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Ty Marmion (20) and the Saranac Lake Red Storm faced a familiar foe in the Ogdensburg Free Academy Blue Devils Nov. 8 in Clintonville. After splitting the last two meetings, Saranac Lake won 34-26 to move on to the state quarterfinals. The 10th-ranked Red Storm will take on fourthranked Hoosick Falls Nov. 15 in Clintonville at 1 p.m. with a trip to the state semifinals on the line.

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ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ The animal cruelty case that gripped Essex County last year surfaced again last week when a cavalcade of officials received awards from the New York State Humane Association.

President Sue McDonough recalled the seizure of 41 horses from the Wing and a Prayer Farm in Essex last September by sheriffÕ s deputies. Ò Deputy [Robert] Rice called and asked for help. [State Humane Association Chair] Pat Valusek and I responded.

It was disgusting, horrific… they were starving to death.Ó If it wasn’t for law enforcement officials, said McDonough, the horses would have died horrific deaths.

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Crown Point Supervisor Charles Harrington examines a before-and-after photograph of one of the 41 horses seized from an Essex farm last year. Last week, a number of citizens and officials were honored for their participation in the rescue and rehabilitative efforts.

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ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ Last week, 152 election workers fanned out across Essex CountyÕ s 42 election districts, ensuring what Board of Elections Commissioner Allison McGahay said was a flawless election day.

Forty percent of the countyÕ s eligible electorate turned out, she told county lawmakers on Tuesday, Nov. 11.

She thanked poll workers and law enforcement officials for their efforts. Ò We are constantly training new inspectors and appreciate everyone you sent to us,Ó she said.

Volunteers put in long hours, 18-hour shifts. McGahay said the department would be open to exploring the idea of split shifts, but would have to consider additional training and mileage costs for a second shift of poll workers.

WESTPORT NAILBITER The race for a town council seat remains gridlocked in Westport as Nancy Page and Tim Sherman remain tied with 275 voters each.

Absentee ballots can be received until Wednesday, while military ballots have a deadline of Nov. 17. Ò ItÕ s been a reminder of how important every single vote can be as well as an eye-opening demonstration of how confusing, frustrating and agonizingly prolonged the tallying process is in New York State,Ó Page told the Valley News.

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Restoration of Hurricane, Saint Regis towers greenlit RAY BROOK Ñ The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released the final unit management plans (UMPs) for the Hurricane Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area and the Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area, Commissioner Joe Martens announced last week. Ò The completion of the management plans allows us to move forward with restoring these historically significant resources and opening the fire towers to the public,” Commissioner Martens said. “Throughout the 20th century, fire towers played a critical role in the protection of New York StateÕ s natural resources.

Now they attract many people who want to learn about the role of fire towers, the people that worked in them and the natural resources they protected.Ó The 35-foot Hurricane Mountain fire tower was discontinued for use as a fire observation station in 1979, and the 35-foot Saint Regis Mountain fire tower was shut down in 1990. Both structures have been closed to the public ever since.

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condition that will accommodate full public access of the structures and include interpretive materials related to the towersÕ history.

DEC anticipates beginning restoration work on both fire towers next summer with assistance from the Friends of St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower and the Hurricane Mountain Fire Tower FriendÕ s Group, respectively.

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More information on these and other fire towers may be found in the Fire Tower Study for the Adirondack Park at dec.ny.gov/ lands/62283.html.

Nearly 1,200 amateur chefs from across the North Country gathered at Plattsburgh’s Crete Memorial Civic Center on Sunday, Nov. 2 for the Taste of Home Cooking School program, a daylong event that culminated with a presentation by rock star chef Eric Villegas. Pictured here is a model posing during a fashion show presented by Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel.

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Monet focus of LPI talk LAKE PLACID Ñ Claude and Camille, the story of Claude Monet and his model, muse and eventual wife, Camille Doncieux, by Stephanie Powell, is the November selection of the Lake Placid Institute Book Club which will meet Monday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Lake Placid Public Library.

Doncieux, who became Monet’s first and most enduring love, traded the safety of her bourgeois family and fiancé for a life of financial struggle with Monet and the company of other unknown artists Renoir, Pissaro and Bazille in 19th century Paris.

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Bartenders show off their stuff with new competition

By Maggie Morgan

maggie@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK Ñ Sisters Kim and Pam Ladd, who penned the barhopping book, Ò Happy Hour in the High Peaks,Ó are now delivering a little friendly competition with their fresh new idea: Ò Barred.Ó The contest is based on the popular show Ò ChoppedÓ and invites bartenders and drinking enthusiasts alike to shake things up at Basil and WickÕ s Nov. 15 from 3 to 5 p.m.

It all started as an idea over drinks - much like their book when the writers started bouncing ideas off of each other. They wanted to have an event that would pair well with their popular drinking destination book and knew a simple reading wouldnÕ t be the right fit. They mentioned the idea to Jane Peter, owner of Basil and WickÕ s, and she loved it.

The competition, free of charge for the public and participants, will be organized into Ò heatsÓ of four mixologists per heat. There will be a basket of mystery ingredients that they will use to create a cocktail. For each round the basketÕ s contents will change to ensure no one has time to plan ahead, all fueling the chaos and adrenaline that makes Ò ChoppedÓ so popular.

The bartenders will have a Ò pantryÓ of ingredients just like the Food Network show which they can call on to amp up their speciality cocktails. Each bartender will have seven minutes to create and name their drink, which will then be offered to the four judges. At the end of each round, the judges will choose one bartender who mixed up something spectacular, sending them to the finals.

The final round will see which spirit-server is number-one in the North: be they from Warrensburg, Loon Lake, North Creek or Lake George. Ò BarredÓ will put their skills to the test and hand over the golden-shaker to he or she who has out-poured the competition. Ò These are bartenders from throughout the Adirondacks and beyond,Ó said Kim. Ò They come out and do this and show people what they got.Ó So far they have people from Whiteface in Wilmington, Luzerne, Lake George, Troy, Plattsburgh and North Creek but are looking for more courageous drink slingers to step up to the plate.

Mayor of Lake George Bob Blais and the Adirondack AlmanackÕ s John Warren, along with Kim and Pam, will be the judges at the event. They will be sipping and sizing up drinks based on style, originality, presentation and taste. The two sisters invite anyone who thinks they have what it takes to intoxicate the masses with flair.

Kim and Pam aim to be the Ò drinking authoritiesÓ in the area and so far are off to a good start. Their book has begun to take off and they are hoping the competition will be a smash as well.

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Sisters Kim and Pam Ladd hope for a great turn out at Nov. 15’s “Barred.”

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Ò It isnÕ t even all about drinking - it is about doing something fun and having a contest,Ó said Kim.

Ò I tried to grow my beard for that Donegal beard contest so we had to come up with something else,Ó Pam quickly added, inciting stifled laughter at the table. “When we were little kids, there was this show called Ô the Waltons,Õ look them up, and there were these sisters named the Baldwin Sisters who made Moonshine and when we were little kids we said, Ô we wanna be just like them.Õ Ó The ladies have knocked around a few more ideas for what they will write next, and definitely will be taking some time to focus on a spinoff of their popular book. Ò We should already have a TV show, we arenÕ t getting any younger,Ó joked Pam. Ò ThereÕ s this show on NPR called Ô Car Talk,Õ why canÕ t we start one called Ô Bar Talk,Õ Ó laughed Kim. Ò We are middle aged sisters making drinking popular, whatÕ s wrong with that picture,Ó Pam laughed.

To follow the sisters and their adventures in drinking, check our their websitehappyhourinthehighpeaks.com or pick up a copy of their book Ò Happy Hour in the High PeaksÓ at various vendors. Ò BarredÓ debuts Nov. 15 at Basil and Wicks. Sign up to enter by emailing happyhourinthehighpeaks@yahoo.com by Nov. 10. or come by and check out what these professional partiers will serve up.

Lake Placid to get technical LAKE PLACID Ñ Learning how to speak and see friends and relatives on computer screens with programs such as Skype will be part of a free class on internet phone systems and apps being offered Monday, Nov. 17, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Lake Placid Public Library. With a wide variety of phone options is available these days, this session will help participants use Google Voice, Skype, FaceTime and other programs. The differences between regular Verizon phone service and VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) systems such as Vonage and Time Warner, will also be covered by computer instructor Chris Lawrence. This class has been rescheduled from Friday, Oct. 7. Anyone interested may call the library at 523-3200 to enroll. There is no fee and the public is welcome.

