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Ban on refugees misguided

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Boreas debate draws crowd Land use discussed at forum

W’burgh woman gets birthday surprise Great-grandson of local resident has pick of three military academies

By Thom Randall

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WARRENSBURG — Jane LeCount of Warrensburg got some welcome news last weekend as she turned 90 years old — her great-grandson has been nominated to three national military colleges.

Dylan Scott Leach of Jesup, Ga. has been nominated for

consideration at the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy and West Point.

He was among 17 students chosen by U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia’s first Congressional District for such a nomination.

Leach’s mother, Nicole Bell, said he went through a competitive process, including being interviewed by Carter and a panel of 10 military officials, to earn the nomination.

The daughter of Larry LeCount and Kim (Peluso) LeCount, Bell was born in Warrensburg.

Leach, 18, is an award-winning football player for Wayne

County High School. A tight end, Leach was named the regional offensive player of the year a few weeks ago. Also, he competed on his school’s varsity tennis team. In addition, he’s an active member of the school’s Student Chamber of Commerce and local Boys and Girls Club.

An honor student, Leach has taken college courses in high school on top of his school’s routine curriculum.

Leach plans to attend college, preferably at one of the three military colleges — with an intent to major in Psychology — and hopes to continue playing football. >> See SURPRISE | pg. 13

Star athlete and clean energy wonk prepares for a new challenge — politics

By Thom Randall

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WARRENSBURG — A 1990s star athlete at Warrensburg High School — who went on to hold some influential positions in the state and federal government — is now running for a seat on the Ballston Spa village board.

Noah Shaw, a 1994 graduate of Warrensburg High, is now employed as the General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority.

In these positions, which he has held since 2014, Shaw manages legal issues related to the implementation of the Authority’s 10-year, $5 billion Clean Energy Fund and the agency’s wide range of market development and research initiatives.

Also, he helps guide the agency’s involvement in the state Public Service Commission’s Reforming the Energy Vision program — and he’s handling legal aspects of the state’s Clean Energy Standards.

From 2012 to 2014, Shaw served as Senior Advisor to the

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COLD CONFECTION, WARM FIRE — Enjoying frigid sundaes and a cozy bonfire Feb. 4 on Shepard Park Beach during Lake George Winter Carnival are Rodion Loyf (left) and Marta Havrylyshyn of Manhattan. The create-your-own sundaes, courtesy of Stewarts Shops, are offered each Sunday afternoon through February at the Winter Carnival. A variety of family activities are featured at the frigid festival, a tradition for generations.

For more on the Winter Carnival, see page 3.

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Bolton Fire Dept. to offer smoke and carbon monoxide detectors BOLTON LANDING — Recently the Bolton Volunteer Fire Department received 24 First Alert smoke detectors and 24 First Alert carbon monoxide detectors for the fire department’s fire prevention program.

Through their Fire Prevention Program, the Bolton Volunteer Fire Department will donate the detectors to town residents who may not be able to afford these life-saving devices. This program is part of the fire department’s multi-strategic approach to fire prevention and safety education for the community its serves.

Lake George library to honor director with public farewell LAKE GEORGE — The Caldwell Lake George Library will host a public farewell and retirement party for Marie Ellsworth, the director at the library for the last 17 years. The event at the library will be held on Feb. 22 from 3-6 p.m. to celebrate her dedication and service to the library. For more information, contact Cheryl Dybas at 668-5591

Tannery Pond to host ‘Souper Bowl’

Stefan Czimmek won the keg toss event at the Lake George Winter Carnival on Feb. 4.

Czimmek, a German national, lives and works in Manhattan.

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NORTH CREEK — The Adirondack Community Outreach Center (ACOC) will host their second annual Souper Bowl on Saturday, Feb. 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek.

This event will benefit the ACOC Backpack Program and the North Creek Food Pantry.

The Backpack Program services food-insecure students in the Johnsburg and Minerva School Districts. Students, identified by their respective schools, are supplied with non-perishable foods for the weekend. Food is supplied by the Regional Food Bank and the backpacks are packed by students and community volunteers. The cost to assist a student for one school year is $199. The program is currently supported by donations from local businesses, citizens, and the Minerva Service Organization as well as the ACOC. The dinner menu includes unlimited homemade soups by local restaurants and chefs, chili, rolls, and desserts, with beverage, for $15. And you get to keep your soup bowl!

Correction In the Feb. 4 edition of The Sun, the header of “Animal intelligence” incorrectly stated that the column was Mill Creek Musings by Jan Nickerson. The column was actually Ramblings by Evelyn Greene.

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Winter Carnival continues, despite thin ice Participants of long-running carnival find creative solutions to fickle weather

By Thom Randall

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LAKE GEORGE — With weather as temperamental and unpredictable as national politicians, Lake George’s ice is too thin this week for several traditional laketop events of the Lake George Winter Carnival — but the popular festival will continue this weekend with a wide variety of familyfriendly activities.

This last weekend’s debut of the 2017 Winter Carnival featured the winter fest’s notorious outhouse race, which had about a dozen teams pulling their bizarre and creative structures over packed snow on Battlefield Park toward the finish line — rather than on lake ice.

The TNT team of Adirondack Studios won the Saturday race, achieving back-to-back titles. The Sans Souci group took second, followed by the Throne Mod squad, a new entrant with an aerodynamic, futuristic outhouse.

On Sunday, dozens of people braved frigid stiff winds to attend events on Shepard Park Beach. Among the highlights of the day was the keg toss event, in which about a dozen contestants took two attempts at heaving a beer keg the greatest distance.

Taking first place was Stefan Czimmek, a German broadcast journalist working for Deutsche-Welle television. Czimmek, who is based in Manhattan but covers news across the U.S., was visiting Lake George for a getaway from political reporting.

After pitching a beer keg 14 feet or so, Czimmek revealed how he prepared for the competition.

“I watched videos online to acquire the technique,” he said.

This keg-heaving event was preceded by the popular Dogs Got Talent Show, in which Nala, a St. Bernard-Newfound-

land mix, howled “Na-Na-Na-Na” after she was told a stern “No” by her owner, Tina Sudakow of Russia, NY. Two other dogs, Nautica and Sparky, wouldn’t perform under the pressure of the contest, but soon after their nonperformances they stood on their hind legs and hugged each other several times, intriguing spectators. Nearby, people warmed up their exteriors with the heat of a fire on the beach, consuming sundaes created from ice cream donated

by Stewarts Shops.

On Saturday, Carnival attendees warmed up their innards with servings of gourmet chili prepared by various local restaurants in publicly judged competition. Winning first place was Adirondack Pub, followed by The Garrison restaurant in Second place. Taking third was the Olde Log Inn.

This weekend’s fest features fun Winter Carnival coordinator Nancy Nichols said that although the annual 4x4 races originally scheduled for this weekend have been canceled due to thin lake ice, the rest of the events are to remain as scheduled, although some may be situated elsewhere.

Featured on Saturday Feb. 11 will be the ATV Scavenger Hunt and Poker Run, in which all-terrain vehicle riders collect tokens at various businesses around Lake George Village and compete for prizes. Hosted by Duffy’s Tavern, registration for the event is from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, Nichols said.

“Every year, the scavenger hunt is very, very popular,” she said.

Also, Saturday features a barbecue cook-off, with a dozen restaurants competing for bragging rights. Their concoctions will likely feature pulled pork, ribs, chicken, beef, or vegetarian beans. A donation of $5 buys a small portion of each chef-created variety.

Saturday also features a session on the beach featuring a celebrity chef appearing on WNYT television, giving a live demonstration, Nichols said.

Ice diving demonstrations are to occur both Saturday and

Sunday during the afternoons off Shepard Park Beach. The canine talent show is held at 2 p.m. each day there also. The ever-popular public polar plunge follows at 3 p.m..

Always popular and prompting a lot of conversation is the human foosball tournament, which starts at 11 a.m. daily in The Boardwalk parking lot off Amherst St. Teams should register with Duffy’s Tavern next door.

New this year are horse-drawn carriage rides, featuring magnificent black Clydesdales. The rides, with blankets provided, begin at the Beach Road parking lot. Also making its debut every Saturday through February this year is a hot chocolate bar at Shepard Park Beach from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays, with commemorative mugs filled with cocoa complete with an array of gourmet toppings. This concession is hosted by the Lake George Courtyard Marriott.

Activities offered both Saturday and Sunday include helicopter rides and socializing around a fire on the beach at 4 p.m., complete with live music and s’more-making.

Also scheduled for both Saturday and Sunday are a number of activities geared for children: ATV wagon rides from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of Duffy’s Deli, and pony rides from noon to 3 p.m. in Shepard Park, where children may encounter some Alpaca creatures.

Indoor children’s activities will be offered from noon to 3 p.m. in both King Neptune’s Pub and the Marriott Courtyard hotel across Canada St. “For generations, area visitors and residents have enjoyed the Lake George Winter Carnival and its ever-changing array of fun activities,” Nichols said.

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Snowmobile trail case headed to court Protect the Adirondacks has burden to prove trails constitute improper use of state Forest Preserve lands

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RAY BROOK — Legal arguments contending the fate of Class II Community Connector snowmobile trails will go to trial on March 1.

In a 27-page decision issued last week, Judge Gerald Connolly at Albany Supreme Court denied motions for summary judgment to both Protect the Adirondacks, as plaintiff, and to the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Adirondack Park Agency.

The case could have broad ramifications for the construction of snowmobile connector trails on state land, including those on and near the recently acquired Boreas Ponds Tracts in southern Essex County.

Protect sued over three years ago to stop construction on the 12.8-mile Seventh Mountain Trail in Moose River Plains

Wild Forest, a central connecting snowmobile route designed by the DEC. The environmental group contends the cutting of so many trees — some 31,000 trees across a 9 to 12 foot wide swath — create networks that are more akin to roads, and will fundamentally alter the character of the Adirondack Park.

