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Cuomo proposes alcohol policy changes New laws would continue to slash red tape, allow Sunday morning alcohol sales

By Pete DeMola

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LAKE PLACID — Wine in growlers? Sunday morning cocktails?

It could happen if the state legislature approves a series of proposals rolled out last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo designed to add further fizz to the state’s craft beverage industry.

These and other proposals are part of an ongoing effort to

modernize the state’s 80-year-old alcohol control laws.

“This new legislation will build on that progress by modernizing the state’s Blue Laws, cutting through the red tape and removing artificial barriers to growth,” said Cuomo in a statement announcing the proposals.

Since 2011, the state has implemented a number of reforms and expanded programs to grow the craft beverage industry, including creating new farm-based manufacturing licenses, launching a $60 million statewide promotional campaign and hosting several wine, beer and spirits summits.

Local craft brewers are thrilled.

When Lake Placid Pub & Brewery owner Chris Erickson >> See ALCOHOL | pg. 2

Heroin Epidemic Essex County Heroin and Opioid Prevention Coalition will hire staff to combat entrenched problem ELIZABETHTOWN — Heroin abuse does not discriminate, said members of a task force designed to combat opiate abuse in Essex County.

They gathered last week and shared their personal stories: Pete A father grieving the death of his son DeMola Writer and daughter-in-law. An elected official whose son is struggling with addiction. A man whose doctors carelessly used so much pain medication during routine surgery, an anti-overdose antidote was required to bring him back from the precipice.

The drug has sunk its claws into virtually every aspect of life in the county.

Reflecting the sentiment that tackling the epidemic takes more than making arrests, the coalition, which was formed last year, contains a broad group of local healthcare, mental health, law enforcement and citizen representatives.

Abuse has a creeping and relentless effect.

Families are splintered when parents get incarcerated.

Major David Reynolds of the Essex County Sheriff’s Department (center) speaks in Elizabethtown on May 20 as Essex County Department of Public Health Director Linda Beers and Captain John Tibbitts, Jr., of the New York State Police, look on.

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Child abuse cases skyrocket, as do infectious diseases, drugrelated accidents and injuries and neonatal syndromes stemming from addicted parents.

Doctors are taxed by an influx of prescription-seeking patients; health care agencies are strained, and crime rises.

Agencies are simply maxed out.

Opiate overdoses are now the nation’s leading cause of preventable death, killing over 40,000 Americans in 2013.

Nationwide, 1.9 million people are addicted to opioid-based prescription painkillers, about 25 percent of them to heroin.

The problems in Essex County are further compounded, said law enforcement officials, by the presence of a major drug pipeline that ferries narcotics up and down the Adirondack Northway, including “bindles” of heroin branded just >> See HEROIN | pg. 5

Local alcohol producers are hailing the continued reforms of the state’s alcoholic beverage laws. Another raft of proposals was announced last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, pictured here at Three Heads Brewing in Rochester on May 18, 2016.

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Local governments, businesses vulnerable to Russian-based attacks

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Russian hackers are zeroing in on local government computer systems through “ransomware” attacks.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) says the federal government needs to do more to combat a new form of cybercrime that is “wreaking havoc” on upstate governments and businesses.

“Our country’s critical infrastructure is still far too vulnerable to hackers, and we must do more — and fast — to ward off this metastasizing threat,” Schumer said.

Hackers are targeting small upstate towns, businesses and medical centers because their computers are the most vulnerable, Schumer said in a conference call with reporters last >> See RANSOMWARE | pg. 12

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Alcohol

From page 1 heard the proposals including the “Two Hundred Foot Law” prohibiting full liquor licenses to locations within 200 feet of schools and churches, he literally clapped out loud.

“Any time the state government is looking at modernizing and streamlining anything is great,” Erickson said.

The expansion of Sunday sales, said Erickson, will be “tangibly beneficial” to the Lake Placid brewpub, allowing the location to start offering brunch.

The number of craft beverage producers in New York — including breweries, cideries, distilleries and vineyards — has more than doubled from 2011 and now numbers 900, according to materials provided by the governor’s office.

Combined with distribution and retail, producers account for more than $27 billion in economic impact and support tens of thousands of jobs statewide.

“It’s a real engine driving small business in the state,” Erickson said.

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The summits, too, are encouraging, he said.

Jim LaValley, founder of Big Tupper Brewing, agreed: “Any time there’s reduction in regulation, that’s a good thing,” LaValley said, “and I do appreciate the spotlight the governor has put on the craft beer industry.”

Elfs Farm Winery & Ciderhouse owner Tom Frey called the proposal to allow vineyards to sell their product in growlers, or reusable glass jugs, a “brilliant move” that also makes sense from an environmental perspective.

Wine bottles, Frey said, often cannot be recycled.

Frey said the shift in the state’s approach toward alcohol cannot be overstated.

The mantra of the State Liquor Authority since Prohibition has been enforcement, Frey said.

“Gov. Cuomo and his staff have changed that.”

Four weeks remain in the legislative session.

“They should definitely be reformed this year,” Cuomo said. “There’s no excuse for the legislature to leave Albany without changing this law.”

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Seven members of the Champlain Center’s National Society Daughters of the American Revolution attended a workshop and luncheon at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Lake Placid Saturday, May 21. District IV State Director, Betty White of Westport, led the workshop where several NYS Officers and Committee Chairmen shared reports and information.

The honored guest of the day was Martha Morris Crapser, New York State Regent. From left to right: Helen Eagle, Jacqueline Stokes, Janet Cross, Judith Bertsche, Betty Band, Jean Dickerson and Betty White (seated).

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‘Black Horse Troop’ honors fallen officers

By Keith Lobdell

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RAY BROOK — Members of the New York State Police Troop B held a Memorial Service to honor the lives of 13 Troopers who gave their life in the line of duty.

Troop Commander Charles Guess led the service, which was attended by retired Troopers, families and friends Friday, May 20.

“We pause for a brief moment to honor the memory of our deceased today,” Guess said in welcoming the audience. “So many have given their all and today, many stand in harms way.”

Afterwards, Guess added it is always a bittersweet occasion.

“This service at this time of year when we celebrate Memorial Day is a mixed blessing,” he said. “We honor those who gave their lives in service or those who are no longer with us and their contributions to the Troop and to the New York State Police. At the same time, it is an honor and a happy occasion to see the retirees and families join together for this occasion. I am proud to represent the men and women of Troop B.” For members of Troop B, it was also a time to reflect on the past year, which included national media attention in the wake of the escape of David Sweat and Richard Matt from the Clinton County Correctional Facility last June.

Guess said it was the main topic when he and members of the Troop B staff met with the retired Troopers for an annual debriefing prior to the memorial ceremony.

“We started talking about what had happened in the past year and really focused on the work that was done during the

Troop B Memorial list The following is a list of the 13 Troopers who were killed in the line of Duty from Troop B since it’s creation from the New York State Police Wall of Honor. Their names are also listed on a Memorial at the Troop B headquarters in Ray Brook: •Trooper James A. Skiff died at the age of 39 of injuries sustained from an accident which occurred in the City of Ogdensburg on May 25, 1920. Trooper Skiff was a sidecar passenger on a motorcycle that collided with a trolley car.

