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PERFECT WEDDING

Pick up your free copy of our "Perfect

Wedding" bridal magazine at locations

throughout the area. It's filled with

great advice and money-saving values!

Grand Opening!

FREE CLASSIFIED! SEE THIS WEEK'S SENTINEL OR TIMES AT NEWSSTANDS NOW FOR DETAILS!

Samantha Abrahamsen and Pam Bolton invite everyone to the Grand Opening of LaFlammes, Inc. new

location in Whitehall Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25. Festivities will include a ribbon cutting

ceremony, live music, and refreshments. See their special ad on page 8

LaFlamme's celebrates opening of newest store in Whitehall!

PrizesGiveaways

Live Music

FREE

PIZZARefreshments

more!

Charles Mannell invites

everyone to the American

Legion Post 83 weekly Fish

Fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on

Friday, Feb. 24, at the post on

Main Street.

Kody Brown, left, Alycia Baker, and Seb Baker all hope you’ll come to a spaghetti dinner to ben-efit Charlie Brown, who has gone through a long illness. The event will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 27, at Bernardo’s Restaurant. See inside.

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Beth Shaw, Sales and Marketing Coordinator of the Equinox Resort & Spa, presents Michael Lewsey of Hoosick Falls with a gift certificate for a two-night stay at the luxuri-ous resort along with a Vermont Country breakfast each morning and two 50-minute massages at their award-winning spa! Plus, Michael won a 2-hour off-road driving les-son at Land Rover Experience Driving School at the resort and a $50 gift certificate to

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Michael Lewsey!

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Job Opening:

Saint-Gobain Performance

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Grand OpeningWHITEHALL LaFlammes, Inc.

will hold a Grand Opening

event from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on

Friday, Feb. 24 and 10 a.m. to

4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25.

An official ribbon cutting cere-

mony, will take place at 11 a.m.

on Saturday, there will be live

music at noon, and refresh-

ments will be available.

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Tax PreparationWARREN/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 counties. For an

appointment in Warren County,

call Warren County Head Start

at 793-3624, and 1-800-211-5128 in

Washington County.

Information: www.vitany.org.

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eReader ClassGRANVILLE 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.

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Slate TrimmingGRANVILLE 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.

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Lenten LuncheonGRANVILLE 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.

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Fish FryWHITEHALL 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.

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PolyannaWELLS The Wells United

Methodist Church off the

green in Wells will host a

Family Movie Night featuring

“Polyanna” at 6 p.m. on Friday,

Feb. 24. Pizza and popcorn will

be available and everyone will

be welcome.

Story TimeWELLS The Lake St. Catherine

Conservation Fund will hold a

public forum on the future of

the lake at 10 a.m., Saturday,

Feb. 25, at the Wells Village

School. For more information,

please see www.lakematters.

org.

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Fireside StoriesGRANVILLE 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.

Chinese AuctionFORT ANN A Chinese Auction

will be held on Sunday, 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 additional

tickets. Proceeds will benefit

Rachael Everts’ People-to-

People Student Ambassador

Program trip to Europe this

summer.

St. David’s DinnerPOULTNEY Monday, Feb. 27, is

the deadline to make your res-

ervation for the Annual St.

David’s Day Dinner that will be

held at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday,

March 4, at AJ’s Restaurant on

Quaker Street in Granville. The

cost for the dinner, sponsored

by the Poultney Area St.

David’s Society, will be $16, and

this event is open to members

and guests. Information/reser-

vations: Helen Jones at 802-287-

9729; Nancy Williams at 518-642-

0709, or Jan Edwards at 802-287-

5744.

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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 Tickets available at the door or in advance by calling 796-4796.

BENEFIT SPAGHETTI DINNERMonday, Feb. 27 • Seatings at 5, 6 and 7 pm

at Bernardo’s • Eat-in $5 Take-out $6All proceeds will benefit CHARLIE BROWN (Middle Granville).

Charlie has been hospitalized since Thanksgiving and the home is in much need of repairs. A first floor shower will need to be installed and other modifications will

have to be made for when Charlie does come home.

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and 7 p.m. Cost: $5 eat in, $6

take out, with proceeds benefit-

ing the Brown family’s expens-

es for renovations so Charlie

can come home. Advance tick-

ets: Jane at 518-796-4796. Tickets

also will be sold at the door.

Women’s HealthWHITEHALL Washington

County WIC will hold its

monthly clinic from 9 a.m. to 3

p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the

Skenesborough Rescue Squad

in Whitehall. WIC provides

supplemental foods and health

education to pregnant and

nursing women, infants, and

children to age 5. Ask if you

qualify for help with your food

bill. Information/alternate

time: 518-746-2460.

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Starting a Business RUTLAND The Vermont Small

Business Development Center

will offer a “Starting Your Own

Small Business” class from

noon to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb.

