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On Sunday, July 27, 2,700 athletes will compete in the 2014 IRONMAN Lake Placid triathlon. “Nothing can go wrong in the water,” said Anthony Chan, a Queens resident participating on Team Chocolate Milk. Chan has been putting in an average of 20 hours of training per week to prepare for the event, something he hopes will propell him to the world championships this October. “The fourth discipline,” he said, “is recovery.”

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Three dead following plane crash in North Elba

By Pete DeMola pete@denpubs.com NORTH ELBA Ñ Three people are dead following a fiery single engine plane crash on Saturday, July 19.

New York State Police were advised of the crash off River Road in the town of North Elba around 10:39 a.m. The Lake Placid Fire Department responded and extinguished the flames.

Lesley Trevor, owner of Snowslip Farms where the plane went down, told the Valley News she was working in her barn at the time.

“I heard a loud thud and went running out,” she said.

The aircraft landed 300 feet away, between her hay and horse barn.

Within seconds, it was engulfed.

Emily Trevor, 22, her daughter, called 911. The flames trapped four horses in the pasture. Emily rescued them.

Lesley recalled a crash on the property

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Emergency vehicles line River Road in North Elba following a plane crash on Saturday, July 19 that killed all three occupants. A portion of the plane, a small aircraft that ignited immediately after crashing, is visible behind the row of pines.

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ESSEX — The lakeside town will host its 35th annual Downtown Essex Day Aug. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“It’s a tradition,” said Donna Lou Sonnett, charter member of Essex Initiatives, the community group sponsoring the event. “It’s actually the highlight of our summer in town. A lot of people look forward to it. Some people plan their vacations so they are in Essex for Downtown Essex Day.” Downtown Essex Day was started by a handful of residents who wanted to spice up the last month of summer.

Back then, folks made pies, cookies and ice cream. Artists and furniture makers pulled things out of their attics and sold them to their neighbors.

Musicians sat on their porches and played for anyone who would listen. It was an oldtime market day that has been held every year since.

“It’s like our Black Saturday,” Sonnett said. “Essex Day attracts a lot of people from both Vermont and an expanded area in New York.”

This year more than 50 exhibitors will assemble on Main Street and the Town Hall lawn on Route 22. Once again, exhibitors and shopkeepers will offer just about everything you want, made with a personal touch.

The event will offer homemade pies, local farm products, crafts, jewelry, collectibles, antiques and local artwork.

Music lovers can hear Joan Crane, local blues musician, play from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. near the post office. Visitors will enjoy seeing the stately Federal and Greek Revival houses that placed the hamlet CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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July 26, 2014

Art banners enhance downtown Saranac Lake

By Jon Hochschartner jon@denpubs.com

SARANAC LAKE — Downtown Saranac Lake is a little more colorful this summer. Twelve double-sided banners featuring photographs of the work of 24 local artists went up on Church Street,

Main Street and upper Broadway Street last week and will remain on display for the remainder of the season.

The banner project was initiated and funded by AdkAction.org, which collaborated with the Village of Saranac Lake and Saranac Lake ArtWorks to create a first- year test of the idea. It is hoped that the number of banners will increase in subsequent years and

that many more artists will participate in the future.

Mark Kurtz, of Mark Kurtz Photography, volunteered to photograph original works of art, format them with graphics for the banners and get them printed. Saranac Lake Community Development Director Jeremy Evans worked to secure permission for hanging the banners and asked the village public works department to hang them.

“AdkAction.org got this idea from a visiting architect last summer,” said Airlie Lennon, chair of AdkAction.org. “Roger Brown of the Rochester Design Center had just lectured on American Villages at Chautauqua, and he was impressed by Saranac Lake and its numerous art galleries. He suggested the art banner idea -modeled after a highly successful, similar program in Easton, Md. -- as a way to help brand Saranac Lake as an arts community. We are excited by this launch of the program and hope to help it grow.

“We were a bit rushed getting the program going this year and hope, with more planning time for next year, that the banners can be located on Main Street near all the galleries.”

Others who helped were AdkAction.org board member Betsy Minehan, artist and ArtWorks member Sandra Hildreth and AdkAction.org Executive Director Alice Vera.

The arts are represented by painters, photographers, ceramicists, sculptors, printmakers, quilters and potters. The 24 artists represented are Jackie Altman, Meg Bernstein, Nancy Brossard, Maria DeAngelo, Tim Fortune, Beth Gallagher, Phil Gallos, Shawn Halperin, Sandy Hildreth, Mark Kurtz, Rachel Lamb, Suzanne Lebeda, Diane Leifheit, Cat Micheels, Valerie Patterson, Matt Paul, Mary Lou Reid, Peter Seward, Peter Shrope, Eleanor Sweeney, Alice Vera, Carol Vossler, Cris Winters and David Woodward.

Land Conservancy holding symposium LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Land Conservancy will be holding a symposium on invasive species titled “Invaders of the Adirondacks!” on Monday, Aug. 4 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Heaven Hill Farm. This presentation will address key concepts in invasion ecology, which invasive species are here, which ones are on their way, and efforts to stop their spread.

Guest speaker Hilary Smith, Director of the Adirondack Invasive Plant Program for The Nature Conservancy will provide an overview on terrestrial and aquatic invasive species including current threats, challenges and opportunities related to invasive species found in the Adirondacks.

A panel of environmental professionals, including Eric Holmlund, Professor of Environmental Studies and director of the Watershed Stewardship Program at Paul Smith’s College, Bob Stegemann, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region 5 director and Guy Middleton, lake manager for the Upper Saranac Foundation, will be available to answer questions from the audience.

Introduced from other places, invading plants and animals have no natural predators to keep their populations in check. They spread uncontrollably, wreaking havoc in rivers and streams, lakes and ponds and woods and wetlands. Organizations and communities across the Adirondacks and New York are working on ways to protect precious natural resources from further harm and degradation from species such as Eurasian water milfoil, zebra mussel, Japanese knotweed and Asian longhorn beetle.

Suggested donations for the event are $20. A cocktail reception will follow the event. Seating is limited. For more information, contact Jeff Graff at jeff@lakeplacidlandconservancy.org or 518837-5177. The event is sponsored by the Lake Placid Land Conservancy, the Mirror Lake Watershed Association and the Shore Owners’ Association of Lake Placid.

The Lake Placid Land Conservancy is a not-for-profit land trust located in Lake Placid, dedicated to protecting Lake Placid and sustaining its nearby communities by conserving land and water resources.

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Cuomo: “North Country is coming back big time” New York Gov. promotes tourism, state unity in Adirondack Challenge

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com INDIAN LAKE — Behind a wall of white-speckled foam, a raft rounded a bend, and its blue-helmeted occupants came into view.

“Row faster,” said a paddler. “They’re gaining on us.”

Link, a river guide leading a team of reporters down the confluence of the Hudson and Indian Rivers, glanced upstream.

“Short forward strokes,” he said. “All together now.”

The raft glided over the Gooley Steps and picked up speed.

“Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!” said the team captain.

The press corp stroked, passing a team of rivals, another media contingent, drifting idly in a dead zone.

Team Cuomo, a raft carrying New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, Sandra Lee, his companion, and their two children had sent the media off earlier from the launch point with a gauntlet of good-natured splashing, including helmets full of water from a gleeful administration official.

They were gaining, creeping uncomfortably forward down the rapids.

Team Essex County — a raft containing Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Douglas, County Attorney Dan Manning and Wilmington and Elizabethtown Supervisors Randy Preston and Noel Merrihew — remained comfortably at a distance.

“I think we’ll have the winning advantage,” observed Preston before the launch. “The light will bounce off Douglas’ head into the Governor’s eyes.”

Reporters powered ahead under Grade 3 conditions, part of a flotilla of rafts, one released every minute.

Team Cuomo never caught up.

“You guys were strong,” Cuomo said afterward. “You did it.”

CHALLENGE Cuomo was in Indian Lake for the 2014 Adirondack Challenge, the second installment of the event series — part tourism promotion, part legislative field trip — designed to draw attention to the Adirondacks by shuttling delegations from the state legislature up to the North Country and pitting them against each other in a bout of good-natured athletic events.

Paired with a public invite to area amenities, the goal was to boost the region’s profile across the state.

The three-mile rafting trip, coordinated by local river guides, took elected officials, including heavyweights like Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senate Coalition Co-Leader Jeff Klein, through a slice of the 69,000 acres of recently acquired tracts from Finch Pruyn that will soon be available for public use.

Department of Conversation Region 5 Director Bob Stegeman said his agency is looking forward to crafting a Unit Management Plan that will balance ecology with the economy.

“It’s paramount in protecting our natural resources,” he said.

Link, who runs Square Eddy Expeditions, said the newly unlocked land might translate into increased opportunities for his business, the smallest rafting guide service in the area.

“It’s great to be part of this celebration,” he said.

PLAYFUL COMPETITION The state-organized competitions, which also included flyfishing, golfing and hiking, were friendly but streaked with undercurrents of intra-county North Country rivalries.

“Make sure your headline reads, ‘Franklin County Wins,’ said

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New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo participated in the Adirondack Challenge on Sunday, July 20 in Indian Lake in Hamilton County, an event designed to promote tourism and economic investment in the Adirondack Park. He’s pictured here engaged in healthy competition before joining 20 other rafts in a trip down the confluence of the Indian Lake and Hudson rivers.

Photo by Bill Quinlivan

Franklin County Legislature Chairman Billy Jones. “We had super-soakers.”

