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WCS voters to decide whether to lease buses WA R R E N S B U R G — A special vote on whether to lease three 66-passenger school buses is set for 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 22 in the High School Gym lobby.

School officials decided to hold the vote on the bus acquisition so they will be able to have accurate figures in the school budget rather than mer ely estimates.

If the school district leases three buses, the annual payment over five years for the new buses will be $49,000, which includes an estimated finance charge, and will receive a state r ebate of about $41,650 annually for five years beginning in the 2012-13 school year.

Purchase of the new buses, however , will r equire an expense of $313,604 included in next year ’s budget. The state would r ebate 85 per cent of the cost, or about $53,300 annually for five years.

Superintendent of Schools T im L awson n oted this week that buses are a large part of the annual budget, and if the district can r ealize a savings of over $260,000 this year by see BUS VOTE, page 12

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WARRENSBURG — Local high school students, parents and teachers showed up in force Monday night to express concerns over the Warrensburg Central School District budget, which calls for cutting 12 employees and eliminating Junior V arsity sports and cheerleading.

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ministrators pr esented a 2010-11 budget that calls for a 3.5 per cent r eduction in spending, but an estimated 2.05 percent increase in local property taxes. That sum would amount to $42 per family living in a $150,000 home, Superintendent of Schools Tim Lawson said.

While par ents of pupils and students themselves generally voiced impassioned pleas to keep pr ograms and personnel intact, several taxpayers said they see BUDGET CUTS, page 4

Couple maintains good humor as house is flooding

By Thom Randall

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Warrensburg kindergartners Jakob Hemsing and Xavier Harney share observations Monday, March 14 about characters in a whimsical Dr. Seuss book during a “learning center” session at Warrensburg Elementary.

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Earl, Perry to keep trustee seats

By Thom Randall

LAKE GEORGE — Local voters re-elected two incumbent village boar d members Tuesday, March 15, and the tally reflected a substantial mar gin over their sole challenger.

John Earl and Ray Perry wer e elected to an additional four-year term, defeating candidate Patty Kirkpatrick. She had campaigned on a platform on giving business owners mor e voice in government and boosting communication between the vil-

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lage board and residents.

Earl received 176 votes, to Perry’s 171, and Kirkpatrick’s tally of 73 in the thr ee-way race for two open seats.

Perry said the vote demonstrated support for the accomplishments and appr oach of the existing town board.

“We’re c ommitted t o ke eping a b alance between the interests of the village re sidents and business owners,” he said. “W e ran on our collective r ecord and it seems people agree with what we’ve done.” see TRUSTEES, page 8

WARRENSBURG — While area homeowners and emergency responders were pumping out flooded basements following the steady rain late last week that followed a heavy snowstorm, one local couple with no basement had a more threatening problem.

When Brad Beighley of 255 & 1/2 River St. woke up for a glass of water at about 5 a.m. Friday , Mar ch 1 1, he found that the first floor of his home that he share d with his partner, Pam Reed, had been flooded.

Flood waters had backed up behind a culvert, apparently packed with snow and ice, that was supposed to drain his pr operty. The r e-

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sult was the entire yard filling up with water , up to a foot or two deep.

After rousing Reed, he began a lengthy r outine of pushing water away fr om his home, using a lawn tractor fitted with a miniatur e bulldozer blade.

While he was working, ducks swam thr ough their backyard, and Reed reached out her back window and fed the cr eatures chunks of bread, the duo r ecalled as they shared smiles.

With the living r oom r ug under her feet soggy with floodwaters, Reed watched television, which was at one point interr upted by the couple’s chihuahua “Bronx,” barking furiously , Reed said as she surveyed the damage to her home. see FLOODING, page 14

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The traffic at the Warrensburgh Museum of Local History has incr eased substantially year -to-date, museum Director Steve Parisi has r eported.

Attendance for merely the first two months of 2011 has surpassed the total number of visitors at the museum over the first 15 weeks of 2010, Parisi said.

The new special exhibit of the stock car racing at Ashland Park will r emain up through May, and the brief movie of the race track in action a half-century ago sparks considerable inter est among museum visitors, Parisi said. The movie r uns continuously during museum hours.

Parisi expressed appreciation to Frank Bennett, who provided the movi e a nd to Warrensburg High School senior Jesse Schuettinger for converting the movie to a convenient flash drive format.

Schuettinger also converted vintage movies of interviews with Stewart Farrar and a Glens Falls ar chitect about the Emerson Sawmill, which collapsed into the Schroon River in the mid1980s after an unsuccessful effort by the W arrensburgh Historical Society to con-

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Event reminders Don’t for get the annual Scott Remington & Friends Spinal Cord Benefit set for Saturday Mar ch 26 at Jimbo’s Club of f state Rte. 8 in Brant Lake. Pr oceeds ar e to benefit the Christopher Reeves Foundation for spinal cord research.

Tickets, which for $30 include a pasta dinner, are available only in advance by calling Scott Remington at 494-2374. Annually, the tickets sell out quickly.

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is Reeves Foundation founder Henry Stifel, whose son was paralyzed fr om a spinal cord injury from a an automobile crash.

Donations for the raf fles at the event will be accepted until March 20.

Also, a free concert featuring an acoustic band named The Nellys will be held at 7 p.m. Friday Mar ch 18 at the Stony Cr eek Town Hall. The Nellys are a altcountry band of the Americana roots genre.

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dog sled demonstration at 10 a.m. Saturday March 19 at the Stony Creek Town Hall.

Both these events are sponsored by the Stony Creek Library.

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A program on Adirondack Ice and its ef fects on local culture and history is set for vince town leaders to pr e- 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 at the Hague Community Censerve the structure.

These videos will be avail- ter. The acclaimed pr ogram is pr esented by Caperton able f or v iewing s oon, p erTissot of Saranac Lake, who haps in time for an upcomwill be signing copies of her ing r eception and stock-car book “Adirondack Ice: A racers “gab fest” at the muCultural and Natural Histoseum planned for April 17. ry.”

Upcoming at the museum Laura Rice, curator at the are new exhibits now under Adirondack Museum, has development, including the music scene in Warrensburg praised the book.

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Town seeks streetscape grant, new crosswalk eyed at crash site

By Lynn Smith

denpubs@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — A new cr osswalk is now in the works for a perilous intersection in the town of Warrensburg.

The state Department of T ransportation has r ecently appr oved developing a cr osswalk at the intersection of River Str eet and Richards Avenue, wher e several vehicle crashes h ave o ccurred, i ncluding o ne la st year in which a tr uck rammed thr ough the front entranceway of a home housing two apartments.

The crosswalk is expected to be developed

Budget cuts from page 1 supported the cuts, or wanted further r eductions.

The draft budget, prepared by school administrators in the face of a projected $1.26 million cut in state aid for WCS, calls for spending $18.37 million in 2011-12.

One student after another pleaded for the b oard t o r etain J unior Varsity s ports programs, citing that they offer vital experience in teamwork, and nurtur e confidence and leadership skills.

“Our JV sports program helps us learn to set and achieve goals,” high schooler Aineen Callahan said. Students making such pleas included Kerrigan Roth and Cr egan Callahan. Applause and cheers punctuated the student’s remarks.

Board member Richlene Morey proposed to keep the 2011-12 tax rate capped at a zer o percent increase, adopt the suggested cuts, and take the $160,000 or so needed to etain r a flat tax rate out of district reserve funds.

The administrators’ proposal already calls for $649,000 to be drawn from reserve funds.

Citizens Budget Advisory Committee member Mike Curry, while voicing support for such a zero-increase budget, advocated retaining JV sports, citing their high participation rate and positive influence on character d evelopment. H e s uggested t hat a ll coaches take a one-third cut in their coaching stipends — paid on top of their salaries — to save the JV programs.

“Coaches — are your hearts in your bank accounts, or with the kids?” he said.

Resident Mary Eaton disagreed with

in spring on the west side of the intersection, Town Supervisor Kevin Geraghty told town board members at their March 9 meeting.

For some time, town off icials had suggested that a crosswalk be established at the site, in an effort to protect the safety of pedestrians, particularly the dozens of children who routinely walk to school down River Street.

Among other actions at the monthly board meeting, Geraghty was authorized by the board to sign a grant application for up to $40,000 to develop a str eetscape enhancement plan. The funds ar e available thr ough the Department of Environmental Conservation”s Adirondack Park Community Smart Curry on capping taxes, voicing support for restoring the amounts cut in personnel and programs.

“To think we can keep taxes to a zer o percent incr ease is crazy ,” she said, adding that area residents want to retain the quality of education. She noted that WCS has been ranked in the top fifth of all public schools in the Capital Region. She added that W arrensburg teachers earned their salaries.

“The teachers’ salaries ar e not exorbitant,” she said.

Several people suggested that par ents launch sports booster clubs to support the athletic programs in the school.

Proposed personnel changes under the draft budget call for eliminating security monitor positions at both schools, cutting two night cleaner positions and shifting two day janitors into their posts.

Several citizens speaking out suggested novel ways of balancing the budget.

School Boar d Member Jim Carrion and Citizens Budget Advisory Boar d member Sheila Mender pr oposed that the elementary school building be sold, and all students, kinder garten thr ough grade 12, be instructed i n t he h igh s chool b uilding t o save personnel and fuel costs. Carrion said students could be taught in double shifts.

Lawson said later that such a pr oposal was not possible under existing state laws governing school facilities, but if such an measure wer e undertaken, about half the district’s students would be attending classes until 8 p.m. or so.

Among those speaking out was Technology instructor Brandon Donato, whose position is under conside ration f or elimination.

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A proclamation was read in honor of Mary McKenna Murphy , congratulating her on turning 100 years old on March 17.

The Town Board approved advertising for bids to sell two surplus parcels of water district land it owns. One of the wooded plots is 364 acr es, and the other is 214 acr es. The plots surr ound the former town r eservoir which is no longer used for drinking water .

Most of the property is located up Alden Avenue and Harrington Hill Road.

Board members decided that in putting the two parcels up for sale, they will reserve the right to r eject any or all bids. Informa“This is not about me, it’s about the kids and their education,” he said. “I will survive, but the kids need their classes to get their life skills.”

School boar d member Laura Danna advocated to r etain the teachers and pr ograms.

“We've had two years of zero-percent increases, and I'm very concerned this is going to effect students and the quality of education we offer,” she said.

