Members of the Tsatsawassa Protective Fire Company, serving Brainard and East Nassau and surrounding area, will hold their monthly breakfast on Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, from 8 to 11:30 am at the firehouse located on Firehouse Lane behind the post office near the intersection of Routes 20 and 66N in Brainard.
Breakfast offers your choice of pancakes or French toast served with bacon or sausage, eggs cooked to your order, applesauce and an assortment of breakfast beverages at a cost of $6 over the age of 12; children under five eat for free. Special thanks is expressed to the Hannaford Corporation for their generous donation toward our breakfast menu and to the Cub Scouts who help in the serving.
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Berlin Community Cemetery Meeting
The Berlin Community Cemetery Meeting will be held on March 11 at 7 pm at the Cherry Plain Church Building. All lot owners are welcome.
Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department Texas Hold’em
The Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department will hold a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, March 16, in the Stephentown Fire Hall, located at 35 Grange Hall Road in Stephentown. The doors will open at 5:30 pm and close at 6 pm. Play begins at 6:15 sharp.
A free buffet will be served at the first break, and refreshments will be available.
No advance registration is required, and a donation of $35 per player will be accepted. Players can make an additional $10 donation at the door for 1,000 extra chips. This tournament will pay one place for every ten players with a minimum of four places and a maximum of nine places.
For further information, please call John Linton at 518-733-0469.
Schaghticoke Fair Announces 2013 Fair Theme And Design Contest
The Schaghticoke Fair is very excited to announce the 2013 fair theme as “Who’s Your Super Hero?” This theme was chosen to represent the many different kinds of people who are super heroes every day. The fair will be introducing “Who’s Your Super Hero?” into the buildings, exhibits, fair entries and contests. In addition to Super Hero, the fair will be initiating for the first time a food drive. Building on the theme Souper, the contest design entries can incorporate this spelling and or design elements. We want the students to have fun with the idea, and we are looking for some creative input.
The contest is open to all currently enrolled high school students throughout Rensselaer County. The selected design will be used on the 2013 fair brochure, T-shirt and for marketing purposes. Each student who submits one design entry will receive a one day fair pass to the 2013 Schaghticoke Fair. In addition to having the winner’s work published, the winner will also receive a one day fair pass with one unlimited ride ticket, a 2013 “Who’s Your Super/Souper Hero?” T-shirt, a certificate of achievement presented during the week of the fair and will also become an honorary judge for future themed design contests. For more information on how to participate and the elements that are to be included in the design, please contact the art department at your high school or call Mary at the Fair office, 753-4411, x13. All entries must be must be submitted by June 7.
GLSP To Offer Maple Sugaring Demonstrations
To welcome spring, Grafton Lakes State Park is providing backyard maple sugaring demonstrations on Saturday, March 16, and Saturday, March 23, from 1 to 3 pm at the Park Office.
The program will demonstrate ten easy steps for making maple sugar at home. It encourages participants to try tapping trees, collecting and boiling the sap down and testing the flavor. This outdoor event is ideal for the whole family and an enjoyable way to celebrate the changing season. All participants can savor a sampling of sap as well as freshly made syrup. The fee for the program is $2 per participant or $5 per family. There are limited spots so pre-registration is required by calling 279-1155.
Even though spring is just around the corner, it is not here yet! The trails at Grafton Lakes State Park are still covered in a white blanket of snow. Conditions are perfect for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, ice fishing and ice skating. Snowshoe rentals are available at the Park Office. As weather can change conditions quickly, call the Park Office to confirm, or for directions, at 279-1155.
For additional information about other parks and historic sites in New York, visit www.nysparks.com.
Woods And Wildlife Workshop
“Caring for Your Woods and Wildlife” is a day long workshop for forest owners held at Tamarac High School in Brunswick, on Saturday, March 16. There will be seven presentations on a variety of topics in the morning, followed by a woods walk in the afternoon. The talks will be geared toward issues and concerns of woodland owners in the Rensselaer Plateau area. Speakers from the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation, the Hudson River Estuary Program and the Cornell Cooperative Extension will cover topics including wildlife ecology, forest regeneration, streamside management, woodland transfer and how to develop a forest management plan.
The afternoon walk in a nearby forest will give attendees the opportunity to see how some of the management topics can be applied in their woods. The workshop is sponsored by the Hudson River Estuary Program and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Biodiversity Program Work Team, with endorsement by the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, Greene and Rensselaer County Cooperative Extension and the Capital District Chapter of the NY Forest Owners Association.
The $15 fee covers refreshments, lunch and an information packet. To register by March 9 online or to print a mail-in registration form, go to www2.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/pwt/bio/. For more information, email Kristi Sullivan at kls20@cornell.edu.
Jo Ann Hawks
Eagle Bridge – Jo Ann Hawks, 71, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She was the wife of C. Donald Hawks; they resided on Route 22 in Eagle Bridge, NY.
Born on July 14, 1941, in Cambridge, NY, Jo Ann was the daughter of the late Herman and Jean (Bentley) Marsh. Jo Ann graduated from Hoosick Falls Central School. She worked at Fairbanks Express in Hoosick Falls, NY, for thirty-seven years and later with RGI Insurance also in Hoosick Falls. Jo Ann was an avid Hummel collector and NASCAR fan. She enjoyed vacationing with her husband in Hampton Beach, NH, and at Lake Lauderdale, NY.
Survivors, other than her husband Donald, include her sisters, Cherry Millington of Hewitt, TX, Patricia Grennan and husband Bill of Hoosick Falls, Kay Wright and husband Howie of Cambridge and Lori Gardner and husband Jeff of Mesa, AZ, her brother, Donald Marsh and wife Karen of Castleton, NY, and her brother-in-law, Jack Hawks and wife Belva of Georgia. Jo Ann is also survived by several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral services will be at the convenience of the family. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Center at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center through the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, which is handling the arrangements.
HACA’s “Taste Of Hoosick” For 2013
Looking for a wonderful way to spend an afternoon in the Town of Hoosick? Come to the “Taste of Hoosick” on Sunday, May 5, from 3 to 6 pm. This popular event, started in 2009, will again be held in the St. Mary’s Academy auditorium. Many local restaurants have committed to participate and showcase their most popular dishes … and the Hoosick area has some outstanding chefs and chef-owned restaurants.
There will also be live entertainment from the HFCS Jazz Band as well as the wonderful music of other talented local musicians.
The silent auction promises something for everyone, featuring goods and services from the greater Hoosick area. Drop your ticket in the jar to be eligible for numerous door prizes.
Tickets will be available at the HACA Center as well as other locations to be announced. Pre-event tickets cost $12.50; $15 at the door. Ticket orders can be sent to HAC A, P.O. Box #1, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090. Make checks payable to HACA and notate” Taste of Hoosick” in the memo section.
This event is sponsored by the Hoosick Area Church Association, Inc a non-profit organization which sponsors the HACA Food Pantry. The Food Pantry served 4,585 individuals in 2012. The number of families seeking service totaled 255, including 279 children, 446 adults and 56 elderly. Pickups at the Regional Food Bank totaled over 36,000 pounds of perishable and non-perishable food in addition to thousands of pounds of food donated by community organizations, churches and individuals. Thanks to “Taste of Hoosick 2012” 317 families were provided with food baskets for the holiday season. The goal for 2013 is to further develop the HACA Food Pantry programs to sustain the health, good nutrition and dignity of local families.
For further information contact Dianne Hosterman at 686-5163 or HACA, P.O. Box #1, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090.
