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Walloomsac River Fish Stocking

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submitted by Ed Sukuskas, Pres. Pioneer Fish & Game

On May 22 the Walloomsac River received its allocation of 1,510 trout, a mixture of yearlings and two year olds. Assisting DEC in this project were members of the Pioneer Fish and Game Club, coordinators of this event, and a group of children from Hoosick Falls Central School and students from St. Mary’s Academy (a great help) along with other individuals.

This was the second stocking of the Walloomsac. On April 22 4,170 yearling brown trout were released by DEC, Pioneer Fish and Game Club and Rensselaer County Conservation Alliance members.

We would like to thank local land owners for allowing fishermen and women the privilege to access the river to enjoy fishing.

Outdoor Tykes Summer Series At Grafton Lakes State Park

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Grafton Lakes State Park announces its new Outdoor Tykes Summer Series beginning Friday, June 13, at 10:30 am. This series is free and will take place once a month during the summer. Each session is open to toddlers and pre-k aged children and their accompanying adult. We encourage each adult to participate as a co-explorer with their child and discover new sights and sounds together.

The series will be nature based, with each session introducing a new theme. The first of the series is titled “The Grass is Always Greener” and participants will explore, with all their senses, the plants of Grafton. We will meet at the Park Office located at 61 North Long Pond Road before heading outside for an age appropriate adventure.

The program dates are Friday, June 13, Thursday, July 10, and Thursday, August 7. All programs begin at 10:30 am. Please pre-register for each program by calling the Park Office at 518-279-1155.

Fresh Air Yoga At Grafton Lakes State Park

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Grafton Lakes State Park proudly announces a new “Fresh Air Yoga” program for Summer, beginning Saturday, June 14, and running through August 23. Enjoy relaxing, energizing and restorative classes surrounded by the beauty of the natural world.

Kripalu Yoga and Deep Relaxation classes will be offered by Kat Abrams, RYT, Kripalu Certified Yoga Teacher with 17 years full time devoted teaching experience. Abrams will guide uplifting non-competitive classes, accentuating mindful stretching, limbering and strengthening yoga flows, with the needs and challenges of the class participants in mind. All levels welcome.

The program begins on Saturday June 14, with morning Beach Yoga from 9:30 to 10:30 am. Beginning the first week of July, Abrams will offer the Saturday morning classes as well as three more weekly “Fresh Air” classes. Enjoy Lunchtime Yoga on Mondays from 12 to 1 pm in Deerfield Meadow, beginning July 7, and Sunset Beach Yoga on both Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:30 pm on the sand of Long Pond Beach, beginning Monday, July 7, and Wednesday, July 9.

Participants should wear loose fitting comfortable clothing, arrive on time to begin, and bring a yoga mat and /or beach towel. Classes cost $12 each in cash or check, to be paid directly to the teacher. Participants will be asked to mention their yoga participation at the Grafton gate.

For more information about Fresh Air Kripalu Yoga at Grafton call Kat Abrams, RYT, at 233-1717 or email Kat at katyoga@hotmail.com or call 518-279-1155. Information about park events may also be found online at www.nysparks.com/parks.

George Dewitt Paddock

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Hoosick – George Dewitt Paddock, 82, passed away on Saturday, May 31, 2014, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, VT. He had resided on Babcock Lake Road in Hoosick, NY. Born on May 5, 1931, in Bennington, he was the son of the late Clayton and Lillian (Saunders) Paddock.

George attended schools in Hoosick Falls, NY. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving from 1952 to 1954. He worked in the construction business in the Troy and Albany areas, out of the local 154, now local 190.

Survivors include his sister, Helen Wagar of Babcock Lake Road in Hoosick, and many nieces and nephews. He is pre-deceased by two sisters and three brothers.

A Memorial service will be held on Friday, June 6, at 4 pm from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Burial will be at the convenience of the family at the Hoosick Rural Cemetery in Hoosick.

Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 2 pm until the start of the service. Memorial contributions in George’s memory may be made to the Activity Fund at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington through the funeral home.

Raymond Sears, Jr.

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West Lebanon – Raymond “Dutch” Sears, Jr., 77, passed away peacefully Saturday, May 31, 2014, at the Crescent Manor Nursing Center in Bennington, VT, with his family at his side. Born in Pittsfield, MA, on March 22, 1937, he was the son of the late Raymond and Alice Hatch Sears, Sr.

Dutch was a resident of West Lebanon, NY, for most of his life and had worked on a chicken farm there. He then worked in construction and helped build the Walter B. Howard Elementary School in West Lebanon and the Mohawk Mall in Schenectady, NY. He later was employed by Sampson Hydraulics and Zwack, Inc. in Stephentown, NY, as a machinist. He was an outdoorsman and loved hunting and fishing.

