Rensselaer Fest chairman Ricky Mollenkopf, left, and co-chairman David Ellis put up a sign for a fund raiser for Rensselaer Fest at the Rensselaer Volunteer Ambulance headquarters Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Rensselaer, N.Y.  (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) Photo: John Carl D'Annibale