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Take A Bahamas Cruise In December To Help The Honor Roll Fund

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Go on an awesome vacation and make a donation in the process.  Yankee Trails has partnered with the Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center in its fundraising efforts for the Veterans Honor Roll Memorial. They are sponsoring an eight day cruise to the Bahamas from December 3 to 11. For every eight cabins filled Yankee Trails will cut a check to PVMCC for the cost of a ninth cabin traveler.
This trip will include Cruise Express Shuttle to and from the cruise ship in New York City, a $50 onboard credit per stateroom, cruise accommodations, all shipboard meals and activities and all taxes and fees. The cost per person (with two persons in each stateroom) will be $649 for interior, $709 for ocean view and $859 for balcony. The cost will be $407 for the 3rd and 4th person in any class rooms. There are also large discounts for veterans.
What’s more – if more then twenty people sign up they will bring a bus out from Rensselaer to pick up travelers in Petersburgh at no extra cost.
There are flyers at PVMCC, and more information can be obtained by calling Walter Walters at 658-0136 or Erin Tobin at 286-2400, ext 206.

Petersburgh Library News

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Everyone is invited to the Library’s next “Saunter in the Shire” on Wednesday, July 31, at 5 pm.  Meet at the Library and journey to the Petersburgh sculpture garden featured in the DVD “Peter’s People.”  If you want a sneak preview, the DVD is available at the Library for you to take home and view.
On Wednesday, July 31, at 6 pm everyone is invited to the opening reception for a new photography exhibit at the Library.  In June the Library sponsored a photography workshop for youth ages 10 to 16.  The photographs will be on display at the Library during the months of August and September.  This program was supported in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Children’s Activities
On Tuesday, July 30, at 11 am Story Hour will feature stories on “I Dig Hidden Treasure.”  All pre-schoolers are invited to attend.  On Wednesday, July 31, our drop-in craft will feature painting and decorating a treasure box to take home.  All children are invited to join in this activity any time between 2 and 4 pm.
Don’t forget to keep reading this summer.  Children who have signed up for the summer reading program can log their books online or on forms provided.  They need to be turned in by August 12  so you have lots of time to read.  Teens and adults may enter a prize drawing for every book read.  There are 11 prizes for adults and 4 for teens.  Stop by the Library and pick up some entry slips, and keep reading!

Petersburgh Town Board Action – Boil Water Order Is Lifted

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by Alex Brooks
At the Petersburgh Town Board meeting on Monday, July 15, Town Supervisor Siegfried Krahforst announced that the Boil Water Order for the Petersburgh Water District had been lifted on Wednesday, July 10, after seven water samples taken from different locations around the District were all found to be clean. It is not known how bacteria got into the one sample which triggered the Boil Water Order. Water District Operator Ben Krahforst guesses that it was a “bad sample.”
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Petersburgh Library Reading Program

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The Petersburgh Public Library summer reading program is in full swing.  Pre-school children are invited to story hour on Tuesdays at 11 am. On July 23 the theme will be “I Dig Animals.”  On Wednesday afternoons, between 2 and 4 pm, children of all ages are invited to stop by the Library for our drop-in crafts and paint a jointed wooden snake.
Everyone is invited to our next “Saunter in the Shire” on Wednesday, July 31, at 5 pm.  Meet at the Library and journey to the Petersburgh sculpture garden featured in the DVD “Peter’s People.”  If you want a sneak preview, the DVD is available at the Library for you to take home and view.
Don’t forget to keep reading this summer.  Children who have signed up for the summer reading program can log their books online or on forms provided.  They need to be turned in by August 12  so you have lots of time to read.  Teens and adults may enter a prize drawing for every book read.  There are 11 prizes for adults and four for teens.  Stop by the Library and pick up some entry slips and keep reading!

Luanne J. Stevens

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Petersburgh – Luanne James Stevens of the Taconic Trail, Petersburgh, NY, died peacefully at her home on Friday, June 28, 2013, under the care of Community Hospice of Rensselaer County.
Born in Bennington, VT, on January 4, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Layton D. and Clara Wood James. She is pre-deceased by her husband of 50 years, Earl A. Stevens, her children, Judy Crandall and Gregory E. Stevens, her grandchildren, John and Jolene Bedford, and her siblings Betsy Kimball and Layton R. James.
Raised in the southwest Hoosick, NY, area, Luanne was a 1952 graduate of the Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls, NY. After raising her children, she attended EOC in Troy, NY, to become an office worker. She worked many years for Seagroatt’s Florist in Berlin, NY, before starting to raise her grandchildren. She enjoyed quilting and reading, and she loved to work on puzzles. She was a lifelong member of the Petersburgh United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her three children, Joan M. and husband Mike Hill and Laurie and husband Ray Broadwell, all of Petersburgh, and Jodi Hubbard of Grafton, NY, her best friend of 70 years, Eleanor Herrington, her daughter-in-law, Cheryl Stevens of Stephentown, NY, her nine grandchildren, Jason (of the second litter), Jeremy, Clara, Shandra, Natasha, Ryan, Christopher, Sara and Curtis, along with 15 great-grandchildren.
Special thanks goes to Pat Mace and Cindy Skrandis for all of their help through the years.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, July 7, at 3 pm in the Petersburgh United Methodist Church, Head of Lane, Petersburgh with Rev. Gaylord “Jake” Campbell officiating. A time of fellowship followed in the Church hall. Relatives and friends were invited to visitation at the Church on Sunday from 1 pm until the start of the service.
To remember Luanne in a special way, memorial contributions may be given to the Petersburgh United Methodist Church in care of Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home, P.O. Box 361, Petersburgh, NY, 12138.