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Outgoing CEO Anti-Queens set to be lauded to perform

Local guide Joe Hackett shares some tips

Adk Health CEO Chandler Ralph to retire

Popular punk band enroute to P’burgh

Puff puff pass State’s medical marijuana policy is smoke and mirrors, says local resident

By Pete DeMola

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PLATTSBURGH — Advocates of medical marijuana cheered in 2014 when the state ap-

proved a bill allowing its usage.

The Compassionate Care Act meant people suffering from conditions like epilepsy, cancer and multiple sclerosis could receive a prescription that would alleviate their symptoms.

“Saul” watched with curiosity as the state debated and passed the legislation. He grew heartened when it was announced Plattsburgh would host one of the 20 dispensaries across >> See Medical marijuana | pg. 7

A local resident is concerned that New York’s medical marijuana program will do little to help patients, citing cost and privacy concerns.

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Local WWII survivor recounts parallels between fascism, Trump

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CreativityÊ isÊ critical Essex County Arts Council, county lawmakers explore ways to collaborate at workshop

ELIZABETHTOWN — Arts boosters in Essex County say they’re buoyed over a meeting that saw representatives from about two dozen creative groups meet with county lawmakers.

The meeting, held March 7 at the HalfPete way House in Elizabethtown, was designed DeMola to bring together stakeholders to explore Editor how the arts encourages economic development in rural communities, said the event’s sponsor, the Essex County Arts Council.

“I have a feeling we did stimulate a conversation that goes beyond what the [Essex County Arts Council] is doing,” said ECAC President Margaret Gibbs.

The group brought in a consultant to put the county’s creative scene into context.

The landscape is promising, said Shanna Ratner.

According to a 2007 USDA study, 21.5 percent of Essex County’s civilian workforce was tagged as belonging to the creative class (compared to 14 percent in comparable areas nationwide).

This group helps to trigger job growth, civic engagement

“It doesn’t take many people to create havoc.”

— Suzanne LaRocque

By Pete DeMola

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Essex County Arts Council President Margaret Gibbs addresses arts groups and county lawmakers at the Halfway House in Elizabethtown on March 7. Making connections is critical to the growth of the county’s creative community, Gibbs said.

and local spending, Ratner said.

Measuring economic data is an imperfect science, she noted.

The vast majority of artists are largely self-employed, said Ratner, while economic impact studies tend to examine spending on further spending — not necessarily taking a broader look at the economy.

But it’s still possible to read the tea leaves gathered from other comparable American communities.

NORTH CREEK — A reader letter left a strong impression on Suzanne LaRocque as she perused the March 19 print edition of the Sun: A campaign characterized by bigotry and deception.

A candidate spewing venom and demagoguery at every opportunity.

A gullible electorate willing to blame minority citizens for perceived economic and social ills.

Adolf Hitler in 1933, Donald Trump in 2016. One and the same.

Jay resident Jim Haig submitted that letter in response to Donald Trump, the pugnacious real estate developer whose campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has drawn comparisons to totalitarianism due to the candidate’s

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USA Luge event raises $12,000 for athletic programs LAKE PLACID — The first annual Running of the Balls fundraiser, conducted by USA Luge to raise needed funds for its athletic programs, was a success Friday at Mount Van Hoevenberg.

A total of 960 lacrosse balls raced down the one-mile course, purchased by the team’s fans, supporters and followers. There were 12 that ricocheted out of the track. Together with 22 regional sponsors, the event generated approximately $12,000 for luge’s national governing body.

“Never did we imagine that the first year would be this successful,” said Gordy Sheer. “And it was great to see so many people having lots of fun with the event itself. We thank all those who donated, sponsored and helped execute the first of

many Running of the Balls.”

The event was broadcast live on the USA Luge website usaluge.org as well as 93.3 WSLP-FM in Lake Placid, accompanied by the station’s live stream.

Circumstances beyond the control of USA Luge lead to a delay and loss of a portion of the feed that occurred on the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Team USA web platform, which houses the USA Luge website.

Balls were provided by Tri-Lakes Youth Lacrosse, Inc. Results: Gold–Barrett Quinn, Lake Placid-$500; Silver–David Filaski, Ridgefield, Conn.-$300; Bronze–Brad Austin, Albany-$200; Fourth–Nancie Battaglia, Lake Placid-$100; Fifth–Sammy Tilden, Lake Placid-$100; Last place–Barb Ryan, Lake Placid-$100.

Random prize winnings were also drawn. There were four winners of CW-X gift certificates from makers of endurance engineered apparel and high performance athletic base layers. The beneficiaries were Chris Jacob of Jay, Cheryl Hain of New York City, Bruce Norman of Florida and John Tracy of Syracuse.

A large Traveler’s Choice luggage piece, the same model issued to the USA Luge National Team, was won by Michael Sawyer, of Geneseo.

An autographed lacrosse ball, courtesy of Paul Rabil, was won by Linda Pickering, of Lake Placid.

Lake Placid resident, Dave Ploof, is the winner of an 18volt cordless Makita impact driver/drill/flashlight, courtesy of Lamb Lumber in Lake Placid.

As the inaugural event concluded, plans were already underway for the 2017 edition of this fundraiser.

Outgoing Adirondack Health chief to be lauded CEO Chandler Ralph will be given a key to the village SARANAC LAKE — Village Mayor Clyde Rabideau and County Legislator Barbara Rice will host a civic testimonial to honor the largest private employer in the Adirondacks, Adirondack Health, Tuesday, April 5, at Nonna Fina restaurant, from 6 to 8 p.m.

“Adirondack Health is a bedrock of medical care and employment for Saranac Lake, and at this event we will to offer our immense thanks and appreciation for its profound contribution to our community,” said Rabideau.

Rice will speak to the gathering. Local business and elected leaders will also be on hand to offer brief remarks.

A ceremonial “Key to the Village” will be presented to Adirondack Health CEO Chandler Ralph, who is set to retire from her position in the coming months.

“It has been my pleasure to serve this community and the amazing staff of Adirondack Health as their CEO for 21 years,” said Ralph. “I am deeply proud of the passion our staff have for providing exceptional, high-quality care, and humbly accept this recognition on behalf of the great work they do every single day for those who live in and visit our region.”

The village’s civic testimonial program is designed to strengthen the bond and understanding between the community and its major employers. The series was inaugurated last May when Paul Smith’s College was recognized.

Adirondack Health is the only full service health system in the Adirondack Park. With an annual economic impact of $145 million, the organization employs roughly 900 full, parttime and per-diem employees. Adirondack Health has been designated a “100 Great Community Hospitals” by Becker’s Hospital Review two years in a row.

The event will feature an hors d’oeuvre buffet and cash bar.

It is open to the general public at a cost of $15 per person with checks made payable to the Village of Saranac Lake. To make reservations, checks may be sent to the village offices at 9 Main Street, or by contacting the village offices at 518-8914150 on or before Saturday, April 2.

Kemp named to Emerson’s Dean’s List BOSTON, MA — Emerson College student Jessica Kemp of Saranac Lake, has been named to the Emerson College Dean’s List for the Fall 2015 semester. Kemp is majoring in Stage and Production Managment. The requirement to make Emerson’s Dean’s List is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher.

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DSS to county: We need a second attorney More manpower needed to accommodate rise in abuse, neglect cases

By Pete DeMola

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Child abuse and neglect cases are on the rise in Essex County.

On Monday, Department of Social Services Commissioner John O’Neill asked the Essex County Board of Supervisors to approve the hiring of a second attorney to assist with the increased caseload.

The department currently has one fulltime attorney, David Scaglione. But he’s overworked, often spending weekends on the job, said County Attorney Dan Manning.

Department brass are worried Scaglione will burn himself out his current pace, O’Neill said. He expressed confidence that $90,000 could be peeled from within his department’s budget, with a projected 58 percent likely to be reimbursed by the state, for salary and benefits.

The commissioner said he made a 24-year commitment to never come back to the board for a request mid-year.

But this is different.

“This isn’t an issue John and I took lightly,” Manning said. “In this situation, we desperately need an additional full-time person to help David with case law.”

Due to the manpower shortage, cases have been put on the backburner, including guardianships and those related to Medicaid fraud.

