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This Week ACW seeks nominees SARANAC LAKE Ñ The Adirondack Creative Writing Center Literary Award is a way to honor the writers and publishers who live and work (even part time) in the North Country. Submissions donÕ t have to be Adirondack-themed, though they can be.

ACW is looking for submissions of fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, memoir, edited collections and poetry. The judges will choose a winner from each category, and popular vote decides a PeopleÕ s Choice Award at the ceremony in June. Please send two copies of the book to Nathalie Thill at the ACW Office (P.O. Box 956, Saranac Lake, N.Y. 12983). The deadline is March 7. Please include a brief cover letter that includes contact information (including email address and snail mail address) and the genre in which you wish your book to be placed (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, childrenÕ s literature, memoir, edited collection, or photography). There is no entry fee. Do not include a SASE; books cannot be returned but will become part of reading rooms or libraries. Please note this is for published books; articles and single short stories are not eligible.

Angel’s Share in Jay JAY — The JEMS Coffee House will host AngelÕ s Share Saturday, March 8, 7 p.m. at the Amos and Julia Ward Theatre on Parkside Drive in Jay. The group include Dutch Stout (guitar/ bass), Daun Reuter (madolin) and Eric Klotzko (keyboard/guitar/bass) playing classic tunes with a modern twist. Admission is $6.

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PSC gets grant to help with invasives

PAUL SMITHS Ñ The Watershed Stewardship Program at Paul SmithÕ s College has won a $500,000 federal grant to help protect lakes and rivers from invasive species.

The grant, which was awarded from the U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyÕ s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, was announced last week. Ò This award represents an investment in the future of water quality, biodiversity, and economic and community sustainability in one of our nationÕ s most cherished natural landscapes,Ó said Dr. Eric Holmlund, director of the Watershed Stewardship Program.

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Nine of the Honor Flight WW-vets were guests at a full assembly at AVCS High School auditorium for a viewing of the Honor Flight movie “One Last Mission.”

Photo courtesy of North Country Honor Flight.

Ambulance service set for ‘Ice Out’ LAKE PLACID Ñ The Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service is holding its 2014 Ice Out Benefit during the month of March. All proceeds will be put toward demolition of the deteriorating 1976 garage as part of the Building Renovation project.

Tickets are available at Adirondack Awards, Central Garage, Cerruti Family Chiropractic, Contemporary Images, DuncanÕ s Grill at the Pines, Gold Medal Laundromat, Great Adirondack Steak and Seafood, Lake Placid News, Lamb Lumber, Lisa GÕ s, LP/ Essex Co Visitor Õ s Bureau, NBT Banks, NewmanÕ s News, No. Elba Town Hall, New to You, Station Street Liquors, Shipman Youth Center, The Cottage, The Fallen Arch, UPS Store, Zig Zag Pub, the Ambulance Garage at 388 Mill Pond Rd. and any Ambulance member.

Each ticket gives one the chance to estimate the time and date the ice will break out of Mirror Lake and Lake Placid Lake. Ice Meisters will be using criteria used for the past 50 years. There will be five winners per lake.

You are invited to join in the March guessing and April waiting game welcoming spring while supporting a very worthy cause. Remember to turn in your ticket by April 1.

retary: Paulette Fay, Treasurer: Hannah Marshall, Member at Large: Arron Barney, Deputy Secretary: Jeff Prime, Deputy Treasurer: Judy Shea.

Thank You to the community for answering the annual 911 call for financial donations to help fund operating costs to serve you as well as supporting the Annual Christmas Tree Sale.

In March, the 23rd Annual Ice Out Benefit will be held. Tickets will be available around town and at the station 388 Mill Pond Rd. This year’s benefit will be used for the demolition of the old (1976) deteriorating garage bays.

Community members and visitors are invited to tour the renovated facility. New members are welcome whether medical, drivers or clerical efforts that are needed to run an efficient service to the community.

Annual report

The Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service made 1,123 responses in 2013.

So far in 2014 about 100 runs have been made.

New Officers for 2014 are President: Larry Brockway, Administrative VP: Carol Hayes, Technical VP: Bruce Barry, Sec-

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WASHINGTON Ñ Congressman Bill Owens (D-NY) held a telephone town hall Wednesday, Feb. 26, with constituents of New YorkÕ s 21st Congressional District to discuss policy in Washington, his recent work in the district and issues reflecting both national and local concerns. Ò I wanted to host this town hall because itÕ s been a while since weÕ ve done this,Ó Owens told participants before running down a list of recent Capitol Hill accomplishments, including the debt ceiling increase, the 2014-15 resolved budget and last monthÕ s Farm Bill passage.

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What Cuomo’s tax overhaul means for the North Country

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and sharing services for years.

You canÕ t draw blood from a stone Ñ simply nothing left to cut.

ALBANY Ñ As the pressure ramped up last week for state lawmakers to deliver a budget by March 31, Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched a campaign to push his proposed property tax cuts, a plan he initially outlined in January’s 2014-2015 Executive Budget Address that he estimates will deliver $2 billion in tax relief to state residents.

Cuomo, who capped property taxes at two percent early on in his tenure, chalks the Ò structural causeÓ of high property taxes up to the proliferation and expense of local governments and argues now that the state done their part to cut spending, local governments and other tax jurisdictions need to step up their efforts to reduce costs and consolidate services in order to limit spending growth to two percent a year.

The Ò No ExcusesÓ initiative hinges on mobilizing the public to lobby their state representatives in support of the plan, asking them to show them some tough love by forcing them to go a bureaucratic diet.

According to the plan, as an incentivize for local governments to share services, residents will be eligible for the tax freeze in the first year if their leaders stay within the two percent cap. The state will then provide rebate checks to homeowners with incomes $500,000 or less who live in those jurisdictions.

Homeowners will only receive tax credit in the second year if municipalities continue to stay within the cap and develop a plan for sharing or consolidating services and eliminating duplication and overlap that generates savings equal to three percent of tax levy within the subsequent three years.

When these plans are fully implemented, said the New York State Tax Relief Commission, local governments and school districts could provide property tax relief of up to $1 billion.

North Country officials say while this plan makes sense when it comes to combating the waste and sprawl in downstate municipalities Ñ several cite New York City-area towns with lavish facilities, town-sponsored racing teams, generous insurance and retirement packages with low thresholds for public services and tangled thickets of water, sewer, gas and fire districts — this doesn’t apply to their towns, the ones that have been consolidating

PIONEERS Upon assuming office, Cuomo capped property taxes by two percent or the rate of inflation. That means towns canÕ t raise what are essentially their annual operating budgets more than two percent without a supermajority vote.

Paired with a sclerotic tax base and moribund economy, North Country towns are faced with rising costs with no way to effectively pay for them. Ò How do you paint the entire state with one brush?Ó asked Wilmington town supervisor Randy Preston.

Preston said while he supports the cap and Cuomo is Ò absolutely correctÓ that reform is needed to trim away the fat from out of control downstate local municipalities Ñ including the three cited in CuomoÕ s pitch to the public, Westchester, Nassau and Rockland Ñ he is concerned about what happens to towns who have already scaled back operations to minimal operations. Ò WeÕ re already operating on a bare bones budget Ñ I donÕ t think thereÕ s anything we can cut.Ó Ò The North Country are pioneers at sharing services,” said Jay town supervisor Randall Douglas. Ò Between Clinton and Essex, weÕ re the grandfathers of this and weÕ ve already done what the Governor wants us to do.Ó Jay has been sharing services with town of Black Brook for 34 years, he said, ticking off a list of what his town has pared down over the years, including water, sewer and youth facilities, the fire department and the ambulance squad. Ò I support the GovernorÕ s encouragement to get towns to think outside of the box to possibly see if they could share anything that would save taxpayer cash,Ó he said. Ò Unfortunately, I wish there was a way to financially credit what the municipalities and our forefathers have been doing over the years.Ó Towns throughout Essex County share road maintenance equipment and the county uses some of Clinton CountyÕ s emergency communication towers and engages in several public health efforts with adjoining counties. Ò Our town is a pioneer of sharing services,Ó said Moriah town supervisor Tom Scozzafava. Ò WeÕ ve been doing it since the 1980s.Ó

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Moriah, working alongside village and hamlets within its boundaries, has trimmed away once sacrosanct civic institutions like the village justice court, the assessment of real property office, public library, senior citizens center and meal delivery programs. Ò WeÕ ve held the line the best we can,Ó he said.