•On Nov. 25, 1931, Corporal Martin E. Ryan died at the age of 34 from injuries received in a car accident that occurred on the Loon Lake-Plattsburgh Road, 20 miles from Saranac Lake. Corporal Ryan was returning from a burglary investigation when his touring car left the road and overturned in a ditch near the Hamlet of Riverview. Found by passing motorists, he was rushed to Saranac Lake Hospital where x-rays revealed a crushed vertebrae and severed spinal cord at the neck. He died without regaining consciousness.

•Corporal Theophilus Gaines, 32, and another member died on Jan. 15, 1932, when their plane crashed a few miles east of Cazenovia. Gaines was conducting routine inspections of Troop Communications Sections and was being transported from Troop to Troop by aircraft at the time of his death. Gaines enlisted at Troop B, Malone.

•Trooper Raymond J. Chippendale, 27, was fatally injured Aug. 12, 1932, while operating his motorcycle on the Watertown-Carthage Road near the Village of Carthage. The accident occurred at the same curve on which another Trooper had been injured just two years before.

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John O’Dell of the Retired State Troopers and Troop B Commander Charles Guess place a wreath at the Troop B Memorial.

Troop B Commander Charles Guess honors First Sgt. Steve Lacey, who retired May 20, at the end of the Troop B Memorial Service.

prison break,” he said. “But, we did not focus on just the work of State Police but the federal, state and local agencies that came together all in support of each other.

“Luckily, no in our Troop or any of the local agencies was seriously hurt,” Guess added.

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•On Jan. 13, 1943, Trooper Peter J. Formosa died as a result of a military auto accident at Hempstead, New York. At the time, Trooper Formosa was assigned to the U.S. Army, 826th Guard Squadron, Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York.

•Trooper William O. Johnson was killed in action while serving aboard the USS Rall in the South Pacific on April 12, 1945. He entered the United States Navy on December 3, 1943 and was a Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class at the time of his death.

•Trooper Arthur L. Lacroix, 23, died on July 4, 1954 of injuries he sustained at the Edgewater International Speedway near Alexandria Bay. Trooper Lacroix, on patrol, stopped at the speedway to check on traffic conditions and observed a stock car overturned on the race course. As he went to the car to determine if the driver was injured, a wheel from another racer careened up an embankment and struck him in the chest and head.

•Trooper Ronald J. Donahue, 23, was shot and killed on May 23, 1959 near the Hamlet of Bombay. Trooper Donahue was leaving the residence of a Town Justice with a prisoner when friends of the arrested subject interfered. One subject kicked the Trooper in the stomach and fled on foot. Trooper Donahue tackled him and was attempting to subdue the subject when he was shot with his own service revolver. The subject also shot Trooper Donahue’s partner in the thigh. The other Trooper returned fire and struck the subject in the forehead.

•Trooper John S. Kelley, 34, died Dec. 2, 1960, shortly after the vehicle he was operating was struck by a locomotive at an unguarded crossing in the Hamlet of Felts Mills.

•Trooper Charles W. Perkins, 24, died of injuries sustained in a

Along with the memorial service, Guess took time to honor First Sergeant Steve Lacey, who headed into retirement following the memorial service.

“He is a Trooper’s Trooper,” Guess said. one-car accident on Oct. 18, 1967. Trooper Perkins had been assigned to investigate the larceny of gasoline from a service station.

The operator of the gas station provided a plate number and it was learned that the vehicle was stolen from Canton, Ohio. Trooper Perkins was in pursuit of the stolen car when he lost control of his Troop car on wet pavement and struck a tree.

•Trooper Thomas L. Pryme, 35, was killed on July 24, 1982 on Route 56 near the Village of Potsdam. Trooper Pryme had just completed his tour of duty and was returning to his residence when his vehicle was struck head-on by a van being operated by an intoxicated driver.

•Trooper Lawrence P. Gleason was killed, Feb. 11, 2002, while responding to a complaint by a 36-year-old Crown Point (Essex County) woman, who had called SP Westport to report her former boyfriend had menaced her with a knife at her home, then had left the scene. Investigation determined that Trooper Gleason had been taking a deposition from the woman in the living room of her home when the ex-boyfriend drove into the driveway, took a .30-30 rifle from his trunk and fired three shots into the building. One struck Tpr. Gleason in the back, penetrating his body armor and mortally wounding him. The shooter then entered the house, shot and killed the woman, and turned the rifle on himself.

•Trooper Shawn W. Snow was killed when struck by an electrical current on Aug. 3, 2008, in the city of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County. While repairing a flat tire on an antique fire truck, the ladder of the fire truck was raised to redistribute the weight, making contact with a high voltage power line causing the death of Trooper Snow and the fire truck driver.

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Heroin

From page 1 like other product.

“When you get into branding, you’ve created a corporation,” said John Tibbitts, Jr., a state police captain. “An illicit corporation, but a corporation nonetheless.”

Dave Reynolds, a major with the Essex County Sheriff ’s Department, cited an uptick in drug-related arrests by his department, including a recent traffic stop that revealed a sizable cache of crack and heroin.

Heroin is cheap and readily available. But prices would drop even lower, said Doug Meyer, director of the Mental Health Association in Essex County, without the constant state police patrols on the north-south thoroughfare.

Authorities hope a new injection of state cash will help stem the tide.

The Essex County Heroin and Opioid Prevention Coalition, or ECHO, is the recipient of a $120,000 state health foundation grant designed to address the problem.

The two-year funding package, which aligns with state and federal efforts to deploy resources to local communities, will be facilitated by the Essex County Public Health Department.

“This is an illness that does not discriminate,” said Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro), who attended the meeting alongside state officials to brief attendees on their efforts.

Earlier this month, the House voted on a series of bills that authorizes the appropriation of $103 million in federal grant funding annually over the next five years.

Stefanik also cited her efforts helping to unfreeze assets seized by the Department of Justice’s Forfeiture Asset Program to fund these and similar groups.

In Albany, state lawmakers, including Assemblyman Dan Stec (R-Queensbury) and state Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensbury), said they’re working on legislation in their respective houses.

ECHO aims to hire a part-time staffer to move the group’s proposed initiatives forward, including prevention and harmreduction strategies and narcan training for first responders and public school officials.

The overdose antidote has already been used to save someone’s life in Ticonderoga, said Ticonderoga Police Department Chief Mark Johns.

ECHO has spent much of the past year mapping out a matrix designed to identify gaps and chart a path forward. Best practices will be plugged in elsewhere in the county, said Linda Beers, the county’s public health director.

While they admit they can no longer “arrest their way out of the situation,” law enforcement also has a role.

The Essex County District Attorney’s Office, for instance, would like to see the expansion of a drug court program designed to steer offenders into treatment programs, said District Attorney Kristy Sprague.

Stopping addiction in its early stages is critical, Sprague said, particularly for young people.

The district attorney said her office is deluged with calls with residents pleading for quick solutions to known problems.

“Just because it doesn’t have immediate results doesn’t mean we’re not working on it,” Sprague said, who encouraged tipsters to keep calling.

Breaking free from opiate addiction isn’t as simple as having a steely sense of willpower. The flu-like withdrawal symptoms, which can manifest themselves as soon as hours after a dose, have been described by users as excruciating.

Illicit relief is often just a phone call away.

The availability of medically-supervised detox providers is critical for curbing the epidemic, say experts.

But yawning gaps exist in the current system, such as the time period between when an addict makes the decision to get clean and when a bed at a detox facility becomes available.

