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Hunter SafetySALEM Registrations are

being accepted for a Hunter Safety Education Course that will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, and a Bow Course from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at the Salem Coon and Cat Club on Quarry Road. Pre-registration is man-datory with John Bowe at 854-3369 and participants must pick up a home study work book and manual before the start of class.

uTax Preparation

WARREN/WASHINGTON COUNTIES The Tri-County United Way and IRS-certified volunteers in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program will offer free tax preparation for families and individuals with incomes below $49,000 in Warren and Washington coun-ties. For an appointment in Warren County, call Warren County Head Start at 793-3624, and 1-800-211-5128 in Washington County. Information: www.vita-ny.org.

ueReader Class

GRANVILLE The Pember Library at 33 W. Main St. in Granville will offer instruction on “How to use your eReader” from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24. Learn how to use SALON, the Southern Adirondack Library’s free, on-demand eReader service. Bring your eReader and its USB cable, and your laptop if you have one. Preregistration is required at 518-642-2525.

uSlate Trimming

GRANVILLE Students ages 10 and older and their parents are invited to the Slate Valley Museum, 17 Water Street in Granville, for a “Slate of Hand: Slate Trimming Designs” activ-ity from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Friday, Feb. 24. Using hand trimmers, create artistic pieces from slate and take them home. Younger students will use pre-made slate pieces. Cost: $3. Information: 518-642-1417, or www.slatevalleymuseum.org.

u$1 Bag Sale

SCHUYLERVILLE The Second Hand Rose Thrift Shop at 116 Broad Street in Schuylerville will hold a Bag Sale from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25. Fill a bag of clothing in sizes infant to xxxl for only $1. Winter coats and jackets will sell for $4 each and VHS movies for 50 cents each. Donations of saleable items will be appreci-ated (don’t leave them outside the shop when it is closed). Information: 695-4640.

uLenten Luncheon

GRANVILLE A Lenten lun-cheon will be held on Friday, Feb. 24, at the Raceville Methodist Church. A prayer service will begin at noon, fol-lowed by a soup and bread lun-cheon at 12:30 p.m. Everyone will be welcome.

uBoston Fish Fry

GREENWICH Everyone is invited to a Boston Fish Fry from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, at the Centenary United Methodist Church in Greenwich. Cost: $9 adults; $5 age 12 and younger; free 4 and younger. Takeouts will be avail-able and tickets will be sold at the door.

uFish Fry

WHITEHALL American Legion Post 83 at 148 Main St. in

Whitehall invites everyone to its Friday fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Feb.24. This meal is served each Friday, with few exceptions. Information: 518-499-2482.

uLenten Meal

HOOSICK FALLS St. Mary’s Academy will offer Lenten meals from 5 to 7 p.m. (or until sold out) on Fridays from Feb. 24 through March 30 at the Immaculate Conception Hall in Hoosick Falls. Eat in or take out. Cost: $9 fish fry dinner, including a $1 coupon for a future fish fry dinner; $5 maca-roni and cheese. Information: 686-4314.

uDinner Theater

GLENS FALLS The Glens Falls Community Theatre will present a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25, and 1 p.m. Sunday the 26th, at the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls. Information/tickets: 518-792-1740, or www.gfcommunitytheatre.org.

uSalem Sports

SALEM Salem Youth Sports will hold registration for base-ball and softball for children in grades kindergarten through 6 at Proudfit Hall in Salem as fol-lows: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25; 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 2, and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 3. All boys and girls who will be age 5 as of May 1, 2012, and have not turned age 13 by May 1, 2012, are eligible. Information: Jon Braymer at 854-7227 days and 854-7591 evenings for minors and majors, or Justin Rushinski at 854-3507 for T-ball, pony and softball.

