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 <title>Materials Needed for Sinkerlaas:  An Old Dutch Tradition in Rhinebeck</title>
 <link>http://www.wkze.com/node/1466</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 07/22/2008 - 8:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 09/01/2008 - 5:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
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Don’t throw away those beads, bows and trinkets! Donate them to a Fantastic, Town-wide, Kid-centered,&lt;br /&gt;
Spectacular Rhinebeck Event: Sinerklaas: An Old Dutch Tradition in Rhinebeck --December 6, 2008
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&lt;p&gt;
An event for families feturing a children&#039;s Star Light Parade. Call for&lt;br /&gt;
Materials – Needed: Beads, buttons, bows, ribbons, trinkets,&lt;br /&gt;
charms, lace, yarn, glitter, oddities, shells, do-dads, streamers, decorative papers, old ornaments, necklaces …&lt;br /&gt;
Anything FUN and SHINY that the children can use to decorate their&lt;br /&gt;
Corwns and Branches as part of the celebration. Call 758 5519 to make&lt;br /&gt;
yur&lt;br /&gt;
donations !
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 <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:13:03 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Third Annual Kingston Chili Cook-Off Now Accepting Entries</title>
 <link>http://www.wkze.com/node/1520</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/01/2008 - 9:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/07/2008 - 5:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The City of Kingston is currently accepting entries for the Third&lt;br /&gt;
Annual Kingston Chili Cook-Off.  This year&#039;s Cook-Off will take place&lt;br /&gt;
Columbus Day Weekend, Saturday October 11th at T.R. Gallo Park on the&lt;br /&gt;
Rondout Watefront.  The categories include: Individual, Organization,&lt;br /&gt;
Firehouse, Restaurant, Vegetarian, and Organic.  Trophies are given to&lt;br /&gt;
the winners in each of these categories.  Judges include Noah Sheetz,&lt;br /&gt;
the Executive Chef at the Executive Mansion of New York State in&lt;br /&gt;
Albany; Irena Chalmers, award winning culinary author and instructor at&lt;br /&gt;
the Culinary Institute of America; and Nilsa Rodriguez-Jaca, who is&lt;br /&gt;
also an instructor from the C.I.A.  All profits from this event go to&lt;br /&gt;
the Children&#039;s Holiday Magic Fund, which benefits the children residing&lt;br /&gt;
in the domestic violence and homeless shelters in Kingston, during the&lt;br /&gt;
holidays.  Last year&#039;s event raised over $7,000.  Music, vendors, and&lt;br /&gt;
free children&#039;s activities are all a part of the event.  Cooking begins&lt;br /&gt;
at 7:00 a.m., tasting begins at high noon.  Winners will be announced&lt;br /&gt;
at 4:00 p.m. Admission is free.  For more&lt;br /&gt;
information on entering the event or becoming a vendor or a sponsor,&lt;br /&gt;
please contact the Kingston Visitors&#039; Center at (845)331-7517 or click&lt;br /&gt;
on the chili-pepper on the City of Kingston website at: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kingston-ny.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.kingston-ny.gov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:24:55 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Free Summer Fun with Hudson Talbott and Fran Martino</title>
 <link>http://www.wkze.com/node/1554</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/07/2008 - 11:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/07/2008 - 12:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
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			Children&#039;s book author and illustrator &lt;a href=&quot;http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001NwQn5549KpKknxUxSDRvcHcpaq1ZVn3X-K4RoiYnx-Gtnwwxu7dLOKn8SIbCF4URzkaSGf1plXgyUG7t5BHdbDFUxbEnJEXlnea5PL6uXcLQ8X49hEGFLA==&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hudson&lt;br /&gt;
			Talbott&lt;/a&gt;   joins environmental educator Fran&lt;br /&gt;
			Martino from Taconic State Park for hands-on&lt;br /&gt;
			fun as participants learn all about United&lt;br /&gt;
			States history, geography, and, of course,&lt;br /&gt;
			wildlife! Ages 7 &amp;amp; up.&lt;/p&gt;
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			&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free Summer Fun&lt;/strong&gt; hosts an exciting&lt;br /&gt;
			series of free children&#039;s activities.  Each&lt;br /&gt;
			week a different guest artist will be&lt;br /&gt;
			featured with a special theme.  Themes&lt;br /&gt;
			include: &lt;strong&gt;Hudson Community Book Group&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;
			Mondays through August 18, 4:00 pm &amp;amp; 5:30&lt;br /&gt;
			p.m.; &lt;strong&gt;Snack Attack&lt;/strong&gt;, with the Honest&lt;br /&gt;
			Weight Food Coop, Wednesday, August 13, 11:00&lt;br /&gt;
			a.m.; and &lt;strong&gt;Wearable Works of Art&lt;/strong&gt; with&lt;br /&gt;
			artist Chelle Mayer Thursday &amp;amp; Friday, August&lt;br /&gt;
			28 &amp;amp; 29 10:30 a.m.-noon. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
			&amp;nbsp;
			&lt;/p&gt;
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			&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;strong&gt;Hudson Opera House&lt;/strong&gt; is a non-profit&lt;br /&gt;
			multi-arts&lt;br /&gt;
			center offering numerous programs for adults and&lt;br /&gt;
			children, many of which are free. Ongoing&lt;br /&gt;
			programs&lt;br /&gt;
			include concerts, readings, exhibitions,&lt;br /&gt;
			lectures,&lt;br /&gt;
			workshops, after-school programs and a Junior&lt;br /&gt;
			Membership Program which provides free access to&lt;br /&gt;
			performances and other art making activities for&lt;br /&gt;
			children. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;			For further information&lt;br /&gt;
			about&lt;br /&gt;
			upcoming events,&lt;br /&gt;
			please call the Opera House at 518-822-1438&lt;br /&gt;