Connolly said the plaintiff will “bear the burden of demonstrating that construction of the Class II trails ... constitutes improper use of the forest preserve impairing such ‘wild forest lands’ to an unconstitutional extent.”

DEC included statements from foresters asserting that the Class II trails are similar to foot trails, and further, that a “clear goal” in these inter-community trails was to “close snowmobile trails that penetrate to the more interior portions of the Wild Forest.”

Class II Connectors run in part along roadways in an effort to minimize forest fragmentation.

Connolly also said neither party had provided factual issues to entitle summary judgment on the number of trees being cut.

“The parties ... have provided conflicting evidence with regard to a number of material facts and the inferences they wish to be drawn from such facts,” Connolly wrote, finding the arguments either “unpersuasive or unnecessary to consider.”

Protect Executive Director Peter Bauer said they believe these new trails violate the Forever Wild provision of Article 14 of the State Constitution due to the cutting of over 31,000 trees, the clearing of over 50 acres of land (for all Class II trails encompassing 36.5 miles parkwide), and the “vast changes to the terrain and forest ecology of the affected areas.”

The purpose of the trial in court, he said, will be “to develop a complete factual record where there are serious matters in dispute over what constitutes a tree, the historic interpretation

of what ‘timber’ means in the (New York State) Constitution, the ecological benefits of closing interior trails to snowmobiles, and whether the construction of Class II snowmobile trails constitutes an improper use of the Forest Preserve due to dramatic changes in terrain.”

The bench trial in Albany Supreme Court on March 1 could impact furtherance of Class II Connector trails pending construction in central Essex County state forest lands, including Essex Chain and along southern edges of the not-yet-classified Boreas Tract, among other areas.

“This decision shows the seriousness and merits of our arguments,” Bauer said of Connolly’s decision. “The court refused the state’s demand to dismiss our case.”

Preliminary injunction from the Appellate Division, Third Department, halted tree cutting on state land last fall, awaiting decision on appeal.

“The (injunction) remains in place until the appeal of an earlier denial by the Supreme Court is resolved,” Bauer said.

“This ban will likely extend into the field season in the summer of 2017 or longer. These injunctions have kept over 7,500 Forest Preserve trees alive, so far.”

Pictured above: The fight over a proposed network of snowmobile trails on state Forest Preserve land is headed to court March 1. The case could have broad ramifications on proposed snowmobile networks across the Adirondack Park, including those in southern Essex County.

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State land classification needs reform, says panel

By Pete DeMola

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SCHROON LAKE — The state flubbed the classification process for Boreas Ponds.

That was the consensus by a panel of stakeholders following a forum on Adirondack land use issues in Schroon Lake last week.

“I think the process has been flawed, not just for me, but for a lot of stakeholders,” said Willie Janeway, executive director of the Adirondack Council. “Moving forward, how do we reform the process and make it work better?”

Janeway, among other panelists, said the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) erred on a number of fronts during their facilitation of the public hearing process over the former Finch Pruyn timberlands, held last fall across the state.

LACK OF INVENTORY A proper inventory was not conducted of the land, said Janeway, namely when it comes to roads and the condition of preexisting infrastructure on the parcel.

The road aspect is critical because the ability of the land to withstand recreational use is the fulcrum central to the Wild Forest versus Wilderness debate.

“That detailed fact should have been there in the public record, and then have everyone look at it,” said Janeway, who has emerged as one of the APA’s fiercest critics since the process concluded last December.

Due to this dearth of information, said others, participants at the public hearings couldn’t agree on a baseline of facts and were forced to engage in education campaigns among their respective bases, which in turn led to polarization and tension.

“The paradox isn’t an either-or, it isn’t weighing one against the other,” said Hamilton County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Farber, a member of the Access the Adirondacks coalition.

The group of government officials, environmental groups and local stakeholders was convened by the Sun Community News, Adirondack Daily Enterprise and the Adirondack Explorer as a forum to discuss broader issues related to the classification without the advocacy that characterized the public hearing process.

During those hearings, stakeholders were given three-minute increments to make their case to the APA, the state agency tasked with compiling the comments before recommending a classification package.

The divisive affair was packed with theatrics and pageantry, and drew tens of thousands of written and oral comments.

Pete Nelson, co-founder of Adirondack Wilderness Advocates, said it was “empirically false” to pit sides against each other.

“We can do better,” he said. “We can do that, and that’s what we need to do.”

Jason Kemper, chair of the New York State Conservation Fund Advisory Board, said ordinarily, Finch Pruyn would have given a data set to the Nature Conservancy, which would have been passed to the state Department of Environmental Conservation and APA. But Kemper, who also is the director of planning in Saratoga County, said he spent a significant amount of time and money trying to personally survey the landscape, hiking the parcel and even hiring someone to map the site with a drone.

Instead of discussion, Kemper said participants wasted valuable time “just trying to show everybody what was on the ground.”

NO PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE Stakeholders also said the lack of a preferred alternative by the APA was problematic, and a consensus emerging among stakeholders suggests the ultimate classification decision may be preordained from Albany.

It’s a viewpoint given wings by comments offered by former APA Commission Richard Booth last spring when he said the evidence allowed to be presented to agency staff was “rigidly con-

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trolled” by the governor’s office.

“The process was clearly flawed,” said Peter Bauer, executive director of Protect the Adirondacks. “We don’t think it complied with state law.”

Bauer said the APA learned little from the Essex Chain of Lakes process.

“The decision was made in Albany, not in Ray Brook — and we’re seeing a replay in the Boreas Pond classification,” said Bauer, who urged the governor to use facts, science and public sentiment when making a decision — not “just muscling through with his political power.”

Janeway said the state may restore some of its credibility by allowing the public to weigh evidence prior to the decision, as well as offer several more alternatives.

“We need a new and improved and more comprehensive and holistic process,” Janeway said. “I would hope there are lessons to be learned from this.”

The APA, which declined to send a representative to the forum, did not immediately respond for comment for this article.

A spokesman for the governor’s office defended the public hearing process.

“Any of the 1,200 individuals who attended the eight public meetings, each running several hours long with hundreds of speakers, would agree that APA’s public involvement process has been extensive and inclusive of all opinions,” said Leo Rosales, the spokesman. “In fact, APA’s robust public process continues with the agency carefully reviewing each of the 11,000 comments received. There is no question that the upcoming decision on the future of Boreas Ponds will be based on public comments, science and facts and not on the falsehoods a few headline grabbers would want you to believe.”

NEEDS MORE MANAGEMENT The forum, attended by about 60 residents, was a largely civil affair with few fireworks despite the participants often being at loggerheads with one another.

Stakeholders also said overuse of recreational facilities — particularly in the High Peaks, which has been well publicized in recent months following a number of high-profile incidents — has reached critical mass and must be addressed.

A study by the Wilderness Conservation Society released last year revealed even hiking has detrimental effects on the environment.

At the same time, the state tax cap has resulted in spending at state agencies, including the DEC, kept flat despite increased visitation to the region.

Safeguards must be put in place to ensure the Boreas Ponds Tract is protected regardless of the exact classification, stakeholders said.

“There is under-management and under-stewardship,” said Roger Dziengeleski, a retired Finch Pruyn vice president and senior forester. “They’re not taking care of those trails the way they should be.”

Dziengeleski said the land flourished under Finch’s ownership because the company invested in the proper stewardship resources.

In fact, when Finch sold the parcel to the Nature Conservancy, the 20,578-acre parcel hosted more trees than before Finch owned it, he said.

“It’s hard to conceive how the land could be in better shape after 100 years of industrial ownership and management, but I suppose that is the case,” Dziengeleski said.

The state needs to budget more money for stewardship, he said, and train visitors to recognize invasive species and other abnormal behavior.

“We want those users to feel like they’re owners,” he said.

Janeway said the state has dropped the ball on its responsibilities.

“It’s a shame how the state of New York has taken care of these resources,” Janeway said. “We need world-class management.”

BETTER PLANNING The stakeholders also broadly agreed that more comprehensive regional planning is needed, and use often transcends just Wilderness or Wild Forest classifications.

Janeway called for state and local agencies to conduct complex planning that pulls together all stakeholders.

“We should change how we do planning in the Adirondacks,” Janeway said. “That allows for a more comprehensive approach.”

Farber agreed: “Somehow, we have to, as the Adirondacks, get our head wrapped around how we can do this better.”

Participants also discussed the proposed Gateway to the Adirondacks project in North Hudson and ramifications of removing the dam at LaBier Flow, a sticking point during the public comment period.

Panelists generally agreed that the landscape would be altered, but were unclear as to what effect.

“Ecologically, the area would be transformed dramatically,” said Dziengeleski, predicting 100 acres of sensitive wetlands would be lost alongside brook trout populations.

Nelson said more study is needed: “From a scientific standpoint, we don’t know.”

COMPROMISE? Despite the forward-looking tack of the panel, some advocacy did trickle into the discussion.

Wilderness advocates said wilderness is a globally declining asset and must be obtained whenever possible.

“Wilderness is something we can take advantage of,” said Nelson, citing studies of federal lands in the western U.S. that reveal environmental protection can co-exist alongside economically vibrant communities.

Dan Plumley, of Adirondack Wild, said there are plenty of opportunities in the region to experience recreation allowed on Wild Forest, and compromise must be examined in the broader context of how rare the opportunity presents itself to acquire such a large parcel of Wilderness.

“We have those resources in those towns right now,” Plumley said. “What we don’t have in that 30 mile radius from Boreas Ponds are hardly a handful of remote wild ponds where the silence of nature is pre-eminent.”