County business also takes a backseat when

Manning fills in for Scaglione.

Manning said Scaglione works 575 support cases per year: 30 cases every Tuesday and every other Thursday.

“That’s a lot of work,” Manning said.

The county attorney said the escalating caseload could directly be attributed to increased substance abuse within the county. “[Drug and alcohol abuse] is often the root cause of child abuse, domestic violence — failure to pay custody even,” Manning said.

While a part-time staffer handles juvenile delinquency cases, Manning said bumping that individual up to full-time status isn’t a solution. It’d be better, he said, to get someone young, show them the ropes and start them at the ground floor.

A second full-time attorney would also ease burdens caused by conflicts, like when

Scaglione has to appear in another courtroom at the same time, Manning said.

Lawmakers appeared supportive.

“When Dan comes to us and says we need help in the department, I almost bet it’s important,” said Supervisor Stephen McNally (D-Minerva). “I would take Dan’s recommendation.”

Supervisor Roby Politi (I-North Elba) expressed approval of Scaglione’s performance and said it was important to retain his services.

“Based on the increasing caseload, there probably is a demand to back him up,” Politi said.

Before lawmakers take action, the request will be steered through the board’s salary sub-committee, which was created in late2013 to standardize personnel requests.

Essex County takes beating on low gas prices Sales, motor fuel, occupancy taxes all plummet this winter

By Pete DeMola

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County has taken a beating on low gas prices.

Last year, taxes generated from the sale of motor oil fuels in Essex County was down $756,586 over 2014, a decrease of 26 percent.

“We got killed because of motor vehicles,” Essex County Treasurer Mike Diskin told the Essex County Board of Supervisors last week.

The trend of cheap gas shows no sign of abating, said the New York Association of Counties (NYSAC).

While gas prices are again on the uptick, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projected the average price per

gallon this year will still be about 22 percent less than it was in 2015, NYSAC said last week.

State taxes on gas is capped at 8 percent; Essex County’s share is 4 percent.

The total impact on total county sales tax collections from the trend remains unclear, NYSAC said.

Each year, Essex County pencils in anticipated revenues from sales tax into the budget.

About $28.5 million was projected in for this fiscal year.

The county came in at $27.6 million, falling about $889,000 short of that goal.

“It’s the first year in quite a long time this happened,” Diskin said.

Diskin noted once motor fuels tax was removed, the county was actually 2.7 percent ahead for all other taxes generated.

And despite weak January and February figures, the county’s sale tax collections were only 0.3 percent lower — about $96,000 — than the previous January through December period, the treasurer said.

Occupancy tax numbers also began dropping off in December, down 18 percent over 2014, and continued in January, down 9.8 percent.

“It’s probably attributed more to weather than anything,” Diskin said. “It was 68 degrees the day before Christmas.”

Despite the gloomy trends, Essex County will have a new revenue stream this year as a result of the new 3 percent tax on vacation rental units, which went into effect on Jan. 1.

Diskin said it will be hard to compare last year’s February and March occupancy tax numbers because of the influx of new businesses, which county officials conservatively estimated at 500 units last spring.

The treasurer’s office is processing new registration forms daily, Diskin said.

“There’s a little confusion on how they report it,” Diskin said. “It’s going to be a little bumpy for a while.”

The new tax is projected to bring in at least $250,000 per year, tourism officials have said.

Toronto punks Anti-Queens to perform in P’burgh Weekend Plattsburgh gig caps month-long US tour for Canadian punk band

By Pete DeMola

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PLATTSBURGH — Touring with a rock band is a never-ending exercise in problem solving.

Toronto punks Anti-Queens know from experience. Their American tour nearly got sidelined when co-headliners dropped off the month-long trek, leaving the quartet without a trailer to haul their gear.

But their fans came through and raised $3,000 in a crowdfunding campaign.

Since March 2, the Anti-Queens have traversed the east coast in a minivan and trailer — nicknamed The Royal Hellraiser and A Trailer Named Bobby Hell — proffering their brand of grungeinspired punk rock to 26 cities.

They play Plattsburgh on April 2, capping off the madcap dash.

Last summer, the band toured in support of a new EP, Start Running (self-released, 2015). The addition of Black Hat Cat guitarist Valerie Knox fleshed out their ranks. She’s joined them for this tour.

“It’s been really easy, we already know each other — it’s been a lot of fun,” Knox told the Sun from Charlotte, where the band was kicking back before their gig.

Each show has been a unique experience, said the band, whether playing to crowds of 5 or 100; in glitzy ballrooms walled with mirrors or Alabama warehouses.

“It’s empty or fun or packed and incredible,” said Kurt Dickson, the drummer.

Spending anywhere between 4 to 8 hours driving presents its own share of oddities.

Just the other day, for instance, the band discovered a turkey

in a parking lot.

“It blew our mind,” said vocalist and guitarist Emily Bones, “because we’ve never seen one alive.”

DIY tours rely on a tight-knit sense of community, the band said. Touring the US is easier than Canada because of the more condensed scenes, or clusters of punk subculture.

The band gave shout-outs to the people who’ve helped them along the way — Aaron, the broker who helped facilitate their trip across the US-Canadian border. There was Troy from Florence, South Carolina, who fixed their dragging trailer hitch mount; Dusty and Ben, who helped get their year-long visas; the Plug Uglies, the non-violent punk collective who attended their gigs in Fort Welden Beach, Florida and Georgia; and the Bleeps, the Charlotte band who offered up their pad as a place to crash.

And of course, there’s everyone who donated to the crowdfunding page.

“Every time we’ve had a struggle, someone has given us their time,” Bones said.

The band plans on paying it all forward.

Plattsburgh audiences can expect a tightly-wound set polished to a sheen after a month spent on the road.

Anti-Queens have a deep connection to the city, which has become something like the band’s spiritual American home. The downtown venue, ROTA Gallery & Studios, has facilitated shows before.

Bones said it’s nice to perform at a venue that appreciates what the band is doing.

“It’s one of the communities we can count on at this point,” Bones said. “We’re saving the best for last.”

ANTI QUEENS: Saturday, April 2 at the ROTA Gallery & Studios. 39 Bridge Street, Plattsburgh. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. $3-10 suggested donation. Support comes from local “string noise” outfit Doomf**k, and local punk songwriter Tim Howl. For more info, find contact rotagallery@gmail.com.

Getting there is half the fun: Toronto punk outfit the Anti-Queens are scheduled to wrap their US tour with a gig in Plattsburgh on Saturday, April 2.

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ar too many in the newspaper industry have allowed others to determine their fate.

In an industry that has been in decline for many decades, the one single thing the industry was never willing to do was to take a hard look in the mirror and admit the decline was simply a result of internal failures.

It’s far easier to blame the decline on radio, TV, internet or even fickle readers that always seem willing to gravitate to the next “new thing”.

It’s easy to give up and throw in the towel. It’s far more risky to gamble on breaking from the past to reinvent yourself, but reinvention and the willingness to try something new and bold is exactly the cure for what ails an industry that is sadly in need.

We are honored to have just announced last week in many communities we serve that Price Chopper has now chosen to use the Sun as its distribution vehicle for their weekly flyer. They’ve been reluctant to break from the long running relationship with the daily newspaper distribution model, but with circulation in decline, results waning and a more viable alternative available, with a fresh approach, they knew it was the right time to make this change.

Like every organization, if you fail to recognize that change must be factored into the business plan sooner or later you become stuck in the past. More importantly, no aspect of a business can be considered sacred. In today’s competitive world, we are all forced to re-evaluate everything in order to remain ahead of the curve.

Just look at Price Chopper, an immensely popular and successful organization, yet they recently announced a completely new facelift and so much more with the re-branding of their stores to Market 32 and Market Bistro by Price Chopper in order to stay one step ahead of customer expectations.

Innovation and improvements come in all shapes and sizes. We know there is plenty of room for improvement here at our community newspaper and it’s something we enthusiastically are committed to improving everyday.

We strongly believe that free community newspapers like ours, with committed local ownership, have a path to the future that our friends at the corporate daily newspapers just don’t seem to understand.

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State budget a mixed bag for Adirondack Park

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f the past five years are any indication, state leaders will have submitted a sixth on-time budget by late Thursday.