AVC announces open swim schedule AUSABLE Ñ The Au Sable Valley Central School swimming pool, located at the Middle School-High School, will be open to the public on Sundays from 2 until 4 p.m. and Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. starting Sunday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, March 1. There will be no public swim Dec. 24, Dec. 31, Jan. 18, and Feb. 15. There will be limited locker facilities Dec. 10, Jan. 7, Jan. 14, Jan. 21, Feb. 4, and Feb. 11, due to sports conflicts. If there is no school, or if all after school activities are cancelled, open swim will also be cancelled. There will be No charge this year for public swim.

‘Big Little’ exhibit comes to LPCA LAKE PLACID Ñ The Big Little show, an invitational exhibit of small art works will be holding an opening reception Friday, Nov. 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the LPCA, 17 Algonquian Dr. The exhibit is cosponsored by the Adirondack Artists Guild and the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. The show runs through Dec. 22.

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emocrats received a shellacking last week in a wave election that saw Republicans rack up their highest numbers in the House of Representatives since the 1920s. They took over the Senate, a first since 2006, and seized a record number of state legislatures and governorÕ s mansions.

ItÕ s morning again in America and the sun is blood-red.

WeÕ ll spare you the tripe about healing and working together for a better tomorrow.

But we will pose a thought experiment.

After you finish reading this column, tear it out and file it away.

Pull it out 16 months from now when the political machine is back in full swing.

WeÕ re guessing you wonÕ t be any better off than you are today.

Voters reduced Democrats to smoldering rubble last week not because of an ideological kinship with Republicans, who presented no uniform economic plan of their own, but rather out of disgust with government dysfunction and executive incompetence.

Thirty-four percent of voters, to cite an ABC News exit poll, said they were voting in opposition of President Obama, while 61 percent expressed dissatisfaction with Republican congressional leaders.

With the GOP set to control both legislative chambers, and with a president who has agreed to work with them to find common ground, Republicans have now been handed the keys to the economy.

They say they will use this political capital to pass the legislation stalled by partisan gridlock.

This includes resurrecting the Keystone pipeline, dusting off a series of moribund jobs bills and repealing some of the most unsavory elements of the Affordable Care Act, like the tax on medical device manufacturers.

Republicans have also said they will work to reform the corporate tax code to make the country more competitive for business; they say they will kill tax inversions (the relocation of businesses to different countries) and roll back energy regulations, namely when it comes to regulating carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.

All of this, they claim, will push the economy in the right direction.

But none of the above will be enough to stimulate wage growth and tackle the top issue hindering economic recovery for the people reading this newspaper: Stagflation.

Inflation-adjusted incomes for the middle class have not gone up since 1999, while inflation has increased 25 percent during the same period.

Income gains have overwhelmingly gone to the richest Americans, not regular folks.

WhatÕ s the antidote?

While the formula is tricky, recovery will only come, in part, once more cash is injected into working class wallets through measures like raising the minimum wage and significantly increasing federal spending on infrastructure projects.

In his victory speech, presumptive Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised things will be different.

“Just because we have a two-party system doesn’t mean we have to be in perpetual conflict,” he said.

We disagree. This system is the root of all conflict.

Democrats will likely try to block most GOP economic initiatives to deny them victories ahead of 2016, just like what the Republicans, fueled by obstructionist Tea Party rhetoric, have been doing for the past six years.

The American political system is rigged; this election was a farce and middle class voters are the pawns.

AmericaÕ s two-party system has mutated to a perverted game of political hardball.

Both count on voters growing frustrated every election cycle and switching back and forth out of a sense of helpless frustration — or, better yet, not voting at all, the first step in a lifetime of political apathy that benefits both parties.

Last week saw the lowest turnout in any election since 1940.

Only 36.6 percent of eligible voters turned out. In New York, that number dropped to 29.5 percent (but rose to 46 percent in NY21).

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Will we never learn?

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There has been another story taking place in the recent news cycle. A heartwarming story to which I hope both parties paid you feel? careful attention. The story is ÒT hose Damn Republicans!Ó about Lauren Hill of Mount St. ÒT hose Damn Democrats!Ó Joseph, a Division III school, ÒT hose Damn Americans!Ó who scored the first basket of Sadly, depending on your pothe 2014-15 college basketball litical persuasion, I fear many of season Sunday. Hill is a freshus get more irritated by one of Dan Alexander man with inoperable brain the first two statements. Many Thoughts from cancer and doctors have told feel more connected to those of Behind the Pressline her she has only a few months similar political allegiances than to live. The NCAA allowed the we do to our fellow countryman. schools to move the game up two weeks so Of course, anyone who would make either of that Hill would have the chance to play. those first two statements likely belongs to the Not so surprisingly was the reaction of the other affiliation, versus the final statement, opposing team, as 10,000 fans erupted in sheer which would more than likely not be made by joy after Hill scored the first basket. The other an American. team was in tears; Tears of joy. To a player, ThereÕ s been a lot of talk about the who won and/or loss the most recent elections. Unfor- each one recognized it was the most rewarding game they had ever played in. Despite losing tunately, neither side has figured out the real the game, most of those on the opposing team truth regarding the recent elections. The two believe it will be one of the most prized experipolitical parties are quick to spin the results as either a landmark victory for the Republicans ences in their lives. They understand that life and happiness is not about self, itÕ s about givor just a typical midterm shake up by a disining and helping others achieve their goals. terested electorate for the Democrats.

What those in politics fail to understand, deIn reality neither side won or lost anything. spite their claims, is that their purpose, when If either party is true to their claims the only they earn the right to represent the American thing that took place was the American public public, is to do everything possible to create an saying loud and clear; Democrats you failed environment of constructive engagement with to get the job done, so Republicans letÕ s see if you can do any better. Both sides must put the opposition party. Unless they improve the lives of our citizens and improve the outlook forth their best efforts to make this a win for for future generations theyÕ ve accomplished the American people. That is the only real win nothing. Far too many are only interested in that counts and itÕ s the win the countryÕ s been looking to secure, for some time. Beating their self-serving opportunities for themselves and chest, making the other side look like whipped their party.

Right now instead of lecturing or threatenpups, or thinking anything has been accomplished as a result of the vote tally is simply ing each other, our legislators should be looking at ways to work together and create the overstating the obvious.

According to a recent Rasmussen Survey kind of American team effort that will see both nearly 60 percent of likely voters believe the sides giving the high five. Only when we win as nation can we claim a victory of accomplishRepublicans will be as big a disappointment as ment and share the type of joy realized when have been the Democrats. As they say, it takes we place others before ourselves. two to tango and based on the early words If a political party wants to secure itÕ s future, coming out of both sides it appears neither is they need to make certain every piece of legisready for a true team effort. Republicans are lation addresses both sides of the issue and not hardwired to repeat the same mistakes made just those of their party faithful. by the Democrats. It all starts with their misDan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denton guided and arrogant approach to taking credit Publications. He may be reached at dan@denpubs. for any accomplishment and to make sure the com. other party doesnÕ t look good. hen someone makes one of the following statements how do

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Twenty-six kids from the Keene After School program learned about the giving spirit when they spent the fall collecting food items for donation. On Saturday, Nov. 1, they delivered 248 items to Families First in Elizabethtown. Kindergartners solicited the most donations from grades K-5 and won an ice cream party. The group is pictured here with their haul on Thursday, Oct. 30.

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Common sense party

Dam coverage has holes

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Jeff MacMakin from Putnam was stating flat fact about our Ò Democracy was taken over unlawfully on a Christmas EveÓ but not in 1923 — it was in 1913. [Readers] should join me in creating a Common Sense Party … nationwide.

In 1913, Congress, without a proper quorum, passed the illegal, unconstitutional Federal Reserve Act. Congressmen were bribed, blackmailed and coerced to vote for this unconstitutional, blatantly-illegal perversion on Christmas Eve without even a required quorum.

This means that the Federal Reserve Act was never legitimately passed in 1913. There already is one Common Sense Party in Clinton County where if anyone ran on the party, it would be listed on the ballot, provide candidates the required number of signatures from votes they have been to see and help his cause to change, finally and forever, plutocracy-run government and economy.

I also invite Dan Alexander, the Denton staff, and its readers to help shape the partyÕ s principles.

My first one is no document, image, record or other form of information about what the government acquires should be “classified” in any manner that remains hidden from public view more than 10 years for National Security. Embarrassment about an Ò opÓ is not cause for classifying something per Ò National SecurityÓ it is because of the so many secrets that we are in the mess we are in nationally and worldwide.

I know web links are difficult in letters, but this link is worth following and it is short... but exact letters in caps or small or important: ow.ly/DuXOz. Robert H. Williams, Mooers

Agrees with editorial To the Editor: Brittany Maynard is a brave young person. The choices she made were personal choices that no one else has the right to judge. Too bad she had to move to another state in order to exercise that choice. We all should be afforded the right to die with dignity.