“The compromise is the fact we need to look at it in context.”

Bauer said compromise is keeping the Gulf Brook Road open and using it as a boundary between Wilderness and Wild Forest, which “maintains the dignity of the State Land Master Plan” while also providing recreational access.

Ron Moore, supervisor of North Hudson, said the plan supported by Access the Adirondacks is already a compromise because the alternative contains an even split of Wild Forest and Wilderness.

“I don’t really have a compromise beyond that, I’m happy to say,” Moore said.

Essex County is home to twice as much Wilderness as Wild Forest, he said.

“We want to protect the environment as much as Peter Bauer and Willie Janeway do,” Moore said. “We feel we have compromised. That’s where we’re at, and that’s where we were from the beginning.”

Nelson added: “Ron Moore is right when he says his position is not extreme.”

NEXT STEP The APA will discuss the classification package at its monthly meeting in Ray Brook this week.

On the agenda is the review of classification criteria alongside the physical and biological characteristics of the tract.

Agency staff will also review “intangible considerations and describe established facilities and structures present on the Boreas Ponds Tract as well as review retained rights and leases.”

No action will be taken at the meeting, said the APA.

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he Superbowl has truly become The Event the vast majority of us looks forward to each year as it brings the nation and even many parts of the world to a standstill.

Watching fantastic athletes compete at the highest level has been popular since ancient times, and various games have entertained us for thousands of years. Today through technology millions viewed this modern day event, and that reach means more than just big bucks.

It’s a big deal for the host city of Houston, meaning it’s a really big deal for the local economy as visitors spend on hotels, entertainment, food and drink. The average ticket price was over $6,000 and more elaborate package deals, with pre- and post-game parties, food, drinks and entertainment, can run thousands more. For bargain hunters, events at the stadium kick off a week before the game itself. You can buy tickets to Super Bowl Opening Night for as little as $20 to watch the players and coaches meet with members of the media. For $699 you could attend a fancy tailgating event with NFL players that also has an open bar, DJ and catering by celebrity chef Guy Fieri.

This condensed super event provides a platform representing more than just a game between the two playoff finalists of the NFL season and more than just an economic boost to the host city. The platform now seems to embody the American spirit and everything that our freedom represents all in one nice super charged bundle.

Capitalism, athletics, humor, entertainment, freedom, patriotism, team work, faith, politics, commitment, pride of accomplishment, support for others and a never say die attitude. It’s all on display for a few hours.

So many of these games end up being predictable blow outs and this one appeared headed in that direction at half time, but in true American spirit, the game reminded us that when things look the darkest, when all hope might be lost, there are those among us who refuse to give in to the negativity or the odds and persevere through the distractions.

Regardless of which team you hitched your wagon to at the beginning of the year or even at the beginning of the game, a competitively staged event with an ending such as this one provided, allows us all to come away >> SEE ALEXANDER | pg. 7

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Trump’s travel ban: All the wrong moves

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hile President Trump’s exCOMMENTARY ecutive order banning refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries has quickly evoked widespread opposition, outrage and challenging lawsuits here and abroad, it also fails miserably as effective foreign Why it is bad policy and domestic policy.

At the same time, it has insulted, diRobert minished and endangered the thouHarsh sands of peaceful, productive and patriColumnist otic Muslim refugees finally settled here into secure family lives away from the nightmare horrors of their former confinement in bombarded homelands and barely livable refugee camps. (Muslim-Americans living in the New York City area include 900 NYPD officers.)

Apart from the shameful inhumanity of an arrogant, bullying president and his surrounding nativist ideologues, it seems evident that informed, nuanced understanding of Muslim faith and practice is too often absent or ignored in this self-righteous circle of power.

Moreover, the call for even more rigorous vetting of refugees misses the point that the president himself would likely not be allowed to pass through even the current numerous levels of security checks due to his own complex history of legal jeopardy, his uncivil misconduct, his sword-rattling militarism and his persistent defiance of Constitutional principles in his war against even legal immigration.

Likewise, the president’s costly insistence on walling us off from one of our three most important trading partners is more costly bluster than political/economic wisdom.

Moreover, it’s hard to imagine how this strategy and the refugee ban can in any way “make America great again” while working Americans may be faced with purchasing $17,000 cars for $20,000 due to an unnecessary trade war with Mexico assessing tariffs on auto parts produced there.

Kicking refugee victims of nightmare aggression in the teeth of their desperation while forcing American citizens to pay for a Mexican wall neither they nor Congress have voted to build are policy choices as thoughtless and self-defeating as they are inhumane and mean-spirited.

We — all of us — are at our worst when we ignore, diminish and even

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destroy the lives of others who might stand in the way of our bullying the world into what we think it should be.

Instead, we are at our best when we build cooperative worlds out of empathy, concern and understanding for others unlike ourselves.

This is Sigmund Freud’s existential, persisting choice between aggression and love, as unavoidable as it is challenging in both politics and everyday life. Thus our own country where: • One in six schoolchildren go to school hungry; • One in eight children are homeless; • One in four families turn to food shelves at least once a month; • Gun violence by both citizens and police is a persistent death threat; • Meager minimum wages leave many workers trapped in poverty; and • More citizens are incarcerated than in any other country worldwide.

This country may not itself seem as welcoming as other places for refugees desperate to live through their worst of times without insults to their deeply-held religious beliefs or diminishment of their substantial professional skills and work ethics.

Clearly, charity has not begun here at home even for many of our nativeborn fellow Americans.

And so, considering all this now in biblical perspective, wouldn’t it reinforce the best instincts in our universal human nature to listen with open minds and hopeful spirits to the prophet Jeremiah comforting a refugee Israel: “For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope” or to more often recall Jesus’ imperative (in three of the four gospels) to “suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not?”

And then, in that welcoming embrace and looking deeply into the eyes of others’ children as cherished as our own, find the faces of all our Gods in all our faiths beckoning us not to look away in fear and hatred.

Robert Harsh is a graduate of Princeton University and Union Theological Seminary and has worked as associate editor of Christianity and Crisis magazine. In 2015, he served as a convener of three book discussion groups in the Muslim Journeys program co-sponsored by the American Library Association, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Clinton-Essex-Franklin [New York] Counties Library System.

LETTERS

LiesÊ matter

ElusiveÊ Elise

To the Editor: A campaign characterized by blatantly racist and misogynistic bluster has now metamorphosed into a presidency in which certain staffers are compelled to embrace “alternative facts” as the new norm.

Donald J. Trump has always been an egomaniacal charlatan and we have now witnessed his transformation into the paranoid provocateur-in-chief. Indeed, he has already proclaimed that his autocratic reign will consume the country’s next eight years — no need for campaign, nomination and election processes going forward.

To be succinct, the man is profoundly dangerous.

That said, it is absolutely critical that members of the Fourth Estate rein in Trump’s proclivity for rant and provocation and further, that we the people resist his unbridled lust for bullying and prevarication. Yet again, he has brazenly and falsely maligned the press for its failure to disclose recent terrorist attacks that only he is aware of. It is absolutely imperative that he be held personally accountable for these nonsensical and divisive falsehoods. Lies matter!

Jim Haig Jay

To the Editor: Representative Elise Stefanik is on the Congressional Clmate Solutions Caucus. She says that she believes that climate change is real; climate change is obvious to anyone living in Essex County, as winters are shorter and less snowy, and the three warmer seasons are all warmer and lasting longer.

But Elise does not seem to want to solve this urgent and potentially disastrous problem. Of 6 Congressional votes on climate change issues since 2015, she has voted 5 times not to mitigate climate change. She even voted last week to allow coal mining companies to dump their waste in rivers and streams. She is rated by the League Of Conservation Voters, on overall environment-related votes, as only 9 percent effective. Harm to the climate and the environment is not good for the long-term health of the economy.

Elise Stefanik claims that she is a sensitive protector of the climate and the environment. In matching her statements with her voting record, Elise is elusive.

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LewisÊ isÊ notÊ aÊ usefulÊ idiot To the Editor: Dear Mr. Corrow, Unfortunately, I realize that you are probably just another guy trying to get along, not always sharp as a tack.

I want to say that only a useless idiot would refer to John Lewis, a man whose intelligence and courage far surpass yours, and mine, as a “useful idiot.”

You have illustrated, by the way, that you do not even understand what the term meant when coined by Lenin.

And, since I can’t imagine you using that language to refer to a white man or woman, yes, you are racist, and your words are hurtful and harmful, and a departure from human decency.

Don Austin Greensboro, North Carolina

JunkÊ carÊ ordinanceÊ evidenceÊ of Ê economyÕ sÊ downwardÊ slide To the Editor: So recently I have seen a clear effort in the old Valley News to sanctify the efforts led by Chris Maron to rid the countryside of older cars.

The only experience I have had with Mr. Maron was in his function on the planning board, and I think I can fairly say that he jumps to conclusions — in the planning board hearing on the subdivision of building lots in Westport, he disputed the effect of a long-ago recorded land contract giving me first rights of refusal — unsupported by the facts.

1. Westport has no working garage (McGee’s offers limited repairs, and the Hance Garage is in Essex). I have never seen any effort by the town to remedy this.

2. The price of scrap metal is very low.

3. Often it takes some time to match up vehicle A with vehicle A (such as Ford Rangers).

In all, it would seem that it’s just further evidence of the downward slide of the local economy. For example, ditching the elected assessor and going down to a single justice may yield short-term gains but in the long run represents a total erosion of sound government.

Perhaps the entire town board should resign and allow a snap election?

William Kuntz Elizabethtown

NationalismÊ aÊ double-edgedÊ sword To the Editor: (In response to “Trump, Hitler parallels ‘uncanny’” by Dr. Anthony Lawrence, Feb. 4 edition of The Sun.) His comments were quite eye-opening. Many of the similarities seem true and that alone is somewhat disturbing.

