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Fête de Danse returns to the North Country

This Week PLATTSBURGH

JCEO planning events to benefit local children.

By Teah Dowling teah@denpubs.com

PLATTSBURGH Ñ The Strand Center for the Arts and Norte Maar for Collaborative Projects in the Arts are pleased to announce the return of F• te de Danse, one of the North CountryÕ s signature dance events. Ò With the Strand Center for the Arts, we do all types of different art forms,Ó said Jessica Dulle, director of the Strand Center for the Arts. Ò ItÕ s a wonderful way to bring in international dance to the Plattsburgh area and bring the Strand Center for the Arts into a new international platform as well.Ó CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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Miniture therapy donkeys from Peru’s Butternut Ridge Farm were a crowd favorite at the recent Clinton County Fair. Here two young fans of the docile burro stop long enough for a photo.

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Wineries set to host summer wine tour in August

Cuomo comes to town for Adk Challenge.

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Most grapes survived harsh winter

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Richard Lamoy of Hid-In-Pines vineyard in Morrisonville shows off one of the cold-hardy variety of grapes he grows. Lamoy says the cold-hardy grapes came through the recent harsh winter with flying colors.

PLATTSBURGH Ñ Wine lovers rejoice and safely take to the roads.

The Adirondack Coast Summer Wine Tour will be taking place at wineries and cideries across Clinton County Aug. 9 and 10. Now in its fifth year, the wine tour highlights the burgeoning wine industry in our region with stops from Peru to Mooers and many places in between.

Participants purchase one ticket at a participating winery and then are able to have several tastings at each of the participating wineries. Participants also receive a commemorative wine glass as part of the price of admission. Ò ItÕ s a two day event, but some people try to do it all in one day,Ó said Richard Lamoy, owner of Hid-In-Pines vineyard in Morrisonville. Ò You can usually tell them because theyÕ re very happy by the end.Ó Lamoy strongly recommends a designated driver, whether you are doing the one day or two day option. To encourage designated drivers we are offering a free raffle. The winning designated driver will win two tickets to The Adirondack Coast Wine, Cider & Food Festival and a one night stay at the Plattsburgh Days Inn. Ò TheyÕ ll experience a wide selection of different wines. As the wineries are growing and maturing, weÕ re truly getting the experience os wine made from

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JCEO plans golf tournament to benefit children

By Teah Dowling

teah@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ The time has come again to take out the golf cart, drive to the green and get a hole-in-one to benefit children in Clinton County. Ò WeÕ re trying to raise money and get the support we need to get these programs off the ground, and we need the communityÕ s help,Ó said Kathy Bishop, development specialist at JCEO. “We’re hoping that there’s a lot of people who can find it in their hearts to come out.Ó Ô GOLF TOURNAMENTÕ JCEO will be hosting their 8th annual Open Golf Tournament at Bluff Point on Friday, Aug. 15 to help benefit various programs they have for children in Clinton County. Ò A lot of these programs focus on children,Ó Bishop said. Ò What can be better than to help a child have a better future?Ó Ò ThatÕ s what itÕ s all about.Ó Registration is from 7:30 to 8 a.m, and the shot gun start is at 8 a.m. Even though early bird registration ended June 30, a team can sign up at the tournament price of $300 by July 31 using the online registration form.

The registration fee includes green fees, a cart and meals for four people.

There will be a $10,000 hole-in-one prize with $500 for first place, $400 for second place, $300 for third place, $200 for fourth place and $100 for fifth place.

The proceeds will be going toward the purchase of Early Childhood Educational Technology and Early Childhood Curriculum materials for their Head Start Program, purchase of swaddle sleepers for their Safe Sleep Project and to help in the fight to combat childhood hunger. Ò We have funding for a lot of these programs, but some of these programs are underfunded,Ó Bishop said. Ò This is just to supplement those programs, and without the community, none of this can happen.Ó

JCEO’s annual golf ball drop to benefit JCEO’s Community Action Angel’s Backpack Program.

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Ô BALL DROPÕ JCEO will be holding their 9th annual Golf Ball Drop also Aug. 15. All proceeds from this event will go to the JCEO Community Action AngelÕ sÕ Backpack Program to help combat childhood hunger in Clinton County. Ò This is a much needed program,Ó Bishop said. Ò In order to get this off the ground, we need to have the support of our community. Ò No child should have to go hungry.Ó The golf ball drop will take place at the Bluff Point Driving Range at 2 p.m. after the tournament ends.

If one does purchase a golf ball, they do not have to be present to win.

Prizes will include $5,000 for closest to the hole, $500 for sec-

ond and third and fourth prizes of $250.

There are four chances to win per ball, which has odds of 1 in 3,000. Participants must be 18 years or older to participate.

Golf balls cost $10 per ball, and submissions can be mailed to 54 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y. 12901 by using an online entry form located on their Facebook event page.

Tickets will also be sold at CVPH, Champlain Centre Mall and during the Field Day event July 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cadyville Recreation Park, which will also help benefit the Backpack Program and some of JCEOÕ s other projects. Ò All the money that we raise goes back into programs to enhance what we already have here to continually make it better,Ó Bishop said. Ò ThatÕ s what JCEOÕ s all about, helping people.Ó

Backwoods Pondfest keeps festival tradition alive in Peru shawn@denpubs.com PERU Ñ The normally quaint Twin Ponds campsite is gearing up for about 2,000 music lovers to descend on the park for two days of music, camping, culture, art and all around good vibes.

Backwoods Pondfest Music Festival will open

itÕ s eighth year Aug. 8, but Twin PondsÕ music festival history goes back nearly 25 years. Before Backwoods, it was Pondstock, another multiday music festival. Before Pondstock, smaller festivals were held yearly.

One draw that Backwoods relies on, and has kept it steadily growing year after year, is the camping. Many of BackwoodsÕ festival goers roll

into Twin Ponds early Friday and camp through until Sunday. ÒA lot of people take it as an outing for their families,Ó said BackwoodsÕ organizer Lowell Wurster. ÒPeo ple come up for the great music and the camping.Ó Others can take advantage of a discounted ticket for just the Saturday shows.

Wurster says that 23 bands have been booked for Backwoods this year on their two stages.

Shows are timed so that there is no overlap in music. Festival goers wonÕ t have to pick between bands and can see all 24 sets over the two days. ÒI tÕ s the biggest cultural, arts event in the North Country. We have bands that have toured the country and toured the world. ItÕ s such a diverse lineup. If youÕ re a music lover, itÕ s something you canÕ t miss,Ó W urster said.

Besides the bands from out of the area, four of the bands, including WursterÕ s band Lucid, are from Plattsburgh and the surrounding area, with other local favorites from Vermont and Glens Falls.

In previous years, the feedback Wurster has received is that Backwoods doesnÕ t have the same Òf eelÓ as other large music festivals. People can leave their tents and feel secure and even have small at their camping site.

Gates open at 9 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 8, and the music will play into the wee hours of Saturday

and Sunday. Many of the campers even help clean up Sunday morning.

Saturday starts with yoga and a disk golf tournament at Twin PondsÕ newly built course.

An advanced pass for the entire weekend is $70 or $85 at the gate. Children 6 and under are free, and 13 and under are discounted. Tickets are available online or at several local businesses. A list of businesses, as well as the lineup of bands, can be found at www.backwoodspondfest.com.