Beds are in short supply across the nation, even more so

State Assemblyman Dan Stec, U.S. Rep Elise Stefanik and Essex County District Attorney Kristy Sprague listen on May 20 in the Essex County Board of Supervisors Chambers.

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in the remote North Country, where addicts have to travel to Potsdam and Albany for slots in already-taxed facilities.

Lisa Sears-Bowlen, a site supervisor with St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment & Recovery Centers, said the average waiting period is between 2 and 3 weeks.

In the meantime, officials admit little can be done to help addicts aside from a sustained intervention process.

“A lot of times, you end up losing them,” Sears-Bowlen said.

Bob Rose knows from experience.

The Wilmington resident recently lost his son and daughter-in-law to overdoses.

His son, Jeff, called and begged for help. A trip to the emergency room revealed a three-month waiting list for rehab.

A five-year methadone plan followed. But it didn’t lead to recovery.

Before long, Jeff was supplementing his two milligrams of methadone with heroin.

“The dose that finally got him was extremely toxic,” Rose said.

A proposed new treatment center in Schuyler Falls, announced by the state in February, will provide some relief, offering withdrawal and stabilization services for all substances, not just opiates.

Champlain Valley Family Center Executive Director Connie Wille said the facility is projected to open in the first quarter of 2017. A feasibility study is still underway.

Detox, said Wille, is just the first step in the road to recovery.

The new facility, said Little, will provide “a gentle handoff ” for the day treatment aspect, which experts say is critical to maintaining sobriety.

While it is anticipated to be a beacon of the North Country recovery world, the Schuyler Falls facility joins other efforts to expand options for addicts, part of an intended regional approach.

St. Joseph’s, which offers a 90-day inpatient program in Saranac Lake, will expand its services by opening an outpatient center in Tupper Lake. Funding has been received for a 17bed program in Malone for homeless parents, while hours are slated to be expanded at other locations.

The agency also aims to expand availability of the heroin replacement medication suboxone, which is dispensed at their Saranac Lake and Malone clinics, to all locations, including those in Elizabethtown, Keeseville and Ticonderoga.

St. Joseph’s also partners with the Essex County Jail to provide detox and counseling services for inmates, a program that is drawing widespread attention from law enforcement officials who are interested in replicating the program elsewhere.

Still other medical options include the use of vivitrol, timereleased medication implanted under the skin, and a methadone clinic, another heroin replacement medication that is proven to work for “short-term, motivated users,” said Meyer,

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the mental health agency director.

“There’s a core of hardcore users in Essex County,” Meyer said.

But none of these programs are free.

Gaps in insurance coverage pose problems, Sears-Bowlen said.

Insurance companies typically often cover only five days of detox or inpatient services up front as part of their managed care plans. Haggling might grant the patient a few additional days. Still additional problems arise when providers decline to pay for more than one treatment in the same day.

Kicking patients loose so early so on in the recovery increases the chances of relapse, say medical experts.

Treatment, drug courts, education — they’re all defensive measures, say task force members, that combat a problem that already exists.

But what about cutting the hydra off at his head?

The rise in opioid abuse is largely attributed to skyrocketing prescription rates. Eighty percent of heroin users start after misusing prescription drugs, according to the American Society for Addiction Medicine.

This means medical professionals are essentially introducing powerful painkillers to patients, getting them hooked and leaving them hanging by failing to provide adequate tools for detox.

As part of ECHO’s efforts, local medical professionals, including those at Elizabethtown Community Hospital, will be required to attend training sessions designed to identify atrisk patients.

Doing so might possibly curb prescriptions, said task force members.

Meyer said the creeping use of fentanyl, a powerful painkiller often dispensed in lollipop form, is also troubling, particularly for fibromyalgia.

Essex County Department of Social Services Commissioner John O’Neill called doctor overprescription the “elephant in the room.”

“It’s a huge feeder stream and a gateway to this whole problem,” O’Neill said.

The commissioner said the issue won’t go away without widespread changes in the medical industry, including incentives designed to curb the practice.

“Simply telling physicians to do better isn’t going to cut it,” O’Neill said.

Stefanik, the federal representative, agreed that best practices need to be examined; and local physicians, kept engaged.

The lawmaker recounted when she had her wisdom teeth removed as a high school senior.

“I didn’t need all that medication,” she said.

Rose, the grieving parent, said family members need more education to identify risk factors.

“It’s such a complex mess,” Rose said. “Don’t be too proud to say it can’t happen to my child.”

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n a short two week span President Obama has enacted two new laws without any representation from we the people.

When elected, Mr. Obama promised to fundamentally transform the nation. With only a few months left in office, it appears he is pulling out all the stops to finish what he started.

Last week he mandated that all schools in this country no longer consider their students as “boys” or “girls” but instead they are now gender neutral. Schools are prohibited from making any inquiry to ensure that student’s genitals play no role at all in anything, including which bathroom, locker room or shower they choose to make use of. Administrators can’t ask for any medical documentation, treatment information, or identification, as that would violate someone’s privacy.

This directive will go a long way to helping the estimated 0.3% of our population who have an issue identifying the gender they were born with versus the gender they identify with. If any of the 99.7% of the population have an issue with these new rules or feel uncomfortable in anyway they are the ones with a serious problem and are likely to be labeled as “intolerant” or a “transgenderphobic.”

One last thing on this subject; failure to comply with the new ruling and the taxes we all paid to the federal government will no longer be coming back to our school district since we can’t accept that one’s gender is now pure choice.

New week - - new decree, effective Dec. 1, if you earn less than $913 per week you are no longer a salaried professional. You are now an hourly employee eligible for overtime. Additionally, unless you earn $134,004 per year you are no longer exempt to work freely as a highly-compensated-employee, free to work as many hours as you choose without Big Brother Government having some say.

I have always worked long hours, not because anyone forced me, but because I wanted to excel at whatever job I was doing.

Perhaps like many of you I was taught long ago work ethic was an important fact of life. I’ve always practiced the old adage “Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard.”

You see I’ve never considered myself very gifted with natural talent. In school grades, sports or at work, I am proud to say I’ve gotten ahead by working harder and putting in the extra time to become successful. I strive

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Immigration and the 2016 presidential campaign

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he issue of illegal immigration has New Yorkers divided — the division spans everyone from college students, dairy farmers and retail clerks to journalists, construction workers and law enforcement officers, among others.

Many in the agribusiness sector get defensive when this issue comes up in an editorial, blaming the problem not on their use of immigrant labor, but on the notion that New Yorkers point the finger at co-op labor suppliers as being the responsible parties for vetting foreign farm laborers entering the Empire State.

No matter, there’s lots of interesting (you may find disturbing) national news on the immigration front at this moment.

We’re sure that the topic will be front and center — along with the ongoing loss of a variety of traditional American jobs — during the national election campaign of 2016.

Thanks to the Federation of American Immigration Reform for the following news tid bits that, we’re sure, few of you know about: •The Library of Congress has decided it will no longer use the term �illegal alien” although the legal term appears in U.S. Federal statutes.

•The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ruling makes it easier to employ cheap, foreign labor for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) jobs here, rather than hire American college graduates.

•Faced with a surge of illegal border crossings, the Obama administration has responded by asking for a reduction in the number of U.S. Border Patrol agents.

•The Border Patrol has been instructed by the DHS that �catch and release� of illegal aliens will remain the Obama’s administration policy.

