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16 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Altamont</strong> <strong>Enterprise</strong> – Thursday, December 20, 2012<br />
Community Calendar<br />
Friday, December 21<br />
Mainstream Level Western<br />
Square Dance, sponsored by the<br />
Schoharie Valley Hayshakers,<br />
at 7:30 p.m. in the Middleburgh<br />
High School cafeteria. <strong>The</strong> dance<br />
theme is Christmas. <strong>The</strong> caller<br />
is Ray Taylor and the cuer is<br />
Elma Taylor. Please wear soft<br />
sole shoes.<br />
Sunday, Dec. 23,<br />
7 a.m. - 1 p.m.<br />
OPEN ChriStmaS EvE<br />
7 am - 2 Pm<br />
ClOSED ChriStmaS Day<br />
Merry ChristMas!<br />
OPEN New year’s Eve<br />
7 a.m. - 2 p.m.<br />
Come Celebrate With Us<br />
reopening 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.<br />
Dec. 26 Wed. 7 a.m. - 2 p.m.<br />
Dec. 27 thurs. 7 a.m. - 2 p.m.<br />
Dec. 28 Fri. 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. open all day<br />
Dec. 29 Sat. 7 a.m. - 2 p.m.<br />
Dec. 30 Sun. 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.<br />
Dec. . 31 mon. 7 a.m. - 2 pm/5 p.m -9 p.m.<br />
tues. Jan. 1, New year’s Day<br />
“Parm 7 a.m. - Night” 1 p.m.<br />
861-6452<br />
Wednesday Main Street, <strong>Altamont</strong> Nights<br />
Chicken Parmesan<br />
$8.95<br />
Eggplant Parmesan<br />
$8.95<br />
Chicken Sorrento<br />
$10.95<br />
Includes: Soup or Salad<br />
and Choice of Sides<br />
“Parm Night”<br />
Wednesday “Pasta “Parm Night”<br />
Nights<br />
Wednesday Tuesday Nights!<br />
Chicken Create Parmesan your<br />
Chicken own pasta $8.95 Parmesan dish!<br />
dish!<br />
Chicken Parmesan<br />
Eggplant Choice $8.95 of Parmesan Pasta,<br />
Eggplant Choice $8.95 of Parmesan Sauce, Pasta,<br />
Chicken Choice with soup $8.95 of Sorrento<br />
Sauce, salad<br />
Chicken with for soup Sorrento $10<br />
Chicken “Parm $10.95 Sorrento Night”<br />
Includes: Soup or Salad<br />
Wednesday “Parm<br />
salad $10.95 for and Choice<br />
Night”<br />
$10<br />
of Sides Nights<br />
Includes: Soup or Salad<br />
Wednesday ... Also and Monthly Choice of Specials!<br />
Sides Nights<br />
See “Pasta our November Night” Menu<br />
Chicken Parmesan<br />
Tuesday Chicken “Pasta EAT IN $8.95 - Parmesan<br />
TAKEOUT Night” Nights!<br />
Eggplant Tuesday $8.95<br />
Create<br />
Parmesan Nights!<br />
1412 Township your<br />
Eggplant<br />
Road<br />
own $8.95 Parmesan<br />
Knox, Create pasta NY your 12009<br />
Chicken $8.95 Sorrento<br />
dish!<br />
own 518-872-2100<br />
pasta dish!<br />
Chicken<br />
Choice<br />
$10.95 Sorrento<br />
Proprietor of Pasta,<br />
Includes: $10.95 Soup Paul or A. Salad Centi<br />
Renée Choice Includes: and Quay Soup of - of Sauce, Exec. Pasta, or Sides Salad Chef<br />
Choice and with Choice soup of of Sauce, Sides<br />
“Pizza Night”<br />
or<br />
salad for $10<br />
“Pasta with soup Night” or<br />
Thursday ...<br />
Tuesday “Pasta salad for Night”<br />
Nights<br />
$10<br />
Large Also Pizza Monthly w/<br />
Nights!<br />
2 Specials! toppings<br />
See Tuesday<br />
... Also &<br />
Create our 20 Monthly November Wings Nights! $19.95<br />
your<br />
Specials! Menu<br />
See Make own EAT Create our your<br />
IN November<br />
pasta - TAKEOUT<br />
New your Year’s Menu<br />
dish!<br />
own reservation<br />
EAT IN pasta now!<br />
- TAKEOUT dish!<br />
1412 Open<br />
Choice Township New Year’s Day<br />
of Pasta, Road<br />
1412 Choice Knox, Township NY of Sauce, Pasta, 12009<br />
Road<br />
Choice Knox, 518-872-2100<br />
with soup NY of Sauce,<br />
12009 or<br />
Proprietor 518-872-2100<br />
salad with soup Paul for $10 A. orCenti<br />
Renée Proprietor salad Quay Paul for - Exec. $10<br />
A. Centi Chef<br />
Renée ... Also Quay Monthly - Exec. Specials!<br />
Chef<br />
See ... Also our Monthly November Specials! Menu<br />
See<br />
EAT<br />
our<br />
IN<br />
November<br />
- TAKEOUT<br />
Menu<br />
Winter Solstice Night Hike:<br />
Daylight has waned to a minimum<br />
on the shortest days of<br />