Robin LaBarge, Plattsburgh

Read works by Adk authors To the Editor: May I call your readersÕ attention to three recently published Adirondack books that are interesting, historical and enjoyable to read? Ò When Men and Mountains MeetÓ by Glenn L. Pearsall explains how enterprising European tradesmen sought to settle and develop businesses in newly discovered Adirondack Mountains and why they failed. Ò Tahawus MemoriesÓ by Leonard A. Gereau is an account of a “mini-municipality” deep in the Adirondack woods that flourished for over 20 years as told by persons who lived there and then disappeared like an Adirondack mountain morning mist. Ò Just Everyday FolksÓ by L.R. Warner chronicles the life of an ordinary Adirondack family who lived, and made a living, through one of the most trying quarters of United States history: Prohibition, the Great Depression and World War II. There is nothing lke a good Adirondack book to while away the hours of a dreary winter day.

An avid reader of Adirondack literature, L.R. Warner, Elizabethtown

Be a leader in your community To the Editor: One of the qualities of leadership is having a sense of purpose that directs a person to use his or her strengths to help others. If you are interested in becoming a leader in your community, consider supporting the United Way at the Leadership level. Leadership Giving affords you the opportunity to be part of something much greater than any of us can achieve alone. Last year, leadership giving amounted to almost 23 percent of the funds raised.

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Leadership can be done through a one-time donation or payroll deduction. Your gift of $500 or more, given directly to United Way of the Adirondack Region, will make a significant impact in your community. Leadership giving is possible for as little as $10 per week. You can also reach a leadership level by combining gifts with a partner or spouse at another workplace. Donations can also be made anonymously.

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Reading the Valley News and the dam report on the townÕ s web page, I find a lot of holes in it.

For example, in the newspaper, it states the cost to remove the dam is $250,000. As reported by Vic Putnam at a Town Board meeting in Dec. 2013, the grant to remove the dam would be for $300,000 and Willsboro would pay $40,000.

When serving as town supervisor in 1974, the town board made a study to remove the dam on the river or repair it. ThereÕ d been a serious ice jam the previous year and because of the poor condition of the dam, that created shallow water upstream. The town engineer, Joseph Tisdale, believed the shallow water between the dam and the bridge had frozen to the bottom of the river and created the ice jam.

We decided to look at all options on the dam and the present town board should do the same.

After holding a meeting with Willsboro Town on May 20, 1974, in a letter dated May 22, 1974, from Tom Monroe, regional director of New York State Encon, stated the removal of the dam would not alleviate fish passage problems in connection with Lake Champlain salmon night program in view of the natural high rock ledge barriers at and just below the existing dam.

It is my understanding this will not change.

The fish ladder will also be removed. Fish will not go up stream and the economic boom will not happen. In the 1974 letter, Monroe said the silt deposition above the dam could cause problems downstream if released by dam removal. I guess the question is, how much silt the town would be responsible to clean up.

In the 1974 letter, Monroe said that aesthetic appearance of the flow area would be lost in town. I hope the town board remembers that Gov. George Pataki spent over 12 million dollars replacing the bridge and did a lot of special stone work and sidewalks and made the area look great.

Upon the completion of the historical kiosk by the bridge, the restored houses along Mill Street, beautiful library, restored museum and old school renovated into a senior unit, it would be sad to see the beauty of the river changed to an eyesore that could do damage to the area.

In the 1974 letter, Monroe states a serious erosion problems would result along the stream banks of the area currently flowed because of a sharp increase in water velocity particularly during the high water. A local contractor Art Jacques and town engineer Joe Tisdale came up with a plan on how to fix the dam. The town board in 1974, after studying the problems of removing the dam, decided to repair the dam and it cost about $15,000 for the town share.

I’m quite sure the same problems that faced the board in 1974 will still exist in 2014. It is my understanding the river bank project north of the dam on the old mill yard under the direction of Vic Putnam has been stopped by the US Corp of Engineers for environmental problems.

I would think with so many conflicts in the dam report and in the newspapers, that the town board would have a meeting with NYS Encon and Corp of Engineers to find out what is required to take the dam out. I’m quite sure the conditions in the 1974 letter have not changed.

Also address the potential flood problems. My plans were to do like we did with the sewer and water problems. After reading all of the conflicting data supplied by engineers, we had meetings with all of the government agencies and were allowed to set up pilot programs to explore the problems and how to solve them. We learned what worked the best and was cost effective.

I would suggest they do the same with the dam. Dewater the dam for a period of time to look at silt, flooding, erosion and the aesthetic views of the town. Work with a company that would investigate the cost of fixing the dam and also explore other options the town might have.

Ed Hatch, Former supervisor, Town of Willsboro

Voter suppression in Essex County?

To the Editor: Voting is an important right, many would say also an obligation. The results of the last election with a very low turnout indicate very few people understand the obligation part of voting.

Less than 31% of the eligible voting population in New York State made the effort to turn out or even vote absentee in the last News reports have been full of accusations about efforts to suppress the vote particularly in southern states but not exclusively. The results are not yet in on how successful those attempts to suppress the vote have been. However in our own Essex County the institution of a policy to keep voters uninformed has clearly suppressed the vote in this district.

According to the Essex County Commissioner of elections all poll workers were instructed not to say anything about the fact that it is necessary to vote on 2 sides of the ballot in the recent election. The Commissioner suggested that informing people about the propositions was a form of electioneering. One side contains the candidates the other side this year contained 3 propositions. While not highly publicized one of the propositions may have a profound effect on the procedure for redistricting in the state of New York.

As a result of the strictly enforced policy not to alert voters to a two-sided ballot Essex County has one of the highest reported cases of blank ballots on the proposition side in the state. On proposition 1, 30% of the ballots were blank. 2 On the candidates side of the ballot almost no ballots were blank and only a few were spoiled. By contrast Madison, Seneca, Schoharie, and Wayne counties all had only 11% or less of their ballots blank on the proposition side. The mean for all counties in the state was 17.4% of ballots with no vote for the propositions. The only counties in the state with higher percentages of blank ballots

than Essex were Bronx, Kings, and Queens all in New York City.

While admittedly unscientific I have surveyed a number of friends and acquaintances throughout the state. Except for people voting absentee all of those people outside of Essex County surveyed reported that the poll worker advised them to look at both sides of the ballot.

Tom Conley in the public information office of the state board of elections and after conferring with colleagues in that office said there were no regulations prohibiting poll workers from telling voters that the ballot was two sided.

Democratic Commissioner Mark Whitney defended the policy of not verbally advising voters at the poll and questioned if the wide difference among counties was a direct result of the Essex County regulations.

The only conclusion, I believe, that can be drawn from these dramatic differences among counties upstate is that the way of informing voters about two sided ballots is practiced unevenly.

This inconsistent application of policy has the effect of disenfranchising those counties where it is rigidly enforced. It stretches the imagination to see how helping people understand that the ballot is two-sided could possibly be construed as a form of swaying their votes or electioneering.

I encourage the Essex County Board of Elections to reverse this policy and do everything in its power to see that all of our citizens are encouraged to vote and vote on all the offices and all the issues abstaining only when they wish to do so.

Paul Reese, Westport

Experimental Learning in Jeopardy

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oday, the experiential landscape of most children has been transformed from the days of my childhood. Now it is commonplace for parents to insulate their children from difficulty, resulting in the popular phrase Ò helicopter parents.Ó In 2014 American children are rarely seen outBy Scot Hurlburt side alone for fear that they will be abducted or hurt themselves in the natural environment that surrounds them. There is much less opportunity for experimental learning than the world that I and my peers inhabited as children. My friends and I were free, in fact, we were ordered out of the house for long periods of time without any adult supervision.

Most of us came through these experiences richer in our understanding of each other and of life in general. Where are those opportunities for freewheeling trial and error today? IÕ m not sure that they exist for most children as they once did.

Today, there is tremendous pressure on children not to fail at anything and when they do parents are left wondering where did we go wrong or perhaps the school is to blame. The more likely reality is that children need time away from the judgmental eyes of adults where they can be silly, courageous, frightened, amazed and curious without adults expressing their views on these experiences.

Perhaps Peter Pan was speaking to that alternate universe that so many children desperately need to inhabit where only children are free of the encumbrances and fixed ideas that bind most adults.

As children spend more and more time in front of computer screens, television screens and iPhone screens, will these virtual experiences somehow take the place of actual experiences with other human beings?

I learned to swim be being thrown out of a row boat, I was six or seven years old. At the time it was a frightening experience but in hind sight the boys who tossed me out of the boat had calculated that the water was over my head but not so much that I couldnÕ t dog paddle my way in to shore. I felt somehow transformed by this experience, maybe a little more mature and maybe a little more connected to the older boys who challenged me to swim and I did.