•The Obama administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to lift an injunction preventing it from implementing twin immigrant amnesty programs: The Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programs. The Court will rule on this issue sometime in June.

•The State of Florida has stifled legal legislative efforts to outlaw its sanctuary city policies which protect illegal aliens. Florida Senate Judiciary ComLETTERS

mittee Chair, Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (D), has refused to take up any immigration bills.

•The Obama administration wants illegal aliens who are granted “deferred action and work authorization” to be eligible for federal benefits such as Social Security, Medicare and disability payments.

Former New Mexico U.S. Rep. Dr. Heather Wilson (R) has been an observer of America’s current border war for a number of years.

Today, Dr. Wilson is president of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, but she still has insights about the immigration problems that she wrestled with while doing the people’s business under the U.S. Capitol dome between 1998 and 2009.

This former Congresswoman, now turned college administrator, has spoken out about what many U.S. voters—especially those siding with the presumptive GOP presidential candidate—believe in their hearts and minds: “I support legal immigration,” Dr. Wilson said. “(But) I don’t support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world.”

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Not-so-niceÊ neighbors

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To the Editor: I have lived in this area since 1999 and raised my two children in my home and neighborhood.

So as to many, my family are well-known to this town and community. We aren’t troublemakers, we are people that stay close with our family.

We are good Christians and help others when in need. We try our hardest to keep our surroundings up, we have been hit with some hard times this year, and like many people who live fixed can find it difficult to take care of every thing at once.

“Our yard seems to be on the not-so-nice list if you wish to put it that way.”

This is why there is a fence put up and, yes, our efforts for trash removal is underway. I have one final thing to say is that on the gate of the fence, there is a “no trespassing” sign.

Whomever put a brand new rat trap in our yard, I hope that our daughter or our cat doesn’t step into it or get hurt.

You know who you are. You are my neighbors.

To the Editor: The Ticonderoga Heritage Museum would like to thank our community restaurants, businesses, organizations, farm stands and many volunteers that made our Annual “Taste of Ti” so successful. In addition, we thank our community members who attended our event.

Your contributions help us keep our programs and museum exhibits admission free: BPOE #1494, Bodette’s Barbecue, Burgoyne Grill at Best Western, Burleigh Luncheonette, Corner Market, Country Florist Gift Shop, DeBro’s On the Way Cafe, Drinkwine Produce, Eddie’s Restaurant, EMA, Emerald’s Restaurant, Gunnison’s Olde Farmhouse Bakery & Gift Shop, Happy Star Restaurant, Hot Biscuit Diner & Catering Service, House of Pizza, International Paper, Keith’s Meat Market , Knights of Columbus #333, Libby’s Bakery & Cafe, Maplefield’s, McDonald’s Restaurant, Nadeau’s Farm & Garden Market, Silver Bay YMCA of the Adirondacks, Ticonderoga Natural Foods Co-op, Wagon Wheel Restaurant, Willow Wood Farm, Wind Chill Factory and Ye Olde Fort View Inn. Also a special thank you to Allison, Krista and the staff at Best Western for helping with presentation, set up, and serving; Ticonderoga Heritage Museum Board of Directors; Volunteers: Mary Curtis, Ginny Lamb; Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce and Libby’s.

Taste of Ti Committee, Ticonderoga

Joyce Anderson Crown Point

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‘My beautiful boy died of a heroin overdose’ But my personal story is not an unusual one BOB ROSE> Wilmington resident

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eing born in the 1940s and growing up in the 1950s, drugs were something we heard of. But heroin, basically, was something only the low side of humanity used.

My son Jeff was born in 1974 and grew up to be one of the joys of my life and a constant pal to my beautiful daughter.

With my demanding career, perhaps I missed critical things in the development of my children.

Jeff grew up to be a kind, young man with many friends — but there appeared to be something going awry with his social development that I didn’t quite understand. His grades were poor despite the fact that he tested as a genius on several scales. He possessed an amazing talent for art and music, finished high school and went on to Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, where he excelled.

Life was good!

We shared lots of ski, backpacking and mountain climbing trips and concerts. In spite of being an artist son and a fighter pilot dad, we seemed to hit it off pretty well with a mutual respect for each other.

After graduation, he was off to Eugene, Oregon, and later, San Francisco, where his art career really took off. He sold many paintings for thousands of dollars.

But a lot went unnoticed by me during my many trips out west to see Jeff, most significantly, that his artistic genius was being fueled by drugs and alcohol.

His move to Portland, Oregon and his marriage turned from temporary joy to a nightmare when I found out they were both on heroin.

An initial attempt to get them into rehab was rejected. They called about a year later begging for help as they were unable to kick the addiction despite

several painful attempts to go cold turkey. Fortunately, I was able to get them into a rehab program at Allied Health Care. After two years of steady progress, Jeff and his wife moved back east and finished rehab through Transition Living Resources and Crouse Hospital in Syracuse. She finished the program in early spring of last of 2014, and Jeff finished around the first of November.

Sounds like everything was going great, doesn’t it? Yeah, that’s sure what I thought.

Last spring, my son’s wife died of an overdose of oxycodone combined with kratom tea and alcohol shortly after leaving rehab.

My son, Jeff, my pal — my beautiful boy — died of acute heroin intoxication a few days after Thanksgiving.

I’ve been told over and over by the people helping me to live with this nightmare, but I just can’t buy it. The fact that the staff at rehab thought he was a model client and was heading for a successful conclusion doesn’t make me feel any better…I guess as a society we are all to blame. Just like mental illness, addiction is finally being looked at as the illness that it is.

Of course, it’s easy to look back now with 40 more years of life and spot unusual behavior that I should have paid more attention to and that I should have sought help to address as a young Dad — but that’s not how it works.

Experience is something you get right after you need it — unless, of course, you learn from the experience of others like me… and there are many of us.

My personal story is not an unusual one: Heroin use is at epidemic levels.

When I was about 12, my Dad took me on a fishing trip, but it was more about birds and bees than fish. He pretty much told me everything I would do wrong in my life, but there was one thing that stuck with me forever: “Bobby,” he said, “if and when you get yourself in trouble, come to me with the truth. I may be mad, and I’ll probably punish you, but one thing you can always count on is that I’ll stand by you. I won’t judge you by the things you do wrong but by the way you deal with them.”

Stand by your children. Don’t make them afraid to come to you for help when they get into trouble. Watch them like a hawk and if something seems wrong, it probably is.

If you can’t figure it out, then get help and there is plenty of it out there.

And, more than anything else…love the hell out of them!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

NationalÊ debt:Ê DonÕ tÊ blameÊ Obama To the Editor: There is no source more neutral than the Office of the Budget to which my daughter reminded me recently.

Looking at the figures below, which are taken from that source, belies empty words attributing the “doubling of the national debt” to Obama.

You can choose to believe that, and say it a thousand times (which seems to be the object or strategy) and it still won’t make it true.

In 2009, federal receipts dropped by approximately $419 billion (presumably because of the “Great Recession”) and has increased in every subsequent year to reach a level $726 billion higher in 2015 than in 2008.

In 2009, federal outlays increased by approximately $535 billion, including the cost of the military surge in Afghanistan and the costs of providing financial assistance to those hurt by the housing bubble burst and the recession, in general. Consequently, the federal deficit jumped by $956 billion from 2008 to 2009, but has been decreasing every year since, to a level of $438 billion in 2015. It is projected to increase about $200 billion in the next two years.