Board member Beth Callahan echoed the point.

“Many people in this r oom would walk up to the table now and hand over $42 or more to keep our pr ograms in place,” she said, suggesting that the community form a booster club, or par ents pay a minimal participation fees to help offset the costs of sports offered by the school.

School boar d pr esident John MicGlir e suggested that teachers voluntarily take a freeze in pay. Presently, they are scheduled for a 1.87 per cent incr ease, which r eflects their basic annual longevity increase only.

He said such a wage concession could make a “huge” difference in the budget.

“Everybody could take a little pain rather than a few taking a lot of pain,” he said. “I'd like the teachers to help themselves by taking a pay freeze.”

Teachers union pr esident Mark Mularz refused to comment on the idea of teachers forgoing pay increases.

“I can’t discuss anything dealing with negotiations,” he said.

The next meeting to discuss the budget is set for 7 p.m. Monday, March 21.

Adoption of the budget is slated forApril 11, and the public is to vote on it May 17.

tion will be avail able soon fr om the town clerk’s office.

In addition, several appointments wer e made by the board.

Alice Farrell of King Street was appointed to the town planning board to fill the unexpired term of Joyce Harvey.

Harold Mof fitt was appointed to a position on the Zoning Boar d of Appeals to fill the unexpired term of Herb Muller who died recently. Moffitt has previously served as an alternate member of the panel, a position which is now open.Applications are now being accepted by the town for alternates on the Zoning Board.

The boar d also voted to allocate two grants fr om the town’s occupancy tax r evenue.

A request for an appropriation of $317 was granted to the Warrensburg Bed and Br eakfast group for their website.

A request for $78 was granted to the Warrensburg Historical Society to pay for a banner pr omoting the local history museum’s exhibit Stock Car Racing at Ashland Park.

The banner is now in place at the intersection of Diamond Point Road and Rte. 9.

The board also decided to seek the advice of Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District of ficials to see how a drainage problem behind 85 Library Ave. can be alleviated. The runoff there, a problem for years, is apparently coming from the town recreation field.

The town board discussed a parking pro blem a t t he i ntersection o f M ain a nd F irst streets. The Warren County Head Start van and other vehicles r outinely park too close to t he i ntersection, i mpeding v ision o f o ncoming traf fic, town of ficials r eported. The council members decided to contact the state Department of Transportation to address the issue.

Supervisor Geraghty noted that 18 applications were received for two open positions in the town’s water and sewer department.

The posts r equire that the successful applicants take training and complete qualifications for sewer licensing.

Discussion occurred on how private plow truck operators cleaning driveways are often leaving behind snowbanks that obstr uct sidewalks. The board decided to work with the town Code Enforcement Officer to draft proposed amendments to town or dinances requiring pr operty owners to keep sidewalks clear.

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a 19-year -old man who eventually confessed to damaging the mailboxes. The man was arrested for Criminal Mischief and the mailbox owners will be eligible to eceive r restitution for damages, the board was told.

•Town board member Deanne Rehm was appointed liaison to the Conservation Club , following a request from the facility’s advisory board that one be named.

•The town board proposed amendments to the ord inances Smoking is now prohibited in town parks, since the Bolton limiting horsepower of boats operated on T rout Lake. The Town Boar d unanimously passed a r esolution pr ohibiting amendment sets a new fine structure and adds a prohibition the practice at their February town board meeting. to maintaining a boat on the lake. A public hearing on the The smoking ban pertains to Rogers Park, Veterans Park matter was set for 7 p.m. June 7. and the Little League complex, and the Conservation Club •The boar d also passed a r esolution declining the of fer building. The prohibition at the latter site also calls for a 100- from the Lake George Park Agency that the town act as lead feet smoke free zone around the building. agency for the Asian Clam eradication project.

Other issues raised at the town meeting include: •Zandy Gabriels expr essed concern about the constr uction of a building on The Sagamore Resort property. He notRegistration for the Bolton Recreation Department’s sumed that a building with full porc h was demolished and is bemer day camp will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, ing r eplaced with another str ucture without por ches. The town planning board should have known that the new str uc- March 22 in the town recreation center.

Questions will be answered from 5:30 to 6 p.m., with regture would be without such important ar chitectural features, istration from 6 to 7 p.m., beginning with Bolton Central stuhe said.

Zandy Gabriels, who lives near the Sagamore on Green Is- dents. The day camp is to be held from July 5 through Aug. 19. The fee, which includes seven weeks of activities and all land, added that the closur e of The Sagamor e during the winter in recent years has substantially reduced the activity field trips, is $350 per camper.

Those registering should bring their child’s health insurat downtown businesses. He observed that former owners of ance information and a curr ent copy of an immunization the Sagamore lived on site, but the new owners don’t have record. Payment of $200 is r equired upon r egistration and such an intimate involvement with the community. .boltonHe suggested that the town and The Sagamore should es- the $150 balance is due June 1. For details, see: www newyork.com or call Michelle Huck at: 928-3176. tablish a closer r elationship because the town’s livelihood

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depends on this r esort year-round, not just in the summertime.

•The town boar d approved hiring the L.A. Gr oup to apply for a state Smart Gr owth planning grant that would focus on hiking trails and other recreational assets in the Lake George area. The grant includes venues in the communities of Hague, and Lake Geor ge. The L.A. Gr oup of Saratoga Springs is to be paid $800 for the grant application, with $600 to be reimbursed by participating communities.

The idea is to develop a T rails Master Plan for the Lake George watershed encir cling the lake. This will include graphics showing the public trailheads, lake access points, public docking areas, snowmobile trails, links to downtown business districts, trolley stops, and various attractions, including r ecreational, historic and cultural r esources. The project is an economic development initiative that seeks to provide and pr omote a trail system that will pr ompt new tourism and boost local communities’ commercial activity.

•The town board also heard that a troublesome vandalism crime has been solved. On Jan. 2, many mailboxes wer e damaged on East Schr oon River Road. Bolton Police located a suspect v ehicle a t a l ocation o n N ew Vermont R oad, a nd Bolton Police Chief James Neumann interviewed the driver,

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Bolton Senior activities scheduled

•Wednesday, March 23 — Wii Bowling, 10 a.m. at the Senior Center. Lunch follows at the Hometown Diner.

• Wednesday, March 30 — Pr esentation titled “Hearing Loss — A Hidden Disability,” 10:45 a.m. at the Bolton Senior Center, by Sandie Clark of the Center for Better Hearing.

Reminder: Bolton Residents 50 years of age or older ar e eligible to attend the Bolton Seniors’ meetings and activities.

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The right to record open meetings in NYS

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ights … camera ... action. As of April 1, New York state will give its citizens the right to record open meetings with a variety of media.

As part of Sunshine W eek — celebrated the third week of March (March 13-19, 2011) each year to r emind r esidents about their rights under the Open Government Laws — we ar e excited to have some actual news to r eport about those laws, rather than simply hitting readers over the head with the same old line about “Your Right to Know.”

Yet, her e we go again. It’s our duty to r emind citizens that they ar e guaranteed certain rights under the Fr eedom of Information, Open Meetings and Personal Privacy Protection Laws.

And ther e is a gr oup under the New York State Department of State — the Committee on Open Government — responsible for overseeing those laws and advising r esidents about them.

During his tenure, the Committee’s executive dir ector, Robert Fr eeman, has become a best friend to news org anizations looking for freedom of information opinions, which ar e listed on the Web site: www.dos.state.ny.us/coog.

The Committee r eminds us that in March 2010, state lawmakers passed legislation during Sunshine W eek amending the Open Meetings Law to allow people to photograph and ecord r these meetings: “In short, the courts have determined t hat a nyone m ay r ecord o pen meetings, so long as use of a re cording device is not disr uptive or obtr usive.

Those bodies will be statutorily r equired to allow meetings to be photographed, broadcast, Webcast or otherwise r ecorded and/or transmitted by audio or video means. The new provision also states that public bodies may adopt reasonable rules governing the use of cameras and r ecording devices during open meetings, in which case such r ules must be written, conspicuously posted, and pr ovided to those in attendance upon request.”

To help government bodies with this amendment, the Committee on Open Government has prepared model rules regarding the photographing, recording and br oadcasting of public meet-

ings. These suggested rules, which are available on the Web site, may be modified and adopted by public bodies.

This law takes effect April 1.

State Webcasts New York state agencies are already required to W ebcast their open meetings so citizens can watch fr om the comfort of their homes or workplaces.

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer signed the Executive Or der in Mar ch 2007. His reason: most New Yorkers can’t make the meetings, and the technology exists, so let’s just do it. And while we feel it was an unr easonably expensive unfunded mandate for agencies, especially smaller ones like theAdirondack Park Agency, those W ebcast meetings have provided extraordinary access to our state government like never before.

For example, we can watch an APA meeting live on the APA W eb site (www.apa.state.ny.us). The Agency doesn’t have to br oadcast it live — so long as they br oadcast it over the Internet within a r easonable amount of time after the meeting — but they show it live anyway, as a courtesy and a public service because not everyone from ar ound the 6-million-acr e Adirondack Park can make it to Ray Brook to attend the monthly meetings.

Many times, the meetings include time-sensitive decisions, and taxpayers can watch their government at work as the issues unfold. And if they can’t watch live, they can log on to the APA Web site and see the prerecorded meetings, bookmarked by agenda item.

We give the APA staff high marks for meeting this mandate and exceeding expectations. People can even see the PowerPoint presentations of staf f and guests. W e encourage you to watch these Webcast videos or listen to the audio versions (MP3). After all, it’s your right to know.

This editorial is the collaborative opinion of a board comprised of Thom Randall, Lindsay Yandon, Fred Herbst, Lou Varricchio, Keith Lobdell, Jeremiah Papineau, Andy Flynn and John Gereau. Comments may be directed to denpubs@denpubs.com.

