August 30, 2013

School Cafeterias Improved at No Cost to District


MHHS cafeteriaSchool cafeterias are receiving new equipment and improvements this year at no cost to the district thanks to funding received from a settlement between the parent company of Chartwells food services and New York State’s Attorney General Office.

Last year, the state Attorney General announced a settlement with Compass Group USA after the company did not pass on rebates from vendors, manufacturers and distributors. As a result, Schodack CSD was one of dozens of schools to receive part of the settlement. Schodack received $105,000.
“I want to stress that we could not use this money for anything except to improve our food services. The State Attorney General’s Office was very specific about that,” said Superintendent Bob Horan. “We decided the best way to use the money was to improve our facilities for students.”

The British aren't coming

Page one of The New York Daily News

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New York Times

WASHINGTON — The goal of the cruise missile strikes the

United States is planning to carry out in Syria is to restore

the smudged “red line” that President Obama drew a year 
ago against the use of poison gas.

Even an attack that the president has described as no more than an effort to restore the “red line” could diminish the ability of Syrian forces to attack population centers with conventional munitions, depending on how the attack is devised.
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August 29, 2013

4th Annual Gathering of the Tribes

Another Uncle Sam statue vandalized

TROY, N.Y. -- Another case of vandalism against an Uncle Sam statue in Troy in under investigation by police.

This time is was the Uncle Sam at Barker Park that was damaged. Like two others before him, the head was removed, and the body of the statue is now in storage.

Police have not made any arrests, although they have located the head of one of the statues at a home in Mechanicville and an arrest could be imminent. 


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Thoma Tire Closing for good


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Our hours are:  Monday - Friday    8:45am  --  5:30pm
Saturday                  7:45am   - 12:30pm

WE WILL MAINTAIN THESE HOURS UNTIL WE CLOSE 9/28.
WE WILL BE CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY.
Thoma Tire - 3725 US RT 20  Nassau
Since 1945 - A family of tire professionals.

YES, IT IS TRUE.......

Thoma Tire is closing for good,
09/28/2013.  

See "Newsletter" page for all the details....


I am retiring to do some of the things I didn't make time for earlier.  I'll be 68 soon and can use the old joke about "retire-ing."

August 26, 2013

Nikki Hart's killer to be sentenced - 20 years to life


Updated: Monday, August 26 2013, 
12:22 PM EDT TROY -- 

The estranged boyfriend of the local 33-year-old real estate agent he admitted to killing in a drunken rage  
will be sentenced on Monday morning.   
29-year-old Jason Guynup of Troy, the live in boyfriend and father of Nikki Hart's two young 
daughters, pleaded guilty to second degree murder earlier this year. Guynup confessed to breaking into Hart's Schodack home and  stabbing her to death while she slept back in December 2012.

6 DAYS OF ENTERTAINMENT!

Columbia County Fair Logo - Chatham NY
6 DAYS OF ENTERTAINMENT!
Cheer demo derby smackdowns. Eat pepperoni-filled bread ends til you bust. Jam to a tribute of great Eagles classics with Hotel California.
Scream like a banshee on the midway rides. Cover your ears for the thundering, black smoke-throwing, monster-pulling tractors.
Sing loud and proud the megahits of country star Joe Nichols. And while you are at it, check out the honest buckers at our Labor Day rodeo.
You can only get away with this much fun one week of the year...and it’s only at the Fair.



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28

6:30PM
DEMOLITION DERBY!

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29

6:30PM
DEMOLITION DERBY!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30

8:00PM
HOTEL CALIFORNIA “A SALUTE TO THE EAGLES”

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31

4:00PM
MONSTER TRACTOR PULL!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

3:00 & 8:00PM
JOE NICHOLS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

4:00 to 6:00PM
PAINTED PONY RODEO

August 24, 2013

The Week

10 things you need to know today:August 24, 2013


Hasan could face the death penalty after being found guilty on multiple premeditated murder and attempted murder charges.
Hasan could face the death penalty after being found guilty on multiple premeditated murder and attempted murder charges.
AP Photo/Brigitte Woosley

1. FORT HOOD SHOOTER FOUND GUILTY
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who killed 13 soldiers and injured 31 more at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, was found guilty on multiple premeditated murder and attempted murder charges. Hasan, a radicalized American-born Muslim, could face the death penalty. [USA Today]
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August 23, 2013

Wounded Warrior & disabled youth Military-style ‘Boot Camp’

For Immediate Release
                            
 STRIDE, Inc.                   476 North Greenbush Rd. Ste. 9 ,   Rensselaer NY 12144
        
EMAIL:  mwhitney@stride.org WEB: www.stride.org
Contact: Mary Ellen Whitney- (518) 598-1279
For Immediate Release Photo Opportunity

Wounded Warrior & disabled youth Military-style ‘Boot Camp’ 

(Chatham, NY)  If there is something that Soldiers and Marines are good at, it is leading from the front and working as a team to serve. These ideals will be put to test when Wounded Warriors are paired up one-on-one with STRIDE Adaptive Sports youth athletes for a military –style Boot Camp  retreat at the STRIDE Center for Outdoor Recreation and Education ( SCORE) in Chatham NY. 
Ten disabled youth will don Army issued uniforms, and sleep in canvas tents on cots at the campsite named ‘Yellow Ribbon’ pavilion. The 4-day event takes place this weekend Aug 22-25.  

August 22, 2013

Re-connected at last

It has been a strange, somewhat solitary week...

My computer was in the shop being de-bugged and for a solid week I was unable to connect with Facebook, my bank account, my online bill pays and my email friends - Hi everybody!

Moving my desk and office furniture has been on my list for far too long...first step was to unplug the computer, modem, monitor and mouse.  OOPS.  I probably should have taken a photo of where all those wires belong. 

After several attempts to re-connect, I called my good friend to come over and straighten me out.  

One wire plugged in the wrong port - literally 35 seconds and he had me up and running. :D Love you R.J. :D

Now when my armiore, and filing cabinet make it up the stairs my 'office' will be complete. Yay!

August 6, 2013

What's going on?

Calendar of Events
August 6-18

SHREK

25 Years of free theatre… The Park Playhouse

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August 17
The 2013 Clove Run Road Races are Coming Soon!
The Castleton Road Racing Commission in conjunction with theCastleton-Schodack Kiwanis Club have scheduled the Clove Run races to be held in the beautiful Village of Castleton on August 17th. All proceeds will once again benefit the Anchor food pantry in Castleton. There will be a children’s 1 mile fun run, a new event this year, a 5K walk, a 5K running race and a 10 mile race all starting from the Castleton Elementary School at 8:30 am. The awards ceremony will begin immediately after the races are completed with a great lunch and live music. For more information, visit the Clove Run web site at http://www.vanrensselaerdivision.org/Clove_Run/  or call the Race Director at 518-732-2940.  Runners who are interested in online pre-registration can do so at Active.com or via a link on the Clove Run web site.  A brochure containing the Race Application may be downloaded from the Web Site and mailed to the address on the Race Application. We look forward to seeing you at Castleton’s Community Running Event of the Summer! 

August 2, 2013

Pope Cries With Nathan de Brito, The Little Boy Who Brought Him To Tears (VIDEO)

174890398Meet Nathan de Brito, the little boy who broke past barriers to run into Pope Francis' arms on Friday in order to tell him something that moved the pontiff to tears.
They embraced on the Popemobile as de Brito confided to Pope Francis, "Your Holiness, I want to be a priest of Christ, a representative of Christ."