Scozzafava said the cap paired with state mandated costs have created a perilous situation and wonders if CuomoÕ s proposal would unfairly penalize the residents of towns who stay within the cap but are subject to other tax jurisdictions, including school, fire and village districts.

State retirement benefit programs and health insurance skyrocketed, he said, costs that towns have little control over. As a result, the town cannot replace employees who have retired, including law enforcement officials, clerks, the highway superintendent and other staffers. Ò While weÕ re doing everything we can to stabilize the property tax, our constituency still expects us to provide services,Ó he said, citing an uproar that resulted when Moriah faced the decision to start shutting off streetlights and letting snow pile up in the streets.

Scozzafava said he while he fully agrees with the concept, it doesnÕ t cut deep enough and the state should instead focus on a reform of the entire system: Ò The property tax system is antiquated and supports more services than it was initially intended to support,” he said, citing fire districts as an example. Ò Based on the value of your assessed property, some residents are paying twice as much for the same service,Ó he said. Ò Everyone should be paying equal for the services.Ó Ticonderoga town supervisor Bill Grinnell said the cap wouldnÕ t be an issue if you could expand the tax base. But zoning regulations make expansion limited, he said, and the amount of stateowned padlocked real estate, like campgrounds on lakefront property, continues to grow. Ò The Adirondack Park is a great thing to have Ñ itÕ s New YorkÕ s playground,Ó he said. Ò The problem comes when you have only the Adirondackers paying for that playground. Everyone needs to start paying.Ó Grinnell said the state should instead take a look at reforming the 480-a Forest Tax Law that grants tax relief to owners of large tracts of timberland.

SENSITIVE There are other factors when it comes to consolidation, both practical and personal: Ò ThereÕ s so much distance between so many of our small towns,” said Assemblywoman Janet Duprey, the state representative who serves a large chunk of the North Country. Ò ItÕ s not like you can hand a shovel across the way: How many miles of roads are towns plowing and how they going to

be plowed?Ó And there are family aspects to consider in tightknit communities, she said, elements that put a personal, human and very real spin on slashing services and employees. Ò In our small communities, we see these people every day Ñ itÕ s an emotional issue that hits at the very essence at what it means to be a community.Ó Other lawmakers, including Scozzafava, worry that cutting services might result in layoffs that would funnel residents onto public assistance.

On a broader level, government solidation remains generally unsupported by voters Ñ only 38 villages have dissolved in New York since 1920, among them is Keeseville in the town of Chesterfield, a process that is set to be completed by the end of this year.

Chesterfield town supervisor Gerald Morrow, who is shepherding the town through the issue, said that he realizes that dissolution is an extremely sensitive issue, taxpayers in both the village and town will be better served in the long run: Ò IÕ m all about saving money and saving taxpayer cost,Ó he said, Ò and I canÕ t see us going over the cap next year Ñ even if weÕ re taking over the village.Ó Morrow said it’s difficult to show residents of the soon-to-be-extinct village, many of whom are older residents who have lifelong bonds to the dissolving civic institutions, tough love when it comes to consolidation. Ò People want answers, but they donÕ t want to hear the real answers,Ó he said.

TICKING DOWN At a meeting of regional lawmakers in Elizabethtown on Thursday, Feb. 27, New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) Deputy Director of Community Relations Katy Vescio told lawmakers from across the North Country, including Franklin, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties, that their concerns are duly noted and theyÕ ll continue to lobby state legislators this month with recommendations to be included as amendments in the final budget. Ò WeÕ ll try to get them into the one-house budget bill,Ó she said, referring to the bills that will be hammered out by the assembly, state and executive office before the three parties meet this week to determine the final outcome. Ò At the highest level, weÕ re in total agreement and just need to work together as to how we can achieve these goals.Ó Douglas, the Jay Supervisor and Essex County board chair, said Deputy Secretary of State for Local Government Dede Scozzafava and other state officials are aware of the concerns of local lawmakers and are actively working towards finding common ground as negotiations continue in Albany.

Each house in the state legislature are expected pass their one-house bills this week.

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Tinman partners with national group TUPPER LAKE Ñ The Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce has announced that the Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon has linked with the Toughman Half Iron Series.

The Tupper Lake Tinman is one of the oldest and longest running triathlons in the United States, having established a strong following of triathletes who hail from the Northeastern Untied States and Canada every June to compete on the beautiful Adirondack mountain course, many bringing entire families as theyÕ ve come to recognize the added vacation and hospitality of the Adirondack region.

On June 28, The Tupper Lake Tinman will celebrate its thirty-second year of racing and its first year as part of the Toughman Half Iron Series. The Toughman Half Iron Series is a six-race national series made

up of high caliber independently owned races that will culminate with a Championship race in Croton Point Park, New York on Sept.

7, 2014.

As the newest addition the Toughman family, Tupper Lake Tinman joins the Deuces Wild Triathlon Festival in Arizona, the Ocean Shores Triathlon in Washington State, the Pell City, Ala., triathlon and Toughman Indiana. Tinman race organizers say that the benefits are twofold by banding together as part of the Toughman series: the racing circuit affords additional competitive racing opportunities for the athletes, and the independent Ò grass routesÓ races such as Tupper LakeÕ s will be gain a stronger position in an increasingly competitive triathlon market.

The partnership with Toughman

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Continued from page 1 As part of the program, the Watershed Stewardship Program will expand its watercraft-inspection efforts for the 2015 season; as part of the work, seasonal inspectors will perform 14,000 inspections at about 20 boat launches across the western Adirondacks to help prevent the spread of invasive species such as Eurasian watermilfoil, zebra mussels and spiny waterflea. The stewards will remove any invaders they find and educate boaters how they can help prevent the spread of invasives themselves.

The Watershed Stewardship Program is part of the collegeÕ s Adirondack Watershed Institute, a leading advocate and researcher of water quality throughout the Adirondack Park.

Every summer, the stewardship program dispatches crews to public boat launches in and around the Adirondack Park. The EPA has supported the program with two earlier grants. Inspections this year will begin on Memorial Day weekend and continue throughout the summer. Inspectors from the Watershed

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Continued from page 1 The outgoing rep said he was instrumental in getting legislation added to the latter to reflect local concerns, including loan facilitation, a $450,000 reduction in export tariffs of apples for juice manufacturing and a bump in funding for maple production and sales.

Owens highlighted the Farm BillÕ s Dairy Security Act as important for local farmers and as a boost to the local economy and cited recent discussions with the owners of a robotic dairy farm in Washington County. Ò This gives us some real opportunity to allow small farms to continue to exist and let families run those. ItÕ s also a national security issue when it comes to food production.Ó Still on the legislative schedule, he said, is the appropriations process, which he anticipates will run smoothly. Ò Tax and immigration reform is unclear,Ó he said. Ò Unfortunately, thereÕ s some discord there.Ó Owens then opened up discussion to the 3,996 participating constituents.

MINIMUM WAGE Ò Is there any possibility of the minimum wage bill passing the House?Ó asked Ernie from Potsdam. Ò This is quite unfortunately unlikely as we move forward,Ó said Owens.