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Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25 and 26, in Lake George Village. Featured will be a polar swim, cook-offs, races, children’s activities, a beach bonfire, and fireworks. Free admission. Information: 518-240-0809, or www.lakegeorgewintercarni-val.com.

uStory Time

SCHAGHTICOKE Story Time with Hope Davis will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 25, at the Diver Memorial Library, 136 Main Street in Schaghticoke. This activity, for ages 4 to 8, will feature a “fiber barn” theme and hands-on learning with a story. Information: 518-753-4344, or www.diverlibrary.org.

uFly Tying

MANCHESTER The American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester will con-tinue its series of fly tying les-sons from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. This session will be for advanced-level fly tiers and supplies will be pro-vided. Cost: $5. Preregistration is requested with Kim Murphy at 802-362-3300, or email kmur-phy@amff.com.

uFireside Stories

GRANVILLE Fireside Stories for Children will be offered at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Pember Library, 33 W. Main Street in Granville. “Manners” will be this week’s

theme. Information: 518-642-2525.

uFree Dinner

CAMBRIDGE A free Community Dinner will be served from noon to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the First Baptist Church, 29 W. Main Street in Cambridge. Takeouts will be available at 12:45 p.m. for those unable to attend the din-ner and if food still is available. Reservations are not necessary, this dinner is served on the last Saturday each month, and everyone will be welcome. Information: Bev at 518-677-3327, or the church at 677-5487.

uFree Lunch

ARGYLE The Argyle United Methodist Church invites everyone to a free Community Soup and Sandwich Lunch from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25.

uFundraiser

QUEENSBURY There will be a fundraiser for the Matthew Blake family from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Fun Spot in Queensbury. The Fun Spot will donate 50 percent of all entry fees and snack bar sales to the family. There also will be a raffle and 50/50 to ben-efit the family’s expenses. Information: Jen Livingston, 518-926-8572.

uCafé Beth El

GLENS FALLS Temple Beth El, off Glen Street at 3 Marion Ave. in Glens Falls, will open its Café Beth El at 8 p.m. on

Saturday, Feb. 25. Comedic folk singer Camille West, along with folk blues performer Bill Martin, will entertain. There also will be nonalcoholic bever-ages, desserts and other refresh-ments for purchase, and locally made art and handmade jewel-ry will be offered for sale, with proceeds benefiting Temple Beth El programs. Cost: $18 in advance at 518-792-4364; $20 at the door.

Sunday BreakfastSCHAGHTICOKE The

Northern Rensselaer County Knights of Columbus invite everyone to an all-you-can-eat Pancake/French Toast Breakfast from 7:30 to 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Hoosick Valley Rescue Squad on Route 40 in Schaghticoke. Cost: $6 adults, $3 ages 6 to 12, free 5 and younger, with proceeds benefit-ing the Hoosic Valley Stampede Cheerleaders.

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is a nonprofit group of Trappers and Predator Hunters that represent the interests of Fur Harvesters in Washington and Rensselaer Counties. We are dedicated to promoting our sport and fostering a future that accepts and encourages the use of renewable resources. We are currently seeking new members to become active in the association, and help us with our goals of “Educating the Future and Remembering the Past”. Annual dues to the organization are very low, while the difference we make continues to get higher. We currently have active representatives within the Washington County Federation of Sportsman’s Clubs, Rensselaer County Conservation Alliance, New York State Trappers Association, National Trappers Association, Conservation Alliance of New York, and the New York State Conservation Council. We meet the second Wednesday of the month, and alternate meeting between Washington and Rensselaer Counties. Anyone interested in becoming an active member is encouraged to call Scott Dimick @ 747-8516 / Dave Guest @ 642-1125 / Rick Vladyka @ 642-1531 / or Jim Greeley @ 658-9720

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Feb. 26, at the Fort Ann Firehouse. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m., with drawings at 1:30 p.m. Admission: $5; $2 addition-al tickets. Proceeds will benefit Rachael Everts’ People-to-People Student Ambassador Program trip to Europe this summer.

uArmchair Tour

STILLWATER Beat cabin fever and

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For more information, call the Visitor Center at 518-664-9821 or visit www.nps.gov/sara.

uListening Club

CAMBRIDGE Music from Salem will host a listening club with Peter Subers at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, at Hubbard Hall, 25 E. Main St. in Cambridge. Information: 518-

677-2495, or www.hubbardhall.org.

uBennington History

BENNINGTON Ted Bird will trace the history of the Bennington Opera House, later known as the General Stark Theater, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, in the Ada Paresky Education Center on the second floor of the Bennington Museum, 75 Main Street, Route 9. Free and open to all. Information: 802-447-1571, or www.benningtonmuseum.org.

uCountry Dance

SCHUYLERVILLE The Country Round and Square Dance Association invites everyone to an old-style country dance from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, at the American Legion Post on Clancy Street in Schuylerville. Music will be provided by the Ole Time Country band. Cost: $5 adults; $2 ages 6 to 17; free 5 and young-er. Information: Floyd at 747-6687, or Sandy at 638-9008.

uDance, Pizza

CAMBRIDGE A family contra dance and pizza potluck will be

held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, at Hubbard Hall, 25 E. Main St. in Cambridge. Information: 518-677-2495, or www.hubbardhall.org.