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ly an all-out, shar ed national appr oach. keep hearing our elected officials Everybody did their part, including serious from President Obama to Sen. rationing of gasoline and food supplies that Schumer and many others calling for were saved fr om domestic consumption to an “Adult Conversation” about the most aid the war effort for the troops. Things like serious issues facing our nation. One rubber pr oducts, metal, glass, ir on, and would assume we had been electing serieven women’s nylons stockings wer e r ecyous people to do an important job in leadcled for the manufacturing machine. The ing our nation, but we must conclude that, Great Depression generation by their own admission, was saving money and purthey having only been chasing war bonds. Ameriwasting time while precans went to work on the tending to be adults for some time now, waiting for production lines — especialthe electorate to step up ly women who entered tradiand say enough is enough. tional male manufacturing It’s time to get serious and jobs — turning out equipget down to business. ment, ships, tanks and It’s sad to think of all the planes in r ecord numbers, lost time and opportunities working seven days a week. wasted while they pr etendEverybody was in the fight Dan Alexander ed t o b e c onducting a ffairs to w in t he w ar, a nd f ailure Thoughts from of the state. W e now r ealize was not an option.

Behind the Pressline that many were just out for a Despite the err ors, setgood time. backs and har dships, America was deterA good friend of mine, who is now retired mined to over come every obstacle that in Colorado, recently told me a story about stood in their way . This became a national a high ranking New York state official who obsession and an all-consuming focus. questioned why residents allowed the state It is har d to imagine our people coming to be contr olled by thr ee individuals. He together in this fashion today . Per haps the and his fellow elected officials continued to “greatest generation” was naïve, yet, fr om be amazed at what they wer e allowed to“get the stories I’ve been told by my parents and away with” in Albany. grandparents, ther e was a sense of happiI can’t help but wonder if we ar e willing ness and satisfaction of accomplishment in to sacrifice some of our luxuries for futur e the midst of all the sacrifices and loss of generations the way pr evious American loved ones. The common goal and hardship generations did for our benefit? forged a str ong America capable of accomI was r eading recently some information plishing anything. regarding the nation’s efforts during World The sacrifices by those who came befor e War II. While America initially resisted enus were always done to lighten the load on tering the war, once committed, it was clearsee ALEXANDER, page 7

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Where have all the adults gone?

Pedestrians in W arrensburg have seen clear evidence this winter that the town government’s sidewalk snowplow has been leaking antifreeze.

Now with the warmer weather and the puddles that have formed, the antifreeze is in the water that has accumulated, and my small dog has been poisoned fr om getting in a puddle while just walking with me to our mailbox right after the plow had gone through.

There ar e many people who walk their dogs daily in Warrensburg, and it should be safe to do so. Just a small amount of antifr eeze on their paws, if licked, is all it takes to poison a dog.

My dog is in the animal hospital and it is yet to be seen if she will be all right.

Please see that something is done to correct this so that no other dog owner will have to go through what I am right now.

To many of us, our dogs ar e family and so important to us — and just because the town is not maintaining equipment properly, our animals are in danger.

We should be able to enjoy a walk on town sidewalks with safety-- both people and dogs.

This is not the case in Warrensburg.

Mechelle Langworthy Roskiewicz Warrensburg

Bravo to York for curbing county inmates’ perks To the Adirondack Journal: Concerning your fr ont page “Convict Crackdown” article in the March 5 Adirondack Journal issue — bravo to Warren County Sheriff Bud York!

Being in jail shouldbe a punishment, not enjoying free housing, food, clothing, watching television, and drinking endless cups of coffee at taxpayers’ expense.

Inmates should be on work detail from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, not just sitting around. They’re in jail for a eason. r They broke some law, and it sould be a daily punishment.

Bravo again to Bud York, our sheriff.

Let them all eat”The Loaf!”

Marlene Vincent Brant Lake

Misses Albany channel To the Adirondack Journal: Well, the FCC has finally done it. They have totally shut us off from Albany except for Time Warner channel 9 which is

the same news over and over , and doesn’t really cover much of anything north of Saratoga.

My family is mostly in the Albany area and when the FCC, because of our location, removed all of ourAlbany channels, the only way I could get an Albany channel was to switch fr om analog to digital, which I did, costing me more money. For a while I got channel 10 out of Albany which was great. As of March 3 that channel was “r emoved from the package” as most of the programs were duplicated on channel 4 which is a V ermont channel.

Maybe most of the programs were duplicates, but not all of the pr ograms. Why, since they were duplications, didn’t they keep the Channel 10 and eliminate the Channel 4 - after all, ther e are two other Vermont stations, Channel 5, which is supposed to be fr om Plattsburgh, but 90 percent of the coverage is from Vermont, and Channel 3. It seems as if the FCC doesn’t feel that any one living north of Warren County needs to know what is going on in Albany, which, after all, is the state capital.

I feel that, as a r esident of New York State, I should be able to get a TV station that has coverage from the Albany area, and that the FCC should not dictate what TV channels I can watch. As the gentleman from Channel 5 says, “That's my opinion, what’s yours?”

Norma Stowell Schroon Lake

March 19, 2011

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Wedding bells, divorce decree •100 Years Ago – March, 1911•

prized very highly by Grif fing because of the fact that it contains an account of the departure from Glens Falls, 50 years ago, of the “boys in blue” who went forth to sacrifice Harrison Shepar d, 62, a woodchopper their lives, if necessary , that the Union employed by George Reynolds on Harringmight be preserved and an enslaved people ton Hill, W arrensburgh, died suddenly be set free. “As Judas had no apology for a March 24, 191 1 in a house wher e he lived traitorous act, so have the Southern traitors alone. His body was found by his employer. no excuse for their actions,” was the ever Shepard had been working for him during popular Union battle cry. the winter chopping wood. He worked all (Note: In September 1843, two br others, morning and went home for dinner . When Marcellus and Thomas J. Strong, bought out he did not r eturn, Reynolds went looking the “news sheet” Literary Pearl and issued for him. When he was unable to get inside a new newspaper named The Glens Falls Reof the man’s house, he peer ed thr ough the publican which oddly enough ar dently eswindow and saw Shepard’s body leaning up poused the principles of the Democratic against the door which he had to for ce open.

After living 82 years on the farm wher e he party. They were associated in their venture Coroner Burt believes the cause of death was born, Benjamin Grif fin died Mar ch 25, with celebrated historian Dr . Austin Wells to be heart disease. The man leaves a wid1911 in Bolton. About two weeks earlier his Holden who wrote the History of the Town ow, two sons, Frank and Elmer and a daughson, Eslie Grif fin, 53, died at the farm and of Queensbury, published in 1874. ter, Laura Shepard. He left his family some since that time the old man has declined rapHenry Griffing was a well-known authortime ago and moved to W arrensburgh where idly. (Note … The strange story of the death ity on local history . His family settled in at one time he lived with his niece, Mrs. John of Eslie Grif fin and his wife, Clementine 1800 in this area. He was the great-uncle of Rhodes in Burnhamville, and worked as a were detailed in the Marc h 12, 2011 Journal.)

Grace Merrill Magee, for whom today’s lumberman. His two sons came to claim the “Grace’s Restaurant” is named. Grif fing body and take it to Northville for burial. was supervisor of W arrensburgh in the years 1884 and 1885.

Henry Grif fing of W arrensburgh has in his possession a copy of the Glens Falls ReState Supreme Court Justice V an Kirk ispublican issue of May 14, 1861. The paper is

The end came suddenly

sued an order in Greenwich under the liquor tax law for the seizur e and confiscation by the state of cider discovered by Washington County Sheriff Ingalsbe in a raid two weeks ago. Greenwich is a no-license town.

Six barr els of cider wer e taken fr om the American House and they wer e found to contain a high alcohol content. Also confiscated were 32 barr els of cider fr om the cellar of yet another local r estaurant, and all were dumped in the Battenkill River . The river is being closely watched for intoxication among the fishes.

No will to live any longer

Old newspaper evokes memories

A river flowing with hard cider

Lyman Bidwell and Miss Mildred Russell, both of W arrensburgh, wer e married in Glens Falls by the Rev. C.H. Dutton.

William H. W ebster, son of Palmer and Cora M. Whittemore of Warrensburgh, were married by the Rev. E.J. Guernney on March 28, 1911 at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage. (Note: In 2006 the diary of Cora Whittemore was presented in this column.)

In state Supr eme Court, Mrs. Minnie Schermerhorn Terhune was granted an absolute divor ce fr om her husband, Edwar d Terhune.

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The copious rains of March 26, 1911 softened the ice on W arrensburgh sidewalks and carried away the gr eater part of the snow in str eets and fields and now a new supply arrived on Mar ch 29, 191 1 and we have six inches on the level. The thrills of the song sparrows and crows may be heard just the same, while robins and bluebirds in their vividly color ed coats seem pr emature against the mantled white of the fields.A.C. Emerson & Co.’s sawmill has shut down until the Schroon River breaks up. Astronomical observations say we are not to have any more blustery weather this season.

Many new cases of measles have been reported in this area.

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was fighting for in March 2010. he transition of the VICs is almost But at what cost? The colleges are now complete. Now it’s time for the faced with operating the centers, and it’s public to put its money where its not cheap. They have to find money that mouth is and help keep these facilities gowasn’t in their budgets to staff and maining strong. tain the facilities. Plus, the A year ago, supporters of Adirondack Park Institute the Adirondack Park needs to raise money for edAgency Visitor Interpretive ucational programs, includCenters (VICs) were scraming the popular Native bling to fight the possible Species Butterfly House at closure of the centers at Paul Smiths. They are all Paul Smiths and Newcomb. taking big risks for our benIt was budget time for the efit. state, and the APA was Now that the public’s faced with shutting down prayers have been anits Interpretive Programs Andy Flynn swered, it’s time for people Division. Tensions were Assistant Managing Editor to step up and support the high. It was an emotional colleges and the API to keep time for everyone, especialthe centers open. They can’t do it alone. ly those, like me, who love the VICs. Find ways to volunteer. Become a memYou see, I worked for the VICs for eight ber of the API. Donate money to the colyears — as the public relations guy from leges and earmark those funds for the 2001 to 2009. My friends were faced with buildings’ staff and/or maintenance. layoffs. More importantly, I had seen firstMaybe there is equipment they need that hand how beneficial the VICs were to educan be donated. The roof needs to be fixed cating the public about the Adirondack enat the Paul Smiths VIC; it would be nice to vironment. So I fought to keep the VICs see some donations of labor and supplies open along with dozens of other supportreach the college for that important projers, writing my fair share of letters to our ect. elected representatives, who were more inThis is the time for the “friends of the tent on saving prison jobs than saving the VICs” to rally once again and show how VICs. It seemed like a losing battle, even as much they care about these places. The a VIC Transition Steering Committee was VICs are still open, but they need your formed to find new owner/operators for help now more than ever. the centers. But there was a happy ending.