the year. What better time for a<br />
night hike through the <strong>Albany</strong><br />
Pine Bush Preserve? Walk with<br />
us along the trails without light<br />
and test your sense at night. We<br />
will also explore how nocturnal<br />
animals utilize the nighttime<br />
for their survival. Our hike will<br />
conclude with hot cocoa. Please<br />
dress for the weather and meet at<br />
the <strong>Albany</strong> Pine Bush Discovery<br />
Center, 195 New Karner Road,<br />
<strong>Albany</strong>, at 6:30 p.m. <strong>The</strong> fee is<br />
$3 per person or $5 per family<br />
and registration is required; call<br />
456-0655.<br />
Saturday, December 22<br />
Program on Evergreen<br />
Trees at Five Rivers: A field<br />
study of the natural history of<br />
evergreen trees will be conducted<br />
at 10 a.m. at 56 Game Farm Road,<br />
Delmar. Evergreen trees provide<br />
many animals with food, nest<br />
sites, shelter from the weather,<br />
and protection from predators.<br />
On this outdoor foray over gentle<br />
terrain, center staff will lead a<br />
tour of selected evergreen stands<br />
at Five Rivers. Participants will<br />
learn about the ecological and<br />
economic importance of evergreen<br />
species commonly used for<br />
seasonal decoration such as pine,<br />
spruce, and fir. Participants will<br />
learn basic tree identification<br />
tips. <strong>The</strong> impact of invasive forest<br />
pest species will be discussed.<br />
This program is open to the public<br />
free of charge. Call 475-0291<br />
for more information.<br />
Program on Winter Wildlife<br />
at Five Rivers: A family-oriented<br />
field study of wildlife adaptations<br />
to winter will be conducted<br />
at 2 p.m. at 56 Game Farm Road,<br />
Delmar. On this outdoor foray,<br />
center naturalists will lead a<br />
search over the meadow and<br />
through the woods, looking for<br />
tracks, dens, chewed cones, and<br />
other seasonal signs of wildlife<br />
use. <strong>The</strong> three common winter<br />
survival strategies will be discussed.<br />
This program is open to<br />
the public free of charge. Parents<br />
and children must accompany<br />
each other. Call 475-0291 for<br />
more information.<br />
Welcome Winter: It’s official,<br />
winter has begun! Join us as we<br />
explore the Pine Bush looking<br />
for signs that winter is here.<br />
We will end our program in the<br />
Discovery Center with a variety<br />
of winter crafts, with something<br />
for everyone! Meet at the <strong>Albany</strong><br />
Pine Bush Discovery Center, 195<br />
New Karner Road, at 1 p.m. <strong>The</strong><br />
fee is $3 per person or $5 per family<br />
and registration is required;<br />
call 456-0655.<br />
Solstice Hike to High Point<br />
at Thacher Park: Take this<br />
time out during the holiday hullabaloo<br />
for a peaceful walk in the<br />
woods on the shortest day of the<br />
year. Hike through the woods to<br />
beautiful views from the escarpment.<br />
Call 872-0800 to register<br />
and for the meeting place.<br />
Sunday, December 23<br />
Suburban Sounds Community<br />
Chorus Holiday Concert<br />
at 2 p.m. at the Guilderland Public<br />
Library, 2228 Western Ave.,<br />
Guilderland, featuring sacred<br />
and secular carols, ancient and<br />
modern. <strong>The</strong> concert is open to<br />
the public free of charge.<br />
Long Time Courting, a Boston-based Celtic quartet — from left, Shannon Heaton, Sarah Blair, Liz<br />
Simmons, and Valerie Thompson — will give an Old Songs concert on Friday, Jan. 6, at 8 p.m. <strong>The</strong><br />
concert will be held at 37 South Main St. in Voorheesville. Tickets are $20 and may be reserved by<br />
calling Old Songs at 765-2815 or online at www.oldsongs.org.<br />
Trey Anastasio, a founding member of Phish, who has released<br />
eight solo albums, will play at the Palace <strong>The</strong>atre, at 19 Clinton<br />
Ave. in <strong>Albany</strong>, on Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $42.50 and<br />
