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Lake Placid’s Nzoni Thompson scores Jan. 17 in the team’s win over Saranac at the SUNY Plattsburgh Field House. The Blue Bombers are ranked 13th in the state by the New York State Sportswriters Association. The only Section VII team ahead of Lake Placid in the rankings is No. 3 Beekmantown.

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Saranac Lake farm seeks agricultural district designation

By Pete DeMola pete@denpubs.com SARANAC LAKE Ñ Once known as the Blooming Valley, the stretch between Saranac Lake and Bloomingdale was the regionÕ s original farming base.

Now a couple wants to help bring it back.

But first, they need to ensure they have government support, a measure that will come once their 10-acre operation is granted agricultural district designation status.

HiBar Ranch owners Mike and Lori Davis presented the idea to Essex County lawmakers at a public hearing in December, the first such pitch in four years.

Lawmakers unanimously approved the measure last week and it’s expected to sail through the countyÕ s remaining procedural hurdles early next month.

After that, the measure will get kicked up to the state for final approval.

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The HiBar Ranch in Saranac Lake has applied for inclusion in the county’s agricultural district, a measure that will provide protections as they continue to grow their organic farming operation.

Pictured above: A pair of horses feed on a recent winter afternoon.

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ST. ARMAND — Supervisor Charles Whitson left the town hall, steered his truck down River Road, cut the engine, got out and motioned toward the soon-to-be-completed pump station, just one component of the townÕ s emerging wastewater treatment plant, the crown jewel in the countyÕ s ongoing infrastructure projects.

The $4.5 million project is the largest ever tackled by this town in the northwest corner of the county.

The Bloomingdale wastewater treatment system had been failing for years.

Originally constructed by the former village in 1985 to rectify direct sewer collection system discharges to Sumner Brook, the town has struggled with compliance issues and state mandates for years.

Take clogs, for example.

The pump station is located at the lowest point in town.

Waste from the 266 users in the hamlet currently runs downhill through sewage lines across Route 3 before arriving at the lone pump, a concrete cylinder.

Problems bubble up when residents discard unwanted objects into the system, which kills the motors.

Each time the motors stop, a buzzer sounds. Residents pick up their phones and a town official — sometimes Whitson himself Ñ trudges down to the site to unclog the system.

He did so on New YearÕ s Day, and again on a recent frigid morning when he attempted to pry open a manhole to show a reporter.

But the metal door was frozen shut, illustrating the profound frustration of the status quo.

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ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ While Anne LaBastille dedicated her life working to raise awareness to reduce the human footprint on nature, after she died, she left a giant one on the hearts of just about everyone.

To celebrate the Wadhams-based author and ecologistÕ s career, a group of photographers and musicians will honor the woodswoman with a pair of concerts at the Hand House in Elizabethtown on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

The multimedia event will see photographs from a trio of renowned wildlife photographers Ñ Carl Heilman II, Mark Bowie and Shaun Heffernan Ñ displayed while Ricochet Duo, a marimba-piano outfit, performs a series of compositions written exclusively for the occasion.

Event organizer and former neighbor Rose Chancler said LaBastille, who died in 2011, inspired an entire generation of women with her do-it-yourself attitude paired with a profound passion for conservation and education.

Leslie Surprenant was LaBastilleÕ s long-time friend and currently serves as the executrix of her estate.

The award-winning writer and Adirondack Park Agency Commissioner, she said, was also an important role model for women facing challenging circumstances in life.

Although LaBastille chose to make home base a tiny log cabin without electricity or running water Ñ it was donated to the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake last year Ñ the New Jersey native frequently traveled the world to bring awareness to environmental degradation and to help create wildlife preserves, including pioneering work in Latin America. Ò I am hoping to bring together the people that knew her right here,Ó said Chancler. “She became very well-known around here.Ó Plans for the event, which debuted last summer in Lake Placid to a sold-out

Famed Adirondack conservationist and author Anne LaBastille will be honored with a series of multimedia concerts at the Hand House in Elizabethtown on Jan. 31 at 5:30 p.m. and Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. For reservations, call 962-2949. Visit pianobynature.org for more information.

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crowd, are still being fine-tuned.

“We’re weaving together a biographical look at her really interesting family background and her accomplishments,Ó said Surprenant. Ò ItÕ s something that IÕ m doing to keep her legacy alive.”

Photographer Mark Bowie said it was an honor to be selected to present images in conjunction with the event.

He first learned of the local hero after reading a National Geographic spread in the early-1970s.

His contributions include images of mountains, woods and water.

Ò The three iconic looks of the Adirondacks,Ó he said. Ò They really wanted to show the landscape Anne had helped preserve and had a large influence on her.”

Bowie said as a photographer, seeing his work sync up perfectly with a musical production is like a Ò dream come true.Ó LaBastille’s memory also lives on in the Woodswoman Memorial Scholarship at Cornell University and in the Adirondack Writing CenterÕ s Anne LaBastille Memorial Writer Residency Program.

“She’s leaving quite a legacy,” said Surprenant.

Landau to hold arborist meeting

LAKE PLACID Ñ Peter R. Landau, ASCA, consulting arborist, will be holding a meeting Saturday, Jan. 24, at 1:30 p.m. at Heaven Hill Farm, 32 Bear Cub Lane. He will be meeting with tree workers and arborists in the area to determine if there is enough interest to form an association. He is looking to advance the care of trees in the Adirondacks and North Country by making industry standards for tree care available to members. For more information call Peter Landau 946-8218 or email at arbor1dude@ aol.com.

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Lieutenant Gov. rolls out statewide broadband initiative

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pete@denpubs.com LAKE PLACID Ñ New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday the rollout of a $500 million initiative, the New NY Broadband Program, that aims to provide high speed broadband to every state resident by 2019.

The state money will be matched by financial matches by broadband providers.

In a speech at the Lake Placid Visitors Bureau spiked with raw data and figures, Hochul, who took office earlier this month, likened the state’s broadband infrastructure development to the creation of the Erie Canal and the Eisenhower Interstate System. Ò This is like being in the room when they decided to fund the Erie Canal,Ó she said.

She noted that the United States ranked 35th out of 148 nations in broadband access. Ò WeÕ re Americans,Ó she said. Ò We should be number one.Ó Ô CRITICAL ISSUEÕ Hamilton County Chairman Bill Farber said tech infrastructure is the most critical issue facing the North Country.

Farber said broadband access had been identified as a top priority from the onset of the Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) programs designed to identity and lock down state funding for economic development projects.

At first, he said, North Country officials were cynical of REDC efforts. But they had an aboutface once the initiative started showing results. Ò Ideas would percolate up and get state attention,Ó he said.

Since the initiative was launched in 2011, the North Country has brought in a third of a billion in funds, including $63.4 million at the most recent rounds last month.

North Country REDC Co-Chair Garry Douglas said the region has played a large role in drawing attention to the tech issue: “We said loudly and clearly to the governor, even before he took office in his first term, the importance of broadband,Ó he said.

Douglas recalled even after the state’s initial $70 million investment via the Connect NY Broadband Grant Program, the North Country REDC continued to impart that more needed to be done and that the process would take significantly longer if systems were built in relatively small pieces to get the gaps in coverage filled.

The New NY Broadband Program will utilize $500 million in capital funds from bank settlements as the initial seed money. Ò ItÕ s a major success for the North Country because it represents something that I believe we helped bring to the entire state, creating that awareness early on and continuing to be the advocate for how important that is,” said Douglas.

FASTER, STRONGER According to materials provided by the governor’s office, one million state residents and 4,000 businesses do not have access to broadband at the stateÕ s minimum speed standards of six mbps download and 1.5 mbps upload.

The state’s goal is 100 mbps by Jan. 1, 2019, the minimum speed that a survey of economic developers determined was needed to attract and grow businesses.

That means a six gigabyte file that takes 80 minutes to download under the current speeds will take 49 seconds.

“We will have the fastest speeds of any state in the country,Ó said Deputy Secretary of Technology Rachel Haot.

Current speeds vary county-by-county.

Only eight percent of the population in Essex County is served by 100 mbps. Franklin and Clinton fare better at 14 and 29 percent, respectively, while the number drops to zero in Hamilton County.

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Seven million New Yorkers and 113,000 businesses cannot get access to broadband at 100 mbps, about 70 of whom are located upstate.

More than 2,000 of New YorkÕ s public schools report speeds lower than 100 mbps, while nearly 500 public schools have no broadband service at all.

State assemblyman Dan Stec told an anecdote about a constituent who used to park in front of the Queensbury Town Hall and other civic institutions to piggyback from free municipal wifi. Ò ThatÕ s just crazy,Ó he said.