A number of thorny issues still needed to be hammered out as the “three men in a room” entered the home stretch at the beginning of the week, including a $15 minimum wage, paid family leave and education funding for public schools.

Other spending items appeared to be finalized — including funding for some of the biggest issues facing the Adirondack Park.

All signs seem to indicate legislators will approve Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s request to fully fund the Environmental Protection Fund to the tune of $300 million, nearly doubling the $177 million allocated this fiscal year.

For years, green groups have lobbied to restore this funding, which addresses a host of issues in one fell swoop, from habitat restoration, farmland protection to aiding municipalities with sorely-needed wastewater treatment infrastructure.

Total appropriations to address invasive species have been bumped to $10 million. Not only will this funding aid in continued efforts to combat what is an economic threat as well as a natural one, but also put the state on the global map as an international leader in the field.

That’s something to be proud of.

Considering the funds come from bank settlement funds, the decision is a no-brainer.

Kudos to the governor for this bold proposal.

There’s also a lot to love about the continued allocation of funds to boost tourism initiatives, broadband investment and the Upstate Revitalization Initiative that has brought $423 million of state investment to the region in the past half-decade.

But we’re less enthralled by the continued freezing hire at state agencies.

The state loves to buy land, but they don’t seem to want to invest enough money into ensuring its upkeep.

Both the Department of Conservation and the Adirondack Park Agency are understaffed.

In fact, the APA has lost 25 percent of its workforce in the past seven years.

Can you imagine a private business losing 25 percent of their staff and still LETTERS

SettingÊ theÊ recordÊ straight

To the Editor: I’m writing to set the record straight due to recent assumptions that have been made and facts that have been misconstrued: On Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 a meeting was held at the Village Hall with citizens who found an alternative plan to dissolution that would be fair to both village and town taxpayers.

The following people were in attendance at this meeting; a village trustee, six citizens and I, which does not constitute an open public meeting. As we were discussing the alternative information another trustee, who was at the hall for other village business, entered the room. At this time yes, it did become a meeting that should have been advertised and open to the public, as three or more village officials does constitute an open meeting however, I assure you this was not intentional; the entrance of the third trustee was not planned or anticipated.

On Saturday March 5, 2016 another meeting took place at the village hall with one village trustee, an attorney, two citizens and I. Again, this did not constitute an open public meeting and was held to obtain advice with regard to what the next step would be should the proposed dissolution plan be voted down. This meeting was not held in an executive session either. The state could not give us the answers we seek because a dissolution plan has never been voted down before. It is my duty as an elected official to listen to the concerns of all village constituent’s as well as to obtain any and all information to ensure that the dissolution process is followed to the end, in accordance with state law. No taxpayer funds were expended at either meeting and no action was taken.

Ernest Guerin Village of Port Henry mayor

being able to operate?

The DEC, too, faces a crunch, as revealed by a 2014 state audit that noted a decline of 300 full-time staff between 2003-14, but a 27.8 percent increase in spending during that same period.

DEC officials face a dizzying array of tasks, from overseeing permitting processes, enforcing what seems to be an ever-expanding list of new regulations to keeping visitors safe, including dangerous rescue operations over challenging terrain.

While we understand keeping government spending flat is the keystone in the governor’s property tax freeze program, it’s also important to give state agencies the tools they need to carry out their mandates.

Gov. Cuomo has acknowledged the upstate-downstate divide remains an important dynamic of governing the state.

Problem is, the governor only pulls out this argument when it furthers his narrative — like earlier this year, for instance, when he told newspaper editorial boards that his upstate budget initiatives may be railroaded by downstate legislative leaders.

Cuomo said upstate residents needed to join lawmakers as a counterweight against policies that would jeopardize a half-decade of state investment designed to lift upstate out of its funk.

So by this logic, certain allowances should also be made for upstate municipalities that wouldn’t otherwise be applicable elsewhere — like the aforementioned staffing issues, for instance. Or the slow burning minimum wage debate. Or any other policy, really, that puts the region at a disadvantage compared to the New York metro area.

The Adirondack Park is economically hamstrung by its unique status, we get it. As such, all state residents as well as elected officials need to view the park as a long-term investment with unique perks — not a bargaining chip in an upstate-versus-downstate tug of war.

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

MinimumÊ wageÊ increaseÊ willÊ curbÊ jobÊ growth,Ê killÊ smallÊ businesses

To the Editor: I am writing with great concern about the $15 minimum wage increase.

Being a family operation in the North Country for many years, I cannot see how the economy can support this large increase without losing jobs and losing full time workers to part-time.

To quote the February issue of the Glens Falls Business Journal and U. S. Reprensative Stefanik, it will increase the cost to employers an additional $13,413 per worker in this state. This will cost someone their job.

The deductions for the employee and employer will also increase.

Our lawmakers should be looking at our waste of taxpayers money and should be curbing this first and bring the budget in balance. Our social service programs are a disgrace: 60 percent of the people on these programs don’t work.

If they receive these programs, then they should go through drug test and background checks that a normal person having a job has to go through. It’s time we put the people who can work, to work while they are on assistance.

The governor’s new plan will only curb the job growth in the state and put a lot on the mom and pop businesses, who will go out of business. New York has one of the highest tax rates and cost of living in the nation.

I, for one, am not against a minimum wage increase, but this is ridiculous.

Mr. Director of Development (Brighton), you are nuts.

Fred Erickson Chestertown

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LETTERS

CriticismÊ of Ê refugeesÊ containsÊ grossÊ inaccuracies

To the Editor: Bill Bendel’s letter criticizing your editorial on Muslim refugees (March 26 edition) contained gross inaccuracies, all easily verifiable with an online search.

Mr. Bendel stated that, in Dearborn, Michigan, “the city voted, under pressure from the Muslim community, to allow Sharia law.”

He absurdly implied that its citizens are now subject to “the death penalty for not believing in Allah.” This is utterly false. It’s an urban legend — and a rather offensive one at that.

It was asserted that half of illegal immigrants receive public assistance.

That is misleading. Illegal immigrants are typically ineligible for public assistance. An exception is emergency healthcare (with most patients in active labor), which is reimbursed by Medicaid.

Mr. Bendel stated, anecdotally, that New York City parents are increasingly turning to charter schools to escape the growing number of immigrants in public schools. That doesn’t make sense. NYC charter schools must accept students on a first-come, first-served basis. They do not discriminate against immigrant children.

Arts

From page 1 Take, for instance, the north-central region of Minnesota, where $1.4 million in direct spending by audiences on the arts supported 62 full-time employees.

In Platte County, Nebraska (Population: 32,515), consumers spent $3 million on the arts in 2011, which generated $143,000 in revenue for the county government.

The ongoing development and support of a similar creative class in Essex County may provide similar results, said Ratner, in part, because visitors who wouldn’t otherwise visit the community in absence of arts-related events are doing so and are spending money on food, lodging and souvenirs.

Gibbs said the group is still digesting the data derived from the meeting — Ratner’s presentation was augmented by surveys distributed to the participants — and will start mapping out a strategy for how to boost the arts in each community, as well as at the county level.

There is no precise roadmap for doing so, Gibbs said, because each town is different.

Westport stakeholders, for instance, floated the idea of showcasing art in unoccupied storefronts and expanding creative programing throughout the year at the Heritage House.

“There will definitely be other approaches to make arts more visible,” Gibbs said.

Tony Kostecki, general director of the Seagle Music Colony in Schroon, said the Adirondack Park has a long history of acting as a retreat for artists who derived inspiration from nature. That tradition continues today, said Kostecki.

The opinion section is a terrific community resource. The Sun’s editors should not rely on its readers to fact-check ill-informed writers, especially those advocating social exclusion.

Frank Pagano Jay

COMMENTARY

Little Bits Weather sayings

WakeÊ upÊ America!

To the Editor: After World War II, my brother married a German girl. When she came to this country, I asked her how could the German people support Hitler.

She said that the German people did not believe their government would have the death camps and execute the Jewish people. She went on to say, if you elected a president and he turned out to be bad, how would you know if he promised all good things for the country?

When I read of the extent of Donald Trump’s statements, I wondered how can people be so blind to support him.

