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December 25, 2010
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A Tribute
Sports Wrap
A couple that carves together stays together.
Local law enforcement officers gather to pay their respects to John R. Lustyik. See Page 4
All the stats and scores from all your favorite teams.
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Gibson appointed to Congressional panels By Jon Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, newly elected to represent New York State’s 20th CongresThe rural nature of sional District, will sit on the House our district relies heaviArmed Services and Agriculture committees when Congress reconvenes. ly on the profitability of Gibson, a Republican, handily deour family farms. feated Democratic incumbent Scott Murphy in November. — Chris Gibson The retired Army Colonel said his spot on the armed services panel will allow him to immediately employ a career ’s worth of experience. “This post will give me the opportunity to ensure our troops and their families have the resources they need and deserve, and that we can bring our conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan to a rapid and successful conclusion,” Gibson said. Gibson has said he believes a repeal of the U.S. military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy could cause an unnecessary wartime distraction. His 23rd District
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Volunteers brave frigid waters in effort to thwart Asian clams test locations in Lake George — one just off the shore of Lake Avenue beach, and the other off the shoreline by Park Lane Motel. The benthic mats are placed over the clams, cutting off their oxygen and food supply. The project included a team of divers conducting water sampling at daily intervals to record dissolved oxygen levels under the mats, and core samples to determine the quantity of live or dead Asian clams. The research pilot project includes gathering clams to test the efficiency of chemical treatment, an eradication methodology under review alongside suction harvesting and heat treatment. The task force is focusing its energies on eradication, because experts say the long-term presence of Asian clams will negatively impact water
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LAKE GEORGE — About a dozen volunteers worked for hours in icy waters Dec. 17 alongside marine experts in an ongoing project to keep Lake George free of invasive species. The workers, clad in dry suits to maneuver in the near-freezing waters, pulled up benthic mats laid on the lakebottom in several shallow areas of Lake George. The volunteers had gathered to assist marine experts in a pilot project to quantify the incursion of Asian clams and determine an eradication method. This project was the latest effort of the local Asian clam task force which began its research project in late September after purchasing and repairing four different types of benthic mats to be used in effort. Each of the different types of mats — about 1,100 square feet each — were positioned and placed this fall in two clam-infested