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Essex Cty. drug raid leads to arrests

KEENE VALLEY Ñ East Branch Friends of the Arts (EBFA) is excited to announce a new campaign on Adirondack Gives, the crowdfunding site for Adirondack region nonprofits. Ò Picture a World-Class Symphony Orchestra HereÓ is raising money for EBFA to help fund a full-length concert by the Lake Placid Sinfonietta in Keene Valley this summer. The goal is to raise $500, which will be matched dollar-for-dollar by a generous benefactor, to help bridge the gap between box office donations and costs for this very special event.

The project was launched on March 11 and will be live at adirondackgives.org/ campaigns/picture-worldclass-symphony-orchestra/ until May 10.

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ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ An assembly line of shackled individuals shuffled across Judge Richard B. MeyerÕ s courtroom Friday, March, 21 for arraignment on felony drug charges.

Eighteen suspects were netted by raids conducted by a kaleidoscope of law enforcement agencies across the county Ñ including New York State Police, town departments, the Adirondack Drug Task Force and the Essex County SheriffÕ s Department Ñ as part of a coordinated effort to identify, investigate and apprehend suspected narcotics dealers operating within the county.

The dates of the alleged crimes stretch back into last year and only now are suspects being brought up on multiple charges.

Event at BluSeed

SARANAC LAKE Ñ Ò Legacy of the Goddess,Ó will be presented at BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake, Saturday, March 29, from 7 to 9 p.m. Kimberly Berg, artist and male pro-feminist advocate, will be giving an illustrated power-point presentation in honor of WomenÕ s History month. It describes the forgotten history of womenÕ s goddess culture that dates back to the Neolithic period, 10,000 to 4,000BC, before the rise of patriarchy.

Little to speak at library

Au SABLE FORKS Ñ Local Author Gordie Little will be at Au Sable Forks Free Library on Saturday, March 29, 5 p.m. to tell Ghost stories and sign his books. The Library is excited to have this local author come share his talent of storytelling with our community.

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Congressman Bill Owens, at head, sits with Saranac Lake businessmen during a lunchtime meeting March 21.

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Owens breaks bread with Saranac Lake business leaders

By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com

SARANAC LAKE Ñ As he winds down his tenure as NY-21 Congressman, Bill Owens (D-Plattsburgh) took some time Friday, March 21 to meet with Saranac Lake business owners and discuss the economic climate of the region.

Owens had a lunchtime conference with local employers where several topics came up, including the Hotel Saranac project, renovations to the townÕ s business park, the collaboration between St. Lawrence University and the Trudeau Institute and maple season,

among others.

Owens also spoke about the diversity of the North Country businesses who work to attract people from the big cities to the south and north. Ò What drives the economy in Clinton County is the Canadians,Ó Owens said. Ò I hear a lot of people from Quebec talking French when they are walking down the streets in Lake Placid, as well. How do we be more welcoming to both them and the New York City crowd?Ó When it came to industry, Owens said there was a lot of potential with the partnership between Clarkson and Trudeau. Ò There has to be ways to spin off

the research work that will be part of this partnership into a commercialized product, which is something both entities need to do to sustain their futures,Ó he said. Ò The question that has to be answered is how you make the business park ready to receive someone?Ó Owens said along with possible business expansion, there was a strong investment base locally. Ò There are a lot of people who are sitting in Saranac Lake who are very smart investors,Ó he said.

Owens also visited several local businesses around the community during his visit.

Schoch named to Hall of Fame

RAY BROOK Ñ The New York State Outdoorsmen Hall of Fame proudly announces that its class of inductees for 2014 will include Dr. Nina Schoch of Ray Brook, NY. Schoch will be honored at the annual banquet April 26 in Canastota.

Nina Schoch is best known for her role in conservation of the Adirondack loon. Under her leadership theBRIloon program has involved hundreds of volunteers, school children, and government agencies in protecting the iconic symbol of the Adirondack wilderness.

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Paul Smith’s hosts regional search and rescue training event PAUL SMITHS Ñ The Paul Smiths Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC) recently played host to a major winter search and rescue training.

Eighteen first responders from seven organizations participated in the Joint Agency Exercise (JAE) which involved locating an injured person using GPS coordinates, assessing the individual for injury, treating as appropriate and transporting to a waiting EMS rescue squad service. Participating agencies included Search and Rescue of the Northern Adirondacks (SARNAK), NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers, Adirondack Amateur Radio Association, Saranac Lake Volunteer Rescue Squad, Paul Smiths Gabriel Fire Department, Franklin County Emergency Dispatch, and staff from the VIC. Ò This was a great exercise at a great venue and we want to thank Brian McDonnell and his staff at the VIC,” SARNAK training officer Frank Schmidt said. Ò The VIC has an extensive trail system which we were able to use to kind of Ô hideÕ our injured

person volunteer. Once our patient was in place they used a cell phone to call 911 and ask for help.Ó Schmidt explained how the event worked. Ò Using the capabilities of the Franklin County 911 emergency dispatch system the dispatcher contacted the DEC Rangers and was able to give approximate GPS location of the phone call.Ó Once received, the GPS coordinates were plotted and the patientÕ s location marked on the regional topographical map. That map then needed to be compared with the VICÕ s trail system map giving the first responders a good idea of where the person was and how best to get to them.

A key component of the exercise was to make sure all involved agencies had a communication link to the incident. Generally that meant radio communication but also included limited use of cell phones as well. An elaborate communication net work was set up and tested by the Adirondack Amateur Radio Association utilizing their mobile emergency communications bus. Once on-line the

team in the field could relay position reports and patient assessment information back to the command center at the VIC lodge and on to the Adirondack Medical Center where there was a radio operator in contact with medical control. Saranac Lake Volunteer Rescue Squad was standing by at their base available to respond in the event the injured person needed ambulance transport. Paul Smiths Gabriel Fire Department also provided a field EMT and a scene safety officer as required by FEMA. Ò We train so we can learn from our mistakes and correct them before it is the real deal,Ó Adirondack Amateur Radio coordinator Barry Brogan, who was also acting Incident Commander, said.

“We lost communications with the field team for several minutes in the beginning while we were switching some antennas. After that the communications ran well. The patient was located where we thought they would be and the team did a

great job of assessing, treating and packaging the patient. We worked with some new equipment the DEC is just deploying which helps keep hypothermia patients warm and stable during a carry out.

Ranger Tom Edmunds provided guidance on the packaging and getting the crew set up in the carry out system.Ó Brogan said the team was able to accomplish their goals. Ò The real value in a drill like this is getting several agencies that are likely to work together in a real scenario to train together and get used to each other and each otherÕ s equipment and capabilities,Ó he said.

The day ended with a debrief by all involved and some great chili provided by the VIC. A summer version of the JAE is in the works. More information is available at SARNAK.org and for amateur radio emergency communications at ADKARA.org.

Participants in the winter Joint Agency Exercise (JAE) who recently trained for back country rescue and communications at the Paul Smiths VIC, pose with their safely recovered patient in front of the mobile field command center.

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Code enforcement officers meet in Lake Placid

Work readiness course slated

TICONDEROGA Ñ A new Work Readiness Credential Course has been scheduled for March 28 through May 9. This is a great course for North Country residents to earn the National Work Readiness and National Retail Federation Customer Service Credential. Individuals seeking employment opportunities will received instruction in communication skills, courtesy and awareness of customer needs, workplace reading and math, resume writing, online job applications, interview skills, and more.

The class takes placed at North County Community College- Ticonderoga Campus and the dates are March 28; April 4,11,15; and May 2, 5, 9, followed by a hiring seminar during the week of May 12.

For more information, you can contact Christina at 561-0430 ext. 3088.

Donations sought for fundraiser

From left, Stephen Imhoff, Code Enforcement Officer Town of Plattsburgh and NACEOA second vice president, James E. Morganson, Code Enforcement Officer Town of North Elba/Village of Lake Placid and President NACEOA, Edwin Randig, Code Enforcement Officer Town of Harrietstown and first vice president NACEOA and Angela Sirianni-Lucey, Code Enforcement Officer Town of Waverly and Educational Committee Chairwoman NACEOA. LAKE PLACID — Every year Code Enforcement Officials are required to renew their certification. State Law mandates that each Official complete a minimum course load of a least 24 training hours.

The Northern Adirondack Chapter of the New York State Building Officials just hosted an Educational Conference that provided that annual training.

President and founding member, James Morganson, reported that, in fact, this is the 19th year that his organization has provided this service. This year 251 Code and Fire Officials completed the necessary workload.

This school has a direct positive impact on the communities where these Officials are responsible for promoting Codes. Ò Our mission is to provide our members with the knowledge needed to enhance Building Safety in all their municipalities,Ó Morganson said. Ò We know that Building Inspectors (Code Enforcement Officials) act as First Preventers in the building process.

They are the first to see a plan and can prevent problems before they are even started.

Each course is slanted toward this goal of First Prevention. Most important, is the continued involvement of Dave Nester and Curtis Lumber. Dave works to insure that different and valuable demonstrations are ongoing each day.Ó The Crowne Plaza Lake Placid Resort is the venue that provides the correct atmosphere for this event. Next yearÕ s Conference will be a celebration of 20 years of quality education.

