The Hoosick Falls Country Club is offering a six week junior golf program. The program will begin Monday, July 7, and run through Thursday, August 14. Players ages 10-17 are eligible. Meeting days are Mondays and Thursdays from 9 am to 12 pm. It is open to members for free and non-members for $40 per participant. The course will be taught by coach Mike Baratto and consist of a range of topics from the fundamentals of grip, alignment and posture to course management. One hour of instruction will be given followed by on course play for those who are ready. Each player should have his/her own equipment. If interested, please email coach at mpb416@gmail.com or call 686-5916 with contact information of name, age and email or phone number.
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Over There: A Remembrance of World War I
On Saturday, July 5, at 7 pm Hubbard Hall Projects will present Music from Salem’s first summer season concert “Over There: A Remembrance of World War I.” This concert, which is part of Hubbard Hall’s Celebration Weekend, is in honor of the centennial of World War I and includes Elgar’s Piano Quintet in A minor and Zemlinsky’s String Quartet No. 2. [Read more…] about Over There: A Remembrance of World War I
Hubbard Hall’s Annual Garden Tour
The Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts’ annual Garden Tour: Beauty from the Earth, Two Ways, will take place on Saturday, July 12. The tour will be held from 3 to 7 pm, rain or shine. Participants will tour a diversity of fascinating Cambridge area gardens.
This year’s tour features a new twist – each of our talented gardeners has been paired with an equally talented local ceramic artist. You get two tours for the price of one.
Featured Gardens and Ceramic Artists include:
• the ceramic sculpture of Teru Simon;
• the wood fired ceramic sculptures of Jordan Becker in a native garden;
• the sculpture of Leslie Ferst in an Italianate garden, and
• the ceramic birds of Hanni Varosy in a woodland garden.
Admission costs $15. Reserve tickets online at www.hubbardhall.org or by phone at 518-677-2495. Tickets will also be available at the Cambridge Community Garden, on Washington Street, on the day of the tour starting at 2 pm.
There will be a Bonus Event For Garden Lovers – a Garden Yoga Workshop on Sunday, July 13.
Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge. For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, please call 518-677-2495 or visit our website at www.hubbardhall.org.
WCW Building In Hoosick Falls To Go On Market
by Bea Peterson
The closing on the final piece of property connected to the WCW property on Mechanic Street took place on Thursday, June 19. According to Rensselaer County Attorney Stephen A. Pechenik, the County has owned the building for more than a year, having accepted the deed in lieu of foreclosure. “However,” said Pechenik, “the County didn’t own the loading dock or the parking lots.” The County prepared to take that remaining piece of property by Eminent Domain. [Read more…] about WCW Building In Hoosick Falls To Go On Market
Joyce Brewer Honored As PTA Founders’ Day Award Winner
submitted by Paula Kamperman, HFCS PTA
The Hoosick Falls Central School PTA annually seeks nominations to honor community members who make outstanding contributions to the well being of children and youth. This year’s award recipient is Joyce Brewer who has been active in Girl Scouts and the greater community for over 14 years.
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Jr. Girl Scouts Receive Bronze Award
by Bea Peterson
On Monday evening, June 23, seventeen members of Jr. Girl Scout Troop 1259 received Bronze Awards, the highest award a Junior Girl Scout can earn. To achieve this award the girls had to “demonstrate a commitment to helping others, to improving their community and to identify a need in the community. Once the need was determined they had to develop a plan to meet that need and then put the plan in motion.”
Congratulations To The St. Mary’s Academy Class Of 2014
Sweet Sara’s Desserts
by Bea Peterson
Kelly O’Connor has been baking since she was 13. “I even went to college for it,” she said. She’s a graduate of Schenectady Community College. “They taught us to cook and bake,” she said. “But I chose to stick with what I loved – baking.” Kelly worked at Sweet Nothings in Round Lake for years. “That’s where I learned how to run a wholesale business,” she said. She also occasionally makes desserts for Peaches & Cream in Stuyvesant Plaza and the Hilton Garden Inn in Troy.
Hoosick Rising – The Economic Development Project
by Bea Peterson
Mayor David Borge opened the second meeting of the Hoosick Rising Economic Development meeting downstairs in the HAYC3 Armory on Wednesday, June 11, by saying, “Hoosick is a great place to live, a better place to work and play.” He said, “This is the Village and the Town working collaboratively. We need economic development downtown. We have terrific public and private schools, plenty of stuff for kids to do, the Country Club, Greenway and a rich history and traditions.”
He continued, “We need to start planning for the future and how to market the community. That is why we went with Camoin Associates. They have a lot of experience working with rural communities. They will help us develop strategy for our unique community and help us market the region. To do what’s best for the community we need new blood and new perspectives.”
Though Borge was encouraged by the larger group of people that attended this meeting, he said, “We need to continue recruitment, to interest more people to help increase visitation and tourism to our community, to attract new residents, grow businesses and continue the momentum that is beginning.”
Robert Camoin of Camoin Associates began his power point presentation noting that the necessary components for this are communication, initiatives and projects. Using the acronym SWOT for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, he told the group it is essential to identify initiatives and identify and prioritize project ideas. From there it is important to put together an economic development and marketing strategy.
Other areas are going through the same thing, he said. “The important thing is to develop a capacity to move forward.” He cited examples.
• Entrepreneurship, small businesses – how do we support them.
• Business friendly – zoning laws must be clear. Don’t change the rules in the middle of the process.
• Regionally – the community can’t do it alone, it needs to help and support other areas and vice versa.
• And a quality workforce is essential.
People And Leadership Needed
He encouraged everyone to “think big.” He cited the 30 million dollar Adirondack Museum on Blue Mountain Lake as an example of what a dedicated group can do. He encouraged those attending the meeting to make a plan and keep focused, to think about funding and incentives and to engage the private sector in funding. To these ends skilled leaders are needed. “Never doubt what a small group can do,” he concluded.
Next Meeting July 22
Christa Franzi of Camoin Associates said that at the next meeting on Tuesday, July 22, at 6:30 pm the group should be prepared to consider leadership and priority projects. She challenged those at the meeting to identify helpful social media, to find Hoosick Rising advocates and to invite five new people to attend the July meeting. She encouraged folks to begin thinking about private funding.
Franzi and Camoin expect that they will meet with the Hoosick Rising group four more times, about every two to three months for a year to offer ideas and encouragement for choosing and completing community projects.
HAYC3 Offers Art Classes For Children
Registration Now Open
submitted by Deb Alter
HAYC3 is pleased to offer two new art courses for young artists through it’s new Riverbrush School of Art program.
“Have Fun with Art” is a three week series of Saturday morning art classes for children in grades k-4. This course will meet Saturdays July 12, 19 and 26 from 9 to 10:30 am. Beginning this fall, courses will be four weeks each. Classes will take place in the exciting, inspiring updated Art & Soul Room downstairs at The HAYC3 Armory, 80 Church Street in Hoosick Falls. The cost is $60 per child for July’s three-week session and includes all materials and supplies.