He hailed Gov. Cuomo for understanding that the stateÕ s needs are multifaceted and that upstate communities have different challenges than their downstate counterparts. Ò It isnÕ t a cookie-cutter state,Ó he said. Ò One size doesn’t fit all.”

Hochul noted 77 percent of jobs now require digital skills, while 70 percent of teachers now assign homework that requires online access.

“They should not have to drive to a parking lot to get their homework done at night,Ó she said.

She also tied the initiative to keeping the state competitive.

“I want to make sure that every young person born in the North Country, or anywhere in upstate New York Ñ the entire state Ñ who wants to stay in New York and have a job has the opportunity.Ó Officials framed the accessibility as an existential crisis facing North Country communities.

Essex County Board Chairman Randall Douglas said the initiative will provide a “jumpstart” for schools, community institutions and medical care, including the quick transfer of medical files and telehealth services.

Assemblywoman Janet Duprey said residents of the North Country have had to withstand insufficient internet access for far too long. Ò Access to high-speed Internet has the ability to create new opportunities and jobs for residents,” she said in a statement. “I firmly believe that in today’s technology-driven world, it is imperative that all New Yorkers are provided with high-speed Internet, and I will continue to support broadband programs that are beneficial to North Country residents.Ó State senator Betty Little said areas without high speed broadband are at a competitive disadvantage.

Access will also act as season extenders for tourists, she said, and allow white collar professionals to work from home, an option that remains unfeasible in many remote communities and hampers yearlong economies.

“The governor understands what’s going on here,Ó she said. Ò HeÕ s not blind to rural areas.Ó She joked about a discussion she had with the chief executive during last summer’s Adirondack Challenge in Indian Lake regarding a blind cellular spot in the remote Hamilton County town.

“It started working within the next week,” she cracked.

Adirondack Council Executive Director William Janeway said he was pleased with the announcement and hoped it would be complemented with increased funds for clean water infrastructure in the upcoming budget.

Doing so, he said, would add an additional piece to the creation and sustainability of vibrant communities within the Adirondack Park.

NEXT STEP Moving forward, each REDC will submit a comprehensive plan to the state that identifies unserved and underserved areas; aggregate demand across residential, institutional and business sectors and details the most cost-effective means to provide universal access and leverages state-owned assets where possible.

Hochul said while the biggest challenges include clearing bureaucratic hurdles like getting

easements that pertain to access, she is confident that Gov. Cuomo will break through any barriers that may hamper progress. Ò The regulatory red tape that would normally hold up projects like this, heÕ s going to make sure that his team can operate in a lightning fashion Ñ that they can just make things happen very quickly.”

Haog said the administration will be mindful of addressing these challenges in a way that minimizes disruptions and costs to the public while developing and utilizing policies — like Dig Once, for instance, a measure that ensures that if there is already pre-planned construction on a roadway, the state can use that opportunity to couple with the deployment of fiber optic broadband cables.

Douglas said the organization is primed and ready for takeoff. Ò The North Country REDC is fully ready for this. We’ve been wanting it; we’ve been documenting the need for it in the areas not yet served. We know where those gaps are, we know what needs to be done,Ó he said.

After the state adopts their budget this April, Douglas said they will be able to develop timetables and sketch out the process for moving forward.

“We’re ready. We’ve got great providers on the ground here in the North Country doing the projects successfully that we’ve got funded so far and theyÕ ll step forward with this funding to do more. It is a perfect example of publicprivate partnership,” he said. Ò WeÕ ll all celebrate when we get that big chunk of money,Ó said Little.

FRIENDS ALREADY Douglas, the Essex County Chairman, said he believed the Lieutenant Governor would be just as strong of an ally to the region as Cuomo.

“We know we have a North Country friend in Gov. Cuomo and we now know we have a friend in Kathy Hochul,Ó he said.

Essex County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Bill Ferebee expressed similar sentiments: Ò This shows Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul are working to help us out.Ó Hochul’s first public event in the region — she visited Essex County during the campaign last fall to discuss infrastructure issues with lo-

On Friday, Jan. 16, New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul announced the creation of a $500 million initiative, the New NY Broadband Program, that aims to deliver high speed broadband access to every state resident by Jan. 1, 2019.

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cal officials — was accompanied by snow flurries. Ò I came here from Buffalo to get away from it,Ó joked the former congresswoman.

HochulÕ s speech also acted as an introduction of sorts to gathered officials, whom she briefed on her experience and connection to the region, including annual trips to places like Ausable Chasm and SantaÕ s Workshop.

“I love it up here,” said Hochul. “I share the same passion the governor does.”

Hochul said her congressional experience — she served for one term between 2011-13 — will be an asset because she represented seven rural counties and acted as an advocate for some of the same issues facing the North Country, including guest worker programs and, of course, tech development that would help rural businesses compete in the global marketplace.

“I feel very at home in the North Country,” she said.

In addition to whitewater rafting, hiking and trips up Whiteface, Hochul said she enjoys shopping on her visits to the Adirondacks, hitting outlets in Lake Placid, Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake.

“I love nature, I love the outdoors,” she said.

“This place is gorgeous, it’s glorious, and even landing in the snow here today Ñ itÕ s such a pristine experience.”

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It takes more than boats to float a marina

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ord on the street is there is a rebirth afoot in downtown Plattsburgh. Politicians have been talking and talking about bringing a city-run marina to downtown.

The most forward progress that the project has seen to date happened just a week ago when the Common Council voted a king’s ransom to buy new docks and turn the operation over to the Montreal-based Navtours.

If the marina does come to pass, new businesses will immediately spring up in the cityÕ s downtown, weÕ re promised.

But what kind of new businesses will come?

Businesses need space close to where these new boaters will be tying up. The space immediately around the marina however, with scant few exceptions, is residential space.

The main problem then becomes logistics.

Are boaters going to leave their boats at the new marina and walk past the only restaurant close by, the Naked Turtle, to walk to other downtown restaurants a half mile away?

Do they come now from the current marina, the Plattsburgh Boat Basin?

Will they even know what downtown businesses are within Ò walking distanceÓ of the marina?

And is your average recreational boater going to head out in flip-flops, take the lengthy walk up past the train station, hang a right and trudge down a fairly uninviting sidewalk, just to get to the outskirts of the business district proper?

Are they going to shop at all the Ò boutiqueÓ stores which are yet to be built, and trudge their parcels back this same way?

What the city needs to go hand in hand with the new marina is a city-run shuttle service to bring boaters, the overwhelming majority of which will be well-heeled Canadians, to the scant downtown shopping and dining corridor as it currently stands.

The city can sell ad space on the shuttle itself, and publish maps and brochures, available at the marina and on the shuttle, to downtown businesses. This will help defray the costs to the city to run the shuttle and give aggressive businesses a leg up on their competitors.

It is an anathema in Plattsburgh to liken any planned changes in the city to what Burlington currently offers, but why not talk about a city whose marina brings proven results?

Dock in Burlington, and the city simply invites the boater to come in and shop. ItÕ s about the same distance of a walk, but nautical shoppers know what theyÕ re going to get: a nice walk to good stores in a vibrant downtown environment.

Which brings us to the other thing that the city needs to encourage, which will supposedly go

hand in hand with the new marina as the promise goes: Good, higher-end downtown businesses.

In the past few years, however, this has been anything but the trend in Plattsburgh.

A casual stroll along downtown streets shows only two types of businesses which seem to be thriving: Secondhand stores and tattoo parlors... not exactly magnets for up-scale Canadian shopping dollars.

On Margaret Street alone, one canÕ t swing a dead cat and not hit either one or the other types of establishments.

Granted, tattoos have become mainstream in American culture and donÕ t attract the type of riffraff that their former stigma implied, but the jury is certainly out as to how many Canadian boaters will make the trek up the hill for some new ink.

We can pretty much go out on a limb and guarantee that very few will be shopping for some secondhand DVDs or a samurai sword to bring back to their half-million dollar boats.

Sure, Pawn Stars is currently one of the most popular shows on television, but that doesn’t mean that PlattsburghÕ s thrift stores will be able to capitalize on this trend and attract Canadian shoppers.

Those holding the reins of power in the city seem to think that just bringing more boaters to the Plattsburgh shores will bring good business to the downtown.

But the opposite could likely be the case: Shoppers go to stores, not stores to shoppers. If the city can’t find some way to entice good businesses to locate downtown before the boaters come, the boaters will never make it any further than the Turtle... that is, if they choose to dock at PlattsburghÕ s new marina at all.

All this pre-supposes that the project will come together in time for this yearÕ s boating season.

By spring, it’s all but too late. Boaters reserve their dock space months, if not years, in advance.

If PlattsburghÕ s docks are going in the water in, say, June, it’s just too late to salvage this season.

Then itÕ s back to the drawing board and another lost year of possibilities.