28, at the Rutland Economic

Development Corp., 112 Quality

Lane in Rutland. Business

planning, where to find market

information, and how to write

a business plan will be covered,

along with other relevant top-

ics. Cost: $40, including a plan-

ning workbook and access to

five online workshops.

Information/registration: 802-

773-9147, or www.vtsmdc.org.

Sustainability ClassQUEENSBURY Wednesday, Feb.

29, at 4 p.m. is the deadline to

register for the Adirondack

Regional Chamber of

Commerce’s “Building

Business Sustainability” work-

shop that will be held from 7:30

to 10 a.m. on Friday, March 2, at

SUNY Adirondack’s Regional

Higher Education Center, Room

128, 640 Bay Road in

Queensbury. Cost: $75 non-

members and walk-ins; $45

ARCC members. Information/

registration: 518-798-1761.

Public SkatingLAKE GEORGE Open Freestyle

and Public Skating will be held

March 1 through 31 at the Lake

George Forum. Information/

cost: 518-668-2200, or www.lake-

georgeforum.net.

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Coping with Grief RUTLAND The Rutland Area

Visiting Nurse Association and

Hospice will offer a free pro-

gram for men who’ve experi-

enced a loss through death. A

chili supper prepared by hos-

pice volunteers will be served

and participants will gain an

understanding of the grieving

process and its impact on

everyday life. Meetings will be

held from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays beginning on March

1 and continuing March 15 and

29, April 12 and 26, and May 10

at the RAVNAH office, 7 Albert

Cree Drive in Rutland.

Registration is requested with

Ann LaRocque at 802-770-1516.

Legion u AuxiliaryFAIR HAVEN American Legion

Auxiliary Unit 49 will meet at

6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 1,

at American Legion Post 49, 72

S. Main St. in Fair Haven. This

auxiliary meets on the first

Thursday each month.

Information: 802-265-7983.

Business ForumPOULTNEY Friday, March 2, is

the deadline to register for the

Poultney Area Chamber of

Commerce’s “A Spotlight on

Business Forum” that will be

held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on

Saturday, March 10, at the

Poultney Elementary School.

Products and services offered

by Poultney businesses will be

showcased. Table space will be

free for Poultney Chamber

members and $50 for non-mem-

ber businesses. Information/

registration: Valerie Broughton

at 802-287-2790, or Marylee

Harris at 287-4114.

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Lenten ServicesGRANVILLE Everyone is invit-

ed to Lenten prayer services

and soup and bread luncheons

that will be held at noon on

Fridays in Granville as follows:

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.

Teen SoftballQUEENSBURY Winter Blast

Teen Softball Tournaments will

be held at 8 a.m. on Saturday

and Sunday, March 3 and 4, and

March 10 and 11, at the

Adirondack Sports Complex/

The Dome in Queensbury. Free.

Information: 518-743-1086, or

www.adksc.com.

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Welsh CelebrationGRANVILLE The Slate Valley

Museum at 17 Water Street in

Granville invites everyone to

celebrate the area’s immigrant

Welsh community and St.

David’s Day from 10 a.m. to 4

p.m. on Saturday, March 3.

Sample traditional leak soup

and cacen gri (Welsh cookies),

and see the films, “How Green

is My Valley” at 10 a.m. and

“The Englishman Who Went

Up a Hill but came Down a

Mountain” at 2 p.m. Welsh-

inspired children’s crafts and

activities, too. Information: 518-

642-1417, or www.slatevalleymu-

seum.org.

Kids Fishing DerbyHAMPTON The Tyke’s Kids

Fishing Derby will be held

from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday,

March 4, at South Bay in

Whitehall. Each child will

receive a prize for coming out

and there’ll be hot dogs, ham-

burgers and soda. Monetary

donations in support of the

derby will be appreciated.

Information/to donate: Elaine

Phillips at 518-282-0034.

Chorus PracticeRUTLAND The Rutland

Curbstone Chorus will meet for

practice at 7 p.m. on Monday,

March 5, at Rutland High School.

All males with an interest in bar-

bershop singing are encouraged

to join this fun group.

Information: 802-273-2911.

Gallery ToursSARATOGA SPRINGS A tour

of the current exhibitions,

“Nancy Grossman: Tough Life

Diary” and “Pam Lins: Denver

Gold,” will be held at noon on

Tuesday, March 6 and

Wednesday, April 11, in the

Frances Young Tang Teaching

Museum and Art Gallery at

Skidmore College, 815 N.

Broadway in Saratoga Springs.

Information: 518-580-8080, or

www.skidmore.edu/tang.

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Friday at 10 a.m. is the deadline to submit

items for the free calendar in the following

week’s newspaper. Whenever possible, items

should be submitted a week or more earlier

than that to ensure timely publication.

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Learn to DanceTuesday Nights 7 – 8 pm

March 6, 13, 20, & 27Night Club Two-Step

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