			or visit&lt;br /&gt;
			the website at the link below.&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
			Hudson Opera House &lt;br /&gt;
			327 Warren Street&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;br /&gt;
			Hudson, NY 12534&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001NwQn5549KpLS14OQVs265XTRGKrJ642Hlnm1KMJIUKRskzTpyUc3KTSdDYg4f1N2n3tU_SVpxzdsFQDqu1G1degeadTs8STCjxfQPm1rHFi8HMjqaUXFjg==&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hudson Opera House&lt;/a&gt;
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			&lt;a href=&quot;http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001NwQn5549KpLS14OQVs265XTRGKrJ642Hlnm1KMJIUKRskzTpyUc3KTSdDYg4f1N2n3tU_SVpxzdsFQDqu1G1degeadTs8STCjxfQPm1rHFi8HMjqaUXFjg==&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.hudsonoperahouse.org&lt;/a&gt;
			&lt;/div&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:57:09 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Free Gaia Roots Concert</title>
 <link>http://www.wkze.com/node/1476</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/07/2008 - 6:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/07/2008 - 8:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;gaia roots&lt;br /&gt;
in concert at bsrcc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Berkshire&lt;br /&gt;
South Regional&lt;br /&gt;
Community Center&lt;br /&gt;
announces a special concert to be held at the Center, 15 Crissey Road in Great Barrington, on&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday, August 7, from 6:30 to 8 pm.&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Inspired by the roots of folkloric music from around the world, the&lt;br /&gt;
women of Gaia Roots (Patti Brinster, Aimee Gelinas, Shanti Stark and Lisa&lt;br /&gt;
Newell) blend vocal harmonies with percussion rhythms creating a unique weave&lt;br /&gt;
of traditional music and original creations. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Gaia&lt;br /&gt;
Roots has performed in festivals with over 80,000 in attendance, school&lt;br /&gt;
assemblies, art centers, political and social rallies and events, cafes and on&lt;br /&gt;
the radio (WMUA). For more information visit their website at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gaiaroots.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.gaiaroots.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Due to sponsorship from two local Cultural Councils, this concert is&lt;br /&gt;
free for residents of Alford, Egremont and Great Barrington with proof of&lt;br /&gt;
residency (driver’s license). Get your&lt;br /&gt;
tickets early so you can enjoy this concert in air conditioned comfort at the&lt;br /&gt;
Center. Call 413-528-2810 ext. 10.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;This program is sponsored in part by grants from the Alford/Egremont&lt;br /&gt;
and Great Barrington Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by&lt;br /&gt;
the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:01:42 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Helping Hands for the Homeless</title>
 <link>http://www.wkze.com/node/1511</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/08/2008 - 10:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/08/2008 - 4:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;CALICO PIXIES&lt;br /&gt;
4-H CLUB&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Helping Hands&lt;br /&gt;
for the Homeless &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;from our Hearts&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;COLLECTION DRIVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;The Calico Pixies&lt;br /&gt;
4-H Club is sponsoring a collection drive of hygiene items for the homeless&lt;br /&gt;
of  Dutchess County.  Items listed below may be dropped off at&lt;br /&gt;
the &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Young Chef’s&lt;br /&gt;
Academy at 8 West Plaza Way in Hyde Park&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;(located&lt;br /&gt;
near the Hyde Park McDonald’s on Route 9 and behind Edo Japanese Restaurant). &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;on Friday August&lt;br /&gt;
8, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Saturday, August&lt;br /&gt;
9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Sunday, August&lt;br /&gt;
10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Sunday,&lt;br /&gt;
August 10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, Young Chef’s Academy is sponsoring&lt;br /&gt;
kid’s cooking classes at 2 p.m. and at 3 p.m.   These classes&lt;br /&gt;
are free with the donation of 2 or more items per person.  Advance&lt;br /&gt;
registration is required.  Please call Nina&lt;br /&gt;
Doyle at 229-0009 to register for one of the sessions.  We will&lt;br /&gt;
learn to bake chewy oatmeal cookies, which will be donated to local&lt;br /&gt;
homeless agencies.  &lt;em&gt;Young Chef’s Academy is donating the cost&lt;br /&gt;
of the classes and the ingredients.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;For more information&lt;br /&gt;
about the collection drive for the homeless, please call Calico Pixies&lt;br /&gt;
4-H leader Joyce Sokolowski at 266-3222.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;HYGIENE ITEMS&lt;br /&gt;
NEEDED (should be trial or travel size)&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Shampoo&lt;br /&gt;
Toothpaste &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Toothbrush&lt;br /&gt;
Deodorant &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Bar soap&lt;br /&gt;
Small black combs&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Shaving cream&lt;br /&gt;
Adhesive bandages&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Knit hats&lt;br /&gt;
Knit gloves&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cotton socks&lt;br /&gt;
Zip-lock bags (gallon size)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Blankets/Solar blankets&lt;br /&gt;
