Columbia Science Olympiad team Advances to Nationals

Posted March 16, 2015
Columbia High School’s Science Olympiad Team won the New York State tournament Saturday at LeMoyne College in Syracuse and will advance to the national tournament on May 15 and 16 at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Columbia avenged its runner-up finish from last year, knocking off 11-time state champion Fayetteville-Manlius High School of Central New York by seven points.

Columbia defeated 53 schools in 25 different events including biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, computers and engineering. Events range from paper and pencil tests, to laboratory activities and construction of devices.

Individual medals are given for the top 10 teams in each event, and these scores are combined to earn an overall team score. Columbia’s team medaled in 18 of the 25 events held on Saturday, and every member of the team won at least one individual medal. Additionally, team members Tim MacDonald, Peter Herrick and Parth Bhide’s gold medal performances qualified them for $14,000 in scholarships.

This is Columbia’s second consecutive trip to the national tournament. In 2014, Columbia finished 16th out of 60 schools and won the award for best new team.

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There are no good guys

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One and a half billion dollars in American weapons.

Officials said "certain Iraqi units" have already been denied U.S. military assistance -- including weapons, equipment and training -- because of "credible information in the past" of gross human rights violations.

“It’s tough sorting out good guys and bad guys in a lot of these areas,” said Brennan referring to scenes of “horrific human rights abuses.”

“When we see it, we do bring it to the attention of authorities and we will not work with entities that are engaged in such activities,” the CIA director said.

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65th Annual Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade

When: Sat, Mar 14, 2:00 PM
Where: Albany
Cost: FREE ADMISSION
Celebrate St. Paddy's day with the 65th Annual Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade! The parade steps off at 2pm and travels through the Capital City! Learn more HERE!
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Odyssey teams advance to state finals

Eighteen student teams from schools in Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene counties advanced to the state Odyssey of the Mind tournament in Binghamton on April 11. They were selected from 106 teams competing in the Region Four Odyssey of the Mind Tournament coordinated by Questar III at Algonquin Middle School in Averill Park.

Teams from Ichabod Crane, Averill Park, Germantown, Brunswick, Coxsackie-Athens, Troy, East Greenbush, Hoosic Valley, and Rensselaer finished in first place.

Since 1978, Odyssey of the Mind has been an international educational program where students apply their imagination and ingenuity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics.

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Music in Our Schools Concert

Schodack Central School District's Music in Our Schools Concert 

Wednesday, Mar. 18 at 7:00 p.m.

The annual Music in Our Schools Concert will be held Wednesday, Mar. 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the High School

Music Parents has some leftover Schodack quilts from the fundraiser we held in the fall.  We have decided to raffle one of the Schodack Quilts at the Music in our Schools concert on March 18.  Tickets will be sold at the concert for $1 a chance.  The winner will be drawn that night halfway through the concert, and you must be present to win.

Quilts will also be available for sale for $50.

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Honey Bee like - "I need a licence?"

Jing Xin Shen, 54

Prostitution arrest at Honey Bee Salon in East Greenbush

Unlawfully practicing massage,is a felony under state Education Law that requires personal masseurs to be licensed.

A woman was arrested and a massage parlor at 110 Columbia Turnpike shut down Monday, town police said.

Based on witness information and police surveillance, officers entered the Honey BeeSalon around 3 p.m. and determined Jing Xin Shen, 54, was engaging in illegal activity.

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"An enormous loss"

'Simpsons' Co-Creator Sam Simon 

Sam Simon, a co-creator of The Simpsons and a veteran of the television industry for over four decades, passed away at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday following a long battle with colorectal cancer. He was 59. The writer, cartoonist, producer, showrunner, poker player and philanthropist had been diagnosed with terminal cancer since late 2012, Variety reports.

...his input shaped the series into the long-running, globally beloved cultural behemoth that it is today.  Simon is still credited as an executive producer on the series, which has run for 568 episodes and counting.