Shore Lines The Saratoga Lake Association P.O. Box 2152 Ballston Spa, NY 12020 www.saratogalake.org www.facebook.com/saratogalake/ November 3, 2014 Julie Annotto, co-editor Sharon Urban, co-editor [email protected] [email protected] What is taking so long to fill that bird feeder? Falling Into Winter A Message from the President Annual Holiday Party Panza's Restaurant I visited the Waterfront Park in the City of Saratoga Thursday, December 11, 2014 Springs which is closed for construction and am happy Carol Dooley – [email protected] to report that significant construction is occurring. Cathy McKenna—[email protected] Our Holiday Party will be at Panza's on Wednesday, Dianne Fedoronko—[email protected] December 11th. Ed Kinowski, Town of Stillwater Supervisor, will discuss plans for a Winterfest at Brown's Beach. Cash Bar for Entire Event We are still seeking a Chair of the Events Commit- 5:30-6:30PM tee. This is a very important role within SLA. Please let Chef’s Selection of Butler Served Hors D’oeuvres me know if you are interested or know of qualified candi- 6:30PM dates. Holiday Buffet Served Chopped Salad continued page 2 Warm Dinner Rolls and Creamery Butter Rigatoni a’La Jillian Another Membership Season Begins Soon (penne with broccoli, sundried tomatoes, reggiano, EVO) Chicken Franchaise Dear Members, Seafood Fra Diablo Please watch for your membership letters and forms Chef Carved Roast Beef Fingerling Potato in your mailbox during November. Seasonal Vegetables We are a fairly large organization and while making Holiday Dessert sure we comply with our legal and fiduciary responsibili- Brewed Regular and Decaffeinated Coffee and Herbal Teas ties it may appear some things have changed. Be as- Price Per Person sured we are the same concerned organization with a $35.00 Inclusive commitment to our community who also likes to get together and have some fun! Send your reservation and check to Dianne Fedoronko, continued page 2 c/o SLA, PO Box 2152, Ballston Spa, NY 12020. The deadline for reservations is November 21st. BRIGHT IDEAS, photos, news, information, adventures and your creative inspirations are what we would like MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO SLA from you. Submissions to [email protected]. Next Shore Lines deadline is November 21. 2 President, continued Membership, continued At our October Board meeting, we had a guest speaker, Our dues remain the same. Our commitment to our Blue R. Neils. Blue wears many hats. He is employed by mission statement remains the same. We encourage family both Saratoga County and the Cornell Cooperative Exten- involvement as always. To clarify voting privileges, we have sion. He leads the Inter-municipal Storm Water Manage- individual memberships. We would like to try adding ment Program for the County and is Chair of the Saratoga speakers to our events which further supports our mission. County Water Quality Coordinating Committee, CPESC, Being a new membership chair person, I have much to CNS4S. Blue is the Saratoga County Storm Water Man- learn and am looking forward to speaking with you regard- agement Program Coordinating. In addition he is a mem- ing any ideas you have. Thanks again to Sharon for all of ber of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the your work as past membership chair. I certainly appreciate Kayderosseras and works closely with Saratoga Plan. the amount of effort it takes. Blue focused his presentation on the Saratoga Lake Wa- I look forward to seeing all of you as we move into an tershed, the on-going, burgeoning efforts of coordination exciting new year. and cross-pollination among the County Water Quality Coordinating Committee, Friends of the Kayderosseras, Georgia Hinchman the Saratoga Lake Association and Saratoga Lake Protec- Membership Chair Person tion and Improvement District. He spoke about where he sees these partnerships paying dividends and where they Beware of Microsoft Scammers can continue to do so in the future. Blue explained how by Steve Bleznyk were are all interconnected and provided an example of how pollution in one part of the watershed will eventually “I’ve been getting a lot of calls from customers lately make its way to the rest of the watershed. Please see the who say someone from Microsoft (or "Windows" or some article that Blue has contributed for this edition of Shore variation) is calling them to say they have a virus on their Lines. computer. This is a scam. Microsoft will NEVER call you. SLA and SLPID will be meeting to discuss projects If you follow along with them, they ask you to allow them where we can collaborate. One