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President Vice President Secretary Treasurer

Daniel DeFabio Corina Oberai Sam Capuano Donna Avery

DeFabio Design Corina Contemporary Jewelry Sunmark Federal Credit Union Ballston Spa National Bank

June 2011

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Once again it is time for the Ballston Spa Farmers’ Market in Wiswall Park sponsored by the Ballston Spa Business and Professional Associa-tion. The market highlights local ag-ricultural products such a 100% lo-cally grown produce, perennials, annuals, hanging baskets, bedding plants, herbs, fall mums, house-plants, dish and desert gardens, fresh cut flower bouquets, locally raised meat, pastured chicken, farm fresh eggs, maple syrup, honey, jams, garlic spreads, gourmet cheese spreads, stone ground flours, sprouts, local wines, culinary laven-der and specialty foods like custom blended herb and spice mixes, mus-tards, granolas, hummus, and im-ported olive oil. The market also fea-tures a large assortment of baked goods including pies, cookies, cup-cakes, crackers, bread, and pastries, as well as handcrafted items like custom embroidery, jewelry, can-dles, soap and Fair Trade items. Twenty nine vendors are participating this year with twenty three vendors on Thursday after-noons and twenty vendors on Satur-day mornings. Most of the vendors are returning from last year but we are super excited to be adding eight new vendors. Five are farms, each very different. One is a winery and two are bakers, one of cupcakes and the other of dog treats. Buhrmaster Family Farm is a large local grower well known in the area with fruits and vegetables.

We are happy to add them to the market as they will expand the vari-ety of vegetables that are available throughout the season. Buhrmaster Family Farm is a Saturday vendor. Quincy Farm is a vegetable farm in Easton, NY that is protected by an agricultural easement held by the Agricultural Stewardship Associa-tion in nearby Greenwich, which ensures it will forever remain viable farmland. They use organic methods

to grow a wide variety of vegetables and are looking forward to establish-ing a CSA in 2012. They have years of experience with the Community Supported Agriculture model hav-ing apprenticed at Roxbury Farm in Columbia County and Hearty Roots Farm in the Hudson Valley. Quincy Farm will be coming on Thursdays, but maybe not every Thursday. 3 Dogs Barking Farm is a new farm in Gansevoort, NY that will be special-izing in baby and heirloom vegeta-bles, look for them a little later in the season on Saturdays. Full Quiver Farm from Fort Plain, NY grows or-ganic vegetables with a focus on

greens of all types, heirloom and specialty varieties. They also have sprouted nuts, seeds and beans, eggs, pastured poultry, olive-based soaps, beeswax based lip-balm and stone ground flours made from certi-fied organic local grains. Full Quiver Farm will only be at the market on Thursdays. Adirondack Flower Farm is a family owned and operated farm in Granville, NY growing specialty cut flowers using sustainable prac-tices. They have flowers with brighter colors and more fragrance. The flower offerings change through the season. They will be selling by the stem, by the bunch and also mixed bouquets. They also produce lavender on the farm and offer dried lavender, lavender buds, ground lavender and various lavender sea-sonings and spices. The family also operates a 2500 tap Sugar Bush and produces New York Maple Syrup and maple added value products such as maple sugar, maple pepper, maple cream and various maple can-dies. Adirondack Flower Farm will only be at the market on Saturdays. Altamont Vineyard and Winery grows 12 acres of wine-producing grapes. The grapes are hand harvested, crushed and fer-mented on site. The majority of their wine varieties are produced from those grapes but they also produce a few varieties from grapes grown in the Finger Lakes region on NY. Look for the Winery on Thursdays. (Continued on Page 5)

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From Our Members and Neighbors

The Ballston Journal and Our Towne Ballston Spa are pleased to announce new team members in the interest of best helping business owners to navigate the fast-paced world of effective local advertising and marketing: David Pieniazek grows into the role of V.P. of Sales and Marketing and primary point of contact for the Our Towne publica-tions in Ballston Spa, Saratoga and the newest addition, Malta. Robin Morgan is the Community Rela-tions Manager who is defining digital initiatives, mobile media, social me-dia services, local donations and event marketing. Cindy Van Diest has joined us as an Account Execu-tive to handle special sections, news-papers in education and other devel-oping initiatives specifically to the Ballston Journal.

