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Clinton County, New York

Campus mourns student’s passing

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This Week AT SUNY PLATTSBURGH

By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ The Plattsburgh State community came together Monday, after news that missing student Kodi Kadeem Beckles was found dead in a wooded area just outside the City of Plattsburgh.

Beckles, 20, was reported missing Saturday evening. He was last seen leaving a fraternity party in Downtown Plattsburgh early Saturday, after being inducted into the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. He was seen on foot in the vicinity of Cornelia and Wells Streets at approximately 1 a.m.

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Family and friends of Kodi Kadeem Beckles gather in a quiet vigil outside Ward Hall Monday evening, April 8, after news that the missing Plattsburgh State student was found dead in Plattsburgh earlier in the day.

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Clinton County Historical Assoc. readies new exhibits

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PLATTSBURGH Ñ The Clinton County Historical Association museum has been putting the finishing touches on several long-anticipated exhibits, and they will be opening their doors Saturday April 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ò Once Upon a Time: The Historic Hotel Champlain,Ó Ò Haute Couture: Summer Styles of the Early 20th Century,Ó and Ò Snapshots: A Pictorial View of Hospitality and Recreation in Historic Clinton County,Ó will focus on the early travel and hospitality industries in Clinton County, and dovetail with the recent region-wide focus on promoting the North Country as a tourist destination.

The centerpiece of the displays will be two extensive glass plate negative collections the museum has acquired, and numerous photographs made from the negatives.

The collection itself is absolutely amazing,Ó said Director Melissa Peck. Ò For several years the Clinton County Historical Association has been diligently identifying, sorting, re-sleeving and generally rediscovering a collection of over 15,000 glass negatives dating back to the late 1800s.Ó Prints made from the negatives can also be purchased from

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Clinton County Historical Association museum Director Melissa Peck displays prints made from the museum’s glass plate negative collection. Prints are available for sale through the museum.

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Holocaust survivor visits SUNY Plattsburgh

By Teah Dowling

denpubs@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ A dusty attic in an Amsterdam row house kept the Israels family away from Hitler during the Holocaust. Ò The Holocaust is not a controversial issue,Ó said Louise Lawrence-Israels, a survivor. Ò The Holocaust happened.Ó Lawrence-Israels, volunteer for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, visited SUNY Plattsburgh March 31 and told her story about hiding from German forces for three years. Ò I feel like I have to tell my story because we were part of that, and my parents were part of that,Ó Lawrence-Israels said. Ò I feel that itÕ s my obligation.Ó German forces invaded the Netherlands in May 1940 and set up a German administration. Trying to prevent this, LawrenceIsraelsÕ father was stationed at the Southern tip of the Netherlands in, blowing up bridges to prevent the Nazis from entering, but the Nazis came by multiple boats, soon overrunning the small country.

During this time, each Dutch family had to register and get identity cards. Jews got the letter Ò JÓ across their card. With this card, they could buy necessities once a month. However, the Germans left just enough so the Dutch wouldnÕ t starve.

Kicking down doors, the NaziÕ s took homes from innocent people, in many instances forcing them to live in their basements. In 1941, Jewish businesses were confiscated, and Jewish people became segregated from the Dutch.

After a year of this, anti-Semitic laws were established near Lawrence-IsraelsÕ birth in 1942, a time when she took the name of Maria instead of Louise.

Jews were forced to wear a yellow star by one of these laws.

During her speech, Lawrence-Israels took out a copy of her fatherÕ s yellow star and placed it on her blouse. While turning, she stated how wearing a star was different than wearing a scarf or jewelry. It couldnÕ t be removed. Ò You couldnÕ t take that risk because the worst part was that you didnÕ t know who you could trust,Ó she said. Ò There was a price on every Jews head.Ó At six months old, her family was ordered to move to Amsterdam from Haarlem.

The Germans planned to place all the Jews in Amsterdam in

Louise Lawrence-Israels custody, and then deport them to the concentration camps of Auschiwitz and Sobibor.

One neighbor, Thelma, joined them and moved to an Amsterdam attic bringing only a camping stove, a mattress and a crib, with the attic containing one sink, one toilet, one tiny window and a table with chairs.

At the table, Lawrence-Israels and her brother learned to read and write by playing games with their mother, keeping their minds off of what was going on outside. Ò If my mother had seen there was a beautiful day, nice sunshine, she would say to us, Ô Oh children, the weather beautiful, if only I could take you to the park and let you play outside.Õ My brother and I would have said Ô Park? Park? What is a park?Õ Ó Lawrence-Israels said. Ò If she wouldnÕ t have explained it, we wouldÕ ve missed it.Ó Without knowing about their parents, grandparents, cousins or best friends, her parents kept their composure and their children safe and fed on the inside until something happened on the outside in June 1944.

Lawrence-IsraelsÕ father went outside one day, then came back and said, Ò There might be an end to this crazy war and this crazy occupation because I just heard the news that the allied forces have landed in Normandy.Ó The family commemorated this day on Lawrence-IsraelsÕ second birthday.

In a black and white photo taken by a trusted friend, Lawrence-Israels sits on an old, antique doll chair in her new birthday dress made from her mothersÕ old blouse, holding a doll made from rags by Thelma. Next to her feet, crammed into shoes several sizes too small, sits her brotherÕ s pull horse. Ò My best present was my brotherÕ s pull horse, but he did say that it was just for today and I had to give it back,Ó LawrenceIsraels said. Ò It was all right. I was happy.Ó At the end of July 1944, the allied forces started to liberate Europe. First, they liberated the northern part of France, Belgium and the southern part of Holland in September. By that time, an early winter bore down on the family.

The rivers froze, leaving the allied forces to wait until spring to liberate the rest of Holland. To prepare for winter, her father traded his things for sugar and flour to bake butter cookies, leaving them in tins and storing them away.

Calling it the hunger winter, they lost electricity and suffered from Ò winter feet and winter hands,Ó an unbearable pain from the cold. To cure this, they placed their feet in urine to get uric acid, an acid used in various medical creams.

After the long winter, liberation finally came.

On May 5, 1945, Canadian forces liberated the rest of Holland.

Her father ran over to the cupboard and found the last tin of butter cookies. Ò He unsealed it, stuffed his face, put the tin on the floor and said to all of us, ‘take as many cookies as you want,’” she said.

Walking down four flights of stairs, a bright light overwhelmed Lawrence-Israel and her brother as they stepped outside for the first time in three years. They stood on the grass where they both looked at each other and started to cry from fear.

After explaining the situation more, they went outside again a few days later. This time, a Canadian soldier approached them, reached into his pocket and pulled out two Hershey bars. After this, they werenÕ t so afraid. Ò The next morning, my brother asked my parents when we were going out again,Ó Lawrence-Israels said. Ò He wanted more Hershey bars.Ó The years to come after liberation brought questions of family, religion and the future to come. Lawrence-Israels married and had three children. She raised her children with the Jewish religion and a hatred of Germans, a hatred that she knew had to end. Ò Hatred begets hatred,Ó Lawrence-Israels said. Ò Genocide is still going on today, and it hasnÕ t stopped with the holocaust. Ò We cannot continue.Ó Visit ushmm.org to see Lawrence-IsraelsÕ pictures of when she was in hiding, and listen to her podcast.

Supreme Court ruling has no effect on local trail efforts

By Shawn Ryan

shawn@denpubs.com LAKE PLACID Ñ The Supreme Court recently ruled in a Wyoming landowner rights case that property from a defunct rail line reverted back to the original land owner, thwarting a rails-to-trails effort proposed for that line.

This ruling, however, will have no effect on local efforts to convert unused tracks, such as the 90-mile stretch of abandoned rail corridor between Lake Placid and Old Forge, to recreational trails. Ò It has no effect on it at all,Ó said Tony Goodwin, Director of the Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates. Ò The state owns the entire corridor in fee, and on top of that, since there was no Federal land in any of the original 13 colonies, because it was all Crown land which then became state land, there are no federal grants of Rights of Way in those states.Ó

The Wyoming case involved land which was federalized under the 1875 General Railroad Right of Way Act. The stretch of rail corridor in question in the North Country, which is part of a larger, 120 mile corridor from Remson, N.Y. to Lake Placid, was abandoned by New York Central Railroad in 1972. The state of New York bought the entire right of way prior to the 1980 Winter Olympics, and it operated briefly after the Olympics as a tourist run, until operation was halted in October 1980. The railroad went bankrupt in February of 1981. The state finally regained control of the corridor in 1991 after a decade of the Adirondack Railway Corporation not making lease payments.

In 1996 a corridor management plan was drawn up, which is supposed to be reviewed by the state every five years.

According to Goodwin, the state has not reviewed the plan since itÕ s inception. Meanwhile, the state has been paying thousands of dollars a year to maintain

the tracks, crossings and the corridor itself, in case they should ever be used again for railroad traffic. Ò TheyÕ ve made grants to the Railroad up to about $300,000 each year,Ó he said. Ò It also appears that a fair amount of Railroad expense is billed to the DOT and doesnÕ t come to the railroad in the form of a check.