A year later, now that SUNY-ESF and Andy Flynn is assistant managing editor at Paul Smith’s College have “saved the Denton Publications. He may be reached at VICs” and are running the buildings, the andy@denpubs.com future seems bright. The trails are open.

Programs will continue. The Adirondack Park Institute —the VIC friends group since 1989 — will still be educating the public about the natural wonders of the Adirondack Park. And both centers will be open to the public with expanded missions -The Adirondack Park Institute, Dan that will explore the natural and cultural Fitts, executive director, (518) 327-3376, assets of the region. www.adirondackparkinstitute.org I give credit to the APA for keeping its -Paul Smithʼs College, Susan word and finding new owners for the Sweeney, director of human resources, VICs, now called the Paul Smiths VIC and (518) 327-6400, www.paulsmiths.edu the Adirondack Interpretive Center in -SUNY-ESF, Paul Hai, program coordiNewcomb. It wasn’t an easy process, but nator of the Adirondack Ecological Center the results were positive. I applaud SUNYin Newcomb, (518) 582-4551, ext. 104, ESF and Paul Smith’s College for making www.esf.edu/aic the commitment to keep the centers open to the public. And I thank the API for continuing its mission to “teach a generation to care.” After all, this is what the public

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younger. h yeah, it’s time for Jimmer MadThink about it? I have heard a lot of people ness. Sorry, this year’s March madgetting “tired” of Jimmer-Mania, but seriously, ness has been replaced with the how many NBA-drafted players have come tournament that will be the showcase for the from anywhere between Glens Falls and the greatest basketball player to come out of our Canadian border. The answer region — ever. is one, Rick Carlisle, who The crazy thing is, no one graduated from Lisbon in Secup here hardly knows about tion X and was drafted by the him.

Celtics in the third round When I was working in (70th overall) in 1984.

Whitehall, Jimmer Fredette Funny that the Celtics come was all anyone would ever up, since all eyes are on their talk about, the Glens Falls general manager Danny High standout who took the Ainge, who led the Brigham team to the Class A title game Young in scoring until Jimmer his senior year and then mildpast him last week (again, ly shocked local hoops enthuKeith Lobdell with 5-2!) and made perhaps siasts when he turned down Valley News Editor the biggest play in Cougar an offer to play for Siena and history (you remember it, instead headed west to don’t you, Fred).

Brigham Young University.

That’s why Jimmer is a big deal. He is the Since, Jimmer has turned into the top player most decorated basketball player to ever come in all of college basketball. You can have your out of this area.

Kemba Walkers and Jared Sullingers, they do I grew up in a time of great female high not possess the ball handling, shot making school hoopsters like Missy West, Julie Moore and court awareness abilities that Jimmer and Erin Pratt. That was a great time to be a does. basketball fan around here, watching three DiDid any of them score 52 in the conference vision I female athletes excel on the court. semifinals? 52! He scored 19 in the second half Now is also a great time, as the local boy — I scored 19 my entire varsity career! takes his team into the NCAA tournament.

At a school that is run by a religious instituAre they a final four team? Not without tion, Jimmer has reached a demagogue status.

Brandon Davies (see last week).

Last year, I covered a game in Provo for my Are they a second weekend team? Could previous assignment. Afterwards, I got Jimvery well be. mer’s autograph for my 3-year-old nephew Either way, Jimmer Madness is definitely (yeah, I know, kinda breaking the professional appointment television. Enjoy. barrier there — so what), framed one of the pictures I had taken and presented it to him Keith Lobdell iis an editor with Denton Publicathe next day. He held it throughout the day tions. He can be reached at keith@denpubs.com and slept with it that night. (I hear a lot of the co-eds do that with his picture to, which may very well be nearing the Honor Code line.)

The best part is, when I asked him if he ever expected this level of success and adulation, he quickly responded yes.

It’s not that he is conceited, it’s that he knows that he has put in the time and has worked hard to get to where he is. In high school, he trained like a college athlete. In college, he has trained as if he were in the NBA, which he will be after this season.

My favorite is the gauntlet, where Jimmer would dribble down a dark church hallway as his friends would attack from the classrooms to try and get him to lose control of the ball.

You can see that at work when he cuts into the lane and around all five guys to score a circusstyle basket — shots he learned when competJimmer Fredette ing against his older brother when he was

day, one has to wonder if we aren’t better served right now getting young high schools kids fr om the Model UN pr ofrom page 6 gram to addr ess these issues and find the common gr ound solutions those elected to office have been unwilling to unfuture generations. Is the str ong America our par ents and dertake. grandparents handed over to our generations an America These are strange times. The clock keeps ticking, the rhetthat we can feel equally confident about handing over to our oric keeps growing, and that once-stro ng sense of share d sacchildren? Or have we gotten so soft and so self-consumed rifice seems a distant memory to the ever -dwindling numthat we simply won’t sacrifice our lifestyle for the benefit of ber of Americans who lived through that era and sacrificed those who will come after us? so much.

When best and brightest among us can’t work together in We have to be honest with ourselves. Will the America we an adult fashion to solve the internal domestic issues of the leave our children be a better America than our parents left

Alexander

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to us, or have we squander ed the gr eat advantage we once enjoyed out of self indulgence and uncompr omising political positions? I think the next few years will be pivotal in answering those questions. While nearly all Americans would opt for the same goal of wanting to pass along a str onger country, I wonder if we’ll allow arguing over the method by which we r each that goal to become the hur dle that unravels America.

Dan Alexander is publisher and owner of Denton Publications.

He may be reached at dan@denpubs.com.

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March 19, 2011

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Trimmed budget to be presented to trustees St. Patrick’s Day party set LAKE GEORGE — Village Mayor Robert Blais has proposed a 2011-12 municipal budget r eflecting a tax incr ease of about 2 percent more than the current year.

Mayor Blais said Monday , Mar ch 14 that this tax hike is less than the average over the past 10 years, and it was pr ompted by substantial increases in costs of village employee benefits.

The spending plan calls for expenditur es of $4,073,704 and r evenues of $2,514,217.

The Boar d is appr opriating $240,000 fr om the Village’s fund balance towards expenditures, leaving $1,319,487 to be raised by taxes.

The budget, which was trimmed just last week fr om a draft, calls for a tax rate increase of 19 cents per thousand of assessed

valuation. A homeowner with an assessment of $150,000 will pay an additional $28.50 this coming year.

The budget will be re viewed by the village trustees at a meeting Monday, March 21 beginning at 7 p.m.

The budget does not include any purchases o f l arge e quipment o r a ny ne w c apital projects. Most village employees will eceive r a 2 percent increase in wages, capped at 25 cents per hour . Parking meter r evenues, sales tax, occupancy tax, and re venues at the village sanitation plant continue to help hold t he l ine o n r eal p roperty t axes, B lais said.

“Our outside revenues continue to play an important role in our budget, accounting for over 60 percent of what we need to remain a

great to urist c ommunity an d a w onderful place to live,” he said.

Revenues may be boosted slightly next year due to a r ecent action by the village board.

March 7, the village boar d voted to increase the fine for unpaid parking tickets from $10 to $15, but extended the time allowed to pay from 5 days to 15.

Blais said the recent round of budget trimming required a thorough examination of expenditures.

“We did a good job in today’s challenging times in holding the line.”

He added that that his department heads deserve credit for the prudent budget.

“It’s kind of har d to tell them they’r e not going to buy a truck this year,” he quipped.

Trustees from page 1 Earl offered similar comments.

“Our opposition campaigned that we were not transparent, but the vote results sends a m essage t hat w e’ve d one a go od job.”

During the campaign, Mayor Robert Blais had voiced support for the incumbents. After the election tally was announced at 9:15 p.m., he pumped his fist in the air over the results, congratulated Earl and Perry , and gave the latter a hug.

“We’ve worked har d together to be r esponsive to all the people,” Blais said.

Unopposed and tallying 185 votes in the election, Blais now will start his 1 1th fouryear term, which makes him the longestserving mayor in New York State.

He has been at the helm of Lake Geor ge village government since 1971, after serving four years as trustee.

He said he enjoyed this distinction, as well as his work.

“It’s been my goal,” he said. “I wanted to do this if I still have the will, the ability and passion, and I still do.”

LAKE GEORGE — With an eye on providing activities for all ages, Lake George village’s first annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration is scheduled for Satur day, Mar ch 19 on Lower Amherst Str eet. Dubbed “Sham-Rock the Block,” one lane ofAmherst St. leading to the lake will be closed to vehicle traffic for fun in the street.

The all-day event will include live music, vendors, childr en’s games, bounce houses, craft vendors and traditional Irish food specialties. Admission is fr ee. The day’s activities will be topped off by an appearance of the Searson band fr om Canada at Duf fy’s Tavern. For details, contact Duf fy’s Tavern at 668-5323 or Bella’s Deli at 668-3354.

Rachael Ray tickets to go on sale

Lake George resident Ritchie Ortiz exits the voting booth after casting the last vote in the biannual village election Tuesday, as election inspectors observe.

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LAKE GEORGE — The local high school’s most famous alumnus is returning to conduct a benefit show at the high school, and tickets will go on sale soon.

Celebrity chef and internationally renowned talk show host Rachael Ray is presenting her ninth annual local benefit show Friday, April 15 at the Lake Geor ge High School, and tickets will go on sale in the high school lobby from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

In past years, folks have camped out for hours — sometimes in cold and rainy weather — to get the tickets, so those seeking to attend should arrive early to obtain tickets school representatives said.

Tickets ar e $25 per person and ther e’s a six-ticket maximum, cash or check only.

As always, Rachael Ray will shar e recollections of the old days and chatter with the audience while she cooks up r ecipes. The show is concluded with book-signing opportunities and a gourmet dinner that she hires chefs to prepare for the crowd.

Proceeds fr om the show and book sales benefit the Lake Geor ge Alumni scholarships and purchase of school equipment.

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News of the Week Texas driver arrested in Lake George LAKE GEORGE — Michael D. Champagne, age 26, of Ben Arnold, T exas was arr ested Mar ch 8 after he was stopped by the W arren County Sherif f ’s Department for an unsafe lane change. Police found that he had a .21 percent BAC. Champagne was pr ocessed for Aggravated DWI and was held in the police lock up for arraignment due to a lack of bail.

