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Cock-A-Doodle snowshoe event Regional race set for Sunday, Jan. 17

City applies for grant to highlight BOP sites

By Teah Dowling

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PLATTSBURGH — The City of Plattsburgh recently put out a grant application to highlight Battle of Plattsburgh sites within the city, Town of Plattsburgh and Town of Peru.

The grant focuses in on six historical sites — Plattsburgh Bay, Valcour Bay, Crab Island and forts Brown, Moreau and Scott — where the battle took place.

“History is a part of who we are,” said Paul DeDominicas, community development director for the city. “This grant will allow us to tell our story again.”

The city applied for a grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program late last year to preserve, specifically, Fort Brown and make it more accessible.

However, the city was rejected.

Fort Brown still stands on top of a hill on the side of Route 9 — between a cemetery and the national guard facility — with the U.S. Oval, also known as the Plattsburgh Barracks, across the street.

The large earthen-mound fort is marked with a yellow and blue historic marker and large boulder surrounded by American flags.

“It’s amazing how it’s still standing much like it did 200 years ago,” said John Krueger, historian of the city, in a previous interview. “You can imagine how frightening it would be to be there with 50 to 100 soldiers never knowing when the attack will come.”

People, DeDominicas said, have trouble getting to the fort since there’s no parking, sidewalks or large signage around its location.

The previous grant would’ve focused on coming up with a

Tri-county area lands $500,000 in emergency dispatch funding

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PLATTSBURGH — It’s almost time to say “I do” or, better yet, “I want.”

The 2016 Plattsburgh Bridal and Fashion Expo will take place Sunday, Jan. 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the West Side Ballroom.

Teah “People wait for this event every year,” Dowling Writer said Lonnie Cross, owner of Laura’s Bridal. “We’ve done it for many years and it’s become quite the annual event.”

The fashion show will start at 1:30 p.m. showcasing bridal gowns, bridesmaid dresses, tuxedos, flower girl dresses and non-wedding dresses such as prom dresses, special occasion dresses and more.

The items will come from designer collections, including Casa Blanca, Mori Lee, Sherri Hill, Venus and more — all modeled by Make-A-Wish children.

Plattsburgh’s local superhero Mighty Matthew styles the latest fashions of tuxedos and accessories year to year, along with other children part of the organization Laura’s Bridal has supported for 15 out of the 20 years they’ve put on the bridal expo.

There would’ve been at least 750 soldiers manning Fort Brown behind a way of sharpened sticks with large pieces of artillery. Named after Jacob Brown, an American commander in the War of 1812, the fort anchored Saranac River.

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Sun Community News intern Alyse Clark models one of the latest bridal fashions that will be featured in the 2016 Plattsburgh Bridal and Fashion Expo Sunday, Jan. 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Gov. Andrew Cuomo rang in the new year by awarding nearly a half-million dollars in emergency service dispatch funding for the tri-county area.

The funding will aid in improving 911 response and emergency dispatching, said the governor’s office in a news release.

Emergency services directors in Clinton and Essex counties said the funds, while expected, are much-needed for dayto-day operations.

Essex County landed $166,248 for their radio system.

Director Don Jaquish appeared relieved when told of the announcement: “That’s good because we need it,” said Jaquish.

Essex County is in the midst of putting the final touches on an expansive new digital radio system.

The project, over a decade in the making, has resulted in 98 percent coverage across the county.

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Cock-A-Doodle-Shoe snowshoes its way into Saranac

Regional race to take place snow or shine Sunday, Jan. 17

college life, get the medication and his body adjusted to the environment and maybe keep the seizures at bay.

A lifelong athlete, this proved to be a challenge for him that, eventually, he accepted.

Once Pendl received medical clearance, he began training and took off on snowshoes.

The young snowshoer earned numerous medals for top three finishes at various races and was part of a men’s winning relay team in the International Snowshoe Championships “I saw him race in the national championships and I thought he was destined to do quite a bit more in snowshoeing,” Jeremy said. “When I heard of him passing away, it just felt like the right thing to do o make people aware of who he was.”

By Teah Dowling

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SARANAC — What gets up at the break of dawn and crows at the sun?

A rooster? Nope. How about a snowshoer?

Aficionados of the sport are set to congregate next weekend as part of a family-friendly event designed to promote the sport locally.

Cock-ADoodleShoe will t a k e place Sunday, Jan. 17 at 10 a.m . at the New Land Trust.

This race is one of the northeast’s regional qualifiers for the 2015 USSA National Snowshoe Championships held in Eau Claire, WI. All three races — the Cock-ADoodle-Shoe 10k, Nicolas Pendl 5k and Kids Snowshoe Scramble 1/2 mile — will happen with or without snow, said Jeremy Drowne, the event’s founder.

If there’s no snow, Jeremy

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Cock-A-Doodle-Shoe will take place Sunday, Jan. 17 at 10 a.m. There will be three races: Cock-A-Doodle-Shoe 10k, Nicolas Pendl 5k and Kids Snowshoe Scramble 1/2 mile.

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plans on finding an alternate route for a foot race. He is, however, confident the race will take place on snowshoes.

“The course is very challenging, but it’s a lot of fun,” said Matt Drowne, participant of the snowshoe race. “Not only does the race support the trail system, but it also encourages people to be outdoors and active.”

NICOLAS PENDL For the second year, the 5k will be in memory of Nicolas Pendl, a member of the Paul Smiths Strider team who passed away in August 2014.

Pendl chose Paul Smith’s College because of his grandfather, Bob Potter, who attended the college during its early years.

Pendl majored in Ecological Forest Management because of his love of outdoors and all outdoor activities.

During the fall of his freshman year, Pendl didn’t participate in athletics because of experiencing a few seizures prior to college. His family and doctor wanted him to get used to

The three races will take place on 28 trails owned by the New Land Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to offering land for public use.

“It’s a great place for people to come up and recreate,” said Doug Yu, board member of NLT, in a previous interview. “It’s just a fantastic resource for people to use.”

Not only can people snowshoe on the trails, but they can also walk, hike, run, ski, bird watch and more.

All proceeds from the race will go toward NLT. Jeremy hopes to raise $1,500 to $2,000.

REGISTER TODAY Preregistration ends Jan. 10 and costs $15 for the 10k and 5k and $5 for the 1/2 mile. Day of race registration is available for $20 for the 5k and 10k and $5 for the 1/2 mile.

Registration is available online and at Kinetic Running in Plattsburgh.

All racers who preregister will receive a T-shirt, be eligible for the post race raffle and enjoy an assortment of food from Adirondack Coffee Roasters, Conroy’s Organics, Farmhouse Pantry, Hobie’s Sports Den & Restaurant and Hannafords.

There will be a $150 cash prize and a trophy for the top overall male and female finishers in the 10k. The top overall male and female finishers in the 5k will receive a trophy. All the children participating in the half mile will receive medals.

For more information, to register or to see maps of the 10k and 5k routes, visit cockadoodleshoe.com.

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Winter Carnivals moving ahead as planned Record warmth not affecting events, so far

By Christina Scanlon

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LAKE GEORGE — Will the recent cold snap be enough for Winter Carnivals in the region to continue as planned?

Organizers in Lake George and Saranac Lake say yes.

“Either way, it’s on regardless of the weather,” said Colleen O’Neill, Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee public relations chair.

The weather does seem to be cooperating, though. Earlier this week, photos were posted to the Carnival’s Facebook page showing enough ice on Lake Flower, where ice for the famed ice palace is cut, to take on a layer of snow.

O’Neill said the palace wasn’t worried about the lack of ice formation.

“We can always adjust building. It’s amazing what they do in a short amount of time. They don’t really need massive ice blocks. They can do amazing things with small blocks. It’s really just stretch of cold weather that they need and it looks like that we’ll have that.”

In Lake George, ice on the lake is a different story. Over the weekend, the Polar Plunge took place in water that registered 46 degrees.

Photos were posted to Facebook of water skiers in the lake on Christmas Day. Co-chair Linda Duffy said she was aware of the photo, though there was no reason for alarm.

“There have been years with no ice. A lot of our events are not on the ice,” she said. For those that depend on the ice, there’s still hope.

“In about two weeks we’ll know for sure, but we have plans in place. We’ve moved things before.”

Moving things can mean relocating a particular event that doesn’t require the ice, such as the cook-off, to a park or street.

“The fireworks will still go off, even if the major races don’t. If we don’t have 12 inches of ice by second or third weekend, then we could possibly use a smaller lake.” Some events could be bumped to the final weekend, as well.

O’Neill said the Saranac Lake set up is the same, with many indoor activities and nonweather dependent outside events, such as the parade.

The ice palace is not in question, with the just the size of the blocks still up in the air. That relatively minor detail is nothing compared to the challenging construction in the palace’s history, the first of which was built in 1899.

“They used horses and hand tools,” said O’Neill of the earliest year.

“They actually chose to make it more difficult,” she said, as the blocks were then transported

for construction to a hill top setting where North Country Community College now stands.

Today, heavy equipment replaces the horses and the palace resides on the shores of Lake Flower.

Saranac Lake was the coldest spot in the continental U.S. Tuesday, Jan. 5, according to the National Weather Service, hitting 21 degrees below zero.

Organizers for both carnivals will keep the public informed of schedules and any possible changes on their respective websites.

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Here is Sushi, an adoptable cat from Elmore SPCA...