Backwoods Pondfest organizer Lowell Wurster (standing) at a recent Lucid show, along with his father George Wurster on harmonica.

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

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pete@denpubs.com INDIAN LAKE Ñ Behind a wall of white-speckled foam, a raft rounded a bend, and its blue-helmeted occupants came into view. Ò Row faster,Ó said a paddler. Ò TheyÕ re gaining on us.Ó Link, a river guide leading a team of reporters down the confluence of the Hudson and Indian Rivers, glanced upstream. Ò Short forward strokes,Ó he said. Ò All together now.Ó The raft glided over the Gooley Steps and picked up speed. Ò Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!Ó said the team captain.

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

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

They were gaining, creeping uncomfortably forward down the rapids.

Team Essex County Ñ a raft containing Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Douglas, County Attorney Dan Manning and Wilmington and Elizabethtown Supervisors Randy Preston and Noel Merrihew Ñ remained comfortably at a distance. Ò I think weÕ ll have the winning advantage,Ó observed Preston before the launch. Ò The light will bounce off DouglasÕ head into the GovernorÕ s eyes.Ó Reporters powered ahead under Grade 3 conditions, part of a flotilla of rafts, one released every minute.

Team Cuomo never caught up. Ò You guys were strong,Ó Cuomo said afterward. Ò You did it.Ó CHALLENGE Cuomo was in Indian Lake for the 2014 Adirondack Challenge, the second installment of the event series Ñ part tourism promotion, part legislative field trip — designed to draw attention to the Adirondacks by shuttling delegations from the state legislature up to the North Country and pitting them against each other in a bout of good-natured athletic events.

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

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

Department of Conversation Region 5 Director Bob Stegeman said his agency is looking forward to crafting a Unit Management Plan that will balance ecology with the economy. Ò ItÕ s paramount in protecting our natural resources,Ó he said.

Link, who runs Square Eddy Expeditions, said the newly unlocked land might translate into increased opportunities for his business, the smallest rafting guide service in the area. Ò ItÕ s great to be part of this celebration,Ó he said.

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PLAYFUL COMPETITION The state-organized competitions, which also included flyfishing, golfing and hiking, were friendly but streaked with undercurrents of intra-county North Country rivalries. Ò Make sure your headline reads, Ô Franklin County Wins,Õ said Franklin County Legislature Chairman Billy Jones. Ò We had super-soakers.Ó Jones echoed other lawmakers in the importance of the GovernorÕ s appearance.

“Any time the top official in the state comes to our region, it’s really a good thing,Ó he said. Ò ItÕ s fantastic,Ó added Hamilton County Chairman Bill Farber.

He said many seasonal visitors are unaware that rafting is a summertime activity, not limited only to the spring melting season. Ò JulyÕ s a great time to do it, and I couldnÕ t be happier.Ó Like the promotional boosts that came before, including a Winter Challenge this past March in Lake Placid, Cuomo invited lawmakers from across the state to participate.

Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow (89th, Mt. Vernon) said he was

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

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happy to be back in the Adirondacks after four months downstate. Ò ItÕ s still the most beautiful part of New York,Ó he said.

Pretlow said he didnÕ t realize how much work rafting entailed. Ò I think we had the best time,Ó he said, referring to his teamÕ s speed.

His crew was organized by legislative committees, said Assemblywoman Addie Russell (116th, Watertown), not by region. Ò Four of the six of us were together last year,Ó she said. Ò ItÕ s a great resource,Ó said Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages (22nd, Nassau County), who was also on their team. Ò People can go on a staycation right here in the Adirondacks.Ó Jim McKenna, CEO of the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism, the state agency tasked with promoting tourism across a growing swath of the Adirondacks, said the mingling of officials cannot be overstated, especially when it comes to exploring the possible emerging tourist opportunities, including the OK Slip Falls, the highest waterfall in the Adirondacks that will soon be open to visitation as a result of the aforementioned land deal. Ò Sheldon Silver getting on a raft is big for us,Ó he said, something that would have been unimaginable 18 months ago. Ò Growing up in Manhattan in the 1950s, Ô up the creek without a paddleÕ had a different meaning,Ó said Silver at a luncheon following the rafting excursion at Gore Mountain in North Creek.

He called the Adirondacks one of the few places in the country that is both beautiful and inspiring. Ò Everyone should experience the Adirondacks in their lifetime,Ó he said while exhorting North Country lawmakers to reciprocate by traveling to New York City, his stomping ground.

Assemblyman Dan Stec, the North Country leader who represents much of the North Country alongside Janet Duprey, the 115th District Assemblywoman from Peru, said the trip also served a practical purpose. Ò ThereÕ s a great value in our fellow lawmakers knowing what we have while debating local issues,Ó he said. Ò ItÕ s tremendous.Ó In comments introducing the Governor, State Senator Betty Little, Chairwoman of the Tourism Committee, upgraded CuomoÕ s designation from what she had previously deemed the areaÕ s Ò Number One TouristÓ to the Ò number one tourism promoter, a hero and an honorary North Country member, a person who is truly for us in Albany.Ó Little said the Governor has been tireless in urging millions of tourists from New York City to visit the Adirondacks. Ò ItÕ s not far of a drive, a wonderful challenge,Ó she said. Ò Tourism is our business. The more people come, the more business will prosper and continue to grow.Ó The senator, who represents much of the Adirondack Park, encouraged state residents to relocate their small businesses to the North Country and cited the importance of high speed internet access and broadband. Ò We need more year-long residents to come to our community to make a sustainable economy,Ó she said. Ò Governor Cuomo knows what our needs are.Ó

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

New York, she said, ranks second in maple syrup production. Ò LetÕ s get to number one,Ó she said.

GOVERNORÕ S SPEECH The Governor, echoing his speech at the Winter Challenge to lawmakers and dignitaries in March, stoked similar fires, recalling the emergent spirit, energy and vitality of the region and circled back to jobs and exposure as a lynchpin to the North CountryÕ s success. Ò If we create jobs, everything else will take care of itself,Ó he said.

He ticked off a series of statistics: A $40 million advertising campaign led to $4 billion in revenue for the state, a new record, he said. Eight million new tourists. Four-hundred and sixty thousand new jobs since the end of the recession; $2 billion tax surplus in state coffers, four years of balanced and on-time budgetsÉ a recent boost in the stateÕ s credit rating that has led to its highest ranking yet. Ò WeÕ ve broken every record established,Ó he said. Ò And this is just the beginning Ñ you ainÕ t seen nothing yet. The North Country is coming back big time.Ó Following the event, his office said in a statement, New YorkÕ s tourism industry generated direct spending of $59.2 billion in 2013, producing an estimated $7.5 billion in state and local taxes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Like you said yourself, governor, the best is yet to come Ñ y ou ainÕ t seen nothing yet. ÑD

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All hail the King

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

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

While it may be tempting for skeptical residents to write the effort off as a highly-choreographed dog and pony show Ñ and it is easy to scoff at the pageantry that bordered on high art, the political triangulation and the prime cuts of red meat thrown to an attention-starved population Ñ the governor should be recognized for his outreach to a region that has been left in the doghouse for far too long. ÒY eah, yeah, yeah,Ó youÕ re probably thinking. ÒO f course the woodchucks at my local newspaper are dazzled by the high-powered wattage.