Obama and his administration have led us out of the mess. To refuse him credit for that and to heap fictitious responsibilities upon him ad infinitum is careless and irresponsible, at best, in my opinion.

Don Austin Elizabethtown

BlameÊ ObamaÊ forÊ oilÊ railÊ policy To the Editor: Two recent letters to The Sun discuss oil trains and their risk to the North Country an important local and national issue. Unfortunately, both writers miss a basic concern, the role the federal government plays in creating this dangerous situation.

Michael Calitri, of Peru, urges support for the transportation of Bakken crude oil by train from Montreal south to Albany. He minimizes the dangers of such transport, describes it as efficient, and implies it is cheap.

He is flat out wrong. He also urges local officials to turn a deaf ear to critics of the rail transport system.

Wouldn’t he like to make the prices of gasoline and fuel oil go down?

Monique Weston, of Keene, counters all of Mr. Calitri’s points directly and firmly, pointing out that local officials have no authority over the “bomb trains,” as she denotes them. Weston states that environmental groups have lobbied many elected and appointed officials from local mayors to state representatives and even senators to “ban the transport of crude oil by train along Lake Champlain and the Hudson River.”

Is anyone listening?

The problem here is that both of these writers are ignoring the big picture, a map of North America. The Bakken oil fields in Alberta, Canada (where huge forest fires are currently burning), is directly north of Mexico. A straight line can be drawn from these oil fields to Texas and Oklahoma where a network of pipe lines exist; they connect the many oil wells there to refineries and ports on the Gulf of Mexico that were built to handle crude oil and its by-products.

In fact, a private company had already begun construction of a pipeline in Canada directly linking the Bakken oil fields to the oil industries in Texas and Oklahoma. The owners of the XL Pipeline had even gone to great lengths to obtain approval from the US’s EPA to minimize negative effects on the environment and had met all or almost all of the EPA’s requirements. They would build to modern standards an efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly addition to our nation’s infrastructure at no cost to taxpayers!

They stopped construction last year because of one insurmountable hurdle: the president of the United States, Barack Obama, issued an executive order blocking construction of the XL Pipeline. Our president bypassed any other elected officials at the local, state or national level to do this. He gave

as his reason that he is protecting the environment-not our environment, but the environment, (whatever that is) he sees as important.

For the environment of our president, acrid diesel fumes from oil trains passing thru our towns and villages are not a problem. For his environment, rumbling oil trains that shake the foundations of our homes are not a problem. For his environment, the roar and rattle of noisy oil trains is not a problem. And for his environment, the risk of an oil spill polluting Lake Champlain or the Hudson River watershed or many other watersheds along the circuitous routes of oil trains is nothing to worry about.

We need a new president with a different agenda.

Forman Phillips Indian Lake/Balston Spa

ArticleÊ misrepresentedÊ theÊ facts To The Editor: Thank you, for this opportunity to voice my concerns.

I just finished reading the article in “The Sun” dated Saturday May 14, 2016 on page 3 of The Adirtondack Journal Sun about the Thurman Town Board Meeting.

The police did not, at any time, clear the Town Hall as your article stated.

Upon their arrival the town supervisor (Ms. Wood) discussed the situation with the officers. At that point, an officer talked with the resident that had disrupted the meeting. The officer explained, what they could and could not do during the meeting. The meeting proceeded, although with very heated comments towards the town supervisor and town the board members, who have supported the actions in question.

In the past after closing most meetings, the supervisor would leave. Closing and secure the building was the town clerk’s responsibility. After the closing of most meetings the people would always stay for discussions about whatever they wanted and eventually moving outdoors and when they were ready get in their cars and go home. A few minutes after closing this meeting, the town supervisor decided it was time to remove the residents still having conversation in the town hall, saying she had to close the town hall and secure the building.

At no time did the police ask anyone to leave. It was the town supervisor Ms. Wood, telling everyone to leave so she could lock up. I at this point felt very threatened, I mean, think about it, with the police in her corner telling the residents to get out of their own Town Hall.

I would like to thank the officers that responded, their duties bring them into many difficult situations and they handled this one in a way that kept the residents safe.

Keith L. Parent Sr., Thurman

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on that approach and I know many others who feel the same way. But now, with the wave of Mr. Obama’s pen, generations will be told, sorry you can’t do that.

This country was born out of a pioneering spirit. I’ve often wondered if I lived in another time would I have been brave enough to set out over the ocean to come to America or travel west with my family in a covered wagon risking life itself for the promised opportunity?

Just as our children are being physiologically neutered in school, our workforce is being told to step off the gas. America needs to accept just a few more of these rules to completely defeat the American entrepreneurial spirit while leaving us dazed and confused. How can we compete in a global economy when the hands of our workforce are tied?

Dan Alexander is CEO of Sun Community News.

Little Bits The semicolon Gordie Little

Columnist

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am far from an expert on punctuation. I use what works for me at any given time. When it comes to the comma, I recall a teacher once saying, “When in doubt, leave it out.” As for the semicolon, that’s a horse of another color.

I view the semicolon as separating important elements of the sentence and in place of the aforementioned comma under certain circumstances. To me, it signifies a pause in the action. It offers time to catch your breath and promises more to come. I suppose that’s why it consists of a period with a comma underneath.

A few weeks ago, we did a TV show interviewing people who set up booths at a Plattsburgh event to display their crafts, wares and services. I always learn a great deal on such occasions and came away from this one feeling delighted to have met so many nice people and to have learned so much.

Enter, the semicolon. Perhaps you’ve noticed that it is showing up in crafts, especially in jewelry, tattoos and clothing. It has adopted a special meaning for many who feel that it is a good fit for something in their lives.

I interviewed a local artisan who has a genius for crafting bracelets, rings and amulets worn around the neck. Most are made from silverware—knives, spoons and forks. I asked how long it takes to make a spoon ring and was blown away when he said, “Three minutes.” It would take me three hours and I would ruin several in the process.

His work is beautiful and I particularly loved the bracelets he created. Each piece was unique.

His work with the semicolon caught my eye and I decided to pursue it with my friend, Elaine Ward, who had him come to her home to work his magic from some of her silver treasures.

The more she talked about semicolons, the more my attention was attracted. Many others are doing similar work and I decided to try and learn how it all began. The Internet led me to something called “Project Semicolon” and a woman named Amy Bleuel who is its founder and president.

I was intrigued by her mission statement: “Project Semicolon is a global non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and love for those who are struggling with mental illness. Project Semicolon exists to encourage love and inspire.” Her mantra is that “hope is alive.” She says part of her vision is to start “a revolution of LOVE and declare that our stories are not over yet.”

It began three years ago, she says, “to honor her father whom she lost to suicide.” But, it soon grew wings and became applied to inspiring people with struggles of many kinds.

“Your story is not over,” she says. I like that theme and wish the project well through the semicolon and its hopeful message.

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

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CELEBRATION JUN. OF LIFE@ 04 Sat. RAINBOW WEDDING & BANQUET HALL - GOLD ROOM, ALTONA. Saturday: 3:00 pm

A night of great food & entertainment.

Performance by the Boobie Sisters 5:30pm. Raffle drawing 6:45pm. Live music by Standard Deviation. $35 fee per person, $60 per couple. Includes: dinner, dessert, party favors. Cash bar. Proceeds benefit North Country Cancer Fund.

