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Alumni make major donation to CCC.

By Stephen Bartlett stephen@denpubs.com

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PLATTSBURGH — Plattsburgh State earned accreditation for another 10 years.

The school continues to shine and show marked improvement compared to the lull it found itself in 10 years ago.

In fact, the college was commended in specific areas by the Middle States Commission that had once been deemed weak points at Plattsburgh State less than 10 years ago.

Dr. Barbara Gitenstein, Middle States Commission on Higher Education chair, commended Plattsburgh

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Taylor Chien works on a project during the Upward Bound summer program. See page 2 for a related article.

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ALS golf tourney raises money to find a cure

By Shaun Kittle shaun@denpubs.com

Jennifer Langlois and her husband, Jason, of Chazy, stand by a shirt that memorializes Jennifer’s father, John Coolidge.

PORT KENT — Jennifer Langlois knows it takes a lot of muscles to smile.

It’s why she can say, with certainty, that her father was a strong man.

His name was John Coolidge, and he loved his family, Lake Champlain and downhill skiing.

Langlois’s family took care of him while he lived with Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and they watched as it slowly sapped his ability to move.

Coolidge was 62 when he died July 30, 2002. His smile was with him until the end.

“My father said that ALS was the

best and the worst thing that ever happened to him,” Langlois said, wiping tears from her eyes. “He said it helped him appreciate life.”

The leaves changing color in autumn, the first snow of winter and laughter—endless amounts of laughter—are some of the things Coolidge had a newfound appreciation for during his last five years.

“When the doctor diagnosed him, he only gave him six months to live,” Langlois said. “It’s hard to keep your dignity when you have this disease, but he always said he was doing great.”

ALS is a neurological disorder that prevents neurons from sending messages to muscles, eventually making it impossible for people with

City looks to get grant to study kayak park.

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City school budget axes field trips.

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Building character, strengthening academics

By Stephen Bartlett

stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Nicholas Averill once sat quietly off to the side.

Now he walks up the center, and while he still sits to the side if he wants to, he isn’t quiet and he’s no longer shy.

“I think this opened me up more,” said the Chazy Central Rural School student of the Upward Bound program. “I am able to go up and talk to new people.”

Avery and high school students from around the North Country recently participated in Upward Bound’s summer program, during which they took a trip to Boston, lived in the dorms at Plattsburgh State, and enrolled in courses similar to what they would take in high school and college.

“Our goal is exposure,” said Brian Post, director of the Upward Bound program. “We do a lot of college readiness and a ton of academic related workshops.”

Upward Bound, launched in 1965, is a federally funded educational program that provides high school students, largely from low income families or whose parents did not attend college, with better opportunities for attending college.

Out of nearly 900 Upward Bound programs nationwide, the one at Plattsburgh State is the fourth largest, as well as the largest in New York state.

Since 1966, more than 1,500 high school students from around the North Country have completed Upward Bound at Plattsburgh State. More than 80 percent of them have pursued postsecondary education immediately after high school.

Among other things, the programs provides students with visits to colleges in the Northeast, career internships and job shadowing, career field trips, more than 6,000 hours of community outreach and the summer program.

“The summer program is an academic program,” said Brian Post, director of Upward Bound at Plattsburgh State. “Kids take courses and live in the dorm to get a feel of what it is like to be independent.”

A faculty of 20 offers preview courses of what students take the following fall and enrichment courses, such as engineering, Chinese and Latin.

The theme for this year’s summer program was technology.

The five-week program kicked off with a trip to Boston. Last year students went to Maine, and the year before that, New York City. Such trips are about exposure and provide youth with cultural opportunities.

Families also learn to navigate the college process, including financial aid. Upward Bound hopes to improve the GPA of students, as well as their self confidence.

“Some kids during the regular school year are quiet, secluded and reserved, and they come here over the summer and find kids similar to them and have little social explosions,” said Corey Mousseau, an Upward Bound teacher who also works for Plattsburgh High School. “That boost of confidence carries over into the classroom, and you see a huge change.”

Upward Bound offered Mousseau his first teaching job. He teaches technology, providing students with hands-on learning.

“It is cool to see these kids come in on their own time,” he said. “They don’t have to be here.”

Becky Shuman taught at the summer program to cultivate an interest in music and show children how technology relates to it. Among other activities, her students built instruments out of recycled materials.

“As a demographic, this group sometimes finds it hard to find a place to fit in and this helps them stay motivated,” said Shuman, who teaches at Saranac Central School.

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Helene Meshefsky’s daughter Andrea has enjoyed her classes, made many friends and has big plans for after high school.

“My first daughter was in the program too and was shy, and this helped her get into college.”

Toni LaValley was recruited for the program and is in her first year. The Plattsburgh High School student said she has made new friends.

“Upward Bound teaches you a lot of the skills you will need.”

Paul: Audit Federal Reserve

By Stephen Bartlett

stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex) says the Federal Reserve is an unaccountable force carving out a path of destruction in the U.S. and global economies.

Recently, Congressman Bill Owens joined Paul in voting to audit the Federal Reserve.

His opponent in this year’s race for the 21st District seat, Republican Matt Doheny of Watertown also threw his support behind the bipartisan bill that requires broader operational audits of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

It passed the House 327 to 98.

“The public deserves more accountability of their money and more transparency from Washington,” Owens said. “This legislation calls for a one time audit of the Federal Reserve and, after

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Taylor Chien is in his third year in the program.

He heard about it his freshman year at Saranac Lake High School when other students recommended it.

He appreciates that the classes help him get into college.

He also said he was once timid and not very talkative.

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The bill would subject the Federal Reserve to increased congressional scrutiny.

H.R. 459, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, requires a complete audit of all activities at the Federal Reserve to hold it accountable to the American taxpayer.

It removes restrictions on the General Accountability Office and its audits of the Federal Reserve Board and its banks.

Currently, that office cannot audit activities involving foreign central banks, foreign governments or public international financing organizations.

The bill further requires the General Accountability Office to conduct an audit of all activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and its banks and report to Congress within one year of enactment.

If H.R. 459 becomes law, the General Accountability Office must also audit within six months the Fed’s review of homeowners’ loan files who were in foreclosure in 2009 or 2010.

Owens is specifically concerned with the market tumult of the 2001-09 financial crisis when bankers provided false information, manipulating the London interbank offered rate for their benefit. The rate helps determine interest rates on loans taken out, for example, by college students and those purchasing automobiles.

Owens wants to know whether the Federal Reserve knew it was a problem and if they could have addressed it, among other questions.

The Federal Reserve is the central banking system of the United States, made up of 12 regional banks located in cities nationwide, privately owned American member banks and various advisory councils.

It was created in 1913 to conduct the nation’s monetary policy, supervise and regulate banks, and provide financial services to depository institutions, the federal government and foreign official institutions.

The Fed’s decisions do not have to be ratified by Congress or the president.

And while it is subject to congressional oversight, its most important actions are not. They include monetary policy actions, direct loans to financial institutions, open-market opera39539 tions and dealings with foreign governments and other central banks. H.R. 459, sponsored by Paul, is in the Senate.

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Alumni give back to Clinton Community College

By Stephen Bartlett

stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Clinton Community College gave Wayne and Sylvia Manor their start.

The couple resides in Texas today and is involved with various companies.

But they have not forgotten Clinton Community College and recently provided the school with $200,000, which will go toward the Clearly Clinton campaign.

That is the single largest donation by a Clinton alumnus in college history.

“We are grateful to Wayne and Sylvia for their generous contribution to the Clearly Clinton campaign,” said CCC President John Jablonski. “They are setting the pace for a growing list of supporters who are helping to make our 21st Century Learning Commons a reality.”

With the recent donation, the Manors, who reside in Richardson, Texas, may help fundraising efforts for the Clearly Clinton campaign surpass $1 million in its first year.

The Clearly Clinton campaign launched this

past January and is a five-year, $7.5 million fundraising effort to help build a 21st Century Learning Commons on campus. The project is estimated to cost $15 million, with the State University of New York matching the $7.5 million the Clearly Clinton campaign raises.