Unfortunately, as history has proven many times, people’s eyes can be open but they’re too blind to see. Here I plan to expound on one aspect of Dr. Lawrence’s letter.

Populism and nationalism are powerful political platforms. In a benevolent way, it can be extremely constructive — remember how the great number of American flags were proudly displayed nationwide after 9/11?

Remember how chants of “USA” erupted at rallies during the days that followed the devastating terrorist attack?

But looking back in history, it was indeed a malevolent and destructive force also.

Just look at pre-war Germany (1938) compared to post-war Germany (1945) — death, destruction and the discoveries of horror uncovered in the name of nationalism.

It reminds us of the motto created by Jewish groups after the horror of the Holocaust: Never again.

Just remember the mass murder on an industrial scale all began with a slogan. A seemingly innocent nationalist slogan: “Ein volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer,” or “One People, One Nation, One Leader.” This nationalist slogan sounds eerily similar to one that echoed in our ears during each 2016 campaign stop.

Remember this adage: “Be careful what you wish for!”

Kenneth J. Sausa Lake Placid

PrayersÊ forÊ refugees To the Editor: To say I’m disturbed today is not enough. Time to express my thoughts of 70 years and of today: I am supposed to respect my president that I took my oath to 60 years ago — which was D. Eisenhower, who also liberated Europe from WWII. But my cry and prayer goes to the refugees of this era. They only look for life, bread and a pillow to put their head on.

I was lucky. In Budapest, the American Red Cross train to Austria rescued me from being shot for my beliefs and from the gulag of Russia.

I’m 90 years old — not bad — enough but bad enough when I have a president to honor — I’m scared of.

Susanne LaRoque North Creek

Ô WeÊ areÊ notÊ obstructingÊ forÊ theÊ sakeÊ of Ê obstructingÕ To the Editor: (In response to “Defense versus offense” by Dan Alexander, The Valley News Sun, Jan. 28 edition.)

Lots of people during the campaign said, “Wait!” Out-of-the-box change might be good! He doesn’t really mean those awful things he says! He is a billionaire, doesn’t owe anything to anybody, how great is that? He is a successful businessman, he knows how to run things!

Some waited, only to find out that when a house is on fire, it doesn’t help much to tell the firemen: “Let’s just wait until we are sure the house will burn down.”

It is not a matter of wishing that the Trump administration will fail, it has already done so, spectacularly. In one week, this administration has not only brought despair and fear to millions of people who thought that the words on our Statue of Liberty actually meant something, but also the rest of the world into a state of utter disbelief with the incompetence of our present government.

You ask if we are at war with ourselves. No — we are at war with showmanship, incompetence, and “alternative” realities.

Burn down the government? That was the hyperbole of one speaker among millions from all over the world. No, rather, spraying the administration with huge doses of protest and defiance and court cases and lobbying and everything else we can muster. Perhaps we can save enough to rebuild something with some degree of integrity at some future date.

Mr. Alexander: we are not obstructing for the sake of obstructing. You can be assured that we would much rather work on whatever it is that brings us joy. We are obstructing and protesting because it is the right thing to do at this time. There are people, a planet, not to mention a great nation to defend. And protest we will.

Katharine Preston Essex

ThanksÊ forÊ DineÊ UnitedÊ supportÊ To the Editor: United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. partnered with several area restaurants from Clinton, Essex, and Franklin Counties to hold the “DINE UNITED” event on Jan. 26, 2017. The event was a success and helped raise funds to be distributed to 44 health and human service agencies in the tricounty area. The United Way would like to send a heartfelt thank you to the participating patrons and restaurants who joined us in this community event.

The support from the participating restaurants will touch all walks of life from southern Essex County to northern Clinton County to western Franklin County and all points in between. Again thank you for your generosity.

Kathy Snow United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. Plattsburgh

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inspired with the simple gift of hope.

Hope in ourselves, hope in our efforts, hope for our team next year and yes, even hope for our country to once again united behind all the common issues that bring us together. Competition and respect for each other somehow meld into a common bond that resonates in each of us I know it may sound corny to some to think of a game like the Superbowl as a metaphor for America, but this simple game reminds us of our roots. We are reminded of the hard work and sacrifices our fore fathers endured, the overwhelming odds they faced in establishing this country and the pride we still feel today for what America represents.

In this case, the Pats and even Lady Gaga proved an important point; If we are willing to work together and believe in ourselves there are no fears or obstacles that we can not overcome.

Dan Alexander may be reached at dan@suncommunitynews.com.

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COMMENTARY

Online Education Can fix retention problem Satesh Bidaisee Columnist

The recent growth of online education has been astounding. Last year, 35 million people signed up for at least one online class. That’s more than double the previous year’s enrollment.

The popularity of online learning is easy to understand. Today, students have access to well over 4,000 courses in a wide array of subjects, from chemistry to philosophy to graphic design. They participate at a time and place that suits their schedule. Many courses are free.

There is, however, a serious problem currently keeping online education from reaching its full potential -- low retention rates.

About 90 percent of enrollees in “MOOCS” – short for “Massive Open Online Courses,” which have unlimited registration and are the most popular online education product – drop out within two weeks.

The key to solving this problem? Making MOOCs more interactive. While MOOCs can never perfectly replicate the in-person back-and-forth of traditional brick-and-mortar schools, they can capitalize on modern technologies that empower students to more intimately engage with the material, their instructors, and their peers.

It’s no surprise that so few online learners finish. Few MOOC platforms include features that allow students to collaborate or ask questions in real time. Students are often expected to just click play on a lecture video, sit back, and passively learn.

They’re stuck studying alone, with no sense of belonging to a broader community. If they find a lesson especially challenging, there’s no one to boost their morale or guide them over the hump.

It’s easy to lose motivation.

Meanwhile, interactivity is the rule at traditional schools. Students can raise their hands in class and interrupt their teachers to ask questions. They can go to a professor’s office hours for further clarification. They join study groups and mentorship programs.

And all the extracurricular activities integral to college life -- clubs and sororities and sports teams -- further strengthen students’ social networks to keep them motivated and working.

Some of the highest MOOC retention rates can be found at institutions that have invested in interactive technologies.

Harvard University, for instance, set up small virtual discussion groups supervised by a Harvard Law teaching fellow for an online course on copyright law.

Out of 500 enrollees, about half took the final exam -- a completion rate that’s well above the norm.

Online learning is transforming lives all over the world. But too many students don’t finish what they’ve started. MOOC providers need to create more engaging, interactive experiences. That’s the best way to boost completion rates -- and ensure that students take full advantage of this revolutionary new way to learn.

Satesh Bidaisee is an Associate Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies at St. George’s University, Grenada.

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EYE ON THE ARTS

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This land is your land

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ver the years, protest songs have been rooted in a number of genres, from classical — think Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” — to folk, rock, reggae, punk and more.

Regardless of the realm from which these songs arise, they have been largely reactionary. Take “Side of the Hill” by Paul Simon for example: following the murder of the singer’s friend, Andrew Goodman, for fighting for civil rights, Simon wrote that gorgeous, tragic song.

“This Land is Your Land,” the 1945 Woody Guthrie tune that has recently reemerged, was written in response to “God Bless America” — and somewhat prophetically, originally contained the line: “There was a big wall there that tried to stop me. The sign was painted, said ‘Private Property’. But on the backside, it didn’t say nothing. This land was made for you

and me.”

Though folk reigned supreme for a number of decades, as far as topicality was concerned, rap swiftly took over in the ‘80s and ‘90s with groups like NWA. In this generation, rap is continuing to lead opposition: YG and Nipsey Hussle kicked it off with “FDT” last summer, Run the Jewels following with the passionate “Talk to Me” in the fall, rapper Killer Mike delivering the cutting line: “Went to war with the devil and shaytan / he wore a bad toupee and a spray tan.”

These songs, too, have been reactionary — though primarily against The Donald’s rhetoric, moreso than what is specifically disagreeable to them.

I would argue that it’s important to be specific with the subject matter. Instead of a song that is purely anti-Trump, it’s vital to be definite: are you against refugee exclusion? Are you for peace or Environmental protection?

Are you anti-police brutality, or systematic discrimination? Or are you simply hoping to empower voters to hold their representatives accountable?

Music has proven an irreplaceable tool for almost every social movement in recent history.

It is perhaps more important now than it has ever been for musicians to sing out. Music has the ability to break through the partisan echo chambers many of us have become encapsulated in. Where speeches and rallies fail, music has the ability to inspire and unify across party lines. And make no mistake: if the goal is to oppose Donald Trump, or one of many executive orders the lawmaker has signed since his inauguration, Republicans will need to be on board too.

Songwriters: be bold. Be passionate. And maybe the next “We Shall Overcome” will come from you. Right now, the importance of substantive music cannot be understated.

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UNY Plattsburgh professor Richard Aberle will speak at the Whallonsburg Grange on Feb. 12. Aberle’s presentation, titled “Why Lincoln Matters: Rhetoric, Race and Religion in Lincoln’s Two Most Famous Speeches,” will honor Lincoln’s birthday and Presidents’ Day. Aberle will discuss the continued relevance of Abraham Lincoln as he explores rhetoric, race, and religion in our sixteenth President’s two most influential speeches, the Gettysburg Address and the second inaugural address. The professor’s presentation is slated for 3 p.m.

Admission is $5. Students attend for free. For more information, visit thegrangehall.info.

Andy Milne and Dapp Theory to perform in Jay

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ndy Milne and Dapp Theory will perform at the Upper Jay Art Center on Feb. 11. Milne formed the band as a “vehicle to tell passionate stories, promote peace and inspire collective responsibility toward uplifting the human spiritual condition,” according to a news release. Milne has been a leading voice in New York for the last two decades.

