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NEW PALTZ - The assistant vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will speak 7 p.m. Monday at Lecture Center 102 at SUNY New Paltz.
James Orr will speak on the outlook for the New York economy. The event is free and open to the public.
Orr specializes in regional economics and his responsibilities include analyzing and forecasting economic trends in the New York-New Jersey region. He recently co-authored two studies on the impact of the World Trade Center attack on the New York City economy.
For more information, call (845) 257-3245.
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Parade of Lights participants sought
CATSKILL - Participants are being sought for the 2nd annual Parade of Lights in Catskill.
The Catskill Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary will be hosting the Parade of Lights at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 28. The rain date is Saturday, Nov. 29. The parade will line up at 6 p.m. in the Catskill High School parking lot. Participants should use the West Main Street entrance.
The event welcomes any float, marcher or decorated vehicle to participate. After the parade, participants will gather in the county parking lot across from the Catskill Police Department for a tree lighting and awards ceremony.
For an application or more information, contact Pamela Wright at (518) 943-9770 or e-mail paradeoflights1@aol.com.
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Boy Scouts food drive will start Saturday
KINGSTON - The Boys Scouts in Ulster and Greene counties will conduct their annual food drive starting Saturday with the distribution of collection bags.
More than 2,000 scouts are expected to participate by distributing grocery bags on Saturday to be filled with non-perishable food and picking them up on Nov. 15 after 9 a.m. The bags of food will be distributed to 36 food pantries.
In the past, the scouts have collected more than 1.4 million items of food in the two-county area. For more information call (845) 388-0040.
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Concerned Citizens of Athens to meet
ATHENS - The Concerned Citizens of Athens will meet 6:30 p.m. Friday at American Legion Hall Post 187, 92 Second St.
The group will discuss the newly proposed changes to town zoning law. For more information, call Ronald Coons Sr. at (518) 945-3731.
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Veterans for Peace plan celebration
WOODSTOCK - The Woodstock chapter of Veterans for Peace will host a Veterans Day celebration at the Woodstock Community Center Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m.
All veterans and the public are invited to attend the free event, which will honor Maury Colow, a former Woodstock resident, artist, World War II veteran and member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. The Woodstock chapter will be named "The Maury Colow Chapter."
The event will feature music, singing, poetry and refreshments. People who knew Colow are invited to share stories or recollections of him.
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SUNY offers new education certificate
NEW PALTZ - The graduate school at SUNY New Paltz is accepting applications for a post-master's degree certificate program in Multicultural Education for the spring 2009 semester.
The 15-credit program aims to help teachers and other education professionals understand how race, gender, class, language, sexual orientation, religion, physical and learning disabilities influence them as professionals, their students and the educational process.
For more information, call Nancy Schniedewind at (845) 257-2827 or Terry Murray at (845) 257-2828.
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Home repair grant deadline looms
POUGHKEEPSIE - A Nov. 28 deadline is approaching for low-income homeowners who would like to apply for the 2009 home repair program of Rebuilding Together Dutchess County.
Homeowners whose annual gross income is below 80 percent of the county median are eligible to apply. Preference is given to seniors, disabled individuals, veterans and parent homeowners with school-age children.
For an application, call (845) 454-7310 or visit the Web site www.rebuildingtogetherdutchess.org.
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Columbia promotes safety on Internet
HUDSON - Columbia County District Attorney Beth Cozzolino and presidents of several Parent Teacher Associations have started an initiative to make the Internet safer for area children.
Cozzolino began the campaign by sending school children home with a packet of information that tells parents and guardians how to protect their children from the dangers of the Internet and also how best to talk to young people about the risks involved. The information packets include pledges for students to sign, promising their parents or guardians they will report anything that makes them feel uncomfortable on the Internet. The packets also include a list of tools to protect children from "Cyber Stalkers."
The campaign also includes a series of radio public service announcements.
For more information on Children's Cyber Safety, call the District Attorney's Office at (518) 828-3414.
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Church offers help dealing with anxiety
CAIRO - A free booklet intended to answer questions about anxiety, including resources found in Christianity, is available from Resurrection Lutheran Church.
For a free copy, call the church at (518) 622-3286 or e-mail office@rlccairo.org.
Booklets also may be picked up at the church at state routes 23B and 32, directly behind CVS pharmacy.