KEENE VALLEY Ñ Help children and families by donating items such as clothing, shoes, winter apparel, toys, books, games, blankets, arts and crafts for newborn to school-age children in new or good condition through a donation drive led by Keene Central School senior Tucker Geoger. Money donations are also accepted. Donation Bins will be placed at the Keene Valley Library, Keene Library, and the Valley Grocery from March 29 through April 6. There will also be final drive Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6, at the school from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

For information, contact Tucker Geiger at tugeiger@keenecentralschool.org.

Pruning workshop slated

LAKE PLACID Ñ Do you have an apple, cherry or pear tree in your yard that doesnÕ t always produce what you expect? Peter Landau, certified arborist will be holding his annual free fruit tree pruning workshop this year at Heaven Hill Farm, 302 Bear Cub Lane in Lake Placid on Saturday, March 29, at 10:30 a.m. until noon. He will be teaching the basic principles of structural pruning for your new or older fruit trees and how to renovate old fruit trees and manage diseases without chemicals. For more information contact Peter Landau, 946-8218, arbor1dude@aol.com; or Heidi Roland, heavenhillevents@verizon.net.

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Trivia night event scheduled

LAKE PLACID Ñ Twice a year, the Rotary Club of Lake Placid hosts a trivia night event that supports local literacy projects, including Literacy Volunteers of Essex/Franklin Counties. The next trivia night will be held Tuesday, April 1, with registration from 6 to 6:45 p.m., and the first round of questions at 7 p.m. For more information and to register you can contact Mary Liz Alexander at 523-5876.

ACAP benefit bowling event set

Au SABLE FORKS Ñ ACAP Community Action AngelsÕ Annual Bowling Tournament will be held on Saturday, April 5, at Riverside Bowling Lanes in AuSable Forks. The 9-Pin mixed (two women, three men or visa versa) tournament will consist two shifts, one starting at 4 p.m. and one starting at 7 p.m. Call Riverside (647-9905) to enter a team or ACAP to donate to the event (873-3207).

Browne to present poetry

SARANAC LAKE Ñ BluSeed Studios and the Adirondack Center for Writing are pleased to present the performance poetry of Mahogany L. Browne and Jive Poetic Saturday, April 5, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Admission is $10 suggested donation. For more, visit bluseedstudios.org, call 891-3799 or email admin@bluseedstudios.org or to make reservations.

Zumbathon to benefit SPCA

KEENE VALLEY — There will be a benefit Zumbathon Saturday, March 29, at Keene Central School in the Gymnasium from 10 a.m. to noon. Admission is $5 a person for ages 12 and up, with all proceeds going to the North Country SPCA. In addition, there will be a donation bin for items to be given to the shelter. The instructors will be Jessica Nugent and Kye Turner. The event is the senior project of KCS student Kari LeClair.

Comedians come to Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID Ñ The Lake Placid Center for the Arts (LPCA) will present Ò The Not Too Far From Home Professional Stand Up Comedy TourÓ March 29 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Tickets are available by calling the LPCA Box Office at 523-2512 or online at lakeplacidarts. org.

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North Country reps need to Why should we do this? be mindful of our needs B

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hey may very well have had a point.

Last Friday, local teachers and parents stood outside the Glens Falls and Plattsburgh offices of New York State Sen. Elizabeth “Betty” Little to protest a pair of key issues when it comes to education funding within the state.

The first issue is easy enough: Why would anyone in the North Country care about funding for charter schools? Those who have come out in support of passing funding to the publicly paid for, but independently run, academies that, according to the state Department of Education, Ò create and sustain excellent educational options for New York State families on behalf of the Board of Regents through high quality charter school authorizing, fair and transparent oversight of all charter schools, and the dissemination of innovative school designs and practices.Ó Sounds great, but the closest charter school for North Country students is located in Troy or Albany, a one-plus hour drive for our southern-most readers and almost three hours for those by the Canadian border.

So there are no charter schools in the district that Little represents, which makes it very easy to understand why teachers and parents are upset with Little voting in favor of bills that would shift funding away from public schools and toward charter institutions. Sen. Little, you represent a district that has no charter schools and therefore should be mindful of the needs of your constituents.

Little has been a champion for business rights within the Adirondack Park. She has brought millions in grant funding to towns in desperate need of infrastructure repairs and was on the front lines of Tropical Storm Irene relief. All these things she was praised for, but many families watching their taxes go up and their quality of education go down as teachers lose their jobs are losing their patience when they hear about the glory of charter schools they have no chance of sending their children to.

This leads to another issue, one Little has said recently she is trying to help eliminate: the Gap Elimination Adjustment.

Under Former Gov. David Paterson, the GEA was used to balance a state budget that was out of control according to Albany lawmakers. It continued under Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who swore the budget would get better.

Guess what, it has, as Cuomo touts a budget surplus that will be realized in the next two years.

Congratulations! The GEA worked and now we can go back to business as usual.

Ehh, not so fast.

Both Cuomo and the legislature are dragging their feet on this one, wanting to keep the money that should be going to local public schools away or moving it into charter schools.

What does this mean for local schools? Elizabethtown-Lewis Superintendent Scott Osborne said his school has cut all that they can without affecting the quality of education provided to students and the fund balance will shortly dry up. He almost drops to his knees whenever he talks about the desperate need to restore the GEA. Minerva Central School has already started to look at consolidation of high school services with Johnsburg because of the strain put on them by a state budget that gives them less money yet asks them not to raise more than the two percent tax cap.

In Glens Falls, the district is looking to fill a gap that is over $3 million while knowing money that is supposed to come to them is being held captive by lawmakers, including herself.

We all know people in the North Country feel, at times, their voice is not heard in Albany. Little has been someone who has helped overcome that stigma, and local families are asking for that help again. That is why they are protesting at her offices, because they feel she can affect change for them.

So, to all of our local officials at the state level, keep in mind the needs of local students and schools this budget season, help to eliminate the GEA and keep money coming to our school children and not urban charter schools. Ñ

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our best interest, or for that y now you may matter, the worldÕ s best interhave heard that by est, to give up control over September 2015 the the ability to create a name?

United States will turn over The URL name is essentialits oversight of the Internet ly your license to function on to an international stakeholdthe Internet. ItÕ s how people ers group. The U.S. Comfind your site. That site, remerce DepartmentÕ s National gardless of its purpose, has Telecommunications and a certain amount of openness Information Administration Dan Alexander and freedom under the cur(NTIA) announced its plans Thoughts from rent system. to transition control of the Behind the Pressline Can we be assured the Internet Corporation for Assame freedom will exist when signed Names and Numbers (ICANN) to a Ò multi-stakeholderÓ body. a multi-stakeholder group has controlling interest? Beyond the announcement, The agency said this has been part of the little is known about how this process will long term plan since 1997.

The purpose of this nonprofit group is to work, how the successor will be organized create and assign top-level domain names or populated, the extent or nature of its authority, or how it would be insulated from that end in common three letters like .com, interference from individual governments .org and .net. Think of it like the folks beor organizations. This should be a concern hind the telephone directory. ICANN esbecause the U.S. oversight of ICANN has tablishes the protocols that create the orgabeen focused on enhancing the stability nizational structure to the internet. and reliability of the Internet while preThe Internet is still an evolving entity that has linked the people of the world, serving the openness and innovative namaking the sharing of ideas, commerce and ture critical to its future growth and development. news something everyone can access proThe United States has a unique role in vided you choose to be connected. the world. Our unwavering support for The big question that no one has really freedom and transparency must not be dianswered since this transition was anminished or easily given away. We still are nounced a few weeks back is why are we the worldÕ s beacon for freedom and liberty. giving up control of ICANN? The Internet holds the unique distinction ItÕ s been reported that several times in the last decade, a group of countries has for people of all races and nationalities to urged that control of domain names be seek what weÕ ve fought hard to establish.

If the Internet functions were harmed, transferred to the United Nations. This not only would there be economic damage, movement is primarily led by China and but a vital forum for freedom of speech and Russia. political dissent could be compromised.

Now think for a moment if we really want Russia to have a major say in the While the transition of the Internet stewardship from the U.S. may have been increation of sites? Russian authorities shut evitable at some point in the future, it is down several websites critical of the govunclear why the U.S. should surrender its ernment in the days before the country began its recent takeover of Crimea Ð a clear role at this time given the recent events in Russia. As a nation we should never conmove to stifle debate and silence the opcede to being just another country among position. Would those sites have ever been countries. We are and must continue to be given permission to get on the Internet in an exceptional nation that repeatedly demthe first place if countries not so supportonstrates and encourages others to follow ive of freedom of expression had control in our path of freedom and opportunity for over the naming process? all.

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Schoch

Continued from page 1 The loon census, banding, research on health issues, and public awareness programs of the ACLP have contributed greatly to the dramatic increase in the loon population in the past three decades.