Cheese &amp;amp; cracker packets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:39:35 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Free Pastels Workshop</title>
 <link>http://www.wkze.com/node/1469</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/08/2008 - 1:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/08/2008 - 4:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;PASTELS WORKSHOP with DOT CHAST at ACC&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;A&lt;br /&gt;
free three-session course on Working with Pastels will be presented by&lt;br /&gt;
Dot Chast at the Athens Cultural Center. It will begin on Friday,&lt;br /&gt;
August 8, 1-4 pm and continue on August 15 and 22. Adult and teen&lt;br /&gt;
participants will be provided with all art supplies needed. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Dot&lt;br /&gt;
Chast, a local artist and experienced teacher, encourages the freedom&lt;br /&gt;
to follow ones own ideas while providing explanations of the basics:&lt;br /&gt;
materials (pastels, oil pastels, colored pencils and types of papers)&lt;br /&gt;
and seeing and understanding variations in using color.&lt;span&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;She&lt;br /&gt;
will provide a few objects to observe and draw from or students may go&lt;br /&gt;
in their own directions with encouragement and help as needed.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;A&lt;br /&gt;
native New Yorker, living in Greene County who works in pastels,&lt;br /&gt;
pencil, printmaking, watercolors and oils, she is a member of the&lt;br /&gt;
Woodstock Artists’ Association, the Tivoli Artists’ Co-op, the Greene&lt;br /&gt;
County Council on the Arts, All Arts Matter and, of course, the Athens&lt;br /&gt;
Cultural Center at 24 Second Street in Athens where these workshops&lt;br /&gt;
will take place.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Interested people may reserve a&lt;br /&gt;
place in the group by calling (518) 945-2136 and mention the Pastels&lt;br /&gt;
Workshop and clearly providing their name and telephone number.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Space is limited. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:12:44 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Tag Sale, Kids Fun Fair, and Luncheon</title>
 <link>http://www.wkze.com/node/1506</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/09/2008 - 9:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/09/2008 - 4:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;COUNTRY FAIR CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;10—4, TAG SALE STARTS AT 9 AT THE CHURCH&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;180 MAIN STREET, SHEFFIELD, MASS.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;FRESH PRODUCE, FRESH WELLFLEET CLAMS, BAKED GOODS, ARTISANS AND CRAFTERS&lt;br /&gt;
QUILT RAFFLE, TAG SALE, KIDS FUN FAIR, LUNCHEON, AND MORE…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:55:04 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Helping Hands for the Homeless</title>
 <link>http://www.wkze.com/node/1512</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/09/2008 - 9:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/09/2008 - 2:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;CALICO PIXIES 4-H CLUB&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Helping Hands for the Homeless from our Hearts&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;COLLECTION DRIVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;The Calico Pixies&lt;br /&gt;
4-H Club is sponsoring a collection drive of hygiene items for the homeless of  Dutchess County.  Items listed below may be dropped off at&lt;br /&gt;
the Young Chef’s Academy at 8 West Plaza Way in Hyde Park&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(located near the Hyde Park McDonald’s on Route 9 and behind Edo Japanese Restaurant).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;on Friday August 8, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Saturday, August 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Sunday, August 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Sunday, August 10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, Young Chef’s Academy is sponsoring kid’s cooking classes at 2 p.m. and at 3 p.m.   These classes&lt;br /&gt;
are free with the donation of 2 or more items per person.  Advance registration is required.  Please call Nina&lt;br /&gt;
Doyle at 229-0009 to register for one of the sessions.  We will learn to bake chewy oatmeal cookies, which will be donated to local&lt;br /&gt;
homeless agencies.  &lt;em&gt;Young Chef’s Academy is donating the cost of the classes and the ingredients.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;For more information about the collection drive for the homeless, please call Calico Pixies 4-H leader Joyce Sokolowski at 266-3222.&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;HYGIENE ITEMS NEEDED (should be trial or travel size)&lt;/span&gt;
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Shampoo&lt;br /&gt;
Toothpaste&lt;br /&gt;
Toothbrush&lt;br /&gt;
Deodorant&lt;br /&gt;
Bar soap&lt;br /&gt;
Small black combs&lt;br /&gt;
Shaving cream&lt;br /&gt;
Adhesive bandages&lt;br /&gt;
Knit hats&lt;br /&gt;
Knit gloves&lt;br /&gt;
Cotton socks&lt;br /&gt;
Zip-lock bags (gallon size)&lt;br /&gt;
Blankets/Solar blankets&lt;br /&gt;
Cheese &amp;amp; cracker packets&lt;/span&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/09/2008 - 10:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/09/2008 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When: Saturday, August 9, 2008 10am - 7pm&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Raindate: Sunday, August 10, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Where: Country Suite Bed &amp;amp; Breakfast - Rt. 23 &amp;amp; County Rt. 17, Ashland, NY 12407&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a FREE day long celebration on the banks of the Batavia Kill with activities for the whole family. Featuring displays, interactive&lt;br /&gt;
