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Letter To The Editor – Just For The Record…

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To the editor:
In response to recent allegations made about the Town Highway Department not purchasing gravel from O’Donovan Sand & Gravel: the fact is, over the past few months the Town has spent $32,722.00 to date with another bill pending from O’Donovan Sand & Gravel. Statements about the Highway Department and other offices made public just for the sake of elections or any other reasons are unwarranted. The Town Highway Superintendent and Town Supervisor are available to discuss any questions or concerns the public may have at any time.
Siegfried Krahforst
Petersburgh Town Supervisor

Letter To The Editor – Making Fun?

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To the Editor:
Regarding the August 16, 2013 article “New Lebanon Town Board Action – Unreality Show,” the fact that current New Lebanon Town Supervisor Mike Benson makes fun of so many things – like my asking about his refusal to follow NYS law by not posting his Town Board meeting agendas on our Town website and other concerns of his constituents – is just one of the many, many reasons why some of us will be voting for Matt Larabee for Supervisor on November 5.
Trina Porte
Planning Board Member
Canaan Road, New Lebanon

Editor’s Note: At the last Town Meeting Supervisor Benson said about video recording the meetings, “It would save me from having to correct Trina Porte at each meeting.”

Twilight Kayak Tours At Dyken Pond

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The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center is offering twilight kayak tours on September 3 and September 11 and a full moon kayak tour on September 19 from 6 to 8 pm.  These programs are limited to 12 boats so pre-registration is required and can be done by contacting the center at dykenpond@fairpoint.net or 658-2055.  Kayaks can be rented for $10 or you can bring your own.
The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center, located at 475 Dyken Pond Road, Cropseyville, is a Rensselaer County Park open daily during daylight hours for hiking, fishing and non-motor boating. Canoes and kayaks are available for rent each day from 9 am until 3 pm. Call for more information and a complete schedule of our summer events. A complete list of programs can be found at www.dykenpond.org.

Pets In The Park At GLSP

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Grafton Lakes State Park will host the second annual Pets in the Park Day on Saturday, September 14. The event will take place at the Deerfield Pavilion from 11 am to 3 pm and is free with Park admission. Local pet rescue agencies will be in attendance with adoptable dogs, including Pepper Tree Rescue, Forever Home Grey Hounds, Mohawk Hudson Humane Society and Out of the Pits.  There will be many vendors of pet goods and pet care groups in attendance, including All Dawgs Training Services which will assist attendees with their dog training questions. Other attractions include a dog play area and guided hikes.
There will also be food, a bake sale and raffles. Live music will be provided by the Stray Dogs with Brunswick Barbeque and Brew selling food at the event as well. All proceeds from the raffles and bake sale will be donated to the rescue agencies.
For more information about Pets in the Park, please call the Park office at 518-279-1155.

Fall Home-School Series At Dyken Pond

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The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center is offering a home-school series this fall for students of all ages every Tuesday for six weeks beginning September 10 and running until October 15. Each Tuesday a program will offer a different theme and will run from 1 to 4 pm. Programs will teach students about tree identification, differences in ecosystems, wildlife studies and general ecology. There is a $5 per student fee, and students can attend any or all programs. A complete list of programs can be found at www.dykenpond.org. Pre-registration is required to help with planning and can be done by contacting the Center at dykenpond@fairpoint.net or 518-658-2055.

Herbert C. Schilling

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Clifton Park/Cherry Plain – Herbert C. Schilling, 82, of Clifton Park, NY, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 24, 2013.
Born October 21, 1930, in Watervliet, NY, he was the son of the late Walter F. Schilling and Elsa Schilling-Schlake. Herb graduated from Watervliet High School. He retired from Behr-Manning/Norton Company after 38 years. He was a member of the Clifton Park Center Baptist Church where he taught Sunday school, led Bible Studies and was a leader with the Baptist Youth Fellowship for several years. Earlier, Herb and his wife Marie had served as supply pastors for the Hoosick Baptist Church, the Hoosick Falls Baptist Church and the West Hoosick Baptist Church, all in Hoosick, NY.
An avid traveler, Herb loved to cruise to escape the cold, winter months and enjoyed spending time with his relatives in Germany and friends in the United Kingdom.
Herb officiated little league games for many years and was a diehard Boston Red Sox fan all his life. He was privileged to see the Red Sox win the World Series twice during his lifetime.
Herb will be forever loved, cherished and missed by his loving wife of 57 years the Reverend Marie Goodermote Schilling of Clifton Park, NY, born and raised in Cherry Plain, NY, his wonderful son Carl Schilling and his wife Mary of Amsterdam, NY, his beloved daughter, Susan Schilling and her husband Larry Crutchley of Rexford, NY, and his grandchildren, Benjamin Schilling of Jersey City, NJ, and Bronwyn Sciarrino of New York, NY. His sister Esther Koemm and her husband Ronald of Marlboro, NY, also survive him as do his in-laws, Joan MacVeigh and her husband Tom, David Goodermote and his wife Gina and Alden Goodermote, all of Cherry Plain. In addition to his parents, Herb is also pre-deceased by his brother, Gunter W. Schilling.
The family would like to express its gratitude to all the medical staff and friends for all their thoughts, prayers and generous support.
A memorial celebrating Herb’s life will be held Saturday, August 31, at 11 am at the Clifton Park Center Baptist Church, 713 Clifton Park Center Road, Clifton Park, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made in Herb’s name to the Cornerstone Christian Academy, P.O. Box 5520, Philadelphia, PA, 19143.