A key part of her success has been involving citizens in the research, volunteer efforts, and spreading the word about how to protect loons. Ò Science on the Fly,Ó a middle school curriculum involves students in the scientific process, research, and awareness of environmental issues. Involving volunteers in the census and banding of loons has made many people aware of the problems and helped create a large pool of citizens willing to speak or support these environmental issues.

Nina Schoch’s influence has spread beyond the preservation of the Adirondack loons. Her scientific research on the amount and the dangers of mercury in the environment has contributed to the policies and efforts to control emissions and mercury deposition. She initiated a program with Gremlin sinker Compa-

Drug busts

Continued from page 1 Ò This was part of a lengthy ongoing investigation of various individuals suspected of selling drugs in our communities,Ó Essex County District Attorney Kristy Sprague said. Ò We will continue to collaborate with law enforcement agencies to make further arrests.Ó Eight of the suspects are from the town of Moriah, seven from Ticonderoga and one each from Auburn (Cayuga County), Hudson Falls (Washington County) and Saranac Lake, which spans both Essex and Franklin Counties.

During a break in Friday afternoonÕ s lengthy arraignment process which was broken up into one two-hour session and another that lasted 90 minutes, New York State BCI Capt. Robert LaFountain said authorities typically try to conduct these operations twice per year and only do so when they’re confident that they have constructed solid cases that will hold up in court.

Authorities must offer a cautious approach that will not compromise ongoing investigations, he said. Ò It really depends on the nature of each investigation,Ó LaFountain said. Ò There are a number of considerations evaluated by law enforcement agencies and the DAÕ s office as to when arrests will take place.”

According to LaFountain, 50 law enforcement officials were involved in FridayÕ s arrests.

The process

The arraignment process for each of the 17 suspects (Laurie B. Campney, who was reportedly in the county jail, was the only suspect who was not arraigned before Meyer on Friday) followed the same basic template. The suspects, most clad in baggy, county-issued jail uniforms and shackled at the waist, feet and wrists, were brought before Meyer, who then opened a sealed indictment before the court.

Meyer then asked the accused if they would like to review the indictment personally or have the charges read to them.

If the suspect opted for the latter, Meyer would briefly explain the charges — those explanations contained details of the date and location of the alleged crimes that were otherwise not made immediately available to the public Ñ before explaining their legal rights and ascertaining if they required public counsel.

First Assistant District Attorney Michael Langey then presented the stateÕ s suggestion for bond or bail for each defendant Ñ the standard fee for each individual without prior convictions was $2,500 cash bail (or $5,000 insurance bond) Ñ which would then be tweaked based on a set of variables, namely prior conviction records, current employment status, civic involvement, family dependents and a brief statement from the accused.

Based on the above, Meyer would then set bail and the next court date, most of which were set for Friday, March 28 to allow the defendants who, all of whom except two, needed time to obtain public counsel and start building a case.

The defendants

While all of the charges were felonies, the majority bundled into packs of two: Criminal sale of a controlled substance and criminal possession of that same substance.

ny where anglers could trade lead sinkers for non-toxic ones. The publicity campaign and placement of containers to recycle fishing line at boat launches throughout the Adirondacks is helping make people aware of the threat of discarded fishing line, hooks, etc to loons, other waterfowl, and eagles.

The New York State Outdoorsmen Hall of Fame is an organization dedicated to honoring sportsmen who have made significant achievements in outdoors-related fields. More importantly, they are recognized for their long-time service in preserving our outdoor heritage and helping others experience it. The NYSOHOF is also involved in programs such as kids fishing clinics, youth hunts, seminars, and similar activities.

The annual banquet and induction will involve sportsmen and organizations from all across New York State. It will be held April 26 at the Rusty Rail in Canastota with registration and social hour beginning at 5 pm and dinner at 6 pm. Guests and interested parties are welcome. For information or reservations please call 363-3896 or (315) 829-3588. RSVP

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Michael J. Rosselli, a International Paper staffer arrested at 6:45 a.m. on heroin charges, was the first defendant to be brought before Meyer. Rosselli, 29, went through the process with his public attorney Julie Garcia before being dismissed to the holding room to MeyerÕ s left.

Most of the cases appeared to follow the same basic pattern.

According to their statements to the court, the defendants tended to be unemployed and living with family members, they were on disability and/or public assistance, arrested on opiate charges and appeared to be surprised that they got picked up for alleged crimes that took place months ago.

Joseph L. Gregory, from Port Henry, was arraigned on two counts of criminal sale and possession of hydrocodone, a prescription pain medicine, alleged to have taken place on Aug. 6, 2013. Ò IÕ ve got a medical appointment at CVPH tonight,Ó he told the court. Ò I need access to my medication and I really need to be there because of my back.Ó Meyers determined Gregory, 58, needed to be assigned public counsel and released him on his own recognizance.

Kathleen A. Savage, brought in on charges related to the alleged sale and possession of oxycodone on Aug. 5, 2013, appeared disoriented and confused. Ò How did you come up with this?Ó she asked Meyer. Ò I just want to go home Ñ I have mental health issues. I have panic attacks. IÕ m disabled and I need my medication.Ó Bail was set at $2,500 and Savage, 47, was assigned public counsel and dismissed to await transport back to the county jail in Lewis.

Christine M. Sheldon, 41, picked up for the alleged sale and possession of oxycodone in Moriah on May 1, 2013, said she had no prior convictions. She told the court she was receiving mental health outpatient treatment at St. Joseph’s Treatment Center in Elizabethtown and staying in a motel with her son, a minor enrolled in PINS, a diversion program designed to keep at-risk youth out of juvenile justice facilities.

The two of them, she told the court, were trying to put their lives back together after the recent suicide of the childÕ s father. Ò WeÕ re just trying to get on our feet,Ó she said.

Bail was set at $2,500 and Sheldon, who was determined to be eligible for public counsel, was dismissed.

Port Henry resident Timothy K. Emmons, arrested on charges related to the alleged sale of tapentadol, an opioid analgesic commonly prescribed for pain relief, told Meyer that he is on disability for back problems and had a medical appointment scheduled for Thursday, March 27 at the VA. Langey suggested bail at $10,000 cash/$5,000 insurance bond. Ò Holy Toledo!Ó Emmons interjected. Ò He just wants me to sit in jail, but thatÕ s okay.Ó Meyer reduced the amount by half and set EmmonsÕ next appearance for Friday, March 28.

Marcus A. Rancour, 42, said he Ò vaguelyÓ understood the charges stemming from the alleged possession and sale of suboxone strips in Moriah on April 5, 2013. Ò I hope to go back to work next month,Ó he said. Ò I work construction.Ó

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Sheriff ’s deputies escort suspects netted in Friday’s drug raid out of the Essex County Courthouse and into waiting police vehicles on Friday, March 21.

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The drugs

Suboxone is an FDA-approved and regulated semi-synthetic opioid designed to treat opiate addiction, namely heroin, by weaning addicts onto what addiction specialists say is a safe and legal replacement to illicit substances.

Prescriptions have skyrocketed in the past decade, pushing out the previously utilized methadone, and its use is said to diminish the withdrawal symptoms that are common when addicts decide to stop using opiates.

Suboxone was responsible for the largest number of charges at the arraignment.

Seven defendants faced a total of 16 suboxone charges, followed by cocaine with 12, hydrocodone, tramadol, tapentadol, clonazepam and subutex, another opiate withdrawal aid similar to suboxone, with four and marijuana, meth and oxycodone with two each.

Aside from meth, cocaine and marijuana, the aforementioned narcotics are opiates, the class of drugs used in pain relief and the class to which oxycodone, hydrocodone and heroin belong. Ò This region has seen a surge in heroin use in recent years and prescription medication remains a significant problem,” said LaFountain.

Multiple offenders

Some of the suspects had outstanding cases, like Brandon W. Martinez, 26, the Moriah resident picked up for two counts related to crack cocaine. Martinez was found guilty by county court last December of one count of failure to provide sustenance to a dog, a misdemeanor under Agriculture and Markets Law 353-B, and was scheduled to be sentenced later this month for one count of misdemeanor animal cruelty. Ò I have a lawyer who was assigned counsel for another case and I have no idea why heÕ s not here,Ó he told Meyer during his arraignment.

Auburn resident Thomas R. Saerig, 24, brought in on marijuana charges, has been on probation since December of 2012 for growing-related charges and has, according to Langey, been arrested multiple times by Lake Placid and Saranac Lake authorities.

Damien Sprague was brought in on four counts of criminal sale and possession of suboxone and meth and reportedly faces felony weapons charges in the Moriah town court.

Sprague, 20, was in the public spotlight last December after escaping a house fire in Moriah that killed 22-yearold Sierra Daha.

Narcotics investigations throughout the region are ongoing and similar raids will be conducted in the future, said LaFountain.

He said while he could not reveal the exact investigative tactics used by law enforcement agencies in FridayÕ s sweeps for safety reasons, he said that narcotics sales made today, for example, may be under surveillance and participants may be brought in on future raids. Ò The only way that you can ensure you donÕ t end up in court in handcuffs is not to sell drugs,Ó he said.