Rebecca Ashby of The Pink Or-ange and her husband Christo-pher are the new proud parents of a son, Parker, whom they adopted last month. Parker likes to spend some of his days happily hanging out at his mom's work!

Homestead Funding, Corp. Flo Bouchard 8 Airline Drive

Albany, NY 12205 518 464-1100

Homesteadfunding.com/fbouchard

Welcome to Our New Members

Ballston Spa Elks Lodge’s All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast is June 12, 8- 11:30am. Buffet includes scram-bled eggs, sausage, home fries, pan-cakes, French toast, eggs and ome-lets to order. Adults $6, Seniors $4 children under 12 FREE. The Elks Lodge will also be participating in the garage sale weekend.

First Bap-tist Church of Ballston Spa will be holding its Vacation Bi-ble School July 10 – July 14 from 6-8 pm. Children will travel through Jesus' hometown of Nazareth to learn about Jesus’ childhood, con-nect during a Hometown Huddle, eat food from Jesus’ time, create in the Marketplace Shops, play games, and learn the week’s Celebration Mu-sic. For information concerning VBS or to register online, visit the First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa web-site at www.fbcballstonspa.org and click on the Hometown Nazareth link.

Bettie’s Cakes, LLC Lorraine Murphy 454 Broadway

Saratoga Springs, NY 518 894-1179

Bettiescakes.com 2011 Farmers’ Market Vendor

Thank you to the following members for their support for Adopt A Plot through their donations: Mohican Hill Apartments (Frank & Rose Rossi) and Ingrid Melander. The Adopt a Plot fund helps to pur-chase and maintain flowers and plantings throughout the village dur-ing the spring and summer months.

Ballston Spa United Methodist Church’s free monthly lunch dates for the month are Wed., June 8 (sponsored by Saratoga Bridges) and Saturday, June 25 (sponsored by BSUMC). Meal includes ziti, salad, bread, beverage and dessert. Both lunches are from 11:30 am– 1 pm. Coasters for a Cause- Jill Miller, of Hope Church, has organized a fund raiser to facilitate Pastor “Kip” Slawter’s return to his con-gregation. She is selling tickets to the Great Escape. The cost of each ticket is $19.99. Five dollars of the ticket money goes toward Pastor Kip’s needs. For more information, go to www.hopeforkip.com.

Chuck Rapelje 40 Lewis Street Ballston Spa, NY

Resident

Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Services

Maggie Fronk 480 Broadway, L120 Saratoga Springs, NY

518 583-0280 dvrcsaratoga.org

Loca Luna Mexican Grille Rebecca & Michael Kane

388 Milton Avenue Ballston Spa, NY 518 490-2073

localunamexicangrille.com

ACO Property Advisors, Inc. Alan Oppenheim 184 Edie Road

Saratoga Springs, NY 518 5484-9578

acopropertyadvisors.com

Ballston Spa Business & Professional Association

BSBPA Members: Do you have upcoming events or news that you would like to share in our next issue? Contact Ellen Mottola, [email protected] , 885-2772 (phone or fax) or mail to BSBPA, PO Box 386, Ballston Spa, NY 12020. The deadline for the July issue is June 27, 2011. Promptness is always appreciated, questions answered

with a smile!

Member ItemsMember ItemsMember Items The following BSHS seniors were recipients of three BSBPA-sponsored scholarships: Jessica Lussier re-ceived the $500 BSBPA Scholarship; Jaclyn Renehan received the $350 Linda Murphy Memorial Scholar-ship and Jade Pearce received the $50 Sally and Mark Monaco Memo-rial Scholarship. Congratulations to them and the entire Ballston Spa High School Class of 2011!

Our sincere condolences go out to Ingrid Voss-Melander and her family on the passing of her husband Richard on May 14. Richard grew up in Ballston Spa and leaves his mark on those whom he knew through work or friendship.