Dutch was the former husband of Margaret Sears of Stephentown, devoted father of Tammy and husband Jon Cimijotti of East Greenbush, NY, Christine Sears-Parker and husband George of Hoosick Falls, NY, Donald and wife Carissa Sears of East Chatham, NY, and Charley Sears and Michelle Hoffman of East Nassau, NY, grandfather of Courtney and husband Joe Marro, Samantha Sears, Corey Cimijotti, Fallon Parker, Timmy Sears and Dawson Cimijotti, brother of William Sears of West Lebanon and the late Robert Sears. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

The funeral is Friday, June 6, at 10 am at the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, 457 NY 43, Stephentown, with Rev. Clinton Dugger officiating. Relatives and friends were invited to call at the funeral home on Thursday from 4 to 7 pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate that contributions be made to the Columbia-Greene Humane Society SPCA, 111 Humane Society Road, Hudson, NY, 12534, or to theTown of Hoosick Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 16, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. A condolence book is available at ParkerBrosMemorial.com.

Agnes “Nessie” Lassor Funeral Service

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Hoosick Falls – A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Saturday, June 7, at 12 noon from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY. Following the Mass the family would like everyone to join them at the Hoosick Falls Country Club for a reception and to celebrate Nessie’s life.

Nessie passed away on April 22, 2014, in Bennington, VT. She was the wife of the late Larry Lassor. Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad, through the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, which is handling the arrangements.

Janet B. Hall

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Hoosick Falls – Janet B. Hall, 81, passed away on Saturday, May 31, 2014, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She had resided on Bussey Lane in Hoosick Falls, NY, and was the wife of the late Rufus Hall.

Born on January 3, 1933, in Cambridge, NY, Janet was the daughter of the late Wesley and Hazel (Smith) Bain. Janet worked for the Robson & Geraghty Insurance Company in Hoosick Falls for many years, until retiring. She enjoyed her many flower gardens, bird watching and her beloved cat Smokey. She was an avid NASCAR fan.

Survivors include her daughter, Janette and husband David Galusha of Hoosick Falls, her sons, William and wife Lori Hall of Chantilly, VA, and Robert and wife Rosalie Hall of Hoosick Falls. She is also survived by several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Janet is pre-deceased by a sister, Audrey.

Funeral services will be private and at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are under the care of the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Memorial contributions may be made to the Southwestern Vermont Cancer Center through the funeral home.

The Life Of George Holcomb – Sore Hands For Christmas

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Friday, December 7, 1831: Today Mr. John Dean butchered three shoats and I paid him in apples.  Sylvester Swan helped.

Saturday: I carried leather to Amos Chapman to make Mother a pair of shoes, and I fetched the Widow Ryan to our house and she cut out Samuel a coat and Sylvester Swan a coat and vest, and I paid her the cash 31 cts.  I went to H. Platt’s store and paid 25 cts for one pound pepper and 12 cts for a knife and fork.  The reason I bought them I broke the knife trying it, a seeing if it would bend. Tonight my wife and I rode over to Amos Chapman’s and we had our babe’s foot measured for a pair of shoes, and I agreed to fetch a barrel of flour from the river for making them. I paid him the cash for making Mother’s 75 cts, and 33 cts for mending.  Said Chapman handed me six dol for flour. Tonight we made sausages

Sunday: This evening I took the cutter and rode to Lebanon to N. Nichols and got six billious pills that I stand indebted for. I came home by I Newton’s and got my borrowed salt, nine quarts.  I got said pills for Samuel, he is taken quite unwell.

Tuesday, December 20: I tended to my chores and mended my stable floors. Tonight I am quite unwell with a cold and I took a sweat.

Wednesday: Today I did nothing and kept in the house, on the account my hands being sore and I took cold in them and today sister Eleanor had a bee drawing wood. She had four teams each got a load. Sylvester Swan went with my team and drew one of the loads.

Thursday: Today I took the cutter and rode to Lebanon. Sylvester Swan went with me and drove. We called to David Gilbert’s and I paid nine cts for half a pound of salt peter, then we called up to N. Nichols store. I paid said Nichols six cts for Porter’s six billious pills I got the other evening and I paid ten cents for Porter’s health almanack, to said Nichols. Today quite cold.

Saturday: Today I am quite unwell and my hands very sore with the salt rime on them. Today a moderate thaw and a little rain.

Sunday: My hands a little better. On this evening my sister Lucretia Wylie, a widow, and her son Moses D. Wylie came here from the west in Lebanon, Madison County.

Tuesday: I did not do much on account of the sore hands. We cut a walnut on the hill for ax handles for cousin Moses Wylie. On this evening sister Wylie and son and my wife and sister Eleanor went to Thomas G. Carpenters on a visit.

Wednesday, Dec 28: Today my wife and I and sister Wylie and son we went to brother Sylvester’s on a visit.

It Rained On The Parade But Memorial Day In Hoosick Falls Is Not Washed Out

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by Bea Peterson

In advance of Memorial Day the weather forecasters were saying that Monday was going to be the best day of the long weekend. Well, they were wrong. At least in Hoosick Falls they were wrong. It rained. It rained when the wreaths were placed at the monuments in Wood Park. It rained when the wreath was put in the Hoosic River in remembrance of those lost at sea. It rained off and on throughout the beautiful parade with a half dozen bands and fire companies, girl scouts, boy scouts, politicians, American Legion Post #40 members and so many more.

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