The arr est was made by Patr ol Of ficers Richar d Swan and Jeremy Coon.

Teacher convicted of child endangerment LAKE LUZERNE — Keith D. Powell, a former teacher at Stewart M Townsend Middle School Central School was found guilty of two misdemeanor child endangerment charges over the weekend. He participated in inappropriate contact with two 14-year-old female students in 2008.

Powell r etired after his arr est and two other former students have come forwar d about impr oper contact since then. Law suits have been filed by the families of two of the victims.

Cocaine found in womans car, police say INDIAN LAKE — Emily M. Mohr, of Schenectady, was charged with fifth-degr ee criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, according to police.

The 19-year -old girl was stopped by State Police last week. She was arraigned and sent to Hamilton County Jail for lack of $1,000 cash bail. She posted bail on Satur day, according to police.

Students detect seismic waves from quake SARATOGA — Seismic waves fr om the earthquake in Japan wer e detected in Saratoga and r ecorded by Skidmore College students, accor ding to Amy Frappier , the Charles Lubin Family professor of women in science.

It took roughly 14 minutes for the waves to each r Saratoga, according to the students and were recorded by a seismograph in the college’s science building.

Freshman students at Skidmor e ar e now studying the data.

Sales tax revenue increases again QUEENSBURY — Warren County recently reported that sales tax r evenue in the county has incr eased for a fifth straight month. An incr ease of 4.4 per cent was seen this February over last year and the incr ease is in part due to the rising gas prices in r ecent months, accor ding to Warren County. They also attribute some of the incre ase to the increased number of snowmobiles visiting the region this winter.

Balloon festival to receive more funding QUEENSBURY — Warren County r ecently dedicated money fr om an occupancy tax surplus fund towar d the Adirondack Balloon Festival. The festival committee will no longer have to r eimburse the county fr o funding. The additional $6,000 dollars in funding brings the county contribution to the event up to $47,000.

Local sailor killed FORT ANN — Mychael Flint, 21, of FortAnn, was killed last week at Camp Pendleton, a Marine Corps training base near San Diego. A military water -truck r olled over during military exer cise, killing him and another sailor and injuring a third. Flint grew up in For Ann and graduated from Fort Ann High School in 2008.

Bus vote from page 1 leasing, this money can be used to defer expenses in other areas.

This is Year No. 2 of the Board of Education’s five-year plan to lease instead of pur chase buses, as voters approved a similar leasing pr oposition last year . Lawson said leasing greatly reduces up-front expenses, and helps control repair costs. State transportation aid of 85 per cent is the same if the district leases or purchases, he said.

Leasing also allows the district to return the buses before they start to deteriorate and need eplacement r parts, Lawson said.

The proposed leased buses would r eplace three buses which range in mileage from 83,970 miles to 101,435 as of two weeks ago. All three have required extensive factory repairs over the past few years, Lawson said. The oldest is a 2001 model and requires several thousand dollars of factory repairs in the last several years.

“The district’s planned bus replacement system keeps the fleet safe and fresh while making wise use of limited resources,” Lawson said.

If voters vote in favor of leasing, the district will competitively bid the financing of the lease in ord er to secure the lowest possible rate, school officials said.

The lease will have a 70,000-mile limit per bus. At the end of the five-year lease, the district will exchange the buses for new ones and may negotiate new leases and new financing, with a deduction for trade-in value. It is the Board’s intention, with voter appro val, to convert the bulk of the fleet to leases.

A voter at the special election must be 18, a U.S. citizen, and a resident of the Warrensburg School District for 30 days preceding the election.

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WD’s Country Store opens in Newcomb

By Lindsay Yandon

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NEWCOMB — During the decade and a half that the former W inebrook Market on Adams Lane in Newcomb had been closed, it has changed hands twice and now re-opens as WD’s Country Store.

Warren Kirby and Donna Draper , whose first initials make up the name of the stor e, pur chased the building last April and finished r enovations in preparation for their grand opening, which took place Monday, March 7.

Despite a snowstorm that dumped close to two feet of snow on Newcomb March 6 and 7, the grand opening went smoothly, said Draper . Customers trickled in for fr ee cof fee and to celebrate the presence of another business within the town’s lines.

Last year , Kirby was traveling for work and his job br ought him out of state often. He and Draper began looking for a source of income a little closer to home and pur chased the stor e soon afterward.

WD’s joins Bissell’s Stor e and the Northwoods Diner and General Stor e in pr ovideing Newcomb r esidents as well as r esidents with gr oceries and other services. Historically , WD’s was owned by the Sweet family and off ered a grocery store and deli to the town of Newcomb for r oughly 13 years. The building was moved via truck to Newcomb from Tahawus in the early 1960s.

The history of the building still plays a major roll in its business. Customers are welcomed by the stor e’s original sign hanging on the wall amidst Adirondack decor . Draper r emembers visiting local stor es as a young girl to buy pieces of candy for a penny . She will continue this tradition and of fer penny candy for local childre n at WD’s.

Draper will also sell dairy, seasonal, automotive, cof fee, and health and beauty pr oducts. She hopes to have a deli, of fering subs, sandwiches and soups by the start of summer. She is optimistic about what the tourist season will bring.

“We ar e the first thing people see when they enter town,” she said. “W e are hoping that is a positive thing for us.

Donna Draper and Warren Kirby, owners of WD’s Country Store, welcome customers under the watch of the building’s original Winebrook Market sign.

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Businesses have str uggled to stay afloat in r ecent years in the town of Newcomb. Despite the presence of two other stor es in Newcomb, Draper is confident that they will each tar get a different group of locals as well as visitors and tourists and succeed.

Dedicated to being a local family

business, Draper and Kirby hope to serve their local community with delivery services to the elderly and those who cannot ventur e fr om their homes during the winter months.

“It as all come together and we ar e really excited,” said Draper . “We ar e hoping for a great summer season.”

Local PA provides healthcare for Dominican Republic

By Lindsay Yandon

lindsay@denpubs.com NEWCOMB — According to Kevin Bolan, physician assistant at Newcomb Medical Center , it is just something that needs to be done. Bolan recently returned from a week long medical mission trip to the Dominican Republic.

“I am paid to help people,” he said. “I welcome the opportunity to help people for no pay. I have to give back.”

The trip was sponsor ed by the Albany Diocese of St. Eustace Episcopal Chur ch in Lake Placid. This was Bolan’s fourth trip and third time serving in the Dominican Republic. He has also visited Guatemala in a past trip.

The group of 21 doctors, nurses and other volunteers traveled to the Dominican Republic Feb. 25 and spent half of their time in the inner city village of San Pedr o de Macoris and the other half on a sugar can plantation.

“People walked miles from surrounding villages with no shoes to reach us,” Bolan said. “For many of them, we were the only medical care they will see all year.”

The group delivered medications, vitamins, filtered water and performed treatment for many parasites, blood pre ssure problems and diabetes within the local villages.

“Water is a big deal ther e,” Bolan said. “W e would tr eat many parasites or fungal infections and then our patients would drink unfilter ed water and be exposed to the parasites all over again.”

The child mortality rate is danger ously high within the Dominican Republic. This is due, not only to the water pr oblem, but unclean living conditions in general, accor ding to Bolan.

“We approached many small huts wher e six to 10 people were living,” he said.

Bolan paid his own way to attend the trip and was faced with financial burdens this year that he had not encounter ed before. In the past, pharmaceutical companies would donate the necessary medications for the trip. This year, Bolan had to raise the money himself.

To help compensate for the cost, Bolan hosted an Italian Dinner fundraiser in Newcomb. The event raised r oughly $2,000, which went dir ectly to pur chasing medication and medical supplies.

Kevin Bolan, physician assistant at Newcomb Medical Center cares for a young boy in a village of the Dominican Republic.

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“I was absolutely amazed at the charity exhibited in this small community,” Bolan said.

He even received volunteer help from those who had little to give.

“A patient of mine, who is without health insurance and has little money to spar e was ther e to help in any way he could,” Bolan said.

He also raised another $2,000 in private donations fr om members of the community . With the $4,000 coupled with subsidized supplies through MAP International, Bolan was able to purchase $26,000 worth of medical supplies and medications with only $1,200.

MAP International is a global Christian health or ganization that responds to people living in conditions of poverty to meet their medical needs.

The remaining money was used to fulfill other needs once the group reached the Dominican Republic.

“I felt like the whole community was behind me,” Bolan said.

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Flood threat subsides after ice jam breaks up

Barrett to chair ORDA board

By Thom Randall

thom@denpubs.com THURMAN — Massive chunks of ice that blocked the flow of the Hudson River and flooded riverbanks and oadr ways near North Cr eek late last week roared downstream Sunday (March 13) afternoon, forming an ice jam about a mile north of the Rte. 418 bridge at Thurman Station, officials said.

But by Tuesday, March 15, the ice jam that at one point appeared to present a serious flooding thr eat partially dissipated, allowing water flows to r esume to normal, county officials said.

“The risk of flash flood is now gone,” Warren County Public W orks Superintendent Jef f T ennyson said mid-day Tuesday. “Water could still back up, but anything at this point would occur gradually.”

On Monday, Mar ch 14, the ice jam backed up water fr om the weekend’s steady rain, flooding lower portions of the Warren County Fish Hatchery pro perty along the river in Warrensburg.

For hours, floodwaters engulfed a holding pond for tro phy trout, but most of the fish wer e r etained in the pond due to netting in place, Tennyson said.

Sunday and Monday , the historic home on the property which houses the county Parks & Recreation Department employees appear ed to be in the path of the rising flood waters, and they relocated their work stations to the Public Works headquarters — and the road to the hatchery was closed off.

County Parks and Recr eation facilities manager reported this was the second time in 20 years the hatchery

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State Department of Transportation Regional Resident Engineer Frank Komoroske inspects a flooded area off River St. in Warrensburg. Steady rain through last weekend combined with ice jams and iced-up culverts to cause flooding at various sites through Warren County — and emergency officials and highway workers were kept busy in monitoring the movements of huge sheets of ice tumbling down the Hudson River.

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grounds have flooded to some extent.

Friday, much of the equipment stored in outbuildings was also moved to county DPW headquarters as a pr ecaution.

However by Tuesday, the lack of rain quelled the flooding thr eat, and the hatchery and parks and recreation employees went back to work at their headquarters by the river.