We did not know it at the time but we were learning how to get along with others whose ideas could be very different from our own.

We were learning how to be team players, how to be role players and how to be open to the ideas of others. These essential experiences, away from adults and in the care and mutual support and conflict with each other are in my opinion very important and foundational experiences.

As technology advances and draws us evermore away from the natural world who knows how separated from each other and from these essential experiences we may become. The technology of tomorrow cannot even be imagined today just as all the technology of today did not exist when I was a child. Much good has come with advent of so many technological devices, that, cannot be questioned.

Still, I wonder if the virtual world that so many children inhabit will someday limit or extinguish the desire to take chances, real chances, in the real world.

Remember all kids count.

Kids Count

Reach the writer at hurlburt@wildblue.net

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His Indian name was Tenderfoot

A An interesting week in the Adirondacks I

t has been an interesting week in the Adirondacks, and fortunately, I spent a fair portion of it in camp.

While a blanket of fresh snow currently caps the upper elevations of the High Peaks region, a majority of the regionÕ s big game hunters have yet to enjoy a decent tracking snow.

However, the lack of snow ranks as just a minor blip on the radar screen when compared to a few of the more recent woodland threats.

Once again, there has been another outbreak of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the east as the disease recently reared itÕ s ugly head in Ohio.

Fortunately, NYSDEC reacted quickly to announce new regulations that prohibit importing into New York certain parts of white-tailed deer, elk or moose that were taken in the state of Ohio.

It was an outbreak of CWD a few years ago that prompted DEC to put a permanent end to the long held tradition of feeding deer herds during the winter months in the Adirondacks.

Although the feeding ban has been in effect for over a half dozen years, it continues to stir up controversy and occasional bad blood.

CWD is a highly contagious and deadly disease that affects the brain and central nervous system. CWD is almost always fatal to deer; there are no vaccines or treatment for the disease.

New York State has a tremendous white-tailed deer herd and a small, but expanding, moose population.

Preventing the introduction of CWD into New York from hunter-killed carcasses is vital to protecting the health of New YorkÕ s deer and moose populations. The most effective way to protect New YorkÕ s deer and moose herds is to keep CWD infectious material out of the state, and hunters play an important role in this effort.

A times, it seems there is a new threat arriving in the region nearly every month. In the forests, thereÕ s been the emerald ash borer, the hemlock woolly adelgid and the Asian long-horn beetles. There is also Giant Hogweed.

In the waters there is purple loosestrife, and Japanese Knotweed on the shore. Currently, invasives are directly responsible for the decline of nearly half of the threatened species in the US. Ticks, which have never traditionally posed much of a problem in the region, are now responsible for a growing epidemic of Lyme Disease in many parts of the park.

The huge rebound among New YorkÕ s geese population has been responsible for over 80 plane strikes costing millions and killed at least 24 people. The infamous Ò Miracle on the HudsonÓ plane crash was due to Canadian geese.

Often it appears the natural world, at least the one we knew as children, has become an increasingly scary and dangerous place.

Moose on the Loose

It is the time of year again, when bull moose begin wandering about the region and looking for love in all the wrong places.

North Country motorists should be extra cautious and on the lookout for moose, especially in the low light, near dusk. Car accidents are much worse with a moose than they are with a deer.

Typically, deer are struck by a vehicleÕ s fender, while moose, being much taller, come through the windshield.

Deer hunters should also be wary about running into moose in the woods. Last year, on the opening day of the Big Game season, a group of local deer hunters encountered a bull, a cow and a calf on their very first ‘drive’ of the new year.

Over the years, IÕ ve stumbled across numerous moose, both on the water and on land.

My closest moose encounter actually occurred in the side yard of a house located in the middle of Lake Placid village.

I’ve also paddled along side a moose while fishing on Fish Pond, but it wasnÕ t much of a contest. The moose was using four paddles, and I had only one.

The moose made its way to shore and quickly disappeared into the woods.

Report your Moose sighting

The NYSDEC recently released a press release asking for the publicÕ s cooperation in locating moose.

If you happen to see a moose, the Department requests that you report it immediately to the DEC at 897-1291.

The DEC is seeking public assistance in an effort to learn more about New York StateÕ s largest mammal. More information on moose can be found on the DEC web site at dec.ny.gov/animals/6964.html Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook. Contact him at brookside18@adelphia.net.

n old dirt road once snaked its way through the woodland between North Hudson and Keene, unrolling through the Adirondack forest like a crooked streambed.

The road was well traveled by the local citizenry Ñ trappers, loggers, merchants and the like, but eventually vanished into the Adirondack countryside, giving way to alternate roadways that nearly doubled the trip.

But a handful of old timers could still picture it in their mindÕ s eye.

One of those people was my uncle Ed, who swore he could feel the difference on the sole of his weather-beaten muck boots as he crossed the area where the road once existed. Ò Here it is,Ó heÕ d say, standing on what looked to me like undisturbed forest. Ò ItÕ s quite easy to feel the difference,Ó heÕ d add, stepping on and off the imaginary hardpan and looking inquisitively in your direction to make sure you were paying close attention. Ò The camp bottom is right over there,Ó heÕ d continue, pointing in the direction of another long defunct landmark known only to those who lived to see it. Ò ThatÕ s the way back to camp,Ó heÕ d say gesturing into the dense underbelly of spruceÕ s and tag alders.

My uncle would often refer to that road in tales of hunts long gone by. As a young lad, heÕ d offer it to me as a natural boundary along one of our favorite deer drives. Ò Stay to the right of the road, or itÕ s next stop Keene,Ó heÕ d say through one of his famous toothless grins.

Oh how that ghostly road intrigued me.

Problem was I had absolutely no idea what Ed was talking about. I could dance barefoot on the thing and not feel it beneath my toes.

Eventually, through years and years of hunting the country, I came to recognize where the old road ran Ñ mostly through picturing EdÕ s leathered hand pointing through the woods at the contour of the land there.

For years I kept that secret, not wanting Ed to know I hadn’t the woods sense to figure out where a hardpan road had once run.

Until one evening after a long dayÕ s hunt and a bit too much bubbly. Ò IÕ ve never been able to feel that freaking road with my feet,Ó I blurted to Ed under the dull glow of gas lanterns, interrupting a deer story he was halfway through, the focal point of which was the old road.

Ed looked dazed, as if I had popped him over his hairless head with the woodstove poker. Ò You must have tender feet or something,Ó I said, causing a smattering of chuckles from my fellow camp goers. Ò I think your Indian name should be Tenderfoot,Ó I added, eliciting a long laugh from Ed. Before long the rest of the crew had fessed to the fact that they, too, could not feel the road beneath their feet.

So the name stuck. Ed would forever be known in camp by his Indian name Ñ Tenderfoot.

John Gereau is managing editor of Denton Publications and an avid outdoorsman. He can be reached at johng@denpubs.com.

This cow moose was discovered sleeping under the porch of a local Lake Placid residence. It was fond of feeding in their garden and could often be found there in the middle of the day.

Jay Lapointe of Putnam and Dallas Jordan treated Mayson Lapointe to a day in the woods last weekend where he was able to see his big brother harvest this nice six-pointer in Crown Point. Congratulations Dallas!

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is a bridge crime.

Echoing past comments from District Attorney Kristy Sprague, McDonough said animal abuse often occurs in conjunction with child and elder abuse.

She said local animal control officers aren’t equipped to deal with such severe cases of neglect, which is why itÕ s important for law enforcement officials to be assertive.

Horses are the most abused and neglected animals in the world, she said. Ò Animals leave evidence.Ó Once removed from WingÕ s farm by local volunteers, the equines were placed in foster farms and nursed back to health by Crane Mountain Valley Horse Rescue in Westport and veterinarian Dr. Diane Dodd.

Only one of the 41 died.

All have since recovered, their pictures displayed during the awards ceremony.

The farmÕ s proprietor, Shelley Wing, was found guilty of failure to provide necessary sustenance to the herd in June and was sentenced to 41 days in jail in August.

McDonough lauded the community for what she said was a well-executed response, from the volunteers who cared for the animals to the elected officials who helped clear away bureaucratic hurdles.

Following the seizure, she said sheÕ d never seen such positive response and cooperation.

District Attorney Sprague also thanked the community. Ò My team and the citizens did great work,Ó she said.

Essex County Sheriff Richard Cutting said he fielded numerous questions from his counterparts around the state at a recent intelligence conference in Cooperstown. Ò They marveled at how we handled it so seamlessly,Ó he said. Ò This was just tremendous,Ó he said, referring to the cooperative efforts. Ò Thanks to everyone who participated and helped out,Ó said Essex Supervisor Ed Gardner.