Colden Company and CJLTech LLC will be merging under the Colden Company name. The two In-formation Technology companies have worked as partners for the past several years. Colden Company President James Lapointe said “It was a natural next step given the positive existing business relation-ship we have shared over the years. We discovered we shared a philoso-phy which centered on providing best in class customer ser-vice. CJLTech customers can expect the same high level of service as well as availability to the Colden Com-pany suite of services. We are ex-cited about the future.”

The Saratoga Soundtrack Cho-rus, a local women’s four-part har-mony singing group had the highest score for all small choruses in the world. They will be competing at the International competition in Denver in October of 2012. The group has performed at the Festival of Trees.

Bucknell senior and Ballston Spa native Drew Fitzgerald, a team captain on the track and field team, received the Edward W. Pangburn Award, presented to senior athletes "for sports-manship, fellowship, and contribu-tion to the University". Fitzgerald became known for his commitment to his fellow Bison as well as his suc-cess in the field events, scoring nearly 70 points in Patriot League Championship meets throughout his career, competing in the high jump, pole vault and long jump. Fitzgerald, who helped Bucknell to its first Pa-triot League Outdoor Track and Field Championship for the first time since 1991 last spring, holds several pro-gram top-10 marks. A four-time All-Patriot League selection and a mem-ber of the Bucknell Dean's List and Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, Fitzgerald will graduate with a de-gree in management. Drew's proud parents are Patti and Bob Fitzger-ald.

Brookside Museum hosts its 17th Annual Benefit Concert on Friday, July 1, featuring the band Wylder. Doors open at 7 pm, concert begins at 8 pm. Refreshments will be avail-able. Ticket prices increase on the day of the event, so hurry in now! Tickets are $15 ($20 the day of), and children under 12 are free! Proceeds benefit the museum’s education pro-grams, which serve thousands of children each year. Details at www.brooksidemuseum.org.

Veterans starting their own busi-nesses can receive a one-year com-plimentary membership in the Chamber of Southern Saratoga County and free tuition in the Chamber’s StartUp Smart program as part of the new Veteran Entrepre-neurial Training Program (V.E.T.). This program is in partnership with the recently launched Saratoga County Veterans’ Discount Program. The V.E.T. Program is limited to vet-erans who have started their busi-nesses within the last 12 months. V.E.T participants will also receive free admission to attend StartUp Smart, a unique program consisting of seven seminars on topics ranging from writing a business plan to monitoring cash flow, preparing budgets, and increasing profitability. In addition, each participant will have the opportunity to receive indi-vidual business counseling at no cost from the Small Business Develop-ment Center at the University at Al-bany’s School of Business or SCORE.

Come with your family & friends to a Community Sponsored Open House & House Warming Party for Gate-way House of Peace at 479 Row-land Street on June 26th from 1-4 pm Learn more about Gateway House and how you can help “Raise the Roof” to help with the renova-tions. Food & entertainment pro-vided. Founded in 2006, Gateway House of Peace, Inc. is local non-profit volunteer organization with a vision to serve the terminally ill of the northern Saratoga County com-munity. Gateway House seeks to pro-vide a peaceful compassionate home-like setting for those in most need of end-of-life care services. For more information, visit www.gatewayhouseofpeace.org

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The next BSBPA Board of Directors Meeting is Monday, June 20, 2011 7 pm

Brookside Museum

6 Charlton Street

We encourage members to attend and

welcome your input.

www.ballston.org

June 2011

Upcoming Networking Opportunities

June Mid-Week Mixer

Wednesday, June 8, 5:30-7 pm

Burlingame Orthodontics, 220 Church Avenue

June Networking Breakfast

Tuesday, June 21, 7:30-8:30 am

Creative Endeavors, 49 Front Street

RSVP to Ellen at the BSBPA office.

[email protected] 885-2772

Business Spotlight Business Spotlight Business Spotlight Business Spotlight Loca Luna Mexican Grille

Every town may have a Mexican restaurant, but only Ballston Spa has a Loca Luna. “Are You

Experienced?” is the motto, hoping to offer a completely different dining destination to

Capital region residents. Restaurateurs Rebecca and Michael Kane sought to open a place

that made you feel like you were on vacation. Especially in these times people are seeking

to stay closer to home, Loca Luna is conveniently located in the heart of Saratoga County,

just off Route 50 in Ballston Spa, and provides a hub for friends to gather and the best of

the best local artists to mingle and showcase their work.