The state is spending money on this every year. The Railroad says it is to maintain the corridor the state owns, and it is just being paid for work done.Ó GoodwinÕ s group is advocating that the rails be removed on the 90 mile stretch, and it be utilized by mountain bikers in the summer and snowmobilers in the winter. Snowmobilers do currently use the trail in the winter he says, but because of the danger of the tracks underneath, they can only use it when there is significant snow cover. Ò If the tracks were taken up, the snowmobilers would have a much longer season, and businesses like rests and lodges would do much better if snowmobiles could get there,Ó he said.

Esquire Magazine Journalist Chris Jones visits college students

By Paige Passman

denpubs@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ Chris Jones, a Canadian journalist who writes for Esquire magazine, visited SUNY Plattsburgh recently and gave a presentation to a group of budding journalist.

At the presentation Jones shared with the crowd what a journalist should be talking about and what they do on a daily basis.

One of his favorite quotes that he

said that night was Ò people think journalism is dead.Ó Then he responded that there is no better time to become a journalist than now.

During the presentation, Jones went through what you should be doing when you are a journalist. He stated Ò you should be questioning everything around you. If you arenÕ t questioning everything around you, you arenÕ t in the right profession.Ó Jones explained that coming up with ideas isnÕ t always the easiest task for

journalists. He said that if you open your mind and ask questions about things around you, you wonÕ t have to worry about trying to come up with ideas. While opening up, your mind you can take a look at what is in front of you.

He went on to say that he is a very passionate journalist. Jones went into a story talking about how people who just blog and say information they donÕ t know well doesnÕ t make them a journalist. He talked about how reporting is 10 times as important as writing.

Jones also compared reporting to writing and how it is different.

He stated that if you are a good reporter you donÕ t necessar-

ily need to be a great writer. The same thing with writing; you could be a good writer but a bad reporter. That doesnÕ t matter though, he said, because you have to be good at both to succeed as a journalist.

Jones also explained some of his work. He told the crowd a story about how he had to go to the hospital before interviewing George Clooney to take out his gallbladder. Then the next morning he woke up and decided that wasnÕ t going to stop him from interviewing a famous actor. Jones went to the interview and was very calm throughout the whole interview.

JonesÕ talk was well received by the future journalists, who left the talk inspired and ready to question... everything.

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By Shawn Ryan

Ò One of the medics took a pair of scissors and pulled it out. He wrapped it up and slapped me on the a** and said Ô Go boy, go.Õ Ó With a halting voice, and a self-conscious manner, Cowles recounted Ò The Sugar Loaf,Ó and how the Japanese forced teenaged children, including girls, into battle. To save himself and his fellow Marines, Cowles, and countless other Marines like him, were forced to swing the AmtracÕ s big guns into action. Those actions lived quietly inside the Marine throughout the long expanse of years. Ò When we came home, there wasnÕ t anybody around to treat us; to say hello, and say you did a great job. Nobody to say weÕ re glad you made it back all right. There just wasnÕ t anybody.Ó What he did when he returned home, like so many of his generation, was he went to work. Cowles worked in construction and with heavy equipment, eventually becoming a superintendent for a large construction company. He also met and married his wife. Ò And thank God I did,Ó he said.

Their children came to Plattsburgh to attend SUNY Plattsburgh, and they suggested that their parents move to the area as well. They moved in 2002, and Cowles continued to work construction in Plattsburgh as well.

It wasn’t until Cowles, now 88, was chosen as one of the first four veterans to fly on the inaugural North Country Honor Flight to Washington that he started to open up about his war experience. The trip to Washington, he says, was such a moving experience that he openly wept at the World War II Memorial.

He calls the trip to Washington one of the best things that ever happened to him, going a long way to erasing the feelings of the

WWII Veteran remembers harsh fight for Okinawa shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ Merwin Cowles was a farm boy from Adams, N.Y. when he joined the Marine Corps in 1943. Because he was good with machinery from being a farmer, Cowles ended up piloting an Ò AmtracÓ in some of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific theater.

An Amtrac is an amphibious landing craft with tank-type tracks that operated both on the water as well as on land. Cowles commanded a squad of three Amtracs that ferried men and supplies from ships off Saipan and Okinawa into battle, then returned to a hospital ship with the injured and dead. While on shore, Cowles and his Amtracs provided support fire with the vehicleÕ s two 30 caliber and one 50 caliber machine guns.

“It was just fighting, that was all. Just plain, hard fighting,” said Cowles at his Plattsburgh home, his wife Mary at his side for support. Ò It was very, very hard. It kind of took a lot out of us.Ó It took so much out of him, that for 70 years he never talked about the battles he took part in, including OkinawaÕ s bloody Sugar Loaf Hill. Okinawa was the largest and one of the deadliest battles, and also the final battle, of the Pacific theater. The 100,000 Japanese defending Okinawa suffered almost 100 percent casualties, fighting often to the very last bullet, and then committing suicide in front of the Marines. But there were no easy battles in the Pacific.

Cowles was wounded once, when a piece of shrapnel lodged in his knee, but he never received the Purple Heart because he didnÕ t go to the hospital for treatment.

Rulfs named to development position Rulfs owns the 2,500 milking cow dairy operation in Peru in partnership with Jake Swyers and Rocklyn Giroux. The operation raises all its own crops on the 5,000-acre farm. The farm was established in 1996. Adirondack Farms welcomed more than 500 visitors to Ò A Day on the FarmÓ event last fall. Jon is also co-owner of Rulfs Orchard, a 200-acre diversified fruit and vegetable farm in Peru, NY, with his father, Bob Rulfs.

The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program recently released is 2013 economic impact report and announced 27 farm research projects underway across the NNY region in 2014. The projects range in focus from dairy, field crops, fruit and vegetable production to livestock and crop pest and disease control and agricultural environmental stewardship. Learn more at nnyagdev.org.

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homecoming he and his generation never received.

Honor Flight is working to get Cowles the Purple Heart he rightly deserves. He was also awarded the New York State Medal of Merit and the Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon through the efforts of Honor Flight.

Now Cowles, along with his fellow Ò Band of BrothersÓ Bob Brooks, Napoleon Light and Dave Mitchell, as well as numerous other local veterans, crisscross the North Country taking part in Honor Flight events. He especially likes speaking at schools, but says with a self-depricating manner, that he is not nearly as good a speaker as Brooks.

One thing that he will always be, is a good Marine.

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PERU Ñ Jon Rulfs, co-owner of Adirondack Farms in Peru, NY, has been named as a Co-Chair of the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program, a farmer-driven research and technical assistance program serving Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.

Rulfs, who serves on the Northeast Dairy Producers Association Board of Directors and is active with Clinton County Farm Bureau and other agricultural organizations, is one of three Co-Chairs for the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program. He joins dairyman Jon Greenwood of Madrid and dairyman Joe Giroux of Plattsburgh to lead the farmer-member advisory committee and commodity-focused subcommittees of the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program.

Merwin Cowles with his wife Mary in their Plattsburgh home. Cowles served in the South Pacific with the U.S. Marine Corps.

• Worship in The norThern Tier •

ALTONA Holy Angels Church - Main Street, Altona. Mass - 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 10:30 a.m. Sunday CADYVILLE St. James’ Church 26 Church Rd., Cadyville. 293-7026.

Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m., Sunday Masses: 8 a.m. & 10 a.m., Daily Mass Mon.-Fri.: CHAMPLAIN Living Water Baptist Church 9 Locust St., corner of Main and Locust, Champlain. Sunday School at 9 a.m. Service at 10 a.m. Thursday Bible Study at 7 p.m. includes activities for children. Phone: 298-4358 Three Steeples United Methodist Church - 491 Route 11, Champlain.

298-8655 or 298-5522. Sunday morning worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School at same time (Sept. thru June). Steve Loan, Pastor. steeples3@ primelink1.net

St. Mary’s Catholic Church - Church Street, Champlain. Anticipated Mass: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday Mass: 8 a.m. Weekday Masses: Thursday and Friday 9 a.m.

Christ & St. John’s Episcopal/ Anglican Church - 18 Butternut Street, Champlain. (518) 298-8543.

Sunday Mass at 9:30 a.m. Patricia A. Beauharnois, Deacon Vicar CHAZY Sacred Heart Church - Box 549, Chazy 12921. (518) 846-7650. Sunday Mass (Ant) 6 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m.

Chazy Presbyterian Church - 620 Miner Farm Rd., Chazy. 846-7349 Worship and Sunday School will begin at 11 a.m. Email: chazypres@ westelcom.com DANNEMORA Dannemore United Methodist Church - 86 Clark Street, PO Box 488, Dannemora, NY. Pastors Wendy and Gary Rhodehamel.