Jones echoed other lawmakers in the importance of the Governor’s appearance.

“Any time the top official in the state comes to our region, it’s really a good thing,” he said.

“It’s fantastic,” added Hamilton County Chairman Bill Farber.

He said many seasonal visitors are unaware that rafting is a summertime activity, not limited only to the spring melting season.

“July’s a great time to do it, and I couldn’t be happier.”

Like the promotional boosts that came before, including a Winter Challenge this past March in Lake Placid, Cuomo invited lawmakers from across the state to participate.

Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow (89th, Mt. Vernon) said he was happy to be back in the Adirondacks after four months downstate.

“It’s still the most beautiful part of New York,” he said.

Pretlow said he didn’t realize how much work rafting entailed.

“I think we had the best time,” he said, referring to his team’s speed.

His crew was organized by legislative committees, said Assemblywoman Addie Russell (116th, Watertown), not by region.

“Four of the six of us were together last year,” she said.

“It’s a great resource,” said Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages (22nd, Nassau County), who was also on their team. “People can go on a staycation right here in the Adirondacks.”

Jim McKenna, CEO of the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism, the state agency tasked with promoting tourism across a growing swath of the Adirondacks, said the mingling of officials cannot be overstated, especially when it comes to exploring the possible emerging tourist opportunities, including the OK Slip Falls, the highest waterfall in the Adirondacks that will soon be open to visitation as a result of the aforementioned land deal.

“Sheldon Silver getting on a raft is big for us,” he said, something that would have been unimaginable 18 months ago.

“Growing up in Manhattan in the 1950s, ‘up the creek without a paddle’ had a different meaning,” said Silver at a luncheon following the rafting excursion at Gore Mountain in North Creek.

He called the Adirondacks one of the few places in the country that is both beautiful and inspiring.

“Everyone should experience the Adirondacks in their lifetime,” he said while exhorting North Country lawmakers to reciprocate by traveling to New York City, his stomping ground.

Assemblyman Dan Stec, the North Country leader who represents much of the North Country alongside Janet Duprey, the 115th District Assemblywoman from Peru, said the trip also served a practical purpose.

“There’s a great value in our fellow lawmakers knowing what we have while debating local issues,” he said. “It’s tremendous.”

In comments introducing the Governor, State Senator Betty Little, Chairwoman of the Tourism Committee, upgraded Cuomo’s designation from what she had previously deemed the area’s “Number One Tourist” to the “number one tourism promoter, a hero and an honorary North Country member, a person who is truly for us in Albany.”

Little said the Governor has been tireless in urging millions of tourists from New York City to visit the Adirondacks.

“It’s not far of a drive, a wonderful challenge,” she said. “Tourism is our business. The more people come, the more business will prosper and continue to grow.”

The senator, who represents much of the Adirondack Park, encouraged state residents to relocate their small businesses to the North Country and cited the importance of high speed internet access and broadband.

“We need more year-long residents to come to our community to make a sustainable economy,” she said. “Governor Cuomo knows what our needs are.”

Little also cited the importance of local agriculture and food production.

New York, she said, ranks second in maple syrup production.

“Let’s get to number one,” she said.

GOVERNOR’S SPEECH The Governor, echoing his speech at the Winter Challenge to lawmakers and dignitaries in March, stoked similar fires, recalling the emergent spirit, energy and vitality of the region and circled back to jobs and exposure as a lynchpin to the North Country’s success.

“If we create jobs, everything else will take care of itself,” he said.

He ticked off a series of statistics: A $40 million advertising campaign led to $4 billion in revenue for the state, a new record, he said. Eight million new tourists. Four-hundred and sixty thousand new jobs since the end of the recession; $2 billion tax surplus in state coffers, four years of balanced and on-time budgets… a recent boost in the state’s credit rating that has led to its highest ranking yet.

“We’ve broken every record established,” he said. “And this is just the beginning — you ain’t seen nothing yet. The North Country is coming back big time.”

Following the event, his office said in a statement, New York’s tourism industry generated direct spending of $59.2 billion in 2013, producing an estimated $7.5 billion in state and local taxes.

As the fourth largest employment sector in New York, the tourism industry also added 28,500 jobs in 2013 for a total of 832,500 jobs and generated more than $17.96 billion in wages, said the statement.

North Country tourism is a $1.1 billion industry, generating $144 million in state and local taxes.

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overnor Andrew Cuomo traveled to Indian Lake and North Creek last weekend for the Adirondack Challenge, the daylong extravaganza designed to promote recreation and tourism in the Adirondacks to downstate lawmakers and their urban constituents.

And of course, to the press, who were given access to some of the most powerful people in the state padding around in their flip-flops with the tacit understanding that they would beam these telegenic photo-ops directly into the living rooms of the American public, a display of Mad Men-level public relations ingenuity.

While it may be tempting for skeptical residents to write the effort off as a highly-choreographed dog and pony show — and it is easy to scoff at the pageantry that bordered on high art, the political triangulation and the prime cuts of red meat thrown to an attention-starved population — the governor should be recognized for his outreach to a region that has been left in the doghouse for far too long.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” you’re probably thinking. ÒO f course the woodchucks at my local newspaper are dazzled by the high-powered wattage.

How typical.”

But his record speaks for itself.

Finch Pruyn. Cuomo hammered out the compromise deal that will allow access to the 69,000 acres previously controlled by the timber company to all user groups, those arriving on both mechanized sleds and foot-powered Keds. The North Country’s future has been beholden for too long to downstate environmental do-gooders who treat the region as their personal playground, caring little for the people who live here and even less about their economic futures.

We’re happy to have a leader who isn’t afraid to buck their aggressive lobbying efforts and craft a plan that ensured both sides walked away with partial victories.

Funding. Cruising from the media attention generated by his trip down the Hudson, Team Cuomo used the spotlight to announce funding for another round of projects that will expand recreational opportunities in the Central Adirondacks, including $750,000 to upgrade the Abanakee Dam on the Indian River. That’s huge. Another quarter-million will be allotted for the development of facilities and trails that advocates hope will transform the region into a premier equestrian destination. Some might call it political pandering, others may scoff that the money was destined for the community anyway, just under a different name from a different agency at another time. We call it smart politics.

Promotion. Cuomo has spoken repeatedly on his love for the Adirondacks, a seed planted dur-

ing childhood getaways. This soft spot has blossomed into his tenure as the state’s top elected official and has now bloomed into huge marketing pushes, including a $40 million advertising campaign that his office says has boosted visitations to the state by 4.2 percent last year, double the national average. North Country tourism is a $1.1 billion industry, generating $144 million in state and local taxes. We call any official who broadcasts our attractions to the wider world by simply inviting his colleagues in government for a weekend trip a visionary.

Hyuck! Like we said, we’re not starry-eyed simpletons who get gooey whenever the governor bats his eyelashes at us. Please.

We still disagree on many issues, including the Gap Elimination Adjustment that has left rural school districts in dire straits; the SAFE Act that has whipped gun owners into a fury and the property tax freeze that will force North Country officials to demonstrate shared services to give taxpayers a miniscule rebate check, pioneering governance our elected officials have been doing for years out of necessity with zero recognition from the state.

But those are all indicative of the upstatedownstate dynamic that cleaves New York, a divide that sees officials representing constituents from world’s leading city serving in the same legislative body as officials presiding over the most empty and remote land tracts in the country, the cosmopolitan hum versus the blackfly buzz.

The state’s highest elected official has to rule from the center to be effective. Cuomo has done that, which means that our victories must be tempered with bitterness. He’s walked the line well and should be commended for being a masterful political operator and a sincere advocate for the North Country.

While it’s only a matter of time until Cuomo will aggravate us with another foolish proposal or budget deal, whether offering to bankroll college degrees for criminals or continuing to dance around delicate issues like fracking, we hope that we can settle our future differences here in the Adirondacks with another athletic challenge, one inspired by another strong New York Governor who had a friend in the North Country: We’ll call it the Teddy Roosevelt Challenge, an event designed to engage lawmakers in bareknuckle boxing, endurance horseback races and singlestick, a full-combat sport using cudgels, at Tahawus, the abandoned mining village in Newcomb.

Like you said yourself, governor, the best is yet to come — you ain’t seen nothing yet. ÑD

July 26, 2014

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govern. Yet today we don’t seem umultuous events seem to seek direction from a higher to be boiling over on power to guide our efforts in many fronts including dealing with these issues. here at home.

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Mormonism, Scientist, Pagans, Atheists, and Even here at home we see the influx of South many, many others. We should be able to agree American children illegally crossing our souththat we each have strong feelings for our beern borders, our veterans dying from lack of liefs, but we must respect each other’s right timely care while administrators seek bonuses to honor those beliefs as each sees fit, without and overall government transparency is all but hindering or overtly offending the other. It’s transparent. our blending of all faiths and nationalities that Lacking seems to be the will to seek resoluprovides our nation with a world perspective tion and leadership from the nation that is best unlike any other nation. suited to serve the role as both peacemaker and The simple fact that our nation provides this enforcer. wonderful freedom to worship and still respect America may not like being placed in the role those who choose not to worship is the keyof the world’s police force and primary authorstone of our moral foundation. It’s what sepaity for right and wrong, but let’s face reality, if we don’t lead who will? The world we see rates us from the likes of an ISIS who would kill in the name of their deity. If we worship indievolving today is the face of a new reality we vidual freedom over the freedom to recognize must be prepared to live with if we continue to a supreme power, we will have abandoned the shirk our responsibility to lead. foundation upon which our country was built.