A raid in Franklin County netted 28 suspects and more arrests related to todayÕ s sting in Essex County are expected to be conducted shortly.

ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ On March 21, 2014, the New York State Police took part in a multi-agency round-up of suspects involved in the sale of drugs in Essex County, which resulted in numerous suspects being arrested. The detail resulted in the arrest of the following defendants: • BRANDON M. MARTINEZ, 26 years old of Moriah, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3RD (2 Cts.)-Crack Cocaine, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3RD (2 Cts.)Crack Cocaine • DAMIAN H. SPRAGUE, 20 years old of Moriah, New York, currently incarcerated in Essex County Jail, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 4th-Suboxone Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5th -Suboxone, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 5th -Methamphetamine, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5th -Methamphetamine • GREGG J. KOLYSKO, 55 years old of Ticonderoga, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 5th (2 Cts.)-Tramadol, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5TH (2 Cts.)Tramadol • ANDREW R. TRUDEAU, 23 years old of Ticonderoga, New York, currently incarcerated in Essex County Jail, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 4th -Suboxone, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5th -Suboxone • LAURIE B. CAMPNEY, 25 years old of Ticonderoga, New York, currently incarcerated in Essex County Jail Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 4th (2 Cts.)-Suboxone, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5TH (2 Cts.)Suboxone • ANTONE P. TERIELE, 23 years old of Ticonderoga, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd -Cocaine, Criminal Poss. of a Controlled Substance 3rd -Cocaine, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 5th (2 Cts.)-Clonazepam, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5TH (2 Cts.)Clonazepam • CALEB G. LABATORE, 28 years old of Ticonderoga, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 4th (2 Cts.)-Subutex, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5TH (2 Cts.)Subutex • JOHN C. CARR, 29 years old of Ticonderoga, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd (2 Cts.)-Cocaine, Criminal Poss. of a Controlled Substance 3rd (2 Cts.)-Cocaine • CHRISTINE M. SHELDON, 41 years old of Westport, New York Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 4th - Hydrocodone, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5th - Hydrocodone • JOSEPH L. GREGORY, 58 years old of Port Henry, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd - Hydrocodone, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd - Hydrocodone • KATHLEEN A. SAVAGE, 47 years old of Port Henry, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd -Oxycodone, Criminal Poss. of a Controlled Substance 3rd - Oxycodone • TIMOTHY K. EMMONS, 50 years old of Port Henry, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd (2 Cts.)-Nucynta Tapentadol, Criminal Poss. of a Controlled Substance 3rd (2 Cts.)-Nucynta Tapentadol • JUSTIN S. HANDY, 30 years old of Ticonderoga, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 4th -Suboxone, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5th -Suboxone • MICHAEL J. ROSSELLI, 29 years old of Witherbee, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd - Heroin, Criminal Poss. of a Controlled Substance 3rd- Heroin • JAIMIE L. RUSSELL, 29 years old ofHudson Falls, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 4th (2 Cts.)-Suboxone, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5th (2 Cts.)Suboxone • MICHAEL J. GONYEA, 42 years old of Saranac Lake, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd-Cocaine, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd -Cocaine • THOMAS R. SAEHRIG, 24 years old ofAuburn, New York, Criminal Sale of Marijuana 3rd (2 cts) • MARCUS RANCOUR, 42 years old of Moriah, New York, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 4th -Suboxone, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5th Ð Suboxone The suspects were committed to the Essex County Jail pending arraignment in Essex County Court March 21 before the Honorable Richard B. Meyer.

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Run For Hope attracts runners, walkers on 34th anniversary

By Keith Lobdell

keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ Over 130 braved the winds and snow to take part in the 34th anniversary of a tradition to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The 34th annual Doc Lopez Memorial Run For Hope was held Saturday, March 22, with 14 walkers, 62 particpants in the 5K race and 60 competing in the 13.1-mile half marathon, which took them from the new starting line at the Keene Valley Lodge over Spruce Hill and into Elizabethtown.

Sue Allott, event organizer, said she was happy with the turnout for the event, which included an awards ceremony after races finished their respective course.

Results for the races were as follows: Half marathon Overall top 5, female 1 Jennifer Donohue, Saranac 1:33:56 2 Cassie Sellars, Plattsburgh 1:35:58 3 Constance Hammaker, Pburgh 1:44:42 4 Athea Guilfoyle, Sara Springs 1:45:47 5 Justine Nosher, Queensbury 1:47:26 Overall top 5, male 1 Brian Wilson, Dannemora 2 Jan Wellford, Keene 3 Lou Pauquette, Granville 4 Lee Pollock, Queensbury 5 Jason Fiegl, Essex Female 16-29 Constance Hammaker Athea Guilfoyle Justine Nosher Ashley Whitty, Plattsburgh Ashley Blanchard, Port Kent Annette Music, Queensbury Jessica Kratzert, Clifton Park Male 16-29 Luke Ducharme, Brushton Female 30-40 Jennifer Donohue Cassie Sellars Heather Bala, Hudson Falls Justyna Babcock, Rainbow Lake Jennifer Jackson, Gansevoort Jessie Morgan, Willsboro Erin Campbell, Peru Heather Barber Hugh, Ball. Spa Jennifer Schworm, S. Glens Falls Noretta Fish, Glens Falls Heather Pauquette, Granville

1:23:57 1:23:59 1:24:39 1:31:15 1:31:51

1:52:25 2:07:46 2:09:43 2:13:25 1:43:29

1:47:56 1:58:17 2:03:50 2:05:32 2:06:06 2:13:24 2:15:23 2:19:06 2:21:40

Male 30-40 Brian Wilson Jan Wellford Lou Pauquette

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Jason Fiegl Kyle Smith, New Russia Preston Sellars, Plattsburgh Jason York, Hadley Nathan Hammaker, Plattsburgh Scott Carter, Saranac Keith Lobdell, Westport

1:42:17 1:44:16 1:45:19 1:46:23 1:51:45 2:27:23

Female 41-50 Amy Gould, Hudson Falls Leanne Macey, Champlain Linda Shepard, Keeseville Angie Dickerson, Willsboro Rose French, Moriah Colleen Brown, Ticonderoga Lauren Eastwood, Plattsburgh Angela Davis, Keene

1:55:21 2:00:53 2:00:55 2:01:05 2:06:25 2:15:37 2:15:47 2:24:36

Male 41-50 Jeff Rushby, Keeseville Lance Decker, South Glens Falls Gary Guilfoyle, Ballston Spa John Tether, Queensbury Ron Brenner, Lake Placid Paul LeBlanc, Peru

1:43:34 1:46:28 1:47:24 1:54:26 2:01:43 2:14:47

Female 51-60 Mary Duprey, Rouses Point Marcy Dreimiller, S. Glens Falls Karen Costello, Hague Kelly Day, Burke

1:49:50 1:56:55 2:08:24 2:31:09

Male 51-60 Jon Gurney, Saratoga Springs Paul Stevens, Saratoga Springs Neil Wheelwright, Burlington Paul Moss, Plattsburgh Gerry Florio, Glens Falls Doug Ferris, Willsboro Tim Cavenee, Schyler Falls

1:33:25 1:45:18 1:47:39 1:48:12 1:49:09 1:50:45 1:51:29

Steven Benway, Willsboro R Morganson, Lake Placid Stephen Lafave, Peru David Peterson, Burke

1:53:34 1:54:19 2:19:47 2:30:13

Male 61-70 Lee Pollock Jerry Ross, Peru

1:48:25

5K race Overall top 5, female Sarah Snyder, Moriah Julia Cox, Elizabethtown Myra Adams, Lewis

24:09 24:15 24:41

Overall top 5, male Sam Pastore, Lakeville, Conn.

David O’Leary, Rochester David Smith, Lake Placid

19:44 20:25 22:01

Female 1-15 Sarah Snyder Myra Adams Emma DeMuro, Elizabethtown Tess Andrade, Elizabethtown Abby Bruce, Peru Eden Goralczyk, Port Henry Alexis Sample, Mooers Celeste Lukasiewicz, Pburgh Jenna Ohlsten, Altona Zoe Doran, Granville Morgan Hall, Plattsburgh Payton Gebo, Granville

25:12 27:00 27:05 30:59 31:02 32:34 34:46 35:02 38:14 51:56

Male 1-15 Cody Decker, S. Glens Falls Avery Sample, Mooers Maddox Blaise, Moriah Logan VanBuren, Port Henry Nicholas Manfred, Moriah

26:59 27:42 28:42 28:46 31:07

Evan Ohlsten, Altona Aiden Sample, Mooers Sawyer VanBuren, Port Henry

32:19 34:36 37:52

Female 16-29 Julia Cox Noelle Eichenberger, Pburgh Cori White, Moriah Ariel White, Moriah Carrie Holland, Elizabethtown

28:28 29:30 33:05 33:44

Male 16-29 Sam Pastore Kyle VanBuren, Port Henry Patrick Birdsalt, Troy Joseph DeFelice, Moriah