CCC’s 2007 facilities master plan revealed that the existing library is significantly undersized and poorly configured for a college of its size. The plan further contained a recommendation that the school construct a new state-of-the-art student learning center.

Those findings were confirmed in 2011 by JMZ Architects and Planners, which found the college and its students needed a modern facility that includes traditional library functions, electronic research tools, areas for group study and quiet study, tutoring services and accommodations for students with disabilities.

“The plan is to incorporate all of these academic functions into a single 21st Century learning commons,” Jablonski said. “By raising funds through private donors, we plan to avoid asking the county for capital construction funds for this project.”

The Manors will serve as honorary chairs of the Clearly Clinton Alumni Campaign.

The couple challenged other Clinton alums to consider a gift to the campaign.

“We are excited about this project and see the immense benefit the 21st Century learning commons will bring to the campus,” Mr. Manor said.

“Sylvia and I wanted to give back to the place that allowed us to get our start. We are big supporters of the college and see the good it has done in the community.”

Larry and Judy Jeffords of Jeffords Steel and Engineering Company are the officials co-chairs of the Clearly Clinton Campaign. They have deep ties to the North Country and own a multi-million dollar engineering and manufacturing business that has been in operation since 1985.

Judy is also a member of Clinton’s first graduating class in 1971.

“I cannot think of a better gift or a bigger impact for every student on this campus than build-

Wayne and Sylvia Manor ing a state-of-the-art learning commons,” said Steven Frederick, associate vice president of institutional advancement. “This is a gift that will continue to give for years to come.”

The Clearly Clinton Campaign will wrap up on June 31, 2016, or when the campaign goal has been reached.

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here is just something about a person kicked back on a couch, stoned out of his mind, giggling away at Seinfeld reruns while stuffing his face with taxpayer-funded Cheetos that makes your blood boil.

If you are living off the government, your full-time occupation should be getting off the public dime, not doing bong hits with the baby sleeping in the next room.

So, it’s pretty easy to get behind the Warren County supervisors’ efforts to require citizens relying on public assistance to submit to random drug testing.

It’s easy to agree with Horicon Supervisor Ralph Bentley’s point that workers in the public and private sectors already must submit to these tests to keep their jobs.

It’s easy to agree that people collecting taxpayer-subsidized benefits be required to do the same.

And, it’s easy to concur with Bentley that people on public assistance who are misusing public money to get high instead of put food on the table should lose the privilege.

All of that sounds completely reasonable and an effort worth getting behind.

The reason we cannot back this idea, however, is because we don’t believe Bentley or a majority of the Warren County Board of Supervisors is looking at the big picture.

Here’s the underlying question: Just who are the “freeloaders,” as Bentley put it, that the supervisors are targeting? Are they people who take advantage of the most popular benefit programs such as Medicaid, unemployment and food stamps?

That only scratches the surface of the benefits offered under the gargantuan umbrella labeled “public assistance.” At last count, there were more than 1,800 so called “entitlement” programs at the federal level.

And that’s just the federal level.

According to an analysis of 2010 Census data by George Mason University, more than one in three Americans lived in households last year that received Medicaid, food stamps or some other means-based government assistance.

When Social Security, Medicare and unemployment benefits are factored in, nearly half of the nation lives in a household that receives some kind of public assistance.

That’s more than 155 million Americans.

Are we going to drug test half of all Americans? Figuring a conservative rate of $20 per test and randomly testing all 155 million people twice a year, the cost for testing alone would be over $3 billion.

Not to mention the cost of administering the program.

So it begs the question: Where do we draw the line on whom to test?

If Uncle Sam is going to require testing of those on Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, unemployment and Social Security, would you also require testing of people who use programs such as Women, Infants and Children (WIC), housing assistance or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families?

That is 14 percent of the population in those three programs alone.

How about college students who receive Pell grants? How about those who get veteran’s or disability benefits? How about those who receive tax credits or farmers who receive agricultural assistance?

How about kids who receive free and reduced school lunches or seniors who receive heating assistance?

Where does it end?

I doubt even the supervisors themselves would be immune from testing if all those variables were factored in — certainly not if we were to include their extended families.

So, while the concept of testing welfare recipients to determine if taxpayer subsidies are being used as they were intended is a commendable one, the idea of drug and alcohol testing anyone who takes advantage of a public assistance program is not.

And, as we see it, you can’t segregate one group over another. The Constitution doesn’t allow it.

Perhaps a more laudable goal to get behind would be a nation of less entitlement.

Unfortunately, drug and alcohol testing would have a negligible impact on that goal at best, while costing taxpayers billions of dollars.

This editorial is the collaborative opinion of a board comprised of Thom Randall, Fred Herbst, Shaun Kittle, Keith Lobdell, Stephen Bartlett, Andy Flynn, and John Gereau. Comments should be directed to denpubs@denpubs.com

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o other country in the world enjoys the freedoms and the prosperity that we do in the United States. The grand experiment, launched so many years ago, was to create a country free from tyranny with each person free to pursue life, liberty and happiness under the self-evident truth that all are created equal and endowed by their creator with unalienable rights.

The concept that we are “One nation under God” continues to be challenged by groups offended by the concept that so many hold dear. One such group is the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). This group has skillfully used the freedoms we enjoy to create an educational, watchdog organization that is made up of “free-thinkers,” agnostics and atheists that aim to keep church and state separate through what they claim is “persuasion and education.” Recently it forced the leaders in the city of Steubenville, Ohio with the threat of a lawsuit aimed at changing their official logo because it included a silhouette of a cross from the Franciscan University Chapel. Despite the fact that the Franciscan School is one of the leading employers in the area and one of the most recognized entities in the city, the fact that they are religiously based apparently means that their contribution to the community should not be recognized.

Organizations like FFRF are now taking advantage of cash strapped communities and governments who fear lawsuits while struggling with ever-shrinking budgets.

Most recently, and without discussion, Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Douglas decided to abandon the practice of prayer before the board’s monthly meetings after reading a newspaper editorial suggesting that prayer had no place in government. The editorial was responding to recent discussions in Washington County over the wording of the prayer offered by their official chaplain, causing the New York Civil Liberties Union to threaten suit. In this case, without NYCLU even asking, chairman Douglas led the retreat to abandon prayer, instead of investigating other modifications so as to make it acceptable.

When you look at the sacrifices made by

the early citizens of this country, and those throughout the ages who fought and died for Dan Alexander these freeThoughts from doms, I have to Behind the Pressline wonder how they would have reacted to the threat of a lawsuit? The King of England, with his world-powerful army and navy, didn’t cause our early leaders to back down from what they believed to be truth, right and just, but today all it takes is a small minority armed with a few lawyers and constitutional interpretations to end longstanding traditions. We need leaders who lead the charge, not the retreat.

Make no mistake about it, respect for a supreme being is woven into the fabric of our country and is worth preserving in our government institutions as well as our private lives. What is the first thing we turn to when tragedy strikes as it did recently in Colorado or following 911? It’s our faith and hope that there is more to life than just this world we inhabit for a short time. There must be room in this country and its government for all forms of religious and spiritual beliefs: Christian, Hindu, Judaism, Buddhist, Jehovah’s Witness, Muslim, Mormons, Scientologists, Pagans, Atheists and many, many others. We should be able to agree that we each have strong feelings for our beliefs but we must respect each other ’s right to honor those beliefs as each sees fit, without hindering or overtly offending the other.

I understand and agree with the Establishment Clause that prohibits our government from establishing an official religion or showing preference among religions or between religion and non-religion. The Free Exercise Clause prohibits the government from burdening an individual’s ability to exercise his or her religious beliefs if the burden does not arise from neutral law of general applicability but instead infringes upon a particular set CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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Plattsburgh State a world class institution I

spent the majority of my journalistic career, up until this point, covering education.

I actually attended college with plans on becoming a high school English teacher, but found a home in journalism instead.

