The Graphic Artists Guild of Albany is sponsoring a bus trip to New York City, April 19, for museum and gallery touring, shopping and sightseeing. The bus leaves at 7 a.m. from Crossgates Mall parking lot, arrives at the Metropolitan Museum and leaves the Met at 8 p.m. the same day. Round-trip fare for members cost $22; non-members pay $30. Deadline for reservations is Friday. Send reservation payment to the Graphic Artists Guild of Albany, P.O. Box 14512, Albany, NY, 12212, or call 434-8797. Roan Kane, administrator of All Metro Health Care, a licensed home care agency in Albany serving more than 11 counties, won contracts with referral sources, including St. Peter's Hospice and the Veterans Administration in Albany; Eden Park Nursing Home in Cobleskill and the Department of Social Services in Albany, Saratoga and Schenectady.
The Albany Center for Real Estate Education, in the Spada Building, 107 Everett Road, Albany, is offering the following courses: A Real Estate Broker Qualifying course will be held 9:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and March 18-20. Cost is $250. The Appraisal Qualifying course R-1: Introduction to Real Estate Appraisal will be held March 25 and March 26, and April 1 and 2. Cost is $325. G-2: Principles of Income Property Appraising is slated this Monday, Tuesday, and March 21 and 22. Cost is $375. For information, call (800) 724-2510.
CVS pharmacy's Guilderland store, corner of Routes 155 and 20, has become the fourth 24-hour store in the Capital Region. The store has added six full- and part-time employees because of the expanded hours. The store offers complete 24-hour pharmacy services. Other area stores operating 24 hours a day are in Delmar, Saratoga Springs and Latham. The move was in response to customer demand. CVS operates more than 30 stores in the Albany area and more than 1,350 stores in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states. CVS is the nation's fifth largest drug chain with annual sales of more than $5 billion.
Troy Savings Bank has been approved to participate in the First Home Club program of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York. Troy Savings is one of 19 participants. The Home Loan Bank has set aside $1 million to fund the First Home Club. The savings club will assist qualified families make downpayment and closing costs. Troy Savings will provide homeownership counseling and personal credit and budgeting assistance.
Erland E. Kailbourne, CEO of Fleet Bank and vice chairman of the SUNY Board of Trustees, will head a plan to more closely link SUNY's Colleges of Technology to make the campuses more responsive and valuable to New York's economic future, according to SUNY Chancellor Thomas A. Bartlett. ``The Strategic Alliance will address questions facing higher education today, including using technology to expand learning opportunities for students, eliminating program duplication and becoming more responsive to industry's emerging needs and requirements for a skilled workforce,'' Kailbourne said. The alliance links Colleges of Technology at Alfred, Canton, Cobleskill, Delhi and Morrisville and the Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome. An electronic link between campuses is key to the alliance's success, according to Kailbourne.
On the board The board of directors of the Albany-Tula Alliance elected officers, including: Charlotte S. Buchanan of McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams P.C., re-elected chairwoman; Dr. Joseph Bulmer, Hudson Valley Community College, vice-chairman; Susan Jacobsen, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, secretary; and Anthony S. Davidson, Fleet Bank, treasurer. U.S. Rep. Michael McNulty was elected chairman. Officers serve for two years.
Directors elected include Edward Dougherty, Doane Stuart School; William K. Holstein, UAlbany; Graham Jones, Claire Lathers, Albany College of Pharmacy; Steven Schechter, Russell Sage College; Wally Spiegel, Spiegel Enterprises, and Susan Peerless Weiss, New York State Adult Home Association.
The Ellis Hospital Foundation's new officers include Sarah J. Schermerhorn of Burnt Hills, re-elected chairman of Ellis Hospital Foundation board of trustees. Judd Staley of Niskayuna was re-elected vice-chairman. Staley is manager, reverse mortgage division, OCF. Dale Gleason of Clifton Park was re-elected treasurer. Barbara Featherstonhaugh of Loudonville was re-elected secretary.
Robert J. Near, senior designer for Rust Environment & Infrastructure in Albany, has been appointed Eastern Vice-Chairman for the Upstate New York Intergraph Regional User Group. Near's primary role will be to facilitate and coordinate local Intergraph meetings.
Gary Swan, vice president of public affairs for Support Services Alliance Inc., a statewide small business organization based in Schoharie, was named to the advisory board of the New York State Small Business Development Center, administered by SUNY, which provides in-depth counseling assistance to entrepreneurs starting their own business.
The Capital District Chapter of the New York State Building Officials Conference Inc. elected a slate of officers. Included are second vice president Samuel Chase, Clifton Park; immediate past president, Richard Gross, Building Inspection Technologies; secretary, Valerie Scott, Albany County Office of Code Enforcement; treasurer, Richard Theriault, Guilderland; first vice president, Robert Cardinal, Guilderland; and Richard Rutland, president, Colonie. The conference is an organization of building inspectors and code officials throughout New York dedicated to educating members on building code changes and new products.
Open for business David T. Hunn has opened up David T. Hunn Technical Marketing Communications, 115 Brunswick Road, Troy. The company provides marketing strategy development, copywriting and project management. Services include market communications research, creative and practical communications strategies for new inquiry generation, sales support and corporate positioning. Hunn worked for 25 years with GE in power systems, electrical, abrasives and consumer goods departments.
Griffin, Collins, and Fleming, an affiliate of Business Brokers Network of Dallas, has opened offices in Saratoga Springs directed by John J. Collins. The network has 375 affiliated offices in 48 states. It is for those interested in buying or selling a business or practice, or establishing a fair market price on a firm. It lists availability on a national database. Price determination is arrived at through valuation formulas. For information call 587-6543.
Michael Dudick, a chiropractor in private practice in Clifton Park, has opened his second office, 100 State St., Albany. Dudick is certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, New York State Workers Compensation Board and the American Academy of Pain Management. Dudick is president of the National Chiropractic Associates Registry Inc., a chiropractic preferred provider organization and information service with five offices in the Capital Region.
Hilscher & Hilscher, attorneys, have opened a Catskill office, 327 Main St. Hilscher & Hilscher has had a law practice since 1991 and has offices in Catskill, Claverack and Hannacroix.
It's an honor Troy -- Martin E. Glicksman of Loudonville, the John Tod Horton Distinguished Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was named a member of the National Academy of Engineering for his ``contributions to the science and engineering of solidification and crystal growth processes.'' Glicksman was principal investigator on a crystal growth experiment slated to travel into orbit on the recent flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Compiled by Betsy Feldstein
