Troy Record, The (Newspaper) - February 7, 1977, Troy, New York 2 The Times February But its legal Prisoners get into homes By NANCY ALBAUGH Staff Writer SARATOGA SPRINGS Four prisoners will get into more than 100 Saratoga County homes this But they wont steal property theyll install The minimum security prisoners from the new Mount McGregor Correctional Facility in Wilton are working in a county winterization program that gives poor county residents free weather proofing for their The purpose of the program is to break two cycles one which keeps poor people from insulating their homes because they are spending all their money on and the other which keeps ex prisoners from getting jobs because of lack of job The idea of using prisoners in the year old program began in November when then superintendent of the Wilton William was looking for rehabilitative programs for his At the same the Saratoga County Economic Opportunity Councils winterization staff was looking for more volunteers to install windows and insulate Funded by the Upper Hudson Regional Energy program members depend on volunteer labor to help the three paid staff weather Together Quick and council staff worked out an agreement where prisoners would make plastic storm window and install them on homes of eligible So the program is said Dianne coordinator of the She said only a few families who signed up for insulation balked at having prisoners do some of the The majority of people who apply for this program are And when youre that youre just any help you can no matter where it comes she said across the second hand desk in the basement of the councils aging Victorian office house in Saratoga Cynthia who screens applicants who want said some people are skeptical about prisoners walking into their You see their eyebrows rise a little when you ask them to sign an authorization allowing the Wilton crew to You get a little of the What are they in for kind of But neither Shippee nor Carson can answer that I dont know what theyve been convicted I figure if they were screened in the and if the corrections officers say they are all then they Shippee A corrections officer joins the three paid workers and supervises the four prisoners at each And the prison restricts where their inmates Heavily populated areas are They cant work near And they are not allowed in homes where there are young We suggest to applicants that if they have guns displayed on the they take them down while the crew is Shippee Because January was too cold for prisoners to work they spent their six hours a day making windows in a small room next to Shippee hopes the men will be able to work outside leaving the window making to prisoners inside Mount The prison has a special shop In which inmates not allowed out for the program can Besides volunteers from the the Saratoga Springs Jaycees donate time to the So do volunteers from the West Milton Kesselring Shippee described one home insulated Picture an 8 by 35 one bedroom A mother and her two teen age sons live The only heat comes from a wood There are two picture windows in the living both covered with No There is no floor in the The roof No storm Its a foot and a half off the ground on And its not skirted Workers repaired the windows on the mobile installed storm fixed the repaired the bathroom floor and insulated and theyre planning on skirting in the The project is one of 16 left uncompleted from last Those have to be finished before work begins on the more than 25 applications already received this Carson said the program means that prisoners do something constructive with their She said she hopes the volunteer work will help them be accepted by the community of which opposed the creation of the prison last t Colonie COLONIE Learning to drive A three hour pre licensing course will be held at Shaker High School 15 from to 10 Another course is scheduled 19 at Shaker High School from 9 to A valid New York per mit is required for admittance to the A registration fee will be Interested individuals may register for the class calling Shaker High School at 785 Purim workshop COLONIE Hadassah will hold a Purim workshop Thursday at 8 featuring a discussion on the background of the holiday and a demonstration of its foods and The workshop on the feast of lots on March will beheld at the home of Mary Dover Anita will discuss the background of the Joan Platt will prepare holiday food and Karen education vice will demonstrate a holiday For further information or contact Goldman or Karen 9 Jean All new and are invited to Youth activities LATHAM The Colonie Youth Recreation Center has announced its schedule for the week of TEENS stain glass and Elks Square Magic Club and fabric Ri fle Roast Beef PRE TEENS Valentine 4 Valen tine 4 Table 4 Valentine 4 string 4 Heart 4 SENIOR CITIZENS 10 to 2 oil pain card 4 bridge and pinochle tour 10 to 3 HECK 4 to 7 recreation and TEEN BOARD Projects and to Swim at the YMCA ALBANY If your children are crav ing for activities during the long winter send them tothe Albany YMCA to improve their swimming The Albany YMCA has swimming lessons youth on a regular Lessons are offered for all abilities for children ages six For further concerning the youth swimming contact Jeff youth at 449 Schedules of lessons are available upon Screening clinic COLONIE An Oral Cancer Screen ing sponsored by the Third District Dental will be held Saturday at the North way Mai from 10 to 5 according to Gary of the The clinic is free and operated by volunteer den from the Learning disabilities symposium planned Albany man arrested COLONIE An Albany man was arrested for driving while intoxicated Saturday night after his car was involv ed in a collision with a parked vehicle on Albany Shaker Road police Michael of 6 Ichabod Lane was taken into custody Kinley was released on bail pending a court appearance today police Annual dinner Friday COLONIE The Colonie Youth Recreation Center will hold its annual roast beef dinner Friday from 5 to 8 according to Victor executive director of the This years dinner will be under the direction of the board of directors and Rosemary newly elected The youth board will serve at the dinner while the meal will be prepared by the staff and board Tickets are available at the center or by contacting any board Coin expert to talk ALBANY Have you ever noticed any errors in coins or other currency The Albany Numismatic one of the areas leading coin collector will hear a talk about misprints on United States paper money at its meeting