The Life Of George Holcomb – Peddling Cider And Cake

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Tuesday, September 24, 1828: I took my wife and Aseneth and Miriam Newton and Eliza Wylie and Sarah Egleston and our hired girl Almyra Buten all to the Methodist Camp Meeting in Lebanon near Bigalow’s tavern, and this evening I rode to the pool and got two chests of cake for training.
Wednesday: Today I went to New Ashford to Muster training peddling.  I cleared about three dol and 50 cts. I went with the covered wagon and brother Wm went and I Newton and I carried their loading to peddle and Platt Wylie rode with me.
Thursday: Today I went to muster training to Lenox peddling and Mr. I Newton went with me and from Lenox we went up to Dalton and stayed to Holding’s tavern.  We paid 25 cts each for our horse keeping and lodging and bitters.
Friday: This morning we went on from Holding’s tavern to the middle of the town to training peddling.  I made about nine dollars and a half yesterday and today, and tonight I got home about midnight.
Saturday we gathered apples and made cider.  I Newton helped and is to have cider to peddle.  I made Gen Caleb Carr a present of 50 cts to talk with Colonel Hosey Bennet and acquaint him of my complaint and for him not to try to make me do military duty.  Tonight we made cider.
Sunday: This evening I walked over to Mr. Amos Chapman’s to see if he had made a pair of shoes for Almyra Buten, but he had not got them done.
Monday: This forenoon I took a cow to Mr. Sylvenas Carpenter’s for an increase, and today I drew rails to fence stacks.
Tuesday: I drew a load of wood and we cut up and drew in corn, and I handed Samuel Holcomb one dollar to hand to Squ Nathan Howard to advance for the Hartford Watchman for the next six months.
Wednesday, October 1: Today I went to Pittsfield with the double wagon peddling to the cattle show.  Brother Wm and I Newton went with me peddling, and I carried Jared Harrison as a passenger and carried our victuals and Harrison ate with me.  He agreed to make two pair of shoes for going with me.  We stayed all night in Pittsfield.  We went to the east part of the town and stayed to get good feed for my horses.  I paid six cents for my lodging and ten cents for one horse and brother Wm paid the other horse keeping.  Some rainy day and night.  We stayed to a mulatoe’s by the name of David.  We had good accommodations and lodgings.
Thursday we peddled to aid cattle show.  We carried J. Bull’s cake and sold out, and bought of the whole sale peddler from Greenbush.  We got home this evening.  I made about eleven dollars.
Tuesday, October 7: I racked cider and made out a load of nearly five barrels, and brother Wm carried it with my wagon and horses for me to N. Nichols distillery and said Nichols had bargained to pay me in tallow at ten cts per pound and give 50 cts per barrel for cider.  Wm fetched a chest of cake from Bull’s to carry to training to sell tonight.  Platt Wylie put his horse to my wagon and we rode to Doc Right’s and he gave me a writing to carry to Doctor Graves to clear me from military duty on account of deafness.
Wednesday: This morning Mr. John Russell rode with me to Doctor Graves to see if he would give me a discharge from military duty.  He wrote certificate to have my neighbors sign that I was deaf in one ear.  I like got all my neighbors to sign it. I carried it back this evening and said Graves gave me certificate, and I carried the said certificate to Capt Sylvester Gardner and he signed it.
Thursday, October 9, 1828: I went to Berlin to Doc Hammond’s old stand to Nicholas Harrington’s to muster training peddling.  I cleared about 8 dols. Hiram Beers went with me and peddled for me.  I gave him fifty cts for his day’s work.  Brother Wm went with me to training peddling.
Friday: I peddled in our own town to Simon Cranston’s to muster.  Said Beers helped me the same as yesterday.  I cleared or made about eight dols today again.
Saturday: This morning after we tended to some chores I took the covered wagon and carried my wife and daughter went with me to Pittsfield on a visit to Mr. Joseph Fairfields.  I called in the village and left Henry H. Strong three bushels of apples towards my newspapers.  I carried my big bible to Pittsfield to be bound at $1.37 cts.  We called up to Pontoosuc and stayed to Mr. Joseph Fairfields.
Sunday: today I went to a Methodist meeting at a school house near said Fairfield’s, and this afternoon we came home.  I handed said Fairfield 14 cts to pay the pasturing of my horses to a man nearby or said landlord to Fairfield, his name I do not remember.  We came home through Lanesborough.
Monday: Today quite a high wind.  We dug potatoes and I gathered apples and I gathered walnuts.  Tonight I went to school meeting.  I was chosen first trustee and Adam Brown the second and Zachariah Chapman the third.  The wind blew off the roof to my hovel.
Tuesday: We dug potatoes and mended our hovel.