Garden flowers brighten nursing homes this autumn
Readers suggest delivering garden flowers to nursing centers to comfort shut ins as frost nears. Ray Curtis and Richard Hertzel endorse the idea noting flowers lift spirits and brighten patient rooms and common areas. Slips of plants in cans with foil are also welcomed.
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H. C
Ray) Curtis
Prospect Heights
Hallmark Nursing Center
Troy
Richard Hertzel
Rosewood Gardens
Troy Road
North Greenbush
Hertzel
Curtis
October Busy Month for Rensselaer County 4-H Leaders
Margaret J. Story announces October events for Rensselaer County 4-H. Needlecraft for Beginners and Embroidery will be taught by Eleanor Calhoun at East Greenbush Methodist Church and Tamarac Plaza Project Center with sessions on Tuesday mornings and Thursday evenings. A new project Multimedia First Aid will be introduced to 4-H teens and club leaders on October 14 by Marion K. Kitchie.
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Rensselaer County
Margaret J. Story
Eleanor Calhoun
Hoosick Falls
East Greenbush
City eyes Ford's treatment of bill at Project Center
A column notes Congress approved a 4.9 billion public works authorization, with Rensselaer seeking funds to develop the hollows into a year round recreation area. White House response pending, potential grants and loans could aid distressed areas and create jobs.
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City Eyes
Ford
Bill
Rensselaer
Congress
Hollows
Requests for old booklet copies and 4-H project notices
A reader seeks copies of a museum booklet and mentions several 4-H events and workshops at the Project Center including Snack Wisely on October 11 and 15, Indoor Gardening on October 19 20, Food Let’s Begin and Bake a Better Cake projects. Also notes dealer follow ups on a car troubleshooter and requests for old books and auto parts ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Hillmann
St Mary's PTA to Meet in Clinton Heights Auditorium
Rensselaer St Marys Parent Teacher Association will hold its first meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in St Marys auditorium. All teachers and parents are invited to welcome new faculty and new student parents.
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Rensselaer
St. Mary's
Parent Teacher Association
Clinton Heights
St. Mary's Auditorium
Candidates Debate for 29th Congressional District
Incumbent Democrat Ned Pattison faces Republican Joseph Martino Conservative James DeYoung and third party challengers Rocco Ferran Patricia Brooks in a public debate at Columbia High School auditorium from 11 45 a m to 2 p m Tuesday. Each candidate will give an intro and answer panel questions with audience participation welcome.
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East Greenbush
Columbia
Model Congress
Ned Pattison
Joseph Martino
James DeYoung
Co- Equal Citizens
Rocco Ferran
Patricia Brooks
Mayflower Party
Defreestville Fire Department Plans Fire Prevention Day
Defreestville Fire Department will hold a full day of Fire Prevention Week programs in North Greenbush. Chief John Sroka emphasizes prevention with a theme Keep Matches Out of the Strike Zone and arranges school visits and a 7 p.m. public program at the firehouse with demonstrations, movies, and literature.
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Greenbush Defreestville Fire Department
John Sroka
Inauguration planned for Siena College president Hines
Rev. Hugh F. Hines will be inaugurated as Siena College's seventh president at 11 a.m. in the Alumni Center. The 44-year-old Schenectady native took office July 1 and has served as assistant to the president since 1975. The ceremony opens Franciscan Week marking St. Francis' 750th death anniversary with related events.
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Loudonville
Hugh F. Hines
Siena College
Father Hines
Schenectady
Siena
St. Francis
Teamsters Endorse Martino in 29th District Congress Race
The 8,000 member Local 294 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters endorsed Republican Congressional nominee Joe Martino Sunday. Local head Nicholas Robilotto praised Martino for helping working people and criticized incumbent Ned Pattison for alleged inaction on jobs and the economy in the 29th district.
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Joseph Martino
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union
Nicholas Robilotto
Capital District Area
Joe Martino
Robilotto
Ned Pattison
Martino
Catholic services unit to hold open house in Rensselaer
Catholic Family and Community Services formerly Ozanam Outreach Family Services will host an open house Oct 16 from noon to 5 pm at its new office on M5 Third St. The former St. John's Elementary School room housed the agency, now in the former parsonage of St. Pauls Lutheran Church. Sister Louise Franks joins as social worker. director Joe Farrelly shifts to program development. Founded fall 1972 and funded by the Albany Diocese.
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Rensselaer — Catholic Family and Community Services
Ozanam Outreach Family Services
Third St
St. John’s
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Francis
Albany
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