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Bobby Shoemaker Eagles Hole #2 at Dutchaven Golf Course

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by Kevin Weeden

Due to the holiday, Monday night golfers had their choice of which day to play this week.  Because of this, there wasn’t any closest to the pin contests or skins.  Wednesday night golfers had to fight the darkening skies, but those who waited until 6 pm were treated to a beautiful night.  Some golfers will be making their matches up next week, so the standings for Wednesday are not up-to-date.

With new dice in hand, and an equal chance of each hole to be rolled, hole #12 came up for the Wednesday skins.  In flight A, no one was able to birdie this hole, the par pushed the pot until next week.  In flight B, Eric Pearson cashed in once again with his nice par.  Congratulations Eric!!  This week the spring match play tournament will begin.

On Monday night, the leaders in flight A, Leon Rosko and Ed Powers, remained unbeaten on the year.  This week Rod Squires and Dean Becker get a chance to take them down.  The big match up this week in flight B is leaders Dave and Tom Vogt, winners of 4 out of 5 weeks versus the second place team of Mike Waitekos and Eric Holbritter, who are in a two-week slump.  On Wednesday night, Rick Crosier and Jamie Balance still hold on to First place, despite their first loss of the season.  They each won their individual matches, but lost the total score, missing out on the 5 points.  Most of us are thankful for this rain, but in hope that it dries out before the leagues start up again.

Check out dutchavengolf.com for more information on the Monday night golf league, the course and the restaurant! Visit caddyshaqgolf.com for more information on the Wednesday Night golf league

Monday Night Duffers League Recap

Week 4 Highlights: Bobby Shoemaker made his first eagle of the year on the par 5 hole #11.  Bobby ended the night 3 below his handicap, shooting a net 32.  Teammates Leon Rosko and Ed Powers both shot below their handicap.  Leon shot 39.  Both players had 3 pars and 1 birdie.  Two other teammates, Dave Daigle and John Newkirk netted below par.  Jeff Maynard had the low net of the night.  Jeff shot 40, net 31, with 5 pars.  Rik Seiler (3 pars, 2 birdies) and Dan O’Rourke (4 pars, 1 birdie) both tied for low gross, 38.  Jeff St Gelais had 5 pars and 1 birdie shooting 40.  Bob Carey (4 pars, 1 birdie) and Jim Carey (3 pars, 1 birdie) won 18.5 points.  Billy Potter and Kyle Woodard won 18.5 points.  Tim Herrington had back-to-back birdies on hole #5 and #6.  Kevin Weeden added 2 birdies this week.  Rod Squires had the only birdie on hole #1, putting from the fringe.  Brett Seiler had the only birdie on hole #4, the #1 handicap.

Top 3 pars:  Dan O’Rourke 23, Joe Gerwin & Rik Seiler & Peter Martin III 22

Top 3 birdies:  Brett Seiler & Rik Seiler 8, Mike Marpe 6

Wednesday Night Caddyshack League Recap

Week 5 Highlights:  Eric Pearson and John Reizel dominated the night.  They won 7 pts and 6 pts respectively taking a huge 18 (out of 23) points on the night.  Eric had 6 pars and shot a league-low net score of 32 and added a second skin win to his resume this year.  Peter Martin III (6 pars, 6 pts, 1 birdie, gross 37, net 33) along with teammate Kevin Weeden (2 pars, 2 birdies, 5.5 pts) took 16.5 team points.  Peter’s birdie came on the #1 handicapped hole, #13.  Ralph Quackenbush (6 pts, net 34, 5 pars, 1 birdie) and teammate Kevin Greene (only birdies in the league on hole #11 and #15) won 15.5 points.  Tim Hutton brought his A game against Mike Lewsey.  Tim shot 37, net 33 with 6 pars and 1 birdie.  Mike had back-to-back birdies on hole 17 and 18 to add to his league-leading birdie count.  Mike’s partner Todd Rogers had 5 pars and 1 birdie, on his way to shooting a league-low gross score of 37, to lift their team to an overall win for the night.  John Newkirk continued to play solidly as he won 6 pts.  He had 2 birdies.  He had the only birdie on hole #14.  Josh Magisano led his team to a narrow win with his 39, net 33 with 6 pars.