Domestic short hair, white and black, arrived September 29, 2015, upon arrival weighed around eight pound and is around one-year-old, female

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Sushi is a gorgeous little thing that was surrendered by her owner because she could no longer care for her cat. Sushi started out as a stray and was taken in by this person as a kitten. Unfortunately, Sushi wasn’t socialized very much and is very shy of strangers. When she first arrived she was very unsure of her surroundings and she hissed at us a lot. After a few days she went back to meowing and engaging with everyone she meets for attention. She loves to play with her feathered toys and she loves to head butt and rub her face all over her people. Sushi is doing well in the cat colony and is getting less and less shy everyday. Come in and meet this adorably cute cat that would love to find her forever home soon. Sushi is current on vaccinations, has tested negative for FeLV/FIV and is spayed.***UPDATE***Sushi quickly learned that she loved the attention she was getting from visitors, but gets overwhelmed easily and some times reverts to dominant behavior.

She dislikes being kenneled and loves to be able to explore her surroundings, high and low. Although she enjoys the company of other cats she would do best in a home that is quiet and where she doesn’t have to share the attention of her people with a lot of other cats. Sushi can get a bit snarky when she is overwhelmed, so we feel she would not do well in a home with small children. Please consider giving this loving and unique cat a chance in a happy and safe home. ***UPDATE*** Sushi has finally become comfortable in her own skin! She tolerates other cats but really engages with dogs! She just loves to cuddle, groom and play with dogs! Although she can still get a bit snippy when she is around too many cats those episodes are few and far between. Thanks to the Elmore Team as they have worked tirelessly to socialize this sweet and loving cat so that she can find her forever home. Please consider giving this great cat a home for Christmas...one with a nice cat friendly dog who won’t mind cuddling...

around eight to ten-years-old Beethoven is a wonderfully loving cat who is looking for his forever home. He, and his pal Bach, were dropped off outside of the shelter one evening. Thankfully, our great team at Elmore found them first thing in the morning and were able to bring them in, warm them up and get them calm. Beethoven is incredibly sweet and loving. He is a big hulk of a cat who is a gentle giant. He is now current on vaccinations, has tested negative for FeLV/FIV and is neutered. He is an older cat who deserves to live out the rest of his life in your lap! Beethoven’s eyes are a bit runny and need to wiped every so often. He doesn’t have any bacterial infection to treat; per the vet he will probably always have a runny eye. This big lug needs to go to a home where he will get plenty of attention and where he will be able to be the great man cat he is! Come in and meet Beethoven. Please consider giving this boy a loving forever home.

Here is Beethoven, an adoptable cat from Elmore SPCA...

Domestic short hair, white and grey, arrived October 26, 2015, upon arrival weighed around sixteen pounds and is

New rink to solve sledding, skating clashes Second skating rink to open in Sullivan Park in Peru

By Teah Dowling

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PERU — Town of Peru officials open new skating rink to solve community concerns of sledding and skating clashes at the Little Ausable Park Pond skating rink.

The new skating rink is located in Sullivan Park.

In late December, the water and sewer department began and completed the base for the new ice skating rink.

The new location, equipped with a nearby fire hydrant, is large enough not only to accommodate the rink, but several parked cars.

The idea came about after several complaints to the town regarding sledders at Little Ausable Park Pond sliding their way into ice skaters and hockey players, said Deputy Supervisor Brandy McDonald.

The Little Ausable Park skating rink was created by community member volunteers in late December 1995.

Over the years, McDonald said, trees have been removed from the park leaving open a hill that sledders saw as a fun opportunity.

However, since the hill led right into the skating rink, community members have become concerned and asked a new rink to be added in another location.

Initially, the town suggested putting a rink in Lapham Mills.

The idea fell through the ice because of no prominent water source and sidewalk access, stated McDonald.

Interim Superintendent Courtney Tetrault said the rink will be usable once the temperatures get cold enough to freeze and keep the rink frozen.

The Sullivan Park skating rink will be maintained by Peru Youth Commission volunteers.

To learn more about the two skating rinks, visit perutown. com.

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New year’s resolution to get in shape Gym owners say new members really do want to make a difference, yet tend to ‘disappear’ come March.

By Alyse Clark

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PLATTSBURGH — We’ve all been victims.

One of the biggest lies we tell ourselves every year on Jan. 1, 12:01 a.m.: “I’m going to get in shape.”

According to a Marist Poll, losing weight takes the top slot: a full 12 percent indicated they want to slim down heading into the new year.

But gym owners say despite the uptick in interest, sign-up rates tend to plummet as winter eases into spring.

Michelle Mosher, a personal trainer and co-owner of Powerhouse Gym in Plattsburgh, says her facility tends to see a 10-20 percent increase of gym members that sign up in the first week of January.

But participation usually decreases come March when the weather gets nicer.

“If you’re going to join the gym, have a game plan,” said Mosher. “It’s all about educating yourself.”

Sometimes members quit because they don’t know how to train themselves, and sometimes it just takes someone to push them in the right direction, away from the excuses, said Mosher.

Despite the pressures, there are success stories -- including a member whose lost nearly 70 pounds in two years.

“It’s hard, but I fell in love with it,” said Chris Kaiser.

Kaiser works out everyday and although she’s tried diet plans in the past, she says working with a personal trainer has shown the most improvement.

“It’s important you find a gym you’re comfortable in and talk to the people there about getting a trainer,” Mosher said. “Trainers are meant to support you, motivate and teach you.”

What about those who can’t afford a personal trainer… or don’t want one?

Michelle Pastor, a member at Planet Fitness, has opted to fly solo.

Pastor said that she loves to work out when given the chance, but working two full time jobs does not allow a daily routine. She continues to work toward her goal to lose weight when she has the time.

“I love how I feel after a workout, even after a full week of work.”

This year she plans to continue to lose weight and make more of an effort to go to the gym.

However, when summer comes, she said, she will spend more time outside and less at the gym.

As the warm weather is one reason memberships seem to fade in March, the feelings of discouragement are another.

Cara Battinelli, a manager at Eclipse, another Plattsburgh gym, said every year there is spurge of new members in January that usually trickle out in March because people don’t understand it takes a while to see results.

Losing weight takes time.

“Getting in shape is a journey,” Mosher said. “It’s a long journey.”

New year’s resolution gym members headed for the Exit sign come March. Photos taken at the Plattsburgh YMCA.

ADK Foundation now accepting applications LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Foundation is now accepting applications for grants from its Generous Acts Fund.

The deadline to apply is Monday, Feb. 15, by 5 p.m. Applications must be submitted online at adirondackfoundation. org through the Online Grants Manager.

“In its first year of grantmaking, the Generous Acts Fund awarded 31 grants ranging from $250 to $10,000 to organizations that support communities in the Adirondack region,” said Cali Brooks, president and CEO of Adirondack Foundation. “Pressing needs abound throughout our unique region.

The caring people who are pooling their gifts in this fund are investing in our communities, building the power of generosity to make a meaningful difference here.”

In 2016, grants will range in size from $1,000 to $2,500, with a limited number of grants totaling as much as $10,000.

Generous Acts grants are single-year and highly competitive.

Adirondack Foundation will give greatest weight to applications that address the following community challenges and opportunities: Healthy seniors: The Foundation supports organizations that provide healthy lifestyle options for active retirees as well as elder care. Qualifying applications will address quality of life for senior citizens through community wellness, recreation, transportation, aging in place empowerment programs, home and community based services, and

strategies that relieve isolation and loneliness.

Nonprofit support: The Foundation has a long history of supporting local organizations that wish to build and strengthen their operations. Applications may include facilitation for strategic planning, sending staff and board to training, purchasing a piece of equipment, funding for feasibility studies, and more.

Early education: Applications will support the vision of our Adirondack Birth to Three Alliance—that all young children are healthy, learning, and thriving in families that are supported by a full complement of services and resources essential for successful development. The Foundation supports programs that promote literacy, school readiness, and enhanced educational experiences. Childhood nutrition, parental support, and continued learning are of interest as well.

The Foundation will also review applications that fill an unusual and pressing opportunity or need that does not appear in these guidelines. This program will not fund capital campaigns.

To learn more about the application process, contact Program Officer Andrea Grout at 523-9904 or andrea@adkfoundation.org.

For more information about Adirondack Foundation, visit adirondackfoundation.org.

Akwesasne Casino bus trip planned

Exit 30 @ 8:20 a.m., and a final pickup will be at Pray’s Farmers Market.

To reserve a spot on the bus today, call the Schroon Lake Chamber of Commerce at 532-7675. When making a reservation, chamber officials will need travelers’ birth dates, the full name on all travelers’ ID, travelers’ player’s card number (not required) and payment in full by Jan. 15. Call or email Schroon Lake Chamber Executive Director Tammy WhittyBrown at 532-7675 or director@schroonlakechamber.org for more information.

SCHROON LAKE — The Schroon Lake Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Bus Trip to Akwesasne Casino Sunday, Jan. 31.

The Akwesasne Casino bus trip is open to all Schroon Lake Chamber Members, North Country Chamber Members as well as the public.

The cost is $45 per person for members; $50 for everyone else. The bus will leave Schroon Lake Central School at 8:00 a.m. (you may park for the day), a pick-up will take place at

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Full steam ahead

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s we move into the new year and have settled into the new brand, it’s time for the next phase of growth for your weekly newspaper.

This weekend we will be installing two new pieces of production equipment. Our 8 into 1 inserting machine is getting a new partner when we bring online our new 12 into 1 automated inserter.

With greater capacity and a new central vacuum system these important production tools will help our dedicated crews in the back shop to process your paper and make certain all the various inserts are prepped for delivery throughout the region.

Another idea that will be implemented shortly will be our $100,000 Promotional Grant Program.

Throughout the year we’ve always made space available to charitable organizations to help them get their message to you. Many of these organization work on limited funds but their services are a key components to life in our region.

The new grants will allow for better planning of an entire communication message rather than asking, hat in hand, each time the need arises.