Honorees included County Manager Dan Palmer, County Attorney Daniel Manning, District Attorney Sprague, Sheriff Cutting, Deputy County Manager Mike Mascarenas, ADAs Michael Langey and James Martineau, Major David Reynolds, Deputy Robert Rice and the Essex County Board of Supervisors.

The town of Essex held a similar ceremony on Monday, Nov. 3.

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Your complete source of things to see and do in the North Country Ongoing: First Tuesdays

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UPPER JAY — Adrian Legg. The Recovery Lounge. 8 p.m.

TUPPER LAKE — Behind the Scenes Tour. Wild Center. 3 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 14 and Saturday, Nov. 15

LAKE PLACID — Bookclub meeting. Bookstore Plus. 7 p.m.

Daily: Through Nov. 15

PLATTSBURGH — 22nd Annual Buck Contest. Ward Lumber. Through Dec. 7. Details: 946-2116 wardlumber.com.

LAKE PLACID — “Unclassified: The Military Kid Art Show”. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquian Ave. 5 to 7 p.m. Details: 523-2512.

Through end of January

PERU — North Country Potter’s Guild and photography by Ron Nolland, reception. Peru Free Library. 5 to 7 p.m. Exhibit and sale through January. Hours Tuesday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Details: 643-8618.

PLATTSBURGH — 13 Sundays Outdoor Art Club, Regional Art Show and Sale reception. Pine Harbour Assisted Living, 15 New Hampshire Road. 5 to 7 p.m. Exhibit.

Sunday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Details: 561-5307, pineharbour.org.

KEESEVILLE — Celebrating Andrea’s Vision. Keeseville Free Library. Hours Monday 10 a.m. to noon, 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday 10 a.m. to noon, 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday 10 a.m. to noon, 1 to 5 p.m.

Details: 834-9054.

Thursday, Nov. 6 through Saturday, Nov. 8

SARANAC LAKE — “Pippi Longstocking: The Family Musical”. Pendragon Theatre, 15 Brandy Brook Avenue. Performances: Thursday 7 p.m. Friday 7 p.m. Saturday 2 p.m. Adults $10, children $8. Box office 5:30 p.m. Details: 891-1854.

Friday, Nov. 14

PLATTSBURGH — Royal Noise. Monopole bar, 7 Protection Ave. Details: 563-

Saturday, Nov. 15

ELIZABETHTOWN — Story and craft hour. Elizabethtown Library, River St. 3 to 5 yrs. old accompanied adult/adults. 9 to 10 a.m. Details: 873-2670.

WESTPORT — Craft and Food Sale. Westport Federated Church. 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. 6486 Main St. Lunch 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH — Formula 5. Monopole bar, 7 Protection Ave. Details: 563-2222.

WESTPORT — WPTO “Fly Like an Eagle Fun Run/Walk and Pancake Breakfast.

Registration 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. WCS gymnasium, race 9 a.m. Breakfast 9:30 a.m. $5 students, $10 adults, max family $25. Breakfast $5, free runners.

DANNEMORA — Holiday Bazaar. Dannemora United Methodist Church, 86 Clark Street. 9 to 4 p.m. Details: Becky 492-2056, Lyn 492-7913.

WESTPORT — Jessica Roemischer, Performance. Westport Federated Church, Main Street. 7 p.m. $10 adults, $5 students. Public welcome. Details: Pastor Tom 524-1119.

WHALLONSBURG — Brothers on the Line: The Reuthers and the Rise of the Autoworkers Union, Director Sasha Reuther. Whallonsburgh Grange Hall. 7:30 p.m. $7, students. Free. Details: 963-4170, admin@thegrangehall.info.

SARANAC — Lyon Mountain American Legion Post #1623 turkey dinner. Legion.

4 to 6:30 p.m. Adults $10, children 6 to 12, $5, children under 5 free. Takeout available. Details: 735-4372.

WESTPORT — Boy Scout troop 63 “Scouting for Food”. Wadhams, Westport.

Starting 9 a.m.

Election

From page 1

Forty percent of Essex County’s eligible voters cast ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 4 using the machines pictured above.

Photo by Pete DeMola

along with the rest of the votes, she said.

But in New York, results are released in stages over weeks.

The first count is given immediately after polls close. Then the absentee ballots, followed by the military ballots.

Page and Sherman will be present for a Board of Electionssponsored count on Wednesday in Elizabethtown.

“I happened to call just as the Board of Elections finished the count and was informed that we were tied,Ó said Page. Ò At that point, I requested that the election commissioners hold any further ballots until they had all arrived so that Tim [Sherman] and I could be present. Clearly, in such a close race, we would both like to be there when the ballots are opened.Ó In the event of a tie, the town council reserves the right to make the final decision, a precedent set by the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court of New York with the Matter of Furk v. the Board of Supervisors in Sullivan County in 1956.

Sherman was not immediately available for comment on this article.

In Willsboro, the town justice race between Reginald Bedell and Jessie Morgan remains four votes apart.

SARANAC — The group, Towne Meeting, perform. Will Rogers. 7:30 p.m. $5 Details: saranacvillage.com.

Saturday, Nov. 15 and Sunday, Nov. 16

SARANAC LAKE — First annual Lake Champlain International Film Festival. Plattsburgh Strand Theater. Details: 563-1604, plattsburgharts.org.

Sunday, Nov. 16

PLATTSBURGH — Gibson Brothers. Giltz Auditorium in Hawkins Hall, 47 Beekman St. 3 p.m. Doors open 2 p.m.

LYON MOUNTAIN — Christmas Craft Bingo. Lyon Mountain American Legion Home. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

SARANAC — Patricia McCarty, viola, and Cary Lewis, piano. Saranac United Methodist Church. 3 to 4:30 p.m. $12-$15.

Monday, Nov. 17

LAKE PLACID — Skype and internet phone systems and apps class. Lake Placid Public Library. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Details: Library 523-3200. Free, open to public.

Tuesday, Nov. 18

PLATTSBURGH — Healthy Relationships, Free Fall Workshop. Joanne Astill, Rhema Lewis. SUNY Plattsburgh Program. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Details: shineonpsu@gmail. com.

Wednesday, Nov. 19

PLATTSBURGH — Open mike. Monopole bar, 7 Protection Ave. Details: 563-2222.

WADHAMS — Wednesday in Wadhams series. Presentation Adirondack Health Institute: Everything you need to know about applying for Health Insurance. Wadhams Free Library. 7:30 p.m. Details: NY State of Health 1-855-355-5777, nystateofhealth.ny.gov, Jill 641-9618.

Ò ALL VOTES COUNTÓ On Tuesday, Board Chairman Randy Douglas asked McGahay to explain the balloting process to clear up rumors swirling around last yearÕ s election in Jay in regards to 28 Ò spoiledÓ ballots.

Under state law, each voter is entitled to three chances, said McGahay.

If voters make mistake on first two ballots — something known as Ò spoiledÓ Ñ they can request another.

Spoiled means that the voter incorrectly marked the ballot and were given a new one.

This election, there was certain number of spoiled ballots, with the exact number still being tallied.

Due to privacy concerns, inspectors canÕ t review someoneÕ s ballot to say why it was rejected.

But thereÕ s always a legitimate reason, said McGahay. They may have voted twice or filled in a small dot in the oval. They could have accidentally wrote outside of the box or tore their ballot. Ò But it does not mean the voter lost right to vote,Ó she said. Ò Twenty-eight spoiled ballots does not mean that anyone lost the right to vote. It could mean that 28 voters made one mistake and each got a second ballot which they successfully voted and cast.Ó Flubbing all three ballots is an extreme rarity, she said, something that didnÕ t happen last week.

On third ballots, workers get extremely concerned and call headquarters for advice.

The spoiled ballots, marked as such, are kept in a separate envelope and remain uncounted. Ò There is absolutely no way to correlate the ballot in the ballot box with a particular voter,Ó she said. Ò Not unless thereÕ s only one voter.Ó Douglas thanked her for the clarification. Ò I just want people to know their votes did count,Ó he said. Ò A spoiled ballot didnÕ t mean it didnÕ t count because they have three opportunities. In 2013, every vote did count.Ó DouglasÕ concerns appeared to allude to a segment in the latest edition of the email newsletter Jay Community News, which was sent out on Monday, Nov. 3. Citing the spoiled ballots in 2013, it encouraged voters not to be disenfranchised. Ò Most, if not all of these voters, were senior citizens,Ó said the newsletter before ticking off ballot rules and regulations with a link to instructions for using the new machines, which replaced the older models in 2009.