Closest to the Pin Results (week 5): Hole #1-Kevin Greene, Hole #3-Ralph Quackenbush, Hole #9 -Mike Lewsey (3 wins).

Monday Night Duffers Standings through 5 Weeks

Flight A Flight B

1  12 – Rosko / Powers  88.5 1  14 – Vogt /Vogt  76

2    7 – Carey / Carey  76.5 2  23 – Waitekos/Holbritter  66.5

3    5 – O’Rourke / Marpe 73 3  20 – Russell/Goodwin 66.5

4    6 – Stratton / Herrington  72 4  21 – Magisano/Dearstyne 65.5

5    4 – Ric Sieler / Donovan 70.5 5  16 – Osborne / Sullivan  58.5

6   11 – Maynard / Lee  68.5 6  15 – Daigle / Newkirk 58.5

7   10 – Shoemaker/Shoemaker 66.5 7  17 – Becker / Squires 57.5

8     2 – English / Shoemaker  63 8  19 – Frisino / Pacheco 56

9     1 – Martin / Weeden 60.5 9  13 – Harrington/Ogert/McGuire  54.5

10   3 – Gerwin / StGelais   59.5 10  22 – Hunziker / Rose 53.5

11   8 – Brett Sieler / Akin  58 11  18 – Speanburg / Brundige  48

12   9 – Potter / Woodard 48 12  24 – Wiley / Wiley 34.5

Second Annual Let’s Move Day: Healthy Outdoor Family Activities

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The Second Annual Let’s Move Day is June 27 at Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center.  This day of free activities is designed to let people try their hand at various outdoor activities and encourages everyone to get outside to try something fun or different.

This weekend coincides with New York State’s free fishing weekend. Trout Unlimited will be running a fly tying workshop, fly-casting demonstrations and a pond biodiversity assessment.  Kayaking, nature walks and geo-caching are some of the other activities led by guides.

Healthy, light snacks and refreshments will be available all day.  Let’s Move Day will take place in two different sessions, the first from 10:30 am to Noon, the second from 12:30 to 2 pm. Everything is free!  Pre-registration for Kayaking is available for those interested.  If you have any questions please e-mail us at dykenpond@fairpoint.net or call (518) 658-2055

TVSC U19 Team Has Strong Outing In Weekend Tournament

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by Jen Burhans

The Taconic Valley Soccer Club has started its Spring program. This past month K-6th grade youngsters have been coming together at Berlin Elementary school twice a week to practice soccer in an instructional setting.  The club also has two older teams in the CDSYL Spring travel league that play and practice at BES.

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For Newest Addition To Hoosic River Greenway

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submitted by Shelly Stiles

Please join us to celebrate the addition of “Skorupski Landing” to the Hoosic River Greenway. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be held Friday, June 12 at 4 pm at the Greenway and the Route 22 bridge in Hoosick Falls.

Several local and regional businesses and foundations gave generously to the fund to purchase the 6-acre parcel along the Hoosic River, an effort completed in March 2015. They will be acknowledged and thanked at the event, which will also include a walk along the river on the Landing, and refreshments. The event is sponsored by the Village of Hoosick Falls and the Hoosic River Greenway Committee.

John Skorupski loved the outdoors and the many places he called “home.” He was particularly fond of the Hoosic River and he was very pleased at the thought of future generations enjoying such a beautiful environment along the trail. The Village and the Committee are grateful to John and his family for agreeing to sell their land along the river. Acquiring and protecting the parcel has been a high priority for the Committee since it began its work in 2005.

The group hopes to create a picnicking area, a canoe/kayak launch and take-out site, and a swimming beach at the Landing, among other amenities.

The event will go on rain or shine. For more information or to RSVP, contact the Village Clerk at 518-686-7072.

