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Fraudulent ad exposed by Johnsburg woman
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By Ryan Edwards ryan@denpubs.com JOHNSBURG Ñ On Friday, April 24, Judith Dunkley saw an advertisement in the News Enterprise for personal loans with flexible payments. The ad — purchased by Evergreen Lending Services — boasted a 24-hour response, claiming bad credit was a non-issue. But she soon found the this was too good to be true. She and her husband — 70 and 74 years old respectively Ñ applied for a nine-year, $25,000 loan late that Friday afternoon, and by Saturday morning, they were approved. Ò This was going to solve a lot of problems for us,” Dunkley said. Ò We were really counting on it.” The man who serviced the loan — who identified himself as George Willcone Ñ assured the couple that his organization could alleviate the burden of their financial woes. Ò He was Mr. Sweetheart — so nice, so sympathetic,” Dunkley said. When she recalls this first encounter, however, she is not so enamored by what she now considers to be the sweet-talking swindler.
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Motor City Apparel owner Ken Hall photographs Moriah man Hank Tompkins with his bike and Motor City Angel Ashley at Bicentennial Park in Ticonderoga.
Photo by Ryan Edwards
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By Ryan Edwards ryan@denpubs.com TICONGEROGA — You may have heard the roar of motorcycle engines thundering down Montcalm Street Saturday, May 2. No, Americade didnÕ t come early this year Ñ these bikers were rallied to receive a group of motorcycle
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models who rolled into town for a photo shoot. Four of the eight Motor City Angels Ñ Bridget, Sammy, Ashley and Ally — made the first stop of their calendar-shoot tour at the Bicentennial Park waterfall in Ti, stopping along the way to mingle with local bikers at The Pub on Montcalm Street. The Angels, hailing from cities all across the United States and Canada, are models for New-York-based
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clothing line Motor City Apparel, and they travel the country posing for calendars of varying explicitness. A raffle is held for the residents of every stop on the tour, through which riders can submit pictures of their bikes, and, if chosen, both they and their bikes will be featured in the calendar shoot. Each Angel has her own calendar — 12 photos and CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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