In celebration of its namesake, Loca Luna will host Full Moon Extravaganzas each month, right on the night of the full

moon. These celebrations will feature local art, music and talent along with great food and drink specials. As a friend to

local charity, Loca Luna announces ‘Doing Our Part Through Art’ and ‘Cheers To Charity’ two programs specifically de-

signed to benefit local organization floydwarriors.com ‘Helping families Cope With Cancer, One Household at a Time’.

Serving traditional Mexican cuisine ‘with a twist’, Loca Luna prides itself on serving everything fresh daily. From meats

purchased from Sanders Meat Market, to its homemade soups, salsas, and sauces, Loca Luna’s claim to fame is “The

only thing frozen here are the Margaritas!”

Please join us for The Full Moon Extravaganza on Wednesday, June 15th and come Saturday June 18th to celebrate

Loca Luna’s official Grande Opening Celebration. Festivities begin at 4pm and will feature Face Art by makeup artist

Kyle Garcia for the young and young at heart, live entertainment, local artisans & food and drink specials. Loca Luna is

located at 388 Milton Ave Ballston Spa, NY and may be visited online at www.localunamexicangrille.com If you’re inter-

ested in selling your art please contact Rebecca by calling Loca Luna at (518) 490-2073. Reservations are great idea.

The Ballston Spa Veterinary Clinic wants all your pets to be happy and healthy and here’s how to do it: 1. Exercise your pets EVERY DAY – dogs should walk at least a mile a day, laser pens and toys for indoor cats, 2. Feed your pets a good quality diet in an amount that maintains a healthy

body weight – OBESITY WILL SHORTEN YOUR PETS LIFE, and 3. Bring your pet to your veterinarian at least once a year (twice a year is recom-mended for older pets), disease prevention and early detection will pro-vide your pet with the best possible quality of life. Most importantly, enjoy your pets – they love you and need you. Bring in this ad for $50 off a new Bring in this ad for $50 off a new Bring in this ad for $50 off a new Bring in this ad for $50 off a new client visit. client visit. client visit. client visit. Also - support the BSBPA and your community - The Ballston Spa Vet Clinic proudly supports the Concerts in the Park, the Film Festival, the Way We Were Car show and more - you should, too.

Perennial Sale Canceled

The BSBPA has canceled this year’s perennial sale, tra-ditionally held on Garage Sale weekend at Brookside Museum. We look forward to this sale every year but the work involved in the sale and lack of volunteers just made it impossible to do this year. Our hopes are we may do it again in the future.

Bull Dog Farms, who has always provided the annuals and vegetables for this sale, will be at the Farmers’ Market that day with these, along with a selection of perennials.

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(Cont’d. from page 1) The retro themed Bettie’s Cakes on Broadway in Saratoga Springs will be bringing their freshly baked unique cupcake flavors to the Ballston Spa Farmers Market along with cookies and cake ball truffles on Satur-days. Locally owned & operated in Ballston Spa, The Lazy Dog Cookie Company is a dog treat manufacturer. Lazy Dog products, samples, coupons & info will now be available at the Ballston Spa Farmers Market every Thursday and on Sat-urdays when they do not have a rescue event.

Cornell Cooperative Extension will support the Farmers’ Market by having master gardeners present at the following markets (June 16, July 2, 7, 14, August 25, September 10, 22). They will be there answering questions and doing soil pH samples. Market patrons will enjoy live music at all Saturday markets and those Thursday markets that don’t fall within the Concerts in the Park season. Musicians for the markets include Sandy Shoor (June 11, July 30, Sept. 24), Tom Cho-iniere ( July 16, Aug. 27, Sept. 17), Play It Again (July 9, Aug. 6, Sept. 3), Mike Yates (Aug. 20, Sept. 10), Peter Taormina (June 18), Cosby Gibson (June 25), The Bentwood Rockers (July 2) and Dangerous on Decaf (June 16 and Aug. 13)

This year’s market begins on June 9th and runs through the end of September. The hours will remain Thursdays 3-6 pm and Saturdays 9 am-noon. Local musicians play in the Gazebo on every Saturday and the Concerts in the Park series follows the Farmers Market in July and August. For a complete list of vendors please visit the BSBPA website.