How typical.Ó But his record speaks for itself.

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

WeÕ re happy to have a leader who isnÕ t afraid to buck their aggressive lobbying efforts and craft a plan that ensured both sides walked away with partial victories.

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

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

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Sacrifices must not be taken for granted

govern. Yet today we donÕ t seem umultuous events seem to seek direction from a higher to be boiling over on power to guide our efforts in many fronts including dealing with these issues. here at home.

Make no mistake about it, reWe can try to look away when spect for a supreme being is wowe see an airliner shot down in ven into the fabric of our counUkraine, rockets fired by Hamas try and it must be preserved, at Israel, dead Palestinians lying not only in our government inin the streets of Gaza, Korea and stitutions, but also in our private IranÕ s continued nuclear expanlives. There must be room in this sion, ultimatums given to Iraqi Dan Alexander country for all forms of religious Christians by ISIS to leave the Thoughts from and spiritual beliefsÉC hristian, country or face death as well as isBehind the Pressline Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, sues in Syria, Africa and so many JehovahÕ s Witness, Muslim, other places around the globe.

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

Radical forces around the globe are flexing Leadership in all forms requires a price to their will to see what steps this country will be paid. If we choose to ignore the sacrifices of take. Without a strong American leadership the those who gave so much to create and sustain previous battles fought to put our nation into this nation over the past 200+ years our future this role will be squandered. American leaders at one time had a clear perspective for calling security is surely in doubt. Our leaders must recognize this responsibility while leading the out nations who over stepped their bounds. country, and the world, to a peaceful resolution While we are far from perfect, America based of all conflicts that threaten world stability. her role on a strong moral foundation as one The longer we ignore these issues the more nation under God with liberty and justice for difficult it will be for America to reclaim its all. role and the more out of control our world will I fear the erosion of our moral foundation spin. If you donÕ t believe America should lead, and the internal political bickering is affectjust who do you think should? Look around ing our countryÕ s ability to lead, now at a time the world, America, the land of prosperity and when her leadership is sorely needed. freedom is the country that must stand up and When you look at the sacrifices made by guide the world to peace. America stands for previous generations of this country and those what the world can be unless we lose sight of throughout the ages who fought and died for what our forefatherÕ s sought for her future genthese freedoms we enjoy today, I have to wonerations. der how they would have reacted to the issues we face now? The King of England with his Dan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denton worldÕ s most powerful army and navy didnÕ t Publications. He may be reached at dan@denpubs. cause our founders to back down from what com. they believed to be their God given right to self

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Letters to the Editor

North Hudson supervisor responds To the Editor: There have been a lot of words, both written and spoken, regarding the Town of North HudsonÕ s interest in acquiring the former Frontier Town properties. Some have said or implied that both the North Hudson Town Board and the Essex County Board of Supervisors have conducted their discussions on this matter in secretive sessions behind closed doors. I would disagree with those that feel this way and would ask that you review the minutes of those meetings, and those articles, which the press published in regard to them. I would also ask how is it that those who make these accusations would know how we conduct those board meetings, because until recently they never were present at them. Had they been present, they would have known as far back as December that there were discussions regarding the purchase of the former Frontier Town properties. The information that they put forth is only partial information, used to spin the story to their advantage. The result is that the public is misinformed and not fully made aware of all of the facts. My purpose here is to try to present the facts to the best of my ability.

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

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

“May your heart be kind, your mind fierce, and your spirit brave.Ó Take a brief moment to meditate on the statement, Ò The heart has reasons, that reasons cannot understand”. What is your immediate reaction to this statement? Do you nod your head in gentle recognition or move straight to a cynical shrug and a little self-talk to “snap out of it”?

In our latest Free Advice Night/Summer Chakra Series, we proposed compromise: the heart is where thinking and feeling meet. The Heart Chakra (green) is the physical and emotional center of our bodies. The point of connection between the yellow (soul) and blue (spirit) chakras, creates green, natureÕ s color, and can offer new energy and revitalization of tired nerves.

A well balanced Heart Chakra symbolizes harmony and abundance. ItÕ s associated element being air, consider whether your heart is heavy and stagnant or light and flowing….just like the weather, we can easily relate to something we experience every day.

The heart actually represents a more expansive view of love than what is typically considered; romantic love, love in friendships, love of God, love for mankind Ð and the often forgotten, love of self. An exploration of the heart chakra opens up our energy and capacity to connect with others.

This energy center governs our relationships and how we interact with other people Ð we can create the pathway to higher consciousness (the top three chakras) through acts of love. To begin this practice, we encourage you to explore the idea of the heart as the place where intellect and emotion proportionately meet and consider the power of choice in creating your unique pathways to loving relationships.

• The green heart chakra is our fulcrum. It is the point of balance between deep earth (foundational, material, prime cre-

turn, we hope, would lead to business development in the town.

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

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

This also would have had a much better result.

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

That pretty much brings us to the present. I would have never, in my wildest imagination, thought that this issue would have escalated to the point that it has.

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

These are the facts. I believe they can be verified through vari-

ation) and elevated reality (ethereal, spiritual, metaphysical creativity).

• The heart is the mixer. It is the equalizer, the channel through which the material and immaterial must move in order to create anything and everything. Nothing of substance or natural order comes into being without first passing through the gateway of the heart.

• Base matter filters through it, as does gossamer intangibles.

The heart is the dispatcher of information - all kinds of information. From physical, emotional, and intellectual the heart serves as the hub - and interconnects the matrix of existence.

The Heart is the Balance point for all the chakras. Balance in this chakra is essential to living a life of compassion and generosity and creating relationships that are loving and non-judgmental. Balance in this chakra originates in the integration of the fire of the first three chakras and the self-control that comes through intention and reflection of nurturing the heart. You can immediately recognize a balanced heart in others who live with a code of strong personal ethics and values all while striking that delicate balance of humility and confidence.

An imbalance in the heart chakra is as easily recognizable; a lack of self-discipline and unawareness cause difficulty in creating and maintaining relationships. It manifests in jealousy and critical judgments.

Relationships built on this weakened state leave us feeling lonely and bereft of genuine connection. We can also become stuck in dependent and negative relationships when we do not tend to our hearts with care.

When we feel unbalanced; unloved, unworthy and unappreciated, these feelings will manifest in the world around us, only confirming these “beliefs” about ourselves. We then become part of the greater problem: we create conflict in the place of resolution, indifference in place of attention, and hardened

ous newspaper articles and the various meeting minutes. Again, this was not some last minute, secretive plan hatched the day after the auction, but rather a discussion that has been, and is, ongoing since last fall.

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

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

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

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

Ronald Moore, Supervisor Town of North Hudson

hearts in place of giving, open hearts.

Think of the human heart and its purpose in the bodyÉ .itÕ s beating rhythm as the pulse of all life and fueling our body with refreshing oxygen. A fully open heart is like this; the channel for Universal Compassion and the path for discovering Our True Self.

