The following incidentswere reported to the ColumbiaCounty 911 Office:

! The Copake Fire Depart-ment and Copake Rescueresponded at 7:21 a.m. May 27to 7980 Route 22 in Copake toan automobile accident. A per-son was transported toFairview Hospital. The Colum-bia County Fire CoordinatorsOffice was on the scene. Thesheriff’s office investigated.They were back in service at7:58 a.m.

! The Chatham FireDepartment and Chatham Res-cue responded at 10:03 a.m.May 27 to the Columbia Coun-ty Transfer Station at 452Route 295 in Chatham to a carcollision with a pedestrian. Ahelicopter was placed on stand-by but was not needed. A per-son was transported to Colum-bia Memorial Hospital. Thesheriff’s office investigated.They were back in service10:28 a.m.

! The Livingston Fire Dis-trict responded at 5:22 p.m.May 27 to Hannaford 32 Route82 in Livingston to a tree onpower lines. National Grid wasadvised. They were back inservice 5:34 a.m.

The Livingston Fire Districtresponded at 6:46 p.m. May 27to Benton Road and TaghkanicRoad in Gallatin to a tree downon wires. Germantown Tele-phone and the Gallatin High-

way Department was advised.They were back in service at8:11 p.m.

! The Kinderhook FireDepartment and Valatie Rescueresponded at 9:18 p.m. May 27to 1 Broad Street in Kinder-hook to a carbon monoxidedetector activation set off byuse of a gas pressure washerbeing used inside. The buildingwas vented. They were back inservice at 10:26 p.m.

! The Stuyvesant FireDepartment and Valatie Rescueresponded at 7:31 p.m. May 28to 1693 Route 9J in Stuyvesantto an automobile accident. Aperson was transported toAlbany Medical Center. Statepolice investigated. They wereback in service at 8:24 p.m.

! The Lebanon Valley FireDepartment and Chatham Res-cue responded at 9:29 p.m.May 28 to Lebanon ValleyDragway 1746 Route 20 NewLebanon to a motorcycle acci-dent. A helicopter was placedon standby but was not needed.A person was transported toAlbany Medical Center. Statepolice investigated. They wereback in service at 10:11 p.m.

! The Hudson Fire Depart-ment responded at 3:09 p.m.May 29 to 432 Prison Alley inHudson to a reported bonfirethat was then extinguished.They were back in service at3:16 p.m.

! The West Ghent FireDepartment responded at 8:11

p.m. May 29 to the Bone andJoint Center at 23 Fish andGame Road in Claverack to anodor of burning wires. Respon-ders reported an overheatedlight ballast. They were back inservice at 8:41 p.m.

! The Stuyvesant FireDepartment responded at 5:28p.m. May 30 to 1627 Route 9Jin Stuyvesant to tree and wiresdown in the roadway due to autility pole that snapped.National Grid was advised.They were back in service at6:28 p.m.

! The Canaan Fire Depart-ment responded at 8:02 p.m.May 30 to mutual aid out ofthe county at 103 East AlfordRoad in West Stockbridge,Massachusetts, to a structurefire. They were back in serviceat 11:26 p.m.

Today! Austerlitz Zoning Board ofAppeals 7 p.m. Town Hall, 812Route 203, Spencertown 518-392-3260 ! Chatham Central School Dis-trict Board of Education 6:30p.m. High School Library,Chatham 518-392-2400! Chatham Planning Board 7p.m. Town Hall, 488 Route 295,Chatham 518-392-3262! Copake Comprehensive PlanCommittee 7:30 Town Hall,Copake! Hudson Industrial Develop-ment Agency 5:15 p.m. City Hall,520 Warren St., Hudson, 518-828-1030. Tentative.! Red Hook Town Board 7:30p.m. Town Hall, 7340 SouthBroadway, Red Hook 845-758-4606! Rhinebeck Central SchoolDistrict Board of Education 7p.m. High/Middle School Library,North Park Rd., Rhinebeck 845-871-5500! Rhinebeck Village Board 7p.m. Village Hall, 76 E. MarketSt., Rhinebeck 845-876-7015! Taghkanic Planning Board 7p.m. Town Hall, Route 82, WestTaghkanic 518-851-7638, ext. 7! Valatie Village Board 7:30p.m. Village Office, Martin H.Glynn Building, 3211 Church St.,Valatie 518-758-9806