I had only been a journalist for nearly two years when I started covering education roughly 10 years ago, landing waist deep in the thick mess at Plattsburgh State revolving around its then president, Dr. Horace Judson.

It became immediately clear that much of the campus community distrusted him, even felt betrayed by his leadership, which they claimed lacked shared governance and vision and was bogged down by illogical hiring and firing decisions. Indeed, some of the individuals hired later left under questionable circumstances, while some he fired or wanted to fire seemed to be enhancing the university’s image, as well as its product. At least one individual nearly fired seemed a clear cut case of vengeance, holding

a position Judson wanted a family member to possess.

Students and faculty were unrelenting in their assault on Judson as morale sank and the president’s opponents said the institution needed him to be gone to survive and thrive.

Eventually, after no-confidence votes by faculty and staff and quite a battle, Judson resigned, though his college career has continued since then, but not without continued struggles.

Also since then, Plattsburgh State has continued, and it has thrived.

Yes, the university was slightly embarrassed when its teacher accreditation program failed at initial accreditation. But it did happen, and that program is now stronger and more cohesive than it has ever been.

Plattsburgh, too, has suffered through the Great Recession, experiencing massive budget cuts and consistently finding itself tasked with doing much more with much less.

Stephen Bartlett

From the Editor’s Desk Yet the university has thrived and continues to excel.

On campus, there is apparently a feeling of shared governance that had long been desired, a sense of pride in product, an environment where students thrive and are cared for. Over the past few years, as the university has been forced to regroup and determine how to do more with less, how to improve

with less, the consistent message from President Dr. John Ettling, other administrators and faculty and staff has been that financial stress will not be allowed to diminish the core mission of the university. That mission is to educate students in an environment that allows them to grow and thrive and succeed just as Plattsburgh State has done over the past 10 years.

It also should be mentioned that the university employs faculty who are world renowned in areas such as anthropology, science, English and writing, to name a few, receiving recognition for chasing after the universe's origins, writing acclaimed works of fiction and much more.

As someone who covered education for more than 10 years, while I would love to see my daughter travel to another part of the state, country or world for her education and add to her life experiences at the same time, I would also be proud and pleased if she remained here and attended Plattsburgh

State.

I don’t say that because it is close, and therefore safer, at least in the mind of a parent who would miss his child if she left, but I say that because it is a fine institution.

No, it is more than that, it is an institution at which my daughter would thrive and ultimately leave equipped with many of the tools she would need to chase after and capture success, in at least those parts of life a college education prepares you for.

Middle States recently accredited Plattsburgh State for 10 more years and poured accolades on an institution that has earned such a pat on the back.

I would say that I hope Plattsburgh State continues to thrive, but it appears the institution does not need my hope.

We are fortunate to have such a place in our back yard.

Reach Editor Stephen Bartlett at stephen@denpubs.com.

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he FLW Tour held a fishing tournament regional final in Plattsburgh which is like a fishing Super Bowl. It was exciting with the final weigh-in at the PSUC Fieldhouse with the winning angler receiving $125,000. There was another smaller fishing tournament held as well two weeks later with the winning angler receiving $35,000. The 4th of July parade and fireworks and the Mayor ’s Cup & Regatta were very busy and enjoyable by many people. All of these events involve the efforts of many individuals and wouldn’t happen without the excellent city employees, Sunrise Rotary, generous sponsors, mayor assistant Beth Carlin, vendors, volunteers, media, and the public. I appreciate everyone’s commitment. Speaking of Sunrise Rotary, this special organization built and donated a new pavilion at Wilcox Dock. The dedication ceremony was wonderful and I appreciate all of their efforts with this project. I visited the Pike’s Cantonment site to view all the archeological work uncovering 1812 period artifacts. I at-

tended the District 4 and Little League District Playoffs which were played on city baseball fields. The Recreation and DPW staffs did an outstanding job getting the fields ready. I visited the city beach several times to view the improvements and new vendors. The beach is having a very good year so far. I toured all of our recreation ballfields and parks with Kevin Murphy. The public doesn’t realize how much work is involved with the upkeep of our fields and parks.

As usual, I met with different city department staff to discuss the many issues, complaints, and concerns we deal with on a daily basis. City events, drug busts, meth labs, paving projects, and the many other issues we are involved with every day are time consuming and important to address and find resolutions. We will continue to do our best for the residents and business owners of Plattsburgh! Have a great August!

Don Kasprzak is mayor of the city of Plattsburgh.

uly was another busy month in the Town of Plattsburgh. We managed the usual number of issues that come to my office along with a number of seasonable projects.

Summertime brings an increase in the use of Town water to water lawns, gardens and fill pools. The Town may on occasion ask for a degree of conservation or a ban depending on our stored supply. Often the challenging part is to understand that conservation, something that is always wise with limited resources, is not due to a lack of water but our challenge to match periods of high demand. The system has it’s limitations to produce water and, even if it were raining cats and dogs, consumption can be in excess of production. The Water and Waste Water Department has been working on ways to increase production for current and future needs.

A special committee has been working for many months on amendments to the Town’s Zoning Ordinance. A Draft has been prepared for the Board to review and a public hearing has been set for August 20th at 6:35 pm, at the Town Hall.

July also brings the Clinton County Fair to the Town of Plattsburgh. This family event has entertained generations of people in and around the Champlain Valley for many years. Though the opening ceremony was challenged by regional

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storms the remaining days were very pleasant for everyone to enjoy the rides, shows and exhibits.

As a result of many FOIL requests recently the Town Board has revisited the FOIL Policy. Some small changes were made to help meet everyone’s needs with consideration of regulation and our limited staff.

This month training classes, provided by the North Country Small Business Development Center at Plattsburgh State, began for those interested in a Town Micro Enterprise Grant. There were a total of 13 proposals submitted that have gone through an initial review and underwriting. We are very excited to see the local projects and potential new businesses.

Lastly, this month we began another phase of working to improve the site of the historic Monument at Halsey Corner. Our hard working Historian, and the Building and Grounds staff, has kept us on task and hopefully we will see improvements in time for this year ’s Battle of Plattsburgh with the final phase to be completed next year.

Enjoy the second half of your summer and drive safely!

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of beliefs. But the common denominator to nearly all religious belief is the belief in a Supreme Being. We use different names when we refer to this “Being” and have established unique customs, but the belief in something larger and more universal than our own immediate environment is what this country stands to protect, not diminish. There is room for non-believers, but their rights should also not infringe on the vast majority in this country who do practice their faith in an outward manner. In turn our government officials should not have to hide their beliefs, nor should communities be restrained when demonstrating pride in their faith-based community members and the symbols they use to represent that faith.

In my opinion, a country with no faith basis, made up of nonbelievers, is just as intolerable as a country endorsing a single religious faith. This country’s diversity and melting pot has served us well through the centuries. Our courts need to quit attacking religion and slowly chipping away its importance in our society. Newspaper editors that call for no prayer should stay focused on the First Amendment and the freedom of speech and freedom of the press because once our religious freedoms are legislated away restrictions on those other cherished freedoms won’t be far behind. As for Mr. Douglas in Essex County, N.Y., why not consider a moment of reflection prior to board meetings, encouraging the members to consider the issues they are about to undertake and look for wisdom and guidance from a source of their own choosing? We frequently ask for God to bless America both in song and prayer. I hope those blessings continue to provide our leaders, our courts and all Americans with the wisdom to accept and tolerate our differences while growing our love and respect for the country we all call home.

Dan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denton Publications. He may be reached at dan@denpubs.com.

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Water contamination woes continue in Dannemora

By Stephen Bartlett

stephen@denpubs.com DANNEMORA — Testing and monitoring continue in the wake of contaminated water in residential wells in Dannemora.

But recently the tanker changed as officials worked to find the source of the problem and come up with a solution.

Residents are still able to get potable water from the new tanker.

“We’re not changing anything but the tanker,” said John Kanoza, director of the Environmental Health Unit for the Clinton County Health Department.