The lesson of the Heart is that we first must love and accept ourselves before we can love others. In this spirit we offer a meditation for consideration: Sit quietly in a green outdoor space and invite love to flow (air that is light and fluent) through you as you breathe slowly, in and out, allowing it to heal you and others. Recite in any way that is comforting to you a mantra shared by a dear friend, first personal and then opening to all people: Peace in my heart, peace in my life, and peace in my world.

Peace in our hearts, peace in our lives, and peace in our world.

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Northway tour bus crash kills Canadian teen

By Pete DeMola

Ò I opened the top and people started getting out,Ó Matthieu said. Ò Some people were hurt, some cuts. A lot of blood, not big injuries. People were in shock.Ó Matthieu and Stephen assisted authorities in translation efforts from French to English.

The family was on their way to Clearwater, Fla. They said they will continue with their travels.

Smith commended the family later at a press conference without releasing their names. Ò Each family risked their own safety and did everything they could,Ó he said. Ò They need to be commended for the human value of their efforts.Ó

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

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

New York State Police Major Richard Smith III said Mercier was partially ejected from the vehicle, which then came to rest on her. After responders used jacks to lift the bus, resuscitation efforts by passerby, and state police were unsuccessful. Ô QUICK SUCCESSIONÕ The 2008 Prevost passenger coach carrying Canadian tourists was traveling south on I-87 from Charney, Quebec to New York City when it veered off the shoulder of the highway.

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

Essex County Emergency Services Director Don Jaquish said at least six calls came in at quick succession. Ò It was one right after another,Ó he said.

Ten emergency service squads and three fire departments responded. Ò There were multiple individuals outside of the bus,Ó Smith said.

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

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

It was later determined the bus did not contain seatbelts. Ô MASS CASUALITY INCIDENTÕ At the scene on Friday, the bus lay on its side with the front windows punched out. Ahead, the triple lines of iron guide wire were splintered; plastic strewn was across the southbound lane and the ground opened in a deep gash.

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

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

All were transported, some with a bus from Westport Central School, for safety reasons. Ò Once the adrenaline wears off, there may be cuts and bruises,Ó she said. Ò Crushing-type injuries.Ó None were believed to be life-threatening, she said.

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

A bus operated by JaimonVoyage.com lies on its side in the median of Interstate I-87 after it overturned on Friday, July 18 near Exit 29. One person was killed and 55 taken to area hospitals following the crash.

Photo by Pete DeMola

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

The injured included 41 code green patients, what Bashaw called Ò the walking wounded.Ó Ten were code yellow, or moderately injured, with three code reds that required immediate transport.

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

The bus did not ignite, nor were any skid marks visible at the scene. Ò It rode the contour of the median and tipped onto its side,Ó Smith said.

The driver, a 61-year-old Canadian male who has not been identified, will be given an evaluation to determine his fitness to operate the bus, Smith said last week. Ô PEOPLE WERE IN SHOCKÕ Quebec resident Stephane Donnelly told the Valley News he was driving behind the bus, preparing to pass it on the right, when it veered off the road into the median. Ò I saw it swerving to the left,Ó Donnelly said.

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

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

Stephane estimated he was driving between 65 and 68 miles per hour while preparing to pass. Ò ThatÕ s the speed limit,Ó he said.

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

The bus will be transferred to the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit in Ray Brook. Ò We still have whatÕ s commonly referred to as a Ô black boxÕ containing braking, speed and additional data,Ó Smith said.

Authorities will download that data to help piece together the causes, he said. Ò It will give us some indication what was going on.Ó State and federal agencies were on the scene alongside members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Ò We will coordinate with what the passengers believed happened and put that together with the evidence,Ó Smith said.

COMING HOME On Friday evening, a tour bus emblazoned with the name Ò MenardÓ waited in ECHÕ s parking lot to ferry the survivors back to Canada. Inside, investigators from the state policeÕ s Bureau of Criminal Investigation attempted to piece together what had happened.

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

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

Online, a Facebook page for Mercier, a brunette with a mischevious smile, had been set up. Ò I was in the bus,Ó wrote Alain Blais in French. Ò My condolence to the family, parents and friends.Ó Ò I was also on the bus,Ó wrote Veronique Blais. Ò All my thoughts and prayers go out to you.Ó Ò As a Dad who loves my two girls of 15 and 11, and his boy of 13, I can only humbly offer to the parents and friends my sincere condolences,Ó wrote Richard Desgagne. Ò Keep in your memories and treasure the moments that allowed you to live this small shooting star.Ó

“Forum Theatre” youth class coming to the Strand North Country actor coming home to teach

By Shawn Ryan

shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ The Strand Center for the Arts is bringing theater to life for area youth this summer, with some help from a Broadway actor.

Robert Gonyo, a North Country native who now makes his living acting and teaching on Broadway, will be hosting a month long Ò Forum TheatreÓ workshop at PlattsburghÕ s venerable performing arts theater.

Forum Theatre is a type of theatre created by Augusto Boal as part of what he calls his Ò Theatre of the Oppressed.Ó Boal created Forum

Theatre as a way to teach people how to change their world through the arts.

GonyoÕ s workshop will focus on theater craft, method and performing techniques. The class is for aspiring performers of all ability levels of experience, ages 12 to 18. At the end of the month long workshop, students will present an original performance piece at the Strand. Ò Robert brings a really passionate energy to the theater. Through Forum Theatre, heÕ s reinterpreting how we see theater and erasing the bounds between performer and audience,Ó said Strand Education Coordinator Aimee Baker.

Baker said Gonyo first came to the Strand a year ago with the idea for the project, but they were still under major renovations at the time, and the project had to be put on hold.

She said that this first foray into theater edu-

cation should open doors at the Strand so that they can bring more similar types of projects to the StrandÕ s stage. Ò WeÕ re hoping in the fall to offer more theater for the youth classes, as a stepping stone to offering larger and more professional classes,Ó she said.

Forum Theatre will run from Aug. 4 to 27, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 10 a.m. to noon. The cost for the class is $120, but, Baker points out, there are scholarships available to help families defray the cost of the class. Ò No theater experience is required, and weÕ re all really excited to get a lot of our young people involved in this.Ó Baker can be contacted at 563-1604, or registrations can be completed online at www.plattsburgharts.org.

Mountain Lake PBS hoping to air series of short videos

By Teah Dowling

teah@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ The eight-episode online series, Curiously Adirondack, brings together the creative skills of two individuals Ñ Josh Clement and Ed Kanze. Ò Ed and I have been working together on a weekly podcast called Ô All Things NaturalÕ for over a year,Ó Clement said. Ò We wanted to expand into video, and the idea for Curiously Adirondack grew out of that.Ó Ò When we saw a grant opportunity from PBS Digital Studios, we thought that Curiously Adirondack was a great fit.”

The Curiously Adirondack videos are meant to be entertaining and informative, inspiring laughter and making the Adirondack Mountain region a better and kinder place. It could be viewed on Mountain Lake PBSÕ (MLPBS) website if given the proper funding. Ò WeÕ re running a crowd funding campaign on indiegogo.com to raise the funds to produce the series,Ó said Jennifer Kowalczyk, director of communications at MLPBS. MLPBS was awarded a grant by PBS Digital Studios, the online content wing of PBS. The grant is for the online series where the goal is to raise $20,000, with PBS matching funds from each donation made.