Radical forces around the globe are flexing Leadership in all forms requires a price to their will to see what steps this country will be paid. If we choose to ignore the sacrifices of take. Without a strong American leadership the those who gave so much to create and sustain previous battles fought to put our nation into this nation over the past 200+ years our future this role will be squandered. American leaders at one time had a clear perspective for calling security is surely in doubt. Our leaders must recognize this responsibility while leading the out nations who over stepped their bounds. country, and the world, to a peaceful resolution While we are far from perfect, America based of all conflicts that threaten world stability. her role on a strong moral foundation as one The longer we ignore these issues the more nation under God with liberty and justice for difficult it will be for America to reclaim its all. role and the more out of control our world will I fear the erosion of our moral foundation spin. If you don’t believe America should lead, and the internal political bickering is affectjust who do you think should? Look around ing our country’s ability to lead, now at a time the world, America, the land of prosperity and when her leadership is sorely needed. freedom is the country that must stand up and When you look at the sacrifices made by guide the world to peace. America stands for previous generations of this country and those what the world can be unless we lose sight of throughout the ages who fought and died for what our forefather’s sought for her future genthese freedoms we enjoy today, I have to wonerations. der how they would have reacted to the issues we face now? The King of England with his Dan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denton world’s most powerful army and navy didn’t Publications. He may be reached at dan@denpubs. cause our founders to back down from what com. they believed to be their God given right to self

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July 4 marked 13 years the Bashaw/Howard family celebrated their five generations being together. They’re pictured above at Alexus Welch’s 13th birthday party. In the back row by relationship to Mrs. Howard: Great-granddaughter Tanya Bashaw, great-great granddaughter Jozlyn Welch, great-great grandson Keagan Welch and grandson Larry Bashaw. Front row: Great-Great granddaughter Alexus Welch, Mrs. Noda Christian Howard, great-great grandson Charles Welch and daughter Stella Bashaw.

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www.valleynewsadk.com Do you think there is a trend toward police agencies becoming more, or even overly, militarized?

I haven’t noticed because I really don’t have any involvement with the police. I have noticed increased security with things like the Lake Placid marathon. It’s different. It’s not like when we grew up.

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Well, I did watch two police officers attempting to restrain a man in the middle of the road. It appeared that they were punching him. It was dark and they could have been killed. I thought that was a bit much.

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Letters to the Editor

Park should be paid for by all New Yorkers To the Editor: On Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20, the Governor of New York had another “Adirondack Challenge” event in the Park.

As an elected official, I was invited by him to attend. I sent my regrets. I guess it just seems unfair to me that the people of New York that live outside the Blue Line aren’t being required to contribute to the cost of the States’ playground in the same way as residents of the Park.

The 480-A tax exemptions, low assessments on State land, unfair state education aid funding, and not having development rights to much of their land are just some of the reasons that cause real harm to residents of the Park.

Some of us feel it is time for the State to pick up their fair share of the burden for this playground rather than place the cost directly on the backs of the Park residents.

If you want to use the playground help pay for it in a fair and equitable manner.

I hope the Governor and his friends had a good time enjoying some of the fun of our great Park. It should be here for all New Yorkers, but it should also be paid for by all New Yorkers.

Bill Grinnell, Ticonderoga

North Hudson supervisor responds To the Editor: There have been a lot of words, both written and spoken, regarding the Town of North Hudson’s interest in acquiring the former Frontier Town properties. Some have said or implied that both the North Hudson Town Board and the Essex County Board of Supervisors have conducted their discussions on this matter in secretive sessions behind closed doors. I would disagree with those that feel this way and would ask that you review the minutes of those meetings, and those articles, which the press published in regard to them. I would also ask how is it that those who make these accusations would know how we conduct those board meetings, because until recently they never were present at them. Had they been present, they would have known as far back as December that there were discussions regarding the purchase of the former Frontier Town properties. The information that they put forth is only partial information, used to spin the story to their advantage. The result is that the public is misin-

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formed and not fully made aware of all of the facts. My purpose here is to try to present the facts to the best of my ability.

First, when the discussion of an upcoming tax foreclosure sale first opened last fall, I began discussing with the Town Board the possibility of the Town trying to acquire it. In December the Board authorized me to try to negotiate the transfer of those properties to the Town. Our concern was that after nearly ten years in the hands of the private sector, the property had been neglected and had decayed to the point where three buildings had to be condemned, while the owners were asking at various times in excess of $700,000 for the property. Our fear was that once again this property would fall into similar fate.

The Town Board felt that if we were to acquire it, we could develop some of the property for recreational use, as it adjoins our existing multi-use trail system. Additionally we could work in conjunction with the IDA to develop an area to attract business investors. To my recollection, I have never stated that we wished to develop a mine or market timber on this property as has been reported. Again, our interest is to expand recreational opportunities, which would attract people to the town, which, in turn, we hope, would lead to business development in the town.

The Town made an offer to the County to purchase the property for taxes owed, minus interest and penalties. The offer was declined and eventually the Frontier Town/Republic Steel Task Force was assigned with the task of providing a recommendation to the full Board of Supervisors as to how to best proceed with sale of those properties. That recommendation was to combine four of the Frontier Town parcels and establish a minimum reserve bid of taxes owed for the property as of the April, 30 sale date. That was estimated to be a little more than $146,000.

The recommendation of the Task Force was accepted by the full Board of Supervisors. Both the Plattsburgh Press and Denton Publications reported the details in March. This information was available to the public; it was not a secret or part of some clandestine plan. Unfortunately, at the time of the auction, when the high bid for these properties was reached, no mention of the reserve was made. Had a statement been made, such as the minimum reserve bid has not been met; it would have saved everyone from the frustration we all feel. There are some auctions, which I am aware of, that start the bidding at the reserve bid.

This also would have had a much better result.

That being said, the terms of the contract clearly state that the Board of Supervisors may accept or reject any bid for any reason. I am told that this was also announced at the auction and so should have been clear to everyone. As the bid of $49,500 was far less than the reserve of taxes owed, the Board of Supervisors rejected it. At the next meeting of the North Hudson Town Board I asked how they wished me to proceed. By unanimous vote, I was directed to offer the County $60,000 for the properties.

That pretty much brings us to the present. I would have never,

Ronald Moore, Supervisor Town of North Hudson found, so lyrics were written from memory. Because not everyone shared the same childhood memories, there was some disagreement about where the kazoos should be tooted.

So the song was rewritten several times the day they marched though their hometown. The kazoo controversy aside, they all shared a fondness for the music teacher of their youth.

On Monday, Wyant shared an open letter thanking all who contributed to what he refereed to as “That There Parade.”

Town conspires to pay tribute to former teacher

By Linda Dolly

pete@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — The best kept, and most shared secret in Elizabethtown, was revealed as the finale of their E-town Day parade.

A little after three on Saturday, the parade judges were standing on the stage of the bandstand when the chant “We want Joe” was heard above the din of the crowd. The “Joe” they were calling for was Joe Wyant, a former music teacher who had retired in 1985 from Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School.

Wyant, who usually avoids the parades, was persuaded to attend this one, being asked to judge the floats. As the “We Want Joe” pleas became louder, the last detail of the elaborate ploy was about to fall into place. Another parade judge feigning confusion about the commotion below, said, We better see what is going on” before leading Wyant down the steep steps of the bandstand.

As Wyant approached the sidewalk, dozens of former high school music students who studied under him 30-50 years ago assembled before him. The group’s banner identified them as “Joe’s Treble Makers.”

Someone from the group, stepped forward handing him a set of batons and sheet music. The group asked him to conduct them again. As he lifted his hands, the words to “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” filled the street.

Wyant led them in the ELCS cult classic from forty years ago, “One Finger, One Thumb,” with choreography which made it as much a practice in agility as a song.

in my wildest imagination, thought that this issue would have escalated to the point that it has.

With that in mind, I made a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors that we try to reach a compromise. My recommendations for that compromise were the minimum that I felt would ensure a permanent, long-term use of the lands for recreational uses. The counter offer made from George Moore did not ensure a permanent, long-term opportunity for the Town of North Hudson.

These are the facts. I believe they can be verified through various newspaper articles and the various meeting minutes. Again, this was not some last minute, secretive plan hatched the day after the auction, but rather a discussion that has been, and is, ongoing since last fall.

I have no personal axe to grind with George Moore. I wrote him twice advising him of the upcoming auction and of the lot in the middle of the A Frame parking lot, which we hoped he would be able to acquire, as it would then make that property whole. I am only looking out for what I believe is in the best interest of our Town. I have the greatest respect for anyone that has accomplished what he has in his lifetime. I understand and respect the fact that he would like to make reasonable profit on his investment. I would hope that he could understand and respect the fact that I am only doing what I feel is in the best interest of the economic future of the Town of North Hudson.

Finally, we, very simply, are trying to improve the Town’s economic future. To do that we felt that if we were able to maximize the recreational opportunities that will become available with the establishment of a snowmobile connector from Palmer Pond to Newcomb, Minerva, Long Lake, Indian Lake and points west, along with the future state acquisition of the Boreas Ponds tract, that maybe that would attract business growth. I have said we would be happy to get our $60,000 investment back, or even give the property to the right business. If that would create jobs and get the property back on the tax roll, our $60,000 investment would be considered a great success. We are not speculating on this property. We are not seeking any profit; we are only seeking business growth through the recreational opportunities that are possible with the above mentioned State plans in the North Hudson and greater 5 Towns, Upper Hudson Recreation Hub area.