The grants to these organizations will not affect emergency requests from individuals or families in need due to illness, accidents or tragedies. The paper has always played an important role helping out as needed. The grant program will improve that capacity to serve our friends and neighbors.

Now, who doesn’t love a good contest? Winning a prize is just pure fun and we’ve just contracted with one of the nations best companies to bring a back end platform to aid the contest process for both the paper and for advertisers that wish to run their own contests. Watch for our Valentines Day roll out soon to be followed up by a March Madness Bracket Program.

Free newspapers like The Sun in New York and The Eagle in Vermont depend strictly on the support from community businesses and institutions that use the newspaper to market their goods and services.

Despite what you may hear or have been told about newspapers dying, the facts are, print newspaper advertising is still the single best source for reaching local buyers and those seeking services.

We’ve got more projects in the pipeline but these are top of list as we move optimistically into 2016 with a full head of steam. Thank you for supporting your locally owned community papers.

Dan Alexander is CEO of Sun Community News.

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Public access policy a great model

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s we head into the darkest days of winter, one school district has turned on the light: Kudos to Schroon Lake Central School District for opening their doors to the public as part of their continuing education program.

Beginning this week, Schroon residents will have access to a series of evening classes, including an introduction to basic household electricity, woodworking, weight training, indoor walking and even a self defense course.

What do these have in common?

They’re all accessible, common-sense offerings designed to benefit as many people in the community as possible.

After all, we all have electricity; most of us could stand to shed a few pounds, and in this era of gloomy uncertainty, it’s not a bad idea to brush up on our self-protection techniques.

Hosting continuing education programs at public schools is a great idea and is a program that should be emulated by all school districts in the North Country.

Not only do these programs act in the best interest of the taxpayers, but help create a sense of community, especially during budget season, when programs are never far from the chopping block.

What a better way to instill the importance of programs to the general public by making them universally available?

But more importantly, these after hours programs feed into the work that other governmental agencies are conducting for the greater good, including the Creating Healthy Schools and Communities Program.

Launched in November, the state-funded, county-implemented project aims to improve public health in high-need schools and communities in Essex and Clinton counties over the next five years.

The program hinges on two main goals: Improving access to healthy foods and promoting physical activity.

Public schools are critical to both.

While Americans are being urged to eat healthier and lead more active lives, it’s often difficult to follow this advice in our Adirondack neighborhoods, which are rural, remote, vast and dark.

Walking isn’t the most attractive option on rural highways, nor is a gym feasible for those of us living paycheck-to-paycheck.

For too many communities, these factors make the healthy choice the road less traveled.

Noting these disparities isn’t making excuses — it’s facing the facts.

For years, experts have said altering physical environments to become more conducive to physical activity plays a vastly important role in improving public health.

Policies are already taking shape, from smart growth programs designed to enhance walkability in town centers to the creation of bike and other recre-

As part of opening its doors to the community, a community archery league will take place under physical education teacher and archery team coach Mike Sharp starting Jan. 12 from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 17 from 3 until 5 p.m. More classes will be offered, and cost for the class is a donation to support the SLCS archery team.

ational paths.

Now, the next logical step — perhaps the only one in these cash-strapped communities — is bringing public schools into the fold.

After all, each community has a school, even the most remote and impoverished. And experts have long-since determined that improving their accessibility is the middle ground between constructing new governmental facilities and simply doing nothing.

But more often than not, the doors are locked after the final bell rings and the last sneaker leaves the gymnasium floor.

We understood the arguments against keeping public facilities open: districts lack the funds and manpower to run programs and are concerned about liability and maintenance costs.

Viable concerns, sure.

But we’d like to think that enough precedent exists for schools to create joint use agreements with their partners in the community.

Is keeping schools open a magic bullet to keeping the public fit and engaged?

No. But it’s a start.

The Sun Community News Editorial Board is comprised of Dan Alexander, John Gereau, Pete DeMola and Keith Lobdell. We value your opinion and want to hear from you. Drop us a line on our new Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, or email us at johng@suncommunitynews.com.

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FlotillaÊ seeksÊ newÊ members

To the Editor: United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 15-13 is made up of a diverse group of men and women who are interested in assisting the United States Coast Guard as Auxiliary members. Our Flotilla is always looking for new members who are willing to contribute their time and talent. Your professional and leadership skills, as well as your experiences, are useful to the Coast Guard and Auxiliary. In order to join, you must be a U. S. Citizen at least 17 years of age and be able to pass a basic background check.

The Auxiliary is a volunteer servIce organization, composed of men and

women who actively support maritime safety and security missions, as well as providing administrative and support services. The U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary was established by Congress in 1939, and is currently expanding its role within Coast Guard Forces. The Auxiliary is authorized to perform all missions that Congress has authorized the Coast Guard to perform, with the exception of direct law enforcement and military action.

If you would like to become a part of our organization, or would like more information call Eugene Frost 585-9034, 810-2283, ehfrost@cptelco.net or David Hirtle 597-3398.

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ThankÊ youÊ Patrick!

To the Editor: I wish to publicly thank Patrick Riedinger, sophomore at Johnsburg Central School, who took it upon himself to organize the JYC Winter Gear Swap Day held at JCS on Dec. 5. In the past, the Johnsburg Youth Committee has held the Winter Swap in late October or early November, but this year the committee missed the timing. Thanks also to JCS for providing the space and Sports Page of Glens Falls for their donations to the winter sale. But it wouldn’t have happened if Patrick hadn’t volunteered to do what needed to be done to carry it off. It was very successfully executed. Thank you, Patrick.

Kelly Nessle Johnsburg Youth Committee Chair

Hospital plans flawed

To the Editor: Senator Little, I am writing this letter to you out of my concern over the plans InterLakes Health/Moses Ludington Hospital Interim-CEO Mr. Rod Boula has for this critical access care hospital.

Essentially it is this: Close our PCU and operate this facility strictly as a 24/7 ER. (We also have some specialty clinics, but their status should not be affected by this plan.)

There are several problems with this plan.

1. Although MLH is a small rural hospital, it can treat a variety of health problems, and do so in a local town setting so our community does not necessarily have to travel considerable distances for this level of care. These include IV antibiotics for stubborn infections, monitoring of fluids and Lasix administration for congestive heart failure, bowel rest and fluids for pancreatitis, postsurgical rehab, medications and monitoring for COPD exacerbations and asthma flares to list just a few.

2. Additionally, MLH admits some ER patients as “observation status” patients. That means they keep a close eye on patients with symptoms that may or may not evolve into more complicated problems: Atypical chest pain, ruling out acute coronary syndrome or MI. Sometimes someone has a small bowel obstruction that can be cleared by just administering fluids and pain medications and keeping the patient n.p.o. (“nothing by mouth”).

Mr. Boula’s plan is that we transfer all these patients up to “his” hospital in Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown Community Hospital) using our limited ambulance resources to do so. The problem here is two-fold: Limited ambulance services and patients declining treatment due to travel issues.

2A. If a patient presents to the MLH ER with stroke-like symptoms, speedy transfer to a higher level of care facility is of the utmost essence.

There is a small window of time that a patient can be treated with anticlotting medication. I foresee a problem with our local ambulance services being tied up transporting other ER patients for the 50-minute one-way trip up to Elizabethtown for observation admissions.

2B. Additionally, there are patients who are reluctant at being admitted to the hospital setting at all, even locally. I am concerned that even more patients will refuse this trip up to Elizabethtown and simply walk out of the ER AMA (“against medical advice”) and thus jeopardize their outcomes.

3. Lastly, Moses-Ludington Hospital offers hospice care to our community in an easy-to-get-to quiet and comfortable setting for folks going through the end-of-life process. Loved ones can visit easily and frequently. This service will no longer be offered to our community; it will now be taking place in Elizabethtown. What impact do you imagine this will have on folks having to drive the nearly two hour round-trip drive to Elizabethtown to spend the last days and moments with these hospice patients? What about the difficult and dangerous driving conditions in the winter? What about people who don’t have cars and can’t afford to hire a cab?

Senator Little, if there is anything you can do for us, it would be very much appreciated. We here in Ticonderoga really need your help.

Laurel Carroll Ticonderoga

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WalletÊ lost

To the Editor: On New Year’s Day between 2:30 and 3 p.m., my wallet disappeared from Rite Aid or parking lot, or Peebles and parking lot. Both stores and lots were checked thoroughly. If anyone has knowledge of this occurrence, please call the Ti Police Dept., or send the wallet back to the address on the license.

How distressing to begin the new year by losing all your personal information and the cash inside, which was a Christmas gift for me and my husband.

Mary Jo Von Tury and Dwinal Smith Ticonderoga

DonÕ tÊ blameÊ theÊ NRA

To the Editor: This letter is in response to Dick Barney’s Letter to the Editor titled “Stand up to the NRA” in the Dec. 19 issue of the The Sun. Gullible liberals have been led to believe that the NRA is largely to blame for the terroristic acts committed by deranged individuals. Really? Whether they use a gun, knife, sword, bomb, or even a motor vehicle, it all boils down to the same thing. Mentally disturbed people or those bent on destroying our way of life. We have systematically shut down thousands of mental institutions over the last 35-40 years, where most of these individuals should be housed. We do not properly vet the thousands of people entering our country, especially those from middle eastern countries. The simplistic answer to terrorism by liberal democrats is more gun control.

According to Dick, gun violence exists nowhere else in the world where gun ownership is limited. Tell that to the people of France and several other European countries who have very restrictive gun laws.

I have to wonder if Dick even knows what a semi-automatic weapon is, but he would love to see them banned. He mentions an AK-47 as if it is any different in performance than dozens of other weapon styles.

In closing, Dick should know the NRA has no desire to put weapons into the hands of criminals, the mentally ill, or terrorists. They strongly support the second amendment rights of law abiding citizens who wish to own a gun, whether it be for hunting, self defense, target shooting or any other legal purpose.