Please wake up America.

Cordelia Gangone Elizabethtown

Many of these creatives bring people with them, he added, which creates a snowball effect.

The best possible outcome from the meeting, he said, would be to raise awareness for the industry — especially to lawmakers.

“To me, arts was just paint and a brush,” said Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Ferebee (R-Keene) after the meeting. “But sitting here, I really learned what the arts is.”

Essex County Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Randy Preston (IWilmington) said the county understood the importance of the arts in developing a sustainable economy.

But it’s important to strike a balance, he said, and meet the county halfway when it comes to locking in funding.

Preston cited dinners held by farmers as an example of the self-starting ethos that the county admires.

As part of a corrective spending plan, Essex County has tightened the reigns on funding to outside groups.

The board allocated $18,500 to the ECAC in 2016.

Preston urged groups to lobby the county once budget workshops begin in September for consideration of funding. But they rarely see anyone, he said.

Arts groups also receive state funding administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, a program Ferebee noted is responsible for Keene’s summertime concert series, “Music from the Back Porch.”

Even a small amount of money helps, Gibbs said. “It’s the difference between a program existing or not.”

As part of the session, participants were asked to complete several surveys, including highlighting their priority projects and listing ideas for possible collaborative projects. To visit the results, visit essexcountyarts.org.

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LaRocque responded with her own handwritten letter, which appears in this week’s edition (see page 4).

The North Creek resident called Haig’s perspective “a very fine observation.”

“I am 89-years-old and an immigrant from Europe who lived with the horrors of the 1930’s and 40’s,” LaRocque wrote. “I still have the scars Hitler forced on us — and Stalin liberated with a vengeance.”

A reporter reached out to LaRocque to see if she would be willing to share her story.

She was.

The native Hungarian was on track to be a professional ballet dancer when the shadow of war fell across Europe in the 1930’s.

LaRocque was half-Jewish.

“We half-breeds were next to be shipped to Auschwitz,” she said.

In Budapest, the city’s Jewish population fled underground and lived in the catacombs, thousands of them hiding amongst the dead.

LaRocque, who was a teenager at the time, joined the resistance movement. After the Siege of Budapest, which ended with the city’s surrender in February 1945 to the Soviets, the group made Molotov cocktails to use as weapons against the occupants, who often patrolled the street on horseback.

After dispatching a soldier, the resistance would take their guns. The frozen horses were butchered; the meat and bones made into soup and brought underground to feed the captives.

LaRocque lamented the food wasn’t prepared to kosher standards.

“It broke their heart, but they had to live.”

Babies were born down there amongst the bones.

“They never saw the light until they were four-years-old,” LaRocque said.

Eighty percent of Budapest’s buildings were destroyed or damaged during the 45-day siege.

“It wasn’t living,” she said.

Most of her father’s side of the family — the Jewish side — were exterminated.

But her father survived after hiding for three years.

LaRocque paused as she told her story. Aside from assemblies given to schoolchildren over the years, she seldom discusses her past.

“It hurts to talk about it… but it’s a relief to talk about it,” she said. “I still carry it with me, but life changes.”

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Hungarian native Suzanne LaRocque survived the Battle of Budapest and has seen war firsthand. Comparisons of Hitler to Donald Trump are apt, she said. Pictured above is the letter LaRocque wrote to the Sun about her concerns around the rise of Trump.

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LaRocque emigrated to the US in 1949. She married and moved to North Creek from White Plains in 1958.

“My husband wanted to ski and I just wanted to be on the farm,” she said, “to look outside and see deer grazing in the orchard.”

LaRocque said she simply aimed to have a good life and give back to the community. She did, finding work as a costumer and as a nurse.

“I lived a very good life,” she said.

Her husband passed away in December 2014. LaRocque now alives alone, but stays active and engaged with the help of home health care aides with whom she has a jovial relationship.

A voracious reader and consumer of news, she also continues to be a student of history.

LaRocque said she began to realize Hitler’s malevolence in 1936.

During the war, she and fellow resistance members would watch the enemy; they’d study them, their movements, their body language.

LaRocque noted how Trump’s face is often contorted by hate.

“Hitler was like that, Mussolini was like that,” she said. “Look into his eyes… it’s complicated,” she trailed off.

LaRocque also expressed concern about Trump’s supporters and the reports of violence at his rallies.

“It doesn’t take many people to create havoc,” LaRocque said.

It’s important to remember the lessons of World War II, she said.

LaRocque paused.

“Life is beautiful,” she said, “but then there’s Brussels,” referring to the terror attacks.

Gordie Little

Columnist

“A motley sky won’t leave you dry.” Have you heard that saying? I spotted it recently in a social media post from an Au Sable Forks friend. Among all the weather-related phrases I’ve learned, that was a new one. It got my head juices bubbling and led to this column.

The next phrase popping into my mind was: “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Most people believe it is a quote from Mark Twain. My research points to one of Twain’s contemporaries by the name of Charles Dudley Warner, if that makes any difference to anyone but me.

These days, technology helps in predicting the weather. We are given forecasts days and weeks in advance. Millions are spent creating computer models that often conflict with each other and confuse us more than simply licking our fingers and sticking them out in the wind. My father used to say, “Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer choice.”

That’s one phrase that was used

by Mark Twain, but it pre-dates him by many years.

Mother Nature is fickle and often confounds the weather prognosticators. Admit it—you have uttered a few expletives of your own when media meteorology moguls have missed the mark and you ended up with puddles rather than sun spots on your lawn.

A friend from Michigan offered another great saying: “If you don’t like the weather here, just wait five minutes.” We’ve used that one in northern New York many times, haven’t we?

Old time fishermen might have said, “Mackerel skies and mare’s tails make ships carry lowered sails.” I’ve also seen it this way: “Mackerel sky, mackerel sky—never long wet, never long dry.”

I know you remember the saying about “Red sky at night, sailors (or shepherds) delight; red sky in morning, sailors (or shepherds) take warning.” I love to search for the older weather superstitions and sayings that might not be quite as familiar.

Here’s one: “When smoke from the chimney falls, it’s going to storm.”

One of my all-time favorites is, “Clocks and watches tick louder before mild weather.” Kaye offered one from her youth: “The coffee pot perks louder before a storm.” Another I recall: “If it rains on Easter day, it will rain for seven days after.” It was quite nice last Sunday, wasn’t it?

I’ll bet you never heard this one: “If the cat scratches over her ear, It’s a sure sign of fine weather.” Or, “When it rains with the wind from the east, it will rain 24 hours, at least.” “Rain falling when the sun is shining means the devil is beating his wife.”

I’ll leave you to ponder a saying from my early childhood: “Whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot; whether the weather be cloudy or whether the weather be not.

We’ll weather the weather, whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.”

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

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ALL YOU CAN APR. EAT PANCAKE 03 BREAKFAST@ Sun. ST. JOSEPH’S PARISH CENTER, WEST CHAZY.

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St. Joseph’s Men’s Club will host the pancake breakfast. Menu: pancakes with North Country maple syrup, ham, scrambled eggs, sausage, homefries & beverages. $7.50 Adults, $3 Ages 6-10, under 5 free.

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APR. JP SOARS & THE RED 03 Sun. HOTS@ BLUSEED STUDIOS, SARANAC LAKE.

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Brooklyn tells the deeply moving passionate love story of a young Irish immigrant in 1950’s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of a better life in America, Ellis Lacey departs her mother’s home and is swept into an intoxicating romance and then faces a choice between her two countries. $6 adults, $3 children.

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On the eve of her 25th birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician.

Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions. $6 admission.

Details: Derrick Hopkins dhopkins@willsborocs.org.

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Hear some amazing middle school & high school vocalists compete! There will be a special performance by 2014 voice competitor Austin Ellis. $7 Adults, $5 Students at the door.

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by Diana McGuigan-George. Cast includes students from grades 5-12. Admission: $7 adult, $5 seniors, Children under 12 free.

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Come play in an epic dodgeball tournament. Grades 5-7 will play against each other at 3:30 and grades 8-12 will play at 5:00. Adults are welcome to play with the high school teams. Winners will receive ice cream sundaes following the championship games.