As has been publicized, a petition was circulated to bring this to a vote. Although the petition was invalid for a number of reasons, the town board voted to bring this to public referendum.

This may be the most important decision this Town will make in recent memory. It will decide our economic future. I think the question boils down to, does the Town of North Hudson want to control it’s own destiny, or does it want George Moore to?

Retired ELCS music teacher was honored by former students at the Etown Day Parade on Saturday, July 20 in Elizabethtown.

Photo by Kevin McKee

The “Treble Makers” were smiling, singing, lifting a finger, and then a thumb as a salute to a man, who as their signs said, “gave them the love of music.”

CONSPIRACY An entire home town conspired to make this moment possible for Joe Wyant. In the week preceding the parade, a scheme was hatched, deals were made and hundreds of covert messages had been sent locally and across the country giving many the opportunity to share in a love note to a man appreciated for his patience, wit and love of music.

With no group practice time available, the lyrics to one song was via social media. After watching a YouTube version of a song, someone quoted the leader of their earlier band: “You better practice, we don’t want to sound like crud.”

The particular arrangement of another song could not be

ALL GROWN UP “ Most people have to die and attend their own funeral to see so many people in one place that they care so much for, and hear so many really nice words,” he wrote. “I have never been a great fan of funerals, and the whole dying part leaves a lot to be desired. Fortunately, I got a great new pacemaker a while ago, and that worked well to keep me banging along, and kept my heart from bursting with pride in the wonderful students I’ve known over these many years.”

“Of the many wonderful things that I can recall, I believe that the E-Town Day Parade of 2014 could well be the wonderful – est.”

Referencing the teens he knew who were no longer young he added, “Over the years, some of you have grown up and changed a little. I might not recognize you if I meet you on the street, but I can assure you that I will never - never forget you.”

During the planning and following the tribute delivered on Etown Day, many Joeisms were remembered. No one brought up one of my favorites, the advice Joe offered before concerts: ‘If you are going to make a mistake, make a big one. And make it more than once. Then people will think it is a catchy part of the song.”

Of the hundreds of students who preformed with and for Joe over the three decades he taught, many mistakes were made.

But no one considered it a misstep to give up a study hall to learn a song or two.

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Northway tour bus crash kills Canadian teen

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com NORTH HUDSON — A teenager is dead, and 55 passengers were taken to area hospitals with injuries after a tour bus veered off the shoulder on Interstate 87 and onto the median on Friday morning, July 18.

The deceased has been identified by state police as 14-year-old Chelssy Mercier of Quebec.

New York State Police Major Richard Smith III said Mercier was partially ejected from the vehicle, which then came to rest on her. After responders used jacks to lift the bus, resuscitation efforts by passerby, and state police were unsuccessful.

‘QUICK SUCCESSION’ The 2008 Prevost passenger coach carrying Canadian tourists was traveling south on I-87 from Charney, Quebec to New York City when it veered off the shoulder of the highway.

Essex County’s Department of Emergency Services received multiple reports starting at 7:46 a.m. of an accident near mile marker 95 and Exit 29.

Essex County Emergency Services Director Don Jaquish said at least six calls came in at quick succession.

“It was one right after another,” he said.

Ten emergency service squads and three fire departments responded.

“There were multiple individuals outside of the bus,” Smith said.

All passengers, reportedly between the ages of 6 and 54, were removed from the windshield and top hatch.

Smith said he believed all occupants were Canadian nationals containing multiple generations of family members.

It was later determined the bus did not contain seatbelts.

‘MASS CASUALITY INCIDENT’ At the scene on Friday, the bus lay on its side with the front windows punched out. Ahead, the triple lines of iron guide wire were splintered; plastic strewn was across the southbound lane and the ground opened in a deep gash.

All 55 passengers, as well as the driver, were taken to local hospitals.

Essex County Emergency Services Coordinator Patty Bashaw referred to it as a mass casualty incident.

All were transported, some with a bus from Westport Central School, for safety reasons.

“Once the adrenaline wears off, there may be cuts and bruises,” she said. “Crushing-type injuries.”

None were believed to be life-threatening, she said.

Thirty-six patients were transported to Elizabethtown Community Hospital (ECH), two to Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, eight to Moses-Ludington in Ticonderoga, nine to Glens Falls and one had been transported to Burlington via North Country Life Flight, according to Bashaw.

Three to five of those individuals were transported with serious injuries, Smith said.

The injured included 41 code green patients, what Bashaw called “the walking wounded.”

Ten were code yellow, or moderately injured, with three code reds that required immediate transport.

CAUSE UNKNOWN No cause has been given in the crash. Eyewitnesses reported no obstacles on Interstate 87 prior to the accident.

The bus did not ignite, nor were any skid marks visible at the scene.

“It rode the contour of the median and tipped onto its side,” Smith said.

The driver, a 61-year-old Canadian male who has not been identified, will be given an evaluation to determine his fitness to operate the bus, Smith said last week.

‘PEOPLE WERE IN SHOCK’ Quebec resident Stephane Donnelly told the Valley News he was driving behind the bus, preparing to pass it on the right, when it veered off the road into the median.

“I saw it swerving to the left,” Donnelly said.

Donnelly’s wife, Chantele, who was traveling in another vehicle with other members of their party, placed the initial 911 call.

He and his son, Matthieu, 17, approached the bus and started pulling the injured out of the overturned bus.

Stephane estimated he was driving between 65 and 68 miles per hour while preparing to pass.

“That’s the speed limit,” he said.

“I opened the top and people started getting out,” Matthieu said. “Some people were hurt, some cuts. A lot of blood, not big injuries. People were in shock.”

Matthieu and Stephen assisted authorities in translation efforts from French to English.

The family was on their way to Clearwater,

A bus operated by JaimonVoyage.com lies on its side in the median of Interstate I-87 after it overturned at around 8 a.m. this morning near Exit 29. One person is dead and 55 injured in the crash.

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Fla. They said they will continue with their travels.

Smith commended the family later at a press conference without releasing their names.

“Each family risked their own safety and did everything they could,” he said. “They need to be commended for the human value of their efforts.”

INVESTIGATION A collision reconstruction unit will study where and why the bus left the road and where it traveled. New York State Department of Transportation officials will also open an investigation, Smith said.

The bus will be transferred to the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit in Ray Brook.

“We still have what’s commonly referred to as a ‘black box’ containing braking, speed and additional data,” Smith said.

Authorities will download that data to help piece together the causes, he said. “It will give us some indication what was going on.”

State and federal agencies were on the scene alongside members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

“We will coordinate with what the passengers believed happened and put that together with the evidence,” Smith said.

COMING HOME On Friday evening, a tour bus emblazoned with the name “Menard” waited in ECH’s parking lot to ferry the survivors back to Canada.

Inside, investigators from the state police’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation attempted to piece together what had happened.

Outside, a scrum of reporters from Canadian news agencies remained as 17 patients were brought in from Glens Falls and Moses-Ludington for transport back to Canada.

ECH vans later blocked the press from the survivors as they boarded the bus for the long drive back.

Online, a Facebook page for Mercier, a brunette with a mischevious smile, had been set up.

“I was in the bus,” wrote Alain Blais in French. “My condolence to the family, parents and friends.”

“I was also on the bus,” wrote Veronique Blais. “All my thoughts and prayers go out to you.”

“As a Dad who loves my two girls of 15 and 11, and his boy of 13, I can only humbly offer to the parents and friends my sincere condolences,” wrote Richard Desgagne. “Keep in your memories and treasure the moments that allowed you to live this small shooting star.”

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Saranac Lake walking tour offered SARANAC LAKE — The Village Improvement Society and Historic Saranac Lake are hosting a free public walking tour of VISowned parks July 26 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The tour will include Vest Pocket Park, Triangle Park and Denny Park.

During the tour, VIS volunteers will discuss the history of Saranac Lake’s parks. The park system was designed by the firm of the Olmsted Brothers, the same landscape architects who designed Central Park in New York City. Their plan for open space protection in Saranac Lake was submitted in 1907, but the Village Board decided it was too expensive. In 1910, a group of 10 Saranac Lake women banded together to form the Village Improvement Society with the goal of implementing the plan. VIS now owns and maintains seven parks in Saranac Lake, which are Vest Pocket Park, Triangle Park, the Herb Garden, Denny Park, Dorsey Park, Beaver Park and the Sunset Arboretum.

The walking tour will begin at 10 a.m. at Vest Pocket Park and be led by VIS President Ellen George with interpretation by VIS volunteer, Nancy Murphy, and park managers, Ellen George and Randall Swanson.

RSVP is requested by July 25, but walk-ins are also welcome.

For reservations and information, please call Historic Saranac Lake at 518-891-4606. Community residents and visitors are invited to attend this free event to learn interesting history about Saranac Lake’s parks.

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NCSPCA fundraiser set

ELIZABETHTOWN — The North Country SPCA announces $25,000 Golf Ball Drop including a $500 guaranteed 1st prize.

Time is running out to purchase your ball for the NCSPCA Golf Ball Drop. The balls, numbered 1 to 1000, will be dropped Saturday, Aug. 2 during the second annual open house at the shelter located at the Frances Miller Adoption Center, 7700 Rt 9N just east of Elizabethtown.