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Sunday: 2:00 pm

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Best selling author Kate Messner will read from and discuss her children’s book, “Long Road to Freedom.” This is about two children who escaped slavery and journeyed through the North Country.

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EYE ON THE ARTS

A form of truth

J

ohn F. Kennedy, born this week in 1917, once said that art is “a form of truth.”

It’s true that art often works toward exploring and expressing the human condition in an uninhibited way. However you feel about art, music, film and even literature, this expression is essential in our lives. It makes us feel less alone. Whether through mutual appreciation or denouncement or through casual discussion, it connects us. Local art even has the ability to connect us to our community. This week, I encourage my fellow Northerners to indulge in their favorite art form.

As always, I have a few suggestions.

The Champlain Valley Film Series will screen “Creed” on May 28 at the Whallonsburg Grange Hall. “Creed” is a crowd-pleasing story of loyalty, legacy and heartfelt determination.

Determined to follow in his famous father’s footsteps, boxer Adonis tracks down Creed’s rivalturned-friend, Rocky Balboa, to train for his own shot at the title. The Philadelphia Inquirer calls the film “as riveting as the old Rocky films.” Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for minors.

For more information, contact info@cvfilms.org.

The Whallonsburg Grange Hall will also host a workshop on May 29. The workshop will cover the basics of identifying, sustainably harvesting and cooking with roughly a dozen wild spring edibles. The course will include a field portion and a kitchen portion, beginning with a hunt for nearby wild foods. Participants will then use what is collected, supplemented by local farm products, to collaboratively prepare a lunch feast in the Grange’s commercial kitchen. The class will be taught by Dillon Klepetar, co-owner of Farmstead Catering in Essex. Dillon has a deep history with animal husbandry and farm management, as well as professional catering services. The class will begin at 9 a.m. Attendees will meet at the Grange before heading out into the woods. Tickets are $15 per person, or $25 per family. Pre-registration is encouraged.

For more info, or to register for the event, call 518-963-4170 or email Kate Ritter at admin@ thegrangehall.info.

The Ticonderoga Festival Guild Players will produce their fourth play in two years, “A Golden Fleecing,” beginning on May 26. With music, gunshots and outrageous behavior, the play harkens back to the iconic saloon life of 1800s America. The Ticonderoga Festival Guild was established in 1980 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the performing arts in the Ticonderoga area. The support and effort of the founding members has been continued through memberships and volunteer time contributed by people throughout the area. “A Golden Fleecing” will have repeat performances at 7 p.m. from May 26 to May 28. The final performance is scheduled for May 29 at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Jill at 518585-3203 or email the Guild at tifestivalguild@gmail.com.

Local author Kate Messner will read from and discuss her children’s book, “Long Road to Freedom,” at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum in Ausable Chasm on May 29.

“Long Road to Freedom” follows the story of two children who escape from slavery and journey through the North Country. Admission is free. The reading will begin at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Peter Slocum at 518-708-5607.

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In June, the Ti Arts Gallery in downtown Ticonderoga will showcase the collaborative work of a local photographer and a German-Canadian painter and sculptor in “World WILD: Nature’s Vibrant Colors.” The artists will display over 50 of their images, each featuring both North American birds and wild animals from around the world. The public is invited to attend two special events: a free wine and cheese reception on June 3 at 5 p.m., and an informal chat with the artists on June 4 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. For more information on the exhibit, visit ticonderogaarts.org or email ticonderogaarts@ gmail.com.

The Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh will open a new exhibit in June titled “In Perspective: Art of the Visually Impaired.” The exhibit features artwork from the Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany Blind Artist Society and the North Country Association of the Visually Impaired, Inc. “The most important aspect behind the �In Perspective’ exhibit is to educate the public about artists with disabilities,” says The Strand’s Gallery Coordinator, David Monette. “Specifically how people with visual impairments interact with and create art.” The exhibit will be on view from June 3 to June 24. The opening reception, which will be held on June 3 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., is free.

The Strand Center for the Arts will also host a performance by the world-famous Hal McIntyre Orchestra on May 28. The Hal McIntyre Orchestra, under the direction of Don Pendleton, will bring a big band sound to Plattsburgh with their musical tribute to Frank Sinatra. Hal McIntyre, one of the founding members of The Glenn Miller Orchestra, performed with his ensemble for the first time in New Rochelle, New York in 1941. Fondly known as the “Band All America Loves,” The Hal McIntyre Orchestra has toured worldwide for decades. The show will begin at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25. For more information, visit strandcenter.org.

The Defibulators will perform at the Waterhole in Saranac Lake on June 2. The Brooklynbased group boasts a unique sound that has been described by The Washington Post as “rowdy, punk-fueled twang highlighted by heaps of blue-collar wit.” The free show is 21+ and begins at 6 p.m.

The Charles R. Wood Theater in Glens Falls will host a staged reading on May 28 sponsored by the Warren-Washington Association for Mental Health. “Shades of Blue: The Show” will feature readings by the authors of “Shades of Blue,” as well as locals who have had experience, or loves someone, with a mental illness. The show, directed by Logan Beth Fisher, will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20. All proceeds will benefit the Warren-Washington Association for Mental Health. Part of the agency’s mission is to promote the awareness and importance of mental well being in the community. The WWAMH hopes to use the authors’ voices to educate the public on the complexity of mental illness, further diminishing the stigma that surrounds mental illness. Proceeds raised at this event will be used to financially support the various programs that they offer. For more information, visit woodtheater.org. www.suncommunitynews.com/A&Efor the latest events

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“If you’re a small company or a small municipality, they go after you,” Schumer said.

Ransomware, which initially appears as a legitimate-looking email link, encrypts computer systems and all of their valuable digital files — including banking, Social Security numbers and patient information — until a ransom is paid.

The figures aren’t exorbitant, Schumer said. The average ransom is $300, which is high enough to be valuable, but low enough that it can be paid quickly (although fees of as high as $10,000 have been recorded).

Once the ransom has been paid, hackers retain the info, Schumer said.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimated hackers using this method collected more than $200 million in the first three months of 2016, Schumer said.

Tracking is difficult, especially when crossing international lines. As such, a defensive posture is needed.

A number of local governments and agencies have already been hit, said Schumer, including the Capital Region Chamber of Commerce and the village of Illion in Herkimer County, where officials ponied up $800.

An attempted attack in Manlius, Onondaga County, was defeated because the town’s information technology department recognized the malware.

All local governments need these type of resources and training, Schumer said.

Schumer put forth a three-pronged plan and called for Senate appropriators to allocate more money to help state and local municipalities make the necessary infrastructure improvements and train employees to prevent future hackings.

The creation of a dedicated funding stream for state Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) says the federal government needs to do and local municipalities is key to stemming these at- more to combat a new form of cyberware that is “wreaking havoc” on vulnerable upstate governments and businesses. Pictured above: Schumer speaks to the tacks, Schumer said.

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association on Nov. 10, 2008.

Essex County is not immune.

Photo courtesy of Dan Nguyen/Propublica via Creative Commons Licensing In fact, the county’s technology department quickly thwarted an attack after recognizing an email that apEssex County often provides informal computer support to peared fit the characteristics of a ransomware attack. its 18 towns, nearly all of which operate on shoestring budThe computer was quickly isolated, shut off and examined gets. Federal funding may allow for the hiring of additional in a secure environment, said Dan Palmer, the county man- techs to formalize and consolidate those services. ager and information technology officer.

