Fireman Day at Schaghticoke Fair features contests and parade
Schaghticoke N Y Fireman Day Saturday will host motor hose booster hose and bucket brigade contests with 35 teams from Rensselaer Albany Saratoga Washington counties and Vermont. A sunset parade is set for 5 30 p m with judging by named fire department officials and 100 trophies to be awarded across men and women classes.
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Schaghticoke
N.Y
Schaghticoke Fair
Rensselaer
Albany
Saratoga
Washington
Vermont
James Hannigan
Wynantskill
Arlington
John Hall
Rensselaer Fire Dept
Mike Mann
Joe Castiglione
City of Troy
Doug Farley
East Schodack
Ernest Hoffman
Averill Park
Edgar Davey
Pleasantdale
Ron Hepp
Melrose
Tom Secovine
Schodack Landing
Bucket Brigade
Bill Moon
al Wilcox
Cohoes
John Rainer
Center Brunswick Fire Dept
Carl Goyer
Charles Mason
Valley Falls
Pownal Fire Association and parade events scheduled in town
The Pownal Fire Protective Association meets at 7 tonight at the firehouse and the North Pownal Volunteer Fire Department holds its September business meeting at 7. Labor Day requires no meeting. The Solomon Wright Library hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday. A hunter safety course begins Sept. 7 for ages 12 and up, by reservation only. call William James at 823-5122. School registration and birth certificates are urged for kindergarten entrants. Parade trophies and judges are listed, with Dan J. O Connor as scorekeeper and James Schirmer Jr. and Robert Brimmer inspecting trucks. The Fire Chiefs Association will run a safety booth at the fair with John R. May in charge.
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North Pownal
William James
John J. Leary
Brunswick
Syeaway
Rensselaer County
William Dougherty
Philip B. Caird
Schaghticoke Fair
Eugene Eaton
Ben Nowik
Rensselaer
William Murphy
Diane L. Caird
Troy
Joe Castiglione
Dan J. O’connor
James Schirmer Jr
Robert Brimmer
Wynantskill
Ed Potts
Center Brunswick
Woodford School Opens as Fishing Boy Heads to Class
Kevin Wolf Spika, elling by Red Mill Gift Shop in Woodford, will swap fishing days for school. Woodford Hollow School opens September 6 with 75 pupils. Janet Wills is principal and Robert Vincent joins staff. Nicholas Charest leaves Bennigton District. Antoinette Button resigns from Woodford School Board. Avis Hurley and Jess Bugbee serve as interim board members.
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Woodford
Kevin Wolf Spika
Red Mill
Kevin
Woodford Hollow
Janet Wills
Robert Vincent
Nicholas Charest
Bennington
Antoinette Button
Board of Selectmen
Avis Hurley
Jess Bugbee
Skateboard pioneer Steven Ellis fuels Rhode Island park venture
Steven Ellis, 26, of Long Beach, N.Y., runs Yawgoo Valley Skateboard Park in Exeter Rhode Island the only skate park in the state. He built an asphalt bowl with Richard Downs in May 1976 at a cost of 10 000 dollars and now hosts about 10 000 visitors mainly kids paying two dollars for six hours. Ellis describes his rapid teaching method and notes a growing interest among 10 to 16 year olds with inspiring stories like a 60 year old learner. Competitors include a new park in Brookline New Hampshire drawing spectators, and Ellis predicts Olympic inclusion of slalom skateboarding by 1980 or 1984.
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Exeter
R.I
UPI
Steven Ellis
Long Beach
N.Y
Yawgoo Valley
Rhode Island
Ellis
Richard Downs
Yawgoo Park
Yangoo
Cory Little
East Greenwich
Cory
New England
Brookline
N.H
Little
Asphalt Bowl
Women's Free Clinic in Woodford Oct 21
Vermont Public Health Service will hold a Women's Free Clinic at Woodford Hollow School on Friday Oct 21. A breast changes examination and educational film will be shown. teen girls with parental permission may attend the viewing. PAP smear appointments will be made through Bennington Public Health Service.