“The ten balls that land closest to the mark will be in the running to match a preselected ball/number chosen at random” stated Jessica Hartley the executive director of the NCSPCA. “Besides being in the running for the $25,000 those 10 will also be awarded an additional prize. Prizes range from a $500 cash prize to a case of wine or other gift certificates generously donated to help put the “fun” back in fundraiser,” said Hartley.

The NCSPCA is a no-kill shelter and the only shelter in Essex County. 90% funded by private donations the shelter holds several events throughout the year to raise the needed funds to care for the more than 400 abused, abandoned and forgotten animals rescued annually by this non-profit organization.

To purchase your $10 ball for the drop contact Jessica at the shelter, 518-873-5000 or email jhartley@ncspca.org. “The odds of winning are dependent upon the number of balls sold, but rest assured 100% of your donation will go towards caring for the animals at the shelter,” Hartley said.

The open house, 10AM to 3PM and ball drop at 2PM are free and open to everyone. You do not have to be present to win.

“Even if yours is not the winning number your $10 donation can still be used as a tax-deductible contribution to the fullest extent of the law; It’s a win for everyone,” stated Hartley.

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Fourth of July Parade winners announced

LAKE PLACID — The annual Fourth of July Gala Parade was a success. The secret panel of judges interspersed through the crowd have weighed in, and the parade winners are ready to be announced.

Aubuchon Hardware is the first-place winner this year. The business entered a float with an Adirondack camping theme that had a rain effect that wowed the judges.

The second-place winner was the Lake Placid Horse Show, which entered two floats with patriotic themes.

The U.S. Olympic Training Center won third place with its patriotic-themed float.

Plaques for the winners are being made and will be distributed soon.

Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to everyone for participating in the annual celebration of America’s birthday!

For ongoing events information, visit lakeplacid.com/events.

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Quad Rugby Tournament scheduled in Saranac Lake SARANAC LAKE — The CanAm Rugby Tournament is pleased to be hosting the 2nd Annual Quad Rugby Tournament for Thursday, July 31 and Friday, Aug. 1 at the 41st Annual CanAm Rugby Tournament in Saranac Lake.

Quad rugby, aka Wheelchair Rugby, features paralympic athletes who deliver the intensity, determination, and physical exertion/entertainment rugby is legendary for. It is the very game showcased in the famous documentary Murderball. This year’s bracket has more than doubled from last year’s and will be coed. Teams include the Montreal Maniacs, Quebec Nitros, Ottawa Stingers, Connecticut Yankees, Northeast Passage Wildcats, and

the Western New York Wreckers.

All games are at the North Country Community College (NCCC) gymnasium and free to the public. In addition to the annual Friday night 7:00 pm Battle Across Borders Extravaganza featuring some of the top quad rugby players on the planet, games begin Thursday, July 31 at 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, and resume Friday at 9:30 am through 4:30 pm, culminating with our first ever Quad Rugby Clinic from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

The clinic is designed to give the public a chance to meet these incredible athletes and allow eligible area and/or visiting athletes to see if they qualify for and have what it takes to become a

quad rugby player. Check out the custom-designed wheelchairs for attack and defense of this co-ed international paralympic sport.

The Quad Rugby Tournament is sponsored by NCCC, Paul Smith’s College, St.Joseph’s Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center, Taylor Rental, and Canterbury Rugby of New Zealand.

Come see another chapter in the rival of the titans of Quad Rugby, USA and Canada, at the CanAm Rugby Tournament July 31 and August 1 in Saranac Lake.

News In Brief Mountaineer makes donation

KEENE VALLEY — The Mountaineer, in partnership with Patagonia, Inc., made a $1,000 donation to The Nature Conservancy’s Adirondack Chapter to support the nonprofit organization’s work with state and local transportation agencies to upgrade bridges and culverts with structures that simulate natural stream conditions. Replacing substandard culverts with properly sized, fish-friendly structures provides ecological, economic, recreational and social benefits.

Specifically, the funding will help the Conservancy with GIS mapping work integral to assessing and prioritizing culverts for replacement or upgrade in the Ausable River watershed. When culverts are too small or are poorly designed in relation to the streams they carry, both human communities, infrastructure and aquatic ecosystems may be at risk. As many communities saw in the wake of Hurricane Irene, undersized and misaligned culverts are more likely to blow out during floods, creating safety hazards, damaging roads, structures and property and requiring replacement. These failures are expensive. In addition to the hard costs associated with infrastructure repair, there is a cascade of other costs to local communities and businesses in terms of lost revenues when roads are impassa ble or rivers can no longer support species like brook trout, which provide a draw for tourism.

Solomon Northup to be celebrated

PERU — Solomon Northup, the free born Adirondack man kidnapped into slavery who told his powerful story in “12 Years a Slave,” will be celebrated with a lecture on Sunday, July 20 in Peru.

This small community played a part in Northup’s story. he once had a contract to ship Peru-grown lumber south on Lake Champlain to the Albany-Troy area. Northup did transport the lumber but didn’t get paid and then took George Washington

Allen of Jabez Allen Road to court.

Details of this dramatic story will form the basis of the Solomon Northup program at the Peru Free Library, sponsored by the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association.

Northup’s telling of his kidnapping into slavery was a bestselling book in the 1850s, and the movie version won the Academy Award for Best Picture earlier this year.

Don Papson, the founder and past president of the association, who has been researching and writing about the Solomon Northup story and other aspects of slavery and freedom for over a decade, will lead the program.

Also speaking will be Helen Allen Nerska, president of the Clinton County Historical Association and a descendent of the family involved in that lumber dispute with Northup. Her great, great, great uncle was born in Peru, grandson of Jabez Allen, one of Peru’s original settlers.

Free and open to all, the program begins at 5 p.m. at the Peru Free Library, 3024 Main St. Solomon Northup Day will be celebrated Saturday, July 19, at Saratoga Springs.

‘The Cookie Project’ to thank residents

LAKE PLACID — The Ironman Foundation is set to thank area residents with “The Cookie Project,” an effort in which the foundation will provide residents along the race course with a small token of appreciation (hand baked and delivered chocolate chip cookies). They will be delivered to any home that is immediately located on the roads of the bike and run course. For residents who live a little ways back off the road or who live in the communities of Keene, Jay, Upper Jay, Ausable Forks and Wilmington, we are delivering the cookies to the Whiteface Region Business and Tourism Center on Route 86 in Wilmington and encourage those residents to stop in and pick up some “sweets” as a way to

say “thank you” for allowing us to train and race on their roads.

Local food event offered in Willsboro

WILLSBORO — Cornell Cooperative Extension is sponsoring two regional field discussions for Northern New York horticultural growers: one on July 28 in Willsboro and one on July 29 in Canton. The events are free-but-registration-required evening educational opportunities.

Each program will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a picnic supper, farm tour, and discussion of vegetable production projects focused on season extension, inter-row cover crops, reduced zone tillage, crop pests: leek moth and spotted wing drosophila, and more.

The Monday, July 28 event will be held at the Cornell Willsboro Research Farm, 48 Sayward Lane, Willsboro; to register, call Cornell Cooperative Extension of Clinton County at 518-5617450 or email adi2@cornell.edu.

Guest speakers include Cornell Vegetable Program Specialist Judson Reid, Cornell Small Farms Program Director Anu Rangarajan, Cornell University Entomologist Masanori Seto, and Amy Ivy with the Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program.

Cornell Willsboro Research Farm Manager Michael Davis will join the group at the Willsboro event.

Adirondack Foundation welcomes intern

LAKE PLACID – Adirondack Foundation is pleased to announce the hiring of intern Nicholas Mann, who will assist staff with storytelling and grant impact evaluation this summer.

“We are excited to have Nick on board,” said Cali Brooks, executive director of Adirondack Foundation. “As a young man who has grown up in the Adirondacks, he understands the challenges and opportunities in our region’s communities. We look forward to working with him.”

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WESTPORT — Samuel Torres and Manuel Valera will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Ballard Park. For more information, contact Soundwaveswestport@gmail.com.

PERU — Annie in the Water performs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Livingoods Restaurant & Brewery, 697 Bear Swamp Road.

ESSEX — Essex resident and local technology guru Ken Hughes will share tips and tricks at Belden Noble Library at 7 p.m. about taking digital photographs and making them really stand out for friends and family to see. Ken will cover the basics of getting photos to your computer, editing and cropping images as well as sending those images to others using iPhoto, Flickr, Shutterlly and Picassa.

Friday, July 25

PLATTSBURGH — East Bound Jesus perform at 10 p.m. at the Monopole, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518-563-2222 for food and drink specials.

LAKE PLACID — Makayn and Master Thieves perform at Smoke Signals. This performance will be in the Upstairs Music Hall. Doors will open 8:30 p.m. Show at 9pm and $5 admission.

CHAMPLAIN — This is a reunion of the 1960s Gemtones and Starfires which will be hosted by the popular band “Overdrive.” There will be no charge for this event and it is open to the public. The event will take place at 7:30 on Friday, July 25 at the Lakeview Pub & Grille on Rt.9B in the Town of Champlain.

Saturday, July 26

PERU — Dionysia performs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Livingoods Restaurant & Brewery, 697 Bear Swamp Road.

PLATTSBURGH — Fairy Tale: The Ever After is being performed at the Strand located at 25 Brinkerhoff St. by Living For Christ Players on Saturday, July 26, 2014, at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.

