Suicide Prevention

MY VIEW: Help save a life by reaching out to our veterans

By Mary Jo Gibson

Kinderhook

First and foremost, I’d like to thank our men and women in uniform, our nation’s veterans, and their families for their service and heroic sacrifice to our country. As a co-chair of the Congressional Spouses for Suicide Prevention and Education and a spouse of a retired soldier, I’m taking the opportunity this Veterans Day to join the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in raising awareness of the problem of suicide among our active military, veterans, and their families.

GlobalFoundries to host open house Nov. 11

POSTED: 11/09/13, 12:31 AM EST |

MALTA

GlobalFoundries will host a public open house event at its Fab 8 campus from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11.

The event will give area residents an interactive, educational experience to learn about the company, the Fab 8 campus and the semiconductor industry.

In a “show-and-tell” demonstration, people will get an up-close look at patterned wafers, packaged chips and reticles used in the manufacturing process.

Notice of Public Hearing

A Public Hearing will be held at the Village Hall at 7:00 p.m.on November 12, 2013, relating to the proposed Local Law abolishing the Village Court and the position of Village Justice. For more information about the Public Hearing, go to "Public Hearing."

Website Helps Community Follow Planning Process for Future of Schodack Schools

To help our community follow the planning study that is looking at the future of our school buildings, a website has been created which is available by clicking here…

“I would like to thank everyone who participated in our Educational Summit,” said Superintendent Bob Horan. “Over the next couple weeks our educational planner and architect will meet with faculty and staff from each of our school buildings to share our community’s ideas from the Summit and listen to their thoughts. We will bring our community committee back together after that for further discussions, which anyone in our community is encouraged to attend.” If you have questions about the study, please call the district office at 732-2297. Posted 10/18/13.

The Schodack Board of Education met October 17, 2013, to discuss findings from the Community Education Summit held in September. The Board set a framework for the planning study looking at the future of our school buildings.

The results of all of these studies will be released at a public meeting in late November.

MHHS Midnight Madness

Midnight Madness to Benefit Wounded Warrior Project – Sunday, Nov. 10

The Maple Hill High School’s boys and girls basketball programs are hosting a Midnight Madness event to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. The event will take place on Sunday, Nov. 10 from 9:30 p.m. to midnight. The event is intended as a way to kick-off the upcoming basketball season and as a way to bring the community together to help raise some money for a worthy cause. The Wounded Warrior Project is celebrating 10 years of service to our

veterans.

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

Contact:            Mary Ellen Whitney- (518) 598-1279 

For Immediate Release

Flag Retirement Ceremony at SCORE

(Chatham NY)  Sunday, November 10, 2013 , (day before Veteran’s Day)the Mahikan District of the Boy Scouts of America will hold a Flag Retirement Ceremony at SCORE, formerly Girl Scout Camp Sha-Te-Muc located in Chatham, NY.   The facility, now called STRIDE Center for Outdoor Recreation and Education (SCORE Center)  is used as a retreat for youth with special needs, and Wounded Warriors and their families to enjoy in educational programs including camping, hiking, archery, fishing, snowshoeing, cross country skiing.

The Boy Scouts of America state:

“When the United States flag (Old Glory) becomes worn, torn, faded or badly soiled, it is time to replace it with a new flag, and the old flag should be "retired" with all the dignity and respect befitting our nation's flag. The traditional method of retirement is to incinerate the flag, but this does not mean that one should simply drop the entire flag (intact) into a fire.”SCORE was the perfect location for this ceremony, with the availability of outdoor fire pits, and the purpose of the property. The camp is available for veteran’s and Wounded Warriors as a retreat and many of our Warrior programs are held here. Many local Boy Scouts have completed their Eagle Scout projects at the property and local Scout troops have been a significant part of the upgrades and projects on the property since it was acquired by STRIDE. The dignified and elaborate ceremony will be held outside the main lodge with ample parking and handicapped accessible grounds.

The public is welcome to join the Boy Scouts in this ceremonial Flag Retirement Ceremony which will begin promptly at 2:00 PM. SCORE is located at 2182 State Route 203 in Chatham, NY – directly across from the Hudson River Tractor Company. If you have a flag that you’d like to be retired please drop it off to the STRIDE office or bring to the ceremony! Call 518-598-1279 for more details.

STRIDE’s mission is to educate and empower individuals with special needs in life-changing sport and recreation programs to sustain healthy, active and fun lifestyles. STRIDE is a volunteer organization with all sport lessons being taught by highly qualified volunteers, and STRIDE serves our Wounded Warrior community with re-habilitative sport and recreation programs to help them adjust to life and helping them adapt to their permanent injuries that they sustained during recent conflicts overseas.