Roger J. Nolfe Ticonderoga

AÊ tributeÊ toÊ Mom

To the Editor: Thank you to all my family and to all the people in the community of Ticonderoga and surrounding areas who have been there with such support since the passing of my mother Geri White. This was a rough time for all our family and especially at the holiday time, but we also chose to celebrate the wonderful life my mom had and all the great memories so many have of times with her. She had a great will to live and loved her family and friends so much. She was a great cook and before getting ill loved to have family dinners and even after still wanted to contribute a dish to the dinner my daughter Kim was usually making. She belonged to many organizations and enjoyed going to all their events right up to when she couldn’t possibly go any longer. When my two brothers and I were kids, my mom helped with all kinds of programs we were involved in, had wonderful parties for us with our friends for birthdays and events like Halloween. My mom is going to be missed by so many and our sorrow is great at this time, but we have wonderful family and friends and will get through this. A big part of that will be all the great memories we have and smile and humor we remember a great lady having. She was loved by so many and a great member of our community as was shown at her service with the attendance and all the cards and flowers that have been received in her honor. We love you mom.

Kathy Liddell and All Of The Family!

Ticonderoga

areÊ forÊ SharingÊ aÊ success TheÊ USAÊ doesnÕ tÊ needÊ TrumpÊ orÊ Cruz HolidaysÊ To the Editor: To the Editor: Is anyone surprised that Trump has appeared on FOX News more than any other candidate? Trump and FOX News are joined at the hip as both tell fictional stories on a regular basis.

To me Trump is the perfect Republican and has all the attributes associated with the doctrine of the party. Hate has always been part of the Republican mantra and stretching the truth is something they do with straight faces.

Trump’s nearest adversary Ted Cruz is a good example of a stone thrower who lives in a glass house. Born in Canada to a Cuban Father and an American Mother I fail to see how he can even run for President. Wasn’t it Cruz who along with Trump who complained that President Obama wasn’t born in the USA? Even when it was proved that our President was born in the USA, Cruz and Trump still pounded on their drums.

So here we are getting ready to elect another President and best Republican candidate has left he race. Lindsey Graham was someone who called things as they were and his honesty couldn’t be questioned. He also served our Country before becoming and elected official and he knows the perils of war. Trump did as many privileged did and used deferments rather than serve our Nation. Now he wants to show what a tough guy he is and has no problem with sending others once again to war. Cruz who also never served had the audacity to slander two-war hero’s John Kerry and Chuck Hagel and is also ready to send your children and grandchildren to war.

America doesn’t need another war and we surely don’t need Trump or Cruz. To Republicans an immigrant is anyone that doesn’t fit their mold.

My grandparents and the grandparents of millions of Americans were immigrants and they came from every corner of the earth. Our Country is one made from immigrants and for this we should be thankful. Our forefathers would be appalled by the fear mongering being tossed about by draft dodgers like Trump and others who would thrive on the blood of those they would put in harms way. I am not ready to have my grandchildren sacrificed, are you? May God Bless America!

Gary Philip Guido Ticonderoga

Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc. (ACAP) would like to thank all who helped make our Holidays Are For Sharing program a success again this year. We are always amazed by the generous support we receive from so many. From the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots (the train), to local business and organizations such as Elizabethtown/Lewis Ambulance Squad, Champlain Nation Bank, Cobble Hill Inn, Kinney’s Drugs, Family Dollar and all the other businesses and individuals who stopped in to donate toys or money to help out, it is only through your generous support that we were able to provide toys to almost 600 children this year. We wish you could all see the hundreds of packages that go out to families in our communities. You truly do make the holidays brighter for so many. We would like to send grateful wishes to all who helped with the program for a happy and healthy new year.

Cindy Cobb and Marge Garcia Program Coordinators

ElksÊ dinnerÊ successful

To the Editor: Each Christmas the Ticonderoga Elks Lodge #1494 provides the makings of a complete traditional Christmas dinner to more than 100 local families who otherwise wouldn’t enjoy a holiday dinner.

The Elks couldn’t have served as many Families in need without the help of the Local Community Members. We thank the third grade students from the Ticonderoga Elementary School who so diligently collected bags of non perishable groceries to be donated. We thank the college student’s home for winter break and their families who pitched in by packing boxes. We thank all drivers who volunteer every year to make these deliveries. Last but not least we thank our Lodge members who worked all year to raise money for this Christmas program. This joint effort instills the spirit of giving to others. We also want to thank the community for supporting our fundraising programs. Thank you all!

Officers and Members Ticonderoga Elks Lodge #1494 Ticonderoga

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COMMENTARY

Little Bits Selling door to door Gordie Little

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ho remembers Cloverine Salve? In the 1940s, I picked up a comic book and an ad leaped off the page. It begged me to sell the salve door-to-door with the promise of “prizes” galore.

I was thrilled when that long cardboard tube arrived with round tins of salve. I hit up family members first. Then, I covered the neighborhood, knocking on doors and giving it my best pitch.

I can’t remember if I sold all of them or if my mother had to take up the slack.

I wanted what was pictured in the prize paper as a “Beautiful Indian Blanket.” I doubt if I peddled enough to “win” it, but I sent in the money and got a small prize by return mail. It was a scheme that worked for the company, but was eventually outlawed.

I admit to being a terrible salesman. I once signed up as an encyclopedia salesman and was hit in the back side by many slammed doors. I later “worked” as a weekend salesman for a building company on Long Island and could never get anyone to sign on the dotted line.

Kaye sold Avon Products and did very well. Last week, while cleaning out a sagging book case in the kitchen, laden with her cook book collection, she handed me a green hard-covered book.

This first edition of “Watkins Household Hints” dates to 1941 and elicited a plethora of memories. The J. R. Watkins Company, dating back to the 19th century, involved millions of families by selling its products door-to-door.

My older brother Jim remembers the Watkins salesman coming to our house in Westchester County.

I do not. Kaye has vivid recollections of Watkins products in the Vaughan home up in Saranac Lake.

Our copy of the book was signed by my late father, Russell E. Little, and is treasured for that reason. Also inside were several paper-backed publications. One is “Home and Garden Bulletin No. 62” titled “Removing Stains from Fabrics” from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Another is “Bulletin No. 67, “Insects and Related Pests of House Plants; how to control them.” A third is “Cheese in Your Meals,” issued by the Agriculture Department in July 1943. One paragraph reads, “In wartime, food supplies for civilian use change rapidly. It’s part of patriotism to be ready to shift our cooking and eating habits on short notice.”

And, finally, there is a tiny “United Nations Cook Book” published by Crowley’s Milk Company.

And you wonder why I save such things. In a small drawer near my chair is a Fuller Brush used for many years on our clothes. Hey, it’s guaranteed for life. We also have Stanley Home Products in our cabinets that go back decades.

Kaye has to clean her shelves without consulting me. I would never let her discard anything.

That’s the difference between us.

She is my conscience. Love that lady.

Columnist Gordie Little may be reached at gordie@suncommunitynews.com.

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Details: trcscouting.org/adirondack, Larry Carroll 518-569-5431.

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NCSPCA SNOWMOBILE RALLY@ ESSEX COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.

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Benefit for NCSPCA - Animals available for adoption, Merriloons the Clown, 4H Club providing food for cost, raffle for 1971 Motoski Cadet Snowmobile.

Tickets: $5 each or 3 for $10.

Details: Jessica 518-873-5000.

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HIGH SCHOOL COURT SPAGHETTI DINNER@ BELLEVEDERE RESTAURANT, SARANAC LAKE.

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Monday: 4:30 pm

Bellevedere Restaurant will host the dinner. Proceeds will benefit the Winter Carnival High School Court.

Details: 518-891-9873.

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PLATTSBURGH JAN. BRIDAL & 10 Sun. FASHION EXPO@WEST SIDE BALLROOM, PLATTSBURGH. Sunday: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

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JAN. PHOENIX@ WHALLONSBURG 16 GRANGE HALL, Sat. 1610 NYS RTE. 22.

Saturday: 7:30 pm

Visit with an assortment of wedding professionals. Then, sit back, relax and view the latest wedding fashions during the Runway show. Throughout the show, hundreds of dollars of prizes will be given away, including a grand prize of $1,000 CASH!!!! Tickets and seating are limited.

Must be present to win all prizes!!

Tickets are $10.

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Breathtaking thriller follows a survivor as she sifts through ashes of post-war Germany. $6 adults; $3 under 18 Details: 518-963-4170 thegrangehall.info.

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WINTER WEDDING SHOW@ DUNHAM’S BAY RESORT, LAKE GEORGE.

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Wedding package give-aways and free door prizes.

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JAN. DART TOURNAMENT 23 Sat. @THOMAS J. DUFFY VFW POST 1466.

Saturday: Noon

Registration: Noon, Tourney begins at 1pm. Silent Auction, 50/50 Raffle, ENJ Entertainment, Kimberly Chase, TaylorRenae LaValley will be performing. Food provided by Dickies BBQ Pit. Benefits veterans. $10 Reg. fee. Details: Kimberly Chase 518-563-1466.

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Taking a bite out of the Big Apple

“I knew this was the place for me,” says owner as he prepares to celebrate 27 years

“We’ve been working together for 27 years,” Kirk said. “I really enjoy doing this type of work.”

A couple years ago, Big Apple Audio started offering Krown Rust Control protection for not only a paint finish, but parts such as break and fuel lines, shock or strut towers and more.

Big Apple Audio also does tires, rims and detailing. For trucks specifically, the shop offers spray-on liners and accessories such as rain guards, bug deflectors, running boards, nerf bars and more.

