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Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, August 28, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar..........................................10
Craig McKinney................................ 9
Classifieds......................................22
Crossword...................................... 24
Highland..........................................18
Letters to the Editor........................8
Marlborough....................................19
Obituaries......................................30
Opinion.............................................8
Police Blotter...................................4
Plattekill..........................................5
Service Directory........................... 26
Sports............................................ 32
Girl Scouts propose rock garden
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
WHAT: Marlboro School Board
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Marlborough Town Hall
21 Milton Tnpk, Milton
A group of Marlborough Cadette Scouts received the town’s support to build a Kindness Rock Garden at the town park. Pictured in front row:
Cindy Rifkin (leader of troop 60363) Paige Brooks, Emma Stoebling, Abigail Rifkin, Amelia Doddo, Janice Werba, Emily Hite and Krissy Werba
(leader of troop 60016). In back row: Supervisor Al Lanzetta and Councilmen Allan Koenig, Ed Molinelli and Howard Baker.
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By MARK REYNOLDS
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A group of Marlborough Cadette Girl
Scouts proposed a unique project to the
Town Board at Monday nights meeting.
“We have an idea to add a Kindness
Rock Garden at the beautiful Cluett-
Schantz Memorial Park. We think this
will help to make our community even
more amazing,” one of the scouts said.
The Cadettes told the board a message
they have often heard from their scout
leaders: “Be kind, for everyone you meet
is fighting a hard battle.” These 6th and
7th graders said, “It is an important
message that is more easily said than
done. We’ve also heard many people
choose not to be kind...in the classroom,
in the halls, at lunch, through a text
message, on social media, at the store,
while driving, on television, in the news
and on the playground. We’re learning
that life brings us all beautiful moments
and balances them with challenging
ones.”
The Cadettes said words and deeds are
very powerful and can make others feel
they are “on top of the world” or bring
a person “lower than we can imagine.”
They said they would like to be a part of
the greater good and spread messages of
kindness and inspiration by joining the
Kindness Rocks Project.
The Kindness Rocks Project is
a national program, “that spreads
thoughtful messages of kindness, hope
and inspiration through painted rocks.
It was founded by Megan Murphy, a
women’s empowerment coach, business
manager, kindness activist, meditation
instructor and lecturer. One day in 2015
she wrote “You’ve Got This” on a rock
and left it on a beach on Cape Cod in
Massachusetts where she lives. A friend
found it, which spurred Murphy on to
leave more rocks with inspirational
messages for others to find. A friend and
artist Alice Brooks, of Alice’s Restaurant
fame, was also leaving rocks to be found
and in short order a movement sprang
forth.
The Cadettes will be collecting
finished rocks throughout the fall and
winter and plan to have a table at the
fall Bounty Festival and at the Holiday
Extravaganza where people can create
their own messages on assorted rocks.
The Cadettes worked on a location with
Supervisor Al Lanzetta and Dave Zambito
[who donated the rocks] and settled on
creating a rock garden inside the fencing
within the playground. The Town Board
gave the Cadettes permission to create
their special rock garden in the town
park next spring.