educational sessions, games, tours, live music &amp;amp; theater, great food, and activities focused on building awareness of Catskill Streams and their&lt;br /&gt;
importance to the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more infomation visit:&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gcswcd.com/wap&quot; title=&quot;http://www.gcswcd.com/wap/calendar/bataviakillcelebration&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.gcswcd.com/wap/calendar/bataviakillcelebration&lt;/a&gt; OR call:&amp;nbsp; 518-589-6871&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/09/2008 - 10:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/09/2008 - 5:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Norfolk and Friends&lt;br /&gt;
ArtistS Open Studios Tour&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A self-guided artistic adventure&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Saturday August 9th&lt;br /&gt;
10am-5pm&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maps are available on Saturday at the Norfolk Music Festival Grounds or online at  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.norfolkct.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.norfolkct.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Artists from Norfolk, Canaan, Ashley Falls, New Marlborough, and&lt;br /&gt;
Colebrook will open their studios to visitors on Saturday August 9,&lt;br /&gt;
2008 from 10am to 5pm.   Visitors will have the opportunity to meet&lt;br /&gt;
local artists and view their work at the source, the artist’s creative&lt;br /&gt;
space.  Much of the work will be for sale, providing you with a chance&lt;br /&gt;
to acquire original pieces directly from the artist.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For a preview of the artists, go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.norfolkct.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.norfolkct.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/09/2008 - 11:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/09/2008 - 2:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;The&lt;br /&gt;
NorthEast-Millerton Library will be celebrating the end of their Summer&lt;br /&gt;
Reading Program with a mini-carnival on the front lawn of the library&lt;br /&gt;
on Saturday, August 9&lt;sup&gt;th  &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
from 11:00AM to 2:00PM.  There will be games with prizes, food,&lt;br /&gt;
drinks and craft-making.  There will a “Make Your Own Sundae”&lt;br /&gt;
courtesy of Stewarts in Pine Plains.  We will be announcing the&lt;br /&gt;
winner of the “Guess the Number of Bugs in the Jar”.  The winner&lt;br /&gt;
will be awarded a big basket of school supplies.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Children&lt;br /&gt;
are reminded to bring their reading records.  Tokens that can be&lt;br /&gt;
“spent” during the carnival will be given for the books read during&lt;br /&gt;
the summer.   &lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;The&lt;br /&gt;
library congratulates everyone who read during the summer months.&lt;br /&gt;
Studies show that children have greater learning losses in both math&lt;br /&gt;
and reading over the summer months. Those who are brought to the library&lt;br /&gt;
for programs and book borrowing will re-enter school in the fall with&lt;br /&gt;
much less loss in reading skills than their counterparts who did not&lt;br /&gt;
enjoy the local library. In the elementary grades, a summer loss of&lt;br /&gt;
3 months accumulates to become a gap of 18 months by the end of 6th&lt;br /&gt;
grade. By middle school, summer reading loss…produces a cumulative&lt;br /&gt;
lag of two or more years in reading achievement, even when effective&lt;br /&gt;
instruction during the school year is available.&lt;/span&gt;
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For more information call or visit:
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&lt;span&gt;NorthEast-Millerton&lt;br /&gt;
Library&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;75 Main Street&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;Millerton, New&lt;br /&gt;
York 12546&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;518-789-3340&lt;/span&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/09/2008 - 1:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/09/2008 - 4:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;5&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Designing and Building&lt;br /&gt;
a Soapbox Car &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for the&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;5&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artists’ Soapbox&lt;br /&gt;
Derby&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday afternoons:&lt;br /&gt;
July 26; August 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;nd&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, 9&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;
16&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt; from 1&lt;br /&gt;
– 4PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;At the Trolley Museum&lt;br /&gt;
of New York Restoration Shop, 89 East Strand, Kingston&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;The Trolley Museum of New York invites&lt;br /&gt;
those interested in participating in the 14&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Annual Artists’&lt;br /&gt;
Soapbox Derby to attend a hands-on workshop on how to design and build&lt;br /&gt;
a derby car.&amp;nbsp; The Soapbox Derby will be held on Sunday, August&lt;br /&gt;
17, 2008 at 1PM on lower Broadway in Kingston, NY.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;The Workshop Series will be held in the&lt;br /&gt;
Trolley Museum Display and Restoration Shop at 89 East Strand.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