The well water of residents of more than 20 homes in the vicinity of Route 374/Plank Road is infused with sodium and chloride, as well as some cyanide. They cannot drink it and their pipes and appliances are corroding faster than normal.

Town officials have said the high levels of contamination in the water comes from the salt shed, which was constructed without a liner to capture runoff.

The New York State Department of Transportation is testing the

wells and studying the hydrology in Dannemora. The department said comprehensive tests and studies will help determine the sources of contamination and come up with solutions.

A state emergency management office potable water transport tanker was delivered by the Department of Transportation to residents in the Ledgers Corners area. It was done as a proactive measure initiated by the Clinton County Department of Health.

The tanker has provided a ready source for potable water for individual use as well as for farm animals.

Residents have been hauling up to 200 gallons of water back to their homes for personal use and for animals.

A recent conference call was held with representatives from the Town of Dannemora, Clinton County Legislature, Emergency Services and Environmental Health Offices, New York State Emergency Management, Department of Transportation and Agriculture & Markets regarding the contamination of residential wells. During that call, officials decided to replace the Emergency Management tanker.

“The Office of Emergency Management trailer is an emergency

resource that the state Office of Emergency Management would like to have back in its stockpile reserve for potential incidents with current statewide drought like conditions,” said Eric Day, director of Clinton County Emergency Services. “Residents in the area will notice the change in trailers in the coming week; however, they can be assured that water in the new tanker will be potable.

“The source, testing and monitoring will be the same as it has been with the OEM tanker,” Kanoza said.

The Department of Transportation continues to provide bottled water to residents whose wells have tested positive for contaminants.

The Transportation Department contracted with a consulting firm to complete a detailed study to determine the cause of contamination and what contaminants are involved, and consultants have been contacting residents to collect water samples and conduct interviews.

Officials stressed that coordination and communication among agencies and the public are critical to reaching a solution for the problem.

‘Sweet Charity’ presentation to benefit Strand Theatre renovations PLATTSBURGH — The musical “Sweet Charity,” with book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Colman, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, will be presented Aug. 10, 11, and 12 at the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium in Hawkins Hall located on the SUNY Plattsburgh Campus. “Sweet Charity” will be accompanied by the Adirondack Jazz Orchestra, featuring the North Country’s premier professional jazz musicians. The event is sponsored by Champlain National Bank, Center Stage Dance Studio, NCCCA Arts Center, and the Strand Restoration Project.

The show centers on the unlikely heroine,

Charity Hope Valentine, who is a taxi dancer at the fandango ballroom in the late 1960s. Popular musical numbers include “Big Spender,” “If My Friends Could See Me Now,” “There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This,” “I'm a Brass Band” and ”Baby, Dream Your Dream.”

“Sweet Charity” accompanied by the AJO was conceived by director, Derrick A. Hopkins.

“Last summer, I became aware of the terrific work happening at the NCCCA Arts Center and the Strand,” he said. “I learned how close they are to meeting their capital campaign to reopen the Strand as a viable facility for all artists. I knew I

had to do something. So I called up Jennifer Moore (Music Director), Antonette Knoedl (Choreographer), Matt Pray (AJO Director), Janine Scherline (Executive Director of the NCCCA Arts Center) and Leigh Mundy (President of the NCCCA Arts Center) and we came up with this outstanding project to benefit all artists and to provide a highly enjoyable evening to theatre goers.”

Performances are scheduled on Aug. 10 at 7:30 p.m., Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m., and Aug. 12 at 6:30 p.m.

in the fully air conditioned E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium. Tickets are $20 General Admission, $15 Seniors (62+) & Students (13-17). A Family Value package is also being offered: two General Admission Adults & Each Child (5-12) is only $10 each.

For more information contact: NCCCA Arts Center (563-1604), Derrick A. Hopkins 572-4272, info@plattsburgharts.org or dhopkins@willsborocsd.org.

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There is no known cure, but there is always hope.

On Saturday, the ALS Raising Hope Foundation golf tournament drew hundreds to the Harmony Golf Club in Port Kent to raise money to support ALS research.

Langlois and her husband, Jason, who live in Chazy, are two of many who participate in events like this.

The couple admits they didn’t know much about ALS until someone close to them was diagnosed, but now they realize how prevalent ALS is in the region.

Since last August, 80 cases of ALS were diagnosed throughout the North Country.

To contribute to finding a cure, 44 teams of four took part in the golf tournament, and an auction that featured such hot-ticket items as locally made Adirondack chairs and quilts, and signed sports memorabilia, including a 1999 World Series Derek Jeter jersey autographed by Jeter, was attended by more than 100 people.

Behind the auction tent, 42 metal frames were donned by Tshirts, each with the face of someone who has died from ALS on the front.

The T-shirts help give the disease an identity, and each one represents a reason why volunteers and doctors think there is

a need to raise money, and awareness, to combat ALS. The money raised at the event was matched by an anonymous donor and given to Massachusetts General Hospital’s neuroscience center, which is dedicated to finding a cure for ALS and Huntington’s disease.

Dr. Merit Cudkowicz was one of three representatives of the research on hand to thank attendees and inform them about the research the team is conducting.

Cudkowicz acknowledged that there is a high incidence of ALS in the region, and that no one is sure why.

There is a theory, though.

Two groups, one at University of Vermont and the other at Dartmouth College, N.H., are studying the correlation between the North Country and an area in France where a large number of people have also been diagnosed with ALS. Much like many locations in the North Country, the town is near a lake that has experienced increasing amounts of cyano bacteria, or blue algae, blooms.

Although nothing is conclusive, research is being conducted to determine whether the blue algae blooms might somehow be connected to ALS. Until a cause, whether genetic or environmental, is determined, Cudkowicz stressed that diagnosing ALS early on is important to improving quality of life.

“Weakness, twitching and atrophy of muscles are not necessarily ALS, but they are symptoms of it,” Cudkowicz said.

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She told Plattsburgh State President Dr. John Ettling that the commission reaccredited the college at its June 28 meeting.

“This is excellent news,” Ettling said. “I hope you (faculty and staff) will take satisfaction in what you have done since the last accreditation to make our college a better place today.”

Among the school’s accomplishments, the commission said the school cares for the well being of all students, that the faculty and administration work together, that shared governance exists and that there is a stable administration.

That picture painted is starkly different from the image portrayed by Plattsburgh State roughly 10 years ago under the leadership of Horace Judson.

Judson took the helm at Plattsburgh State in 1994 and announced his resignation on Dec. 5, 2002, leaving at the end of the spring 2003 semester.

He cited increased enrollment and support for the College Foundation among his accomplishments at Plattsburgh State.

But he resigned from the university following criticism from students and faculty that he was ignoring their input, isolating himself from the college and community and making poor choices in hirings and firings.

Students and faculty hit him with no-confidence votes before he left his post at Plattsburgh State.

Whether the discord can be contributed solely to Judson, the university has climbed from the hole it found itself in then and has continued to excel with each passing year.

The university has consistently been recognized for its achievements, even overcoming the initial blow to its teacher-education program a few years back when it was told it needed further work to be accredited. The university rolled up its sleeves and created a superior program that was recognized as such.

The Middle State Commission on Higher Education is the unit of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools that accredits degree-granting colleges and universities.

Accreditation is a voluntary process intended to strengthen and sustain the quality and integrity of higher education institutions, with the commission examining each institu-

tion as a whole rather than specific programs within institutions. Accreditation is necessary if a college or university wants its students to obtain loans and grants from the federal government through the Student Assistance Programs in Title IV of the Higher Education Act. Plattsburgh State began the process by conducting a nearly two-year review of the college, work that culminated in a self-study report that was issued to the Middle States Commission in early February 2012.

A dozen external reviewers spent three days on campus in late March to evaluate the college in accordance with Middle States standards.

The visiting team identified several accomplishments at Plattsburgh State, reporting that there exists a culture of student support and that caring for the well-being of all students is evident in daily activities of faculty and staff.

The team reported that faculty willingly works with administration and assumes changes in employment conditions during tough fiscal times, exhibiting exceptional shared governance.