Phone: 518-891-9287. Worship and Sunday School -- Sunday 11:00 a.m. tedtrevail@gmail.com ELLENBURG St. Edmund’s Roman Catholic Church - Route 11, Ellenburg.

Saturday Anticipated Mass, 4 p.m.

Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

ELLENBURG CENTER United Methodist Church of Ellenburg - 5 Church St., PO 142, Ellenburg Center, NY 12934 Pastor: Gary Rhodenhamel Phone: 518-8919287 Hours: 9am Service, Sunday Worship & Sunday School ELLENBURG DEPOT Ellenburg Depot Wesleyan Church 2179 Plank Rd., PO Box 177 Ellenburg Depot, NY 12935. Pastor: Robert R. Phillips. Phone: 594-3902. Sunday Family Bible Hour: 9:50 a.m. Sunday Worship Time: 10:50 a.m. ChildrenÕ s Youth Ministries: Call for schedule.

MOOERS St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Maple Street, Mooers. 236-7142.

Anticipated Saturday Mass, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Mass, 10 a.m. Reconciliation announced special Saturday mornings 10 a.m. & by request.

Mooers United Methodist Church 14 East St., Located adjacent to old Post Office. Sunday service, 9:30 a.m. Contemporary & traditional music, activities for children, youth and families, 236-7129, pastoral@ twcny.rr.com, www.gbgm-umc.org/ mooersumc Mooers Wesleyan Church - Maple Street, Mooers. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday Night Service 7 p.m.

Wednesday Night 7 p.m.

(518) 236-5330.

MOOERS FORKS St. Ann’s Catholic Church - Route 11, Mooers Forks. Mass: Saturday, 4

p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Reconciliation announced special Saturday mornings 10 a.m. & by request.

PLATTSBURGH Plattsburgh United Methodist Church - 127 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. 563-2992.

Pastor Phil Richards. Service Sunday 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Nursery available at 10 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist - 4003 Rt. 22, Plattsburgh, 561-3491 - Pastor Livergood Worship Saturday at 11:30 a.m., Pot Luck Dinner after service ROUSES POINT St. Patrick’s Catholic Church - Lake Street, Rouses Point. Anticipated Mass: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.; Weekday Masses: Monday & Tuesday 9 a.m., Communion Service: Wednesday 9 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church - 52 Washington Ave., Rouses Point, New York 12979. Telephone 518-297-6529.

Telephone 518-846-7349. Sunday Service 9 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

SCIOTA St. Louis of France Catholic Church - Route 22, Sciota. Mass 4 p.m.

Saturday; 9 a.m. Sunday Sciota United Methodist Church Sunday service 9 a.m. Route 19, Sciota.

WEST CHAZY West Chazy Community Church Pastor Marty Martin. 17 East Church St. Fiske Road, West Chazy, NY. Ph. 493-4585. Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Tuesday; Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - West Church Street, West Chazy. Saturday Vigil Mass, 4 p.m. Sunday Mass 10 a.m. Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 3-3:30 p.m.

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Many G.M. cars have well over 100,000 miles and; so far, no ignition-failure problem.

Are the ignition failures in vehicles with over 100,000 miles or under? (We donÕ t seem to know.) No matter, why should we stop driving our car based on a few accidents (and deaths)?

We are told that thereÕ s a problem with the airbag power. Well, what we donÕ t hear in the news reports is the fact that G.M. passenger airbags (the bags in question of failure) have a backup power source; part of engineering-in safety in-depth.

So, we must agree with G.M. attorney David Balser. He told the Texas judge hearing the case that grounding 2.53 million cars would be Ò unprecedentedÓ and Ò cause chaos.Ó How about the math: 31 crashes and 12 deaths since 2001 out of 2.53 million vehicles; not something for G.M. to be proud of, yet it doesnÕ t take an Alan Turing to notice that 31 events out of 2.53 million in 13 years is, well, not something requiring the grounding of an entire fleet.

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oyota has been through it: lawyers smelling blood in the water, injured consumers, and those going for the gold by signing on to class-action lawsuits.

Now itÕ s General MotorsÕ turn.

Thousands of G.M. vehicles are part of the current faulty ignition-switch recall, another auto company scandal and shakedown, er, problem (witness Toyota and its Ò unintended accelerationÓ woes).

Last week, a U.S. judge in Texas decided to Ò go slowÓ after lawyers and families of victims called for a corporate lynching. They want General Motors to ground 2.53 million cars due to the defective ignition. So, how do 2.53 million drivers get around without their cars? ItÕ s an immense problem that no consumer lawyer, or even a federal judge, can get their hands around. In fact, the problem might cause its own spin off of lawsuits (to which many in our area will be happy to sign on to).

G.M. is one of only two remaining U.S.owned auto companies. Chrysler, like it or not, is really a foreign car company now being owned by the Italians thanks to Uncle Sam giving away that farm to foreigners just after the U.S. taxpayer bailed it out. And, ironically, as a new, leaner, meaner G.M., under Mary BarraÕ s leadership, was emerging from its predecessorÕ s bankrupt Government Motors bailout image, the old G.M. made a creepy reappearance, much like actor Jack NicholsonÕ s weird movie character in Ò The ShiningÓ .

ToyotaÕ s scandal and subsequent $1.2 billion shakedown by the DOJÑ due to the controversial unintended acceleration debacleÑ was in the big news just as the G.M. problem moved up in the headlines to remind us that itÕ s always open season on big business. But in fairness to the Detroit boys and girlsÑ hey, if Toyota vehicles werenÕ t grounded over the acceleration problem (which had casualties, too) why should G.M.Õ s vehicles be grounded?

With millions of these G.M vehicles already over the 100,000-mile mark on the odometer, why the sudden urgency to ground fleets of the cars?

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Kickin’ back with some R&R

n the community newsplaced with crisis type issues paper business there is requiring more than the nornever a good time to get mal amount of detailed ataway from the office and just tention. Before departing we kick back and relax. Somehad two sudden resignations, thing is always going on that two long term retirement anrequires attention. nouncements in the editorial Plan ahead all you want but department, and we finalized things always seem to heat up our plans to install a new right before one takes leave. digital press requiring some This past week, I had the office retro-fitting. I also manDan Alexander opportunity to attend the Asaged to kill the entire phone Thoughts from sociation of Free Community system in our Ticonderoga ofBehind the Pressline Papers Conference in warm fice. IÕ m told the hard drive and sunny Orlando, Florida. failed while I was doing some I am privileged to serve on their board of programming and it wasnÕ t really my fault directors and my wife Gayle is very active but I have been known for making changes on the conference committee, primarily re- just prior to leaving that left things in the sponsible for food and entertainment for lurch before, so IÕ m not getting much of a 350 of our close friends from around the pass from the staff.

United States and Canada.

Despite being assured the Ti phone sysConference week requires long days, jugtem was repaired before I left the Ti office gling schedules and running down many late Friday night the system was not fully details to have the event proceed without operational until Thursday morning of a hitch. But, of course, hitches happen like the following week. Throughout the conthe Keynote speaker getting stranded in ference and into this week vacation time, a Minnesota snow storm and the Manta regardless of its importance to re-charge roller coaster ride breaking down at Sea the battery, is never more than a part-time World with several publishers trapped for pursuit while pressing issues at the office 20 minutes. Only one required hospitalizacontinue to take precedence. tion for hyper tension.

Over the years I always marveled at my But thatÕ s a different story all together, friend Paul Sands of WPTZ when he would for tonight I sit here technically on vacabe on vacation. His weekly editorial durtion hoping to enjoy a few days of this ing his time off was a video of him floating warm, Florida sun after being confined inin a swimming pool, on a raft with a book side a conference hall for the better part of while birds chirped and the gentle water of a week. But drafting this column late Sunthe pool filter gurgled in the background. day night stands between me and my well Then he would lift his eyes from the book deserved week. as he floated toward the camera, and proIn todayÕ s fast-paced world it is difficlaim not now he was on vacation. cult to leave it all behind, try as one might.

Well consider this column as my attempt Electronically weÕ re always connected and to let you know, IÕ m still taking calls and the connections are constantly improving. working on issues back home but needed That is unless you break them or have the to get this space filled before I can sign out ability to turn them off. IÕ m one of those for a week of R&R from a beautiful spot a who just canÕ t let go. few feet away from the Gulf of Mexico.

As is usually the case, before leaving the I promise to bring some of this warm North Country, I do my best to address is- weather back north with me in a few days sues that might create a problem while IÕ m as I return to our beloved North County. gone. Fix a computer or two, order some Until next week I hope youÕ ll consider me new equipment, or do some modest phone just Ò kickinÕ backÓ .. system repairs.

Dan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denton PubSomehow no matter when I try to get away the routine always seems to be re- lications. He may be reached at dan@denpubs.com.

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e recently spoke at SUNY Plattsburgh to the Health Promotion and Social Justice class, a group of sophomore RN students. 65 young men and women meet weekly as part of their nursing training. The course catalogue states that students will Ò explore self-perspectives on health and risk behaviors, gaining an understanding of their contribution to health. The experience of diverse individuals and family access to health is examined within a framework of social justice.

