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July 12, 2014
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Fire chief rescues boy from river rapids
This Week LOCAL
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
CHESTER Ñ Horicon Fire Chief Jim Hayes rescued a young teenage boy submerged up to his chest in the rapids of the Schroon River July 3, authorities said. Hayes said this week he happened to be driving his fire chiefÕ s vehicle north up Schroon River Road shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday when he saw a tube between the river and the road, and he slowed down because it looked suspicious. Looking toward the river, he saw a teenager beside the river, waving and yelling for help. The boy, 15, was standing near his 14-year-old friend submerged in the fast-running river. Hayes called Warren County emergency dispatcher for backup help on his fire radio, then grabbed his life jacket, emergency rescue rope and Ò throw bag,Ó jumped out of his truck, and ran to the river, he recalled after the incident. Hayes serves on HoriconÕ s dive rescue team, and routinely carries the equipment in his pickup truck. Hayes then tied the rope onto a tree and lowered himself into the rushing water to CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
Tri-County train task force created PAGE 2 WARRENSBURG
Annual mosiac project begins PAGE 3 ON THE LAKE
With one-lane traffic alternating directions, traffic backs up June 26 on the southwest side of the Thurman Bridge, during a project to repaint the span. The Thurman Bridge, built in 1941, carries vehicles over the Hudson River. The canvas shroud over the bridge is designed to contain both lead dust and paint overspray. See page 8 for a related article. Photo by Thom Randall
Man drowns in boating incident PAGE 4
WCS students’ S.A.T. scores top all schools in region
Index EDITORIAL
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LETTERS
7
CALENDAR
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BRIEFS
14
CLASSIFIEDS
15
LEGALS
17
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
WARRENSBURG Ñ Warrensburg High School senior Wil Yarmowich smiled as he stood in line with classmates, ready to enter his graduation ceremony June 27. Yarmowich said he was proud of his Class of 2014 achieving a new honor for the school Ð the WCS stu-
dents taking the national Scholastic Aptitude Test college entrance exams in 2013 attained the highest average score of the 83 schools in New YorkÕ s Capital Region. Ò Our teachers prepared us really well,Ó Yarmowich said with a grin. Days later, Warren County Economic Development czar Ed Bartholomew held up a report on the S.A.T. results that detailed the scores from the series of three
S.A.T. college exams that Warrensburg students had scored highest on. Ò Congratulations to Warrensburg Central and the Warrensburg community,Ó Bartholomew said, noting that five other schools in Warren County were in the top 25 schools attaining high average scores on the S.A.T. tests. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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