So far, MLPBS received an initial $5,000 to purchase equipment including the DSLR camera kit, which is required by the grant.

If the necessary funds are raised for the online series, the two producers will begin shortly after, filming and creating more entertaining and informative content for MLPBSÕ website. Ò WeÕ re aiming to get people to feel inside and outside the challenges of living here and how various people meet those challenges with hard work and creativity,Ó Kanze said. Ò It isnÕ t the easiest place to live with our long hard winters and our tourist

economy with its ups and downs of income that many of us experience, but people have a lot of fun living here.Ó Ò ItÕ s a place full of rugged individuals, and weÕ re going to get out and rub elbows with some of these folks and tell their stories.Ó Curiously AdirondackÕ s tentative episode list includes a look at Adirondack swimming holes and the people who jump in them, a moose calling contest that has to be seen and heard to be believed, an outing with four young naturalists who share their belongings and a walk through a historic cemetery with Natalie Leduc. Ò I love telling these type of offbeat hyper-local stories, and IÕ ve been lucky to be able to produce all of the videos that I have in my time at Mountain Lake PBS,Ó Clement said. Ò But Curiously Adirondack is a great opportunity.Ó Ò Not only is PBS matching the funds that are donated through Indiegogo, but the videos will be published and promoted through PBS Digital Studios, meaning that all of our weird, wild and wondrous stories from the Adirondacks will reach a much wider audience.Ó If the necessary funds are raised, the money will go toward purchasing equipment and cover production expenses such as digital storage, music tracks and travel expenses. It will also pay for the time it takes to produce these four to eight minute videos. Ò If we donÕ t raise the full $20,000, we may need to scale back the number of episodes, but weÕ ll still provide some,Ó Kowalczyk said. “We’ll also try to continue to fundraise and find underwriting to make it happen, [but], unfortunately, we wonÕ t get those matching dollars if we raise the money after the Indiegogo campaign. Ò ThatÕ s why itÕ s so important to us that we make our goal.Ó For every dollar amount a pledge spends during this campaign, PBS will double the amount until the campaign ends Aug.

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Ò ItÕ s a chance to support Mountain Lake PBS, which does great work telling stories and getting out information about things going in the North Country and in the broader world for that matter,Ó Kanze said. Ò By supporting this project, people will be helping this great public television station, which is so important here in Northern New York, to move in the direction that it needs to head and flourish in the future.”

To donate money to see the online series, visit https://www. indiegogo.com/projects/curiously-adirondack or look for the campaign on their Facebook, Twitter or website. Ò The aim of our project is high, [and] that is to do this place and its singular people justice,Ó Clement said. Ò We want to bring Adirondack Mountain life alive for all the poor souls who donÕ t share the pleasure and pain of living here.Ó

Champlain EMS Bake Sale

CHAMPLAIN Ñ Champlain EMS will be holding a bake sale July 26, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of the old Yankee Dollar Store in the Price Chopper Plaza in Champlain. Cakes, pies, donuts and other baked goods will be available for sale. There will also be a 50-50 raffle at the bake sale.

St. Joseph’s Golf Tournament Aug 8

PLATTSBURGH Ñ The 4th annual St. JosephÕ s Catholic Church building renovation golf tournament will be held on Friday, Aug. 8 at the Barracks Golf Course. The tournament is a four person scramble . Cost is $60 per person which includes golf, cart and a meal at the end. Contact Deacon Ed Mazuchowski @ 5630828 for further information.

July 26, 2014

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Island Moving Company and Norte Maar, putting on performances for community events such as F• te de Danse. Ò There might be surprises,Ó Gleich said. Ò Who knows?Ó

Ô KEEP DANSINGÕ On Aug. 1 and 2, F• te de Danse will return full steam as Norte Maar collaborates with the Strand Center for the Arts to present the return of this unique dance event that graced the streets of Rouses Point once before from 2004 to 2009. Ò We had international companies, invited guests, local companies, tap dancers and Irish dance,Ó said Julia Gleich, co-founder of Norte Maar and director of Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet. Ò We took over the local hockey rink in Rouses Point, built a floor, built sort of a set and had a little makeshift lighting. Ò It was a real community event, and it became really popular and successful.Ó The event marks the first major production of contemporary dance to be held in the newly renovated Strand Theater in downtown Plattsburgh. It begins at 7:30 p.m. Ò ItÕ s a great way for people to see a return of artists from the area that have gone off, got new training and are doing beautiful artwork,Ó Dulle said. Ò ItÕ s a great way for the community to embrace the talent that comes not only from the Plattsburgh area, but internationally as well.Ó General tickets are $25, and member tickets are $20 to view the three dance companies Racoco Productions, Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet and MADboots.

Ô MADBOOTS DANCEÕ MADboots dance Co. was founded in August 2011 by Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz, a company which made its premiere at the Gibney Dance Center and has since been presented at festivals such as the Alto Jonio Dance Festival in Italy, Springboard Danse Montreal, David ParkerÕ s Soaking WET and more, who will now be dancing on the stage at the Strand. Ò ItÕ s a bit like a roller coaster,Ó Campbell said. Ò The work is highly athletic, subtly sarcastic and uses a wide variety of music. Ò ThereÕ s something in there for everyone.Ó For this event, Campbell, Diaz and Paul Vickers will be performing a piece titled Ò blue,Ó a trio piece created in 2013 that is loosely inspired by PicassoÕ s Blue Period, a term used to define the works produced by him between 1901 and 1904 when he painted monochromatic paintings in shades of blue or bluegreen. Ò His monochromatic depictions of life at the time really affected us,Ó Diaz said. Ò For us, Ô blueÕ deals heavily with death, and, ultimately, itÕ s a celebration of life.Ó Dance Magazine featured the company in their Vital Signs segment in December 2013. Aside from performing, Campbell and Diaz have also taught master classes at Broadway Dance Center, Dance New Amsterdam, Point Park University and Velocity Dance Center. Ò Being an all male dance company greatly affects the work,Ó Campbell said. Ò Everything we do is collaborative, which at times can be difficult, but, ultimately, helps us find deeper meaning to what weÕ re working on.Ó

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Ô RACOCO PRODUCTIONSÕ Ò We mix dance and theater and visual arts in a pretty unique way and with a lot of humor, which is something you donÕ t always find in dance,” said Rachel Cohen, artistic director for the company. Ò From what people have told me, we create Ô worldsÕ rather than Ô dance pieces,Õ so the audience is transported into an alternate universe for a brief period while weÕ re onstage.Ó Racoco Productions, which became a non-profit organization in 2005, creates theatrical experiences that combine movement, the visual arts, burlesque, cinematic styles, everyday objects and musical composition.