specific example is the Citi- to connect to your computer, where zen's Statewide Lake Assessment ("CSLAP") where water they then try to fool you into believing quality samples are taken and sent to the NYS DEC. Some your computer is infected. Once they of the concrete actions that came out of our discussion in- have access, they demand money for it clude developing a common date among the various organ- to be fixed, or offer a “warranty” for izations for road-side clean-ups and chestnut weed-pulls and upwards of $300. No such warranty doing joint press releases. We are going to reach out to exists, and the website they ask you to other significant organizations that use the Lake to seek use for payments is a fake site that does more volunteers to make these programs more success- nothing but collect your credit card number for them to ful. SLA is also investigating a tire recycling pro- abuse. gram. Please contact me if you are aware of a significant Unfortunately for some, they fell for it and the scam- number of tires around the lake and believe this is a pro- mers starting helping themselves to money whenever they gram that we should pursue. wanted. If you receive a call like this, tell them you do Beau Stallard, owner of the Fish Creek Marina and the not have a computer. Tell them you've never had a com- Kayak Shack was elected to the SLA Board of Direc- puter. They will know they are being caught in a lie, and tors. Beau has already hit the ground running by coordi- will hang up.” nating a paddle safety course for May of 2015. Because of the Holidays, the Board will not be meeting Steve Bleznyk, Computer Repair Tech in either November and December. On behalf of the (518) 701-9058, [email protected] Officers and Board Members, I would like to wish you all an early very cheerful and wonderful holiday season. All my best, A “Timely” Reminder By now you have set all the clocks in your home back Alan one hour. Did you remember to replace the batter- ies in your smoke detector? If not, please do so im- mediately. It could save your and your family’s life!! 3 FAB 8 OPEN HOUSE Join us on November 11 — 5:30-8 p.m. The Fab 8 Open House will provide an interactive educational experi- ence to learn about the Company, the Fab 8 Campus and the semi- conductor industry. Exhibits will include: Show & Tell: Get an up-close look at patterned wafers, packaged chips and reticles used in the manufacturing process. Try on the cleanroom "bunny suits" our employees wear in the Fab 8 cleanroom. Fab 8 "Where are we Now?": Learn more about the construction and operation of the most leading-edge semiconductor foundry manufacturing facility in the US. FIRST® Robotics Demonstration: The Shenendehowa and Ballston Spa High School robotics teams Parking is recommended at the TEC-SMART lot at 345 Hermes will showcase the robots they design, build and compete with around Road where a shuttle bus will be provided. Handicap parking will be the country. The GLOBALFOUNDRIES-Town of Malta Founda- available at the Fab 8 campus. tion is proud to support these local teams. 4 Donna Bove writes, “My family at the Mechanicville Stillwater Breast Cancer Walk on the 12th. We were all there to support my daughter, Tina, who is a 5 year breast cancer survivor! G.A. Bove was a corpo- rate sponsor and Tina had her own team 'Positive Power' which was her mantra going through every- thing 5 years ago. Tina won 3rd place, having 99 people on her team. It was a beautiful day and such a worthy cause! Pic-John and I, Tina, Dee, Justin and Abby Pugliese and John, Tracy, Michael and Matthew Bove!” SLPID Building Neal Kramer submitted this picture of a flock of cormorants — at least 60 strong. The structure to house the weed harvesting equipment is progressing quickly. Thanks to Ed Dweck for keeping us updated with photographs! 5 Town of Saratoga News Revenues are about the same and costs are being kept Thomas N. Wood, III under control. Town tax rate has actually gone down Supervisor over the last 10 years. The property tax cap for 2015 is 1.56% and the Governor's office is requiring that the Warm Greetings to Everyone! town creates a multiyear plan for reducing the costs of The holidays of November remind us to be thank- government by early next year. The state will be con- ful for and appreciative of the good fortune and many ducting a training session on developing this plan in blessings that each of us in our town has received over this December. Unemployment is still lower here in Sarato- past year. ga County than in other areas of the state and nation, The November meeting of the Town Board will fuel costs are dropping.