The Eastwick Press Newspaper

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Experts On Lyme Disease At The New Lebanon Library

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Integrative health care professional Jennifer Baer Enos and veterinarian Carolyn Sanford will speak on Lyme Disease treatment and prevention at the New Lebanon Library on Tuesday, June 24, at 7 pm. New York State is a hot bed of tick borne diseases, and Columbia-Rensselaer County is among the highest areas in the nation with the problem. The speakers will discuss new developments in Lyme and other tick-borne diseases and also be open to general questions from the audience.

Jennifer Enos has worked in Integrative Health for over five years, employing a combination of traditional and holistic therapies. She specializes in Lyme Disease and has gathered a wealth of knowledge from conferences, patients and her own personal experiences with the disease.

Dr. Carolyn Sanford is a veterinarian and animal behavior consultant at the Nassau Veterinary Clinic. She will focus on tick borne diseases and how they affect pets and people.

This program is free and open to the public. The New Lebanon Library is located at 550 State Route 20, ¼ mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.

Petersburgh Library News

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The Petersburgh Public Library will begin the summer reading program on Monday, June 30. Everyone is invited to a special family concert, “Reading Rocks,” featuring “Tommy” Gardner of The Uncle Brothers. He presents an upbeat, interactive and parent friendly show, and children of all ages will love it. Gardner began singing and writing children’s music when his own kids were in elementary school. This led to many great song ideas and to the beginning of his classroom workshops for creative song and lyric writing. His song, “Rainbow” (Two Big Kids) won the KidSing 2001 songwriting contest (grand prize) and his other songs (“I Can”, “When We’re Happy We Laugh”) won honorable mention in the 2002 John Lennon Songwriting contest. His solo CD “My Candy Tree” won the 2004 Parents Choice Award. CDs are available at the Library if you would like to preview his music before the program. The program will be held at the Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center.

What’s The Scoop?

On Monday, June 30, at 10:30 am the Scotia-Glenville Children’s Museum will present a program of cool science for curious kids titled “What’s the Scoop?” Learn about ice cream and the cool chemistry of making it. Then top it off by enjoying some!

Rock Creations Art Program

On Tuesday, July 1, through Thursday, July 3, at 10:30 am there will be a special art program led by Sharon Cole, an artist and co-owner of Paulson Wood Products. She was formerly an assistant librarian in Cavendish, VT, where she managed children’s after-school arts programs. Children entering grades 2 – 5 are invited to join her in “Rock Creations.” Here’s your chance to create some extraordinary art from ordinary rocks! Make a great, gray gargoyle face. Learn to ‘paint’ with rocks, sand and glue. Join us and tell us a story in stone. Sign-up is required at the Library since space is limited.

Story Hour 

Every Tuesday from July 1 through August 5 at 11 am there will be pre-school story hour. On July 1 the topic will be “Color Magic,” and on July 8 it will be “Critter Fun.”

Crafts

On Wednesdays between 2 and 4 pm from July 2 – August 6 there will be drop in crafts for children of all ages to make something to take home. On July 2 – “Pop out an eyeball” – make an eyeball out of a donut hole, and on July 9 – “Slime Attack” – make some slime to take home.

Puppet People

On Monday, July 7, at 10:30 am everyone is invited to join The Puppet People as they present “Jack and the Bean Stalk.” Explore this classic and the science behind it! Find out what you get when you mix one cow, three magic beans and one giant bean stalk. Help the hero save the day.

Digital Photography Workshop

Youth ages 10-16 are invited to sign up for a special digital photography workshop. There is room for 8 participants in this workshop which will be held from 1 to 3 pm, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, July 7, 9 and 11. Sign-up is required since space is limited. Everyone will learn how to take the best pictures, edit them and prepare them for printing.

Summer Reading At The Grafton Community Library

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The Grafton Community Library’s 2014 “Fizz, Boom, Read!” Summer Reading Program will start officially on Monday, June 30, but kids can sign up to be part of the fun anytime after June 23. Participants will set their own reading goals and be eligible for a variety of weekly prizes as well as the chance to win even more at the end of the summer drawing.

The Library will also host a series of exciting free programs for kids that are open to everyone. These will include Mystery Artifacts from the Bennington Museum, a community-wide geocache treasure hunt, stick rocket build and launch, shape-it clay picture making, a visit from a Canadian lynx and much more.

Stop by the Library or call 279-0580 for details about all the great summer offerings. You can also find out more and sign up for the Summer Reading Program online at graftoncommunitylibrary.org.

Hoosick’s Unknown Treasure

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submitted by Deb Alter

For all of you who have wanted to visit the Louis Miller Museum but work on Mondays and Tuesdays, the Museum is now open on the second Saturday of each month throughout the summer, making it available to many more people to visit.

The Louis Miller Museum, at 166 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, has hundreds, probably thousands, of fantastic historic objects and memorabilia on display. Interesting and informative, the rooms are filled with Victoriana, military uniforms, photographs, weapons, farm and home implements and more.

Beautiful Victorian dresses and hats, paintings, an actual Victorian parlor and lots of Walter A. Wood, Eberle Brothers, Harriet Hoctor and Grandma Moses memorabilia are there, too. In the Children’s Room you will find antique and classic toys and insect collections. Explore historic Hoosick through the old photographs and maps that you’ll find there.

Walk through on your own or get a guided tour for free. See and learn what Hoosick was like back in the day.