The newsletterÕ s author, Fred Balzac, told the Valley News he included the notice as a friendly reminder. Ò IÕ m not alleging anything except that if people had same problems, they could ask for assistance,Ó he said. Ò ItÕ s not a reflection on Jay, but rather the state board of elections.Ó Balzac said at the local level, every vote counts. Ò ItÕ s incumbent when see something happen, we let them know there is help available,Ó he said. Ò The ballots are not easy to read or use.Ó

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Garry Trudeau Winter Carnival Artwork on display at Adirondack Medical Center SARANAC LAKE Ñ The artwork of Garry Trudeau, award-winning author of the Ò DoonesburyÓ cartoon, is now on display at the Adirondack Medical Center, a member of Adirondack Health, for enjoyment by the community. This rare collection contains original artwork that Garry Trudeau created in designing some of the earlier Saranac Lake Winter Carnival buttons.

Trudeau, who was raised in Saranac Lake, has been creating the button design since 1981, as well as a poster design since 2012, to benefit the Winter Carnival. Winter Carnival buttons are one of the longest-running traditions at the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival and have a devoted following of collectors and those who enjoy capturing a piece of the eventÕ s history.

The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee and the Adirondack Health Foundation partnered together to display GarryÕ s work in the medical center where his father, Dr. Francis Trudeau, practiced medicine continuing the legacy of health and healing begun by Dr. Edward L. Trudeau. The Adirondack Health Foundation contributed to the framing costs in addition to creating the space for the artwork to be viewable by the public. Ò We are pleased to partner with the Adirondack Health Foundation so this artwork can now be enjoyed by many. The Adirondack Medical Center is an important part of our community and has ties to Mr. TrudeauÕ s heritage, so displaying his artwork here seemed a natural fit,” said Eric Foster,

Editorial

From page 4 It seems like the $4 billion spent in this election cycle had its intended result, like those high-frequency blasts used to clear protesters at riots.

But it doesnÕ t have to be this way.

Your vote should be constructive rather than punitive.

Considering the first half of this decade has seen activists fighting for democracy across the world Ñ in Hong Kong, student protesters have been grinding it out for the past seven weeks, while people in Ukraine in the Middle East have been subjected to unspeakable atrocities Ñ America, quite frankly, should be ashamed of herself.

We all bear responsibility.

After all, most of us arenÕ t activists and have to work for a living, leaving little time for political analysis.

But when this circus roars back to life in the next yearor-so Ñ or earlier, considering how America is now engaged in a permanent campaign Ñ ask yourself a simple question: Ò Am I better off?Ó If not, then the choice is simple: Vote for a third party candidate.

YouÕ ve got nothing to lose Ñ or at very least, nothing to gain from the continuation of the status quo.

According to Gallup, 58 percent of Americans say a third political party is needed because Republicans and Democrats Ò do such a poor jobÓ of representing the American people.

None of this is to say that Democrat and Republican policies are uniformly harmful Ñ both have some bright spots Ñ but rather theyÕ re just caught in a poisonous quicksand in a duopoly that can no longer be trusted with governance.

The next legislative sessions will bring no quick fixes, no fresh new ideas. Nothing will change.

What did we learn from this?

ItÕ s time to break the cycle. Ñ D enton Publications Editorial Board

Winter Carnival Committee Chairman.

There will be an official unveiling ceremony of the artwork at Adirondack Medical Center on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. The event is open to the public, free of charge. Light refreshments will be served. Ò Adirondack HealthÕ s history of serving our regionÕ s healthcare needs is almost as long as that of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival,Ó said Hannah Hanford, Executive Director of the Adirondack Health Foundation and Community Relations.

The artwork is on loan to the Adirondack Health Foundation and will be periodically reclaimed by the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee for display at Winter Carnival events. While on display at the Adirondack Medical Center, the artwork can be viewed by the public in the hallway leading from the Main Lobby to the patient care floors.

For more information, visit the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival website at saranaclakewintercarnival.com. The 2015 Winter Carnival will take place February 6 Ð 15.

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And then there were eight: Red Storm football drops OFA Saranac Lake moves on to face Hoosick Falls in the state quarterfinals after defeating the Blue Devils

By Akashia Swinton

denpubs@denpubs.com CLINTONVILLE Ñ The Saranac Lake Red Storm triumphed over the Ogdensburg Free Academy Blue Devils in the Section VII/X Class C finals on Nov. 8 by a score of 34 to 26.

It was clear from the recent history between these two teams that this game was going to me a close matchup. Saranac Lake defeated OFA in 2012 42-12 and OFA defeated Saranac Lake last

year 27-19.

This year seemed to be a toss-up and up until the final minute of the second half it was anyoneÕ s game.

The game winning play was a 15-yard touchdown catch by Saranac LakeÕ s Ty Marmion and was solidified by an interception by Torin Smith for the Red Storm with only 35 seconds in the game.

Saranac Lake started slow and only had a one point lead at the end of the second quarter, but a complete transformation took place at the half and they came out looking like a completely different team.

“We came out flat, they fought through and their will to win propelled them to victory this week,Ó said Red Storm head coach Eric Bennett.

Saranac Lake’s Ty Marmion had 19 carries for 101 yards rushing and five receptions for

Ty Marmion, who had 19 carries for 101 yards to along with five catches for another 50 yards and a touchdown, takes off around the Ogdensburg defense in the second half of the win over the Blue Devils. Saranac Lake will play Hoosick Falls in the state quarterfinals Nov. 15 in Clintonville.

Photo by Akashia Swinton

Alex Donaldson wraps up an Ogdensburg Free Academy player behind the line of scrimmage. Donaldson had a strong game on the other side of the ball, tallying 10 catches for 97 yards and two touchdowns in the Red Storm’s win.

Photo by Akashia Swinton

50 yards and a touchdown. Alex Donaldson had 10 catches for 97 yards receiving and two touchdowns and Jason Stack had four catches for 79 yards.

Red Storm quarterback Tristin Fitzgerald threw 21 for 33 and had two rushing touchdowns.

OFAÕ s Taylor Richardson had 17 carries for 126 rushing yards and two touchdowns and five catches for 50 yards. Nick Sweeney had three catches for 56 yards and a touchdown.

Cody Rolfe had three catches for 73 yards and a touchdown.

Blue Devils quarterback Adam Rickett threw 14 for 19 and had nine carries for 44 yards rushing. Rickett had not previously been the starting quarterback for the Blue Devils, but stepped up when their starter was hurt in their game last week against Gouverneur.

Defensively for the Red Storm, Hunter Moon had six tackles and an extra point block, Dylan Kilner had five tackles and an extra point block and Kilian Ryan had five tackles.

Leaders for the Blue Devils were Nolan Rufa, who had seven tackles, Deven Compo with four tackles and Andrew Layng, who had two tackles and an interception.

Saranac Lake will advance and play the Section II champion Hoosick Falls on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 1:00 pm in Clintonville. Saranac Lake plans to work on the run defense this week in practice. Ò We got a tough Hoosick Falls team, but thereÕ s a lot of practice and weÕ re going to give them a fight,” said Fitzgerald when asked about their upcoming game.

Bennett added that theyÕ re Ò a very talented teamÑ weÕ ve got our hands full, for sure.Ó

Champagne, Gadway lead Section VII at states XC meet NYSPHSAA cross country championships

Both finish class in third place

By Keith Lobdell

keith@denpubs.com CANTON Ñ A pair of Section VII runners were able to score podium finishes while the Seton Catholic Lady Knights and Lake Placid Blue Bombers ranked high in the Class D races at the NYSPHSAA cross country championships at SUNY Canton Nov. 8.

Margaret Champagne finished third for the Lady Knights in the Class D championship race with a time of 19:30.4, helping her team to the runner-up position behind Class D powerhouse Tully. Ò A lot of our girls have not had the experience of racing at this level, and I think it went well,Ó coach Kathy Champagne said. Ò We far exceeded our expectations and there is nothing we would have done differently,Ó added coach Keith Bombard.

Champagne was followed by teammate Sofia DeJordy, an eighth grader who finished 10th overall with a time of 20:21.3.

Lake Placid’s Nina Armstrong, who finished 11th overall with a time of 20:27.3, was the third best Section VII harrier.

In the boys Class D race, Jonathan Gay was the top finisher with a time of 16:57.8, good for 10th place. Karl Shultz of Lake Placid followed behind in 13th with a time of 17:00.8 and Caleb Moore of Seton Catholic was 19th in 17:25.1. The Blue Bombers, as well as the 12-member Section VII contingent, finished fifth overall.

In the final race of the championships, Jeriqho Gadway finished third in the Class C boys race, as the Plattsburgh High senior crossed the line in 16:13.4, just four-tenths ahead of Jeremy Spezio, one of the favorites to win the title. Gadway was in fourth heading into the final 50 meters but was able to catch and pass Spezio just before the finish line.