Three of the people who will be performing in Plattsburgh are Masumi Kishimoto, company member, Stephanie Beck, first time performer and visual artist, and Cohen. Ò WeÕ re doing one piece, tentatively called Ò Paper TrailÓ Cohen said. Ò WeÕ re interacting with long rolls of colored paper, usually used as photo backdrops, making and changing the set and costumes throughout the piece with our movement.Ó Ò ThereÕ s a loose storyline about how landscapes are created and destroyed and the role that humans play in that process.Ó Recently, Racoco has created explorations of interactions between the human body and inanimate materials—clay, flour, taffy, paper, chewing gumÑ collaborating with composers and visual artists to blur the boundaries between the real and the imaginary. Ò I like working with inanimate objects partly because the things around us are such an important part of how we define ourselves, so if IÕ m trying to capture or express some element of being human in a piece, I feel like our Ô thingsÕ are a neces-

sary part of that package,Ó Cohen said. Ò And then once you add them, the objects take on a life of their own.Ó This company appears regularly in New York. Previously, Norte Maar has invited Racoco to perform in F• te de Danse in 2006 and Dance at Socrates in 2013. Now, they are ready to perform once again for 2014. Ò I think it will be fun,Ó Cohen said. Ò People will see something unusual and, hopefully, entertaining. Ò Maybe our work can expand the way people think about dance, and most important, stimulate their own imaginations.Ó Ô GLEICH BALLETÕ Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet is under the artistic direction of Gleich and has been the featured company at F• te de Danse.

For this F• te de Danse, Michelle Buckley will be dancing a solo piece created by Gleich in 1996 called “Aperture,” the first solo Gleich performed in New York. Ò Ô ApertureÕ is about openings,Ó Gleich said. Ò Originally, there were some sculptures that were designed, and they had these openings in them that the dancer would fit through.

“I always describe it as though you’re going into a cornfield where the corn is above your head, and itÕ s that sort of game where you are looking or seeking out someone, and sometimes you find them, and sometimes you don’t, and sometimes you’re hiding, and sometimes youÕ re trying to discover.Ó The piece will include two supporting roles that will represent friends, other people, other facets of personalities and other openings.

Gleich plans on doing a second performance with co-founder of Norte Maar Jason Andrew for piece called Ò Ghost,Ó a duet love story where one person isnÕ t actually present. Ò It had nothing to do with the movie Ô Ghost,Õ Ó Gleich said with a chuckle. Ò ItÕ s the age-old story of the fantasy that you can reconnect with somebody who isnÕ t actually there, as much as the person who is.Ó GleichÕ s choreographic residencies have included Brooklyn Ballet, Burklyn Ballet Theatre, University of Northern Colorado,

Ô LEARNING OPPORTUNITYÕ Racoco Productions and Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet will be offering master classes at 11 a.m. Aug. 1 and 2 at the Strand Theater. Ò If they have a child who is very interested in ballet, this is a great opportunity for them to receive private master class training from artists who work all over the world,Ó Dulle said.

The cost of each class is $20 for general admission and $15 for members. Ò Stephanie and I will be teaching a workshop in building paper sculptures, life-size or miniature, and creating dances inside and around them,Ó Cohen said. Ò WeÕ ll show some of the ways we improvise in rehearsal and how we create a story and lead participants in creating their own.Ó Ò We think of ballet fairly traditionally as drilling, repetition and discipline,Ó Gleich said. Ò My class will be more about play, exploration, knowing what the rules are but then breaking them and diverging from the ordinary patterns of ballet.Ó For more information about the classes or the performances, contact Dulle at plattsburgharts.org or visit the Strand Center of the ArtsÕ website http://plattsburgharts.org/. Ò ItÕ s wonderful to have the opportunity for the general public to see these performances,Ó Dulle said. Ò We want people to come out.Ó

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Hudson Headwaters Health Network welcomes Sarah Howell, FNP to the staff of skilled providers at North Country Family Health.

We also look forward to the arrival of Dr. Nicole Cerklewich, who will join us this fall.

Our new faces and new hours mean more care and convenience for the North Country. Just one of the ways we keep healthy close to home.

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Local woman writes of fleeing Europe during WWII Fled Soviets on foot in 1945

By Shawn Ryan

shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ It was like something out of a horrible movie that you know canÕ t be real, except that it was real.

ThatÕ s how 95-year-old Helen Schmidt described the endless column of people fleeing Hungary ahead of advancing Soviet forces in 1945. Stretching from one horizon to the other, trucks, cars, mule drawn carts and people on foot, with just the belongings they could carry, plodded their way over mountainous roads into Austria and eventually into Germany.

One seemingly monolithic being, each person in that column brought with them their own story. Now, nearly 70 years later, Schmidt is telling her story of escape and survival in a memoir she just published entitled Ò Oh Memory Lane.Ó

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Ò Our father made us promise that when they (the Soviets) came, we would leave,Ó said Schmidt in a still thick Hungarian accent, remembering the months leading up to her exodus from Hungary.

Together with her sisters Mary and Gabriella, her 3-year-old daughter and two other children, Schmidt headed her fatherÕ s plea and left. One of her brothers and a sister stayed behind.

Schmidt said that day after day on the march, she would carry her daughter as long as she physically could, but, eventually, the child would have to walk. Ò It was absolutely GodÕ s blessing that none of them complained. They didnÕ t even have food or drink. ItÕ s unbelievable that none of them caught a cold or got sick.Ó They found their way eventually into Germany where Schmidt, who spoke several languages, worked for a time for the American Red Cross as an interpreter. She was eventually separated Author Helen Schmidt at her recent book signing at the Pine Harbour community in Plattsburgh.

Photo by Shawn Ryan from her sisters in order to take work in another German city, while she waited traveling from Europe and starting a new life in America. That for the opportunity to come to America. blank book was the start of what would eventually become Oh Ò We all came separately because the Hungarian quota was so Memory Lane. small,Ó she said. Ò My children wanted to know about it, and they pestered me,Ó Schmidt met a Hungarian man named Rudolph in Germany, Schmidt said. Ò So this past winter I was able to sit down and and the two got engaged. When their time came to emigrate, write it.Ó they eventually found themselves in Albany. Her older sister She had considered writing the memoir in the past, but the was already in Albany working, and Helen and Rudolph settled process always stirred too many sad memories of the family she there and began a new life. had left behind. Finally, though, she was able to write it. Ò The American people are so kind and so good, and itÕ s just a Ò Now, before I leave this earth, I have put it together.Ó wonderful place to live. We finally were able to settle down and Schmidt was lauded recently at a book signing at the Pine start to live.Ó Harbour community in Plattsburgh where she and Rudolph live.

They lived in the Albany area until 1987 when Rudolph, a famFriends and residents alike eagerly lined up for autographed ily physician, retired. After traveling and living in Florida, the copies of the new authorÕ s work. couple moved to Plattsburgh in 2007 in order to be closer to one Copies of Oh Memory Lane can also be purchased online of their several children. through Blurb Publishing by going to www.blurb.com and typIn the late 1990s, SchmidtÕ s daughter Peggy had given her a ing in Ò Helen SchmidtÓ into the search bar. blank book and asked her to start recording her memories of

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Your complete source of things to see and do in the North Country Friday, July 25

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

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

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

Saturday, July 26

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

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

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

CHAZY — At Chazy Public Library at 10 am there will be a Kindred Spirit Yoga story time for children age 3 to 8. Registration is limited; please call 846-7676 to register or for more info.

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

CADYVILLE — Join JCEO Community Action Angels for a field day to raise money to help combat childhood hunger from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is held at the Cadyville Recreation Park located at 114 Goddeau Rd. Admission: $10 per family or $5 per individual. There will be food, ice cream and beverages on site.

