William Palmer, Caretaker of St. Mary’s Cemetery thanks Girl Scout Kelly O’Connor for her outstanding work creating a database for each Veteran buried at the cemetery.
Girl Scout, Kelly O’Connor, of Walden, member of Troop 255 has been working toward earning her Girl Scout Gold Award – the highest that Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts (grades 9-12) can earn. To become a Gold Award Girl Scout, a girl identifies an issue she cares about , then plans and carries out a project to address it which will have a lasting impact in her community and beyond, Gold Award projects require a commitment of at least 80 hours from a Girl Scout. Nationally, only 6 percent of eligible Girl Scouts earn the award.
For her project, Kelly wanted to recognize and honor the Veterans in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Montgomery by creating a database listing personal information and GPS coordinates for each Veteran buried in the cemetery. Kelly and her team of helpers spent many hours at the cemetery collecting and checking data on the nearly 350 Veterans buried at the cemetery. For each Veteran, Kelly used an app on her smartphone to collect the GPS coordinates for the location of their headstone or military grave marker. GPS coordinates will allow friends and family members to use their smartphone to locate their loved ones more easily when the cemetery caretaker is unavailable. The data base includes the Veteran’s name, date of birth and death, branch of service, War in which they served, honors or medals, and GPS coordinates. Copies of the database have been shared with Tim Dempsey, a member of the American Legion, VFW, and Bill Palmer, caretaker of St. Mary’s Cemetery. Special thanks to proud parents Brian ands Maryanne O’Connor and to co-leaders of Girl Scout Troop 255 Lisa Alemany and Maryanne O’Connor.
The Gridley-Horan Funeral Home of Walden is pleased to announce that Christopher D. Wynkoop is a Licensed Funeral Director with the firm. Chris is a native of Walden and proud to be the 5th generation of Wynkoop to live and do business in the area. He is a 2018 graduate of American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service. Congratulations Chris.
The Town of Montgomery Food Pantry will bag Thanksgiving Gift baskets tonight, November 13, 6:30 – 8 p.m. at the Food Pantry while the pantry is open. Hand out time is Saturday, November 16, 10 a.m. – noon at the Pantry, 2200 Route 208, Montgomery. Cars should line up on the northbound side of 208.
Hunter Insurance Services, 70 Oak Street, Walden will host the Walden Community Council meeting tonight at 7 p.m. All are encouraged to attend and join in the many forthcoming holiday activities in our Village. For information call Sue at 778-3532. See you at the meeting.
Do you know of someone who shop Walden Baptist Church, 38 Bank Street will hold a $3.00 a bag Gently Used Clothing Sale on Saturday, November 16, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Shopping Bag provided. Extra parking located behind the church.
Walden Woman’s Club will meet on Saturday, November 16, 12 noon to 3 p.m. at the Walden Municipal Building, 3rd floor Bradley Assembly Room. A film “Paris to Pittsburgh” will be shown. Recently the Village of Walden and the Town of Montgomery signed on to NY states Climate Smart Initative. Community education is one of the objectives that the municipality must meet. All are encouraged to attend.
Kristie Hall sends word that two fundraisers will take place on Sunday, November 17 to benefit St. Baldricks. A Holiday Craft Show will take place at the Walden Fire House Social Hall, 230 Old Orange Avenue 1-4 p.m. Also, a Tricky Tray Raffle will be hosted by the Union House Inn, 22-24 Hepper Street, Walden during the last Nascar Race of the Season.
For information call Kristie at 361-2246.
The Walden Historical Society will meet in the 2nd floor Community Room of the Walden Municipal Building on November 20 at 7 p.m. Don’t miss the opportunity to view a video “Where Slavery Died Hard”. You will be surprised to learn about slavery in New York State. All are welcomed to attend. Questions call 778-7772.
The Walden Humane Society, 2489 Albany Post Road is looking forward to their next indoor yard sale on Thursday, November 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Many new additions come into the shop daily. All proceeds from sales benefit the shelter. For information call 778-5225.
You are all invited to attend the MPB Coffee House at Most Precious Blood Church Social Hall, 42 Walnut Street, Walden on Friday, November 22, 7 p.m. Kevin Cronin, Pete Mahoney, John Mahoney and Aileen Sager will entertain you with Oldies, Folk, Original and Inspirational Music. Enjoy coffee, desserts and fellowship. BYOB. Always a great experience.
The Josephine-Louise Public Library sends the following news:
November is New York State History Month! Celebrate at the Library with “Drop-in” Activities on State Symbols throughout the month.
Story Time for ages 2 1/2 and older continue every Tuesday in November, 10:30 a.m.
Jumpstart Read for the Record Annual Event will be held on Thursday, November 7. The drop-in activity will focus on “Thank You, Omu!” by Oge Mora.
The Library’s new Spanish/Bilingual Story Time with Maria Ferrin will be held Thursday mornings, 10:30 a.m. November 7, 14 and 21.
Learn how to do “Flat Felting” and create your one bag with Christina Adams on Thursday, November 14, 6 p.m. This program is for adults and young adults. Please register ahead of time for this program so that we have enough materials for everyone.