CHAZY — Town-wide yard sale scheduled. Maps will be available at the Chazy Public Library that morning.

CHAZY — At Chazy Public Library at 10 am there will be a Kindred Spirit Yoga story time for children age 3 to 8.

Registration is limited; please call 846-7676 to register or for more info.

PLATTSBURGH — North Funktree perform at 10 p.m. at the Monopole, 7 Protection Ave. Call 518-563-2222 for food and drink specials.

CADYVILLE — Join JCEO Community Action Angels for a field day to raise money to help combat childhood hunger from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is held at the Cadyville Recreation Park located at 114 Goddeau Rd. Admission: $10 per family or $5 per individual. There will be food, ice cream and beverages on site. Money raised supports the BackPack Program, which provides 90 chronically hungry children with a weekend supply of food; during the 2014-2015 school year.

Help fuel a child’s future! You can make a difference! If you have any questions, please contact Sara at (518) 330-0811.

KEENE VALLEY — East Branch Friends of the Arts presents the Lake Placid Sinfonietta in concert for the first time ever in Keene Valley. “Folk Tales” is the name of the concert and will include Copland’s Hoe Down from Rodeo and Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony among other pieces. A “Meet the Artists” reception will follow the performance. Suggest

donation is $10; students are free. Location is Keene Valley Congregational Church.

LAKE PLACID — Hawk Owls perform at Smoke Signals.

This will be a free admission show. The Hawk Owls are a string based bluegrass band. Doors open at 7 p.m.

AUSABLE FORKS — In honor and recognition of their Saint, St. James Episcopal Church, Au Sable Forks, will be celebrating Saint James Day on Saturday July 26 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the church, 14216 NYS Rt. 9N, Au Sable Forks.

The day will feature indoor and outside games, live music, open mike poetry readings, refreshments and a campfire sing-along. The church will be open for healing prayer. All community and church members, both past and present are welcome to attend. For further information, contact Rev. Ana Rivera-Georgescu, Priest-in-Charge at 518-534-2540 or Argeorgescu@outlook.com or Rev. Patti Johnson, Deacon at 518-593-1838.

Sunday, July 27

ST. HUBERTS — Terry Wysong preaches at All Souls Episcopal Chapel at10 a.m.

PLATTSBURGH — The North Country Mustang Club will present its 14th Annual All Ford Car Show at the Plattsburgh Waterfront Parking Lot (around the corner from the Naked Turtle) from 8 am to 3 pm. $20 registration for all Ford and Ford powered vehicles. Spectators enter free. Contact Miles at 236-6080 for more details. Plattsburgh Waterfront Parking Lot, Dock Street.

AUSABLE FORKS — St. James’ Episcopal Church will hold Holy Eucharist services at 10 a.m.

WILLSBORO — Turtle Island Cafe will host Beth Lawrence’s unique blend of pop, jazz, and original music from 4:3o to 7 p.m. Call 963-7417 for more information.

with smarts as it does with size.This free event will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts.

CADYVILLE — There will be a vacation Bible school from 5-8 p.m. for those in K-6 grade at 2083 Rte. 3. For more information, call 518-493-7149.

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Melzmuf is an abstract painter living and working in New York City; his most recent show was at the Giacobetti Paul gallery in Brooklyn. For more information, please visit www.thebookstoreplus.com or call 518-523-2950.

Thursday, July 31

Saturday, August 2

WESTPORT — Meadowmount String Quartets will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Ballard Park. For more information, contact Soundwaveswestport@gmail.com.

PERU — Thistle Tulia Carson performs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Livingoods Restaurant & Brewery, 697 Bear Swamp Road.

CADYVILLE — There will be a vacation Bible school from 5-8 p.m. for those in K-6 grade at 2083 Rte. 3. For more information, call 518-493-7149.

KEENE VALLEY — Meadowmount students perform at Keene Valley Congregational Church at 8 p.m. Suggested donation is $10; students are free. For more information, contact us eastbranchfriendsofthearts@ gmail or call 518-576-9243.

Friday, August 1

WESTPORT — At 7:30 p.m. there will be a presentation on the Raptors of Lake Champlain by DEC Biologist Joe Racette at the Westport Heritage House. Cost is $8. Learn more about the eagles, falcons and ospreys nesting on the lake.

For more information contact lakeside5047@gmail.com.

CADYVILLE — There will be a vacation Bible school from 5-8 p.m. for those in K-6 grade at 2083 Rte. 3. For more information, call 518-493-7149.

LAKE PLACID — Please join The Bookstore Plus in welcoming artist Robert Melzmuf to the store from 5 to 6 p.m. He will be conducting an art demonstration on Winson Newton paint, including information on the reasons behind its popu-

LAKE PLACID — Please join The Bookstore Plus in welcoming author George A. Mathewson to Lake Placid on Saturday, August 2nd. Mathewson will be signing copies of his novel, Hidden Agenda from 3 to 5 PM. For more information, please visit www.thebookstoreplus.com or call 518-523-2950.

KEENE — Shakespeare 4 Fun with Knighthorse Theatre Co. perform at Keene Central School. An evening of Shakespeare presented by the Book & Blanket Youth Theatre , along with the talented Knighthorse Theatre Co. Admission is free.

Donations are accepted. Check out this dynamic Shakespeare duo at: www.knighthorse.org. For more information call: 518-946-8323.

Sunday, August 3

ST. HUBERTS — William Love preaches and Roger Smith assists at All Souls Episcopal Chapel at 10 a.m.

AUSABLE FORKS — St. James’ Episcopal Church will hold Holy Eucharist services at 10 a.m.

WILLSBORO — Turtle Island Cafe will host Beth Lawrence’s unique blend of pop, jazz, and original music from 4:3o to 7 p.m. Call 963-7417 for more information.

JAY — On 3 perform at the green. The rain location is Amos and Julia Ward Theater. The event takes place at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, July 28

CADYVILLE — There will be a vacation Bible school from 5-8 p.m. for those in K-6 grade at 2083 Rte. 3. For more information, call 518-493-7149.

Tuesday, July 29

ESSEX — A workout for your voice, mind and body will be held from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at New Health, 2885 Essex Rd. Participants must be 21 years or older. The cost is $12-$15.

CADYVILLE — There will be a vacation Bible school from 5-8 p.m. for those in K-6 grade at 2083 Rte. 3. For more information, call 518-493-7149.

AUSABLE FORKS — The Au Sable Forks Free Library hosts a weekly story time on Tuesdays from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Friday, July 30

PLATTSBURGH — Towne Meeting perform at Forrence Center at Clinton Community College for free at 6 p.m.

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Shakespeare Company performs David & Goliath. It’s brain vs. brawn as we travel back in time once again with Octavius, the boy who will one day become the Roman Emperor Augustus. Octavius finds himself in the shoes of the boy-king David as he journeys to ancient Israel, only to find it under attack by a mighty army led by a fearsome giant: Goliath of Gath. To make it back home, the kids will have to discover that strength has as much to do

As part of the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 Wilderness Act, the Adirondack Council honored the Marshall Family with their Conservationist of the Year Award. The family boasts a long history of environmental protection efforts. Paterfamilias Louis Marshall, for instance, authored Article XIV, New York State’s Forever Wild clause, while his children were among the first Forty-Sixers. Pictured above are Marshall’s descendents posing with a hand-carved wooden loon, the Adirondack Council’s mascot, in Elizabethtown.

Photo by Pete DeMola

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Plane Crash

landing.

Short said the aircraft approached the runway from the west and attempted to land. The other pilot, who was approaching from the east, also for landing, told Short there was no indication the pilot was in trouble.

After nearly scraping its wing on the runway, said Short, the West Virginian aircraft circled back around as if to make another attempt.

Open flaps to reduce drag were still lowered from the first attempt, he said. That may have played a role, he said, noting that it was speculative on his part.

Wind conditions were calm at the time of the incident, said Short, and the airspace remained open, with some manuvering around the facility during the interview.

The aircraft did not file a flight plan, he said. None are required for aircraft flying below 18,000 feet.

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in the 1980s, before her time.

“That person survived,” she said. “But now, there was nothing we could do.”

SECOND LANDING? The cause of the crash is pending further investigation, said state police on Sunday, who declined to comment on the nature of the occupants’ injuries.

Police identified the decreased as Fred Kafka, 63, from Vienna, West Virginia; his daughter, Kathleen Kafka, 24, and Reed Philips, 25, of Midland, Michigan.

Kathleen and Philips were students at Clarkson University in Potsdam.

At the scene on Saturday, located less than a mile from the Lake Placid Airport, only part of the aircraft was visible behind a row of pines, a red tail.

No smoke lingered in the air and the blinking lights and yellow tape belied a quiet, even tranquil, landscape.

In a co-interview with the Valley News and WSLP News Director Sandy Caligiore, Lake Placid Airport Manager Steve Short called the plane a “Mooney,” parlance for a single-engine aircraft, and said the tail number was registered to a West Virginia address.

Short said he was in contact with an eyewitness, a fellow pilot, after the accident.

The witness, who did not want his name made public, indicated to Short that the accident was possibly the result of a botched

ON THE SCENE State police reps told the Valley News shortly after 4 p.m. that the Federal Aviation Administration were on route from Albany and were scheduled to arrive imminently.

Essex County Coroner Francis Whitelaw said he couldn’t transport the deceased to the Adirondack Medical Center for autopsies until the FAA signed off.