Money raised supports the BackPack Program, which provides 90 chronically hungry children with a weekend supply of food; during the 2014-2015 school year. Help fuel a child’s future! You can make a difference! If you have any questions, please contact Sara at (518) 330-0811.

KEENE VALLEY — East Branch Friends of the Arts presents the Lake Placid Sinfonietta in concert for the first time ever in Keene Valley. “Folk Tales” is the name of the concert and will include Copland’s Hoe Down from Rodeo and Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony among other pieces. A “Meet the Artists” reception will follow the performance. Suggest donation is $10; students are free. Location is Keene Valley Congregational Church.

LAKE PLACID — Hawk Owls perform at Smoke Signals. This will be a free admission show. The Hawk Owls are a string based bluegrass band. Doors open at 7 p.m.

AUSABLE FORKS — In honor and recognition of their Saint, St. James Episcopal Church, Au Sable Forks, will be celebrating Saint James Day on Saturday July 26 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the church, 14216 NYS Rt. 9N, Au Sable Forks. The day will feature indoor and outside games, live music, open mike poetry readings, refreshments and a campfire sing-along. The church will be open for healing prayer. All community and church members, both past and present are welcome to attend. For further information, contact Rev. Ana Rivera-Georgescu, Priest-in-Charge at 518-534-2540 or Argeorgescu@outlook.com or Rev. Patti Johnson, Deacon at 518-593-1838.

Sunday, July 27

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

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

Plattsburgh Waterfront Parking Lot, Dock Street.

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

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

Monday, July 28

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

Tuesday, July 29

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

The cost is $12-$15.

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

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

Friday, July 30

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

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Shakespeare Company performs David & Goliath.

It’s brain vs. brawn as we travel back in time once again with Octavius, the boy who will one day become the Roman Emperor Augustus. Octavius finds himself in the shoes of the boy-king David as he journeys to ancient Israel, only to find it under attack by a mighty army led by a fearsome giant: Goliath of Gath. To make it back home, the kids will have to discover that strength has as much to do with smarts as it does with size.This free event will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts.

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

Thursday, July 31

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

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

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

KEENE VALLEY — Meadowmount students perform at Keene Valley Congre-

gational Church at 8 p.m. Suggested donation is $10; students are free. For more information, contact us eastbranchfriendsofthearts@ gmail or call 518-576-9243.

Friday, August 1

WESTPORT — At 7:30 p.m. there will be a presentation on the Raptors of Lake Champlain by DEC Biologist Joe Racette at the Westport Heritage House. Cost is $8.

Learn more about the eagles, falcons and ospreys nesting on the lake. For more information contact lakeside5047@gmail.com.

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

LAKE PLACID — Please join The Bookstore Plus in welcoming artist Robert Melzmuf to the store from 5 to 6 p.m. He will be conducting an art demonstration on Winson Newton paint, including information on the reasons behind its popularity and what separates this brand from the competition. Melzmuf is an abstract painter living and working in New York City; his most recent show was at the Giacobetti Paul gallery in Brooklyn. For more information, please visit www.thebookstoreplus. com or call 518-523-2950.

Saturday, August 2

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

Wine Tour

From page 1 North Country grapes.Ó For those who donÕ t enjoy the cold-hardy North Country varieties as much, Lamoy says, many wineries also have offerings of more traditionally well known types of wines.

As for the current summerÕ s crop, Lamoy said that most vineyards in the area came through the harsh winter with little damage. Since the wineries in our area specialize in grape varieties specifically cultivated for cold climates, most of those grapes were able to withstand the winter. Only some experimental varieties not geared to the cold suffered damage. Ò Some varieties got hit really hard,Ó Lamoy said. Ò We have to stick with the real cold hardy varieties. A winter like this was really a reality check.Ó Interested wine lovers can consult www.adirondackcoastwinetrail.com for a list and map of participating wineries.

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The 2014 Clinton County Fair in photographs

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ESSEX, NY 35TH ANNUAL TOWN-WIDE MARKET DAY Saturday Aug. 2nd 10-4 , Rain/Shine – 50 Vendors, Antiques, Art, Adk Collectibles, Woodcrafts, Jewelry, Farm Products, Fodd & Music 518963-7494.

GARAGE SALE 7/25&26 244 Ganong Drive Saranac will have childrens items, womens clothes, household items,motorcycle, collectibles, etc on sale. 9-6 both days.

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MOTORCYCLES 1983 SUZUKI GS650L, 4 cyl., new battery, new tires, mint condition, extra's included.

Asking $1,495.00. 518-946-8341 1994 Honda Goldwing Aspencade 5500CC, reverse, 14amp alternator, loaded w/ extra's. MUST SEE!! $5800 OBO. 518-561-4431 CANAM SPYDER 2012 Spyder Roadster. Includes battery charger-custom cover-2 helmets(small)-XL CanAm jacket. 59 Miles. $21,300.00 518566-7369 FARM EQUIPMENT For Sale Ford 555A Back-Hoe, Fork & New Rubber, $13,000.

518-576-2238.

ACCESSORIES (2) TRAILERS (OPEN) - both excellent condition; 2010 Triton 20' Aluminum - max wgt. 7500 lbs. Asking $4900 and 1989 Bison 31' overal Gooseneck, Asking $2900. 518-546-3568.

(4) CHEVY RIMS, Steel, 16”x6.5”, 6 lug w/pressure monitors. $250 OBO. 518-524-7124 FISHER SNOW PLOW 7' 6" Minute Mount 2, used 2 winters, $3500 Negotiable. 518-524-0582 or 518643-5244 GARAGE SALE

MINN KOTA ELECTRIC Trolling MOTOR, 30 lb. Thrust w/motor mount $100. Call 518-8736853

Altona, NY 19 Annual Town Wide Garage Sale, August 2nd & 3rd, 8am-4pm. Saturday Craft Fair & Bake Sale. Concessions & Maps available at the Altona Fire Department. Sponsored by The Ladies Auxilary.

57th ATTICA RODEO - July 31, 8pm; August 1, 8pm; August 2, 1:00pm & 8:00pm;August 3, 2:00pm. Sunday Performance admission free with military ID. Afternoon performances - Kids are free with paid adult. Live Bands Thursday, Friday andSaturday night after each performance, 230 Exchange Street Arena, Attica, NY14011-0058.

Information: www.atticarodeo.com

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Knowledge of boilers, control systems, HVAC, industrial refrigeration a plus. Technical training and/or college course is also beneficial. Some travel required in company truck. Call Roger 518-643-6687 HELP WANTED LOCAL AG OPERATION will hire 2-3, $8-$18 per hour, experienced based. Will train. Reply Box 457, Denton Publications P.O. Box 338, Elizabethtown, NY 12932

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DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS, GROUNDS & TRANSPORTATION AND SUBSTITUTES. The Westport Central School District announces a vacancy for a full-time Director of Buildings, Grounds and Transportation, residency preferred, prior applicants need not apply. Interested individuals should submit an employment application, resume and three letters of reference no later than August 1, 2014 to Cynthia Ford-Johnston, Superintendent, Westport, 25 Sisco Street, Westport, NY 12993.

The District is also seeking applications for the following substitute positions: teachers, bus drivers, custodians, clerical, cafeteria helpers and nurse. Applications are available on our website www.westportcs.org or by calling the District Office 518-962-8244.

