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H.O.P.E Pets for Adoption
Yukon is a 9-year old Rottweiler possibly mixed with Bernese Mountain Dog. He is very sociable and loves people of all ages. He often smiles at his foster mom (a full, teeth-baring grin that is definitely a smile). He will occasionally approach strangers and smile at them too! He is mellow but does likes to play. He loves walks and car rides. Yukon is housebroken and gets along well with most very small male dogs and with female dogs of any size. Yukon will not be placed in a home with cats, rabbits or other small house pets. He would prefer to live in a home with a fenced in yard. Like all HOPE pets, Yukon is neutered and up-to-date on vaccinations.. He's pretty mild mannered and gets along with other polite dogs. Yukon's feline foster-sis is teaching him how to live with cats.
At 9 years old, Yukon is eligible for our Senior to Senior program (adoption fee waived for qualified applicants 65 years and over).
Marius is an eight month old charming, lovable kitten. He and his sisters were rescued from a barn trying to survive the brutal cold of the winter. His foster mom spent many days slowly rehabilitating him. He has gone from a frightened feral kitten to the sweetest, most affectionate one of his litter. Marius enjoys sleeping on top of your head, lulling you to sleep with his boisterous purring. He also loves to rub his face against yours; making sure to give you plenty of kisses. Marius needs a home where he can receive all the affection he deserves (and it is quite a lot!) He enjoys playing with cats of all ages and gets along well with dogs. Marius is neutered and up to date on his shots.
Addie is a lovely, long haired tortie cat that loves to be near her person. She really enjoys a frisky romp chasing her toys — a crinkly pink crescent moon is her favorite, tossing it up in the air she makes her own fun and she is also training her foster dad to fetch. Addie likes to sit in your lap 1-2 hours in the evening watching baseball. (She may be a Yankees fan.) Addie's motto is: If there's a lap, I'm on it!
At 9 years old Addie qualifies for HOPE's free Senior-to-Senior program. All HOPE cats are spayed/neutered, up to date on their shots, and have tested negative for Feline Leukemia and FIV.
Please call 518.428.2994 for more info! To fill out an online Adoption Application, view other adoptable pets and make a low cost spay/neuter appointment, visit us www.hopeanimalrescue.org
"Let Them Know There Is H.O.P.E."
Mechanicville Girls Softball Photos – by Dan O’Connor
This Month in the Civil War – June, 1864 Cold Harbor to Petersburg- by S. McBride
The Union’s Army of the Potomac had suffered a terrible loss of men in May, 1864 in battles at The Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse, but General Ulysses S. Grant was committed to bringing the bloody and costly War Between the States to an end before the year ended. The Confederates had suffered considerable losses as well. Grant’s plan to prevent Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia from being reinforced as Grant moved his troops toward Richmond was to have diversions in other places. Union General Franz Sigel had fought forces under Confederate General John Breckinridge at New Market in the Shenandoah Valley in mid-May. Greatly outnumbered, Breckinridge had called up cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, some of them boys as young as 15, and most of whom were killed or wounded. But they defeated Sigel.
Read the entire article in the June 19th issue of the Express.
Heggen Family Tradition – by H. Wessell
MALTA: The woman in the picture "has a history" but in a good sense of the phrase with the government of the Town of Malta, as well of Southern Saratoga County, and countywide.
She may well be making some more of it, next year: as potentially the first woman to hold the position as one of the County's top lawyers: the District Attorney and in something of a family tradition, at that.
Karen A. Heggen is literally a Malta "hometown girl," born and raised and residing in the Town. She graduated from Ballston Spa High School, Middlebury College, and Vermont Law School, where she earned a Juris Doctor degree in 1991.
You can read the entire article in the June 19th issue of the Express.
Pink Night in Mechanicville
Hoosic Valley Baseball Class Champs
All Saints Presents Checks to Close & Perkins
Basketball Benefit Recipients On Wednesday, June 11th All Saints on the Hudson Parish Youth were pleased to present a check to the recipients of our recent annual basketball benefit to Elizabeth Close and Donna Perkins (Michaela Perkins for Donna Perkins). Pictured for this gathering were: Father Thomas Morrette, pastor of All Saints on the Hudson, Vickie Giulianelli, Director of Youth Ministry, Ann Gaetano benefit chairperson and members of the parish's Youth Council- Brianna Denier, Anthony D'Ambro, Vinnie Varvaro, and Anthony Clements, Noah Perras to name a few.
The Express Newspaper – June 19, 2014
Body Recovered in Kayaderosseras Creek
Ballston Spa, NY: The search resumed this morning for a missing person from a rafting accident on the Kayaderosseras Creek on Friday evening. At approximately 10:15 this morning a swift water kayak team from the the body was initially located by the Environmental Conservation Police jetboat located the remains of an adult female on the shores of the Kayaderosseras Creek in the Town of Malta. The body was located on a point of land between Malta Avenue and Northline Rd which had been exposed as the waters of the Kayaderosseras Creek receded following a weekend of flooding.
The victim has been identified as Diana Henderson, age 52 of the Town of Milton. On Friday evening Henderson was rafting in the swift moving waters of the Kayaderosseras Creek following a heavy rain storm when her raft capsized and she was swept downstream. An extensive search of the creek began Friday evening and continued through the weekend.
The Sheriff’s Office was assisted throughout the search effort by the New York State Forest Rangers, Environmental Conservation Police, New York State Park Police, Ballston Spa Police Department, Ballston Spa Fire Department, Malta Ridge Fire Department, Arvin Hart Fire Department and Malta-Stillwater Ambulance. It was through the collaborative effort of the many agencies involved and the vast resources available to our communities that Mrs. Henderson’s remains were located.
We offer our condolences to the family of Diana Henderson and our thanks to the many agencies that assisted us in the search..