Owens said the state itself done a good job in that respect and some businesses are starting to facilitate changes on their own. Ò Seventy percent of the U.S. economy is consumer spending,Ó he said. Ò Putting money in the hands of people spending their dollars to enhance the economy is an example of a Ô trickle up theory.Õ If people are spending more money, that drives demand which drives manufacturing. We all have a reason to look at where things are made: buy local, buy American.Ó Owens said North Country residents should be trained for the jobs that are currently available in the community but remain unstaffed. He estimates there are 2,500 to 3,000 of those in the region.

UNEMPLOYMENT Linda from Greenville Center asked if Congress was continuing to discuss unemployment extensions: “People have gone quite awhile without help and itÕ s kind of ridiculous.Ó Ò The Senate has tried to get a bill though and haven’t gotten votes,” said Owens. “It’s a significant and serious problem.Ó Owens said he supports the extension of benefits and returned to the training issue: Ò IÕ d like to see that we provide a mechanism for training for available jobs. We have jobs, we need to be training residents to fill those.”

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is not the only change coming to Tinman for 2014. The race will also be bringing back an old race staple that has been missing the past few years: the crowd favorite post-race Chicken BBQ. In addition, race participants and spectators will also find an enhanced post race festival with live music, beer and more.

The Tupper Lake Tinman was established in 1983, and is owned by the Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce. The race is operated by the Chamber in conjunction with The Tinman Race Committee headed by Race Director, Ted Merrihew, and Assistant Director, Maynard Peroza.

The triathlon itself consists of three classes: the half-iron, sprint and relay. For more information about the 2014 Toughman Tupper Lake Tinman, visittupperlaketinman.com.

Climate change forum at ADK LAKE PLACID Ñ The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) is presenting a special program, “Climate Change: Causes, Problems, Impacts and Solutions.Ó SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury Branch Campus Dean, Dr. Steve Danna, serves as a Climate Reality Leader through the Climate Reality Project and will present information about Climate ChangeÕ s causes, problems, impacts, and solutions. This ADK presentation will be held on Saturday, March 8, at 8 p.m. at ADKÕ s High Peaks Information Center, located at Heart Lake in Lake Placid. This presentation is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact ADK North Country office in Lake Placid at 523-3441 or visit adk.org.

Tutor training planned PORT HENRY Ñ Literacy Volunteers of Essex/Franklin Counties will host a tutor training for prospective volunteer at its main office in Port Henry. This twelve hour Basic Literacy training will give you the tools, tips, and strategies needed to help a student improve his/her reading and math skills. The training will take place on March 6,13, 20, and 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. There is no fee and all materials are included. For more information call 546-3008 or e-mail director@litvol.com.

Stewardship Program are also stationed at several sites not covered by the EPA grants.

Once invasives establish a presence in lakes, rivers and streams in which they are not native, they can disrupt ecosystems and squeeze out other native species. In addition to biological costs, there can be significant economic costs as well – invasive species can threaten both trade and tourism.

The EPA announced the award last week; in all, the agency gave grants worth more than $5 million to 11 different projects.

Since the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative was launched in 2010, the EPA has funded more than 70 projects totaling more than $40 million. Ò These Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants will be used to target aquatic and terrestrial invasive species in the Great Lakes basin,Ó said Region 5 Administrator/Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman. Ò The projects will also help to prevent the introduction of new invasive species that pose risks to the Great Lakes ecosystem.Ó Inspection sites funded by the grant include: Cranberry Lake

Ò Where do you stand on the SAFE Act?Ó asked Donnie from Schroon Lake, an issue that was addressed frequently throughout the session. Ò What do us honest people have to look forward to Ñ not home invaders?Ó Owens sympathized with Donnie and pointed out that the controversial firearms legislation was state law Ñ not federal Ñ and directed concerns to Assemblyman Dan Stec, Assemblywoman Janet Duprey and State Senator Betty Little. Ò I have often said that I wouldnÕ t have voted in favor of it,Ó said Owens, citing his A rating from the National Rifle Association, his belief in the Second Amendment and a continued pledge to support gun rights.

COMMON CORE Massena’s Jamie asked Owens how Congress planned on addressing the controversial education initiative that seeks to establish consistent standards across the country for K-12 students. Ò I see a big difference with my kids Ñ theyÕ re being testing on things theyÕ re expected to know, but donÕ t,Ó she said. Ò Testing needs to portray what children know and we need to know what happens to teachers digging in their heels.Ó Ò The implementation of this is at the state level,Ó said Owens. Ò The basic concepts behind Common Core are largely supported and the issue is implementation. People feel as if it should have been implemented for several years before teaching was commenced. A fairer approach is to focus on amending a good idea to make it workable in our communities and schools.Ó ENERGY Rensselaer FallsÕ Bonnie asked why small communities were having trouble receiving access to natural gas throughout the winter. Ò I assumed that it was regulated,Ó she said.

Natural gas distribution lines arenÕ t part of public utilities system, explained Owens, and are operated by independent providers. Ò The issue is putting a gas line in and getting it into homes Ñ thatÕ s fairly costly to do. We need to have a conversation with local and town officials and figure how to get more homes and buses hooked up.Ó Owens stressed that itÕ s important to have competition between natural gas, fuel oil, electric and renewable resources.

ROOFTOP HIGHWAY Ò When can we get Highway 98 started?Ó asked Massena resident Bruce, referring to the proposed Ò rooftop highwayÓ between Watertown to Plattsburgh. Ò We need a route to Syracuse to give us business.Ó Owens said he acknowledges the benefits that the Northway and I-81 have brought to Plattsburgh and Syracuse, respectively, to help local economies and said the proposed corridor is being held back

Access sites along the Oswegatchie River First Lake (Old Forge) Fourth Lake (Inlet) Seventh Lake Eighth Lake State Campground Stillwater Reservoir Big Moose Lake (pending approval) BrownÕ s Tract (pending approval) Limekiln Lake State Campground Raquette Lake Forked Lake Long Lake Little Tupper Lake (pending approval) Lowes Lake (pending approval) Tupper Lake St. Regis Canoe Area Osgood Pond Meacham Lake State Campground Chateaugay Lake State Boat Launch

because of costs. Ò We are seeing some movement from CamdenPotsdam that can be looped in the future. If we can do that in an incremental way, it would be extremely

beneficial for the local community,” he said. “We also need to study the effects of rail in Massena and the St. Lawrence River. Whatever options we have, we need to explore and exploit.Ó

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mergency and fire services in the North County need a jumpstart. The pending flashover fueled by a sagging economy alongside a cluster of fast-moving accelerants Ñ an aging population, unfunded state mandates, tax caps, environmental regulations and an unrelenting brain drain Ñ has left local departments on life support and grasping for their defibrillator paddles.

Considering the region faces limited opportunities for expanding its tax base, there are no easy answers Ñ only a series of creative, common sense solutions.

Be efficient. Arizona made headlines last month with a state program launched in partnership with public and private agencies to put veterans to work. New York should follow their lead and customize their plan to fit local needs, particularly when it comes to ensuring that service members can apply their extensive military training to meet state-mandated firefighting and EMT requirements. Congress actually attempted to address this with the Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2013, but the bill flatlined in the Senate and remains DOA. Start ‘em young. Mandatory state training for EMTs has skyrocketed to approximately 170 hours in recent years, with firefighters seeing an increase to 130 from 80 just a generation ago.

This commitment makes it difficult to attract and retain young professionals, a serious problem as Baby Boomers continue to age out. As a stop-gap, why not offer high school and college students academic credits to ignite the flames of civic pride and spark what may lead to either a promising full-time career or lifelong contributions to the community.

Get involved. Welcome! WeÕ re glad our seasonal friends find our communities a desirable place for recreation and relaxation. How about helping us help you to protect your health, safety, homes and families, both during the offseason and prime time, by pitching in? Opportunities range from getting involved with your local fire department or EMT squad, helping local officials in crafting sustainable policies, volunteering whenever possible or by facilitating scholarships for local high school students who wish to enter into the emergency services and firefighting fields. We’re glad you’ve made the North Country your playground Ñ now help us pay for it.