The workshops are free, but you must make a reservation to attend one&lt;br /&gt;
of the workshops.&amp;nbsp; The dates of the workshops are: July 26&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;
August 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;, 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &amp;amp; 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, all beginning&lt;br /&gt;
at 1PM.&amp;nbsp; Some tools and materials will be available, but workshop&lt;br /&gt;
participants are encouraged to bring their own materials and tools.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;All manner of designs are eligible.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
The Artists’ Soapbox Derby is a race where speed is not the objective;&lt;br /&gt;
rather creativity in design and locomotion will be rewarded in many&lt;br /&gt;
categories of prizes.&amp;nbsp; George and Nancy Donskoj, of Donskoj &amp;amp;&lt;br /&gt;
Company say “In the case of this Artists’ Soapbox Derby, it’s&lt;br /&gt;
more akin to a kinetic sculpture parade, it’s the style, creativity&lt;br /&gt;
and engineering that turns on the crowd”.&amp;nbsp; “Awards and cash&lt;br /&gt;
prize money are based on design and the way the vehicles attain the&lt;br /&gt;
finish line at the bottom of the hill.&amp;nbsp; Just about anything that&lt;br /&gt;
slides, glides, rolls and walks has the potential to win a prize.”&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.artistsoapboxderby.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot; color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;www.artistsoapboxderby.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Orienteering and Survival 101</title>
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/09/2008 - 1:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/09/2008 - 5:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday,&lt;br /&gt;
August 9, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Orienteering and Survival 101&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Get lost with&lt;br /&gt;
a Park Naturalist! In this four-hour survival course, you will learn basic&lt;br /&gt;
orienteering, proper preparation, and the basic survival skills needed to get&lt;br /&gt;
you through a day in the back country. Please come prepared with a snack to eat&lt;br /&gt;
on the trail.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This program is for&lt;br /&gt;
youth aged 12 years and older and will meet at the Peter’s Kill Park Office.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;For more information and to register for programs, please call the Park&lt;br /&gt;
Office at 845-255-0752.&lt;span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The Park is open&lt;br /&gt;
from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. &lt;span&gt;Minnewaska State Park Preserve consists of&lt;br /&gt;
approximately 21,000 acres of wild and scenic land located on Route 44/55, five&lt;br /&gt;
miles west of the intersection with Route 299 in New Paltz, New York.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/09/2008 - 4:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/09/2008 - 10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Saturday, Aug.9th 3rd Annual Copake 50s Block Party sponsored by the Copake&lt;br /&gt;
Theatre Company(Not-for-profit). 4pm-10pm Rte 7A/Farm Rd to Clocktower&lt;br /&gt;
Live Entertainment (Dancing in the Streets) with ROCKABILLY EXPRESS&lt;br /&gt;
featuring local musician Mike &amp;quot;Chops&amp;quot; LaConte, Barry Ryan of the famous&lt;br /&gt;
Rockats and Eddie Everett of The Bullets..&lt;br /&gt;
Hula Hoop Contest, Classic Car Cruise, Best 50s Outfit ! All are Welcome!&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/09/2008 - 6:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/09/2008 - 8:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;br /&gt;	On August 9, 2008 the Red Hook United Methodist Church will host a&lt;br /&gt;Mystery Dinner Theatre at 6:00 pm featuring Southern-style barbecue.  Dinner&lt;br /&gt;will be catered by Max&#039;s Memphis Barbecue of Red hook and the menu will&lt;br /&gt;include barbecued ribs, barbecued chicken wings, pulled pork, and all the &lt;br /&gt;fixings. Dessert will feature homemade pies of all varieties.  Guests will &lt;br /&gt;be entertained by a murder mystery/comedy - be careful, you just may find &lt;br /&gt;yourself &amp;quot;implicated&amp;quot; and involved!  Prizes will be awarded to those who solve &lt;br /&gt;the who-done-it and a Chinese Auction will be held.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;	This fundraiser is being sponsored by the UMCOR (United Methodist&lt;br /&gt;Committe on Relief) Volunteers in Mission Team, who will travel to&lt;br /&gt;Biloxi, Mississippi Sept. 19-27, 2008.  This will be the third trip the team from&lt;br /&gt;Red Hook UMC has taken volunteers to Biloxi to aid in rebuilding homes&lt;br /&gt;devastated by Hurricane Katrina.  To date approximately eithty teams &lt;br /&gt;have travelled through UMCOR in NY State and Connecticut,&lt;br /&gt;including teams from Red Hook, Kerhonkson, Hyde Park, Saugerties and Pougkeepsie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;	The team hopes to see much more progess on their upcoming third trip, but&lt;br /&gt;realizes that it could take 5-10 years to rebuild the Gulf.  UMCOR has&lt;br /&gt;committed to five years to the rebuilding effort in Biloxi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;	The team is looking for more volunteers to join the upcoming mission and&lt;br /&gt;can use carpenters, plumbers, electricians, painters, and anyone who can sling &lt;br /&gt;a hammer and be a good listener - the stories you will hear will change&lt;br /&gt;your life and your efforts will be remembered and appreciated by the Gulf&lt;br /&gt;residents forever.  For more information, please contact Team Leader, Deborah Lamb&lt;br /&gt;at 876-1213.  For advanced tickets to the Mystery Dinner Theatre, contact&lt;br /&gt;876-6657 or 758-1714.&lt;/pre&gt;</description>