RPA Landowner Open House

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The Rensselaer Plateau Working Forest Initiative will host a free open house on Tuesday, June 2 from 3 to 7 pm at the Old Daley Inn on Crooked Lake in Sand Lake. “This will be a great chance for landowners to learn about land conservation opportunities that might be available to them,” said RPA President Jim Bonesteel. There will be a number of tables with experts who can answer questions about Forest Legacy funding or the sale of development rights, the Master Forest Owner program, and conservation easements and other land conservation tools. We will also have an attorney/land use planner to answer legal questions and an ecologist and mapping specialist who can talk to you about the ecology of your land on the Plateau. Representatives from the Agricultural Stewardship Association, NYSDEC, New York Forest Owners Association, Rensselaer Land Trust and the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance will be available. This workshop is for people who would like to conserve their forestlands for future generations, are considering selling or donating development rights on their forestlands, or are interested in other programs listed above. For information, directions or to express interest visit http://www.rensselaerplateau.org or call 518-794-9160.

Events Coming Up At Rensselaer Plateau Community Forest

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May 30 will be a pretty busy day at the Rensselaer Plateau Community Forest. The Saratoga Mountain Bike Association will be hosting a Trail Building Workshop from 9 am to 1 pm and Lisa Hoyt, Director, Dyken Pond Educational Center, will lead a program called Forest Investigation for Families from 1 to 3 pm.

Trail Building

Are you interested in learning how to build and maintain a quality trail system? Would you like to get involved with building a brand new trail system in the Capital Region? RPA is working with the Saratoga Mountain Bike Association to host a series of Trail Building Workshops to teach the skills, techniques and science behind building and maintaining sustainable trails that could be used for a variety of activities. In the process we will break ground on a brand new trail system in the newly founded Rensselaer Plateau Community Forest. The overall workshop schedule includes three sessions. The first is on Saturday May 30, 9 am to 1 pm. Other sessions will be on Saturday July 11,  9 am to 1 pm, and Saturday Aug 8, 9 am to 1 pm. For more information and to sign up go to https://www.facebook.com/saratogamtb/events.

Forest Investigation  

How are your detective skills?  Join us to discover who lives in the Community Forest. We’ll explore the forest on a one-mile hike and look for evidence of creatures living there. Bring Field Guides and binoculars if you have them. For kids of all ages and families (suggested donation of $5 to $10).

The new 350 acre Community Forest, (approx. 220 Legenbauer Rd., Poestenkill, NY – off of Plank Rd.), will provide recreational access for Plateau residents and visitors, will serve as a demonstration area of best management practices for forest stewardship, and will provide other educational programs for adults and children.  Learn more about it on the RPA website.

There are many other exciting events scheduled that may be of interest to you. Keep informed of what’s going on with RPA, more than 30 Alliance organizations and a wide range of other groups by checking out our new data-base driven calendar of events at http://www.rensselaerplateau.org/events.

Rensselaer County 4-H Shooting Sports

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Archery

Rensselaer County 4-H is  happy to announce that it will be starting an Archery Club to be led by two of our county Shooting Sports volunteers. Details for the club will come out soon, and we are currently registering members who are interested. The club will focus on a variety of archery related topics including: archery shooting, arrow repair, bow building, and primitive skills. This club is open to all youth 8 and above, and space is limited.

Youth Shotgun Training 

Rensselaer County 4-H Shooting Sports is hosting a basic shotgun training for youth on June 20 from 8 am to 12 pm at the Green Island Rod and Gun Club in Schaghticoke. The course focuses on firearm safety and operation, and building skills for successful shotgun shooting. Participants must be 12 years old or older and have an adult partner for the training. Cost is $20 per youth/adult partner. Firearms, targets, and ammunition will be provided. Space is limited, and limited scholarships are available.

If you are interested in either of these programs or to register, please call the Rensselaer County 4-H office at 518-272-4210 or e-mail Leland Bunting at glb76@cornell.edu.

4-H is offered through Cornell Cooperative Extension. Cornell Cooperative Extension is an employer and educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities and provides equal program and employment opportunities.