Look outward. Local officials should be doing more to attract the bushy-tailed foreign nationals flocking to America for a better life. You can either get ahead of immigration or behind it

and those choosing the former are seeing their communities revitalized with fresh ideas and bustling economies. As Americans, we represent the best in nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit and recognizing the most promising attributes in our freedom-seeking friends around the world. These national values should never be overlooked and we need to continue to set a good global example by offering a series of cautious incentives to attract the best and brightest of the international community to our neighborhoods and lobby the federal government to put newcomers on the fast-track to citizenship by either engaging in civic volunteerism or statemandated emergency services and fire training: Welcome to America Ñ we believe in you and we welcome you with open arms. Now suit up, get to work and experience firsthand what made our country so great.

Pay your debt. Not to tarnish a noble profession by seeding its ranks with neÕ er-do-wells, but instead of giving prison inmates a college education and sending them off into a brutal domestic job market that will never hire them, anyway, instead facilitate firefighting and emergency service training programs so that when these folks are released, they have a real shot at erasing the shameful stigma of incarceration by allowing them to reintegrate back into society while contributing a skill thatÕ s actually useful for local communities.

Get to work. It seems inherently unfair that by some metrics, the long-term unemployed (or unemployable, depending on where you stand) have better standards of living than the working poor. (Just play with SNAP’s online benefit calculator if you donÕ t believe us.) If residents wish to remain on public assistance, then their handouts should be tied to public service, plain and simple. This isnÕ t the United States of Socialism Ñ itÕ s the land of pluck, elbow grease and opportunity. So suck it up and get back to work, comrade.

Three Strikes, You’re In. Lastly, instead of punishing triple-slam DWI offenders by permanently revoking their licenses, work the state-mandated EMT or firefighter training into their already-required extensive treatment and rehabilitation programs and give them a useful, marketable skill instead of condemning them to a life of booze-scented public dependency. What they choose to do with that training would, of course, be up to them. But at the very least, itÕ d act as a sorely-needed boost to a region that needs all hands on deck at such a crucial time in its fragile and uncertain development.

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Many police departeek by week we ments around the nation alcontinue to see ready use license-plate readand hear more ers that track cars as they pass head scratching stories coming traffic signals or pole-mounted out of government. You have to cameras. Specially equipped wonder what the heck are they police cars even track cars thinking when they thought parked on streets and in drivethis up. Even the fact that they ways. The lame idea that somethought they would have no one high up at the DHS or ICE push back goes a long way toDan Alexander (Immigration and Customs Enward telling what our governThoughts from forcement) suddenly realized ing elected officials and bureauBehind the Pressline that calling for bids on a nationcrats in DC think about the state wide surveillance system while of the American public. the current nationwide surveillance systems First we heard a few weeks ago that the are being hotly debated, was probably not in Federal Communications Commission was their best interest, nor that of the country. planning to Ò monitorÓ news coverage at not How programs like these suddenly appear only broadcast stations, but also at print publications for which the FCC has no authority on the horizon, may seem a bit of a mystery to many. FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai claimed to regulate. The Ò Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs,Ó or CIN (pronounced the plan to monitor news rooms had never been put to an FCC vote; it was just sort of Ò sinÓ ) involved the FCC sending staffers to announced. Plans like these donÕ t just come question reporters, editors and producers out of nowhere. They are floated for a reason about why they chose to run particular stoand you can be sure there is always someone, ries. somewhere cooking up something that is beYou donÕ t have to be a constitutional scholar to know that the concept runs so against hind these hare brain concepts.

We can only hope someday technology will the grain of the founding pillars of our nation that one would have to think Vladimir Putin provide the technical resources that might was running the FCC. Many folks in and out address these and many other issues that threaten the liberties we now enjoy. WouldnÕ t of the media found it totally unthinkable that anyone could dream up such a concept and it be perfectly fitting if every government and elected official were fitted for a “Pinocchio think it would okay in America.

Nose” when they took office. Much like an Now it is true that there has been a great ankle bracelet that monitors confined offenddeal of discussion about the media not covering events fairly. Perhaps it was a logical step ers under house arrest, the Ò Pinocchio NoseÓ would clearly tell the American public when for the FCC to test the waters with big money at stake for many national media outlets and we are being told bold faced lies and convenient non-truths not in our best long term inan ever growing media slanted toward one terest. political side or the other. But even the most If we continued to be lied to, tricked, and slanted of media outlets wasnÕ t about to have taken advantage of by the very people who their coverage questioned by Uncle Sam. WeÕ ve also learned in recent weeks, the are in office to serve our needs then, much like government wishes to monitor the ciDepartment of Homeland Security canceled plans to build a nation-wide license plate vilian population, we deserve a system that database. The DHS put out a bid request for monitors the waste, deception and foolishness of those who choose to take advantage a system that would have gone national, letof the trust weÕ ve given in the past but can ting the federal government track millions of peopleÕ s comings and goings just as it tracks longer afford to do in the future. WhatÕ s fair data about every phone call we make. Like is fair and if anyone needs closer scrutiny it is our government. the FCC scuttled plans for their proposal, the DHS database of license numbers was sudDan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denton Pubdenly withdrawn last week, with the explanalications. He may be reached at dan@denpubs.com. tion that it was all just a simple mistake.

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ESSEX — Join Vermont Wilderness School Director Connor Stedman in an exploration of the voices and behavior of birds. Organizers: “We will review the basics of bird language and then dive into how birds journey through the seasons in their strategies for survival. Knowing what to track in bird language and behavior across different times of year is a powerful tool for understanding ecology and revealing the hidden stories of the landscape.” Whallonsburgh Grange, 7pm, $8 (suggested donation).

PLATTSBURGH — Opening reception for “LaThoriel Badenhausen: Wise Blood” includes food, drinks and a lecture by the artist. Burkey Gallery and Winkel Sculpture Court, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh. Runs ‘til March 31. 5pm, free.

PLATTSBURGH — Tony Kushner’s “A Bright Room Called Day” concerns a group of friends caught up in the events of the fall of the Weimar Republic and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in the early 1930s: Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, 7:30pm, $10/$8/$2 (general/faculty/ students). Runs through Sunday.

PLATTSBURGH — Capital Zen will perform: 10pm, the Monopole, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518-563-2222 for food and drink specials.

PLATTSBURGH — Bluegrass/country outfit Too Tall String Band to perform at the March installment of the Palmer Street Coffeehouse’s monthly event series. See sidebar. Palmer Street Coffeehouse, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 7pm, $10. Call 518-563-6920 for more info.

Too Tall String Band, Friday, March 7

LAKE PLACID — Bluegrass/country outfit Too Tall String Band to perform at the March installment of the Palmer Street Coffeehouse’s monthly event series. The trio, who first performed at the venue in 1984, are acclaimed for their trademark three-part harmonies and play multiple instruments, including guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, Dobro and hammered dulcimer. “There’s a certain chemistry that comes when a band has a history, and Too Tall’s got it,” said Palmer Street Coffeehouse Coordinator Jody Lawson. “They know their music and love the audience.” Palmer Street Coffeehouse, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 7pm, $10. Call 518-563-6920 for more info..

Image: The fellas blend in with their surroundings/Dave Brown.

SARANAC LAKE — Join the Tri-Lakes Humane Society’s “Cabin Fever Pawtay” to ameliorate the winter blues while raising money for a good cause. Includes drinks, food, dancing and hors d’ouevres alongside performances by Crowfeather and the Split Rock Band: 6:30pm, $10. The Waterhole..