Spaghetti DinnerGRANVILLE A benefit

Spaghetti Dinner for Charlie Brown will be held on Monday, Feb. 27, at Bernardo’s Restaurant on Church Street in Granville. Seating will be at 5, 6 and 7 p.m. Cost: $5 eat in, $6 take out, with proceeds benefiting the Brown family’s expenses for renovations so Charlie can come home. Advance tickets: Jane at 518-796-4796. Tickets also will be sold at the door.

uCall for Artists

STILLWATER To celebrate Earth Week, Hudson Crossing Park is seeking artists to exhib-it their work at Saratoga National Historical Park (Saratoga Battlefield) in the Recycle Art Show to be held from April 20-29. The exhibit is open to children and adults.

Recycled objects must be incorporated into at least 50 percent of the presentation. This year’s show will accept

large outdoor pieces for exhibit. Winners will be selected for Best of Show, Most Creative, Green Ribbon and Most Humorous.

Deadline for submissions is April 9. For an entry form and submission details, go to www.h u d s o n c r o s s i n g p a rk . o r g /artshow. Information can also be obtained by calling Phyllis Bader-Borel at 518-584-1254 or Marlene Bissell at 518-859-1462.

uGarden Forum

CAMBRIDGE A Garden Forum, “Getting Started with Grapes,” with Ralph Pagano, will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, at Hubbard Hall, 25 E. Main Street in Cambridge. Information: 518-677-2495, or www.hubbardhall.org.

Driving CourseHOOSICK FALLS The

Northeast New York Safety and Health Council will offer a Pre-Licensing Course at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center, 21 Danforth Street. A valid New York State driver’s permit is required to take this course. Cost: $40. Infor mation/re gistration: Marla Nowak at 518-686-4854.

uRifle Competition

VICTORY The Fish Creek Rod and Gun Club on Route 32, south of the village of Victory, will host a Rifle Competition at

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7 p.m. on Tuesdays through March 13. Open to all; bring your own 22-caliber rifle and ammunition. Information: Ron at 695-3917.

uCall for vendors

CAMBRIDGE The Cambridge Parent-Teacher Partnership is looking for fine arts, crafters and vendors to participate in this year’s 12th annual Craft Fair and Carnival to be held in conjunction with the Cambridge Chamber’s Balloon Festival on June 1-3. Information: Dawn Case at 518-677-3959 or email case52@verizon.net.

Exhibition TourSARATOGA SPRINGS

Associate Curator Rachel Seligman will lead a tour of the exhibition, “Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein,” at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, 815 N. Broadway in Saratoga Springs. This exhibition will run through June 3. Information: 518-580-8080, or www.skidmore.edu/tang.

uChamber Mixer

GREENWICH Members of the Greater Greenwich Chamber of Commerce are invited to a special mixer at

Battenkill Fibers Carding and

Spinning Mill at 5:30 p.m. on W e d n e s d a y, Feb. 29. This is

a great opportu-nity to learn more

about one of Washington County’s newest value-added agricultural processing facili-ties.

Tours of the mill will be given throughout the evening. At the mixer, visitors will have a chance to see the company’s traditional semi-worsted machinery in action. Battenkill

Fibers provides custom carding and spinning services for fiber farms throughout the eastern United States and manufactures yarn for national wholesale markets.

Battenkill Fibers is located at 2532 State Route 40 in Greenwich about one tenth mile north of the traffic circle and next to the USDA building.

Refreshments will be served throughout the evening. To attend, please RSVP by Monday, Feb. 27 by calling 692-7979.