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Woodford
Vermont Public Health Service
Woodford Hollow
Bennington Public Health Service
Windham Commission to Meet Aug 30 in Williamsville
Windham Regional Commission schedules Aug 30 session at Williamsville Grange Hall starting 8 p.m. Major items include discussion of the Windham Region Policy Plan on Population Growth and Economic Development a progress report on land use and housing a housing and community development report for commissioners review and action on the Windham Region Industrial Development Program The Council on Aging fiscal year 1978 area plan will be reviewed and acted upon Summaries of the plan are available at the WRC office Citizens are invited to attend.
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Brattleboro
Windham Regional Commission
Windham Region
WRC
Council On Aging
Williamsville
Couple Declared Safe After Vermont Disappearance
Ralph and Lucille Wilson vanished from their store and home in Gassetts Vermont a month ago triggering national interest. Police say they are safe at an undisclosed location after Mrs. Wilson’s mother confirmed their wellbeing.
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Gassetts
UPI
Ralph
Lucille Wilson
Vermont
Champlain Oil Inc
Burlington
Chester
Gilbert Carey
Vermont bottle law challenged by environmental groups
Vermont environmental groups accuse the state of improper certification of beer bottles under the bottle deposit law. State official Donald Webster defends the program saying bottles can be refilled five times as required and that companies may not refill all bottles, which the state cannot compel. Separately, Senator Robert Daniels plans a bill to convert senatorial scholarships into state merit scholarships based on academics, replacing the current system where each senator has $3,000 to award up to $300 per student.
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Montpelier
API
Robert Daniels
Vermont professor to lead public policy group and advise senator
Lee Webb, economics and history professor at Goddard College, will leave his post to become executive director of the Conference on State and Local Public Policy. He will also work part time as a national problems consultant to Senator George McGovern.
Vermont bans Thoroseal house paint after injury
The Vermont Health Department bans Thoroseal house paint after Kevin Oscarson, 18, was blinded in one eye when splashed two weeks ago. Officials cite high alkaline content and order Standard Dry Wall Products Co. of New Eagle, Pennsylvania to recall improperly labeled paint products.
Montpelier Cyclists Protest Helmet Law With Parking Demonstration
In Montpelier Vermont motorcyclists blocked nearly 40 downtown parking spaces in a protest against the state compulsory helmet law. This marked a third parade permit denial by the city council. The display occurred on Saturday and involved riders using their bikes to occupy spaces in a direct public demonstration.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Deaths In Albany Area Homicide Linked To Self Inflicted Gunshot
Samuel E. McDowell and Barbara Gooney died in a Sand Lake duplex Friday in a case ruled a homicide by own action. McDowell, 38, fatally stabbed Gooney, 36, with a kitchen knife before shooting himself with a .270 caliber rifle. McDowell was a former director of volunteer services at Coxsackie Facility. Gooney was an art instructor and social worker.
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Land Lake
Albany
Sand Lake
McDowell
Coxsackie
Pratt Institute
New York City
Ms. Goeney
Ravena Selkirk High School
Eleanor Roosevelt Developmental Services of
Troy
Assault cases traced to long-haired suspect in Berkshire
Local and state police investigate multiple assaults linked by description to the man who confronted Debra Morin and who raped Eileen Gillooly in Berkshire. A third incident involving a Williamstown woman is noted. police chief Gamache disputes active pursuit, citing an unsolved murder in Williamstown as still open. In Sandisfield, selectmen report a CETA grant for a one year stream and road improvement project employing 10 laborers and 2 foremen, with a $100,922 request awaiting final funding amount.
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North Adams
Williamstown
Debra Morin
Eileen Gillooly
Gillooly
Miss Morin
Kenneth P. Gamache
Cathia Krizack
Sandisfield
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