Saturday, March 8

ESSEX — Vermont-based bluegrass outfit the Modern Grass Quintet are said to be combination of some of the best regional players on the scene. The band includes former and current members of popular outfits the Bluegrass Gospel Project, PossumHaw and Breakaway. Organizers cheerfully enthuase that with backgrounds in jazz, swing and folk, “MGQ delivers a high-energy, risk-taking, contemporary and accessible sound that gets you jumpin’.” Whallonsburg Grange, 7:30pm, $12/$10/$5 (door/advance/kids). Pre-sale tickets are available at Dogwood Bakery in Wadhams or by snailmail: WCA, PO Box 54, Essex, NY 12936. For more info, visit thegrangehall.info or call 518-9634170.

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Third of a six-session series, Living Healthy with Chronic Conditions, designed to help sufferers of chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and asthma, set their own goals and develop plans to improve their health and livlihood. Hand House, 8273 River Street: 12:30-3pm, free. Call 4961828 for details.

ESSEX — Start the week off on a limber note with a yoga class at Lake Champlain Yoga & Wellness: 4:30-5:45pm. Call 963-4300 for details.

Tuesday, March 11 KEESESVILLE — Gather ‘round at the Keeseville Free Library’s storytime. This month’s theme: the Noisy Barnyard: 10am. Call 834-9054 for more info.

Wednesday, March 12

PLATTSBURGH — Open Mic Night at the Monopole, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518563-2222 for food and drink specials.

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Mountain Club to present lecture, “Climate Change: Causes, Problems,Impacts and Solutions,” by SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury Branch Campus Dean Dr. Steve Danna. This session, say the organizers, is for individuals concerned about our changing climate and interested in strategies to minimize climate change impacts for our generation and generations to come.

ADK High Peaks Information Center, Heart Lake, Lake Placid: 8pm, free.

PAUL SMITHS — Join Uwe Mester of Vermont Feldenkrais for a workshop designed to “lead awareness through movement lessons that will impact your upright posture as well as actions in all functional activities.” Through the session, say the organizers, participants will experience how you can have more power from an improved internal organization, thus enabling you to do less work. Sounds useful.

Stick around for a second post-prandial workshop that will explore the shoulder and its connections to the neck, rib cage and arms. Participants will focus their attention on differentiating and integrating the movements of the shoulder girdle with the arms, neck and rib cage. The result, says Mester, will be a release in tension and increase in range of movement and comfort with shoulders. Paul Smith’s College, Saunders Sports Complex, $25-$30, 10am-noon (first workshop); 2-4:30pm (second workshop)

PLATTSBURGH — Champlain Valley Irish Dancers to perform at this pre-St. Patrick’s Day event. Includes dinner buffet from 4:00-6:00pm followed by the performance at 6:30 pm. Contact the Plattsburgh Elks Lodge 621 for tickets at 563-2100: $10-$20, 56 Cumberland Avenue.

Image: Carlos toots/Javier Salas/Turismo de Vigo.

Monday, March 10

ESSEX — Vermont-based bluegrass outfit the Modern Grass Quintet will perform following the afternoon’s lecture. See sidebar. Whallonsburg Grange, 7:30pm, $12/$10/$5 (door/advance/kids). Pre-sale tickets available at Dogwood Bakery in Wadhams or by mail: WCA, PO Box 54, Essex, NY 12936. For more info, visit thegrangehall.info or call 518-963-4170.

PLATTSBURGH — Three bands, Linear North (psych/drone), Source of the Flow (garage rock) and psychedelic rock outfit the Average Looking Mullighans will perform at ROTA to celebrate the onset of March and coming of spring. This will be a louder show, say the organizers, so leave the earplugs at home and treat yourself to a healthy dose of tinnitus. ROTA, 50 Margaret Street, 6pm.

PLATTSBURGH — Galicia-based bagpiper Carlos Núñez is slated to bring his signature blend of Spanish-flavored bagpiping to the North Country. Núñez, one of Galicia’s most revered artists, started playing the bagpipe at eight and has been called the tradition’s greatest piper. He is already known in Irish music thanks to his early adoption by the Chieftains — so close was his musical and personal connection, say the organizers, he was dubbed “The Seventh Chieftain.” Núñez’s music draws on influences that range from ancient and contemporary Celtic (with a unique Spanish swing) to Medieval and Baroque, and also borrows from the sounds and styles of the places where Galicians have settled, including Cuba, Brazil, Argentina and the United States: The Strand Theatre, 7:30pm, $25-$45. For more info, visit plattsburgharts.org or call 563-1604.

WILLSBORO — Fourth Annual Climbing Competition at rockclimbing mecca the Crux. Organizers: “The Spring Thaw is an all-ages indoor climbing competition comprised of two major components, a Youth Division (11:30am to 2pm) and the Adult Divisions (3pm to 5pm.) The adult divisions will be separated into Adult Open, Adult Advanced, and Adult Masters (for ages 50+). All participants will receive prizes for competing, with awards going to the Top 3 finishers in each division. Registration fee for competitors is $15 (for Youth Division) and $30 (for adult divisions). Visit climbthecrux.com for registration and event info.

PLATTSBURGH — Meet your fellow scrapbookers at the Imaginarium’s weekly beginners scrapbooking group. Held in conjunction with the Advocacy Resource Center and several local artists, each session will feature a guest instructor and participants are asked to bring a 12 x 12 scrapbook, photos or other mementos they wish to preserve alongside tools such as scissors, glue sticks and tape runners. Some supplies and a Cricut scrapbooking machine will be provided. RSVP by calling 518-563-0930 ext. 325 or via email: mclausen@cviarc.org. 4pm, free. 4709 State Route 9.

PERU — Elmore SPCA to host fundraiser screening of upcoming animated 3D family flick Mr. Peabody & Sherman at Cumberland 12: 9am, $12 (includes film admission, facepainting and popcorn). Cumberland 12, 18 North Bowl Lane.

Carlos Nunez, Thursday, March 13

ROUSE’S POINT — North Country Skating Club’s Wonderful World of Skating continues: Civic Center Arena, 1:30pm, $5.

ESSEX — Connor Stedman returns to the Whallonsburg Grange to lead “Winter Bird Language and Behavior Field Class”, a half-day field class exploring the relationship between bird language, tracking and winter ecology. Organizers: “We’ll put our bird language and tracking skills to the test and learn to read the language of the forest more deeply. Come with eyes and ears wide open and your curiosity stoked for what’s happening in the natural world, just two weeks out from the spring equinox.” Space is limited and pre-registration is required: get involved by emailing lakeside5047@gmail.com. Whallonsburg Grange, 7pm, $25

JAY — Local outfit Angel’s Share to perform. The guitar/keys/mandolin trio plays “classic tunes with a modern twist from artists like the Black Crowes, Kate Wolf and Townes Van Zandt as well as original songs.” Amos and Julia Ward Theatre, 7pm, $6.

Modern Grass Quintet, Saturday, March 8

shame awards to those who continue to let big tobacco on screen, on the airwaves, or in our print media. Today’s event includes a free screening of “Mr. Peabody and Sherman.” Cumberland 12, 12:30pm, film begins at 3pm.

PLATTSBURGH — Doom and Friends are on deck: 10pm, the Monopole, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518-563-2222 for food and drink specials.

PLATTSBURGH — The Imaginarium Children’s Museum to host annual Imagination Ball. Visitors are encouraged to dress up as their favorite prince, princess or superhero. Organizers: “We’ll have our own princesses and superheroes ready to show everyone a wonderful time! We’ll make tiaras and superhero masks,test your limits with a superhero workout and pamper your princess with an up-do! There will be face painting, sandwiches provided by Subway, fresh fruit and vegetables and a delicious cupcake treat!” 11am-3pm, $10. For ticketing info, visit imaginationball.eventbrite.com/.

ROUSE’S POINT — North Country Skating Club to present the Wonderful World of Skating, the organization’s 35th annual skating show: Civic Center Arena, 6pm, $5.