Thursday at at the In of History and 125 Washington The speaker is Charles a nationally know expert on errors in coins and He will display misprinted notes in both the large and small The Albany Numismatic Society meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month at the HAMMERING WINDOW into place are winterization program employes Pat and Glen Another Cleon Allen of Ballston works with the men and four prisoners from the Wilton Correctional Facility to weather proof homes of poor county The Times Record was not allowed to photograph or talk to the Photo by Larry Roberts Hoosick Falls Catholic education programs scheduled HOOSICK FALLS Marys Academy together with all the Catholic Schools throughout the is celebrating Schools Week this Mayor Donald Bogardus has issued a proclamation declaring the week as National Catholic Schools Week in Hoosick Falls in cooperation with local and national Catholic educators to further inform the public of what the Catholic schools have to their aims and Various activities have been schedul ed throughout the week here to highlight this years theme Catholic Schools A Plus for This a Mass opening Catholic Schools Week was celebrated in the high school gym for alumni and friends of Marys This the girls basketball team will meet in a home beginning at there will be open house for parents and Tuesday evening the SMA boys basketball sporting a 13 1 faces non league opponent Park at again there will be open house for parents and day afternoon SMA girls basketball team will play Marys of Glens Falls at home starting at 3 At 8 a double feature movie will be presented by the Senior Class in the high school gym Three Stooges in Orbit and Murder for there will be another Mass celebrated in the gym to mark Teacher Recognition Day at At a luncheon will be served by the Home School Association for the alumni and friends of the starting at and con to 5 the Senior Class will sponsor a program which will include a great variety of games and The Carnival is open to all parents and At 7 the SMA boys basketball team will host league rival Marys of Glens The SMA and 9th grades play Marys of Glens Falls at home starting at 1 a Community Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated at the Mass at the Immaculate Conception Following the elementary pupils will entertain in the church hall with a presentation entitled Some Famous Hoosick Falls Folks and A Plue for the All are Refreshments will be Alumni to have dinner MARYS SMORGASBORD The 22nd annual Smorgasbord dinner and show sponsored by Marys Alumni Association will be held 21 in the Church of the Immaculate Tickets are on sale until 15 at Hoosac Elm Street Auto or by calling Thomas Scott John NEW OFFICERS Denise Martin was elected president of Marys Aux for the coming year at the recent Other new officers include Noreen vice president Pauline and Adalia The new officers are conducting a membership Potential members can attend the next meeting 17 at 8 in the Church of the Immaculate Conception Washington County Wie Beaumont 34 Street 12090 Phone GRIEVANCE DAY The annual Grievance Day for taxpayers of the Village of Hoosick Falls is scheduled for All grievances protesting assessments should be notarized and presented on or before that The hours for grievance day hearings will be from 5 to 9 in the village clerks of 25 Main The assessment book for has been completed and a copy filed with the ALBANY Area physicians all professionals working with developmentally disabled children are invited Saturday to attend a sym Language and Learning Disabilities Current Trends in Theory and The symposium will be held from 9 to 3 in ME Albany Medical Registration will take place from 8 to 9 The morning session of the by Albany Medical Colleges Department of Postgraduate Medicine in conjunction with the Child Research and Study Center of will pre sent Anthony senior speech and language Childrens Hospital Medical and Ralph Hawthorne The afternoon session will be devoted to simultaneous workshops concerned with normal and abnormal language development in relation to learning dis abilities in Frank director of Child Research and Study will moderate the Additional information is from the Department of Postgraduate Albany Medical College Cooperative Extension calendar MONDAY 4 H Teen 7 at the Tamarac Plaza Project Route Cropseyville 4 H Experienc ed Square at the Pro ject TUESDAY Home Economics Program Committee and Mini com at the Pro ject Teachers 4 H Fire Safely and Incubation and at the Tamarac Project Center 4 H Dog Obedience 7 at the Melvin Roads Post American Clinton WEDNESDAY Advanced Beginn ing Sewing 7 to at the Tamarac Project Center 4 H Dog Obedience 7 at the Center Grange Routes 7 and THURSDAY Vegetable Garden Planning to 3 and 7 to at the Tamarac Project Center Advanced Beginning to noon at the Project Center Class Making Homemade 10 to noon at the Apartment and at 6th Neighborhood Center 4 H Public Information committee 1 at the Cooperative Extension Of 8 Winter Troy Agriculture Program Committee 8 at the Project FRIDAY Beginning and Intermediate Knitting 10 to noon at the Tamarac Project Center Farm Management School Cash 1 to 330 at the Tamarac Project Cooperative Extension in New York State and Rensselaer County provides equal program and employment oppor village It will be open for tion between now and grievance day at the village clerks t EYE EXAMS OFFERED The Albany Medical Center is offering a ser vice to the local community whereby it will provide a mobile van to be in Hoosick Falls on March 2 at the village parking lot for eye ex A team of as well as an opthalmologist will be present to give the examinations even if only for a change in eye Examinations will be given by ap pointment Interested persons may make appointments by calling the Senior Service Center where Mary Morin is appointment ID CARDS OFFERED Any Rensselaer County resident 60 years or older Is eligible to request one of the medical identification cards being issued at the Hoosick Area Senior Center on Wednesdays and The wallet size cards will be filled In to contain a complete medical record of the the same of which may prove to be a lifesaver in case of PLASTIC MODEL CONTEST The Hoosick American is sponsoring a contest for making plastic models under its youth The models must be purchased from 0Dells Discount store on Elm which has arranged for the Legion to reap the profits from its models The contest is scheduled to be held March 17 at the Hoosick Falls Armory on Church