Hours are Monday and Tuesday from 1 to 4 pm, the second Saturday of each month from 10 am to 2 pm through the summer and whenever you see the “Open” flag flying outside.

You can also make an appointment by calling 581.686.4682 or emailing director@hoosickhistory.com. For more information about the treaures at the Louis Miller Museum, visit the website at  http://www.hoosickhistory.com/maplinks/museuminfo.html.

The Proposed Gas Pipeline Meeting

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The Stop the NY Fracked Gas Pipeline Steering Committee will hold an organizational meeting to discuss the Proposed Gas Pipeline through Columbia County on Wednesday, June 25, at 7 pm at the Canaan Firehouse on Route 295. We will be discussing the formation of committees to accomplish the tasks we have thus far identified. Please bring ideas for work you would like to do.

We will need to form committees pertaining to the following areas:

• State petition;

• Town engagement;

• organizing a landowners meeting with lawyer(s);

• political lobbying;

• trying to form committees from areas between Columbia County and Wright, NY, getting addresses for those landowners and sending them information;

• researching about pipelines and fracking including what others are doing;

• connecting with other pipeline, environmental groups;

• organizing a meeting about alternative energy;

• creating a website (or putting information on nofrackedgasinmass site);

• fundraising, and

• writing letters/preparing materials.

Specific tasks that need to be done include:

• taking attorney names that we have collected, possibly identifying others, and organizing a meeting between landowners and a lawyer specializing in landowner rights vis a vis a utility company;

• identifying the landowners who abut the pipeline in Rensselaer, Albany and Schoharie counties, and

• receiving the information from the various anti-fracking and anti-pipeline groups and distilling what is important for us to know.

We have spent $500 so far on copying and mailings. Any contributions would be greatly appreciated.

Please invite your neighbors and friends. If you are unable to make this meeting but wish to be involved, please let us know, particularly about what areas you are most interested.

Grafton Library Services For Homebound Patrons

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Starting this summer, the Grafton Community Library will be offering a delivery service for Grafton residents who are homebound and cannot access the Library’s collections in person. Homebound patrons or their caregivers can contact the Library to request materials from the collection, including books, audiobooks, music CDs, DVDs and magazines. Volunteers will be available to bring the items to the patron’s home and pick them up when they are finished with them.

Library staff will be happy to assist in the selection of materials. They will also help sign up new patrons for their free library card. For more information contact Grafton Community Library by phone at 518-279-0580 or email director@graftoncommunitylibrary.org.

 

 

Grover And Worster At The New Lebanon Library

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Local favorites David Grover and Linda Worster will be performing together at the New Lebanon Library on Friday, June 27, from 6 to 8 pm.  All are welcome, and the event is free

David Grover has earned countless awards including a Grammy nomination and Artist of the Year. He spent many years as Arlo Guthrie’s lead guitar and band leader. Grover and his Big Bear Band have performed at the White House, opened the Goodwill Games, appeared on The Today Show, performed with the Detroit Symphony for their Youth Series and played for the delegates of the United Nations.

Linda Worster has toured as a solo musician throughout New England, New York and New Jersey, performing in many coffeehouses, colleges, churches, healing centers, cafés and clubs. She has opened for many well-known artists including Livingston Taylor, Harry Chapin, Paul Stookey, Leo Kotke, David Bromberg, Bill Staines, Dave Mallett, Jonathan Edwards, Joan Baez, Richie Havens and Taj Mahal.

For further information, please call the Library at 518-794-8844. The Library is located at 550 State Route 20, ¼ mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.

Stephentown Summer Youth Camp Attendance Options

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submitted by Sue Brissette

The Stephentown Summer Youth Camp offers many options for local youth to enjoy summer fun and learning. Campers can attend full sessions, Monday through Friday, 9 am to 2 pm, mornings only, 9 am to noon or afternoons only, 12 to 2 pm. Early drop off is available for an additional charge.

The camp will take place beginning Monday, July 7, through Friday, August 1, this year. Campers will be served free breakfast and free lunch provided through the Rensselaer County Office of Family Services. The camp is free for residents of Stephentown. For families who would like to drop off their child early, 8 am drop off is available for $15 per week with a discount available for multiple children in a family. Non-Stephentown residents can participate at a cost of $75 per week, 8 am to 2 pm, space permitting.

Each day campers will spend time exploring new ideas and activities, such as trying out backyard chemistry with the Darrow School’s resident backyard scientist, building playing skills with Berlin High School’s varsity sports players, exploring new art forms with local resident artists, applying conservation principles through activities with environmental educators, experiencing physics and engineering principles through play and experimentation and more. Camp activities will take place at the Library, the Town Hall and the Library’s new green fields property.

Camp registration forms are available at the Stephentown Memorial Library and the Town Hall. Please call the Library for questions or for other information at 733-5750.

Petersburgh Summer Youth Recreation Enrollment Forms Due

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The Petersburgh Summer Youth Recreation Program will be a four week program starting on Monday, June 30, and running through Friday, July 25. There will be no program on Friday, July 4. The last week of recreation will consist of fun and educational field trips. More information will be forthcoming.

Swimming lessons will not be available this year due to the Hoosick Pool closing for maintenance. It is anticipated that the swimming lessons will resume next year.

Petersburgh Youth Recreation Program enrollment forms are due by Friday, June 27, and are now available at the Petersburgh Library and on the Petersburgh Post Office’s bulletin board.