The group’s set is slated for 8 p.m. A donation of $15 per person is requested. For more information, visit upperjayartcenter.org.

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LocalÊ scoutingÊ strongerÊ thanÊ ever T he Boy Scouts of America (BSA) celebrate their 107th birthday, Feb. 8. For the last 107 years, the BSA has helped build future leaders of our country by combining educational activities, lifelong values and fun. The BSA believes “helping youth is a key to building a more conscientious, responsible, and productive society.”

In honor of their anniversary, check out some of the BSA groups in the local area.

Troop 6072 (Ticonderoga) In the past 13 years Ticonderoga Scouting has produced 24 Eagle Scouts.

Examples of these Eagle Scout and their projects are Patrick Dunn who built the fence and placed the rocks around the edge of the Ticonderoga Town Beach. Michael LaFountain made improvements to the Ticonderoga Dog Park. Matthew Cook built the pavilion at the Ticonderoga Town Beach. Connor Lawrie made improvements to the gymnasium at the Ticonderoga Youth Center.

As of right now, Troop 6072 is not currently active.

“The majority of our boys are over 18 and no longer eligible for the Scouting program,” Joanne Cook, committee chairperson said.

“Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful in recruiting new younger members to keep the troop active.

Cook said there is a troop based out of Hague, Troop 73, where boys in the community can participate.

Troop 6070 (Crown Point) Pack 6070 currently has five registered Cub Scouts in their Wolf Den and one registered Webelos Scout. Anyone interested in joining can go to the Scout Hall located in the downstairs of the Crown Point Fire Station, Monday evenings at 5:30 p.m.

Troop 6070 has half a dozen dedicated young men. that attended two summer camps last summer.

Interested in joining Troop 6070? Contact Scoutmaster Michael Rice at 597-3853, michael.rice2515@gmail.com or contact Gene Staubitz 572-2284, port461@yahoo.com.

Troop meetings are held on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. in the Crown Point Firehouse in the basement. (As a general rule, if there is no school there is no scout meeting.)

Troop 6037 (Schroon Lake) Troop 6037 currently has five boys that are active in the troop. They are always looking for more. Their next event is a winter camp out, to be held in mid February. They are currently in the preparation stages and are hoping for some snow.

Scoutmaster Joe Foote recently announced that scout Thomas J. Garcia achieved the rank of Eagle.

Garcia, the son of Thomas and Amy Garcia, of North Hudson, completed his Eagle Scout project in the town of North Hudson.

The project involved planting five cherry trees behind the Veterans Memorial. By doing so, he helped to beautify the memorial while also helping to stabilize the soils and reduce erosion.

The scouts also work with local veterans in Schroon and North Hudson, placing flags on veterans’ graves each year.

The troop meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Schroon Lake Fish & Game Club. Any boys ages 6-16 who are interested in joining can contact Joe Foote at footesrest@aol.com Boys ages 6 -10 would enter the Cub Scouts, and boys 11 -16 would enter Boy Scouts.

Pack 6037 currently has five boys: one tiger cub, two wolf cubs and two webelos scouts.

Cub Master Alicia Moses said they would like to see this number grow.

To join Pack 6037 contact Alicia Moses at 637-5413 or Theresa Jenks (Committee Chair) at 532-7609.

Pack 6031 (Warrensburg) It’s been a while since there’s been a cub scout pack in Warrensburg School District, but Cub Scout Pack 31, formed just last year, is growing quickly, already counting 20 to 25 boys among its ranks.

It’s an exciting prospect, as Cubmaster Mark McGrath explained, there’s room for many more to join.

For more information about joining the pack, contact McGrath at 969-0068 or committee chair Erin Connolly at 716-983-7094 or via preferred method of email at markerintrc31@gmail.com.

Troop 6030 (Chestertown) Cub Scout Pack 30, of Chestertown, has been led by the same leaders at the helm for the past nine years, and still report the same excitement and energy as a newly formed pack. They’ve got more than 30 boys in their pack.

To join or volunteer with the pack, which meets at the Chestertown Town Hall, contact Maria Willette or cub master Jason Willette at 744-0855.

Chestertown’s Boy Scout Troop 30 is a highly active group of 15. Four of the young men were in line to earn their Eagle Scout badges this year.

The scouts meet at North Warren School every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

To join the troop, contact Bill Jennings, scoutmaster, at 744-8394.

Pack 6020 (Lake George) Cub Scout Pack 20 in Lake George had a successful turnout for the Pine Wood Derby.

While they are also gearing up for the district competition, they’ve got a number of fun activities in store. The pack of 17 boys has a number of outings planned for the year ahead.

For more information about the pack, to

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North Hudson resident Thomas J. Garcia was recently awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. Garcia is a member of Troop 6037 in Schroon Lake.

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join or volunteer, contact Dawn Starratt, committee chair, or Greg Starratt, cubmaster, at 793-7346.

Troop 6036 (North Creek, Newcomb, Johnsburg) Cub Scout Pack 6036 is a very active troop of 15, serving North Creek, Newcomb and Johnsburg.

Erika Patton, cubmaster, reported great participation at the recent Pine Wood Derby, and said you can also find the boys operation a food booth at the North Creek 4th of July celebration.

To join or volunteer, contact Patton at 2514658.

Boy Scout Troop 6036 meets at the North Creek Fire House, the first and third Saturdays at 6 p.m. They have eight young men that make up their troop, and a recent successful showing at the Klondike Derby where they get to test their skills and leadership abilities.

Among their troop are two life scouts, with one awaiting approval to earn his rank of Eagle Scout. The boys are looking forward to continuing to earn badges and hold camping activities.

For more information, contact Lenny Wilson, scout master, at 251-5053.

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Corrections, reflections and reader impute It has been a great pleasure these last few dreary winter months to receive friendly and interesting phone calls from Sun readers who read this column.

It has always been my steadfast opinion that nothing should ever be allowed in print, especially on the subject of history, unless it is totally correct and I have worked diligently to put that theory into practice. As the great writer, Dorothy Killgallen, once wrote: “I’d like to be right all the time but sometimes I just can’t make it!”

Seneca Ray Stoddard In my Jan. 28 column in The Sun, I wrote a short history and remembrance of this great Adirondack photographer that I have always so admired and I was happy to find that many of our readers felt the same way.

I felt extremely honored to hear from a renown and popular area history writer from Cossayuna whose name has been legend in Warren County. For many years Joseph Cutshall King has written a history column for the Post Star and has been deeply involved in many projects over the years involving countless areas of Adirondack history. He is currently gathering information on Seneca Ray Stoddard and when he called and we discussed Stoddard’s intriguing history.

Two areas I wish to clear up: In my story I mentioned that Seneca Ray had two sons with his first wife, Helen Augusta.

They were Charles and LeRoy Stoddard. I then wrote that he had two sons also with his second wife, Emily Doty, and this proved not to be true. In my research I found in the man’s obituary that upon his death he lived on 17 Harlem Street in Glens Falls and was survived by his second wife, Emily Doty and their two surviving sons proved to be her step-sons, not her children. I discovered this when Mr. King correctly told me that Seneca Ray only had two children.

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down or in most cases were destroyed by fires. I had several telephone calls from readers who had fond memories of some of these old landmarks. I was asked why I had not mentioned the historic Messenger House that stood for so many years on Hudson Street.

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in that town who politely admonished me saying that I was wrong to misquote Seneca Ray in Seneca’s writing about the rattle snakes surviving the sinking of the boat, John Jay, in 1856, on Lake George.

I researched the story about the rattle snakes who escaped the wreck in a box which after being tossed by the waves had floated to shore with a little girl precariously clinging on to one end while the reptiles peered out the other side. I carefully quoted Seneca Ray’s own words about the “Rattell Snaicks,” and my quote and spelling was factual. The snakes became victim to the Sun’s well meaning and diligent proof reading department and the spelling was painfully “corrected” leaving me the poor victim. If they will just send me a nice valentine card on Valentine’s Day, all will be forgiven.

Unlovable snakes Speaking of mankind’s aversion to snakes! I recently found an old volume that reprinted a 1688 hand book which included advice on how to kill snakes.

The long dead author wrote, “How to gather Snakes and Adders to one place. Take one handful of onion, and ten River Crab fish, pound them together, and lay it in the places where the Snakes and Adders are, and they will all gather together.

Take a large Rhadish, and strike the Adder and Snake with it, and one blow will kill them.” (Note: I will bet that the person who was unable to spell radish could not have spelled rattle snakes either! Maybe they were right and we are the ones whose spelling is wrong.)

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Warrensburg buildings, long gone

Seneca Ray Stoddard was born in Wilton, Saratoga County, New York. I received a call from a man who currently lives

I wrote about several old buildings, back on Dec. 24, 2016, that once graced our Queen Village, which were either torn

The Messenger House remembered The Messenger House was a sturdy, sensible building on the east side of the street which Martin L. Messenger built after he came to Warrensburg in 1900 from Stony Creek to run a mercantile business.

Mr. Messenger was born Feb. 27, 1855 and when he reached manhood, he was described as a “hustler,” which I think was a complimentary term in those by-gone days. Before coming to Warrensburg he conducted a stage line which did business between Stony Creek and Harrisburg and worked in the hotel and livery business.

After coming to Warrensburg, the building he had built was originally a store and residence, and it later became a fine hotel and later yet a summer boarding house.

Mr. Messenger married Miss May Millis, of Stony Creek, on Nov. 23, 1879 and they had two daughters and one son and the family were all faithful members of the Warrensburg Methodist Church. He was known for his strict honesty, sobriety and natural talent for business and was considered as one of the solid men of the town.