The prospects thus far donÕ t seem to be too confidence inspiring, as the current council wrestles with a reputation for extreme political ennui.

They could turn that all around, however, if the next two months see the council chambers turned into a beehive of activity between the city and Navtours, working on the three-legged-stool of marina, shuttle bus and good downtown businesses.

Not much time will be needed to tell. ÑD

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owned, paid dailies. With our ver the last few only revenue source coming weeks since pubfrom selling ads each week, lishing the editorial our financial constraints limit titled, Abolish Protect the Adour ability to provide in-depth irondacks and several subseinvestigative pieces and to proquent columns addressing our vide detailed fact checking on approach to drafting editorial every story we publish. We take positions, we’ve witnessed pride in the work we do but we a tremendous response from are far from perfect, despite our readers and even other media Dan Alexander ongoing efforts. outlets.

Thoughts from Local advertisers pay us to The quantity and quality of Behind the Pressline distribute their message to area the responses are a reassuring homes. We deliver that message credit to the many who recthrough the US Postal Service without forcing ognize the value in joining the conversation our readers to pay to receive those messages. and seeking to provide their input to the isWe also take on the expense of providing sues that most resonated with them. Many were critical of the stance we took while just more than just an ad distribution service. We as many defended the position. Both did so strongly believe that local news, sports and commentary provides a true service to the passionately. region, but like many businesses these days, We received many comments on the follow a certain amount of self help is also required up position we took correcting the tone of our original piece while calling for more open dia- to round out what we can provide solely on our own. log. A tone some found more offensive than Our opinion on any issue is a conversation the opinion about the group itself.

As the conversation continues, we’ve re- primer but it is not meant to be the only voice.

As was the case with ProtectÕ s opposition to ceived letters, emails, phone calls, voice mails the Adirondack Club and Resort topic, our and personal visits from well over 100 individuals, all revolving around this subject. voice is but one side of the discussion. Your That is democracy at work and the true value voices bring additional information and perof a widely distributed community newspa- sonal perspective to the discussion so that as per like the one in your hands now. Stimulat- a community, solutions may be achieved that accommodate all concerns. ing the conversation and providing a platform Denton Publications is also exploring the for all the voices to be heard is the primary idea of hosting public forums on major issues reason for the opinion page and keeps our paaffecting the area. We see this as another way per rooted locally. to provide citizens with information while Over the course of time our opinions attract both those who support the voice we give to opening dialogue on issues that could divide the community. issues and those who feel we should not delve We want the paper to be a catalysis for posiinto the role of providing editorial comment. tive growth and opportunity in the region.

Some weeks we are heroes and other weeks Speaking out when you think we’ve taken the we are heels. Others take delight in finding typos and correcting grammatical errors. All wrong position or taking the initiative yourself to introduce a topic or opinion we haven’t in all it comes with the publishing territory. addressed will always be welcomed. We inOur community papers reach far more vite anyone with an important viewpoint homes (over 57,000 in our most recent audits) to either bring it to our attention or draft an than any other print publication in the region and with paid publications continuing to raise opinion piece. We will happily provide space for citizen, group or governmental commentheir subscription price, they continue to see tary on issues of importance to the communitheir total circulation numbers, and with that, their influence in helping to shape opinion, ties we serve. fade away.

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A history of litigation

How could you have known?

To the Editor: What follows is an abbreviated history of the litigation concerning the Adirondack Club.

The witches brew of half-truths and misinformation served by preservationists of all pretentions at public meetings, in anonymous comments and postings and in countless interviews and press releases were as much part of the litigation as any pleading. Like the litigation, the propaganda war was intended to cause delay, increase costs, decrease profits, chill investor interest and poison the well of public opinion.

The preservation groups and their apologists have tried to justify the litigation by proclaiming high motives, the existence of serious issues and dedication to science.

Nonsense.

They could never have had a reasonable expectation of winning in court. It appears clear they simply wanted to bleed the community and us dry. In layman’s terms, a frivolous lawsuit is one without any legal merit. Every court that considered the merits found the lawsuits filed by Protect and the Sierra Club to be without merit.

We submit that the question for your readers and their elected representatives is not whether the suits were an attempt to prevent economic opportunity for residents of the Adirondack Park. Anyone who looks at the record of Protect will see the answer to that.

The real question is whether special interest groups should be allowed to inflict intentional damage on the community with impunity simply because they claim to be acting in the public interest.

It is one thing to let them state their opinions at a hearing like everyone else. It is entirely another to give them standing to litigate and the ability to game the judicial system without risk. They have no incentive to behave reasonably.

That said, here is the promised chronology: 2004 and 2005 - A conceptual review by the APA board that “encouraged” us to proceed with the Adirondack Club (“ACR”) application.

January 2007 - The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks (“Association”), the Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks (“Residents’ Committee”) and some neighbors filed an Article 78 proceeding challenging actions taken by the Town Board in September 2006 rezoning the ACR site.

November 2, 2007 - The Supreme Court dismissed the Article 78 proceeding and a related action.

November 27, 2007 - The Association and the ResidentsÕ Committee appealed the November 2, 2007 Supreme Court decision to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

July 2, 2009 - The Appellate Division affirmed the Supreme Court decision.

January 31, 2012 – After years of staff review and completion of an adjudicatory hearing as well as a series of public meetings; the Adirondack Park Agency (“APA”) board approved the application of the ACR by a 10 to 1 vote.

March 20, 2012 – Protect (the surviving entity after the merger of the Association and the Residents’ Committee) and the Sierra Club filed a new Article 78 with the Supreme Court, Albany County seeking to annul the APA board’s 10 to 1 vote.

June 18, 2012 – Protect and the Sierra Club filed an amended Article 78 petition with the Supreme Court, Albany County.

July 20, 2012 - The Supreme Court, Albany County transferred the proceeding to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

September 2012 – Protect and the Sierra Club filed a motion with the Appellate Division seeking disclosure of numerous documents and permission to depose what could have been more than 150 individuals including each APA board member, the Governor and members of his executive staff.

November 21, 2012 – Protect and the Sierra Club filed a separate Article 78 in Warren County challenging the APA response to a Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) request made by Protect and the Sierra Club.

November 29, 2012 – The Appellate Division denied the September motion for disclosure by Protect and the Sierra Club and remitted the proceeding to the Supreme Court, Albany County.

March 19, 2013 Ð The Supreme Court, Albany granted ProtectÕ s motion for disclosure to a very limited extent and denied all other requests describing the overall motion as a “wide ranging, unfocused and intrusive inquiry”.

April 8, 2013 Ð The Supreme Court, Albany County once again transferred the amended Article 78 proceeding to the Appellate Division.

May 16, 2013 – The Appellate Division granted Protect and the Sierra ClubÕ s motion to appeal from the Supreme CourtÕ s order denying discovery and consolidated the appeal with the amended Article 78 proceeding.

July 3, 2014 - The Appellate Division, in a 5 to 0 decision, found Protect and the Sierra Club’s contentions in its June 18, 2012 amended Article 78 petition to be without merit and dismissed the petition. The amended petition was 153 pages and alleged 29 causes of action claiming substantive and procedural violations of the APA Act, the Freshwater Wetlands Act, APA regulations and the State Administrative Procedures Act; all of which were found to be without merit.

August 4, 2014 – Having lost in court, Protect and the Sierra Club filed a motion asking the Appellate Division for permission to appeal the April decision by the Appellate Division.

September 16, 2014 – The Appellate Division, in a 5 to 0 decision, denied that permission to Protect and the Sierra Club.

October 2014 – Protect and the Sierra Club filed a motion asking the Court of Appeals to allow them to appeal the April 2014 decision of the Appellate Division to the Court of Appeals.

December 17, 2014 Ð The Court of Appeals denied permission to appeal to Protect and the Sierra Club.

Every one of those actions taken by the preservationists cost the State, the community, the developers and your readers money. The direct costs were in the millions of dollars. It is hard to even estimate the damage done to the local communities, schools, businesses and residents by the delay.

In all probability, every dollar spent by the preservationists on staff, lawyers and PR was deducted from some donor’s taxes, i.e., paid involuntarily by your readers. At the least, the preservationists should be required to reimburse the State of New York for its expenses.

Michael D. Foxman Thomas C. Lawson

To the Editor: How could you have known, Dan, that your spot-on admonishment of your own publication’s ill-advised editorial savaging of Protect the Adirondacks would be so timely? Your piece had a time of its own, the days following publication of the Denton Editorial BoardÕ s ad hominem attack upon Peter Bauer. Your position was clear. Scurrilous accusations which close, rather than open, the debate of ideas and sensibilities our democracy requires to function as it has always been meant to function, will not be tolerated here.