Wednesday! Clermont Planning Board7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 1795 Route9, Clermont 518-537-6868! Columbia County Board ofSupervisors 5:30 p.m. PineHaven Meeting with MichaelMcCarthy. 6:30 p.m. SpecialFinance Meeting. 7:30 p.m. Fullboard. 401 State St., Hudson.518-828-1527! Copake Resource AdvisoryCommittee 7 p.m. Town Hall,230 Mountain View Rd., Copake518-329-1234! Germantown Central SchoolDistrict Board of Education 6:30p.m. 123 Main St., Germantown518-537-6281! Ghent Zoning Board ofAppeals 7 p.m. Town Hall, 2306state Route 66, Ghent 518-392-4644! Hudson Planning Commis-sion 7 p.m. City Hall, 520 War-ren St., Hudson 518-828-1030! Kinderhook Village Board7:30 p.m. Village Hall, 6Chatham St., Kinderhook 518-758-9882! Milan Zoning Board ofAppeals 7 p.m. Wilcox Memori-al Town Hall, 20 Wilcox Circle,Milan 845-758-5133! Pine Plains Zoning Commis-sion 5:15 p.m. Planning Board7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 3284 Route199, Pine Plains 518-398-7155! Red Hook Central School Dis-trict Board of Education 7 p.m.District Office Conference Room,Mill Road Elementary School, 9Mill Road, Red Hook 845-758-2241! Red Hook Zoning Board ofAppeals 7 p.m. Town Hall, 7340South Broadway, Red Hook 845-758-4606! Valatie Planning Board 7p.m. Village Hall, Martin H.Glynn, 3211 Church St., Valatie518-758-9806

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Ball celebrates commitment to medicineBy Kyle AdamsColumbia-Greene Media

The Historic CatskillPoint was transformed intoa Parisian city scene Satur-day night for the 26th annu-al Columbia Memorial Hos-pital Ball in honor of long-time donor Francis Green-burger.

The ball is the hospital’smain fundraising event ofthe year, and each yearcomes with a unique themeand honoree. More than 400people attended the eventthis year, from donors, doc-tors, physicians and nursesto dignitaries like U.S. Rep.Chris Gibson and New YorkState Assemblywoman DidiBarrett.

This year’s ball raised$450,000 in ticket sales anddonations (about $20,000more than last year), with agoal of another $75,000 tobe raised at a silent auctionto fund a children’s emer-gency room at the hospital,according to Columbia-Greene Hospital FoundationChairwoman Patty Math-eney.

“It’s a safe place for kidsand their families whenthey come into the emer-gency room,” she said.

According to the auctioncards at each table, theroom will have child-sizedequipment, furniture andgowns, child-friendly decorincluding a TV and DVDplayer, privacy and spacefor family members, spe-cialized equipment for childabuse victims, and anautism-friendly environ-ment.

“At Columbia Memorialkids mean the world to us,”the cards read. “And whenthey are sick or injured theydeserve special care.”

This year’s guest of

honor, Francis Greenburger,has been a “donor, leader,and friend of the hospitaland the Foundation formore than 20 years,”according to informationprovided by the hospital.

“Francis has been one ofour most generous andlongstanding donors,” saidMatheney.

Greenburger chaired thehospital’s “Fulfilling theDream” capital campaignand co-chaired the “2ndHundred Years of Caring”campaign. He’s the topsponsor of the annual tennistournament, which is named

in his honor, and consistent-ly a major donor to the hos-pital’s annual appeal.

Outside of his activitieswith the hospital, Green-burger is the founder, chair-man and chief executiveofficer of Time Equities,Inc., a real estate invest-ment, development, andasset and property manage-ment business founded in1966.

He’s also the founderand principal benefactor ofthe Omi International ArtsCenter, work for which hewas awarded the insignia ofchevalier of the Order of

Arts and Letters by theFrench government. Thecenter hosts residency pro-grams for internationalartists of all kinds, as wellas a 300-acre public sculp-ture park in Ghent.

On top of that, he’s thechairman of S.J. Green-burger Associates, Inc., aliterary agency that repre-sents writers like DanBrown, Brad Thor, DanielAmen, Patrick Rothfuss,Robin Preiss Glasser, andRosemary Wells, and he hasrecently founded the Green-burger Center for Socialand Criminal Justice to

advocate for reform of thecriminal justice system.

Money raised by the hos-pital foundation goestoward capital projects, notoperations, and while Math-eney said the funds fromthis event aren’t earmarkedfor any particular projects— other than the specialfundraiser for the children’sroom — the hospital con-stantly has improvementprojects underway.

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Adams, call 518-943-2100,ext. 3323, or e-mailkadams@thedailymail.net.

Contributed photoFrom left, Mary Gail Biebel, chairwoman of the Columbia Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees; Isabelle Autones, wife of honoree Fran-cis Greenburger; Francis Greenburger; Patti Matheney, chair of the Columbia-Greene Hospital Foundation; and Jay Cahalan, presidentand CEO of Columbia Memorial Hospital.

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