The ARC of Rensselaer County, The Uptown Initiative and The Missing Link Street Ministry have teamed up to bring our community out for a day of family fun. The first Annual Troy Community Harvest Festival kicks off at 11am tomorrow with games and prizes for the kids. Face painting, a bouncy bounce and a dunking booth will be there too. Thanks to the generous support of Ross Valve, SEFCU and John Ray & Sons, all children’s activities will be FREE.
Free hotdogs will be served up too with Missing Link’s Pastor Willie Bacote manning the grill. Musical entertainment will be on tap throughout the day featuring the AME Zion Church Children’s Choir, the local a capella group REVAMPED, the vocal talents of Tom Teichman and The Missing Link Street Ministry Men’s Choir.
There will be over 20 craft vendors offering a variety of goods for sale. Stop over at the ARC tent for some cider and donuts. While you’re there, take a chance on our 50/50’s or one of our 15 different raffle items.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
They're standard equipment, use them
Anti-social behavior is one of my pet peeves. As far as I’m concerned, a driver who doesn’t use turn signals is asking to be rear-ended. It's inconsiderate. Other drivers aren’t clairvoyant. They don’t know your intentions unless you tell them - by signaling. Since turn signals are standard equipment on all vehicles, please use them. I’m encouraged by a pattern I’ve noticed in the TPD’s blotter. They are enforcing the city’s traffic laws. This enforcement is a good thing. It reminds drivers to think while driving and to be aware of their surroundings.
There’s another positive to these laws being enforced. As was said in Forest Gump, “Stupid is as stupid does” and using crack cocaine or herione is stupid. It shouldn’t surprise real citizen of Troy that someone using crack would make a minor traffic infraction in obtaining it. So why then does it surprise people that our men and women of the Troy Police Department are utilizing another tool in curbing drug trafficking? Many people ticketed for a traffic violation are also facing drug charges. At least one individual was charged with felony weapons charges following a traffic stop.
You see, when you don’t use a turn signal when pulling away from a curb, the police have a responsibility to remind you of the law by issuing a citation for breaking the law. Further, you’ve given them probable cause to search your vehicle. To me the enforcement of the traffic laws is a step in the right direction in eliminating the dirth of drug dealers.
There’s another positive to these laws being enforced. As was said in Forest Gump, “Stupid is as stupid does” and using crack cocaine or herione is stupid. It shouldn’t surprise real citizen of Troy that someone using crack would make a minor traffic infraction in obtaining it. So why then does it surprise people that our men and women of the Troy Police Department are utilizing another tool in curbing drug trafficking? Many people ticketed for a traffic violation are also facing drug charges. At least one individual was charged with felony weapons charges following a traffic stop.
You see, when you don’t use a turn signal when pulling away from a curb, the police have a responsibility to remind you of the law by issuing a citation for breaking the law. Further, you’ve given them probable cause to search your vehicle. To me the enforcement of the traffic laws is a step in the right direction in eliminating the dirth of drug dealers.
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