Students engage in ethical decision making as they explore how the dimensions of environment, upstream thinking and health policy relate to health promotion. The underlying dynamics of health, such as self-efficacy, genomics and resilience are studied.

Students explore the impact of cultural, social and ethnic diversity on health promotion. Evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy people in healthy communities is integrated.Ó If any of our readers want to renew their faith in this generation, visit a college class, particularly, this class. These young scholars were engaged, intelligent, and hopeful. Their enthusiasm and commitment to social justice was evident in their responses and approach to being a part of the healing professions.

The goal of our interactive talk was to discuss how we get to know our clients in a Life Coaching relationship and the parallels of creating a healing relationship in a nursing setting. We believe that relationships are often forged during the immediate ‘first impression’ stage. So, we began with a “hello” and a quick exercise; Ò We know you have been paying close attention to us, watching and wondering, since we walked in, so, on the corner of your note page, write down your first impressions of us (Sally and Michele), good, bad, or indifferent. They were very receptive to this exercise and immediately began writing and discreetly eyeing us from their tiered seating in Yokum Hall. We told them we would revisit these notes later in the hour. We began our presentation with a brief over view of who we are, what we do, and why we are passionate about our work. We invited the students to participate in an hour of professional communication and relationship building. About 15 minutes in, we asked them to revisit their impressions and write what they thought of us now, asking if anyone would like to share. Some had kept their initial impressions and some had changed; the point being that as much as we try not to judge, we do. Having an open mind

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and being nonjudgmental is a learned skill, a choice. Practicing it makes it work! We will still have that inner commentary, but we wonÕ t fall into believing those initial interpretations of another person or situation. We can learn to temper our judgment with the opportunity to get to know someone, before a real lasting impression is made.

With the idea of professional non-judgment as our guiding principle, we jumped into tackling the people and circumstances we face in our professional and personal lives. We presented three real life situations we have encountered in our Life Coaching practice and thought those situations would offer an interesting parallel to situations that these future nurses would face as well. They centered around the intuitive process of gathering information about their patient.

We decided as a group, that for real healing to occur, a nurse (or any Ò helpingÓ professional) should ask genuine and thoughtful questions to determine where there patient stands on the following points: • What do they want? What is their end game? What are they looking for as a final outcome?

• What are their attitudes, obstacles or barriers in getting there?

• What motivates and encourages them?

• Who are the most positive people in their life?

a smart dog who is learning quickly. Max is very strong and he will benefit from Rebecca Burdo •643-2451; info@elmorespca.org some basic obedience classes. If you are looking for a playful dog who is smart and loving this is your dog! This gorgeous gent is now current on vaccinations, has tested negative for heart worm. Please consider giving this great dog a loving and permanent home. ***UPDATE***Max has been neutered and is looking forward to meeting his new family. He is a strong, playful and loving pup who will do well in any household!

Max is a gorgeous young Labrador Retriever who was saved from being euthanized, due to a lack of space, in a high kill pound in North Carolina. This young dog is playful, energetic and loves to be with people and other dogs! Max loves to play with toys and he really likes to play with his people. Max is a high energy lab who will do well in any home! It is so sad that someone was going to euthanize this stunning dog!

Come in and meet Max, who would love to go home with an active family who will provide plenty of mental and physical stimulation. Staff is working with Max daily on his loose leash walking skills as well as basic commands like sit and off. He is

Abby is a good girl who was surrendered, along with her sister Callie, by her owner because a new family member has a severe cat allergy. Abby is a little uncomfortable right now because she is in a new place, but also because she has a tooth infection. Even though she is uncomfortable she is still a very sweet cat. Abby is current on vaccinations, has tested negative for FeLV, FIV and heart worm and is spayed. She is ready to meet her new family. ***UPDATE***Abby loves people; she just isnÕ t a huge fan of other female cats in her personal space. She seems to get along well with the male cats she meets. Abby has had chronic oral infections since she arrived at Elmore SPCA. Although she has

North Countryman - 5 We worked with the students to identify ways to discuss these questions and build rapport with clients/patients. Students worked in small groups to develop plans of action to use in situations where a patient is in need and a relationship must be built in a short amount of time. They then shared their responses with the larger group and what emerged was an approach that can give us all hope. Nursing students are realists and very practical by nature. They are also a unique combination of compassion and grit. Students intuitively and intellectually knew that much suffering is presented through the physical body and that real healing comes from addressing the root cause, not only in treating the symptom.

Our exercise in non-judgment proved correct. While we all make snap judgments we can consciously train ourselves to look beyond and seek more genuine connection with others. People just want to be understood and validated, whether we agree or disagree with them. We sometimes make judgments when we are distracted and not necessarily plugged into the Ò here and nowÓ .

We also shared an idea we call Ò Approachable ProfessionalismÓ ; meaning do you meet people where they are in that moment? Do you listen attentively and respond meaningfully? Do you interact at a level that makes people want to engage? Do you keep your personal life to yourself or check it at the door? These skills are necessary at any job, but nurses can particularly benefit from recognizing and practicing techniques to be absolutely present. A key to working with and giving clients or patients the time and attention that they are paying for and not being Ô distractedÕ is setting aside the other events or client stories of the day, cleansing yourself by channeling negative energy out and positive energy in. Some mentally or physically shake it off, others visualize it flowing into the earth or out into the universe…. we encourage all to try this….whatever works for you!

Our style & substance tip of the day: For one day focus on PRESENCE and BELIEVABILITY. Enter into every conversation and interaction with the idea of genuine thoughtfulness and concern. No little white lies, no manipulations, just trust and openness. See what happens.

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been given antibiotics, has had some teeth pulled and is under the treatment of a vet we simply canÕ t save her teeth. She is scheduled to have most of her teeth pulled at Champlain Valley Veterinary Services in Plattsburgh, NY on 3/24/14. We are told that after her teeth are pulled she should not have any more infections in her mouth, and will have an excellent quality of life. The one caveat is that she will have to eat soft food for the rest of her life.

Abby is a loving cat who would love to find a home where she can laze around, cuddle and be an indoor cat. We are looking for any help in covering the cost of the surgery which will cost anywhere between $250.00 and $457.00. This vivacious cat deserves to live a pain free life! Her sister has been adopted and now she is looking for her forever home. Come in and meet this gorgeous gem of a cat! ***UPDATE***Abby is doing so much better after her surgery.

She is eating dry food, interacting happily with both female and male cats and is ready to go home!!!

Letters to the Editor

Douglas: Seek NY opinion on pipeline Best editorial ever To the North Countryman: The North Country Chamber of Commerce is the largest business and economic development organization in northern New York and the Lake Champlain region, representing more than 4,200 predominantly small employers across Essex, Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton and northern Warren Counties. We are strategically committed to the sustainable economic future of our shared, bi-state Champlain Valley region, working actively over the last twenty years across the lake on such endeavors as the Lake Champlain Basin Plan.

Looking ahead, the Addison-Rutland Natural Gas Project, now before the Addison County Regional Planning Commission for review, holds an historic opportunity for Vermont and New York to jointly sustain a major source of shared employment and economic activity while also significantly enhancing the environment, all by assisting International Paper in the planned transition from heavy oil to natural gas.

Given the broad regional importance of this pending project, and the critical importance of bi-state cooperation and partnership in what is our shared future, we hope the Commission will provide sufficient time and opportunity for all areas of the Lake Champlain region to be part of the dialogue and input, and that the Commission will in the end advance this important project in support of our joint economic and environmental future.

Garry Douglas President North Country Chamber of Commerce

To the North Countryman: Opinions, freedom, rights and wrongs - This editorial is the best editorial I have ever read and and should be featured on the front page of every newspaper, magazine, television, radio and other major media outlets instead of tucked away in a tiny Northwoods publication. I can hardly believe that anyone would even publish it!

I just want to add a few truths that the media talking heads have propagandized to the point that it just disgusts me personally to even consider myself an American.

Concerning the ACA, no matter how the politicians, media Ò spin doctors,Ó talk show Ò personalitiesÓ and other paid propagandists spin it, the truth is that universal health care in the U.S. is long overdue. ThereÕ s no need to discuss this any further.

Regarding unchecked population growth, no matter how the media Ò spin doctors,Ó talk show Ò personalitiesÓ and other paid propagandists spin it, the truth is that, with very few exceptions, every one of mankindÕ s problems is owed to too many people.

As a person with a scientific training in thermodynamics and reaction kinetics, I can assure you with 100 percent certainty that a day of reckoning is coming. The only uncertainty is when.

No matter how the politicians, media Ò spin doctors,Ó talk show Ò personalitiesÓ and other paid propagandists spin it, the truth is that -- as IÕ ve said many times -- President KennedyÕ s famous admonition to, Ó ask not what your Country can do for you but rather what you can do for your Country.Ó may be a popular clicheÕ among the troops but it clearly doesnÕ t apply to legislators

and the wealthy.