Ferris said Big Apple strives not on sales, but customer satisfaction.

“We know what you need,” he said. “We will sell you what you need.”

For more information about Big Apple Audio and its offerings, visit www.bigappleaudio.net or call 518-561-8249.

By Teah Dowling

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PLATTSBURGH — After purchasing his first set of 6x9” car speakers, Bill Ferris fell in love with the stereo and automobile business.

Ferris, after working years for his brother and his cousin’s Big Apple Audio shops, searched for a business location near a thriving military installation to open his own Big Apple Audio.

A trip from Utica that brought him to Plattsburgh convinced him that this area would be a perfect spot.

“I saw Plattsburgh and I loved it,” Ferris said. “I knew this was the place for me.”

Ferris operated as Grapevine Audio for 12 years. He closed the business due to partner differences.

Owner Bill Ferris operates Big Apple Audio on South Peru Street in Plattsburgh. From remote starters to cruise controls and audio systems to home theater, the business does it all.

Photo by Teah Dowling

The businessman got married, started a family and worked from home up until his children were old enough to attend school. Once the kids got into school, Ferris decided to open a shop of his own.

Ferris now operates his own business on South Peru Street.

From remote starters to cruise controls and audio systems to home theater, Big Apple Audio does it all.

Ferris’ reputation has been built on car audio system work, including amplifiers, sub-woofer systems and video systems that drop down from the ceiling or are installed in vehicle headrests.

As time passed, Ferris’ line of products and services expanded to include complete navigation systems with Bluetooth and DWI devices.

Big Apple Audio also installs cruise controls, custom exhaust systems, sunroofs and remote car starters. Also, the shop specializes in home theater work and does both residential and commercial installations.

Many of Big Apple’s installations are done by Ferris’ longtime friend and co-worker Chuck Kirk.

Clinton Community College receives MAE&T award PLATTSBURGH — Military Advanced Education & Transition (MAE&T) has awarded Clinton Community College the designation of a Top School in its 2016 MAE&T Guide to Colleges & Universities, measuring best practices in military and veteran education. The Guide was released late this December, and is available online at mae-kmi.com.

The “Top School” designation by MAE&T is Clinton’s second award this year recognizing the school’s commitment to supporting veterans, active-duty service members, and military-affiliated students. “We are proud to be recognized again for our continued support of military-affiliated students,” states Clinton Community College Interim President, Frederick Smith.

For the Fall 2015 semester, Clinton had 109 military-affiliated students including veterans, active-duty service members, members of the National Guard, reservists, and dependents (children and spouses) enrolled. Flexible learning options including online degrees and courses, academic and career support services, and a strong social network have all added to Clinton’s reputation as being a good choice for military-affiliated students.

Assistant Registrar and Veterans Affairs officer at Clinton, Tracy Guynup adds, “I have worked at CCC as the Veterans Affairs professional for five years now, and I am very proud of the work that we have done at Clinton to make our campus and our college one that is supportive to veterans, those in the military

and their families.”

The Guide presents results of a questionnaire of the military-supportive policies enacted at more than 600 institutions including private, public, for-profit, not-for-profit, four-year, and two-year colleges. From community colleges to state universities, online universities and nationally known centers of higher learning, MAE&T’s 2016 Guide to Colleges & Universities arms students with information about institutions that go out of their way to give back to our men and women in uniform.

Now in its ninth year of publishing the Guide, MAE&T was the first publication to launch a reference tool of this type. This year,

institutions were evaluated on their military culture, financial aid, flexibility, general support, on-campus support and online support services. Each school’s performance rating by category is represented by an easy-to-recognize dashboard. This enables prospective students to quickly target schools that follow best practices in military education, and then put these in context with other academic or career considerations.

With input from an advisory board of educational and government experts, and criteria based on recommendations from the VA and military services, MAE&T’s Guide to Colleges and Universities provides the foundational information a prospective student would use in framing his or her educational needs.

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“We donate all of our proceeds from the event to the MakeA-Wish Foundation,” said Victoria Heroux, store manager of Laura’s Bridal. “We want to give back.”

There will be performances by Center Stage and Champlain Valley Irish Dance. Food will be provided by My Cup of Tea and Dickey’s Barbecue Pit. Tickets cost $12 at the door. Tickets and seating are limited.

For more information, call 518-563-8897, visit lauras-bridal. com or go to the Facebook page “2016 Plattsburgh Bridal and Fashion Expo.”

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Laura’s Bridal, College Formals, Laura’s Too!, West Side Ballroom, Black Sheep Barn and Gardens, NBT Bank, A Theme to Remember, Adirondack Pennysaver, Elfs Farm Winery, Adirondack Cider Company, The Adirondack Room, Love Shack Vacations, Studley Printing, My Cup of Tea, Cruise One Liberty & Travel for All, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Best Western Plus the Inn at Smithfield, Photos Unlimited, Harmony Golf Club, Ground Force 1 Limo & Transportation, Good Guy Productions, Valcour Inn and Boathouse, Heavenly Cakes, Party Effects DJ Service, Sassy Images, Nelson’s Flower Shop, Greer Cicarelli Photography, Taylor Rental, Party Plus, Mary Kay Cosmetics and MakeA-Wish Foundation.

Laura’s Bridal Store Manager Victoria Heroux and her assistant Melaney Boudreau gear up for the 2016 Plattsburgh Bridal and Fashion Expo Sunday, Jan. 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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ALBANY — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State will begin accepting applications for the new ‘Get On Your Feet’ Loan Forgiveness Program Thursday, Dec. 31. First announced as part of Governor Cuomo’s 2015 Opportunity Agenda, the program offers up to 24 months of federal student loan debt relief to recent college graduates living in the State.

“Ensuring students are able pay for college and not saddled with debt is critical for both their individual success and the continued economic growth of New York State,” Governor Cuomo said. “With this program, we are telling recent graduates: if you invest in New York’s future, we will invest in yours.”

Studies have shown time and time again that helping students pay for college is critical to ensuring their success after graduation. Students who graduate with debt are less likely to start a small business or to purchase a home, and the consequences of defaulting on student loans can prevent a person from ever realizing their goals.

This program offers that help by supplementing the federal Pay As You Earn loan repayment program and allowing eligible college graduates living in New York State to pay nothing on their student loans for the first two years out of school.

To qualify, applicants must have earned an undergraduate degree from a college or university located in New York State in or after December 2014, have an adjusted gross income of less than $50,000, and be enrolled in the federal Income Based Repayment plan or Pay as You Earn plan. Recipients will have a maximum of 24 payments, equal to their monthly student loan repayment amount, paid on their behalf.

Applications are accepted year round.

Already, more than 2,500 graduates from the class of 2015 have registered to apply for the program through the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation.

Once fully implemented in 2020, more than 24,000 recent graduates are expected to participate.

SUNY Student Assembly President and Binghamton University Student Thomas Mastro said, “The ‘Get on Your Feet’ loan forgiveness program ensures that SUNY graduates have time to settle into New York State careers before taking on the added financial burden of having to make student loan payments.

The SUNY Student Assembly is proud to stand behind this innovative program and we encourage all eligible students to apply when they are eligible.”

To learn more or apply, visit hesc.ny.gov/GetOnYourFeet.

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The pathway to fine cuisine

Local entrepreneur hopes to put Essex County cuisine on the map — literally

By Pete DeMola

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ESSEX — By now, the story of Essex County’s agricultural resurgence is well-told: Once-fallow fields are humming with activity, hosting everyone from small-scale cheesemakers in the High Peaks to think tanks on the shores of Lake Champlain. Farm stands are becoming as popular as yard sales, while newcomers surface daily to set their dreams a flight.

It seems like there’s never been a more fertile time to be a farmer in Essex County.

Now, one local entrepreneur hopes another idea will take root: A cuisine trail.

Trails for foodies are all the rage, explained Cornell Cooperative Extension Board President Jay White.

Clinton County boasts a wine trail. Northern Essex County has a loosely-organized cheese trail, and the Adirondack Craft Beverage Trail has strung together nearly two dozen breweries, distilleries and wineries in Essex, Warren, Washington and Saratoga counties over the past half-decade.

But compared to Clinton County, a dairy and apple heavyweight, Essex County has a diverse agricultural profile, said White.

While combining like-minded businesses together helps make those industries strong, few options exist for all food producers, said White.

Just doing a wine trail won’t help cheese producers, for instance. A farm trail isn’t going to help distilleries, while a wine and beverage trial will leave out farmers.

A cuisine trail is needed to tie them all together.

“How do we combine supporting farms, economic development in general, and using tourism to make all that happen?” asked White, who owns a vineyard in the town of Essex.

The demand is there, said White, citing studies that show a strong correlation between agriculture and economic development.

So is government support.

Essex County is ripe for a cuisine trail, says one local entrepreneur. Establishing a DIY route would link the county’s myriad food and beverage producers together, from vegetable farms to distilleries. An organizational meeting is set for Wednesday, Jan. 20 at the Cornell Cooperative Extension office in Westport to discuss the prospects.

Photo by Pete DeMola

Money is pouring into the biz through state and federal grants — including $95,000 in federal funds for a new food hub in Essex and $60,000 to support a brewery expansion in Keeseville — while regulations are being relaxed, allowing for a blossoming of farm breweries and distilleries.

The state has also prioritized promoting finished products in state-run retail outlets. TasteNY, the initiative designed to showcase state products, tripled their sales in 2015 from the year before, while locations are expanding, including a new cafe that opened last month at Whiteface Mountain, joining 11 others, including a location in Puerto Rico.

Local groups have also flagged agritourism as a key piece in economic development, including the Regional Office for Sustainable Tourism.

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plan to improve accessibility to the fort and add signage to tell its story.