Artist SpeaksSARATOGA SPRINGS Artist

Pam Lins will speak at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 1, in the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, 815 N. Broadway in Saratoga Springs. Meet Pam and learn about her current exhibition, “Pam Lins:Denver Gold” that will run through April 22. Information: 518-580-8080, or www.skidmore.edu/tang.

Book SaleHUDSON FALLS The Hudson

Falls Free Library at 220 Main Street will hold an End of Winter Book Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 2, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday the third. Hardcover and paperback books for children and adults will be available, as well as pre-owned movies in both DVD and VHS formats, and talking books in CD and audio cassette tape. Canvas tote bags with the library’s logo, too. Information: 518-747-6406, or email mgan-dron@sals.edu.

uLenten Services

GRANVILLE Everyone is invited to Lenten prayer servic-es and soup and bread lun-cheons that will be held at noon on Fridays in Granville as fol-lows: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Bulkley Avenue, March 2; Trinity Episcopal Church, E. Main Street, March 9; Granville Baptist Church, Quaker Street, March 16; South Granville Congregational Church, Route 149, March 23; and United Church of Granville, Methodist Building on Church Street, March 30. Information: Pastor Jim Peterson at 642-2245, or email JCPeterson@roadrunner.com.

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Thrift Shop Open ARGYLE The Argyle

Methodist Church Thrift Shop will be open from 2 to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 2, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 3. This shop will be open on the first Friday each month and every Saturday.

uDAR program

CAMBRIDGE The Ondawa-Cambridge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will hold a special program after their business meeting at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 2 at the Embury Methodist Church in Cambridge. William Valosin, Park Ranger at the Saratoga National Historical Park, will present a program entitled “The Original Battlefield Tour.” Refreshments will be served and visitors are welcome. Information: 518-677-7095 or 518-677-3324.

u

Coupon ClubSCHUYLERVILLE The

Schuylerville Public Library at 52 Ferry Street invites all cou-pon lovers to join its free Coupon Club. Meetings will be held at 7 p.m. on the first Friday each month when coupons will be swapped and tips shared. Also, bring any coupons that you cannot use. Information: Amanda at 695-6641, or email afiandaca @sals.edu.

Nigh t of the Iguana CAMBRIDGE Enjoy an Tony

Award-winning Tennessee Williams classic when the Theater Company at Hubbard Hall presents “The Night of the Iguana” starting March 2. The

play will be per-formed at 8 p.m.

on Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays.

A pay-what-you-will open

rehearsal will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 1. The production offi-cially opens with a Mexican Feast opening night dinner at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 2.

“The Night of the Iguana” centers on a defrocked, alcohol-ic Episcopal minister who is leading a bus load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast in 1940. When the group becomes stranded in a cheap Mexican hotel, their lives intersect with the hotel’s widowed owner, an ancient poet and her grandfa-ther and some German tourists. It is an intense play in which Tennessee Williams’ angry compassion comes through very strongly.

Lead roles are played by Doug Ryan, Christine Decker, Stephanie Moffat-Hynes and Rick Howe. Set design is by Karen Koziol, and costumes are by Sherry Recinellas.

Tickets for the play are $25 general admission, $22 for Hubbard Hall members, $15 for students and free for Hubbard Hall subscribers.

To reserve tickets, call 518-677-2495 or visit www.hubbardhall.org.

Driving CourseHOOSICK FALLS The

Northeast New York Safety and Health Council will offer a Defensive Driving Course at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 3, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center, 21 Danforth Street. Ask about saving on your car insur-ance and taking points off your driver’s license. Information/registration: Marla Nowak at 518-686-4854.

uEagle Watch

GREENWICH Ron Renoni will lead the Battenkill Conservancy’s 2012 Eagle Watch Excursion from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 3. Adults and children will meet Ron at 10 a.m. at the Kmart parking lot in Greenwich and look for eagles in the Battenkill Valley, near the Hudson River. Dress in warn, non-cotton layers, bring binoculars or scopes if you have them, and non-alcoholic bever-ages. Cost: Free, donations wel-come. Information: 518-677-2545, or email bc@battenkillconser-vancy.org.

uArt Reception

CAMBRIDGE Valley Artisans Market will host an opening

reception for its new e x h i b i t i o n

“Dubin’s Art” from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 3 at the Small Gallery

at 25 East Main Street. The exhib-

it will be on display through March 27.

