Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
The Grafton Community Library is hosting a holiday gathering from 10:30 am until 1 pm on Saturday, December 6. The public is invited to come enjoy treats and refreshments, connect with friends and neighbors, and help decorate the Library’s tree for the Senior Center Christmas Tree Festival.
There will be a special program for children at 11 am featuring local children’s book author William Middleton reading from his work. For more information visit graftoncommunitylibrary.org.
Make your New Year’s resolution now and start making a difference in the life of a learner. Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County’s winter 2015 Tutor Training Workshop will begin at 9:30 am, Saturday, January 10, at the HVCC Viking Child Care Center. If you would like to be a tutor, please come to a one hour volunteer opportunities information session on Saturday, December 6, at 9:30 am in the HVCC Viking Child Care Center, DCC Room BO5, Williams Road, Troy.
For more information and to register, call Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County at 274-8526 or see our events calendar at www.lvorc.org.
by Coach Bob Lang
The Hoosick Falls bowling team defeated Schuylerville, 3-1, in a non-league match for their first match of the season. Hoosick Falls had total match pins of 3,215, and Schuylerville had total match pins of 2,906. Schuylerville is now a member of the Foothills League and has an overall record of 5-7.
Top bowler for Schuylerville was Carter Fritch with a 266-640. Top bowlers for Hoosick Falls were Josh McCart 256-676, Ken Marbot 201-584, Jennifer Sargood 193-556 and Kyla Day 186-519. Other good scores from JV and Exhibition bowlers were William Charbonneau 184-464, Matt Bulson 160-462, James Hynd 152-440 and Meghan Backes 156-426.
“This was a good warmup match to get ready for league play which starts Tuesday, December 2, home, against Hoosic Valley. We won the first two games and then had trouble making spares in the third game and ended up losing that game by 23 pins. The team knows that we have a lot of work to do over the weeks to come, and making spares is one thing that we will have to improve on if we are to be successful,” said Coach Lang.
Terri Burdick, Scholarship Chair of Bennington Elks 567, announced that the Elks are offering scholarships to area high school seniors. The “Most Valuable Student Scholarship” applications are now available but can only be obtained online. The deadline for returning these completed applications to the Bennington Elks or your high school guidance office is December 5, so now is the time to act!
These scholarships are open to any U.S. high school senior and the online forms are also used to judge local scholarships given by the Elks. Don’t delay! Go to www.elks.org/ENF/scholars and begin the process. Deadlines are critical.
Once the application has been downloaded, return the completed applications as soon as possible!
Students may also obtain information about the Legacy Awards (for children and grandchildren of Elks members) and the emergency grants (for children of deceased or totally disabled Elks).
Terri Burdick, HFCS Ski/Board Club Advisor, is registering Hoosick Falls Central School District students in grades 5-8 for the Wednesday Willard Mountain Club. Beginning January 7 and continuing for six weeks, students will be transported from HFCS to nearby Willard Mountain for evenings of snow and fun. Lift and lessons cost only $130 or can include rental equipment for $165 (before November 25). Helmets are a must and can also be rented for the season for an additional $30.
Students ski/board from 4:30 to 8:30 pm then return to HFCS by 9:30 pm. Willard also allows the students to continue in the Wednesday fun after the Club ends for no additional charge to continue to enjoy the winter.
Can’t beat it! Join us! Call Terri at 518-686-9492 x1034 for more information! It’s “sno’ much fun!”
Nearly 100 Hudson Valley Community College students received honors and scholarships at the annual Hudson Valley Community College Foundation Scholarship Reception on Friday, November 14.
Each year the college Foundation recognizes students who were awarded scholarships this past year as well as the donors who make these scholarships possible. The reception took place in the McDonough Sports Complex.
Erika Pelletier of Petersburgh received the CAP COM Federal Credit Union Scholarship, the NYSFHB Scholarship – Early Child/Human Services and the Women’s Enterprises at Hudson Valley Community College Scholarship.
Join the Sullivan-Jones VFW Post 7466 on December 14 from 8 to 11 am for its next monthly VFW Breakfast Buffet and Ladies Auxiliary Bake Sale. Enjoy our regular buffet including scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, home fries, pancakes, fruit, juice, tea and coffee. Build your own omelets ham, bacon, sausage, cheeses, mushrooms, peppers and onions. Look what’s new this month – home made French toast.
The cost of the buffet is $8 for adults, $10 with the omelet, $4 for children 6 to 12 years old and no charge for children under 5.
Our Ladies will be holding a bake sale during the breakfast. Enjoy homemade goodies great for holiday gifting, or treat yourself. May you all have a happy and safe holiday season.
On Sunday, December 7, from 7 to 11 am, the Berlin Fire Department will be holding its monthly breakfast. Breakfast includes all you can eat pancakes, French toast, biscuits with homemade sausage gravy, bacon and sausage, home fries, toast and eggs (sunny side, over easy or over hard or scrambled). Beverage choice is coffee or tea (both available as decaf), hot chocolate, milk and orange juice.
Prices are $8 for adults, $5 for children ages 5-12 and no charge for children under 5. Take-outs available at 658-2890.
Santa will be making a special appearance during the breakfast from 7 to 11 am.
The Ladies Auxiliary will be tempting you with their homemade pie sale.
Please join us for breakfast, a visit with Santa and then take home some desert.
We are gathering information on the land use history of the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center and surrounding area. We would like to document past uses and history of the Dyken Pond Center for a future exhibit. We are looking for photographs, maps, stories and/or personal knowledge of the lake itself, historic farms and businesses, land use practices and people who have historically visited or vacationed in this area. If you are willing to share items or information, please contact Mary Alice Pasanen at Mary_Alice_Smith@hotmail.com or 229-1936.
Contact the Center at 658-2055 or dykenpond@fairpoint.net or visit our website at www.dykenpond.org for more information and a complete schedule of our events.