IÕ m well aware that you know all this, but this is just a gentle reminder that some people really are aware of whatÕ s going on in this dysfunctional country.

The real issue is what can be done? The truthful answer? Not much, and certainly not by appealing to a rigged legal system.

In any event, today is the first day of New York’s trout season and IÕ ve got to think about important things, such as how long before the snow melts enough so that I can get to the streams!

David Safrany Half Moon Bay, Calif.

Thank You

To the North Countryman: Thank you Chazy residents! It was Saturday, March 16, Ò TheÓ storm. Totally snowed in, a medical emergency, our volunteers arrived and they shoveled, shoveled and shoveled. How fortunate we are to have the services and heart of our Ò Chazy Volunteers.Ó To each of you, my heart felt appreciation and the appreciation of all Chazy.

Bless you all.

Most Sincerely, J.H. Ainsworth

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Keeseville special needs school finds new home

North Country Telephone By Pete DeMola Exchange pete@denpubs.com Directory (518) KEESESVILLE Ñ

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For some area children, their world just got bigger and brighter with the relocation of a special needs facility, the ChildrenÕ s Development Group (CDG), to a new space in this tightlyknit village. Ò Our former location was small and wouldnÕ t accommodate the tutoring services,Ó said Operations Director Danielle Godin. “We’re all about filling needs.Ó The organization offers services to children throughout the North Country, including early intervention in pre-school services, speech occupational

therapy, physical and special education and psychological services for the developmentally disabled.

CDG, which originally opened in 2009, moved to 1717 Front Street on March 1. The new facility is 1,600 square feet, a significant increase from the limited space in the old bistro at 187 Pleasant Street. Ò The open space is really great,Ó said Godin. Ò Kids can come and play.Ó Godin said the community has been supportive so far. Ò Everyone is so friendly,Ó she said. Ò People have been wandering inside and asking what we do.Ó Godin said now that they have the space, CDG plans on expanding their services, including new tutoring programs.

Ò ItÕ s a great way for children to reach their full potential,Ó she said. Ò We realized that with the new Common Core standards, children are struggling to meet those standards. The expansion into tutoring services to support teachers and provide students with unique and individualized learning strategies will promote success and help them reach their full potential.Ó Other institutes operated by CDG include preschool programs in Elizabethtown and Ticonderoga and a planned child care center in AuSable Forks.

CDG will hold an open house on May 10, said Godin, and all members of the public are encouraged to attend.

Local band North Funktree ushered in the 2014 editions of First Weekends in Plattsburgh with a chilly concert on City Hall Place. First Weekends events will feature area musicians, artists, non-profits and other attractions on the first weekend of each month. The innagural effort by First Weekends in 2013 was roundly considered an unqualified success, bringing culture and business to a newly reinvigorated Downtown area.

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New poll spells the good, bad, ugly for Cuomo

By Seth Lang

seth@denpubs.com ALBANY Ñ A poll by the Siena Research Institute shows New York State residents give Gov. Andrew Cuomo mixed grades.

The poll showed New York residents believe Cuomo has been effective, but also showed slippage in CuomoÕ s overall job performance and generic re-elect ratings.

By a 64-28 percent margin, voters said Cuomo has been an effective governor. However, on seven of eight specific issues, only between 15 and 26 percent of voters said that issue has improved since CuomoÕ s been governor, while between 24 and 45 percent of voters said it has gotten worse.

The poll was based on the opinions of 813 registered voters. The poll asked about ensuring equal rights for New Yorkers, New YorkÕ s business climate, lessening corruption in state government, state government effectiveness, personal economic well-being, quality of public education, economic well-being of most New Yorkers, and fairness of the stateÕ s tax policy.

SAFE Act

A year after the enactment of the SAFE Act, New Yorkers support the law by a two-to-one margin. Sixty-three percent of voters support the SAFE Act, compared to 61 percent one year ago, in March 2013. Ò While overall, New Yorkers support the SAFE Act by a two-to-one margin, there are some stark differences based on partisanship and geography. Three-quarters of Democrats and a majority of independents support the law, while a majority of Republicans oppose it. The law is supported by more than three-quarters of New York City voters and almost two-thirds of downstate suburban voters, while a slim majority of upstaters oppose it,Ó Siena pollster Steve Greenberg said. Ò While a majority of men and white voters support the gun law, even stronger majorities of women, black and Latino voters support it.Ó

College classes for inmates

Ò There is a very strong partisan and geographic split on the governorÕ s proposal to fund college classes for prison inmates.

Two-thirds of Democrats support it, while two-thirds of Republicans oppose it, and independents are divided down the middle.

More than 70 percent of New York City voters support it, as do a majority of downstate suburbanites, however, two-thirds of upstaters oppose the idea,Ó Greenberg said.

Ò A majority of white voters oppose funding college classes for inmates but it enjoys support from three-quarters of Latino voters and more than 80 percent of black voters, as well as twothirds of Jewish voters,Ó Greenberg said. Ò Younger voters strongly support it, while older voters are evenly divided.Ó

Dream Act

Ò Although a majority of Democrats supports the Dream Act in New York, a stronger majority of independents opposes it, as do more than 80 percent of Republicans. Similarly, a small majority of New York City voters supports it, a larger majority of downstate suburban voters opposes it and more than two-thirds of upstaters oppose it. A majority of Latino and black voters supports the Dream Act, while white voters oppose it two-to-one,Ó Greenberg said. Ò And although it passed the Assembly and narrowly failed in the Senate, support for the Dream Act is actually down from last year when opposition was only nine points higher than support. Now opposition is 17 points higher than support.Ó

Legislature vs. Legislator

The Assembly has a negative 39-46 percent favorability rating (up slightly from 37-49 percent last month). Voters view their own assembly member favorably 52-23 percent (virtually unchanged from 52-24 percent in May 2013).

The SenateÕ s favorability rating is negative 39-49 percent (up slightly from 37-51 percent last month), while voters favorably view their own senator 59-26 percent (virtually unchanged from 59-28 percent in May 2013). Ò Voters donÕ t like the Legislature but they do like their own legislators. And while there is a clear difference in the partisan leadership of each house, that difference does not materialize in the way each house is viewed. Democrats have a slightly favorable view of both the Senate and the Assembly, while Republicans and independents have a decidedly more unfavorable view of both houses,Ó Greenberg said. Ò By a narrow 41-36 percent margin, voters say they are prepared to re-elect their assembly member and by a wider 48-36 percent margin they say they are prepared to re-elect their senator.Ó

State vs. country

By a 46-43 percent margin, voters say New York is on the right track, compared to headed in the wrong direction (down from

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48-40 percent last month). The United States is headed in the wrong direction, according to 57 of those polled 57 while 36 percent said it is headed in the right direction (up from 55-39 percent last month). Ò A majority of Democrats and city voters, as well as a plurality of downstate suburban voters say the state is on the right track.

However, a majority of Republicans and upstaters and a plurality of independents donÕ t like the direction the state is headed in,Ó Greenberg said. Ò When it comes to the direction of the country, a bare majority of Democrats say itÕ s headed on the right track, while a majority of independents and more than 80 percent of Republicans say the country is headed in the wrong direction.Ó

Education

Education funding advocates rallied in Albany March 24, making a last minute effort for extended funding for schools in the state budget.

While local schools struggle to pass budgets, Cuomo argues that New York spends more on education than any other state, with disappointing results, and that simply spending more money is not the answer.

Advocates claim that number is skewed and the real number to examine is not how much New York spends, but how the funds are distributed.

One advocate claimed a school district on Long Island gets $18,000 more funding per student than one located upstate.

A wide range of groups are urging state lawmakers to put more money for schools in the budget. Cuomo has proposed increasing school aid by $800 million in the new state budget. Lawmakers have requested a few hundred million more. Advocates say the amount of the increase should be closer to $2 billion.

In a statement, CuomoÕ s spokesman Rich Azzopardi said, Ò The governorÕ s priority is providing education funding based on the number of students it helps, not growing the education bureaucracy to serve the demands of the special interests. It makes no sense to provide more funding to school districts that now have fewer students based on a budget from six years ago.Ó Azzopardi adds that the governor has also proposed a $2 billion education bond act to build more classrooms.

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Vigil

From page 1 members of the Plattsburgh City Police Special Response Team located BecklesÕ body behind Knight Automotive, at 383 Route 3 in the Town of Plattsburgh.

The investigation is being handled jointly by Plattsburgh City Police, State University of New York Police and the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations, because of the overlap of jurisdictions. ÒT here is no evidence to indicate foul play at this time, but the case remains under investigation,Ó said State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations Captain Robert LaFountain during a hastily prepared press conference Monday.

