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Southern Ulster Times , Wednesday , October 3 , 2018
Hamlet welcomes new businesses
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One can become a “ daily member ” by filling out a form once that allows McKenna to document the sales he makes . There are no dues involved and pay for what you order .
McKenna said he took a keen interest in his health after gaining 100 pounds post high school but lost 80 pounds and has been able to maintain that weight ever since . He laughed when he thinks back to that time in his life , calling it , “ a real roller coaster .”
McKenna said some people ask for his advice on achieving a healthier lifestyle .
“ That leads to people wanting to be coached a little bit , whether they just come in for questions , which I answer to create an atmosphere in here where people can come for a healthy alternative ,” he said .
McKenna sad he was looking for a physical location , “ because this is a business model within Herbalife .” He signed a lease in June , followed by a soft opening in August and he has begun to extend the hours the store is open . He expects to be open from 7 a . m . to 2:30 p . m . weekdays but meets with clients one-on-one by appointment throughout the day .
McKenna said his Highland store , “ is a little bit of everything . It ’ s certainly here as a healthy alternative for the public but it ’ s also our hub where everybody can call home that ’ s in my business .”
The Lloyd Economic Development Committee [ EDC ] has been working to support and promote new businesses in town , like these two ventures . Gary Pregno said the
EDC published a brochure entitled , ‘ Visit the Wild Side ’ for the public to know what is going on around town and highlights local restaurants and shops in Lloyd . In addition , the EDC published a Parks and Recreation pamphlet .
EDC President Charles Glasner said they push , to promote the town , the potential of the town , we do a lot of brochures and a lot of publicity stuff and new welcome signs to the Town of Lloyd .
The EDC is also working on a name change for the town to Highland-on-the-Hudson . They will be presenting additional information to the Town Board for their consideration .
“ We ’ re going to come up with reasons to do it and some proof of how other towns changed their marketing and how it helped them ,” Glasner said .
Glasner pointed out that when North Tarrytown changed their name to Sleepy Hollow they realized a significant uptick in notoriety and tourism due to the association with the writings of Washington Irving [ 1783- 1859 ].
“ When you say Highland , people don ’ t really know where it is because there is Highland Falls , Highland Mills , the Town of Highlands ; there ’ s many different places , but we ’ re still working on it ,” he said . “ We ’ re trying to see if we can prove whether Lloyd has a history or not , like the name , no one really knows , so some people have been doing some research and we ’ ll see if that ’ s anything or not ... change is good and people sometimes resist change .”
Anti-Pipeline group also opposes Danskammer
Orange Residents Against Pilgrim Pipelines ( RAPP ) will host an informational meeting to discuss the group ’ s opposition to the proposed upgrade to the Danskammer Power Plant on the Hudson River in Rosteon .
Noted Attorney and Attorney General Candidate Michael Sussman will speak at the meeting , to be held Wednesday , Oct . 3 at 7:30 p . m . at Newburgh Town Hall , 1496 Route 300 , Town of Newburgh .
In late spring , Tiger Infrastructure Partners and Agate Power , owners of the Danskammer Power Plant , announced plans to replace their aging plant with a new state of the art facility . The new plant is expected to generate up to 575 megawatts and is projected to cost $ 400 million . The 18-acre site is located off River Road in the Town of Newburgh .
Tiger Infrastructure Partners maintains that the new facility will “ provide a more efficient and cost-effective facility to produce electricity while minimizing impacts on the surrounding communities and maintaining tax benefits into the future .” Opponents of the project maintain that the plant will burn fracked gas and discharge pullutants .
For more information on the meeting or on RAPP , contact Sandra Kissam at sandraks @ frontiernet . net or 564-3018 .
Walkway hosts 9th annual Prostate Cancer Walk
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Radiation Oncology Services [ PROS ] in Poughkeepsie , is new to the area and was attending her second cancer walk event .
“ It ’ s great , I think it ’ s awesome ,” she said . “ Last year it was nice to meet everybody in the Premier Group , I didn ’ t really know anybody and now it ’ s nice to come back .”
Dr . Goldfischer gave special thanks to all of the volunteers who helped to make the Walk a success . He said there are now more people from the community on the Foundation Board than personnel from Premier Medical .
“ This has really become a community organization and not just our practice ’ s organization now ,” he said .
Amy Irwin started in January 2018 as the Executive Director of the Foundation . She echoed Dr . Goldfischer ’ s praise for the volunteers , saying , “ we really couldn ’ t do these events without them .”
Irwin said they will hold a Chili Festival on Sunday , March 10 , 2019 at the Villa Borghese in Wappingers Falls that is also a fundraiser for the Foundation but targets colon cancer .
Jim Fitch , District Sales Manager for AbbVie Pharmaceuticals , said the company makes Lupron that is used to treat men with prostate cancer .
“ Lupron is a unique medication and has been around for 35 years . Physicians who treat prostate cancer know about it and it ’ s very effective and we have supported the urology community for a long time ,” he said . “ More than anything else we came here to support Premier and to support the patients and to provide information .”
Tim Faulds was the afternoon ’ s main speaker and shared his experience with prostate cancer , which was detected 20 years ago . He eventually chose to have his prostate removed and he continues to have his doctor monitor his situation . His PSA numbers remain very low but he is still tested on a regular basis .
Faulds strongly urged his fellow males to reach out to others and share what they are going through . He said he gained the ability to better communicate as he went through the process .
“ The best thing that we can learn to do better for ourselves is to communicate with your physician , your spouse or your significant other and keep everybody in the loop . It ’ s real hard for us to do that ; it ’ s a guy thing ,” he said . “ Do not ignore your disease , it doesn ’ t go away . It ’ s like the dust in your house , you ignore it , you ignore it , there ’ s more of it , there ’ s more of it .”
Marlboro Middle School AIS Math and Reading teacher came to the event because her father and uncle are both prostate cancer survivors . She brought three of her eighth grade Junior Honor Society students , Julia Gaer , Celeste Charlemagne and Sydney Slimak , who volunteered for the event , calling it a “ hard days work for them .”