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/09/2008 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/09/2008 - 8:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Millbrook Arts Group Summer Concert Series&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All Concerts are&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE at 7 PM at the Band Shell in Millbrook&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/09: Don Egry Trio w. Rosemary Neilson Jazzamatazz: From&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Basie to Broadway&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/10/2008 - 10:30am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/10/2008 - 4:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;CALICO PIXIES 4-H CLUB&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Helping Hands for the Homeless from our Hearts&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;COLLECTION DRIVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;The Calico Pixies&lt;br /&gt;
4-H Club is sponsoring a collection drive of&lt;br /&gt;
hygiene items for the homeless of Dutchess County. Items listed below&lt;br /&gt;
may be dropped off at&lt;br /&gt;
the Young Chef’s Academy at 8 West Plaza Way in Hyde Park&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(located near the Hyde Park McDonald’s on Route 9 and behind Edo Japanese Restaurant).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;on Friday August 8, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;Saturday, August 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;Sunday, August 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Sunday, August 10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, Young Chef’s Academy is sponsoring kid’s cooking classes at 2 p.m. and at 3 p.m.   These classes&lt;br /&gt;
are free with the donation of 2 or more items per person.  Advance registration is required.  Please call Nina&lt;br /&gt;
Doyle&lt;br /&gt;
at 229-0009 to register for one of the sessions. We will learn to bake&lt;br /&gt;
chewy oatmeal cookies, which will be donated to local&lt;br /&gt;
homeless agencies.  &lt;em&gt;Young Chef’s Academy is donating the cost of the classes and the ingredients.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;For more information about the collection drive for the homeless,&lt;br /&gt;
please call Calico Pixies 4-H leader Joyce Sokolowski at 266-3222.&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;HYGIENE ITEMS NEEDED (should be trial or travel size)&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Shampoo&lt;br /&gt;
Toothpaste&lt;br /&gt;
Toothbrush&lt;br /&gt;
Deodorant&lt;br /&gt;
Bar soap&lt;br /&gt;
Small black combs&lt;br /&gt;
Shaving cream&lt;br /&gt;
Adhesive bandages&lt;br /&gt;
Knit hats&lt;br /&gt;
Knit gloves&lt;br /&gt;
Cotton socks&lt;br /&gt;
Zip-lock bags (gallon size)&lt;br /&gt;
Blankets/Solar blankets&lt;br /&gt;
Cheese &amp;amp; cracker packets&lt;/span&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/10/2008 - 12:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/10/2008 - 5:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beacon Sloop Club Corn Festival: Aug 10th 12-5pm, rain/shine at the Beacon&lt;br /&gt;
Waterfront, in Beacon, NY.&lt;br /&gt;
Freshly cooked corn with other delicious summer treats.  Feature live&lt;br /&gt;
music with Terry Whitebook, Ken Anderson, Sarah Underhill, Pete Seeger,&lt;br /&gt;
Kate Power &amp;amp; Steve Einhor, Arlon Bennett, &amp;amp; Cecilia King. Free sails on the&lt;br /&gt;
Woody Guthrie. Lots of food and crafts and the Beacon Farmers Market. Free&lt;br /&gt;
Admission  For more info &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.beaconsloopclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;www.beaconsloopclub.org&quot;&gt;www.beaconsloopclub.org&lt;/a&gt;, (845) 496-5617&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/10/2008 - 1:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/10/2008 - 3:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Sunday,&lt;br /&gt;
August 10, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Natural Fabric Printing&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Come learn fabric printing “old-school”&lt;br /&gt;
style, without the chemicals and screens! Learn how to select objects found in&lt;br /&gt;
nature to achieve the best color effects and then create your own unique piece&lt;br /&gt;
of art. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;For more information and to register for programs, please call the Park&lt;br /&gt;
Office at 845-255-0752.&lt;span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The Park is open&lt;br /&gt;
from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. &lt;span&gt;Minnewaska State Park Preserve consists of&lt;br /&gt;
approximately 21,000 acres of wild and scenic land located on Route 44/55, five&lt;br /&gt;
miles west of the intersection with Route 299 in New Paltz, New York.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/10/2008 - 2:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/10/2008 - 5:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Dream Circle at&lt;br /&gt;
Miriam&#039;s Well in Saugerties invites you their monthly meeting, to open your&lt;br /&gt;
gifts from the unconscious! Sunday August 10th, 2 to 5:00pm. Free and open to&lt;br /&gt;
all adults. Call 246-5805 and see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miriamswell.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.miriamswell.org&lt;/a&gt; for more info on Group&lt;br /&gt;
Projective Dreamwork. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/10/2008 - 3:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/10/2008 - 4:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Pure Country Myusic by Don Butler and the Stringmasters
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
at Abraham&#039;s Park
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&lt;p&gt;
Sunday August 10th 2008 at 3 p.m.