News of Beckles’ body being located was first released by SUNY Plattsburgh at about 11 a.m. Almost immediately common areas at the stunned college began to fill with people. Many discussed the loss, trying to make sense of it. Others wept quietly. SUNY Plattsburgh almost immediately made arrangements for grief counselors to be available for students, and began planning vigils to remember Beckles.

Kodi Beckles was originally from Poughkeepsie, and came to SUNY Plattsburgh in 2013 after graduating from Dutchess County Community College.

His family asked not to be interviewed.

If anyone has information about the case they are asked to call Plattsburgh State Police, at 563-3761, Plattsburgh City Police, at 563-3411, or SUNY Plattsburgh Police, at 564-2022.

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JCEO/K of C to host Spaghetti Dinner, food drive

CHAMPLAIN Ñ On Saturday, April 12, the Champlain Knights of Columbus Council 3525 will host a Spaghetti Dinner and Food Drive to benefit the Champlain and Altona JCEO and St. Patrick’s Food Pantry starting at 3pm.

Take outs will be available. Adults - $7, Seniors Ð $6, Children 5 and under Ð Free. Please bring non-perishable food items to help fill the pantries! There are many raffle items that have been generously donated by local businesses in our community. There will also be a 50/50 raffle.

Roxanne Downs, JCEO PAC Committee for the Champlain JCEO, approached the Knights of Columbus a few months ago about doing something for these three food shelves. She knows the Knights currently hold a food drive in the fall for the Mooers Food Pantry. The Mooers Food Pantry does serve many communities including Champlain, Altona, and Rouses Point. However, she indicated that there are a number of families that walk to these food shelves because they have no other means of transportation. Therefore, they are unable to go to Mooers for the help they need.

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the negatives in sizes ranging from 8Ó by 10Ó up to 20Ó by 30.Ó Ò They are incredibly high resolution when they are printed.Ó Peck says that they have had quite an interest in the collection, mostly from genealogists researching their families. Many of the negatives are portraits, but several also depict landmarks and accommodations from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century from all around

Clinton County. Ò The potential for storytelling in the Clinton County Historical Association is tremendous. The county has always been a crossroads, a place where cultures and nations meet,Ó she said in a press release. Ò Clinton County is still a major thoroughfare along the east coast that connects people from Canada to the American South, and urban populations with rural and more isolated hamlets of the Adirondacks to the west.Ó A listing of available glass plate negatives can be found on the museumÕ s website, www.clintoncountyhistorical. org.

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LAKE PLACID — Opening day of spring conference for the State New York Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary. According to the organizers, it’s the first time in 25 years years this event has been held in the Adirondack Region. This weekend, President Bonnie Burgy will preside over the reps of the state’s 252 Ladies Auxiliaries in its eight districts. Members are wives, widows, mothers, grandmothers daughters, granddaughters and sisters of officers or enlisted personnel who served in any foreign country in a war zone or who earned hostile fire or imminent danger pay.

Their focus today is on volunteer work and bettering their communities. For more info, contact Judith Lefebvre at 563-7558. Runs until Sunday.

PLATTSBURGH — Trenchtown Oddities will perform: the Monopole, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518-563-2222 for food and drink specials.

PLATTSBURGH — Catfish & Bodega and Power Station are on deck at Olive Ridley’s, 6pm, 37 Court Street. Call 324-2200 for details.

SARANAC LAKE — Local photographer Phil Gallos presents a series of fullbody nudes flocking in nature. See sidebar. 5pm, BluSeed Studios, 24 Cedar Street.

Runs until May 3.

TICONDEROGA — Ongoing weekly work readiness credential course for residents to earn the National Work Readiness and National Retail Federation Customer Service Credential runs until May 9, with a hiring seminar scheduled for May 12.

Folks seeking employment opportunities will receive instruction in communication skills, courtesy and awareness of customer needs, workplace reading and math, resume writing, online job applications, interview skills and more: North Country Community College, Ticonderoga Campus: 9am-2:30pm. For more info, call 5610430 ext 3088.

Daughters of Mother Earth, Friday, April 11 SARANAC LAKE — Local photographer Phil Gallos to launch “Daughters of Mother Earth: the Nude in the Adirondack Landscape,” a exhibit — no, an exhibition — of what organizers call “the portrayal of the beauty arising from the communion between the body of the human female and the female body of the Earth.” The images are said to present what are at once both “sensual and spiritual states emerging from that communion,” including joy, bliss, excitement, ecstasy, freedom, surrender, repose, empowerment, serenity, stillness and union. In other words, photos of full-body nudes flocking in nature: 5pm, BluSeed Studios, 24 Cedar Street. Runs until May 3.

Image: Art does not, in fact, imitate life/Provided

LAKE PLACID — Bookstore Plus! to host Second Saturday Easter Storytime with stories and easter egg hunt: 10am, 2491 Main Street. Call 523-2950 for more info.

LAKE PLACID — LPCA continues their Exhibition OnScreen series with Munch 50, a look at the life of Norwegian artist Edward Munch, the guy who painted the Scream, as part of the 150th anniversary of his birth. Interest in the artist has never been higher, say the organizers, and his work continues to be salient as ever. LPCA, 17 Algonquin Drive, 1pm, $12/$5 (adults/students). Call 523-2512 or visit lakeplacidarts.org for reservations.

MOOERS — Join the Mooers Volunteer Fire Department for their Third Annual Easter Raffle. Includes 36 rounds of raffle items, including cash prizes, dinner and breakfast baskets, hams, turkeys, hard liquor (awesome) and easter baskets for kids.

Door prizes will be awarded throughout the evening, culminating in a light dinner.

All proceeds to be used for the purchase of fire equipment: 7pm, Mooers Fire Station, 2508 State Route 11

PLATTSBURGH — ROTA springs to life with a last-minute addition: See sidebar. 6pm, 50 Margaret Street, $3-10 (suggested donation). Visit rotagallery.org for detailed info.

PLATTSBURGH — Moscow-born, Berlin-based musician Mary Ocher has received endorsements from a spread of indie rock royalty, including Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and enigmatic garage rock fixture King Khan (The Shrines, King Khan & BBQ Show) for her spooky brand of avant-garde pop. She performs tonight at ROTA: 6pm, 50 Margaret Street, $3-10 (suggested donation).

Masouda World Dance Ensemble will support. Runs concurrently with an opening photo reception for California transplant Jennifer Curran-Tuller. Visit rotagallery.org for detailed info.

Image: Ocher channels Warhol/Provided

WADHAMS — Kids and adults alike invited by the women of the United Church of Christ to paint easter eggs: noon-2pm, Wadhams Church Hall. Call 962-8388 for more info.

Monday, April 14 LAKE PLACID — Launch of a weekly life drawing open studio for beginner to advanced artists. Organizers invite participants to work in any media to draw live models in an environment where it is possible to share and critique with other participants or keep your work private, whichever you prefer. Runs every Monday until May 19. LPCA, 17 Algonquin Drive, 6-8:30pm, $70. Call 523-2512 or visit lakeplacidarts.org for reservations.

PERU — Launch of St. Vincent’s Thrift Store’s annual summertime clothing sale at 9am. Runs through this Saturday. Call Jean Ryan at 643-9386 for more info. 3028 Main Street.

ROUSE’S POINT — Instill a lifelong fear of clowns in your young’uns at the circus: Village Recreation Center, 5pm & 7:30pm, 39 Lake Street. Call 297-2954/3035 for ticketing info.

Wednesday, April 16

Saturday, April 12

PERU — All are invited to the St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273 pot roast dinner: 4pm, $10/5 (adults/kids under 12) St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main Street. Take-outs available. For more info, call John Ryan at 643-9386

Mary Ocher, Saturday, April 12

SARANAC — Bass-baritone George Cordes to perform arias from classic cantatas, opera and musical theater with his wife, pianist Elizabeth Cordes. According to the organizers, George Cordes has impressive credits with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera and a laundry list of other. Guest artists joining them in featured instrumental works and poetry are the esteemed cellist Jonathan Tortolano with his distinguished dad, William Tortolano, pianist and narrator. Saranac United Methodist Church, 3pm-4:30pm, $12-$15

PLATTSBURGH — Doom & Friends are on deck at the Monopole, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518-563-2222 for more info.

PLATTSBURGH — Power Station to perform at Olive Ridley’s, 10pm, 37 Court Street. Call 324-2200 for details.

TUPPER LAKE — Adirondack Scenic Railroad to host open house and volunteer fair at Tupper Lake Station. Anyone interesting in serving in a variety of positions, from hosts to conductor, is welcome to attend: 6-8pm, call 315-724-0700 for more info.

WHALLSONBURG — Screening of Oscar-nominated animated and live-action shorts by the Champlain Valley Film Society. Organizers: “The films’ plotlines range from the story of a psychologist interviewing a man who claims to be God to the animated tale of a witch and her animal companions.” Whallonsburg Grange Hall, 6pm, $10/$5 (adults/kids). Visit cvfilms.org for more info.

