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mmm '.V*v mmmm^mm^ The Af^^^:M1^V^^S^^^^ai<^^iiQ6 •• Happy 35 th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lloyd Whiteley will celebrate their 35 lh anniversary on July 24,2006. They have two daughters, two sons, two grand- daughters, two grandsons and even a step-grand- daughter. They still reside in their home of 29 years in West Berne, NY. Lots of love from all of us! The Enterprise opinion pages are an open forum for our community. We encourage readers to express their thoughts about issues that appear in this newpaper or affect the community. Letters should be brifefCwith an outside limit of 1,000 words) and must include the writer's address, name, and phone number for verification. The editors may reject letters that have been printed elsewhere. Letters concerning elections will be cut off one issue before the election at the editor's discretion. No unsigned letters, Deadline for letters is Tuesday at noon. HILLTOWN MARKET DAYS at the OCTAGON BARN 588 Middle RobdjCaunty font.- :v) in Knox, , at the intetsecfio^of Beebe Road tt ountv Rouu- ?5<'J Come to jKtoox and follow tlic >i«llo» %ij»n*. The phone numBef thpre $; (518) 872-9698 . — S^tilWtays — 9iMML tofj g.m. July 22 — September 30,2006 Bring your family and inond^ toi a ride m the country for wiilc open views, fresh air, happy music and fabulous shopping' • Local Produce • Meals • Gifts in Fabrics, Wood,Ceramics and Jcwcli \ • Maple Products • Honey • Jams & .h-llu-s • Beeswax Candles * Homemade Baked Goods & Pies • Natural Soaps • MORE! Suftppnt fyvunA. attA cottatfe. luUineMei. o^ Ute. <JlilUoumi and etop&uesica the. QlamotH, 2uaUbf. r GUG/UH., tyine. QnajjUmaniiUp. and. tyu*i 0/ Uie local ecotumuf. For more information, call (518) 872-9131 or email us at: rpokorny@nycap.rr.com ii^-li To the Editor: The old adage \always be pre- pared\ is certainly true when it comes time to. return to school to begin the task of learning new and exciting things. Arriving in school that first day well pre- pared for learning sets the tone for success throughout, the school year. The Hilltowns Community Resource Center, an outreach site of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, wants to ensure that children from families in need that receive HCRC services are set for success each school year. To do so, HCRC is seeking individuals and organizations willing to adopt a student and assist in sending him or her back to school prepared for learning. HCRC is asking sponsors to commit to providing each stu- dent a new backpack containing school supplies needed and a new pair of sneakers. Sponsors will be provided with a list of supplies each student is required to have, shoe size, and color preferences. Please call the resource center at 797-5256 if you or your organization is interested in sponsoring a student. In addition, during the months of July and August, HRCR will be conducting a back-to-school supply drive throughout the townships of Berne, Knox, Westerlp, and Rensselaerville. Community members can help with the resource center's efforts by purchasing a variety of school supplies and dropping the items in bins at the following locations: — Post offices in East Berne, Berne, Knox, Westerlo, Medusa, Preston Hollow, and Rensselaer- ville; and — Transfer stations and libraries in Rensselaerville and Westerlo. Back-to-School items that can be donated include boys' and girls' sneakers (all sizes), pens, pencils, colored pencils, crayons, markers; high lighters, pencil holders, pocket folders, primary school writing tablets, three-ring binders, binder paper, binder dividers, spiral notebooks, com- position notebooks, rulers, pro- tractors, calculators, erasers, index cards, tissues, Post-It notes, small and larger zip-lock The resource center is also looking to obtain graphing calculators for use by students in advanced math classes. These calculators will be loaned to stu- dents for the math course. Monetary contributions are always welcome. Checks may be made payable to HCRC and can be sent to the Hilltowns Com- munity Resource Center, Post Office Box 147, Westerlo, NY 12193. Please call 797-5256 with any questions. Kathleen L. Speck Program Coordinator Hilltowns Community Resource Center WELLINGTON'S HERBS & SPICES *• 649 Rickard Hill Road Schoharie, NY 12157 518-295-7366 V • Spectacular panoramic scenery • Herb, flower & specialty vegetable gardens • Fishing & small farm animals • JULY 2-31 • ART EXHIBIT Stanley Maltzman and Susan Story \The Valley & Beyond-En PleinAir\ • JULY 29 • CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL www.wellingtonsherbsandspices.com email: ginger@midtel.net Visit Website for Scheduled Events REAL ESTATE Mark Burlingame