Plattsburgh State supports at-risk students, is committed to student success and continually assesses its programs.

And a survey reveals a significant increase among faculty and staff in the work being done by administration.

“Your achievement is substantial,” Ettling said to the college community. “This year ’s Middle States report confirms it.”

“We met or exceeded all standards for re-accreditation,” said Dr. Kenneth Adams, a co-chair of the self-study committee. “This is a seal of approval that a degree conferred from SUNY Plattsburgh has value and academic merit.”

Medicare training to be held PLATTSBURGH — Clinton County Office for the Aging is hosting a day of learning on Aug. 22.

The event will be held at the Emergency Services Building, 16 Emergency Services Drive, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Guest speakers will share their knowledge on the basics of: Social Security, Medicare Parts A, B, C; EPIC 2013 and Medicare Fraud.

The day is open to anyone approaching time to enroll, already enrolled, considering retirement or a caregiver of someone enrolled in Medicare but interested in a better understanding of how Medicare works.

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stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH – Plattsburgh wants paddlers.

More paddlers means more people, many of whom may not be paddlers, but spectators perhaps, grabbing a bite downtown before or after watching a kayaker negotiate obstacles in the Saranac River.

The force behind this new flow of people and cash would be a whitewater park, which inspired city officials to apply for an $11,000 grant to study the feasibility of creating such a park on the Saranac River in downtown Plattsburgh.

“I support this idea fully,” said Michelle Powers, vice president of marketing for the North Country Chamber of Commerce. “The idea is to just explore it and see if it is feasible.”

The whitewater park would be for kayakers, canoeists and paddlers and would be created by transforming a portion of the river that runs through the city into a recreation park. For example, sections of the river could be manipulated for the benefit of paddlers, possibly by inserting boulders to create water swirls.

Recreation Engineering and Planning of Boulder, Colo. would conduct the study. The company is responsible for the majority of such studies around the country today and would determine what times of year a park might work, among other things.

“They have these parks in Boulder, Colo.,” Powers said.

“There are a lot of them out west.”

There are also water parks in Potsdam, Watertown and on the Richelieu River in Quebec. Whitewater parks, which often cater to kayakers, have been popping up in U.S. cities for 20 years.

The problem with the Saranac River is its water level is often too low in mid-July and August, but pinching the river in places could facilitate a consistent flow.

This summer the weather has caused the water level to drop and made the river unsuitable for whitewater paddling.

Supporters of the idea over the years have largely focused on the needs of kayakers, but the whitewater park would be creat-

Ryan Ward works the current in the Saranac River while instructor Steve Maynard looks on. Both are supporters of a local kayak park.

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“We have a wonderful opportunity with this grant,” Powers said.

Outdoors instructors use the river already to teach their students and have long thought the city could use it to promote recreation and tourism.

“The economic impact would be amazing,” Powers said. “It would really create a buzz.”

Anything that pulls people to the downtown area is worth pursuing, she said. It would also set Plattsburgh apart from other destinations.

She said the city should know by late August whether it is awarded the grant funds.

“This gives outdoors enthusiasts another opportunity and that would draw paddlers and spectators to the area,” Powers said.

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shaun@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Apples don’t come from grocery stores, they come from trees.

Oftentimes, those trees are part of a greater mechanism, called a farm.

The connection, from apple to tree to farm, seems simple, even obvious.

But Mary Ward, teacher for the targeted prekindergarten program at Momot Elementary School in Plattsburgh, is afraid not enough kids have the resources available to help them connect those dots.

Her program targets low-income families, some of whose children might be deprived of opportunities other kids have.

“A lot of the students think food comes from the grocery store, so we take them into the back of a grocery store so they can see how the food gets into the store,” Ward said. “Then we go to a farm that grows the food we see in the grocery store.”

The field trips have been an essential supplement to her curriculum, which focuses on social studies and how various elements within a community are interconnected.

With the latest round of voter-approved budget cuts, establishing those connections has become increasingly difficult in the City of Plattburgh school district.

The budget cuts have made field trips a thing of the past, along with the Odyssey science program and assistant coaching positions.

“Field trips are especially important for young kids,” Ward said. “Their brains are developing and they’re still sorting out reality and fiction.”

Ward’s teaching technique is to nurture that sorting process by having her students learn about topics like farming from books and classroom instruction, and then taking them to see the real thing.

“We’d do things like study the different homes and shelters people live in, and then go to a building supply store,” Ward said. “They’d see a knot in the wood and realize that’s where

a branch was, they’d see tools and realize that’s what people use to build, they’d see a forklift and learn about how machines help us.”

Ward said some things, like a garden, can be used to illustrate concepts on school grounds, but it isn’t the same as bringing her students into the world.

“We use the garden as much as we can, but it isn’t the same as seeing the fields,” Ward said. “At a farm, they can also talk to the farmer. That is hard to replicate.”

Sarah Castle-Hackett, who runs Green Earth Daycare in Plattsburgh, has been on several of Ward’s field trips with her son, Aidan, who finished kindergarten last spring.

“It’s interesting how much of an impression the field trips leave,” Castle-Hackett said.

“Whenever Aidan says he’s going on a field trip, one of my day care kids, Xavier, says he remembers it. He’s still excited about it five years later.”

Castle-Hackett said she thinks Aidan benefitted greatly from the field trips and by going along, Castle-Hackett said she was able to make some connections, too.

“It really helps create a community out of the pre-k kids,” Castle-Hackett said. “I got to see how the teachers interact with the students, which gives a better perspective on what they’re doing. It’s very personal.”

She added that it also gave her a chance to meet other parents and students.

“Now, when Aidan tells me who his best friends are, I already know them,” CastleHackett said.

Aidan had finished pre-k before the budget cuts went through, but it still bothers CastleHackett to know that future students won’t have access to this type of learning.

“They’re still doing the walking field trips, but that isn’t enough,” Castle-Hackett said. “I can’t believe they cut this program.”

This year ’s budget cuts came with some heavy sacrifices, and the decisions weren’t easy.

“After that first budget was rejected, we had to go back to the drawing board,” Plattsburgh

Pre-k students at Momot Elementary School in Plattsburgh used to take field trips to Country Dreams Farms to meet real farmers and see where food comes from.

Photo by Shaun Kittle

City School Superintendent James Short said.

“We didn’t want to cut anything.”

The original $38.3 million spending plan would have exceeded the school district’s tax cap of 3.01 percent by more than 2 percent.

After being voted down 1,365 to 729 May 15, the school board proposed a spending plan of $37.8 million, which carried a tax-levy increase of 2.84 percent.

The budget passed by a vote of 952 to 726 June 19, but it left school officials in a precarious position.

“We had to make cuts in a measured way that wouldn’t prevent students from learning or teachers from teaching,” Short said. “Field trips are extra and carry a level of importance, but in the grand scheme of things we had to

ask: ‘Do we cut field trips or do we cut a firstgrade teacher?’”

Programs that aren’t mandated by New York state were the first things the school board had to consider cutting under the reduced budget.

Pre-kindergarten and full-day kindergarten aren’t mandated, but Short, and other board members, saw them as a priority.

“Pre-k and kindergarten have such a fundamental impact on young kids,” Short said. “If we could get the money, we would bring some other programs back. Really, the communities will have to determine what they want to do.”

This story is part one of a three-part series on the Plattsburgh city school district’s budget cuts.

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SENIOR ZUMBA. Seniors Citizens Council of Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9:30 a.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

ADULT WHEEL ART CLASS. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff Street, 10 a.m.-noon.

COMPUTER SKILLS CLASS. Intermediate Computer Skills, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 10-11 a.m.

INTRO TO ACCESS II CLASS. Intro to Microsoft Access, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 1-2 p.m.

PRESENTING WITH PREZI CLASS. Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 3-4 p.m.

“JAB” EXHIBIT OPENING. "Jab", featuring the work of Jason Torrance and Matt Hall opening reception, 50 Margaret Street, 5-7 p.m.