Kudos to you; applause for Denton Publications’ restoring civility and truly free speech to the ongoing great conversation that is our countryÕ s strength and legacy. Congratulations for your largesse, your sense of fair play, your allowing Protect the Adirondacks to defend itself in the very space where it was recently vilified. Thank you for restoring a sense of pride in what it means to be a citizen of this great country.

But how could you have known how prescient your action would be? You couldn’t have known, and yet I believe you knew all the while. Before Charlie Hebno was brutally and mercilessly attacked in Paris these few days past for no crime other than the exercise of freedom of speech, you knew what was at stake. You understood that the line between savagery Adirondack-style and Islamic terrorist-style may be finer than we like to think. You have unequivocally said that we will not tolerate eviscerating our opponents here, and the whole world, or at least major portions of it, has said the same about Muslim fanaticism anywhere it shows its face.

Je suis Charlie!

You, Dan, and those who think like you, are our ultimate bulwark against the forces of intolerance and bigotry both at home and abroad. You should today be even prouder of yourself than you might have been yesterday. You can’t imagine how thrilled I am to be living at the same time as you, in a moment of grave danger for the liberties we have learned to cherish. Thank you again and again for standing up and being counted. If you ever travel to my piece of Adirondack heaven, let me buy you a beer, maybe two or three. I’ve much more IÕ d like to discuss with you. Great job.

Bob McDermott, Chestertown

6,000 acres!

To the Editor: With the (rightfully deserved) ongoing furor over Denpubs’ Editorial BoardÕ s recent editorial gaffe, letÕ s not forget that the real issue is the ACR project itself.

Monster Developments such as the ACR do not belong in the Adirondacks. Period.

Does anyone on your board really understand, or care about, the SIZE of the ACR project? The ACR project is HUGE! 6,000 acres sounds like only a tiny innocuous fraction of the 6,000,000 acres of the Adirondack Park and doesnÕ t look like much on paper or while you’re having a beer at a bar. But what does 6,000 acres of developed land actually look like in real life?

6,000 ACRES is approximately 9 3/8 sq miles - 15.63 times the size of that already-ugly mountain Disneyland Ð Coney Island mess Lake George village at only 0.6 sq mi!

6,000 acres is a new stand-alone city 9 3/8 miles long and 1 mile wide!

6,000 acres is a city almost 2 1/2 times the size of Glens Falls and nearly the size of Troy at 11.58 sq mi!

6,000 acres is a city 7 times the size of NYC’s Central park and almost 28 percent the size of Manhattan!

6,000 acres is a city 6.25 times the size of Lake Placid village at only 1.5 sq mi!

But, wait. ThereÕ s more!

Make no mistake about it. As soon as the smoke clears, the ACR developers will try to squeeze as many revenue-producing further developments into those original 9 3/8 sq mi. If they could get away with it, developers would love to ”Manhattanize” the ’dacks Ð no matter what they may say to the contrary! After that, on to the next development; then the next, and so on because that’s all they know. You ainÕ t seen nothing yet!

The argument that jobs will be created -- and especially that new tax revenues will be generated in an economically distressed area -- are not valid reasons to destroy the adirondacks by intensively promoting massive development and population growth.

Clearly, some people would like to see the Adirondacks as the next big real estate investment opportunity. (We’ve already worked about as much as we can out of Westchester, Dutchess, Columbia and the Capital District and donÕ t forget Nassau, Suffolk and the Hamptons, either.)

The Adirondacks are not an investment oppportunity! The Adirondacks are a special place! ItÕ s probably safe to say that most residents of the ‘dacks choose to live there because they love the area because of what it is Ð pristine and beautiful. They are not an Ó anything goesÓ free-for- all creeping growth wasteland for opportunistic developers who care nothing for the Adirondacks and their residents despite what they may say to the contrary Ð and those are carefully considered words.

Don’t believe it can happen to the Adirondacks? The next time you visit California, come to Half Moon Bay and I will personally show you how creeping growth has destroyed a once beautiful coastal paradise. I’ll even go further and show you how the entire San Francisco Bay Area has been destroyed by Ó creeping growth.Ó Is this what Denton Publications wants for the Adirondacks?

David Safrany, Half Moon Bay, CA

Blue Clothing Box a success To the Editor: In 2014, CommonwealthÕ s Bill McClay and Ticonderoga Federal Credit UnionÕ s Pamela Nolan and Shawn Hayes granted High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care permission to place Blue Clothing Boxes at their business locations.

We would like to thank them and all those who have deposited items in these boxes over the past year. Supporters from our

surrounding communities have helped our organization raise $3,615.05, at the same time helping others in need, by giving away their unwanted clothes and shoes.

It’s the kind and generous support of our neighbors in Mineville, Port Henry, Westport, Elizabethtown, Willsboro, Crown Point, and Essex, that makes it possible to continue our customized and compassionate patient care. Last year alone, the central (Essex County) office served 74 patients. With the help of your donations, High Peaks Hospice was able to grant 64 of them their wish to live out the remainder of their lives at home. On behalf of HPHPC, our patients, and their families, thank you so much.

Ingrid Roemischer, Development Coordinator

Supers ‘irresponsible’ To the Editor: The Essex County Board of Supervisors support of this paper’s editorial call for banning Protect The Adirondacks is hugely irresponsible.

These are the political leaders of our county. To silence a voice that one disagrees with or finds offensive is a first step toward a mindset that could justify the attacks in Paris last week.

I only sometimes agree with Protect, and often find its message offensively delivered, but It has every right in this country to pursue its agenda. By denying this, the Board of Supervisors has set a terribly destructive example.

David Thomas-Train Keene Valley

Kudos to Canon, supervisors To the Editor: Kudos to George Canon and the Essex County Board of Supervisors for their unanimous stance against Protect the Adirondacks. I hope other Adirondack County Boards will express their support as well.

Also, thank you to Denton Publications Editorial Board for putting in print what the majority of full time Adirondack residents feel about Protect the Adirondacks.

Bob Dechene, Long Lake

Lawsuits misguided, damaging To the Editor: Several years ago, I was a member of one of the predecessors to Protect the Adirondacks.

I have since refused to join Protect the Adirondacks because of their radical stance against the housing development near Tupper Lake.

As a conservationist, I believe that only when the people of a region have a part in conserving that region will they be willing to listen. That is why I have been a member for over 15 years of the Nature Conservancy and the Adirondack Mountain Club, and a founding member of the Wild Center.

Suing the APA to prevent the people of the Tupper Lake area from benefiting from economic development because of a belief that this organization had somehow failed to uphold the laws governing The Adirondack Park was a misguided and damaging act to the preservation of support for our beloved Park.

As a long time resident of the Park, I would suggest that Protect the Adirondacks check what percentage of the Park landowners belong to their organization. I spent several hours listening to and talking with Peter Bauer at an annual meeting of the Residents Committee to Protect the Adirondacks in the late 2000s.

He appeared to be a good man who believed his philosophy and actions would strengthen support for the preservation of the wild nature of the Adirondacks; I do not.

Joseph D. Dumoulin, Jay

Bravo, Denton Publications To the Editor: Bravo to Denton Pubs for their editorial exposing “Protect the Adirondacks” for the Adirondacker-hating, environment-destroying, economy-destroying group they are!

Bravo to the Essex County Board of Supervisors for their endorsement and support of this editorial. Finally some folks are waking up to just what this organization is. Ever since its creation they have done everything possible to destroy the Adirondacks, destroy all jobs, destroy our native brook trout, and destroy all outdoor recreation including fishing, hunting, trapping, and snowmobiling.

Where are the rest of the supervisors doing in standing up to these and other activist groups?

We are all well aware that they lie when in conferences. We have all seen that Cuomo and Martens lie about public access, especially for our sportsmen, disabled veterans, wounded warriors, and the less than physically fit. We have seen their lies in the Chain of Lakes were they are reneging on parking lots, vehicle and boat launch access to the lakes, motorized access to the existing roads, and on opening snowmobile trails.

We have seen their lies in Franklin County. Now we are seeing their lies in the Great South Woods Project. Once again, the lies of these activists come to the front as they move to destroy all outdoor recreation, destroy all economic development, destroy all access, and destroy the related jobs.

It is time for all these supervisors to stand up, defend and support their local people, and reject these activists and their puppets Cuomo and Martens.

It is time to demand all the lands of the Great South Woods (Essex, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Oneida, Saratoga and Warren counties) be excluded from the forest preserve and from the APA jurisdiction.

It is time to demand the legislature amend Article 14 to be restricted to those lands above 3,000 feet only. It is time to remove Cuomo and Martens and their activist masters from all Adirondack issues.

Don Sage, Vietnam veteran, Schroon

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Ice Palace construction to begin in Saranac Lake SARANAC LAKE Ñ Construction of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice Palace will begin on Jan. 22. Construction involves harvesting ice from Lake Flower, transporting it to the shore and assembling it according to a blueprint. Construction on the palace will continue until the start of the carnival on Feb. 6.

