6 DAYS OF ENTERTAINMENT!

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!

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29

6:30PM

DEMOLITION DERBY!

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30

8:00PM

HOTEL CALIFORNIA “A SALUTE TO THE EAGLES”

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 31

4:00PM

MONSTER TRACTOR PULL!

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

3:00 & 8:00PM

JOE NICHOLS

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

4:00 to 6:00PM

PAINTED PONY RODEO

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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.

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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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.  

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!

What's going on?

Calendar of Events

http://thescene-thescene.blogspot.com/p/what-to-do.html

August 10

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! 

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

Meet 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."

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FREE Movie Night @ EG Pop Warner Field

To celebrate the start of the 2013 Season, the EGPW Board invites you to join us for Movie Night!

We will be showing "Here Comes the Boom" Starring Kevin James

Driver on phone when Spanish train derailed, court says

By CNN Staff

Driver on phone when Spanish train derailed, court says

Authorities have charged the train's driver, Francisco Jose Garzon, with 79 counts of homicide by professional recklessness and an undetermined number of counts of causing injury by professional recklessness.

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New, potentially fatal tick borne illness found in local areas

Posted: Jul 29, 2013 6:10 PM EDT

By Lindsay Nielsen - email

 

ALBANY, N.Y. - Ticks are now carrying a new, potentially deadly virus in our area.

According to researchers at the Wadsworth Center, the deer tick virus, also known as Powassan virus, has been found in Saratoga, Albany, Rensselaer and Columbia Counties.

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Hobo Heyseus filmed in Schodack

A Native (Albany) New Yorker

A cosmopolitan New York City actor known for daring roles in edgy films, Theodore Bouloukos returns to his Capital Region roots to play a gentle pastor

by Ann Morrow on July 18, 2013 · 0 comments

Actor Theodore Bouloukos is every inch a New Yorker: erudite, meticulously cultured, and almost famous within an avant-garde career. So quintessentially Manhattan is this sharp-dressed man that he was profiled in New York magazine for a series called The Locals (his locale was Carnegie Hill).

Theodore Bouloukos on the set, photo by Nathaniel Kramer

What's up?

Community Calendar

• 8/1 New Kids on The Block
• 8/4 A Day at the Dairy
• 8/6 Shrek The Musical
• 8/10 Mini Market Chicken BBQ
• 8/17 The Clove Run
• 9/7 & 9/8 Gathering of the Tribes

View the calendar here...

Movie Night at Castleton Public Library

Teen Movie

Castleton Public Library
Monday, Jul 29, 6:00 PM 518-732-0879.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Gathering of the tribes at Brown's farm

Two Row Wampum flotilla embarks on Hudson River journey

By Ian Benjamin
ibenjamin@troyrecord.com
Twitter.com/ibenja2

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RENSSELAER — It has been 400 years since the first treaty between the Dutch in the New World and the indigenous peoples was made, but the passage of centuries has not softened belief in the treaty's principles for many.

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Infertility - a predictable side effect?

GARDASIL LINKED TO THE DEATH OF A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL’S OVARIES

July 27th, 2013

 A large part of one girls’ life has been destroyed, and the only plausible explanation is that the cause is the Gardasil vaccination. This vaccine is sold as a cervical cancer preventative, though it has never been shown to prevent any cancer of any kind. Cancer prevention has never been more than a presumption, based on a possible connection between human papilloma virus and cervical cancer. No cause-and-effect has ever been documented.

The reports of deaths and debility from Gardasil keep pouring in. As this girl’s plight demonstrates, Gardasil cannot be assumed to be safe. There is highly significant – not to mention suspicious – missing data.

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A tribute

Student's voice, passion for music will forever be alive

By Gregg Weinlein, Commentary

Published 6:49 pm, Monday, July 22, 2013

Local musician Pat Tiernan died a year ago this week on July 24. Faces tumble through my thoughts in an avalanche of memories as I sort through the images of people I encountered at the funeral services of my former student last July. So many young people searching for some spiritual morphine to deal with the death of a close friend; a friend who died much too young at 29, and at a time when the pieces of his life's puzzle were finding their way to their proper place.

Pat grew up in Rensselaer County, graduated from Columbia High...

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More sexual harassment at the Capital

WTEN

A new sexual harassment accusation in New York's Assembly was blocked from investigation by a lawyer who will be fired by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as the longtime leader continues to be dogged for mishandling other harassment claims.

Find out more here-> http://www.news10.com/story/22920575/new-sex-harassment-case-surfaces-against-assembly

Helen Thomas dies at 92

Obama Reacts To Death Of Helen Thomas, Pioneering Journalist

The Huffington Post  |  By Paige Lavender Posted: 07/20/2013 1:15 pm EDT  |  Updated: 07/22/2013 11:05 am EDT

Obama kisses veteran correspondent Helen Thomas in the White House briefing room August 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama said he is "saddened" over the death of veteran journalist Helen Thomas.