“That would be the best direction to go,” Palmer said.

“It’s an ongoing thing that we’ve been watching for,” Palmer Public Safety Chairman Shaun Gillilland (R-Willsboro) said. “It’s pretty scary stuff.” said municipal computer systems are often no more protected Essex County is already taking measures against the threat: than home networks. their system is backed up nightly. Preventive front-end safeProviding funding is allocated, a countywide IT system guards are also in place that strip suspicious links before dewould make sense, he said. livering email to intended recipients, Palmer said.

But they are unstaffed as it is, “barely holding their heads While county employees receive training, and have already been educated on the ransomware threat, Palmer agreed fed- above water.”

“We’re going to have to seriously look it,” Gillilland said. eral money would be useful to combat the issue.

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PLATTSBURGH — It was Saranac’s day to shine at the Section VII Track and Field Championships May 21, as the boys and girls teams both won the sectional crown in contrasting fashion.

For the boys, the Chiefs scored 190 points while second place Beekmantown had 106. In the girls meet, the Lady Chiefs scored a narrow, two-point win over Beekmantown, 136-134.

Boys meet The track events started with a very competitive 4-by-800 relay, where Connor Madden of Saranac was able to edge out Lake Placid’s Stuart Baird at the line for a win. The Bombers, whoever, were disqualified after a post race baton toss, giving the Saranac Lake quartet of Ethan Wood, Lauchlan Cheney-Seymour, Tyler Martin and Anderson Gray second place. Ethan Feazzelle, Nick Jackstadt, Tom Mathews and Paul Ryder led Peru to a third place finish, folllowed by Beekmantown, AuSable Valley, PHS and EKMW. Senior Jonathan Gay of EKMW scored a victory in the 1,600 for the Emus, running the race in a time of 4:24.95, almost 14 seconds ahead of Seton Catholic’s Caleb Moore (4:38.55).

Saranac’s Zach (4:44) and Andrew LePage (4:46) followed, along with Jacob Jabaut (4:48), Lake Placid’s Henry McGrew (4:50), Saranac Lake’s Anderson Gray (4:52) and Plattsburgh’s Connor Cota (4:53).

Jonathan Gay scored a second win for his Emus team in the 800 with a time of 2:04.42, followed by Baird (LP - 2:07), Martin (SL - 2:08), Forrest Ledger (LP - 2:12), Feazelle (PCS - 2:12), Clark (SCS - 2:13), Brandon Romaca (Ti - 2:13) and Jabaut (PHS - 2:13).

Caleb Moore put Seton Catholic on the top of the podium with a 9:54 run in the 3,200 race, with McGrew finishing third between the LePage duo of Saranac.

Saranac’s Ben Aycock and Lake Placid’s Trent White shared the title in the long jump with matching jumps of 19-feet, 3.25-inches, one-half inch ahead of Saranac’s Tyler Blair and Ticonderoga’s Justyn Granger, who both finished with jumps of 19-feet, 2-75-inches.

Overall, Peru finished third in the team results, followed by PHS, Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, EKMW, Ticonderoga, Seton Catholic, Norteastern Clinton and AuSable Valley.

Girls meet Ally Post helped the Peru Lady Indians get to the top of the podium in the opening event of the girls track meet, expanding the lead against Lake Placid to capture the 4-by-800

relay in a time of 10:01.49 while the Lady Blue Bombers finished in a time of 10:07.53. Post was joined by teammates Taylor Canet, Rebecca Romanowicz and Ella Messner, while the Blue Bombers quartet included Marli Damp, Gabby Armstrong, Lissy Ashley and Sara RoseMcCandish. They were followed by Saranac, Saranac Lake, Seton Catholic, Beekmantown, AuSable Valley and Plattsburgh High.

The 100 dash also went to the Eagles with Elizabeth Plympton crossing the line in 12.84 seconds, followed by Claire Deshaies (PHS, 13.18), CorrieAnne Stoner (EKMW, 13.36), Hannah Glicksman (PHS, 13.53), Brinn Peck (AV, 13.63), Jada Meadows (SL, 13.66) and Jordanne Manney (BCS, 13.71).

Kirsten Villemaire then took the third straight event for the Eagles, clocking a time of 5:03.06 in beating Woodruff to the line (5:06.46).

Brittany Shumway of Saranac Lake finished third in 5:08, followed by Elysha O’Connell of Saranac (5:09).

In the 4-by-100 relay, Manney, Plympton and Reed teamed up with Lindsay Gonyea to win a fourth straight event for the Eagles with a time of 52.12. They were followed by Meadows, Alexa Clark, Kate Stevens and Randi Rondeau of Saranac Lake (53.87). Saranac finished third, while the Ticonderoga quartet of Meg McDonald, Rachel White, Omni Bazan and McKenzie Gabby Armstrong of Lake Placid.

Photo by Keith Lobdell Price finished fourth. Peru, PHS and Lake Placid rounded out the time of 26.08 seconds in the 200, edging Deshaies (26.11) field.

Claire Deshaies ended the Beekmantown run atop the at the line. Meadows finished third in 27.49, while Peck was podium in the 400, edging Villemaire by one second (59.23 fourth for AVCS, Janyll Barber fifth for Saranac, Hughes sixth to 1:00.37) to score the win. Juliette Baker finished third for and White seventh for Ticonderoga. Grace McGrew of Lake EKMW in a time of 1:02.43, while Delaney Hughes finished Placid finished eighth.

The trio of Canet, Post and Romanowicz joined together fourth for Ticonderoga in 1:02.66).

Villemaire scored her second win of the day for the Eagles with Hallie LaDuke to score the second Peru relay win in the in the 800, beating Saranac Lake’s Shumway 2:25 to 2:27. 4-by-400 with a time of 4:16.75. Saranac, NCCS, Ticonderoga, Woodruff placed third for the Chiefs, followed by Lake Plac- Saranac Lake, PHS, Lake Placid and Beekmantown followed.

In the team scores, Plattsburgh High finished third, folid’s Armstrong.

Plympton scored the Eagles’ sixth win on the track witha lowed by Peru, NCCS, Saranac Lake, Ticonderoga, Lake Placid, EKMW, AuSable Valley and Seton Catholic.

Sectional tennis champs crowned, boys head to states

By Keith Lobdell

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PLATTSBURGH — Section VII held its tennis championships over four days this past week, with boys players earning a spot to compete at the NYSPHSAA championships at the United States Tennis Association’s home in Flushing Meadows.

Brendon Whalen of Plattsburgh High and the Northern Adirondack duo of Jared Brunelle and Brandon LaBombard will represent Section VII in boys matches.

Meanwhile, Beekmantown’s Sierra Barrett and the Peru duo of Grace Higgins and Anna Mitchell were the section as champions for the girls.

Girls Barrett, who had played doubles for the bulk of the CVAC regular season, moved into the singles role for the sectional and state qualifiers, scoring a 6-43, 6-2 win over second seed Victoria O’Leary from Lake Placid to claim the qualifying bid as well as capture the team Section VII title for the Eagles.

Barrett made the finals with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over the top seed, Cydney Bond of Peru. O’Leary dropped two games in the second set as she advanced past semifinal opponent Olivia Nachbauer, 6-0, 6-2.