Sunday, April 13 KEENE — Keene Valley Congregational Church to host Market Street Brass, a recently-formed local brass outfit: trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, tuba and baritone horn and piano. The acoustics of the church are said to be ideal for this type of music, so check it out if you could use a brassy. Suggested donation, $10; students are free. For more information about this event sponsored by East Branch Friends of the Arts, contact Pam Gothner at 576-4329.

LAKE PLACID — “United in Anger: A History of ACT UP,” examines the pioneering AIDS activist group that shaped the national discussion on AIDS in the 1980s.

See sidebar. LPCA, 17 Algonquin Drive, 7pm, $10/$6 (adults/students). Call 5232512 or visit lakeplacidarts.org for reservations.

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.

PLATTSBURGH — Weekly Open Mic Night at the Monopole, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518-563-2222 for food and drink specials.

PLATTSBURGH — Lucid band members Lowell and Sabo to perform an acoustic set at Olive Ridley’s, 7pm, 37 Court Street. Call 324-2200 for details.

PLATTSBURGH — Networking group I Love Plattsburgh meets weekly for a meet and greet and trivia night. Cocktails and conversation starts at six with trivia running from 7-9pm. Organizers: “This is always a fun night and a great opportunity for new members to meet the group! No particular trivia expertise required — it’s a team effort and everyone has something to contribute.” 6pm, Legends Wine Bar & Brew Pub, 411 New York Route 3 WADHAMS — Second in a four-part weekly series of illustrated talks by Westport author Colin Wells based on his current book project, “The Alphabet Revolution: How A Humble Writing System Changed Everything Forever.” This week’s topic: The Atomic Theory of Language. Organizers: “This lecture explores how the ancient Greek invention of the alphabet emerged from links between ancient Greek and Phoenician traders in the eighth century BC. The Greeks adopted the Phoenicians’ consonantal writing but added vowels, which made it more precise and much easier to read.” Wadhams Free Library, 7:30pm. Call 962-8717 for more info.

Sportsman show set in Keeseville KEESEVILLE — The Chesterfield Fish & Game Club will host its annual SportsmanÕ s Show on April 26-27 at the club located on 59 Green Street in Keeseville. The show will take place from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. April 26 and 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. April 27. There will be 40 tables of gun dealers, hunting accessories, ammo, archery, crafts, antiques and a live birds of prey show. Breakfast and lunch will be available and parking is free. Admission is $5 for adults and free for 12 and under.

Please contact Joe Huber at 643-2651 for information.

On Campus United in Anger, Wednesday, April 16

LAKE PLACID — Documentary film a look at the pioneering AIDS activist group that pushed for more medical research and government action as the epidemic soared in the 1980s. Interviews from the ACT UP Oral History Project gives the film a grassroots perspective as it takes the viewer through the planning and execution of a half dozen major actions, including Seize Control of the FDA, Stop the Church, and Day of Desperation, alongside a timeline of many of the other actions that forced both government and media to deal with the crisis. LPCA, 17 Algonquin Drive, 7pm, $10/$6 (adults/ students). Call 523-2512 or visit lakeplacidarts.org for reservations Image: AIDS activists rally in a still from the film/Provided

PLATTSBURGH Ñ SUNY Plattsburgh seniors Maura Danehey, Rebecca Robbins, Nikki Schiebel and Kym Taylor have been selected as recipients of the State University of New York ChancellorÕ s Award for Student Excellence.

Presented by SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher today in Albany, the award was created 16 years ago to recognize students who have best demonstrated the integration of academic excellence with leadership, athletics, career achievement, community service or creative and performing arts. Ò Students honored with the ChancellorÕ s Award for Excellence … truly embody the power of SUNY,” said Chancellor Zimpher.

Maura Danehey To submit an item for publication, visit the-burgh.com or drop us an email at northerncalendar@denpubs.com.

For additional information, call Pete DeMola at 873-6368 ex 213.

Danehey, of Hopewell Junction, NY, will graduate in May with majors in public relations and multimedia journalism. She spent the spring semester interning in Washington, D.C., at NBC Sports and the State Department. Her honors include the Richard Semmler Community Scholarship and the Morrisonville Elementary School Outstanding Volunteer Award. On campus, Danehey served as a contributor and an editor for Do North magazine.

Rebecca Robbins

Graduating in May, the Plattsburgh native is majoring in nutrition and minoring in chemistry. Robbins has done genetic research under the supervision of Dr. Nancy Elwess and presented at the National Association of Biology Teachers and the National Science Teachers Association in 2012 and 2013. She also held

three internships: Lake Forest Senior Living Community (menu and nutrient analysis); Green Mountain at Fox Run (facility activities and nutrition); and DAK Bar (production and packaging energy bars).

Nikki Schiebel

From Vernon, NY, Schiebel will graduate in May after interning for Congressman Richard Hanna in his Utica district office during the spring semester. A political science major, she also interned for local Congressman William Owens. She logged 300 hours of community service and was twice selected as a recipient of the Community Service Scholarship. On campus, she was involved with the Student Association Senate, Residence Life and the Board of Elections.

Kym Taylor

Taylor, of Chazy, N.Y., returned to school at SUNY Plattsburgh after receiving two associate degrees and becoming a mother. She will graduate in May as an English literature major with a minor in French. Twice an intern on campus, in SUNY PlattsburghÕ s Office of Marketing and Communications and its English department, she also held four teaching assistantships Ñ two in the English department, one in modern language, and one in ESL. She served as co-president/secretary of the International English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta, and she coordinated several events on campus and in the community, including World Book Night, haunted readings and book swaps.

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LEGALS 6 TRADE ROAD HOLDINGS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/20/2014.

Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 6 Trade Rd., Plattsburgh, NY 12901, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NCM-3/8-4/12/20126TC-39806 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BELLE SALES AND SUPPLY, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 6/18/13. Office location: Clinton County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 4082 Route 9, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Purpose: retail.

NC-4/5-5/10/2014-6TC42474 NOTICE OF NY LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION FORMATION on February 21, 2014.

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NOTICE OF NY LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION FORMATION on February 21, 2014.

Duquette Farms, LLC was formed and filed Articles of Organization with New York Secretary of State and designate Legal Zoom Co. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 205 Hardscrabble Rd. , Cadyville, NY 12918.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

NC-3/22-4/26/20146TC-41547 HYDRO EXPERTISE USA LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/13. Effective Date: 12/1/13.Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Etienne Verret, 22 US Oval, Ste 117, Plattsburgh, NY 12903. Purpose: General.

NC-3/8-4/12/2014-6TC40258 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Lake Champlain Home Inspection, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/31/2014 Office Location: ClintonCounty.

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:36 Flaglar dr.

Plattsburgh, N.Y.12901.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Lake Champlain Home Inspection, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/31/2014 Office Location: ClintonCounty.

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:36 Flaglar dr.

Plattsburgh, N.Y.12901.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NE-4/5-5/10/2014-6TC42968 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, "Pending) for beer and wine has been applied for by the undersigned CSBE Parternship to sell beer and wine at retail in a under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 82 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh in Clinton County for on premises consumption.

CSBE Partnership DBA Blue Collar Bistro NC-4/12-1/19/20142TC-43544 QUALITY TRUCK SALES, LLC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY of a foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC): FIRST: The Application for Authority was filed with the New York State Secretary of State on March 17, 2014.

SECOND: The jurisdiction of organization of the LLC is: State of Florida. The date of its organization is: November 8, 2006.

THIRD: The County within this state in which the office, or if more than one office, the principal office, of the LLC is

QUALITY TRUCK SALES, LLC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY of a foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC): FIRST: The Application for Authority was filed with the New York State Secretary of State on March 17, 2014.

SECOND: The jurisdiction of organization of the LLC is: State of Florida. The date of its organization is: November 8, 2006.

THIRD: The County within this state in which the office, or if more than one office, the principal office, of the LLC is to be located is: Clinton County, New York.

FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as Agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against him or her is: Quality Truck Sales, LLC P.O. Box 513,Chazy, New York, 12921.

FIFTH: The address of the office required to be maintained in the jurisdiction of its formation, or if one is not required, the address of principal office of the limited liability company is: 240 Indian Point, Kissimmee, Florida 34746.

SIXTH: The foreign limited liability company is in existence in its jurisdiction of formation at the time of filing of this application.

SEVENTH: The name and address of the authorized office (i.e., Secretary of State) in the jurisdiction of its formation where a copy of its Articles of Organization is filed, [OR or if no public filing of its Articles of Organization is required by the laws of the jurisdiction of formation, the name and address of the person responsible for 54277

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AUTHORITYSeparation agreements available.Lia-Make Diof a foreign Limited vorce Easy – 518-274-0380. bility Company (LLC): FIRST: The Application Essex for Authority was filed DATE GRANTOR GRANTEE LOCATION PRICE with the New York State 3/24/2014 of StateMarvin, Seoul Connection Elizabethtown $105,000 Secretary on Walter S 3/24/2014 Chesterfield $50,000 March 17, 2014. Champine, C aka Brown, C Dezotell, Maria SECOND: jurisdic3/24/2014The Jarvis, Ian and Helen Essex County Jay $57,750 tion of organization of D & Susan 3/24/2014 Johnson, Walraven, Richard Ticonderoga $155,000 the3/24/2014 LLC is: State of House, Flori- Kathryn Essex County Keene $176,323.34 da. The date of its orga3/24/2014 Berke, Gary Essex County Jay $59,000 nization is: November Westport $40,000 Fed. Home Loan Mortgage Melrose, B and A 8, 3/24/2014 2006.