Richard Dubin is the painting name of Barry Targan, who uses this alter ego to avoid con-fusion with his wife, the well-known painter Arleen Targan. In addition to painting, Dubin/Targan works in various mate-rials and forms, the most recent being enameled copper and wood.

Prior to beginning his career as a painter, Targan taught English literature and creative writing at various colleges. For the last 20 years of his teaching career, he taught at SUNY Binghamton.

Targan is the author of three novels and three collections of short fiction. He received the Iowa School of Letters Award in Short Fiction, two National Endowment for the Arts

Awards, and a Rockefeller foun-dation grant. His work has been anthologized in Best American Short Stories, the O. Henry Prize Collection and the Pushcart Anthology.

Dubin/Targan has exhibited his paintings at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Valley Artisans Market, Mimosa Gallery in Saratoga Springs, the Riverfront Library in Schuylerville and the Greenwich Library.

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more infor-mation, call 518-677-2765 or visit Valley Artisans Market on Facebook.

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The National FFA in Washington County is forging ahead into the 21st century. Kenneth Quick of Granville was appointed this year to the seat of Eastern Region vice president for the national FFA. This is the first time in 15 years that a young person from Washington County was elected as a national officer; the last time was George Allen from the 1990s.

Quick, a sophomore at Cornell, hit the ground running this year, traveling to Japan to meet with members of the affiliate Future Farmers of Japan. Quick did not see this part of his future coming five years ago when he helped create the Granville chapter in the ninth grade. It’s been an integral part of his life since.

“I had no idea at the time that FFA would consume my entire life,” Quick said in a press release.

Terry Wheeler, advisor to the Granville FFA, said Quick worked very hard to get where he is today, as the youngest national officer in the FFA organization.

In the end, Wheeler said, Quick will eventually visit 42 states and seven countries over the course of his time as Eastern Region vice president. Over the coming weeks Quick will be on an eight-state tour for the FFA.

Even with a 50-year gap in the FFA presence in Granville, they’re building into a very strong chapter.

“We stay busy all the time.” Wheeler said. He said members have been very active and hardworking this year. Their 4th annual Battle of The Bands sold out again, with over 25 acts and celebrity impersonators. This is a stage that just the kids control.

“Once the show starts, I have no responsibility at all. It’s the kids that are running the show.” Wheeler said.The members of the Granville FFA welcomed Tractor Supply Co. into town last fall by setting up local vendors, animals and games on its grand opening day, to get the word out and support a partnership fostered between the hardware store and agricultural stewardship organization.

A Salute to the FFABy James Schubert

The seventh- and eighth-graders are also coming up strong in Granville; this year they’re planning their own farm. Wheeler hasturned over 20 acres at his farm, Thistle Down Farms on Route 22, to the kids who will grow their own crops and raise farm animals.

FFA members from Greenwich Central School helped out Hurricane Irene recovery efforts with a petting zoo for the “Goodnight Irene!” fundraiser, at the Eastern NY Farm Aid event, at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds in September.

This spring is a busy time for Greenwich FFA. The chapter is having its 23rd annual Farm Toy Show on March 24. Vendors and enthusiasts from the region will flock to the Greenwich Central School gym to see displays like model farm equipment, including 1/64 scale tractors.

In order to keep pace with the shifting job market, the FFA in Washington County is focusing more on “college and career readiness” to put it in Chris Kelly’s words. Kelly is a co-advisor of the FFA chapter at Greenwich Central School.

The FFA works on communications, interpersonal skills and leadership skills to get local teens prepared for the competitive job market, and for college.“[We’re] revamping leadership contests to keep up

with learning standards.” Kelly said.Kelly said in the past that the National FFA Organization, which

people know colloquially as “Future Farmers,” changed its name some years ago to acknowledge that just 2 percent of workers in the agriculture industry work on living farms. “They changed the name to acknowledge the whole industry, others who are working in shipping, research, processing, marketing other fields,” Kelly said.

The FFA is still firmly planted in its roots though; Kelly said that agriculture is still “the vehicle for teaching the skills.”Members still participate in state fairs and show off their agricultural skills in career development events; these events test FFA members’ agricultural skills like meat inspection and farm business management, and even public speaking and job interview skills.

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