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The Historians Podcast 2022 fund drive is a bit protracted "so far this year"

To stay on track and reach the $6,000 goal by year’s end we need to raise $100 by Wednesday, July 13.  On-line https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022  Or drop a check in the United States Mail made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.  You may give anonymously.

This weekend in The Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder

https://dailygazette.com/

Twilight League baseball, paging the doctor at the Glove Theatre

WishFest returns to Riverlink Park on Saturday
The Recorder
 
AMSTERDAM — WishFest, Amsterdam’s annual music festival for a cause, will return to Riverlink Park at 3 p.m. on Saturday.WishFest presented by St. Mary’s Healthcare is a community music festival started five years ago with...

https://www.recordernews.com/

Saturday, July 9 2022-From the Archives- Episode 175, August 4, 2017, Baltimore sports writer John Eisenberg discusses his book “The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball’s Most Historic Record.”  Eisenberg tells the story of baseball’s legendary Iron Men, Cal Ripken Jr. and Lou Gehrig, who each achieved the record of most consecutive games played.

Sunday, July 10, 2022-Focus on History-Summer stories through the years.

The brakes failed on one trolley coming down the mountain.  That car struck the rear of another trolley and both cars hurtled down the tracks. 

Episode 430-Kevin Hall, author of a memoir on growing up in Ilion, New York

New from Kevin Hall on Amazon

MY ROSEMOUNT MN. MEMORIES: Teenage Years in My Shoes

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5TM7FKP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28PU209DLE1YI&keywords=rosemount+kevin+hall&qid=1657285366&sprefix=%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-1

Kevin Hall writes: "[...] a high school friend of mine from Minnesota and her daughter, are hiking the full 2200 miles of the Appalachian trail and doing so starting next week up in Maine and then ending in November/December in Georgia."

https://charitymiles.org/blog/mother-and-daughter-hike-the-appalachian-trail-for-parkinsons-research/?fbclid=IwAR0HU9n_oUtXV9OHJvGN__IGqWknffqnMFO0HzsgHcyBcZmSLMuIbay76UsTh

They are doing this to raise awareness, and funds, for Parkinsons, as their husband/father has been diagnosed with the disease.

Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Saturday, July 9, 2022

Sunny, with a high near 79. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 49. North wind 3 to 6 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 79. Light and variable wind becoming north around 5 mph in the morning.
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 87. Light southwest wind increasing to 9 to 14 mph in the morning.
 
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Saturday, July 9, 2022
 
Daily Gazette
 
Albany Diocese details clergy abuse compensation proposal
ALBANY — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany on Thursday fleshed out its proposal for a mediated settlement process for…

https://dailygazette.com/

 
Amsterdam Recorder
 
WishFest returns to Riverlink Park on Saturday
 
AMSTERDAM — WishFest, Amsterdam’s annual music festival for a cause, will return to Riverlink Park at 3 p.m. on Saturday.WishFest presented by St. Mary’s Healthcare is a community music festival started five years ago with...

https://www.recordernews.com/

Leader Herald

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https://www.leaderherald.com/

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