Cyndi Pastore, Farmers’ Market Manager

Staying Open Late For Summer Events Staying Open Late For Summer Events Staying Open Late For Summer Events Staying Open Late For Summer Events ----Daniel DeFabio, BSBPA President

Summers are always busy in the village. The BSBPA puts on a lot of free events to draw crowds into town. Most of these happen on evenings or weekends. Some of our businesses might not normally be open at those times and would miss out on the potential customers walking past their doors. I under-stand it's difficult to set a new schedule and shift staffing around but if it is possible to be open during these events, I think you'll find it worthwhile. Here are some upcoming dates to keep in mind:

Thursdays 3-6pm: Farmers' Market followed by Concerts in the Park from 6-8pm. On June 23rd the concert will be Ra Ra Riot and promoted on the radio by WEQX so there may be an extra large crowd. First Fridays: Many businesses already stay open till 9 pm on First Fridays but from June-October, First Fridays include a free Movie in The Park starting at 9pm until about 10:30 pm. Saturdays 9am - noon: Farmer's Market including musical performers. And looking out to October, on the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend, The Way We Were Car Show brings several hundred people to the village streets. Many stay over four hours and get hungry. So if capturing some additional customer traffic outside your normal hours works for you, consider staying open dur-ing and just after these events.

Let Us Promote Your Business at Our Events and in New Member Packets

Once again, the summer season is upon us and that means the BSBPA table will be set up at our popular summer events--the out-door Farmers' Market on Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings from June 9-September 29, the free Concerts in the Park se-ries on Thursday evenings from June 23-August 25, and the Ballston Spa Film Festival, August 4,5 and 6. As a benefit of BSBPA membership, we welcome you to promote your business or organization with flyers, brochures, menus or business cards to display on the BSBPA table at these very well attended events, which draw not only local residents, but people from outside the commu-nity. There is no charge to you, all you need to do is provide us with your promotional material.

Additionally, the membership committee is looking for coupons and special offer flyers from our member businesses to include in the welcome packets that are delivered to all new BSBPA mem-bers. This is a great way to expand awareness of your business and encourage new BSBPA members to check out your shop, restaurant or service. The easiest way for you to do this is to have something we can reproduce, such as a sheet of coupons or promotional offers that the membership committee can reprint and clip when they need additional copies, rather than having to ask the businesses for new items each time they run out.

If you are interested in either or both of these opportunities, you may drop off your material with Corina Oberai at Corina Contemporary Jewelry/ Happy Hands, 89-91 Milton Avenue. Please indicate which one (BSBPA table or new member packets) you would like your items to go to.

Any questions, please feel free to contact Corina at [email protected] or 885-0930 or Ellen at the BSBPA office.

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June 2011

The Concerts in the Park series returns with a diverse

line-up of musicians that will appeal to a wide variety

of audiences, from nationally known indie rock

bands to local favorites. Concerts are presented by

the BSBPA on Thursdays, 6-8 pm, in Wiswall Park in

historic downtown Ballston

Spa.

June 23

WEQX Presents

Ra Ra Riot With Sirsy

June 30

Ballston Spa Community Band

July 7

Skeeter Creek

July 14

Marty Wendell

July 21

Sonny & Perley

July 28

Tequila Mockingbirds

August 4

Annual Ice Cream Social

With Union Fire Company Band

August 11

Jump Daddies

August 18

WEQX Presents Band TBA

August 27

Ten Pound Tiger

All performances are free to the public thanks to

major sponsorship from the following: Saratoga

Real Property, Pizza Works, Ballston Spa Veterinary

Clinic, The Adirondack Trust Company, Cole's Spa

Body Works, Ballston Journal/Our Towne, The Sara-

togian, Saratoga Organic & Hydroponic Supply

and the generous support of local Ballston Spa

businesses and residents.

Neighborhood Garage Sale

Weekend June 11-12

Garage sales galore in neighborhoods

in and around Ballston Spa!

Look for garage sale locations listed on the BSBPA

website starting June 4 and in the June 9 issue of the

Ballston Journal.

