltz on July 8, the Village Clerk. tion: Ulster County. mail process to: 80 LEGAL NOTICE adoption of a Mora- 2015, at 7:30 p.m. at By order of the Vil- SSNY designated as Clarks Lane, Milton, GARDINER FIRE DIS- torium on the North Village Hall, 25 Plat- lage Board of the agent for service of NY 12547. Purpose: TRICT Chestnut Gateway tekill Avenue, New Village of New Paltz, process. SSNY shall any lawful activity. NOTICE is given that District . Paltz, New York re- June 24, 2015 mail process to: 302 the Gardiner Fire Dis- Any person is entitled garding the proposed Kathryn Doyle-Bun- Mount Zion Rd., Marl- LEGAL NOTICE trict, Board of Fire to be heard upon said amendment to Sec- ker boro, NY 12542. Notice of Formation Commissioners will proposed Local Law tion 212-23 of the Vil- Village Clerk Purpose: Any lawful of Wild Lands Holding hold a Budget Work- at such Public Hear- activity. Co. LLC, Art. of Org. shop on July 13, 2015, ing. Copies of said fi led w/Sec. of State at 7:00PM, at the proposed Local Law LEGAL NOTICE of NY (SSNY) 6/10/15. Gardiner Firehouse, are available for re- UNPLUGGING Notice of Formation Offi ce location: Ul- 2349 Rt. 44-55, Gar- view at: DOES NOT MEAN DISCONNECTING. of Pro Image Aerial ster Co., NY; SSNY diner, Ulster County, New Paltz Village LLC, a domestic lim- designated as agent NY for the purpose Hall-Clerk’s Offi ce CONNECT TO YOUR COMMUNITY. ited liability company of LLC upon whom of preparing the 2016 25 Plattekill Avenue (LLC). Articles of Or- process against it may Gardiner Fi re District New Paltz, NY 12561 ganization were fi led be served. SSNY shall Budget. The Gar- The Village of New with the Secretary mail copy of process diner Fire District is Paltz will make every of State of New York c/o the Company, a taxing entity and all eff ort to assure that (SSNY) on 3/31/15. 600 Clove Valley Gardiner Fire District the hearing is acces- NEW PALTZ TIMES • WOODSTOCK TIMES ULSTER KINGSTON TIMES • SAUGERTIES TIMES The LLC is located in Road, High Falls, NY residents are encour- sible to persons with PUBLISHING ALMANAC WEEKLY 845-334-8200 32 • July 2, 2015 New Paltz Times

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