Friday and Saturday, the ice jam upstream in the Hudson River flooded Old River Rd. off state Rte. 28N, and occupants of about a dozen homes wer e advised to evacuate.

Mid-evening Saturday, the river-water level near the Rte. 28N bridge surpassed 12.14 feet, achieving the highest recorded level at that point since 1907, North Creek Fire Chief Steve Studnicky

said. Working on shifts 24 hours per day, the North Cr eek fir efighters — along with state and county highway and emer gency of ficials — monitor ed the river and the ice blockage, which could have caused devastation if it had moved downstr eam without br eaking up first, he said.

The North Cr eek fir efighters, along with their peers fr om area fire companies, stayed at various points along the river at all hours through the weekend monitoring the river . Studnicky got about an hour of sleep Friday and Saturday nights. Friday night, he slept in his chair at the fir e station between duty shifts.

Sunday afternoon, he said he was glad the mounds of ice had traveled downstream.

Maple producers undaunted by snow, ice

By Perky Granger

denpubs@denpubs.com THURMAN — The maple sap wasn’t flowing this weekend as fast as the river was rising — due to ice jams — but the annual rite of spring in the lowerAdirondacks went forward with good crowds and plenty of maple syrup.

Thurman Maple Days kicked of f on Satur day, Mar ch 12, the first of thr ee weekends celebrating spring’s sweet gift.

Usually the weather of fers fr eezing nights and warming days in March, prompting plenty of sap to flow fr om the sugar maple trees.

Although this year ’s lingering winter r educed the sap flow, Thurman’s sugar houses were busy regardless.

When visitors came calling to the half-dozen local maple operations holding open houses over the weekend, they r eceived a friendly welcome, talks, tours, and some demonstrations. These venues included Adirondack Gold Maple Farm, Toad Hill Maple Farm and Valley Road Maple Farm as well. And there were pancakes. Mike Hill of Valley Road of the latter sugaring outfit said they flipped flapjacks for 100 people on Saturday and again on Sunday.

At Martin’s Lumber , sap was not an issue, but Satur day morning the sawmill chose not to start. Nevertheless, guests — many who were returning after visits in previous years — were warmly welcomed and enjoyed visits, chatting about displays of handsomely grained slabs of wood. Some visited Wini Martin’s craft room and participated in demonstrations of paper bead winding and the making of stained glass stepping stones.

JOHNSBURG — The former chairman of the New York State Republican Committee unofficially took the helm of the state Olympic Regional Development Authority’s Boar d of Dir ectors yesterday.

J. Patrick Barr ett sat in as chair of ORDA’s r egular boar d meeting Mar ch Pat Barrett 15, r eplacing Joe Martens, who earlier this month was confirmed as the new commissioner of the state Department of Envir onmental Conservation. Barrett worked for Cuomo during his gubernatorial campaign last year, and served as chair of the state Republican committee from 1989 to 1991.

At the beginning of yesterday’s meeting, Barrett thanked Joe Joe will do it in Martens for his tenure as ORDA chairman a great manner, and and wished him luck he has the full faith in his new role.

“Joe will do it in a and confidence of great manner , and he the governor ... has the full faith and confidence of the gov—Pat Barrett ernor, and you got one tough job ahead of you,” Barrett said.

Barrett currently serves on the boar d and served as its chairman before Martens.

Martens will remain on the board as the representative for the DEC, according to ORDA spokesman Jon Lundin.

He thanked the board of directors for its help and support over the years.

“I had big shoes to fill,” Martens said, referring to Barrett. “And now you have big shoes to fill. The nice thing about the transition her e is that I’m still on the boar d, I still love and believe in the institution and the or ganization, and it’s great to have you back at the helm here – it’s going to be a pleasure working with all of you.”

“Believe me, we’ll need your help,” Barrett quipped.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to make an off icial announcement about Barrett’s chairmanship soon.

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Police charge two in alcohol sting

Mike Hill of Valley Road Maple Farm prepares to serve up some pancakes during Thurman Maple Days.

Photo by Sally Feihel

The Thurman Town Hall was buzzing on Saturday, as volunteers led by Evelyn Wood and Becky Hitchcock prepared a buffet for the annual Jack Wax Maple Sugar Party, attended by 168 people, helping to raise a total of over $1600.

The weekend ended with excitement, as the ice jam on the Hudson broke and began moving towar d Thurman Station bridge, just as the last maple r evelers wer e heading out of town. The high waters ar e now r eceding and temperatur es are rising. Maple pr oducers expect a busy week of boiling, and all sites will throw open their doors to guests again next weekend, participating in New York State Maple Weekends the last two weekends of March.

LEWIS — Farooq Ramzan, 27, Schroon Lake, and Javeed A. Nazir , 17, T iconderoga, illegally sold alcohol an 18year-old during an underage drinking sting Mar ch 4, according to state police.

State police, in conjunction with Essex County Stop DWI, conducted the sting among 12 area businesses, with the two nabbed for the sale. Ramzan and Nazir both face misdemeanor charges of first-degr ee unlawfully dealing with a child and prohibited sale of alcohol. Both were released on appearance tickets.

It was not stated where the two men were employed at the time of the sting.

Lake George may increase parking fines LAKE GEORGE — A proposal is before village trustees in Lake George that would hike the $10 parking violation fine to $15 and would double after 15 days.

The village tickets for parking violations that occur in the village during the summer months. Last year, the village collected $26,000 from parking fines.

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Warrensburg Town Court Report

Police: Warrensburg couple hosted teen drinking party March 2: Judge Richard Nissen presiding

•Lynn Bonilla, 44, of King St. W arrensburg appeared on a char ge of Endangering W elfare of a Child, based on an incident at 1:45 a.m. Feb. 12. Police said Bonilla allowed alcohol to be consumed by 1 people under the age of 21 — including a teen 14 years old — while hosting a birthday party at her home.

An or der of pr otection was issued and the case was adjourned to Mar ch 16. Brian L. Cole, 48, who shares the home with Bonilla, is also facing the same charge. The 11 underage partyers are facing charges of Possession of Alcohol in the incident.

•Prosecutors of fered a plea bar gain to Amanda L. Planty, 21, of Sanford St. in Warrensburg, in which she would plea to one charge of Resisting Arrest and be placed on probation, which would satisfy thr ee separate charges related to several incidents. Her case was adjourned toApril 13. Over the past

year, she has been arrested on Misdemeanor charges for r esisting arr est, slapping and spitting at police, and for slamming her for ehead into the r ear area of a W arren County Sheriff ’s patrol car causing a small dent, police said. Also, she delivered a baby shower invitation to a woman who she was forbidden by a local court to contact, authorities said.

•Timothy S. Condon, 44, of 11 Hudson St. Warrensburg, was arraigned on a char ge of Criminal Contempt based on an incident at 9:30 p.m. Feb. 21. Police said Condon violated an order of protection by residing with a woman whom he was supposed to stay away from, following an earlier conviction of Criminal Possession of a W eapon. The case was adjourned to March 16.

•Timothy C. Calvert, 25, of South Johnsburg Road in Johnsburg was arraigned on a charge of thir d-degree Aggravated Unli-

censed Operation based on an incident at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 19. The case was adjourned to March 16.

•Arthur F. Bessaw, 46, of High St. in Thurman agreed to a plea bar gain in his case, in which a char ge of DWI was r educed to DWAI, based on a traf fic accident at 8:04 p.m. Feb. 19 on River St. in W arrensburg.

Judge Richard Nissen sentenced Bessaw to a Conditional Dischar ge, and imposed a fine and surcharge of $601. Bessaw’s license was suspended 90 days, and he was or dered to attend a Victims Impact Panel session.

•The case of Jessica K. Hayle was adjourned to Mar ch 16, and her license was suspended pending prosecution.

•The case of Bernar d M. Monr oe, 40, of River St. was adjourned to Mar ch 16. He is facing a felony charge of first-degree Aggravated Unlicensed Operation, plus misdemeanor char ges of DWI, Refusal to take a

Breath T est, and Aggravated DWI for a blood-alcohol level exceeding 0.18 per cent — all based on an incident at 9:15 p.m. Feb. 19. Police said he operated his pickup under the influence of alcohol on River St. Police said his license was suspended inApril 2010.

His case, adjourned to Mar ch 16, was submitted to a county Grand Jury.

•The case of Adam Zawartkay , 20, of States Road, Stony Creek, was adjourned to March 16. He is accused of the Misdemeanor of Reckless Driving based on an incident at 10:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at the intersection of Main St. and the Judd Bridge in Warrensburg.

•The cases of Brian Cole and Christopher Daley were adjourned to March 30. The cases of L ynn Bennett, Clarissa Briggs, Glen Germain, Kade Hamblin, Jennifer Murphy , Colson Powell and Leah Printy wer e adjourned to March 16. No date was set for an adjournment of Mario Cumberbatch’s case.

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Woodsmen’s Weekend in Thurman?

By Thom Randall

thom@denpubs.com ATHOL — Thurman may host a new signature festival celebrating traditional r ural skills, if the town board’s plans are realized.

On March 8, the Thurman Town Board endorsed establishing a weekend-long Woodsmen’s Days event — after hearing about the concept fr om town Supervisor Evelyn Wood.

The festival would feature a two-day lumberjack competition that would include log rolling, axe throwing, woodsplitting and wielding a cr osscut sawing thr ough timber and similar contests, Wood said.

The festival could also celebrate traditional Adirondack crafts, host cultural exhibits, and l ikely b e c omplete w ith a p arade a nd fireworks, she said.

Wood said she and of ficers of the New York State Lumberjacks Association had been talking, and they wer e willing to cosponsor a medium-sized woodsmen’s festival in Thurman Aug. 12-14. The expectation is that the festival would incr ease substantially in following years, Wood said.

The Thurman Town Board endorsed holding the festival on Veterans’ field behind the

Fri.-Sun., March 18-20 NORTH CREEK — Drama production “Arsenic & Old Lace” at Tannery Pond Community Center, Main St., presented by Our Town Theatre Group. Cast, crew of classic comedy from eight local towns. Fri. & Sat.- 7:30 p.m.; Sun.- 2 p.m. Tickets: Adults-$10, students-$6. Details: 406-8840.