25:13 25:55 26:37

Female 30-40 Marisa Gaddor, Moriah Elizabeth Celotti, Witherbee Amanda Nephew, Mineville Amanda Chenaille, Troy Krrynne Vincent, Upper Jay Lucianna Celotti, Moriah Joanne Daniels, Peru Rebecca Duval, Peru Danielle Lukasiewic, Pburgh Nicole VanBuren, Port Henry Allison Hulbert Bru, Peru Shauna Ladue, Plattsburgh

26:09 27:08 27:12 27:13 29:40 30:52 31:10 32:05 32:33 34:53 37:41 38:15

Male 30-40 Seth Celotti, Crown Point Dylan Celotti, Witherbee Greg VanBuren, Port Henry

26:27 26:54 37:50

Female 41-50 Catherine Quaglietta, Westport Chloe Orr, Mineville Mary Smith, Lake Placid Michelle Costello, Port Henry Lynn Ohlsten, Altona

25:53 28:33 30:24 32:23 34:49

Male 41-50 David Smith Jim Ohlsten, Altona David Bruce, Peru Mike Blaise, Moriah Scott Sample, Mooers

25:47 27:06 29:20 34:38

Female 51-60 Linda Sherman, Westport Holly Heller-Ross, Peru Christine Benedict, Willsboro

28:43 31:19 32:04

Male 51-60 David O’Leary Dale Wells, Willsboro Michael Speshock, Mineville

29:38 31:23

Female 61-70 Alana Forcier, Westport

31:18

Male 61-70 Jeff Kelly, Port Henry

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Lobster Tank: My personal ‘Run for Hope’ started in Utah

could hardly breathe at 340.

That was the way I felt nine months ago when I was out in Utah. You may think it was because I was running or exerting myself in some way and just another case of trying to adjust to being Ò at altitude.Ó What if I told you, instead, I was driving a car on cruise control. I was lying down trying to go to sleep. Watching television. Things that require the most minimal of physical exertion.

A couple of people over the last couple months have asked me why I started to focus on my health, a journey that led me to the base of Spruce Hill Saturday, March 22, competing in the 34th Annual Doc Lopez Run For HopeÕ s 13.1-mile half marathon. Seriously, from not being able to breathe watching television to running up a very steep hill, which was only two of the total miles.

Well, that Ò Lovely DeseretÓ experience really was the point where it happened. Before I headed out to Utah in July of last year, I weighed 340-lbs.

I know I didnÕ t get any lighter out there, just more out of breath. ItÕ s something that I have told no one until now, not even my wife. although she is the one person who gets to hear me breathe up close.

ThatÕ s when I decided I could no longer live like that and I needed to make a change. It had to be serious and committed. I had been walking and talking about this with former Denton employee and current Lake Placid News editor Andy Flynn, who has also been tracking his weight loss journey in his repsective newspaper, but I was never able to kick it into the next gear, not until that trip to Utah.

One thing that helped was an acquisition we had made as a family right before we went on our vacation. Every morning from late July until December, you could find me walking the streets of Westport with my sonÕ s new best friend, Rooney, a rowdy mutt we adopted from the North Country SPCA. During the summer, we would often walk twice a day, in the morning and again in the

evening. While the walks got more sparse during the coldest weather of the year and are now becoming frequent again with the spring, the fact remains that the dog has to be walked every day and it benefits all six of our legs.

Lunchtime walks also became more frequent and more intense. I would walk from work to the footbridge and around Elizabethtown every day I was working out of the office. There were even days where I would take the dog for a third walk when I went home for lunch.

As those walks progressed and the scale numbers started with a 2 instead of 3, one walk a day turned into a run. Not too far at first, but gradually building.

There was the classic setback known as the holidays, where the scales tipped the wrong way for about a month, which is why, as I was walking past the Essex County Public Health Department building one day, I decided that I needed a new goal, a big one, and the idea was born to participate in the Run For Hope.

So little one mile runs became three mile runs.

Then four. Then five. Times also started to go down. On my treadmill, I got to where I could do five miles in an hour (I’ll let you figure out the speed - I told my daughter this equation once and she gave me a blank stare for about one minute until it sunk in). I then kept that pace for six and seven miles.

After my treadmill decided to have Ò issues,Ó and the weather started to be above single digits, I got back outside where I learned a few things like running north on Camp Dudley Road stinks with constant uphills but running south on it always means a 20-mph head wind. However, that also meant a 20-mph tailwind on Stevenson Road. I also learned that I could do that nine-mile loop in less than two hours, another time that kept getting lower.

Then came the big day last Saturday. I really had two main goals. The first was to always be jogging, while the second was to cross the finish

line in less that two hours and 40 minutes. I never changed my pace (although it did get slower on the hill) and finished in a time of 2:27:23 (check the results page! Top 10 in my age division! I know it was out of 10, just give me this moment).

My pace was under 12 minutes per mile, quicker than my goal pace on the treadmill. Mission accomplished.

So now, my family is getting ready to go back to Utah in three months. I will again hardly be able to breathe in the lighter air, but this time it will be while I am running The Timp half marathon in Lehi or working out with my daughter as she prepares for BYU soccer camp.

For those other activities, I plan to breathe a little easier.

Oh, and if we were to leave today, I would also be doing it at 240.

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GOP hopeful Joe Gilbert talks energy policies, free market, governmental overreach

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com DEKALB JUNCTION — On June 28, 1985, Joe Gilbert graduated from high school in Ogdensburg, a small city in St. Lawrence County.

The following day, he found himself at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri for basic training. Ò I joined the army right out of high school,Ó the GOP hopeful said during an interview conducted as the candidate sat on the back porch of his farm in Dekalb Junction. “Back then, during the Reagan years, the country was on the upswing Ñ there was a sense of optimism and a good economy.

ThatÕ s the country I wanted to serveÉ and I did.Ó After 24 years, Gilbert returned to the North Country and touched down to a changed landscape.

Manufacturing jobs had left the region and factories were closed. Family-owned dairy farms faced tough times and several of GilbertÕ s family members, including his uncles, were out of work. Ò It wasnÕ t the North Country I left,Ó he said.

Gilbert, 47, said the country is in a prolonged state of decline, a direct result of what he views as a sharp tack away from its founding principles as laid out in the Constitution in 1787. Ò ItÕ s the governmentÕ s job to defend our rights and theyÕ re acting well beyond their original scope. Federal agencies are being used as a weapon against the people,Ó he said, citing the recent IRS and NSA scandals. Ò Something was off-track and needed to be righted — and that’s why I’m running for office.”

Overreach

Gilbert, who demonstrated an easygoing air and showcased little of the fiery rhetoric that has been a hallmark of the Tea Party movement to which he is aligned, said the federal government should limit themselves to the 18 enumerated powers listed in the Constitution.

“Just because something needs or should be done, doesnÕ t mean it needs to be done by bureaucrats Ñ it can be handled by state or local governments,Ó he said. Ò There are four levels of government between from where IÕ m sitting and the federal level. Ninety-five percent of governance should come from people you can walk down the street to talk to.Ó Gilbert, a father of two young children, cited the controversial education initiative Common Core as an example of government overreach. Ò The federal government should not be involved in education Ñ the Department of Edu-

cation, which isnÕ t in the Constitution, sucks up millions of dollars just running itself. Every single one of those dollars come from the states and their policies are derived from special interest groups imposing what they hope will become national standards.Ó Gilbert said he didnÕ t want his four year-old son Ethan, named for his cousin Ethan Allen, the war hero who helped capture the Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775, to be subjected to federal mandates, including President ObamaÕ s proposals to standardize early education for pre-schoolers and the First LadyÕ s push for a healthier citizenry. Ò I think I can handle what my daughter can eat for lunch,Ó he said, referring to Mackenzie, who is six.

Energy

Gilbert said while he considers himself a conservationist and doesnÕ t want to see the environment degraded more than anyone else Ñ he commented on the beauty of the pond on his 131 acres and the turkeys and deer clambering around it Ñ the White House, he said, is burning the candle at both ends when it comes to charting the nationÕ s energy policies.

On one hand, he said, you have green advocates who are against any form of fossil fuel. Ò ItÕ s on their agenda to push green energy systems that are not economically viable,Ó he said. Ò The federal government pumps taxpayer money into them and they fail, like Solyndra,Ó he said, citing the thin-film solar cell manufacturer that received a half-billion dollar loan guarantee by the Department of Energy before going bankrupt and shutting down in 2011 because it was unable to compete against more traditional solar cell technology.

Gilbert said the federal government makes existing energy sources Ñ like coal, for example Ñ so expensive through excessive taxation, it makes the green systems more attractive. But those systems exist solely on government subsidies from the EPA, he said, and prices rise when coal plants are closed as a result before the total energy supply is then diminished. Ò IÕ m all for green energy once it becomes viable,” he said. “But let the free market innovate first and when they get on the same playing field as fossil fuels, then itÕ s time to rock and roll.Ó

Jobs

Gilbert said thereÕ s only a few things the federal government can really do to create jobs.

