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September Events At The New Lebanon Library

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The New Lebanon Library announces the following September events. All of these events are free and will take place at the Library which is located at 550 State Route 20 with the exception of the book sale, which will take place at the Midtown Mall in New Lebanon.
• September 4 – Kid’s Yoga – 10:15 am.
• September 5, 12, 19, 26 (event is on Wednesdays) – Tales for Tots Story Hour – 10:30 am. Story hour includes crafts, songs and movement activities.
• September 5, 12, 19, 26  (event is on Wednesdays) – Hug-A-Bye Babies – noon. This event includes age appropriate stories, songs and movement activities for our youngest patrons and their caregivers.
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Extreme Bull Featured At Columbia County Fair Rodeo

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When most people read the words “blue canyon” they imagine a placid scene – maybe a green valley surrounded by craggy mountains underneath a perfectly blue sky dotted with clouds.  But come September 3, for those who attend the rodeo at the Columbia County Fair, those images will change dramatically.
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Algonquian Peoples Seminar To Highlight Lebanon Springs

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The 12th Annual Mohican Algonquian Peoples Seminar will be held at the NYS Museum on Saturday, September 15, from 9 am to 4 pm. Mohican Tribal members, researchers and archaeologists will do presentations of Mohicans, past and present. We live on Mohican land. Learn more about the land you live on. The Mohican Reservation is in Wisconsin, but this area is their ancestral land. The fee for the seminar is $20. Bring your own lunch. For information, go to www.nativeamericanhudsonriver.org or call 518-369-8116. This year we have several local towns being highlighted – Coeymans, Staats Island and Lebanon Springs.

Jean M. Wheeler

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West Lebanon – Jean M. Drowne Wheeler, 66, of Schoolhouse Road, West Lebanon, NY, died early Monday morning August 27, 2012, surrounded by her loving family under the care of Community Hospice of Columbia-Greene.
Born January 27, 1946, in Troy, NY, she was the daughter of Molly Seaman Drowne of Chatham, NY, and the late Roland Drowne. She was the loving wife of Russell  I. Wheeler, whom she married on May 25, 1968, in the Brainard Methodist Church.
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