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&lt;p&gt;
The Concert is free and open to the Public!
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&lt;p&gt;
Bring your own Chair! 
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/11/2008 - 9:00am&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/17/2008 - 6:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
Celebrate the release of &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Heirloom Tomato&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Bloomsbury USA, 2009)&lt;/span&gt; by Rhinebeck&#039;s own Amy Goldman.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
At Gigi Trattoria, from August 11th - 17th, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; enjoy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Amy&#039;s delicious recipes on our daily lunch and dinner &amp;quot;specials&amp;quot;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;A limited number of signed books will &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;available for purchase&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;For more information visit:  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Gigi Market &lt;/span&gt;(open daily from 9 - 6): &lt;br /&gt;
227 Pitcher Lane (at Greig Farm), Red Hook, NY  12571 &lt;br /&gt;
P: 845.758.1999&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cs5LtZbvqvMA-msmGbiNszJiuEOk-_WCWw_Zfx-r1oz6TDuSXMexsUHW-shqv4I8GdIToeLh4_LHQxyxm94SdrCV-stYLAKxmn5LWqZh_AwdjN-SvnZKctmC1CmDkNsj&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.gigihudsonvalley.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/11/2008 - 6:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/11/2008 - 7:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The Red Hook &lt;span&gt;Public Library Board of Trustees&lt;/span&gt; will meet on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. in the library’s community room.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Board meetings are open to the public.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The library is located at &lt;span&gt;7444 South Broadway, Red Hook&lt;/span&gt;, N.Y.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;12571. &lt;strong&gt;Tel. &lt;span&gt;(845) 758-3241&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/12/2008 - 2:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/12/2008 - 4:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; AT RED HOOK PUBLIC LIBRARY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;New&lt;br /&gt;
members are always welcome at the monthly book discussions at the Red&lt;br /&gt;
Hook Public Library. The afternoon group meets the second Tuesday of&lt;br /&gt;
the month at 2:30 PM downstairs in the library&#039;s Community Room.&lt;br /&gt;
Members take turns leading the discussions. The book chosen for August&lt;br /&gt;
12 is &lt;u&gt;A High Wind in Jamaica&lt;/u&gt; by Richard Hughes and the September selection is Kiran Desai&#039;s &lt;u&gt;The Inheritance of Loss&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;An&lt;br /&gt;
evening book discussion group meets on the third Monday of the month at&lt;br /&gt;
the library at 7:00 PM. The group has chosen the following books for&lt;br /&gt;
the next months: August 18 - &lt;u&gt;The Painted Veil&lt;/u&gt; by W. S. Maugham and September 15 - &lt;u&gt;Seeing&lt;/u&gt; by Jose Saramago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please&lt;br /&gt;
call the library (845-758-3241) if you are planning to join either&lt;br /&gt;
discussion group. The Red Hook Public Library is located at 7444 South&lt;br /&gt;
Broadway in the Red Hook village. Additional parking is in the back of&lt;br /&gt;
the building.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/12/2008 - 4:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/14/2008 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, August 12, 13 and 14, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00&lt;br /&gt;
p.m.: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Junior Naturalist Adventures&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;This summer series is designed for children aged five to eight years of age&lt;br /&gt;
and their parents. Nature themed games, hikes and crafts will be featured each&lt;br /&gt;
day. Pre-registration is required.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;For more information and to register for programs, please call the Park&lt;br /&gt;
Office at 845-255-0752.&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The Park is open&lt;br /&gt;
from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. &lt;span&gt;Minnewaska State Park Preserve consists of&lt;br /&gt;
approximately 21,000 acres of wild and scenic land located on Route 44/55, five&lt;br /&gt;
miles west of the intersection with Route 299 in New Paltz, New York.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/12/2008 - 5:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/12/2008 - 7:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;New Paltz Regional&lt;br /&gt;
Chamber of Commerce Announces August&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;After-Hours Mixer on&lt;br /&gt;
Historic Huguenot Street &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;The New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
will hold its August After-Hours Mixer &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday,&lt;br /&gt;
August 12, 2008 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;from &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;5:30 to 7:30&lt;br /&gt;
p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;The DuBois Fort Visitor&lt;br /&gt;
Center, Historic Huguenot Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, New Paltz.  Reservations are&lt;br /&gt;
required and may be made by calling &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;845-255-0243&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
or by e-mailing &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:info@newpaltzchamber.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;info@newpaltzchamber.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Get your networking&lt;br /&gt;