First, he said, is reaching the state of energy in-

dependence. As the districtÕ s representative, Gilbert said heÕ d approve permits and projects like the Keystone Pipeline that would lower energy prices. Ò This would make everything cheaper and increase the amount of disposable income, something that would spur economic activity Ñ a rising tide lifts all boats,Ó he said, echoing ReaganÕ s trickle-down theory.

Another way to encourage job creation, he said, would be to facilitate more economic activity with Canada through increased trade.

Gilbert said the country’s fiscal policies, namely the high levels of corporate tax, discourage investment and he would advocate for strong incentives to bring investment back to American shores by eliminating corporate income taxes for companies who decide to move their operations from overseas back to their native turf. Ò Our corporate income tax is the highest in the world and we wonder why companies are leaving,Ó he said. Ò The overall answer is to get the government out of the market. If you unleash America’s entrepreneurial spirit, it’ll open the floodgates to creating wealth and economic expansion. But the government itself cannot create jobs.Ó Gilbert said Americans have been conditioned to depend too much on political promises. Ò We need to be more self-reliant,Ó he said. Ò The American dream is still out there Ñ we just have to go for it. DonÕ t wait for a politician to deliver it to you.Ó

Military

Gilbert is the only candidate in the race who has served in the military.

His resume describes a quarter-century of service, including a stint as a Battalion Intelligence Staff Officer with the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in the late-1990s and as a Commander in the 203rd Military Intelligence BattalionÕ s CCompany, a unit that was assigned as the reconnaissance unit in support of the Iraq Survey Group in the search for WMDs in Iraq. Ò I conducted over 200 intelligence raids and recon missions throughout Iraq and we captured over 500 tons of enemy weapons and other materiel of military significance,” he said. “It was the largest repatriation of enemy weapons since World War II.Ó Gilbert said he is a strong advocate of national defense and disagrees with Defense Secretary Chuck HagelÕ s proposal last month to slim down the countryÕ s armed forces. Ò I come from a long proud family that was

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found in every conflict that America has ever been involved in.Ó Citing Al-QaedaÕ s continued territorial creep, the meddling of Iran in Syria and Iraq, the current situation in Ukraine and Russia and ChinaÕ s rise as a global competitor, one that has been increasingly assertive in seeking to secure natural resources and global mineral rights, Gilbert said now is not the time to downsize and Ò project weaknessÓ across the world. Ò The rapid deployment forces at Fort Drum are only found in a few places in the army,Ó he said. Ò Only two other divisions can do what the 10th does and we need to maintain a rapid, vibrant military across all of our branches.Ó Ò The world is still a very dangerous place and threats are more viable today than ever.Ó

Guns, Constitutional rights

Ò The Second Amendment is no more important than the rest of them,Ó said Gilbert before ticking off a list of the pro-gun organizations to which he belongs. “You’ll find no stronger advocate than I am.Ó Gilbert said the Second Amendment was put in place so the public can defend the others, from the first — protection of speech, religion and the press — to the fifth, which lays out legal protections, including the right to due process. Ò The government canÕ t take those rights away because they didnÕ t give them to us,Ó said Gilbert, returning to a frequent talking point during the half-hour long interview. Ò All of those rights and powers are limited: we are the sovereign masters of government Ñ Ô we the peopleÕ impose those limits on the government that very clearly establish the relationship between the government and its citizens.Ó Gilbert said course correction for the country will not be a quick process.

“We have to first to stop the decline, then we can think about recovery. But the government is not royalty and we are not serfs Ñ and thatÕ s what my campaign is about,Ó he said.

Gilbert is slated to face challengers Matt Doheny and Elise Stefanik for the Republican nomination on July 24. On the Democratic side, filmmaker Aaron Woolf and Steven Burke, a Macomb town board member in St. Lawrence County, are running for their partyÕ s nomination. Glens Falls-based baker Matt Funciello and anti-cancer activist Don Hassig are vying for the Green PartyÕ s support.

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March 29, 2014

Maple weekend events set throughout the Adirondacks

LAKE PLACID Ñ Adirondack maple producers and businesses invite all to celebrate springÕ s sweetest product with special events, tours and tastings during Maple Weekend, March 29-30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

New York state maple syrup has established a reputation as one of the highest quality maple syrups in the world. Every March since the mid-1990Õ s, the New York State Maple Producers Association has presented Maple Weekends, during which maple producers from throughout the state host open houses to showcase how maple products are produced, from tree to table, and provide a chance to taste and purchase products.

This year, the Tri-Lakes/High Peaks region of the Adirondacks will also host a series of special Ò sweetÓ events on the last weekend in March.

The weekend includes family fun activi-

ties at The Wild Center in Tupper Lake, The Paul SmithÕ s VIC and Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, sugar house tours and demonstrations, restaurant tastings, specialty cocktails and featured foods, along with special events at museums and visitors centers around the area.

Participating maple producers include: •Cornell University Uihlien Forest, with guided educational tours on maple, birch and walnut syrup production; •Heaven Hill Farm, with hands-on youth maple programs; •Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort, with an evaporator demonstration and sugar on snow; •Visitor ’s interpretive Center at Paul SmithÕ s College, with student-led sugaring seminars and baked maple pastries; •The Wild Center, with a real sugaring operation on site plus tapping tours;

•1812 Homestead, with old-time sap collecting.

Maple Weekend will feature Tastes of Maple at the Conference Center at Lake Placid on March 29 from 4-5:30 p.m. Maple producers will bring samples of their maple syrup to taste, and the regionÕ s chefs will bring delicious dishes inspired by maple syrup. Attendees can purchase tasting tickets for $1, and tasting portions will range from $1-$5.

Skiers can participate in the Whiteface Wipeout, a snowy obstacle course. Participants will don costumes while taking on an adventure race at the base of Whiteface Mountain. Admission is $15 with purchase of a lift pass.

At 3 p.m. Saturday, the Lake Placid Olympic Museum will host a family-friendly maplethemed craft program inspired by the 1980 Olympic Winter Games mascot, Roni Raccoon.

On Sunday, March 30, the Paul SmithÕ s VIC will host the first ever Maple Sap Run/Walk at 10 a.m. Participants will run or walk out to the sugar bush - likely on snowshoes depending on the weather - fill a quart jug with maple sap and bring it back to the VIC for processing.

Also on Sunday, the St. Agnes School will host a Maple Weekend pancake breakfast, and teams from the Lake Placid Curling Club will offer a curling expo demonstration at the Saranac Lake Civic Center.

All weekend long, area businesses will be offering maple-themed specials and promotions.

Visitlakeplacid.com/events/adirondack-maple-weekend for updated Maple Weekend events and participating businesses.

Visit mapleweekend.com to learn more about Maple Weekend events and products throughout New York state.

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14 - Valley News • TL LEGALS NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF 100 SOUTH BROADWAY, LLC. Fictitious name: 100 South Broadway Irvington, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/11/14. Office location: Essex County. LLC formed in California (CA) on 2/28/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 100 South Broadway, Irvington, NY 10533.

Address to be maintained in CA: 27162 Sea Vista Dr., Malibu, CA 90265. Arts of Org. filed with the CA Secy. of State, 1500 11th St., 3rd Fl., Sacramento, CA 95814. Purpose: any lawful activities.

VN-3/22-4/26/20146TC-41542 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Adirondack Communications Sites, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/19/2014 Office Location: Essex County. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: P.O. Box 6, Elizabethtown, NY 12932. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

VN-3/22-4/26/20146TC-41528 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Adirondack Timbre LLC. Articles of Organization filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/7/2014. Office in Essex Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 7847 US RT 9, Elizabethtown, NY 12932. Purpose: Any lawful purpose, including publishing and distributing books and music.

VN-3/8-4/12/2014-6TC39956 BOREAS BAY CAMP, LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 02/19/14.

Off. Loc.: Essex County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 16 Calkinstown Rd., Sharon, CT 06069. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

VN-3/1-4/5/2014-6TC39447 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF FORBIDDEN FOREST LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with Sec. Of State (SSNY) 2/4/14 Office location: Essex County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at PO Box 177, Jay, NY 12941.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

VN-3/29-5/3/2014-6TC41843 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: FREESTYLE CUISINE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/10/14. Office location: Essex County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 2126 Saranac Avenue, Lake Placid, New York 12946. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

VN-3/22-4/26/20146TC-4173 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HP & HG PARTNERS, LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 2/26/14. Office location: Essex County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon which process

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HP & HG PARTNERS, LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 2/26/14. Office location: Essex County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon which process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, P.O. Box 208, 2699 Main Street, Lake Placid, NY 12946.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

VN-3/8-4/12/2014-6TC40249 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF LAKE PLACID FDS 708956, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/7/14. Office location: Essex County.

LLC formed in North Carolina (NC) on 1/22/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Capitol Services, Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste. 100, Albany, NY 12205. NC address of LLC: 3735-B Beam Road, Charlotte, NC 28217. Arts. of Org. filed with NC Secy. of State, PO Box 29622, Raleigh, NC 27626. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

VN-2/22-3/29/20146TC-39014 LEGAL NOTICE The Town of Essex, NY, Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing at their next meeting on April 17, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. at the Essex Town Hall on the following actions: Tax Map #40.73-3-7.000 - Schmitt - 22 Beggs Park Street, Essex, NY 12936 - Site Plan Review for exterior renovation.