“We’re in a holding pattern,” he said while waiting at the scene.

The National Transportation Safety Board have been notified and are enroute to assist in the investigation, said state police.

The FAA is treating the crash as a motor vehicle accident because of the size of the aircraft, reps said on Tuesday.

Essex Day

From page 1 on the National Register of Historic Places.

Children will enjoy face painting and playing at the playground and beach at Beggs Park. Everyone will enjoy the beautiful Lake Champlain vistas.

“The restaurants are booming that day,” Sonnett said.

“Many local organizations use it as a fundraising event.”

Refreshments will be available throughout the day at the Pink Pig and the Ice Cream Café. Lakeside lunch and dining will be served at the Old Dock at the ferry landing and at Chez Lin and Ray at the Essex Shipyard.

According to the group’s website, event sponsor Essex Initiatives was founded in 1993 by a group of local business owners hoping to attract tourism to the area but has since “morphed into a group of volunteers who support community activities either by supplying manpower, financial support or both.”

Exhibit launch

SARANAC LAKE — New work by local artist Shawn Lewis Halperin will be featured at NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery with an opening reception, Friday, Aug. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served, and the event is open to the public.

Halperin works in a variety of mediums. Her new work will feature landscape inspired collage, oil paintings and some custom frames using local salvaged materials. Visit shawnlewishalperin.com for more info.

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DOT, Contract Manage- designated SALE: 3 BR/2BA MARLETTE 1 ACRE OF LAND at ATWOOD Ocean Access, Great Fishing, HOME Essexment Bureau, 50 WOLF Contact with non-desigRd., West Chazy, NY, close to Crabbing, Kayaking. nated persons or other RD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE 2007 1568 square feet douschools, nice location. Please call Custom Homes.

1CM, ALBANY, NY involved Agencies will blewide; Peru schools; Call Amy 518-493-2478 for more informaDATE GRANTOR GRANTEE 12232 and will be pub- LOCATION www.oldemillpointe.com be consideredPRICE a serious (518)570-6325 tion.

7/07/2014 Michelle Gerber Patrick Fosterlicly Familyopened Trust and Amy $225,000 757-824-0808 matter and may result in and Kirsty read. Schroon 7/07/2014 Richard and Diane Steiner Willsboro InnBids LLC may also be sub- Willsboro $280,000 disqualification.

Contact 7/07/2014 Emil and Edith Schneider James Michael Forsyth Elba $135,500 Maria Tamarkin (518) mitted via the internet North PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 7/07/2014 Michael and Toni Ann Congedo William and Tressa Baird Wilmington $499,000 ADIRONDACK “BY OWNER” 457-8403. using Bid Express 7/08/2014 Russell and Susan Walthers Kerry and Megan Mayo Schroon $405,000 LOVELY MEADOW AND FOREST AdkByOwner.com 1000+ photo Contracts with$455,000 0% Goals 7/08/2014 John Webster Trust Agreement Jeffrey Peters(www.bidx.com). and Sally Ann Webster Keene 5.4 acres - $49,900. Was DIVORCE $349 - Uncontested dilistings of local real estate for are generally single op- $199,900. Bank Ordered Sale.

7/08/2014 James Tennian Melissa FullerA certified or cashier's Crown Point $89,500 vorce papers prepared. Includes sale, vacation rentals & timeeration contracts, where checkHannah-Albon payable to the Jay 7/09/2014 Martin Tenniswood and Joellen Welsh Aaron and Jennifer $115,000 Beautiful Bethel NY. Near Woodpoor person application/waives shares. Owners: List with us for sub-contracting is not stock Site. 85 Miles from ManhatNYS Bates Dept. of Trans- Chesterfield 7/09/2014 Clinton Morse Thomas and Cynthia $10,000 government fees, if approved. One only $299 per year. Visit onexpected, and for thesum North 7/10/2014 Wynn and Barbara Englisbe Lynn Hughesportation and Raymond Anthony Elba $1,000 may tan. Assorted Hardwoods, apsignature required. Separation line or call present direct$35,000 bidding 7/10/2014 Diana Eisenberg Todd Porter specified in the proposal Ticonderoga proved building site, underground agreements available. Make 518-891-9919 7/10/2014 Lawrence and Leslie Shipps Chistopher and Becker opportunities $250,000 for Small utilities, across from lake, Walk to orLeslie a bid bond, FORM Keene Divorce Easy - 518-274-0380.

7/10/2014 Positive Lachman LLC Lake Placid FDS 708956 LLCrepresenting North Elba Firms, $375,000 Business includ- Performing Arts Center, financing.

CONR 391, 7/11/2014 Richard Nock Terry LaPlanche Ticonderoga ing, but not $10,000 limited to, Call 1-888-499-7695 25% of the 7/11/2014 Frederick Dennin Helen Denninbid total, must accom- St. Armand $43,000 AUTOMOTIVE D/W/MBEs. BUILDING AND LOT in Moriah 7/11/2014 Dennis Cage Fernando andpany Kristieeach Robleno $170,000 The Contractor must bid. NYSDOT Schroon 1.3+ acres, paved driveway, 7/11/2014 Michael and Barbara Brown Aaron Blaise and Alicia Fuller-Blaise Chesterfield $215,000 comply with the Regulareserves the right to reNeed Car Insurance Now? Lowest Clinton town water and sewer. Can be LOVELY MEADOW AND FOR7/11/2014 Roger Foss and Helen Geddings Revocable Living Lynn McDonald Ticonderoga $175,000 tion relative to non-disject any or allbids.

Down Payment - Canceled? State used for residential and/or EST 5.4 acres, $49,900. Was Clinton crimination infederallyElectronic documents Letter?

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DATE GRANTOR GRANTEE LOCATION PRICE and Amendments are assisted programs of the Instant Coverage!

INSUREDIREC518-546-3568 Beautiful Bethel NY. Near 7/10/14 Judith Lahee James and Tammy Langley Saranac $18,000 USDOT 49 CFR 21. posted to www.dot.ny.T.COM Toll-Free 1-800-231-3603 Woodstock site. 85 miles from 7/10/14 John Sommers Glenn Goodfellowgov/doing-business/opand Sylie Restivo Please call $220,000 (518) 457Manhattan. Assorted hard7/11/14 Thomas and Nancy Roberts Colbie Mason and Scott Downey $108,300 ac3583 if a reasonable portunities/const-nowoods, approved building site, 7/11/14 Edward Supple Cartus Financial tices Contractor Plattsburgh $172,000 is needed is re- commodation underground utilities, across 7/11/14 Cartus Financial Connie and Robert Basom for ensuring Plattsburgh to participate$172,000 in sponsible from lake, walk to Performing the letting. that all Amendments are 7/11/14 Evan Bracey et. al.

Fed home Laon Mort Corp Peru $94,536 Arts Center, financing.

Reg. 01, Sam Zhou, Reits bid.

7/11/14 Kimberly Strack Lester Miller incorporated intoCity of Plattsburgh $160,000 877-836-1820 To receive gional Director, 50 Wolf NOTICE OF FORMATION 7/14/14 Daniel and Kerry Bushey Davis and Alexandra Thomas notification Peru $20,000 of Amendments via e- Rd, Albany, NY 12232 OF A DOMESTIC LIMIT7/14/14 Paula Guerin, Paula Kenny Beneficial Homeowner Serv Corp Champlain $44,371.63 mailDougherty you must submit a D262651, PIN 1161.19, ED LIABILITY COMPANY 7/14/14 Terri Manley, et. al.

Gordon & Lorraine Black Brook $40,000 (LLC) request to be placed on F.A. Proj. M240-11617/14/14 James Zsido and William Finucane Wells Farge Bankthe NAPlanholders Plattsburgh $74,375 Name: Mountain Goats List at 193, Essex Co., Replace7/14/14 Gerald Carter Sarah Turcotte www.dot.ny.gov/doingSchuyler Falls $108,000 LLC. The Articles of Orment of the Route 86 7/14/14 Philip Moore Lidiya Lamoy business/opportunities/c Schuyler Falls $6,000 ganization were filed Bridge over the West 7/15/14 Michael Riley et. al.

Adam Chapola onst-planholder. Chazy $78,600 Branch of the Ausable with the Secretary of 7/15/14 Joshua Hotaling Gregory Huth Amendment may Cityhave of Plattsburgh $109,000 River, in the Town of State of New York THE TOWN OF ESSEX, FAMILY (SSNY) on June 4, 2014.

Wilmington, $145,500 Bid Deposit JOHNSON been issued prior NY, PLANNING BOARD 7/15/14 Michael Flynn Raymond & Kevin Jessey City oftoPlattsburgh $400,000.00.$155,000 your placement City on of thePlattsburgh will hold a Public HearCAMP LLC: Articles of Office location: Essex 7/15/14 Richard Robbins and Amy Valentine Keon Jahanbakhsh, et. al.