Obama released a statement on 92-year-old Thomas's death Saturday. Thomas, who covered every president from John F. Kennedy to Obama, had "been ill for a long time," according to the AP.

Below, Obama's full statement on Thomas's passing:

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Dennis Farina 'Law & Order' Star Dies

Blood Clot In Lung

Breaking News

Dennis Farina -- who starred as Det. Joe Fontana on "Law & Order" -- died today in Scottsdale, Arizona after suffering a blood clot in his lung. He was 69.

Farina is a Hollywood legend -- who appeared in tons of classic films and TV shows including "Get Shorty," "Snatch" and "Midnight Run." He also appeared in HBO's series "Luck."

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/07/22/dennis-farina-dead-law-and-order-star-dies-at-69/#ixzz2ZoXQgsL3
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Welcome Little Prince

Prince William and Kate Middleton welcome a son

22 Jul 2013 21:27

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have become parents with the arrival of their son

Britain's Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge arrive at the Emirates Arena

PA

Prince William and Kate Middleton have become parents to a baby boy .

The 8lbs 6oz prince was born at 4.24pm this afternoon after Kate went into hospital this morning in the early stages of labour.

His birth was announced via a press release before the formal notice was placed on the traditional easel outside Buckingham Palace.

But while the baby's weight and sex was announced, the name will take a little longer.

The statement announcing the baby's birth carried a note saying: "The names of the baby will be announced in due course".

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Hey Hi!

Look who made the home page of the Valley Cats website!

http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t577

Jaime @ the Joe

Schodack Central School District

Schodack CSD alumnus Jaime 

Schultz ‘09 will make the start 

on the mound for the Hudson 

Valley Renegades when they face the Tri-

City  ValleyCats on Monday, July 22 at 7:00 p.m. 

at Joe Bruno Stadium. For ticket information,

click the link below.

2013 Individual Game Tickets | Tri-City ValleyCats Tickets

Beyond the Call of Duty, a Local Non-profit makes Miracles happen for Combat Injured Veterans

STRIDE, Inc.                                                 476 N. Greenbush Rd., Suite 9    Rensselaer NY 12144                

EMAIL:  mwhitney@stride.org     WEB: www.stride.org

Contact:  Mary Ellen Whitney (518) 598-1279

For Immediate Release                             Photo and press opportunity                                                

Warrior Cpl. Roman Goddeau and family 

 (Rensselaer, NY) When Cpl. Jeremy Walton signed up for a Wounded Warrior skiing trip provided by a local non-profit STRIDE Adaptive Sports which offers sports programs for individuals with disabilities, he had no idea just how much his life would change. The March ski trip offered him and his family a chance to spend camaraderie with other veterans, and the opportunity to learn how to snowboard after combat injury left him with a Traumatic Brain Injury. But STRIDE ‘s  mission promotes that healing comes in giving not receiving, and they plant that seed for Warriors to continue their time volunteering for STRIDE after the sport weekend is over.

From now on, it's Jennings Landing

Common Council renames Riverfront Park in time for concert

By Jordan Carleo-Evangelist

Published 11:40 pm, Monday, July 15, 2013

• Sign for the Corning Preserve Riverfront at the entrance to a parking lot on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in Albany, N.Y. A councilman is floating a proposal to rename five acres of the city's riverfront parkland "Jennings Landing" in honor of Mayor Jerry Jennings, the city's 74th and second-longest-serving mayor who last month announced he'll step aside this year after two decades in office. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

  
  

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Heather G. McGovern participates in SUNY Oswego Global Lab Summer, 2013

Heather G. McGovern of Castleton, a student at SUNY Oswego, was among nearly 60 college and university students taking part in hands-on learning in SUNY Oswego's Global Laboratory network at science labs around the world this summer.
McGovern, a junior in biology, is conducting research at the Federal University of Paraiba in Brazil. She is the daughter of Patrick and Karen McGovern of Castleton. After earning her undergraduate degree, she plans to attend medical school.

Community Garden Project a Success

The CES Agricultural Project has expanded the gardens this year to include six more raised beds, five blueberry bushes and a mini pumpkin patch.

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James Derby Named New Middle School Principal

From the SCSD site
James Derby, an educator with the Taconic Hills Central School District, was officially named principal of Maple Hill Middle School at the July 11 Board of Education meeting.

“We’re really excited to have him here. He has a lot of enthusiasm and excitement,” said Superintendent Bob Horan. “He will be perfect for our middle school and the excitement that’s going on there with our WRAPS and STEAM programs.”