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Wallkill Valley Times, Wednesday, June 12, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . 8
Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Pine Bush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Police Blotter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
School News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Service Directory. . . . . . . . . . . 36
Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Walden.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Walker Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Relay for Life raises $100,000
PUBLIC AGENDA
MONDAY, JUNE 17
Town of Montgomery Zoning Board of
Appeals, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 110 Bracken
Road, Montgomery.
TUESDAY, JUNE 18
Walden Village Board. 6:30 p.m. Bradley
Assembly Room, Village Hall.
Gardiner Planning Board. 7 p.m. Town
Hall, Route 44-55, Gardiner.
Montgomery Village Board, 7:30 p.m.
Village Hall, 133 Clinton Street.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
Shawangunk Zoning Board of Appeals,
7 p.m. Town Hall, 14 Central Ave., Wallkill.
THURSDAY, JUNE 20
Valley Central Board of Education.
5:30 p.m. Administration building, 944
Route 17K, Montgomery. Special meeting
to discuss proposed referendum. Action
is expected to be taken.
Volunteers complete their first lap at the Pine Bush Relay for Life.
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By LAURA FITZGERALD
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W
ith the crash of drums, a hoard
of participants in grey and purple
t-shirts took their first step in the
Pine Bush Relay for Life. Cheers erupted
as the Walker Valley Marching Band led
the smiling participants.
Their laps around the small gravel
track have raised huge amounts of money
for the American Cancer Society. Relay
for Life is a national event in which
thousands of communities host annual
events which fund everything from cancer
research to free rides to chemo.
Denise Harrison, lead Pine Bush Relay
for Life committee member, said Pine
Bush Relay for Life raised $96,000 since
the last relay closed in August 2018.
Donna Henke, lead Pine Bush Relay
for Life committee member, said the Pine
Bush Relay for Life chapter has raised
about $2.4 million over 15 years.
“We are here to remember those
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Nicole Porter and Jamie Bennett volunteer at the Pine Bush Relay for Life.