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FURNITURE

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QUEEN PILLOW TOP mattress set, new in plastic, $150.00. 518-5348444

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ANTIQUE FAIR AND FLEA MARKET Aug 2nd & 3rd at the Washington County Fairgrounds, Rte. 29, Greenwich NY. $3 admission. (Sat. 8a-5p, Sun 9a-4p) Featuring over 200 dealers. GREAT FOOD. EarlyBird Friday(8/1 - 7a-4p - $10).

RAIN or SHINE. Call (518) 331-5004 APPLIANCES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER Kenmore (Whirlpool) 20.6 cu.ft.

33" wide. Like new. Owner's manual. $375. Call 518-647-8215 leave message.

DIVORCE $550* No Fault or Regular Divorce. Covers children, property, etc. Only One Signature Required! *Excludes govt. fees. 1800-522-6000 Ext. 100. Baylor & Associates, Inc. Est. 1977

ELECTRONICS BUNDLE AND SAVE! DIRECTV, INTERNET & PHONE From $69.99/mo. Free 3 months of HBO, starz, SHOWTIME & CINEMAX. FREE GENIE 4-room Upgrade LOCK IN 2 YR Savings. Call 1-800782-3956 DIRECTV, Internet, & Phone From $69.99/mo + Free 3 Months: HBO Starz SHOWTIME CINEMAX+ FREE GENIE 4 Room Upgrade + NFL SUNDAY TICKET! Limited offer.

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

CM 2000 TRAILER 38"x54", tong 33", can be towed by a motorcycle or car. Ideal for bike rallies, $350.00. 518-643-8643.

ARE YOU IN BIG TROUBLE WITH THE IRS? Stop wage & bank levies, liens & audits, unfiled tax returns, payroll issues, & resolve tax debt FAST. Call 1-800-6473031

Detoxify your PCB and other toxins with a 2 person Far-Infared Sauna. Hypoallergenic popular, doctor recommended. Must see to appreciate. $1200. 315-769-6760

COMPUTER CABINET/WORK DESK. Accommodates entire system. Storage and file drawers. Excel. condition. 60"W, 22"D, 53"H. Pd. $1800.00. Sell $250.00 518962-2799.

FRIGIDAIRE 6500 BTU'S AC unit, $200; Consolidated Dutch West wood stove $500; 1 man Pontoon boat $300. 518-708-0678 GET HELP NOW! One Button Senior Medical Alert. Falls, Fires & Emergencies happen. 24/7 Protection. As Low As $0.50/day. Call NOW 1-888-495-6199 KEROSENE MONITOR HEATER Model 422 w/ 175 fuel tank, rebuilt 2 yrs. Ago, $500. 518-420-4373 ½ PRICE INSULATION, Blue Dow or High R. Several Thickness Available. Call 518-5973876.

RANCH MINK Coat, Black, size 12, seldom worn. A-1 condition.

New $2000, Asking $350 OBO. 518-420-8719 Retired Contractor Sale As Is, Tools, Lumber & etc. Will Negotiate, Must Sell. Call 518-891-2664 SPECTACULAR DAY LILLLIES FOR SALE. WEEKENDS-JULY OR

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TWO TOOL BOXES full of Snap-on Craftsman Tools $2500 OBO Call 518-728-7978 or Email pparksfamily@gmail.com Vermont Castings Federal Airtight Woodstove plus 3½ cords seasoned wood, $600 takes it away.

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Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m., Sunday Masses: 8 a.m. & 10 a.m., Daily Mass Mon.-Fri.: CHAMPLAIN Living Water Baptist Church 9 Locust St., corner of Main and Locust, Champlain. Sunday School at 9 a.m.

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Phone: 298-4358 Three Steeples United Methodist Church 491 Route 11, Champlain.

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St. Mary’s Catholic Church - Church Street, Champlain. Anticipated Mass: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday Mass: 8 a.m. Weekday Masses: Thursday and Friday 9 a.m.

Christ & St. John’s Episcopal/Anglican Church - 18 Butternut Street, Champlain.

(518) 298-8543. Sunday Mass at 9:30 a.m. Patricia A. Beauharnois, Deacon Vicar CHAZY Sacred Heart Church - Box 549, Chazy 12921. (518) 846-7650. Sunday Mass (Ant) 6 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m.

Chazy Presbyterian Church - 620 Miner Farm Rd., Chazy. 846-7349 Worship and Sunday School will begin at 11 a.m.

Email: chazypres@westelcom.com DANNEMORA Dannemore United Methodist Church - 86 Clark Street, PO Box 488, Dannemora, NY. Pastors Wendy and Gary Rhodehamel. Phone: 518-891-9287.

Worship and Sunday School -- Sunday 11:00 a.m. tedtrevail@gmail.com ELLENBURG St. Edmund’s Roman Catholic Church - Route 11, Ellenburg. Saturday Anticipated Mass, 4 p.m. Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

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MOOERS St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - Maple Street, Mooers. 236-7142. Anticipated Saturday Mass, 4 p.m.

Mooers United Methodist Church 14 East St., Located adjacent to old Post Office. Sunday service, 9:30 a.m. Contemporary & traditional music, activities for children, youth and families, 236-7129, pastoral@ twcny.rr.com, www.gbgm-umc.org/ mooersumc Mooers Wesleyan Church - Maple Street, Mooers. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday Night Service 7 p.m. Wednesday Night 7 p.m. (518) 236-5330.

MOOERS FORKS St. Ann’s Catholic Church - Route 11, Mooers Forks. Mass: Saturday, 4 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. Reconciliation announced special Saturday mornings 10 a.m. & by request.

PLATTSBURGH Plattsburgh United Methodist Church - 127 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

563-2992. Pastor Phil Richards. Service Sunday 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Nursery available at 10 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist - 4003 Rt. 22, Plattsburgh, 561-3491 - Pastor Livergood Worship Saturday at 11:30 a.m., Pot Luck Dinner after service ROUSES POINT St. Patrick’s Catholic Church - Lake Street, Rouses Point. Anticipated Mass: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.; Weekday Masses: Monday & Tuesday 9 a.m., Communion Service: Wednesday 9 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church - 52 Washington Ave., Rouses Point, New York 12979.

Telephone 518-297-6529. Telephone 518-846-7349. Sunday Service 9 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

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SCIOTA St. Louis of France Catholic Church Route 22, Sciota. Mass 4 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. Sunday Sciota United Methodist Church - Sunday service 9 a.m. Route 19, Sciota.

WEST CHAZY West Chazy Community Church - Pastor Marty Martin. 17 East Church St. Fiske Road, West Chazy, NY. Ph. 493-4585.

Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Tuesday; Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - West Church Street, West Chazy. Saturday Vigil Mass, 4 p.m. Sunday Mass 10 a.m.

Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 3-3:30 p.m.

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401 PARK AVENUE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/18/2014. Office in Clinton Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 2421, Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

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NC-6/28-8/02/20146TC-51592 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BISHOP'S CAMP ASSOCIATION, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/03/14. Office location: Clinton County.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: LaDuke Distributing LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/13/2014 Office Location: Clinton County. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: 216 Military Turnpike, Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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SSNY shall mail copy of process to 301 Peasleeville Rd, Schuyler Falls, NY 12985. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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