Tax Map #49.4-1-2.130 - Heurich - Silver Birch on Albee Lane at Lighthouse Way, Essex, NY 12936 - Site Plan Review for a new 36'x 54' barn on 23.7 acres to be used for storage.

Tax Map #40.65-3-3.000 - Adirondack Art Association, Lessee - 2754 Essex Road, Essex, NY 12936 - Special Use Permit to lease the yellow house outside of the Old Dock property.

The Regular Meeting of the Town of Essex Planning Board will follow the aforementioned Public Hearing.

Catherine DeWolff, Town of Essex Planning Board Secretary VN-3/29/2014-1TC42330 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, number 2195503 for beer, wine and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the alcoholic beverage control law at The Upper Deck 20 Klein way Willsboro NY, 12996 for on premises consumption.

VN-3/29-4/5/2014-2TC42329 MOUNTAIN MEDICAL SERVICES, PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 5/5/2004. Office location: Essex County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The PLLC, 1927 Saranac Ave., Ste. 100, Lake Placid, NY 12946. Purpose: Medicine.

VN-3/22-4/26/20146TC-41688 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF P & H PARTNERS, LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 2/26/14. Office location: Essex County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon which process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, P.O. Box 208, 2699 Main Street, Lake Placid, NY 12946.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

VN-3/8-4/12/2014-6TC40250 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Westport Central School is seeking requests for proposals for the 2014-2015 school year: School Physician and School Tax Collector and Independent Auditor for the years ending June 30, 2015-June 30,

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Westport Central School is seeking requests for proposals for the 2014-2015 school year: School Physician and School Tax Collector and Independent Auditor for the years ending June 30, 2015-June 30, 2019. All proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope to the Westport Central School District Clerk by 12:00 noon on Monday, April 7, 2014. The Westport Central School Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. You may contact Jana Atwell, District Clerk at 962-8775 for additional information.

STATE OF NEW YORKSUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ESSEX LAMANCHA, INC., Plaintiff, -againstROGER BOLLENBACH, HIS HEIRS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, ELISE WIDLUND AND WILLIAM WIDLUND, Defendants.

SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Index No.: CV14-0082 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear in this action by serving a notice of appearance on plaintiff's attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York.

Essex County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of the venue is the location of the real property which is the subject of this action.

NOTICE: This is an action pursuant to Article 15 and Section 1951 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (RPAPL) to remove a deed restriction on a parcel of vacant land in the Town of Keene, Essex County, New York designated as tax map number 53.2-1-56.000 formerly owned by Roger Bollenbach.

WARNING: Upon your failure to appear, judgment may be entered removing the deed restriction.

DATED: February 19, 2014 Glens Falls, New York /s/ H. Wayne Judge H. Wayne Judge, Esq. One Broad Street Plaza P.O. Box 2850 Glens Falls, New York 12801-6850 (518) 745-5030 The original of this Summons with Notice was filed in the Essex County Clerk's Office on February 20, 2014.

VERIFIED COMPLAINT The Plaintiff, LaMancha, Inc., (LaMancha) by its attorney, H. Wayne Judge, as and for a complaint in the aboveentitled action, alleges as follows: FIRST: The Plaintiff, LaMancha, is the owner of the real estate which is the subject of this action (the Property).

LaMancha is a 501(c) tax exempt charitable New York corporation that provides infrastructure improvements to a girls orphanage in Cuilapa, Guatemala through the labor and materials supplied by skilled and unskilled volunteers from the Adirondack area. It maintains an office at the home of one of its volunteers at 28 Fitzgerald Lane, Queensbury, New York.

SECOND: Roger Bollenbach, Elise Widlund and William Widlund are the predecessors in title to the Plaintiff.

THIRD: Elise Widlund and William Widlund (the Widlunds) reside at 810 Wake Robin, Shelburne, Vermont.

FOURTH: The whereabouts of Roger Bollenbach (Bollenbach) are unknown to the Plaintiff notwithstanding due diligence exercised by the Plaintiff to find him. The Plaintiff knows of no other persons who may claim any legal or equitable right or interest in the Property.

abouts of Roger Bollen- anyone with a legal or bach (Bollenbach) are equitable interest in the unknown to the Plaintiff Property. notwithstanding due dili- FOURTEENTH: The presgence exercised by the ence of this Restriction Plaintiff to find him. The in the chain of title renwww.valleynewsadk.com Plaintiff knows of no ders the sale of the other persons who may Property virtually imposclaim any legal or equi- sible and yet the Plaintiff table right or interest in is saddled with the exthe Property. penses associated with FIFTH: On April 12, the ownership of a par2006 the Widlunds pur- cel of land that it cannot chased the Property, a afford.

4.12 acre parcel of va- FIFTEENTH: The Plaintiff knows of no other cant land in the Town of persons or parties who Keene, Essex County, New York from Bollen- have any interest in continuing this Restriction bach. A copy of the or who would object to deed thereto is annexed at Exhibit A. the removal and extinSIXTH: The following guishment of the Rerestriction was con- striction. tained in the deed (the SIXTEENTH: The Plaintiff Restriction): has no remedy at law.

WHEREFORE, the PlainSUBJECT to the restrictiff demands judgment tion that no structure Pursuant to Article 15 may be erected upon the and Section 1951 of the premises conveyed RPAPL declaring that herein.

SEVENTH: Upon infor- the Restriction is commation and belief, at the pletely extinguished and time the Widlunds re- is not enforceable by inceived this conveyance junction or in any other they had been contem- manner. plating the creation of a Dated: February 19, private preserve for hik- 2014 / ing, walking and cross- s/ H. Wayne Judge country skiing on the H. Wayne Judge, Esq. Property and throughout One Broad Street Plazasome adjacent lands in P.O. Box 2850 the vicinity of the Prop- Glens Falls, NY 12801erty that they owned.

6850 Thereafter the Widlunds (518) 745-5030 moved out of the State VERIFICATION of New York to a retire- STATE OF NEW YORK ) ment community in ) ss.: Shelburne, Vermont and COUNTY OF WARREN) abandoned their idea of Brian Fisk being duly creating the private re- sworn, depose and says: serve and subsequently I am an officer of donated the Property to LaMancha, Inc. the the Plaintiff. plaintiff in this action; EIGHTH: that I have read and Bollenbach owns no other lands in know the contents of the foregoing Complaint; Essex County and has no apparent interest in that the same is true to my own knowledge, exthe Restriction.

NINTH: In an attempt to cept as to the matters divest themselves of therein stated to be alleged on information their New York Real Estate when they retired to and belief, and that as to those matters, I believe Vermont, the Widlunds commenced a proceed- it to be true. My knowling in Supreme Court edge and belief is based Essex County, Index No. upon documents and records in the posses0430-12; RJI No. 15-1sion of LaMancha, Inc. 2012-0172 to remove /s/ Brian Fisk the Restriction which Sworn to before me this rendered the Property unmarketable.. The relief 19th day of February 2014. requested in the Petition was denied on the /s/ H. Wayne Judge grounds that the Wid- Notary Public EXHIBIT A lunds had not obtained jurisdiction over all pos- BARGAIN & SALE DEED sible persons who may THIS INDENTURE, made have had an interest in the 12th day of April, the Property. Thereafter, Two Thousand and Six, Between ROGER BOLthe Widlunds abandoned LENBACH, of PO Box their effort to judicially 1241, Saranac Lake, remove the Restriction and completely discon- New York 12983, party of the first part, and tinued that proceeding.

TENTH: In November of WILLIAM B. WIDLUND 2013 the Plaintiff solicit- and ELISE M. WIDed the Widlunds to con- LUND, husband and tribute the Property to it wife, of PO Box 270, North River, New York rather than have the 12856, parties of the Property sold for taxes second part, WITNESand by Quit Claim deed dated November 14, SETH, that the party of 2013 and recorded in the first part, In consideration of ---ONE and the Essex County Clerks Office on November 18, no/100 DOLLAR, lawful 2013 in Book 1751 of money of the United Deeds at page 65, a States, and other good copy of which is an- and valuable consideration paid by the parties nexed at Exhibit B, the of the second part, does Widlunds transferred and donated the Proper- hereby grant and release unto the parties of the ty to the Plaintiff. second part, its heirs or ELEVENTH: Bollenbach owns no other land in successors and assigns forever, SEE SCHEDULE the County of Essex and A ATTACHED HERETO the Restriction is of no benefit to him. His AND MADE A PART TOGETHER whereabouts are un- HEREOF with the appurtenances known to the Plaintiff notwithstanding numer- and all the estate and ous efforts to find him rights of the party of the through the internet, by first part in and to said phone and by certified premises, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the premises mail. herein granted unto the TWELFTH: Subsequent party of the second part, to the purchase of the its heirs, successors, Bollenbach Parcel and and assigns forever. down to the present date no steps have been tak- THAT in Compliance en by the Widlunds or with Section 13 of the anyone else to create Lien Law, grantor will any private preserve on receive the considerathe Property or on any tion for this conveyance nearby lands. The Wid- and will hold the right to lunds do not reside nor receive such consideration as a trust fund to be have they ever resided in Keene and they have no applied first for the purpose of paying the cost interest in continuing of the improvement and the Restriction. will apply the same first THIRTEENTH: It is now to the payment of the clear that the Restriction is of no actual or sub- cost of the improvement before using any part of stantial benefit because the total of the same for circumstances have changed so radically that any other purpose. IN WHEREOF, the establishment of a WITNESS private preserve in this the party of the first part general area is no longer has hereunto set its possible or desired by hand and seal the day anyone with a legal or and year first above writequitable interest in the ten. IN PRESENCE OF: / Property. s/ Roger Bollenbach FOURTEENTH: The pres- STATE OF NEW YORK ) ence of this Restriction COUNTY OF FRANKLIN in the chain of title ren- ) ders the sale of the On the 12 day of April in Property virtually impos- the year 2006 before sible and yet the Plaintiff me, personally appeared is saddled with the ex- ROGER BOLLENBACH penses associated with personally known to me the ownership of a par- or proved to me on the