Saturday, August 4 CHILDRENS OPEN PLAY. Imaginarium Children's Museum, 4709 Route 9, 9a.m.noon. $3 per person, children under 2 free. 324-7426.

GRANDPARENTS PLAY DAY. Grandparents’ Day with free admission, Imaginarium, 4709 Route 9, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. imaginariumchildrensmuseum.org.

LIFE DRAWING CLASS. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff Street, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Sunday, August 5 ROTA GALLERY TO HOLD BOTTLE DRIVE. Gallery members will be holding a door-to-door bottle drive, 12-5p.m. To request a pickup call 335-2295.

Monday, August 6 SENIOR FITNESS CLASS. Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 8:15 a.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

QUILTING & SCRABBLE GAME. Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

INTRO TO EXCEL CLASS. Intro to Microsoft Excel, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 10-11 a.m.

CHILDRENS OPEN PLAY. Imaginarium Children's Museum, 4709 Route 9, 10 a.m.2 p.m. $3 per person, children under 2 free. 324-7426.

WEB DESIGN CLASS. Intro to web design with Weebly, Plattsburgh Public Library,

August 4, 2012 19 Oak Street, 1-2 p.m.

MAH JONGG CLASS. Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 12:30 p.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

POWER POINT CLASS. Intro to power point, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 3-4 p.m.

Tuesday, August 7 SUNRISE ROTARY TO BE HELD. Plattsburgh Sunrise Rotary, American Legion Post 20, 162 Quarry Road, 7:30 a.m.

SENIOR TAI CHI. Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9:30 a.m.

563-6186, ext. 102.

EXCEL CLASS. Intro to sorting and filtering with Excel, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 10-11 a.m.

WII BOWLING LEAGUE MEETS. Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 10:30 a.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

SENIOR ZUMBA. Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St. 10:30 a.m.

RESUME WRITING CLASS. Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

STAINED GLASS CLASS. Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St. 1 p.m.

POWER POINT CLASS. Intermediate Power Point class, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 3-4 p.m.

Wednesday, August 8 SENIOR FITNESS CLASS. Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 8:15 a.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

HATHA YOGA. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff Street, 9-10:15 a.m.

EXCEL BUDGET CLASS. Completing a Budget with Excel, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 10-11 a.m.

INTRO TO MICROSOFT WORD CLASS. Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 1-2 p.m.

INTRO TO ACCESS CLASS. Intro to Microsoft Access, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 3-4 p.m.

HOOPING CLASS. Trinity Park, 6-7:30 p.m. $3. plattsburghooping@gmail.com ROTA ORG. MEETING. ROTA meeting held every Wednesday, Rota Gallery, 50 Margaret St. 8 p.m.

OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH MIKE PEDERSEN. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m.

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IMPROV COMEDY PERFORMANCE. Olive Ridley's, 37 Court St., 10 p.m. 324-2200.

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OSTEO EXERCISE CLASS. Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9 a.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

AFTERNOON POKER. Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 12:30 p.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.

EXCEL COMPUTER CLASS. Sorting and Filtering with Excel, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 10-11 a.m.

RESUME WRITING CLASS. Sorting and Filtering with Excel, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

POWER POINT CLASS. Intermediate PowerPoint, Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak Street, 3-4 p.m.

JOURNEY INTO READING. 4:30 -6:30 p.m. Champlain Centre Mall outside Kay Jewelers, 60 Smithfield Blvd, 561-4999, www.journeyintoreading.org RUNNING BOAR TARGET SHOOTING. Plattsburgh Rod and Gun Club, Rte. 9N, $10, $5 for members, 6 p.m. 298-5161.

MUD & MERLOT POTTERY CLASS. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff Street, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Friday, August 10 ADULT WHEEL ART CLASS. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff Street, 10 a.m.-noon.

HOOPING CLASS. Trinity Park., 6-7:30 p.m. $3. plattsburghooping@gmail.com.

“SWEET CHARITY TO BE PERFORMED. E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Beekman St, $20 or $15 for kids and seniors, 7:30 p.m. 563-1604.

Saturday, August 11 CHILDRENS OPEN PLAY. Imaginarium Children's Museum, 4709 Route 9, 9a.m.noon. $3 per person, children under 2 free. 324-7426.

LIFE DRAWING CLASS. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff Street, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

MEDITATIVE HAND PRINT CLASS. Meditative and Improvisational Handprinting Workshop, ROTA Gallery, 50 Margaret St. 10 a.m.-noon.$20.

LUMBER JILLS TO BOUT NH TEAM. The North Country Lumber Jills Roller Derby team will host a bout against the Elm City Derby Damez of Keene, NH. City Recreation Center, US Oval

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This Month in History - AUGUST 1st - The first U.S. Census is completed. There are four million people in the U.S. in 1790.

4th - Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon.

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6th - Murderer John Hart is the first person to be executed in an electric chair (1890) 6th - The Atom bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the U.S. (1945)

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Exciting opportunity to help volunteers engage with an internationally-respected disaster-relief and humanitarian organization, with a chance to create, use and model volunteer development best practices! Recruitment and volunteer recognition events, leadership development, community relations, and supporting people who want to help others.

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HELP WANTED LOCAL CDL LOCAL DRIVER CDL Driver with 2+ years exp. with Tractor and Trailer. Petroleum trans co. does day trips only. 518298-2555 CUSTODIAN POSITION The Keene Valley Fire District is looking for custodian, interested persons should send letter of interest to Keene Valley Fire District, PO Box 508, Keene Valley, NY 12943. Letters must be received before August 6, 2012 ESSEX COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH Announces and Anticipated Vacancy for Registered Professional Nurse $23.82/Hour with Excellent Benefits, No residency requirements, Lat date to submit applications in August 6th, 2012. For applications contact Essex County Personnel (518) 873-3360 or they are available on our website: http:/ /www.co.essex.ny.us/personneljob s.asp HOTEL & LODGING Elk Lake Lodging in North Hudson, NY is looking for Housekeeping/ wait staff. Please call 518-5327616 for more information.

TEACHER AIDE The Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School is seeking applications for a 1:1 shared Teacher Aide. Submit a cover letter to: A. Paul Scott, Interim Superintendent, PO Box 158, Elizabethtown, NY 12932. Deadline: August 10, 2012. EOE SUBSTITUTES: The ElizabethLewis Central School is seeking applications for substitutes in the following areas: Carfeteria to fill a vacancy, Teacher, Nurse RN, Bus Drivers & Custodian. Submit a cover letter to: A. Paul Scott, Interim Superintendent, PO Box 158, Elizabethtown, NY 12932. Deadline: Continuous Recruitment.

THE ELIZABETHTOWN-LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL is accepting applications for a part -time French Teacher for 20122013 school year. Send resume, NYS Certification, reference letters and credentials to: A. Paul Scott, Interim Superintendent, Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School, PO Box 158, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 - deadline: 8/21/2012 web site: www.elcsd.org EOE

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ANNOUNCEMENTS EVERY DOOR DIRECT MAIL. JUMBO POSTCARDS, $0.35 EACH. INCLUDES DESIGN, PRINTING, POSTAGE. Chase EDDM @ 1866-661-4152 or www.chaseeddm. com FEELING OLDER? Men lose the ability to produce testosterone as they age. Call 1-866-686-3254 for a FREE trial of Progene-All Natural Testosterone Supplement GOING TO CAMP? Everything you need for camp. Go to www.Campfitters.com SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. You WIN or Pay Us Nothing. Contact Disability Group, Inc. Today! BBB Accredited. Call For Your FREE Book & Consultation.1-888-587-9203 START WITH ROTARY AND GOOD THINGS HAPPEN! Locate the nearest club at www.rotary.org. This message providedby PaperChain and your local community paper.