Teams: 3 boys & 3 girls. $5 per player.

Concessions and refreshments sold.

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the state operated by five licensed providers. And he eagerly followed coverage of the launch of the dispensary in January.

But it’s not likely to help Saul’s partner, “Sheila,” who suffers from debilitating multiple sclerosis.

The couple is now considering moving out of state.

Saul, who spoke to the Sun on the condition of anonymity, cited several reasons why the legislation would be unlikely to help the couple: Based on his research of programs in other states, the cost would be prohibitive, he said. Insurance won’t cover it because marijuana remains classified as a Schedule I drug at the federal level, the same designation as heroin. And doctors aren’t likely to sign up because they don’t want to operate in a state of legal ambiguity and face prosecution.

Saul also questioned what protection patients have from retaliation by the federal government and law enforcement, and if patient information is protected.

“I don’t see a benefit for a large number of people,” Saul concluded.

Saul and Sheila consider themselves to be an average working class couple.

Life was just fine until Sheila got sick.

“One day, she went to work and could barely walk anymore,” Saul recalled. “She was working in a good-paying career until multiple sclerosis took that away from her.”

Medical bills mounted following the diagnosis. Before long, the Clinton County couple lost their house.

When Sheila started having serious mobility issues, a doctor put her on Interferon shots. Those clocked in at $4,500 per month. Insurance paid a bit, while another program paid some.

The disease went from recurring remitting MS to progressive.

The injections stopped and Sheila was given a cocktail of muscle relaxers paired with other medications whose side effects were often worse than the symptoms, Saul recalled.

Sheila’s situation seemed hopeless.

That led to Saul exploring the use of cannabis. After two months of research, he broached the subject with his girlfriend.

“Do you want to try this?” Saul asked.

Sheila said yes.

For the past several years, Sheila has been taking regular doses of cannabis oil.

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Doing so, said Saul, has arrested the progress of the illness and has allowed her to maintain her mobility.

The oil has also helped alleviate several additional issues that afflict people with the disease.

“It’s helped with pain, sleep and somewhat helped with bladder control issues,” Saul said.

Under the state’s medical marijuana policy, only oil, concentrate for vaporization and capsules are permitted.

Using comparative prices from other states, Saul estimated a month’s supply of concentrate would cost between $800 and $1,200. He also expressed questions about the ratios of THC to CBD and which other cannabinoids are contained in the formula, among other concerns.

While he couldn’t disclose how he obtains his cannabis, he says the current method is easier, cheaper and safer than obtaining it legally within New York (the medical marijuana law prohibits patients from obtaining the product across state lines).

Two medical marijuana providers serve the North Country region: Etain, which has dispensaries in Chestertown and Albany, and Columbia Care, which serves Plattsburgh.

A Etain spokesman said product cost depends greatly on the organization as well as the amount in each package.

The company’s products range in price from $100-$250, said the rep, without specifying which.

Columbia Cares said their medications are priced “around $.95 per dose,” but treatment cost varies based on patient needs.

The provider, said CEO Nicholas Vita, offers subsidies to lower the cost for those with financial limitations, as well as to senior citizens, military veterans and the terminally ill.

Physicians must register and go through a certification process in order to prescribe the medication.

As of March 22, 471 doctors have registered for the program, according to the department of health’s website, and 2,039 patients have been certified.

It’s unclear how many of those doctors are in the North Country: Both Etain and Columbia Care said that information is not available to registered organizations.

Vita said since their dispensary opened in January, the provider has received “a great deal of interest from physicians in the Plattsburgh area looking to learn more about our dispensary.”

While Saul is waiting to see how the program in New York shakes out before signing his wife up, he is convinced the programs in other states, including Vermont and New Hampshire, whose program is scheduled to launch this spring, are more transparent and less restrictive (patients in the Green

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Mountain state are permitted, for instance, to grow their own pot.)

Saul called the policy a “half-measure” hatched by Gov. Andrew Cuomo for political reasons, noting the legislation contains an escape clause that will allow the governor to pull the plug if it doesn’t work out.

“It’s just enough to say he has a legal program for when he runs [for higher office],” he said.

Saul doesn’t consider himself an activist — just a regular guy.

He said he is stepping forward to raise awareness about medical marijuana and herbal medicine to honor a family member who recently passed.

“I just want this to be a story to see what people who are interested in medical marijuana want,” he said.

State health department officials declined to answer questions about the program.

Growing Tastes of Maple event to highlight Maple Weekend LAKE PLACID — Celebrate spring with Adirondack Maple Weekend at the growing Tastes of Maple event being held Saturday, April 2 and April 3, at the Conference Center, from 4 to 6 p.m. There are plenty of events throughout the region spotlighting Adirondack maple syrup production, including sugarhouse tours and demonstrations, a race and maple tastings at Whiteface Mountain, outdoor family programs and activities at The Wild Center’s sugar shack, sap to syrup workshops, and restaurant promotions and maple-related menus all weekend.

Visitors will be able to sample local maple-based cuisine, taste maple-laced beer and spirits, listen to live local music and visit a restaurant for their next meal. Along with Lake Placid Pub and Brewery with maple ale and Lake Placid Spirits with maple spirits samples, 13 local restaurants and businesses will be represented with samples of their goods. Le Groove will perform throughout the events.

Admission is free, and tasting tickets will be available for $1.

CCHA celebrates Woman’s History PLATTSBURGH — Clinton County Historian Anastasia Pratt will give a presentation on the women of Clinton County on Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m. at the Clinton County Historical Association. For more information, visit clintoncountyhistorical.org or call 561-0340.

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Notes from the North Woods Joe Hackett

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Spring is in the air, and trout are in the streams

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pring is in the air, and so are the birds, thousands of them in every size, shape color and song. One of most common migratory birds in the North Country are woodcock, also known as ’timber doodles”. They are smaller than a robin, with a long, slender beak and their mating dance is what sets them apart from most other species. To impress mates, they will fly straight up into the sky and when they reach their zenith, which is nearly out of sight for the human eye, they will perform a an incredible free-fall . Known as the dance of the timber doodle, their aerial acrobatics are a sight, and a fright to see. I have observed the process many times over the years, and I’d never witnessed an accident until recently. As the birds plummet from above, seemingly in an uncontrolled free fall, they will spread their wings at the last second, before setting down gracefully on the very same spot from which they had launched.

Timberdoodling is also an interactive outdoor game, in which the human participants run to the spot where a bird takes off, and remain there, until the bird returns. It’s sort of a game of �chicken little’ in which the most daring participants refuse to flinch. I’ve actually been hit by a wing tip while holding my own, and they’ve come so close that I felt the wind from their wings. However, I’ve never witnessed a bird falter, until recently.

Over the weekend, I was timberdoodling in the field behind our house, and the birds were all over in the tall grass.

Their faint, bleating calls, which are best described as the sound of leprechauns farting in the grass, were everywhere.

As I walked along the edge of the field, the birds would burst from their cover, almost underfoot. It seemed the sky was dotted with them in the fading light of day.

Just as I was stepping around a fence post, I caught the blur of a bird just as it exploded at my feet. And when I looked down at the ground, there was a woodcock. I picked it up, as blood dripped from it’s oversized beat. It was very warm to the touch, but dead as a stone. I looked it all over closely, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. It may have collided with another bird while free falling through the air, or it may just have died of old age right before my very eyes.

Either way, my dog, a german short hair pointer, was thoroughly confused. Over the years, he’s witnessed many shots fired, with no dead birds apparent (I’m actually a lousy wingshot). But I reckon this was the first time he’s ever seen a bird drop dead in front of him, without a single shot fired. I could see it the furrow over his eyes, he really didn’t know what to make of the affair.

It’s funny, that some dogs are very good on woodcock, while many others won’t touch them. A good friend, who owns one of the best field dogs I’ve ever seen, can’t get his dog to retrieve them.

When the dog locates a dead bird, it will just lie down and bark at the bird, until his owner comes over to retrieve it.

When I joked that the dog has trained him well, without using either a whistle or a shock collar, he mumbled something about trying one out on me under his breath.

The returning timber doodles, geese, ducks and loons are

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all a welcome signs for anglers, who use such evidence of the proper timing for brook trout, lake trout, and salmon.