may be purchased at the Palace Box Office or via Ticketmaster<br />
Charge-by-Phone at 800-745-3000, all Ticketmaster outlets, or<br />
online at ticketmaster.com.<br />
Wednesday, December 26<br />
CSI — Critter Scene Investigation:<br />
How are your detective<br />
skills? Do you have what<br />
it takes to be on a team of nature<br />
investigators, solving Pine<br />
Bush mysteries, by examining<br />
evidence? Join us for a 30-minute<br />
introduction followed by a<br />
60-minute outdoor trek to look<br />
for clues and evidence of what<br />
lives in the Pine Bush. Our trek<br />
will be on snowshoes if enough<br />
snow is available. Meet at the<br />
<strong>Albany</strong> Pine Bush Discovery<br />
Center, 195 New Karner Road,<br />
at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. <strong>The</strong> fee is<br />
$3 per person or $5 per family<br />
and registration is required; call<br />
456-0655.<br />
Thursday, December 27<br />
Family Program on Beavers<br />
at Five Rivers: A family-oriented<br />
program on the American<br />
beaver will be conducted at 56<br />
Game Farm Road, Delmar, at 2<br />
p.m. During this indoor/outdoor<br />
study, Five Rivers staff will<br />
present an elementary overview<br />
of the natural and cultural history<br />
of this fascinating rodent<br />
through crafts, games, and showand-tell<br />
artifacts. Afterwards,<br />
staff will lead a tour of prime<br />
beaver habitat. This program is<br />
free of charge, but enrollment<br />
is limited. Parents and children<br />
must accompany each other. Call<br />
475-0291 to register.<br />
Wish it Would Snow-shoe<br />
Walk at Thacher Nature Center:<br />
If wishing makes it snow,<br />
we’ll take a snowshoe walk on<br />
the trails at 10 a.m. Try out your<br />
new snowshoes or borrow a pair<br />
of ours. If there’s no snow, we’ll<br />
make it a winter walk. Afterwards,<br />
warm up with hot chocolate.<br />
Call 872-0800 to register<br />
and confirm conditions.<br />
Winter’s Tale Puppet Show:<br />
<strong>The</strong> snow-covered dunes of the<br />
Pine Bush set the scene for this<br />
winter’s tale. Join us in the Discovery<br />
Center, 195 New Karner<br />
Road, at 10 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.,<br />
for a musical puppet adventure<br />
for the whole family. <strong>The</strong> fee is<br />
$3 per person or $5 per family<br />
and registration is required; call<br />
456-0655.<br />
Friday, December 28<br />
Birding for Kids Program<br />
at Five Rivers: A children’s<br />
introduction to birds and bird<br />
life will be conducted at 56 Game<br />
Farm Road, Delmar, at 10 a.m.<br />
At this indoor/outdoor program,<br />
center naturalists will discuss<br />
concepts and bird anatomy, behavior,<br />
identification, and conservation,<br />
which parent and child<br />
can build upon in their own yard<br />
or park. Participants will study<br />
birds at the center’s feeders from<br />
indoors, then venture out along<br />
center trails for a little field<br />
work. Simple, but effective backyard<br />
bird conservation strategies<br />
will be discussed. This program<br />
is free of charge, but enrollment<br />
is limited. Parents and children<br />
must accompany each other. Call<br />
475-0291 to register.<br />
Snowshoe Adventure: Have<br />
you tried the sport of snowshoeing?<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Albany</strong> Pine Bush<br />
Preserve is a great place to get<br />
started with this fun sport. Join<br />
us for a one-mile hike on snowshoes.<br />
We’ll explore the frozen<br />
landscape of the pine barrens<br />
and gain a basic introduction<br />
to snowshoeing. Snowshoes will<br />
be provided to program participants.<br />
Meet at the <strong>Albany</strong> Pine<br />
Bush Discovery Center, 195 New<br />
Karner Road, at 10 a.m. or 11:30<br />
a.m. <strong>The</strong> fee is $3 per person or<br />
$5 per family and registration is<br />
required; call 456-0655.
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