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FOR SALE 1972 GRAN TORINO runs, needs work, $4000 or best reasonable offer; 7140 Hesston Chopper, hay & corn head, $1,575; Chevy Van 30 Travelmaster camper $2800. 518-962-4394 5,000 BTU GE & 8,000 BTU GE Air conditioners E-Mail: jobe515@charter.net Phone: (518) 643-6770 CLARINET, VIOLIN, FLUTE, TRUMPET, Amplifier, Fender Guitar $75 each. Upright Bass, Cello, Saxophone, French Horn, Drums $189 each. Others 4-sale 1-516377-7907

GARAGE DOOR 8'x16', White Aluminum, insulated, very good condition, no dents, will be available on or around August 9th. Asking $450 OBO. 518297-2241.

GOLD’S GYM 12 lb. weighted vest, used 1x, $25, 293.6620 MEMORY FOAM THERAPEUTIC NASA MATTRESSES T-$299 F-$349 Q-$399 K-$499 ADJUSTABLES - $799 FREE DELIVERY LIFETIME WARRANTY 90 NIGHT TRIAL 1-800-ATSLEEP1800-287-5337 WWW.MATTRESSDR.COM RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT, for sale, stove, pots & chairs etc.

Call for more info. 518-359-3310 after 4pm WELL PUMP Gould, 1 HP, 4 months old, $600.00. 518-5760012

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CA$H PAID-UP TO $27/BOX for unexpired, sealed DIABETIC TEST STRIPS! 1 DAY PAYMENT & PREPAID shipping.

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DELUXE 2012 Model Neck jets, Therapy seat, Never Used, Warranty, Can Deliver. Worth $5950.

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Contact Attorney Charles Johnson.

1-800-535-5727 IF YOU USED YAZ/YASMIN /OCELLA BIRTH CONTROL PILLS or a NuvaRING VaginalRing contraceptive between 2001 and the present time and suffered a stroke or heartattack or developed blood clots, you may be entitled to compensation. Call AttorneyCharles Johnson 1-800-535-5727 OVER 30 MILLION WOMEN SUFFER FROM HAIR LOSS! Do you? If so, we have asolution!

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Contact Attorney Charles Johnson. 1-800-535-5727

LAWN & GARDEN BRUSH HOG Model EFM600. Used 1 year, like new. Finish mower. 518-570-8837 $1,000

WANTED TO BUY BUYING EVERYTHING! Furs, Coins, Gold, Antiques, Watches, Silver, Art, Diamonds."The Jewelers Jeweler Jack" 1-917-696-2024

By Appointment. Lic-Bonded.

CA$H PAID- up to $26/Box for unexpired, sealed DIABETIC TEST STRIPS. Hablamos Espanol. 1-800 -371-1136 MINERALS WANTS to purchase minerals and other oil and gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557 Denver, Co. 80201 STANDING TIMBER Logger smaller equipment searching for standing timber to harvest.

Experienced & insured. Trees are money! 518-524-1972.

WANTED ALL MOTORCYCLES, & Memorabilia pre 1980, $Top CASH$ PAID! Running or not. 1315-569-8094 WANTS TO PURCHASE minerals and other oil & gas interests. Send details P.O. Box 13557, Denver, Co 80201

DOGS 10 WEEK OLD Boxer Puppies, all Brindle's, vet checked, $600 each. Call 518-5242947 FREE BEAGLE MIX 6 yrs. old, great with kids & other dogs, she is a good dog. Please call 518-576-9312

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WESTPORT: OFFICE SUITES. Fully furnished w/ cubicles, desks, computer & phone hook-ups. 720 sq. ft. Lake views. Contact Jim Forcier @ 518962-4420.

REAL ESTATE AUCTION BUILDING, 211 N. Franklin Street,Watkins Glen, NY 14891.

One block from lakefront. $209,000. Call Ken Wilson at Keller Williams Realty Southern Tier & Finger Lakes. 1-607-7388483

PETS PYGMY GOATS FOR SALE Lady & Lilly 2yrs old.

Friendly, loving and healthy. conway12@charter.net 518-524-0493 $99

ACCESSORIES 2011 5X8 Enclosed Utility Trailer, Custom Built by Forest River RV, Drop Down Ramp Door & Ramps, Roof Vents, Interior lights, LED Exterior Lights, Front Stone Guard, 2990 GVW, 15" Tires, Cost $2600 New, Asking $1600 OBO. 518-647-5985

AUTO DONATION LAND 20 ACRES Land, 20 Acres $99/mo. $0-Down, Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Money Back Guarantee, Near El Paso, Texas FREE Brochure.

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5 ACRES SANDY CREEK FOREST, $14,900. 2.5 acres on West Bass Pond,$19,900. www.LandFirstNY.com 1-888-683 -2626

CARS/TRUCKS WANTED! Top $$$$$ PAID! Running or Not, All Years, Makes, Models. Free Towing! We're Local! 7 Days/ Week. Call Toll Free: 1-888-4162330

COOPERSTOWN RIVERFRONT! 7 acres - $59,900! 400 ft sandy shoreline, 4 miles from Village!

Field, woods. Priced WAY below market! Call NOW! 1-800-7011864 www.newyorklandandlakes.com

DONATE A CAR - HELP CHILDREN FIGHTING DIABETES. Fast, Free Towing. Call 7 days/week. Nonrunners OK. Tax Deductible. Call Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 1-800-5780408

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Jaw dropping views! 2 &1/2 hrs NY City! Fields, woods, spring!

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Fields, woods, spring! Terms avail!

Call(888)905-8847 or NewYorkLandLakes.com

AUTO WANTED

LAND FOR SALE 4ac+/$10,900. Buyer representation available. Other land also available. Eagle River Realty LLC, Cabela's Trophy Properties. 1-413 -477-4776 LENDER SELLING SHORT! 40 ACRES- $69,900. 3 properties for the price of one! Near Cooperstown, NY. LOWtaxes, incredible views, trophy deer!

Call NOW!(888)701-7509 NewYorkLandandLakes.com LENDER SELLING SHORT! 40 acres - $69,900. 3 properties for the price of one! Near Cooperstown, NY. LOW taxes, incredible views, trophy deer! Call NOW! 1888-775-8114 www.NewYorkLandandLakes.com SPRINGFIELD VT 4 acres on the CT River, 743 ft River Frontage, All State and Local Permits for Well and Septic have been filed and approved. Access to River Possible for Great Fishing and Boating $150,000 call 802885-1725 or email robertsnorth@vermontel.com

CASH FOR CARS AND TRUCKS. Get A Top Dollar INSTANT Offer!

Running or Not! 1-888-416-2208 (888) 416-2208 GET CASH for your Junk, Damaged, or Salvaged Car! FREE car removal + TOP DOLLAR for your unused and unwanted vehicles. Call Now!! 800 -341-0939 SELL YOUR Car For CA$H RIGHT NOW! We pay Top Dollar for your junk and salvaged cars. For and instant quote CALL NOW! 800-419-3454 TOP CASH FOR CARS, Any Car/ Truck, Running or Not. Call for INSTANT offer: 1-800-454-6951

BOATS 1977 156 GLASTRON Boat with 70 HP Johnson motor, with trailer, excellent condition. $3000. 518-359-8605 1980 18 1/2 FT. Century Cuddy Cabin, 120 HP I/O, trailer, GPS depth finder, down rigger, plus. $2900. 518-963-8220 or 518-569-0118

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2007 PORSCHE BOXSTER Burgundy/Beige Excellent condition. 5,6000 Miles, 6 cylinder, 5 speed automatic w/ Tiptronic Transmission, loaded w/many options, in show room condition.

315-447-0888 $35,500 OBO.