Although the upcoming fishing season may provide Adirondack anglers with their first opportunity to fish an ice free pond on the Opening Day of the season, the waters will still be very cold, and the fish will likely be sluggish. Water temperature is certainly a crucial factor, but so are the hours of daylight, and a host of similar natural triggers.

The proper combination of presentation, timing, feeding patterns, select bait, lure or flies will present challenges that many anglers have never had to face. With waters remaining so cold, there’s still a chance that the ice may set up again on the smaller ponds if temperatures drop.

Don’t be surprised, pack light, and dress heavy, especially if you’ll be sitting on the floor of a boat. I put a ground pad on the floor of my boat during the day as insulation, and to minimize sounds, and I use it under my sleeping bag at night.

When packing in to remote waters, it’s important for all items to be multi use. My inflatable PFD is also a pillow, and the mesh laundry bag is also a great live well. Filled with rocks, it saves as an anchor, and with knots spaced every 2 feet on the attached 5/50 cord, I use it as a depth finder that never runs out of batteries.

In the early season, it is important to fish slow, with small offerings such as leeches or a small piece of a worm. Concentrate on areas where the water is likely to be warmer, which is usually on the eastern shores, which have the greatest exposure to the sun. The warmer waters will be found in deeper waters, but not in the deepest. Warm water is more dense than cold water, and the prevailing winds, moving from west to east, will push warmer surface waters toward the eastern shores, where the warm waters will drop to the depths. Watch for the earliest hatches to occur along the eastern shores. It’s important to note that hatches are not limited exclusively to flies. In the early season, the first hatch will be salamanders that migrate to the ponds to breed. Big, black, yellow spotted salamanders are the first hatch of the season, occurring directly after the first heavy rains of the season. Trout will gorge on this once a season delicacy, but it is over in the span of just a few days.

The second major hatch of the new season will be leeches, first the black ones and later the larger olive ones. I’ve taken brook trout that belched up golf ball sized gobs of leeches a week or two into the season. A good bet at this time of the season is a small strip of fur (pinky sized) of squirrel, otter, or even the old �hair of the hound’ taken from the tail of an old black lab. Tie, or super-glue the fur/hair on to a small 1/16th oz lead-head jig, and fish it off the bottom. Increasingly, anglers are reporting similar success while using similarly sized jigs with soft baits such as Gary Yamamoto Seikos, Berkley Yumm, and similar products.

Use a good quality monofilament line of 6 pound test, and check the expiration date. Last year’s mono has a breaking strength of about 50 percent of its rating. After being exposed to sunlight for 48 hours, it will be reduced to less than 33 percent of it’s original rain. More fish are lost as a result of old line than for any other single reason. Always check your line for nicks, knots and abrasions. I always cut off the first 6 feet of line to start the day. Line is easily replaced, but a trophy brookie is not. All the �I should haves’ in the world won’t bring a big brookie back to the net.

I also want to stress the importance of wearing a PFD. Not only is it the law, it just makes sense. The average angler has already invested over a half million dollars in health care, food, education, housing, eye care, transportation, etc. before he or she even steps in the boat.

You would think they would have enough sense to put that bundle of $500,000 cash in a waterproof container if they knew they were going to venture out on the water.

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Above: The author hoists a brook trout that established the modern day NY State Record back in 2004. The record has since been reestablished over a half dozen times, and currently stands at 6 lb. with a big fish that was taken in Silver Lake by Richard Beauchamp.

Back in the 1970’s, Edward Morrette of Schroon Lake entered a 8lb.

2oz. brookie in the annual Genesee Beer Fishing Contest. Reportedly, Morrette’s brookie was taken while trolling with a wabbler and worm on Pharaoh Lake.

Below: In recent years, the number of female hunters and anglers has blossomed, as women have taken advantage of a variety of outdoor sporting gear that has been designed by women specifically for women.

Going out? Share the fun, and take a youngster along. Teach them well, as they may be taking you out 20 years from now.

I’d like to believe they would similarly waterproof the $250,000 or more that they have invested in their own health and welfare. If for no other reason, wearing a PFD will insure that your body will be retrieved. It may not be important to you, but it is to your family and friends.

Fish early, fish hard, and be considerate of all fellow travelers. Remember, sounds carry further over water than they do on land. Watch your language, there may be kids out there. and if there aren’t, consider taking a few along the next time.

The only way to insure the future of our cherished outdoor traditions, is to introduce others to the outdoors. Take along a friend, a local kid or maybe even your spouse. Share it, use it wisely and enjoy the experience.

Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook.

Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net.

LaBastille estate in Ray Brook formally donated Famed woodswoman’s Twitchell Lake property has been donated to the state RAY BROOK — The trustee of Dr. Anne LaBastille’s estate has formally donated her 32-acre “West of Wind” property on Twitchell Lake to New York State.

The transaction was announced by the Department of Conservation on Monday.

LaBastille, the famed writer and conservationist who died on July 1, 2011, envisioned her land be managed to: “…preserve the natural, ecological, and historical integrity of my 30 acres of North Country wilderness, where writers can find inspiration in the Adirondacks” and her cabin be protected.

“Dr. LaBastille was a true conservationist and I’m proud to have the opportunity to work with the trustees of her estate to ensure the permanent protection of her beloved property,” said DEC Acting Commissioner Basil Seggos. “Through this addition to the Forest Preserve, her land will now be a place for future generations to visit and honor her appreciation for nature and the Adirondacks.”

LaBastille inspired many through her writings and her life’s work dedicated to conserving the most vulnerable wildlife

and wild lands. Her autobiographical “Woodswoman,” published in 1978, chronicled her journey from an urban New Jersey girl dreaming of life in the wilderness to cabin dweller on a remote western Adirondack lake. She lived without electricity, running water, or even a road to her 12ft x 12ft “West of Wind” cabin she built in 1964.

An award-winning author and conservationist, LaBastille published a dozen books including four in the Woodswoman series, over 150 popular articles, and 25 scientific articles.

Her ground-breaking work researching and protecting the then-endangered (now extinct) Giant Grebe of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala earned her the prestigious World Wildlife Fund’s Conservationist of the Year gold medal in 1974. Over her 50-year career, she worked hard to raise awareness of critical environmental issues including acid deposition in the Adirondacks, loss of biodiversity, invasive species and climate change in the decades before threats were widely recognized.

Dr. LaBastille served as a Commissioner on the Adirondack Park Agency from 1976 to 1993.

The “West of Wind” cabin has been donated to the Adirondack Museum. It was carefully dismantled in the winter of 2014-15 and the logs transported across the ice and trucked to the Museum. The logs had been purchased 50 years before

from a logger and floated down the lake for the cabin construction. The cabin will be re-constructed and on exhibit in the new Adirondack Experience area of the Museum is scheduled to open in 2017.

“As a longtime friend of Anne’s entrusted by her to serve as the executor of her estate, it has been an honor and a tremendous responsibility to fully realize her bold vision and to build a lasting legacy,” said Leslie Surprenant, estate executor.”

Guide talk slated WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Historical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting Wednesday, April 6, at the Wilmington Community Center, at 7 p.m. There will be a presentation about the “Area Adirondack Guides.” Refreshments will be provided by the Country Bear Bakery.

CCHA celebrates Woman’s History PLATTSBURGH — Clinton County Historian Anastasia Pratt will give a presentation on the women of Clinton County on Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m. at the Clinton County Historical Association. For more information, visit clintoncountyhistorical.org or call 561-0340.

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Willsboro alumnus Emily Mero and the Plattsburgh State University College Bluegrass Music group performed at Willsboro Central School Friday, March 4. Eric Gibson of the Gibson Brothers also performed.

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SARANAC - Chair Yoga Classes to be held at Will Rogers. Amy Kohanski will hold a series of chair yoga classes at Saranac Village at Will Rogers on Thursdays from 3:30 4:30 p.m., beginning January 14th through June 23rd. Pre-registration is not required. No experience is necessary. For more information, please call Amy Kohanski at 518-524-6888 or email her at akohanski@roadrunner.com.