on – Huguenot style.  &lt;a name=&quot;11b5042bdc030f0c_LETTER.BLOCK44&quot; title=&quot;11b5042bdc030f0c_LETTER.BLOCK44&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Come to The DuBois Fort&lt;br /&gt;
Visitor Center and enjoy a summer&#039;s evening on Historic Huguenot Street.  Also,&lt;br /&gt;
be among the first to see the newly restored and renovated&lt;br /&gt;
Jean Hasbrouck House, complete with a newly built north facade, reproduction&lt;br /&gt;
Dutch casement windows and a faithful mid-18th century interpretation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Members and visitors are welcome at the Chamber&#039;s Visitor Center, located at 124 Main Street,&lt;br /&gt;
New Paltz. For more information about Chamber programs and Visitor’s&lt;br /&gt;
Center hours of operation, visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newpaltzchamber.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;www.newpaltzchamber.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
or call (845) 255-0243. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/12/2008 - 6:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/12/2008 - 9:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;WHAT:&lt;/span&gt;   Green Drinks is&lt;br /&gt;
a monthly networking concept that is international and now in almost 400&lt;br /&gt;
cities world-wide. It&#039;s an opportunity for people who work in the environmental&lt;br /&gt;
fields, the sustainably minded and the eco-curious to meet like-minded&lt;br /&gt;
souls over drinks to share, inquire, brain storm, find job&lt;br /&gt;
leads, make and hang out with new friends. The Hudson Valley Green Drinks chapter&lt;br /&gt;
was officially launched in April 2008.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
WHEN:&lt;/span&gt;  Tuesday, August 12, 2008 from 6:30pm-9:00pm - bring business&lt;br /&gt;
cards! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;WHERE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt; Terrapin Catering @ Dinsmore&lt;br /&gt;
Golf Course, Route 9 in Staatsburg, NY. Able parking available on-site.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;TALK FEST:&lt;/span&gt;  Rodney Johnson of the Ralph T. Waterman&lt;br /&gt;
Bird Club of Dutchess County will do a brief presentation. And you thought the grass was the only&lt;br /&gt;
thing about a golf course that was green. Wrong! Rodney will tell us&lt;br /&gt;
about the work the club is doing with the Dinsmore Golf Club to make it&lt;br /&gt;
bird friendly. He&#039;ll have some tips for us too on what we can do at home.&lt;br /&gt;
Visit the Waterman Bird Club online at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.watermanbirdclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.watermanbirdclub.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/12/2008 - 6:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/12/2008 - 7:30pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Patrice Courtney Strong from NYSERDA (&lt;span&gt;New York State Energy Research&lt;/span&gt; and Development Agency) will lead a discussion on “&lt;span&gt;residential energy efficiency&lt;/span&gt; and renewable energy” at the Red Hook Public Library, on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Registration is required.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Light refreshments will be served. &lt;/span&gt;The library is located at 7444 South Broadway, Red Hook, N.Y.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;12571. &lt;strong&gt;Tel. (845) 758-3241.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;start&quot;&gt;Start: 08/13/2008 - 5:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;end&quot;&gt;End: 08/13/2008 - 7:00pm&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Olana State Historic Site to Host Chamber Business After Hours&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Join the Chamber to learn about Columbia&lt;br /&gt;
County’s rich history as Olana State Historic Site hosts a Business After&lt;br /&gt;
Hours on Wednesday, August 13.  The event will be held in the new Wagon&lt;br /&gt;
House Education Center and will run from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.  Olana is located&lt;br /&gt;
on Route 9G in Hudson.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Named for a fortress treasure-house in ancient Persia, Olana was the home of&lt;br /&gt;
Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), one of America&#039;s most important artists,&lt;br /&gt;
a student of Thomas Cole, and a major figure in the Hudson River School of&lt;br /&gt;
landscape painting. Built high on a hill near Hudson, New York between 1870&lt;br /&gt;
and 1891, then as now, Olana offers magnificent sweeping vistas of the&lt;br /&gt;
Catskill Mountains, the Hudson River and the Taconic Hills. Today, Olana is&lt;br /&gt;
a New York State Historic Site, a National Historic Landmark, and one of the&lt;br /&gt;
most popular tourist destinations in the Hudson Valley and upstate New York.&lt;br /&gt;
Called by Church &amp;quot;the Center of the World,&amp;quot; Olana&#039;s Persian style house and&lt;br /&gt;
250 acres of picturesque grounds are a masterpiece as grand as any of his&lt;br /&gt;
paintings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information about Olana State Historic Site call (518) 828-0135 or&lt;br /&gt;
visit their website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.olana.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.olana.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Business After Hours’ offer excellent networking opportunities for area&lt;br /&gt;
business people.  All members of the business community are invited to&lt;br /&gt;
attend this business event.  Tours, hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be&lt;br /&gt;
offered during the After Hours. There is no cost to attend but guests are&lt;br /&gt;
encouraged to contact the Chamber at (518) 828-4417 if they plan to attend.&lt;/p&gt;
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