Saturday, March 19 LAKE GEORGE — First-ever “Sham-Rock the Block” party celebrating St. Patrickʼs Day, beginning at 10 a.m. on lower Amherst St. Celtic bands, dancing, keg-throwing and haggis toss competitions, bounce houses, childrenʼs games, traditional Irish food. Daytime events are free. Evening performance

CHURCH LISTINGS - TheAdirondack Journal provides this church directory as a courtesy to our readers and visitors to our area. Any changes or additions can be made by calling 873-6368.

BOLTON Emmanuel United Methodist Church Sunday Service at 9 a.m. 644-9962.

Rev. Myron Ducharme, Pastor First Baptist Church - (A.B.C.Affiliated) Sunday School at 9 a.m. Morning Worship at 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Bible Study & Prayer. For information, call 644-9103. website: firstbaptistchurchboltonlandingny.com , Rev. Edward Blanchard.

Solid Rock Assembly of God - AdultSunday Services 11 a.m. Children’s church also at 11 a.m. downstairs. Adult Sunday School at 10 a.m. and Children’s Sunday School at 10 a.m. downstairs.

Bible study Thursday at 6 p.m. with Sister Dale. Pastor Skip Hults and Sister Dale. 251-4324 Episcopal Church of Saint Sacrament, Bolton Landing - Sat. Evening Mass 5 p.m.; Sun. Eucharist 8 a.m. (Memorial Day Columbus Day); Sun. Eucharist 10 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.; Bible Study Mondays 7 p.m.; Father Jim Loughren.

(518) 644-9613, email: frjim@stsacrement.com Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Goodman Avenue. Sunday Mass 10:45 a.m.; Rosary and Novena 9 a.m.

Tuesday; Communion Service 9 a.m.

Thursday and Saturday. Parish Life Director Kathie Sousa 644-3861.

BRANT LAKE Adirondack Missions of the Episcopal Church 494-3314 - Fr. Robert Limpert, Fr. Michael Webber, Fr. Dennis Pressley

town hall. W ood said that she and others were seeking out larger fields in the area for potential use to host the festival in case it grew to a size too large for Veterans’ Field.

Soon, she said, the town board will be establishing a citizens’ committee to organize the Woodsmen’s Days, and they’d likely be developing advertising plans and soliciting sponsors.

“If we can raise enough prize money , we’ll have a world-class lumberjack competition,” she said.

Wood noted that planning to hold Thurman’s Woodsmen’s Days one week befor e the legendary W oodsmen’s Days in Boonville would likely prompt lumberjacks from all over the nation to attend Thurman’s competition in addition to Boonville’s — making a vacation out of their journey to the Adirondacks.

The Boonville W oodsmen’s Days, a nationally renowned event, has been in existence over 60 years and it annually attracts thousands of visitors.

Wood said Thurman’s W oodsmen’s Days could theoretically be as popular, filling up area lodges, campgr ounds and motels for a weekend or more.

“We want to build our economy as we reflect our heritage,” she said.

of Shearson Band of Canada inside Duffyʼs Tavern, $10 admission.

WARRENSBURG — ʻThree Barʼ dinner, 4-6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 3890 Main St. Fundraiser for scholarships to camp. Baked potato bar, salad bar and ice cream sundae bar. $3 per station. Good fellowship. Details: 623-9334.

BOLTON — Maple Sugar Basics — Sap to Syrup: Up Yonda Farm. Guided tour, tapping trees. $. 6449767; upyondafarm.com NORTH CREEK — “Bump Camps” at Gore Mountain Ski Center. Details: 251-2411.

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from page 1 “I looked over at what Bronx was barking at, and I saw his dog dish floating by in the kitchen,” she said with a chuckle.

In the early afternoon, W arrensburg firefighters wer e summoned but told the couple ther e was little they could do to help out because as soon as water was pumped out, more water would flow right back inside.

with sugarhouse & sawmill tours, demonstrations, childrenʼs activities, local crafts. Experience mountain-town culture. Pancake breakfast, 9 a.m. at Valley Road Maple Farm. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. through town.

Details: 623-9783 or: upperhudsonmaple.com LAKE GEORGE — Free wine tasting at Adirondack Winery, 285 Canada St., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sat., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. on Sun. Samplings of chocolate, gourmet cheese, fine foods too. Details: 668-WINE or www.AdirondackWinery.com.

Sunday, March 20 THURMAN — NYS Maple Weekend celebrated with sugarhouse & sawmill tours, demonstrations, childrenʼs activities, local crafts. Experience mountain-town culture. Pancake breakfast, 9 a.m. at Valley Road Maple Farm. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. through town.

Details: 623-9783 or: upperhudsonmaple.com.

LAKE GEORGE — Free wine tasting at Adirondack Winery, 285 Canada St., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sat., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. on Sun. Samplings of chocolate, gourmet cheese, fine foods too. Details: 668-WINE.

Landlord Kathy Rumble came to the scene, as did state Department of Public Works officials, who inspected the culvert under Rte. 418 that drains the pr operty.

Rumble and the couple said their losses weren’t covered by insurance.

Above, Pam Reed and her partner, Brad Beighley, survey their yard Friday, March 11 in an effort to figure out how to stop floodwaters from invading their home at 255 & 1/2 River St. in Warrensburg.

Photo by Thom Randall

Monday, March 21 WARRENSBURG — Warrensburg Central School District budget meeting, 6 p.m. in the high school library. Public invited to offer input into budget which is likely to have deep cuts due to reduced state aid.

Tuesday, March 22 BOLTON LANDING — Bolton Town Recreation summer day camp registration, 5:30-7 p.m. in the town recreation center. Questions answered from 5:30-7:30 p.m., registration from 6-7 p.m. Camp is from July 5, - Aug. 19. Bring checkbook, your child's health insurance information and immunization record.

Friday, March 25 NORTH CREEK — Crane School Menʼs Choir concert, 7:30 p.m. at Tannery Pond Community Center. $. Details: 251-3751 or: upperhudsonmusic.org.

CHURCH SERVICES

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - SundayEucharist 9 a.m. (see Adirondack Mission, above).

Brant Lake Wesleyan - Morning worship 9 a.m., Fellowship 10-10:30 a.m., Sunday school 10:30-11:15 a.m. 494-2816.

Horicon Baptist Church - Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening 6 a.m., Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study 7 p.m. 494-2584.

CHESTER Community United Methodist Church Sunday morning worship 11 a.m.; Rev. Sharon Sauer 494-2517.

Faith Bible Church - Sunday school (all ages) - 9 a.m., Sunday worship 10:15 a.m., Sunday Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. Call for information - 494-7183 - Website: www.faithbiblechurchny.com Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Sunday Eucharist 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Eucharist 10 a.m. (See Adirondack Missions, Brant Lake).

St. Isaac Jogues/St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church - Riverside Drive & Church Street. Saturday Vigil at 4:00 p.m.; Sunday Mass at 9:30 a.m. Pastor Rev. John O’Kane. 518-494-5229 Town of Chester Northway Community Fellowship - A Wesleyan Church, Route 8, Chestertown: Sunday Service 11 a.m., Youth and Children’s Programs available. Pastor James Swanson, 518695-3766 GLENS FALLS Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Glens Falls - 21 Weeks Rd., off Rt. 9 in Queensbury. Sunday service 10 a.m.

Coffee hr. follows service. Rev. Dr. Deane Perkins, minister. (handicapped accessible, welcoming congregation) 793-1468. Web site: www.glensfallsuu.com.

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Diamond Point Community Church Sunday Service 10 a.m. June 21September 6, 2009. Community Church welcoming all denominations.

Visiting ministers.

Grace Communion International - Worship Services held Saturdays 11:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Parish Hall. 56 Mohican St., Lake George, NY. Dennis R. Hoyt, Worship Service Facilitator. Home: 518-587-1221. Cell: 832-0660. Please call ahead to confirm attendance.

LAKE LUZERNE Hadley-Luzerne Wesleyan Church - 445Route 9N, Lake Luzerne, NY. Sunday bible hour 9:45 a.m., Sunday morning worship 11 a.m., Wednesday evening groups for all ages 6 - 7:30 p.m.

NORTH CREEK United Methodist Church - MainStreet, North Creek across from Community Bank. Sunday Service 9 a.m. Separate story time for children. Pastor Kristi Van Patten. Call or leave a message 251-2906.

St. James Catholic Church - Main St., North Creek. 5:30 p.m. Vigil on Saturday; Sunday mass at 8 a.m. Parish Life Director: Sister Francesca Husselbeck.

Sacramental Minister: Rev. John O’Kane.518-251-2518 NORTH RIVER United Methodist Church - Serviceand church school at 10 a.m. For information call 251-4071.

POTTERSVILLE Christ Church Episcopal - SundayEucharist 12 p.m. Father Jim Loughren. (518) 6449613,email: frjim@christchurchpottersville.com Pottersville United Methodist Church Worship The Crossroads 494-2517.9 a.m. Rev. Sharon Sauer, Country Store & Sport Shop Holy Trinity Lutheran Church - Sunday Worship and fellowship 10:30 a.m.

North on Schroon River Rd. in Faith Hall at SonRise Lutheran Chestertown, NY Ministries Conference Center, 8260 Rt. 9, Pottersville, NY. For 518-494-3821 information please call 494-7077. www.holytrinitypottersville.com crossrds@nycap.rr.com 77164 Lighthouse Baptist Church - Meets at Rt. 9 (next to The Wells House Hotel).

Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Service 10:50 a.m., Evening Service 6:00 p.m., Mid-Week Wednesday McCLUSKEY HARDWARE & SUPPLY Service 7:00 p.m.

Rt 9, Chestertown, NY • 494-4618 77161 STONY CREEK Knowlhurst Baptist Church - Sunday school 9:45 a.m.; morning worship 11 a.m.; evening worship 6 p.m.

Wednesday prayer 7 p.m.

THURMAN Christ Community Church - Athol:Sunday services 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday school 9:45 a.m.; Wednesday Bible 4488 State Route 9N study and prayer meeting 7 p.m.

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Warrensburg, NY 12885 Thurman Baptist Church - Sundayschool 9:45 a.m.; worship hour 11 a.m.; 623-3405 evening service 6 p.m.; Wednesday 77160 prayer service 7 p.m. Rev. Bob JOHNSBURG RW Johnsburg United Methodist Church Pastor Jackie Mueller - 515-251-2482.

South Johnsburgh Rd., Johnsburg.