SARANAC LAKE — Local Celtic outfit Irishmore will perform at thie benefit for local charities. Beer, wine, soda and food will be available. Pre-sale tickets are available at Borracho Taco, Grizzle T’s, Ampersound, Jreck Subs and from members of event sponsors Whiteface Mt. Masonic Lodge #789. Harrietstown Town Hall, 7:30pm.

WILLSBORO — As part of the Willsboro Coffee House’s 20th anniversary celebrations, two members of the original group to perform at the venue, Alice Knight and Speedy Arnold, will make a musical appearance: 7pm, $5/$2 (adults/students).

Call 963-7772 for more info.

Sunday, March 9 PLATTSBURGH — Reality Check to host their 5th Annual Fame and Shame Awards, a time when Reality Check gives awards to local, state, and national champions who protect youth from tobacco imagery in media. Reality Check also gives

WADHAMS — Wadhams Free Library continues their series of illustrated talks by local residents with “Natural Vitality Stress Relief” with NEW Health’s Brian Trzaskos. Organizers: “The negative physiologic effects of stress include chronic pain, headaches, fatigue, insomnia, high blood pressure, acid reflux, heart disease, anxiety, depression, and mood disorders. While prescription drugs can be helpful, many produce side effects that are equally as disruptive to the original problem. Stress Relief programs like the one we teach at NEW Health are simple and effective using proven natural techniques that lower stress, increase vitality, and improve health and productivity at home and work.” 7:30pm, free

Thursday, March 13 PLATTSBURGH — Galicia-based bagpiper Carlos Núñez is slated to bring his signature blend of Spanish-flavored bagpiping to the North Country. See sidebar.

The Strand Theatre: 7:30pm, $25-$45. For more info, visit plattsburgharts.org or call 563-1604.

PLATTSBURGH — The North Country Alliance for Public Education to host free public forum, “Testing and the Common Core”, on March 13 at SUNY Plattsburgh’s Yokum Room 200. Guest speakers include Monty Neill, Executive Director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, Eric Mihelbergel from NYS Allies for Public Education, Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters and Carol Burris, New York State 2013 High School Principal of the Year. For more info, visit nysape. org. 6:30pm, free PLATTSBURGH — Join Dr. Teresa Mares, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Vermont, Burlington, for her lecture “Eating Far From Home: Migrants and Food Insufficiency.” Mowry Conference Room, Redcay Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, 2pm. Call 518-564-4010 for more info.

PLATTSBURGH — Lowell and Sabel from popular local rock outfit will perform: 10pm, the Monopole, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518-563-2222 for food and drink specials.

PORT HENRY — The Literacy Volunteers of Essex/Franklin Counties will host a tutor training for prospective volunteer at its main office in Port Henry. This twelve hour Basic Literacy training will give you the tools, tips, and strategies needed to help a student improve his/her reading and math skills. Sessions will also be held on the 13th, 20th, and March 27 from 1-4 pm. There is no fee and all materials are included. For more info, call 546-3008 or e-mail director@litvol.com. 3265 Broad Street.

SARANAC LAKE — Professional storyteller Karen Glass to present “Adirondack Stories out of the Past” at the Saranac Lake Free Library’s Cantwell Community Room. Bring soup or sandwich and enjoy desserts and beverages provided by the Hospitality Committee: 12pm, free. For more info, call 891-4190.

Swanson wins play contest

SARANAC LAKE Ñ Pendragon is pleased to announce that Witter Swanson, a student at Saranac Lake High School, will receive a full production of his play ÒE lmer.Ó The runnerup receiving a reading of her piece is Amber Baker, a student at Beekmantown, for her play ÒT he Esteemed Institute.Ó Pendragon would like to thank all of the young playwrights who submitted their work and making this festival a success.

Please join Witter, Amber, and the Pendragon crew at the theatre on April 5 for a full day of festival activities. From 10 a.m. to noon, Pendragon invites children in grades 1-6 to join Jessica Deeb and Executive Artistic Director Karen LordiKirkham for a workshop entitled ÒPl aywriting on Your Feet.Ó From 2 to 4 p.m., join judges Fred Balzac, Karen Lewis and Karen Lordi-Kirkham for an invigorating panel discussion and workshop on playwriting.

At 7 p.m., Witter SwansonÕ s ÒE lmer,Ó will be performed and Amber BakerÕ s ÒT he Esteemed Institute,Ó will be read for the public. Free admission. A reception will follow the performance.

For more information please visit at pendragontheatre.org, call 891-1854 or email info@pendragontheatre.org.

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Letters to the Editor

Dental staff to find new home To the Valley News: In 2007, when I spoke with Kevin Haughney and Gordonna Blodgett about joining the dental staff at Moses Ludington Hospital, it was to start a new page in my life. I had little knowledge of what that chapter held for me after 25 years in private practice.

I knew that a large part of my job would be to provide care for the under served pool of dental patients with no insurance or Medicaid or Fidelis coverage. What I didnÕ t realize was that it was such a huge population. Two thousand new patients in one year. Three thousand new patients in two years and a total population of more than 7,000 patients in five years.

Patients from Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Port Henry, Mineville and Schroon Lake. From so far as Lewis, Plattsburgh and Lake Placid. A doctor from Long Island who was on vacation in Lake George, whose son had an emergency and we were the only dentist available on a Saturday. A camper from New Hampshire we saw as an emergency patient. This patient then drove over two hours from home to complete his root canal therapy, and later returned for a check-up visit. A young wife who was too embarrassed to smile because of the appearance of her front teeth; who cried when she saw

what we were able to do for her, and is now outspoken and smiles freely. Adult patients who trembled in fear of the dentist and had never gone to one, who are now pain free and willingly schedule and keep recall appointments.

The people who have become our friends. Karen Costello, who realized that I was having a stroke the first day I was working at the hospital and brought me to the emergency room upstairs. Kevin Haughney, who kept my insurance active, despite the fact that I hadn’t seen my first patient. Kevin, who welcomed me back after my three months of speech therapy, who was always thankful of the work our clinic did at the hospital. Wayne and Sue Busby, who let us move into our house, even before we started to pay anything to stay there and has helped us over the last six years. Leslie Bain, a great and helpful neighbor. Mia and Jermy Fuller, who helped us finish our barn. Jim and Noel Mack, who called us at home and consoled us as our puppy suddenly died and Gary and Sharon Cook, also patients, who helped us with our goats. Patients like Dawn and Kent Belden, who have also become friends. Rick Quesnel, who supplies our horses with hay no matter what the weather, who can lift three times whatever I can, and is always ready to tell me everything I am doing wrong around the farm. This is only a small example of the friends who are the substance which has fed our roots and make this our home so quickly.

That is why we were shocked when during a busy day of patients, I, Dentist Larry Cepelak, Dental Hygienist Debbie DeStefano, Dental Assistant Dave Rogers and Receptionist Betty Coley were dismissed and escorted from the hospital with no warning or severance.

This treatment of any loyal employee is unconscionable, but such treatment of patients scheduled from months ahead, for uncompleted procedures begun, for recall patients who have been loyal to the doctor and the hygienist has offended my professional ethics if not the legal ones of the hospital. The hospital may pretend that one staff dentist will be able to treat this patient pool, or even provide all of the procedures which only Dr. Cepelak offered to the patients, but the administration is deluding themselves.

I have always felt that such a large diverse patient pool, including uninsured and insured patients, and government protected patients can certainly pay its bills. It may not make the practitioner rich, but it can, with a dedicated and motivated staff, benefit everyone involved.

I approached Inter-Lakes Health CEO Chip Holmes with the suggestion that I maintain seeing our patients in the same space at the hospital for three months as a separate entity while a new office is readied, or that the hospital at least donate the now unused equipment to us so that we can serve these displaced patients as quickly as possible. I am waiting for a response from his team. Several concerned individuals in the Ticonderoga/Port Henry community have already offered spaces to expedite the process of a clinic being open in 1-3 months.