In the quarterfinal round, Bond defeated Northeastern Clinton’s Meara McManus by matching 6-2, 6-2 sets; while Barrett got the two breakers she needed in the 6-4, 6-3 win over Plattsburgh High’s Brinna Michells; Nachbauer scored a 6-4, 6-0 win over AuSable Valley’s Ashley Guynup; and O’Leary defeated Beekmantown’s Rylee Fessette without dropping a game in the two-set win.

In doubles, it was the team of Katie Matott and Emily Sam-

ple who were unable to maintain any momentum against Higgins and Mitchell, dropping a 6-1. 6-2 match to the champs.

Thompson and Pinsonneault received a bye of their own in the quarterfinals due to an injury forfeit by the Lake Placid duo of Sophie Morelli and Jasmine Philip; while Fessette and Beach defeated the duo of Veronica Barber and Hailey Parker of Saranac 6-4 and 7-6, winning a 7-1 tiebreaker; and Matott and Sample defeated Northern Adirondack’s Paige Chilton and Makenna Magee with a 10-8 tiebreaker in the opening set before a 6-1 second set.

a 6-2, 6-3 win over Beekmantown’s Christian Moura.

In doubles, which featured some of the best matches in the entire tournament — boys or girls — it was an all Northern Adirondack sectional final, with Brunelle and LaBombard having their hands full against the duo of Ethan and Steven Warick. Eventually, Brunelle/LaBombard received the key break points they needed late in scoring matching 7-5, 7-5 win over their teammates turned competitors.

Boys In the championship match, Brendon Whalen successfully defended his Section VII title with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Alex Rine of Peru.

Both finalists had to overcome a member of the Northeastern Clinton tennis team to make the finals, as Whalen defeated Troy Tetreault 6-3, 6-2. Rine defeated Devin McManus in three sets, winning the opening set 6-2 before dropping a 4-6 second set and winning the decisive third set by a score of 6-4.

The round of 16 saw Whalen defeat Northeastern Clinton’s Patrick Polniaszek 6-0, 6-0; Gorman defeat Seton Catholic’s Seth Laochren 6-2-6-3; Courson defeat Lake Placid’s John Seemueller 6-1, 6-2; Tetreault defeat Northern Adirondack’s Steven Mitchell 6-2, 6-0; McManus defeat Lake Placid’s Kyle Kirby 6-0, 6-; Siriphantrakul defeat Saranac’s Nick Dorrance 6-0, 6-0; Chase defeat Beekmantown’s Jalen Belrose 6-0, 6-0; and Rine defeat Plattsburgh High’s Alex Kneifel 6-1, 6-1.

Opening round matches saw Seemueller defeat Peru’s Tanner Lombard 6-1, 6-2; Courson with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) win over Beekmantown’s Brandon Belrose; Mitchell with a 6-3, 7-6 (72) win over Seton Catholic’s Garrett Lemza; Kirby with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 win over Peru’s Jack Dubay; and Siriphantrakul with

Victoria O’Leary was the runner-up in girls singes.

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Parcel I All 518-523-9855 as a public record for in- that piece or parcel of spection by all interested land located in the VilINSURANCE persons. Pursuant To lage of Lake Placid, EsCounty,Agency New York.

Section Thirty-Five ofBoothsex Insurance Parcel II All St. that tract or the General Municipal 20 Brinkeroff parcel of land Law, The Elizabethtown Plattsburgh, NY situate in 518-561-3290 Town of North Elba, Board has authorized the the County Agency of Essex, State preparation of a written Chauvin NOTICE OF FORMATION of New York. Approxiresponse to the report ofChamplain OF PROFESSIONAL 518-298-2000 of lien by mate LIMITED LIABILITY examination prepared Rouses Point-amount 518-297-6602 $79,467.26 plus costs the office of State COMPANY (“PLLC”) It's Plattsburgh518-562-9336 My Time Mental Health Comptroller and will file and interest. Premises Northern Bureau to Counseling Service, such response, when willAdjustment be sold subject NY State & Bonded PLLC. Articles of Organi- completed, in my office theLicensed provisions of filed for Adjuster/ zation filed with the Sec- as a Public RecordGeneral judgment.Public Adjuster Index 518-563-4701REGINALD retary of State of New inspection by all inter- #0573/12.

York (“SSNY”) on March ested persons not later H. BEDELL, Referee. than August 15th, 2016.

15, 2016 for business STEIN, WEINER & ROTH, LLP, Attys. for conducted from an of- Debra Brooks Town Clerk fice located in Essex Pltf., One Old County County, NY. The “SSNY” VN-05/28/2016-1TCRd., Ste. 113, Carle is designated as the 119723 Place, NY File # agent of the “PLLC” 69374/WELLS - #88225 upon whom process VN-05/21-06/11/2016NOTICE OF SALE against it may be served.

4TC-114155 SUPREME COURT: ES“SSNY” shall mail a SEX COUNTY. WELLS copy of any process to the “PLLC” at 57 Glen FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff against ALAN G. NOTICE OF FORMATION Road, Jay, NY 12941 SAWYER, JR., CHRISTIE OF LIMITED LIABILITY VN-05/14-06/18/2016E. SAWYER A/K/A COMPANY (“LLC”) 6TC-118055 CHRISTIE ELLEN Spruce Meadow LandSAWYER, WELLS FAR- scaping, LLC. GO BANK, N.A., Defen- Articles of Organization dants. Pursuant to judg- filed with the Secretary ment of foreclosure and of State of New York NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- sale dated Aug. 7, 2015, (“SSNY”) on May 5, EN That the Fiscal Af- I, the undersigned Ref- 2016 for business confairs of the Town of Eliz- eree will sell at public ducted from an office loauction to the highest cated in Essex County, abethtown for the period bidder at the Essex beginning on 1/1/14 and NY. The “SSNY” is desCounty Courthouse, Eliz- ignated as agent of the ending on 5/31/2015 abethtown, NY on June have been examined by “LLC” upon whom pro21, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. cess against it may be the office of the State Comptroller and that the premises k/a 24 McLe- served. “SSNY” shall report of examination nathen a/k/a 11 McLena- mail a copy of any proprepared by the office of then, Lake Placid, NY cess to the “LLC”at 12 the State Comptroller a/k/a Section 42.0Jl Ben's Lane, Keeseville, has been filed in my of- a/k/a 42.223, Block 1, NY 12944 fice where it is available Lot 4.000. Parcel I All VN-05/14-06/18/2016as a public record for in- that piece or parcel of 6TC-117963 spection by all interested land located in the Vilpersons. Pursuant To lage of Lake Placid, EsSection Thirty-Five of sex County, New York. the General Municipal Parcel II All that tract or BUY IT! Law, The Elizabethtown parcel of land situate in SELL IT! Board has authorized the the Town of North Elba, preparation of a written County of Essex, State FIND IT! response to the report of of New York. ApproxiThe Sun Classifieds examination prepared by mate amount of lien Call 518-873-6368 the office of State $79,467.26 plus costs Comptroller and will file and interest. Premises such response, when will be sold subject to completed, in my office the provisions of filed as a Public Record for judgment.

Index inspection by all inter- #0573/12.

REGINALD THE SUN ested persons not later H. BEDELL, Referee. th STEIN, WEINER & than August 15 , 2016.

ROTH, LLP, Attys. for Debra Brooks Town Clerk Pltf., One Old County VN-05/28/2016-1TCRd., Ste. 113, Carle

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