MUSTANG 2010 convertible, V-6, auto, leather interior, runs great, 45,000 miles, loaded. Asking $17,000 OBO or trade for a classic car. Call 518962-8539

MOTORCYCLES 2002 HONDA VTX 1800, mint condition, many extras, $5000. 518-492-2348

2006 YAMAHA STRATOLINER S 1854 cc. After market seat. Removeable windshield and bags.

Everything perfect. $8300 or will trade for used car + cash (kbb + difference) 518-585-2217 cell 319-855-0640. ryzachp@nycap.rr.com

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2000 RANGER 2000 Ranger XLT 4x4 Super Cab, camper top, liner, tonneau cover, 6 cyl., auto, AC, stereo, 130K, $3995. 518-576-9042

FARM EQUIPMENT

2010 HONDA STATELINE 1200 Miles, Black, 1312cc $8,500 518-569-8170 WANTED JAPANESE MOTORCYCLE KAWASAKI 19671980 Z1-900, KZ900, KZ1000, ZIR, KZ1000MKII, W1-650,H1500, H2-750, S1-250, S2-350, S3400 Suzuki GS400,GT380, CB750 CASH PAID. FREE NATIONAL PICKUP. 1-800-772-1142, 1-310721-0726 usa@classicrunners.com

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CARS

2001 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE Black 2 door. New tires, rotors, brakes catalytic converter. $4,500 Call: (518) 946-7550

1981 INTERNATIONAL single axle dump truck, runs great, inspected and on the road. $4000 OBO. 518-834-9088.

PUBLIC

COLLECTOR’’S ITEM ADIRONDACK FISHING CANOE! 12 Ft. Grumman 2 person Aluminum Canoe (excellent) Adirondack Pond to Pond Amenities.

Grumman does not make canoes now. Compare on Ebay or Amazon $1,300 518-643-8483

TRUCKS

1989 TOYOTA SUPRA fully loaded, all electric, all power, 5 spd., hatch back, sunroof, runs good, $4500. 113 Flat Rock, Morrisonville, NY. 518-563-9967 1997 DODGE INTREPID 6 cyclinder, 127,000 miles, Good condition. $1,300 Call: (518) 594-5015

COLEMAN CAMPER Like New, Sleeps 5, Stove, Ice Box, Sink, AC/DC Power, Awning, $2300. 518-585-3226

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2005 WHITEHALL SPIRIT rowing/sailboat. Classic boat, rare find. Must sell! Asking $9000 OBO. 845-868-7711

1952 DESOTO White/Blue, no rust, small Hemi,, great project car. Serious inquires only. $3500. 518-962-4688

’07 SUZUKI BURGMAN 400 SCOOTER BLUE, 4327 MI., BACKRESTS, ONE OWNER, GARAGED, PERFECT! $3950 518-532-9361

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

1964 FORD 4000 4 cyl., gas, Industrial loader & industrial Front End, 12 spd., Sherman Transmission, Pie Weights, $4200.00.

518-962-2376 Evenings.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11

IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN FOR THE BETTER-AND-BETTER EVERY YEAR AND WILDLY EXCITING

AT THE FAIR! - AND -

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WE ARE DEMOLISHING PRICES!

August 8 - 12, 2012

2012 FORD FOCUS SE

NEW!

AUTO,, AIR,, CRUISE,, SYNC,, SPORT PK A PKG., STK# EN514

$ $

19,914 or

199 mo. / 24 mo. lease

NEW!

OFFER ENDS 10/1/122

Miles per year 10,500 Lease Rate* 0.75% Purchase Op $14,738 Cash Down $1,500 Due at Inception $1,796.50 Ford Retail Cust. Cash $250 Included *Tax, Title, Registration Extra

2012 FORD EDGE SEL AWD SYNC SYSTEM, SIRIUS, REAR-VIEW CAMERA, 6 SPD. AUTO, STK# EN310

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FMCC Cust. Bonus Dealer Discount D

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206 mo. / 24 mo. lease

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OFFER ENDS 10/1/12

$38,075 -$500 -$2,000 -$750 -$1,000 -$1,826

Or choose 0%* for 60 mos.!!

OFFER ENDS 10/1/12

Miles per year 10,500 Lease Rate* 0.75% Purchase Op $15,475 Cash Down $1,500 Due at Inception $1,803.50 Ford Retail Cust. Cash $2,258 Included *Tax, Title, Registration Extra

2012 2 FORD FIESTA SE AUTO, A AU UTO, AIR, SYNC, PWR. WINDOWS/LOCKS/ WINDOWS/LOCKS/MIRRORS, / CRUISE STK# SEN420

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22012 FORD F150 SUPERCAB 4X4 XLT

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$34,505 -$2,000 -$1,000 -$1,510

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RRED RE EEDD CCANDY ANDY & SILVER 2-TONE, 5.0 V8, PWR. SEAT/WINDOWS/LOCKS/MIRRORS, CHROME C GRP, STK #EN387

2012 FORD FUSION SE

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OFFER ENDS 10/1/12

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NEW!

NEW!

OFFER ENDS 10/1/12

Miles per year 10,500 Lease Rate* 0.50% Purchase Op $12,045 Cash Down $1,500 Due at Inception $1,786.50 Ford Retail Cust. Cash $500 Included *Tax, Title, Registration Extra

2012 FORD 2012 FO F25 F250 4X4 NEW!

6.2L V8, AUTO, AIR, PW, PL, CRUISE, TRAILER TOW, SPRAY IN BEDLINER STK#EN377

OFFER ENDS 10/1/12

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$36,180 -$1,500 -$500 -$1,000 -$1,190

31,990

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2001 SUPRA SANTERA low hrs., mint cond., great ski wake board boat, beautiful trailer included, $25,000. 518-354-8089

MOTORCYCLES

PUBLIC

1985 17 1/2’ open bow, full canvas, in/out board motor, new seats, interior, Shoreline trailer included, great condition, $3400 OBO. 518-5630983 or 518-593-5408

95 CHRYSLER New Yorker solid body, good tires will not pass inspection $1500 Call: (239) 989-8686

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2012 DODGE JOURNEY SXT

2012 DODGE JOURNEY SE

BRAND NEW!

BRAND NEW!

#AM239 BBright #AM239, i ht Sil Silver, 4 Cyl., C l Automatic, A t ti 3rd 3d Row Seating, Front Wheel Drive.

BRAND NEW!

#AM305, Storm Grey, 4 Cyl., Automatic, 3rd Row Seating, Front Wheel Drive

$24,890

#AM309 #AM309, St Storm G Grey, 6 Cyl., C l Automatic, A t ti 3rd 3 d Row R Seating, Heated Front Seats, Dual Exhaust, Front Wheel Drive

$20,985

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MSRP

2012 DODGE JOURNEY SXT

MSRP

You may qualify for more than

You may qualify for more than

$2,500

$500

in rebates!

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in rebates!

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First Time Visitors, plug in to your GPS “7440 US Route 9, Elizabethtown, NY 12932” and we’ll greet you at the door!

Located just 1/4 mile south of Cobble Hill Golf Course on Route 9 in Elizabethtown.

MSRP

You may qualify for

0% Plus $1,000 or more!

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*In order to receive a rebate, you must qualify for each specific rebate based on Chrysler’s Program rules. Incentive programs subject to change without notification. See dealership for complete details. You may qualify for 0% for 36 months in lieu of rebates. Tax, title extra.

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(518) 873-6386

Dealer#3160005 www.adirondackauto.com

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Court Street • Elizabethtown, NY

$27,930

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Court Street, Elizabethtown, NY

873-6386

2008 Jeep Commander Sport - Stk. #AL198A, black, 68,000 miles ...................................................................$17,480 2008 Chevy Trailblazer LT - Loaded, 52,000 miles ...............................................................................................$19,890

And Many More To Choose From!

2004 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 SLT - Stk. #AM79B, blue, 5.7 HEMI, 79,500 miles . $12,980 $13,980 2008 Chevrolet Aveo - Stk. #AM51A, gray, 63,000 miles ..........................................................................................$9,480 2007 Ford Focus SES - Stk. #AM64A, white, 75,000 miles .......................................................................................$9,680 2007 Jeep Compass Limited - Stk. #AM178A, tan, 75,000 miles ......................................................................$14,378 2006 Ford Explorer XLT 4x4 - Stk. #AM94A, blue, 96,000 miles ............................................. $11,980 $12,980 2005 Ford Escape XLT 4x4 - Stk. #AM157A, blue, 85,000 miles .................................................. $9,980 $10,980 Dealer #3160005

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*Tax, title and registration not included.

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