and year first above written. IN PRESENCE OF: / s/ Roger Bollenbach STATE OF NEW YORK ) COUNTY OF FRANKLIN ) On the 12 day of April in the year 2006 before me, personally appeared ROGER BOLLENBACH personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his heirs signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument. /s/ Robert E. White Notary Public SCHEDULE A ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Keene, County of Essex, State of New York, being part of Lot 2, Township 1 & 2, Old Military Tract, lying on the westerly side of the Hulls Falls Road, so-called, a county highway, and lying easterly of the center line of the East Branch AuSable River, being designated as Parcel 2 as shown on a map entitled, "Map of Certain Lands Owned by David C. Jordan, Jr. and Bronson S. Ray" by Norman D. Briggs, L.S. and filed in the Essex County Clerk's Office, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the center of the Hulls Falls Road, which point lies 670.26 feet southwesterly as measured along the center line from the south line of lands now or formerly owned by Arthur LaBlanc: THENCE South 18˚ 15' 10" West, 367.46 feet to a point in the center of Hulls Falls Road; THENCE South 07˚ 12' 35" West, 32.54 feet to a point in the center of Hulls Falls Road; THENCE North 71˚ 52' 50" West, 31.73 feet to an iron pipe on the west side of said road; THENCE North 71˚ 52' 50" West, 269.05 feet to an iron pipe on the east bank of the East Branch AuSable River; THENCE North 71˚ 52' 50" West, 94.20 feet to a point in the center of the East Branch, AuSable River, a total distance of 394.98 feet; THENCE North 47˚ 25' 40" West, 108.43 feet along the center of the river to a point; THENCE North 31˚ 06' East, 221.88 feet along the center of the river to a point; THENCE North 24˚ 17' 25" East, 140.09 feet along the center of the river to a point; THENCE South 71˚ 44' 50" East, 52.97 feet to an iron pipe on the east bank of the East Branch AuSable River; THENCE South 71˚ 44' 50" East, 337.08 feet to an iron pipe on the west side of the Hulls Falls Road; THENCE South 71˚ 44' 50" East, 33.29 feet to a point in the center of Hulls Falls Road, a total distance of 423.34 feet, being the point of beginning and containing 4.12 acres inclusive of 0.23 acre within the highway bounds. SUBJECT to all structures, wires, lines, easements, etc. for public utilities and highway purposes as the same now exists upon or effect the above described premises. BEING part of the premises conveyed

by Public Administrator of the County of New York to Roger Bollenbach by deed dated July 13, 2004 and recorded in the Essex County Clerk's Office on July 15, 2004 in Book 1407 of Deeds at page 197.

SUBJECT to the restriction that no structure may be erected upon the premises conveyed herein.

EXHIBIT B QUITCLAIM DEED THIS INDENTURE made the 14th day of November, 2013, between WILLIAM B. WIDLUND and ELISE M. WIDLUND, husband and wife, residing at 810 Wake Robin, Shelburne, Vermont 05482, parties of the first part, and LaMANCHA, INC., a notfor-profit corporation or-

THIS INDENTURE made the 14th day of November, 2013, between WILLIAM B. WIDLUND and ELISE M. WIDLUND, husband and wife, residing at 810 Wake Robin, Shelburne, Vermont 05482, parties of the first part, and LaMANCHA, INC., a notfor-profit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York with offices located at 30 Cedar Court, Queensbury, New York 12804, party of the second part, WITNESSETH, that the parties of the first part, in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) lawful money of the United States and other good and valuable consideration paid by the party of the second part, does hereby quitclaim and release unto the party of the second part, its successors and assigns forever, all that certain piece and parcel of land located in the Town of Keene, County of Essex, State of New York, and more particularly described in Schedule "A" annexed hereto and made a part hereof (conveying Essex County Tax Map Parcel No. 53.2-1-56.000).

SUBJECT to any covenants, conditions, easements and restrictions of record, if any. BEING the same premises conveyed from Roger Bollenbach to William B. Widlund and Elise M. Widlund, parties of the first part herein, by deed dated April 12, 2006 and recorded in the Essex County Clerks Office on April 17, 2006 in Liber 1486 of Deeds at Page 261. Together with the appurtenances and all the estate and rights of the parties of the first part in and to said premises. To have and to hold the premises herein granted unto the party of the second part, its successors and assigns forever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties of the first part have duly executed this deed the day and year first above written. /s/ William B. Widlund /s/ Elise M. Widlund CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATE OF VERMONT ) COUNTY OF CHITTENDEN ) On the 14 day of November in the year 2013 before me, the undersigned, personally appeared WILLIAM B. WIDLUND and ELISE M. WIDLUND personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same in their capacity, that by their signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument, and that such individual made such appearance before the undersigned in the City of Shelburne, State of Vermont. Notary Public SCHEDULE "A" ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Keene, County of Essex, State of New York, being part of Lot 2, Township 1 & 2, Old Military Tract, lying on the westerly side of the Hulls Falls Road, so-called a county highway, and lying easterly of the center line of the East Branch AuSable River, being designated as Parcel 2 as shown on a map entitled (#316), "Map of Certain Lands Owned by David C. Jordan, Jr. and Bronson S. Ray" by Norman D. Briggs, L.S. and filed in the Essex County Clerks' Office, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the center of the Hulls Falls Road, which point lies 670.26 feet southwesterly as measured along the center line from the south line of lands now or formerly owned by Arthur LaBlanc: THENCE South 18˚ 15' 10" West 367.46 feet to a point in the center of Hulls Falls Road; THENCE South 07˚ 12' 35" West, 32.54 feet to a point in the

westerly as measured along the center line from the south line of lands now or formerly owned by Arthur LaBlanc: THENCE South March 29, 2014 18˚ 15' 10" West 367.46 feet to a point in the center of Hulls Falls Road; THENCE South 07˚ 12' 35" West, 32.54 feet to a point in the center of Hulls Falls Road; THENCE North 71˚ 52' 50" West, 31.73 feet to an iron pipe on the west side of said road; THENCE North 71˚ 52' 50" West, 269.05 feet to an iron pipe on the east bank of the East Branch AuSable River; THENCE North 71˚ 52' 50" West, 94.20 feet to a point in the center of the East Branch, AuSable River, a total distance of 394.98 feet; THENCE North 47˚ 25' 40" West, 108.43 feet along the center of the river to a point; THENCE North 31˚ 06' East, 221.88 feet along the center of the river to a point; THENCE North 24˚ 17' 25" East, 140.09 feet along the center of the river to a point; THENCE South 71˚ 44' 50" East, 52.97 feet to an iron pipe on the east bank of the East Branch AuSable River; THENCE South 71˚ 44' 50" East, 337.08 feet to an iron pipe on the west side of the Hulls Falls Road; THENCE South 71˚ 44' 50" East, 33.29 feet to a point in the center of Hulls Falls Road, a total distance of 423.34 feet, being the point of beginning and containing 4.12 acres inclusive of 0.23 acre within the highway bounds.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Stony Point House LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/18/2014 Office Location: Essex County. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: 3174 Essex Road, Willsboro, NY 12996 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

VN-3/22-4/26/20146TC-41687 NOTICE OF NEW YORK DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION formation on February 6, 2014. Teallholm, LLC was formed and filed Articles of Organization with the New York Secretary of State and designates the Secretary as agent for the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The company's mailing address is 1069 Stowersville Road, Westport, New York 12993 in Essex County, New York.

The Company is to engage in any lawful purpose.

VN-3/29-5/3/2014-6TC42208 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF UPYOURTELESALES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/28/14. Office location: Essex County. Princ. office of LLC: P.O. Box 42, Paul Smiths, NY 12970.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Dorian Lynn Hidy at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Provide sales and marketing services.

VN-3/15-4/19/20146TC-40934 WHITEFACE WOODCUTTERS LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/3/14. Office location: Essex County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Christopher Kostoss, 5926 NYS Rte. 86, Wilmington, NY 12997.

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