The building stayed in the family until 1950 when it was owned by Messenger’s last surviving child, a daughter, Winifred Messenger Kerr. The building burned on March 28, 1988 when, in a rather run down state, it served as a tavern.

I believe that the ghost of popular bartender Vincent T. “Jim” Spinazzola, who died March 8, 1990, still roams there as he loved the place and its customers just as they all loved him.

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Jane LeCount said the news of Dylan’s nominations was well received as her family members gathered from various states for her 90th birthday.

For 35 years or so, Jane LeCount was Warrensburg’s leading real estate broker. Also, she was one of the founders of the town’s notorious World’s Largest Garage Sale.

“It’s so exciting,” LeCount said, welcoming friends and former clients to visit her and her husband Joe at Countryside Adult Home on Schroon River Road north of Warrensburg.

ABOVE: Dylan Leach, great-grandson of Jane and Joe LeCount and grandson of Larry LeCount — all of Warrensburg — holds his little brother Jaxxon and is accompanied by brother Jacob (right) at an outdoor party last fall.

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General Counsel in the U.S. Department of Energy, assisting in the management of 150 attorneys in the federal agency, as well as coordinating oversight of Congressional legislation and rulemaking — while assisting with litigation issues.

Shaw said this week his professional life has been focused on pursuing environmental aspects of public policy.

“I’ve been wholly committed to moving forward policies relating to clean energy and climate change — two of the most important issues of our time,” he said.

A native of Stony Creek, Shaw attended Warrensburg’s schools. While at Warrensburg High, he scored 1,198 points in basketball, and was a productive tight end on the Warrrensburg Football team.

Interested in social studies and government in high school, he served as student council president, and his academic achievement earned him membership in the National Honor Society.

Shaw pursued his undergraduate studies at

Brandeis University, majoring in American Studies and Education. After graduation, he attended Northeastern University law school, earning his law degree in 2002.

During his college years, he served as a river guide on the Hudson River Gorge and Sacandaga River.

This week, Shaw said his experience in state and federal government will relate well to his work on the Ballston Spa village board, if he’s elected in March.

“Ballston Spa is a real up-and-coming place, and I’ve seen that small changes can make a big difference to neighbors and business owners,” he said. “There’s an opportunity in Ballston Spa for citizens to seize the amazing potential of the village and take it to the next level — in terms of education, and jobs, and making it more of an accessible and friendly community.”

ABOVE: Noah Shaw, a star athlete and standout student in the early 1990s at Warrensburg High School, poses for a photo with his wife Karen Barone and son Charlie Barone-Shaw. Having served in influential positions in both federal and state government, Noah Shaw is seeking a seat on the Ballston Spa Village Board.

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StateÊ setsÊ pitchÊ countÊ inÊ baseball,Ê coachesÊ offerÊ mixedÊ opinions

By Keith Lobdell, Thom Randall keith@suncommunitynews.com

TROY — The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) was very busy at their quarterly executive committee meeting, held Jan. 27, with their biggest decision already impacting baseball coaches throughout Section VII. The committee voted to institute a pitch count rule throughout the 11 sections that make up NYSPHSAA, which will go into effect at the start of the 2017 season.

For programs in Section VII, there is a lot of concern over the new rule, which ties days of rest to number of pitches thrown. For example, a varsity pitcher who throws 96-105 pitches (or more, if they throw their 105th pitch in the middle of an at-bat) will have to sit for days before they are allowed to pitch again.

“The safety of our student-athletes is always the number one objective and the pitch count will help protect some of our pitchers arms,” said Stephen Broadwell, Willsboro Central School superintendent and past president of NYSPHSAA. “There has been a great deal of research conducted regarding this regulation and overall the perspective is it will help protect our athletes from overuse at an early age.

“This was a National Federation rule that New York is compelled to implement. The state baseball committee spend a great deal of time creating the current rule and they will continue to study and potentially revise it in the upcoming years.”

The level of concern seems to be spread.

North Warren baseball coach Josh Gifford said the new pitch-count restrictions would disproportionately effect smaller schools, inhibiting coaches’ choices in game play.

“Small schools like us have only two, maybe three pitchers — and when have a game rescheduled to a rainout, we might have games on Monday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday in a single week,” he said. “Since it’s mandatory to have three days rest after 95 pitches and four days after 105, Wednesday and Thursday games are in jeopardy.”

Gifford said the rule should be graduated, with seniors and perhaps juniors being able to throw more pitches than freshmen and sophomores.

He said his top pitcher, senior James Hayes, is able to pitch more than younger players.

Last season in a close game, Hayes had pitched 120 pitches and was in the seventh inning — and Gifford faced a tough decision, he recalled.

“I couldn’t take him out at that point,” he said, noting that normally 100 pitches is already his “magic number” to pull a player.

Gifford said that players’ health is always a top priority at North Warren, and most all coaches in the area have that approach.

“In a small school, we don’t have many pitchers —you can’t afford for them to have sore arms or get hurt,” he said.

In light of the new pitch-count limitations, Gifford said he was bringing in a pitching coach with major-league experience to conduct a clinic for ballplayers from 7th through 12th grades, so his team will have more athletes ready to pitch in the future.

“We’ll be getting all our players prepared with the fundamentals and proper techniques,” he said.

Minerva/Newcomb coach Matt Winslow, who said he has not been using pitch counts, said the rule will create several issues for his team.

“Every kid and their arms are different,” Winslow said.

“Unless I see something that lets me know a pitcher is done, I rely on the pitcher to tell me how they feel. Most of our teams only have one or two quality pitchers.”

“Coach Reynolds drummed the importance of pitch counts into me long ago and, as I stated, it has always been emphasized here in Warrensburg,” Burghers coach Rob Thomas said.

“That has always been a point of emphasis in the Warrensburg Baseball program. We wanted to protect the athletes from overthrowing and we needed to know when a pitcher was nearing their personal threshold. Due to that, I already know there are some pitchers that will never see the 105 cutoff — I already know that I need to shut them down in the early 80’s.”

Thomas said the new rule will take more time from coaches in practice to develop a deeper staff.

“Every team will be training more pitchers and strengthening existing ones,” he said. “We play three days a week and I want three pitchers available each day — so I will be training more pitchers. Additionally, I think it places a higher emphasis on fielding errors. We are going to have to back these guys up by making the routine plays.”

Thomas said a concern not addressed by the state which is a major factor on the North Country season is Mother Nature.

“I am concerned about the weather issues that do not seem to be addressed,” he said. “I am concerned about the weather.

What happens when we have to postpone games and make them up later? We could conceivably play four games in five days or even five games in six days. It will become a major issue then.”

“It is going to make for some very difficult baseball game in The MVAC but I certainly understand the intent, as safety of young players should be what is most important,” Bolton coach Mark Andrejkovics said. “Not sure however you won’t see this changed and tweaked again.”

Andrejkovics said he has used pitch counts with his team, along with counting innings pitched per week and number of laborious innings the pitcher threw.

“The safety of the kids is truly what is most important but I also do this to monitor the strength and development a player makes,” he said. “I will always track the number of pitches, but I also recognize when my pitcher is still strong with mechanics, velocity and control. Every pitcher is different and a coach needs to understand what a player can handle and what rest is needed no matter what big game you may have.”

Andrejkovics also expressed concern over the need to play a lot of games in a lot less days.

“Our area teams have limited players and for most pitching staffs,” he said. “It could create a situation where coaches have to throw kids on the mound that have little or no pitching experience, making them possibly more vulnerable to arm issues. Could become a more dangerous situation. It will be interesting to see when we get rainouts and you have to play four games in a week. I believe you will see some really high scoring games and in general sloppy baseball games, that could take a very long time to complete. Definitely not a rule for the morale of a player that most likely doesn’t want to be on the mound.”

Andrejkovics said he will most likely teach every member of the roster to pitch, whether as an established member of the rotation or emergency reliever based on need.

“More team training towards the mechanics of pitching will be a priority to help prevent the positional player from getting injured from having to pitch,” he said. “This will be a big adjustment for all teams. I believe you may now see the coaches, and not just the batters working the counts. Our team last year would have been able to handle this a little easier but three pitchers were lost to graduation. My players are resilient so they will work hard and develop the skills needed to deal with any changes.”

As for Winslow: “Get rid of it. Most coaches use common sense with their pitchers and don’t over use them. This rule will also be hard to manage with everything else that goes on in a baseball game.”

NYSPHSAA Pitch Counts The following is the pitch count limits for baseball pitchers at the modified, junior varsity and varsity levels, along with pitch count rules for postseason play Nights rest

Modified

JV

Varsity

Playoffs

One

1-20

1-30

1-30

1-40

Two

21-40

31-45

31-65

41-71

Three

41-60

46-75

76-85

72-102

Four

61-75

76-85

96-105

103-125

Burghers capture Class D wrestling title - by a wide margin Next up: Section II tournament

By Thom Randall

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WARRENSBURG — Backed by hundreds of spectators in a packed gymnasium cheering them on, the Warrrensburg wrestling team won the Section II Class D championship Feb. 4 on their home turf.

Competing for the honor alongside 10 other teams, the Burghers not only won the title for the second consecutive year, but they accomplishing it by an unusually wide margin.

Warrensburg won after compiling 275 points. Maple Hill was runner up with 195 points.

The Burghers were victorious because each wrestler on the team’s roster wrestled with determination, contributing to the point total whether they took a championship, or finished in any position from runner-up to fifth place, coach Mark Trapasso said.

“All 15 kids we entered in the tournament scored points.

We wrestled over our heads — definitely to the top of our ability,” he said. “It was a great, great day.”

Four Burgher wrestlers won individual championships: Hunter McKenna at 113 pounds, Nolan McNeill at 160 pounds, Jack Binder at 220 pounds and Gary Hill at 285 pounds.