The Ice Palace is built by volunteers, organized by a group informally known as the Ice Palace Workers 101 (IPW 101). The public is welcome to volunteer and roles are assigned based on comfort level, skill and ability.

The construction of the Ice Palace is a community effort by those dedicated to keeping this time-honored tradition alive. Volunteers are subject to very cold temperatures and inclement weather conditions, all while handling ice and snow. Despite these harsh conditions, camaraderie is evident and a sense of pride is felt among the volunteers who contribute to continuing the legacy of the Ice Palace.

Modern equipment is used for the heavy

lifting, but traditional manual methods are practiced as well, including antique hand saws and ice tongs. Another manual process which is critical to the construction is making slush, a mixture of water and snow. The slush forms the mortar which holds the Ice Palace together.

Volunteers fill countless buckets with water, pound in snow, carry it to the palace walls and apply the slush with rubber gloved hands.

The Ice Palace is a crowning achievement and is the most popular attraction at the winter carnival. The palace is located adjacent to the Lake Flower State Boat Launch on River Street.

For more information, visit the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival website at saranaclakewintercarnival.com. The 2015 Winter Carnival will take place Feb. 6 Ð 15 Pictured at right: Volunteers are pictured here clearing and packing ice in preparation for the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival’s Ice Palace.

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Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee reveals button SARANAC LAKE Ñ Ò DoonesburyÓ cartoonist Garry Trudeau has released his button design for the 2015 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival.

Using the Winter Carnival’s designated theme “Groovy ‘60s,” Trudeau’s illustration shows Ò DoonesburyÓ character Zonker Harris wearing a peace sign necklace while crowd surfing at a music concert. Trudeau, who was raised in Saranac Lake, has been creating the Winter Carnival button design since 1981.

The Winter Carnival buttons will be for sale at merchants throughout the Village of Saranac Lake soon.

The buttons cost $4 each and will also be sold during Winter Carnival on Feb. 6 – 15 at its headquarters.

Winter Carnival buttons are one of the longest-running traditions at the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. The buttons are collected by residents and visitors every year and have a devoted following of those who enjoy capturing a piece of Winter Carnival history.

Colby Class Ice Fishing Derby set for March 7-8

SARANAC LAKE Ñ The Saranac Lake Fish and Game Club will host the 31st Annual Colby Classic Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday and Sunday, March 7th and 8th, at Lake Colby in the Village of Saranac Lake. The derby starts at 7:00 a.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m. each day.

Contestants can pre-register for the derby at the Blue Line Sports Shop in Saranac Lake, or on derby days at the Lake Colby beach house across from the Adirondack Medical Center on Route 86.

Derby Day registration beings at 6:45 a.m. each day.

The registration fee is $7 per adult per day or $10 per adult for both days. Youths under 16 years of age can register for $3 per day or $5 for both days.

Contestants will be eligible to win prizes in the trout, salmon, perch and northern pike categories with separate prizes awarded to adults and youths. The tournament grand prize is a charterfishing trip for two people with Fish Doctor Charters of Mexico, NY. Door prizes and raffles will also be awarded. Fifteen tagged fish will be stocked in Lake Colby prior to the derby courtesy of the NYSDEC Lake Clear fish hatchery. A $100 prize will be awarded to any lucky fisherman who catches a tagged fish during the derby. Bait will be available at the Blue Line Sports Shop and the River Road Bait Shop during the event. For further information contact Derby Chairman Cecilia Martin at 201-4009.

Skating sectional and fireworks scheduled

LAKE PLACID Ñ The 2015 Eastern Synchronized Skating Sectional Championship award ceremony, hosted by the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) and the Skating Club of Lake Placid, takes place Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 22 to 25, and will feature 156 synchronized skating teams from the East Coast. Skaters competing will qualify for 2015 U.S. National Synchronized Skating Championship being held Feb. 25 to 28 in Providence, R.I. Fireworks will light the sky Saturday, Jan. 24, over the Olympic speed skating oval at 10 p.m. following the Sectional Championship award ceremony, also on Main Street’s speed skating oval.

For more information about this event and all of the events taking place on ORDA’s Olympic venues, log onto whitefacelakeplacid.com.

Library trustees to meet

PLATTSBURGH — There will be a regular monthly meeting of the Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System Board of Trustees Monday, Jan. 26, at 4:30 p.m. at 33 Oak Street. Video conferencing will be available at Saranac Lake Free Library, Cantwell Room, 109 Main St. and at the Schroon Lake Town Meeting Room, 15 Leland Ave. The meeting will be open to the public at all three locations. FebruaryÕ s meeting is set for Monday, Feb. 23, at 4:30 p.m. at the Oak Street location.

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Cuomo proposes $1.66 billion property tax break

By Thom Randall

thom@denpubs.com ALBANY Ñ Most homeowners and renters throughout the state will be receiving a substantial new tax break if a plan released last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo is approved by the state legislature.

As part of his Opportunity Agenda, Cuomo announced a proposed tax credit Jan 14 that would grant a tax credit to homeowners and renters who spend a relatively large portion of their income towards property taxes.

In this proposed program, New Yorkers who shoulder the heaviest tax burdens but have the lowest incomes are to be helped the most.

The credit, applied toward state income taxes, calls for reimbursing homeowners and renters a portion of what they pay in property taxes in excess of 6 percent of their income.

The credit is to be phased in over four years.

When fully implemented, the credit would be implemented as follows: The most generous tax credit would be available to homeowners earning less than $75,000 per year. They would receive a credit equal to half of the sum they pay toward property taxes in excess of 6 percent of their income — with a maximum of $2,000.

Taxpayers earning more than $75,000 would be eligible for a credit according to a sliding scale.

For those earning $75,000 to $150,000, the tax credit would reimburse 40 percent to 50 percent of the amount they pay towards property taxes. For those earning between $150,000 and $250,000, the credit would be 15 percent to 40 percent of their tax bill.

The tax credit for renters would be based on an estimate that property taxes represent 13.75 percent of annual rent. According to the proposal, the maximum credit for renters who earn up to $150,000 annually Ñ would be $500.

Officials in the Governor’s office have estimated that statewide, 1.3 million taxpayers could benefit, receiving an average credit of $956 each. Cuomo’s aides surmise that 543,300 upstate taxpayers would be eligible for a tax credit averaging $781.

In announcing the proposal, Gov. Cuomo said the plan would provide vital help to homeowners and renters. Ò To restore economic opportunity statewide, we must continue to provide real tax relief to middle- and lower-income families struggling under the crushing weight of property taxes,” he said.

While leading Democrats and liberal groups have applauded the proposal, Republican legislative officials and conservative groups have complained about it, calling for more widespread tax relief, as well as lifting state mandates that are burdening both taxpayers and local governments.

State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said legislative leaders would be discussing the proposal with the governor. As of Tuesday, plans called for the entire 2015 Executive Budget to be presented Jan. 21.

“It is essential that any enacted property tax relief plan ensures that all middle-income families in every region of the state receive property tax relief,” Skelos said in a prepared statement.

Various other conservative groups seeking tax rollbacks have said the real problem is excessive government spending, and the proposal merely shifts taxes to all residents — and doesn’t provide relief to businesses.

Free ebooks lessons offered

LAKE PLACID — Free, individualized, instruction for anyone wishing to learn how to download ebooks or audiobooks will be offered Monday, Jan. 26, at the Lake Placid Public Library by a representative of the Clinton, Essex, Franklin Library System.

Readers do not need to pay every time they want an ebook. Most libraries now offer large selections of free ebooks, including fiction, nonfiction, newer titles or old classics.

Library patrons simply needs to learn where to find the titles and what kind of software they need to load the books onto their devices. The tutorials will be in half-hour increments from 10 a.m. until noon, although the time may be extended to 2 p.m. if there is enough interest. To enroll call 523-3200.

HiBar Ranch From page 1

BIG INVESTMENT The owners of HiBar Ranch, an organic operation that raises alpaca, sheep, turkey and goats along a busy stretch of Route 3, believe farming is a vital part of the region’s brand that complements the area’s tourism revitalization efforts.

The couple purchased what was once a three-lot subdivision in 2005. They consolidated the parcels and reverted them back to farmland.

The pair are thinking about expanding their operation by purchasing more land and making other improvements, including a bee aviary that will bolster honeymaking in the region.

“It’s a huge infrastructure investment,” said Lori Davis. “Before we do so, we want to know weÕ re considered a farm.Ó Davis said inclusion would act as an acknowledgement that farming exists within the county.

The request, she said, also contained undercurrents of the pervasive push-pull dynamic within the Adirondack Park between development and preservation. Ò When they meet, they tend to clash,Ó she said.