June 2011

Ballston Spa Central School District Upcoming District Events

June 1 College Bound Athlete Reception – including Div 1 Athletes – High School Library – 3:45 pm

BSEF Spring Grant Presentations ($15K ) – HS Library – 6:30 pm

Board of Education Meeting, with HS Student recognition, 7 pm

Includes recognition of our BSHS State Ski Champions by Senator McDonald and corporate

recognition of State Farm Insurance (for 20 years as a Partner-In-Education)

June 2: Theatre Scene Night I – 7:30 pm – HS Auditorium

June 6: Annual Athletic Awards Ceremony – HS Auditorium 6:00 pm

June 7: Theatre Scene Night II – 7:30 pm – HS Auditorium

June 8: Penny Harvest – grant awards night – 6:00 pm – HS Auditorium

Health and Wellness Expo – 6:30 pm – HS Cafeteria

June 11: BSHS PROM 2011 – Glen Sanders – 8pm

After Prom event – BSHS – Cafeteria/Gymnasium – 12 midnight – 5am

June 21: 5th grade Moving Up Ceremony, Milton Terrace North/South Elementary Schools

June 22: 5th grade Moving Up Ceremony, Wood Road Elementary School

June 23: Ballston Spa High School Graduation, SPAC, 4:00 pm

5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony, Malta Avenue Elementary School

June 24: 8th grade Recognition Ceremony, Ballston Spa High School, 8 am



Ballston Spa Central School District Summer Enrichment The Ballston Spa School District is offering a variety of summer camp enrichment experiences this summer with partners

from throughout the region.

The Fine Arts summer enrichment offerings include a Claymation Creations class for students entering grades 3-5 that will be held July 11-15. A Mosaic Tile Mirror program will be held from July 18-22 for students entering grades 6-8. High School students will be able to join a Graphic Design/Animation class from July 18-22. All Fine Arts programs cost $75 and will be led by BOCES instructors in district schools from 9:00am – 11:30am. A LEGO Robotics Academy program, in conjunction with RPI, will be held August 8-19 with two separate options for stu-dents. The first program option is a half day Junior LEGO Robotics morning program for incoming grade 3-5 students who did not participate in last summer's elementary LEGO Robotics program. There is an afternoon offering of the general LEGO Robotics pro-gram for incoming grade 6-8 (middle school) students or incoming grade 5 students who participated in the elementary program last summer. The in-district fee (Ballston Spa School District students) for this program is $350. If space is available, non-district students will be admitted to this program on a first-come, first-served basis, for a fee of $400. Join students throughout the area and learn Chinese during the summer. Ballston Spa students are invited to join the Star-Talk Summer Language Immersion and Culture Program offered by WSWHE BOCES (for students entering grades 1-12). The program is scheduled for four weeks, July 5-29, from 9am–2pm and is hosted at Lake Avenue Elementary School in Saratoga Springs. This grant-supported program costs $100 and registration ends May 13th. Mildred Elley will offer a Video Game Design pro-gram for middle and high school students, with two week-long sessions, one in video character design (July 11-15) and one in video world design (July 18-22). These programs are available to all incoming 6th-12th grade students. Scholarship funding from Mildred Elley allows us to offer the program to only BSCSD students for an $85 fee per session.

For more information and an online application please visit the district website www.bscsd.org or the summer enrichment program page at http://www1.bscsd.org/oit/district/summer/enrichment.asp .

The Ballston Area Community Center (BACC) is accepting applications for our summer travel program for kids ages 11-15 where kids are al-

ways on the go and experience an adventure every day! The weekly fee for the Travel Program is $200. You may choose any one week or a

combination of weeks. The program is licensed through the NYS Office of Children and Family Services. For information please visit

www.ballstonareacc.org or call us at 885-3261.



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Tracy Paige (518) 587-1935 x 17

[email protected]

The Great Race Comes to Saratoga

The Great Race, America’s premier old car rally, is coming to Saratoga

Springs Thursday, June 16, and is expected to bring up to 100 antique

automobiles to the city. The overnight stop will be marked by a public

event at the Saratoga Automobile Museum to mark their arrival in the

Spa city, one of America’s premier vacation destinations.