Worship Service - Sunday 9 a.m.; Bible Study - Mondays @ 6 p.m. info: 518251-3371 LAKE GEORGE Bay Road Presbyterian Church - 1167 Bay Road (near intersection of Bay & Rt. 149). Sunday Worship at 9:30 a.m.; Chris Garrison, Pastor. Kids’ Worship for K-5th. Nursery care available.

Coffee Hour following worship, all are welcome.793-8541. www.bayroadchurch.org Caldwell Presbyterian Church - 71Montcalm St., Lake George 12845. Rev. Susan Goodin. 518-668-2613. Sunday Service at 10 a.m. Food Pantry Distribution 2nd Friday of month. Website: www.caldwellpres.org.

St. James Episcopal Church - Sunday services 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Rev. Julie McPartlin.668-2001.

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Mohican St., Lake George, NY 6682046. Sat. Vigil Mass at 4 p.m., Sun. Mass at 9:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., Weekday Mass: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m. (There is no Mass on Tuesday or Thursday) Father Thomas Berardi, pastor Chapel of the Assumption (Roman Catholic) Ridge Road Route 9L, Cleverdale, NY is closed. 668-2046 / 656-9034. Fr. Thomas Berardi, pastor Lakeside Chapel - Cleverdale: Sunday services through August at 10 a.m.

First United Methodist Church - 78Montcalm

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Kenyontown United Methodist Church Sunday services 11 a.m., Bible Study Wed. night at 7 p.m.

WARRENSBURG Free Methodist Church - 250 River St., Warrensburg, NY. Musical Praise & Worship Service - Monthly on Second Saturday. Music for kids to seasoned adults. Everyone welcome.

Refreshments & Fellowship. Come as you are. 518-744-8609.

Pastor Nancy Barrow.

First Presbyterian Church - 2 Stewart Farrar Ave., Worship 10 a.m. with coffee hour following. Youth Club for youth in grades 6 - 12. Meeting for the first and third Wednesday of each month 5:30 7:00 p.m., with a kick-off meeting for both youth and parents being held on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 5:30 p.m.. All youth are invited. For more details, call Rev. Lucy Harris at 623-2723.

Free Methodist Church - Sunday school 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service 10:45 a.m.; Wednesday midweek prayer and Bible study 7 p.m.

Warrensburg Assembly of God - Sunday school 9:45 a.m.; morning worship 11 a.m.; Thursday youth meeting 7 p.m.; evening service 6 p.m.; Wednesday prayer 6 p.m.; Bible study 7 p.m. Dr. Ronald Parisi. 623-2282.

The Holy Cross of Warrensburg - Sunday Eucharist & Sermon 8 & 10 a.m.; Sunday school 9 a.m.; coffee hour follows each service; Wednesday 5:30 p.m. evening prayer; Holy days as announced. The Very Reverend Marshall J. Vang-Priest in charge. 623-3066.

Faith Baptist Church - Sunday school 9:45 a.m.; preaching services 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday prayer service 7 p.m. Rev. Lee B. Call 623-4071.

First United Methodist Church - Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship 11 a.m.; 518-623-9334. Stephen Andrews, Pastor.

St. Cecilia’s Roman Catholic Church - Eucharist at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, 10 a.m. on Sunday. Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 p.m. Saturday. Bible Study, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. & Sunday at 10:15 a.m. Parish Life Director Sister Linda Hogan CSJ & Sacramental Minister Father Paul Cox. 623-3021.

First Baptist Church -3850 Main St., Worship Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday school 9:45; Thursday midweek. 7 p.m. Ron Burdett, Pastor.

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Sunday Public Talk and Watchtower starting at 9:30 a.m. and Bible Study, Theocratic Ministry School and Kingdom Ministry starting at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday. 623-4601.

Christian Worship Center, Inc. - Cornerof Elm St. & Pine Tree Lane, Warrensburg.

Service at 10 a.m on Sunday. For further information 518-696-5468. Rev. Gerald (Jerry) Ellis.

Thurman - Kenyontown United Methodist Church Worship services every week 11 a.m.

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Traditional ‘Jack Wax’ party drew people from near and far

By Thom Randall

thom@denpubs.com ATHOL — A good crowd got a good taste of Thurman community spirit Satur day, March 12 as folks from near and far gathered for the annual Jack Wax Party benefit event.

About 200 people shared the buffet dinner that featured dozens of savory home-cooked dishes that local cooks donated to the event.

The Jack Wax event, an annual celebration of spring’s arrival, is held to benefit the American Cancer Society’s local charitable works. The event follows an age-old tradition of serving boiled-down maple syrup ladled on fr esh snow, which gives the fr esh maple confection a taffy-like consistency.

Event organizer Becky Hitchcock said that this year ’s Jack W ax event dr ew a r obust crowd a nd m easured u p w ith o ther r ecent years’ editions. Hitchcock has been working near full time on the event in the last few weeks, assisted by mor e than a dozen local people. Norma Galusha and Myrna Keeler assisted with a lot of organizational details.

Hitchcock expressed thanks to the dozens of local cooks who pr epared their signature dishes.

Whether it was Myrna Keeler’s Sweet Potato Pie or Cindi Muratori’s Baked Ziti, or the baked ham, r oast turkey, or any one of the specialty dishes, folks fr om all over appeared to enjoy every bite.

While Keith Keeler sold tickets at the door , Paula Hubert dir ected people to the open

(Editor’s Note: Thurman Correspondent Evie Russell has been hospitalized for nearly two weeks due to a respiratory setback. For those who wish to send cards or visit, she is in Glens Falls Hospital, Tower 3 Room 2. True to form, Evie was observed last week ribbing the doctors and nurses and dispensing plenty of advice.

Thurman readers are asked to help Evie out by sending local news to thom@denpubs.com or calling 504-4376 and leaving a message.)

Happenings here in the hills Saturday and Sunday, March 19 and 20 brings us the everpopular New York State Maple Days, which are celebrated in Thurman with many sugar houses and one traditional sawmill open for the weekend. The maple farms will be giving tours and demonstrations, showing visitors the steps in making pure maple syr up. Maps will be available to guide visitors to the farms. At least one of the destinations are of-

seats in the town hall’s assembly room.

Craig Baker cooked the syrup down to the sticky consistency and ladled the heavy, fragrant syr up out on snow scooped up by George Chonko.

About a dozen teenaged W arren County Youth Court participants set up tables, served dishes of jack wax and beverages, cleared tables then re-set them with efficiency. Later, they diligently clear ed up the aftermath and washed dishes, Hitchcock said.

“The Youth Court teens wer e very, very helpful and hard workers,” she said.

She added that the gro up has now been invited back to Thurman to help conduct the upcoming town Easter party.

Entertainment was pr ovided thr oughout dinner and afterwar ds by Hoddy Ovitt and

fering a pancake breakfast. For details, call 623-9718.

All of the Thurman sugar houses plan on being open March 19 and 20 as well as March 26 and 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thurman r esidents ar e anticipating that folks fr om near and far will bring their families for a visit.

Please be careful Thursday, March 17 to watch out for either pranksters or tipsy drivers on St. Patrick’s Day. We wish all of our Irish neighbors a gr eat day, including Mary McKenna Murphy of Warrensburg who will be celebrating her 100th birthday at a party on Cloverleaf Drive — complete with many dozens of relatives.

Personals Celebrating Birthdays this week are: Eric Smith on March 19, Lance Chadwell and Chance McCraw on Mar ch 20, Patrick Galusha and Billy Arnold on Mar ch 21, Mark Kelly and Dan Camer on Jr . on Mar ch 22, Bertha Bellanger on March 23, Kaitlyn Kuklinski on March 24, and Rex Reynolds III and Josh Kenyon on March 25.

Happy Anniversary wishes go out to Cha rles and Barb Metzger, married 54 years on Mach 23, and to Bonnie and Bernie Monroe, 10 years on March 24.

Over the fence Over the past 10 days, we’ve seen a lot mor e snow fall, and some people located in higher elevations have had to carve

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the Warren County Ramblers band. Hitchcock said people came from not only neighboring towns but fr om Connecticut, Massachusetts and Texas. She said an older man from Connecticut told her that as long as he’s able to convince someone to drive him up to Thurman to attend the traditional Mar ch event, he’ll be attending.

“That says a lot when a man loves our Jack Wax Party that much — it says a lot for all the people who worked so hard on this,” she said.

Contributing maple syrup were Mike Hill and his associate Ralph at V alley Maple Farm; Randy, Jill, Jim and Norma Galusha of Toad Hi ll M aple F arm; S tewart a nd D oris Baker and Yves Fontaine of Partridge Mountain Maple Syr up; as well as Rexfor d

through snowdrifts as high as six to eight feet tall so they can see out their windows.

Sunday, t he i ce j am t hat s tarted i n N orth C reek on th e Hudson River broke up and rumbled through Thurman territory, stopping at the Glen-Hudson Campsites.

Again and again this winter , we’ve been buried in about a foot of snow. While weather forecasters were going ballistic about these weather incidents, it s eemed like r outine weather up here.

What was shocking and deeply distressing, however, has been the news of the horrific earthquake and tsunami in Japan. We are all saying prayers for those who perished, and for the restoration of normal life for those who lived thr ough the nightmare — which is still unfolding as this issue goes to press. It looks like folks fr om around the world ar e now reaching out in a much-needed relief effort, and we hope for the speediest recovery possible, although it might be many years before life in Japan returns to normal.

Whether its cr ocheting, quiltmaking or knitting, anyone who enjoys such a satisfying endeavor is welcome to join the Thurman Quilting Group. For details, call Myra at 623-2633.

Did you remember to send in your memories of a woman from yesteryear that had seemed to make a difference in the lives of others? Did she help you or your mother? Did she change our life? Send all information that you can r emember and mail it to the Thurman Town Historian, P.O. Box 29, Athol 12810.

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RENSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the Warrensburg Central School District on January 24, 2011, a special meeting of the qualified voters of the District be and the same is hereby called to be held in the gymnasium of the Warrensburg Jr./Sr.

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By order of the School District Clerk Cynthia Turcotte AJ-2/5/11, 2/19/11, 3/5/11,3/19/11-4TC77628 ----------------------------TOWN OF CHESTER Vacancy - Board of Assessment Review The Town of Chester announces the following vacancies: Two (2) positions on the Board

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