BENEFITS Ag district designation acts as an institutional affirmation of farming by instructing state agencies to promote and support the industry.

It encourages the continued use of farmland for agricultural production Ñ thus forestalling the conversion to other uses — while offering a stable of protections for farmers, like agriculture use value exemption, for instance.

This measure provides landowners the opportunity to be taxed by the productivity of their soil type as opposed to more traditional metrics like waterfront access or development value.

Doing so acts as a huge break to get out the non-productive land, explained Cornell Cooperative Extension Director Anita Deming, the county official who is helping the Davis’ navigate through the application process.

The designation also protects farmers from

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If a farmer is sued, they can request the New York State Department of Ag and Markets to come in and examine their practices.

Provided they are considered usual and practical, the state would then go up to bat by filing an Article 78 designed to appeal the filing.

The measure also provides safeguards against changes in local variance laws, eminent domain proceedings and opens the door for access to the state’s advice and expertise. Ò ItÕ s just the right thing for farmers to do,Ó said Davis. “It’s important to have knowledge, access and those resources.Ó As of 2010, the most recent date for which statistics are available, Essex County was home to 61,383 acres under agricultural district designation.

Typically, the lands are reviewed every eight years.

All but four of the county’s 18 towns played host: Only Minerva, Newcomb, North Hudson and Schroon contained no lands under that status.

MOVING FORWARD Deming said the agriculture sector is a steady economic driver that the county can always depend on. Ò Agriculture is one of the things that stays with the county no matter what.Ó The Davis’ say their future plans will also help elevate their counterparts across the region, like providing their peers with discounted organic grain from their connections and breeding services from their high-end studs.

Their operation will also provide local college students a platform to gain old-fashioned farm experience. Ò Ultimately our approach is an economic development one where we can provide those organic products to the community, but then bring in the service necessary for other farmers to begin doing this,” said Davis.

St. Armand Supervisor Charles Whitson said the Davis’ future plans will act as a “phenomenalÓ boost for the town.

“I’m very happy,” he said. “I’ve had many talks with them and they’re very nice people.”

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These equipment malfunctions, among others, were causing maintenance costs to escalate alongside SPDES permit violations.

In 2009, the Department of Conservation issued a consent order requiring St. Armand to address the deficiencies. Working with the Environmental Facilities Corporation, they developed a schedule of compliance for the town. Ò No matter what we tried to do, it was just not satisfactory,Ó said Whitson. Ò There were days when our plant did work, but it wasnÕ t able to meet the standards day in and day out.Ó The town applied for financial assistance a dozen times before funds started rolling in.

In 2012, they landed a $2 million NYS Environmental Facilities Corp (EFC) hardship grant. The following year saw $422,000 from an Empire State Development grant, while the tail-end of 2014 brought news that the town landed a $600,000 Community Block Grant as part of the stateÕ s Regional Economic Development Council awards.

Essex County’s Community Resources Department helped lock in the funds. Ò This is truly a home run for St. Armand,Ó said Director Mike Macarenas. Ò The hard work of the town supervisor, past and present, and the town board have made this project a success. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with such a dedicated group. Our office is thrilled to have been just a small part of that success.Ó DEC spokesman David Winchell said the EFC financing will help ensure the town will be able to comply with the requirements of the schedule within the prescribed timelines.

The agency, he noted, is satisfied with St. ArmandÕ s compliance with the order at this time.

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pumped into the series of five concrete reed beds. From there, it gets drained and filtered back down the line to clarifiers designed to remove any remaining impurities before the clean water is tested and pumped back into Sumner Brook, a tributary of the Saranac River.

Solid waste will be scraped from the reed beds and hauled away, past county lines, for disposal.

The entire process takes beProgress on St. Armand’s wastewater treatment plant is humming tween 6-8 days. along and is scheduled to meet its fall deadline. Last month, the town Whitson visits the site sevreceived an additional $600,000 in funding from the state’s Regional Economic Development Council awards. Pictured above is the lagoon eral times per week to check up on the progress. area and future control building on River Road.

Major work is scheduled to Photo by Pete DeMola be completed by the summer, HOW IT WORKS with a final deadline for the entire project by The last round of work started in September with Riznick Construction as the general contractor.

Once doors and windows are installed on the Pump Station Building, one of two buildings that are under construction using plans drawn up by AES, workers can move inside and get started on equipment installation.

Whitson noted the new facility will also include a backup power supply, allowing the plant to operate even during outages.

The second building, the River Road Control Building, will house the equipment that will operate the complex lagoon system designed to filter waste before it gets hauled away.

When waste reaches the first of the two lagoons, aeration will break up the solids via diffusers before it is transferred to the second lagoon, which acts as a settling area. ItÕ s then

October.

More projects are in the pipeline for the next decade, including plans to replace sewer lines and manholes, many aspects of which date back to the 1930s.

EFFECT ON TAXPAYERS Town officials are continuing to work out the effect the project will have on the 266 members of the sewer district (the rest of the town utilize private septic systems).

Whitson said the town could either increase the quarterly user fees for those within the sewer district or add costs to the townÕ s debt service. A compromise solution is also an option, he noted.

Whitson said he was wary that if the town put the costs entirely on the backs of the users, water would be rationed a result, an action that would put the town at a deficit. Ò ItÕ s been a long project,Ó he said. Ò ItÕ s been an issue for a long time.Ó

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Beekmantown skates past Saranac Lake in doubleheader First-place Eagles teams pick up wins over Red Storm

By Andrew Johnstone andrew@denpubs.com Girls: Beekmantown 4, Saranac Lake 2 SARANAC LAKE Ñ The league-leading Eagles may have been favorited to pick up the win, but a hard-playing Red Storm certainly made them earn it.

Saranac Lake pulled to within a goal two separate times but Beekmantown was able to keep them at bay in the 4-2 win Jan. 14 at the Saranac Lake Civic Center.

The Eagles (10-3-1, 4-0-0) scored two goals in a span of 1:11 early in the first period to build a quick 2-0 lead. First, Katie Mattot converted on a Kallie Villemaire assist, followed by Kelsey Baker scoring by way of Kirsten Villemaire.

But before Beekmantown could relax, Saranac Lake (2-11-1, 1-6-1) evened it up just over a minute later when Chloe Peer found the back of the net on a Morgan Farmer assist.

In the second period, Kallie Villemaire picked up her second assist when she fed Katie Mattot for the 3-1 lead, a margin the Eagles would hold until early in the third.

Just over 2:08 into the third quarter, Kate Stevens came down the right side, cut left and put a backhanded shot past Taylor Lauren to get the Red Storm within a goal.

Midway through the third, the Eagles put to bed the chance of a tie when Mya Ladieu scored from close range to push the lead back to two goals. Brielle Carnright was credited with the assist.

Both goalies registered nearly identical save percentages as Beekmantown outshot Saranac Lake 37-21. Lauren stopped 19 of 21 in the win while Red Storm keeper Lindsay Reeve made 33 saves.

Saranac Lake’s next game is at St. Lawrence Central on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Beekmantown will play Essex at home on Friday, Jan. 16.

Boys: Beekmantown 3, Saranac Lake 1 SARANAC LAKE Ñ Christian Wawrzynski scored two goals and the undefeated Eagles picked up the 3-1 win over the Red Storm Jan. 14 at the Saranac Lake Civic Center.

The game was aggressively played from the get-go as both teams played hard against the boards and saw players skating to the penalty box.

Wawrzynski scored just 1:13 into the game on an assist from Tyler Pepper and over eight minute later he made it two, this time on a deflection in front of the net.

Beekmantown (11-0-0, 3-0-0) also got strong play in the net from Ben Frederick, who thwarted one Red Storm break with a lightning-quick drop to the ice on a low shot.

In the second period, Ryan Waterbury scored an unassisted goal 4:13 in, pushing BeekmantownÕ s lead to 3-0.

Just under eight minutes later, Saranac Lake (1-8-0, 1-3-0) got on the board when Casey Sturgeon took away FrederickÕ s chance at a shutout.

J.B. Chapin picked up the assist on the goal.

Beekmantown held a sizeable shot advantage, 41-17, against a Saranac Lake team heavy in youth.

Frederick made 16 saves overall to collect the win between the pipes. Red Storm goalie Justin Farmer had a busy game in net, collecting 38 stops in the setback.

The Eagles, ranked third in the state by the New York State Sportswriters Association, are the only team in the Division II poll without a loss or a tie. Their next contest is at Niskayuna on Saturday, Jan. 17.

The Red Storm, in fifth place in the CVAC standings, will return to action in the OFA Tourney against Irondequoit on Friday, Jan. 16.