Four from Warrensburg took second place: Dylan Winchell at 99 pounds, Greg Shambo at 138 pounds, Dan Monthony at 145 pounds, and Chris Wilson at 182. Placing third were Zach Shambo at 120 pounds and Chris Simpson at 132.

Taking fourth were Zach Carpenter at 106 pounds, Trevor Winchell at 126 pounds, Ryan McNeill at 152 pounds and Ben Ewald at 195 pounds. Jarod West at 170 pounds placed fifth.

Trapasso was ecstatic about the team victory as well as the individual accomplishments.

“From the top of our roster to the bottom, every one of our wrestlers was on the podium Saturday,” he said. “Every kid of ours wrestled to their seed or above it.”

The Burghers are now ranked No. 2 among all of the Section II Division II schools — Class CC, Class C, and Class D schools combined.

As of mid-January, the Burghers were ranked No. 15 for Division II in New York State — a ranking that may jump upward soon after the Burghers won both the Adirondack League championship and the Class D title by such a wide margin.

In the Class D finals round, McKenna pinned David Austin of Whitehall in the final second of the first period. Later, Nolan McNeill decisioned Seth Turcie of SalemCambridge 6-2 for his championship. Soon after, Jack Binder of Warrensburg pinned Jake Karandy of Duanesburg in 4:54 for his 201617 Class D title. Gary Hill immediately followed by pinning Jacob Suits of Duanesburg in 3:23.

Trapasso said he was particularly happy about Hill’s title because he had progressed so much this year. Hill, 24-5 for the year, returned the compliment and deferred credit to his teammates.

“I have great practice partners who push me one way or another,” he said of his daily training.

Binder, who wrestles steers on weekends, and now has a 31-1 record for 2016-17 against humans, praised the Warrensburg wrestling program.

“The Class D win is all due to the hours of intense physical conditioning that our coaches train us with — not just practice, but training to go as far as we can,” he said.

No less than 7 Burghers proved their stamina as they wrestled as many as five matches to overcome early setbacks to earn the right to stand on the podium.

Trapasso praised Freshman Zach Shambo for his outstanding effort. Unseeded in the tournament, he wrestled a maximum number of matches to place third.

Next up for the Burghers is the Section II tournament this Saturday, which serves as a qualifier for the state tournament.

The tourney is to be held at the Glens Falls Civic Center Feb. 11, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Chris Wilson said he was proud of his team making history with the Burghers winning their first back-to-back Class D championship titles.

“It was an awesome day — We are so happy as a team — all our work has paid off, thanks to our coaches pushing us,” he said, adding that he was looking forward to the Section II showdown. “I’m pumped for the Civic Center — It will be a show!”

Pictured above: Jack Binder, who was among four Warrensburg wrestlers winning championships at Saturday’s Section II Class D tournament, pins an opponent several weeks ago in the Warrensburg Duals meet. Binder has a 31-1 season record, leading a team which won the Section II Class D team title for the second consecutive year, as well as the 2016-17 Adirondack League Championship. Virtually all of Warrensburg’s wrestlers have a winning record this year.

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Burghers secure Adk. League title

ELCS 50, Johnsburg 34

By Thom Randall

ELIZABETHTOWN — A 20-6 second quarter pulled the Lions away from the Jaguars Feb. 3.

Justin Schmale was the bulk of the Jaguars offense, scoring 23 points as Dawson West added 5. Jimmy Morris, Ken Mulvey and Connor Cavanaugh each scored 2 points.

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Westport 64, Indian Lake/Long Lake 26 WESTPORT — While leading in the first, the Eagles extended their advantage over the Orange with a 31-6 run over the middle two quarters for a victory Feb. 3.

Chander Brown led the Orange with 13 points, while Bryce Hutchins scored 5 and Andrew Brown 4.

Girl’s basketball

Griffins 47, Johnsburg 23 ELIZABETHTOWN — The Westport/ElizabethtownLewis Lady Griffins only allowed 10 points in one of the four quarters played, limiting the Lady Jaguars to 13 points over the first three quarters to score a win Feb. 1.

Ellie Storey scored 19 points while recording 13 rebounds in the win, while Chloe Mitchell and Malynda Lobdell each scored 8, Hannah Schwoebel 5, Lizzie Stephens 4, Taylor Gough 2 and Lauren Hutter 2.

Khaleah Cleveland led the Jaguars with 14 points, while Megan Bacon scored 5 and Taylor Dwyer 4.

Indian Lake/Long Lake’s Becca King looks to pass the ball away as Griffin defender Maggie Ploufe guards her. Pictures from the Lady Orange and Orange games in Westport can be found at mycapture.suncommunitynews.com.

Photo by Jill Lobdell

Bolton 47, Wells 32 WELLS — The Lady Eagles took a 31-15 lead into halftime and kept the Lady Indians at bay to keep pace with Schroon Lake in the MVAC’s southern division Feb. 1.

Maddy Pratt led the Eagles with 22 points, while Maria Baker scored 11, Katie Van Auken 10 and Caitlyn Johnson 4.

Griffins 54, Indian Lake/Long Lake 28 WESTPORT — The Lady Griffins opened on a 20-2 first quarter run in defeating the Lady Orange Feb. 3.

Lillian Dechene led the Orange with 17 points and Becca King tallied 3. Maria Black, Bryce Mitchell, Ashley Ghostlaw and Sydney Benton each scored 2 points.

Lake Placid 50, Minerva/Newcomb 17 LAKE PLACID — A 24-1 opening quarter led the Lady Blue Bombers to a win over the Lady Mountaineers Feb. 3.

Tania Senet led the Mountaineers with 7 points, as Kali Dugan scored 6, Grace Armstrong 2, Gemie Nguyen 1 and Cassie Pratt 1.

ARGYLE — After a back-and-forth battle through three quarters in a game against Argyle Feb. 3, Warrensburg girls basketball team focused on their goal and took control, securing a 54-40 victory.

Fueled by combative rebounding, boosted speed, runaway baskets and aggressive defense which forced turnovers, their last quarter 11-2 scoring surge nailed down the 2016-17 Adirondack League Division II title. The win advanced the Burghers to 10-2 in the league, 14-2 overall.

Warrensburg senior Britanny Frasier, who scored 12 points and brought down 12 rebounds, offered her thoughts about the Division II title.

“It’s phenomenal,” she said, noting the win was a totalteam effort, particularly in its conclusion. “I’ve never been to the league semifinals or clinched a division, so it’s a big accomplishment.”

Warrensburg Sophomore Megan Hughes was the high scorer in the game with 17 points, and she brought down a game-high 15 rebounds. She mused about the upcoming league playoffs.

“As long as we keep our heads high, stay focused, keep our confidence and continue working as a team, we should go far,” she said.

Burgher Freshman Hope Boland, who has provided gritty back-court play this year and plenty of points, offered her thoughts of the divisional win. She scored 7 points in the game against Argyle.

“It’s a great feeling, knowing all the hard work that our team put in this season paid off,” she said. “The playoff game against Lake George won’t be easy, but we just have to stay focused, be confident and make good decisions with the ball — then we’ll be fine.”

Senior Starr Hughes, Megan’s sister, contributed 12 points and Maddie Sheridan added 2 points and seven rebounds. Kayla Raymond, Maddie Sheridan and Zoe Morgan chipped in 2 points each. Sheridan contributed 7 rebounds.

Danielle Sill was high scorer for Argyle, 8-4 in the league as of Friday. The Scots earned their position as wild-card in the upcoming Adirondack League playoffs, likely facing top-seeded North Warren in the league semi-finals.

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LEGALS NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the Limited Liability Company is: 1067 STATE ROUTE 9, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the Department of State of the State of New York on January 9, 2017. The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: WARREN. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: CHRISTOPHER C. CARTE, 1063 STATE ROUTE 9, QUEENSBURY, NY 12804 NE/AJ-01/2102/25/2017-6TC-141674 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Name: 4933 Lake Shore Drive LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 5, 2016. Office location: Warren County.

SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: John Murnane, 10 Marian Place, Millwood, NY 10546. Purpose: Any lawful act or activities.

NE/AJ-01/1402/18/2017-6TC-141151 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Articles of Organization for a limited liability company named A&J Custom Closet, LLC were filed with the Department of State on November 14, 2016.

The office of the LLC is to be located in Warren County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her is P.O. Box 4388, Queensbury, NY 12804. The character or purpose of the business of the LLC is acting as a LuLaRoe Independent Fashion Consultant, as well as all activities incidental or complementary thereto and such other activities as may be engaged in by a company formed under the Limited Liability Company Law. NE/AJ-02/1103/18/2017-6TC-143358

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: AW Forest LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/27/2016.

Office location: Warren County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC c/o 30 Delaney Drive, Brant Lake, NY 12815. Purpose of LLC: any lawful activity.

NE/AJ-01/1402/18/2017-6TC-141064 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the Limited Liability Company is: BARTLETT FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the Department of State of the State of New York on December 20, 2016. The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: WARREN. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: BARTLETT FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC, 548 LOCKHART MOUNTAIN ROAD, LAKE GEORGE, NY 12845 NE/AJ-01/1402/18/2017-6TC-140794 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Name: Bolton Landing Brewing Company LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 15, 2016. Office location: Warren County.

SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: John Murnane, 10 Marian Place, Millwood, NY 10546. Purpose: Any lawful act or activities.

