News Enterprise 02-13-2010

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February 13, 2010

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On Stage

Sports

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Our Town Theater Group presents “Moby Dick Rehearsed.”

MVAC teams gear up for sectional play, Orange secure division titles.

Another installment of Pearsall’s Civil War column.

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Legislators debate halting state land purchases Environmentalists blast proposals By Jon Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com ALBANY — State legislators vowed this week to overturn Gov. David Paterson’s proposed reduction in the state Environmental Protection Fund, as nearly a dozen environmental advocates blasted the idea, while criticizing his associated proposal to freeze state land acquisitions for the next two years. Faced with a pending $7.5 billion budget shortfall in fiscal year 2010-2011, Paterson has proposed slashing the unexpended balance in the Environmental Protection Fund to $143 million — a $79 million reduction from last year — while not spending any money at all for state land acquisition. The cash is to be moved into the state’s general fund. Dozens of environmental advocates objecting to the proposals as they testified before a joint hearing of the state Senate and Assembly Environmental Conservation committees. Adirondack Council Legislative Director Scott Lorey told legislators that stripping the EPF of its funds is not only bad environmental policy, but could also devastate local economies. “There are many good reasons for protecting open space. One example is that local governments receive financial assistance from state tax payments on forest preserve lands,” Lorey said. Adirondack Mountain Club Executive Director Neil Wood

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Cheerful Crickets face funding crisis, Fundraisers planned By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — Cheerful Crickets Nursery School, operating out of Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek has been offering pre-kindergarten classes to surrounding communities since the mid-seventies and is faced with the threat of closure in the coming months. The nursery school is approximately $4,000 short in their budget needed to finish out the 2009-2010 school year. The parent board for the Cheerful Crickets has turned to fundraising and hopes to raise the needed money themselves. “This program is too important to not make it through the year,” said Cricket parent Erwin Morris. “Serious fundraising seems like the most logical step to prevent closure.” At one time, Cheerful Crickets drew students from Minerva, Newcomb, Indian Lake and other local school districts. However, with the presence of pre-k programs in most of those schools now, numbers have shrank drastically at Cheerful Crickets. Two years ago, both the three and four year old programs at Cheerful Crickets enrolled around 24 students. Today, there

Cheerful Crickets Nursery School students and the signs they have prepared for their upcoming fundraisers. Photo by Lindsay Yandon

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Wacky Winter Wonderland Week comes to Long Lake By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com

High School students from Indian Lake Central School completing a Global Positioning Lab in which they used a GPS to find hidden boxes with test questions in them that they had to answer as a team. Photo courtesy of Indian Lake Central School

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