TOP RIGHT: Saranac Lake goalie Lindsay Reeve reaches out for one of her 33 saves in the Red Storm’s 4-2 loss to the Eagles.

BOTTOM RIGHT: The Red Storm set their offense behind the net in the first period of the team’s 3-1 setback to Beekmantown, the No. 3 ranked team in the state.

Six Red Storm football players placed on NY All-State team The New York State Sportswriters Association released its 2014 All-State football teams on Jan. 7. Saranac Lake led the way by placing six players (including honorable mentions) while Ticonderoga had five and Peru four. Beekmantown and Moriah each sent a pair.

While no Section VII player made First Team honors, five made Second Team in TiconderogaÕ s Konner Bruce and Hayden Fernandez, Saranac LakeÕ s Alex Donaldson, and Beekmantown’s

Justin Stevens and Chris Rowell.

Three of the five teams represented also finished the season ranked in the state. Saranac Lake had the best finish in its class with a 9-2 record and No. 5 ranking. One of the teamÕ s two losses came to Peru, which finished at No. 10 in Class B. Ticonderoga’s final ranking was No. 12 in Class D. Full All-State teams can be viewed at the NYSSWA website, www.newyorksportswriters.org

Second Team - Class B

Third Team - Class B

Second Team - Class C

Third Team - Class C

Justin Stevens (RB, Beekmantown) Chris Rowell (OL, Beekmantown)

Alex Donaldson (OE, Saranac Lake)

Second Team - Class D

Konner Bruce (RB, Ticonderoga) Hayden Fernandez (OL, Moriah)

Blake Altizer (QB, Peru) Anthony Gallo (OE, Peru)

Tristin Fitzgerald (QB, Saranac Lake) Ty Marmion (AP, Saranac Lake)

Honorable mentions - Class B Brandon Sawyer (RB, Peru) Troy Lawyer (OE, Peru)

Honorable mentions - Class C Jason Stack (OE, Saranac Lake) Nick Sweeney (L, Saranac Lake) Kilian Ryan (LB, Saranac Lake)

Honorable mentions - Class D Garrison Hughes (QB, Ticonderoga) Ryan Trudeau (RB, Ticonderoga) Troy Welch (RB, Moriah) Chase Dixon (L, Ticonderoga) Domanic Banish (K, Ticonderoga)

The Week In Review

Boys’ hockey Lake Placid 3, Northeastern Clinton 0 CHAMPLAIN Ñ The Blue Bombers nearly doubled the Cougars in shots, 41-21, on their way to a 3-0 shutout win Jan. 13.

Lake Placid (9-1, 2-0) kept itself right on the heels of the unbeaten Beekmantown Eagles in league play with the victory.

Nzoni Thompson scored the Blue BombersÕ opening goal on assits from Chris Williams and Connor Preston. In the second, Thompson added an assist on his own on a Pat Kane goal.

Kiefer Casler struck in the third period by way of Ryan Damp for Lake Placid’s third and final goal in the win.

Northeastern ClintonÕ s Ryan Roberts did all he good to keep his team in the game, tallying 38 saves in a strong performance in net.

The Blue BombersÕ Kamm Cassidy stopped 21 shots for the shutout victory in goal.

Irondequoit 4, Saranac Lake 1 OGDENSBURG Ñ After heading into the second period tied at 1-1, the Red Storm surrendered three unanswered goals as they fell to Irondequoit 4-1 on Jan. 16.

Theo Cup put the Eagles ahead early before Saranac LakeÕ s Brett Dawson knotted it up at 1-1 on an assist from Casey Sturgeon.

Irondequoit, however, would roll from there with a go-ahead score by Andrew Knope and two more to follow.

Justin Farmer had a busy game in net for the Red Storm, making 37 saves as the Eagles outshot Saranac Lake 41-17.

Gates Chili 4, Saranac Lake 0 OGDENSBURG Ñ Freddy Peters turned away all 15 Red Storm shots and the Spartans won 4-0 in the OFA Tourament Jan. 17.

JP Reilly scored two goals and Mike Elliot and Joe Blankenberg each had one in Gates ChiliÕ s win. The team outshot Saranac Lake 25-25.

Justin Farmer made 21 saves in net as Saranac Lake left the tournament empty handed.

Girls’ hockey Beekmantown 1, Lake Placid 0 (OT) CHAZY — The Eagles used a stiff defense and one overtime goal to overcome the Blue Bombers 1-0 on Jan. 17.

Kallie Villemaire scored 3:11 into overtime on an assist from Abby Bone for the 1-0 win.

Just five days removed from a 3-0 win over Lake Placid, Beekmantown got a closer contest the second time around. The Eagles led in shots 34-12, but Tanner Stanton’s 33-save performance in net kept the Blue Bombers close.

“We had a rough first period, killing off four Beekmantown power plays and getting outshot 15-1,Ó said Lake Placid head coach Bill Ward. Ò Tanner Stanton kept us in the game.Ó Beekmantown had seven power play opportunities overall, but converted on none of them. Lake Placid had two in the loss.

Eagles goalie Taylor Laurin made 12 saves for the shutout between the pipes. Ò We had a much better second and third period,Ó said Ward.

“We had some good scoring chances but aren’t finding the back of the net right now.Ó Potsdam 1, Plattsburgh 0 (OT) PLATTSBURGH -- The SandstonersÕ Mattie Tremper scored the game’s lone goal, an overtime shot that propelled Potsdam over Plattsburgh 1-0 on Jan. 15.

The closely played game featured 35 shots on goal, 21 by the Sandstoners and 14 by the Hornets. Both goalies held a clean

sheet through regulation until one got by Corrinne Smith, who finished with 20 saves for Plattsburgh.

PotsdamÕ s Sydney Molnar and Allie Compeau each tallied seven stops between the pipes.

Boys’ basketball Seton Catholic 53, Lake Placid 52 LAKE PLACID Ñ The Knights withstood a strong Blue Bombers rally to hold on in their 53-52 win Jan. 13 in Lake Placid.

The Blue Bombers trailed 42-32 heading into the fourth quarter before mounting a 20-11 run, falling a point shy in the end.

Kaden Baugh led Seton Catholic with 19 points and Joe Zalis reached double-figures with 11 more. Kevin Murray scored eight in the win.

Lake PlacidÕ s Scott Rossi paced the team with 16 points, followed by Austin Pratt (14) and Tarik Cecunjanin (10). The Blue Bombers put in five more buckets than the Knights, but Seton Catholic held a 15-2 advantage at the free throw line.

Peru 49, Saranac Lake 22 PERU Ñ The Indians held the Red Storm to two second quarter points to go into the half 34-10 before winning 49-22 in league plan Jan. 14.

Justin LaPorte led Peru with 13 points. Pat Demarais added 10 points and Troy Lawyer was the teamÕ s third leading scorer with seven.

Saranac LakeÕ s Mike Rice scored a game-high nine points in the setback, followed by Austin Larabie’s six point effort.

Northeastern Clinton 41, Saranac Lake 28 SARANAC LAKE — The Cougars used a 16-6 first quarter to go up by 10 as they topped the Red Storm 41-28 in a defensive game Jan. 15.

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The Week In Review Zavion Beasley scored 12 points to pace Northeastern Clinton and Brendan Boutin had eight more. Scoring-threat Austin Tetreault was held to three points on just one make from behind the arc.

Saranac LakeÕ s Joe Viscardo scored 10 points and Mike Rice was just behind with nine more in the home loss.

Lake Placid 50, Chazy 26 CHAZY Ñ Jay Reid and Scott Rossi each scored 10 points as the Blue Bombers cruised past the Eagles 50-26 on Jan. 15.

Lake PlacidÕ s Tarik Cecunjanin added nine points in the road victory. They held Chazy to 7 points in the first half while scoring 28 to build a sizeable lead.

ChazyÕ s Zach Brothers and Keagan OÕ Connor handled a bulk of the teamÕ s scoring as both put in nine points.

Girls’ basketball Peru 54, Saranac Lake 31 SARANAC LAKE Ñ Meghan Mazzella and Amanda LaPorte combined for 33 points and Peru topped Saranac Lake by 23 points, 54-31, on Jan. 13.

The Red Storm won the second half, but the damage had already been done after the Indians jumped out to a 44-14 lead midway through.

Mazzella led all scorers with 18 points while LaPorte hit three 3Õ s on her way to 15.

Saranac LakeÕ s Haleigh Morgan scored 14 points to pace the team in the setback.

Northern Adirondack 51, Saranac Lake 23 SARANAC LAKE Ñ The Bobcats jumped out to a hot start, outscoring the Red Storm 28-6 in the first 16 minutes on their way to the 51-23 win Jan. 14.

Northern AdirondackÕ s Taylor Durnin led all scorers with 16 points and Juliana Gardner added 10 in the win.