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

CADYVILLE – Al-Anon Adult Children Meeting every Monday at Cadyville Wesleyan Church, use rear entrance, 2083 Route 3, Cadyville at 7pm-8pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

PLATTSBURGH – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Tuesday at United Methodist Church, 127 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh Noon-1pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-5610838.

CADYVILLE – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Sunday at Cadyville Wesleyan Church, use rear entrance, 2083 Route 3, Cadyville at 7pm-8pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

PLATTSBURGH – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Thursday at United Methodist Church, 127 Beedman Street, Plattsburgh 7:30pm-8:30pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

CHAZY – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Friday at Sacred Heart Church, 8 Hall Street, Chazy 7:30pm-8:30pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

PLATTSBURGH – ALATEEN Meeting every Thursday at United Methodist Church, 127 Beedman Street, Plattsburgh 7:30pm8:30pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

CHAZY – Chazy Public Library Meetings: January 20, 2016, February 24,2016, March 30, 2016, April 27, 2016. Organizational Meeting May 18, 2016.

SARNAC LAKE – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Wednesday at Baldwin House, 94 Church Street, Saranac Lake 7pm-8pm.

For more information call 1-888425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

WILMINGTON - Yoga for the Community Every Sun., 5:30-6:30pm @ Riverstone Wellness, Wilmington, NY. For more info send email to: riverstonewellness@yahoo.com CLUBS & BOARDS WILLSBORO – Needle Arts Social Group at the Pain Memorial Free Library Starting Tuesday April 12, 2016 From 4-6PM. COMMUNITY OUTREACH

BINGO ALTONA - Ganienkeh Territorial High Stakes Bingo 4 Devil's Den Road 518-236-7099 Wednesdays & Fridays doors open at 5pm Games start at 6:30 pm.

KEESEVILLE - Keeseville Fire Dept.

North Country AmVets 1309 Rt. 9 South Saturday, 7:30 pm.

KEESEVILLE - VFW #1505 North Country AmVets 1309 Rt. 9 South Sunday, 7pm.

PLATTSBURGH - Knights of Columbus #255 St. Peter's School 518-561-4501 Mondays, 7pm.

PLATTSBURGH - Our Lady of Victory 4919 South Catherine St. Wednesday Nights, Doors open at 6:00 with games starting at 7:10 pm.

PLATTSBURGH American Legion Post 20 162 Quarry Rd. 518-5631692 Sundays, 7pm.

PORT HENRY Port Henry Knights of Columbus, bingo, 7 p.m. Every Monday TICONDEROGA - Bingo, Ticonderoga fire house, 6:45 p.m. Doors 5 p.m. Every Thursday.

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

AUSABLE FORKS – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the Ambulance Building-Ausable Forks December 2, January 6, Feb, 3, March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5, November 2, December 7, at 9:30 am - 2:15 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 CLINTONVILLE – Chesterfield Fish & Game Club, Green St., Clintonville, NY has indoor Archery, Pistol & Small Caliber Rifle Shooting.

January–April.

Tuesdays Archery 7pm–9pm. Thursday is Pistol & Small Rifle Shooting 7pm9pm. Please note that Pistol Permits are required before shooting is allowed. Cost is $5 Non-Member & $3 for members. For further details please call John Stranahan 518-534-9716.

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

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

LAKE PLACID – 2015-2016 WIC schedule at the Thomas Shipman Youth Center December 1, January 5, Feb 2, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, December 6 , 9:30 am - 2:15 PM November 24, December 22, January 26, Feb 23, March 22, April 26, May 24, June 28, July 26, August 23, September 27, October 25, November 22, December 27 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 TICONDEROGA - Essex County Lethernecks, Marine Corps League, Det 791, Ticonderoga American Legion Post. 6 p.m. Active Marines and Marine Veterans invited. First Thursday of every month.

LECTURES & SEMINARS BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE – The Adirondack Museum's Cabin Fever Winter Lecture series Sunday April 3rd “Trudeau's Rare Romance and Roger's Hotel Hope”, 1:30 pm in the Museum Auditorium, 9097 State Route 30. For more info 518352-7311. www.adkmuseum.org/exhibits_an d_events/ongoing_events PLATTSBURGH - twice-monthly Public Science Forums on interesting topics in science and the social sciences at The Champlain Wine Company, 30 City Hall Place, Plattsburgh NY 12901. First and third Mondays of each month at 5:30 pm. Beginning Monday Feb. 1st. Local Scientists and Social Scientists present provocative public forums free to the public. For more information, please call 518564-0064.

PLATTSBURGH Spring 2016 Karl Cron Lecture, Sponsored by the Plattsburgh Protestant Campus Ministry and its Sponsoring Churches and Judicatories Rev. Dr. Robin R. Meyers Quantum Physics and the Future of God Friday, April 1st at 7:30pm Newman Center 90 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, New York Lecture Free and Open to the Public

ELIZABETHTOWN - April 12.

Pleasant Valley Quilters' meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Elizabethtown Community Hospital conference room, Park Street, Elizabethtown.

Contact janiceorlowski@gmail.com for details.

ELIZABETHTOWN - The Town of Elizabethtown will hold their April 19, 2016 monthly board meeting 7:00 PM at Cobble Hill Golf Course due to the presidential primary voting occurring at the Town Hall.

ELIZABETHTOWN – Al-Anon Family Group Meeting every Sunday at Elizabethtown Community Hospital Board Room, 75 Park St., Elizabethtown, 4pm-5pm. For more information call 1-888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

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

WESTPORT - The Westport Central School District Board of Education has tentatively scheduled a Special Budget Workshop Meeting on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 5:45 PM in the Library. Community members and interested others are welcome to attend.

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

SPORTS & RECREATION MINEVILLE – Open Bowling Fridays at the VFW. For more info call 518-942-6514 VENDORS

LAKE PLACID – Al-Anon Adult Children Meeting every Monday at St. Agnes Church Basement, 169 Hillcrest Avenue, Lake Placid 8pm9pm. For more information call 1888-425-2666 or 518-561-0838.

PLATTSBURGH - BREASTFEEDING - LA LECHE LEAGUE Do you have questions about breastfeeding? Do you have support you can offer to others? Do you need information about returning to work and nursing? Please join us for mother-to-mother sharing. All mothers, mothers-to-be, and children are welcome. Meetings are twice monthly: the first Monday at 7 P.M and the third Friday at 10:00 A.M at the Family Connections, 194 U.S Oval, Plattsburgh. Info: 518-643-9436.

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3 hours NY Flooring regional areas.Essex County. SSNY the seven(7) is February 9, 2016. Office TAIN LLC. The Articles PUBLIC HEARING City! Terms arecoverage to be filled available.days Callimme888- vacancies 1923 Saranac Ave. VisitBoard AdNetworkNY.com preceding the An- on the of Educa- or designated as agent location: Essex County. NOTICE IS HEREBY701-7509. of Organization were GIV- diately NewYorkLandandLakeofPlacid, NY call 315-437-6173 the LLC upon whom SSNY is designated as EN, that the Public Lakes.com filed with the Secretary Hear- nual Meeting/Vote ex- tion: 518-523-9855 agent of the LLC upon of State of New York ing (takes the place of cept Saturdays, Sun- EXPIRED TERM - incum- process against the LLC bent, John Haverlick - may be served. SSNY whom process against it the Annual Meeting) of days, or Holidays, at the (SSNY) on February 12, NOTICE OF FORMATION term expires on 6/30/19. shall mail a copy of such may be served. SSNY the 2016. Office location: Keene Central Keene Central School LEGALS from 9AM to 3PM. shall mail a copy of pro- School District, Essex EXPIRED TERM - incum- process served upon it OF LIMITED LIABILITY Essex County. SSNY is COMPANY (LLC) AU SABLE RIVER cess to C/O Flink Smith County, New York will NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- bent, Ann Whitney - to Placid Boat Rentals, designated as agent of Name: Solitude Catering LODGE LLC Articles of Law LLC, 2577 Main be held for the inhabi- EN, that applications for term expires on 6/30/19.