This grant will not only ask for extra signage and improved accessibility for Fort Brown, but all the Battle of Plattsburgh related sites.

Money from the grant ($85,000) will go toward step 1 of the project: conducting a feasibility study on all five sites to plan what could be done in terms of accessibility.

“Plattsburgh is an unique place because of its living history and you can walk anywhere and touch a piece of that history,” said Plattsburgh Supervisor Michael Cashman. “We have so many stories to tell and the more we can tell our story, the better.”

DeDominicas said they expect the approval or denial of the grant in a few months.

If they win the grant, DeDominicas said, the city will go into step 2 — recreation of the sites — after successful completion of step 1.

The overall goal: to make the North Country a world-class historical tourist destination.

“We want to use these historic pieces of land not only to educate our community, but highlight our area and the Battle of Plattsburgh,” said Sandra Geddes, promotions and special events coordinator for the city. “We want people to take pride in our history.”

Members of the Historic Preservation Advisory Council stand near Fort Brown — a large earthen-mound fort used during the Battle of Plattsburgh.

Photo by Amy Bonn

Over 500,000 visitors come to Essex County each year, said White. In 2014, guests spent $408 million.

While hiking and outdoor activities remains the top draw, White hopes a trail will pique their interests, and expand their horizons.

The benefits are myriad: Not only would a trail result in more activities to attract visitors, it would support farmers, act as an educational tool, promote the sale of local products, create jobs and overall create a strong economy.

In 2012, the most recent year for which statistics are available, Essex County farmers generated $11.7 million in sales.

One possible route, said White, could take visitors up Route 22 from Gunnison Orchards in Crown Point to Mace Chasm Farm in Keeseville. Route 9 would then zip them over to Upper Jay’s cheese country.

The plan is in its nascent stages. White hopes a meeting on Jan. 20 at the CCE Building in Westport will help the pieces come into focus and gauge interest. All producers and interested parties are welcome.

Since CCE cannot create a trail by itself — it’s not within their mandate to be a trade organization — White aims to create a nonprofit to house the organizational structure, and then apply for the actual cuisine trail designation, the provisions for which are encased in state law.

According to the New York Department for Agriculture and Markets, a maximum of 10 cuisine trails can be designated across the state. Once designated, organizations have greater access to state resources.

White said he believed that quota hadn’t yet been reached.

Following the meeting, the next step is to determine who would like to be on a potential system and establish which trails will make the most sense. White aims to use other communities as an example, like Suffolk and Nassau counties, for instance, who are working together to brand their communities as an agritourism destination through a new museum and year-long farmers markets that fall under a unifying brand.

“The sky’s the limit for what we could do with it,” said White.

Interested in a possible Essex County cuisine trail? All producers and interested parties are encouraged to attend the organizational meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at the CCE office in Westport. For more info, contact Jay White at cuisinetrail@ gmail.com.

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Notes from the North Woods Joe Hackett

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he season’s first ‘utilitarian snow finally arrived in the North Country, just in time for the New Year’s celebration. Although a wide, white carpet has been put down, the snow cover is still quite sparse and the base is quite limited.

While the fresh snow will prove to be a boon for the local alpine ski centers, the storm also delivered enough of a base for the backcountry ski season to begin.

Although the current snowpack is still rather limited in the heavily forested woods, there is enough snow for country skiers to get out on the local golf courses, and on many of the Fire Truck trails in and around the High Peaks and in the St. Regis Canoe Area. Skiers have been out on the Hayes Brook/ Slush Pond Trails, the Fish Pond Truck Trail, and on many of the adjoining the trail systems.

Travelers should avoid the lakes and ponds, as the ice has not set up yet, and with the recent temperatures, it may not.

While there is a powder surface in most areas, there remains a significant crust left over from the recent freezing rain, which can make traveling off trail rather unpleasant.

Angling outlaws Following the NYSDEC’s successful efforts to reintroduce/ restore landlocked Atlantic salmon into Lake Champlain and the rivers and streams that flow into the Big Lake, salmon have returned to many of the historic rivers and streams that they had once occupied, including the Saranac, the Boquet and over a dozen other tributaries. In fact, the salmon run that occurs on the Saranac River in the City of Plattsburgh is unique, as it hosts one of very few salmon runs in a river that flows through a major city.

Unfortunately, there are bound to be some problems among the urban anglers. Even though the vast majority of anglers practice their craft within the limits of NYS fishing regulations, and according to “Fair Chase” standards; there will always be a few outlaws. Fortunately, they are eventually

caught, as they have been in the past while snatching or snagging spawning walleyes on the Saranac River.

More recently, NYSDEC officers reported a similar incident that had occurred when they witnessed snaggers taking salmon on the Saranac River in Plattsburgh.

According to the DEC press release, ECOs arrested 38-yearold Joshua Todd and 34-year-old Christopher J. Dumas, both of Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. The two men allegedly used an illegal fishing technique known as “snagging” to poach the fish. It involves dragging a weighted hook through the water until it gets embedded into the body of the fish. The men are charged with taking fish by means other than angling and Mr. Dumas is also charged with fishing without a license.

Legendary flyfisherman, Lee Wulff, who championed the catch and release conservation philosophy among anglers, claimed “Snagging is an unclean disease!” In this case, I hope the local court system makes a concerted effort to eradicate the unpleasant disease by making an example of these outlaws.

While the open water angling season is rapidly coming to an end, and lake ice has been slow to show; outdoor enthusiasts still have a variety of recreational outlets available in the local woods. Although the recent snow-cover has likely shut down the “shed hunting” season, the snow will provide hunters with an opportunity for some snowshoe hare or ruffed grouse.

To date, the poor snowshoe rabbits, (aka varying hare) have been the most unfortunate creatures in the forest, as their fur changed to a bright white phase over a month ago. Their natural white winter phase does not offer much camouflage when there is no snow in the woods. Although they stick out like a sore thumb in the snowless surroundings, they don’t seem to realize they are so obvious. While walking through the swamps during the recent big game season, I discovered hares hiding in the hummocks of the swamp that were almost underfoot. They would have been invisible with the usual snow cover, but their cover was blown with the brown and green background.

While snowshoe hare will be difficult to find with the current snow cover, the opportunities for ruffed grouse, aka partridge, will vastly improve; as snow cover reveals their tracks and travels, and highlights their silhouette in the balsams.

It has been an excellent grouse season to date, and the local population appears to be peaking. It was difficult to still-hunt the local woods during the recent Big Game Season without putting up at least a dozen birds. While it’s always been easy to sneak up on grouse when you’ve got a deer rifle in hand; deer will be everywhere when you’re carrying a shotgun loaded with birdshot. It’s the hunter’s dilemma! Although there’s always the option of carrying an over/under rifle/shotgun that’s capable of shooting either a cartridge or a shot shell; a hunter must still make the instant decision of which barrel to use, which can be a difficult task when confronted with the sight or sound of game fleeing the scene.

also some leftover Basswood (Tilia spp.) that a friend gave me and I was cutting that up for campfire wood.

I tend to get caught up in Rich Redman > Outdoor Columnist rich@suncommunitynews.com cutting wood and I marvel at what a tree is, a large woody plant that has taken 20, 30, 40, 50 or more years to grow to get to this size. Working in the woods is like working in a large garden. You manage your plants.

You weed out the poor ones, nurture the good and harvest them when mature.

The tree tells a story. Growing in some ran the round file along the tooth of shade and crowded by other trees, a hardthat chainsaw blade, with a slight twist wood tree may not have many lower branchof the wrist. A natural fluid motion es and have a straight bole that makes a highyou develop when filing down a tooth. The er grade of lumber. If it grows in full sun, it sheen of that sharp edge made me smile. A may have many branches and could make sharp saw cuts smooth and fast, like a good poor lumber, but lots of firewood. Growing whisky! A sharp edge is safer and less tiring in full sun also makes it a good shade tree to if the saw is used properly. Let the saw do sit under on a hot day after a hard day’s work.

The stump or log end also tells a story. The the work. growth rings tell its age, and the weather.

Getting a head start jump on next year’s firewood, while clearing some land, makes a The rings will show wet seasons from dry person happy. I would rather be ahead than seasons, based on the width of the ring, and if there was ever any forest fire that directly behind. I am usually early, and never late! impacted the tree. The rings show the stressAnyway, I was out cutting up some trees es of the seasons, like lines on your face. As that were dropped and making firewood it dries, it shows all the lines and wrinkles and logs. I was working on a Black Cherry of time.

(Prunus spp.) and Ash (Fraxinus spp.). The While counting out the rings of time on boles of the trees were solid and true, so they the tree, it makes me think about what I was could be milled into boards. The upper stems doing 20, 30 or even 50 years ago when I was had defects and along with the top branches would make some fine, hot burning, coal a young stem of a man. That is one thing that making, all night lasting firewood. There was growing older does to you. We appreciate life

I’ve received a number of letters regarding week’s column which detailed ongoing efforts to allow the use of Big Bore air-rifles during the annual Big Game Hunting Season. The column prompted one incredulous reader to complain, “Isn’t it a bit too early to publish an April Fools story? Air rifles for hunting deer, and bear; that’s a good one.”

Fortunately, it’s not a joke. Modern day Air Rifles have the capacity to handle just about any type of Big Game animal that can legally be hunted. In fact, many ‘off the shelf ’ air rifles provide significantly more knock down power than muzzleloaders, and they are available in semi-automatic and lever action models.

While the rifles are not silent, they are considerably more quite than traditional firearms. The ‘crack’ of a rifle shot is the result of the bullet breaking the sound barrier as it leaves a rifle’s muzzle. The report is actually a small sonic boom.

Several readers voiced their concerns regarding ‘yet another special hunting season’. “Air guns?”, one asked, “what comes next, Pea-Shooters?”