Corporation THIRD: The County within this state in which 3/25/2014 Gibbs, Patricia Leonard, T & Rand, M Ticonderoga $128,000 the3/25/2014 office, or if Mt. more Severance Prop LLC Jaimes Cabin in the Woods Schroon $540,000 than one office, theChamplain prin3/25/2014 Nat. Bank Welch, Jason and Amy Westport $175,200 cipal office, of the LLC is 3/25/2014 Renz, Frederick A Essex County Jay $62,812.50 to be located is: Clinton 3/25/2014 Weiskoff, D & A Keene $175,000 County, New York. Wilson, Stephen $199,000 Lewis 3/26/2014 Piatt, S & P Riley, Max and Mary FOURTH: The Secretary of 3/26/2014 State is designated as Michelle Gough, Doumanoff, N & V Elizabethtown $26,000 Agent upon whomDanielle, pro- M, M & R 3/27/2014 Gadwaw, L & R Jay $25,000 cess against the Sabin, LLC R & E; The Trust 3/27/2014 Byrne, J & Jerman, M North Elba $575,000 may be served. The ad3/27/2014 Granger, Phil Conway, P & D Schroon $225,000 dress within or without this state to whichGoldberg, the Phil; Goldberg, Secretary of State Laverne shall aka Ruth, mail a copy of anyGoldberg, pro- Albert DECD cess against him or her Guy and Darlene Bienstock, Jerry and Judith Schroon 3/27/2014 Williams, $900,500 is:3/28/2014 Quality Truck Sales, LaPoint, M & T North Elba $1,300 Walden, A & E LLC P.O. Box 513,Chazy, 3/28/2014 Barrett, Brian P Klocc, W; Ciccio­Klock, C North Elba $180,000 New York, 12921.

3/28/2014 Cappucci, Hatch, A & L Chesterfield $272,500 FIFTH: The address of Louis Essex Land Assoc LLC Elizabethtown $2,025,000 the3/28/2014 office required Essex to beCounty maintained in the jurisClinton Clinton diction of its formation, or 3/27/14 if one isGeorge, not required, George Jr & Mary Jane Patrick & Seana Pemillard Peru $70,000 the address of principal Thomassen office of the limited lia3/27/14 Rolland & Carolyn Guay Thomas & Elizabeth Goslow Champlain $84,905 bility company 240Garceau 3/27/14 Richard is: & Carol Thomas & Elizabeth Goslow Champlain $56,000 Indian Point, Kissimmee, 3/27/14 Thomas & Elizabeth Goslow Richard & Carol Garceau Champlain $80,000 Florida 34746.

3/31/14 Robert & Abigail Seymour John & Heather Brodi Plattsburgh $68,765.45 SIXTH: TheKBS foreign limit3/31/14 One Inc Peter Miller Sr Chazy $45,000 ed 3/31/14 liabilityFlorence company is in Filion & Pauline Woodrow & Beth Kissel Champlain $77,100 existence in its Molleur jurisdic3/31/14 Robert Allburgh Inc Clinton $38,500 tion4/1/14 of formation the Inc Nabih RealatEstate James Carter Peru $80,000 time of filing ap-Ramsey DEVEL4/1/14 Kevinof&this Cynthia Ryan Parrotte Saranac TB ENTERPRISE $77,750 plication.

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4/2/14 Norman Baker Samantha Guerin & Joey Steady Chazy $10,500 SEVENTH: The &name REECE'S CREW LLC City of Plattsburgh $90,000 4/2/14 Matthew Shayna Stamand, Shayna JulieArKelly of Org. with Secy. of and address of the au- ticles of Org. filed NY Murphy State of NY (SSNY) on 4/2/14 office Winter(i.e., lane Inc Charles Schenck III, Gale Plattsburgh3/24/14. $160,000 SILION PTWhite HOLDINGS thorized Sec- Sec. of State (SSNY) Office location: 4/2/14 John Homer Justinin & TimLLC, Stewarta domestic Plattsburgh $38,000 retary of State) in theet.al. ju- 3/21/2014. Office LLC, Clinton County. SSNY Cityon of Plattsburgh $117,500 4/2/14 William Julie KellyClinton Co. SSNY Jodi & Richard risdiction of its &formadesig. filedFaucher with the SSNY designated agent of LLC & Ralph & Andrea (Martino)Office Mott location: Ausable upon $145,000 tion4/2/14 wherepaul a copy of Patunoff its agent of LLC Ianupon 2/28/14. whom process Articles of Organization whom process may be Clinton County. SSNY is against it may be served. is filed, [OR or if no pub- served. SSNY shall mail designated as agent SSNY shall mail process lic filing of its Articles of copy of process to 4 upon whom process to 294 Tom Miller Rd., Organization is required Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

Page Dr, Cadyville, NY against the LLC may be by the laws of the juris- 12918, which is also the served. SSNY shall mail Purpose: any lawful acdiction of formation, the to Michael tivity. principal business loca- process name and address of the tion. Purpose: Any law- Stewart Frankel, 275 NC-4/12-5/17/2014person responsible for ful purpose.

Madison Ave., 6th, NY, 43844 providing copies there- NC-4/5-5/10/2014-6TCNY 10016. General Purof] with all amendments pose.

42648 TRU FAMILIA ENTERthereto are: Secretary of NC-3/29-5/3/2014-6TCTAINMENT LLC Arts. of State Department of RUDY LAMBERT AND 42222 Org. filed with Secy. of State, P.O. Box 6327, SONS TRUCKING, LLCState of NY (SSNY) on NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF FORMATION Tallahassee, Florida 12/4/13. Office in ClinOF LIMITED LIABILITY of a domestic Limited 32314. ton Co. SSNY desig.

COMPANY. NAME: Liability Company (LLC): NC-3/29-5/3/2014-6TCagent of LLC upon SOUTH JUNCTION RD DATE OF FORMATION: 42214 The Articles of Organiza- ENTERPRISES LLC. Arti- whom process against it may be served. SSNY R.G.B. PROPERTIES tion were filed with the cles of Organization LLC Articles of organiza- New York State Secre- were filed with the Sec- shall mail process to retary of State of New Stephan Mitchell, 88 tion filed with the Secre- tary of State on March York (SSNY) on Seltzer Rd Apt A, Plattstary Of New York 19, 2014. ("SSNY") on March 10, NEW YORK OFFICE LO- 04/23/13. Office loca- burgh, NY 12901. Purtion: Clinton County. pose: General.

CATION: Clinton County 2014.

Office location Clinton County. The AGENT FOR PROCESS: SSNY has been desig- NC-3/22-4/26/2014 6TC-41511 nated as agent of the "SSNY" is designated as The Secretary of State is designated as Agent LLC upon whom proagent of the "LLC" upon whom process against it upon whom process cess against it may bemay be served. "SSNY" against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail shall mail a copy of any served. The Secretary of a copy of process to the process to the LLC at State shall mail a copy LLC, P.O. Box 385, KeeTO MAKE P.O. Box 252 2085 Stan- of any process against seville, New York 12944. dish Road Lyon Moun- the LLC to Rudy LamPurpose: For any lawful tain NY 12952. Pur- bert and Sons Trucking, purpose. pose: To enagage in any LLC, P.O. Box 23, Al- NC-4/5-5/10/2014-6TClawful act or activity.

42976 tona, New York 12910.

NC-4/5-5/10/2014-6TCPURPOSE: To engage in TB ENTERPRISE DEVELPlace a 42643 any lawful act or activity.

OPMENT LLC filed Arts. classified NC-3/29-5/3/2014-6TCREECE'S CREW LLC Ar- 42213 of Org. with Secy. of ad! ticles of Org. filed NY State of NY (SSNY) on It’s easy and Sec. of State (SSNY) SILION PT HOLDINGS 3/24/14. Office location: will make 3/21/2014. Office in LLC, a domestic LLC, Clinton County. SSNY you money!

Clinton Co. SSNY desig. filed with the SSNY on designated agent of LLC agent of LLC upon 2/28/14. Office location: upon whom process whom process may be Clinton County. SSNY is against it may be served. served. SSNY shall mail designated as agent SSNY shall mail process to 294 Tom Miller Rd., copy of process to 4 upon whom process Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

Page Dr, Cadyville, NY against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail Purpose: any lawful ac12918, which is also the to Michael tivity. principal business loca- process

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