The 2011 event starts in Chattanooga, TN and finishes in Ben-

nington, VT. Run from coast to coast, it is not a speed race, but a time/

speed/distance rally. The driver and navigator are given precise in-

structions each day that detail every move down to the second, then

scored at secret check points along the way and penalized one second

for each second either early or late. As in golf, the lowest score wins.

The biggest part of the challenge, other than staying on time and following the instructions, is get-

ting an old car to the finish line each day. The first car is expected to arrive at the Saratoga Automo-

bile Museum, located in the scenic Saratoga Spa State Park, around 5 p.m., with cars continuing to

arrive each minute for an hour and a half. The cars will remain parked for two hours to allow specta-

tors to visit with the participants and to look at the cars. Participating cars range in age from 1911

to 1969, with most having been manufactured before World War II. For the first time, a 100-year-old

car, a 1911 Velie owned by Howard and Doug Sharp of Fairport, N.Y, will participate in the race.

The Great Race was started in 1983 and takes its name from the 1965 movie, The Great Race, a

comedy based on the real life 1908 automobile race from New York to Paris starring Tony Curtis,

Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood and Peter Falk.

The auto museum will not be open to the public during the event, with participants expected to

move to their downtown hotel at approximately 8:30 pm.

Summer Feeding Program

The First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa (FBC) is working to implement a Summer Feeding Program for the many children in need who currently reside in the Village of Ballston Spa. The FBC recognizes that a significant number of Village children who benefit from meals provided through the school dis-trict may experience hunger during the summer months. The FBC plans to provide two meals a week during the months of July and August to these Vil-lage children. The FBC will provide meals on-site, at 202 Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa, NY.

The Summer Feeding Program will feed up to 50 Village children under the age of 18 on each Mon-day and Thursday during the months of July and August. Meals will be served between 11:00 and 12:30 a.m. at The First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa (FBC). The FBC will provide 4-5 volunteers to distribute food, maintain attendance records, and supervise children. The FBC feeding site will always staff a volunteer trained in CPR and Choking Res-cue. All volunteers will be familiar with and subject to the FBC Child Protection Policy. Appropriate per-mission forms will be signed by parents prior to children entering the program. The Summer Feed-ing Program will utilize cash contributions from FBC members and community organizations. The

Program staff will consist of volunteers from FBC.

For more information on how you can help with this important program, contact Rev. Alan Rudnick at pastor@fbcballstonspa or call first Baptist Church at 885-8361.

Wheats and Sweets

Hometown Bakery

Stop in and visit with Susan Burden, local

artist whose “fresh perspective” works of art

are on display. 88 Front Street 884-2514

www.wheatsandsweets.com

Lipstick N Lashes

Trendy fashion jewelry will be buy 2 get one

free 6-9 pm 76 Front Street 885-4348

www.lipsticknlashes.com The Village Barber

Bring your Dad in to the village barber dur-

ing First Friday and get your haircut @ 1/2

price. 39 Front Street 669-5274

Creative Endeavors Gift Shop & Art

Center

Opening Reception: Found Object Art

Free refreshments! Handmade gifts and de-

cor available in the gift shop!

6-9pm 49 Front Street 363-0015

www.CreativeEndeavorsArtists.com Village Sweet Shoppe

Stop in and grab a sweet treat to enjoy with

your movie in the park. Free candy samples.

6-9 pm 885-4165

www.ballstonvillagesweets.com The Pilates Studio

Yoga in Wiswall Park

Fundraiser for Breast Cancer

5:30 - 6:30 pm

$10 Suggested Donation

Please bring a mat

Rain location: 233 Milton Ave

OUTSIDE

Ms Tina’s Belly Dance Co.

Come and enjoy our performance!.

Parking lot of Eagle Matt Lee Fire Station

35 Washington Street Almost One of a Kind Quilt Shop

Quilt Show-Come see the quilts made for the

Guardian House and meet some of the quilt

makers. Reception 6-9pm

22 Washington Street 363-0219

www.almost1ofakind.com Mango Tree Imports

Summer Accessories have arrived!