As I understand the current initiative, Air Guns will not have a specific hunting season, as is currently available for both archery and blackpowder.

The use of crossbows which have been approved, was incorporated into the Regular Big Game Hunting Season. I would expect, if a proposal is eventually drafted and approved, Air Guns would likely be allowed during the Regular Big Game Season.

It is unfortunate that some sportsmen, and women have taken such a stubborn, proprietary stance on their preferred method of hunting. Hunting is an activity that’s defined by the harvest. Humans have been on the hunt since they first learned to walk upright.

In fact, the oldest hunting technique known to man was the ‘persistence hunt’ in which hunters actually ran the game down to the point of exhaustion. Although the practice is likely still utilized in some parts of the world, I expect motor vehicles now provide the ‘persistence’ element of the hunt.

Elsewhere in this country, big game hunters have utilized an array of truly primitive weapons such as slingshots, spears, Atlatl’s and blowguns. Air guns would be far more efficient and humane compared to such standards.

It would be a shame if the NYSDEC’s Pubic Comment period, which is intended to solicit and evaluate public opinion regarding the use of air rifles during the Big Game Hunting Season; turns into a public squabble similar to the nasty mess that occurred during the squabble over the use of crossbows.

The hunting fraternity cannot afford to fight among themselves over what particular type of hunting tool is used, as long as the participants hunt within the framework of fair chase standards.

In reality, hunters using Air Guns will have no distinct advantage over hunters that prefer to use regular firearms, muzzleloaders or crossbows.

The use of Air Guns is currently allowed for many small game species including squirrels, rabbits, hares, ruffed grouse, and furbearers such as raccoons and coyotes. Under the General Regulations, Air guns may not be used to hunt waterfowl, pheasant, wild turkey, or big game.

The proposed regulations regarding the use of Big Bore Air Rifles can be found online at http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/34113.html#p1s1803 Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook.

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and time much more now than we did in our youth.

With another year over, it’s an opportune time to think back, count your rings of time, and reflect on life and what and where we are. Hopefully you are digging on life!

Anyway, my wife Diane and I hope you had a Merry Christmas and that 2016 is

good to you.

We hope life is good to you all!

Rich Redman is a retired District Conservationist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and an avid outdoorsman. His column will appear regularly. He may be reached at rangeric@nycap.rr.com.

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ELIZABETHTOWN — The state will not budge on the mandatory emergency medical technician training many local officials believe is the cause of a steep drop-off in volunteering rates for emergency squads.

In December, Essex County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Randy Preston cobbled together a meeting with state officials and squads across the county.

“Do you think there’s a possibility of any movement on training requirements?” Preston asked Lee Burns, the director of the state’s emergency services bureau.

Burns, citing “hybrid options” and webinars as a means to gauge effectiveness, eventually circled back: “The long answer to your short question is no,” Burns said.

Basic EMT training, a blend of on-site exercises and written coursework, can clock up to 190 hours, up from 110 several years ago.

The state attributes the increase to advances in medical technology and standards that are only now coming into line with their federal counterparts.

But Preston and other emergency responders say the continual creep is eating into volunteering. The more stringent requirements, alongside other factors, like a brain drain of young people, have emergency squads gasping for breath.

Budgets are now exploding as municipalities struggle to maintain the services for an aging population in an era of permanent austerity.

Last fall, three of 18 towns in Essex County — Willsboro, Schroon and Essex — blew out their tax caps to create new municipal ambulance districts, a measure that will allow them to start billing.

The alternative would have been to do nothing. In doing so, it’d only be a matter of time before these factors resulted in an evitable fatality, said officials.

The switch also presents an entirely new set of problems. For one, say critics, it has led to the creation of new bureaucracies, a contradiction of the state’s push towards shared services and consolidation.

The subsequent insurance, workers’ compensation and administrative costs will likely have to be born by taxpayers.

Even switching to paid staff isn’t the end all, be all solution, said Preston, owing to a lack of qualified personnel who are interested in the positions. The pending statewide minimum wage hike, said the lawmaker, will only make it more different to attract staffers. (After all, said Preston, why go through the effort when McDonald’s will pay $15 per hour?).

Other squads are hanging on with a blend of paid and unpaid staff, while another, Crown Point, lost theirs entirely after being dropped by their medical director.

“We were rebuilding,” said Steve Milton, a fire commissioner. “We unfortunately ran out of time.”

Throughout it all, the call volume is rising — calls for lift assists are clearly on the rise, said Essex County EMS Coordinator Patty Bashaw — and the population is on track to be the grayest region in the country.

By 2020, only the west coast of Florida will exceed the Adirondacks as the oldest region in America.

What’s the solution?

Preston, a 38-year veteran of Wilmington’s all-volunteer combined fire and rescue squad, says the vast majority of calls are non-emergent: 80 percent of them, he said, don’t need advanced life support technology, or ALS, according to department of health standards.

A “happy medium,” Preston told the state delegation, would be to reduce training and determine how to be more efficient when deploying resources.

Bashaw cautiously agreed. While ALS is lifesaving, she said, federal standards need to be more flexible.

The reimbursement process can also be a bit of a challenge. Still further complications arise when EMT training sessions are held at conflicting times with firefighter training, which is equally rigorous.

For many recruits, it’s enough to give up.

“In these small world communities, we wear so many hats — people are pulled in so many different directions,” said Rusty Hall, of Keene Valley.

Burns’ definitive kibosh on relaxing the training requirements came after officials and squad members offered volley after volley of anecdotes of life on the ground: “You might just as well bypass [911] and call a hearse,” Preston concluded.

Burns said none of the horror stories came as a surprise. While Essex County’s volunteer numbers have stayed constant over the years, she called the age issue “very concerning.”

“Things are changing and EMS is in a precarious position now, not just in Essex County, but all over the state,” said Amy Nickson, assistant commissioner of the state’s office of governmental and external affairs.

Despite the refusal to budge, local officials remained optimistic that the state would come through with funding to study the feasibility of a county wide ambulance district.

A number of counties in the state have county wide districts, including Columbia and Livingston, while others are exploring their options (At present, Essex County’s role in emergency services is limited, providing limited support and training services).

It took Columbia County 15 years to hash out a system that works for them, said Burns.

That system sees the county working with existing services to contract for ambulance services. Costs are shared.

“It ultimately turned out very well, as painful as it was to get there,” said Burns.

The process of forming a county wide district, said the director, is “freakishly easy.” A board of supervisors resolution and letter to the state are enough to start the process, which typically

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The three-phase, $17 million project includes pagers for first responders, new land-mobile radios in emergency-response vehicles and a new tower and microwave system.

As a result, interoperability has greatly improved, said Jaquish, with fire, police and emergency services personnel now being able to communicate with one another.

Despite minor problems — some of the 400 mobile radios have programming issues, Jaquish said — the system is nearly complete.

takes two years.

Burns and other officials noted that long-term solutions should come from the bottom up.

Historically, local emergency squads haven’t always been good at assuring deliverables — like getting out the door within a designated amount of time, for instance, which is something that doomed the squad in Crown Point last February Perhaps Essex County should develop a sector system as an experiment and have a few squads work together in trials, said Burns. If a county wide system were to succeed, all squads would need to be on board.

“It’s a give and take,” Burns said.

Preston said he disagreed that it all starts with the local squads.

If it were up to him, he would reduce the training to 120 hours and would make the state pay for it. (After all, he said, the state is the one driving the train on mandates.)

With no relief in training requirements in sight, Essex County Deputy County Manager Mike Mascarenas said funding to facilitate a county wide system, at least, would be helpful.

“Having some funding to help develop that sort of plan, getting everyone to the table to make those types of decisions, would be helpful,” he said.

Essex County is the state’s second-largest by geographic area, Mascarenas noted.

Others said the state needs to bring the training closer to academia.

More and more young people are looking at the emergency services field as a means to start a career, said Bashaw.

Once members catch the bug, the training is easier to swallow, she said. But it may be onerous for new members who are unsure if they’d like to commit to the part-time gig.

“It has to be looked at as a career path, really,” Bashaw said.

Some remained skeptical: “The pool of people we have to catch the bug is getting smaller and smaller,” said Minerva supervisor Stephen McNally.

Willsboro Supervisor Shaun Gillilland floated the idea of tying training to a college debt forgiveness program, while Essex Emergency Squad President Ron Jackson called for a two-year program at Clinton Community College.

Community college is the best hope to augment the number of EMTs, Jackson said.

During off-hours, those technicians can be used to perform some of the duties now performed by home health care aides, such as checking blood pressure and checking in on at-risk residents.

“The state should be willing to pay for that,” Jackson said. “If you don’t, you’re going to be paying for that in the ER.” Burns said these were all promising options: “There are some incredibly successful programs in New York state that are doing exactly what you said,” she said, citing a bunk-in program in Frankfort, Herkimer County that sees students hunker down with department members.

In the end, the group opted to assemble an hoc group to study the issue.

The state said they would assist wherever possible, but stopped short of offering instant relief.

Nickson, the state rep, said the session was helpful for the state contingent.

“This is the beginning of a dialogue,” she said, noting similar issues around the state. “I’m trying to grasp your ideas and see where they fit in that construct.”

Burns last met with county officials in February 2014, when they voiced identical concerns.

Nothing changed after that meeting, said Preston.

It took the lawmaker nearly a year to organize another session.

Preston said he hoped this year’s powwow would be the beginning of a closer relationship with the state.

“I am very persistent and I will pursue this,” he said.

Earlier, he grasped a stack of newspaper articles.

“We kind of feel like Albany is not listening to us,” he said. “I don’t want this to be the end of the discussion, I want this to be the beginning — it truly is a crisis.”