Class D girls 3. Margaret Champagne 10. Sofia DeJordy 11. Gabby Armstrong 33. Nina Armstrong 37. Lea DeJordy 43. Pascale Allen 49. Kaylee Amoriell 56. Sage Miller 72. Maddy Munn 82. Myra Adams 96. Taylor Manor 103. Sierra Stacey

Seton Catholic Seton Catholic Lake Placid Lake Placid Seton Catholic Seton Catholic Seton Catholic Lake Placid Seton Catholic EKMW Seton Catholic Ticonderoga

19:30.4 20:21.3 20:27.3 21:12.5 21:27.3 21:38.8 21:46.7 22:10.4 22:57.9 23:38.6 24:22.1 25:58.8

Class D boys 10. Jonathan Gay 13. Karl Shultz 19. Caleb Moore 35. Kody Parrott 36. Scott Shultz 45. Matt Cote 52. Forest Ledger 62. Trent White 72. Tom Maron 76. Nick Saulpaugh 94. Curtis Rissberger 118. Davey Mihill

EKMW Lake Placid Seton Catholic Ticonderoga Lake Placid Seton Catholic Lake Placid Lake Placid EKMW Lake Placid Lake Placid Lake Placid

16:57.8 17:00.8 17:25.1 17:50.4 17:50.6 18:11.9 18:17.1 18:41.5 19:05.1 19:21.6 20:07.9 23:38.0

Class B girls 93. Lia Clemens 100. Shauna Fliss 101. Meghan Mazella 104. Cheyanne Dobozy 109. Ella Messner 112. Lillian Adams

Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru

21:57.3 22:28.3 22:35.7 22:41.4 23:13.4 23:35.6

115. Taylor Caret

Peru

23:51.3

Class B boys 84. Issiah Maddix 113. Brady Terry 118. Jared Banker 119. Ethan Feazzelle 120. Tim Frechette 121. Ben Post 122. Benjamin Morgan

Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru

18:02.2 19:00.6 19:57.6 20:20.1 20:36.8 21:53.0 22:18.7

Class C girls 48. Elysha O’Connell 52. Johanna Mohrs 66. Makenzie Baker 73. Lexi Blockson 84. Abby Cerne 91. Faith Haley 100. Lydia Miner 107. Sabrina Bruno 110. Enya Sullivan 111. Maggie Peer 113. Andrea Strong 118. Claire Deshaies

Saranac Saranac Lake Plattsburgh High Saranac Saranac Saranac Saranac Saranac Beekmantown Saranac Lake Saranac Plattsburgh High

20:55.9 21:03.4 21:30.5 21:41.2 21:51.8 22:07.5 22:29.8 22:54.3 23:10.1 23:11.6 23:14.4 23:51.8

Class C boys 3. Jeriqho Gadway 57. Zach LePage 77. Anderson Gray 78. Zane Pelletieri 79. Joshua Ferris 81. Kolby Kitterle 92. Connor Cota 96. Everett Sapp 97. Jacob Jabaut 125. Ryan Flora 129. Kenneth Hausrath 131. Zach Martin

Plattsburgh High Saranac Saranac Lake Saranac Lake Plattsburgh High Saranac Plattsburgh High Beekmantown Plattsburgh High Plattsburgh High Plattsburgh High Plattsburgh High

16:13.4 17:40.9 18:12.1 18:12.8 18:13.1 18:18.5 18:41.2 18:49.5 18:49.5 20:00.2 20:51.1 21:38.7

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The Week In Review

Boys’ soccer OGDENSBURG Ñ The Blue Bombers couldnÕ t have come any closer to moving on in the playoffs after falling 5-4 in penalty kicks to Potsdam Nov. 4.

After a scoreless regulation and overtime, the Sand Stoners made just one more shot than Lake Placid to walk away with the win.

The Blue Bombers led in shots 15 to 8 but Potsdam goalie Ashler Herrick made 15 saves. Lake PlacidÕ s Noah Mohr also had a shutout up until penalty kicks with six saves.

Lake Placid finished the year 9-7 overall, third in Division II behind Chazy and Elizabethtown-Lewis/Westport while taking home the honor of Section VII Class C champions.

Local runners on the 2014 CVAC Cross Country All Star Team The CVAC Cross Country All Star Team is selected from those runners who finished in the top fifteen at either the CVAC Meet or the Section 7 State Qualifier Meet. Honorable Mention runners finished between sixteenth and twentieth at either meet. Run-

Boys

Everett Sapp Cory Couture Forest Ledger Karl Shultz Scott Shultz Trent White Isaiah Maddix Brady Terry Connor Cota Joshua Ferris Jeriqho Gadway Kolby Kitterle Zach LePage Anderson Gray Zane Pelletieri Matt Cote Caleb Moore Kody Parrott Honorable Mention Jacob Jabaut Justin Liechty John Cook

Beekmantown Beekmantown Lake Placid Lake Placid Lake Placid Lake Placid Peru Peru Plattsburgh Plattsburgh Plattsburgh Saranac Saranac Saranac Lake Saranac Lake Seton Catholic Seton Catholic Ticonderoga Plattsburgh Saranac Ticonderoga

ners must have competed in a minimum of six of the eight CVAC dual meets to be eligible for the All Star Team.

Jon Gay from EKMW was not eligible for All Star status as he had not run in the required six of the eight CVAC dual meets.

Girls

Nina Armstrong Gabby Armstrong Sage Miller Lia Clemons Shauna Fliss Meghan Mazzella Makenzie Baker Lexi Blockson Abby Cerne Faith Haley Lydia Miner Elysha OÕ Connell Johanna Mohrs Maggie Peer Pascale Allen Kaylee Amoriell Margaret Champagne Lea DeJordy Sofia DeJordy Honorable Mention Cheyanne Dobozy Ella Messner Claire Deshaies Naomi Forkas

Lake Placid Lake Placid Lake Placid Peru Peru Peru Plattsburgh Saranac Saranac Saranac Saranac Saranac Saranac Lake Saranac Lake Seton Catholic Seton Catholic Seton Catholic Seton Catholic Seton Catholic Peru Peru Plattsburgh Ticonderoga

Eleven Tri-Lakes area runners made the 2014 CVAC Cross Country All Star Team. The Red Storm put four runners on the team while seven Lake Placid runners—including Gabby and Nina Armstrong, pictured above in the Oct. 31 state qualifiers—picked up All Star honors.

Photos by Andrew Johnstone

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BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE in the town of Moriah. Lake view, great hunting, and privacy what more could you ask for. Call Ashley at 578-2501 for more information.

CATSKILLS FARM - SHORT SALE! 58 acres - $95,000. Mtn views, woods, Spring, twn rd, utils, survey, G'teed buildable! Priced 60% below Market! Terms! Hurry!1888-431-6404 www.NewYorkLandandLakes.com CATSKILLS FARM - SHORT SALE! 58 acres - $95,000. Mtn views, woods, Spring, twn rd, utils, survey, G'teed buildable! Priced 60% below Market! Terms! Hurry!1888-431-6404 www.NewYorkLandandLakes.com PROPERTY FOR SALE: Rand Hill Road, Beekmantown, NY. 11.67 Wooded Acres, Borders State Land. Private Sale. 518-492-7178.

REPOSSESSED LAND! 10 acres $19,900. Woods, awesome view, just off the NY Thruway! Quiet country setting! Twn rd, utils, Hurry! Financing avail! 1-888-7758114 REPOSSESSED LAND! 10 acres $19,900. Woods, awesome view, just off the NY Thruway! Quiet country setting! Twn rd, utils, Hurry! Financing avail! 1-888-7758114

$29,000 REMODELED 2 BDRM, .3 acre, Rte. 9, Front Street, Keeseville, NY. Live in or a P/E Ratio of 5 to 1 investment. 518-3356904 1 ACRE OF LAND at ATWOOD Rd., West Chazy, NY, close to schools, nice location. Please call 518-493-2478 for more information.

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TUMBLING WATER 38 acres $89,900. Fields, woods, valley views, gorgeous stream! 1/2 hr west of Albany! Pristine setting on twn rd w/utils! EZ terms! 1-888650-8166.NewYorkLandandLakes.com TUMBLING WATER 38 acres $89,900. Fields, woods, valley views, gorgeous stream! 1/2 hr west of Albany! Pristine setting on twn rd w/utils! EZ terms! 1-888650-8166.NewYorkLandandLakes.com MOBILE HOME FOR SALE; 1990 Redman Double Wide, 2 bath, walk in pantry, in Pine Rest East Trailer Park in Beekmantown District, Military Turnpike. Price on Call 518-3100051 ANIMAL APRILS DOG GROOMING Grooming up to 55 Lb dogs. Includes bath, blow dry, hair cut, nails cut and ears clean. Call for a appointment. 518-562-3901. $33 for dogs up to 40Lbs $43 anything bigger.