Licensed Realtor 424-5915 mburlingame@cmfoxrealestate.com Mark is already very involved with CM Fox Living Solutions, LLC which offers creative and unique housing options for seniors He is also providing residents with practical, equitable ideas for buying and selling real estate Troy Miller I Broker Office: 456-4002 Visit us at www.cmfo Providing Solutions for Your Real Estate Nelias; CM Education is about development of children from observers to learners To the Editor: From Mr. David Crawmer's letter from the July 13 Altamont Enterprise, it appears as though he misinterpreted some key points in a letter that I had written that was printed in a previous edition. In hopes of clearing the air, I offer the following. I was not stating that Mr. Crawmer was a xenophobe, as I do not resort to name-calling or mudslinging, as it is counter- productive. Simply put, I was stating that the United States cannot afford to isolate itself from other nations in the light of the global economy. I also stated that liberals as well as conser- vatives shoulder the burden of responsibility for events that have occurred at home and abroad. In regards to education, one does not have to be a member of Mensa to recognize that children need maximum exposure to the Three R's — reading, writing and arithmetic. But the time required for this, exposure should not come at the.expense of the arts and sciences. Whole student development should be the overarching goal of the education of our children; included in this, development should,be activities that encour- age the exploration of .other cul- tures, $JbM: better way to pre- pare childrehjiji- a future where individuals from other cultures and countries may be colleagues as well as competitors' Recently some prominent business executives had this to say when asked to give advice to young people on how to prepare themselves for the future: — \I hope my son learns Spanish and Chinese, and I would love for him to be a computer engineer, but I also hope he studies literature, It's more about how your brain works than about specific jobs.\ — Scott Meyer, chief executive officer of, About.com — \Figure out something that you really like. Because you will be competing against students in Russia, China, India and the Czech Republic.\ — Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel. — \Learn Chinese. There's going to be a lot of action in China.\ — Lakshmi Narayanan, chief executive officer of Cognizant Technologies. economic growth and the welfare of Austrian society as a whole gives form to the Austrian public education system? The education of children, whether at home or in a private or public institution, has, is, and probably always will be about the indoctrination, political or otherwise, as well as the socialization of young minds to the cultural values and norms of their respective societies. It is the setting of the learning that dic- Public schools are not as bad as we are being led to believe. Public-education models as implemented in other countries and the concerns of politically- correct indoctrination of children in schools, are two other areas that need to be addressed. Austria is a country of approximately 8 million people 1 that has a public-education system in which 10 percent of the schools are private/parochial and operated, predominately by the Roman Catholic.Church. With only nine years of man- datory education and relatively small pojpuiiaition, parochial schools can play a greater: role uv\ education. However, it may be the economic model that Austria subscribes to that makes this type of educational system possible Unlike the United States, Austria is not a capitalist nation but operates under a mixed eco- nomy model, a little bit of capitalism and a little bit of socialism. Could it be that the national commitment to the utilization of state intervention to maintain a balance between tates the variability and content of the lessons delivered, with home being the most variable and the public setting the least. Education is about develop- ment of children from observers into learners and the way to gauge success is by monitoring academic performance and standardized testing. A report released by the Department of Education reveals that children from public schools perform as well and outperform in math and reading than their com- parable private school counter- parts. This report confirms the results of other studies that have come under fife in recent years and makes quite dear; public schools are not as -bad as we are being 1# to' &0 Hever That's a good thing because there are riot e^©^||A|(^a'i^'';s\jj^opi's'' in the U)piiited^State&;;to; prepare the W6^prc6?#e will need for the 21§tC^tury'.. AwwnHarrell GuHderiand