Goals: DBE $32,500 8% County. SSNY is desig- ing on the following apOrganization filed with 7/15/14 TRB Development LLC Dennis & PamelaPlanholders Lefebvre list. City of Plattsburgh D262669, PIN 1809.17, nated as agent of the plications at their next Dept. of State 6/13/14; SEALED BIDSJudith will be re- NYS Finance Law 7/16/14 Anne King Barcomb City ofre-Plattsburgh $120,000 Albany, Essex, Greene, Location; Essex Co.; LLC upon whom pro- meeting on Thursday, forthGroup in in-LLCstricts communication 7/16/14 Leonard Swintson ceived as set SNJ Mooers $150,000 Saratoga, Secretary of State desig- cess against it may be August 21, 2014, at the structions to bidders un- with NYSDOT on pro- Rensselaer, Schenectady, Warren & nated as agent upon served. SSNY shall mail Essex Town Hall, 2313 til 10:30 a.m. on August curements and contact Washington Cos., Pave- whom process may be a copy of process to Main Street, Essex, NY, 14, 2014 at the NYS- can only be made with NOTICE OF FILING OF at 7:00 p.m.: persons. ment Preventive Mainte- served and copy of pro- Mountain Goats LLC, c/o DOT, Contract Manage- designated LEGALS cess served shall be Contact with non-desig- nance - Crack Sealing, Flink Smith Law LLC, Tax Map #40.73-2-7 AN LLC On the 24th day ment Bureau, 50 WOLF NOTICE OF FORMATION nated persons or other Bid Deposit $75,000.00., mailed to c/o Anderson 449 New Karner Road, CATS/CEVE - Kiosk style of June, 2014, Willsboro RD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE Inn LLC, filed Articles of OF LIMITED LIABILITY 1CM, ALBANY, Kill P.C., 1251 Avenue of sign - Site Plan Review Albany, New York NY involved Agencies will NO PLANS. COMPANY (LLC) for an accessory struc- Organization with the Goals: MBE/WBE 13 - the Americas, New York, 12205. Purpose: Any 12232 and will be pub- be considered a serious New York Secretary of Name: Adirondack NY 10020; Purpose: lawful purpose. ture behind the Essex 7% licly opened and read. matter and may result in Maple Syrup Company, owning real property.

VN-6/21-7/26/2014Town Hall, 2313 Main State. Its office is locatBids may also be sub- disqualification. Contact D262664, PIN 1808.52, ed in Essex County. The LLC. Articles of Organi- mitted via the internet Street, Essex, NY. and; 6TC-50937 Maria Tamarkin (518) Albany, Essex, Greene, VN-7/26-8/30/2014zation filed with the Sec- using Tax Map #49.1-1-12 Secretary of State has 457-8403.

Rensselaer, Saratoga, 6TC-54050 Bid Express NOTICE OF COMPLEbeen designated as retary of State of New (www.bidx.com).

Pataki - Site Plan Review Contracts with 0% Goals Schenectady, Warren & TION OF FINAL AS- for new construction, agent upon whom proYork (SSNY) on A certified or cashier's are generally single op- Washington Cos., Emer- NOTICE OF FORMATION SESSMENT ROLL 4/23/2014 Office Loca- check payable to the single family, at 44 Farm cess may be served and gency Standby Contract, OF LIMITED LIABILITY eration contracts, where (Pursuant to Section shall mail a copy of any tion: Essex County. The Way, Essex, NY. NYS Dept. of Trans- sub-contracting is not Bid Deposit COMPANY. NAME: LEE 516 of the Real Property GARVEY FARM, LLC. process served on him SSNY is designated as portation for thesum Catherine DeWolff expected, and may $150,000.00., NO Tax Law) Articles of Organization agent of the LLC upon Planning Board Secre- or her to Willsboro Inn PLANS. specified in the proposal present direct bidding Notice is hereby given were filed with the SecLLC c/o Richard s. Piedwhom process against it or a bid bond, FORM opportunities for Small Goals: MBE/WBE 0 – tary retary of State of New that the Assessor of the VN-7/26/2014-1TCmont, Esq., Piedmont may be served. SSNY CONR 391, representing Business Firms, includ- 0% Town of Westport, York (SSNY) on Law Firm, 4 British shall mail a copy of any 25% of the ing, but not limited to, VN-7/19-7/26/201454386 County of Essex, has 06/03/14.

Office locaAmerican Blvd., Latham, process to the LLC at: bid total, must accom- D/W/MBEs. 2TC-53585 completed the Final Astion: Essex County.

NY 12110. Its business PO Box 123, Essex, N.Y. pany each bid. NYSDOT The Contractor must sessment Roll for theNOTICE OF QUAL. OF SSNY has been desigis to engage in any law12936. Purpose: To en- reserves the right to re- comply with the RegulaNOTICE OF FORMATION current year.

The roll DMK DEVELOPMENT nated as agent of the gage in any lawful act or ject any or allbids. tion relative to non-disOF LIMITED LIABILITY ful activity for which limmay also be viewed onRAY BROOK, LLC, Auth.

LLC upon whom proited liability companies activity. crimination infederallyElectronic documents cess against it may be line. The original Final COMPANY (LLC") VN-6/21-7/26/2014and Amendments are assisted programs of the filed Sec'y of State Name: The Julian J may be organized under Assessment Roll is filed (SSNY) 6/27/14.

Office served.

SSNY shall mail Section 203 of the New 6TC-50574 posted to www.dot.ny.- USDOT 49 CFR 21. with Essex County Real Reiss Family LLC. Arti- York Limited Liability Please call (518) 457- loc.: Essex County. LLC a copy of process to the gov/doing-business/opcles of Organization filed Property Tax Service org. in MI 8/26/13.

LLC, 495 Sunset Drive, NOTICE OF FORMATION 3583 if a reasonable acportunities/const-nowith the Secretary of Company Act. and a certified copy SSNY desig. as agent of Willsboro, New York OF CAMP 21, LLC, Art. tices Contractor is re- commodation is needed State of New York VN-7/12-8/16/2016thereof has been filed in LLC upon whom pro12996.

Purpose: For any of Org. filed Sec'y of sponsible for ensuring 6TC-52661 to participate in (SSNY) on 5/01/2014. the Office of the Town cess against it may be lawful purpose.

State (SSNY) 6/19/14. the letting. that all Amendments are Office Location: Essex Clerk of the Town of served.

SSNY shall mail VN-6/28-08/02/2014Office location: Essex incorporated into its bid. Reg. 01, Sam Zhou, ReCounty. The "SSNY" is Westport where it may copy of proc. to 3597 6TC-50340 County. SSNY designat- To receive notification gional Director, 50 Wolf designated as agent of be seen and examined Henry St., Ste. 102, ed as agent of LLC upon of Amendments via e- Rd, Albany, NY 12232 by any interested per- the "LLC" upon whom Muskegon, MI 49441, NOTICE OF FORMATION whom process against it mail you must submit a D262651, PIN 1161.19, OF A DOMESTIC LIMITprocess against it may TO MAKE may be served. SSNY request to be placed on F.A. Proj. M240-1161- the principal office addr. ED LIABILITY COMPANY son.

Dated this 26 day of be served. "SSNY" shall shall mail copy of pro- the Planholders List at 193, Essex Co., Replace- of LLC. Art. of Org. on (LLC) mail a copy of any proJune, 2014. cess to M. Warren www.dot.ny.gov/doingment of the Route 86 file: SSMI, Lansing, MI Name: Mountain Goats cess to the LLC at: 48 David Wainwright, Sole 48918.

Purp.: any lawful Browne, PO Box 398, business/opportunities/c Bridge over the West LLC. The Articles of Or- Assessor Daisy Way, Lake Placid, activities.

Waccabuc, NY 10597. onst-planholder.

Branch of the Ausable ganization were filed NY 12946. Purpose: To VN-7/26/2014VN-7/19-8/23/2014Purpose: any lawful ac- Amendment may have River, in the Town of with the Secretary of engage in any lawful act 6TC-53595 Place a tivities. been issued prior to Wilmington, Bid Deposit State of New York THE TOWN OF ESSEX, or activity including any classified VN-7/19-8/23/2014$400,000.00. your placement on the JOHNSON FAMILY (SSNY) on June 4, 2014.

NY, PLANNING BOARD project involving the ad!

6TC-53588 Goals: DBE 8% Planholders list. will hold a Public Hear- publication of a book or CAMP LLC: Articles of Office location: Essex It’s easy and NYS Finance Law re- D262669, PIN 1809.17, County. SSNY is desig- ing on the following ap- article which focuses in Organization filed with will make Albany, Essex, Greene, Dept. of State 6/13/14; plications at their next significant measure on nated as agent of the SEALED BIDS will be re- stricts communication you money!

Saratoga, Location; Essex Co.; LLC upon whom pro- meeting on Thursday, the life and work of Juceived as set forth in in- with NYSDOT on pro- Rensselaer, Schenectady, Warren & Secretary of State desig- cess against it may be August 21, 2014, at the structions to bidders un- curements and contact lian J. Reiss.

Washington Cos., Pave- nated as agent upon til 10:30 a.m. on August can only be made with served. SSNY shall mail Essex Town Hall, 2313 VN-7/5-8/9/2014-6TCpersons. ment Preventive Mainte- whom process may be 14, 2014 at the NYS- designated a copy of process to Main Street, Essex, NY, 51919 at 7:00 p.m.: served and copy of pro- Mountain Goats LLC, c/o DOT, Contract Manage- Contact with non-desig- nance - Crack Sealing, nated persons or other Bid Deposit $75,000.00., cess served shall be ment Bureau, 50 WOLF Flink Smith Law LLC, Tax Map #40.73-2-7 involved Agencies will NO PLANS. mailed to c/o Anderson RD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE 449 New Karner Road, CATS/CEVE - Kiosk style Goals: MBE/WBE 13 - Kill P.C., 1251 Avenue of sign - Site Plan Review 1CM, ALBANY, NY be considered a serious Albany, New York

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