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Benefit to support cancer patient
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Proceeds help Kris Harvey, JCS Class of ’86
Musicians ready for Nashville in North Creek
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andy@denpubs.com WEVERTOWN — The country-rock band Decadence will be playing a concert at the Wevertown Community Center Saturday, Oct. 26 as part of the spaghetti dinner benefit for Kris Harvey, a 1986 graduate of the Johnsburg Central School. Harvey has ovarian cancer ... again. While attending Adirondack Community College in Queensbury at the age of 19, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She won that battle and went into remission, but now, at the age of 45, it’s back. “She was diagnosed in July and started her treatments in August,” said Harvey’s cousin, Vicki Hunter, who is co-organizing the fundraiser with Sally Lawrence, of Wevertown, and Stacia SheehanClamp, of Ballston Spa. Hunter and Harvey are the same age, and both currently live in Greenwich. Harvey has worked for Tribune Media Services in Glens Falls since she was in her early 20s and is a desktop publisher. She’s single and therefore only has one income to help with the bills. “When she was diagnosed, the medical bills began pouring in,” Hunter said. “She has insurance, but it doesn’t cover everything, unfortunately. So I said to her, ‘Concentrate on CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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Gore Mountain Region Chamber of Commerce Director Lisa Salamon (at the podium) introduces the 11 town of Johnsburg candidates running for office this fall during a Meet the Candidates forum Tuesday, Oct. 22 at the Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek. From left are town council candidates Arnold Stevens, Bob Nessle and Kate Nightingale; supervisor candidates Curtis Richards and Ron Vanselow; town clerk candidates Sharalee Falzerano and Jo Ann Smith; town justice candidates Vincent Schiavone and James Haker; highway superintendent candidate Dan Hitchcock; and town justice candidate Howard Tucker Sr. About 30 residents showed up to hear the candidates explain why they should be elected and answer questions from the audience. The general election is on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Photo by Andy Flynn
Meet the Johnsburg candidates By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — Eleven candidates running for office in the town of Johnsburg gave brief speeches and answered questions from the audience Tuesday, Oct. 22 during a Meet the Candidates forum at the Tannery Pond Community Center. The Gore Mountain Region Chamber of Commerce hosted the event, with assistance from Tannery Pond staff, and
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Chamber Director Lisa Salamon was the moderator. The format was simple. Candidates were allowed a maximum of 3 minutes for an introductory speech, explaining their qualifications, and then answered questions from audience members, who filled out question cards before taking their seats. Not all candidates stayed under the 3-minute time limit. For the sake of fairness, we have transcribed the candidates’ first 3 minutes here. Any comments made
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after 3 minutes will not be printed. For the sake of brevity, with space and time constraints at press time, we have only included the introductory speeches, not the questions from the audience. The candidates are listed in order of appearance at the forum. Highway Superintendent Dan Hitchock is running unopposed; therefore, his comments were not included in this story. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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Minerva Lake lowered for dam inspection
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By Andy Flynn
NORTH CREEK
Ad’k Council reports on State of the Park
MINERVA — Town officials here held an emergency meeting Saturday, Oct. 19 to authorize lowering the water level of Lake Minerva in order to inspect the dam. “The reason we considered it an emergency meeting is with the fall coming, we’re running out of weather to be able to do any kind of work,” Minerva Town Supervisor Sue Montgomery Corey said on Oct. 22. “So if we do get in there and there is a need
for a repair, we want to have the time to be able to do it responsibly.” About a year ago, staff from the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) inspected the Minerva Lake dam, and they had some concerns. “They asked us to do a more detailed inspection with our own engineer because they believed that they were seeing some seepage that they really hadn’t seen before,” Corey said. In the past year, the town has had three engineers look at the dam, and they’ve been monitoring the lake level throughout the summer. Now town officials are working with John Carr from Blue Mountain
Engineering in Bangor. “His take on it was that it needed to be explored, but he does not feel it is as worrisome as perhaps some other people might think,” Corey said. Therefore, town officials decided not to inspect the dam during the summer, when locals and tourists visit the town beach and campground. A draw-down of the lake during the warmer months could have been devastating to local businesses. “Minerva Lake is absolutely critical to our summer economy, and it was very frightening to many CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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