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Berlin Comp. Planning Committee To Interview Consultants

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The Comprehensive Planning Committee of Berlin will be interviewing consultants for assistance in the completion of the Plan on Thursday, October 30 at the Berlin Town Hall, Main Street, beginning at 6 pm.  Residents are encouraged to attend.

The interest of the residents in their Town was exhibited by the very high percentage of surveys that were returned.  The next stage of the process will be public meetings.  The consultants being interviewed specialize in helping rural communities develop plans for the future.

PVMCC News

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The Board of Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center is pleased to announce they will be opening a Veterans Hall Cafe on November 3. The kitchen will be open each weekday from 7 to 10 am for coffee and homemade baked goods. It will be a relaxed atmosphere with donations going into a can. It is hopeful that the cafe will turn a profit which will help pay for the utilities in the Hall.

Petersburgh Veterans whose names are on the wall or inside board will not be charged for their coffee. Other veterans can get their coffee for what it cost them when they joined the service or 50 cents, whichever is less. A donation of $1 is requested of others. 

The Board requests that members of the community patronize the cafe. It is hoped that some would help by bringing in baked goods or setting up the coffee. Perhaps some bakers in the community would occasionally double their recipes and donate half to the Hall. Spontaneous donations would be very welcome. Volunteers who prefer to schedule donation dates may sign up ahead of time. This would prevent a feast one day and a famine the next. There will be a sign up sheet available in the Hall or volunteers can contact Mary Lou Walters at 658-0136 or marylouwalters@taconic.net. 

The Methodist Church will have the hall on Tuesday, November 4, for their Election Day meals, and they will have donuts available for breakfast that day.

Save the date of Saturday, November 8, for the annual Veterans Day Pot Luck Supper with entertainment by all members of the Hill Hollow Band. 

Observation Post Dedication

A ribbon cutting ceremony will begin the festivities unveiling the replica of the Petersburgh Observation Post. The dedication ceremony begins at 4 pm. The Pot Luck Supper is at 5 with music to follow.

Can You Capture My Flag?

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The Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center will be hosting “Can You Capture My Flag?” on Saturday, November 1, from 10 am until 3 pm. The traditional game of Capture the Flag will be combined with skills of stealth and camouflage. The game will play all day using the entire Center as a playing field. Not only will you have to track down the opponents base and get their flag but make it back to your own base without being detected. This will be a game of stealth, cunning and navigation but not running and chasing! Can You Capture My Flag will be led by Dan Yacobellis, a local naturalist who has conducted many wilderness programs at the Dyken Pond Center. This program is open to all ages, and parents are encouraged to play with their children. There is a charge of $10 with all proceeds supporting the Friends of Dyken Pond land protection effort. Pre-registration is encouraged and can be done by calling the Center at 518 658-2055 or by email at  dykenpond@fairpoint.net. 

Dyken Pond Center is a Rensselaer County Park open daily during daylight hours for hiking, fishing and non-motor boating. Call 658-2055 for directions and a complete schedule of our fall and winter events.

Ruth Wager

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Petersburgh/Berlin – One day after her 91st birthday, her beloved husband Lewie came and took her home.  Ruth Elizabeth (Yerke) Wager passed away peacefully on October 20, 2008, in Orange City, FL.  

Ruth was born on October 19, 1917, in Petersburgh, NY, to David and Hattie (Rawlins) Yerke.  She attended Petersburgh schools, but her family moved before she received her diploma.  Ruth was always telling her granddaughters stories about growing up during the Great Depression.  At times it seemed to the girls that Grandma had the best adventures. On May 15, 1938, Ruth married the love of her life, Lewis Wager, in Petersburgh.  The two lived in Petersburgh and Berlin, NY, for the next 42 years until they retired to Florida in 1980.  Ruth worked for the WJ Cowee Company in Berlin, working in the winding room.  Ruth and Lewis were founding members of the Berlin Rescue Squad.  She proudly devoted 20 years to the rescue squad and to serving the community.  Ruth was also an incredible cook.  Almost any time of day you could walk into her house and find her baking or cooking.  Ruth was a devoted wife and mother and a doting grandmother.  

She was pre-deceased by her siblings, Ernest Yerke and Vivian Henze and an infant sister, Audna Yerke.  Ruth was also pre-deceased by her husband, Lewis Wager, on February 29, 2000.  She is survived by two daughters, Arlene Wager of DeBary, FL, and Kathy and her husband Mark Primeau of Berlin, her two granddaughters,  Amy Primeau of Middletown, OH, and Laura and her husband Andrew Davey of Wynantskill, NY.  She is also survived by the newest girl in the family, her beautiful great-granddaughter, Sydney Davey, whom Ruth met just last month.  Ruth is also survived by her sisters-in-law, Vera Yerke of Petersburgh and Tennessee, Emily (Wager) Feinberg of Clifton Park, NY, and Alberta (Wager) Kerns of North Carolina, as well as several nieces and nephews.  

At the family’s request, there will be no services.  In lieu of flowers, or for those who would like to honor Ruth’s memory, please make donations to the Berlin Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 109, Berlin, NY, 12022.  Please indicate that the contribution is in memory of Ruth Wager.

Frank D. Cipperly

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Hoosick – Frank D. Cipperly, 90, died Monday, October 20, 2008, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center where he had resided since August. Formerly, he had resided on Lower Pine Valley Road in Hoosick, NY, with his wife of sixty-five years, Mary (Wells) Cipperly.

Born in Hoosick on August 29, 1918, Frank was the son of the late Harry and Alice (Webster) Cipperly. He attended schools in Hoosick Falls, NY. Frank was a veteran of the United States Army serving during WW II with the 6th Armored Division 50th Armored Infantry. He was a farmer all of his life working the Fra-Mar Farms with his family. He was a director of the Tri-County Holstein Club and the Farm Bureau and a former Commissioner of the Hoosick Fire Department, and he also enjoyed playing cards.

Survivors other than his wife, Mary, include his daughters, Janice Cipperly, Betsy Tromans and husband Bob and Elva Rice and husband Tony, his son, Carl Cipperly, his sisters, Doris Kipp, Vera Griswold and Betty Kipp, and his brothers, William Cipperly and Robert Cipperly. Frank is also survived by two grandchildren, Brian and Cara Tromans, two step grandchildren, Kim and Jason Tromans, four step great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He is pre-deceased by a son, Dee Cipperly, a daughter, Kay Cipperly, four sisters, Blanch Cipperly, Eleanor Lohnes, Ethel Sherin and Helen Cloke, and five brothers, George, Dean, Waldo, Paul and Walter Cipperly.

Funeral services are Friday, October 24, at 11 am from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial will follow the service at Hoosick Rural Cemetery in Hoosick. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to either the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad or the West Hoosick Fire Department through the funeral home.

Dogs Die In Berlin

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by Kieron Kramer

Dogs took center stage at the Berlin Town Board Meeting on Thursday, October 9, when Dog Control Officer Doug Goodermote reported on several incidents, one of which was quite dramatic and ended tragically. Of course, Goodermote described it in his usual low-key, matter of fact way. “Two dogs were in a fight; the owner shot one dog then shot his own dog,” he said.

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