Our team wants to assure the community that we will be available as soon as possible, and making new appointments as soon as we set up a computer system to schedule our patients. Thank you to all our patient/friends.

Larry Cepelak, DDS Ticonderoga

Not much time left

To the Valley News: World War II Veterans are dying at a rate of 700 to 800 a day, they are in their late eighties and early nineties, there are less than one million left, soon there will be none of us left. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. The North Country Honor Flight group is dedicated to fly as many North Country WW II veterans to Washington to see their Memorial as possible. It is a daunting task but our group is working tirelessly accomplish this goal.

In the last ten days we lost two of our comrades, we donÕ t have much time left. Many North Country residents have been very generous in donating to our mission, on the other hand there are many who have not heard of the North Country Honor Flight, we ask you to spread the word about our organization and our mission.

The North Country Honor Flight organization is a group of dedicated local residents who seek donations to fund these flights for our WW II Veterans, without funding it would be impossible to carry on with this work.

Our website is: northcountryhonorflight.org. We are asking for your help, please send donations to Ò North Country Honor Flight,Ó 1 Derek Drive, Keeseville, N.Y. 12944 We donÕ t have much time left.

Joe DeMarco Keeseville

InBloom getting info on kids To the Valley News: North Country parents, do you know that your child is a source of data and dollars? The New York State Education Department will be making available a quantum of information to inBloom to track children with no provision for parents to opt out of this student data system.

New York is the only state that plans to hand over confidential student information to InBloom, which is funded by the Gates Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. Why do vendors need up to 400 data points about your child?

What information about you and your child will reside in the internet cloud? Student demographic information; early identification of students who may be at risk of not graduating from high school; attendance and behavioral data; state assessment scores; and educational program participation, just to name a few .

Our State Education Portal (engageny.org) repeatedly states that InBloom is prohibited from selling student data for, Ò anything other than specific educational contracts.” In other words, this data may be sold to, Ò third-party providers,Ó who publish Common Core materials that impact your childÕ s future learning. Although InBloom claims to be nonprofit, the profit motive drives this data collection.

According to InBloom, Ò Teachers spend more time integrating student data from various sources and less time teaching.Ó How is that for a solution? Data collection and less teaching time will never lead to lifelong learners who contribute to society and enjoy life, liberty and happiness. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 26, states that parents have the right to choose the kind of education given to their children. Children should have the protection of the Fourth Amendment to the USA Constitution.

Parents, if you donÕ t want to share data about your child to inBloom and its, Ò trusted third-party providers,Ó contact your local government representatives today.

Jennifer Christiansen Chazy

Spring forward!

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On Sunday, March 9, Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. We remind readers to set your clocks FORWARD one hour to compensate for the time change before you go to bed the evening before. It is also recommended that you change the batteries in your smoke detector when changing your clocks.

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AuSable Valley Central School students to present ‘Pippin’

By Keith Lobdell

keith@denpubs.com CLINTONVILLE Ñ Students from elementary to high school will take to the AuSable Valley Middle/High School stage next week to perform a coming of age story set to song.

The troupe of players is set to bring Ò Pippin” to the school stage with 7:30 p.m. curtains Thursday, March 13; Friday, March 14; and Saturday, March 15, along with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, March 16. Ò Pippin is just getting out of college and looking for something meaningful, but nothing seems to work out,Ó said senior Michael Rafferty, who plays the title role. Ò It is a coming of age story about finding happiness in life.Ó Sophomore Clara Meyer plays then Leading Player. Ò SheÕ s kind of like the devil,Ó Meyer said. Ò My part is to manipulate Pippin into performing my grand finale, which makes me kind of the bad guy.Ó Meyer is joined in her quest by several players, including Berthe, played by junior Emilie Kilburn; and Catherine, played by senior Tonie Cross. Ò We are a troupe of actors that make Pippin believe that we can help him find meaning in his life,Ó Kilburn said. Ò CatherineÕ s job is to direct Pippin away

from a comfortable home life, but things do not go exactly as planned.Ó Students have varying years of experience as members of the annual musical production of the show. Ò This is the ninth show I have done here,Ó Rafferty said.Ó It has been great because I have grown up in the theater and it has taught me a lot of life lessons and a lot of skills.Ó “The first year I was a disaster,” said Meyer, who is in her third musical. Ò I found it funny they cast me for a role that requires dancing because that is not a strong point for me, but I am getting more comfortable and more confident as a person just by doing all the plays.” Ò I actually think I have gotten more stage shy since I started,Ó said Kilburn, a seven year vet. Ò You want to make sure that everything goes right.Ó Cross has been a member of the last three musicals, coming back to the stage after being part of the productions as an elementary student.

“I think I am more confident and more comfortable on stage then I am in front of smaller crowds,Ó Cross said.

The musical is directed by Matt Stanley, with assistance from Martin Deslauriers, choreography by Antonette Knoedel and music direction by Dennis Frisbee.

Stanley said the cast is made up of 20 high school students with a number of elementary

students set to join the cast for the final week leading up to the performances.

Tickets for the show cost $10 each and can be

purchased in advance by calling the school box office at 834-2800, ext. 7500. For information, email office@avcsk12.org.

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f following the white lines of the freeway is your style, then check out the following programs!

Agriculture

Spring Beef Week Wednesday, March 19 6- 9 pm Adirondack Meat Company 30 Commerce Drive Ticonderoga NY Topics: Peter Ward will provide a tour of the new slaughterhouse for farmers and describe

By Rich Redman the types of animals that he will purchase. Mike Baker will discuss Artificial Insemination (including synchronization and heat signs) advantages and disadvantages, Bull fertility checks, Feeding minerals. Peter Hagar will discuss handling facilities.

Speakers: Mike Baker NYS Beef Specialist, Peter Hagar CCE Clinton Co, and Peter Ward of Adirondack Meat Co. Preregister with Anita Deming 962-4710 ext. 409 or 0 ald6@ cornell.edu • 3rd Annual Organic Dairy & Field Crop Conference Holiday Inn, Auburn, NY March 7, 2014 Join us at one of the nation’s leading organic dairy and field crop conferences!

Keynote Speaker Gary Zimmer, president of Midwestern BioAg, will discuss how to build healthy sustainable soils for your farm.

We offer three different workshop tracks--Business Management, Dairy, and Field Crops--and a total of 12 workshops.

Workshops Include: Raising Healthy Calves and Replacements for Organic Dairy with Dr Guy Jordarski Wheat: Systems for Success with David Smith of Log City Milling & Lake Distilling Keeping “Family” in the Family Farm with Mike & Gayle Thorpe of ThorpeÕ s Organic Family Farm Registration is only $60 and includes a delicious lunch prepared from food donated from local organic farms.

• Grasstravaganza 2014: Pasture Soil Health Creates Wealth – Thursday to Saturday, July 17 - 19 – Morrisville State College, Morrisville - Speakers include Ray Archuleta, the NRCS Ò soil guy” from North Carolina, Jerry Brunetti of Agri-Dynamics, and Jim Gerrish, former University of Missouri researcher, writer, and now cattle rancher and consultant from Idaho. A Thursday evening dinner will kick-off the conference, and tours will be held on both Friday and Saturday afternoons. Visit http:// grasstravaganza.morrisville.edu for updates on the conference agenda and registration.

Conservation

Conversations

Fly Fishing

• Tree and Shrub Sales Essex County Soil & Water Annual Tree & Shrub Seedling Sale, Advanced Order Deadline March 17, 2014 Limited quantities available until April 25th, 2014 pickup date Cornell Cooperative Extension Center P.O. Box 407, 3 Sisco Street Westport, NY 12993 518-962-8225 or essexswcd@westelcom.com

Wildlife

The Whallonsburg Grange Hall is located at the corner of Route 22 and Whallons Bay Road in Whallonsburg, New York.