NE/AJ-01/1402/18/2017-6TC-141149 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CROCITTO HOSPITALITY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/23/2016. Office location, County of Warren. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, PO Box 448, Lake George, NY 12845. Purpose: any lawful act NE/AJ-01/1402/18/2017-6TC-141065

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D2D Trading, LLC, a limited liability company with its office located in Warren County at 206 Glen Street Ste 57, Glens Falls, NY 12801, was filed with the Department of State on January 3, 2017. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of this limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process served upon it against this limited liability company is 206 Glen Street Ste 57, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

The limited liability company shall engage in any lawful business for which it may be organized in the State of New York.

NE/AJ-01/2803/04/2017-6TC-142144 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION FORMATION OF A NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the limited liability company is HOT YOGA QUEENSBURY, LLC (The LLC).

The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Department of State was January 17, 2017.

The county in New York in which the offices of the LLC are located is Warren County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any such process served against the LLC to 59 Noble Way, Queensbury, NY 12804.

The business purpose of the LLC is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York.

BORGOS & DEL SIGNORE, P.C. P.O. Box 4392 Queensbury, New York 12804 (518) 793-4900 NE/AJ-01/2803/04/2017-6TC-142151 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HUDDLE PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/30/16. Office location: Warren County. Princ. office of LLC: 4971 Lakeshore Dr., Bolton, NY 12814.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NE/AJ-01/1402/08/2017-6TC-141200 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the Limited Liability Company is: JD DEFRANCO ENTERPRISES, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the Department of State of the State of New York on December 14, 2016. The county, within this state, in which the

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the Limited Liability Company is: JD DEFRANCO ENTERPRISES, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the Department of State of the State of New York on December 14, 2016. The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: WARREN. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: DAVID DEFRANCO, 244 DODD HILL ROAD, HAGUE, NY 12836 NE/AJ-01/1402/18/2017-6TC-140797

LEGAL NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY Warren County Memorial Airport - Draft Environmental Assessments Notice is hereby given that copies of Draft Environmental Assessments (EA) for the Warren County Memorial Airports Hangar Development is available for public review at: Warren County Memorial Airport, 443 Queensbury Ave, Queensbury, NY In addition, copies of this document may also be obtained by visiting www.passero.com/bids.

The comment period for this document closes on March 11, 2017. All written comments must be postmarked by that date and submitted to the following address: Passero Associates, 242 West Main St, Suite 100, Rochester, NY 14614, Attention: Lisa Cheung.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the limited liability company is LEK HOLDINGS, LLC. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Department of State was January 13, 2017.

The county in New York in which the offices of the LLC are located is Warren.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any such process served against the LLC to LEK HOLDINGS, LLC, LLC, 6 Masters Common North, Queensbury, New York 12804.

The business purpose of the LLC is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York.

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NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF LYME ADIRONDACK TIMBER SALES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/03/17. Office location: Warren County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/15/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 23 S. Main St., 3rd Fl., Hanover, NH 03755. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NE/AJ-01/1402/18/2017-6TC-140835 Moose On The Loose Deli LLC. Filed 8/31/16.

Office: Warren Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Eric Vreeken, 11 Midnight Dr, Queensbury, NY 12804. Purpose: General.

NE/AJ-01/0702/11/2017-6TC-140283 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NICVIN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/23/2016 originally filed as MCVIN, LLC. Office location, County of Warren. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, PO Box 448, Lake George, NY 12845. Purpose: any lawful act.

NE/AJ-01/2102/25/2017-6TC-141776 NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS WARRENSBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Take notice that the Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce Inc., pursuant to its bylaws, hereby gives notice of the expiration of positions on the Chambers Board of Directors, and notice of nominations by the Board to fill these positions. The Nominees for these positions for Director to serve on the Board of Directors for three year terms from January 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2019 are as follows: Yvonne Miller, Todd Olden, Linda Marcella, Bridget Howe and Lynn West. Independent nominations may be made by any member of the Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce by filing their nomination with the President no later than the Annual meeting, to be held on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce office located at 3839 Main St Suite 2, Warrensburg NY 12885.

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NORE, P.C. Chamber of Commerce Absentee ballots may be P.O. Box 4392 office located at 3839 applied for at the office Queensbury, New York Main St Suite 2, War- of the District Clerk. Ap- 12804 rensburg NY 12885.

(518) 793-4900 plications for absentee NE/AJ-02/11/2017-1TCballots must be received NE/AJ-01/28by the District Clerk at 03/04/2017-6TC-142150 143499 least seven days prior to the vote if the ballot is to NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE OF SPECIAL be mailed to the voter, MEETING The undersigned shall WARRENSBURG CEN- or on or prior to March receive sealed bids for TRAL SCHOOL DIS- 13, 2017, if the ballot is sale and delivery to the to be delivered personal- County of Warren as folTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- ly to the voter. Absentee lows: EN that pursuant to a ballots must be received WC 10-17 - PURCHASE by the District Clerk not OF VARIOUS VEHICLES resolution adopted by later than 5:00 p.m. on the Board of Education FOR WARREN COUNTY of the Warrensburg Cen- March 14, 2017. A list AND MUNICIPAL SUBtral School District on of all persons to whom DIVISIONS absentee ballots shall You may obtain these January 9, 2017, a spehave been issued will be cial meeting of the qualiSpecifications either onfied voters of the District available in the office of line or through the Purbe and the same is here- the District Clerk during chasing Office. If you regular office hours until by called to be held in have any interest in the day of the vote.

Any the in the lobby outside these Specifications onqualified voter may chalof the gymnasium of the line, please follow the inlenge the acceptance of Warrensburg High structions to register on School, Warrensburg, the ballot of any person the Empire State Bid on such list, by making New York on Tuesday, System website, either his challenge and reaMarch 14, 2017 from for free or paid subscripsons therefor known to 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. tion.

Warren County the Inspector of Election prevailing time for the distributes request for before the close of the purpose of voting on the proposal documents polls. following proposition: only through the PurShall the Board of Edu- By order of the School chasing Department or cation be authorized to District Clerk on-line.

Go to NE/AJ-01/28(1) reconstruct various http://warrencountyny.school buildings, includ- 02/18/2017-4TC-141664 gov and choose BIDS ing site work thereat, AND PROPOSALS to acand acquire original furcess the Empire State nishings, equipment, NOTICE OF FORMATION Bid System OR go diOF LIMITED LIABILITY rectly machinery or apparatus to www.Emrequired for the purpos- COMPANY pireStateBidSystem.es for which recon- Under Section 203 of com. If you choose a structed buildings are to the Limited Liability free subscription, please Company Law be used, at a maximum note that you must visit Name: Pals XVII, LLC, the site up until the recost of $11,045,000; (2) Articles of Organization expend such sum for sponse deadline for any such purpose; (3) trans- filed with the Secretary addenda. All further inof State of New York fer $712,354 from the formation pertaining to (SSNY) on January 6, Employee Retirement this request for proposal 2017.

Office location: Contribution Reserve will be available on this Fund and $250,000 from Warren County. SSNY is site. Bids which are not designated as agent of the Repair Reserve Fund directly obtained from the LLC upon whom to the Capital Reserve either source will be reprocess against it may Fund; (4) expend fused. be served. SSNY shall $3,000,000 from the Bids may be delivered to Capital Reserve Fund; mail a copy of process the undersigned at the to: c/o The LLC, One (5) levy the necessary Warren County Human Washington Street, PO tax therefor, to be levied Services Building, WarBox 2168, Glens Falls, ren County Purchasing and collected in annual New York 12801. Pur- Department, 3rd Floor, installments in such years and in such pose: Any lawful act or 1340 State Route 9, amounts as may be de- activities.

Lake George, New York termined by the Board of NE/AJ-01/1412845 between the Education taking into ac- 02/18/2017-6TC-141098 hours of 8:00 am and count the amount ex4:00 pm. Bids will be pended from the Capital received up until ThursReserve Fund and State NOTICE FOR PUBLICA- day, February 23, 2017 aid received; and (6) in TION FORMATION OF A at 3:00 p.m. at which anticipation of the col- NEW YORK LIMITED LI- time they will be publicly ABILITY COMPANY lection of such tax, issue opened and read. All The name of the limited bonds and notes of the bids must be submitted District at one time or liability company is on proper bid proposal from time to time in the RYLEANN PROPERTIES, forms. Any changes to principal amount not to LLC (The LLC). the original bid docuexceed $8,045,000, and The date of filing of the ments are grounds for levy a tax to pay the in- Articles of Organization immediate disqualificaterest on said obliga- with the Department of tion. tions when due.

State was December 28, Late bids by mail, couriThe vote upon such 2016. er or in person will be proposition shall be by The county in New York refused. Warren County machine or absentee in which the offices of will not accept any bid ballot. The hours during the LLC are located is or proposal which is not which the polls shall be Warren County. delivered to Purchasing kept open shall be from The Secretary of State by the time indicated on 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. has been designated as the time stamp in the prevailing time or for as agent of the LLC upon Purchasing Department long thereafter as neces- whom process may be Office. served, and the Secre- The right is reserved to sary to enable qualified tary of State shall mail a reject any or all bids. voters who are in the copy of any such pro- Julie A. Butler, Purchaspolling place at 8:00 cess served against the p.m. to cast their ballots. ing Agent Any person shall be enti- LLC to 27 Quincy Lane, Warren County Human tled to vote who is: (a) a Queensbury, NY 12804. Services Building The business purpose of Tel. (518) 761-6538 citizen of the United States, (b) at least eigh- the LLC is to engage in NE/AJ-02/11/2017-1TCteen years of age and (c) any and all business ac- 143508 a resident within the tivities permitted under District for a period of the laws of the State of thirty days next preced- New York. ing the March 14, 2017 BORGOS & DEL SIGvote.

NORE, P.C. Absentee ballots may be P.O. Box 4392 applied for at the office Queensbury, New York of the District Clerk. Ap- 12804 plications for absentee (518) 793-4900 ballots must be received NE/AJ-01/28-

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