LLC, 204 Mirror Lake the LLC upon whom Org. filed NY Sec. of Street, Suite 201, Lake tants qualified to vote at absentee ballots can be The petitions must be Drive, Lake Placid, NY LLC Articles of Organiza- process against it may tion filed with the Secreobtained and must be directed to the Clerk of 12946. Purpose of LLC: State (SSNY) 3/15/2016. such meeting in said Placid, New York 12946. be served. SSNY shall tary of State of New mail a copy of process Office in Essex Co. Purpose: Any lawful pur- district at the school in submitted to the Clerk of the District, Cynthia To engage in any lawful York (SSNY) on January SSNY desig. agent of pose.

Summo, must be signed Keene Valley on Mon- the District, Cynthia activity. to 200 Algonquin Drive, 26, 2016 Office Loca- Lake Placid, New York LLC upon whom pro- VN-02/27-04/02/2016by at least twenty-five day, May 9, 2016 at 6 Summo, no later than VN-03/26-04/30/2016tion: Essex County. The cess may be served. 6TC-109897 (25) qualified voters of 6TC-112431 PM for the purpose of May 2, 2016 if ballot is 12946. Purpose: Any SSNY is designated as lawful purpose.

SSNY shall mail copy of presenting a budget for to be mailed OR no later the district, and must HIGHWALL LLC, Arts of agent of the LLC upon process to Law Office the school year 2016 - than May 9, 2016 if bal- state the name and resiVN-03/05-04/09/2016Org filed with SSNY on whom process against it 6TC-110032 Steven Kaiser, 134 lot is to be acquired in dence of the candidate.

2017. Voting for said PUBLIC NOTICE 01/05/16.

Off. Loc.: Esmay be served. SSNY Hawthorne Ave., Floral

BY ORDER OF THE (Pursuant to section 501 budget, and two(2) person. The Clerk may shall mail a copy of any Park, NY 11001. Pur- sex County, SSNY desig- school board members, accept absentee ballots BOARD OF EDUCATION of the Real Property Tax nated as agent of LLC process to the LLC at: pose: Any lawful purwill be held on Tuesday, until 5 PM only, May Cynthia Summo, Clerk of Law) upon whom process pose.

May 17,2016 between 17,2016. the District Pursuant to section 501 Forever Native, 3320 against it may be served.

Station Rd., VN-03/26-04/30/2016the hours of 12 noon NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, Dated: March 16, 2016 of the Real Property Tax Knight SSNY shall mail a copy 6TC-112780 and 8:00 PM. that the petitions nomi- VN-04/02,04/09,04/23, Law, the Assessor for Lakeland, FL 33810. of process to: 2611 Fox- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- nating the candidates for 5/07/2016-4TC-113509 the Town of Keene has Purpose: To engage in hall Rd, NW, Washing- EN, that copies of the any lawful act or activity. the office of the Board of NOTICE OF FORMATION inventory and valuation ton, DC 20007. Pur- proposed budget includ- Education must be filed NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A DOMESTIC LIMIT- pose: to engage in any data available for review VN-04/02-05/07/2016with the Clerk of the Dis- OF ing an estimate of the PLACID BOAT of the assessments in 6TC-113537 ED LIABILITY COMPANY lawful act. amount of money which trict not later than April RENTALS, LLC a do- the township. An ap(LLC) VN-03/05-04/09/2016will be required for 18, 2016.

Petition mestic limited liability Name: CORE FORE, LLC. 6TC-110371 NOTICE OF FORMATION pointment may be made school purposes, exclu- forms are available at company. Art. of Org. to review this informa- OF A DOMESTIC LIMITThe Articles of Organizasive of public monies, the office of the Superinfiled with Sec'y of State tion were filed with the LEGAL NOTICE tion by phoning 518- ED LIABILITY COMPANY tendent. The following of NY (SSNY) on Secretary of State of ANNUAL SCHOOL DIS- may be obtained during 576-9163 Thursdays be- (LLC) the seven(7) days immevacancies are to be filled 3/15/16. Office location: tween 10:00 and 3:00.

New York (SSNY) on TRICT Name: VIKING CHIEFon the Board of Educadiately preceding the AnEssex County. SSNY is Dated April 1, 2016 February 9, 2016. Office TAIN LLC. The Articles PUBLIC HEARING tion: designated as agent of Donna J. Bramer location: Essex County. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- nual Meeting/Vote exof Organization were SSNY is designated as EN, that the Public Hear- cept Saturdays, Sun- EXPIRED TERM - incum- the LLC upon whom filed with the Secretary Sole Assessor bent, John Haverlick - process against the LLC VN-04/02/2016-1TCagent of the LLC upon of State of New York ing (takes the place of days, or Holidays, at the term expires on 6/30/19. may be served. SSNY 111061 whom process against it the Annual Meeting) of Keene Central School (SSNY) on February 12, EXPIRED TERM - incum- shall mail a copy of such Keene Central from 9AM to 3PM. may be served. SSNY the 2016. Office location: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- bent, Ann Whitney - process served upon it shall mail a copy of pro- School District, Essex Essex County. SSNY is County, New York will EN, that applications for term expires on 6/30/19. to Placid Boat Rentals, cess to C/O Flink Smith designated as agent of Law LLC, 2577 Main be held for the inhabi- absentee ballots can be The petitions must be LLC, 204 Mirror Lake the LLC upon whom tants qualified to vote at obtained and must be directed to the Clerk of Drive, Lake Placid, NY Street, Suite 201, Lake process against it may submitted to the Clerk of the District, Cynthia such meeting in said 12946. Purpose of LLC: Placid, New York 12946. be served. SSNY shall To engage in any lawful Purpose: Any lawful pur- district at the school in the District, Cynthia Summo, must be signed mail a copy of process by at least twenty-five Keene Valley on Mon- Summo, no later than activity. pose. to 200 Algonquin Drive, VN-02/27-04/02/2016day, May 9, 2016 at 6 May 2, 2016 if ballot is (25) qualified voters of VN-03/26-04/30/2016Lake Placid, New York 6TC-109897 PM for the purpose of to be mailed OR no later the district, and must 6TC-112431 12946. Purpose: Any presenting a budget for than May 9, 2016 if bal- state the name and resilawful purpose. dence of the candidate. lot is to be acquired in the school year 2016 VN-03/05-04/09/2016person. The Clerk may BY ORDER OF THE 6TC-110032 2017. Voting for said BOARD OF EDUCATION accept absentee ballots budget, and two(2) Cynthia Summo, Clerk of until 5 PM only, May school board members, the District will be held on Tuesday, 17,2016.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, Dated: March 16, 2016 May 17,2016 between that the petitions nomi- VN-04/02,04/09,04/23, the hours of 12 noon nating the candidates for 5/07/2016-4TC-113509 and 8:00 PM. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- the office of the Board of Education must be filed EN, that copies of the proposed budget includ- with the Clerk of the District not later than April ing an estimate of the 18, 2016.

Petition amount of money which will be required for forms are available at school purposes, exclu- the office of the Superinsive of public monies, tendent. The following vacancies are to be filled may be obtained during the seven(7) days imme- on the Board of Educadiately preceding the An- tion: nual Meeting/Vote ex- EXPIRED TERM - incumcept Saturdays, Sun- bent, John Haverlick term expires on 6/30/19. days, or Holidays, at the EXPIRED TERM - incumKeene Central School bent, Ann Whitney from 9AM to 3PM. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- term expires on 6/30/19.

EN, that applications for The petitions must be absentee ballots can be directed to the Clerk of obtained and must be the District, Cynthia submitted to the Clerk of Summo, must be signed by at least twenty-five the District, Cynthia (25) qualified voters of Summo, no later than May 2, 2016 if ballot is the district, and must to be mailed OR no later state the name and resithan May 9, 2016 if bal- dence of the candidate.

BY ORDER OF THE lot is to be acquired in person. The Clerk may BOARD OF EDUCATION accept absentee ballots Cynthia Summo, Clerk of until 5 PM only, May the District Dated: March 16, 2016 17,2016.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, VN-04/02,04/09,04/23, that the petitions nomi- 5/07/2016-4TC-113509 nating the candidates for the office of the Board of Education must be filed with the Clerk of the District not later than April 18, 2016.

Petition forms are available at the office of the Superintendent. The following vacancies are to be filled on the Board of Education: EXPIRED TERM - incumbent, John Haverlick term expires on 6/30/19.

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