Almelina Cecunjanin and Haleigh Morgan combined for 16 of Saranac Lake’s 23 points, scoring nine and seven respectively.

Seton Catholic 51, Lake Placid 17 PLATTSBURGH Ñ The Knights got off to a quick start, building a 21-3 lead in the first quarter and continuing to cruise in their 51-17 win over the Blue Bombers Jan. 14.

Kelli Ryan led the Seton Catholic charge 12 points, followed

by Olivia Nachbauer (9), Taylor Manor (8) and Sam Bashaw (7).

Nzoni Thompson (4) and the No. 13 Blue Bombers picked up another CVAC win on Jan. 17, topping the Chiefs on the road by a score of 9-1.

Photo by Andrew Johnstone

Lauren Rossi accounted for over half of Lake Placid’s points with nine. The teamÕ s second leading scorer in the game, Melissa Rath, tallied three from the stripe.

Chazy 36, Lake Placid 35 LAKE PLACID — Bailey Pepper hit a go-ahead 3 with six seconds remaining to propel the Eagles over the Blue Bombers 36-35 on Jan. 16 Chazy, which trailed 27-20 heading into the fourth quarter, outscored Lake Placid 16-8 over the final eight minutes to edge its way to a second consecutive league victory.

The Eagles picked up their first win of the season two days prior over Willsboro.

“Chazy capitalized on our mistakes tonight as six consecutive turnovers lead to points for the Eagles in the last quarter,” said Blue Bombers head coach Jeff Potter.

Skyler Thomas led the Eagles with 13 points. Allison Tatro and Maura Trombley each had eight and Pepper finished with seven

Daydreams, schemes and other such things

A

s I peer out the back porch window, there are thick frost flowers clouding my view.

Although itÕ s still midwinter, my thoughts drift off to more pleasant days ahead, when spring flowers will burst in the sugarbush, and an evening’s troll across a still, Adirondack trout pond provide as perfect ending to a long Spring day.

A chill races up my spine as I daydream of pulling on the oars of my guideboat, while a rod tip dances off the stern.

I take a moment to check the wall calendar, which quickly snaps me back to reality, as it appears there are still four, solid months to go until the ponds begin to shed their icy cap.

Another daydream soon transports me off to a leaf-covered ridge, where I am in the process of tracking a big whitetail in the deep, heavy snow. He’s dragging his hooves, and it appears he’s beginning to slow down...I might just get a look at him when....

IÕ m jolted back to reality.

Kill Shot rifles would be ideal for hunters seeking the thrill of the hunt without the need for an actual kill.

Damn! IÕ d much rather be chasing a big, hoof dragging buck than pecking on a stupid keyboard...and then it hits me, and its an idea that is sure to make a million bucks.

I’m going to design a rifle that will capture a digital photograph of the hunt. IÕ ll design it with a built in camera and a shutter mounted in the scope.

For purposes of reality, the rifle will be chambered to fire a .30 caliber blank round, so the kick and report will be authentic.

It will have the same sights, sounds and smell of an actual deer rifle.

The actual camera lens will feature crosshairs, which will make it easy to determine where an actual shot would have hit the animal.

It will likely revolutionize sport hunting, and provide hunting enthusiasts with an opportunity to experience the thrill of the kill with no actual harm done.

Best of all, the hunts could be hosted all year round; providing a sensible utilization of natural resources in the same vein as catch and release anglers take fish and release them.

Hunters could hone their skills, and non-hunters could get an authentic taste of the sport without actually killing an animal.

It would be marketed in the same vein as catch and release fishing, and it could provide the answer to year round hunting tourism.

I was already in the process of making plans for what to do with all the money that would soon begin pouring in, as I entered terms such as no-kill rifle, and camera guns and digital rifle scopes into the search engine of my computer.

Much to my surprise, I got a hit, and then another. The webpages described a concept gun known as the Harmless Hunter Ò KillShotÓ which would allow people of all ages to get outdoors, explore, and discover a recreational pastime that has existed throughout our history.

The non-weapon, hunting tool would document the hunt and capture the “KillShot” with a digital photo and provide a digital video trophy.

According to the website, Ò It could be used year round when game is out of season to satisfy the lust for hunting while getting you ready for the harvest season. The cross hairs will show

points and the gameÕ s lone make from beyond the arc.

Liza Marinis paced with Lake Placid with 12 points and put up a long jumper as time expired that fell just short.

Lauren Rossi tallied 10 points, Cheyenne Blair nine and Cameron Shipman and Maria Paola each chipped in two.

Northeastern Clinton 59, Saranac Lake 22 CHAMPLAIN — The Cougars used a 40-point first half to jump out ahead of the Red Storm, winning 59-22 on Jan. 16.

Kayla Carder scored 12 points for Northeastern Clinton, which got scoring contributions from eight different players.

Peyton Sample and Shaylyn Rowe each had eight points and Olivia seven more for the Cougars.

Saranac Lake wasn’t able to score over six points in any quarter as Northeastern Clinton pulled away. Almelina Cecunjanin accounted for nearly half the teamÕ s scoring with 10 points while Tristen Cummings, Talia McDonough and Haleigh Morgan each had four. on the photo where the shot would have been, the background will show if the shot was safe or unsafe.

It could be used to help teach gun safety by operating like a lethal hunting rifle, except, it takes pictures and fires no projectiles. The power button is in the position of a safety and will only take pictures when power is on.

It will teach Ethical shot placement and the sport of hunting all in one! You will be able to post Ò KillShotsÓ on a website that will come with the rifle. Share photos, talk about hunts, and tell the story of how you managed to use the skills needed to silently pursue and get within range unnoticed, to capture your wild game KillShot, which can be stored on an SD card and downloaded to your computer via a USB cable. Ò Damn itÓ , I muttered under my breath, Ò Some SOB already stole my idea.Ó Then I realized the idea was just that. The rifle was still in the fabrication stage, and the web page was actually a plea for a Kickstarter campaign seeking investors to help cover the cost of developing a prototype rifle. Ò There is still hopeÓ , I thought, until I realized the Kick Starter effort was already four years old and it still had not received enough funding to produce a single rifle. Maybe it wasn’t such a great idea after all.

Although I’ll probably not strike it rich guiding digital rifle deer hunting excursions, it is interesting to note that Adirondack Optics, a scope manufacturer based in Keeseville has been producing high tech, digital camera scopes for some time.

However, I’ll need to start my own Kick Start Campaign to come up with the funds to purchase a digital scope from an Adirondack Optic, which currently sell in the range of $1700, plus shipping for the basic model.

AO’s scopes were initially developed for use by military and police snipers, and they have earned an outstanding reputation for durability and reliability.

So now I’m off to my next hair-brained idea, which involves trying to figure out a way to shoot paintballs with actual black powder pistols.

It may prove to be the ideal method for gentlemen seeking a means to settle their arguments. Complete with stand in Ò Seconds” and secured by a slap in the face with a glove, an historically accurate duel may soon become the ultimate method for getting even with your enemies.

My kickstarter campaign will begin as soon as I have enough money to pay the electric bill and fire up my computer.

Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook. Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net.

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NYCO MINERALS is tak- 30th and September 1st Contractors must underLEGALS ing bids for truck haul- through November 30th. stand they may be reNOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- ing of crushed ore from Must be able haul up to quired to haul from two EN that the Town Board its mines located in 45 loads per day be- different locations 70 Lewis, NY to the Wills- tween July 1st and Au- Mine road or Oak Hill of the Town of Keene boro, NY stockpile site has set 7:00 PM on the gust 31st.

Lewis NY. for the 2015, 2016, and second Tuesday of each Must be have a mini- NYCO is seeking a multi2017 production sea- mum 1,000,000 General year contract of 2 to 3 month, at the Keene Town Hall, as the time sons. Minimum qualifi- liability Insurance, years.

NYCO request and place to hold their cations for this bid are 2,000,000 in General that interested parties as follows: regular Town Board Aggregate, 1,000,000 in email their interest in Must be able to haul a Meetings for 2015 and Automotive liability, this opportunity by Janminimum of 30 tons per 1,000 in Motor truck uary 30, 2015 to Bret the last Tuesday of each load, per truck. month, at 5:30 PM, also cargo and physical dam- Lawson or Mark Must haul a minimum of age, as well as workers at the Town Hall, as the Combes at 803 Moun160,000 tons and up to compensation coverage. tain View Road Willstime and place to hold their Bi-Monthly Finan- at least 220,000 tons S&B must be listed as boro, NY 12996. Once cial Town Board Meet- per season. an insurance certificate interested parties are Must be able to operate ing. holder. identified, NYCO will seasonally between April Must have or be willing Ellen S. Estes, Town schedule a pre-bid meet1st and November 30th.

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