Built in 1915, the Grange Hall has been a center for the community in the Champlain Valley for many years.

• Friday, March 7 at 7 p.m.

Bird Language for All Seasons Join Connor Stedman in a rich exploration of the voices and behavior of birds. He will review the basics of bird language and then dive into how birds journey through the seasons in their strategies for survival. Knowing what to track in bird language and behavior across different times of year is a powerful tool for understanding ecology and revealing the hidden stories of the landscape. $8 suggested donation • Saturday, March 8 from 9a m-1pm Winter Bird Language and Behavior Field Class Connor Stedman will lead a half day field class exploring the relationship between bird language, tracking, and winter ecology. WeÕ ll put our bird language and tracking skills to the test and learn to read the language of the forest more deeply.

Come with eyes and ears wide open and your curiosity stoked for whatÕ s happening in the natural world, just two weeks out from the spring equinox. Cost is $25. Space is limited. Pre-registration required by email to lakeside5047@gmail.com) • Friday, April 26, 7 p.m.

Timber Rattlesnakes in Folklore and Fact The Timber Rattlesnake has long been feared and despised by many people. But scientific studies have shown them to be a complex animal; both predator and prey, solitary and social, and slow to reproduce but fast when striking. Learn more about this fascinating creature found at Split Rock Mountain among other places in New York, from the past when it was worth a $5 bounty through the modern era of legal protection.

Joe Racette of the New York State DEC and Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator will lead this program. His recent work has included projects on habitat connectivity, colonial water-birds, Peregrine falcon, BicknellÕ s thrush, and Timber rattlesnakes.

Rich Redman is a retired District Conservationist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and an avid outdoorsman. His column will appear regularly. He may be reached at rangeric@nycap.rr.com.

COSTA FLY FISHING FILM TOUR on April 5 at the Center for the Arts in Lake Placid. The movie starts at 7 pm but the doors open at 6 pm so you can get a quality seat for this show.

This is a HIGH QUALITY FLY FISHING event that every bamboo and graphite rod, water whipping fly casting stream walker needs to see!

Tickets for this event are $12 each and can be purchased by sending a check payable to the Tri-Lakes Chapter of Trout Unlimited, at 749 Norrisville Rd, Schuyler Falls, NY 12985 Check out the website at www.thef3. com.

If you donÕ t want to leave home, have no desire to challenge the snow and ice, and would prefer to kick back and watch a movie then check out this great 6 minute film about a father and son living and fishing along the Ausable River in upstate New York. Jerry has been running the family business for 37 years and now Evan has stepped in to help out. Check out fly-fishing and the Ò The Hungry TroutÓ in Wilmington NY. flyfishing@hungrytrout .com

Wildland Fire Training

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission will be hosting two annual fire line refreshers with NYSDEC Forest Rangers this year. They will be held on the following dates: March 7- 8 at 9 a.m.

If you do not have wildfire qualifications and would like to get certified please email Tyler Briggs for the training materials: (The S-130/ S-190 Field day www.albanypinebush.org, April 26 at 9 a.m.)

Tyler Briggs Fire Management & GIS Specialist tbriggs@albanypinebush.org (518) 456-0655 x1220 (Office) (585) 506-8675 (Mobile)

While fishing with friend, Clayton Smith, over February break, Brandon Tyrel caught this 35inch Northern Pike weighing 10 pounds out of Minerva Lake. This was Brandon’s third time ice fishing and he is now obsessed with ice fishing, hook line and sinker!

March 8, 2014

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saw the headline from a distance, and I rushed to grab a copy of the newspaper. The front page story featured a photograph of the old Firetower on Hurricane Mountain, which had been slated for removal along with the tower on St. Regis Mountain.

Cautiously, I read the story, Ò In a rare move, the state Adirondack Park AgencyÕ s Board of Commissioners voted Thursday to classify land beneath fire towers on St. Regis and Hurricane mountains as historic, which would let the structures remain and be restored.Ó APA approval had been confirmed, and according to the story; both of the mountaintop towers were to remain as Ò Historic Resources in company with other historic sites in the park including Camp Santanoni in Newcomb, the ruins of Fort St.Fredric near Crown Point, and John Brown Farm in North Elba.Ó The fire towers had previously been slated for eventual removal since Hurricane Mountain is classified as a primitive area and St. Regis Mountain is located in the St. Regis Canoe Area.

The DEC may use the towers for administrative purposes, in order to attach repeaters to the towers, to aid radio communications in remote areas.

Although I have connections with both sites, the Hurricane tower is truly a symbol of home. In Elizabethtown, the tower is omnipresent, and it remains as familiar to most folks as their own back door. I could see it while walking to school, or from the gas station where I worked, or the golf course where I played.

Over the years, I spent a lot of time on the summit of that peak in the company of family, friends and guests. As a teenager, it was always a familiar haunt, with a comfortable leanto at itÕ s base, and access available via two easy trails.

Both the leanto, and the old Firetower Observers Cabin have since been removed, but my memories of the place remain intact. As a teenager, I spent the summer working on a trail crew with the old Conservation Department. The job included clearing brush, moving stones, building bridges and restoring the phone line on the backside of Hurricane.

The leanto was my home away from home for the summer, and although it was only a fifteen minute motorcycle ride from town; it provided true freedom.

Our trail boss also served as the Firetower Observer, which left us pretty well to our own devices. Although we were rarely supervised, we managed to get the job done, and we had a lot of fun in the process.

The trail up the backside is currently in much rougher shape than I ever recall, and the route is now a bit longer, since motor vehicles can no longer drive to the site of the old ObserverÕ s Cabin.

Fortunately, the view from the mountainÕ s summit hasnÕ t changed much. There are obviously a few more beaver dams in the foreground and usually far more hikers on top, but the sun still rises over Lake Champlain to the east and it sets beyond the Great Range of the High Peaks to the west.

My memories of the place are the same, and whenever IÕ m atop the peak the only thing I forget is my age. Climbing a mountain has that affect. The climb up serves to reminds us of the aging process; but the view from the summit always brings out our youth Thanks to the efforts and dedication of the late Gretna Longware of Elizabethtown, and the many other Friends of Hurricane, the familiar, old gray steel firetower still stands, as do so many fond memories of the place.

On March 12, the state Adirondack Park Agency will hold a public hearing at their headquarters in Ray Brook to determine how to preserve the two mountaintop fire towers.

In October the state Department of Environmental Conservation released a draft unit management plan which outlined the agencyÕ s proposal to restore and allow for full public access to the Hurricane Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area in the town of Keene and the St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area in the town of Santa Clara.

Both of the towers have been closed to the public since they were discontinued for use as fire observation stations. The Hurricane Mountain tower was closed in 1979 and the St. Regis Mountain tower in 1990.

The APA is set to hold a hearing at 6 p.m. on March 12 to determine whether DECÕ s draft UMP is in compliance with the State Land Master Plan.

Public comment on the topic will be open until March 26.

The public comments will be presented to the APA board for a final decision at their April or May meeting.

Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook.

Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net.

March 8, 2014

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GRANTOR Fawthrop, D Karp, Joseph and Deborah and Chatzky, Herbert DECD M&T Bank

GRANTEE Wawrzoszek, A Parisi, Philip

LOCATION Schroon Newcomb

Sec. Housing & Urban Jay Development Drake, Allan Terrell, David K and Eden North Elba Essex County Smith, Lewis and Sandra Crown Point Fleury, Clifford R Somaini, Anthony and Jon. Lewis Brown, Michael and Elaine Abodeely, Adam and Gina North Elba Bedell, Reginald ESQ and Cutting, A Tammac Holdings Corp.

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