“Overall, we’re almost there and it works very well,” Jaquish said.

The network, which includes 11 towers, entered the planning stages in 2006 and went live last summer.

Clinton County received $141,883. It’s the second consecutive year the emergency services department has received state funding.

Emergency Services Director Eric Day said the funds will be used to support ongoing operations of their public safety answering point, or PSAP, system.

In the past, this funding wasn’t always available.

“The county had to absorb that,” Day said.

The grant program, initiated in 2014, sees $10 million distributed amongst 57 counties and New York City.

According to the governor’s office, monies are distributed among participating counties based on “statistics reflective of a county’s operational scope, demographic factors and emergency services call metrics.”

“In an emergency, every second counts,” said Gov. Cuomo in a news release. “With these investments, we’re helping to ensure our first responders have resources they need and access to the most-up-to-date technology available in order to better respond to New Yorkers in their moment of need.”

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Explore This month, Plattsburgh’s Strand Center for the Arts will display a special series of photographs by Penelope Clute.

Penelope Clute, known locally as Penny, wasn’t always a photographer. If you’re a Plattsburgh native, you might remember her as one of the founding partners of Clute, Clute & Thompson. Or perhaps you recall her tenure as the Clinton County District Attorney from 1989 to 2001 – or more recently, as a city court judge from 2002 to 2011.

In 2012, Clute retired from law and began nurturing her inner artist. After taking a weekend photography course in the Adirondacks, taught by the late Nancy Rotenberg, she began her creative journey.

The exhibition, titled “Explorations,” features over 30 photographs that capture pieces of that creative journey. With shots from San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, New Zealand, Cuba and various US and Canadian locations, this collection truly portrays discovery seen through an artist’s lens.

A portion of the exhibit, “Exploring Water,” pays close attention to colors and textures, while another, “Exploring Cuba,” turns its focus from nature to humanity and architecture. Explorations is diverse, it’s refreshing; yet it still manages to convey a feeling of familiarity through the intimacy of the photographs.

The opening reception for this exhibit will be held on Jan. 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Discover new passions On Jan. 9, the Adirondack Mountain Club will celebrate Winter Trails Day with their 3rd annual Winterfest. Winter Trails Day is a nationwide initiative that aims to provide children and adults with the opportunity to try a variety of winter sports for free. This year, the Adirondack Mountain Club will provide classes on snowshoeing, dog sledding, skating, skiing and more. Inperson registration for Winterfest will be available at 9 a.m. at the High Peaks Information Center in Lake Placid. For more information, call 518-523-3441 or preregister online at adk.org Saranac Lake’s BluSeed Studios will host an introduction to oil painting workshop this month. The classes, taught by award-winning painter Nancy Brossard, are open to all skill levels. The workshop is split into three parts, with classes on Jan. 12, 19 and 26 at 5:30 p.m. The $150 registration fee includes instruction, paint and canvas boards. Participants are encouraged to

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Uncover new favorites Caffè Lena, Saratoga’s historic folk music mecca, will welcome the Philadelphia-based group Beaucoup Blue on Jan. 10. The music of Beaucoup Blue offers a hearty mix of folk, jazz, country and bluegrass. David and Adrian Mowry, the father and son duo that created Beaucoup, have been popular with the Caffè Lena crowd since the early 2000s. This time around, the duo will be accompanied by jazz/classical bassist Bill Zinno and Toronto drummer Jeff Sheard. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Beaucoup Blue takes the stage at 7 p.m. Advance tickets are $20.

The indie rock group Daisycutter will perform at Stony Creek‘s Town Hall on Jan. 8. The band is fronted by singer Sara Milonovich, whose career has been incredibly diverse. In the past, Milonovich has worked as an accompanist and collaborator with such artists as Richard Shindell, Pete Seeger, Eliza Gilkyson, Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys and Mountain Quickstep, among others. In 2011, Sara toured Kosovo, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Turkey as part of The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad. The band also features multi-instrumentalist Andy Goessling on mandolin, banjo, and dobro, Greg Anderson on guitar, Leo Traversa on bass, and Ben Wittman on drums. The show starts at 7 p.m. and is free and open to all ages.

As part of the January Jams series, the Upper Jay Art Center — in Upper Jay, naturally — will host an open mic night on Jan. 10. The stage will be open to all skill levels. 2-6 p.m. Admission is free.

On Jan. 7, the Glens Falls Civic Center will host legendary comic Gilbert Gottfried. Gottfried first gained popularity as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $27-32. For more information, call 1-855-GFCC-TIX. Whether your goal for 2016 is to get more organized, to exercise more, or to simply make it through the year, I hope that in your quest for self-betterment you are able to find time to enjoy the everyday things. A song, a photo… a nice pair of skis. Sometimes that’s the most difficult thing to do. But in the end, I would argue that it’s the most rewarding.

he New Year has begun, resolutions have been made and now we need only to find the resolve to see them through. In the North Country, this task is easier than you’d think. Opportunities abound — even if you have lived in the area for years, there are always new people to meet, new places to see, more events to attend for the first time. And there is always a chance that one of these new experiences will end up helping you on your own personal journey. Take a look at some of the notable events happening around the region this week: if any strike your fancy, venture out, put your shoulder to the wheel and revel in what is new.

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ELIZABETHTOWN – 2015-2016 WIC Schedule at the Public Health Building December 3, January 7, Feb 4, March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2, July 7, August 4, September 1, October 6, November 3, December 1, 8:00 - 3:30 PM November 19, December 17, January 21, Feb 18, March 16, April 21, May 19, June 16, July 21, August 18, September 15, October 20, November 17, December 15, 11:30 am - 6:30 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296

LEWIS - AARP Smart Driver Course - Tuesday January 26, 2016, 9 am 4 pm, Designed for drivers 50+ but may be taken by any driver. Course fee $25 ($20 for AARP members). Please call 518873-9922 or 518-963-7854 to register.

WILMINGTON - Yoga for the Community Every Sun., 5:30-6:30pm @ Riverstone Wellness, Wilmington, NY. For more info send email to: riverstonewellness@yahoo.com

KEESEVILLE – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the United Methodist Church November 25, December 30, January 13, Feb 25, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 23, July 28,August 25, September 22, October 27, November 23, December 22, 9:30 am - 2:15 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296

TICONDEROGA - Bingo, Ticonderoga fire house, 6:45 p.m. Doors 5 p.m. Every Thursday.

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS LAKE PLACID – Monthly Saturday Play for Pre-K thru Grade 5 kids & families at the Lake Placid Public Library 10am to 11am. Indoor games, activities and children's classic books. For more info 518523-3200.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH ELIZABETHTOWN - Al-Anon Family Group, family, friends of problem drinkers. Elizabethtown Community Hospital Board Room. 4 to 5 p.m. Anonymous, confidential, free. Details: 518-962-2351, 518873-2652. Every Sunday.

TICONDEROGA - Essex County Lethernecks, Marine Corps League, Det 791, Ticonderoga American Legion Post. 6 p.m. Active Marines and Marine Veterans invited. First Thursday of every month.

LECTURES & SEMINARS CHAMPLAIN - Champlain Author Series: David Monette- An Authors Journey January 6 at 7 pm at The Champlain Meeting House, 1175 Main St. Champlain, free of charge, refreshments served CHAMPLAIN - Champlain Lectures: Aaron Merrill World Religion: A Historical Perspective January 12 at 6:30 pm at The Champlain Meeting House 1175 Main St. Champlain, free of charge, refreshments served SARANAC LAKE - Benefits of Cultured Food at Saranac Village at Will Rogers On Thursday, January 14th at 7:00 p.m., at Saranac Village at Will Rogers, Adirondack Chef Cathy Hohmeyer, from the Lodge at Lake Clear, will present a talk on the health benefits of adding fermented foods to your diet. This program is free and open to the public. For more information call Debbie Kanze at (518) 8917117.

WILLSBORO – The Pain Memorial Free Library will present “Westerns and Christmas Memories “ by Jigs Gardner. The program will be on Saturday, January 16, at 2:00 p.m.

At the library, 2 Gilliland Land, Willsboro, NY. Admission is free.

For more information call 518963-4478

ELIZABETHTOWN – Elizabethtown Thrift Shop will have it's Monthly Meeting Second Monday of Every Month at 7pm @ The Episcopal Parish Hall.

WESTPORT - WESTPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING The Westport Central School District Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 5:45 PM in the Teacher Resource Room. The meeting will open with a budget workshop immediately followed by the regular monthly meeting.

Agenda items will include financials, policy review and any other business that may come before the Board. Community members and interested others are welcome to attend.

WESTPORT-The Boy Scouts will be meeting from 7:30 to 9 p.m. every Thursday at the WADA Building For more info: troop8063@gmail.com, Jill Lobdell 962-4664 or Larry Carroll 569-5431.

SENIORS ELIZABETHTOWN – Senior Meal Site Luncheon, Every Friday at Church of the Good Shepherd, 11 William Street. Come enjoy lunch $3.50, play Bingo, socialize with friends & neighbors.

ELIZABETHTOWN – Senior Meal Site Luncheon, Every Friday at Church of the Good Shepherd, 11 William Street. Come enjoy lunch $3.50, play Bingo, socialize with friends & neighbors.

ELLENBURG-Adult Center St. Edmunds Church Hall 5538 Route 11 Ellenburg, NY Open Monday Friday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch served at 11:30 a.m. Tel: (518) 594-7311

PERU - Adult Center VFW 710 Pleasant Street Peru, NY Open Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch served at 11:45 a.m.

Tel: (518)643-2829 SPORTS & RECREATION MINEVILLE – Open Bowling Fridays at the VFW. For more info call 518-942-6514 VENDORS

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