The week's photos (Sept. 29, 2016)
— Photo from Mark Grimm
Desiree Pauley, a Guilderland native, left, shakes hands with Fire Chief Warren Abriel during a Sept. 16 ceremony for the class of 10 recruits sworn in as Albany city firefighters. Pauley is the second woman in 18 years to be an Albany firefighter. Pauley is the niece of Albany County Legislator Mark Grimm.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Batman and Wonder Woman on a cookie break: After taking part in the one-mile run, Guilderland residents Michelle Lemme and her son, Leo, enjoy baked goods sold at the event. Many people wore costumes to the event, which had the theme “Superheroes for Superheroes.” It was organized by Guilderland resident Melissa O’Brien and by Jonathan Phillips of Phillips Hardware, to benefit the Rodino family of Guilderland. O’Brien said that the event raised between $4,500 and $5,000; she said on Tuesday that donations were still coming in. O’Brien said that she hopes to make the run an annual event, and added, “Lori is a superhero. Everything she has to do every day in her daily life is amazing. She’s very positive.”
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
“I’m so appreciative,” said Lori Rodino about the one-mile fun run and 5K race held Sunday morning at Tawasentha Park in Guilderland as a fundraiser for her family. Here Rodino, center, chats with daughter Gianna — 22, who works as a case manager at St. Peter’s Hospital — at right, and Gianna’s friend, Chris Cusack, during the fun run. Rodino is wife, mother, and caretaker: Her husband, Rick Rodino, suffers from advanced Huntington’s disease; all three of Lori and Rick Rodino’s children — including their oldest child Anthony Rodino, now 24 — inherited the neurological disease for which there is no cure. The family’s youngest child, Rachel, died of Huntington’s in 2010, when she was 8. “I’m overwhelmed by the support this community continues to show,” said Lori Rodino.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
“Speak softly, and carry a big stick”: United States 26th President Theodore Roosevelt — portrayed by Paul Stillman — speaks to about 120 people at Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School in Berne on Friday night.
— Photo by Jane McLean
A retrospective of quiltmaker Granny Browne’s work is currently on display in the Community Room of Berne Public Library, 1763 Helderberg Trail. Jane McLean, formerly of Knox, created the exhibit. Read her letter here.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Teeing off: A foursome starts its round in the sixth annual Wyatt Spencer Memorial – Berne-Knox-Westerlo Class of 2014 Golf Tournament Saturday at Colonie Country Club in Voorheesville. Ninety-eight golfers played Saturday as the event gets bigger every year. Funds raised go to scholarships in memory of James Wyatt Spencer who died on May 28, 2009 at age 13 in a utility vehicle accident. He was the only and adored child of James and Bonnie Spencer of Knox.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Checking out the goods: Two people, left, look over the table of donated baskets during the sixth annual Wyatt Spencer golf tournament Saturday. Funds raised go to the J. Wyatt Spencer Memorial scholarship fund for Berne-Knox-Westerlo students.
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Classical music in a restored historic home: In Guilderland on Sunday, the “Women of Note” string quartet from the Schenectady Symphony played for visitors to the Schoolcraft House, on Western Avenue near Willow Street. The players were, counterclockwise around the circle from right, Meme Pittman on viola; Cathie-Jo Brun on cello; and Barbara Brothers and Cathy Barber, both on violin. Over many years, the town, led by Historian Alice Begley, restored the first floor of this Gothic-Revival-style home built in the 1840s by local businessman and United States Congressman John L. Schoolcraft, whose family helped settle the rural township. The house is open to the public several times a year and is sometimes used as the site for lectures on local history.
— Photo courtesy of E. J. Hogan
Ready to learn: Students pose in front of their school in Skunk’s Misery. In a letter to the Enterprise editor this week, Nancy Frueh, vice president of the Knox Historical Society, quotes from the Knox sesquicentennial history booklet published in 1972, describing the area of school District No. 3, known as "Skunk's Misery" and located at what is now the corner of Pleasant Valley Road and Tabor Road. Frueh was responding to a recent column by John Williams mentioning its as a source of Christmas trees and she called for help finding more information about the history of the area and its name. Read her letter here.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Guilderland varsity girls’ soccer team, with a 3-3-3 record, faced off against Saratoga, 8-1-2, on Tuesday afternoon at home — the game ended in a 2-to-2 tie. Making the save of the game, Guilderland goalkeeper Kiersten Becker stops a penalty kick from Saratoga’s Yaya Van Ness late in the second half. See related photos.