Open House 6-9 PM Fair Trade Snacks

12 Washington Street 884-4652

www.mangotreeimports.com Glint

Join me for an open studio and glass bead

making demonstrations. Sign up for hot new

spring classes!

518-817-5524 - 20 Washington Street

www.glintglass.com Strolling Village Artisans

Iron Spring Gallery

Opening Reception: Artfelt Fibers-Recent

Works by Northeast Feltmakers.

Join us for a felting demonstration by artist

Linda Van Alstyne, live music by Mike Har-

rison with Loose Change, & refreshments.

6-9pm 20 Washington Street 885-5855

Washington Street

Coffee Planet

Come and Enjoy Live Music by

“Blues Noir”

6-9pm. 100 Milton Ave. 884-9913

www.cafe.thecoffeeplanet.net

Pizza Works

Come enjoy live music from six to eight p.m.

with an easy listening genre performed

acoustically by local Matt Roberts.

6-8 pm 54 Milton Ave. 885-0669

www.pizzaworks.org Happy Hands Beads and Crafts

Stop by and see our new classes for June!

Enjoy a Cupcake and some Lemonade!

6-9pm, 91 Milton Ave. 885-0930

www.happyhandsbeads.com

Corina Contemporary

Jewelry and Fine Crafts

Enjoy, Bairbre McCarthy, Reading from her

New CD The Keeper of The Crock of Gold

(Volume 2) Joining Bairbre will be Fiddler,

Maureen McNamara!

6-9pm, 89 Milton Ave , 885-0930

www.corinajewelry.com

Midtown Wine

Stop in and try some wine. Check out our

Great Selection at Warehouse Prices 5-9pm

77 Milton Avenue 884-8346 Wild Thyme

“It takes a community!”

Stop in for info on building a food co-op as

well as special First Friday discounts and

samples!! www.wildthymetea.com

108 Milton Ave (518) 885-7275 Fifty South

Please join us for snacks on the bar, live

music and seasonal dinner and drink fea-

tures. 2128 Doubleday Ave North of the

village on Route 50 - 884-2926 -

www.fiftysouth.com

Milton Ave [Route 50]

June 2011



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Calendar of EventsCalendar of EventsCalendar of Events

June 3 First Fridays in Ballston Spa, 6-9 pm. Downtown Ballston Spa Outdoor Movie, MegaMind, 9pm Wiswall Park

June 4 Paws for the Cause Walk, Saratoga Spa State Park, 9:30 am

June 8 Ballston Spa United Methodist Church Free Lunch, 11:30 am-1 pm

Mid-Week Mixer, 5:30-7 pm, Burlingame Orthodontics

June 9 Farmers’ Market, 3-6 pm, Wiswall Park

June 11 Farmers’ Market, 9 am-12 pm, Wiswall Park featuring music by Sandi Shoor

June 11-12 Ballston Spa Village-Wide Garage Sale Weekend

June 12 All You Can Eat Breakfast, Ballston Spa Elks Lodge, Hamilton Street, 8-11:30 am

June 16 Farmers’ Market, 3-6 pm, Wiswall Park featuring music by Dangerous on Decaf

June 18 Farmers’ Market, 9 am-12 pm, Wiswall Park featuring music by Peter Taormina

June 20 BSBPA Board of Directors Meeting, 7 pm, Brookside Museum

June 21 Networking Breakfast, 7:30-8:30 am, Creative Endeavors

June 23 Ballston Spa High School Graduation, SPAC, 4 pm

Farmers’ Market, 3-6 pm, Wiswall Park

Concert in the Park, 6-8 pm Wiswall Park, WEQX presents Ra Ra Riot and Sirsy

June 25 Farmers’ Market, 9 am-12 pm, Wiswall Park featuring music by Cosby Gibson

June 26 Family Fun Day, 3-9 pm, Saratoga County Fairgrounds, call 885-5711 for more info

“Raise the Roof "Open House, Gateway House of Peace, 1-4 pm

June 30 Farmers’ Market, 3-6 pm, Wiswall Park

Concert in the Park, 6-8 pm Wiswall Park, featuring The Ballston Spa Community Band

P.O. Box 386

Ballston Spa, NY 12020

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