Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
submitted by Deb Alter
On Wednesday, April 23, at 7 pm, the HAYC3 Community Coalition will hold an important Town Hall Meeting at the HAYC3 Armory in Hoosick Falls regarding the recent rise in heroin, prescription drug and other substance abuse in our community. Parents, youth, community leaders and members are invited to attend and become better informed about the current trends in the existence and usage of illegal substances right here at home.
by Bea Peterson
The Town of Hoosick Lions Club held its 54th Annual Penny Hunt in Wood Park on Saturday, April 12. The weather was absolutely perfect with a beautiful blue sky, bright sunshine and lovely warm temperatures. [Read more…] about Sunny Day For Penny Hunt
In celebration of Earth Day 2014, the Hoosick Falls High School Earth Club is sponsoring a community viewing of the award winning documentary Gasland Part II on Tuesday, April 22, at 6:30 pm in the High School Auditorium. Admission is free, and the community is invited to attend.
Gasland Part II, which premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, takes a broader look at the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil, now occurring on a global level in 32 countries worldwide. Fracking is one of the most important environmental issues facing our nation today.
Hoosick Falls High School is located at 21187 New York 22, Hoosick. For more information, please contact Deborah Mabey at 518-686-7321 x 2221.
Maggi Randall is a Bennington artist who works in a wide variety of mediums, including ceramics, wood, fabric, oil paint and pastels. She describes her work as “darkly humorous… an expression of how strange it feels to live in such tumultuous times.”
In exploring ideas like climate change, surveillance and the global arms market, she searches for the “balance between angst and humor.” Much of her work is in clay. She says it “connects me to one of the oldest artistic mediums.” In her figurative work, she creates both tension and harmony between believable anatomy and distortion to evoke a sense of “the forces tugging us through the universe without our volition.” She finds her imagery in her subconscious and childhood dreams. In all of her art, Randall visualizes a response to the world that is both critical and optimistic.
Maggi’s work has been exhibited in both group and one-woman shows in a number of galleries in and around New York City, including the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in Manhattan. Her artwork can be found in private collections as well, including a wooden alter piece commissioned by an Episcopal Church in New York and a fabric creation purchased for the Fermi Labs Art Gallery in Chicago.
Hoosick Artist Guild Exhibiting “The Metamorphosis Of Seven Chairs”
Members of the Hoosick Artist Guild have taken seven matching chairs and transformed them in imaginative and creative ways. The artists have painted them and added things to them, deconstructed them and used the parts to create works of art unrelated to chairs or made a different kind of furniture out of it. Some hang from the ceiling or the wall, or sit on the floor or a pedestal. The show is a creative exploration of form and function, definitely a different kind of artistic experience.
The opening reception for both of these exhibitions is Friday, April 25, from 6 to 8 pm. Both the art show and the musical performance are free and open to the public.
At The Owls Nest
Performing live downstairs in The Owls Nest from 7 to 8 pm that same evening will be members of the Hoosick Falls High School Senior Chorus. Bill Brown will accompany them on keyboard and Martha von Schilgen will play the violin. HFCS Chorus Director, Ambigay Yudkoff, will conduct the group.
Hoosick – Daniel E. “Bulldog” Williams, 51, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Troy, NY. He had resided on Mountain View Way in Hoosick, NY, with his wife Kim (Mumley) Williams.
Born on April 3, 1963, in Bennington, VT, Dan was the son of Duane and Sally (Jones) Williams. He was educated at Hoosick Falls Central School. Dan was employed at Saint-Gobain in Hoosick Falls, NY, and as a school bus driver for Hoosick Falls Central School. He enjoyed the outdoors and was avid hunter, fisherman and archer. He also enjoyed playing golf.
Survivors, other than his wife Kim and parents Duane and Sally, include his children, Robert “RJ” Ruggles of Hoosick Falls and Stephanie Senecal and husband Eric of Bennington, his sister, Holly Grogan and husband Gary, and his brother, Matt Williams, both of Hoosick Falls, his grandson, Landon Senecal, and his nephews, Dillon and Blake Grogan.
Funeral services were Wednesday, April 16, at 11 am from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Relatives and friends called at the funeral home on Tuesday from 4 to 7 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rensselaer County Community Hospice through the funeral home.
Hoosick residents are encouraged to bring unused prescription drugs to the Hoosick Falls Village Police Department on Saturday, April 26, from 10 am to 1 pm. Please take this opportunity to safely discard unwanted medicine.
Abuse of prescription drugs has skyrocketed among teens. Most youths abusing these drugs say they obtain them from their friends or relatives without their knowledge. Often the first place they find them is in a medicine cabinet. Many teens believe using prescription or over-the-counter medicines to get high is less risky than using street drugs, and they get them for free.
“HAYC3 and prevention groups throughout the country believe the first step in ending drug abuse is to limit access of prescription and over-the-counter medications,” said HAYC3 Community Liaison Patti Zilinskas. “Safe disposal of these items during an event such as Prescription Take Back Day is an important step.”
Prepare for the collection day. Take a thorough inventory of all the prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines in your home. Check the medicine cabinet, drawers, closets, etc. Note whether the drugs are expired or if they are still needed. Keep in mind that drugs that have been around for a long time should not be taken as they may be harmful to the patient, no longer potent or contribute to overdose or complications when mixed with any new prescriptions you or your family members may be taking.
The prescription drug take back program is free and anonymous. Be sure to black out any personal information that may appear on prescription bottles, such as your name or birth date. All prescription drugs and over-the-counter tablets and capsules will be accepted. No intravenous solutions, injectable or needles, please. Illicit drugs, such as marijuana or methamphetamine, are not part of this collection initiative.
All collected drugs will be disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner. For additional information, please call HAYC3 at 518-686-9050 or visit our website at http://hayc3.org. This important initiative is sponsored by HAYC3 in conjunction with the Hoosick Falls Police Department.
Join the Rensselaer Land Trust’s 7th Annual Clean-up of the shores of the Tomhannock Reservoir on Saturday, April 26, from 9 am to 12 pm. The reservoir provides drinking water to residents of many local communities.
[Read more…] about 7th Annual Tomhannock Reservoir Clean-Up Volunteer Day
by Bea Peterson
On Friday, March 28, 800 HFCS students, from elementary through high school age were bused to the Armory for the 6th Annual Outdoor Expo. Programs werxae presented and students were able to talk to folks about their outdoor interests and touch many of the pelts and other items on display.
by Bea Peterson
Maple syrup making can start from early to mid-February and can last until the end of April. It is all weather dependent. Perfect maple syrup making weather requires nighttime temperatures in the mid-20s and daytime temperatures in the mid-40s. As everyone in this area knows, we haven’t had many warm days, and the nights have been colder than usual.
by Bea Peterson
Sandra Bass Carter was born and raised in Hoosick Falls. She lives with her husband Ron and family in North Carolina now. Her parents and her siblings still live in the area. In December Sandra was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. With radiation treatments and chemotherapy Sandra is hopeful she will go into remission. If she does, then she will be eligible for a stem cell transplant. She won’t be cured, but the transplant may allow her to live for many more years and perhaps see a cure found for her disease.
