Valley Falls- Gloria Waldron Hukle, is a local historical fiction novelist with, “deep New York roots.” Hukle spoke to a crowd at the Valley Falls Free Library on Wednesday April 13th at 7pm. “I always support our libraries,” says Hukle who was asked to speak as a part of an ongoing author night series sponsored by the library.”
April 21 issue.
Phyllis Tate grew up here in Mechanicville. The daughter of prominent attorney Frank Tate and his wife, Phyllis, she was the third of four children. As a child, she liked to walk up the street to her dad’s law office in the Enzien block on the corner of Park Avenue and Main Street, where the two would discuss cases, debating the legality of both sides.
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She was learning-disabled. She could not read until she was 14 years old. She had dyslexia and was unable to sit still. She could not do math. She was teased, laughed at and humiliated. In her own words, she “had a dazzling array of tricks to hide what I was going through from my teachers.”
But today Patricia Polacco is the author and illustrator of 95 books for children. She has won numerous prestigious awards for her writing and her art. And she is an amazing public speaker. On Thursday of last week, she delighted the students and teachers at Mechanicville Elementary School with her story of how she got to that place.
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