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APPLIANCES ELIZABETHTOWN, NY 1 BDRM APARTMENT, second floor, $750/mo. Includes heat, hot water, electric. Available now! Call 518524-3455 RETIREMENT APARTMENTS, ALL INCLUSIVE. Meals, transportation, activities daily. Short Leases.

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House for Sale Essex, NY 3 bdrm, 1 bath Farm House, 1.4 acre lot includes detached one car garage, barn. For more info please call 518-962-8624 or www.venturenorth.com MLS#147141 $89,950

1.7 CUBIC FOOT BLACK & DECKER Refrigerator. $35.00 Call 518236-1961 Clinton Seller 10/30/14 Jody Kane 10/30/14 Mary Sutphen 10/30/14 Michael Kiernan 10/31/14 Katie Relation 10/31/14 Laura Paul 10/31/14 Zach Torrez 10/31/14 Charles Randa 10/31/14 John Gooley 10/31/14 Cathy Drake 10/31/14 Commodore MacDonough LLC 10/31/14 Shawn Downs 10/31/14 Blackspence Holdings Inc 11/3/14 Gary Romanchuck 11/3/14 Matthew Favro 11/3/14John McDonald 11/3/14 Owen Fussy 11/3/14 Nancy Downs 11/3/14 Pierre Saba 11/3/14 Stanley Roberts 11/3/14 Jeffrey Mars 11/3/14 Vincent Conti 11/3/14 Carolyn Bird 11/3/14 Stephanie Demers 11/5/14 David Hamilton 11/5/14 Charles Bouchard 11/5/14 Ralph Ciocca 11/5/14 Rosalie Corekin 11/5/14 Teresa Murray 11/5/14 Jeffrey Jabaut

Buyer Philip Burnor Sean Bedard Shawn Downs Derek Rosenbaum Robert Dumas Michael Dixon Randall Gushlaw Champlain Fire District Brian Keesler Sr Wesley Verkaart Charles Randa Corey Black Deidre Romanchuck-Berman JP Morgan Chase Bank NA JP Morgan Chase Bank NA William Parker Amber Parliament Dennis Isecke Kyle Demers Brian Smith Roy Bedard Andre Desrochers Stanley Roberts Cynthia Trudo-Hamilton Nathan Ayotte Ed Garrow & Sons Inc Gary Bouchard Kara Battinelli Jon Poissant

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14 - Valley News • TL LEGALS BROOKHILL 42 LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 09/05/14. Off. Loc.: Essex County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 2296 Saranac Ave., Lake Placid, NY 12946. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

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GREEN VICUNA LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 08/20/14. Off. Loc.: Essex County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 43 The Commons Way Unit 19, Lake Placid, NY 12946. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION FOR A COMMISSIONER OF LEWIS FIRE DISTRICT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Annual Election of Lewis Fire District, County of Essex, State of New York will take place on December 9, 2014 between the hours of 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM at the Lewis Firehouse located at 17 Firehouse Lane, Lewis, New York for the purpose of electing one (1) Commissioner for a 5-year term commencing on January 1, 2015 ending December 31, 2019.

Applications for the above mentioned position will be received until November 19, 2014 at the following address: Lewis Fire District, PO Box 455. Lewis NY 12950 Attn: Secretary.

Anyone who is a resident in the Town of Lewis is eligible to seek the position.

Linda S. Maltzan Lewis Fire District Secretary/Treasurer VN-11/15/2014-1TC65406

NOTICE ALL PERSONS ARE WARNED Against Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, or Trespassing for Any Purpose on Lands Owned by NYCO MINERALS, INC. Such Lands are Situated in the Towns of Lewis and Willsboro. Violators are subject to Prosecution under all Applicable New York Criminal and Civil Laws.

Date: Oct. 17, 2014 BY: NYCO MINERALS, INC. 124 Mountain View Drive Willsboro, NY 12996 VN-10/25-12/20/20149TC-63186 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Annual Election of the Town of Elizabethtown Fire District Commissioners shall be held on the 9th day of December, 2014 between the hours of 6:00PM and 9:00 PM at the Town Hall on Court Street, Elizabethtown, New York, at which time one (1) Fire Commissioner shall be elected for a term of five years and one (1) Secretary/Treasurer for a period of three years. Every elector of the Town who shall have resided in the district for the period of thirty days preceding the election of Fire District Commissioners shall be eligible to vote. Anyone wishing to run for the position of Fire Commissioner or Secretary/Treasurer must submit their name and eligibility requirement to the Fire District Secretary, P.O. Box 734, Elizabethtown, N.Y. by the 19th of November 2014.

Linda M. Wolf Elizabethtown Fire District Secretary VN-11/15/2014-1TC65218

the hours of 6:00PM and committed to furthering 9:00 PM at the Town fair housing.

Hall on Court Street, The Federal Fair Housing Elizabethtown, New Law, as well as the Laws of new York State, proYork, at which time one (1) Fire Commissioner hibits discrimination in www.valleynewsadk.com the sale, rental, financshall be elected for a ing, and brokerage of term of five years and one (1) Secretary/Trea- housing based on race, surer for a period of creed, color, gender, nathree years. Every elec- tional origin, familial status, or handicap. tor of the Town who Essex County pursuant shall have resided in the district for the period of to the local fair housing strategy has appointed a thirty days preceding the election of Fire District fair housing officer who Commissioners shall be may be reached at: Essex County Planning eligible to vote. Anyone Office wishing to run for the position of Fire Commis- Department of Planning NY sioner or Secretary/Trea- Elizabethtown, surer must submit their 12932 name and eligibility re- (518) 873-3687 quirement to the Fire The United States DeDistrict Secretary, P.O. partment of Housing and Box 734, Elizabethtown, Urban Development Toll N.Y. by the 19th of Free Fair Housing Hotline number is: 1-800November 2014.

669-9777 or 1-800-927Linda M. Wolf Elizabethtown Fire Dis- 9275 (TDD for the hearing impaired) trict Secretary VN,TT-11/15/2014-1TCVN-11/15/2014-1TC65218 65228 PUBLIC NOTICE ESSEX COUNTY FAIR HOUSING Notice if hereby given that Essex County is committed to furthering fair housing.

The Federal Fair Housing Law, as well as the Laws of new York State, prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, financing, and brokerage of housing based on race, creed, color, gender, national origin, familial status, or handicap.

Essex County pursuant to the local fair housing strategy has appointed a fair housing officer who may be reached at: Essex County Planning Office Department of Planning Elizabethtown, NY 12932 (518) 873-3687 The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Toll Free Fair Housing Hotline number is: 1-800669-9777 or 1-800-9279275 (TDD for the hearing impaired) VN,TT-11/15/2014-1TC65228

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF SOLECTRIA RENEWABLES, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/6/14. Office location: Essex County.

LLC formed in MA on 1/11/05.

NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served.

MA and principal business address: 360 Merrimack St. Bldg. 9, Lawrence, MA 01843, Attn: James Worden.

Cert. of Org. filed with MA Sec. of Commonwealth, 1 Ashburton Pl., Boston, MA 02108. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

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Dept. of State on 10/6/14. Office location: Essex County.

LLC formed in MA on 1/11/05.

NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served.

MA and principal business address: 360 Merrimack St. Bldg. 9, Lawrence, MA 01843, Attn: James Worden.

Cert. of Org. filed with MA Sec. of Commonwealth, 1 Ashburton Pl., Boston, MA 02108. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

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SPIRE FAMILY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/22/14. Office in Essex Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 4716 Kincross Ct., Boulder, CO 80301, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

VN-10/18-11/22/20146TC-62203

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF UH-WL OPERATING TENANT LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/05/14. Office location: Essex County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/31/14. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Whiteface Lodge, 7 Whiteface Inn Ln., Lake Placid, NY 12946. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Trust Co., Corp. Trust Center, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801.

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

VN-11/15-12/20/20146TC-65458 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the LLC is Westport Country Club, LLC. The date of filing of Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State was October 14, 2014. The Office of the LLC is located in Essex County.

The New York Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The New York Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 2 Champlain Avenue, Westport, New York 12993. The purpose of LLC is any lawful purpose permitted for LLCs under New York Limited Liability Company Act. VN-10/25-11/29/20146TC-63419

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of 15, the LLC November 2014is Westport Country Club, LLC. The date of filing of Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State was October 14, 2014. The Office of the LLC is located in Essex County.

The New York Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The New York Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 2 Champlain Avenue, Westport, New York 12993. The purpose of LLC is any lawful purpose permitted for LLCs under New York Limited Liability Company Act. VN-10/25-11/29/20146TC-63419

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