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FRIENDS OF SCHODACK ISALND- On Saturday, Sept. 29th, from 9 am to 4 pm, we're going to be at Schodack Island to do some hands on conservation work and everyone is invited! (Rain Date is Sun, Sept 30th.) This work is being sponsored by a TogetherGreen Grant from Toyota and National Audubon.  We've planned the day in collaboration with Casey Holzworth, NYS Park Biologist.  

The Friends of Schodack Island and graduate students from SUNY Albany will be involved, too. Our goal is to cut all oriental bittersweet vines that are 3" and greater in diameter in a 98 acre area around the nesting and roosting sites of cerulean warblers and bald eagles.  As you probably know, bald eagles have been re-established in NYS after a lot of intensive work by DEC.  Cerulean warbler numbers have declined more than 70% since the '60s and they are a species of special concern to Audubon.We will provide lunch, snacks, drinks, and a gift for each participant.  We will also do our best to make the day as rewarding as possible.  There is poison ivy on the island, but not so much in the southern part where we'll be working. www.capitalregionaudubon.org

Traffic Heads-up FYI

The state is paving Rt 20 from the 9 and 20 diner toward Nassau.

National Punctuation Day

National Punctuation Day (USA) falls on September 24 each year.

CNN and Christopher Stevens' personal journal

NEW YORK- Anderson Cooper revealed Friday night that CNN had found U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens' personal journal following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed him and acknowledged the network used the journal in its reporting without previously disclosing the source. 

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HACKED!!!!

Dear readers,

Rest assured, I am safe and sound in Schodack.  I know that many of you have received an email telling you I am in SPAIN and asking for money.

I wish I was vacationing in Spain, however, I am not!

As you may know...if you received this message, that means that my CONTACT LIST has been hijacked!

I'm sorry for any trouble, but it may not be a bad idea to update passwords...

Thank you and please keep reading the Schodack SCENE...

Catherine